Mrs. Pin, one of the Red House

The Grand Canal was opened in the Sui Dynasty. It reaches Zhuojun in the north, where the prince now resides, and passes through Yangzhou in the south.

In the past, the canal was full of turmoil and noise, but today it is quiet, the water surface is calm, the willow leaves fall, and the ripples can be seen rippling away, as if there is no end. If you listen carefully, you can still see You can hear the occasional crowing of wild geese flying south.

The magistrate of Yangzhou is surnamed Pei, and his name is Si. He was a Jinshi in the 18th year of Taiping. He is the fourth-generation grandson of Pei Zhengsheng, a great scholar in the south of the Yangtze River. After staying in the Imperial Academy for more than [-] years, he was appointed as the magistrate of Yangzhou by the late emperor. , is now an old man with white hair on his temples.

Yangzhou is rich, and the magistrate of Yangzhou is also rich, but after all, this is Jiangnan during the reign of Weizhen. When I came to this place where people can't spit out their bones, I don't want to be promoted, but I just want to live to the age of being an official.

Prefect Pei stood on the pier with his hands down, wiping his sweat with his sleeves, his face turning pale.

He was really annoyed, if he didn't go out of Beijing that day when his head got hot, but obediently lived through his years, I'm afraid he would have been able to enjoy the happiness at home long ago.

He is now at such an age, his pride and aspirations have been polished year after year, and the only thing on his mind is to return to his official position safely, but no matter how careful he is, such an accident still happened.

If that day...

The guard of honor from a distance came before him, and the sound of shouting came, and he couldn't help thinking about it. Prefect Pei wiped off his sweat, walked out of the pier in small steps, and came to the official road.

"My subordinate, Pei Zhisi, led the officials of the Yangzhou government to come here. I have paid homage to the lord servant, and I have seen His Royal Highness the princess." Pei Zhisi didn't dare to raise his head at all, only knowing that someone got out of the carriage and came to him. He lowered his head and could only Seeing the purple floor-length skirt, she was even more frightened and lowered her head even lower.

The Jin Dynasty advocated Confucianism. Although the three obediences and four virtues of the previous dynasty continued for women, the Meng family moved to the Northeast for many years, so the enforcement was not strict.

Although most women are raised in their boudoirs and don't easily go out to show their faces, but once they bear the name of the imperial court, have a rank, and have an imperial order, even if they are uneasy, no one will ask too much.

Especially these two people are still the empress dowager, the celebrities in front of the empress, now the emperor is recovering from illness, and the empress and empress dowager are regents in the two palaces. I would be an idiot to point and point at the two of them.

Prefect Pei can only feel that it is absurd from the bottom of his heart. In his perception, women should stay in the inner house, take care of housework, and embroider flowers. right.

He and Shi Dinglinhai are considered good friends, and it will be easy to prevaricate at that time. Who knew that Zao Chen hadn't left the house before he was stopped, saying that the county chief and servant came to the canal to have a look, and asked him to take the whole Yangzhou Government officials wait.

Princess Shanhua said with a smile: "Master Zhifu, why should you be so polite, please hurry up."

"Wait a minute, princess," Lin Shizhong walked around Pei Zhisi, "now the canal is the only place to go north and south, and it has been the only waterway to Xi'an via Jinguan City for more than a hundred years. It is usually just water transportation, but In wartime, this is the fastest way for the southern garrison to go west."

Pei Zhisi's heart sank.

"I think the magistrate knows this better than me. Yangzhou is an important town in the south of the Yangtze River and the capital of three provinces. When I saw my father working in the past, he would send a message as soon as possible and deal with it as soon as possible. However, I am a little surprised that such a big incident happened. Is it a problem with the boat, or someone did it on purpose, after so many days, the canal is still sealed, and the magistrate can't wait for an explanation for me," Lin Shizhong said in a soft and not loud voice, but every sentence made the prefect Pei's back Cold sweat broke out and drenched his clothes.

"The lower officials are incompetent." Prefect Pei gritted his teeth and said.

Princess Shanhua said: "Get up first and answer."

Seeing her whispering a few words to Lin Shizhong, Prefect Pei felt even more upset in his heart, not knowing what the two of them were talking about.

