The emperor is embarrassed

The Marquis of Yongning would naturally not cover it up for the Marquis of Zhongyi. Moreover, the imperial doctor had visited this matter, so the cover-up could not be covered up.

Once it has passed the imperial court, it is naturally public.

In the end, Ming Zhan saved face for Hou Zhongyi and ordered him to investigate within a time limit, but no official intervention was made.

Ming Zhan already has a plan in mind regarding the matter of Marquis Zhongyi.

At this time, he received the letter of credence from Chen Jingzhong, the new khan of the Northwest Tatars. Chen Jingzhong asked for marriage with the Celestial Dynasty in a very respectful tone. He had several younger sisters who were as beautiful as flowers and wanted to marry the emperor as his concubine.

Although Li Pingzhou and others were extremely indignant about the Tatar invasion, it was an old custom to marry after the battle.Moreover, the Tatars took the initiative to send the princess to ask for peace, is this also a very honorable thing in the Dafeng Dynasty?

Back then, Emperor Renzong condemned Princess Showa to marry her.At present, the Tatars took the initiative to marry the princess... The ministers began to put on airs at the same time as they were honored. They first accused the Tatars of crimes for more than half an hour, and then began to talk about marrying the princess.

After all, being married represents a period of peace, which is a well-known tacit agreement.

Li Pingzhou and the others were not fools either. After scolding them, they were addicted to their mouths, so naturally they would not reject the Tatars' olive branch that symbolized peace.

The ministers were all foolishly happy, completely ignoring His Majesty's intentions.

With regard to Princess Qingluan, Ming Zhan had no choice but to marry Feng Jingnan if he didn't want to.

Now that he is the emperor, he and Ruan Hongfei are as good as one person, wishing they could blend in each other and blend together, who would want to marry another princess.

Ming Zhan was not in a good mood to babble, he was generally constipated.Li Pingzhou has been serving Ming Zhan for some time, and he knows that His Majesty the Emperor has always had his own ideas, and often makes strange things come out.Seeing that Ming Zhan hesitated, Li Pingzhou quickly persuaded him, "Your Majesty, she is just a Tatar princess. Whether you like it or not, this is a trophy of our Dafeng Dynasty. Just put it in the harem. Besides, Your Majesty only has Concubine Qing now. If you say it It is unavoidable to say that Concubine Qing only favors the harem, has a limited heart, and cannot tolerate others, which is greatly detrimental to the reputation of Concubine Qing. For the sake of the reputation of the concubine, Your Majesty should welcome another princess." Princess Qingluan is completely in vain Fake name, very wronged.

It is related to the relationship between him and Ruan Hongfei, which is stronger than gold, so Ming Zhan naturally has to be cautious, "Let me think about it again." Seeing that Li Pingzhou wanted to persuade him again, Ming Zhan immediately blocked his mouth and said, "You should use your brains to think more, and talk to Li Pingzhou again. After the Tatar war, all trade between our dynasty and the Tatars was terminated, and the production on the grassland was limited. The Tatars are struggling now, so naturally they want to seek peace with me. Making peace with the princess is only the first step. I accept it After losing their princess and easing the relationship, the Tatars will definitely bring up the matter of resuming trade. You have to think about these things clearly first, and formulate a countermeasure. Then, whether to marry the princess or not is a trivial matter."

Li Pingzhou and others admired Ming Zhan's sageness. Hearing what Ming Zhan said, he must have a new view on the trade between China and the Tatars. Li Pingzhou respectfully asked for advice.

Ming Zhan looked up at the painted roof for a while, "According to what I mean, the type and quantity of trade each year are drawn up by the imperial court. For the Tatars, let them report what they want to buy according to the type of trade drawn up by the imperial court." , the imperial court has passed the trade review, and then we can trade with them. You first draw up a regulation, and I will discuss it after I have read it."

"I have something else I want to discuss with you." Ming Zhan said, "Since the matter of the Marquis of Yue, although the Marquis of Xining has dismissed his title, I have always been thinking about the affairs of the clan. Over the years, since Emperor Taizu founded the country So far, the clan has continued to multiply and has a large population. Among them, there are idlers, and naturally there are also people with outstanding talents. For families with titles, it is needless to mention that the eldest son will inherit the title. The rest of the clan's descendants must have errands Shaking around. I thought, it would be better to set up a special imperial examination, and to select talented people to give them errands, which is also the way to settle down. Moreover, if there are really talented people who are willing to compete with the officials, let them go. Let’s just rely on their respective abilities, there is a folk saying, it’s a mule or a horse, pull it out for a walk.”

