[Red Mansion] Ronghua Road of Mrs. Hou's Mansion

The emperor was assassinated, and the news spread quickly in the capital.

The emperor was originally a person who loved power, so he recovered from his illness and began to be diligent in government affairs.Last night was just like usual, when the court lady who was serving tea suddenly pulled out a dagger from under the tray and stabbed the emperor in the Royal Study Room while she was reviewing the memorial. Fortunately, the emperor reacted in time and avoided the assassination.

While protecting the emperor, Eunuch Zhang yelled "Guardian", the guards outside rushed in immediately and quickly took down the maid.

First he was poisoned, and then assassinated again. The emperor Longyan was furious and ordered people to interrogate him severely.He believed that someone must have deliberately arranged for a court lady to enter the palace to assassinate.

No matter how interrogated, the court lady refused to reveal the behind-the-scenes instigation, and even wanted to commit suicide by taking poison, but was discovered and stopped.Moreover, a secret letter was found on her body, but it was not signed.

The person in charge of the interrogation found out, and immediately presented the letter to the emperor, but found that it was a secret letter with the vassal state, which also mentioned the king of Nan'an County, and the person who wrote the letter was also familiar with the name of the king of Nan'an County. Character.

From the words, it can be seen that the Prince of Nan'an seems to have known the prince of the vassal for a long time, and this maid is also a secret stake arranged by the vassal state in the palace.She had stayed in the palace for many years, climbed to this position step by step, and was able to serve the emperor, so she naturally wanted to seize the opportunity to assassinate the emperor.

Now that the assassination fails, he can only commit suicide.

The emperor was furious, and while ordering the maid to be strictly guarded, he sent people to search the palace of Nan'an County Prince in an attempt to find letters and evidence of the relationship between Nan'an County King and the vassal state.

Therefore, when Concubine Nan'an arrived at the door, what she saw was surrounded by officials.

The search of the county prince's mansion was naturally a big deal, and the emperor would not deliberately hide it, so the news that the emperor was assassinated and found that the Nan'an county king had a connection with the vassal state spread in the capital.

Facing the questioning by Concubine Nan'an, the officers and soldiers were obviously unwilling to explain more, except for those who were guarding outside, the rest broke in and searched without saying a word, not letting go of every corner.

In the end, someone searched the study room of the king of Nan'an and found the secret letters with the prince of the feudal clan.

Concubine Nan'an didn't seem to understand what happened, even though her heart was flustered, her face was still high-spirited.

"Who allowed you to do this, you are too daring!"

The leader put away several secret letters and said with a sneer: "Ms. Taifei, don't pretend to be confused anymore. Who do you think is the one who can order the search of the county palace, and who dares to issue such an order?"

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and immediately a group of officers and soldiers rushed to surround her and Yi'an County Lord.

"Be sure to take care of all the people in the county palace, I will go back and report first."

People from other houses also came to watch the fun, and the officers and soldiers just drove them away symbolically, and soon many people came, and everyone talked a lot, and soon knew the whole story.

Most people couldn't believe it at first, and then sighed.Some people have long been displeased with Concubine Nan'an's high-ranking appearance, and they also gloated at her misfortune, and then rushed to tell each other.

The magistrate of Yi'an County, who was so honorable just now and looked down on concubine girls, suddenly fell from heaven to the ground, and suddenly burst into tears when he saw the vicious officers and soldiers.

However, at this time, no one was willing to bother to make her happy as before, even Concubine Nan just said: "Okay, don't cry."

The county magistrate of Yi'an sobbed and said, "Mother, why did they search our house and keep us under guard? Am I no longer the magistrate of the county?"

Concubine Nan'an became even more anxious when she heard her weeping question.At this time, life may not be guaranteed, and you still want the position of county head?

"Didn't you say that as long as I find someone to marry me, my eldest brother will come back? Why do we have to arrest us together?" County Lord Yi'an still looked ignorant.

As soon as this remark came out, even the officers and soldiers guarding them showed contempt.

The king of Nan'an County was defeated and captured, but he still managed to survive.Now that the county lord of Yi'an can let someone speak for her and her relatives so confidently, this family is really pretentious and shameless.

Concubine Nan'an was embarrassed, she covered her mouth and said, "Stop talking." Aren't you afraid that others don't see enough jokes?

In the palace, the emperor had already read the secret letter found in the study of the king of Nan'an, and compared it with the letter from the maid, the handwriting was exactly the same, and they were all addressed to the king of Nan'an.

