The general's wife is sick

Ji Chengyue has been very busy recently. Although the snow disaster has nothing to do with him, it always affects the whole body.

The place in Yuzhou is not big, there are more than a dozen officials from top to bottom, and it is not small, there are more than ten officials from top to bottom!

Officials of the Chang'an Dynasty may still have a chance of violating other laws. However, as long as the word corruption is involved, exile is probably the lightest punishment.

On the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, the wind and snow stopped for a while, which was a rare good weather.

The New Year's Eve is approaching, and people in every household slaughter chickens and ducks at home, worship the Stove Lord, and wash and bathe.

Although the heavy snow this winter had affected the lives of the people in the capital to a certain extent, there was no disaster in the capital.

This is the capital of the Chang'an Dynasty, and the people's wealth is rich, and their lives are better than those in other regions.

Affected shops, such as teahouses and restaurants in the streets and alleys, cloth shops and medicine halls, closed their shops a few days earlier, and the snow at the door of every house was swept away. Some people on the street took advantage of the past few days to reopen Go out and do some small business, so that you can buy more sweets and sweets for your children at the end of the year.

When each household was shopping, Ji Liu ordered Zhu Changyuan to take Lao Yutou, who had been detained by him, to the street, and the two stood guard at the alley at the back door of Ji's mansion.

Zhu Changyuan wandered around in the rivers and lakes in his early years, and now he works under Ji Liu. In order to avoid unnecessary troubles, he disguised himself when he went to the street. Although his whole face looks similar to the original one, but upon closer inspection, it is two different faces. People's faces, even if people who know them see it, they will only think that they are two people who look alike.

Although old Yutou has been imprisoned these days, Ji Liu has never treated him badly. He eats and drinks well, and now he is just an ordinary farmer's old man on the street, which has not attracted people's extra attention.

The back door of Ji's Mansion opened, and a large group of nuns in charge of shopping went out with baskets on their shoulders.

Because the New Year's Eve is approaching, things in the mansion are complicated, and the demand for purchases is high, so all the nuns that Jia Caixia can send out this time are out of the house.

Old Yutou hid under Zhu Changyuan's hands like a quail, with his back hunched, and he was much shorter than before when viewed from behind.

From the day he took the ill-gotten gains, he has been anxious and fearful all day long.

He knew the consequences of fleeing slaves, but it was a full 500 taels of silver bills!

Half of his body was about to fall into the ground, and it was the first time he saw such a large sum of money. The bank note seemed to have magic power, and he couldn't look away after just one glance. He was covered in lard for a moment, Did that shit.

It wasn't until he was caught that the big rock in his heart really fell to the ground. After being honest all his life, he didn't know where to put his old face when he did such a thing by himself when he was old.

A fugitive slave is a burden on the family, and the descendants will not be able to stand up as slaves for a lifetime. Originally, the old lady Ji was charitable and treated their family well, but now she did not run away.

A group of women came out of the back alley talking and laughing. Zhu Changyuan folded his arms around his chest, raised his chin slightly, and reminded Old Yu with his feet, "Open your eyes and see clearly!"

Old Yutou nodded desperately, "Hey!"

One, two... two, three, these women walked together, and the old man stared wide-eyed for fear that he would miss his chance to redeem himself.

"Come out, come out, it's the one in the middle, the one in the floral dress, with the silver hairpin in his head!"

Zhu Changyuan raised his eyes, and among the three people who finally came out of the alley, the woman in the middle was the one that Old Yutou said gave him 500 taels of silver to poison the old lady.

He remembered that this nanny seemed to be surnamed Wang, but he didn't see Jia Caixia treating her any differently on weekdays. He didn't expect that she could secretly entrust such an important matter to her.

"Okay, you will make up for your mistakes. The young master is kind. When this matter is over, you will be spared the crime of running away from slavery. As long as you cooperate, you will definitely not implicate your children."

Old Yutou burst into tears. At this age, he was still most worried about his children. Hearing these words now, he felt even more remorse for what he had done.

"I'm sorry for the old lady, I'm sorry for Liu Shuangshao, I've been honest all my life, what I do is not a human thing!"

"Okay, don't cry, who will you cry for? I'm not such a soft-hearted person as the young master. When you first reached out for money, you should have thought about your end!"

Zhu Changyuan hated it in his heart. People in the world value loyalty the most. In his eyes, this kind of person who betrays the master's family for money should be killed!

But he has always known that Ji Liu's heart is soft, otherwise he would not settle down in Ji's mansion today. It can only be said that it is a great blessing to meet such a master. Really hateful!

Above the court hall, on both sides of the resplendent and resplendent palace, there are six large charcoal stoves with cloisonne hollowed out and gold rims burning. The warm charcoal fire makes the temperature in the hall suitable, so as to ensure that the adults who come to the early court can maintain normal thinking in the empty hall , so as not to be frozen by the cold weather to make some irrational suggestions, which will increase the burden on the steel wires that can break at any time in the hall.

"Dear dears, you are helpless against a small thug. What face do you have to claim that you are dedicated to serving the country and the people, and protecting the ancestral temple and the community?"