"However, if the imperial clan wants to take the imperial examination, they must first pass the imperial clan competition before they can take the exam." Otherwise, it would be a joke not to let people who don't know a few words just leave the exam.

"You should also take this matter to heart and think about it."

After Ming Zhan finished handling the state affairs, he went back and planned to discuss with Ruan Hongfei about marrying his concubine again.

Ruan Hongfei was happy, "Ten years."

Ming Zhan didn't understand for a while.

Ruan Hongfei explained to Ming Zhan, "If you marry a concubine, you won't be able to turn around within ten years. You just obediently lie down below and don't mention things above you, do you understand?"

Ming Zhan gasped, and said to Ruan Hongfei, "I won't touch them with a single finger, and I won't even glance at them."

"How about I marry one too, without touching a finger or looking at it, it's a tie." Ruan Hongfei suggested.

Ming Zhan immediately became listless, put his arms around Ruan Hongfei's shoulders, and said with an apologetic smile, "Feifei, what is this called? There is no competition for this, who said I want to marry a concubine. Haha, there is no sign at all." Don't worry about the matter, I can't hold anyone else in my heart. Even with a knife resting on my neck, I can't let you down, Feifei."

Ruan Hongfei glanced at Ming Zhan meaningfully, and stared at Ming Zhan's little heart, he didn't know where to put his hands and feet, that's all.Withdrawing his gaze and patting Kai Mingzhan's dishonest fat paw, Ruan Hongfei continued to twist his neck and turned back to read his precious book.

Ming Zhan let out a long breath, fearing that Ruan Hongfei really wanted to marry a concubine, he surrounded Ruan Hongfei for most of the day, and at night he washed up obediently and lay down. He didn't dare to mention turning over, but kept saying, "You Don't get attached to any foxes." Until Ming Zhan was exhausted, he wondered in a daze what to do about this fear of his wife.

The sun is good, the old Yongning Hou went to the garden to bask in the sun, and he was so drowsy from the sun that he went back to the mansion.Old Yongning Hou heard about the affairs of the court, his old eyes were half-closed, he was still drowsy, and nodded, "Call Mingli in a while, I will enlighten him."

In fact, Hou Zhongyi's troubles were resolved very quickly. After all, Mrs. Fang couldn't really be involved in this matter, not to mention Hou Yongning said in Chaoshang, "Although the old lady ordered someone to send the bird's nest soup to the eldest sister, but , who would send poison to his daughter-in-law so brazenly, as if he was afraid that others would not know about it. I think this move is contrary to common sense. Furthermore, the minister's family is related to the Zhongyihou's mansion, and the Zhongyihou's mansion is not benevolent. The House of Righteousness, the quality of the old lady, I can trust. Therefore, I dare to guarantee that there must be something wrong with this matter, and it is definitely not the old lady's doing."

There is no need to mention Hou Zhongyi's gratitude to Marquis Yongning at that time.

Although the brother-in-law is tougher, he is still a family after all.

With this tone, Marquis Zhongyi would not procrastinate. In order to choose his mother, he had to give up Zhao Nanny's family.The reason is very simple, Zhao Er, the grandson of Zhao Mama, spread bad things about the Lord's family to the outside world, which is a sign.Mother Zhao must have hated Hou Zhongyi's treatment of Zhao Er, so she poisoned Mrs. Zhongyi Hou to prepare to provoke discord in the Hou Zhongyi's house.

He is simply a wicked old Diao slave with a dark heart.

Speaking of the Zhao family, that's a real injustice.

Zhao Nanny is the companion of Mrs. Fang, and she also served as Feng Ningshuang's nanny, showing dignity and loyalty.Otherwise, Mrs. Fang couldn't leave it to the Zhao family to spread rumors.

Now, in order to protect his mother, Zhongyihou had no choice but to sacrifice the loyal Zhao family.

It was Feng Mingli who opened the mouth to use Zhao's family to make up for the crime. Feng Mingli said, "First, Zhao Er slandered my mother and me. The poisonous bird's nest that was sent this time, my mother didn't intend to eat it. Mother Zhao repeatedly persuaded her to eat it." Mother just ate a few mouthfuls. If there was no deep hatred, how could the Zhao family have repeatedly harmed my mother and son."

