Once magnificent, now brilliant

After talking about Qi Xiang, others brought up other topics, and Rong Hong didn't say anything else.But Bai Junyu already felt that the eldest prince was afraid of Qi Xiang.That's right, it's fear.Otherwise, a person who has nothing to do with the court really doesn't need such calculations by a prince.

A little eunuch came and quietly called Rong Qing away, and was seen by Rong Cang who was sitting next to him.Perhaps because of his awareness of Rong Hong just now, Rong Cang specially asked the people around him to follow him quietly.This palace is no longer home, or has never been home, and he has to guard against everyone, especially such sneaky things.

The palace banquet lasted until very late.Bai Junyu went directly to Qi Xiang's house, reeking of alcohol, but not really drunk.

"Why do you drink so much?" Qi Xiang asked Bai Ru to go to the kitchen and bring Bai Junyu the hangover soup that he had cooked earlier.

Bai Junyu had no choice but to stay too close to Qi Xiang, for fear of intoxicating others, "The emperor held a palace banquet in my name, and these people came to respect me. I really can't refuse. I'll take a bath in a while, and you go to bed first." .”

Qi Xiang disagreed, "If you drink too much wine, the blood flow will be fast, and taking a bath is not good for your health. Let's do it like this today, drink the hangover soup later and go to bed early."

"Then I'll sleep on the couch, you go to bed."

Qi Xiang laughed, "How can I be so precious? I used to sleep all over the bed, and I didn't take a shower for many days, so I don't care about it."

Bai Junyu sighed softly, "Ah Jing, aren't you poking my heart?"

"It doesn't mean that." Qi Xiang had a smile on his face, "I just told you not to think so many things wrong with me. You can't even straighten your legs on this couch, so don't toss about it."

Bai Junyu didn't want to worry about it anymore, so she hugged Qi Xiang.

Qi Xiang patted him on the back, and didn't say much, in fact, he really didn't mean anything else when he mentioned the previous things, he just said it casually, and compared to those bad memories, Sleeping Tongbu seemed much more comfortable.

"The palace banquet was not peaceful today." Bai Junyu felt that this matter should be explained clearly to Qi Xiang, and it was better to say it from his mouth than others to explain it to Qi Xiang.

"What's the matter?" Qi Xiang could also guess, the palace banquet, even the annual banquet is compared with each other, so it may not be safe, let alone this kind of palace banquet.

Bai Junyu told Qi Xiang about the matter.

Qi Xiang smiled and said: "It's such a trivial matter, why do you take it to heart? With my father's affairs in mind, I have no intention of becoming an official at all. Even if the fourth prince ascends the throne, I would like to take you out of Beijing, or not Ask about court affairs. The eldest prince intends to provoke on the one hand, and I am afraid he also wants to test the relationship between you and me. After all, he has provoked before. Now you speak for me, he probably has a care in his heart. But I don’t agree Chaotang, he has nothing to do with me. As for whether the second prince will find anything, it's hard to say, let's take a step and see."

It doesn't interfere with his plan anyway.

"I always feel that I can't give you a stable and satisfactory life now, and it's always because of my incompetence."

"I will fight for what I want. You treat me very well, and I have nothing else to ask for. As for those so-called 'unsatisfactory', they are just guesses from yourselves, not my real feelings. I feel very sad now. OK, that's enough."

The depression in Bai Junyu's heart seems to have dissipated a lot, but these reliefs can only be attributed to Qi Xiang's comfort, and he still needs to do a lot.

Two days later, the person who was watching the Second Prince's Mansion suddenly reported that someone else was also watching the Second Prince's Mansion.That afternoon, Rong Cang sent someone to tell Bai Junyu and Qi Xiang that he felt that the second prince was a little strange, so he sent people to watch him. It seemed that there was still a group of people watching him, but he was not sure yet.

Qi Xiang had no choice but to withdraw his staff - since the fourth prince took over, he was also happy to relax.The fourth prince knew that he was coming to watch, and he might have discovered something important, so he just waited and watched it get better.

Hu Mingwu is dead, and the charges of arrogance and domineering, fish and meat people will definitely not be removed, but the fraud has not made much progress here, and his cronies have not been affected too much. At most, he was dismissed and went home to farm. That's all.However, Shi Wumao and the other three were not implicated. If they keep a low profile in the future, they should be able to get mixed up in this army until they drop their armor and return home.

Right component

No one was held accountable, but none of Hu Mingwu's wives and family members escaped, including those who were exiled, those who were exiled, and those who were not official slaves.

The daughter who was given to Uncle Zhong as a concubine before, because she was going to make a fuss with Uncle Zhong's house, and Uncle Zhong wanted to get close to her, she almost pierced her throat with a hairpin. He would not excuse Hu Mingwu when the young lady of the Hu family returned to Zhao completely.

