The princess's little white-faced concubine

Two days later—

"My lord, today is Xian'er's birthday, come back early after the morning court." Concubine Kang straightened his clothes for him, and said with a smile on her eyes.

Kang Wang looked at his beloved wife and said guiltily: "Today is the day of salt transportation. After the morning court, I have to go to the Salt Bureau to check the accounts and report to His Majesty. You should eat first, don't wait."

"Hmph." Concubine Kang shook off his hand and said displeasedly: "You are also a dignified prince, so Your Majesty will..."

King Kang interrupted her: "Don't tell me your Majesty's fault, I'm leaving first."

Concubine Kang looked at the back of King Kang leaving, feeling uneasy all the time.

Today's morning court was very strange, the emperor was not seen, all the ministers stood in the hall and looked at each other, not knowing what His Majesty was going to do for a while, only Wang Chengxiang, who was sitting in the seat below him, twirled his beard, as if he had seen through everything.

Hall of Supreme Harmony--

Wei Zhaojin walked in under the "protection" of two guards, and the emperor waved the two guards before retreating.

"Brother Huang, I'm your sister, not a prisoner." Her eyes were cold, as if she was looking at a stranger.

The emperor smiled and was not annoyed: "Sister, if my heart is not cruel, will this seat still belong to me today? Although I value siblings, that person must really treat me like a brother!"

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by an urgent secret security. Eunuch Li took the secret security inspection outside the hall and handed it in hastily.

The emperor unfolded the secret security and scanned it from right to left. His originally flat brows became more and more wrinkled, and finally formed a series of "gullies". sticking to the ground, not daring to look directly at Holy Wrath.

"Go to court!" The emperor left with a flick of his sleeves, followed by a group of trembling palace officials, all afraid that something wrong would draw the wrath of the emperor, and their heads would fall to the ground.

Wei Zhaojin didn't seem to be surprised by the sudden rage, as if everything that happened was expected, she watched the direction where the emperor was leaving, the disappointment on her face had disappeared, and instead she was indifferent.

Above the court hall, the rustling courtiers were silent when they saw the emperor's arrival. Some older officials didn't say anything about the emperor's late arrival today. A group of people lowered their heads and tried to reduce their sense of presence. .

"I received an anonymous memorial a few days ago..." He paused, glanced around at His Royal Highness, he could see all the expressions on everyone's faces, and finally set his sights on King Kang and his son.

"Brother Kang Wang, do you know the contents of this memorial?"

As soon as the words fell, everyone's eyes fell on Kang Wang, and Kang Wang said calmly, "I don't know."

He spoke frankly without showing any fear.

The emperor snorted coldly, grabbed the memorial on the table and slammed it down, hitting King Kang's forehead impartially. All the ministers hurriedly knelt down, and shouted in unison, "Your Majesty, calm down!" .”

Who knows what His Majesty is angry about, as long as it doesn't implicate himself, he can say anything.

He could dodge when the memorial came crashing down on him, but he insisted on not dodging, the years had quietly taken away his domineering arrogance, he was no longer a crown prince, no longer a boy.

He was neither angry nor annoyed, bent over to pick up the memorial on the ground, and respectfully said: "Your Majesty, calm down."

The emperor's punch was like hitting the cotton, and there was nowhere to vent his anger. It was the same in the past, and it is still the same now. His emperor brother is better than him in every way. In the end, he took the initiative to quit himself to get this seat. here.

"Open it for me! Take a closer look at what it says!"

They thought that this memorial was written by Kang Wang, but now they realized that this memorial was to impeach Kang Wang. Wei Xian didn't know what happened, only knew that something was going to happen.

After he read it, a look of panic appeared on his usually calm face: "Your Majesty! Selling private salt is a felony, and I will never guard against it!"

Finally... Brother Huang, do you also show such an expression?

"I don't believe it either, but the evidence is already in front of me! How can you tell me not to believe it... Brother Huang, brother Huang, you are really a good brother of mine!"

"Your Majesty! The ministers believe that someone must have framed this matter."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

A few young and bold ones stood up to speak for Kang Wang.

Prime Minister Wang sneered and said, "Your Majesty has always valued brotherhood. If you didn't have solid evidence, how could you say it in this court? Aren't you a party of King Kang? Did you gain benefits from it?"

"You!" They just dared not speak out, and retreated silently.

"Your Majesty, I want to see the evidence! I have worked so hard for Wei for so many years, how can a villain be able to slander at will?" King Kang looked directly at the emperor, with anger in his eyes.

"I'll show you the evidence." After finishing speaking, he threw the secret report to Eunuch Li, who immediately understood after receiving the secret report.

