serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 254

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!"

The court rod hit the back very crisply, but the person who was beaten did not make a cry. More than ten spring stools were placed in the open space in front of the Qianqing Palace, and a big eunuch was lying on each spring stool. Everyone had a wooden stick tied to their mouth, and blood dripped drop by drop from the spring bench to the ground.

In the distance, Wang Hetang walked over holding the memorial, and smiled bitterly. After all, the emperor couldn't hold back and broke the rule of not killing people in the first month.

In the study room, Emperor Jianwu kept waving his hand to review the memorial.

Wang Hetang walked in holding the memorial.

Emperor Jianwu sensed it from the corner of his eye, without looking up, he asked, "Why haven't you gone back yet?"

Wang Hetang: "Return to Your Majesty, Li Chengyang sent an urgent report on military information six hundred miles away."

Emperor Jianwu raised his head: "Go ahead."

Wang Hetang: "Yes. Li Chengyang said two things in the military newspaper: one is that the prince of the Tartars led [-] main forces into North Korea, and Jinzhou City was already empty. It is Zhen Fu's grandfather, Wu Ya Boyong, Minister of the Ministry of Officials in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, a first-class official."

Emperor Jianwu smiled coldly: "This is to use our hands to get rid of the old nobles of the Qing Dynasty!"

Wang Hetang was taken aback for a moment, and then said: "Li Chengyang means to send troops to garrison Jinzhou City to prepare for the attack on Shengjing."

Emperor Jianwu: "What do you think?"

Wang Hetang thought for a while and replied: "Li Chengyang reported that the Manchus did not destroy Jinzhou City when they withdrew, let alone destroy the forts around Jinzhou City. With these fortifications, even without the support of Yanshan Fortress and Ningyuan City , as long as there is enough food and grass, Jinzhou City can be defended against the siege of several times the army."

Emperor Jianwu nodded: "Okay! Huiwen, he is allowed to act cheaply in the affairs of Liaodong."

Wang Hetang: "Yes."

At this moment, Dai Quan walked in with a thick stack of trial records, approached the case and put it down gently.

Emperor Jianwu: "So fast?" As he spoke, he picked up the stack of trial records and slowly looked at them, his face turned greener and greener. It was scattered all over the brick floor.

Dai Quan stood there with his head bowed nervously.

Wang Hetang subconsciously glanced at the paper floating in front of him, his face changed suddenly, the queen mother even sent someone to trouble the Jia family, and even ordered someone to use the opportunity of teaching royal etiquette to make things difficult and punish the girls of the Jia family.

The Empress Dowager is a role model for women in the world, and she did such a shocking thing. If this news gets out, it will definitely shake the government and the public!Besides, it is impossible for Jia Hu to swallow this breath, he will definitely take revenge on the empress dowager's natal family.

The dignified empress dowager is so open minded, no wonder Zhongshun Wang was born with a heroic spirit and a small mind.

Thinking of this, Wang Hetang couldn't help but glance at the emperor again.

After a while of silence, Emperor Jianwu said, "This is the end of this matter, and all those people will be executed."

Dai Quan fell to his knees with a thud: "This old slave will die!"

Emperor Jianwu's face sank: "What? Did you pass the news to Jia's family?"

Dai Quan trembled on purpose, and then replied: "Mr. Ning Guo led people to block the entrance of the criminal punishment department. The old slave is incompetent." Then he kowtowed on the ground.

Emperor Jianwu sighed deeply: "Okay, it's not your fault." As he spoke, he immediately felt footsteps in the outer hall, and hurriedly looked towards the door.

Sure enough, the voice of the deputy head of the Qianqing Palace quickly came from outside the door: "Your Majesty Qizuo, there is a message from the Queen Mother, saying that Your Majesty should go there now."

Emperor Jianwu seemed a little bored, but had to deal with it: "What the hell are you doing?"

The deputy head of the Qianqing Palace replied: "Wu Qingbo was beaten on the way into the palace. I heard that it was because he didn't give way to Ning Guogong's carriage."

