Sometimes the palace is sunny

Chapter 8 The Right Foot
What Shen Shiqing thought was actually very simple, she wanted to try to find a "scapegoat" for Chen Shouzhang, it should be much easier to find it from the flattering and flattering people.

But she didn't expect that on the second day, she found a familiar face among those "surrogate ghosts".

"Chen, Xie Wenyuan, see Your Majesty."

Shen Shiqing didn't speak.

Seeing her "father-in-law" who has always been arrogant and arrogant kneeling on the ground, she didn't think about what she should say for a while.

Xie Wenyuan knelt on the ground wearing brand-new court clothes, not daring to move.

He only heard a big eunuch questioning above his head: "You wrote the memorial that Chen Shouzhang cheated the world?"

"Yes, it's a humble official! Chen Shouzhang, as an imperial court official, should..."

Yiji, who was in charge of the questioning, glanced at the expression of "Emperor Zhaode" and reminded lightly:
"Uncle Xie, in front of the emperor, if you haven't been asked, don't say anything."

Xie Wenyuan quickly shut his mouth.

Since he was stripped of his official position by the first emperor ten years ago, he has become an embarrassing person in Beijing who "cannot be seen without invitation". As an earl, he was placed in a corner.

Because he didn't have a real job, he could only hold on to the noble title left by his ancestors to support him. Ning An Bo's mansion was also reduced to the lowest rank among Yanjing's nobles, even worse than some new generals' mansions.

Year after year, he was waiting for an opportunity, waiting for an opportunity that would allow him to revitalize the Ning Anbo Mansion. He thought that he could use Shen Shao's daughter to connect with Shen Shao's old colleagues, but he did not expect that Shen Shao The daughter of the family is a fool at all, except for writing and drawing, she only reads books, and she doesn't even learn half of her father's cleverness, let alone socialize with others, but let him waste a few years.A few years ago, the eunuch Zhang Wan was very powerful, and he was called "Emperor Tiger" in private. He wanted to join him, but before he could find a way, Zhang Wan was beheaded by His Majesty, so he had to find another way.Last year, His Majesty won a great victory in the Western Conquest, and he suddenly understood that if he wanted to win His Majesty's eyes, he still had to rely on his military exploits. It happened that his brother-in-law Feng Youqi had made military exploits, and he also hoped that the other party would support him.

It's just another wife for his second son. In Xie Wenyuan's eyes, this matter is simply not worth mentioning.

Of course, Xie Wenyuan will not only count on Feng Youqi's path, no one like him wants to go up, the most important thing to do is to figure out what His Majesty is thinking.

This time when Chen Shouzhang played, His Majesty was furious. After thinking about it for a long time at home, he felt that Chen Shouzhang must die.But the most wonderful thing about this timing is not only this, the civil servants in the court, from the cabinet down, don't want Chen Shouzhang to die, but also want to persuade His Majesty to be a benevolent monarch. Only by being different can he win His Majesty's favor.

Sure enough, less than two days after the memorial was handed in, he, Xie Wenyuan, got another chance to face the saint after a full ten years!

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Xie Wenyuan tightened his dry throat, just waiting for His Majesty to ask, and he immediately expressed his loyalty.

Everyone in the court wants Chen Shouzhang to live, but only if he agrees with His Majesty, Chen Shouzhang must die!It's not just Chen Shouzhang, as long as Ning Anbo's mansion can be restored to its former glory, he can kill anyone His Majesty wants him to!

In just a few breaths, as if countless years had passed, the young emperor sitting behind the case suddenly let out a chuckle:
"Your memorial said that Chen Shouzhang was deceiving the emperor for the crime of deceiving the world and stealing his name. Where did he deceive the emperor?"

"Yes, your Majesty's achievements in the Northern Expedition and the Western Expedition lasted for thousands of years. It is the great fortune of Dayong. Chen Shouzhang, as a co-prefect of Dengzhou Prefecture, even talked about military and state affairs in a false way, but in this way, His Majesty was placed in Where? To harm His Majesty's prestige to plot his own false name, his heart is to be punished..."

Xie Wenyuan spoke impassionedly to the clean stone bricks of Chaohua Garden for a while, wishing he could dig out a heart for His Majesty, to let him know how loyal he is.

There was a soft sound of water leaking, followed by the sound of putting down the pen.

Xie Wenyuan stopped suddenly.

He remembered what the eunuch Yiji said just now, he couldn't say it without the emperor asking.

Behind the table, Shen Shiqing stood up.

After entering this body for a few days, she gradually got used to looking down at others and looking at the top of their heads.

"Thank you Wenyuan."

"The minister is here."

"Just now, which foot did you step into the gate of the palace first?"

