Chapter 101 Unrighteous Wealth
"Young lady, the worship of the royal palace." Hongling rolled up the bead curtain and sent a post. Xin Zixuan took it, and a beautiful face suddenly became solemn and said to Hongling, "Call Xu Qing's daughter-in-law in."
Hongling was stunned and knew that something big must have happened, otherwise she would not have called Xu Qing's daughter-in-law and immediately retreat obediently. After a while, she led a young daughter-in-law in. The woman was nearly 30 years old, with a faint expression on her face and looked like a serious person.
After entering the house and giving a gift to Xin Zixuan, Xin Zixuan asked Hongling to retreat.
"What's the young lady looking for me?" Xu Qing's daughter-in-law used to be Xin Zixuan's personal maid. After marrying, in order to help Xin Zixuan keep her dowry, she was matched with the steward in the village, and now she is also a steward's wife.
Xin Zixuan handed the invitation of the royal palace to Xu Qing's daughter-in-law. After she finished reading it, she sighed.
"The anniversary of Moer's death is coming. The royal palace invited me to go there. Do you think I should go?" Xin Zixuan is a few years younger than Xu Qing's daughter-in-law and treats her as a sister, so she will inevitably ask her to come in and discuss it. Chunrong is Xu Qing's sister. It is also Xu Qing's idea to let Chunrong come in and be her aunt. On the one hand, she is the master and the other is the sister-in-law. She has her own request. She only set a line in the middle and solved two things.
Xu Qing's daughter-in-law's slender eyes suddenly widened, and her face was a little surprised, "So fast?" She also forgot that her second wife had already passed away. Seeing that Xin Zixuan was a little heavy, she quickly put away her expression and said, "Don't you want to go?"
Xin Zixuan looked up, took a deep look at her, and then looked a little discouraged as if she had been guessed, "I don't know whether I should go or not and how to go."
"Recordingly, you are the direct sister of the imperial concubine. The general and his wife are far away in northern Sichuan. This mother's family is the youngest lady, so you have a reason not to escape. Secondly, when the imperial concubine passed by, you were not in Beijing. So far, you don't know where she was buried, and you have never incensed the imperial concubine. Reasonable, you can't resign on this day of sacrifice. Xu Qing's daughter-in-law seemed to be talking to herself and seemed to hesitate in Xin Zixuan's heart, "It's just that you are now the eldest daughter-in-law of the Li family, and the elders have always avoided getting too close to the princes. If you go, the young master will inevitably attend, but when it comes to gossip, the young master and the master are not easy to be in the court.
After listening to her, Xin Zixuan was surprised for a moment. She picked up the teacup on the table and pretended to drink tea, and slowly took down the expression on her face. However, Xu Qing's daughter-in-law stopped talking after saying that, but frowned, as if she was worried and distracted.
When Xin Zixuan saw the bottom of a cup of tea, Xu Qing's daughter-in-law had not made a sound, and she was finally a little anxious. Sister Jiao, you have read all my thoughts, but you give me an idea.
Hearing Xin Zixuan call out the name before leaving the cabinet, Xu Qing's daughter-in-law laughed. I thought the young lady had made up her nature, but she still couldn't sit still.
"How can you let me sit still? I can't get rid of both sides of this matter. More importantly, Moer can't come back. You don't know how uncomfortable I will cry at Liang at that time, and I will cry my four-month-old child."
Xin Zixuan mentioned the sadness, her mouth pressure was suppressed, and she lost two important people in a row, and she almost failed to recover. Later, one was flowing, and Xin Zixuan was really about to collapse. The doctor came over and said that she couldn't calm down and raise the fetus. That's why Li Sijin didn't force her to take good care of herself.
However, Xin Zixuan did not dare to tell others about these things. Li Sijin was dedicated to political achievements. Those maids said that they were here to take care of them. In fact, they all wanted to climb Li Sijin's bed. It's all sent by her mother-in-law, and she can't chase it clearly. She can only endure it silently.
Xu Qing's daughter-in-law didn't expect that Xin Zixuan had nothing to talk to her. She was surprised and felt a little sorry for her and regretted that she couldn't give it to the past. I don't think the young lady needs to care too much. It doesn't matter if she goes to the royal palace generously. The fifth lady is also dealing with the wife of Xingyong's mansion, which is not just right for those speculations.
As soon as Xin Zixuan heard this, her heart brightened up, "Then I will reply and ask the royal palace to arrange it."
"Young lady, please wait." Xu Qing's daughter-in-law shouted.
"What's wrong?" Xin Zixuan looked at her.
"I think the royal palace is more than just for the young lady to discuss the memorial day." Xu Qing's daughter-in-law paused for a moment and no longer caught Xin Zixuan's appetite. "I heard that Anqing Houfu and Wangfu fell out because of the affairs of the imperial concubine."
"Moer?" Xin Zixuan blinked and looked at Xu Qing's daughter-in-law shaking her head, "It's not the second lady." Xin Zixuan was even more confused. Except for Xin Zimo, there was no second concubine in this dynasty.
The empress dowager did not appear. The emperor and the third prince were the sons of the original noble concubine, and the prince in those years were the sons of the German concubine. The emperor ranked second. Because the prince suddenly fell ill before he ascended the throne, the throne fell down. The former emperor was alone. After the prince's death, only the emperor and the third prince were left.
