After sending Huiniang away, Yaoniang thought for a long time, but her eyebrows were still unfurled.
It's not that she is afraid of causing trouble to herself, anyway, her reputation outside the palace is not very good now. Emperor Jin'an has never had a harem. Although he didn't mention the reason, some people have already blamed her.
What she was thinking about was how to deal with Mrs. Li.
There is no doubt that Mrs. Li is the root of the trouble, she can smooth it out, but what should I do next time this kind of thing happens again? Hitting a mouse and hurting the jade bottle, she can ignore Mrs. Li, and brother-in-law, but only sister Hui Niang has to think about it.
Before her sister talked to her, Yaoniang could clearly feel that there might be a rift between her sister and her husband, and there must have been a quarrel before entering the palace.
After all, Mrs. Li is my sister's mother-in-law, so it's impossible not to deal with it.
Seeing the empress sitting alone in thought, Hong Si and others didn't dare to disturb her, until Sibao made a fuss to find her, and the palace people brought her over.
"what happened again?"
Sibao can't speak either, but just grabs Yaoniang's skirt and doesn't lose it. Nowadays, it is almost impossible for Yaoniang to wear flat clothes, unless she is far away from the three treasures and four treasures, otherwise she will be harmed by two naughty eggs if she is not careful.
There were bursts of greetings outside, and it was Emperor Jin'an who had come.
He is dressed in ordinary clothes, a dragon robe with a purple bottom, and a black gauze winged crown on his head. Now Emperor Jin'an's majesty is getting stronger and stronger. In the early days, his temperament was handsome and cold, but now he is a little more stable and majestic.
Sibao's eyes lit up when he saw Emperor Jin'an, and he struggled to get off the ground. Yaoniang put her down, and she stumbled and walked towards Emperor Jin'an, calling daddy loudly while walking. Of course it is not as loud as the second treasure and the three treasures, but it is extremely rare for the four treasures who have always been soft-spoken.
Yaoniang was a little jealous, and watched her daughter rushing towards him with a sour look, hugging his dragon leg.
Uncommonly, Emperor Jin'an did not pick up his daughter, but half bent down and held Sibao's little hand, walking towards this side. Yao Niang blinked suspiciously, knowing that the father and daughter are usually the most affectionate.
When they arrived at the kang, Sibao looked up at Emperor Jin'an, and seemed to be curious why his father didn't hug him. At this time, Fucheng came up with a smile and picked her up and put her on the kang, while Emperor Jin'an sat down opposite Yaoniang.
Emperor Jin'an raised his hand slightly and put it on the kang table. Yaoniang was curious about what he wanted to do when she saw his sleeve move, as if something crawled out of his sleeve.
It's just that Yaoniang didn't have time to look at it when she saw Emperor Jin'an turn over the palm and hold the object in her palm. Then spread it out, and the mother and daughter can see clearly what it is.
It is a puppy, with snow-white body, dark and moist eyes and nose, very cute. It seemed a little uncomfortable lying halfway in Emperor Jin'an's palm, struggling with twists and turns of its small body, and got up with great difficulty.
"Oh?"
Sibao's eyes were wide open, his mouth could not be closed, and he pointed at the puppy, as if he was asking Emperor Jin'an what it was.
Emperor Jin'an's eyes softened, and he said, "It's for Changle."
Although he loves his daughter, he is a man, but he still can't do the act of hugging his daughter and kissing her little cheek when he is happy.
"This is a puppy, does Xiaosi like it?" asked the peerless good mother beside her.
"Four, four of..."
Sibao wanted to touch it but didn't dare to touch it, so he looked at his mother repeatedly.
"Little Si'er can touch it."
Yaoniang took her little hand and approached slowly, during which Sibao wanted to withdraw her hand, but Yaoniang didn't stop her, but when she wanted to touch it again, she used her own hand to protect the little hand and touched the puppy's body.
The puppy has only a short coat of fluff, which is soft to the touch.
When Sibao was clamoring to play with Dahua and them, Yaoniang had taught her that she could only touch but not pinch, so she just touched her fingers carefully. During this period, Yaoniang withdrew her hand, but was discovered by the sensitive Sibao, and she immediately withdrew her hand.
After all, the milk doll of this age is still quite curious, Sibao touched it again by herself, she stroked it up and touched it again, and let out giggles, as if she was very happy that she was not afraid anymore.
Sibao's attention was successfully attracted by the puppy, and he had a great time playing, so Yaoniang informed Emperor Jin'an of Huiniang's entry into the palace.
"What are your plans?" Emperor Jin'an asked.
Nowadays, whenever Yaoniang encounters such matters that Yaoniang can solve by herself, Emperor Jin'an will change his previous attitude of taking care of everything, and ask her what she means first.
