The spacious palace room is brightly lit.
There was only a seat at the top, and Emperor Hongjing sat there with a gloomy expression.
Concubine Yong was crying like a tearful person. I was used to seeing her well-rounded and exquisite appearance, so it was really unaccustomed to her.
King Yong had a pale face, kneeling there with his head bowed.
Before Princess Yong rushed in, she beat up King Yong. Not only did she beat King Yong, but Wang Shuying was also slapped several times by her. The two of them were knocked out, and they woke up naturally.
The scene was so noisy that the irrelevant people were taken away by Queen Wei's orders. After finally pulling away the insane Princess Yong, this pair of dog and man are also in a state of embarrassment.
Wang Shuying could no longer see a human figure, her face was red and swollen, and Prince Yong's face was also scratched with several nail marks. Emperor Hongjing was furious, and the problem that should be solved afterwards still had to be solved.
As soon as King Jin changed his usual aloof appearance, he insisted on having the eunuch interrogated. Who in the world instructed him to stalk and bite randomly
The eunuch was not very old, about seventeen or eighteen years old, he was so frightened that his tears and nose flowed together, and he killed his mistaken recognition under fright. Besides, in that situation at that time, Wang Defang was pressed under the body by King Hui, and his hair was scattered. He only looked at half of his face, and it was normal to admit his mistake.
But he didn't dare to say such normal words, he just knelt there and slapped himself one after another, saying that he was talking nonsense, and begging His Royal Highness King Jin and Concubine Su to spare their lives.
Yao Niang used to be soft-hearted, so she didn't make a sound at this time. After the previous incident, she knew that to be soft-hearted to others now is to be cruel to herself. As long as she thought of what she might have suffered if King Jin hadn't arranged in advance, her heart suddenly became as hard as a stone.
At this time, someone came to report that Wang Ge was old.
Not long after, Mr. Wang Ge was led in.
He was in his sixtieth year, with gray beard and hair, and thin cheeks. In the past, he had the elegant appearance of a literati, not like an official, but more like a great Confucian who did not serve as an official. At this time, the old face was dark, and the aura of calm and prestige was revealed, but there was a bit of hopelessness and despair.
"The old minister is ashamed!" After saluting, the elder Wang Ge bowed his head.
Facing such an old minister, who was still a senior minister that Emperor Hongjing relied on more, he couldn't say anything harsh for a while. He just let out a deep sigh and said, "The evil son did it recklessly!"
"It's because the old minister's family failed to teach his granddaughter well, so the old minister took these two rebellious things back and must give His Majesty an explanation."
This is the opposite of what you said. Originally, between a man and a woman, you love each other, especially this kind of thing must be a disadvantage for the woman. Now Wang Ge is saying something ironic. But whether it is an irony or not, only Wang Ge and Emperor Hongjing know. Things have come to this point, there must be an explanation. The boss of Wangge couldn't force Emperor Hongjing to give an explanation to himself, he could only say that he would give an explanation.
In fact, let Wang Ge think about it all the time, if there is one less unworthy descendant, now is not the time to be reluctant. He prides himself on being clean, doesn't follow nepotism, and doesn't make friends with powerful people. Before, because the Wang family didn't want to get involved in the fight for the throne, he withdrew his marriage with the former grandson. In order to break this kind of rumor, he also didn't want to get involved, so he gritted his teeth and persuaded the old woman at home to marry his granddaughter.
The reason why civil servants cherish feathers is because literati pay attention to virtue and character, and starving to death is a small matter of injustice. Wen dies admonishing, military dies, it is the highest level of civil and military officials, military officers are proud of dying in battle, civil officials are to help the community, dare to fight against the imperial power, and do not hesitate to die when the emperor is not 'clear' Advising at the cost is considered the highest honor.
Therefore, not everyone is willing to be married to the royal family when civil servants achieve a certain position.
Especially the self-proclaimed Qingliu like the Wang family, because of their reputation for virtue and purity, attracted countless Qingliu officials to vassalize their families. The so-called Qingliu means not flattering, not courting the powerful, and daring to criticize the imperial power. If any civil official does not wear the Qingliu brand on himself, he will be ashamed to enter the court as an official.
