Subversion of the plot [Comprehensive]

Ping'an was also surprised when he heard the news, and seeing Shi Niang's face was frightened, he took the call and asked for details.

Xiugu was illiterate and couldn't read the bulletin boards. Everything was told by outsiders, so it was detailed.

"I heard from those people that Mr. Gao was sent to prison because he beat someone to death. It seems that something happened to Mr. Gao's family. He was just dismissed from office. Some cases in office were biased, so he wanted money. I don't know. What's the matter, suddenly it was reported that Mr. Gao had beaten someone to death, and Mr. Gao used his power to suppress him. Now that the case has been revealed, Mr. Gao has been imprisoned."

"How did this happen?" Ping An didn't know Gao Mu, but because Gao Mu was kind to them, he was worried.

But Shi Niang seemed to have come back to her senses, gritted her teeth and said angrily, "This must be framed by the Zheng family!"

Ping An looked at her in surprise: "Why do you say that?"

Ten Niang talked about a relationship that Gao Mu missed when she was young, and sighed: "Mr. Gao's cousin died in just half a year. The Zheng family said that she died of illness, but she didn't. That cousin's surname is Wu, and she is one year younger than Mr. Gao. At the age of [-], she was born with a beautiful appearance, bright and lively temperament, and good at words. She and Mr. Gao were childhood sweethearts. Later, the Wu family was forced by the Zheng family's situation and had to marry off their daughter, but Miss Wu had someone in her heart and was forced to marry If you have hatred and resentment towards the Zheng family, how can you treat Mr. Zheng tenderly? Although Mr. Zheng admires Ms. Wu's beauty, he is not gentle. .”

"Miss Wu is depressed and sad every day. The old lady of the Zheng family dislikes that Miss Wu's family background is unworthy, but because of her son's face, she married him. Now that Mr. Zheng doesn't care, the old lady starts to set up rules and add a whole house. Concubine Ji competed for favor, and Ms. Wu fell ill very quickly. The old lady was good-faced and didn't dare to go too far. She was afraid that her newly married daughter-in-law would die and be criticized by others, so she didn't bother Ms. Wu for the time being. How could she know which one was competing for favor? My concubine Ji talked about the old affairs between Miss Wu and Mr. Gao in Mr. Zheng's ear. It happened that Mr. Zheng had drunk too much wine and got angry, so he dragged Ms. Wu out of bed and beat her... Poor Ms. Wu, she didn't know She was pregnant at the time, and after a beating, there was blood all over the floor, and she died before the doctor came."

"What happened later?" Although Pingan felt sorry for Ms. Wu, she knew that the key point was behind.

Ten Niang said: "The inside story of this matter can be hidden from outsiders, how can we hide it from my mother's family? The Wu family knows, how can Mr. Gao not know? Mr. Gao was also impulsive, so he found Mr. Zheng and beat him up. .”

Will the younger brother who beat Concubine Zheng be safe and sound?Ten years ago, Father Gao was not the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture.

The vague impression in Ping'an's mind was that Concubine Zheng was very favored as soon as she entered the palace, and she was given more and more titles after giving birth. Concubine Zheng is absolutely in the harem.Perhaps, at that time, the power of the Zheng family's relatives was still very weak, or...the events of the year could not be guessed safely, but the reputation of the Zheng family was really bad. Back then, he took revenge on Gao's family, but he felt that it was not enough to relieve his hatred. Now that Gao's family has lost, Zheng's family has fallen into trouble and wants to kill Gao Mu.

Ping An couldn't help becoming anxious, and even wanted to ask the prince.Although she kept her promise and hoped to help the Cheng family repay Yuniang's kindness, the Cheng family has passed away. Although the Cheng family's father and son are still alive, Gao Mu may lose his life at any time.

Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao.

Yueniang's voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Anniang, His Royal Highness has sent someone here."

But seeing an old nanny coming in from outside the door, her face was cold and imposing, and her eyes swept across the room, making the three Ping'an ten Niangs feel cold and very uncomfortable.The old mother waved her hand, and two inner eunuchs came in, one of them was holding several bolts of brightly colored palace satin and Shu brocade, and the other was holding a small and exquisite box. When it was opened, there were two gold ingots and four Silver ingots, on the first floor are gold and silver bracelets, gold hairpins and gold rings, and on the first floor are jade bracelets and emerald rings of various colors.

