Empress Dowager Guide

Chapter 70

"Before I left the palace, I had seen him outside the palace, looking into the palace all the time, as if I was spying on something."

"Zhang Qing has done things for the Wei family before, if he is related to these people again, he is really hiding it."

Cui Yun, however, said disdainfully, "You little boy is nothing to worry about."

"Ajun, I haven't asked you yet, why did you have such hostility towards him in the first place?"

Cui Yun served diligently and leniently in the Palace of Eternal Light. She had never seen her blushing with anyone, but she was always indifferent to Zhang Qing. Although Sheng Shaoqing had only an average impression of Zhang Qing, she also Don't hate him like Cui Yun.

"Empress Dowager, Zhang Qing is a person who speaks eloquently and flatters, and is used to making gestures to please flattery, but in fact he hides evil intentions and specializes in doing unruly things. Back then, the master of the humble official in the Shang Palace Bureau was expelled from the palace because he planted and framed him, but he skyrocketed. Became the eunuch in charge of the Eternal Light Palace, the humble official was not angry, so he targeted him everywhere. But if he is really upright, the humble official will not catch him."

Sheng Shaoqing sighed, it turned out that they had such a case before, so it was no wonder that Cui Yun had a problem with him.

"After returning to the palace, the Palace of Eternal Light needs to be rectified."

Because the road was slippery in the snow and it was difficult to drive, Sheng Shaoqing was delayed for another two days in Jingning Temple before returning to the palace.

And when she just returned to the Palace of Eternal Light, Chen Liu's letter happened to be sent back. Yunzhi found the items in the palace in her county guard's mansion, and arrested and interrogated all the people. I have seen such a battle before, and I recruited cleanly in a few strokes.

However, Yun Zhi's letter mainly asked how the Queen Mother planned to deal with them next.

"Queen Mother, these people are so implicated, I'm afraid it's not easy to deal with."

Why didn't Sheng Shaoqing know that it was difficult to deal with, these people were not good enough to leave a good second generation rich, and insisted on making troubles, and when they did things, it was difficult to deal with them because of their strong background, she was too aggrieved to be the queen mother.

"By the way, after returning to the palace yesterday, Chief Supervisor Chang gave me the waiting list, does the Queen Mother want to have a look?"

Sheng Shaoqing was wondering why Cui Yun suddenly mentioned this, until she saw the familiar Binzhou Xu family appear on the list.

Sheng Shaoqing looked at Cui Yun again, and suddenly understood in his heart.

"The Ai family thinks that the Wang family of Chenliu and the Yang family of Cangzhou are also centuries-old clans. They should also have outstanding children sent to the palace to take the exams. What do you think?"

Cui Yun smiled knowingly, "The queen mother is right, I will do it now."

It was a good opportunity to study with the palace. The Wang family of Chenliu and the Yang family of Cangzhou were eliminated early because they couldn't pass other families. Now this opportunity is in front of them again. Whether they want it or not is up to them to choose.

A prodigal son with a bright future and a side son who committed a crime, she guessed, if these Patriarchs had a normal mind, they would have made the best choice.

Moreover, there is such a son-in-law in custody in the palace, and when dealing with those criminals, forgive them for not daring to take any action.

However, entering the palace is one thing, and whether she can pass the exam is another. She, the queen mother, is right after all.

When Sheng Shaoqing was proud of her ingenuity, Lian Qiao suddenly rushed in in a panic.

"Queen Mother!"

Cui Yun, who was about to go out to send a letter, reprimanded her helplessly, "You have already returned to the palace, why are you still so frizzy?!"

Lianqiao didn't have time to pay attention to Cui Yun's reprimand, "Queen! Feng! There was a fire in Feng's residence last night, your father, him!"

"what?"

It's Chinese New Year, why are you so careless about fire safety, and a fire broke out?
Ever since he knew that Feng Qing's mother was killed by Xu Wan with Feng Jin's acquiescence, although the truth is unknown, but judging from his attitude towards Xu Wan, it is estimated that this matter is almost inseparable.

She felt worthless for Feng Qing's mother, and also felt that if Feng Jin was really burned to death, it would be too cheap for him.

"Your father, if it wasn't for the snow that hadn't melted a few days ago, the snow turned into water after the fire, and the fire was suppressed, so he saved his life."

Ah, I actually got my life back.

it's a pity.

"However, madam..."

These two couples are really a match made in heaven, a poisonous scorpion and a poisonous snake, a perfect match!

"Have you found out what caused the fire?"

Lian Qiao shook her head, "I haven't found out yet, it's just that the Feng Mansion sent someone to report, hoping that the Queen Mother would send an imperial doctor to treat it, and more than half of the Feng Mansion has been burned down, and several surrounding mansions have also been burned. So my lord, he now..."

"Homeless?"

