The ultimate rebirth of the abandoned woman

Chapter 628 Another Year

On the second day of the second lunar month, the dragon looked up.

The days of spring are getting thicker and the weather is getting warmer. People who have been quiet for a long time come out of their homes one after another to go out in spring, go outing, ride horses and participate in various banquets.

The capital city that has been quiet all winter, oh no, to be precise, the capital city that has been quiet for a whole year has become lively again. On the spacious streets, the sounds of people, cars and horses can be heard endlessly.

Why is it said that the capital has been quiet for a whole year?

Because the past year, that is, the first year of Yongchang, was definitely an eventful year.

First, the empress dowager, who was highly respected by the harem and the previous court, passed away. Her old man finally failed to survive the first month and closed her eyes on the day before the Lantern Festival.

The empress dowager died, and the whole country mourned. The emperor was pure filial piety, and insisted on observing the filial piety for 27 days.

Even after the filial piety period, whenever he talked about his dead mother, he would cry like a child, which attracted the praise of a group of courtiers.

The emperor attached so much importance to the empress dowager's funeral that the officials and common people below dared not belittle her.

Lantern Festival, Shangsi Festival, Buddha's Birthday...

For all the festivals in the first year of Yongchang, especially the Spring Festival in the second year of Yongchang, no one dared to celebrate wildly, even if it had been three months since the national funeral, even if it was a small gathering at home, everyone obediently obeyed the court’s regulations and dared not Play around.

Everyone is like this, firstly because they sincerely respect and love the deceased empress dowager, and secondly because they are afraid of the emperor's power.Because in the next period of time, the emperor seemed to have been stimulated by something, frequently resorted to thunderous means, and severely punished many people.

The first to be sent down was the emperor's favorite concubine Wei Shufei.

Many noble ladies saw the scene before the Empress Dowager's coffin that day, and many people knew the eldest princess' intentions.But Webster's nominal crime was 'disrespect to the Empress Dowager', and the emperor directly punished her to contemplate her mistakes behind closed doors without specifying the sentence.

Now, a year has passed, Concubine Wei Shu is still detained in her bedroom to copy scriptures, and the day of release is nowhere in sight.

It's not that no one pleaded for her, one daughter and two sons she gave birth to ran to the emperor to beg from time to time, but the emperor still refused to let go.

The emperor didn't really dislike Concubine Wei Shu, but he couldn't forgive her disrespect to the empress dowager.

In addition, it was the time when the emperor made a fool of himself, and the others could cooperate with all their strength, but his favorite concubine made such a mistake, how could the emperor not be angry? !

Needless to say, Concubine Wei Shu made a mistake, so she should be severely punished. One year's sentence is too short, oh, let's say three years, after all, it is three years for the folks to keep their parents' filial piety.

Every time the emperor thought of Concubine Wei Shu, he told himself this in his heart.

Immediately after that, Princess Baling and Consort Chai were brought out and severely punished.

It was the third day after the Empress Dowager was buried. Princess Pingyang, who had not been out for many years, personally tied up her son and daughter-in-law, and escorted them to Tai Chi Palace to plead guilty.

At that time, the emperor withdrew all the people, and only their aunt and nephew and the couple tied into rice dumplings were in the main hall. Except for the four parties involved, no one knew what they said.

Anyway, when Princess Pingyang came out of the Lizheng Palace, her complexion was not very good, she seemed to be ten years older suddenly, and her actions showed a bit of old age.

Immediately afterwards, the emperor decreed that Princess Baling would be demoted to a commoner, Chai Consort would lose all honors, and her children would not be allowed to be officials.

The emperor's punishment for this half-sister was not insignificant.

Especially when he tried his best to show his brotherhood and affection for the clan, he directly erased the title of Princess Baling, and everyone couldn't help wondering what the hell Princess Baling and his wife had done to be severely punished. So far? !

Could it be that the Chai family rebelled?
That's not true, apart from Chai Lingwu, his mother and elder brother are still fine.Chai Dalang's official position is still there, Princess Dachang is still the emperor's most respected aunt, and the foundation of the entire Chai family has not been shaken in the slightest.

That is, Chai Lingwu and his wife had a heart of disobedience, or did something wrong to provoke the new king, which caused the family to fall from the clouds to the ground.

There was a lot of discussion in the public, and various rumors were passed around, some even said that Chai Lingwu colluded with the Wei family to force the palace and push the eldest prince to the throne, but the matter was revealed and he was severely punished by the emperor.

There is also a basis for what they said, because the Wei family was punished together with the Chai family.

Concubine Wei Shu's two brothers were sent to Lingnan, one for three years and the other for five years. The charges were very vague. They were all petty crimes of oppressing the people and committing crimes.

But now he is being sentenced with criminal responsibility, and it is a migration second only to the death penalty, which shows that his real guilt is definitely not light.Such as treason.

As for the reason why the emperor didn't kill the Wei brothers, those idlers also had a reason: they were hindering the face of Concubine Wei Shu and her children.

No matter how unscrupulous the Wei brothers are, they are also the eldest prince's biological uncles. For the sake of the eldest prince's face, the emperor couldn't punish the Wei family too harshly.

Furthermore, their plot did not succeed and did not cause any disaster, so the emperor dealt with it so leniently.

These idlers speak with a nose and eyes, as if they have seen and heard it with their own eyes.

