When Li Rong heard this, she subconsciously turned her head and glanced at Pei Wenxuan. Pei Wenxuan seemed to be stunned for a moment. Li Rong looked at the doctor again, and said in a low voice, "I can't be in a hurry for a while, that means I won't be pregnant for the time being. , or maybe you will never get pregnant?"
The doctor paused, as if he was hesitating, and said something in the middle. Seeing that he hesitated, Li Rong said directly, "But it's okay to say it."
"Madam's body is too cold and cold. Judging from the pulse, Madam should have had some conditioning in the past. But Madam has too many thoughts, and medicine alone may not be effective. After a while, it won't be a big problem. It's just easier said than done, if Madam can do it like this, I'm afraid I won't have to sit here anymore."
Li Rong nodded when she heard this, Pei Wenxuan frowned and said, "Could it affect others?"
"The imbalance between Yin and Yang," the doctor nodded, "Not only children, but also Shouyuan."
Pei Wenxuan understood this, held Li Rong's hand, and said peacefully, "Then you can make a prescription."
The doctor responded and got up and went out to make a prescription.
Li Rong looked back at Pei Wenxuan and pretended to laugh, "It seems that Mr. Pei's wish for a child is difficult."
Hearing her words, Pei Wenxuan shook his head and said, "Children are trivial matters, you need to take care of yourself first."
They had been together for a year in the last life, and they had no children. He also wanted to go to the doctor to show her about the woman, but after all, he was young, so he was embarrassed. Now that I think about it, he has neglected a lot.
The doctor I hired today is the most famous doctor in Huajing for conditioning women's bodies. Since he said so, it should be no surprise.
But Pei Wenxuan still asked people to take out the doctor's prescription, and after a few doctors consulted, the prescription was finally settled.
When Li Rong slept with him at night, he seemed to have never slept in the middle of the night. Li Rong opened his eyes in a daze and asked him, "Why are you still not sleeping?"
"It's nothing," Pei Wenxuan smiled, he raised his hand and pulled the quilt, wrapped Li Rong's whole body in the quilt, and exposed his head, he looked down at her, and said bitterly, "You have seen it in your last life. Are these?"
Li Rong knew that he was asking about the child, and Li Rong leaned on his chest: "Of course I have seen it, and there has been no movement for more than a year. Will the woman in the palace be in a hurry? pass."
"Why don't you tell me?"
Pei Wenxuan hugged her, feeling a little sad, Li Rong chuckled lightly: "I can't bear a child, so why would I tell my husband? Of course, you have to keep it secret and adjust yourself, so that you don't have other thoughts."
"Why do you miss me so much?" Pei Wenxuan smiled bitterly, Li Rong hugged him, closed her eyes, and replied confidently, "I haven't known you for more than a year, how can you trust me so much?"
Pei Wenxuan listened, not knowing for a moment whether to feel angry or happy.
The year he spent with her like a flash in the pan was the best time in his heart, but in fact, during that time, Li Rong was always on guard against him.
Li Rong shouldn't be blamed either, he actually did.
Love can make people quickly agree to life and death in a short period of time.
But only time and hardships can make people slowly communicate with each other.
"Tell me everything from now on."
"understood."
Li Rong thought he was annoying, and after hesitating for a while, she whispered, "I'm afraid I won't be able to conceive a child for the rest of my life."
"It doesn't matter," Pei Wenxuan said softly, "I'm looking forward to only your child."
"Then you asked me to drink medicine." Li Rong muttered, "It's duplicitous and deceiving."
"I'm worried about your body," Pei Wenxuan laughed, "why are you so unreasonable?"
Li Rong snorted and didn't say anything more. Pei Wenxuan hesitated for a while, then said slowly, "You're here with me, it just happens that there is nothing to do, just take care of it."
"Don't worry about other things, everything is up to me."
Li Rong didn't speak, Pei Wenxuan thought for a while, and finally said: "Look, no matter the past life, this life, my whole life, I'm all for you. No matter how noisy or noisy, I will protect you, right?"
Li Rong closed her eyes, she listened to Pei Wenxuan's words, and after a long time, she said softly, "Got it."
With Pei Wenxuan's words, there was just such a chance, and Li Rong really began to take care of herself.