The two people in front of him directly determined his future fate.

"Forget it, let's get down to business first." Lin Shizhong Shi Shiran walked to the pier, glanced at Bibo, then turned to talk about it, and said to Princess Shanhua: "I don't like maple trees the most. Autumn is a sad day. After being disturbed by the noise of the red leaves, it looks completely different."

Princess Shanhua said: "The ancients were sad for autumn, or they wrote new words to express their sorrow, or they were sad in their hearts. Even if they look at the prosperity and prosperity, it is extremely sad to think about it."

"I think that autumn is a link between the past and the future. Although the dead branches and fallen leaves are sad, it is precisely this sadness that is the truth that cannot be broken or established." Lin Shizhong suddenly turned around and asked Pei Zhifu, with a sweet smile, "Did I say that?"

Prefect Pei was sweating, and felt that every word of Shizhong Lin was colder than the ice edge under the eaves in winter.

"Besides our boat that day, who else has the boat?" Princess Shanhua said.

Only then did Prefect Pei let out a sigh of relief, took the document handed over by the county commissioner, and asked tentatively, "Does the princess want to know everything?"

"Pick up a big family and talk about it."

"The boats of the Cao family's family, the new governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, the merchant ships of the Wang family of Jinling, the boats of the Xue family of Jinling, the boats of the Wen family, and the boats of the Zhongge family in Huaiyin." Prefect Pei read them one by one according to size, secretly Trying to figure out the expressions of the two of them.

"There is another word, I don't know if I should say it or not." Prefect Pei said, "At the dock, the housekeeper of the Wen family had a fight with the young master of the Chen family."

Princess Shanhua raised her eyebrows.

Lin Shizhong said directly: "The Wen family is one of the four rich merchants in the south of the Yangtze River. The Xue family is the head of the four rich merchants in the south of the Yangtze River. Because the business started in Jinling, it is also an imperial merchant. The rest are the Wen family, the Chen family, and the Cao family. Family, since Governor Cao was elected, the Cao family didn't pay much attention to business in Jiangnan, and Jiangnan has become a dispute between literature and Chen. You haven't been to Jiangnan before, so you don't know." After that, Yuan Shan's eyebrows lightly One pick, "I said yes."

Prefect Pei suddenly remembered that Lin Shizhong was the eldest daughter of Envoy Lin Buzheng, and that envoy Lin Buzheng was promoted from the Yangzhou patrol salt censor, so he clenched his hands tightly, plopped down on his knees and said, "Your official should die."

Originally, he still had the intention of belittling the two of them, and deliberately said half a sentence, leaving half a sentence, but never thought about it but forgot that Lin Shizhong was originally from the south of the Yangtze River.

Princess Shanhua smiled slightly, and said: "Fortunately, you are a foreign minister, but I am a bit curious, how did you become the magistrate? You don't know if you ask three questions. Could it be that you are lying in bed every day, and the yamen is wasting money?" She glanced sideways at Lin Shizhong, and said, "If that's the case, how can you, magistrate, be worthy of the late emperor's respect for you? The late emperor once gave Wei Cifu a plaque saying that he knew how to be diligent and well-informed, and it is still hanging on the patriarch's door. On the door of the study, I am really curious, even my father dare not neglect government affairs, you are a prefect, but you feel at ease to neglect."

Prefect Pei was silent, the more he said at this time, the more wrong he was, so it was better not to say anything.

"I heard that your second son has a new concubine?" Princess Shanhua suddenly changed the subject, "Have you ever heard of this, Mr. Sizhong? It's a fun thing. This concubine is the third granddaughter of Mrs. Wen. "

"Afterwards, Prefect Pei, you gave all the business of Yangzhou Port to the Wen family?" The emerald earrings worn by Lin Shizhong were shining in the sun, "Do you know that the emperor hates the collusion between officials and businessmen?"

Prefect Pei was so frightened that he couldn't even defend himself, and couldn't even say a word all at once.

this this this this...

This matter was done by others, including the third granddaughter of the old man Wen, who entered the house secretly according to the rules of the palace, illuminated by lanterns, and did not even set off firecrackers.

How did they know?

