In this way, Zhu Lei followed Shen Shuguang from now on - although Shen Lianheng had been thoroughly investigated both internally and externally after stealing the dog, there should be no such accidents in a short time. But after Wei Changying was frightened this time, he became frightened. He believed that good fortune and misfortune were unpredictable. Even if there was no second Shen Lianheng in the family, who knew there would be other accidents? Even in the inner courtyard, one must not neglect the protection around his son, otherwise if something happens, it will be too late to cry.
So when Shen Shuguang was frightened and had a fever for two days, and Shen Xuan and his wife felt distressed, he made a request to his parents-in-law that Zhu Lei should never leave Shen Shuguang's side.
Shen Xuan and his wife felt that the third house had suffered an unreasonable disaster, and when Shen Zangfeng led the troops outside, they felt really aggrieved, so they agreed after some discussion. Just considering that Zhu Lei was a young man, he specifically pointed out an old servant to accompany him when he entered the back house, so as not to attract criticism.
Afterwards, the Shen family was quiet for a few days. Wei Chang Ying lived a leisurely life with his second son, and occasionally visited his two aunts, especially his second aunt Wei Zhengyin. Although Wei Zhengyin's eldest daughter Su Yuli was in the sister-in-law's house, Before Gu Rouzhang left the cabinet, she returned to the imperial capital to arrange her marriage. However, after Gu Rouzhang returned home, she returned to her ex-husband Gu Naizheng.
As for the second son, Su Yuwu, he accompanied his wife Song Zaishui to Jiangnan last spring to express condolences. Because Song Zaishui was overly grieved, he stayed with her for a few more days. As a result, this stay happened to coincide with the incident in Huoxian County. Like Wei Changfeng, he was too embarrassed to come back for the time being.
In this way, neither of Wei Zhengyin's two children were around. He was worried and lonely, so he focused on his niece and grandnephew in the imperial capital. If Captain Ying didn't go for three to five days, she would send someone over to invite him.
In early April, news finally came out from the palace that Gu Xiaode had been reprimanded by the Holy Emperor for trivial matters. This means that the Holy One is indeed doubtful about his loyalty - in fact, Gu Xiaode tried his best to hide the news of Gu Yan and Shen Zangning's engagement from the Holy One, even bribing the attendants in front of the Holy One.
However, it was God's will that Gu Xiaode prevented the palace officials from informing him, but he could not prevent the Holy Emperor from asking him personally.
On April this day, Princess Qingxin went to pay her respects to the Holy Lord. It was rare that the Holy Lord didn't have a hangover. When he was awake, the Holy Father saw that his youngest daughter was already standing tall and graceful, and he thought of her marriage.
In the past two years, the person whom the Holy Father trusted the most was Gu Xiaode, and he already had a daughter he liked and his eldest son Gu Wei, who was said to be doing well. The Holy Father thought that Gu Xiaode had a son who was not yet married, so he called him over to inquire.
If this was any other matter, Gu Xiaode could just deal with it, but when it involved the princess's life, how could he dare to deceive her? We can't let the Holy One grant the marriage and then let Princess Qingxin descend separately, right? As for the Shen family's marriage, he couldn't just back out if he wanted to. In this case, he had no choice but to tell Gu Yan that he was engaged.
The Holy Emperor didn't pay much attention at first, but regretfully said that he would give Princess Qingxin another consort. At the end, the Holy Emperor casually asked to whom Gu Yan was engaged to be married.
Gu Xiaode didn't dare not answer or coax. Just as he expected, after the Holy Father knew that Gu Yan was engaged to be married to the youngest daughter of the Shen family, he didn't say anything at the time, but he became suspicious.
No, this is where things start to go wrong.
After Shen Xuan and others found out, they breathed a sigh of relief. According to their understanding of the Holy Master, Gu Xiaode was reprimanded now, and the days of falling out of favor would be numbered. Moreover, everyone pushed down the wall. Among the imperial guards and palace people, there were also some people who saw the general trend and quietly showed their kindness to the East Palace.
For a time, the East Palace was crowded with people.
But Prince Shenbo was not very happy.
