The morning sun of crossing

According to the testimony of the servants of the Wen family who were arrested together, Mrs. Lian's mother and son planned that the son of the family fell into the water first, and if they wanted to use the scheme to murder the son, the evidence was convincing and there was nothing to investigate, and they could already be directly convicted.

The circumstances of this matter are bad, according to the law, Mrs. Lian can be executed directly, and the two concubines of the Wen family will also be exiled for thousands of miles.

However, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice has a good relationship with Fa's wife, and he also loves his sons and daughters, and he can't understand such things from the bottom of his heart.Coupled with trying to figure out what he wanted, he didn't send the three of them down immediately, but let people throw them into the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice without saying anything.

The Prison of the Ministry of Justice is not a good place. It is dark and cold, not to mention, there will be a bloody wind blowing over from time to time, which makes people get goosebumps. The swaying lights on the wall make this place even more terrifying. , When I first came in, I scolded a few words and thought that my husband/father would definitely get them out quickly, so the few people were still quiet.

However, in this gloomy place, the fear that has arisen in my heart since I came in has accumulated little by little, plus I can't eat or sleep, and after a few days, Mrs. Lian and Wen Chenli finally couldn't take it anymore. Standing behind the iron railing, he kept yelling "Come here" and "Let us out" all the time.

On the contrary, Wen Chenyi saw more things and could hold his breath, and seeing that they called for a long time and no one came, he knew it was useless.

At first Wen Chenyi was able to patiently comfort his mother and younger brother, but after being startled twice by the black shadows scurrying past the prison from time to time, seeing that they couldn't listen to his words, he retreated annoyed to the side and let him continue to shout .

After shouting intermittently for an unknown amount of time, the two who could not stand their voices finally stopped, only to find that the entire prison was silent, as if there was no one else except them.

"mother!"

The light from the oil lamp on the stone wall jumped, and the sudden flash of light made Wen Chenli mistakenly see it as a blurry figure. After being startled, he yelled in fear.

Mrs. Lian was a woman who had been well-clothed and well-fed before, but she was actually quite afraid after staying in such an environment for so many days.But even so, she reached out and patted the youngest son's shoulder comfortingly, and then pulled him to the elder son's side.

"Yi'er, what do you think is going on? How did we get arrested?" Mrs. Lian asked anxiously.

After so many days, there was only one person who would come to deliver a hard-to-eat meal once a day, but he would not say a word to them, and he was indifferent even if he gave him money.

Wen Chenyi didn't answer right away, but lowered his eyes and pondered.

Father is just a sixth-rank literary official, not to mention that the affairs of the court cannot be easily involved in him, even if they are involved, it is impossible to arrest them without letting him go.

Since it is not a matter of the court, then it has something to do with their mother and son...

Wen Chenyi suddenly raised his head, it was only Wen Chenxu's business!

Thinking of the suddenly closed courtyard door and the two former feather guards in the courtyard, Wen Chenyi knew that he hadn't thought carefully this time.

However, if it wasn't for Wen Chenxu's crippled leg that made him feel that he was no longer threatening, and then suddenly showed a kindness of saving his life that made him feel jealous, he wouldn't be upset and let his mother do such a thing, and wanted to take advantage of the rumors Wen Chenxu was the only one who followed suit.

Seeing that he didn't speak at first, but now he raised his head abruptly, Mrs. Lian, who was frightened by him, patted her chest and couldn't help calling him again.

"Yi'er?"

"I'm afraid it's about Wen Chenxu." Wen Chenyi said his guess word by word.

"how is this possible!"

Mrs. Lian's voice was a little sharp, obviously unwilling to believe it.

"how is this possible."

The next moment, thinking that if it wasn't for this, their mother and son would not have committed any other crimes, Madam Lian actually believed it in her heart, and she suddenly remembered that Wen Chenxu had another role in saving her, so she repeated it in a low voice.

Thinking that if they were arrested because of this, it would be that she had killed her two sons, Madam Lian couldn't help but fell silent.

She was just not reconciled, not reconciled. She and her cousin were childhood sweethearts, but because of their family background, they could only be concubines. She was jealous of Mrs. Wen, so after Mrs. Wen left, someone lured her only son to be the director.

Originally, she only wanted to make Wen Chenxu look crooked, and let her aunt and cousin dislike it, but when she saw that her son was getting better and better, but because he didn't have the status of a son-in-law, she would always be inferior to others, so she could bear it. I can't help but loathe Wen Chenxu who has taken up the status of the son-in-law more and more, so loathing that I wish he could die!

