Powerful ministers are husbands

The love is so deep that there is a reason for the incident, and no one will blame King Yan any more.

But Prince Yan couldn't escape.Concubine Yao was very angry about this matter, and she just followed Yan Wang's wishes and asked the Holy Majesty to investigate strictly.Zhou Fuyin, who originally wanted to handle it all by himself, had to review the case with the people from Dali Temple.

Before arriving at Yazhuyuan, no one could come forward to prove that he had seen Prince Yan, so when there was reason, time and no witnesses, Prince Yan could not argue with his mouth and was stuck in this quagmire with no way out.In addition, the officials discovered that he had taken Wushisan, which was strictly controlled by the imperial court, and caused him to behave insanely on the street. Can't recall.

The suspicion of murder and the crime of taking Wudusan made it very troublesome for Zhuan Sun Yongzhi to get out, which was enough to give King Yan a headache for a long time.What's more, the spies planted in the palace were cleaned up. If no. 20 people were found out, it would be easy to drag forward and cause even bigger problems.

The only good news for King Yan is that his daughter County Lord Rongyun is in good condition, except that she cannot speak, she is already alive and kicking.But it is said that she was locked up at home by the King of Yan, and more than a dozen people watched, probably because she was afraid of causing trouble like her mischievous brother.

On this day, Mrs. Cao came back from the palace with a gloomy expression that made the maids who attended her tremble, and even her breathing slowed down.The three Cao sisters, who lived at home since they were young, sensed that something was wrong. They didn’t talk and laugh with their mother as usual. After giving each other a look, they sat down in a well-behaved manner. After a while, they felt that the atmosphere was so depressing that people could hardly straighten their backs. .

After drinking half a cup of clear tea, the lid of the cup knocked on the teacup with a "jingle", which made the maids present tremble.

Mrs. Cao was tired, "You don't need to accompany me, go back."

Accompanied for a long time, did not wait for the answer.According to common sense, if my mother encounters something unsatisfactory outside, she will definitely tell it. The Cao sisters looked at each other. At this time, Cao Baochen broke free from the nurse's hand, and ran in happily, wanting to throw himself into the arms of the grandmother.

Mother Yu quickly hugged the naughty little ancestor by the waist.

"At this hour, shouldn't Baochen be at Old General Du's mansion?" Mrs. Cao frowned and looked at Cao Fu, with a hint of reproach.

"Baochen is tired today, so he came back early." Cao Fu explained, now that her precious son is being sent to General Du to practice martial arts for three full hours a day, the old general has the energy to guide her, and she still loves her son.

"You're still so energetic when you're tired?" Mrs. Cao didn't give her eldest daughter any face, and directly exposed it.

Cao Fu hurriedly got up, "Mother, don't I feel sorry for Baochen, and am I afraid that he will get hurt?"

Mrs. Cao sneered, "When your father and your younger brother were practicing martial arts, they spent at least five hours a day, but they never cried out that they were tired. If they were so worthless, would they deserve the surname Cao? When you were pregnant with Baochen , cried and clamored to take your surname, now, let’s change it back to his father’s surname, and save you from the pain of being pregnant for ten months, and give birth to a man with your surname.”

"I..." Cao Fu's face turned pale, and he obediently admitted his mistake under Cao Yin's gesture.

"If you dare to be lazy again, I'll ask your eighth brother to come out and teach in person." Mrs. Cao gave her three daughters a hard look and let them go out.

On the way back, the three sisters of the Cao family discussed why their mother was angry. Today, a banquet was held in the palace to celebrate Qu Chongrong's pregnancy with dragon descendants.Now that the harem is harmonious on the bright side, and there are Empress Dowager Luo and Empress Zhao sitting in charge, there is no reason to make Madam Ji Yanghou angry, so what is it that makes Madam Cao so unhappy?

The three sisters of the Cao family walked through the gravel road and turned into a moon cave gate. Pang Miao turned out from behind the bamboo forest.

He was supposed to enter the palace with Mrs. Cao, but after discussing with Cao Lv, he decided that it would be best not to go to the palace to mingle, so he avoided it under the pretext of having a headache.

Cao Lv didn't come back for dinner today, and it just so happened that he received a post from Mrs. Wang, who also didn't go to the palace for the banquet, inviting him to dinner.Now that there is any news from outside, Cao Lv will tell him, and there is no need to ask Mrs. Wang again, but thinking of Mrs. Wang's kindness to him in the past, he should not refuse it emotionally or rationally.

The banquet was placed in a wing room in the quiet backyard of Zhenyuan Building. The carriage was parked in the alley, and the maid who had been arranged in advance led the way. They walked through a section of unmanned path, with bamboo forests covering the sky on both sides. There was no fork in the road, and outsiders could not spy on it. , it makes people feel extraordinarily peaceful, the end of the path is the wing room under the shade of green trees, except for the serving maids, no one else can see it.

There were not many people eating, only Mrs. Wang and Pang Miao. After the maidservants put out various delicacies, they withdrew, leaving behind the maidservants of the Cao and Wang families at the door.

Mrs. Wang rubbed her forehead with some headaches, and said with a wry smile: "My master is very busy these days, so I have to invite an acquaintance to dinner and chat every day. Madam Cao Bashao will not blame me for inviting you too hastily Bar?"

"No, Mrs. Wang has always taken good care of me, and it's too late to thank me."

Mrs. Wang smiled, she looked very kind and amiable under the bright candlelight, she picked up the teapot, and added water to the cup in front of Pang Miao, "Fortunately, you didn't go to the palace today, Qu Chongrong is like eating gunpowder Yes, you are not polite to someone surnamed Cao. In the end, this condescending empress is just a villain who will take revenge."