Yaoniang is also used to it, and said: "I wonder if we can use Shuntian Mansion to scare her and teach her a lesson, so that she will not dare to do it again after she has a long memory."
As she spoke, she looked at Emperor Jin'an, and seemed to be asking him if this method was feasible.
"If you think you can, then do it."
Does that mean it works
Yaoniang called Hongsi and told her to go down and finish the matter.
"Su Huiniang, you are unfilial, I must let Cheng'er divorce you..."
Mrs. Li finally got tired of cursing, and sat down on the chair out of breath.
It's been a long time since she claimed to be an old lady. Don't look at Li Shipo, she also needs face. Ordinarily, when walking outside, I always consciously or unconsciously imitate the manners of those high-ranking officials and wives. Although Dong Shi imitated many jokes, it is not as vulgar as before.
This time, Mrs. Li was so excited, and she was also angered by Hui Niang.
This little girl actually encouraged her son to lock her up.
Mrs. Li didn't think there was anything wrong with giving us loan sharks, so what if the people from Shuntian Mansion came to the door, if they wanted to arrest her, they would have already taken her away, so there was no need to come to the door to inquire about it. As long as Su Yaoniang is still the queen, those officials dare not touch her. Her son is the queen's brother-in-law, and their Yao family is now a relative of the emperor.
I have to say that Su Yaoniang is really lucky!
Li shi would sigh like this every time, and at the same time she couldn't help but think of her daughter, Sister Yan.
Although Mrs. Li didn't know what happened to Sister Yan's whereabouts, but now in her heart, she already regarded Sister Yan as dead. While lamenting Su Yaoniang's good luck, she naturally scolded her a lot. If she hadn't blocked it, she should be sitting in the position of the emperor's mother-in-law today.
It's all the Su family and Su Yaoniang who took away her and her daughter's blessing!
Li gnashed her teeth thinking about it, but luckily she was the only one in the room now, otherwise she would have scared those girls and women into a panic.
Mrs. Li was thinking wildly, when there was a sudden sound of unlocking the door, she immediately stood up and made a gesture of akimbo, planning to scold Su Huiniang when she came in.
It's a pity that it wasn't Su Huiniang who came in, but a few girls.
"Old lady, my master invites you to go."
"Is it because Su Huiniang is going to apologize to the old lady for admitting her mistake?" Mrs. Li has already begun to imagine in her mind, how she will teach Su Huiniang a good lesson later, and she will forgive her only if she treats her poorly and pleases her in every possible way. she. Don't look at Li's yelling and scolding just now, it's just talking, she also knows in her heart that it is because of whose face that the family can have such a wealth now.
Including Yao Niang, the person Li Shi has never disdained, she can also face all kinds of lows and lows at the time. Before entering the palace to congratulate on the New Year's Day, when Li Shi saw Yaoniang, she almost didn't smile, so it is said that bullies are like this, and the philistines make people feel cold.
After seeing all kinds of things in the capital, the Li family is no longer the Li family who could wink all kinds of eyes in front of King Jin.
Mrs. Li deliberately took Qiao and asked the maid to serve her, changed her clothes, and redressed herself before walking out of the room. At this time, she still doesn't have the same appearance as when she was in Jinzhou, she is no different from those old ladies from wealthy families in Beijing. She had a reserved expression on her face with her eyes raised above her head, and she didn't realize that the place where the girls led her was the front yard.
Yao Cheng had an unbearable expression on his face. He didn't go to look at Mrs. Li, but said to an adult in front of him: "This is my mother. I hope that my lord will be merciful. My mother's background is slightly cold, and she has only been in Beijing for a short time. I don’t know much about the world. I was deceived by others in this matter, so I made such a big mistake.”
"It's easy to say, we are also following orders. If the old lady of your mansion is really ignorant of the inside story and is just bewitched by others, we will definitely handle it fairly."
The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and the lord ordered his subordinates to take down Mrs. Li.
This group of fierce-looking yamen servants rushed forward, even though they didn't lock Li Shi, it was enough to make her stunned and weak in fright. It wasn't until she was pushed out of the door that she realized it and screamed: "What are you doing, what are you doing... Cheng'er, what are they trying to do... Cheng'er, you unfilial son..."
Yao Cheng bowed to this side and said: "Mother, it's not that the child is unfilial, but that the mother has made a big mistake, and the child is really powerless..."
At this time, Mrs. Li still doesn't look like a noble lady, her hair is in a mess, the gold ornaments on her head have fallen to the ground, and her face is full of snot and tears from crying:
"Look for Su Yaoniang, look for Su Yaoniang, go quickly..."
"Shut up! Could it be you who named the Empress Empress?"
Seeing the yamen servant's angry eyes, Li Shi was too frightened to say anything.
But her hard life is still to come. After she was taken away, she was imprisoned in the prison of Shuntian Mansion.