It turned out that the King of Nan'an County had long been a spy of the Fan Kingdom in Dajing. Whatever major events happened in the Dajing Dynasty, the King of Nan'an County would inform the Fan Kingdom of everything in detail. This time the war with the Fan Kingdom was the same.The king of Nan'an County informed the generals of the vassal state about the battle plan in advance. In order to win the benefits for the vassal state, he deliberately lost to the enemy many times, and then the enemy could logically capture the king of Nan'an County.

The Dajing Dynasty was defeated and suffered heavy losses, so the vassal state could ask for benefits from the Dajing Dynasty, and maybe even let the Dajing Dynasty cede land and pay compensation.Marrying is just an excuse, the real intention of the vassal state is to find a reasonable reason to send the king of Nan'an back to the Dajing Dynasty, so that the king of Nan'an can continue to be a spy of the vassal state and sell more secrets of the state to the vassal state.

The emperor asked the court lady to be interrogated again. Finally, the court lady couldn't bear the punishment and could only confess. She admitted that the king of Nan'an had long been collaborating with the enemy and traitorous to the country, and even the two had been in contact.

The emperor ordered another search of the court lady's residence, and sure enough, they found the secret letters she hadn't had time to burn. One of them was written to her by the king of Nan'an County. The seal of the county king.

With all the witnesses and material evidence, it is undeniable that the king of Nan'an colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country.

The emperor was even more angry, and all the courtiers were also indignant when they heard this, and they all demanded that the emperor severely punish the king of Nan'an County.

However, the king of Nan'an County is still acting in the vassal state, so he can only put his family in the prison of the Ministry of punishment first.

Collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country is a serious crime, and it is not an exaggeration to punish the nine clans.But now His Majesty is merciful and changed the sentence to ransacking the house and exile.

The majestic county palace collapsed suddenly.

Sister Feng is only two months old now, so everyone in the Hou's mansion is taking good care of her, Mrs. Gu is especially concerned about her, and often sends people to bring supplements.

Wang Xihe brought Brother Yu to visit Sister Feng, and talked about Nan'an Palace.

"On the way I came, I happened to meet people from Nan'an Palace who were exiled. The incomparable Concubine Nan'an seemed to have aged ten years overnight and turned into a depressed old woman. There is also the owner of Yi'an County, Xiao Xiao. The age will follow to suffer."

Sister Feng looked at Sister Qiao and Brother Yu who were crawling on the bed, and said with a smile: "When they were enjoying the glory and bullying others in the past, they never thought that such a day would happen to them."

Wang Xihe sighed: "But this happened too suddenly."

"Even if it's not now, there will always be such a day in the future." Sister Feng said indifferently, "There are many such families in the capital, who occupy titles, receive salaries, and live a prosperous life relying on the shade of their ancestors, relying on their status to be powerful It is more common to disregard human life and do evil. They think that their ancestors are veteran dignitaries who have made great contributions to the founding of the country, so His Majesty can't do anything to them. In fact, His Majesty has long been tired of them, but he just got rid of them because of the bad situation. That’s all for them. Now that there are people with foreign contacts, will His Majesty just sit back and ignore them?”

Brother Yu seemed to have seen something funny, giggled happily, and reached out to pat Sister Qiao's face.Sister Qiao was a little unhappy, pouted, and crawled away nimbly.Brother Yu is younger than Miss Qiao, and not as flexible as Miss Qiao, so he crawled over slowly.

Yingzhu and Heping'er were looking after them, and they couldn't help smiling when they saw this.

Wang Xihe smiled, and continued: "Is the king of Nan'an stupid? Why do you want to be a spy of the vassal if you don't want to be stable and rich? Didn't he think beforehand whether he would hurt his family? Why do this?"

Sister Feng said: "There are so many ministers in the court, each one is smarter than the other, can't they think of what you can think of? But have you heard someone who complained about Nan'an Wang? Besides, there are all the witnesses and evidences, how can you appeal for him? ?”

Wang Xihe was stunned, "Sister, what do you mean by that? Could it be that the king of Nan'an County was wronged and someone deliberately designed it?"

Sister Feng smiled and asked, "Does it matter whether he really betrayed the country or was designed by someone? The important thing is that His Majesty can take this opportunity to eradicate the Nan'an County Prince's Mansion, and also get the huge property of the County King's Mansion to fill the empty treasury. "

A gust of wind blows in, bringing a burst of coolness to the hot weather.