"What?" Pang Miao recalled that on the day of Empress Dowager Luo's birthday banquet last time, Mrs. Cao was quite rude to Qu Shi who was sitting in her seat, who was still Jieyu, as if she was just an extremely humble dust in her eyes .Now that Mu Shengen is pregnant again with Qu's family, I wonder if it will be unfavorable to the Cao family in the future?

"There was a Baolin surnamed Cao who had just entered the palace. Qu Chongrong asked her to bring tea and water, but she accidentally spilled a few drops of water on the shoe. Qu Chongrong immediately picked up the teacup and poured the boiling tea on Cao Baolin. She insisted that she intentionally hurt the dragonborn. The poor girl is only fifteen years old, and her face was red from the heat. I don’t know if there will be any scars." Mrs. Wang shook her head, showing a sympathetic look, "I hear When Mrs. Zheng and I described the situation at that time, we both felt pain on our faces as if we had been burned."

She took a sip of tea and continued, "Later, when everyone presented gifts to her, it was Mrs. Cao's turn to find fault. It seems that she ordered the maid to trip Mrs. Cao, and the gift box flew out, almost hitting Qu Chongrong's face , and Mrs. Cao made a fool of herself in front of so many people, and her face immediately turned down. But Qu Chongrong took the matter of being almost hit by a gift box, and scolded Mrs. Cao non-stop."

Pang Miao was surprised, Qu Chongrong was too daring.

"Empress Zhao doesn't care?"

Mrs. Wang shook her head and sighed again, "Empress Zhao has to take care of the prince, so she didn't come here. She has the highest status among the people present, who dares to persuade?" She looked at Pang Miao's thoughtful expression, and said, "Mrs. A pair of jade bracelets were broken, and Qu Chongrong asked her to present a gift that would satisfy her within three days, otherwise the matter would not be settled."

"Why does she dare to be so arrogant?" Pang Miao wanted to find out the reason behind it.

"Isn't it because of being favored by the sage? And I heard from my master that Qu Chongrong's father was recommended by the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the governor of Chuhai County, and he will be promoted to the governor of Yuezhou County soon." Speaking of this, Mrs. Wang disdainfully and contemptuously He snorted coldly, "Teaching such a rude and rude daughter, I'm afraid the new governor is not a good person. It is said that after Qu Chongrong gave birth to a child, the Holy Majesty planned to take only the queen and her on a tour of the south of the Yangtze River One lap, just enough for her to go back to her mother's house."

"Chuhai, Yuezhou?" Pang Miao thought back silently—these two counties are adjacent to each other, each governs several counties, and has [-] households. It's not important enough for a governor's daughter to be so arrogant.

This kind of behavior reminded him of a person - Prince Yan.

"Hey, let's not talk about this for now, let's eat quickly." Mrs. Wang squinted and smiled, and lifted all the lids covering the dishes.

After dinner, Pang Miao and Mrs. Wang went out of the small gate of Zhenyuan Building, and found that there was a bright red "Cao" on the lantern hanging on the carriage parked in front of them. This was not the one he was riding when he came— — To save trouble, he asked the coachman to put away the signs and lanterns.

"Ma'am." The curtain was lifted, and Cao Lv leaned out half of his body.

Madam Wang covered her mouth and said with a smile: "Madam Cao Bashao really envies me, I won't bother you, let's talk next time." She waved her hand and went straight to the carriage behind.

After getting into the car, Pang Miao asked, "Aren't you busy at night?"

Cao Lu lazily leaned against the wall of the carriage, "We're done talking, I'll pick you up and go home together."

"Oh." As the carriage moved forward, Pang Miao couldn't help recalling the doubts in his heart. He outlined the general area of ​​the two counties in his mind, like an arc, surrounding——

"Anfeng County?" He blurted out.

Cao Lu narrowed his eyes, "Huh?"

Pang Miao said slowly: "I think it seems reasonable that Qu Chongrong was favored and his father was promoted again, but it's not that simple."

"you guess?"

Facing Cao Lvjiong's piercing eyes, Pang Miao expressed his thoughts one by one: "Compared with neighboring Chuhai and Yuezhou, Anfeng County has more than [-] households, and the king of Anfeng County is in charge of the military administration. , if the governors of Chuhai and Yuezhou are all his people, if when the emperor is on a tour in any of the three counties, he will rebel against him... But, wouldn't even the king of Anfeng County have the intention of rebelling?!"

"Not now, but there will be soon." Cao Lv sat up straight, his eyes were serious in the dim compartment, "If someone you trust is promoted to the governor of Linjun, it will be like a tiger with wings. At that time, someone will talk about King Anfeng, because He already has a dissatisfaction in his heart, and he just needs to add fuel to the fire."

Pang Miao frowned, staring at a certain place in the carriage.

He will not provoke Prince Anfeng for no reason.

"It's... King Yan?" He quickly figured it out, "King Yan has always been popular, but he will never rebel and seize the throne blatantly, so he needs an excuse. When Shengshang came to these three counties, King Anfeng raised his troops to rebel At that time, he led the army to serve the king, but unfortunately the Holy Majesty was killed by the Anfeng County King, and he avenged the Holy Majesty."

He raised his head and stared at Cao Lu, but Cao Lu didn't continue to speak. The sound of wheels turning kept coming to his ears, echoing in the silent night.

"The spies next to King Anfeng were sent by me."

Not long after, Cao Lv said calmly.