After the officials from the Eight Divisions of the Overwatch Council took away the two scholars, Yishi Juzhong seemed a lot more silent, but he was full of courage, and after a while, he started to discuss noisily again. Rumors about the company's life experience.
"The Ye family committed treason back then. After the mysterious mistress passed away, all the family property was collected into the internal treasury." One person said worriedly: "If Mr. Fan is really the orphan of that mistress... I think This matter is troublesome."
"Conspiracy? Then why are the shopkeepers of Qingyutang so white and fat?" A scholar with extremely thick eyebrows said mockingly: "I think the imperial court took advantage of the orphans and widowed mothers to take advantage of other people's property. , This is good, suddenly there is an extra heir in the Ye family, I think the court may panic."
"What are you panicking about?"
"Didn't Your Majesty intend to let Fan Tisi take charge of the internal treasury? This internal treasury belongs to his family, how is this managed?"
"Return to the inner treasury?" The other snorted coldly: "I think Fan Tisi is going to be unlucky soon."
The shopkeeper came over, wiping off his cold sweat, and said, "Gentlemen, can you lower your voice? If the men from the Overwatch Council can hear it, will my small shop still be open?"
The shopkeeper of Yishiju seldom comes out to see customers on weekdays, but today he came upstairs, and several familiar guests got up to greet him, the shopkeeper looked after him everywhere, and listened to the drunk gossip with his ears open. Yishiju is the property of the Cui family. Recently, the Cui family is on the verge of collapse. Suddenly hearing the rumors about the life experience of the big enemy, Fan Tisi, everyone in the Cui family can't help secretly happy, watching the development of the situation with keen eyes.
The young man in front of him who claimed that the imperial court had taken over the Ye family's property was really daring after drinking, and laughed and said, "Shopkeeper, what are you afraid of? Can the Overwatch Council really block the mouth of the world? Even if they dare , His Majesty will not agree. Look at the few people who were captured by the Overwatch Council yesterday, but they were sent back today in a good manner? They were just chatting a few gossips, and they did not violate Qing laws."
The person beside him was still worried: "Fan Tisi is in trouble now, if he is really a... descendant of the Ye family, I guess his official career will come to an end here."
In fact, I haven't said this thoroughly yet. After all, I am not an official, but also in a restaurant in broad daylight. No one dares to express the true judgment in my heart. In the hearts of these people, I always think that after the court learned of Fan Xian's life experience, It is to seize his official position, and second... I am afraid that he will take his life.
"What about the Fan residence?" The man then sighed, "Fan Shangshu has been in charge of the household department all these years, and he is a well-known capable minister. Could it be that because of the romantic debts back then, his family will also be ruined?"
After the rumors entered Beijing, apart from the guesses about Fan Xian's life experience, the people in Kyoto talked about it the most. It was Fan Jian, Minister of the Household Department. The preface of the dark knot in the fetus - we all know that Fan Shangshu was a romantic master on the Liujing River back then, but he didn't expect that he would have such a skill that he could attract the mistress of the world's number one merchant back then.
However, during the process of spreading the rumors, those ladies from all over the world and those from small families had a completely different feeling towards Fan Shangshu. Back then, the Ye family committed a serious crime of treason. At that time, Fan Jian, who had a very low official rank, was able to keep the child he had with that woman and survived without anyone in the palace finding out. After so many years of raising the risk, this story seems to be enough to rewrite a storybook, which has great potential for popular romance novels.
Until now, people seem to finally understand why Fan Jian kept Fan Xian in Danzhou for 16 years and refused to let him enter Beijing.
Seeing the flustered appearance of the eight departments of the Overwatch Council, people knew that this rumor must be extremely accurate. It's just that the emperor is in power, and Fan Tisi is not Chen Pingping after all. He can't cover the sky with one hand, and he doesn't dare to invite all the people who love to chat in Kyoto to eight places for tea.
For example, the person who was arrested yesterday was released today. This is a clear proof.
As a result, people no longer resented the young Fan Tisi for doing such a taboo thing, but felt a little sympathy for this young official whose future was uncertain. The country has gained an excellent reputation, both inside and outside the region, and has earned too much face for the court. Thinking that he is about to be unlucky, common people and scholars still have some emotional inclinations, especially when thinking of his mother , It seems that it also disappeared without a trace because of an unwarranted conspiracy.
"Ye family? Which Ye family?"