Xie Wenyuan was stunned, thought for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "My lord, probably the left foot stepped into the gate first."

"Really?" Emperor Zhaode, who was notoriously moody, walked around the table slowly with his hands behind his back, "You have to think clearly, if you say something wrong, you are deceiving the emperor."

Lowering her head slightly, Shen Shiqing repeated what Xie Wenyuan said playfully: "His heart can be punished."

Uncontrollably, Xie Wenyuan's body began to tremble.

Cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

"Chen...Chen...it might be the right foot."

"If it's really the right foot, your last sentence is deceiving the emperor. His heart can be punished."

Shen Shiqing glanced at Xie Wenyuan's trembling arm, he was almost lying on the ground.

For no reason, Shen Shiqing thought of the appearance of the New Year's banquet in Ning'an Bo's Mansion every year. No matter how stretched it was, there was always a dish of slow-cooked ground squirrel at the family banquet of Ning'an Bo's Mansion. At the end of the year, Datong ground squirrel can be sold in Yanjing A piece of hundreds of taels of silver, Ning'anbo Mansion will use a huge soup bowl to put the slow-simmered soup in it, and the aroma is strong.

In fact, there is only one chinchilla in it, and Xie Wenyuan, as the head of the family, always enjoys it alone.

Because of her filial piety, Shen Shiqing only attended the New Year's banquet in the second year after she married Ning An Bo's mansion. That year, the three-year-old son of Ning An Bo's son made a fuss about eating that ground squirrel, and he just smiled and said it was auspicious Xie Wenyuan's expression suddenly changed, and he asked his servants to take his grandson away from the New Year's banquet.

"If I give it to you, you can take it. If I don't give it to you, everything in this mansion is mine. You can't take it. Do you understand?"

Before that, Xie Wenyuan in Shen Shiqing's impression was mostly gentle and polite, it was the first time she saw him so "prestige".

16-year-old Shen Shiqing still has a naive and inquisitive mind. After thinking about it for a long time, she couldn't figure out why Xie Wenyuan lost his temper with her three-year-old grandson just because of one bite.

Shen Shiqing, 22, already understood.

Because Xie Wenyuan could do this, he did it, and others were powerless to resist, unable to refute, this is power.

Just like at this moment, Xie Wenyuan is no better than a three-year-old child in front of the imperial power.

"Your Majesty, my subject..." Xie Wenyuan tried his best not to tremble in his thighs, his underwear was soaked through in such a short period of time.

"I don't remember!"

"Since you don't remember, aren't you deceiving the emperor with the above two sentences? Do you have two heads for me to cut off? Do you have two hearts for me to kill?"

The scent of sweet-scented osmanthus blossomed in Chaohuayuan, and Shen Shiqing couldn't help but take a deep breath when she looked up at the high blue sky outside the door.

She learned a little more.

There is nothing more powerful than being an emperor in the world.

"Chen, Chen..." Xie Wenyuan didn't come up in one breath, his eyes went dark, and he fainted on the ground.

Shen Shiqing watched him being dragged down indifferently, and she was just asking him in a more authoritative capacity. This self-proclaimed extraordinary Ning Anbo was really worse than a three-year-old child.

Using other people's flesh and blood as his own promotion, and using other people's lives to cover up his unbearable situation, Xie Wenyuan did this kind of thing seven years ago, but Shen Shao was dead at that time, and now Chen Shouzhang is still alive, it's his turn His own wealth and life are being threatened, he really has no integrity.

Such a person, used as Chen Shouzhang's scapegoat, is definitely not qualified in the eyes of Emperor Zhaode.

Shen Shiqing shook her head in disappointment:
"Ning'an Bo Xie Wenyuan lost his dignity in front of the imperial court, locked him up and asked Dali Temple to question him, and replaced him."

Yiji looked at his emperor's expression indifferently, and while he was going to announce his audience, he made a secret note in his heart that he had just stepped out of the palace gate, and he used his right foot first.

　Ground squirrel is a kind of rodent in Taiyuan area. Grassland people have a long history of eating it, and it was gradually introduced to the Central Plains from Taiyuan and other places. In the Ming Dynasty, the ground squirrel was often rewarded by the emperor to relatives and close officials because it was a tribute. With the symbol of power, it becomes more and more expensive. It is said that at the most expensive time, a ground squirrel could sell for a thousand taels of silver in the capital.

　　In the Qing Dynasty, I didn't eat much.I personally think that people ate more in the Ming Dynasty because Ma Zheng in the Ming Dynasty kept a large number of grasslands in Taiyuan and Shanxi, so the eating habits of the local people have always been close to the grassland people. This is what makes this ingredient so popular.

　　
　
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