The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 635 There is no water, how can there be more if there is no foreshadowing?

A few days later, it was the first day of May, and the ranking of the palace examination, which was full of ups and downs, was finally announced.

Then the speech officials, who were gearing up to hold back their energy, were all surprised to find that those 'scumbags' who lost their integrity in the palace examination and slavishly sang praises to the emperor did not rank high as rumored, but concentrated in the second place. A mid-stream position.

Moreover, according to reliable sources, the emperor made the final decision on this ranking. The courtiers were a little incredulous about this at first, and then began to speculate on the emperor's intentions.

Some people think that the emperor's move is to show weakness to civil servants;

In short, there is a lot of discussion to express their own opinions.

It wasn't until the palace examination that those who commented positively on the New Deal were all incorporated into the Ministry of Industry as a Bachelor of Political Science, and everyone suddenly realized.

However, although Emperor Longyuan's intentions are clearly revealed, everything is within the framework of the system, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Coupled with the fact that several senior officials at the top level deliberately avoided the edge for the sake of 'future matters', through various means or hints or pressure, most officials stopped their flags and acquiesced to the results of the palace examination.

There were only a few who were determined, and still made a lot of criticisms according to the original plan, but the emperor stayed silent, and the ministers were silent, so these noises were naturally difficult to make a big deal.

In this regard, the palace examination turmoil has come to an end for the time being, and it will be the case of the Liangguang Navy that will replace it and become the focus of the court.

Speaking of which, although Wang Ziteng did it himself this time, it was also because of someone named Jiao that he suffered an indiscriminate disaster—when the emperor hadn’t had a stroke, the civil servants hadn’t forgotten the fact that the nobles in the court supported engineering with great fanfare.

If engineering is the enemy of the new generation, the nobles who used to be domineering in the Sejong Dynasty are the old enemy of civil servants.

The civil servants were once very nervous about the trend of the two converging. Although the nobles had the intention of retreating at the moment, since some of the distinguished nobles took the initiative to hand over the handle, the civil servants group would naturally not miss this opportunity to establish their prestige.

As a result, the government and the public were shaken for a while, and the "righteous people" mobilized to attack them. Even the officials of Liangzhe, who were the sufferers, tried hard to excuse Wang Ziteng before he could reply, but they were unable to defeat the general situation of the court.

On the sixth day of May, the two palaces issued a decree at the same time, ordering the Inspectorate, the Ministry of War, and the Fusi of Longjianwei Township to send commissioners to Guangdong and Guangxi to jointly investigate the case!

As soon as this decree was made, Wang Ziteng's wife fell ill.

When Wang Xifeng got the news, she hurriedly searched for the hut in Qingtang, planning to go back to her natal home with Mrs. Wang to visit.

I didn't want to wait until I saw Madam Wang, but saw that she was frowning and her words were incoherent, so she couldn't help but asked tentatively: "Could Madam be feeling a little uncomfortable?"

In fact, she had a faint guess in her heart, and felt that Madam Wang was probably panicked by the fake letter she quietly forged a few days ago, so she made a tentative statement.

Mrs. Wang regained her composure, shook her head and sighed: "In this troubled time, even if I feel unwell, how dare I call it sick?"

After a pause, he said again: "Let's not leave in a hurry, I just sent someone to Xue's house to deliver a message, and when your second aunt comes, we will go to Wang's house to visit together at no later time."

Although she was serious in her mouth, Wang Xifeng had caught all her thoughts.

The elder brother's matter is of course important, but what she is more concerned about now is who is the person who wrote the letter under a fake name. After all, once the adulterous relationship with Jiao Shun is revealed, let alone helping her mother's family, she is afraid that she will not even be able to protect herself.

For this reason, two days ago, she specially tried to communicate with Jiao Shun secretly, hoping to see if Jiao Shun had any suspicious candidates.

When Jiao Shun heard about this, he naturally thought of Wang Xifeng.

If it's just Wang Xifeng, it's not that he can't tell the truth, the main reason is that he also stole Mrs. Wang's own daughter-in-law Li Wan. Before he is sure about Mrs. Wang's attitude towards this, he must not tell the truth.

So I just told Mrs. Wang to be careful and not to be caught.

As for Wang Xifeng, before the matter of the Wang family was over, he didn't dare to challenge it easily, for fear that it would be self-defeating and let the aunt and nephew join forces to force him to stand up for the Wang family.

Because of this, Mrs. Wang pointed her suspicions at Li Wan and Lin Daiyu.

There is no other reason, the main reason is to think about it, and only these two people around have the motive of committing the crime.

Needless to say, Li Wan, although usually silent, but she clearly wanted to hand over the family business to Baoyu, how could she have no grudges in her heart?

Or maybe, it was she who noticed the clues, so she intended to grab her own handle, so as to take the opportunity to blackmail herself to benefit Lang Geer.