At this time, in the restaurant, a young boy suddenly asked stupidly. He had been listening for a long time, but he still didn't know what the origin of the Ye family related to Mr. Fan was. After all, it has been too long since what happened back then, time is like water, so many people in the Qing Kingdom almost forgot that glittering name.
"You don't even know about the Ye family?" The older people started to laugh contemptuously. They really were some bearded boys. Even the famous Ye family didn't know about it, so they all felt the need to teach them a lesson. .
"The Ye family was the number one merchant in the world back then." The middle-aged man said leisurely and fascinated: "It's the Ye family who made glass and sold it for silver."
Some people objected, thinking that this point was not clearly stated: "Yejia, that is, the Yejia that makes soap and perfume. Oh, perfume has been out of production for more than ten years. I guess you have never heard of it."
"It's the only Ye family that can make spirits."
Someone added: "It is the Ye family who provided most of the imperial court's military equipment back then."
"Do you know about the internal treasury? Do you know where the Daqing dynasty spent so much money every year?" The middle-aged man laughed and said, "It is the internal treasury that was earned from the Northern Qi, Dongyi, and even from the sea. And the internal treasury What is it? Isn't it the property of the old Ye family!"
The young man who asked the question was dumbfounded, opened his mouth wide and said, "My God, it's so powerful."
The most daring scholar who pointed at the court's seizing the family property shook his head and sneered, "If the Ye family was just a businessman, how could it have grown to the size it was back then? If she was just a businessman, how could it be... wiped out?"
The middle-aged man asked curiously, "Oh, does brother know anything?"
"The Ye family..." the scholar shook his head and sighed, "It is said that he has a very close relationship with the Overwatch Council. When the Overwatch Council was first established, it was said that all the income was provided by the Ye family. Of course, this is just a legend."
After pondering for a while, the middle-aged man suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said to the surroundings: "Everyone, do you remember the stone tablet at the gate of the Overwatch Council?"
Everyone nodded, and suddenly their complexions changed. They all exclaimed in surprise when they thought of something, and said: "Could it be that... that person named Ye Qingmei is the mistress of the Ye family!"
The scholar's complexion also changed slightly, and he sighed: "No wonder, no wonder... no wonder Mr. Fan would rather give up his noble literary name and defile himself, and want to work in the Overwatch Council. I'm afraid he is very clear about this matter. Hey..." He was surprised and said: "Master Xiao Fan secretly served as the commissioner of the Overwatch Council at first, and this matter has always been very strange. Could it be that Dean Chen already knew about it..."
Before he finished speaking, the middle-aged man put a wine glass to his mouth anxiously, blocking his next words. After the scholar was stunned for a moment, he was still afraid. Qing people's style is simple and straightforward, the common people and scholars are not afraid of officials, and they are not afraid of Mr. Fan, otherwise, how dare they gossip about him in the restaurant, but for the old man in the wheelchair, he is Everyone is afraid of it like a ghost and dare not talk about it.
The restaurant finally became truly quiet, and everyone began to drink and eat. After an unknown amount of time, they suddenly heard a pleasantly surprised sound from the corner.
Everyone was startled, turned their heads and found that it was the young brother who didn't know the glorious history of the Ye family before. I saw him standing up, very excited, dancing and saying: "I remembered the Ye family, I remembered, the Ye family, the Ye family who was the second kicker!"
Everyone laughed and ignored it.
In fact, for most people in Qing Kingdom, Ye family has become a noun in old papers. No one will deliberately keep her existence in memory. Two days ago, they might not have remembered the many changes that the Ye family had brought to Qing. It's just that after the rumor that Fan Tisi was a descendant of the Ye family entered Beijing, people talked too much, which gradually awakened their sleeping memories, and then began to recall the Qing Kingdom after the appearance of the Ye family. There are too many differences in the Qing Dynasty...
Maybe it's just a lady in the house who began to miss the smell of perfume, maybe it's just the city gate guards remembering the magical effect of soap when taking a bath, maybe it's just a soldier staring at the crossbow in his hand in a daze, maybe a businessman who is going to Beijing in the north is using silk cloth carefully Wiping the glass horse, maybe a poet poured a lot of spirits with infinite pleasure in his heart, maybe it was the old man of the Overwatch Council who lifted the black cloth and looked at everything in the world, maybe it was just a young man who remembered the first time he played when he was a child. a firecracker.
All in all, because of the rumors about Fan Xian's life experience, people began to think of the Ye family for one reason or another.
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Fan Xian walked out the door, facing the rare warm winter sun, stretched his waist, with a refreshing smile on his face. Because of this incident, it was inconvenient for him to go back to Cangshan Mountain. According to his father's wishes, the entire Fan family pretended that nothing had happened, just watched everything indifferently, and greeted the whispers around.