When Li Rong was drinking tea at home and teasing the birds to read idle books, Concubine Rou was in a hurry.
Concubine Rou took office as three fires. She first surrounded Li Rong's mansion with Chen Houzhao's disappearance, grounded her, and then began to order Manhuajing to arrest people everywhere.
The first to bear the brunt of this was the Shangguan's house. She asked people to go directly to the gate of the Shangguan's house to arrest people, but she was blasted out before she reached the door.
Concubine Rou was so angry that she almost cried, she hurriedly entered the palace with the list of people she wanted to arrest, and cried to Li Ming for a long time.
While criticizing the book, Li Ming said flatly: "If you can't catch anyone, I will try to find a way. I gave you the inspector. Did you cause me trouble? Am I the inspector, or you?"
"But the Shangguan family is too bullying, and the concubines really have no choice."
"Is there no way you can't think about it?" Li Ming was a little irritable. "There's no way to go to Shangguan's house to arrest someone. Before Pingle sent Xie Lanqing to the cell, did she tell me?"
"Then she is the princess of Shangguan's family," Concubine Rou emphasized. "My concubine came from a poor family. Apart from His Majesty's favor, my concubine has nothing. If Your Majesty doesn't help my concubine, what will my concubine do?"
Hearing this, Li Ming paused to write, he looked up at the list, and after thinking about it, he finally said: "Pei Wenxuan is in charge of the imperial examinations now, and you haven't confirmed the list of candidates. The imperial examinations can’t be held either, he’s someone who can do things, I’ll call him to your side in a moment and just help you.”
After hearing Li Ming's words, Concubine Rou felt a little uneasy for a while. Pei Wenxuan was somewhat related to Li Rong.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Li Ming couldn't help but say, "What else do you mind?"
Concubine Rou smiled reluctantly: "Master Pei is young after all, why don't your Majesty change to a calmer adult to help the concubine?"
"Who do you think the old fox in Chaoli will do for you?"
Li Ming sneered and laughed: "That is, these Han children who want to climb up will give their lives to you, Pei Wenxuan is an ambitious person, you leave the matter to him, he can do it, you have to do it Be beautiful, but don't rush ahead." Li Ming said, meaning, "You are Cheng'er's mother, just let Pei Wenxuan come forward in everything."
Concubine Rou got this and thought about it seriously.
She is not a fool.
Li Ming handed over the inspectorate to her, never to give justice to any common people. The emperor couldn't pay attention to the fate of so many people. What he wanted was the "big picture" in his heart.
The Superintendent is the source of power that Li Ming gave her. It is to make her look good and establish her prestige in the hearts of the poor. It is also to let her use the Superintendent as her support and have her own henchmen.
Only by getting along with her and getting practical benefits, the people in the court will really take her as a poor concubine in their hearts.
Now he is on good terms with the aristocratic family, using the infighting between the aristocratic families to defeat the Shangguan family to help King Su ascend to the throne, and after sending talents through the imperial examination system, he uses the poor family to balance the remaining aristocratic families.
Li Ming's plans for her are far-reaching.
Therefore, there is a problem of degree. This time, she can't go too far in the reform of the imperial examination. She really offended the family completely. You can't scratch the itch with your boots, so that there is no blood in the courtroom. This will chill the hearts of those poor men, and they will not be able to establish prestige in the courtroom.
Concubine Rou pondered Li Ming's words in her heart, and then agreed.
In the afternoon, Pei Wenxuan originally planned to go home quickly, but he was packing his things, so Li Ming sent someone over and asked him to go to the Supervision Division to assist Concubine Rou in investigating the case, and obey Concubine Rou's orders.
Pei Wenxuan received the decree, without any dissatisfaction on his face, he accepted the decree with a smile, and when the people left, his face immediately collapsed.
Tong Ye watched Pei Wenxuan's face change, and said cautiously, "Young Master, you don't seem to be happy."
Pei Wenxuan's face was cold, and after a long time, he said, "I'm so annoying."
Saying that, he went out, and whispered as he walked, "Go back and tell Madam, I'll go back later tonight."
"Ah?" Tong Ye was stunned and said slowly, "But didn't His Highness tell you to go back to dinner earlier today?"