"From the first year of Yonghe period to the ninth year of Yonghe period, the amount of salt purchased and shipped to salt farms in various places by the Que Salt Bureau was greatly reduced, but the amount of salt sold by salt farms in various places did not decrease every month."

Although the content of the secret report is short, just a few words can kill Kang Wang and even the entire Kang Wang mansion. According to the meaning of the situation, it seems that Kang Wang colluded with the salt factory to buy salt at a low price and sell it privately. seek large profits.

What about money?Where did the money go?

Immediately afterwards, the emperor took out another sealed security and threw it to Eunuch Li, who read it out in public again.

"In the sixth year of Yonghe, the dead soldiers under the former King Kang were not dismissed after the new emperor ascended the throne. One of them secretly built an army. The army was so large that it could compete with the forbidden army in the palace. However, the guards were not strict and no one commanded them. We will kill him according to the emperor's order. .”

"Impossible... This is absolutely impossible!"

"Father!" Wei Xian's legs softened and he knelt down, crawled to Kang Wang's side and tugged at his sleeve robe, tremblingly said: "Father, this is not true, this is not true."

King Kang didn't care about him, his deep eyes stared at the emperor, he gritted his teeth word by word: "I am innocent, I hope Your Majesty will find out."

Prime Minister Wang stood up at this time, saluted, and said: "Your Majesty, King Kang was originally on good terms with Sun Bo, the rebellious minister, and I think King Kang's plan to seek power and usurp the throne has already been established, but the truth has been discovered. Among them, Yan Ni impeached Changsun Bo to the first emperor, and this stabilized our great Wei country."

"Hahahahaha..." Kang Wang laughed loudly, but the smile was full of bitterness and disappointment, and the three or two silver hairs on his head were particularly glaring under the sunlight.

I am old, I am no longer the high-spirited young man I was back then.

"What are you laughing at!" The emperor was angry.

"I laugh at your majesty's ignorance, laugh at your majesty for listening to the words of treacherous ministers, and laugh at your majesty that you...are dying before you get old."

"Presumptuous!" Prime Minister Wang got up and cursed angrily.

The emperor glared at this moment, and said harshly: "Come here! Take him to the dungeon of Dali Temple and wait for his punishment. No one will visit him without my order!"

After saying that, he left with a flick of his sleeves, and all the ministers of His Royal Highness knelt down and said in unison, "Your Majesty is wise."

The guards rushed into the hall and detained Kang Wang, but Kang Wang was so strong that he shook them off abruptly. When they saw this, they looked at each other and wanted to go forward together.

Kang Wang sneered and said: "This king can go by himself, there is no need for you to detain me."

These imperial guards were all old people in the palace. Knowing Kang Wang's deeds when he was young, they had some admiration for this man in their hearts. After hearing this, none of them stepped forward.

Kang Wang helped Wei Xian, who was kneeling on the ground and lost his soul, looked up to the sky and sighed: "Son, you have to remember what kind of person your father, I, is! Your father is not a traitor! Someone wants to kill this king today. , he is the king who wants to ask him to repay it ten times and a hundred times, go back and tell your concubine mother, don't worry, the king will return in a while."

"Father!"

Wei Xian cried and wanted to save him, but King Kang turned around and left, leaving only a vicissitudes of life but a resolute back. Wei Xian failed to catch up with his father, just as he couldn't save his father at all.

"Auntie...Auntie can definitely help me..."

The imprisoning of his father broke the young man who had just been weak. The only person he could think of was Wei Zhaojin. He heard that she had been staying in the palace two days ago, so he didn't care about anything else, and ran to Anyang Palace, this familiar road he walked countless times when he was young, but now this road, this red wall and golden tiles... everything is bitingly cold.

"It's going to be autumn." Wei Zhaojin sat in the kiosk and stretched out his hands to feel the cool breeze blowing on his face.

"Yes, Your Highness, autumn is good, not hot." Yi Qiu responded from the side.

"Auntie! Are you inside? Please open the door and save the father." Wei Xian's cry came from outside the door.

The incident happened suddenly, and the guards guarding the gate naturally didn't know about the great changes that had taken place in King Kang's Mansion, so they were still afraid of him and dared not stop him.

"Your Highness...this..."

"Go and call him in."

"Yes."

Yiqiu complied and went out to meet Wei Xian. When she saw him, she couldn't help being a little panicked. The man ran in staggeringly with red eyes from crying, still muttering "Save my father".

Yiqiu is not stupid, she knows something is going to happen in Prince Kang's Mansion.