It's good now, all the gestures he made before were severely slapped back in the face. The Wang family didn't claim to be noble, but placed their bets with their treasures in their hands. Now that the situation was unclear, they decided to take the next one. Without waiting until tomorrow, Old Wang Ge can imagine how low the reputation of the Wang family will fall.
And the Wang family will be ridiculed by others, the building will collapse.
Whenever Mr. Wang Ge thought of these things, he would feel dizzy for a while, wishing to faint on the spot. But he can't get dizzy, and if he doesn't reach a desperate situation, how can he get dizzy with his determination and city government.
He still has a way to go, and that is to bring back his daughter, as if this had never happened. But it was obvious that Emperor Hongjing had a different idea from him.
"It's some of my evil sons who committed crimes, and their own crimes will end on their own. How about it, Wang Aiqing, these evil sons of mine all have the position of side concubine vacant, so I will give the position of side concubine to the girl of the Wang family. Your royal family morality Heirloom, you say you are a veteran of the two dynasties, but you are worthy."
Wang Ge was about to refuse, but was restrained by Emperor Hongjing, "Could it be that Aiqing looks down on my Zhao family, or is Aiqing willing to risk her own descendants and break up a few lovers? Let's put it this way , it's getting late, Ai Qing will lead the children back, I will send someone to your house to make an order tomorrow."
Emperor Hongjing waved his hand to show his retreat.
Now that the matter has come to this point, Wang Ge can only thank him with a forced smile, and leads the Wang family away.
It can be imagined that the Wang family is destined to have a sleepless night today, and the Wang Defang sisters will not feel better after they go back, but at least the Wang family will not do anything to them, because Emperor Hongjing said that he will go to make an order tomorrow.
After that, Emperor Hongjing walked away with a gloomy face, and Queen Wei led the slumped King Hui to leave.
Things have developed to such an extent, Princess Yong is relieved.
She had a lot of questions to know, but nothing was as important as keeping the matter a secret. If the investigation is really going on, even though the Yongwang lineage is used to doing things with backhands, they have to guard against being found out.
King Lu was a little dissatisfied, so the play is over? Shouldn't it be a fight, everyone's vitality will be greatly injured, and he will return with a big victory? King Lu did not ignore Emperor Hongjing's implication, even if it was to cover up, then Wang Shuyan would definitely enter his Palace of King Lu.
The Wang family's daughter was finally divided up, and no one was at a disadvantage. It's just that it's like this, which makes people feel a little uncomfortable.
King Lu felt a little uncomfortable. He had to use this method to get it after exhausting all his efforts, and he was not the only one. But after thinking about it, he mixed up the muddy water, and the fourth brother's idea failed, not to mention the others.
It stands to reason that Jin Wang and Yao Niang, who are the most innocent today, because of Jin Wang's advance precautions, made all the plots and tricks against themselves come to nothing, and fought back fiercely, so that the other party would not lose money.
Jin Wang was not surprised that Emperor Hongjing would deal with it in this way of whitewashing peace. Compared with knowing who the mastermind behind the scenes was, Emperor Hongjing would never give up a chance to bring down the Wang family. The courtiers are powerful, and the king must cut the opponent's wings. It was like this when he asked Wang Defang to marry his grandson, and it is like this now.
Seriously speaking, Emperor Hongjing is the real winner in this match. There is no need to do anything, and these eager sons will do it for him.
Although the process of things was somewhat unexpected, the result was satisfactory to him.
Of course, the matter will definitely not end like this. Although Emperor Hongjing did not investigate further on the surface, it does not mean that he will not investigate behind the scenes.
In particular, King Hui had accidents one after another, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that someone deliberately framed him.
Who is this man
Is it King Yong, King Lu, King Jin, or the others who were not present? Everyone is suspicious, I am afraid that Emperor Hongjing will also have a sleepless night tonight.
King Yong and his wife left in a hurry, and King Lu didn't stay long. Yaoniang and King Jin walked out of Jiangxuexuan, intending to go to Qin'an Hall to pick up Xiaobao back to his residence.
