"Get up, I know." Concubine Shen personally helped him up, not caring about the unopened packet of poisonous powder, "In order to make up for the past, you will be in charge of guarding Bi Yan for the next period of time, do you have any objections?" ?”
There must be something for this child to do, so that he will not think about it and really commit suicide. Even if Shen Yuqing rescues his family by then, it will be too late.
Perhaps it was because Qing Yuan's mood was agitated, but he didn't think much about it. Obediently accepted his order, and after handing over the poisonous powder to Bi Ge, he and Qing Zhou suppressed him and locked him up.
After the person left, Concubine Shen's expression darkened in an instant.
Mrs. Shu was really restless. Although she was released to deal with Concubine Mi, she had her own ideas. This woman has been very tossed, and always regards Shen Yuqing as the number one enemy, and she always plays tricks on Shen Yuqing.
This time, Shen Yuqing was not surprised at all. It would be strange if Mrs. Shu was obedient and kept quiet.
"Where's Man Chen?" Shen Guifei asked.
Bi Ge quickly replied: "Sister Manchen should serve in the main hall."
"Go back first."
The imperial concubine flicked her sleeves and left, her aura was so full that no one around her dared to speak.
Obviously, Mrs. Shu has touched Concubine Shen's scales this time.
When Concubine Shen was interrogating Bi Yan just now, although she was displeased, she was not so obviously angry. This can only show that the imperial concubine is angry about Qing Yuan.
Qing Yuan is a human being, and most of the people present are obvious to all. He is diligent, calm and generous, and very smart.
He has very little work of his own, he just waits on the imperial concubine when she goes out, and sometimes helps run errands. But he is very warm and generous. When the empress is not going out, he can obviously rest all the time, but he will take the initiative to help others without asking for anything in return.
Perhaps it is because he cherishes the stable and leisurely life now, and is also very grateful to the imperial concubine. He never thinks that he is giving favors to others, but only thinks that it is repaying Shen Guifei. Moreover, it was a very small return, so small that he himself thought it was useless, but he persisted.
If any palace man is stupid, he will take the initiative to explain and make suggestions. He is very good at talking and won't make people feel embarrassed. No one in Jianjia Palace doesn't like him.
It was such a person, but the spies threatened him with his family members to kill his most important benefactor. Not to mention how insane Bi Yan and Mrs. Shu's methods are in the hearts of everyone, in the eyes of Concubine Shen, this has touched her bottom line.
The imperial concubine is extremely protective, sometimes to the point of being unreasonable. She also seldom reasoned with others in the Mingjiao of the Western Regions. No matter how unbearable the disciples in the sect were, they would not allow others to bully them.
Qingyuan was brought back by Shen Yuqing's decision, and he was still loyal and loyal even without putting a spell on him, and sometimes he was even closer than the four great court ladies and eunuchs in the eyes of Shen Guifei. Because, this is a confidant that she cultivated herself, not a confidant who was forcibly obtained by her friend, Sister Du's Gu.
Concubine Shen has always protected him under her wings, giving him the easiest work and letting him do whatever he wants. The people in Jianjia Palace are not fools, who can't see Concubine Shen's eccentricity? It's just that everyone has a good relationship and is loyal to the imperial concubine, so they don't care about it.
Bi Yan and the others moved Qing Yuan, just to tear their skins off with Concubine Shen Gui. If Concubine Mi hadn't been the first target now, Concubine Shen would have directly killed and tore Madam Shu.
Bah, who will take your time with you? Mingjiao has always relied on fists.
Concubine Shen suppressed her rage and returned to the main hall, causing the ladies who came up to shrink into quails, as if seeing a volcano that was about to erupt. Third Miss is usually the most mischievous, but now she didn't dare to make any fuss, she hid at the end for fear that Concubine Shen Gui would see her and take her out to vent her anger.
QWQ is horrible!
Concubine Shen Gui didn't have time to talk to them, let them go down to do their own things, and then looked at Qi Xue: "Have you finished watching the excitement?"
