I really don't want to take shortcuts anymore

Chapter 333 I have a solution here

"Guessed it." The woman in her early thirties kept busy, first serving a bowl of meat soup to the seven-year-old girl sitting next to her, and then serving a bowl of wheat rice to Jing Yuan and herself, before sitting down to take a sip. He ate it in small bites.

Jing Yuan was a little surprised, and looked at her with doubts in his eyes: "I also got a taste of this matter today, how could you get the news at home? Could it be that these days, old acquaintances come to visit again? Already?"

The woman was not angry either. She looked at him with a pair of gentle and watery eyes. She lowered her voice and explained: "Husband, don't worry. I rely on your husband's protection to live a stable life with Zhi Niang." In the future, I will never take the initiative to provoke those old people in the palace."

Jing Yuan was silent, and the woman smiled helplessly and continued: "I know that my husband has always been kind, and I feel pity for Jin'er's innocent death. But when I heard about that, I had already thought of it. Today."

"What should I say?" Jing Yuan knew that he, a bride, had a delicate mind, so his expression became a little more serious.

"The palace maid your Majesty is looking for escaped on the night of the late Emperor's grand tour, and happened to be caught and killed by Ye Ting. It was too much of a coincidence that anyone would have tracked it down to the end. Although Zhang Lingshi treated her husband well, But in the past few years, I have been watching with cold eyes, but I have been more polite than close. I am much worse than a true confidant like Huang Naiguan. So if you must push someone out to be a scapegoat, then who can be more suitable than your husband? ?”

Jing Yuan didn't expect that she would see the relatively subtle relationship between him and Zhang Shiyuan so clearly.

"How do you know that His Majesty will not punish Lord Zhang directly?" He poured a spoonful of black fermented black beans on the wheat rice and asked vaguely while chewing.

The woman laughed and said, "Although I have been away from the palace for several years, I also know that Mr. Zhang has a backer. If it had not been for the protection of Mr. Zhang, his brother, I am afraid that Mr. Zhang would have become a ghost by the sword. How could he be in Ye Ting?" After staying there for so many years, I later heard that Mr. Xiao Zhang had a successful career and was firmly seated in the position of Tingwei. I thought that Your Majesty had just ascended the throne and would not refute Mr. Tingwei's face for such a trivial matter."

Jing Yuan was silent. The fact is really not far from what his bride guessed. Your Majesty originally wanted to find a reason to deal with Zhang Shiyuan harshly, but Zhang Shichang, who had just received your Majesty's praise, went to the palace to plead for mercy. As a result, Zhang Shiyuan was fined and retained as a salary. Your Majesty also asked him to thoroughly investigate Ye Ting and give a decent explanation.

After Zhang Shiyuan thought about it, only by pushing him out as Yi Tingcheng could the situation be calmed down.

Strictly speaking, Jing Yuan was different from Zhang Shiyuan. He had never received any favor from the former prince, and he had no intention of dedicating himself to protecting his descendants.

It's just that the world is full of troubles, and that Mr. Yu Chu will always meet him unexpectedly, first in prison, and later in Yeting.

He seems to be a shrewd person, but in fact he doesn't have many calculations in his heart. He is just extremely soft-hearted. According to the old soldier's words, his mind is different from ordinary people's.

During the years when he took care of Yu Chu in the official prison, even though he was sent by Shangguan, he sincerely felt pity for this child who had no father or mother, and he spent a lot of thought on it.

Later, some thoughtful people came up with the theory that "the king's energy comes out of prison". The late emperor was furious and ordered all the prisoners to be killed. He hugged Yu Chu and hid in the stone room, trembling, listening to Luan He outside. He sternly repelled the imperial troops who were ordered to come, and waited until the emperor changed his mind and released Yu Chu and raised him in Yeting. I originally thought that this fate was over, but I didn't know that a few years later, he would be involved in a prison robbery case involving internal and external collusion. Those people bit him to death in order to escape the crime, and they all relied on the old pawn master to get rid of it. After some mediation, the death penalty was changed to corruption, and he was admitted to Yeting, where he met Yu Chu who had grown into a young man.

At that time, Zhang Shiyuan already knew about their previous relationship. He thought that he was also a loyal martyr and would rather be punished and go to the palace to protect Yu Chu. He simply arranged for the two of them to live together so that he could take care of them nearby.

Since the misunderstanding was all misunderstood, Jing Yuan was not a real melon, and he would not express his true thoughts in front of others, so he just made mistakes and blocked Yu Chu's disaster again and again.

There was actually nothing intentional in this. It was just a mistake every time, but he had no choice.

For example, after finally seeing some meat and vegetables, Jing Yuan secretly took a few bites while Yu Chu was not home, and soon he was frothing at the mouth and unconscious. Another example is when the two of them were blocked together in a quiet alley at night. The silent man in black directly regarded him as a powerful enemy and took the lead in slashing at him with a knife. Later, even the concubines in the palace wanted to deal with Yu Chu. They also habitually tried to find ways to cut off his famous wings first. For this reason, they narrowly escaped death several times, and they simply didn’t know who to talk to about their suffering.

After finally surviving until Yu Chu left the palace, he was promoted step by step to Yi Tingcheng by Zhang Shiyuan. The man who had been tortured had no face to face the children of his ex-wife. He happened to meet Caiwei, a palace maid who had served in the palace for a long time and was married. Seeing that she was living alone with her husband's children and living in poverty, she felt pity for her. Heart, let's just go to a place together.

I thought I could live a peaceful life from now on, but I didn't know that Yu Chu was back again. After all, he is of royal blood, and he has received the jade certificate and been granted the title of Marquis. He is no longer the young boy he once was.

Jing Yuan was thinking about the past and felt quite emotional. In fact, Zhang Shiyuan didn't mean to ignore him. He also specifically explained that Huang Naiguan's position was lower than his, in order to avoid quelling His Majesty's resentment. He also said that the most he could do this time was to lose his official position and get a beating. , there will never be any fear for his life, and after the incident is over, he will definitely find a way to accommodate him and recover.

Having said that, he knew about his family affairs. After Yu Chu left the palace, he never contacted him. He must have been aware of many things in the past. He didn't think he had any face to deserve it. Zhang Shiyuan treated him differently.

Moreover, once the matter is revealed, I am afraid that it will no longer be controllable by a mere Ye Tingling. When the time comes, His Majesty will issue an order to kill him, and I am afraid that no one will be able to save him.

When Jing Yuan was serving as Ye Tingcheng, he never took the initiative to ask for any filial piety money or silk from the poor people, so his life was always miserable. Once he was gone, Caiwei and Qinqin would no longer have anything to rely on, and they probably wouldn't be able to give it to themselves either. The three biological children left behind some money.

His decadent look caught the woman's eye, and she immediately understood his choice, and she couldn't help but feel angry and amused.

"Is your husband really prepared to sit back and wait for death?" She put the only piece of herring bream into his plate: "If your husband doesn't mind, I have a way here, which may solve your husband's difficulties."

On February 2, the dragon raises its head. Spring rain started falling outside early in the morning, followed by loud thunder that shook the earth.

As soon as Tan Fei and Yan Shu opened the courtyard door, they saw two carriages with green curtains parked outside. A dozen men in smart clothes, without any rain gear, stood upright next to the carriage like tree stumps.