Pei Wenxuan paused, and after a long time, he still said: "You... you asked someone to go back and tell the truth, saying that I was stumbled by Concubine Rou, and I had to go. I will come back as soon as possible and let her eat well."
Tong Ye nodded, Pei Wenxuan got into the carriage himself, sat on the carriage with a cold face, and walked to the Superintendent.
Li Rong was idle at home, and went to the small kitchen to instruct the people in the room to cook, waiting for Pei Wenxuan to return.
As a result, people didn't wait, so they waited for the news that he would not come back. Li Rong was in high spirits in the kitchen, but she lost interest in an instant, and she was even a little angry.
She went back to the small dining room to eat by herself. After a few bites, she saw the housekeeper rushing in from outside and said a little excitedly: "Madam, find a place to hide first."
Li Rong looked at the housekeeper blankly and repeated: "Hide?"
"The old lady came over and said that she must see the eldest son."
As soon as the housekeeper finished speaking, Li Rong immediately knew that Mrs Wen was here, so she quickly got up and instructed people to clean up the dishes, and wanted to go back to the bedroom.
But when she walked to the door, she heard Wen's voice coming from outside. Seeing that it was too late to go out, Li Rong simply turned back and hid in the curtain behind the screen.
She just hid when she heard Mrs Wen's voice from outside: "Don't fool me, Aunt Qian saw it a few days ago and said that Wen Xuan had called Yuyi He into the mansion. I don't know what Yuyi He is doing. do you know?"
Wen shi said, walked in across the door, and said aggressively, "Did he hide a woman?"
"Ma'am," the housekeeper knew that Li Rong was behind the screen, sweating anxiously, "eldest son is not such a person."
"He can't be this kind of person!" Wen shi said loudly, "If he is a serious girl, he will marry someone alive. What's the point of hiding at home? If it is a serious girl... "
Wen shi said, with a cry in his tone, he simply sat on the side and cried, "His father is so good, how can there be such a thing as him!"
Li Rong listened from behind the screen, fanning the small fan silently and rolling her eyes.
"His Royal Highness is such a good daughter-in-law," Wen said, and Li Rong quickly retracted her white eyes. She suddenly felt that Wen's words were useful, and Wen complained and sobbed, "What's wrong with him? A little, a little trouble, but aren’t women like this? Your Highness is willing to understand him, understand him, it’s not easy, he still has to make trouble with others... It’s just crazy!”
"Madam, you can't say that." The housekeeper smiled apologetically, "Otherwise, wait for the eldest son to come back and tell me, okay?"
"I don't care," Mrs Wen wiped her tears and sat up straight, "you let that woman out, and I'll make it clear to her that my son has His Highness in his heart, but now it's just a couple making trouble, she shouldn't be delusional about being a bad person. marriage."
"Ma'am, there are really no women."
"I don't believe it." Wen shi sat in the hall, "If not, I'll just sit here and wait for Wen Xuan, when I come back!"
Li Rong's feet were sore when she heard this.
She looked at the sky outside and waited until Pei Wenxuan came back...
I can't stand still.
"Bring me a cup of tea," Wen shi stabilized his emotions, "I'll wait here, either teach Wen Xuan, or teach that little hoof, as long as His Royal Highness is not dead, no one wants to enter my Pei's door!"
Xiaolanghoof Li Rong listened to Wen's words, and there was a subtle experience in her heart that slowly rose.
Pei Wenxuan didn't know anything about the family. After closing his eyes and taking a nap, he heard the carriage arrive at the Inspector. He raised his hand and started rubbing his face. After feeling his face softened a little, he returned to his usual routine. With a smile on his face, he got off the carriage.
Shangguanya heard that Pei Wenxuan was coming, so she waited at the door. Pei Wenxuan got off the carriage, and Shangguanya greeted him and said with a smile, "I am here to wait for Lord Pei at the order of His Royal Highness King Su."
Pei Wenxuan smiled and said respectfully, "Excuse me."
Shangguanya raised her hand and made a gesture of "please", and faced Pei Wenxuan and entered the Superintendent. Shangguanya accompanied him in while whispering: "The dozen or so scholars who were arraigned today are all It involves people from the Shangguan family, so be careful."