Wang Xihe was shocked, "My sister said that everyone knew that the Nan'an County King was framed, but everyone acquiesced to his crime and watched the County King's mansion being raided? If it is true, it is too... "

"Why, do you think it's too vicious and terrifying?" Sister Feng smiled, "I want to tell you, it's not surprising for people like us to see these things. Whoever your majesty likes can live a good life , Whoever your Majesty is tired of will be eliminated. The so-called prosperity is behind every step of the way. If you are a little careless, the whole family will be ruined. If you don't believe me, go ask your husband.

You are Mrs. Baoninghou Shizi now, and you will be Mrs. Baoninghou in the future. There are still decades to go. You should understand some things.But you don't have to worry too much, Jiang Chaoan is a capable person, and he is very capable in doing things around His Majesty. His Majesty values ​​him, so naturally he will not do anything to the Jiang family. What His Majesty hates are those who take benefits but do not contribute to the country.Since they are the moths of the country, why keep them? "

Wang Xihe opened his mouth, and asked after a while: "So, Your Majesty knew about it a long time ago, and has been cooperating with the person behind all this?"

"Your Majesty is such a shrewd person. I'm afraid he already suspected it when the maid's assassination failed. If that maid is really a spy of the vassal state, and finally climbed up to get close to His Majesty, she will naturally find a way to succeed in one fell swoop. How could she be easily caught?" Live? Then, the secret letter was found from the maid, and then the king of Nan'an was found, and the letters between the feudal kingdom and him were searched, and then the maid who would rather die than submit confessed. There are all witnesses and evidence, all this is too coincidental Yes, it went so smoothly, it was unreal. It was obviously a trick, but the emperor pretended not to know it. He was furious and took advantage of this opportunity to get rid of the Nan'an Prince's Mansion, and at the same time deter the other three Duke's Mansions. "

"So... what about the courtiers?"

Sister Feng smiled lightly: "They know that His Majesty wants to clean up the Nan'an County Prince's Mansion, and they want to complain about the Nan'an County Prince's grievances. Isn't this a dead end? Therefore, they all chose to play dumb. The Nan'an County Prince's Mansion will only be the first one. Won't be the last."

Wang Xihe didn't expect such a complicated charge behind the crime of collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country. He sighed lightly, "The palace of Nan'an County is not worthy of sympathy, but the people who didn't know the inside story scolded them badly."

"That's the best way. Dajing Dynasty was defeated, the people were disappointed, and countless soldiers were disappointed. But if we were defeated because the generals of Dajing Dynasty betrayed the country, it would arouse the indignation of the people. Your Majesty will make this known to the world. Wouldn’t the loss of the Nan’an County King’s Mansion also boost morale? Label the Nan’an County King as a collaborator and traitor, and you don’t have to sacrifice the interests of the country to redeem him.”

After a long silence, Wang Xihe said quietly, "No wonder mother always says I'm stupid, you are all smarter than me."

Sister Feng smiled and said: "I just want to tell you that you are now a mother, so be careful in everything and don't be calculated by others. Have you not forgotten about the Sixth Princess?"

Wang Xihe hurriedly said: "Of course I haven't forgotten." She still remembers the scene of Sister Feng's murder. If someone hadn't protected her, she would have been killed by the sixth princess long ago.

Thinking of this, she said: "People's hearts are unpredictable. It seems that I will learn to be smarter in the future. Although I can't share my cousin's worries, I don't want to cause trouble for him."

Seemingly tired from playing, sister Qiao sat up and stretched out her hand to be hugged.

Yingzhu wanted to hug her, but she refused.She seemed to be a little anxious, and kept going to Sister Feng's side, yelling 'cool' in her mouth.

Yingzhu said with a smile: "So the girl wants to be hugged by the madam." As she spoke, she picked up Sister Qiao and walked to Sister Feng's side.

Sister Qiao smiled happily, and stretched out her hand for Sister Feng to hug.

Wang Xihe said with a smile: "Your mother can't hug you now, can my aunt hug you?"

Sister Qiao ignored her.Seeing that Sister Feng hadn't carried her over, her mouth was deflated, and she was about to cry.

Sister Feng immediately felt distressed, and said to Yingzhu: "Give it to me."

Yingzhu was worried, "But it's not convenient for you now."