"He's not dead, why did you arrest us!" Wen Chenli hated Wen Chenxu to death while hearing the elder brother tell the reason why they were arrested.

Turning his head to look at the mother who stopped talking, Wen Chenli pulled her and shouted, "Mother, I really want to go out, I don't want to stay here anymore..."

"It's okay, my son can go out after being interrogated." Mrs. Lian coaxed softly, with a decision in her heart.

Madam Lian is not stupid, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to grab the hearts of old Madam Wen and Wen Xin for so many years and become the nameless but real mistress of the Wen family as a concubine.It's just that the success of the past few years made her too forgetful, so she dared to ridicule Wen Chenxu's uncle by calling himself "mother" in front of him after he was too far away in the capital after he was not in the capital.

Now that she was in prison, she realized that even if she was a noble concubine, murdering her son-in-law could still kill her.

Since childhood, as long as his mother promised him, there was nothing he couldn't do, so after hearing her words, Wen Chenli muttered that he would be quiet when he was interrogated.

Wen Chenli may not be able to hear the deep meaning in her words, but Wen Chenyi understands that what mother means is to take everything on her, and she understands the result of her doing so.

He looked up at his mother who was lowering her head to appease his younger brother, but he opened his mouth but still didn't say anything.

Unconsciously clenching his hands into fists, Wen Chenyi lowered his eyes, regretting that he hadn't thought carefully this time, and at the same time, he had already decided to send Wen Chenxu down after he went out.

In Wen's residence, after inquiring for a long time, there was no result. Wen Xin was always in fear, and couldn't even sleep well at night.

Seeing her son haggard in just a few days, Mrs. Wen suddenly thought of it while feeling distressed, "By the way, where is Chen Xu?"

"In the yard." At this time Wen Xin was not in the mood to worry about being rejected from the door before, so he answered absent-mindedly.

"Then you go to him quickly and let him find a way to find out what's going on." Mrs. Wen said.

"How could he have this ability." Wen said.

"You forgot that he still has a saving grace!"

yes!Almost forgot about this one!

Wen Xin who was reminded suddenly stood up, "I'll let that kid figure out a way."

Wen Chenxu was not in the courtyard, so Wen Xin was doomed to be turned away if he went again.

In the palace, Wen Chenxu could only stay in Zichen Palace because the news was not good.But fortunately, the Zichen Palace is very big, and there are gardens, rockery, water pavilions and pavilions inside, so it doesn't make him feel bored.

Moreover, there was Chu Rui who came to look for him every day, and Chu Chengchen's indulgence.One big and one small didn't say anything wrong in Zichen Palace, but they did a lot of good things.

For example, when they were walking in the bamboo forest, because Wen Chenxu raised his mouth, the two baked rice in bamboo tubes under Chu Rui's curiosity and persistence.

Not to mention that it is not easy for them to put the rice in the bamboo tube, it is because they do not know what to throw into the fire, and the smoke from the fire makes people jump.

Although Chu Chengchen trained the two of them for a meal later, there was an extra piece of rice in bamboo tubes that was delicious in color and flavor when they were eating that day.

There are also two people who are tired of drawing with brushes. One time, they had an idea and wanted to learn to draw sugar paintings by themselves, so they asked people to bring sugar syrup.Of course, they wanted a stove, pot and sugar to cook the syrup themselves, but the people in Zichen Palace didn't dare to let them touch things related to fire, so they had to use the ready-made ones as the next best thing.

So, when Chu Chengchen came over after finishing his work, he could smell the sweet smell in the room, and in the middle of the hall, not to mention the tables and floors, even their bodies had formed a lot of dry lumps due to the syrup.

Originally, he wanted to talk about them, but when he saw the two smiling faces that were also showing joy, and the somewhat hard-to-recognize candy painting presented to him, Chu Chengchen finally took the candy without saying anything.

Most of these good things are what Chu Rui insisted on doing, but it has to be said that Wen Chenxu wanted to try because he had never done it himself.

Fortunately, although they were a little noisy, they really didn't do anything too much. As long as there was no danger, Chu Chengchen would let them go.However, they are not just for playing together. In the afternoon, after waking up from a nap, the two of them will lazily lie on the couch, and then one will tell a story and the other will listen carefully.

