A happy event in a fertile field: the black-bellied husband is as beautiful as a flower

Chapter 711

Li Guohuang had to sigh: "I heard about it earlier, this is indeed a powerful and abnormal character."

Yan Shouzhen nodded and said: "That's right. It's a sensitive period right now, and what the Lord wants to see is King Yin Wu's mother-in-law. If he is targeted by King Yin Wu, and if he mistakenly thinks that the Lord wants to harm his mother-in-law, he will definitely fight back crazily. "

Speaking of this, Yan Shouzhen couldn't help sighing, and said: "My lord doesn't know that when King Wu of Yin was interrogating the criminals in Dali Temple, his servants were also present. Tsk tsk tsk, he ordered people to peel and remove the flesh and bones. It hurts."

Li Guohuang was silent for a while, looked at Yan Shouzhen, and said: "Before King Wu of Yin came back, I didn't see you inviting Mrs. Xia for me."

Yan Shouzhen said: "Previously Princess Yin Wu was suffering, even if Madam Xia received a letter from her servant, she would never meet the lord."

In fact it is.

Li Guohuang held his breath and asked: "I'll just ask you, when do you think it's appropriate for me to see her?"

Yan Shouzhen also held back for a while, before saying: "I privately think that it would be better to wait for the arrival of Qin Guohou."

Li Guohuang: "Get lost."

Speaking of which, he has been here in Dayin Shangjing for some time.

Before that, he deliberately avoided the eyes of the Marquis of Shang. After arriving here, Li Guohuang rented a private garden with his attendants and lived in it temporarily.

Later, he also asked someone to hand over the letter to Prince Yinwu's mansion, but there was no reply after two times.

Originally, he could have asked Mrs. Xia to meet in Jingyuan. Mrs. Xia in Jingyuan has been there once, so he must be able to guess who it is and what it is.But Jingyuan has the eyeliner of the Marquis of Shang, so wouldn't that be the same as being exposed.

At that time, don't say that the Xia family would not rush to the appointment, and the situation in the palace was not optimistic, so she didn't have a chance to go out of the palace.

So, in the end, he failed to ask Xia Shi out.And his own whereabouts were first known by the Marquis of Shang.

Marquis of Shang ordered Yan Shouzhen to keep an eye on it. Yan Shouzhen was busy with the affairs of Dali Temple, and with so many eyes on this case, he couldn't go in and out of Jingyuan frequently, so he hid the big Buddha in his home.

Yan Shouzhen hoped that Marquis Shang would come soon.

When Yan Shouzhen retreated, Li Guohuang was still shaking his fan desperately, and he didn't know whether it was for heat or air.

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The emperor did not touch the other branches of the Xie family for the time being, but only Xie Hongsheng's branch, as well as all the officials and disciples under him, were all sent to prison.

Including those local officials involved in the illegal salt case, there are more than a hundred people.

It is conceivable how many people would be involved if the entire Xie family was involved.

The emperor can't move everything, once he moves, it will shake his own foundation.

The emperor ordered Huang Gonggong to say: "Go and prepare, I will go to the prison in a while."

Needless to say, Eunuch Huang also knew that the emperor must go to the prison to meet Xie Hongsheng in the prison.

But just as the emperor was about to leave, the eunuch came again and said, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager has come and said she wants to chat with the Emperor."

The Empress Dowager didn't make any movement for several days, the emperor thought she couldn't hold back at last, thought for a while, and said: "Please come in, Empress Dowager."

The Empress Dowager was in poor spirits, and the incident of the Xie family had dealt her a big blow, and her temples seemed to be graying even more.

The emperor said: "The Queen Mother is not in good health, why don't you take a good rest."

The Empress Dowager said: "If Ai's family doesn't come, the emperor is so busy, I'm afraid he won't have time to visit Ai's family, let alone talk to Ai's family."

The emperor said: "It is indeed my fault. After this busy period, I will definitely go to accompany the Queen Mother."

The queen mother sighed and did not continue for a while.

The emperor poured tea for her with his own hands.

The Empress Dowager looked at the emperor and said suddenly: "Do you still remember what happened when you were a child?"

The emperor asked: "What is the Queen Mother referring to?"

The queen mother said kindly: "When you were young, your biological mother was not favored. After she died of illness, you were left alone and helpless, but you were treated coldly and bullied by your brothers and sisters. The Ai family saw you pitifully at that time, so they took you to the Ai family palace. Come here to raise."

The emperor was slightly moved.

Speaking of those years, the Empress Dowager had a son under her knees, but he was weak and sick.After the emperor was adopted, he spent only a few months with the direct prince, and the direct prince left.

Later, the queen mother carefully raised him as a direct prince.

It was only later that someone told him that before the Empress Dowager adopted him, she knew that the first prince's body would not recover.It's pretty good for a few months.

The queen mother cannot have no heirs, otherwise she will not be able to guarantee her future status, let alone the prosperity of her natal family.She will do everything she can to put him on the throne.

Sometimes the emperor wondered whether it was his luck or his misfortune to have a mother like the Queen Mother.

The Empress Dowager said again slowly: "Your elder brother is not in good health. The Ai family is very pleased that you eat and live with him. Later your elder brother is gone, and the Ai family treats you as their own. They love and care for you in every possible way. No one can hurt you." You can't humiliate you, do you remember?"

The emperor said: "I will always remember the empress dowager's kindness in nurturing me, and I dare not forget it."

The queen mother said with emotion: "The Ai family just suddenly remembered these past events, and thought that it has been a long time since we sat down to have a good talk with the emperor." There were tears in the eyes of the queen mother, and she said sincerely, "There is no grievance between mother and child. .”

The emperor nodded and said with gratitude: "The queen mother is right."

Afterwards, Eunuch Huang prepared the sedan chair and went back to the door to wait.

Seeing this, the queen mother got up and said: "The Ai family knows that the emperor is busy with state affairs, and the Ai family can't take up more of the emperor's time, so they went back."

The emperor said: "The queen mother takes care of the phoenix body. I will come to visit the queen mother some other day." After finishing speaking, he ordered the eunuchs to send the queen mother back.

As soon as the queen mother left, the emperor also went out, boarded the dragon, and went to Dali temple.

However, just halfway there, someone hurriedly ran towards the Dali Temple. When they saw the emperor, they knelt down on the ground and said: "My Majesty, the guilty minister Xie and Xie Hongsheng are already in prison fearing their crimes." Suicide!"

The emperor's face was very gloomy at that time.

He originally planned, even if he only cut off Xie Hongsheng's line this time, he also hoped to pry out some other useful information before Xie Hongsheng died.

It's a pity that the queen mother came to him later to talk about the relationship between mother and child, which was really timely.

That night, Yan Shouzhen ran between Dali Temple and the imperial palace, but he didn't expect Xie Hongsheng to die because he didn't expect it for a while, so he knelt in front of the emperor for half the night.

It is said that Xie Hongsheng left a blood book before his death, and now the blood book has been sent to the emperor.

The emperor looked at Xie Hongsheng's confession of his crimes on the blood book, and the expression on his face remained secretive.

After several days of unrest in the court, the case of private salt finally came to a conclusion.

Although Xie Hongsheng committed suicide in fear of crime, the crime is unforgivable, and everything is still dealt with according to the law.In addition, a group of felons involved in this case were also sentenced to beheaded.

(End of this chapter)