The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 396 The next day
The next day, it was the sixth day of July.

That evening, when Jiao Shun came home from Sanya, as soon as he entered the East Wing, he saw his mother was pacing back and forth in the room with the child in her arms, and she couldn't stop making the sound of 'ahhhh'.

"Why are you hugging again?"

Jiao Shun leaned over and tapped his daughter's palm gently with his finger, and by the way, gave his mother a little knowledge about parenting from later generations: "This child can't be hugged and coaxed all the time, otherwise it will form a habit, and it will be hard to let go later. It’s going to be difficult, and you won’t be able to leave people day and night.”

"What are you afraid of?"

Xu Shibai glared at his son, and said arrogantly: "It's a good thing for children to be close to others. Isn't it good for our family to raise such people? Let the nanny and maids take turns to come, and it won't hinder you! "

got~
Sure enough, with grandchildren, the son began to depreciate in a straight line.

It seems that the experience of those later generations seems to only apply to ordinary working families, and it is not a problem for the rich and powerful.

After repeated teasing, the daughter finally couldn't help holding onto Jiao Shun's fingers. The soft and tender touch seemed to connect the blood and soul in an instant, making Jiao Shun's heart thaw.

I wanted to ask my mother to ask my daughter to hug and coax her for a while, but the mother disliked the wrong posture for fear of hurting the child.

I had no choice but to go to Nanwu to talk to Xing Xiuyan.

Xing Xiuyan's energy and energy have obviously recovered a lot today, and she is sitting cross-legged on the bed at this moment, playing with the small clothes and apron that she had prepared long ago, as well as the tiger-head hat, five-poison shoes and so on.

Jiao Shun lay down on the bed directly, put his arms around Xing Xiuyan's plump waist, and muttered: "This room is so boring, it's thanks to you that you can bear it."

In ancient times, confinement was much stricter than in later generations. The room was almost airtight, and even the fan was not allowed to be used casually. Fortunately, the sixth month of the lunar calendar has passed, and the weather is not as hot as the dog days. It can be used as a sauna.

Xing Xiuyan covered the catkin on the back of Jiao Shun's hand, and said with a light smile, "It's natural to be calm when the heart is calm."

After a pause, he continued: "What's more, our family is already pretty good. The woman in that small household has to take care of the children herself. She can't live in peace during the day and night, and can't be quiet even if she wants to."

"EMMM, anyway, you estimate it yourself, in fact, it's okay to fan once in a while."

As Jiao Shun said, he turned over restlessly on the bed, and kept urging Hongyu to get the iced sour plum soup—the fault was that Xing Xiuyan was by his side, he really couldn't stay in this room for a moment.

At this time, Xing Xiuyan hesitated for a moment, and asked in a low voice: "Is there a pass for the Lord to stay in the capital this time?"

Jiao Shun had already told her the purpose of going south this time, and now he is stranded in the capital because of being 'involved' in the lawsuit, so it is natural to ask clearly whether it is a blessing or a curse.

"Well, it's not good to say right now."

The Ministry of Rites seems to be trying to manipulate public opinion and package this incident as a story of "a man of insight is heartbroken in the face of chaos, and he does not hesitate to sacrifice his life for righteousness in order to bring order out of chaos."

And trying to create a stereotype that craftsmen use imperial power to oppress scholars in order to win wider sympathy and support-and in order to do this, Zhou Long will most likely become a victim in the end.

If it was really done by them, even if Zhou Long was brought to justice that day, the accusations against Engineering and even himself would not stop, but would intensify.

But public opinion has always been a double-edged sword. If it is handled properly, it may not be impossible for the Ministry of Rites to reap the consequences.

The key point now is actually the emperor.

If Emperor Longyuan showed a tough attitude and demanded a thorough investigation to the end, then Jiao Shun would be able to add fuel to the flames. Taking advantage of the trend of the Ministry of Rites fighting for righteousness, he would intensify his efforts to promote Zhou Long, trying to promote him to the altar, so that the Ministry of Rites could not get rid of it. , had to die to save this fellow.