Feng Mingzhi said, "Brother, the Zhao family has always been loyal." Now Zhao Hai, the youngest grandson of the Zhao family, is Feng Mingzhi's personal entourage. She has always been close to Mother Zhao.Therefore, Feng Mingzhi couldn't help but speak for the Zhao family.

"Loyalty is just superficial. If the Zhao family didn't seem loyal, they wouldn't have murdered the master so easily." Feng Mingli didn't care about Feng Mingzhi's face, and just said, "If it wasn't for the Zhao family, wouldn't Which kid who burns fire and carries water can't make it? Yushitai is not easy to fool."

Hou Zhongyi simply handed over the matter to Feng Mingli, "Mingli, you are old enough to know about family affairs. You should look into this matter." If the matter is found out by Feng Mingli's hands, first of all, it will be more persuasive. It's very credible.No son can watch his mother being poisoned and act as if he doesn't know. First of all, there will be no complaints in the Yongning Hou Mansion.In this matter, the face of the Zhongyi Hou Mansion has to be taken into account, so the case cannot be delayed.

Unexpectedly, Feng Mingli, who was always obedient, refused, "Father, Mother's body is not stable, and I still need to take care of the sick. I'm afraid I don't have the mind, so I might as well leave it to my third brother."

Feng Mingzhi is not an idiot, knowing that this is a hot potato, she hurriedly said, "Grandmother has always been sluggish...I'm really worried."

Hou Zhongyi saw that his two sons were evading each other, and he was really annoyed.

Unexpectedly, Feng Mingli said again, "Grandmother is not in good spirits, she is just guilty of her illness. If the third brother can find out the person who harmed my mother and restore my grandmother's innocence, my grandmother's illness will definitely be cured. Brother's filial piety to grandmother."

Feng Mingzhi never knew that his elder brother, who was always taciturn, had such eloquence. Before he could figure out how to refuse, Feng Mingli said to Hou Zhongyi, "Father, I think I'll leave this matter to the third brother." .”

In fact, people who understand know well in their hearts that the matter of the Zhongyihou's Mansion will not really cause trouble after all.

When this kind of thing happened, even though Wei Shi was the victim, no matter what, he couldn't blame his own mother-in-law.It's just that, even though old lady Fang's actions were groundless, when people talked about them in the imperial capital, they would shake their heads again and again.

If Mrs. Fang hadn't really treated her daughter-in-law harshly, how could there be such rumors.

First, the daughter-in-law and grandson were not filial, and then the old lady was poisoned and killed, and the clan had thousands of people.Now the face of the Zhongyihou Mansion can no longer be taken care of.

The Marquis of Yongning and the Marquis of Zhongyi joined forces to suppress the matter. In short, they used the Zhao family to settle the matter.

Under Feng Ningxue's suggestion, Mrs. Fang was not sick at home, but handed a sign to the palace, and was going to take her two daughters to Shou'an Palace to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager.

Feng Ningxue said to Old Madam Fang privately, "Sister-in-law is still sick now, when she gets well, mother and sister-in-law and daughter-in-law will come together to pay respects to the Queen Mother. Or organize a few banquets at home, and invite the emperor to have a face." People, things will come to life."

"This time, my younger sister and I came with my mother. There is no need to say anything else. My mother watched us grow up and told some interesting things about the past. The empress dowager must remember the relationship between relatives."

Then I told Feng Ningshuang, "You are not allowed to talk nonsense." Originally, she didn't want Feng Ningshuang to go with her, but she didn't know that Feng Ningshuang got the letter and wanted to follow her life or death, so she had to.

Feng Ningshuang was dissatisfied in her heart, but she promised on her face, "I know, Second Sister, don't worry."

Feng Ningxue said, "Although the sisters often played together when they were young, now the queen mother has a different identity, we need to be more respectful."

"I know, I know, the second sister has said it hundreds of times."

Feng Ningxue never expected that it was her soft heart that caused Feng Ningshuang to cause a catastrophe.

Since the Empress Dowager Wei called for it, she was taking into account the face of the Fang family in the Marquis of Yue's Mansion.After all, old lady Fang's surname was Fang, and Empress Dowager Wei's mother was also surnamed Fang. Seeing the face of her predecessors, Empress Dowager Wei allowed old lady Fang and the sisters of the Feng family to enter the palace to pay her respects.

It can also be regarded as an attitude towards the outside world.

