The High Gate Mistress of Rebirth

At noon, Jingshu finished taking the medicine Chunni sent, and took a nap as usual.

Li Ling didn't have the habit of taking a nap. After his wife fell asleep, he left the inner hall and came to the study of the palace. He summoned the cabinet scholars and instructed him to draw up two imperial edicts.

A decree was sent to Prince Yong's mansion. The emperor approved Prince Yong's request to abolish the guards and increase the tribute, but only rejected the request to send hostages to the palace, and also rewarded him.

Another imperial decree is the decree of relegation, which was issued to the Yongping Hou Mansion.The imperial decree enumerated some crimes committed by the Yongping Hou Mansion, deprived the Marquis of the Yongping Hou Mansion's royal family, and demoted him to the last county male, and also removed Shen Jinglan's husband, Wang Shuo, from his official position.

The imperial decree prepared by the cabinet scholars, the seal inspector affixed the seal, and the two imperial decrees, one grace and one punishment, were issued from the emperor at the same time. The eunuchs did not dare to delay the decree, and the two pedestrians rode out of the palace, facing Prince Yong Go to the old mansion and Yongping Hou Mansion.

Yongpinghou Mansion is the husband's home of Jingshu's step-sister Shen Jinglan.

Although the Yongping Hou Mansion is also a prominent family in Beijing, it has gradually declined over the years because there are no outstanding descendants to support the lintel. However, the emaciated camel is bigger than a horse. With the shade sealed in, the whole family can still enjoy the beautiful and beautiful days in peace.

The imperial decree came to the door suddenly, like a huge boulder, which made the Yongping Hou Mansion, which was originally a pool of still water, immediately uneasy.

None of the disciples of the whole family have made any meritorious service. If the imperial decree came suddenly, it could not be a reward, it would only be bad luck.

The mistress of the Hou Mansion, that is, Shen Jinglan's mother-in-law Zhao, was drinking tea with her two favorite daughter-in-laws in the room. When she heard that the imperial decree had come, Zhao was shocked: "Okay, how could there be an imperial decree?" ?”

Zhao's two daughters-in-law also wondered, the eldest daughter-in-law panicked and guessed in a low voice: "Could it be that there is a son in the family who caused trouble outside?"

The second daughter-in-law replied: "That can't be done, even if someone caused trouble, what big things can happen, it's not worthy of an imperial decree."

She thought about the good: "Could it be that there is some grace for us, after all, the fifth sibling is the empress's own sister, and her younger siblings are all the emperor's grace, this time, it's our turn anyway."

"I don't think so." The eldest daughter-in-law yelled at the second daughter-in-law: "It's not like you don't know, the empress has always disliked our family."

The second daughter-in-law did not give up: "No matter how you say it, they are sisters. Maybe the mother figured it out for a while, but I don't know. Hey! Our family is not getting better every year. If we can borrow the light of the fifth sibling, it would be really great." alright."

As the clan's wife, Mrs. Zhao can see clearly despite her age. She sighed and said with a sneer, "I don't expect to be in the light of that one. She will be Amitabha if she brings disaster."

"Just wait, the boss will know if it's a blessing or a curse after he receives the imperial decree."

"Hmph! I don't think it may be a good thing."

Just as I was talking, the housekeeper ran in in a panic, and when he saw Mrs. Zhao, he didn't even care to salute, and said with a mournful face: "Old lady, it's terrible, the saint just issued an order to deprive our family of title."

Although Mrs. Zhao had a bad premonition when she heard the imperial decree, she did not expect such a big disaster. She was stunned, and the two daughters-in-law were so frightened that one dropped the teacup, and the other simply cried .

The ancestors of the Zhao family had great meritorious service from Conglong, which earned them the title of Marquis. If there is no inheritance, the descendants will not be able to live up to it. With the protection of this ancestor, generations will not worry about being rich or not.