At that time, it will completely evolve into a head-on confrontation between the emperor and the Ministry of Rites, and even the entire literati group, while engineering and other Jiao people will become a secondary issue.

It would be best if the emperor resisted.

If the emperor couldn't resist in the end, it's no wonder that he, Jiao, broke his arms to survive, and voluntarily gave up engineering and study, and even the New Deal of work-study before being set on fire.

The reason why this method could not be used before was that in the eyes of the emperor, he, Jiao, was basically bound to the New Deal. If he had not waited for others to set fire, he would have given up, the emperor would have been disappointed, and even felt that he was useless.

As for a lucky minister like Jiao Shun, once he loses the trust of the emperor, or even suffers the emperor's disgust, his fate will not be much better.

But since the lord has already confessed beforehand, as a 'loyal minister', what problem can he have if he surrenders at the same time?
Anyway...

As long as the emperor and the Ministry of Rites can be provoked into a fight, Jiao Shun basically has nothing to lose.

I was afraid that the emperor would soften immediately, and he didn't dare to press for a thorough investigation. Then the pressure would fall directly on him, someone like Jiao.

However, considering Emperor Longyuan's consistent character, this possibility is almost zero.

Just thinking of this, Mrs. Xu walked in with the child in her arms and said, "I've been taking care of the child, and almost forgot about the business—the Xue family heard that you didn't make it, and wanted to discuss with you about the previous matter. What do you ask?" When you have time, go to Zijin Street for a walk."

"I have arrangements for the holiday."

Jiao Shun frowned and said, "Why don't you ask someone to ask now, if it's convenient, I'll go there when the office is gone tomorrow."

"Let me go and ask myself."

As Mrs. Xu said, she handed the child over to the nanny to take care of, and then hurried away.

Jiao Shun took the opportunity to come over and hug him for a while, but he was also worried that the wrong posture would hurt the child's spine, so he reluctantly returned it to the nanny.

Immediately, he suddenly remembered something, and said to Xing Xiuyan: "Guess who I met when I passed Zijin Street last time?"

Without waiting for Xing Xiuyan to ask questions, she told Miaoyu's recent situation in detail, and explained: "The reason why I didn't tell you before is because I was afraid that your wild thoughts would make you angry."

"Ah~"

Hearing about Miaoyu's situation, Xing Xiuyan sighed slightly, and said helplessly, "She said she was a monk, but since she was a child, she was well-clothed and well-fed. How has she ever suffered?"

Borrowed, but there is no more text.

Jiao Shunqi asked, "Aren't you going to help her?"

"At least not now."

Xing Xiuyan shook her head: "With her temperament, if she doesn't suffer more, how can she accept my kindness?"

Jiao Shun nodded: "It's true that she should suffer."

…………

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

"Totally ridiculous!"

Emperor Longyuan slammed the memorial of the Ministry of Industry on the ground, and said angrily: "Even if we have to wait for the joint trial of the three judicial divisions, we should arrest the criminal first, otherwise what should we do if the suspect dies and flees?"

After a pause, he reprimanded again: "The Ministry of Industry is also really annoying. Since there are voices from the people to expand engineering studies, why has no one issued a report?"

His sonorous voice echoed repeatedly in the hall, changing from the previous frail and decadent voice, appearing full of vigor and force.

Dai Quan, the eunuch in charge of the palace, quickly picked up the memorial, carefully placed it on the table, and said flatteringly with a slanted shoulder while holding the fly whisk: "They can deceive them as long as they don't report it. I figured it out."

"Humph~"

Emperor Longyuan commented with disdain on his face: "Sejong's dynasty is very difficult to govern, and Emperor Xiaozong blindly relied on scholars, but he didn't know that it was unreasonable to go too far. Now that the tail is in trouble, naturally he has nothing to fear."