Sister Feng smiled softly, "I just need to be careful."

When she was in her mother's arms, Sister Qiao laughed happily again, and kissed Sister Feng on the cheek.

Sister Feng was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly felt sour in her heart, wiped the saliva off her face, and couldn't help but hug her tightly again.

In the evening, when Gu Xingchi came back from the Yamen, he saw Sister Feng looking after Sister Qiao who was sleeping.Gu Xingchi walked in quietly and hugged her from behind.

Sister Feng was startled, smiled and patted him before walking out of the room with him.

Gu Xingchi said softly: "You are pregnant now, you should rest more. Miss Qiao is under the care of a nanny, so you don't have to work too hard."

Sister Feng smiled and said, "Sister Qiao is my heart, and I don't want to leave her for a moment."

Gu Xingchi scratched her nose, "I'm not afraid of tiring myself."

Sister Feng leaned on his shoulder, stroked his still flat belly, and suddenly said, "Zhaohua, when our son is born, we won't have any more children, okay?"

Gu Xingchi kissed her on the forehead and said, "Okay." For him, it was enough to inherit the incense, and he couldn't bear to let his wife suffer the pain of pregnancy and childbirth, so he naturally had no reason not to agree.

For Sister Feng, Sister Qiao is the treasure she lost and found again. The unborn son in the previous life is a pity that she failed to keep. In this life, her mother's love is only for these two children. Even if she has other children, she I don't even have the heart to take care and love seriously.

Gu Xingchi saw that she was sleepy, thought that he hadn't eaten dinner yet, and didn't want her to go to bed too early, so he talked to her about other things.

When talking about Wang Ziteng, Sister Feng lost all sleepiness, "What are you talking about, His Majesty intends to let uncle return to Beijing?"

Gu Xingchi smiled and said, "I wanted to sleep just now, are you not sleepy now?"

Sister Feng tugged at his sleeve, "Is this what His Majesty meant?"

At this time, the maidservant came in to set the meal, Gu Xingchi helped her up, "Are you hungry? Let's eat first."

Shaoqing, the food was set, the two walked to the table and sat down, Gu Xingchi said: "Master Wang has been working abroad for many years, it's time to return to Beijing."

Sister Feng remembered that in her previous life, Wang Ziteng died of illness suddenly on the way back to Beijing.On the surface, it seems that the journey was exhausting, the occasional cold, no famous doctor, misuse of medicine, and death. In fact, it was a deliberate murder under the instigation of others.

Although Wang Ziteng is valued by the emperor now, she is still worried that someone will tamper with him on the way back.

Seeing her worried look, Gu Xingchi asked, "What are you worried about?"

"I'm worried that some people don't want my uncle to come to Beijing alive."

Gu Xingchi also thought of this first, "Are you talking about His Majesty or the Queen?"

Sister Feng shook her head, "I don't know, but I feel uneasy."

After thinking for a moment, Gu Xingchi said: "Your worries are not unreasonable, otherwise it's fine, I will send someone to pick up Lord Wang quietly, and after I find him, I will secretly protect him when he comes back."

Sister Feng said: "This is the best."

With Gu Xingchi's words, Sister Feng felt much more at ease.After a few days, the emperor ordered Prince Teng to return to Beijing. The Wang family was full of joy. Mrs. Jiang even came to see Sister Feng to share the good news with Sister Feng.

Prince's Mansion.

In the evening, the prince got drunk again and returned to the mansion.Because of Yu Niang's matter, he no longer dared to bring married women back to the mansion, for fear that the emperor would find out and scold him, now that he always enjoys enough outside before coming back.

He staggered to and fro while walking, and spoke indistinctly, not knowing whether to cry or laugh.

Xiao Chengzi wanted to help him, but he refused to let him, and walked unsteadily into the gate of the mansion along the way.

At times like this in the past, the princess would wait for him at the door, and only turn off the lights to rest when he came back, or persuade him.But now, the lights in the crown prince's yard are turned off early every day, and the crown prince no longer controls the prince, letting him fool around until dawn without asking.

The prince was blowing the cool breeze, looking at the deep night sky and the empty yard, suddenly felt a little sadness in his heart.

Not only the princess, but even Meng Liangyuan, Wu Chenghui and Mei Zhaoxun were not waiting for him to come back at night, and he suddenly felt very lonely.

Seeing that the prince was about to fall down, Xiao Chengzi had quick hands and quick eyes, and helped the prince for a while.