Not far away, although the emperor and empress are gone, the moon appreciation banquet is still going on, and it may not end until a long time later.
Qin'an Hall, a huge palace divided into two rooms inside and outside.
There are a few older children outside, such as An Wang, Dai Wang, and Yong Wang's family who are over four or five years old, all gather outside to play, but inside are children as old as Xiaobao.
Among them was a female doll, and Xiao Bao stared at her for a long time.
It's really not that Xiaobao is lustful and knows how to look at female dolls at such a young age, but that this female doll is his concubine in his previous life—Sun Yue'er.
Xiao Yueyue is only two years old now, but she looks like a little beauty. A chubby little face, big eyes, and a small pink mouth. At this time, she is not as generous and decent as Xiaobao first met her in the previous life, she is calm and restrained, and she is still very childish. She was playing with Zhuzhu, and it could be seen that the two female dolls had not met once.
"Brother Xiaobao, what are you looking at?" Brother Yan stretched out his finger and pushed Xiaobao.
As an older brother, he was told by his father to take good care of little brother Xiaobao when he was leaving the banquet, and this kid really remembered it. He clearly watched other children play with longing in his eyes, but he still stayed by Xiaobao's side .
"I didn't look at anything." Xiaobao said what the adults said.
Brother Yan was puzzled, why did Xiaobao's younger brother say he didn't watch it, even though he was watching it
There is a young boy named Brother Xuan in Lu Wang's family. He is three years old this year. He looks like his father and has a solid build. He followed Lu Wang. Among the children no more than four years old, they seem to be the king of children.
He led Brother Hao from Wang An's family and Brother Han from Wang Dai's family, rushing in and out, running all over the room. Brother Yu, who was only two years old in Wu Wang's family, also stumbled and ran behind. There were two court ladies and a little eunuch next to him, for fear that he would fall.
After playing for a while, Brother Xuan dropped the bamboo horse in his hand and ran to provoke the only two little girls in the room. This kid is also a bad guy, when he saw Yueyue had two little twitches left on her head, he stretched out his hand to twitch her when he came up.
Little children don't know the seriousness, Yueyue was dragged to tears, but she didn't dare to cry.
Zhuzhu came up to beat him: "Brother Xuan, let go quickly, you hurt Yueyue."
"If you don't let it go, you won't let it go!" Brother Xuan jumped and laughed while pushing Zhuzhu.
Zhuzhuren was small and round, and was pushed down.
Brother Yan was surprised, but before he could move, Xiaobao rushed over.
"If you don't let go, I'll send someone to sue the emperor." Then he scolded the two maids next to him, "Are you going to let him cause trouble?"
These court ladies and eunuchs are all good people, seeing that Brother Xuan is not offending the emperor's granddaughter, so they didn't step forward to stop them. When Zhuzhu was pushed to the ground, she hurried forward to pick up Zhuzhu, and saw Xiaobao scolding them, although she stepped forward to dissuade them with a smile on her face, but it was also a bit perfunctory.
After all, it's not the emperor's grandson, nor the emperor's granddaughter. They don't care much, and they don't want to cause trouble.
Yueyue's little tugger was still in Brother Xuan's hand, and he even tugged it twice in protest. Yueyue was sensible and endured it all the time, but now she couldn't help it anymore, and immediately burst into tears.
The fire in Xiaobao's mind came up immediately, and he didn't care about the difference in body size between them, so he stepped forward to push Brother Xuan.
Brother Xuan has always been a little overlord, and he hasn't met anyone who dares to push him. He lost Yueyue's little push, so he fought back to push Xiaobao.
Xiaobao was pushed back a bit, and knowing that he was invincible, he called Brother Yan: "You are still standing, he bullies Zhuzhu, beat him up!"
Xiaobao went up first, and hit Brother Xuan like a small cannonball.
He was raised well by Yaoniang, although he has grown taller, he is not thinner than before. With such a physique, an ordinary child can't stand it. Brother Xuan was knocked to the ground by him, and before he could react, he was punched twice.