capital girl

Chapter 164
When Li Yulou returned to the mansion, he felt exhausted and fell asleep while lying on the bed.

I don't know when I fell asleep, a nightmare appeared.

She dreamed that Meng Shiyu was beheaded at Caishikou, and she ran desperately on the streets of the capital to see Meng Shiyu, but she couldn't.

"Miss, miss..." Chuntao shook her shoulders to wake her up.

Li Yulou was sweating all over, feeling that his soul was no longer in his body.

"Miss, you are having a nightmare, your screams can be heard throughout the house." Chuntao patted her shoulder lightly and said.

"Go, ask Xiaoqi to check the entrance of the vegetable market, Shiyu, is Shiyu okay?" Li Yulou urged Chuntao eagerly.

"Okay, okay... I'm going now, Miss, don't be afraid!" Chuntao said and ran out.

After a while, she turned around and came back, "Xiao Qi went there in person, Miss, don't worry, it's just a nightmare, nothing will happen, the young master will be all right."

Chuntao hugged Li Yulou in her arms and comforted her softly.

Xiaoqi is back.

"Madam, the young master is well. I have asked someone to inquire. The young master is in the prison of Dali Temple. His life is not in danger." Xiao Qi said.

Li Yulou nodded, feeling that the seven souls and six souls still hadn't returned to their places.

On the second day, Li Yulou felt that he couldn't just sit and wait like this.

So she went to Dengwen Academy.

"Mrs. Meng, do you really want to beat the Dengwen drum?" The dean of Dengwen Academy, an old man in his 60s with gray hair, asked softly.

Li Yulou nodded without hesitation, "I want to see Dengwen Drum, and I want to see Your Majesty."

"Did you know that to beat the Dengwen drum, you need to hit [-] big boards first." said the dean of Dengwen Academy.

"My lord, I know. But for the sake of my husband, I must beat the Dengwen drum, and I must face the saint." Li Yulou's attitude was firm.

"Then Mrs. Meng, we are offended. I also admire Mr. Meng's quality, but this is my duty." The dean of Dengwen Academy said.

Li Yulou nodded.

Li Yulou was beaten thirty times.

But she felt that her flesh was being torn apart bit by bit.I have never felt such pain in my life, it hurts to the bone, it hurts to the heart.

Fortunately, Li Yulou survived.

Although she couldn't stand up anymore, she still raised the drum hammer with her arm, and hit the Dengwen drum with one hammer after another.

The news that Li Yulou went to the Dengwen Academy to beat the Dengwen drum spread in the capital.

Many people feel ashamed that they have left Meng Shiyu behind like this, and no one cares about it.The previous sit-ins and previous petitions were all gone.

As a result, many students began to reorganize and meditate at the gate of the palace, and more and more people meditated.

"Master Li, why are you here?" The dean of Dengwen Academy saw that Li Xu had also arrived at Dengwen Academy.

"The lower officials are also here to beat the Dengwen drum." Li Xu replied with a bow.

"Master Li, what are you messing around with? It is the right way to bring your daughter back, and His Majesty may not meet her." The dean of Dengwen Academy frowned.

Although the Dengwen Academy was set up in the Great Zhou Dynasty, he has been the dean for so many years, and he has not seen a few people summoned by His Majesty because of beating the Dengwen drum.

"My son-in-law is in prison, and my daughter is here to beat the Dengwen drum. As their elder, I will always do something." You Xu's attitude is also very firm.

"Like a father, like a daughter, well, since you insist, I can only help you."

Li Xu was also beaten [-] times.

Fortunately, he was a man after all, he gritted his teeth and persisted, and was able to support himself to stand up and move to Dengwen's drum.

"Father, how did you come here?" Li Yulou couldn't believe his eyes when he saw Li Xu.

"You're already here, so Daddy can just sit back and watch." Li Xu raised the drum hammer and struck the Dengwen drum hard.

"Daddy..." Li Yulou burst into tears, he never thought that his parents would love him so much.

"Stupid child, don't cry. Do your best and obey the destiny. Your Majesty may not see us." Li Xu said.

The emperor was indeed not going to summon them.

"This Meng Shiyu's influence really impresses me, and he finally became indifferent. His wife beat the Dengwen drum and asked the students to sit quietly." The emperor said in a calm tone.

"Is Your Majesty going to meet the Li family's father and daughter?" Eunuch Li asked.

"No, let them go back. Also, let the imperial hospital go to an imperial doctor and send them some good medicine for golden sores." The emperor waved his hand lightly.

Eunuch Li promised to go down and give orders.