This prison in Shuntian Prefecture is not an ordinary place. As a prison in an important place in Gyeonggi, all the people who can be held in it are gangsters and key criminals in murder cases. There is no light here all the year round, and the cell is cramped and small. Even though she has chosen the best one for Li Shi, it still makes her miserable.
That's all, what frightens Li Shi the most is that there will always be some strange sounds here, sometimes iron chains smashing the prison door, sometimes laughing loudly, and sometimes crying sadly, which often makes Li Shi curl up in fright. In a ball, unable to sleep all night.
The food is also poor. Every meal is gruel and bread that is so hard that you can choke to death. It is said that this is considered good. The other prisoners eat rotten food, and there is only one meal a day. up.
Mrs. Li was tormented so much that she begged or threatened to say something when she saw the jailers, but these jailers were like stone men and never paid any attention to her. She finally realized why she heard those strange things The voice is gone, and these people are all tortured and crazy.
At the same time, the Shuntian Mansion did not forget to send someone to interrogate her. Where did Li Shi dare to hide it
Not only did she partner with the wife of the uncle's family to put loan sharks, but she also cooperated with the wives of two other families. But just as the third wife of the uncle's family said, Mrs. Li doesn't care about things, and may even not know the specific situation at all. I only know that it is a partnership to do business, so she doesn't need to pay the capital, just sit and wait for the dividends.
It's not that Li Shi doesn't know that these people deliberately set Li Shi up. She only needs to know two things. She can get money, and these people will take the initiative to give money to herself if they want her. As for what the consequences would be, it was not within the scope of Li Shi's consideration. From her perspective, the sky would not collapse.
These so-called confessions were made in duplicate, one was sent to the palace, and the other was sent to Yao's house.
Yao Cheng fell silent after reading these fucking 'heart-to-heart' words.
Hui Niang changed her previous attitude, she didn't say anything, she even avoided going out, leaving him room to think alone. As in the past, Yao Cheng did not disappoint her. After Mrs. Li was sent back, he started to take care of sending her back to her hometown in the countryside of Jinzhou.
Li Shi was naturally unwilling, and the only thing that supported her to get out of the prison was the thought that she would be fine as long as she survived this for a while. It's a pity that no matter how much she begged, cried, and scolded, she could not stop Yao Cheng's decision to send her back to the countryside.
After finally sending Mrs. Li away, Yao Chengcai let out a long breath, and said to Hui Niang: "You are right, keeping her in the capital will kill our family."
Hui Niang comforted him and said: "Don't say that, it's just a helpless move. If we were not in Beijing, she would not be able to do anything in that small place. But this is Beijing, at the feet of the emperor. It can cause great disaster. I have thought about returning home with you and waiting for my mother to die, but firstly, my sister, father, mother and elder brother are all here, so I don’t want to part with it; secondly, Brother Ming and the others are in the capital, and the future is certain in the future It will be better than in Jinzhou, especially the three children are studying at a critical moment, so I will take care of the children."
"You're right."
And at the same time that Yao's family was sending Li Shi away, Emperor Jin'an went to Qianqing Palace.
No one knew what he said to the Supreme Emperor, but the next day the Supreme Emperor called Zhao Zuo into the palace.
Zhao Zuo hadn't seen the Supreme Emperor for a long time, and the last time was the New Year's Eve. No matter how much he asked to see him, the Supreme Emperor would refuse him from the palace gate with the excuse of dragon body discomfort and self-cultivation.
In fact, Zhao Zuo knew that the Taishang Huang didn't feel unwell, but he just didn't want to see him. Standing outside the hall, he could vaguely hear the children's laughter, noises and the sound of drums and three-stringed drums. To put it bluntly, he is no longer the most beloved grandson of the Supreme Emperor.
It depends on how long you can be pampered! Many times, Zhao Zuo thinks so unwillingly and jealously.
Today, the Supreme Emperor suddenly called him into the palace for the first time, Zhao Zuo was very surprised, he couldn't help thinking of something guilty. In an instant, he felt that it was impossible to do that thing, he did it in secret, and no one would find out.
When seeing the Supreme Emperor sitting cross-legged on the kang, all kinds of emotions turned into admiration all over his face. Taishanghuang looks very good, even better than before before he was seriously ill. The eyebrows are relaxed, and the complexion is rosy, which is the result of physical and mental comfort.
"Grandfather..." The voice contained sorrow, grievance, even bewilderment, mourning, and so on.
When the Supreme Emperor heard this voice, he couldn't help sighing a little. This was probably one of the most meaningful voices he heard at such an old age. Without exception, these people are not good things. Of course, this "not a good thing" is relative to the emperor.
"Get up. Li Dequan, give me your seat."
I don't know when, the situation between the grandfather and grandson changed. In the past, Zhao Zuo never treated himself as an outsider when he came to Qianqing Palace, but now he is polite and reserved.
