The Fate of the Red Chamber

For a moment, the Lin House was like an explosion. Lin Ruhai was highly regarded by the former emperor, and he was given such an important position as the Jiangnan Patrol and Censor. Now that the new emperor has succeeded to the throne, what do you think of the Lin House?Only five days after Lin Ruhai's death, the imperial edict came from the capital. What was it for?

Although Daiyu didn't know anything about officialdom, she always believed in her father, and she didn't think too badly, but she was a little anxious.Looking at Mo Han with tears in his eyes, he said softly, "Brother, sister will go with you." The round trip between Yangzhou and Gusu would take ten days at the fastest, and the arrival of the imperial decree at this time means that it was issued when Dad was still alive. It's for daddy.Elder brother is the eldest son in the mansion, but perhaps many people dissatisfied with his status and took the opportunity to slander him, why not go with him, since he is the only daughter of father.

Mo Han was naturally worried about Daiyu, for fear of being knocked down by someone, but he just thought back, he couldn't raise his younger sister to be a lady of the family who didn't understand anything, it was time for her to learn to face it slowly.Finally nodded, pulled Daiyu and said: "Okay, sister, don't be afraid, everything depends on my brother."

Perhaps Daiyu didn't know, but Mo Han had a premonition that something bad would happen this time.

It just so happened that there were many guests in the mansion today, almost all the relatives and friends of the family were there, so they didn't dare to neglect when they heard that there was an imperial decree, so they went to the front hall and knelt down to meet them.

Mo Han left Daiyu in the hall next door, there was already a room full of female relatives, Xueyan Bixiang surrounded Daiyu closely, Mo Han went to the main hall by himself.

When Mrs. Zhang saw Daiyu coming, seeing her sallow face, she must have not rested for a few days, and she felt more and more pity for her loneliness, and she hugged her lovingly and whispered: "Good boy, don't be afraid, Mrs. Lin No one in the south of the Yangtze River knows, not to mention there are so many of us outside."

After getting along with each other these few days, Daiyu already had a good impression of this wife who took care of the inner courtyard for her, so she nodded gratefully.

Listening carefully outside, a slightly shrill male voice said, "Are you Lin Ruhai's adopted son?"

Mo Han was neither humble nor overbearing, and replied in a clear voice with a faint expression: "Exactly, dare I ask what your name is?" It's called Lin Ruhai.

"I, Dali Temple Minister Wang Yuxi, came to announce the decree by the emperor's order. Since Lin Ruhai is gone, you can take over the decree on his behalf." Wang Yuxi was just an idle job at first, and was promoted to Dali after the new emperor succeeded. Siqing, just because he is the queen mother's cousin, so he is in the limelight, and other idlers dare not provoke him easily, but it also makes him more arrogant and domineering.

Everyone heard the disdain in Wang Chen's happy words, and became cautious. Although Mo Han was shameless, but he had the greatest imperial power, so he could only kneel down to accept the order according to the etiquette.

"Following the fate of heaven, the emperor's edict said: Lin Ruhai, the censor of salt inspection in the south of the Yangtze River, was deeply favored by the emperor and did not know how to repay him. The current censor impeached him for accepting bribes, despised the king's law, colluded with officials and businessmen, and controlled the salt administration. Dali Temple Secretary thoroughly investigated the case. , Seize all the properties of the Lin family. This is it." The bitter voice echoed in the lobby, and everyone was stunned.

There are indeed many inadequacies in this edict. It is a normal procedure for someone to impeach someone to investigate, but there is absolutely no reason to seize the property before the truth is found out. It sounds like the focus is on the Lin family's wealth, not Lin Ruhai. case.It's really unbelievable, not to mention that no one knows about Lin Ruhai's personality. I'm afraid the people present wouldn't believe him if he said he was corrupt. After all, someone here tried to bribe Lin Ruhai, but he was rejected.

If you talk about why the emperor would do this, it is actually what the empress dowager meant.When the new emperor ascends the throne, it is inevitable to use his own people. The Jiangnan Salt Administration controls half of the world's tax revenue, and the Empress Dowager will naturally receive it from his own people.Furthermore, the Lin family has several generations of nobles and several generations of single heirs. It is conceivable that the family is wealthy, but there are few relatives and friends. Lin Ruhai is a dying person, so isn't he the best candidate?In other words, the Empress Dowager was a little dissatisfied with Lin Jiayuan in her own heart. In the past, the former emperor did not dare to move lightly when he was alive, but now who is afraid that he will not do it?

Therefore, the situation in the capital has not yet fully stabilized, and the queen mother can't wait to take action on the Lin family.This Wang Tanxi is the queen mother's cousin, with average abilities, but he is obedient and will never go against the queen mother's wishes.Moreover, given his current status as a prospective relative of the emperor, not many people would dare to oppose him, otherwise they would not be opposing the Queen Mother.

Daiyu never expected such a decree again, she didn't believe a word in the imperial decree, who is going against the Lin family and deliberately framing the Lin family.But this is undoubtedly a heavy blow to Daiyu, her father's bones were not yet cold, someone wanted to attack him, how could she not hate it, she bit her white teeth lightly, her lips turned pale, she didn't even notice that her nails were digging into her flesh.

"Lin Mohan accepts the order." It's useless to talk too much if he intends to frame him. All he can do for the time being is to accept the order. Otherwise, it's easy to be accused of disrespecting the order. It's hard to speak at that time.

Wang Ting laughed but didn't smile, with a disgusting hypocrisy: "I often hear people talk about Lin Ruhai's high morals, but I don't think it's just superficial. I also have the emperor's life, so I can only offend him." After finishing speaking, Wang Chenxi waved his hand, and a group of wolves and tigers following behind him were ready to rush in.

"Wait a minute." Just as everyone was panicking, a clear voice sounded in vain.

"Why, are you going to resist the decree?"

"I don't dare, I just want to ask my lord to give me a few more days. My father's bones are still not cold, and I hope my lord can give me three days. At least I will wait until my father has passed the first seven days. My lord will not be too late." It was such a rude request. He said it so righteously and uprightly, without the slightest hint of pleading.

How could Wang Chenxi pay attention to the words of a young man like him, and waited to refuse without even thinking about it, but unexpectedly, a somewhat familiar old voice stopped him: "My lord, nephew Lin Xian's behavior is what I see. Here, maybe there is some misunderstanding in the middle, shouldn't we think it over again?"

People who dare to call themselves old masters in front of the Queen Mother's cousin are not ordinary people, only Grand Tutor Zha. Zha Qiwen had doubts about the death of the former emperor and the succession of the twelve princes. I didn't expect them to move to the head of the Lin family now. Naturally, he couldn't stand idly by.

Wang Chenxi was about to get angry, but he dared to question the imperial decree. He suddenly looked at the source of the voice, and couldn't help being surprised. It is impossible for him not to know the former emperor's teacher and the father of Shangshu.Immediately softened his figure and laughed: "Oh, it's Taifu Zha, I didn't see it for a while. It's just that this is an imperial decree after all, how dare the lower officials take it back at will, but Taifu Zha made me embarrassed. "

"How about a three-day grace period as Master Lin's son said just now?" Tai Fu Zha wanted to argue again, but received Lin Mohan's eyes indicating that he knew the details of the Lin family better than others. Reasonable, I followed him.