At Zhou's house, Zhulan has already left the main courtyard. The corpses in the mansion have been taken away by the soldiers guarding the city. The bloodstains in the courtyard are still being cleaned up. The three dead servants have changed their clothes and are waiting for coffins, but they will have to wait for a few more days before they can be buried. The gates of the capital are still closed.
Mingyun was taking the housekeeper to check the list and deeds of the servants in the mansion. When he heard footsteps and saw grandma, he hurriedly stood up and greeted her, "Grandma, why are you out?"
Zhulan knew that her eldest grandson was worried about her, so she smiled and said, "It's all right now, grandma, please look around."
Mingyun frowned, "Grandma, there's blood everywhere."
He was a little afraid of scaring his grandmother.
Zhu Lan laughed, "Do you think your grandmother has never seen blood? During the war, your grandmother saw a lot of blood."
Mingyun really didn't know. He was born after the founding of the dynasty and didn't know much about the ten years of war. He helped his grandmother sit down and said, "Grandma is a heroine."
Zhulan thought to herself, she is not like that, but her original body is. The original body is really brave. If the original body was not there during the war, who knows what would have happened to the Zhou family!
Zhulan picked up the opened list. This was her request. Even if they were sold, they had to explain clearly where their hometowns were and who they were with. People would be sent to investigate. The three people who died all had family members, and the reasons for being sold were also recorded on the list.
Among the three people who died, two were because the stepmother had children, and the original wife's children were abandoned and sold. You should know that few people would sell ordinary boys. Those who were sold were either because they could not make ends meet or were an eyesore.
Zhulan looked at the last one. This one really couldn't make ends meet. Her family had suffered a disaster and there was a sick person. She sold herself voluntarily. It was easy to deal with this one. She could be given silver as compensation, but the silver cannot be too much. She had no power and too much silver would be a disaster.
Zhu Lan asked, "How are you going to deal with Lin Er's funeral?"
Mingyun looked at his grandmother, "Grandson, do you want to give them some money? And the rest can be exchanged for land? Then the deeds can be handled by the Zhou Mansion, which can also be considered as protection for them? The compensation should be made public, so as not to think that how much silver was compensated? That would cause trouble for them."
Zhulan smiled with relief. "Just do as you say."
In fact, many compensations are simply delivered by sending a servant in the form of silver? And then they just leave it alone after the silver is delivered? The Zhou family is more humane because of the couple.
Zhulan sighed. Were appointments in ancient times worthless? Especially the lives of people who sold themselves? The Zhou family was considered good because the couple cared about human lives, but for the powerful and wealthy, class was insurmountable.
As for the other two people, it would be easier to deal with. I believe they would not want to be abandoned to their stepmother after their death? This time, Zhulan took charge and chose two poor children from the same clan to adopt, and then brought them to the Zhou family's farm to be raised and educated well. In the future, there would be people to worship them and carry on the family line.
These people died for the Zhou family, and Zhulan did it to have a clear conscience.
Mingyun kept watching his grandmother deal with it, and saw the moved expression of the servant who was guarding there. Servants are also human beings, and who doesn't want to have a good master? His grandmother has a good heart, but she also wins people's hearts. He feels that the inner courtyard of the backyard is also a place of learning, and he learned a lot from his grandmother today.
Finally, the servants were rewarded with silver. They had fought hard for the Zhou family and they deserved the reward.
After Zhulan had dealt with the matter, she took her eldest grandson to personally see the three dead people. She said to the housekeeper, "The afterlife must be decent. After Lin Er has performed the ritual, find someone to send them back to their hometown to be buried in peace."
Steward Wang said respectfully, "Yes."
Even though he was a servant, the emperor was his master. He inevitably looked down on his mistress at the beginning, but now he is more and more in awe of her.
After Zhulan explained everything clearly, she saw Rongchuan. The blood stains on Rongchuan's clothes were still visible. "Someone went to Ninghou Mansion too?"
If it weren't for the smile on Rongchuan's face, she would have been frightened at the sight of the blood, fearing that something had happened to her daughter.
Rong Chuan stepped forward to support his mother-in-law, "Mom, there are many guards at Ninghou Mansion, no one can get through, they still have brains."
Zhulan paused, thinking that she would pick on the weak if she pulled someone to take the blame, and going to Ninghou Mansion would be suicide, "I'm glad you're okay."
Rong Chuan went straight to Zhou's house after leaving the palace. Even though he knew that the Zhou family was safe, he would not feel at ease if he did not check on them. Two groups of people came in from the Zhou family. "Mom, are you not scared?"
Zhulan, "I have also seen a lot of storms and waves, I was not scared, how about you, where did your blood come from?"
Rongchuan did not hide it. It was impossible to hide it. The prince was assassinated on the street. These people fought like crazy. Everyone knew about it.
Zhulan blinked, "You're here too?"
Rongchuan was a little dazed, "Yeah."
Zhulan felt something was wrong with the voice and turned her head, "What's wrong with you?"
Rong Chuan thought of the emperor's deep affection. Later, the empress came and pulled him and the prince to look at them. "Mother, how much do you think your nephew resembles his uncle?"
The doubts that were suppressed that day were revealed today, and the cracks are getting bigger and bigger. The attitude of the Emperor and the Empress is not the attitude towards their nephew, especially at the end, when the Emperor was busy with the Prince, and the Empress held his hand and never let go. She saw the fear in the Empress' eyes, which was not the attitude towards her nephew.
Big brother, second brother is also the nephew of the queen, but the queen never sees big brother and second brother. As for not complaining, stop making trouble, doesn't he need to not complain? He is also a member of the Ning family.
Zhulan opened her mouth but remained silent. Rongchuan was a careful child and didn't want to think too much. It's not that he didn't notice. "I don't know. Some look a lot like their uncle, and some don't look much like their uncle."
Rong Chuan remained silent. His heart was in turmoil. When the top scholar was paraded through the streets, did the woman with tears on her face really just see him as her uncle? Of course, he was depressed. Did he really know that it was painful to see a woman crying
Everything that happened afterwards is still vivid in my mind.
Rong Chuan pulled the corner of his mouth, "Mom, I'm going back to the Marquis' Mansion first. Tell Xue Han that everything is fine at home, so that she won't worry and come over later."
My wife believes that seeing is believing, and she will only believe it when she sees it.
Zhulan knew that Rongchuan was worried about something, and was also worried that her daughter would be stubborn. "Okay, you should be careful too."
Rongchuan nodded and patted Mingyun's shoulder, "Give your father my regards for me."
Mingyun waited until the uncle left before saying, "Grandma, why is the uncle acting a little weird today?"
Zhulan looked up at the sky, which was gloomy. "He just wanted to understand something."
I just don't know if Rongchuan will feel resentful when he really thinks it through. He is obviously a prince, but now he has become the son of Marquis Ning. He was so happy to recognize his relationship at the beginning, but now he feels so sad.
She couldn't control these things, nor did she want to control them. They were the royal family's business.
Inside the palace, the Crown Prince took his men out to clean up the aftermath. The Emperor and the Empress sat opposite each other, and neither of them spoke first.