As for Lin Daiyu...

She and Baoyu have been inseparable since they were young. Later, although she was beaten by him, they turned against each other and almost became strangers.

But that was because Lin Daiyu was powerless to resist!

This girl is obviously someone who dares to love and hate, if she really sees a chance, who can guarantee that she will not take the risk?
To be honest, if there is a choice between the two, Mrs. Wang would rather be the former - at least Li Wan can have a discussion, but if Lin Daiyu can hold the handle, with her stubborn temperament , I am afraid that I will be forced to divorce the Xue family immediately.

That was a royal gift!

At that time, those who listen to her will resist the order and refuse to obey, and those who don't listen to her may die together...

Because she was worried about falling into such a predicament, Mrs. Wang devoted most of her energy to Lin Daiyu these days, and every time she spied a few words from the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, she would think about them suspiciously.

Then the more I thought about it, the more suspicious Lin Daiyu became!
Just scaring herself like this, Mrs. Wang hasn't slept well for several days, that's why Wang Xifeng saw something wrong.

But she said that she was trying to cheer up, like Wang Xifeng's blind man, trying to figure out the current situation, so Aunt Xue led Xue Pan and Xue Baochai brothers and sisters, and rushed over in a hurry.

As soon as they met, Aunt Xue hurriedly asked: "Sister, what's going on? A while ago, girl Feng passed by, didn't she say that things have been suppressed? Why..."

"Ah~"

Mrs. Wang sighed, shook her head and said, "This matter is too difficult to explain in words. Let's go, let's talk about it on the way back to Wang's house."

As he said that, he wanted to send someone to call Baoyu to go with him.

But she glanced at Baochai, and immediately changed her mind, thinking that if the two of them were together, she would irritate that Lin girl again, wouldn't it be an accident?

He simply didn't know about Baoyu, and hurried to Wang's house with Wang Xifenghui and Xue's family.

On the way, Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng talked to each other and told Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai what they knew.

After hearing this, the mother and daughter both showed panicked expressions.

The Xue family's biggest support now is not the Rongguo Mansion, but Wang Taiwei, who has power in the southeast. If Wang Ziteng collapses, the Rongguo Mansion will not be as good as it used to be because of its power alone, I'm afraid it will be...

Of course, this section is mainly about Xue Baochai's considerations, while Aunt Xue is more worried about her brother's safety.

Before he knew it, the carriage stopped in front of Wang's house.

Wang Xifeng opened the curtain, and impatiently urged the woman driving the carriage to quickly set up the steps, but the woman walked around to the back of the carriage in a panic, her hands were empty.

Wang Xifeng was about to be reprimanded when she heard the woman pointing to the front and tremblingly saying: "Second Mistress, there are officers and soldiers guarding the front!"

"What's the point of being guarded by officers and soldiers..."

Wang Xifeng didn't realize it for a while, after all, there are soldiers guarding Wang Taiwei's mansion, but when he was halfway through speaking, he suddenly realized that the woman driving the carriage was also a veteran, if she was just guarding the door, how could she have such an expression?
But Xue Baochai woke up one step faster than her, and rushed to the front of the bed and opened the curtain to peep ahead.

I saw a lot of officers and soldiers surrounded in front of Wang's house, but they were obviously dragon guards by their attire!
Seeing this, Xue Baochai couldn't help but gasp.

Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue saw that her expression was not right, so they rushed over to watch her, and their faces changed all at once. Aunt Xue was the most outspoken, and when she fell back into the carriage, she said in surprise: "This, is this a house raid?" No way?!"

"Mom thinks too much."

Xue Baochai hurriedly comforted: "Look at this posture, it just surrounds uncle's mansion, and there is no sign of ransacking the house."

Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue breathed a sigh of relief, but they were not much relieved.

Wang Xifeng urged the family members to go forward to inquire, and came back to report soon. As Xue Baochai expected, the Wang family was not ransacked, but was temporarily confined by the Dragon Guards, who were not allowed to enter or leave at will.

Everyone discussed in the car for a while, but couldn't think of any way to deal with it, and finally had to turn back the same way.

But when he returned to Rongguo Mansion, Wang Xifeng got out of the car worriedly, and was about to follow Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue back to the hut in Qingtang, when she suddenly saw Caiming hiding in a corner, winking at her.

This Caiming was the literary secretary Tong who Wang Xifeng brought to Ningguo Mansion when Qin Keqing passed away. Now that he is getting older, Wang Xifeng relies more and more on him, and he has taken care of many errands left by Laiwang.

So seeing him like this, Wang Xifeng only thought that there was some important housework that needed to be dealt with by herself. Although she had no intention of doing it for the time being, she still stopped and called Caiming to come over, wanting to hear what was going on before deciding whether to postpone the handling.

