Sometimes the palace is sunny

Chapter 25
Entering September, the honorable families in Yanjing City are very busy preparing for the Double Ninth Festival.

Today, His Majesty is a person who likes extravagance. Since he ascended the throne, every year on the Double Ninth Festival, he has taken all the civil and military officials to climb the mountain to look at Zhongxungui. In the first few years, he said that he would build a high platform on the mountain, but it was not until the Northwest War broke out.However, compared to the belligerent monarch who later loved to conquer the emperor himself and chased the foreigners out for three thousand miles, civil and military officials thought of the playful monarch who just wanted to spend manpower and material resources to build a high platform on the mountain. Seeing a sincerity that I never cherished when I was young, I dreamed back at midnight, couldn't help tossing and turning, and almost became sick with missing it.

It's a pity that even if they built countless high platforms around the huge Yanjing City, they could no longer detain Emperor Zhaode who had tasted the enemy's blood in the wind and sand in the northwest.

Things are people and nothing is done, and tears shed first.

Perhaps it is out of the beautiful vision that His Majesty the Emperor can change his mind. In recent years, there have been more and more tricks to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival in Yanjing City. All kinds of chrysanthemum hairpins should also be worn on the head. Not only the chrysanthemums will be placed everywhere in the palace to form a gorgeous "chrysanthemum mountain", but also the famous chrysanthemums must be placed in the mansion of the public ministers. Posts can fill the cracks of the door, and there are chrysanthemum wine, chrysanthemum drink, chrysanthemum cake, chrysanthemum porridge, and yellow chrysanthemum fried at the banquet. Chrysanthemum and other seasonal poems.

The hustle and bustle of other places further accentuated the desertedness of Ning'anbo Mansion.

The little maid wore plain blue cloth shoes and walked quickly along the stone path. The stone path was built by the pond. The lotus flowers in the pond had withered, and only half of the pond’s withered lotus leaves remained. It looked a little desolate.

Since the master was arrested, the number of people in the mansion has decreased a lot, and there have been many rumors among the servants, saying that there is something evil in the uncle's mansion.

Once this kind of thing is said, it will be endless. How many people have not died in the old mansion that has been passed down for decades?

The little maid thought of sister Hongfu who drowned in this pond the year before last, and her steps quickened a little.

All the way around the pond to a secluded courtyard, the little maid let out a sigh of relief and said to the gatekeeper:
"Changshi from Princess Yueqing's mansion is here again, asking when he can see the second young lady, the son is greeting me, let me ask the lady for advice."

The woman guarding the door nodded and told her to wait outside, and then she went into the yard and passed the message to the second-class maid wearing a blue silk bijia with copper buttons, and waited for the maid to send the message back.

The little maid waited outside for a full moment, when the courtyard door suddenly opened, Mrs. Ning'an Mrs. Sun was wearing a silver-brown shirt with large sleeves, eight-treasure-patterned cloud shoulders, and a two-inch-high bun on her head. Stepping out, following her steps, the tortoise pattern on the skirt was faintly visible.

Across the edge of the pond, Mrs. Sun took a look and said slowly:
"The family is not very peaceful these days, and even the servants are slack. Who is in charge of this pond, bring them here and ask them carefully."

The maid who followed her was wearing a dark green jacket with diamond flowers, a golden hairpin was inserted into the bun on the top of her head, and there was a lantern pendant on her ear. She looked richer than ordinary rich ladies. When she heard Mrs. Sun's words, she laughed. said:
"Now I have to beg for forgiveness for others. Mrs. Cai, who looks at the pond, her daughter gave birth to a grandson a few days ago, so she took a leave of absence for a while, and came back after a few days. Madam is always lenient, please forgive her This time!"

Mrs. Sun nodded, but her heart moved.

It's a lie that Mrs. Cai's daughter gave birth to a child. Half a month ago, she sent her confidantes to take a few servants to the Zhuangzi, which is more than 20 miles away from Yanjing City, and asked them to force Mrs. Shen to ask her to come down for a long time. No news came back.

Could it be that something went wrong?
Yesterday morning, when the long history of Princess Yueqing's family came to invite Shen to come over, Sun was very worried.

She left a message when she sent her confidant over there, as long as Mrs. Chen produced the document asking herself to go to court, even if she used some means, she would not pursue it.

She tossed and turned on the bed in the middle of the night, it was rare that she was not worried about her son's title, but was afraid that those wives would kill Mrs. Shen if they didn't attack seriously.

Usually it's fine, report Shen's sudden illness and death, and spend some money to cover it up.But today is different, Uncle is locked in prison and not allowed to visit, there are still some Jinyiwei and people from Dongchang in the mansion, and according to the steward, there are people outside the mansion who are watching the door of Uncle's mansion.In such a situation, everything is trembling with trepidation for fear of being found out. If Mrs. Shen really died outside the mansion... With the autumn wind, Mrs. Sun shivered, and her steps became hasty.