Although the short stories Wen Chenxu told were simple, they were thought-provoking. Every time after listening to them, Chu Rui would ask a bunch of why.Chu Chengchen was very happy to see the results, and would listen in if he had time.

Sometimes, when Chu Chengchen stayed in the side hall to deal with affairs, they would take a book and accompany them to read quietly.

Although he would occasionally worry about the good things they did on a whim, Chu Chengchen's mood was getting better day by day.

Even Fu'an discovered that the emperor seldom got angry because of court affairs recently.

On this day, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment went to the imperial study to ask for instructions on how to deal with the concubine and concubine of the Wen family in the prison, and Chu Chengchen directly ordered them to be locked up for a period of time before being exiled.

On the surface, exile seems to have spared Mrs. Lian, but for a woman like her, exile is definitely not easier than death.

Thinking that this matter had something to do with Wen Chenxu, after the Ministry of Justice left, Chu Chengchen came to talk to him.

After hearing Wen Chenxu's first reaction, "Isn't Wen Chenli only 12 years old?"

"If you do something wrong, you will be punished. What does it have to do with how old he is?" After speaking, his heart felt soft and sad, and Chu Chengchen said again: "Although he is young, he has no kindness. Three of them were beaten to death by him because he was in a bad mood.”

After realizing that there is no law on the protection of minors here, Wen Chenxu frowned and said nothing after hearing that he had beaten someone to death.

Just talking to him would put the cart before the horse when it affected his mood, so Chu Chengchen glanced at the hall and said, "Where's Chu Rui?"

Hearing this, Wen Chenxu lowered his eyes and pursed his lower lip, "Let's stay outside."

Seeing him like this, Chu Chengchen was a little puzzled, and the next moment he heard——

"Xuxu, I just said I have this in my palace!"

Hearing his voice before seeing him, Wen Chenxu resisted the urge to hide in the inner hall.

When he rushed in and saw the person sitting beside him, Chu Rui's excited expression froze, and the things in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter.

Why is the emperor here?

Sweeping his eyes over the rare porcelain bottle that fell to the ground but survived, Chu Chengchen looked at the person beside him, "What is that?"

"I don't know." Wen Chenxu, who can't lie, said dryly.

Chu Chengchen looked at Chu Rui again.

"It's paste."

Seeing the appearance of the porcelain bottle, even though he knew that Chu Rui didn't dare to talk nonsense, Chu Chengchen, who was worried about where they got the medicine to play with, still motioned Fu An to take a look.

Picking up the bottle, he opened it carefully, tilted the mouth of the bottle slightly to see what was inside, Fuan dipped his fingers in some and said affirmatively: "Back to the emperor, it is indeed a paste."

"What do you guys want to do?" Chu Chengchen looked at Chu Rui.

Chu Rui looked at Wen Chenxu.

Wen Chenxu thought about it for a while, but there was nothing wrong with it, so he said, "I just accidentally broke the carved fence at the end of the bed, so I found something to glue it back."

However, if you know that what Chu Rui is referring to is paste, then don't ask him to take it.

But it turned out that Chu Rui woke up early today, and when he ran over, he found that Wen Chenxu was still sleeping, because he was already familiar with him, so he climbed up directly when he couldn't wake him up.

However, for some reason, he broke the railing at the end of the bed, and Wen Chenxu was woken up with a loud snap.

If it was his own bed, even if it collapsed, Chu Rui wouldn't be afraid, but if he broke the bed here, he was a little worried about being told by Chu Chengchen.

Seeing this, Wen Chenxu comforted him to glue the fence back together, so Chu Rui, remembering that he had seen the court maid sticking the window paper with paste, said that he had something to stick and ran away.

You don't need to guess to know who broke the end of the bed, but it was just a broken bed, Chu Chengchen didn't care much.

Even so, Chu Chengchen looked at Chu Rui silently for a while, and only after he explained the reason and admitted his mistake did he tell Fu An to change the bed later.

Seeing that the emperor's uncle no longer had a cold face, Chu Rui heaved a sigh of relief and walked to Wen Chenxu's side.

"Now I'm free, I'll continue to teach you calligraphy." Thinking that they had almost played all the places available in Zichen Palace in the past few days, Chu Chengchen decided to let them take it easy.

Hearing Chu Chengchen's words, Wen Chenxu nodded without objection and said, "Okay."

Chu Rui, who originally said that they would go to the garden to play after the emperor's uncle left, saw Wen Chenxu agree, so he had no choice but to follow.