The fact that Princess Xianjun was injured because of the uncle's horse was quickly spread throughout the capital. Because the uncle of the country was arrogant, many people had long been dissatisfied with him. Now I heard that this murderer shocked the princess of Xianjun's car. , Injured the forehead of Princess Xianjun, which caused Wang Xianjun very distressed. But when this uncle of the country went to Xianjun Wangfu to plead guilty, he still looked high and high, and even kicked the stone lion at the gate after leaving the county palace. .
You must know that this stone lion is a family. It is not a family of status. You can't put a stone lion. Even if you put a stone lion, there are various things to pay attention to. The facade, this is not rampant what is it
In a serious family, the Fang family can only be regarded as an aristocrat who relied on a woman's ambition to call him Fang's "precious". Too lazy to look at it.
There are no secrets in the capital. Fang Chengde's words and deeds are seen by others. The royal family in Beijing thinks that Fang Chengde is deceiving people too much, and the Fang family and the queen are dissatisfied. Above the court, there are more and more memorials for impeaching the Fang family, but Emperor Qilong pressed them all down, which made many royal families more and more dissatisfied. Now this Uncle Fang dares to treat Prince Xian like this, then it will be later. After the crown prince ascended the throne, how should these royal family members who are not quite prominent, how to deal with themselves, it is difficult for them to live under the Fang family's remaining prestige, then what is the dignity of their royal family
Perhaps knowing the dissatisfaction of the royal family over this matter, Emperor Qilong finally issued a decree to punish Fang Chengde in front of his courtiers a few days later. The decree did not mention the things that the Fang family did behind their backs, but only fiercely criticized Fang Chengde's guilt of hurting innocents by running a horse in a busy market, and then fined him three years, from one waiting to three waiting, and ordered him to think at home. , do not leave the house easily.
At first glance, this will seems to be very strict, but after thinking about it carefully, it feels like a scratch, but it is not really serious. Fang Chengde was still carrying the Marquis on his back. Although he was downgraded, the restoration of the title in the future is just a matter of a few words from the emperor.
This kind of punishment is better than putting Fang Chengdra outside the hall and punishing him with dozens of sticks or kneeling. The emperor's move was just for the common people who didn't understand politics, not for their royal family.
Yan Jinqiu was not surprised by the emperor's will, because even if the emperor has a thousand abilities, he still has a fatal weakness, that is, the prince. The crown prince was incompetent, arrogant and extravagant, but he was the only son of the emperor. The Fang family is the prince's uncle's family. If the Fang family falls, then the prince will become king in the future, I am afraid that it will be difficult to move. Therefore, the emperor could only keep the Fang family, because the Fang family was the prince's uncle and belonged to the prince's faction. Although Fang Chengde was incompetent, his two ten-year-old children were very intelligent and motivated. When the prince succeeded the throne, They are already at the age to be an official in the dynasty, and the two will be good helpers for the prince by then.
Thinking of this, Yan Jinqiu sneered in his heart. No matter how capable the two children of the Fang family are, the half-year-old children have not yet been determined, not to mention whether the emperor will survive until that time, and one has no children and has a bad reputation. Prince, whether you can sit in that position is still a matter of discussion.
"Your Highness, several spies who were among the servants of the palace have been found."
"Take the person to the dark room," Yan Jinqiu lowered his eyelids, slowly closed the travel journal in his hand, and a smile slowly overflowed from the corner of his mouth: "This king wants to interrogate these people well."
The person who reported the report lowered his head a little: "Yes."
The tunnel in the dark room is very bright, and every few steps on the wall are inlaid with soft luminous pearls and various low-key and luxurious decorations. If someone stumbles into this place, they will only think that this is the place where the palace of the county king puts precious gold, silver, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings. Not associating these things with other things.
When the tunnel goes to the end, it is a small and medium-sized room, and there are all kinds of precious and rare treasures in it, which are enough to blind people's eyes. In the place with the brightest light, the subordinate walking behind Yan Jinqiu stepped forward and knocked on a brick that was no different from other floor tiles. Even the knocking sound was the same. He opened the floor tile and pressed it on the ground three times. Seeing that the thick wall next to it slowly opened, revealing a dark corridor.
Going down slowly through the aisle, the true content of the secret room is revealed, the bloody torture instruments, some damp ground, the eyes of the giant beast with its mouth open in the corner are made of night pearls, and it looks very ferocious in the dark room. No one would have thought that this was the vent of the secret room.