It was only when he was homeless that he remembered that he had such a daughter, and she was really Feng Qing's good father.

However, she and Feng Jin haven't broken their faces yet, and they still have to maintain this superficial harmony.

It's irritating!

In Feng Qing's short twenty years, the deepest memory of his father is that when he quarreled with his sick mother, he picked up the porcelain at hand and threw it at him. Feng Qing rushed over to block it, but Feng Qing's body was too big Little, mother sat on the bed again, the porcelain bounced off Feng Qing's body, and hit her forehead.

The blood on her hands and her father's contemptuous eyes were intertwined into Feng Qing's most frequent nightmare when she was a child, and it also made her personality become more and more silent.

That was Feng Qing's deepest and cruelest memory of her father, and she would never forget it for a long time, until she entered the palace, she couldn't develop any good feelings for the emperor who was also a man.

Feng Jin was thin and thin, and he was able to punch a hole in his mother's forehead. The late emperor was tall, and if he beat someone up, he might be able to tear Feng Qing in half.

Therefore, even if she became a talented person, because of her unremarkable appearance and no intention of competing for favor, she survived hiding in the harem like this.

Lian Qiao wondered, "It's not that they will be homeless, but at this moment, Feng's residence is probably uninhabitable."

"Then Feng..., what did my father say?"

Lian Qiao shook her head in confusion, "The maid doesn't know, the boss is still in a coma..."

"What about my brother?"

Doesn't Feng Jin have a son?

Lian Qiao said with difficulty, "It's the letter sent by the young master."

"Then ask the imperial physician to take a look."

Not long after, a snowflake of excerpts flew in front of Sheng Shaoqing, saying that the fire in Feng's mansion had caused the mansions of several adults to be burned, and Feng's mansion was required to pay for their repairs.

However, those people used tactful words for the Empress Dowager's sake, otherwise, with the usual pen skills of the scholars at Yushitai, at least Feng Jin would have to be sprayed bloody before they would give up.

Sheng Shaoqing is really the first and the second big, I really don't know which one will come first, the accident or tomorrow, how to properly break out the fire?

【Host, the pustule in Feng's residence has been completely punctured. Feng Jin sent Xu Wan to Zhuangzi last night. Unexpectedly, Xu Wan had the will to die. She lit the hair oil on her hair and set Feng's residence on fire. 】

Sheng Shaoqing: ...

Ms. Xu Wan is a real warrior.

"Tell me, how did Feng Jin fall in love with Xu Wan back then? How could an old fox like Hedong Lion?"

[Then I don't know, maybe this is, one thing falls one thing. 】

Unexpectedly, Feng Jin's cleverness was misunderstood by his cleverness. In the end, the person he chose took half his life.

Although she hated Feng Jin, he was her father in name after all, and to impeach him was slapping her in the face, and it was really uncomfortable to be held together.

"Lianqiao, you will invite the two elder sisters into the palace later."

At this moment, Aning pushed open the felt curtain and walked in, breathed out, "Forsythia, there is no need to go, the two wives have already handed over the post, asking the Queen Mother to see her."

"Then invite them in."

After March [-]th, the weather became colder and colder. In addition, the heavy snow in the previous two days gradually melted, the temperature became lower and lower, and the wind blowing more and more biting.

Not to mention blowing in the cold air at the palace gate for a while, even staying outside the palace for a while, Sheng Shaoqing couldn't bear the cold.

Feng Xi and Feng Yu just took off their cloaks when they walked in, when Sheng Shaoqing saw their red noses from the cold at a glance.

"Two sisters, when you enter the palace, you don't need to hand out greeting cards in the cold air and wait for a reply. You just need to bring a letter in advance when you are at home."

Feng Xi and Feng Yu looked at each other, waved their hands and said, "This air-conditioning is still bearable, etiquette cannot be neglected."

Sheng Shaoqing sighed, if only Xu Wan knew this truth.

I don't know what the original Feng Qing thought, but actually gave Xu Wan the pass card to enter the palace, allowing her to go to the palace to display the aunt's spectrum in every two days.

After all, Feng Qing's previous weakness was not completely innocent, even though Xu Wan became more and more lawless, it also made the people in the palace have no respect for her.

"It's strange to say that the weather seems to have cooled down in one day, and it hasn't been so bitter in the past two days."

She has experienced the cooling activity of minus [-] for the full [-] years old.

Feng Xi smiled and said, "The turn of the third and fourth is the coldest time of the year. If it's not cold at this time, I'm afraid it will be a cold spring when the new year begins."

Three to ninety-nine, the mortar is broken by freezing, the ancients never deceived me.

After a while, at [-], you will be able to see willows across the river.

"Don't let the spring be cold, it's a critical time to equalize the fields. If the weather is bad and affects the spring plowing, the harvest this year will be bad."