Qi Xiang didn't feel embarrassed after hearing the treatment of the Hu family, but he couldn't help but think of the time when his family was in trouble, the cry of his aunt echoed in the courtyard, and his brother huddled in the room in panic, and he didn't dare to move. Dazed, even not quite sure, it wasn't until he was imprisoned that he gradually realized that the matter was a foregone conclusion.

It is said that the law is nothing more than human feelings, but when it comes to dealing with the family members of sinners, they are beaten to death with a stick, regardless of whether they participate or not, and whether they know it or not.Perhaps Qi Xiang is better able to understand the feelings of those who have been implicated because he has been implicated.In the eyes of others, such association seems reasonable.

"Can you make arrangements for me? I want to meet Mrs. Hu and Miss Hu." Qi Xiang said to Bai Junyu.

Bai Junyu hesitated for a while, "It's not a problem to arrange for you to go in, but is it necessary?"

What is the use of Qi Xiang meeting someone he has never met before?The main worry is that if those two go crazy, they will hurt Qi Xiang.

Qi Xiang didn't explain much, just replied: "Yes."

All Bai Junyu could think of was that Qi Xiang was going to make a fuss about it, otherwise Qi Xiang was afraid of the cold in such a cold day, so why bother to go out for a walk?Since Qi Xiang didn't explain in detail, Bai Junyu also thoughtfully didn't ask, and just said, "Okay, wait for my news."

In the harem, after the palace banquet that day, the queen said that she could not get out of illness.There are two reasons, one is that she has inquired about it, the emperor did not pay much attention to the third prince at the palace banquet, it is completely different from the previous favor, now the emperor only has the eldest prince in his eyes, and everyone else has to stand aside.So even though she visited Jiao Zhaoyi to meet the emperor a few more times, she still couldn't change the status quo, so she naturally didn't want to see Jiao Zhaoyi's complacent and seductive look; second, her father hadn't come to the harem for a long time, she It's becoming more and more difficult for me to get attention, so I want to take this opportunity to invite my father to come over so that I can discuss it.

The emperor didn't care about what the empress was going to do at all, the empress wanted to invite the Prime Minister from the left to see her, the emperor agreed without asking any further questions.The impatience on the face is also very obvious, it seems that the queen is tired of looking for the leftist for everything.

Since Peng Liang's death, Prime Minister Zuo has obviously aged a lot, and it's hard for him to smile at his daughter, and he can't even say a heart-warming word.Even though he knows that his daughter and grandson are his only support, only he knows the pain of losing his eldest son and the depression of not having a grandson, and it is difficult to get out of it for a while.

"Your Majesty, it's not suitable for foreign relatives to enter the harem. I have reminded you several times. Why do you insist on doing such unnecessary things at this time?" It's not that Prime Minister Zuo didn't feel the emperor's favoritism, and it was precisely because he felt it that he decided to do so. I dare not make mistakes.Now that the eldest prince is returning to the palace, everyone in the palace can't wait to confess him.Without the eldest prince, the third prince is a direct descendant. With the eldest prince, the emperor doesn't care about the third prince anymore, let alone those who are used to meeting people and ordering dishes?

The queen was stunned for a moment, then frowned and said, "Why does father say that about my daughter? The daughter is also for the third prince, for our family."

For her father's indifferent attitude, the empress felt cold.She silently recalled the process of killing her younger brother, and couldn't find any mistakes, so shouldn't her father be more toward her and the third prince at this time?Why did he criticize her instead?

"Use it right for these people, and use it wrongly to harm others and yourself. Do you think the emperor will be happy if you pretend to be sick to come to me? You are not the time when you were young and beautiful, and you should be extra cautious now. , do you understand?" Zuo Xiang frowned bitterly.

The queen originally waited for her father to comfort her, but she didn't expect her father to open his mouth full of accusations, "What happened to father? You were not like this before!"

Zuo Xiang hated her and still couldn't see the current situation clearly, "In the past, the eldest prince lived elsewhere, so it was not certain whether he would have a life to grow up. Now that he is back, his health is not good, but his short-term

If you can't die within a certain time, what advantage do you think the third prince has?If you don't win over the emperor well, doesn't that mean you're surrendering the throne? "

"What can he do without a backing? But our third prince has you!" The queen almost wanted to scream, but she was afraid that others would hear the rumors.

The left minister stared at the queen, "How have I taught you these years? People in the court are snobbish, if the third prince has no hope of succession, do you think those people will continue to follow us? Fantastic! Also, is that noble concubine a vegetarian? ? The mother’s family behind her is the eldest prince’s backer! It seemed useless before, but now who knows for sure?!”

The queen was discouraged, sat down and asked, "Then what should I do?"