"Look, I've finished reading it!" Qi Xue trembled, "Ah little sister-in-law, I still have something to do, I'm leaving first, see you next time!"
Then he ran away.
Concubine Shen Gui didn't want to stay, she sent away the irrelevant people and was ready to deal with the matter.
The empress sat down beside her, held her hand, and comforted her silently.
Shen Guifei took a deep breath, calmed down, and told Man Chen: "Go and interrogate Bi Yan, I want to know the ins and outs!"
Why did Bi Yan and the others suddenly attack Qing Yuan's family? Concubine Shen Gui attached great importance to this matter. Today they captured Qing Yuan's family, tomorrow they will be Qing Zhou, Qing Feng, Qing Qiu, and Qing Luan. In short, if you don't figure it out, you won't be able to live in peace for a day.
In fact, apart from Qing Yuan, Shen Yuqing, the family member of the others, was not worried. After all, they were sent by the emperor, so they must have dealt with these finishing matters, so as not to let their family members have the chance of being caught and threatened.
But it's better to figure out the methods used by Mrs. Shu in advance.
The second is to press for the location of Qing Yuan's family, but Concubine Shen Gui didn't put all her expectations on Bi Yan. If Bi Yan is a tight-lipped person who doesn't talk about life and death, wouldn't that be a waste of time
"Qingqiu, go and invite Miss Jinli here." Concubine Shen changed her mind after finishing speaking, "Forget it, I'll go by myself, you stay here to watch Bi Yan, don't spread any news to her Opportunity."
After finishing speaking, Shen Guifei hugged Fu Qiushui's waist and ran away with light work.
The palace people were not surprised, and started to do their own things in an orderly manner. Let's deal with the follow-up of the Bi Yan incident first, and don't let the remaining spies find out that something is wrong and spread the word to scare the snake away.
Man Xing and Que Yue teamed up and directly invited the medical girl to come, and pretended to enter the room where Bi Yan was being held. Said that after Bi Yan accidentally fell into the water, it seemed to be stained with something dirty in the lake, and now she is in a bad condition.
The medical lady came out not long after entering the room, and said something to the second-class maids guarding outside. The general idea is that Bi Yan's disease may indeed be contagious, so let's live alone in a hut for the time being. It's better to let another eunuch guard it, so that if something happens, the eunuch can run fast and call her for diagnosis and treatment as soon as possible.
The person who has been paying attention to the movement here, heard that there was nothing suspicious, so he stopped asking too much.
After fooling the spies, Man Chen began to interrogate.
At this time, Concubine Shen Gui and the empress had arrived at the imperial study in the front palace.
In the imperial study room, a minister was reporting affairs, and the two sat on the beam and waited quietly. Concubine Shen felt irritated after listening for a while, the minister was clearly delaying the topic, probably wanted to mention something that was not easy to say, and the matter was not urgent.
She was too lazy to listen, so she took off the pearl earrings, flicked them casually, and nailed them to the wooden table in front of His Majesty the Emperor.
The emperor who was suddenly startled: "..."
Not aware of anything, the minister who is still eloquent: "@#￥%$*&…"
"Shut up." His Majesty the Emperor's veins twitched, and he didn't know whether he was annoyed by the minister talking too much nonsense, or just to vent his anger, "If you don't talk about the point, get the hell out of here."
The minister trembled, and immediately forgot his reason for coming.
His Majesty the Emperor glanced at him with a cold face, he broke out in a cold sweat, subconsciously bowed to leave. After walking out of the imperial study room, I suddenly came back to my senses, the goal has not been achieved yet!
But when he turned around and wanted to go back, he was stopped by the chief eunuch.
"Lord Lu." The other party smiled, "Your Majesty is in a bad mood at the moment, please come back first."