So the emperor still takes good care of this brother and treats Hongfang as himself, treating him like the prince in the palace.
At the beginning, Xin Zimo was given to Hongfang, which also paid attention to Hongfang, but I didn't expect it to turn out like this. The emperor complained about General Dingxi and saw that he had lost his beloved daughter and was not easy to punish him. For Hongfang, who had not yet married and became a widower, the emperor was even more guilty, so he ordered to choose another concubine for Hongfang after the death of the concubine. This time, the emperor no longer intervened in the selection of concubines, but just let Hongfang draw up his own list to enter the palace, and let the palace have a look before making his own decision.
It probably means that as long as your choice meets the requirements, the palace will never interfere and can help if necessary. Not to mention that the prince still needs the emperor to marry the concubine, Hongfang also felt too faceless. The emperor's kindness was to thank him, but he took the emperor's words seriously in his heart. At least as his identity and appearance, everyone is competing for it.
"Qingshu, how did Anqing Houfu know about this?" Hongfang sank his face and threw a book on the desk fiercely. A crackling sound made the green tree's scalp numb. He stood aside and dared not look up. Don't you know that there is an insider in this room?
Qingshu was a little wronged. He was following Hongfang, but Hongfang's living was handled by the maid. I'm going to check it."
Seeing Qingshu turn around and want to leave, Hongfang stopped: "Come back." Qingshu's back fixed, "All the people who handle it are brought out for me, and none of them can be left." Qingshu held his fist, and Hongfang looked better.
Thinking that Song Yan openly fell on his face, just because he crossed Song Yun's name from the candidate list, Hongfang was only surprised and angry. This matter was originally a matter within the royal palace, or it could be said that it was his own business, but Song Yan knew about it. It was second to be known about the candidate list. He didn't know that there was a thief in his room, which made him angry. What made him more angry was that Qingshu still looked blank when he was asked.
"My son, the people of Anqing Houfu and the people of Lu Guogongfu quarreled outside and smashed other people's restaurants." Mo Yan previously reported that Hongfang heard the outbreak. He said directly, "But the official bank for last year's disaster relief was found in the restaurant."
Lv's mansion is the eldest son Hongwen, while the eldest daughter of Anqing Hou Mansion is the third princess's mother's husband. It can be said that they are from the same boat. However, the eldest prince's housewarming was about to be moved, and the two sides actually made trouble outside, not in the face of Hei Hongwen.
But the official bank can be a big deal.
Last year, droughts occurred all over the country. Even the southwest is self-prouded, and a piece of mountains and forests died because of drought. The people don't even drink a mouthful of water, and the ground is dry and cracked, and they can't grow any grain at all. The emperor sacrificed the sky twice in exchange for a few drizzle, but it still didn't help. The court allocated funds for disaster relief, but every time they went to Huaicheng, there would be an accident. It is said that the locals did not dare to walk around the mountains and forests, either when they met mountain thieves or wild beasts.
The imperial court sent troops several times but could not be caught. Instead, it was rumored that those officials and silver were taken away by a demon wind.
Naturally, the emperor did not believe in the theory of strange power and chaos, but no signs made him very angry, and the disaster became more and more serious, and the two batches of supplies and silver disappeared. The treasury was not much for a while, and finally it could only be directly allocated from Jiangnan for emergency relief. This matter has been stuck in the emperor's heart and was very angry, so he later let Hongyi and Yan Kaizhi lead troops to encircle and suppress the Huaicheng mountain thieves.
Outsiders thought that the emperor was going to restore the He family in Zhou, but they didn't know that in the battle of Huaicheng on that day, the mountain thieves were brave and orderly, and the more frustrated they became. The imperial army was killed and injured countless times, and even Yan Kaizhi was seriously injured while protecting Hongyi and almost died.
However, the mountain thieves have been wiped out, but Guan Yin still has no clue. Some people say that they may have been wiped out by the mountain thieves.
Although I think this is unlikely, I can only accept a statement for the time being.
But at this time, it was too strange to find that Guan Yin, who disappeared last year, appeared in the capital.
"It's not good!" A young man dressed as a sophomore rolled and crawled, running breathlessly like Xiyuan. In the process of running, he fell down a few times and rolled all over the dirt. He didn't care that his clothes were torn open. Despite the obstruction of Xiyuan's gatekeeper, he rushed in and said, "The second lady is not good! The second master was arrested.
Ling was very irritable when he heard** outside the door early. Today, I felt panic as soon as I woke up. Now I heard the shouting outside and suddenly came from it. After putting together the book and coming out, I saw two servants arresting the young man on the ground with their backhands. Seeing Ling coming out, he hurriedly saluted.
"Second lady, I don't know where this boy came from and rampaged all the way. We didn't stop him, so we let him run in." After saying that, I'm going to tie Xiao Er out.
Xiao Eryi was anxious and shouted to Ling Shi, "Second Lady, I'm the clerk of Suifenglou." Ling couldn't help trembling for a moment and immediately let the big man go. He was about to call Xiao Er into the room to ask questions, but Xiao Er was anxious and shouted out, "Second Lady, the second master has been arrested!" It is said that he has private official silver and wants to be beheaded!"
As soon as Ling Shi heard it and rolled his eyes, he fainted.