The First Traitor [Rebirth]

The snow fell more and more, and some lakes in the capital began to freeze, but it was not thick.The pond of Yuan's family was also covered with thin ice, and the fish that Yuan Ye raised did not dare to come up from the bottom of the water.

The imperial court started discussions on the places where snow disasters often occurred in previous years, but it seemed that the heavens were benevolent, and there were not many snow disasters this year.Many people who had already prepared many flattering words congratulated the emperor, saying: "Your Majesty, there is no major snow disaster this year. This is really a year of auspicious snow that promises a good harvest!"

The emperor accepted the good news with a smile, and then said humanely: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, God must be very happy with the Fengtian Pavilion that the Emperor ordered to build. No, the snow disasters that occur every year, why is it so small this year? !"

The emperor was overjoyed, and this man knew that his flattery was right!

The emperor is indeed Longyan Dayue, and he also believes that it is because he built the Fengtian Pavilion that he was favored by the heavens. He praised Yuan Ye who proposed to build the Fengtian Pavilion at the beginning, and rewarded the small official of the Qintian Supervisor with a large piece of money. Fertile land.Those who opposed the construction of Fengtian Pavilion at the beginning were also severely slapped in the face, and they dared not speak again.

It just so happens that some officials in the court have reached the age of serving, and the vacancies left by them need to be filled.In the usual practice, the transfer of official positions below the fourth rank is arranged by the Ministry of Officials, while those with the fourth rank and above need to submit the list to the emperor for review before being transferred.

The emperor had a sudden whim, and asked for a list of all the transfers, and then he was furious, saying: "The Ministry of Rites is an important place in charge of ceremonies, military rites, academic affairs, and imperial examinations. You actually use an unfilial person, an unfilial How can a person set an example for the world's students?"

It turned out that in this transfer list, there was a sixth-rank Ministry of Industry chief named Zhou Cheng, who planned to transfer the Ministry of Rites to sacrifice to Qing Lisi Langzhong, and the official residence was the fifth-rank.And Zhou Cheng lost his father when he was young, and was raised by his mother alone, but after he became famous, he abandoned his mother and left him in the countryside.His old mother lived in a dilapidated hut and depended on other people's assistance, but she also died of illness not long after.The parents died and the son should resign to keep his filial piety. Unexpectedly, Zhou Cheng didn't want to resign so he concealed the matter.

So the emperor ordered a thorough investigation, and soon found out that Zhou Cheng had bribed Zhang Songwei's brother-in-law in Wenxuan Qinglisilang of the Ministry of Officials.Because the Wenxuan Qingli Department is the department in charge of the promotion and transfer of civil officials, and the chief of this department is Langzhong. He drew up the list and handed it over to the Minister for decision, and the matter was settled in this way.

The matter of bribery can be big or small, because there are many people who give bribes in today's world, but none of them touch the interests of the emperor.Right now the emperor doesn't like Zhang Songwei, and it happens that someone who is not filial is used, so even if he only received a famous painting, it is enough for the emperor to be furious.

Zhang Songwei's brother-in-law was dismissed and investigated, and was sent to a prison awaiting investigation. If there are other crimes, they will be punished for several crimes.That Zhou Cheng was directly executed, and no one in the court dared to intercede for him, after all, unfilial piety is the first of all sins!Besides, the emperor is determined to move Zhang Songwei, anyone who dares to object is against the emperor!

Zhang Songwei was implicated, and everyone knew that his position as Minister of the Ministry of Officials could not be kept.The prince frequently interceded for Zhang Songwei, which made the emperor furious.At this time, Qian Renyong went to the prince and said: "Your Highness, Mr. Zhang is the most guilty of negligence, and the crime will not cause him to lose his official position; but now the emperor clearly wants to deal with him, and His Royal Highness is pleading for him. Isn't it just to provoke him?" Is the emperor unhappy?"

When the prince heard it, it was reasonable, so he stopped talking.But he was still unwilling to give up such a pawn, and soon Zhang Songwei was demoted, but was inserted into the Ministry of Punishment by Prince An as the left servant.

The post of Minister of the Ministry of Officials is vacant, and everyone is ambitious to take it into their pockets.The crown prince and King Qi didn't say anything, even the other princes wanted to intervene.

In the end, the emperor asked a prestigious servant from the Ministry of Officials to temporarily take the post of Shangshu, but the post of Shangshu was not arranged for the time being.Everyone couldn't figure out what the emperor was thinking, even Yuan Ye couldn't figure it out.

Yuan Jing said: "Father, no matter why the emperor made such an arrangement, we should do our own thing right now."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Ye nodded, "That's right, it's what the emperor would like to see if everyone performs their duties."

This matter continued until the end of the year, and there were still people talking about it among the people, but they were still concerned about Fengtian Pavilion.

This time, Fengtian Pavilion, which has attracted much attention, has stepped up patrols and guards since the last "Flying Stones from the Sky" incident, but the harsh snowy weather in the capital has slowed down its progress.Yuan Ye predicted that after the beginning of spring, he would be able to reach the final stage smoothly, which made the emperor look forward to it very much.

It turned out that when the Fengtian Pavilion was about to be completed, the prince would go to inspect instead of the emperor, and after this inspection, King Qi used witchcraft to frame the prince, resulting in the prince being abolished.

Although the position of the crown prince is still stable, the emperor was dissatisfied with the way the crown prince was handled because of Zhang Jinhou's shooting of Qian Ning, so he also had opinions on him.If King Qi continues to fan the flames, even if the crown prince is not deposed, he will completely lose the trust in the emperor's heart.

