The Rich and the Idlers of the Red Chamber

The Mrs. Fengsheng of the Zhen family died, because she saw her children and grandchildren stealing her private house, and she was so angry that she died!

Under the dissemination of someone with a heart, the news spread across the country at a jaw-dropping speed. In less than half a month, the capital knew about it, and the more it spread, the more outrageous it was. Rumors have always been like this. After several hands, the initial people thought that what the two sides said was not the same thing!

In Beijing, there are many speculations about the death of Mrs. Fengsheng from the Zhen family. Of course, the core is that the Zhen family made Mrs. Fengsheng angry to death, and stealing property or something is too low-grade. Rumors in the capital Inside, instead of stealing things, most of them are stealing people.Some said that it was the girl next to Mrs. Sheng who stole it, and some said that the younger brother-in-law stole the sister-in-law. Everyone was very confident about this. What kind of family is the Zhen family? I haven't seen it before, how can I get angry because of this, isn't this unreasonable?

When Zhen Yingjia received the news, she almost lost her mind!The housekeeper's daughter-in-law and servants took advantage of the old lady's confusion to steal from the old lady's private room in order to make money. This kind of scandal is already hard to say!If the old lady is sober, it's fine, she said that the family is in a difficult situation, and use the old lady's things to turn around. The old lady has always loved her children and grandchildren, so there is no reason not to agree.As a result, the problem is that in the past few years, the old lady has been seldom awake, more confused, and often drowsy. After waking up, she probably thinks that she is still the nurse of the old saint who was the prince back then.A nursing mother, there are some servants to serve, so the maids are not even allowed to help and disturb, but under normal circumstances, the old lady just wanders around the house twice, and then gets tired, who knows, this time it actually happened. What about something like this?

Not to mention that the death of the old lady was caused by such a scandal, even if the old lady died of old age, Zhen Yingjia, a son, should also ask Ding You for a booklet. I have to pack up and go back to keep my mother's filial piety.Once the three-year filial piety period is over, the daylilies are cold, and the saint has already settled in Longting. I'm afraid that at that time, even if the old saint speaks, he will not be able to shake the position of the saint.

However, because of the promotion of someone with a heart, even the peddlers on the street know that the Zhen family's lady Fengsheng who has been honored for many years is dead, and they all either look secretive or gloat. Discuss the cause of death of Mrs. Fengsheng.

Zhen Yingjia was about to die of anger. Even though the cause of her mother's death was embarrassing, the question was, couldn't the Zhen family block the news, even if it was delayed for a few days? It's about to spread, and what happened has been spread with embellishment.

The Zhen family had been impeached a lot before, and now this kind of thing is going on, it's like a leak in the house and it's raining all night, Zhen Yingjia regrets it now, if I knew that I would listen to the advice of the previous staff member, and start it early. Well, now that we have encountered so many things, I am afraid that everyone has scruples in their hearts. If there was a [-]% certainty in doing it before, now, it is all gone!

The most important thing is, what kind of reaction will the old sage have after the death of his own mother? In addition, there is also the princess Zhen Gui. Only the old lady can understand the old sage so well and cultivate the noble concubine in such a way that the old sage has loved the noble concubine very much for so many years.Otherwise, the imperial concubine is so old, she has already grown old, but until now, she is still the caring person by the old saint's side.The noble concubine's affection for Mrs. Fengsheng is definitely much deeper than that of other members of the family. What would she think if she knew the cause of the old lady's death.

In the end, Zhen Yingjia could only let out a long sigh, and began to ask people to spread paper and ink, no matter what, since everyone already knew, he had to write a letter to ask Ding You first anyway!As for what will happen next, Zhen Yingjia can only take one step at a time.

Zhen Yingjia had just handed in a request for Ding You. The next day, when she was waiting for the sage's reply, there was another voice of impeachment against the Zhen family.Zhen Yingjia stood in the hall, his face was black and blue, and he was almost on the verge of falling. He secretly looked up at the saint's face, which was still the same as before, but in Zhen Yingjia's view, there was a murderous intent hidden in such inscrutable.

Tu Minghao was also in the courtroom, and now he was arguing. He only said that it was a rumor in the market, but it was not credible. How could he use such rumors to attack the minister Yunyun.Those below who care about a prince who has no real influence in the court, let alone who serves the bowl and who serves, now that the superior is a saint, you and other princes will flirt with each other in the court, A sage doesn't blame his brother, but he doesn't mind punishing a subject.What's more, who are those censors, who are more eloquent than anyone else, the kind who can kill with their tongues, and now they directly say that it is not without reason.

