The identity of the child's father seems unusual

There was a dead silence, and the emperor asked again.

"Is the annual salary of the Minister of the Household Department so much that he can spend 5 taels on hand?"

Civil servants and military officers lined up on both sides, and Jing Zheshi, Minister of the Household Department, knelt on the ground, sweating profusely, and the floor pressed by his palms was wet.

The polished marble floor lit his blue face.

"My minister... I am guilty of this crime, and I beg the emperor to forgive me."

The emperor snorted coldly: "Right now, the people in the capital are discussing in private, saying that my courtiers are all corrupt and corrupt. Tell me, are you? My dear lords..."

As soon as this remark came out, all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty fell to their knees, and they all confessed their mistakes repeatedly. No one dared to make the emperor unhappy at this moment.

"Jing Zhe's discipline is not strict, and his son pays a lot of money to recruit prostitutes, so that the imperial court loses face. However, thinking that he has been a loyal official for many years, and he is old and frail, the imperial edict ordered the ten boards to punish him for one year, as a warning. Follow me! If there is a repeat offender, the crime will be doubled, and we will never tolerate it."

Although there are only ten sticks, Jing Zheshi is over sixty years old, and ten sticks will cost him half his life.The servants of the mansion waited outside the gate of the palace, when they saw the dying Master Jing carried out by the eunuchs.

"Old man! What's the matter with you!"

The eunuch shook the dust, and said to the Jing family: "Master Jing is lucky. If the emperor is in a bad mood, then just..." The eunuch wiped his neck and closed his mouth tightly.

The blood on the servant's face was suddenly frightened.Several people immediately carried Master Jing into the carriage and sent him all the way back to the Jing Mansion.When Mr. Jing returned home, he was still scolding that scoundrel, and Shan would cause trouble for him.

"I have given birth to so many sons, except for the eldest, they are all debt-collecting ghosts! Debt-collecting ghosts!"

The scolding was so loud that it could be heard through the window.Second Young Master Jing who was standing outside the door happened to hear all of these words.The housekeeper of Jing's mansion looked sideways at Second Young Master Jing's expression in embarrassment, but saw that his expression was as usual, and he didn't show any grievance after being scolded.The housekeeper thought to himself, the second young master is really determined, it's only because the adults have never put this second young master who is both good in character and learning and capable in his eyes.

Even if only the second and third young masters are left now, they only think about the eldest young master who died of illness.

"Second Young Master...don't take it to heart." No matter how much the adults miss Eldest Young Master, the future of the Jing family can only depend on Second Young Master.The third young master is a dandy who doesn't care about things, who else can he count on if he doesn't rely on the second young master.

Second Young Master Jing interrupted the butler.

Jing Ershao's expression did not change: "There is no need to say too much. Father just misses elder brother." A dead person, no matter how much he misses.

"How about the third brother?"

"I was beaten thirty times by the master last night, and now I'm still lying in the room, I don't have a day to recuperate, I'm afraid it won't get better." The housekeeper replied.

Jing Ershao said: "This is also very good, to save him from going out all the time and causing trouble. The third brother's medical care is taken care of, don't just remember that the father's injury missed the third brother's wound."

The butler was a little uncertain whether the second young master cared or didn't care, so he asked, "Are you going to visit Yi Er?"

"No need. I haven't done my homework in Taixue yet. The emperor attaches great importance to the assessment of Shangshe." The tone was still smiling.

The butler sent the Second Young Master Jing away with his sleeves hanging down. To be honest, the young master he feared most in the entire mansion was neither the eldest young master who was loved by adults, nor the third young master who was domineering and not doing his job properly, nor the fourth young master who had no sense of existence. He is the most respectful second young master.

However, this is not what a mere housekeeper wants to do.Regardless of the young master, they are all masters, and their servants can only act as cattle and horses.

Going around the hanging flower corridor and passing through the promenade, there is a quiet courtyard at the corner.It's just that in this small courtyard in the past, there was the aroma of wine mixed with powder as usual, but today there is only a strong smell of medicine.

A beautiful young woman covered in silk and satin with a charming figure entered the small courtyard with one or two young maids, and the maids who were boiling medicine in the courtyard immediately got up to greet her.

"Hello, Aunt Wan."

"Where's your young master? I heard that he was injured, so I brought some ointment to visit." Aunt Wan waved her hand and asked the little maid beside her to hand over the small basket.

The girl in the courtyard replied: "The young master is not feeling well, and he is lying in there. The younger one took my aunt in to have a look." Aunt Wan, who was familiar with the girl, brought in, and screened off the others, leaving only one or two confidantes. The girl is always at your service.

Aunt Wan has no identity, so it can be seen that this is by no means the first time she has come to Jing Zhaoqi's house.The girl brought him here, and went out by herself, and asked people to guard the door so that no one could come in.

Aunt Wan sat by the bed and asked, "Zhaoqi, are you feeling better?"

Jing Zhaoqi was lying on the bed, and only raised his head when he heard the voice: "Auntie, why are you here?"

Aunt Wan was angry: "Little brat without a conscience, why, I can't come."

"It's not impossible to come. This is in the mansion, and Dad is still here."

"Master also got a board on his buttocks, and he is lying on the bed right now, surrounded by other people serving him, so he can't control me. Didn't I know you were injured, so I want to see you when I have time?" Aunt Wan slender Pointing Jing Sanshao's forehead with his finger, "You dead head. In the past half a year, we have met several times. Maybe someone else has taken away your thoughts?"

"How could it be?" Third Young Master Jing grabbed her hand, "Isn't this because you are worried about your father? You forgot how it ended when the fourth brother hooked up with his sister-in-law half a year ago. How could you take such a risk at the cusp of the storm?"