On the second day, all the civil servants in the capital knelt outside the gate of Zichen Hall, asking the emperor to release Meng Shiyu and reopen the case of investigating Dezhou.

The emperor ignored it.

This time the civil servants seemed to be very persistent, and even knelt for six days.

The emperor finally agreed to summon their representatives.

"Your Majesty..." Several academicians of the Imperial Academy knelt in front of the emperor.

"It's true that you are here. You have such old bones. You can kneel for six days. This is going to make me a fool." The emperor stared at the kneeling veterans and said coldly.

"Your Majesty, I just feel that the case in Dezhou must be handled properly, so as to give a fair answer to the students of the world and the people of Dezhou." A bachelor said.

Another bachelor went on to say, "The incident in Texas has already caused a lot of trouble. If you want to cover it up, you can't cover it up. It's better to investigate clearly, and you can win a reputation of integrity."

"Since you are so persistent, then recommend a few officials to go to Texas to investigate this case. Since you want to investigate, you must investigate thoroughly. Don't let me down." The emperor said.

Several university scholars who came in glanced at each other with surprise in their eyes. They didn't expect the emperor to agree to it like this.

Several adults thanked each other again and again.

"Your Majesty, what do you want to do with Master Meng?" a grand scholar asked.

"He insulted me openly in the notebook, and the content of the notebook is known to everyone in the world. Where will I put my face? I can't deal with him yet, so what if he is the number one scholar? He is just a six-pin official That's all." The emperor said sharply.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Meng just wants to be upright and upright. It's just that he's young and straightforward. I hope His Majesty doesn't care about him.

What's more, a talent like Mr. Meng is rare in a hundred years. It is really a loss for our Great Zhou Dynasty to die in prison like this.After several years of experience, he must be a capable general of my Great Zhou Dynasty.In the future, he may be His Majesty's right-hand man, and I hope His Majesty will not care about trivial matters. " said a bachelor.

The emperor sneered, "It's just a champion, and I can get another one in three years. I don't care if I have him or not. With him, I can have a prosperous life for a hundred years. Without him, I can have a prosperous life for a hundred years. He is not that important. "

"He scolded me, and I punished him. Now I have become a narrow-minded person. Don't discuss this matter any more. If you discuss it again, it will be treated as if I never mentioned the Texas case."

In line with the principle of accepting as soon as it is good, several university scholars no longer interceded for Meng Shiyu, and withdrew from the imperial study.

Several academicians also went to the gate of the palace to persuade the students to leave.

When the students heard that the emperor was going to retry the Dezhou case, they felt that Meng Shiyu's release would be a matter of time, so they dispersed one after another.

Li Xu was ill, and very seriously ill.

Li Yulou would think wildly in his own mansion, so he came to Li's mansion to take care of Li Xu.

Zhang Xiulan was busy with the business of the fabric shop, and no one could take good care of Li Xu.

Princess Yuning came here often, but after all, she hadn't passed the door yet, not to mention she was a noble person, so it was not appropriate to serve Li Xu.

"Sister, you don't have to worry too much about Mr. Meng. I have found someone to clear up the relationship and take good care of him in the cell. Nothing will happen." Princess Yuning said.

Li Yulou smiled, "Thank you princess..."

"Don't be so polite," Princess Yuning said, "We are already a family. Although I am a princess, I am also Yukun's wife."

Fortunately, Li Xu's body recovered slowly under the care of Li Yulou.

The emperor sent the minister of punishment to investigate the case in Dezhou.

The case is being investigated step by step, and the case is becoming more and more shocking.

The emperor could no longer remain calm after seeing those results.

"It's really audacious, disregarding human life, committing crimes, forming a party for personal gain..." The emperor angrily threw the investigation papers sent back from Dezhou to the ground, "This is the establishment of a small imperial court of my own, and I don't take it seriously at all. ah."

"Let Zhang Shilang check it out for me, and see how many shady things can be found." The emperor ordered sharply.

King Yan has been restless for the past few days, because the case in Dezhou has been investigated more and more deeply, and more and more things about him have been involved.

He wished he could tear Meng Shiyu's body into tens of thousands of pieces, but he didn't have the energy at this time.

Although the emperor did not punish him, he never saw him again.

Moreover, his people were cut off one by one, and more than a dozen officials with ties to Dezhou were all sent to prison, and are being tried jointly by the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple.

King Yan's wings were almost stripped off.

Li Xu's body gradually recovered, and Li Yulou also returned to his mansion, and his hanging heart became tough after so many days of tempering.