"Your Highness, it's getting late, and this servant will help you go back to rest." Seeing that the crown prince ignored him, he said again, "Why don't you go to some empress's yard to rest?"

The prince raised his head.

At this time, I suddenly saw a figure in front of me moving towards this side step by step, looking very thin.

When someone walked in, Xiao Chengzi reminded: "Your Highness, it's Gu Fengyi."

The prince half-closed his eyes and asked, "What are you doing here?"

Gu Zhaoyu suffered too many blows these days, his body became thinner and thinner, his appearance was haggard, his face was pale, like a delicate flower trembling in the wind.

She bit her lips, with tears in her eyes, "I haven't seen Your Highness for a long time, and I miss you very much. I heard that you haven't returned home very late, so I'm here waiting for you. Since you When you come back safely, the concubine will go back. Before your Highness rests, don’t forget to take a hot bath, and then ask someone to make you a bowl of hangover soup, so that you will feel more comfortable and avoid headaches and sleepiness the next day. "

After speaking, he saluted and turned to leave.

Gu Zhaoyu was the only one who was still waiting for him to come back, the prince suddenly felt a little warmer in his lonely heart, and at the same time felt a little guilty.

He promised to pamper her and protect her, but he failed to do so.When she was punished by the queen, it was fine that he didn't help her, and he blamed himself for ignoring her for so long.

Thinking of this, he immediately said, "Wait."

Gu Zhaoyu turned around with a clear expression, "Does Your Highness have any instructions?"

The prince said: "I will go to your place to rest alone tonight."

Gu Zhaoyu was surprised at first, and then wept with joy, "Really, Your Highness doesn't blame me?"

The prince's hands were trembling because of drunkenness, he wiped away tears for her trembling, and said: "I didn't protect you well, how could I blame you?"

Gu Zhaoyu was both excited and joyful, "I thought His Highness didn't want me anymore."

"Silly girl, why would Gu not want you? I'm in a bad mood these days, so I neglected you for a while, and Gu will make up for you in the future."

Gu Zhaoyu hugged the prince's arm, "Your Highness, I am the only concubine now."

That's right, she now wants to have her natal family and no natal family, and whether she wants status or status. Isn't she going to cling tightly to the big tree of the prince?

Gu Chaoyu helped him into the house, undressed him himself, and waited for him to take a bath. At this time, the prince was already drunk and started talking nonsense.For a while, he said father and queen, and for a while it was Gu Xingchi.

Gu Chaoyu said: "Your Highness drank so much, is it because you are in a bad mood?"

The prince squeezed her wrist all of a sudden, and said bitterly: "I am a prince in vain, but the queen mother thinks I am useless and always scolds me. The father has always favored Gu Xingchi, and he doesn't think of my son at all. He never praised me when I did a good job, but whenever I made a slight mistake, he would be punished bitterly, and he didn't regard me as his son at all."

Gu Zhaoyu showed a distressed expression, and said softly: "Your Highness has been wronged. But you are the crown prince of a country, and it is for your own good that His Majesty is strict with you."

The prince waved his hand, "That's not the case, he just doesn't like me from the bottom of his heart. In his heart, let alone Gu Xingchi, even King Fu is better than me."

"Your Highness, Marquis Jing'an is just a courtier, and he will be just a courtier when you take that position in the future. Why do you always compare yourself to him? It's not worth it."

There were drops of water on the crown prince's forehead, and the hot air wrapped his body, which made him even more tired, "No, you don't know, I hated him since I was a child, because he took away everything from me, he took away my father's favor, Father's tolerance. From childhood to adulthood, no matter who he offended or what wrong things he did, he didn't care, because no one dared to trouble him, and father just laughed and pretended nothing happened. Even us The prince wants to give him three points, and his life is more comfortable than that of a serious prince.

In order to protect him, his father also arranged for him to study abroad for many years, and entrusted him with important responsibilities when he came back.Not only that, but he was also given a beautiful lady as his wife, and his daughter won the position of county head as soon as she was born.Yesterday I heard that the emperor secretly gave him the Jinwu Guard, haha, is the emperor afraid that I will harm him in the future?Why, why would he give my father whatever he wants, but it is so difficult for me to get a smiling face from my father?Father, I am also your son, why are you so partial? "

Gu Zhaoyu's hand holding the cloth towel shook, his eyes were strange, and he fixedly looked at the prince.