Then Lin Shizhong said: "Come here, take off his official hat for me. If this kind of person is still in office, I really feel ashamed of the empress and the first emperor. I have to go to Lingyan Pavilion to plead guilty."

Lingyan Pavilion is where the portraits of the emperors of the Jin Dynasty are located, and it can be regarded as a royal ancestral hall in a sense.

Prefect Pei was so frightened that the three souls went to the seven souls. He only heard that he was taking off his official hat to treat the crime, so he let out a sigh of relief. Save your life, and dare not ask for anything else.

"Wait a minute, my lord servant." Suddenly someone said.

Ning Yun glanced at Daiyu, and said in a low voice, "The news about this person came quickly."

Daiyu curled her lips slightly, "It's not surprising."

The person who spoke was wearing a red third-rank official uniform, first stepped forward to salute Ning Yun and Daiyu, and then said unceremoniously: "Your servant, think twice."

Yu Yanlong is the son of the eldest princess of Yongchang, but he was also born with great fame, and was accompanied by the emperor, so this time the emperor handpicked him to be the inspector on the sick bed. After learning of the news, the Queen of Wei instructed Daiyu to go back to the south of the Yangtze River. Yun Ziran also returned to the queen mother, and went south to find Mrs. Lin's birthday.

"According to the inspector, please tell me, what are my shortcomings? I beg you to point it out so that I can return to the empress." Daiyu was not polite.

Yu Yanlong smiled and said, "Don't dare to point it out." Then he restrained his smile, "After all, the Master Attendant is a female official who works in the palace and teaches the princess, but Yu remembers that the Master Attendant did not hold a real position in the court. Excuse me. In what capacity did the servant remove the prefect's black hat? I've never heard of it."

"If I remember correctly, apart from Yushi Zhongcheng, even if the first and second assistants want to be demoted, they have to go back to the emperor and ask the emperor to take them one by one." Yu Yanlong laughed.

Of course he has full confidence.

Prefect Pei is one of Pei Zhengsheng's favorite great-grandsons, so he will naturally come out to protect this person for Pei Zhengsheng.

Not to mention, now his family's business is all under the two lines of the Pei family and the Wen family.

He was even more afraid that when the time came to involve things that shouldn't be said, their family would not be able to explain clearly.

"Are you speaking for him, or for your family's business?" Ning Yun said suddenly.

Yu Yanlong's complexion changed, but he managed to suppress his surprise, "What did the princess say? Why can't I understand?"

"Don't you understand what I'm saying?" Ning Yun smiled, "I think you know best what I mean, but I remember that the eldest princess just built a yard this year. It's called Jinlingchun, and it cost a lot to think about it." .”

Yu Yanlong was a little impatient, and said: "You are a girl, you don't embroider in the back house, you don't know the three obediences and four virtues, you don't know how to teach your husband and children, and you come out to show your face, which is against women's morals. In addition to the crime, why is there no excuse? My Yu family is a loyal family, and I have been so discredited by you, I will go to Lingyan Pavilion to kneel to the late emperor."

Ning Yun pursed her lips, glanced at Daiyu, but didn't smile.

Daiyu was sitting on one side, but when she heard the last sentence, she almost choked.

Ning Yun suppressed his laughter, and said: "You are not my father and brother, nor my future husband. How can you obey the four virtues? How can you be a husband and teach your children? Besides, I am the princess, the lord of the clan, even if you are To marry, I am the king, and my husband's family is the minister? Dare I ask who do you want me to follow?"

"Also, you said that it's against women's morals for me to be a rooster in the morning..." Ning Yun turned his head and glanced at Daiyu, "Your servant, did you hear clearly?"

"It's quite clear." Daiyu sipped tea leisurely, "The Empress said that she wants to speak out widely, and she wants to be a loyal member of the Yu family. These words of good words will naturally fall into the attention of daily life."

"Then go back to the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager in this way. Your envoy said that the two empresses should sit in the pond." Ning Yun raised his chin slightly.

Yu Yanlong almost jumped up, he almost slapped him, and remembered that both of them were important figures in the palace, so the last slap landed on his face.

"I don't mean to blame you, there's no need to be like this." Ning Yun couldn't help laughing, and directly hit the ground.

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