Out of her trust in Chunjia's ability, and because she was particularly afraid of being instigated since she was not her biological mother, Queen Mother Yuan had wanted to retreat to the harem since Chunjia came to power and not care about worldly affairs to concentrate on taking care of herself.
The fact that we were able to know so quickly today that Xie Wuzheng beat the drum and lifted the table to hand the ladder to the emperor was all thanks to the Xingning Bo Mansion.
The reason why Xingningbo Mansion did this was to ask for help—some of the poor people who suffered disaster were responsible for them.
The reason is obvious: Yuan also hopes to get a share of the Lord's grace.
They have already chosen the candidate, Yuan Ke's younger brother Yuan Wei.
Yuan Wei can be regarded as a talented person among the younger generation of the Yuan family. He is good at both civil and military affairs, has a humble temperament, and knows how to advance and retreat. He is not suitable for officialdom - of course, the important thing is that he is not married yet.
Otherwise, Xing Ningbo would definitely give such good things to his legitimate son or even his heir first, and he would never take advantage of his nephew.
Originally, we had a close relationship with the Empress Dowager Yuan. In addition, his brother Yuan Ke had been a reading companion for the Emperor. He had been in and out of the palace since he was a child. He was familiar with the three princesses, at least not enough to mention them to the princesses. The three golden branches and jade leaves were all the same. His face was blank, he didn’t know who this person was.
From these aspects, Yuan Wei has no chance at all.
But the problem is that Queen Mother Yuan was reluctant to open this door to Chun Jia due to some disputes with her family in her early years.
If he didn't go through the back door and directly entered the competition, Yuan Wei would feel that he was not inferior to others in both literary and military skills, except for one thing: he... had a similar appearance to Yuan Ji Niang, well, it was the kind of appearance that could not be called ugly, but was far from handsome.
At best it can be regarded as correct.
The terrible thing is that the cousins are not very tall.
It’s okay that Yuan Kuiniang is a woman, petite and exquisite is not a bad thing; Yuan Wei is a man, but he is about the same height as Yun Fenghuang. Due to this appearance, Chunjia is willing to give the princess to him. Not high.
In this way, the Yuan family did not want to give up such an opportunity to rise - due to the Queen Mother Yuan's indifference to her natal family and Yuan Niang's fall from favor, there was already a gap in their relationship with the emperor.
If you miss this opportunity, although you can basically maintain your wealth, it is basically impossible to achieve success and revitalize your family reputation.
Therefore, Yuan Wei began to look for a love rival early in the morning and secretly took action...
Anyway, everyone knows this time that Chunjia's first choice for his favorite brother-in-law is a scholar from a poor family. No matter how outstanding the children of famous families are, they have little chance.
For the Yuan family in Fuyang, which was not considered a top-notch family, this was exactly what they wanted: after all, they couldn't afford to offend the children of real aristocrats.
On the contrary, he came from such a poor family, and with the foundation of his family's eight years in the imperial capital, he was able to tidy up everything properly.
In the end, who would have thought that among these scholars, Nie Bochen would calmly suppress a lot of information, find the true concubine's blood brother, and then stab the emperor? !
Now it's good, Xie Wuzheng beat the Dengwen drum, Chunjia was furious, and ordered a thorough investigation. Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, the Yushitai and the Imperial City Department all dispatched.
How could you hide what Yuan did
Now, can you come and cry and beg Empress Dowager Yuan, asking her to lend a helping hand for the sake of family ties
The Queen Mother Yuan did not want to support Yuan's plan to become the master. As the legitimate daughter of the previous generation of Yuan's family, she was also loved by her mother's family, otherwise she would not be arranged to marry into Prince Fuyang's palace.
But after leaving the cabinet, due to some things, a gap arose between her and her parents' family, and they have had bad feelings ever since.
So many years later, the stumbling blocks have never been eliminated.