Deng Ziyue walked over and handed him today's academic report and the private information of the Qi Nian team. Fan Xian glanced at the sunlight, and asked, "About that rumor, have all the officials in Beijing made any progress?"
Deng Ziyue peeked at the calm face of Lord Tisi from the corner of his eye, and he was very impressed. After such a big thing happened, he was still so calm. Isn't Your Excellency afraid that the palace will send someone to arrest you immediately? He didn't know Fan Xian's anxious appearance on Cangshan Mountain, so he couldn't help but look at the adults more.
When they first heard this rumor, Deng Ziyue and all the officials in the Overwatch Council were as shocked and unbelievable as ordinary people. The combination of what he did and what he did is very convincing - if it wasn't for the descendants of the Ye family, why would the dean love Tisi so much? If it wasn't a descendant of the Ye family, why would Fan Shangshu plan so hard to let his son take over the hot house of Neiku
"No big movement." Deng Ziyue was dazzled by the sunlight on the garden, and then he woke up from his distraction, and after pleading guilty, he said: "The news from all the houses is very clear, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has already contacted secretly, But last time they suffered a big loss, this time they seem to be a little more cautious. On the contrary, some officials in the other books started to make moves. However, the rumors are rumors after all, and there is no real evidence, so they dare not write memorials to say anything. Still in the dark."
Fan Xian asked, "Is it the East Palace?"
Deng Ziyue shook his head: "Officials who have good relations with the Eastern Palace are still waiting to see, but... yesterday, several ministers' wives entered the palace to meet the queen. After they returned to the mansion, those ministers also met in private. As for what they said ,Nobody knows."
"Empress?" Fan Xian frowned and sighed, thinking that he hadn't had time to trouble the other party. Could it be that the other party would take the initiative to come to the door? The queen will naturally be furious, what is the queen mother thinking
It wasn't until today that he realized that the power he could use, except for Uncle Wu Zhu and the last hole card, the rest were not very safe. In this situation, even if Chen Pingping and her father's plan can get through the situation safely relying on the emperor's trust in her, what about the future? You have to control the situation in your own hands to be at ease.
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In the Hanguang Palace of the Imperial Palace, the Empress sat beside the Empress Dowager's bed with tears all over her face, holding the old woman's hand in her hand, and said sadly: "Auntie, you have to decide for the child."
The Empress Dowager sighed and said, "How to do this master?"
The queen gritted her teeth and said, "Usually I look at Fan Xian a little terrified, but now I finally know that he is the son of that witch! Your majesty... His majesty is so cruel that he kept it from me for so long, and that witch has descendants!"
The queen mother touched the queen's messy hair, and said comfortingly: "It's been so long, what else can't you think about? You have seen that kid before, and the emperor can't give him any title. You fight over and over again." , what else can we argue for?"
At this time, the Hanguang Palace was quiet, except for the old eunuch Hong who seemed to be asleep at the door, all the eunuchs and maids were far away from the palace.
"Thinking about it?" The queen was about to cry, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes appeared, "Auntie, have you forgotten the father of the child? That is your brother. Although the emperor has always refused to say it, there is no way he can't guess it." The reason? Isn't it because he has always held a grudge for killing that demon girl back then?"
As soon as the queen said this, the queen mother's face sank, she tried her best to sit up on the bed, and said sharply: "Shut up! In this palace, you should call me queen mother, not aunt! You still have to remember what happened back then. The face said, you don't know what kind of flying vinegar you eat, and you actually instigated your father to do such things, killing people... The emperor only told the Ai family a few months ago. Dozens of lives were lost, you not only want to kill that woman, but also...Fan Xian!"
The queen mother moved her face closer to the queen, and said ruthlessly: "Don't forget, although Fan Xian is that woman's son, the blood that bleeds in his bones is the emperor's blood! No matter where he is, he is always the son of our heavenly family." Flesh and blood, if you want to kill him, you have to ask what Aijia means."
The queen shuddered in her heart, filled with endless fear, looked at the righteous face of the queen mother in a daze, and thought to herself, didn't your old man acquiesce in entering the Taiping other courtyard? Why didn't you admit it now
As if guessing what the queen was thinking, the empress dowager turned pale, and said calmly: "Some things, if you can't say it, you must not say it, take it into the soil."
The queen's eyes were filled with anger, she looked at the queen mother silently, and said extremely rudely: "It turns out that the dignified queen mother is also afraid of her own son."