Shen Bo was not stupid either. He knew that since the Holy Emperor was suspicious of Gu Xiaode, the day when he would ascend the throne was indeed not far away. But even if he becomes emperor, the world is already devastated, and he may not be able to speak at all.
The nobles not only promoted him to the stage, but also made him roll off the stage.
So he repeatedly ordered to find Wei Xinyong.
Although Wei Xinyong is also a descendant of the noble clan, he is young, does not have a deep foundation, and does not have any elders who care about him wholeheartedly. However, he is quite dignified and has deep plans. The most important thing is that Wei Xinyong's handiwork was always involved in the series of events that led to Shen Bo's ascension to the throne and the fact that all the princes in the court unanimously planned to promote him to the throne.
In Shenbo's eyes, Wei Xinyong is a talented and ambitious person. This person is about the same age as himself and has an unreliable background, which is perfect for him to cultivate as his confidant and right-hand man. Moreover, Wei Xinyong was from a noble family, so reusing him would not cause the nobles to rise up and attack him—in short, he was a good candidate for checks and balances.
Shenbo didn't search for long, but found no trace of Wei Xinyong near Yanzhou. However, a letter came from Fengzhou, saying that Wei Xinyong was in Fengzhou now.
The reason is that he was kidnapped by the rebel army before, got lost and went on an errand, and then tragically met the refugees in Huo County... Anyway, it was a mess. Wei Xinyong fell ill near Huo County, and his entourage saw that he was ill. The death was serious and it was difficult to rush back to the capital, so he was simply sent back to Fengzhou.
So now he is recuperating in Fengzhou.
This experience was, of course, made up.
But it was true that Wei Xinyong was ill.
The truth of the matter is this: Wei Xinyong obtained Wei Huan's secret promise and led his people to hide in Tibet to conceal their whereabouts. When he finally sneaked into Fengzhou to avenge his father and sister, he was shocked to find that Jingcheng Hou Weiqi was actually in front of him. Died one day earlier!
The enmity between Wei Huan and Wei Qi is ultimately a dispute between the main sect and the branch sect. The personal enmity is not deep, and it has not reached the point where they have to kill each other personally to resolve their hatred. In addition, Wei Xinyong had promised to take revenge with his own hands, so of course he would not do it.
But that’s how it happened!
… Well, I don’t know whether to say that Wei Qi’s life is good or bad.
All in all, Wei Xinyong had endured his death for more than ten years and planned for more than ten years. It could be said that he died after enduring hardships and overcoming thorns and thorns day and night. Finally, he waited for this great opportunity to take revenge at the right time, place and people - but the enemy actually died first!
Moreover, he died at the end of his life, surrounded by his old wife and some children and grandchildren... This, this, this... Think about it, it's all a piece of your heart, isn't it? !
No matter how deep the city is, Wei Xinyong has devoted his whole life to revenge. Now he has finally gained the upper hand and can enjoy the pain, regret and resentment of his enemy - but it is too late! And it’s only one day late! How could he bear such a blow
Even though Wei Huan said that everyone in Fengzhou could be left to his disposal, Wei Qi, one of the culprits, died peacefully without waiting for Wei Xinyong's painstakingly planned revenge, which still made Wei Xinyong excited. I vomited blood all night and fell unconscious from the fever the next morning!
Although he was rescued because he was young, he is bedridden at the moment and is getting haggard day by day. According to Wei Huan's estimation, he was obviously suffering from a mental illness. If he didn't recover, the effectiveness of the medicinal stone would be very weak.
After learning about this, Wei Changying was speechless for a long time... Marquis Jingcheng had done a lot of bad things in his life, otherwise he would not have provoked an enemy like Wei Xinyong, but who would have thought that even so, he would actually Can you still have the blessing of dying in peace? ?
Let's talk about Wei Xinyong. Ever since he learned about Wei Xiintai's experience, Wei Changying has always felt that it was natural for Wei Qi to suffer torture and die at the hands of Wei Xinyong.
But God's will is unpredictable.
In April of this year, those who lamented the unpredictability of God's will were also the palace servants serving the Holy Emperor.