The throne of the Xia Dynasty is now the fifth generation. Emperor Xiaozong is actually his grandfather, separated by the still living Emperor Taishang.

In fact, if we really want to talk about it, the power of the civil servants actually started when the Supreme Emperor was in power. Rely heavily on the cabinet.

However, although Emperor Longyuan was rebellious, he still didn't dare to criticize his father openly, so he could only blame his grandfather.

How dare Dai Quan answer these words?

He hurriedly changed the subject and said, "Long Live Lord, it's getting late, do you think you used the decoction first..."

Emperor Longyuan picked up his pocket watch and glanced at it, then nodded slightly.

So soon a bowl of dark and fishy Shiquan Dabu Soup was carefully brought to the table by Dai Quan.

Although the taste was nauseating, Emperor Longyuan had already gotten used to it, and directly poured it into his mouth, and it was quickly wiped away.

As he picked up the memorial again and looked over it from the beginning, he snorted coldly from time to time while reading it.

After a while, he threw the memorial on the table again, got up and said, "Let's go, let's accompany me to carry out the medicine first."

This Shiquan Dabu Decoction uses a lot of hair products, after taking it, you need to run around and take medicine, otherwise you will feel irritable and itchy all over your body.

In the past, Emperor Longyuan used to have fun in circles in the Qianqing Palace, but now he rode a bicycle to wander around the Forbidden City. When he was interested, he would even break into the residences of concubines, palace ladies, and even eunuchs, so that they would panic. Happy to deal with.

Emperor Longyuan rode his bicycle out of the Qianqing Palace and headed north along the Jiaotai Palace, but he didn't expect that there were people waiting for a long time at the corner at the end of the corridor.

The two little maids peeked from the corner of the wall and saw the emperor leading the way, followed by a large number of eunuchs and court ladies, they immediately turned their heads and cheered: "My lady, my lady, Lord Long Live is coming this way!"

"really?!"

Concubine Rong, who was hidden behind the wall, couldn't help but hear the words. The emperor's route is not fixed. Even if there are one or two places that must pass through, the concubines are not allowed to "set up cards" without authorization. After waiting here for five or six days, I finally looked forward to this opportunity.

Concubine Rong tidied up her makeup nervously, puffed out her proud chest, and was about to have a corner encounter with the emperor, when she suddenly heard the sound of a car bell behind her.

She couldn't help being taken aback, the Emperor Xindao walked around from behind?

So he hurriedly turned around, only to be shocked to find that the empress was also riding a royal blue bicycle, and was coming here at a leisurely pace.

I saw her upper body was covered with a pale pink long skirt, the sides were slit from the thighs, revealing the slim-fitting breeches of moon white satin, those long legs were taking turns to exert strength leisurely, and the skirt corners and sleeves fluttered Piao Piao and Bu Yao on the head also danced lightly, appearing youthful and lively.

This, is this really the queen empress who has been submissive and strict all day long?

Concubine Rong's beautiful eyes widened in disbelief, she didn't know how to react for a while, even the queen nodded her head when passing by, and forgot to give a response.

It wasn't until the big team following the queen arrived that she suddenly came to her senses, and quickly grabbed one of the maids and asked, "Where did the queen get the bicycle?"

"Of course it was offered by Concubine Xiande."

The maid said triumphantly: "Two days ago, Empress Concubine De's family sent another car. She was too timid to ride it herself, so she borrowed flowers and presented Buddha to Empress."

Sure enough it was her!

hum~
Why are you timid and dare not ride? Who in this palace doesn't know that Jia Yuanchun once helped His Majesty tame a fierce horse?Can this dead thing be more difficult to tame than a fierce horse?
Concubine Rong gritted her teeth in hatred for the opportunity that had been disturbed so hard, but she could only smash her teeth and swallow it in her stomach—if Jia Yuanchun was in person, she would dare to fight for it, but now that she is the Queen's relative Well, how could she dare to make a mistake?