For Empress Dowager Yuan, although she was not so cold-blooded that she didn't care about Yuan's life or death, in her eyes, Yuan was indeed not as important as her son Chunjia.
The Queen Mother knew very well why Chunjia personally decided the marriage of the three princesses.
She didn't want to trick Chunjia for the sake of her natal family, with whom she didn't have a good relationship.
But she didn't expect that Yuan would secretly murder other poor men in order to increase Yuan Wei's chances of being selected!
This is no longer a question of whether Empress Dowager Yuan has the heart to ignore them. If this spreads out, the reputation of the Yuan family in Fuyang will plummet, and she will even abandon Shilin. Together with Empress Dowager Yuan, a loving mother, and Mrs. Chun Ke, Everyone will be affected!
At this moment, Empress Dowager Yuan's dissatisfaction with Yun Fenghuang was partly due to the fact that she had to guard against this true concubine's coming of age, and partly out of her anger at the trouble Xie Wuzheng's actions had brought to Xingningbo Mansion.
"Empress, we can tell your Majesty these words slowly in the future." Zhanliu sighed in his heart and reminded, "The top priority is to suppress the fact that Xingningbo Mansion once participated in the murder of a poor man. Otherwise, it would be no joke if word got out.”
Empress Dowager Yuan calmed down, nodded and said: "You are talking about... these idiots! Either don't do something like this, or if you do it, you should do it more quickly. You have to erase all the clues to ensure that it cannot affect you!" It turns out they were lucky! When they did it, they only wanted to be happy for a while and didn’t think about the consequences at all!”
After scolding Mrs. Yuan for a while, she finally asked Zhan Liu to go there in person, "The Ai family has not paid attention to Xing Ningbo's mansion for some days. The day is approaching. Please send some things to the Ai family. By the way, ask about Sangzi's current situation. .”
The person who sent the message was in a hurry and did not explain clearly what was going on. The matter was serious, and as the Queen Mother, she could not act rashly. She had to figure out the details first.
Not only Empress Dowager Yuan, but the entire imperial capital was no longer peaceful that day. With the operations of Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment, and the official position of the Yushitai and the Imperial City Department, everyone was busy - rumors were flying in the market, Rumors, one after another, both true and false, all broke out!
At this moment, while Chunjia came out of Chunhui Palace and went directly to Taichu Palace to deal with delayed government affairs, Yun Fenghuang asked Qingxu to make another trip and took Xie Wuzheng to Xuanqing Palace to talk.
"When did Brother Twenty-One meet Nie Bochen?" The palace servant handed the tea, and Yun Fenghuang picked it up and took a sip, asking curiously.
Xie Wuzheng said calmly: "When I first heard about the Master, I thought that Brother Eleven would show up. Therefore, these days, I have been paying attention to the scholars from poor families who are similar to me."
Yun Fenghuang praised: "Thankfully Brother Twenty-one was alert, otherwise Brother Eleven would have fallen into someone else's trap this time, and he would have been in big trouble."
"Your Majesty is so complimentary." Xie Wuzheng shook his head slightly and said, "The reason Xie is able to be where he is today is simply because of his Majesty. With your Majesty here, things like this will definitely not be something Brother Eleven can do. At most, they will be more difficult. It will only hinder my concubine from running for us in front of His Majesty."
These words were trusting and considerate, which was quite touching.
But Yun Fenghuang was preconceived, and always felt that he was trying to provoke him to hate Xie Fei's carelessness.
She calmly took a sip of tea as a cover-up, and said gently: "His Majesty came to my side just now and specifically mentioned you, Brother Twenty-One."
Xie Wuzheng listened, but frowned slightly, and asked with concern: "You didn't mention Brother Eleven? What about Brother Eleven?"