This was a golden rice bowl for generations, and suddenly it was gone!
"What happened? Why did you take away our family's title?" Mrs. Zhao hesitated for a long time before speaking.

The housekeeper wiped his tears and said: "It is said that there are quite a few crimes listed, and the specifics will be known when Lord Hou comes."

After a while, Zhao's eldest son, Wang Ning, came in with a sullen face and hurried steps. Zhao quickly got up to meet him, grabbed his son and asked anxiously: "What's going on? Really deprived our family of the title ?"

Wang Ding sighed heavily, and brought the imperial decree to Mrs. Zhao, weeping and saying: "Mother, let's see for myself."

Mrs. Zhao quickly unfolded the imperial decree, and the two daughters-in-law hurriedly came to see it.

After reading it, Mrs. Zhao beat her chest and said, "It really is a disaster caused by this disaster! My God! Even if I die, I will have no face to face my ancestors."

The wealthy clan's wives are all human beings.The criminal evidence listed in this edict is indeed true, but which of the rich and powerful families did not violate the law at all, such as enclosing land, children fighting and causing trouble in the street, and slaves forcibly buying good women. It didn't get to the point of confiscating the title, and everyone was as clear as a mirror. This was just the emperor's intention to impose a crime. On the contrary, it was the last proposal to remove Shen Jinglan's husband, Wang Shuo, from his official position, which was the source of the disaster.

This disaster was caused by Shen Jinglan, the fifth wife of their family.

The emperor was considered benevolent and righteous, and he did not make the Wang family an unjust dead ghost. Although it was not clearly stated in the imperial decree, it was clearly stated.

Wang Ning was so annoyed that he clapped his hands and said, "I told you earlier that you can't let that woman in. Mother, you just refused to listen. This is all right. Our family's century-old foundation has been completely ruined by this woman."

His daughter-in-law stepped forward and turned around and said: "Your Majesty has always been lenient, even if you don't like this younger sister, you won't be so unfeeling. Over the years, although we have not been honored by the emperor because of her, the superiors have never done it for her." Sad, why did it suddenly happen like this?"

Wang Ning rolled his eyes at his daughter-in-law: "Although my mother is kind, a saint is not a talkative master. Take care, this is an imperial decree."

Seeing that her husband was angry, his daughter-in-law was too frightened to say anything more. Holding back her grief, Zhao asked her son, "Have you inquired with Xuan Zhi's inner eunuch, how did the old five family offend the saint?"

Hearing the words, Wang Ning sighed again, and replied: "How could I not inquire. Just now the inner eunuch finished announcing the decree, so I invited him to the inner hall and stuffed two ingots of gold before he was willing to speak."

Mrs. Zhao hurriedly asked, "What's going on?"

Wang Ning replied: "The inner eunuch said that it seems that because of my mother's illness, the saint invited a divine doctor to come over. Somehow, after hearing what the divine doctor said, the saint became angry, and made such a decree without telling my mother."

When Mrs. Zhao heard this, she understood, she sat down on the chair in despair, and sighed: "The birth mother of the old five family was that bitch Mrs. Wang, who gave her to the heir of the Zhen Guogong's mansion with all her conscience. Madam's concubine gave poison to her, which made it difficult for her to give birth. Fortunately, she was cured later. After Wang's suicide, the government did not embarrass others. Now, her concubine is sick again, and it must be related to the poisoning back then."

"So, His Majesty took his anger out on this wicked person from the Lao Wu family."

Wang Ning was not very clear about the details of these dignitaries' back houses. He wondered: "Even because of the Wang family, she gave birth to three children for the Shen family. Why are those two so powerful? It's just that he took his anger out on our family."

Mrs. Zhao sighed and said, "What else can it be? It must be that the members of the old Wu family participated in her mother's crimes. Although the saint is partial to her, he is also the owner of a famous name. He will definitely not vent his anger indiscriminately."

When Wang Ning heard this, he understood, and said angrily, "Why do you keep such disasters? Just let her go and forget it."