Seeing that Madam was pulled by Zhao Luli and staggered and almost fell over, Emperor Sheng Yuan's anger surged up, and his hand was on the handle of the knife ready to make a clearance, but she saw Madam turn her head and shook her head without a trace.
"Ma'am." He shouted helplessly and hoarsely, and immediately followed.
Zhao Luli ran back to the Hou's mansion and found that Guan Suyi was not there. He asked the housekeeper to find out that she was going to the bookstore today, so he searched all the shops in Yanjing City, and found Zhenxi Hou. He ran fast all the way, angered, his red eyes and savage face ruined his former graceful demeanor, making passersby dodge and at the same time extremely curious, so he also followed to watch the fun, and found that the person he was blindly looking for was Zhen Zhen. Madam Beihou suddenly realized.
"Let's just say, this couple really did it!" Some good people whispered.
"Mrs. Hou is afraid of bad luck! The water poured out by the married daughter, the emperor did not think about how his granddaughter would behave before acting. Ye Mansion is after all a family outside Hou Mansion, the pair of direct sons and direct daughters. When you’re old, don’t you want to avenge your mother’s family?”
"Yeah, being a stepmother is inherently difficult, not to mention the fact that there are deep blood feuds in the middle. If Master Ye is beheaded, the death settlement will not be resolved. Guan's might as well go home and persuade his grandfather to let him go to the palace. Relax a few words here, and leave Master Ye alive."
"Exactly, I impeached the family first, occupied loyalty and righteousness, and then came forward to protect it, occupying kindness and righteousness. This kind of grace and power, two-pronged approach, Ye Fu and Hou Fu can't say anything even if they hate the Guan family, and Guan can also do it. Live in peace with great grace and justice. How good is this, and the best of both worlds?"
"See you at Xiongtai!" Many people raised their thumbs in agreement.
Emperor Shengyuan's heart was full of mixed flavors, bitter and astringent. If it wasn't for her oversight, Madam would never have fallen into this situation. She is so proud, but she has to use such a compromised method to survive. Seeing the Zhao family's face everywhere, she has to be under the control of the Ye family. Even the emperor and Taichang can't protect her. The water splashed by his married daughter, at this moment, he finally understood the cruelty of this sentence. If a woman can't find a good home, she is like the sewage on the ground, and she can only let it run its course and be at the mercy of her. If the husband's family loves him heavily, he will be able to live a little better, and if the husband's family hates it, his life will be like a mustard, and he can't help it.
Maybe other women can endure this kind of treatment, and then fully adapt to the numbness, but what is the difference between killing her and killing her if the wife is stubborn and Shen Qian Gangke? What would have happened if I had brought her into the palace and protected her under Yu Xia
As soon as this idea was formed, it was like a sharp thorn stabbed into Emperor Shengyuan's heart, and it was another torture.
Guan Suyi also listened in a hurry, and she couldn't help but laugh. Her wrists first loosened, and she noticed that Zhao Luli's strength also loosened, and then she quickly broke free, rubbing her red skin, and said slowly, "Zhao Luli, if you want to relieve the Ye family's predicament, just do whatever you want. I'm going somewhere."
"Where are you going?" Zhao Luli was still angry, but gradually calmed down.
"You follow." Guan Suyi's sleeves were startled, and he strode forward, Jin Zi and Ming Lan quickly followed. Zhao Luli couldn't go to arrest her any more, and if the scuffle broke out, the scene would become even more unbearable, not only let passersby see the joke, but also lost the face of Hou's mansion, so he could only follow silently.
"Let's go and have a look." The crowd also began to flow, making a lot of noise and excitement.
Emperor Shengyuan made a gesture, and there were countless dead men hiding around, secretly guarding Mrs. Zhenbeihou.
Guan Suyi walked to the Xuande Gate, pointed to a rusted copper drum, and said casually, "This is the road drum, now called the Dengwen drum. After the collapse of the Great Zhou Dynasty, no one cares about it, so I put it here. It has been more than a thousand years. However, the emperor wanted to recast the code and clean up politics and folk customs. The drum has been reactivated recently. It is one of the ways for the people to directly complain about grievances. Drafting a complaint, without reporting it layer by layer, as long as you go to the drum and tap it, a guard will come up to inquire within a moment, and finally take it directly to the face saint. However, in order to prevent the public from abusing this drum, every time there is a drum You must be hit with a hundred heavy sticks, and if you get through it, all the court will open your eyes for you, and you will never stop until the sky is bright."
"Is there such a thing?" The passerby asked in a low voice.
"There is, there is, every time the emperor revises a decree, he will send an order to the whole territory. This article on Dengwengu was released three days ago. I still remember it." A scholar nodded frequently.
"It turns out that the recasting of the code has such benefits! With this news, are you afraid that the common people will have nowhere to seek justice?"
"You don't know what to do, you can only face the saint without dying!"
"That's why you must not beat the drum if you haven't encountered such a difficult event. The emperor is not so nice." An old man sighed.
"It's much better than before without reason to even die. The emperor is a good emperor!" As soon as someone finished speaking, he attracted countless approvals and echoes.
Emperor Shengyuan's mood was fluctuating, and he looked at the lady in front of Dengwen Drum with both admiration and inexplicable sadness. Up to this point, she did not forget to teach the people, not to mention the benefits of publicizing the practice of the Dharma. Her heart is truly exquisite and clear.
Zhao Luli gradually heard the voice and glared angrily.