"Heh. I don't know about that. I only know that you are Miss Lianlian today and Miss Chuchu tomorrow, and you have the nerve to take out 5 taels!" Aunt Wan said sourly.

Upon hearing this, Third Young Master Jing's face immediately changed, and he immediately let go of his tender hand, and gave Aunt Wan a black face.

"Don't mention that."

"What's the matter? Is there an explanation?"

"Hehe. 5 taels? I was crazy to throw 5 taels on a woman." Jing Sanshao's face was fierce, "I've been bullied!"

"I was knocked out, and I didn't get the 5 taels at all. The idiots in Xishangfang can't even recognize a single person?" Jing Ershao became furious when he mentioned this matter.

"Hey, did you send someone to kill..." Jing Zhaoqi compared the movements of wiping his neck, "I met Jing Zhaoqiu yesterday..." Jing Zhaoqi couldn't tell what it was.Is it a ghost?It was indeed like the gloomy atmosphere at that time.But the 5 taels afterwards should be man-made.Bah, who the hell did it, pretending to be a ghost to scare him.

Aunt Wan looked at him and felt a little cold.She is most afraid of these ghosts and ghosts, especially after doing something wrong.

"This... the person I sent really said so. He said that seeing the carriage overturned, the people and the carriage were all torn apart."

"Who is pretending to be a ghost to scare me? Besides you and me, who else knows about this?"

"Only the person I sent, there is no one else. Could it be that the news has been leaked?" Aunt Wan opened her almond-shaped eyes slightly, a little nervous, "Then our affairs... won't be known by the master, right?"

Jing Zhaoqi cast a sideways glance at her: "Just scare yourself. If father finds out, we can both live in peace. I was afraid that he would find out that day, so I..."

It's only to blame that Jing Laosi saw something wrong and insisted on seeing the scene of their affair.With this hidden danger, he will never be at ease, and can only get rid of him as soon as possible.Otherwise, let the most face-saving father know that he is messing with his aunt, and insist on taking his skin off.Just think about the ending of the fourth child and sister-in-law.

"Hey, tell me, what secret did the fourth brother tell his father that day?" Jing Zhaoqi still remembered that at that time, the fourth brother told his father a secret.

"It can't be our business. Otherwise, we will be the ones in Shentang." That day, I was anxious to get rid of Jing Laosi, but it was not because I was worried that he had said something unspeakable to the master, so I found someone to do it in a hurry. over him.

"The fourth brother has always been cowardly, and he is a sick ghost just like the eldest. He stays in the room all day, how did he hook up with his sister-in-law?" Jing Zhaoqi even felt a little envious when he said this.He had never seen many beauties like sister-in-law in his life.Even his eldest sister, who was once crowned the most beautiful woman in the capital, was not even the slightest bit in his eyes.

With his cold and haughty appearance, people just want to strip him of his clothes.

Aunt Wan couldn't see anything, but when she saw Third Young Master Jing's eyes wandering, she knew that this dead thing was thinking about something again.

She taunted sourly: "Come on. I think they have been eyeing each other for a long time, but you don't know it. Oh, you are useless as the third brother. You can't even hook up with someone who is the most unknown fourth in the mansion." younger brother."

"Heh. What's the matter, the hookup is gone." Jing Zhaoqi sneered.Compared with beauty, he still cherishes his life more!

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"Thirty big ones?" Jing Zhaoqiu curled his lips, "Thirty big ones are really cheap for him. No matter whether he sent someone to assassinate us or not, this matter has nothing to do with him."

"The kind of soft-legged shrimp with weak legs and weak body, thirty big boards is enough for him to lie down for a while. What's more, Jing Zheshi was punished by the emperor."

When Jing Zhaoqiu mentioned this, he felt much happier.Master Jing who wanted to take them to sink that day, the hatred in his heart could not be dispelled without much suffering.

"However, how did the emperor know about Jing Zhaoqi so quickly? Logically speaking, it didn't reach his ears so quickly." Jing Zhaoqiu muttered.Yi Zhiyu smiled and said nothing, drinking tea silently.

In the palace, the emperor, who had been in the early court, returned to his bedroom. After eating breakfast, the eunuch summoned him, saying that the concubine Yigui had brought ginseng soup.

The emperor paused, but there was no joy on his face.

The eunuch who was watching his words immediately asked: "But you want this old slave to send your mother away?"

The emperor looked up and smiled.

"No, let her in."

After a while, a luxurious concubine walked in and saluted the emperor respectfully.The ginseng soup was picked up by the manager, but he didn't give it to the emperor immediately, and put it aside without even touching it.The imperial concubine herself didn't care.

"My dear concubine, get up. Come, give the noble concubine a seat."

The little eunuch immediately moved a chair over, and the imperial concubine sat obliquely below the emperor.After a while, there was no one left in the hall, but the two of them didn't appear to be intimate at all.One sat down straight down, and the other continued to revise the memorial.

"Your majesty, you haven't come to see your concubine for a long time."

"I'm busy with government affairs, it's not like you don't know." The emperor didn't even raise his head, "I woke up early in the morning and haven't rested for a while."

"Your majesty, please rest for a while, the dragon's body is important." The imperial concubine stood up and rubbed ink for the emperor, without saying anything else.After a long time, when the emperor's memorials were finally missing, he seemed to casually mention a sentence: "I wonder if the emperor has any news about Cousin Yi."

Vigorous characters suddenly paused, and one of them was written crookedly.The imperial concubine's expression changed, and she dared not speak for a long while.

After a while, the emperor rolled up the waste paper and threw it away, then smiled and said to the noble concubine: "Ai Concubine is really a good sister who cares about my brother."