If Mrs. Fengsheng had really reached her age and passed away, naturally there would be no so-called rumors. Since there are many rumors, then there must be something strange in it.The current prosperity of the Zhen family is essentially due to the presence of Mrs. Feng Sheng. As a result, the oldest lady in the family was pissed off by her children in the end. It can be seen that some people in the Zhen family are disobedient and unfilial. This is unforgivable. The crime should be investigated in detail.

The saint also nodded his head and said yes to this. The saint followed the old saint to the south of the Yangtze River. The old saint said to others directly: "This is my old man!" Even the prince can see Mrs. Fengsheng with the gift of a junior .When such a person dies, even if the saint feels that he died well in his heart, he naturally has to show a regretful attitude on his face. Now he directly asks people to investigate the death of Mrs. Fengsheng, and then expresses his request to Zhen Yingjia and Ding You in a pleasant manner. I agree with you, which means that your old lady is dead, so why don't you just take off this official uniform, and honestly return to my hometown to handle the funeral of Mrs. Fengsheng!

The ominous premonition in Zhen Yingjia's heart was getting stronger and stronger, she just felt that there were monsters ambushing all around, and it seemed that they would appear at any time and eat him up to the bone, but in the end, they had to thank the emperor with a sad expression.

After going to court, Tu Minghao looked at Zhen Yingjia's back that seemed to have hunched a lot in an instant, and wanted to say something, but finally stomped his feet and said nothing.

Tu Minghao originally thought how much help Zhen Yingjia could bring him after entering Beijing, but as a result, incidents happened one after another, and Tu Minghao followed behind and cleaned up a lot of messes. The death of Mrs. Fengsheng was full of tears, but Tu Minghao didn't have much affection for Mrs. Fengsheng. He had hardly seen this great-grandmother. However, the problem is that Tu Minghao is not a fool, and the existence of Mrs. Fengsheng is very important , indeed, Mrs. Fengsheng is old and confused, and her sanity is not very clear, but as long as he is still there, the old saint will have some respect for the Zhen family.

As a result, Mrs. Fengsheng was pissed off by the Zhen family's own people. With the character of an old saint, it would be strange not to anger the Zhen family!Tu Minghao already had a premonition in his heart that the Zhen family is over this time!

This made Tu Minghao very angry. Tu Minghao was loved by the old sage back then, and the old sage almost asked him not to give the moon to the stars. Among the many princes, except for the prince, who was hugged by the old sage even after he became sensible. There is only Minghao.

Tu Minghao once thought that the position was his own as a matter of course, but he didn't know that the old saint was in good health and could be emperor for a long time, but he abruptly announced his abdication.At that time, Tu Minghao had a premonition that the old saint would not choose himself.After all, there is a saying called Guo Lai Changjun.After all, he is still young and has almost no experience in government affairs. If the old saint chooses himself, then he will continue to be the emperor for a few years anyway, and he will train himself.

However, Tu Minghao thought that he had been so close to that position, so he was extremely unwilling to do so. He also heard what the Zhen family said, and even the imperial concubine had similar thoughts. He tried his best in the hall, fought against the saint, and went to the Chuigong Hall to continue to please the old saint, but now that he thinks about it, the old saint never seems to give him a definite explanation, that is to say, the old saint did not count on him at all, so Thinking about it, Tu Minghao felt extremely depressed.

Now that Mrs. Fengsheng has passed away, even those members of the Zhen family who still have official positions, even if they don't keep their filial piety, they still have to make great contributions and minor contributions. There is no way to intervene in other matters.The Zhen family is like this. The officials who were originally attached to the Zhen family followed the Zhen family because they wanted to get promoted and make a fortune. Now the Zhen family can't rely on the salt tax. After a few years of silence, they can't talk anywhere. What use is the Zhen family to those officials!

I'm afraid that with a little hint from the sage, those who follow the Zhen family will rush to sell the Zhen family.

Tu Minghao was in a bad mood, but he still managed to go to the Grand Concubine, but the Grand Concubine was not there. According to the servants in the palace, the Grand Concubine had gone to the Chui Gong Hall.Tu Minghao thought for a while, and then went to the Chui Gong Hall.

The old sage originally thought that after a hundred years from Mrs. Fengsheng, he would dispose of the Zhen family, so as not to make Mrs. Fengsheng sad.Unexpectedly, not long after I said this to the saint, Mrs. Fengsheng really passed away.

In fact, the Zhen family has always been watched by people from the Secretary of General Administration. After all, the old sage was worried about what the Zhen family did before. Therefore, the old sage knew what happened to the Zhen family.He also knew what happened when Mrs. Fengsheng died, and he was furious when he heard about it!