Not to mention how Concubine Rong came back depressed.

But Emperor Longyuan was taking the lead, and suddenly saw the queen flashing out from the corner, and there was actually a bicycle under his crotch.

He subconsciously pinched the brake and stopped a dozen steps away.

The queen also stopped, relying on the relatively small size of the women's bicycle, and stepped on the ground with one leg as a support, making her look even more straight, slender and graceful.

"Queen, this is...ha!"

Emperor Longyuan was first surprised and then pleasantly surprised, finally rang the bell vigorously, and said with a smile: "I'm just worried about not having a companion, how about our race?"

"How can a concubine compare to Long Live Lord Longma's spirit..."

"It's okay, I'll let you do it! Hahaha!"

Emperor Longyuan laughed loudly, pedaled hard and jumped out.

The empress hurriedly turned the front of the car and tried her best to follow, even if the emperor hadn't accelerated seriously, she was still exhausted and sweaty after a cup of tea.

Seeing this, Emperor Longyuan didn't enjoy himself very much, but he was still considerate once in a while, and led the queen into a small garden, stopped the car and said with a smile: "The queen will practice more with me in the future, so that you won't be like this." It’s as difficult as it is, and the bones of the body can also improve a lot.”

While speaking, he felt his whole body being scratched, so he twisted his body uneasily, and scratched randomly with his hands a few times, knowing that the medicine had reached the key point, so he rode around in circles in the garden again.

The queen was still on the ground with one leg, and seeing this scene, she couldn't help but said, "I heard that His Majesty is still using that folk remedy?"

"nature!"

Emperor Longyuan said triumphantly while riding his bicycle: "Although I felt a little uncomfortable when I first took the medicine, but once the medicine is effective, I feel that my whole body is comfortable and my spirit is incomparable. Recently, my body has also become much stronger."

"I, I..."

He stopped the car abruptly, with ecstasy on his face, and immediately shouted: "Get out, get out for me!"

Seeing that everyone couldn't understand what he meant for a while, he simply pushed the car to the ground, stomped his feet and roared: "If you don't get out of this garden, you will be punished with death!"

The eunuchs and maids ran out like a nest exploded.

Seeing this, the queen was hesitating whether to leave or to inquire about the emperor's situation, but she saw Emperor Longyuan striding over, with red eyes urging: "Hurry up, hurry up, just that action, when you lifted your leg and got off the car, Actions!"

"His Majesty……"

"Show it out!"

"Here, my concubine..."

"hurry up!"

Emperor Longyuan couldn't wait for a while, so he simply gave instructions himself.

At this time, the queen also vaguely sensed something, and said with a blushing face: "Your Majesty can't do it, you can't do it, if the queen mother, the emperor..."

"I can't control that much anymore!"

Emperor Longyuan only felt a buzzing buzzing in his head, and if he didn't vent it out, he was afraid that his brain would be mixed with nosebleeds, so he shouted excitedly: "You know that I have eaten so much in order to regain my glory. How much suffering?!"

"But the concubine is afraid..."

"Shut up, no one is allowed to say no today!"

"The concubine is afraid that the carriage will not be able to support it!"

"That's easy, let's put the car under the wall, hurry up, sit on it first and then lift your legs up..."

It's indescribable.

After nearly half a cup of tea [about 4 minutes], Emperor Longyuan came out of the garden in a well-groomed and well-dressed body, called Dai Quan, and ordered in high spirits: "I will send the case of Zhou Long to the Tribunal for a joint trial. Jiao Shun, director of the Department of Works of the Ministry of Industry, attended the hearing!"

As he said that, he waved his arm vigorously, and gritted his teeth, "Let them find out who is behind the scenes. Even if the elders collectively resign this time, I will investigate to the end and will not tolerate it!"

(End of this chapter)