"My surname is Wang, and I have served His Highness the Crown Prince for 20 years. I am here to follow His Highness's orders, and thank Madam Cheng for saving me." Nanny Wang was originally a confidant of the royal family. Taking care of Zhu Changluo is the trusted confidant of the mother and son.Therefore, the matter was very important, and the prince didn't want to put his safety in a dangerous situation, so he asked Mother Wang to come in person.

"Don't dare to be the crown prince. His Royal Highness is of high status, so he will surely be able to die in an accident." Ping An was relieved to see that Wang Momo was cold but not contemptuous.

Wang Momo has been in the palace for decades and has seen countless people, but she can see through Ping'an Shiniang's temperament just by meeting her face to face, but that's all for Du Shiniang. It's rare that Cheng Ping'an is so courageous.Grandma Wang added two points of liking. After all, if it weren't for Ping An's courage and kindness, when others saw the seriously injured prince, without knowing his identity, how would they be willing to cause trouble?

Wang Momo breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Your Highness has something to tell Mrs. Cheng: Your Highness knows everything about the Zhao family, and now the Zhao family is left to divert attention. When the matter passes, the Zhao family will take care of it. In addition, His Highness said I should have come here to thank you in person, but the situation is not good, and I was afraid that Mrs. Cheng would be involved, so I had to hold back. If Mrs. Cheng needs anything, please feel free to ask His Royal Highness King Bin to convey it."

Ping'an just wanted to open his mouth to ask about the Gao family, but felt that it was inappropriate. The reason for the Gao family's downfall is still unknown.

So Pingan said: "His Royal Highness speaks seriously, it was an unintentional act by the little girl, I dare not take credit for it."

Wang Momo had a lot of daily affairs, so she didn't stay any longer after finishing her errands, and went back to the palace immediately.

Seeing that the man had left in peace, he explained to Shi Niang why he didn't ask the prince for help just now, and said: "Let's ask someone to find out about the Gao family first, and order you to go to the prison to see Mr. Gao. If it's really difficult , it’s not too late for us to ask for help.” Thinking of asking for help to handle things, he took out all the gold, silver and ingots from the reward.

Each of these ingots is ten taels, and the current gold-silver exchange ratio is one to eight, ten taels of gold is equal to 80 taels of silver, two gold ingots are 160 taels of silver, plus four silver ingots, a total of 200 taels of silver.

In this dynasty where Xiaosihe is only worth 40 taels of silver, 200 taels is really a huge sum of money.

Shi Niang saw her intention, but reached out her hand to stop her: "This is a reward from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, you keep it, I have money here."

Ping An couldn't help but joked: "I know that Mr. Gao is kind to you, and you want to repay it, but you and my sister, saving you means saving me, so I can't help? Besides, what is yours and mine? , When did Shi Niang figure it out so clearly? Shi Niang didn't count it so clearly when I was penniless."

"I, I'm just..." Shi Niang didn't think much of it at first, but when she said it, she felt embarrassed.

Ping An suppressed a smile and said, "Just use these. It's all cash, so it's easy to use. How much cash do you have in hand? It's all used to build houses."

Ten Niang was going to pawn a few more pieces of jewelry, but she stopped insisting after hearing the words, and just said: "Take 20 dual for use first, it is enough to explore the way."

Pingan nodded, pulled a piece of cloth to wrap the two silver ingots, and handed them to Xiugu: "Give it to your father, let him go to inquire about the Gao family, and then visit Mr. Gao to see the progress of Mr. Gao's case." How about, do it up and down, so that Mr. Gao will suffer less. If the money is not enough, come and get it."

It was the first time for Xiugu to hold so much money, her hands were shaking a little, but now that she had too many things to do, she quickly calmed down and put the cloth bag in her arms carefully.Now that it was cold, Xiu Gu was wearing a jacket, and there were no traces of the two silver ingots stuffed in her bosom. She was sure that the things would not fall out randomly, and seeing that they had no other orders, Xiu Gu left.

Two days later, Liu Da came to answer.

"My two ladies, I have found out the affairs of the Gao family. Mr. Gao offended someone in the early years, and the other party was looking for opportunities to retaliate. When Mr. Gao was in office, there were indeed several cases that were not clear. Now they have been caught, and political opponents have made trouble. Mrs. Gao was already ill, and now Mrs. Gao is in prison, Mrs. Gao may not be well. Mrs. Gao was just dismissed from office and fined money, but Mrs. Gao has also been convicted because of Mrs. Gao’s incident. They went to jail together. The Gao family is now in a state of disarray. The housekeeper released most of the servants according to Mr. Gao's wishes. Those concubines and maids were also dismissed. Mrs. Gao was sent by her family servants to the Zhuangzi outside the city to recuperate. Now, only the butler is left to manage affairs in the city."