Regardless of the rest of the troubles, although Princess Yueqing only cares about gold and stones and does not care about common matters, it is something their Xie family can't afford to offend now.

The lady who walked in front walked in a hurry, and the maids who followed were almost trotting all the way. Glancing at the residual lotus standing quietly in the pond, they became more and more convinced that there was something evil in the mansion.
In the flower hall of Uncle Ning'an Mansion, Shi Wenxiaozhun, the head of Princess Yueqing's mansion, slowly put down the teacup in his hand:

"Xie shizi, the princess doesn't think about eating and drinking for the newly obtained gold and stone rubbings. She heard that Mrs. Shen is very knowledgeable in this field, so she specially sent an official to invite her again and again. You said yesterday that she had a cold. The princess is afraid that your house will be disturbed. Today, I ordered this Officer and Miss Ye came with the female doctor, but you said she doesn't need to be diagnosed and treated, so can the officer take Mrs. Shen back to the princess mansion right away?"

Xie Lin'an, the eldest son of Uncle Ning'an, is thirty-two this year. His father Xie Wenyuan was stripped of his real job when he was just in his early twenties. It is the commander of Habayashi Zuowei, who looks like a fourth-rank official, but the current Habayashi Wei is only responsible for assisting the ban and guarding Yanjing. The residence of the honorable royal family.

Let's put it this way, Xie Lin'an's immediate boss is the Empress Dowager's younger brother. In the past few years, Xie Lin'an has only seen him seven times, and five of them were in Zhaoxiang Pavilion.

The official career is so impenetrable, on the one hand, it is because the prestige of the family members of Uncle Ning'an's mansion is no longer declining, and on the other hand... Xie Lin'an thinks it is because of his own father, Xie Wenyuan.

Xie Wenyuan is 49 this year, and his grandchildren can't be counted on two hands, but he is dreaming of a big dream that he can still develop his ambitions. All the money and relationships in the family are used on himself.He, Xie Lin'an, will have a noble title in the future, and his second brother, Xie Feng'an, is already in his twenties this year, and he doesn't even have an official position. He goes south every year and says he is studying in an academy. Tube.

Before his father was imprisoned, he still wanted to hook up with the Feng family and let his second brother marry the cousin of the Feng family. He couldn't help laughing when he knew about it. His father sold all the sons to himself. Changing the future, I don't think about his second brother's greedy and lustful temperament, only people like the Shen family can bear it, but changing the cousin of the Feng family to watch him take home one from the left and one from the right, and they will become enemies within two years of getting married. .

After scolding her father and hurting her brother in her heart, Xie Lin'an smiled very humbly:

"Wen Changshi please be safe and don't be impatient. I have already sent someone to the back house to ask. To be honest, I only found out that my sister-in-law was ill yesterday. I sent someone to visit last night. The servant reported back to me. My sister-in-law is exhausted due to overwork. It is also my negligence. These days, my father has been warned by His Majesty, and my second brother is studying abroad. There are many affairs at home, and all the affairs of the second room are on my sister-in-law. I should have let my wife Just take care of her."

Wen Xiaozhun only had a faint smile on his face.

Xie Lin'an was a little guilty, and only hoped that the steward would bring Shen back sooner.

In the small hall of the back hall, Mrs. Ning Anbo's Mrs. Sun also saw the female officials and medical girls around the princess mansion, and it was inevitable that there was some delay.

After the few people had left, Xie Lin'an hurriedly ordered someone to ride a horse to the Zhuangzi outside the city to have a look and remind them:

"Second young lady's clothes are thin and soft, you can move them back slowly, but you must bring people back first. Bring more people."

The manager thought he understood, and quickly said: "Don't worry, my son, the villain will definitely bring the second young lady back."

"I didn't ask you to take someone there because you brought my sister-in-law back by force!" Xie Lin'an laughed angrily, "I heard that my mother sent some low-spirited women to the Zhuangzi before. My sister-in-law is wronged, and I asked you to take more people to vent my anger on my sister-in-law! Those women and maids in charge of the village, whoever neglected my sister-in-law, beat or kill it depends on her pleasure, you just let her She came back to the uncle's mansion happily. Do you understand!"

Just as Sun was about to lift the curtain to enter the warm pavilion, she heard her son's murderous words, and she couldn't help but clenched the sapphire beads in her hand.

"Lin'er, even if the princess wants to see Mrs. Shen, why are you here?"

After being together for seven years, Sun thinks that she knows Shen's nature. She is soft and gentle, almost a temperless clay figurine, so there is no need to make her happy.

With a blue face, Xie Lin'an sent the servants out, and Xie Lin'an looked at his mother:
"Mother, today is different from the past. Your Majesty has suppressed all those pleadings for my father. If you can make the princess like Shen, and let the princess be willing to say a word for our family, it will be better than those who say ten thousand words." .”