Master Lu wiped the cold sweat off his brow, saying yes again and again. He was very guilty, but he didn't dare to make a mistake, so he turned around and left. But when he turned around, he seemed to hear a woman's voice coming from the imperial study room
Well, no wonder His Majesty the Emperor became impatient. It turned out that he was just adding to the red sleeves, but he ran in and talked a lot of nonsense, disturbing the gentleness of others and concubines.
Lord Lu wiped off his cold sweat again, and decided to bribe the head eunuch before entering the door next time, and ask him if there is any lady in the house. If he has to, he will make a long story short or come back next time.
At this moment, in the Imperial Study Room.
Concubine Shen is forcing the emperor to lend her a few secret guards, if he doesn't, the concubine doesn't mind doing it herself, and she will stay in Madam Shu's palace. Or, capture Mrs. Shu and torture her until she says she wants to know the news.
His Majesty the Emperor said that Shen Guifei's disobedience to discipline is simply bald.
It's fine to stay here, but if Mrs. Shu is really captured, what will happen next? ! Anyway, Shen Yuqing won't help him end it, and he will be the one who will worry about it.
Borrow it, borrow it, don't care what she wants to do, anyway, he can't control it.
His Majesty the Emperor broke the can, and simply let go.
"Whatever you want, just don't make troubles and let me deal with the aftermath for you." His Majesty the Emperor said.
The imperial concubine showed a satisfied smile: "Don't worry."
Then he asked again: "Where are the people? Find them, I have something to say."
His Majesty the Emperor gestured towards the beam, and soon two hidden guards flew down. Concubine Shen took a glance, she looked familiar, they were the two who often followed the emperor, Concubine Shen could see them every time she squatted on the beam.
"Are these two okay?" the emperor asked casually, if Shen Yuqing said no, he would stop serving.
Fortunately, Shen Guifei is not that picky. Although these two are weak in her eyesight, compared to the strength in the general environment, they are already top-notch, and they must be very easy to use.
She nodded and ordered directly: "Go to Feiyue Palace. There is a female guard next to Concubine Shu. You can ask her about the situation and see if Concubine Shu has mentioned information about Qingyuan's family. If there is any information, follow the It will be much easier to find."
"Yes!" The two knelt on one knee and clasped their fists, and quickly took orders.
After giving orders to Qing Yuan, Concubine Shen was not in a hurry to leave, she simply found a place to sit down with the empress, and then began to talk about Qi Xue's matter.
"What else is there?" The emperor frowned, with an attitude of rushing away.
Concubine Shen Gui said lightly: "Forget about your sister, if you don't want to hear about it."
Get up and make a gesture to leave.
His Majesty the Emperor had a headache, so he had no choice but to give in: "All right, all right, you say what you say."
Only then did Concubine Shen get down to business.
Qixue's matter is very simple, and she can explain it clearly in a few words. The emperor had also listened to the empress before, but he didn't care. The queen didn't tell the whole story, she just said that Qixue wanted to open some kind of playful pavilion on a whim.
In fact, Qixue didn't tell Empress Fu the whole story, she was afraid that the dignified, good wife and mother, the Empress, would not accept it, so she half-covered it. But at Shen Guifei's place, she didn't dare to hide anything, so she just confessed it all.
After hearing this, the emperor frowned tightly.
He thought for a while, and said, "Jinli has met the heads of the imperial merchants. Judging from the feedback she gave me, the Patriarch of the Wu family probably came up with ideas."
The Patriarch of the Wu family is an old fox, and he takes a "steady" way. Some businesses make a lot of money, but the risks exceed certain expectations, and the Wu family will never engage in it. In addition, there are some people who will be deeply involved with dignitaries, and the Wu family will not touch them.
Although the emperor's throne seems to be stable now, after twenty years, there will definitely be princes who will come of age, and then the capital will start to involve seizing the heir apparent and forming a party. Even if there is no prince, there will still be some ghosts and monsters jumping around, wanting to pay attention to the adoptive prince, or simply seek power and usurp the throne.