"What happened to Mr. Gao?"

"This time I found out that the Zheng family was indeed behind the scenes. Fortunately, the Gao family has good family friends and some mediation. Although it was not dismissed, the case became a casualty and wounded a person's life. According to the usual practice, he will be sent into exile. I don't know for now. I don't know how many years the sentence will be, but it is said that if you buy it with money, at least thousands of silver, and the family of the deceased will have to pay money, and Mr. Gao will take care of it, so the amount is not low."

Pingan hesitated and said: "The Gao family is originally a family of officials and eunuchs, Mr. Gao has been an official for many years, so he must have some family background?"

Father Gao's official voice was mediocre, and he seemed mediocre. Even if he wasn't a big greedy or treacherous man, he would have done a few human affairs cases, and he must have been bribed. Lane's expenses are not enough.Now that Gao's father is dismissed from office, and he hasn't ransacked his family, he wants to redeem the Gao family's father and son.

But Liu Da shook his head: "The Gao family is worried. It seems that they don't have enough money. They live in an official residence and cannot sell it. I heard that except for the temporary use of Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing, all the properties in other places are being sold. It’s urgent, the price is not high. The housekeeper of the Gao family went to the pawn shop again, carrying the big box, probably the valuable antiques at home were also sold.” He also said: “I heard that when Mr. Gao came to arrest Mr. Gao and put him in prison, those Jinyi guards were vicious, It is normal to search for a lot of the Gao family's property in private, and I dare not say anything about the Gao family's current situation."

Pingan suddenly asked: "Is Mr. Gao's matter more difficult?"

"Anniang is right. There are people who are obstructing it. Mr. Gao's dereliction of duty requires a lot of fines. I am afraid that the Gao family will be wiped out. Although Mr. Gao is a murder case, it is better than Mr. Gao. The amount of money is much less, but he is being detained in prison because he has not yet been formally sentenced in court."

In this way, they have a bottom line in their minds about the Gao family.

Ten Niang suddenly said, "I want to go and see Mr. Gao."

Ping An opened his mouth, but he didn't object after all, and gave Shi Niang an idea: "It's also right to go and have a look, I'll go with you."

Ping An said that he had an idea, he just needed to disguise himself, and no one would notice.

After Liu Da left, Shi Niang went out right after her. She didn't go far. She bought some blue muslin cloth at a cloth shop on the same street, and then went to buy some cotton. When she came back, she stayed up all night to make winter clothes.Ping An knew that it was made for Gao Mu without asking. Although the crown prince sent brocades, wearing them too well in the prison not only won't keep them, but also attracts eyes and troubles.

During the day, it can be cut in Yueniang's couple's room, but it is inconvenient at night.They live in the front shop, which is a simple bed made up of two stools and a bed board. Because the utensils and other things in the shop are made of paper, special attention must be paid to lighting the lamps.After staying up for three or four nights, with Ping An's help, I finally made a winter coat. I didn't have time to make shoes, so I bought a pair.

Now the Gao family is in a mess, Mrs. Gao is ill, Gao Mu's original spouse died of illness, concubine Ji is dismissed, and there is no mistress to take care of the family, I am afraid that she is not careful enough.Shi Niang was worried that Gao Mu would have a hard time in prison, and it would be troublesome if he got sick from the cold.

In the evening, the shop closed, and Ping An and Shi Niang moved the bedding and other things to the front.As they were making the bed, they suddenly heard someone knock on the door, because the place where they made the bed was behind a screen, and the main entrance could not be seen through, so Ping An was much less concerned, walked to the door and raised his voice and asked, "Who is it?"

Outside the door replied: "It's His Royal Highness the King of Bin."

Ping An hurriedly opened the door.

Zhu Changxu ignored her when he entered the door, and went directly to the backyard.

Tao Shuobai is having dinner, Yueniang's craftsmanship is really superb, recently learned two new dim sum, he just tasted the winter slices, it's really delicious.Seeing Zhu Changxu coming so late, I was a little surprised.