Pei Wenxuan nodded, didn't say much, and stepped into the room.
As soon as he entered the room, he saw Concubine Rou and Li Cheng sitting in a high position, Hua Le was sitting on the side, and next to them stood their usual guards in the palace.
Now that Li Ming is short of money, there is no way to help them increase manpower for the time being. As long as there is no major incident, Concubine Rou can only use the people before Li Rong, which is why Shangguanya is still there.
Pei Wenxuan first bowed to Concubine Rou, Concubine Rou raised her hand to get him up, and said with a smile, "Master Pei received the imperial edict?"
"Yes," Pei Wenxuan said respectfully, "It's a blessing for Wei Chen to do things for the Empress."
"I'm bothering your lord," Concubine Rou seemed embarrassed and sighed, "I'm a woman, and I can't do a lot of things well. I hope you can help me a lot in the future, don't take offense."
"Niangniang is polite," Pei Wenxuan pointedly glanced at Concubine Rou, "Weichen is also from a poor family, so I should help my goddess more, please rest assured."
Concubine Rou naturally didn't believe Pei Wenxuan's words, but she didn't completely reject it. She nodded and said, "Then bring someone up first."
Pei Wenxuan didn't speak, he served tea from the side and watched as a dozen scholars were brought in.
These scholars knelt down one by one, and Concubine Rou said softly: "Everyone, tell me how you found out that you were replaced."
After Concubine Rou finished speaking, she pointed to the person on the edge: "Just you."
The scholar at the very edge stepped forward in response, knelt down and said, "Caomin is Zhang Wenzhi, a scholar in Youzhou, who participated in the county exam last year. On weekdays, Caomin is famous for reading in his hometown, and he is a good student in the academy by urinating. After participating in the county examination this time, Caomin was not selected, but Zhao Ping, the county magistrate, did the middle. Cao Min recognized that the handwriting of this article was definitely not written by Zhao Ping. Cao Min was not very angry, and when he heard that there was a replacement in other places, he went to the bulletin booth at night, read the article carefully, and found the name of the article In the place, the pages were a little thin, and the ink was smudged. It was obvious that someone had scratched and repaired the name. So Caomin contacted friends from all over the country to help Caomin check the articles on the bulletin boards in various places, and finally on the bulletin board in the next county, I found Caomin's article. That's why I realized that Caomin was replaced by someone to participate in the spring festival."
According to the rules of the Great Xia Imperial Examination, in order to ensure that there will be no favoritism and fraud in the local area, Huajing will send people to manage the examinations from the chief examiner and invigilator. Names are corrected, and then the results are directly sent back to the local area, and the articles of the people in the list will be posted on the bulletin board. First, to show the talents of the imperial examination scholars, so that everyone can appreciate them; Second, it is also to avoid this kind of replacement. .
But being able to enter the official position is too big a temptation for the local aristocratic family, so even if Daxia banned it several times, it would not stop them from sending money into Huajing in an endless stream.
The imperial examination has long been a grand trading field between the upper and lower clans, and it is almost counted as a seller with a clear price.
Pei Wenxuan was not surprised when he listened to these scholars talking about how he discovered the substitute examination.
After just listening for a while, he realized the problem.
First, these people are all from Youzhou, which is the territory of the Shangguan family.
Second, the way these people discovered, almost all of them found problems from the articles posted on the bulletin board.
Before the test paper entered Huajing, no one knew who was in the middle, so no one should do it at this time.
The name will be changed on the test paper and the quota will be replaced, but there are two links. The first link is when the name is opened and classified according to the region after grading the paper; the second link is when the test paper is transported back to the place. .
And the person who manages these two links is often the one who manages the earthly clan.
Pei Wenxuan almost guessed Concubine Rou's intention. He listened to Concubine Rou's words and drank tea in silence. After everyone finished speaking, Concubine Rou looked at Pei Wenxuan and said with a smile: "Lord Pei, you also understand. right?"
"Weichen understands." Pei Wenxuan put down the teacup and pretended to be focused. Concubine Rou looked at him and said tentatively, "Then Master Pei thinks, what should we do next?"