Seeing Wei Zhaojin, Wei Xian rushed forward as if seeing a life-saving straw. The teacup in the latter's hand was touched before the latter had time to dodge, and the tea spilled on the skirt of his clothes.

"Auntie, please save the father, please, only you, only you can save him." Wei Xian knelt on the ground, weeping uncontrollably.

Wei Zhaojin put down the teacup and lightly flicked the tea leaves on the skirt of her shirt. Although she felt sorry for him in her heart, she remained calm and said, "Xian'er, I can't do anything about this matter. The evidence proves that he was framed, if I had a way to save brother Kang Wang, I would not be here anymore."

Wei Xian didn't know why he didn't say anything, but Wei Zhaojin already knew everything.

There seemed to be a burst of electricity passing through his mind, and he suddenly figured it out. Jiang Zhichu and Qing Ning had talked about private salt in Yong'an County, and after capturing Han Shijun and returning to Beijing, he never let him participate again. Wei Zhaojin and the others Trying to disassociate themselves from this matter, I am afraid they will be investigating at that time.

"You... are you using me to investigate my father?" He couldn't believe it, as if he was about to suffocate.

Wei Zhaojin remained silent, saying it was useless, but it was completely wrong to say that it was not useable, for a moment she didn't know whether to nod or shake her head.

Just when she was hesitating, Wei Xian had already misunderstood... He thought that Jiang Zhichu, Wei Zhaojin, and the emperor were all using him. He had long heard that Wei Zhaojin helped the emperor kill Many brothers, they are using themselves to get rid of their father.

In an instant, hatred occupied his brain. The young man who had just turned [-] could hardly control the anger in his heart. His rationality had long since drifted away. He pushed down the tea set on the table, and the teacup fell to the ground with a crisp sound of breaking.

Wei Xian's eyes were red, full of hostility, and he said in a hateful voice: "Even if the father is blind and can't see you despicable people clearly, let me ask again, will you help?"

When Yiqiu came, she didn't know what happened. She saw the fragments on the ground and Wei Xian seemed to be fighting. She hurriedly stepped forward to protect Wei Zhaojin, and said angrily, "Presumptuous!"

Wei Zhaojin patted Yiqiu, signaled her to get out of the way, and then said coldly: "No."

If Wei Xian saw these angry eyes before, he might still be afraid, but now he only sees Wei Zhaojin with hatred.

"Okay." He almost squeezed out a word between his teeth.

After finishing speaking, he turned and left without any more prayers.

Yi Qiu hurriedly checked to see if Wei Zhaojin was injured, and complained that Wei Xian was disrespectful.

Wei Zhaojin just smiled faintly: "How to take responsibility without going through some hardships, that's all I can do for him. We don't know the enemy or us, and we don't know if someone is watching us secretly, so we can only do this first."

Yiqiu looked at her distressedly, and silently picked up the fragments on the ground, "I hope my son-in-law can be quicker."

When Jiang Zhichu was mentioned, Wei Zhaojin's mood improved inexplicably, and the corners of his mouth also raised an undetectable arc, "She... I believe in her, and I won't let me wait too long."

On the other hand, Jiang Zhichu came to a village on the outskirts of the capital city. She took off her gorgeous coat and changed into the same clothes as the farmers here, but her pretty face betrayed her, so she had to wear a straw hat.

At this time, she was sitting in a simple tea shed, drinking tasteless tea.

After a while, a young woman in rough clothes came over, she looked like a little beauty from a distance, but when she looked closer, she saw that it was an "ice cube".

"Have you found it?" Jiang Zhichu asked.

Ling sat down and said nonchalantly: "I found it. She has never shown her face in public all these years, cut off contact with the people in the palace, and ran away when she saw rich and noble people. She is the only one among those palace ladies who survived."

Jiang Zhichu let out an "oh" and said, "No wonder I couldn't find her in the first place, so I ran away when I saw someone with a little money, regardless of their status, tsk... It's pretty hard to live."

"when to go."

Jiang Zhichu thought for a while, looking at the unbreakable environment around him, his body trembled.

It is so broken that the roof of the latrine is leaking and no one repairs it. The pit is full of overflowing filth. I don’t know where the water for making tea in the tea shed is picked. There are not many tea leaves in a bowl of tea. Maybe it's better to recycle and reuse. Anyway, she can't stay here for a day, so she should finish it quickly and go home to find a wife.

Wife... Anyway, it's my wife for the time being!

Thinking of this made her feel a lot happier, she curled her lips and said with a smile: "Let's go now."

The author has something to say: A little spoiler, we "Old Wei's family" are all good actors.