After becoming a widow, I raised my traitor brother

Zhou Xianji knew what he smelled like.

He was afraid that Wei Zi would be frightened and disgusted, so he subconsciously took half a step back before answering seriously: "It was ordered by Sun Miao, the Marquis of Changping."

"Who did I ask? It turned out to be him..." Wei Zi's lips twitched with a sneer, "He is smarter than Sun Huangchan. He must have realized that my grandson was taken away and his daughter was humiliated because I was behind it, so That's why you want to attack me. Today, I am the one who has caused trouble to His Highness."

Zhou Xianji saw her blessed body and saluted, and quickly gave her a hand.

When his fingertips touched the woman's delicate white skin, he remembered that his hand had just touched the instrument of torture, and he immediately took it back.

He said: "Why should you and I say thank you? It's just that the palace door is locked at this time. It seems that we can only rest outside the palace tonight."

There is no way to return to the Duke's Mansion, otherwise Madam Wei will definitely have to worry about the two of them. Moreover, with Wei Ling's temperament, if she knew that the Marquis of Changping sent someone to assassinate Wei Zi, she would definitely come to her door overnight.

Zhou Xianji and Wei Zi both did not want to have anything to do with the Zhenguo government.

The two of them temporarily moved into a villa bought by Zhou Xianji outside the palace.

The Jade Rabbit is bright and clear, and the stars are in the Big Dipper.

Zhou Xianji looked through the bedroom, across the courtyard and verandah, and saw a graceful figure behind the water chestnut window opposite. It was Wei Zi who was combing her hair in the mirror after taking a bath. Several pomegranate bushes were reflected by the moonlight beside the window frame, and the faint fragrance was floating in the air. , even more beautiful and picturesque.

He watched, with a touch of restrained admiration in his warm eyes.

The confidant looked sad: "His Royal Highness and the concubine are childhood sweethearts. They are obviously a perfect match for a talented man and a beautiful woman. If the concubine had not encountered a kidnapper back then, she must have become your crown princess by now, and maybe even have children!" Now that Xiao Fengxian’s guy has cut me off halfway, I’m really like a flower stuck in cow dung!”

Zhou Xianji did not speak.

The attendant mustered up the courage and said: "After all, the concubine has already married into our Zhibei Palace. Why do you have to endure it? He Xiao Fengxian can attack the empress while you are not around. Why can't you take advantage of him to send troops to the Northern Expedition?" , and also to the empress——"

"enough."

Zhou Xianji interrupted him.

The attendant was aggrieved and unhappy: "Your Highness..."

Zhou Xianji stared at the silhouette in the opposite window.

The summer night wind suddenly blew in through the courtyard, causing him to cough several times.

He lowered his eyes, and dots of blood red like plum blossoms appeared on his snow-white sleeves.

The moonlight covered up his pale face. He calmly lowered his sleeves and shunned all the attendants. Then he took out the elixir given by Hua Yannong from his sleeves and drank one pill with tea.

time is limited.

He no longer has the capital to compete with Xiao Fengxian.

What he can do is clear all obstacles for Xiao Zi in the shortest possible time.

He was already satisfied to be able to watch her from a distance like this.

Three days later. Wei Zi was having tea with Zhou Jing in Zhibeigong, when Qingju ran in excitedly: "Your Highness, Princess! News came from the previous court. Today, the eldest princess read a book by Changping Hou in the court hall, saying that he has been When he was serving in the Ministry of Punishment, he accepted bribes and used his personal connections to change the sentences of many death row prisoners and release them. Also when he was the prefect of Wuzhou a few years ago, he accepted bribes from local officials as high as 300,000 taels of snowflake silver!"

Zhou Jing's eyes lit up: "Hey, this must be Xiao Lingxiao's handiwork?"

Although Xiao Lingxiao did not hold an official position, he had a close relationship with the eldest princess.

Almost all of the eldest princess's activities in Shangjing in the past two months were related to him.

Wei Zi lowered her head and fiddled with the incense burner and said with a calm smile: "Xiao Fengxian has been the son-in-law of Marquis Changping for so many years. He is a cautious person. I am afraid that he has already investigated the details of Marquis Changping secretly. Now please ask the eldest princess to reveal it for him. , not surprising.”

"What a cruel and ruthless man," Zhou Jing shook her head in disgust, "After all, he is the grandson of his biological son, and he can do it! Xiao Zi, I can't even imagine what you were going through in the Xiao family back then. day!"

Wei Zi raised her eyes and thought of those years in Lingzhou, feeling as if she was in another world.

Zhou Jing asked Qing Ju again: "After the eldest princess participated in the performance, what did the father say?"

Qingju crisply said: "I heard from the little eunuch from the previous dynasty that your majesty was furious and directly removed the title and official position of the Marquis of Changping! However, your majesty only confiscated him because of his ancestor's meritorious service in rescuing the emperor. The bribes he received over the years have not taken back his land and house, and he is still asked to live in the Marquis Mansion."

Wei Zi and Zhou Jing looked at each other.

After embezzling and accepting such a large sum of money, the emperor only demoted him to a commoner.

Both girls had exquisite minds, and they quickly figured out the secret. The emperor Zhou Shuo was narrow-minded. Although he and the eldest princess seemed to be very close, as the eldest princess's hand stretched longer and longer in the court, she was afraid that he would There was also a bit more dissatisfaction in my heart.

He did not eradicate the Changping Hou Mansion, probably because he was against the eldest princess.

"However," Qingju said excitedly, "Although His Majesty did not severely punish Marquis Changping, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince later stood up. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince accused Marquis Changping of sending people to assassinate him in the street and handed over two witnesses! How could Marquis Changping admit his guilt? , it must have been a misunderstanding, but when he denied it later, he changed his story and said that he just wanted to assassinate you, the empress. However, His Highness the Crown Prince insisted that the Marquis of Changping wanted to assassinate him! What else could he say, the Marquis of Changping was dissatisfied with the royal family and dared to assassinate him today? You dare to assassinate the emperor tomorrow, and maybe you want to replace him! This is outrageous, your majesty immediately ordered people to raid the Changping Marquis Mansion!"

Zhou Jing exclaimed: "My second brother has already become famous even without making a name for himself. He is actually the most suitable person among the several royal brothers to inherit the throne. He knows his father too well, and only he has the ability to fight with his father." Competing."

After she finished speaking, she took Wei Zi's hand: "Xiao Zi, I see that you are very disgusted with the Changping Marquis Mansion. Come on, I will take you out of the palace secretly to see how their house was ransacked!"

Now everyone in the palace is paying attention to the affairs of Marquis Changping and has no time to take care of anything else.

So Zhou Jing took Wei Zi and pretended to be a young eunuch from the imperial kitchen who went out to buy things from the palace, and slipped out of the palace smoothly.

At this time, a large group of people watching the excitement had gathered at the gate of the Changping Hou Mansion, and they were pointing at the Hou Mansion.

The golden plaque with the imperial edict in the Hou Mansion has been taken down by the Imperial Guards. There were cries in the Hou Mansion. The housekeepers, wives, maids, and servants were arrested and escorted out one after another. They were all looking good and no longer in a state of embarrassment.

Boxes, cages and other objects were carried out one after another, and the gold and silver money seized piled up in mountains.

Zhou Jing's eyes widened: "The prince's house has accumulated so much gold, silver and jewelry!"

Wei Zi lived in the Changping Marquis Mansion for a period of time in her previous life, and she knew the history of the Marquis Mansion.

She looked at the door of the mansion again, and as a sharp cry sounded, it was Sun Huangchan who was escorted out.