What's more, the case in Dezhou has been dug deeper and deeper, which has proved that Meng Shiyu is correct.

At this time, the emperor will not kill Meng Shiyu.

Just as Li Yulou's heart settled down, something happened to Li Xu again.

The emperor didn't let Meng Shiyu go to Dezhou, but sent Li Xu to Dezhou to be an acquaintance, a fifth grade.

When Li Yulou heard the news, the embroidery needle in his hand pierced his finger fiercely, and a drop of blood stained the embroidery cloth red.

"Miss, what's the matter with you?" Chuntao asked.

"Help me change my clothes, I'm going back to my mother's house." Li Yulou put down the embroidery in his hand.

Why did the things in the dream still appear.

It is said that many things have changed, but the fact that Li Xu went to Dezhou to work still appeared like a dream.

Li Yulou changed his clothes, went out and took a carriage back to Li's residence.

The current Li Mansion is in the south of the city, and it is a house rewarded by the emperor himself.

"Miss is back..." The doorman opened the door and saw Li Yulou greeted him.

Li Yulou didn't respond and hurried in.

There were many people in the main room, including Li Yukun, Zhang Xiulan, and Princess Yuning.

"I won't go to Texas this time, I have so many things to deal with in the capital..." Zhang Xiulan said.

"Why don't you go alone?" Li Xu frowned.

"I'll just find a few people to serve you, a considerate servant, and a cook..." Zhang Xiulan said.

"Then how can it be compared with Madam..." Li Xu said.

"Then how long do you want me to serve you? I also have something I want to do. When you come to the capital, I have already left Xiuzhou behind. After finally gaining a foothold in the capital, you let me go to Dezhou with you. Who knows if you can stay in Dezhou for a few more days. I will definitely not follow you this time." Zhang Xiulan was determined.

"Daddy, you can't go to Texas." Li Yulou stepped in and said.

"Yulou is back." Li Xu greeted him with a smile.

"Daddy, you can't go to Dezhou, even if you resist the decree." Li Yulou said solemnly.

"You kid, what nonsense are you saying? This is His Majesty's appointment. The appointment of the Ministry of Officials has already come down. If I don't want to go, I can not go. As a subject, I must obey the arrangement." Li Xu laughed.

Obviously Li Xu is very happy with this appointment.One he already wanted to do something practical.Second, he was really promoted this time.

"Not everyone can go to Texas..." Li Yulou said, "The situation in Texas is still very unclear, so it's better not to go..."

"Yuning, can you tell His Majesty that Dad is not in good health and cannot take up the post..." Li Yulou looked at Princess Yuning and said.

Princess Yuning shook her head, "Sister, this is a political matter, women are not allowed to participate in politics, I dare not..."

Li Yulou,...

"Yes, sister, what's wrong with Daddy going to Dezhou, this is Daddy's ideal." Li Yukun said, "Ideals are used to realize."

"Yes, Yulou, Daddy really wants to go to Dezhou. Dezhou is a mess now, and it happens to be a place with great promise. Your Majesty let me go because he trusts me." Li Xu was full of pride.

Li Yulou,...

She wanted to say that she dreamed about many bad things that happened to Li Xu in Dezhou, as well as their Li family.

But no one would believe her when she said it.

Meng Shiyu is still in prison.If it wasn't for that dream, Meng Shiyu would never have taken the initiative to go to Dezhou to provoke King Yan.

Li Yulou was full of guilt towards Meng Shiyu.Perhaps the only person in this world who can trust her unconditionally is Meng Shiyu.

No matter how absurd what she said, Meng Shiyu would choose to trust him.

"Since you don't listen to the persuasion, then I don't care. You can go to Dezhou if you want, and you can go wherever you want." Li Yulou said angrily.

"And mother, if you don't take care of daddy yourself, you have to find someone who is good for him, some servant, some kind of cook, can he take care of daddy well?

Daddy has a body, and you are busy with your own business. You can't be so selfish. " Li Yulou turned to Zhang Xiulan again.

Zhang Xiulan was taken aback by what she said.

Zhang Xiulan came to her senses, pointed at Li Yulou and cursed, "You are heartless, I am your mother, and you actually found a concubine for your father..."

Everyone has to pay the price for their choices.

Since Li Xu has chosen what he wants to do, no matter what consequences he encounters in the future, he must bear them.

Li Yulou ignored his family members, turned around and walked out, leaving Li's house in a carriage.

He didn't go home, but went outside the prison of Dali Temple, stood at the gate of the prison and watched for a long time before getting into the carriage and returning to the mansion.

(End of this chapter)