Several spies were locked on the pipa bones, and the height they were hung was just a little more than their height. If they wanted the pipa bones not to be torn apart too much by the iron hooks, they had to stand on tiptoes, but they lost a lot of blood, and their physical strength Not enough to sustain them for too long. When the weak feet are exhausted, the iron hook of the pipa bone can tear their wounds again, and so on and so forth, tormenting them to such an extent that they cannot live or die.
"You are all good-natured heroes, and these iron hooks can't stop you." The secret room was a little sultry, and even the smell was not very good, and the few subordinates behind Yan Jinqiu ordered Incense, put ice on it, as if this is not the secret torture room, but Yan Jinqiu's study.
"You are a hypocrite with a pretentious appearance, you can use whatever means you have, why do you say such nonsense," the eldest man spat blood in the direction of Yan Jinqiu, his tone was both unwilling and hateful, "No. Do you know how many people in the capital know that Dangtang Xian Jun Wang is such a vicious and ambitious person, and your charming and charming princess princess know that you are like this?"
"How about this king's woman, I don't need you to put a beak on it," Yan Jinqiu looked at these people with a half-smile, but he didn't see the slightest bit of anger. He stepped forward and pulled the hook, looking at the person who was speaking with a painful expression on his face. It got twisted, and the smile on his face became stronger and stronger, "You don't need to say whether this king is a hypocrite or not, you spies laugh at other people's hypocrites, and you can actually open your mouth."
Perhaps the wound was too painful, and the spy was too old to say a word. As for the other people, they seemed to be timid and did not speak.
"Why are you dumb?" Yan Jinqiu tapped the iron hook on his collarbone with the folding fan in his hand, then threw the folding fan aside in disgust, and started to wipe his hands with a handkerchief, "Since you are hard-headed, you are unwilling to recruit , just hang like this, this king admires you loyal dogs the most."
Watching the blood of these people fall to the ground drop by drop, the smile on his face became stronger and stronger, as if he was admiring a wonderful picture: "Take care of these good dogs."
After admiring the painful appearance of these people, Yan Jinqiu walked out of the secret room in a happy mood. After returning to the study, he lowered his head and saw a little sewage on his shoes, and frowned in disgust: "Come here, this king wants to take a bath."
Hua Xiwan's wounds, who had been recovering in bed for a few days, have begun to recover slowly, so she was finally able to get out of bed and move around. After reading it in her yard, she teased the starling hanging on the corridor, "The servant in charge of raising the starling Where have you gone, why is the water a little cloudy?"
"Zhang Le's family came to redeem him, and I heard that he went back to the countryside to ask for a wife," the steward replied, "because he only left yesterday, so he hasn't had time to find a servant who can play birds to replace him. ."
Hua Xiwan turned her head and glanced at this very honest butler, and then continued to tease the starling: "Really?"
"Yes, yes, yes?" Starling flapped his wings in the birdcage and learned to speak.
A thin layer of sweat appeared on the back of the manager.
"Since the previous person has left, arrange for a new person to come over as soon as possible," Hua Xiwan lost interest after teasing for a while, "I'm interested in watching the bird, take good care of it, and amuse myself when I'm bored. It’s a good time for a while.”
"Mind it down." The steward immediately stepped back and made arrangements. After walking a distance, he turned back to see Princess Princess standing in the corridor, neither happy nor angry, making people unable to see how she was feeling.
Bai Xia frowned a little strangely. A few days ago, this servant named Zhang Le had carried eight generations of his ancestors in front of him. According to him, there was no one in his family, and his only sibling sister also died of illness. . Where did someone come to redeem him
After returning to the house, Bai Xia told Hua Xiwan about this, and saw that the master's face changed slightly.
"Since someone came to redeem him, only relatives would be willing to do so," Hua Xiwan's complexion quickly returned to normal, "but he's just a rough servant, don't need to spend too much time on it, just wish him a good life in the future. "
Bai Xia Yiyan didn't say much more. On the second day, after she found out that there were a few people from the outer courtyard and the inner courtyard in the mansion, she seemed more calm. She found out the names of these people and what they were doing. , After reporting it to the master, I saw her face even more strange.
Since Hua Xiwan got married, she knew that Xianjun Wang's mansion was not as simple as she imagined, but since she got married to this prefecture's mansion, there was no turning back. All some things, know as not to know, such a person can live more happily.
Hongying saw that Bai Xia and her master's faces were not very good. Although she hadn't figured out what was going on, she became more careful when she waited.
When it was dinner time, someone came to report that the prince of the county was coming to have dinner later. Hua Xiwan didn't ask anything else, but just asked the people in the dining room to prepare some dishes that Yan Jinqiu liked.
What if she cares too much and accidentally lights up the maddening skills of this county prince