Emperor Jianwu was silent, and thought for a while, but asked the simplest question: "Did you lose money?"

Deputy Chief of Qianqing Palace: "Returning to His Majesty, Ning Guogong compensated Uncle Wu Qing 500 taels of soup and medicine on the spot, in cash."

A light flashed in Wang Hetang's eyes, Jia Hu was here specially to block Uncle Wu Qing, otherwise who would go out with 500 taels of cash.

Wu Qingbo is the only younger brother of the Empress Dowager.

Wang Hetang pondered for a while, "Your Majesty should go see the Empress Dowager. If this quarrel continues, it will not only lose face of the royal family, but also deepen the misunderstanding between the two parties. The one who suffers in the end must be Uncle Wu Qing."

Emperor Jianwu nodded emphatically, his face was solemn and his eyes flashed
It was getting dark.

Lanterns have been lit in the Dragon Head Palace.

The overlord's complexion and mood were obviously very good, and he paced back and forth in the bedroom with a letter. After a while, he walked to the brazier and threw the letter in his hand into the brazier. The flames instantly engulfed the entire letter until the envelope The words "Wu Qingbo" were also burned to ashes!

The Supreme Emperor went to the window and opened all the windows one by one, and the cold wind came in immediately.

At this time, Xia Shouzhong came in from outside the bedroom with medicine in his hands. He was no longer on crutches, and his left leg was still limping when he walked. Seeing the Supreme Emperor opened the window, he hurriedly limped over: "It's cold!"

"Go slowly, be careful not to fall."

The Supreme Emperor closed the windows, greeted him, took the medicine in his hand and drank it in one gulp.

Xia Shouzhong brought tea again: "This medicine is good, your Majesty will be immune to all poisons after taking it for another month."

The Supreme Emperor took the tea bowl and rinsed his mouth, and said with a smile, "You, I just need to live two more years."

After a pause, "Tell me, can Uncle Wu Qing persuade the Queen Mother?"

Xia Shouzhong thought for a while: "The Empress Dowager loves King Zhongshun, and only when King Zhongshun inherits the lineage can Wu Qingbo's lineage be richer!"

The Supreme Emperor smiled: "You're right." Then he walked to the window and looked into the distance, as if to Xia Shouzhong, but also as if he was talking to himself: "That evil obstacle is good for everything, but it lacks what the emperor deserves." He has courage and foresight. You can’t blame me for that.”

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival, the sky is clear.

Early in the morning, Wucheng Bingmasi sent people to clean the streets again.

At this time, Ningrong Street was full of eunuchs standing three steps apart on both sides, each standing in awe and silence.

The streets and alleys are all blocked with curtains.

Because they knew the exact time of Yuanchun's departure from the palace in advance, the Jia family did not stand outside and wait foolishly like in the original book.

Jia Mu and the others were waiting in Rongqing Hall, and Jia Hu was not idle either, cleaning up Jia Huan.

Jia Zhengwai Study Room

Jia Huan was lying on the spring stool, her trousers were pulled down to her ankles, revealing her white buttocks.

Jia Hu took the bamboo strips and slapped Jia Huan's buttocks. Although sweat was all over his forehead, the boy didn't utter a cry.

Jia Zheng stood by the door, his face flushed with shame.

He has only now realized that he is a loser, whether as an official of the court, as the father of the family, or as the head of the second room of the Rongguo Mansion, he is a loser.

He had already seen the intrigue in the second room of the Rong Mansion, but he didn't stop it because of his face. He didn't expect it to go to this point, and it became a complete joke.

Whether it is running a family or doing politics, he has done a mess.

After just one cup of tea, Jia Huan's buttocks turned a little bluish, and he couldn't walk normally for almost three days. Jia Hu threw away the bamboo strips in his hand.

This kid is pretending to be sick. What is the reason? Jia Hu's guess is not bad. It's because of Mrs. Wang, but it's more because Jia Huan himself doesn't want to bow down to Yuan Chunxing.

(End of this chapter)