Princess Yueqing is the first emperor's direct sister and His Majesty's direct aunt. Although she has been widowed for many years and does not care about world affairs, two generations of emperors have treated her extremely favorably. Today, His Majesty granted her the title of eldest princess on the second day after he ascended the throne. Thousands of hectares of fertile land are the princess's farm, and all kinds of rewards have been sent to the princess' mansion over the years. It is absolutely correct to say that Princess Yueqing is the richest woman in the world.

Xie Lin'an looked at his mother, and said in a soft voice: "Mother, send someone to bring the second brother back from Jinyang, let him coax Mrs. Shen well, as for Cousin Feng..."

"You think your uncle Feng Youqi is easy to mess with?"

Twirling the Buddhist beads in her hand, Mrs. Sun frowned, with a rare look of irritation on her usually kind face.

She knew what her son was thinking, but Shen Shi probably hated everyone in the Xie family to death now... Alas, if Chen Shi had been appreciated by the princess earlier, she would not have done such a cruel thing.

Sparks erupted in the charcoal basin, and on the wall of the Nuan Pavilion hung a picture of "Autumn Landscape of Mountains and Rivers".

Sitting opposite each other, mother and son sighed after all.

"That Shen family, when did the princess know about it?"

Suddenly, there was a slight noise from outside the warm pavilion, and then a servant from the second door hurried in:

"Madam, son, the second young master has sent a letter from a merchant from the north!"

Xie Lin'an quickly took the letter and opened it, and after only a few glances, he glanced at his mother worriedly.

"Lin'er? How? Feng'er has arrived in Jinyang? Or has he persuaded your cousin to come back?"

"Mother, Feng An was intercepted by bandits on the road, and bandits asked us to send 5000 taels of silver to redeem him."

"This is really - the Buddha is going to force me to hell!" With a long cry, Sun took a breath and fell backwards.

Suddenly, people turned upside down in the warm pavilion, some servants supported their heads and some hugged their legs to send people to the couch. Xie Lin'an thought they were useless, so he hugged his mother up and called for the doctor repeatedly.

Before the doctor came, someone came to Xie's house with a letter.

This time, this person was not a merchant, but a strong man dressed as an escort, and he was leading a nice horse.

Seeing the second letter sent by his second brother, Xie Lin'an's hands also trembled, and he opened it carefully, read it again, and then read it again. He held the letter and rushed directly to his mother's hospital bed:

"Mother! The second brother is fine! The second brother is saved! It turned out that the second brother was rescued by the people of Wanquandusi just two days after he wrote the letter! He is safe and sound, and now he is a guest at Zhangdusi's mansion! We are afraid that we will be worried." , he specially asked someone to ride a fast horse to deliver the letter back!"

Sun's drowsiness heard her eldest son's shout of joy, and she slowly woke up, listening to Xie Lin'an read the letter to her carefully.

The breath that was stuffed in his chest finally came out.

"For Feng'er, pack up some small and soft money and send it to someone in good standing. If you are a guest at someone else's house, how can you, how can you have no money."

Xie Lin'an quickly responded and asked someone to pay the money on the account.

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"Two thousand and one hundred taels, the Xie family treats Xie Feng'an well."

The Xie family moved very quickly, while Tu Nan's moved even faster, the money sent by the Xie family before lunch arrived in front of Zhao Surui before dark.

Zhao Surui sat on the chair with his feet crossed, and happily began to divide the spoils.

Putting the ten hundred taels of silver bills back on the table, he raised his chin: "Take this money to Peifeng to get some swords and the like, don't leave marks on them, my people carry wooden sticks all day What does drill look like?"

"Yes." Pei Feng took the bank note with both hands.

"You keep the 100 taels of silver, Achi, for us to spend on eating, drinking and chewing."

A Chi lifted the bag of money, opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.

Seeing her hopeless appearance, Zhao Surui shook his head: "What? Don't you believe I can get the money?"

"No..." Achi shook his head hastily.

She just felt that her own girl seemed more suitable to be a gangster than a lady from a great family. Of course, she kept this shocking thought tightly in her heart, and she never dared to confide a word easily.

Zhao Surui hummed impatiently, and continued to divide the spoils:

"The last 1000 taels, Tunan, take it for your girl. This is the money Xie's family paid for."

Tunan froze for a moment, and silently collected the money.

"This is just the beginning, there is still a lot of big tickets behind, you will follow me in the future, you will have meat to eat and money to spend!" The wise and mighty Emperor Zhaode showed a skillful smile that was very good at deception.

　Siri Zhao: I am so happy today!I'm so good at cheating and abducting, but I'm really wise and mighty!

　　Shen Shiqing, who was critiquing the papers, didn't even raise her head: After a few hundred years, you're calling it a telecom fraud.

　　The two counted down to meet.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)