Prime Minister Zuo thought for a while, and said: "Now there are precious people in the harem, one is the eldest prince, and the other is Jiao Zhaoyi. If you have a way to make these two people match up, and you can play a role to share the emperor's worries, the emperor will be happy." I will think that you are sensible and can help him. And these two people will gradually bore the emperor, no matter whose family, quarrels are always the most impatient."

The queen seemed to have opened up the two veins of Ren and Du, and hurriedly said: "This is easy to handle, father can rest assured."

She has long been displeased with Jiao Zhaoyi's demeanor, if something happened to Jiao Zhaoyi and it was related to the eldest prince, then the emperor's father-son relationship would probably be broken.

Zuo Xiang didn't want to stay any longer, "You just know what you know, don't make it too public, and let others see that you are just cheating yourself."

"Don't worry, my daughter understands." The queen finally smiled.

Bai Junyu has already taken care of everything, and Qi Xiang can go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to see the Hu family's mother and daughter tonight.

The Criminal Department is not very good at managing people like this who have been convicted and awaiting exile, and it is easy to come to visit the prison, as long as the money is in place.Bai Junyu's management is for keeping his mouth shut, one thing more is worse than one thing less.

Qi Xiang went there at night and met the unkempt Mrs. Hu and Miss Hu.

Qi Xiang did not shy away from revealing her identity. No matter what these two people know or don't know, they should already hate Hu Mingwu very much at this time. Naturally, they don't care what his identity is, and they care more about his ability. conditions given.

"I heard that you will also be dispatched to the western frontier. I have stayed there for five years. I wonder if Madam and Miss have heard of it?" Qi Xiang asked calmly.

At the beginning, this matter was widely circulated in Beijing, how could they not have heard of it?

Maybe because of what happened before, Miss Hu looked calmer than Mrs. Hu, "I don't know why Mr. Qi came here late at night, why?"

Qi Xiang didn't make any detours, "As women, it must be very inconvenient for you to go to the western frontier. Although I can't help you, I can make your life a little more secure. You can treat me as someone who is in danger, but if you die If the lights go out, the living always have to plan for themselves. I just want to ask some things from you in exchange."

When it came to Hu Mingwu's death, the eyes of the mother and daughter did not fluctuate in the slightest. They seemed not sad at all, but hated more, "Mr. Qi, please tell me what you want to ask. It can be said that my father and I have no friendship. If you know it, you will know everything." I don't feel sorry for being alone, but my mother has to go all the way to the west, I really feel bad. If Mr. Qi is satisfied with what you want to ask, please take care of my mother a little bit more, the little girl is very grateful."

Qi Xiang sighed, "They are all poor people. If you hadn't caught up with the amnesty, you would have met me in Xifeng. I understand your worries. Back then, my mother also walked with me. I don't dare to think about the twists and turns along the way. .As long as the madam and miss can help me a little bit, the land of the west border will be properly arranged for you, and you will live alone in thatched huts. The officials escorting you on the road must also be properly arranged, so that they don’t embarrass you.”

Miss Hu nodded, "Young Master Qi, let's ask."

Qi Xiang asked who Hu Mingwu was close to before his death, whether Peng Liang persuaded him about the fraud, or Hu Mingwu took the initiative to participate, etc.

After all, Miss Hu and Mrs. Hu are housewives, and they know very little about it. They only say that Hu Mingwu does have frequent contacts with Peng Liang, but compared with Peng Liang, he has more contacts with the third prince and Prime Minister Zuo.He also mentioned that before the imperial examination, Hu Mingwu also went out for nearly half a month, but he didn't know where it happened, but after the imperial examination, his family did receive a lot of money.And that silver

They have already taken it out to buy a house elsewhere, and it is not stored in the mansion, and the account is also very vague.

As Qi Xiang expected, things were not as simple as they appeared on the surface, but no amount of questions could be answered.

"I also want to ask Madam and Miss to help me. This help is not in vain, and has nothing to do with Xi Bing's arrangement. If the two agree, I will arrange for the scholar to meet Miss on the day of exile. I think you will definitely There are a lot of things to say." Qi Xiang no longer felt that he was a good person, and the most fundamental kindness in his heart had already died with Liang Fu and his mother in the western frontier.When he said this, he was betting that Miss Hu would agree.

Miss Hu's eyes turned red, "Really?"

Qi Xiang nodded.

Miss Hu and her mother looked at each other, nodded immediately and said, "I promise, I promise everything!"

Qi Xiang sighed in his heart, it was all because of love, he had always been thinking about Bai Junyu at the beginning.If his so-called "arrangement" before may have been superficial, but now, he must make arrangements for everyone.

Qi Xiang told them what to do.Mrs. Hu and Ms. Hu agreed without any hesitation.

Qi Xiang cupped his hands and said, "Thank you Madam and Miss for your righteousness. I hope you two will take good care of you all the way, and see you in Beijing when the amnesty arrives."

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