Guan Suyi did not hesitate at all, took down the heavy drumstick from the stand, and said slowly, "I know better than you what kind of person my grandfather is. If there are only a few charges, then none of them are false, and there are only a few, not many. I will put my words here today. If the emperor has verified the fact that half of my grandfather slandered the Ye family, I will immediately write a divorce letter and end it. Crown please go! My grandfather dared to speak out and give advice and sacrifice his life for righteousness, and I also dare to use a lifetime of virtuous name and a lifetime of reputation as a guarantee for him.”
Putting the drumstick into Zhao Luli's hands, she smiled contemptuously, "How dare you, Zhao Luli, dare to vouch for the Ye family with your life? You dare to say that Ye Quanyong is innocent and dignified? You dare to say that he is brave and loyal and devoted himself? He loves the people like a son, and is honest and honest? If you dare to say a 'yes', I will help you beat the drum, and I will help you with the hundred heavy sticks. Even if you try to tear your face with your grandfather, I will definitely help you. You do justice! Do you dare? Do you dare?"
Every time she said the word "dare", she slowly approached one step, her scorching eyes as bright as a mirror, reflecting the cowardice and ugliness of people's hearts.
Zhao Luli, who was still angry just now, was already in a cold sweat and was in a state of embarrassment. He desperately wanted to raise his drumstick to strike, and desperately wanted to say a "yes" confidently, but he opened his mouth and was speechless for a long time. He also intervened in some of the Ye family's secrets, and even helped the aftermath. If the emperor checked it out, maybe even the Hou's mansion would be implicated, why would he have the face to complain for the Ye family? He just wanted Guan Suyi to invite Emperor Shi and Taichang to say a few good words and have an extrajudicial appearance. How could she be forced into such a situation in the end
"He dares! What Ye Quanyong did, Zhenbei Hou's Mansion did a lot of meddling! The Ye family killed a maid a few years ago, and it was the guards of Zhenbei's Mansion who helped pull the body out and bury it. My cousin saw it all. It's over!" Someone in the crowd shouted, afraid of being discovered, and hurriedly shrank back.
Emperor Shengyuan raised his eyes slightly, and a dead man secretly brought this person to interrogation.
Guan Suyi stared at Zhao Luli, whose face was pale, and said word by word, "My grandfather hangs the people and punishes the crime, and eliminates violence and peace. This is to be loyal to the country and ask for orders for the people; I am going to confront you today, this is to defend the family's reputation, Do filial piety and observe festivals. If you want to be loyal to the country and ask for orders for the people, you should go to the Tingwei Mansion to make a statement of yourself; if you want to be fair to your elders, you should beat the drums and clarify the facts; if you want to take care of your wife and children If you are filial to your mother, you should stay at home in peace and not interfere with the criminal law at will."
She raised her sleeves slightly, put her five fingers together, and compared them up and down, and said lightly, "Look at yourself, you are neither willing to be loyal, nor dare to keep righteousness, and even less filial. You are disloyal, unfilial, and unrighteous. Disciple, if it wasn't for the imperial decree to marry before, what would An dare to talk to me about getting a wife? Are you worthy?"
"Okay, that's great!" A heroic "man" walked out of the crowd, holding a sword in his hand and wearing a suit of the dynasty. She stroked her palm and said, "My wife is loyal to the country, filial piety and righteousness, she is really Yao and Shun among women, it is a pity to be matched with such filthy generation! Zhao Luli, long time no see, do you still remember those soldiers who died tragically in Hancheng, Liaodong? You And Ye Zhen that little bitch..."
"His Royal Highness, the eldest princess, have you been summoned back to Beijing?" In order to prevent this lady from calling out the scandal of the past, Qin Lingyun had to interrupt under the cold stare of the emperor.
Seeing the emperor hidden in the crowd, the eldest princess twitched the corners of her lips and stopped talking. But her appearance was like the last straw, completely crushing the overwhelmed Zhao Luli. He suddenly threw away the drumstick, hugged his head and cried, not only hating himself for being weak and incompetent, but also regretting helping Zhou in all these years, and there were countless shame beyond words.
Guan Suyi gave him a fixed look, and then picked up the drumstick and placed it on the stand. Finally, she bowed to the princess, to the Duke of Zhenxi and the great man of the Jiuli tribe, to the crowd, and said flatly, " Let everyone laugh." Finally, facing the direction of the imperial city, he bowed three times solemnly, then moved step by step and slowly left.
The crowd automatically divided a path for her, but when she saw her back straight and her broad sleeves fluttering, she went all the way in a while, as if she was riding the wind and driving the fog. I talked one after another, "Hey, is this Mrs. Zhenbei Hou? What a talented person!"
"The spirit of the world is gathered together, and it is irrigated by the righteousness. If you can marry such a woman, the Marquis of Zhenbei is still not satisfied, and he is a concubine and an insult, and he deserves to be reduced to today!"
"At this point, Mrs. Zhenbei Hou is still unwilling to compromise, she would rather tear her face with her husband and maintain loyalty and filial piety. This temperament is too strong! However, she talked freely and scolded Baji. , admirable!"
"This is the family education of the literati, the character of Hongru, how can you and other mortals appreciate it? If my generation can marry such a woman with such a generous heart, I will not bear her to suffer the slightest humiliation. You wait, in the future, the Marquis of Zhenbei I will definitely regret it!"
"But he's still obsessed, he's really blind!" Everyone pointed and shook their heads and sighed.
The eldest princess sneered while listening, pointed to Zhao Luli, and said, "One is blind," and pointed to Emperor Shengyuan, "One is blind," and left without looking back, "You two are the best match. , why bother a good woman!"