Therefore, the Patriarch of the Wu family took a long-term view. Even if there were still twenty years left, he did not plan to board any powerful ship now. Now that they are on the boat, after twenty years, they will be unable to get away even if they want to get away. If the rich and powerful are in the wrong team, wouldn't the Wu family be doomed
"If it's not him, then Miss Wu made her own decision?" Shen Guifei said, "Where are the rest of the Wu family?"
The emperor shook his head: "The patriarch of the Wu family also has a son and a younger brother. The younger brother is ignorant, lacks such a brain, and is just a dude. His son was taught by him carefully. That time Jinli met together, and the patriarch of the Wu family The style is very similar, it won't be him."
"I didn't expect the young lady of the Wu family to be so capable." Fu Qiushui said suddenly, "It's not easy to come up with this idea."
After all, she is a boudoir girl, not a well-informed girl in later generations. Even if the young lady of the Wu family often followed her elder brother and father to get in touch with the family business, she probably wouldn't be able to learn much.
Concubine Shen deeply agreed: "It's not bad, but the idea is still too simple."
Ms. Wu only saw that if she cooperates with the princess, she can enjoy the shade with her back against a big tree, and she doesn't have to worry about the property being taken by force, but she ignores the other benefits that such an industry will bring.
For example, such an elegant place, because it does not engage in gambling, whoring or vulgarity, obviously can not only attract dudes, but also some serious officials. Especially some officials who are scholars who value face, usually go to the Qinlou Chu Pavilion for fear of being scolded by people pointing at the spine, but it is different when they come to the Junzi Pavilion. Although you can't go whoring, but there are so many good-looking girls, it is very pleasing to look at.
There was a brothel before that also took the high-end route, only selling art but not selling body. But in the final analysis, it is still a brothel, located in a gathering place of brothels. When those officials ran over, they could only comfort themselves, knowing that they hadn't gone whoring. However, others may not see it that way.
You have already gone to the brothel gathering place, and you still say you didn't go whoring? Who are you kidding! If you walk around there, you will already smell of makeup, you just came here for beauty, don't justify yourself and say that you are looking for that woman who is not selling her body to exchange piano, chess, calligraphy and painting!
However, the Junzi Pavilion will naturally not be opened in such a place. If the decoration and the like are made taller, there will be much less gossip. In addition, where is the name of the eldest princess, who dare to say that the eldest princess runs a brothel
"The Gentleman Building visited by these people is obviously an extremely suitable intelligence building for collecting information." Moreover, the news that they relax their vigilance and exchange casually while they are playing is definitely higher than ordinary intelligence.
The people around me are all colleagues of the same level. When they chat, they will subconsciously relax a little bit, and many things that should not be said in public are easy to come out, isn't it? Most people don't realize that this gentleman's pavilion may be used as an intelligence collection building.
What's more, if you get excited for a while, give the jade pendant and other things around you to the maid who is pleasing to the eye. Looking back, these jade pendants and other items are of great use. Some items may not seem to be expensive and special, but they are tokens of identification for this person if they are worn by officials for a long time. When the time comes, when you need to do something behind the scenes, take out these things and fool around, it won't have a miraculous effect.
The three of you thought about every aspect of Junzilou clearly, and then fell silent.
This Gentleman Building needs to be opened, but it cannot be used as a plaything by Qi Xue foolishly. And whether to choose another one as the external backer of Junzilou still needs to be re-discussed.
Although Qixue is fine, it's not suitable. The main reason is that she is afraid that people will gossip, and it is too risky to push Qixue out, and someone may use this to disadvantage Qixue. But if you change one, it's hard to find someone.
Concubine Shen? No, there is the Shen family behind her, and the Shen family still wants to get information, what is it for? Rebel
The Empress is the same, and it is easy to be targeted by the group of vampires of the Fu family, who will pick up her for profit.
The emperor himself is even worse, how can an emperor open such a building. Besides, the emperor drove it. Would others really dare to come and play in a relaxed manner
"Otherwise, King Qingping will be fine." Empress Fu said suddenly.