Emperor Xuande was furious, and he slapped the handle of the dragon chair with his palm, and slapped the golden nanmu dragon head with a "slap".

The superior was furious, and all the courtiers bowed and shouted, "The emperor forgives the crime, and the ministers are incompetent."

"Give me useful advice!"

Bai Yihuang made a fierce disturbance in Yuzhou, but no one in the court was willing to go through this muddy water, and the faction of officials headed by Prime Minister Zhao was even more quiet as a chicken.

"I am willing to lead the army to put an end to the chaos!" Xiong Jinghai took a step diagonally and stood among the crowd. He was a tall and mighty talent among the crowd, he was upright, and his words were even more powerful.

Emperor Xuande sat firmly on the throne and remained silent.

For a moment, an official below quietly looked sideways at his colleagues, his eyes full of doubts, and all the officials present were beating drums in their hearts, wondering what the emperor's silence at this time meant.

"The New Year's Eve is coming soon, I specially allow you to leave after the New Year's Eve!"

The majestic word "Zhun" dropped the big stone in everyone's heart.

Shen Lin, the chief eunuch next to Emperor Xuande, took two steps forward and announced his withdrawal from the court.

Emperor Xuande, who was walking quickly, rushed back to the Shangqing Pavilion angrily, and threw the teacup on the table on the ground, "Shen Lin, did you see that he is so rampant today!"

"The emperor calm down." Of course Shen Lin knew who Emperor Xuande was talking about. There was only one prime minister in the Chang'an Dynasty, named Zhao Yongnian.

Prime Minister Zhao took the lead in keeping silent today, causing all the officials to dare not speak out, but Prime Minister Zhao's rude performance was not once or twice, he could only comfort Emperor Xuande not to hurt himself too much.

"If Jing Hai didn't come forward, wouldn't I not be able to step down today, and one day, I will definitely..." Emperor Xuande clenched his teeth, his cheeks bulged, and his beard trembled.

"Your Majesty!" Shen Lin cut off his words, brought another cup of tea and put it on the desk, "Drink a sip of tea to moisten your throat. After all, it's the New Year's Eve. I think all the adults just want to spend the New Year with peace of mind."

Emperor Xuande let go of his clenched fists, and sat back in his chair slumped, exhausted physically and mentally from the daily troubles, "I let them live a good year, can I live a good year this year?" Does anyone care."

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager sent someone to deliver a cup of ginseng chicken soup, saying that while you are busy with political affairs, you should also take care of your own health."

The little eunuch came in with a food box, and Shen Lin brought up the chicken soup.

"Thank you Empress Dowager for me, I will go to visit Empress Dowager when I finish my work." Emperor Xuande straightened his back, raised his brush to review the memorial, his resolute eyes stayed between the lines, and his brows were furrowed.

In the Palace of Compassion, the heavy snow for days did not disturb the Queen Mother's good mood. Today, the wind and snow stopped, and she ordered her attendant to pick many red plum blossoms and put them in vases. .

"Is the soup delivered?"

"Return to your mother's words and send it."

The queen mother cut off a branch of red plum and put it on the table, "Did the emperor say something?"

"The emperor is busy with political affairs, so he said that he will come to visit the empress later." The little eunuch added his own embellishments to make the words less blunt.

"Okay, you go down."

Nurse Jin beside her came forward and put aside the red plums that the Queen Mother had cut, "Mother, these red plums grow so well, it's a pity to cut them off."

"It's not what Aijia wants, it's redundant, no matter how good-looking it is, it's useless, just throw it away!"

"What the lady said is."

"How's the fish in the tank?"

The queen mother likes flowers and beautiful koi. There are two chubby koi with very beautiful colors in the palace. In winter, there is always a charcoal basin next to the fish tank to keep the fish warm.

Nanny Jin handed the red plums to the little maid, and then turned around to get the fish food, "Looking at it these past two days, I have gained weight again, maybe it's because the water is cold in winter and I don't like to move a lot, so I only eat food all day long. gone."

The queen mother smiled, pinched some fish food with her fingers and sprinkled it on the fish tank, watching the fat carp flicking its tail carefree, "Is the queen's illness better these days?"

"Back to the empress, the empress has been in better health these few days, but she still coughs occasionally, for fear of infecting the empress, so she has been afraid to serve you close."

The Empress Dowager put down the fish food, and a court lady brought water to clean her hands, "There are still two days until the New Year's Eve, let her take good care of it, and she needs to preside over the overall situation at the palace banquet."

Nanny Jin wiped her hands with a cloth towel, "The empress knows that you love her, and she just sent someone to bring a box of blood swallows."

The queen mother wiped her hands and handed back the cloth towel, "She is a good child with filial piety, but the emperor has to worry about government affairs all the time. This is too thoughtful. A few days ago, he did military supplies for the city defense army. He is so tired, let the queen take care of him more If the emperor stays too late in the Shangqing Pavilion, he will send some tonics to him, he is the king of a country, and he can't bear to suffer like this."

"What you said is that the servant has recorded it."