The old lady Fang was very respectful, and she was very close to Wei, inside and out, "Before you come, I'll go and see Zhuang Hua. The medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor is very effective, and her complexion also improves after I see it." A lot, I used a bowl of rice porridge and half a small flower roll in the morning. Knowing that I am coming, please ask me to greet the Queen Mother."

Empress Dowager Wei nodded her head and said, "My aunt has a heart, as long as my eldest sister recovers, I can feel at ease."

The old lady Fang nodded and said, "Who says it's not? Ever since Zhuang Hua had this incident, I've never been sad. If I hadn't employed someone improperly, I wouldn't have given someone a chance to harm Zhuang Hua. Hua. After all, it's all my fault." As she spoke, she shed a few tears.

Feng Ningxue hurriedly persuaded, "Mother, don't be sad, it will make the empress dowager feel uncomfortable."

Feng Ningshuang said, "Yes, I don't think my sister-in-law blamed my mother."

Feng Ningxue was speechless, if she had something to say, she couldn't be as straightforward as Feng Ningshuang said, okay?At the beginning, the old Zhongyi Hou saw Feng Ningshuang's bad temper, so he didn't let her marry far away, at least under Huguang's own eyes, as long as there were no major mistakes, no one could treat her badly.

The Empress Dowager Wei said softly, "Since my family is in harmony with everything, my aunt and eldest sister, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have been together for many years, and each has a temper, so I can't force it. The dignity of the clan and the dignity of the Marquis are still taken into consideration. I heard from the emperor that the loyal Marquis was often kept clean in the court because of family affairs." Even if the emperor deliberately favors me for my sake, after all, all eyes are in harmony, and a bowl of water must be balanced."

"Now, when I heard this for the first time, I couldn't believe it?" The Empress Dowager Wei definitely wanted to say something, and she said seriously, "The Zhongyi Hou's Mansion is also a famous family in the clan, not to mention the Fang family and the Wei family. , are all Hou Men's mansions, who will have a good face when they get involved in such a thing?"

"Before that, the affairs of the inner chamber were left to the market. Although my aunt hasn't returned to the imperial capital for a long time, sister Ningxue grew up in the imperial capital. There are so many wealthy families in the imperial capital, officials and scholarly families, there is no such new thing." Wei Wei The Empress Dowager said indifferently, "When the trouble came to the court, the censor checked it out, and the old face of several lifetimes was gone. There is no need for me to say more about the difference between the descendant and the concubine. Just compare your heart with your heart."

Old Madam Fang replied humbly, "Yes, what the Empress Dowager said is true."

Feng Ningshuang was a bit dissatisfied, "If you want me to say, you can't slap a slap. The Queen Mother knows my mother's temper. I'm straightforward, and I just say what I have to say."

Feng Ningshuang was about to say something, so Feng Ningxue stopped her, "My sister's words are confusing to me, so I don't need to say any more."

The Empress Dowager Wei also knew her cousin's IQ, so she didn't want to argue with her, and said with a smile, "The South has brought some fresh fruits, Zisu, go and get some for my aunt and cousin to taste."

Feng Ningshuang didn't say a word, she was suffocated enough, but the Queen Mother Wei had her own majesty, Feng Ningshuang didn't dare to offend her too much, so she had to sit and eat the fruit.On the contrary, Feng Ningxue said with a smile, "I remember that in the former empress's palace, the empress dowager also liked the Nanmian fruit the most. The empress dotes on you the most, and always asks people to keep it, even Princess Jingmin can't help eating it."

Empress Dowager Wei smiled and said, "I grew up under my aunt's knees since I was a child, and I am no different from my aunt's daughter. It is the rules in the palace. It seems that Emperor Jingmin has her own palace, and the rules of etiquette can not be wrong. Because I A courtier, you can stay in the Kunning Palace and stay with your aunt day and night. She has always been weak, and dare not touch the cold ones. There are so many delicacies from mountains and seas. My aunt often says that if you can’t enjoy it yourself, you can’t enjoy it when you watch others enjoy it. happy."

Previously, the Feng family brothers were extremely jealous of the Fang family, so naturally no one in the palace would mention the Fang family.Now that the Empress Dowager Wei is in Shou'an Palace, what she wants to say, only others can see her face.

Feng Ningxue smiled, "The former queen was very kind to people." This was only said by these few female relatives, and to a certain extent, they ignored the hundreds of enemies of Queen Fang.