Yuan actually knew that the relationship between Yuan Ye and King Qi could not be severed in a short period of time, and King Qi did not dare to fully trust Yuan Ye, so he must not let Yuan Ye know about his attack on the prince.And if King Qi wants to successfully frame the prince, he must also install other forces in Fengtian Pavilion.

Yuan actually hesitated, wondering if he should let Yuan Ye know about it.

In the blink of an eye, it was the twelfth lunar month.From the royal family to the common people, every household is preparing new year's goods, and according to the custom, they start cleaning, worshiping ancestors, worshiping the kitchen god and so on.

Yuan Ye had a seven-day holiday. On the day of Yuanzheng, he had to go early with all the officials to pay New Year's greetings to the emperor. After the emperor gave him food, they chatted for a while before returning home at noon.The Yuan family celebrated the festival joyfully after eating dumplings with auspicious meanings.

After that, Yuan Jing was 17 years old, and Yuan Li reached the age of crowning.

Yuan Li's coronation ceremony was held in the ancestral hall. When Yuan Jing passed, all the clan members were present, but she was not the protagonist, so no one paid attention to her.It turned out that the reason why she came late was because she was stopped by Nan Lian in the garden when she came over.

Everyone in the original mansion, except for the nursing home, was waiting at the ancestral hall. Although Yuan Lu and Yuan Mixue could not enter the ancestral hall, they were also waiting in the side room. The original mansion was much empty, no wonder Nan Lian dared to blatantly stop Yuan Jing.

"Why isn't sister-in-law at the ancestral hall?" Yuan Jing asked.

"It's not time yet, don't be in a hurry." Nan Lian said.

"Then sister..."

"Xiaoxue's scent is very good." Nan Lian suddenly said something inexplicable, but Yuan Jing quickly understood what she meant, because Yuan Mixue's scent was only after using the sesame oil she gave her.

"My sister-in-law is the princess, so she will be rare for my cheap bastard?" Yuan actually twitched the corners of his mouth.

"Have you ever heard that 'the etiquette is light and the affection is heavy'?" Nan Lian still looked dignified, but her eyes showed displeasure.Yuan Mixue, Pingyao and even stamens have them, but she is the only one who doesn't!

"I've heard, but what's the matter?" Seeing her angry appearance, Yuan Jing was very happy in his heart. She needs to let Nan Lian know that she is not so easy to be manipulated.

Nan Lian stared at Yuan Jing for a while, then turned and left.Yuan actually grabbed Nan Lian's hand suddenly, took out a bottle from her bosom and placed it on her palm.Nan Lian turned her head and looked at the little bottle, her eyes softened again.Yuan actually noticed the change in her expression, and said with a smile, "This is lip balm."

Recalling the two times of entanglement between the two, Nan Lian's face was slightly ashamed, and Yuan actually cleared her throat: "If we go together, we will inevitably be gossiped, let's go first, sister-in-law!"

The two arrived at the ancestral hall one after the other, and after Yuan Li and the crowned children of the family performed the crowning ceremony, they all sat down together.Now that Zhang Songwei was demoted and Yuan Ye was favored by the emperor, his favorite Yuan Jing would naturally be flattered.

Even so, the existence of Yuan Li cannot be ignored. After all, he is Yuan Ye's son-in-law, and he is studying in the Imperial College. I believe it will not take long for him to become an official through the Imperial College.

In the place of female relatives, Nan Lian will inevitably be asked if there is any movement in her stomach.The last few times the female relatives dared not say much because of her status as a relative of the emperor, but they have been married for seven or eight months, why is there still no news?

Yuan Lu asked her on weekdays, but she threw the question to Yuan Li.Yuan Li was also very depressed: "How do I know?"

On the wedding night, he got drunk, Nan Lian also said that she was shy and asked to blow out the candles, he did so, and it was true that she had a bridal chamber with Nan Lian.Afterwards, although Nan Lian was not very keen on intercourse, every time she had intercourse in the dark, there were at least five or six times a month, why Nan Lian didn't move, he is not a doctor, so I don't know!

But now, someone asked this question again, and Nan Lian had a slight smile on her face: "I am also worried about this, but I heard that there is a temple in the capital area that enshrines Guanyin Bodhisattva. But it is very effective! So I plan to pay a visit in two days.”

Yuan Lu agrees with this. For her, there is nothing more urgent than holding a grandson.Now that Yuan Li is a county horse and studying in the Imperial College, he will be able to achieve great success in the future.If Yuan Li could give birth to the eldest son earlier, then the status of their mother and son would be stable, so she would not worry at all that the family would be ruled by Yuan Jing in the future.

Yuan Mixue, who had nothing to do, heard this, blinked her eyes, and said, "I'm going too!" She hasn't had the chance to go outside for a long time, and this opportunity is rare!

Yuan Lu gave Yuan Mixue a gouged look: "That's to beg for a child, what are you going to do!"

Yuan Mixue drooped her head, looking unhappy.Seeing this, Nan Lian laughed and said, "Besides the success of begging for a child, there are other things that will also be very effective! It is said that there is a rare host who asks him to release the lottery. He can tell the truth, teach people to avoid life and death, and get With his guidance, you can live a rich life!"

"How can such a powerful person stay in a small temple?"

"Small herds in the wild and great herds in the city." Nan Lian explained.

Yuan Mixue said: "I'm going to seek a magic talisman for the second and eldest brother, and bless the eldest brother to succeed in his studies and become an official as soon as possible!"

Originally, she wanted to ask Yuan Jing for a talisman to bless her in high school, but she knew that Yuan Lu didn't like Yuan Jing, so she changed her words.As long as the Yuan Lu family is good for Yuan Li, he agrees without thinking too much, and just said: "Then you have to stay with your sister-in-law, you are not allowed to run around, and you are not allowed to have any contact with men, you know." ?"

Yuan Mixue agreed happily.