"Of course it's investigation." Pei Wenxuan immediately gave the answer and said decisively, "Look at these scholars, A's test papers will appear on the bulletin board in B, which is enough to prove that the people who replaced their papers behind them can at least manage them. The distribution of the entire Youzhou exam papers. We will follow along to see who has handled these exam papers and who is in charge of these matters.”
Such an investigation makes it clear that the Shangguan family is to be investigated.
The Shangguan family is intertwined, and it is also a matter of sending money from the territory of Youzhou. How can there be no one doing it
But Pei Wenxuan was so firm that he wanted to help her investigate, Concubine Rou couldn't help frowning, and she couldn't tell whether Pei Wenxuan was digging a hole and waiting to dance for her, or whether she had been misunderstanding him.
Seeing that Concubine Rou didn't answer for a long time, Pei Wenxuan's expression was clear and bright, and he couldn't help reminding Concubine Rou: "Niangniang?"
Concubine Rou calmed down and said hurriedly: "Oh, you're right, but there are many officials involved in this. This capital is full of aristocratic families. If you want to figure out this matter, I'm afraid it will not be easy."
"My lord's worries, Wei Chen understands. Your Majesty sent Wei Chen here to understand the difficulties of the niece," Pei Wenxuan smiled and said gently, "If the niece trusts Wei Chen, it is better to leave the matter to Wei Chen, Wei Chen. The minister promises to do it for the empress, and it will be beautiful."
Concubine Rou laughed when she heard Pei Wenxuan's promise.
She knew in her heart that what was involved behind this was the officials of the Shangguan family.
Pei Wenxuan wants to arrest someone for her, which is really good.
"Then Ben Gong first thanked Mr. Pei, and Mr. Lao took the trouble."
"It's a matter of your own accord." Pei Wenxuan nodded, "Niangniang don't have to worry too much."
After the two exchanged greetings, Pei Wenxuan settled the matter of arresting people. Seeing that the matter had been understood, Pei Wenxuan got up and said goodbye. Concubine Rou took Li Cheng to personally escort Pei Wenxuan out, and chatted with Pei Wenxuan as they walked: "After Lord Pei and Pingle reconciled, there should be no one at home, right? It's still so early to go back, I don't think the lights are cold. single?"
"There is an old mother at home."
Pei Wenxuan smiled and said gently, "Go home early to serve mother."
When Concubine Rou heard this, her face showed admiration: "Master Pei is really a filial son. Actually, there is one thing in this palace that I have been puzzled about."
"Mother, please speak."
"Before this palace, I watched Lord Pei's peace and happiness, and it was considered very affectionate. To this palace..." Concubine Rou smiled and didn't say any more, but both parties understood what she meant, Concubine Rou turned her head, and continued, "Now Lord Pei To assist Ben Gong, it seems that he has no grievances at all, I don't know, what is the attitude of Master Pei towards Pingle?"
"Wei Chen will always follow His Majesty." Pei Wenxuan answered seriously, "Does the mother understand this answer?"
Concubine Rou frowned. As she spoke, she arrived at the door. Pei Wenxuan said goodbye to Concubine Rou and got on the carriage.
After the carriage started to go away, Hua Le stood behind Concubine Rou and asked in confusion, "Mother, what did he mean?"
In private, Hua Le always addressed Concubine Rou by "mother", Concubine Rou smiled when she heard her daughter's question: "What he means is that he is good to Ping Le because your father gave you a marriage, and you If the royal father does not agree with him to be with Pingle, he will leave with peace. He will always be loyal to your royal father."
Saying that, Concubine Rou's eyes showed a bit of pride that could not be concealed: "This is his loyalty to us."
"Then..." Hua Le hesitated, "Is what he said credible?"
Saying that, Hua Le was a little angry: "He said a few days ago that he wanted me to go and kiss!"
"This kind of person," Concubine Rou sneered, "don't look at what he says, look at what he does, I'll see how he wants to bring back the people from the Shangguan family."
"Mother said yes."
When the mother and daughter were discussing about Pei Wenxuan, as soon as Pei Wenxuan got into the carriage, he saw Tongye hiding in the carriage with a sad face.
"Sir, it's not good."
"What's the matter?" Pei Wenxuan frowned.
"The old lady called at the door," Tong Ye said in grief, "Forcing His Highness to hide in the corner for almost an hour."