In fact, Empress Fang's last position has been abolished. It is not appropriate to be buried in the imperial tomb as an imperial concubine, and to be called empress again.

Feng Ningxue is a smart person, which also shows that Queen Mother Wei has never forgotten Queen Fang's kindness.As long as the Fang family's affection is there, everything is easy to talk about.

It was so easy for Feng Ningxue to warm up the atmosphere, Feng Ningshuang said again, "There is no one in the world who is more promising than His Majesty the Emperor. Shuang is still the clan.In the end, she could only marry into the Fu family. Over the years, Fu An had only had a false title of fifth rank, and she was only a fifth rank.And Empress Dowager Wei first married Zhennan King, she was a first-rank concubine, and now her son is enthroned, the honor of the Empress Dowager is unmatched.Feng Ningshuang couldn't help feeling sour.

However, she came here today with a sly face, and she also had her own plan. Seeing that the Queen Mother Wei didn't talk to her, she simply said, "I have three brothers in my family, alas, the youngest brother Pei is studying in the Imperial College, and he is not serious. Errand..."

"Third Sister." Feng Ningxue really regretted letting Feng Ningshuang come with her. She didn't wait for the Empress Dowager Wei to speak, and directly swept Feng Ningshuang's face, "Sanmei, the Empress Dowager enjoys honor in the harem. It's a matter. The errands and the like are all the affairs of the household department. As long as Brother Pei studies well, I'm afraid there will be no future. Instead, use these parents' short-sightedness to make trouble for the Queen Mother."

"Your Majesty Mingjian, although we are relatives, we have many relatives. Your Majesty is the empress dowager, not to mention anything else, and there are thousands of clans in the imperial court, who is not a relative. Your Majesty, don't worry about our trivial matters, descendants If you have the ability, you will naturally earn a future. If you don’t have the ability, no matter how much you worry about it, it’s really a job for them. If it’s not good enough to delay things, it’s not worth it, and if it’s not good enough, it’s not beautiful.” Feng Ning Xue said this in a hurry, seeing the Empress Dowager Wei looking at her, she hurriedly said modestly, "I'm talking too much, so I'll talk about these things instead."

Empress Dowager Wei just took advantage of this to smile, "My cousin is right, so why talk too much, there are very few people who understand like my cousin." She was already displeased with Feng Ningshuang.

Feng Ningshuang became more and more depressed, she was not a successful person in the first place.She was the youngest daughter in her natal family, and was spoiled by Mrs. Fang, but in her husband's family, relying on her natal family's power, even her husband Fu An gave her three points. She had never been so angry.Can't help saying, "I was reading history books a few days ago, and I happened to read a section in the history of Tang Dynasty where Emperor Zetian strangled his daughter to death in order to fight for the successor."

Empress Dowager Wei's face suddenly turned cold. Feng Ningxue was extremely alert. Just as she was about to shut Feng Ningshuang up, Feng Ningshuang said, "And when I was Emperor Dezong, Mrs. Shunci wanted to fight against the power of the harem. The concubine concubine committed suicide by taking poison in Concubine Quan's palace, and Concubine Quan lost power from then on. Madam Shunci thus retained the position of the heir apparent of the eldest son of Emperor Renzong."

"Oh, Mrs. Fu, what does this mean?" Queen Mother Wei was extremely displeased, but she still asked calmly.

Feng Ningxue said coldly, "Ningshuang, what are you talking nonsense about?"

Empress Dowager Wei said, "Since Mrs. Fu has doubts about Mrs. Zhongyi Hou's illness, she ordered the clan's family to investigate carefully."

The faces of Feng Ningxue and Mrs. Fang turned pale immediately, just as they were about to intercede, Empress Dowager Wei got up and left.

The case of Zhongyihou's Mansion was clearly closed, but because of Feng Ningshuang's indiscriminate speech, it fell into a new turmoil again.The old Marquis of Yongning, who had made a lot of preparations earlier, laughed dumbfounded, secretly thought that man is not as good as God, without him doing anything, the title of Marquis of Zhongyi would not be able to be kept.

When Ming Zhan heard about this, he said to Ruan Hongfei, "The Marquis of Zhongyi raises such an idiot, and marrying the Fu family, it seems that not only has he cheated the Fu family, but even his own family has not been left behind."

The difference between the verification of the clan's mansion and the verification of the Zhongyihou's mansion is like heaven and earth!

And soon, Shao Chunxiao, governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, made great progress in the case of using power for personal gain!