No matter how the rumors spread in the market, the officials and dignitaries in Beijing are all secretly vigilant, they are not ignorant idlers, and they still have heard about why the Chai and Wei families were convicted.

The Chai family was too deeply involved with the Northwest Garrison, and Princess Dachang's subordinates were all over the army. Even if Chai Erlang did nothing wrong, the emperor would not tolerate the existence of a family that could influence the army.

Not long after Princess Pingyang handed over her son and daughter-in-law, the Northwest Garrison, from Anxi Dufu Mansion to Zhechong Mansion of various state capitals, was reshuffled. Many generals and captains who led the army were transferred and replaced by the emperor. confidant.

It seems that the Chai family did get mixed up with He Lu, and the eldest princess cruelly abandoned the second son's family in order to preserve the foundation of the Chai family.

But even if Chai Lingwu made a big mistake of the accumulated family, it was his son after all. In order to save the lives of his son and daughter-in-law, the eldest princess handed over part of the military power.

It has to be said that the insight and thinking ability of the hundred officials is not weak, at least it is more reliable than those wild rumors in the market, and their guesses are already very close to the truth.

As for the Wei family, it was the work of the Xiao family.

As we said earlier, if the eldest princess doesn't move, it's a ruthless move. Not only did she slap Concubine Wei Shu's face in front of others, but she turned her head and discussed a few words with Concubine Xiao. Concubine Xiao took the time to go back to the ancestral house of the Xiao family. Once there, within three or two days, a large number of censors participated in the various crimes committed by the Wei brothers.

Originally, the eldest princess wanted to bring down the Patriarch of the Wei family together, but this guy acted cautiously, and the people of the Xiao family did not find any major problems after careful investigation, so they had to give up.

However, the fall of the two Wei brothers was a big blow to the Wei family, and people in Beijing and China were very good at watching the wind direction. One look at this posture, and they knew that the eldest princess and the Wei family were on the shoulders, and the emperor was also standing On the side of my sister.

After discovering this, everyone is not far away from the Wei family?So as not to be missed by the eldest princess? !

In the past year, the Wei family had a very difficult time.

The emperor's successive punishments really frightened all the officials and dignitaries. Everyone couldn't understand the boss's temper for a while, and worried that he would become addicted to "punishing" others. What if he also found troubles for himself?
Therefore, although the first year of Yongchang was the beginning of a new dynasty, the capital was not festive at all, but was as quiet as a group observing filial piety.

Xiao Nan, who was not affected, but benefited a lot, did not make any big moves in the past few months.

It's not that she didn't dare, she didn't have the energy to implement it.Cui Youbo is not here, although Lingxi and Changsheng can help her share some burden, but they are children after all, Xiao Nan can't bear to let them be contaminated with too many mundane troubles at such a young age.

She has no one to help, and she has to worry about things at home and in the college.

In addition to these, there are also outside businesses, Xiao Nan also had to allocate part of his energy to take care of them.

After Taoyuan disappeared, Xiao Nan lost contact with Dongcang and other islands, and Xiao Yi and others seemed to have disappeared, and they never traded with Wuli again.

As a result, the fruit shop opened by Xiao Nan and Wu Lihe lost its supply. Fortunately, in the past few years, she bought a lot of forests and planted a lot of southern fruits, which barely supported the business of the fruit shop.

However, the taste and shape of the fruits grown in ordinary plants are quite different from the fruits produced in Taoyuan. Therefore, the fruit shop no longer has the hot sales scene in the past.

Xiao Nan was really heartbroken for a while.

However, fortunately, Wang Youan is capable.

Last year, he brought back a large amount of spices and precious medicinal materials from the Western Regions. The quality of the goods was very good. In addition, at that time, the Helu tribe invaded the Tang Dynasty, and the Silk Road was interrupted again. Many Hu merchants could not transport the goods to China. However, the demand of the dignitaries of the Tang Dynasty will not be weakened by the war. The demand is greater than the supply, and the price of spices has skyrocketed.

Wang You'an is a shrewd businessman. He knows the truth of "rare goods can be lived in", so he insisted on selling the spices in his hand for sky-high prices.

During the settlement at the end of last year, Xiao Nan was pleasantly surprised to find that she had earned millions of pennies from the business of spices alone.

In addition, the Zhenbao Pavilion with Xiao Hui also made a lot of profits, and the sum of the two items was able to offset the loss of Guosi.

"...Hehe, this can be regarded as 'the lost east corner harvested mulberry elm'."

Xiao Nan comforted himself so much, the series of losses caused by Taoyuan's disappearance were not so heartbreaking.

After finishing his business, Xiao Nan was busy with matters such as the opening of the college for the new year.

On the second day of February last year, the college was not as grand as it was in the first year, but it still attracted many students seeking admission. The opening ceremony was not lively, but it was not deserted either.

Those parents are people with eyes and brains. They have seen with their own eyes the significant changes of "the so-and-so next door" since they entered Jiwei College. Of course, they don't want their children to lose at the starting line, so don't say The tuition fee of [-] guan a year is [-] million guan, and they still have to send their children.

Now another year has passed, and many parents are just around the corner.

Because, just last autumn, Cui Youbo, who was far away in Huangshui, recommended all four of his students to become officials, and the kid from the eldest grandson's family became the magistrate of Huangshui County...

PS: Make up for yesterday, I wish you a Merry Christmas!

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