The empress dowager stared at the queen's face with cold eyes, and said word by word: "It's not fear, it's love. The Ai family is not willing to see the emperor as distraught as before, and even less willing to have another bloody night in Kyoto... The royal family The bloodline is already weak, and most of the princes and nobles have been lost, and they can no longer bear this kind of toss."
The queen sat in a daze for a while, then suddenly started giggling nervously: "Can't bear to make trouble? My poor father, your poor brother, died for nothing like this? Fan Xian is the son of Ye Yaonu... the court did not give an explanation ? Just let the government and the public discuss it? What is the Ye family? The Ye family is accused of treason... Don't you worry that the royal family will lose all face?"
The queen mother said slowly: "You are tired, go and rest. As for Fan Xian... who said he is Miss Ye's son? The Ai family doesn't believe it at all. As for the foolish people in this world, just say what you like."
The queen finally despaired, Baifeng clenched the handkerchief tightly in her sleeves, forced herself to stand up and saluted the queen, then turned and walked outside the Hanguang Hall.
When he was about to walk to the gate of the palace, the Empress Dowager's voice sounded coldly: "I heard that some ministers and wives often come to sit in your palace recently? The New Year's Day is coming soon, and there are more things in the palace. You are the commander-in-chief. Mother of the Sixth Palace, don't worry about things outside the palace... that's it, go."
The queen turned around and saluted again, with an indifferent smile on her lips, she left.
"Go and look at her, her temper has become more and more weird these years." The queen mother sat on the bed, barely gathering the silver strands on her hair with trembling hands, and told the old eunuch Hong in front of her, "Don't let these things It bothers the emperor's heart."
The old eunuch Hong answered yes, and left Hanguang Hall like a ghost. The door of the palace creaked, and the eunuchs and maids who got the order rushed into the palace to serve the old queen mother.
The small hand of the maid holding the comb moved slowly and carefully on the piece of silver hair.
The Queen Mother suddenly snorted coldly, and slapped the table with her palm. The maid who combed her hair was startled by the sound, and she tore off a few strands of silver hair. Looking at the hair on the comb, she was so frightened that she knelt down without thinking, and kowtowed repeatedly, not daring to say anything .
"Get up." The queen mother half closed her eyes and said, "Aijia is not that old monster who can't tolerate people."
She forcibly suppressed the anger in her heart, but she couldn't calm down for a long time. The reason why the emperor asked her to suppress the empress was because after the bloody night in Kyoto, everyone involved died. Only the empress knew the true relationship between the girl from the Ye family and the emperor, and only the empress knew the truth about Fan Xian. In terms of background, if the empress is allowed to mess around, I don't know what the princes will do after waking up after being frightened to death.
Thinking of the Ye family, the empress dowager's temples began to throb, and a pungent pain began to spread—the empress dowager always believed that the woman from the Ye family was a curse that would haunt the Qing royal family for countless years. Thinking that she really printed this idea, she actually left a child for the emperor!
The queen mother has enough ability to deal with this matter, otherwise the Ye family would not have been destroyed back then, and the impression left on the old lady was bad enough, when she learned the truth from the emperor, when she thought of Fan Xian's mother's surname was Ye, and her head began to have burning pains, so she avoided seeing Fan Xian several times when he entered the palace, because she couldn't guarantee that she could show the kindness that a queen mother should have.
On the issue of how to deal with Fan Xian, she and the queen have completely different ideas. To the queen, Fan Xian is first and foremost a daughter of the Ye family, the son of a life-and-death enemy, but in the eyes of the queen mother, even that daughter of the Ye family There are all kinds of faults, all kinds of sins, and evils against Zhao Gang... But the son she gave birth to is the blood of the Tian family after all, and is her own grandson.
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In the middle of the night, after confirming that the old eunuch Hong had returned to the hut outside the Hanguang Palace, the pale queen bit her lips lightly and winked at the maid next to her. The Crown Prince of the East Palace, who had made any mistakes, came to her and greeted her.
I don't know what the queen is talking about, but I can only hear her lowered voice becoming more and more anxious, while the prince keeps shaking his head.
The mother and son were relatively speechless. After a long while, the prince comforted softly: "Mother, even if Fan Xian is a descendant of the Ye family, so what? He is just a merchant."
"A merchant?" The queen sneered, "Do you think that woman is an ordinary merchant? She is a demon star!"
The queen stared at the prince and said coldly, "Fan Xian is your father's son."