Now that the princes are still living in the palace, they are supposed to be crowned princes, and the other princes are crowned kings, so they should go to the feudal domain, but Zheng Guifei, mother and son are willing to do so?Concubine Zheng's Fu Wang Xingsan, the crown prince is the eldest, and Zhu Changxu is the second. Because King Fu has a reason to stay in Beijing, Zheng Guifei tried her best to keep Zhu Changxu.Concubine Zheng treated Zhu Changxu with kindness and kindness, and she especially supported him in his studies, and wished he could persuade him to become a monk.Zhu Changxu was also a dissolute person, he didn't care about everything in the court, and always wanted to run outside the palace all day long. Concubine Zheng acted like a loving mother, protecting her every time, and the emperor was also a little cautious, so she treated Zhu in terms of rules. Chang Xu opened his eyes.

Zhu Changxu smiled and said, "Finally I'm done with the work, I'll come and see you."

This time Zhu Changxu played the game secretly, everything was ready, and it was absolutely necessary for Concubine Zheng to suffer.

Although Concubine Zheng Gui didn't have any sincerity towards him, it was because of his position, he didn't resent him, and he targeted him in this way only to strengthen the crown prince's position.Due to his childhood experience, the prince is generous and kind. Although he has no great talent, he has ambitions.King Fu is intelligent, but he was spoiled by Concubine Zheng, and his lust is still small. His viciousness that easily kills people is really unpleasant, and the relatives of Zheng's family are powerful, and they will eventually become disasters. Zhu Changxu does not want to cause trouble for himself in the future. Come disaster.

Tao Shuobai nodded, motioned for him to stretch out his hand, checked his pulse, and asked him again: "How are you doing?"

"It's okay." In fact, Zhu Changxu was still practicing the exercises.

Originally, he stopped following Tao Shuobai's words, but it seemed that he had tasted the fairy fruit of sweet rain. Once he stopped, his body would scream strongly. Fa, woke up and realized it was too late.It was like this for several nights in a row, Zhu Changxu found that he couldn't stop it. Although he was hungry after eating, he never felt uncomfortable, and gradually he didn't take it to heart.Now he didn't tell Tao Shuobai the truth because he was afraid that he would be worried, he planned to wait until he finished dealing with Concubine Zheng before talking about the health matter.

Seeing that he was fine, Tao Shuobai had no doubts.

As if thinking of something, Zhu Changxu took out what he brought, which was a book: "To relieve your boredom."

Tao Shuobai picked it up and saw that it was the local chronicles of Binzhou. Thinking that Zhu Changxu's fief was in Binzhou, he suddenly understood.Tao Shuobai asked him, "Are you planning to go to Binzhou to become a feudal clan?"

Zhu Changxu smiled and said: "There are many things in the capital, and there is no peace and quiet everywhere. I thought you might not like it. If I go to Binzhou, I will be No.1. Wouldn't it be comfortable! Would you like to go with me? Your shop will also move over, and I will provide a set of shops with permanent tax exemption, how about it?"

"When will we go?" Tao Shuobai agreed.

Zhu Changxu seemed to be normal, but he was also nervous when he asked the question. Seeing that he agreed easily, his heart was filled with joy.Said: "This year is the end of the year, and the feudal clan will have to go next year. If I want to leave, I have to take away King Fu. That Concubine Zheng..."

Zhu Changxu's eyes were full of coldness, obviously he had an idea to deal with Concubine Zheng.

Tao Shuobai knew that he was capable and resourceful, but he just didn't have the heart to be an emperor, otherwise the concubine Zheng and her son would not be able to beat him even if they were tied up.

Although Zhu Changxu is the second son of the line, he has an advantage over the prince. Emperor Wanli does not know why, but he is quite tolerant and patient with this second prince. In Emperor Wanli's heart, the most beloved son is naturally the King of Fortune born by Concubine Zheng. The second is Zhu Changxu's weight, and the third is the old five Ruiwang.This King Rui is also a different kind. He is only 11 years old this year, but he loves money very much.

Of course, outsiders don't think that the emperor really dotes on Wang Rui, the king of Bin. He is a Taoist and a good Buddha.Outsiders thought that this was an alliance drawn by the emperor for King Fu, and even Concubine Zheng had tested the emperor in this way.

But Tao Shuobai knew that the emperor was a weird person, he had always disliked and disliked the prince, he didn't care about anything about other children, even he could not go to court for more than [-] years, but he was somewhat sincere towards Zhu Changxu and Zhu Changhao.When Concubine Zheng asked the emperor, the emperor wanted to explain, but he didn't know where to start.

"Okay, tell me when you're ready." Tao Shuobai didn't care, even if Cheng Pingan stayed in the capital, it wouldn't bother him to go back and forth.