Feng Yu was in a hurry. Why did the elder sister enter the palace as if she forgot her purpose? Why did the topic get farther and farther away, and hurriedly said, "Elder sister, younger sister, do you still have time to discuss the weather and spring plowing? When is this? The house was burned, why didn't you say a word?"

Feng Xi reprimanded Feng Yu, "When will you change your temper, don't shut up!"

Feng Yu was trained by Feng Xi to shut her mouth tightly, and Feng Xi continued, "I think the queen mother already knows why the minister's wife entered the palace."

Sheng Shaoqing smiled awkwardly, "It's also a coincidence, the Ai family just sent someone to invite the two sisters, and the sisters have already arrived."

Feng Xi sighed and said, "My wife can't help it. Originally, a married woman shouldn't take care of her natal family's affairs, but the whole brother is really not up to date, and they all begged in front of my wife's door, and my wife can't ignore it... "

Feng Yu, who had been given a gag order, hesitated and wanted to speak, but was warned by Feng Xi's eyes, and flinched back.

"He went to see you?"

Feng Xi nodded, and said in a deep voice, "Now that the fire is burning, half of the house is ruined, and several houses are damaged, and the Feng family has to pay for repairs, but..."

Feng Xi hesitated, not knowing how to say it.

"But that idiot stole a lot of money from the family, and put it all in Pinglefang!"

Feng Yu exhaled in one breath and patted her chest. It was really comfortable to say it, but it was too uncomfortable for her to hold it back.

Sheng Shaoqing's gaze shifted from Feng Yu's face to Feng Xi's, and when Feng Xi's affirmative reply was received, Sheng Shaoqing's mind went blank, this blame will not fall on her head.

"Pingle Square?"

Feng Xi really didn't want the queen mother to know what kind of land Pinglefang was, but Feng Quan acted like this, and it was only a matter of time before the queen mother knew it, so she had to explain for Sheng Shaoqing, "Pinglefang is a famous place in Beijing. ... and the gambling house, all of them are there."

I used to know that Feng Quan was ineffective, but I didn't expect to be so ineffective.

"How much savings do you have in that family?"

"Quandi said that in order to marry Wang's daughter, my father recently sold more than half of the property in the family to make up for the dowry. It is barely enough to repair the Feng Mansion, but there are probably not enough adults around." Feng Xi said in embarrassment, while Feng Yu listened with rolled eyes.

"Didn't the whole brother tell you why the fire started?"

Feng Xi shook his head. When the whole brother came running in a mess, he only said that the money was not enough, but he didn't say why the fire started.

He also kept rejoicing that he was not at home that night, otherwise, he would have lost half his life just like his father.

"Last night, Feng...father wanted to send Xu Wan to Zhuangzi. She wanted to die with him, so she set fire to Feng's house. I didn't expect my father to survive."

Feng Xi hadn't had time to think about how the queen mother found out, but what the queen mother said seemed to be a pity that her father was not burned to death.

But Feng Yu gasped in surprise, the elder sister said she was a tiger, but Xu Wan was worse than her.

"But why did dad suddenly want to send Xu Wan away?"

"Didn't my brother tell you that he asked to marry Wang's daughter?"

Feng Xi and Feng Yu shouted in unison, "What?!"

"I thought...he was for...my brother..." Feng Xi said with difficulty after a pause, "Why...for himself..."

After a while, Feng Xi exclaimed, "No wonder!"

Seeing Feng Xi's big reaction, Sheng Shaoqing thought that it would be difficult to accept such a father, "What's wrong?"

"No wonder I thought Xu Wan was reckless when she entered the palace. Although she was ignorant, she would not have the courage. If her father hadn't encouraged her..."

If his father had planned to marry another from the beginning, then it would be logical for him to let Xu Wan lose her morality.

Hey, her eldest sister is smarter than she imagined.

"When my mother passed away, the queen mother was still young, so she might not know some things." Feng Xi paused and continued, "Back then, my mother was seriously ill, and my father favored Xu Wan, and at that time Xu Wan was also pregnant. If you are disrespectful, your mother will die early, and you will have an inseparable relationship with your father."

After Feng Xi finished speaking, she stopped talking, her brows were tightly knit together, and she fell into the vortex of memories.

Feng Yu was even more upset when he heard the sound, "What?!"

She never thought that Xu Wan would have something to do with her mother's death, "Eldest sister, do you mean mother?!"

Feng Yu also kept searching for suspicious clues in her mind, but she didn't think there was anything wrong at that time. She only felt that Xu Wan was noisy that day, and she always came to her mother's yard to show off her power secretly. She was not like the elder sister I can bear it, my little sister is cowardly, every time Xu Wan comes, she will scold her once, I can't let a concubine step on them.

　I wish everyone a happy New Year's Eve and a happy Year of the Rabbit!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)