The Taishanghuang recalled in a trance, it seemed that when the crown prince was deposed, no one knew whether he changed or the other party changed.
"Have you read any books recently? There is good news for Mrs. Wu? You and Mrs. Wu will not be married for a while, and you should put your children first in everything."
Zhao Zuo replied one by one: "Grandson has nothing to do recently. I was reading "The Analects of Confucius". , there are many annotations written by the imperial grandfather on it, which makes the grandson feel like a treasure, and he will feel a lot of emotion after reading it again.
"As for Mrs. Wu—"
He paused for a moment, a look of disgust flashed in his eyes, but his tone was still respectful: "The grandson really hopes that the Wu family can give birth to Lin'er as soon as possible, but unfortunately there is no good news so far." At the end of the sentence, the tone faded.
The Supreme Emperor didn't speak, Zhao Zuo couldn't help but looked up at the other party, his pupils constricted for a while.
The Taishanghuang was not listening to him, but was holding a jade pole to tease the fish in the porcelain basin on the kang table. It could be seen that the Taishanghuang was very focused and did not look at him.
Zhao Zuo suddenly felt aggrieved as if he was showing his pretty eyes to a blind man, but he didn't dare to say anything, he could only bow his head forbearance.
After a moment, or two moments, the Supreme Emperor put down the jade pole in his hand, and said slowly: "It's also good for you to calm down and read a book. If you have nothing to do, stop thinking about it and learn more from your uncles."
Then he yawned, waved his hands, and pointed to Zhao Zuo, and someone led Zhao Zuo down.
Zhao Zuo didn't understand what the Supreme Emperor meant until he left the palace gate.
He felt a sense of shame, feeling that the Supreme Emperor was just playing with himself, calling him into the palace, but he didn't say anything. Just as he was thinking, a group of people suddenly walked over from not far away, led by two little children who were still walking unsteadily.
This pair of babies is a boy and a girl, they don't look alike, but they are carved in pink and jade, so cute. Their gait was a bit hasty, always making people afraid that they would fall, but they were not allowed to be hugged or even supported by the maids and eunuchs next to them, and they were pushed away with their small hands.
This group of people soon came to Zhao Zuo and passed him into the gate of the palace. Zhao Zuo was surrounded by people, and his ears were full of human voices. These voices were not loud, but they buzzed like flies, which made people feel irritated.
"Little princess, please slow down, you were thrown..."
"Third Prince, please walk slowly..."
It wasn't until these people entered the palace gate that the voices faded away, but soon Zhao Zuo heard some sharp joyful sounds unique to the little baby, mixed with the old man's deep laughter.
This laughter is too royal. The imperial grandfather had never smiled at himself like this, even when he was a child.
Zhao Zuo was a little stunned, but full of aggrieved and ashamed. Compared with his previous treatment, all this was like a slap in the face.
He was angry and unwilling, but what could happen? There was nothing he could do now, nothing at all.
His previous words from the Supreme Emperor sounded in his ears again—
"... learn more from your uncles..."
Learn what they do? A person who used to be contemptuous and even a mortal enemy, but now wants to bow down to him, or even flatter him
Maybe he should work hard to have a son after he goes back, preferably twins. Doesn't the imperial grandfather like children
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After sending away the two torturers who were clamoring to go to the Qing Palace, Yaoniang talked to Emperor Jin'an: "It's better to tell the emperor about this, so that you won't be caught in the middle and be a bad person. , maybe there will be complaints."
The so-called this incident naturally refers to the fact that someone secretly manipulated the previous incident. After all, Emperor Jin'an was not worried about Yaoniang doing such a thing, so while agreeing to her, he also let An Yi take action.
Who would have thought that An Yi would find something unexpected.
It wasn't the first time for those hooligans who were in charge of collecting debts to do this kind of thing. They had never killed anyone before. Who would have thought that something was wrong this time. They also felt very wronged and unlucky, but they didn't know that they didn't beat the man to death, but someone secretly manipulated him.
With the current power of Prince Hui's Mansion, they could only do such sneaky things secretly, but they were still discovered.
However, Emperor Jin'an did not take action to deal with Zhao Zuo. Instead, he threw the matter to the Supreme Emperor, and Yaoniang's words should be precisely here.
"You don't have to pay too much attention to this matter. I can't make any waves. I just wronged you."
"What a grievance. Flies don't bite seamless eggs. Why didn't I see him go and bite my elder brother and the others. But it would be nice if we could send Mrs. Li back, so that my sister would not always be angry with her."
Emperor Jin'an nodded slightly, turned his gaze on her smooth face, and suddenly became in a very good mood.
"Okay, let's not talk about this, let's talk about something else."
"Say what?"
When her eyes met his, her face flushed red.