Those people in the Zhen family have reached the point where they are worthless. Even if you stole the old lady's things and pawned them to subsidize the family, wouldn't you go to the warehouse? I don't let go of the stuff, although it is in the old lady's cage, but it is also in the old lady's house.Because of such absurd reasons, and the old lady was also confused, in the end she mistakenly thought that someone in the palace had stolen her property, so she got angry, and ended up falling down and falling to her death.

While the old sage was grateful for Mrs. Fengsheng's age, he was still thinking about those things in the past, and he was still wholeheartedly protecting his Highness. At the same time, he felt even more resentful towards the Zhen family.The old sage felt that he had done his utmost to Zhen Jiaren, even to the point of disregarding right from wrong.Jiangnan salt tax, that is such an important thing, for the sake of the Zhen family, the old sage may have gone out.As a result, the Zhen family got the benefits, but they took themselves for a fool, swallowed the salt tax, and colluded with those salt merchants to raise the price of salt, peddling private salt wantonly, and used the money obtained to recruit party members and do harm to one party.

The old sage felt aggrieved thinking about it. The national treasury was not rich in the past few years. The Central Plains is so big that droughts and floods are reported every year. In other places, there are landslides, mudslides, and snow disasters in the northern winter. Without money, the old sage had to subsidize the state treasury with money from his own treasury.Therefore, in those years, the life in the palace was not considered affluent, and the old sage himself was a person who liked luxury and comfort, so he had to emphasize simplicity and not extravagance in those years.

As a result, the life of the Zhen family is better than that of the emperor. Otherwise, where did they spend all the money, so that they have to use Mrs. Fengsheng's private house to make a fuss about it? Isn't this a joke? ?

The noble concubine has been bedside with the old saint for decades. Therefore, after she heard that Mrs. Fengsheng had passed away, on the one hand, she secretly hated her natal family for that matter, which killed her grandmother. Anxiety soon arose.

After the old sage abdicated, he once revealed his tone to her. Although he said vaguely, he only said that she has the status of a noble concubine. Today's sage is not a narrow-minded person. He will let her leave the palace after a hundred years. Tu Minghao went to live in the palace, and his children and grandchildren would circle their knees and enjoy the family happiness.

However, who is the noble concubine, she quickly discovered the latent meaning of the old sage. The old sage meant that you already have a son, but you cannot rely on your natal family. You will have to rely on the sage in the future Live on the sidelines, so be more peaceful.The Concubine Gui was depressed. She had no relationship with the saint. When she entered the palace, the saint had already remembered and raised her by her biological mother. She had nothing to do with her. However, as soon as she entered the palace, she was loved by almost three thousand people. Which concubine in the palace didn't secretly hate her.It is too unreliable to expect the saint to be magnanimous and let their mother and child go.

It's just that what the old sage likes is her obedience. She has always regarded the old sage as heaven, and has never disobeyed his intentions. show up.But the problem is, now that something like this happened to the Zhen family, the old sage will inevitably express his anger towards the Zhen family.Even the noble concubine felt that the Zhen family had gone too far, but it was her natal family after all, she really couldn't stand by and watch.

Therefore, after hearing the exact news, the noble concubine dressed plainly and ran to the Chuigong Hall, intending to find out what the old sage was thinking. Take it out of it.

According to the Concubine Gui's thoughts, the mother and son will not want to be in that position anymore, and the Zhen family will stay in Jinling obediently in the future, and no more trouble will happen, so the old sage will allow the Zhen family to stay in Jinling and become a rich man.

It's a good idea for the noble concubine, but the problem is that she underestimated the old sage's feelings for Mrs. Fengsheng.A large part of the old sage's affection for the Zhen family, and even her noble concubine, stemmed from Mrs. Fengsheng.

The old saint's biological mother was indifferent, and she had always been lukewarm towards his biological son.When the old saint was a prince, his biological mother was not of high status at the beginning. At that time, under normal circumstances, she almost ignored the old saint. At that time, the old saint was bullied by other brothers because of the inferior status of his biological mother. But he never defended himself, instead he dragged the old sage to make amends, and scolded him when he came back.

But Mrs. Fengsheng was different at that time. Mrs. Fengsheng was very considerate to him, the prince. He was wronged outside, and Mrs. Fengsheng would do her best to comfort him. Although what she could do was limited, the old saint It's true that I just got a mother's love that I almost never had from Mrs. Fengsheng.As a prince, in fact, there should be four wet nurses by his side. Why was only the old lady of the Zhen family conferred the title of Mrs. Fengsheng? It was because she was devoted to the old saint and cared for her very well. Compared with her, everyone else was inferior. For a long time, the old sage even thought darkly that it would be great if his wet nurse had no other children. In that case, after he left the palace and opened his mansion, he could serve his wet nurse in his palace, and then let her Worry about yourself all your life.