"I didn't mention it, and there's no need to mention it." Seeing how he cared so much about his brother, Yun Fenghuang hesitated a little. Could it be that he was too suspicious and thought too much
If this twenty-one brother is really that kind of master who deliberately steps on his brothers to get the upper hand, isn't what he is most concerned about at the moment is how the emperor can bring up other methods
How can you patronize and care about your brothers
Well, maybe his level is higher and he doesn’t even miss the details
Thoughts were swirling in Yun Fenghuang's mind, but without any pause on his face, he explained, "Now what happened to Brother Eleven has been connected with the accidents that happened to other poor men. In such a situation, it is impossible for Your Majesty to deal with it." List the disposal separately. Of course, Brother Eleven did not do those things in the first place. Our family has a shallow foundation and we can’t find out the clues for a while. But now His Majesty is furious. The Criminal Department of the Imperial City of Dali Temple and the Yushitai have After receiving the order, Shilin must also supervise. In this way, those who are clean will be clean themselves, but there is no need to worry anymore. "
Xie Wuzheng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good."
Only then did he show some curiosity and expectation, and asked in a low voice, "May I ask, Madam, what did your Majesty say when he mentioned me?"
Yun Fenghuang looked at him and pursed his lips with a smile: "Congratulations to Brother Twenty-one! Just wait until next year to be named on the gold list, and you will be crowned Princess Penglai!"
The last time the Xie family's children entered the palace, Yun Fenghuang introduced them to the important people in the previous harem, and also mentioned the three princesses by the way.
But there were many people at that time, and there were many things to say, but there was no time to explain them carefully.
At this moment, the situation of Princess Penglai was explained in detail: "... Her biological mother, Shen Taibin, was not high enough to raise the emperor's heir herself. Therefore, like Minghui and Jinyun, Her Highness the Princess was raised by her mother, the Empress Dowager. Of course, when they were ten years old, the two concubine princesses went to Yaoyu Palace to live alone, but Princess Minghui was left by her mother and the empress dowager. Shen Taibin is still there today, and she lives with her mother and empress dowager... When the mother empress and empress dowager escape the summer heat I didn’t take my concubine with me, but I stayed in the palace.”
"I have revealed the princess's appearance to Brother Twenty-One privately. There is no such thing as stunning beauty, but the royal daughter's natural bearing and extraordinary nobility are beyond the reach of ordinary beauties."
Xie Wuzheng listened, nodded slightly, and said comforting words: "Don't worry, Madam. It is a blessing from heaven to be able to be the master of a family like ours! With such status as a princess, how can she be so beautiful as an ordinary girl?" Evaluate based on sex and virtue? Brother Yu is not Brother Eleven."
Although he was born handsome, tall and unconventional, he had no desire to marry a peerless beauty.
He doesn't care about the princess' appearance or virtue, as long as she is a princess.
Xie Heng and others had said this last time, but at that time, it was just a plan, and it was unknown whether it would come true.
Now Xie Wuzheng used Xie Fu's incident to tie up the poor scholars in the world and made a big splash in the temple. In addition, because of Yun Fenghuang, it is not an exaggeration to say that Jian is in the emperor's heart, and after this incident, His reputation among scholars will skyrocket, and his future is foreseeable.
Since the princess is so noble, why can't she be as beautiful as a flower and still be virtuous and virtuous
Yun Fenghuang himself was such a pushy person, so naturally he had to worry that Xie Wuzheng and he were not part of the same family.
Xing Xing Wu Zheng has always been taciturn and calm, and this is also the case now.
He said calmly that everything was aligned with Cheng Cheng, Xiang Hejia and Yun Fenghuang's future, and nothing else mattered.
Yun Fenghuang admired such brothers very much, so the brother and sister talked more and more harmoniously. It was not until the sunset that Yun Fenghuang asked Xie Hengyu to see Xie Wuzheng off on his behalf.
Standing at the entrance of the palace, maintaining a humble posture and watching Xie Hengyu return to the harem, Xie Wuzheng rolled his sleeves and turned to leave.
At this time, he felt cold sweat falling from his forehead, and the layers of clothes inside and outside his vest were already wet. The cold wind blew by, giving him a refreshing chill.