"Prince Qingping is the king of leisure, and the princess also liked to open shops before. The princess also opened some novel and interesting shops before, so it is not awkward to set up a gentleman's pavilion."
More importantly, Princess Qingping was the one who told the Queen Mother the secret. In fact, the Queen Mother was close friends with the princess in her boudoir. The concubine is a trustworthy person, and her unmarried daughter-in-law is Concubine Shen's cousin Shen Yuxun.
No one has any opinion on the candidate proposed by the Empress Empress.
King Qingping didn't have a high sense of presence in the capital, and he never provoked troubles. He was very peaceful and could minimize everyone's vigilance. The point is that he is one of the few princes in Huaijing, and he is hereditary, so even if he has no real power, he is respected by everyone.
Such a transparent person who stands aloof from the world will be admired by everyone in the shop opened by his family, and he will not think too much about it. The emperor is confident that after they have gone once, they will definitely want to go a second time.
Ms. Wu's family shouldn't have any objections. Although the backer has changed from a princess to a princess, it doesn't make any difference to her. Even better. After all, a princess is actually not very safe. If the princess is suddenly not favored by the emperor, the consequences will be very bad. But the hereditary prince is different, his position has always been stable, and there is also the iron coupon of the book of pills to avoid the emperor's interrogation once.
After figuring this out, His Majesty the Emperor is refreshed.
This gentleman building not only has the first two benefits, but also allows the emperor to subsidize the treasury by taking some money from the rich officials. It cost a lot of money to fight the war before, and now the national tax has been reduced by 20%. The emperor said that he is very poor.
The imperial concubine ignored the poor dog emperor and brought his wife back to Jianjia Palace.
As soon as he went back, Shen Yuxun was recruited and told her about the matter. This girl is smart and trustworthy, and asking her to tell her future mother-in-law about this matter will not arouse anyone's vigilance.
Who would have thought that after the future mother-in-law saw her future daughter-in-law, what she would say behind her back would not be about my son, how about you getting married, but about doing business
Princess Qingping would go to the palace every month to see the queen mother and chat with her. When the time came, Shen Guifei would take Shen Yuxun to the queen mother's palace to pay her respects. Anyway, it makes sense, Concubine Shen deliberately took the opportunity to give these two future mother-in-law and daughter-in-law a chance to get in close contact, everyone will understand.
Shen Yuxun was startled when she first heard Concubine Shen Gui's words. She didn't expect the big shots in the palace to be in the same group...
However, what happened to the sudden sensation? !
Shen Yuxun felt a sense of pride when she thought that her cousin was backed by so many big bosses. The cousin is her backing, and the boss is the backing of the cousin. Doesn't that mean that she has already boarded the aircraft carrier of the bosses? No more fear of capsizing.
Shen Yuxun took a deep breath to calm himself down, nodded seriously, and took over this important task, expressing that he would definitely handle it well.
Concubine Shen was very satisfied, and patted her younger sister on the shoulder: "Don't be too nervous, just convey my words to Wangfei."
"Yes." Shen Yuxun rubbed his face, making his face return to normal, no one could see the clue.
After sending away the second younger sister, Concubine Shen called Man Chen and asked, "How are things going?"
Manchen bowed first: "Hui Niangniang, some things have been interrogated, but the location of Qingyuan's family is still unclear."
Concubine Shen Gui had already expected this, but Man Chen's next words surprised her a bit.
"Although Bi Yan refuses to confess, she has loosened up a bit. After a while, she should be able to interrogate her location."
"You let go?" Shen Guifei was surprised, "How did you do it?"
This Bi Yan is obviously very loyal and will not tell the matter so easily.
The author has something to say: Yesterday it was said that there was a second update, but you didn't seem to see it? The next chapter is the second update, don't forget to read it!
By the way, I would like to thank Maojia Jiushao again for the long comment~ Memejiu, I will add more rewards~