Zhen Yingjia and his generation, to be honest, with the old sage, they were just a bunch of people competing for favor with their wet nurse. Although the old sage gave them glory and wealth for the sake of the wet nurse, it was just because of the sainthood. The wife stayed in the palace to take care of herself back then, but she just ignored the other children.

As a result, the Zhen family took the old sage's kindness as a blessing, and made progress every time. It really seemed how deep the old sage's affection for them was.

Now that Mrs. Fengsheng died because of her unfilial sons and daughters, the old saint just felt that his wet nurse shouldn't have given birth to those children. this point.Therefore, he had already made up his mind that after the wet nurse was buried, the Zhen family would be dealt with immediately. Anyone who killed the wet nurse before would not be spared!

As a result, the noble concubine ran over at this moment and begged for mercy for the Zhen family, and the old saint almost lost his temper.The old saint doted on the noble concubine. On the one hand, the noble concubine was in line with the old saint's wishes in terms of appearance and temperament. On the other hand, the noble concubine was also raised by the holy lady. Some things about the holy lady can be regarded as having a common language.In the eyes of the old sage, on the Zhen family side, the noble concubine should be the same as himself, and it should be Mrs. Fengsheng.Unexpectedly, my grandmother ordered a bunch of unworthy descendants to kill her, and the noble concubine came to plead for mercy.

The old saint didn't expect that the object of the imperial concubine's intercession was her own biological parents, brothers and nephews. However, this still made the old saint extremely annoyed. Therefore, when Tu Minghao came, he hadn't had time to call someone to inform him. Outside the main hall, I heard the accusations from the old sage, saying that for so many years, the noble concubine did not care about her grandmother's upbringing. The old sage even said a few extremely harsh words. There are at least two palms stronger than her, the noble concubine, in terms of temperament, it is not that there is no one in the palace who is better than her.He doted on the noble concubine for so many years, largely because of the old lady's sake. Now, she has forgotten the kindness of her grandmother and came to intercede with a group of white-eyed wolves.

Listening to the old sage's harsh words, the noble concubine burst into tears, and argued over there that her grandmother was the ancestor of the Zhen family, and she wanted to see the Zhen family well even if she was under the nine springs!

As a result, the old sage lost his child's temper at this moment, and shouted a little shamelessly: "Nonsense, the wet nurse still misses me in the end. She always wants me to be happy, and she is happy!"

Tu Minghao was dumbfounded when he heard it outside, and the imperial concubine was also a little dumbfounded. What is the difference between the appearance of an old saint and an old child? It's like a child arguing with his brother. His mother loves him the most, isn't he? He does!

In the end, the noble concubine was helpless. She had been meek for most of her life, and the courage she mustered up before was almost exhausted at the moment. In the end, she had to say goodbye to the old sage sadly, left the Chuigong Hall, and then watched When Tu Minghao stood outside, seeing the shock on his son's face, the imperial concubine also had a wry smile on her face.

The words from the Chuigong Palace spread to the Daming Palace, and the saint almost lost his temper when he heard it. Who knew that his father, who has always been unpredictable and calm in front of him, still looks like this , the saint got the accurate words from the old saint, and he became more confident in his heart.

The next thing will be a matter of course.

On the Zhen family side, Zhen Yingjia hurried back. He was already an old man, but he almost lost his life when he arrived in Jinling. After returning, he presided over the funeral of Mrs. Fengsheng and invited eminent monks from 81 and youdao The Taoist priest made a water and land dojo for Mrs. Fengsheng for seven to seven days. The saint and the old saint also passed an edict to Tu Minghao, and asked Tu Minghao to pass the decree to Mrs. Fengsheng, and then sent a decree to Mrs. Fengsheng. sacrifice.

When Tu Minghao arrived, Mrs. Fengsheng was about to be buried. After waiting for two days, Tu Minghao saw another official from Beijing, who was the servant of the Ministry of Punishment. I don't know how many people made road sacrifices on the road, waiting for the burial of the holy lady, and after the Zhen family members returned to the mansion, they just popped up, and directly announced the decree at the mourning hall that had not been demolished, telling the Zhen family of many serious crimes, and confiscated the Zhen family. All the men and women's family members were escorted to the capital for questioning.