Not wanting Caiming to go up and whisper a few words, her eyes lit up, and she blurted out: "Accept it, of course I have to! That is mine, why not accept it?!"

For a while, even the affairs of the Wang family were forgotten.

the other side.

Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue, and Xue Baochai went back to the hut in Qingtang to discuss it, but they still couldn't come up with any countermeasures.

Seeing that there was a stalemate, Xue Baochai gently reminded Mrs. Wang that she should seek advice from the male master of the mansion.

I don't want Mrs. Wang to shake her head, expressing that because of Wang Ziteng's deceit, Jia Zheng now has the intention of letting go, and going to him at this time may be futile.

After hearing this, Aunt Xue lowered her head and hesitated.

After a while, she suddenly asked Baochai to look at Sanchun Daiyu and the others. After Xue Baochai left full of doubts, she took another deep breath and said, "If not... let's ask Brother Shun for an idea?"

Because she didn't want to mix too much impurities with each other, Aunt Xue never mentioned this matter to Jiao Shun until now.

She judged others by herself, and thought that Mrs. Wang was the same.

Mrs. Wang smiled wryly inwardly, thinking that she was not the only one, even Feng girl came to the door several times to force her, if Jiao Changqing was willing to help, it would not have dragged on till now.

Among the three, she was the least dependent on Wang Ziteng, and she was ashamed of herself in front of Jiao Shun, so she had no intention of urging her again.

but……

She had another worry, and wanted to ask Jiao Shun for help.

Immediately said: "You are thin-skinned, I'm afraid you may not be able to speak clearly, how about this, when the time comes, you will watch outside, and I will discuss with him-but until now, don't expect too much."

Aunt Xue naturally agreed.

Regardless of being abrupt or not, he immediately called Xue Pan and Xue Baochai, and led Mrs. Wang back home.

After dark.

Jiao Shun came to the old place with ease, and saw Aunt Xue coming up to her with full of anticipation, but stopped talking when she got close.

He guessed that it was probably for the Wang family again, and just when he felt embarrassed, Mrs. Wang poked her head out of the house and signaled him to enter the house quickly.

After entering the door, Jiao Shun breathed a sigh of relief when he found that Aunt Xue hadn't followed him in - he and Aunt Xue were talking about their relationship, so he couldn't refuse it abruptly, but if it was just Mrs. Wang, that would be a different matter.

But Mrs. Wang said: "For the Wang family's affairs, if you can help, you can help as much as you can. If you really can't, then that's all."

This rhetoric was obviously beyond Jiao Shun's expectations.

Jiao Shun raised his eyebrows, and took advantage of the situation to put his arms around her plump body and asked, "You came to me just to say that?"

"Of course not."

Mrs. Wang looked outside, then lowered her voice and said, "I'm here this time mainly because of that impostor letter—after my many investigations, there are already some clues about this matter."

Jiao Shun was startled when he heard this, and wondered if she had already found out about Wang Xifeng?
Could it be that Feng Lazi deliberately left a loophole so that Mrs. Wang could throw herself into the net?
Don't want to hear Mrs. Wang say again: "I suspect that Lin girl did it!"

Ok? !

Jiao Shun was confused by her again, this is really unusual, right?
Could it be that I guessed wrong and Wang Xifeng didn't do this?
He couldn't help asking: "How do you say this? Has any evidence been found?"

"There is no evidence yet, but her recent words and deeds are very suspicious!"

Mrs. Wang said with certainty, and then she spoke out her own reasoning, only to hear Jiao Shun whisper, "Logic genius." '

To be honest, even at this stage, she can still regard her son as a treasure that everyone loves, and she can be called a firm and unshakable will.

Jiao Shun sighed, while casually reassuring: "Even if she really suspected something, there should be no proof. Otherwise, why would she take the risk and use my name to set a trap? You just need to be careful, don't..."

"But in this world, there is only a thousand days to be a thief, how can there be a thousand days to guard against a thief?"

Mrs. Wang retorted in disapproval.

"Then according to your meaning?"

"It's best to send it off early."

"You put it lightly."

Jiao Shun said: "The Rongguo Mansion is currently in troubled times, especially when Sun Shaozu visits the house to make troubles from time to time, and the Wang family sees that the building is about to collapse, where can we find a suitable marriage for her at this time?"

"If it's a poor family, how can your old lady agree to it? At that time, just one sentence: her uncle died not long ago—and she can shut your mouth!"

Madam Wang didn't know this, she could only look at Jiao Shun expectantly and said, "Then what do you think should be done?"

"This one……"

Jiao Shun's heart skipped a beat when he heard the words, he was always regretted and troubled by not being able to get close to Chai and Dai in the world of Red Mansions, isn't this a godsend opportunity now? !

(End of this chapter)