Ever since he learned that Gu Xiaode was engaged to the Shen family, the Holy Father had become increasingly moody. Even if Gu Xiaode asked Shan Duo to marry him - it is estimated that he must have betrayed Empress Gu privately, so that the Holy Emperor issued an order to deprive Empress Gu of her posthumous title the day after his Shan Duo Duo was married, and banished her to the cold palace of Jihua. , even Princess Qingxin was implicated, was demoted to the county lord, and was ordered to be banned. She was not allowed to meet the Holy Spirit unless summoned - but the Holy Spirit was still suspicious. The suspicion came up, and everyone seemed to have ulterior motives. At this time, the servant They often suffer great disasters, ranging from receiving a royal rod to being executed.
Even among the young girls who were brought into the palace, many were killed or punished because they failed to serve the holy will for a while.
As a result, the palace was almost in a state of trembling.
Even Concubine Deng Guifei and Miao Jieyu found life difficult.
It's just that Gu Xiaode is very loyal, and up to this point he still holds on to the military power of the Xuanjia Guards and defends the palace like an iron wall. Everyone could only wait anxiously for the day when the Holy One could no longer restrain himself and destroyed the Great Wall.
But some people can wait, and some people can't wait.
On April 12th, the Holy Spirit visited Hanyuan Tower on the bank of Shanglinyuan Lake. Originally, there was a Fengci Water Hall on the lake in Shanglinyuan. In order not to block the view of the water hall, there were no particularly tall trees or plants on the lakeside. At the beginning of autumn last year, the Fengci Water Hall accidentally flooded and was almost burned down.
Later, the Holy Father asked for reconstruction, but the wood could not be transported. Even though the Holy Spirit was furious and angry, it was of no avail, so he had to build the Hanyuan Building on the lakeside instead.
Changing one hall to one floor made the Holy Spirit feel aggrieved.
In order to alleviate the grievances of the Holy One, the craftsmen worked day and night, exhausted half their lives, and finally completed the work at the end of February. Hundreds of apricot trees were moved downstairs to create the scene of a "burning apricot forest". After the completion, the saint was invited to go upstairs to take a look at the vast smoke on the lake and the burning apricot flowers downstairs... The saint reluctantly accepted it. .
Not to mention the Hanyuan Building itself - the Holy One has been living here since the building was built. At this time, the prefectures and counties that were still interested in the imperial court were still sending beauties to Beijing under the urging of one imperial edict after another - Of course, those whose roads have not been blocked and whose prefectures and counties are still in the hands of the imperial officials.
The Holy One ordered that the personal selection process be carried out in this building.
This is nothing, the key is that the apricot flowers have already bloomed at this time, and there are only sporadic lotus flowers on the lake. The Holy Master looked at the beauties prostrating themselves at the steps, and then looked at the thick green and light green outside, and felt very regretful.
This feeling was regrettable... The Holy Spirit came up with a good idea: people made flowers the size of real flowers out of gold beads and jade, hung them on the branches, and made golden lotuses out of gold foil, which floated on the water.
Even in the peaceful and prosperous times, the remonstrating ministers would have dissuaded him from such efforts, not to mention that the Wei Dynasty was already on its last legs.
But because of the Holy Emperor's previous cruelty to the admonishers, and because everyone knew that this old guy would not last long, many people remained silent this time.
The reason why many people say it is because Wei Yu, the former Situ, after hearing the news, did not fear the dangers and faced the difficulties!
The last time, Wei Yu cried and tried to persuade him to no avail, and even his attempt to die could not make the Holy One change his mind. Instead, he became furious. That time, the Holy One used his official position and meritorious deeds to offset his sin. This time, it was just Wei Yu who was in white. His request for an audience was misunderstood by the Holy One as because he was afraid of the Holy One and had softened. He went to the palace to seek forgiveness from the Holy One, but he didn't expect that Wei Yu's words of advice this time were even harsher than the last time... In short, In the midst of his rage, the Holy Emperor made a decision that shocked the nobles who had long been prepared for the outcome of Wei Yu's trip, and even left them stunned and dumbfounded! (To be continued)