Xiangmen black-bellied woman

Chapter 245 Revenge begins!
The dispute that arose before the death of the Xiao family spread among the people in Kyoto. In addition, Chu Junyi did not agree to reconcile with the Xiao family, which led to a series of unfilial rumors about Princess Zhaohua, and some people believed it. The truth of the rumors is that Shen Ninghua and Chu Junyi are unfilial people who abandoned their families when they became rich.

However, there were quite a few people who remained silent. After all, they were talking about the royal princess and son-in-law, and they would be severely punished for privately talking about the royal family.What's more, they all know what happened in the Shen family and the Xiao family before, and it's really hard to say which is right and which is wrong.

If the two families hadn't gone too far, as the princess and concubine, in order to cherish their reputation, they would not easily do such a thing as severing the relationship.Who doesn't want a good name, doesn't they?The most important thing is that Shen Ninghua and Chu Junyi have indeed done a lot of practical things for the common people, such people cannot be unfilial.

Soon, what happened next proved how correct their approach was.

On the day of Xiao's funeral, news spread that Shen Dong joined forces with outsiders to persecute his own daughter, causing Princess Zhaohua to almost have a miscarriage.Then the emperor intervened in this matter and took away all the servants of the Shen family. If it hadn't been for the consideration that Xiao's funeral had not been completed, Shen Dong would have been arrested as well.

Not long after that, the Jingwei army sent people to teahouses and taverns everywhere, and arrested many people who talked about Princess Zhaohua and her son-in-law.

For a moment, all the people were silent, not daring to make any more noises.

Wearing a light palace attire, Shen Ninghua sat in the south study and looked at the memorial in her hand. After a while, she showed a self-deprecating smile: "Father, these grown-ups are really alarmist. They say that grandma is I killed him... No matter how ignorant I am, I still know how to do such a thing."

Baili Qingcang nodded: "Well, I can't understand what you are like the most. Ninghua, what happened this time is obviously unusual, what's on your mind?"

Shen Ninghua pondered in her heart, she entered the palace this time to test Baili Qingcang's thoughts, unexpectedly Baili Qingcang had already thought of it before she opened her mouth.

"Father, to tell you the truth, the children and the Xiao family had a quarrel because of Xiao Huanxi. Now, they are immortal enemies, but the Xiao family has been kind to Chu Junyi in nurturing Chu Junyi. There is a stalemate with the son-in-law, so if the Xiao family doesn't come to provoke me, I will definitely not have anything to do with them."

"This time, Patriarch Xiao personally came to ask for peace, saying it was a reconciliation, but what he did was to discredit me and Chu Junyi. Before things calmed down here, my grandmother had accidents one after another, and finally killed me. Forced into a dilemma. How can it be possible to say that there is no idea?"

For Shen Ninghua's confession, Baili Qingcang was very grateful: "Ninghua, you and Chu Junyi are exceptionally intelligent people, so there must be people who doubt it?"

Shen Ninghua's heart moved, she got up and knelt down on the ground: "Father, I have a guess in my heart, but this guess is too disrespectful."

Baili Qingcang didn't cry out immediately, his face looked extremely calm, without the slightest hint of joy or anger: "Since I asked, then you just say it."

Shen Ninghua raised her eyes, her calm black eyes were clear and bright: "I suspect that it was the empress and the Zhao family who did it."

As soon as she finished speaking, Baili Qingcang's expression changed suddenly, sharp eyes shot out from his eyes, and he stared straight at Shen Ninghua: "Ninghua, do you know what you mean by that?" ?”

Shen Ninghua knelt down straight on the ground, and looked at Baili Qingcang without retreating in the slightest: "Father, it is already disrespectful for my son to say this, but, this son will not shoot the target indiscriminately. After learning After the news of the Xiao family's failure to reconcile and release rumors, the son-in-law was prepared and sent people to the Shen residence to protect his grandmother and biological father, but something happened in the end."

"The people my ministers sent to protect me are all people with superb skills and extraordinary martial arts. However, when something happened to my grandmother, they didn't realize it at all. To be able to drive such a person to use for themselves, apart from the father, your sons and daughters can only think of the empress. .You will not harm the minister, so the only one who will take action is the empress who has always been prejudiced against the minister."

Baili Qingcang was silent for a moment, got up and walked to Shen Ninghua's side, bent down to help her up: "Get up, you girl, you are really daring to say such disrespectful words in front of your father."

Shen Ninghua smiled and said: "Father trusts the son, and the son naturally trusts the father. If you say something wrong, you will be escorted by the father to apologize to the empress. If you are right, the empress has such great power. It is considered a threat to the emperor, there is no harm in taking precautions earlier, and it is also good to be able to remind the emperor."

Baili Qingcang nodded, his eyes filled with sigh and nostalgia: "Ninghua, you are very similar to your mother. The queen hates you, probably because of this reason."

Shen Ninghua raised her eyes, with a longing look on her face: "I've heard my father mention my mother more than once. I think my mother must be an excellent person. Being able to be like my mother is a great blessing for my son."

Baili Qingcang smiled, but her eyes were full of desolation: "Your mother is straightforward and as daring as you. When I offended her, she dared to ride a horse and brandish a whip to chase me two streets away. Also very affectionate, she had lived and died several times for the Xia family...it was the father who was sorry for her..."

This was the first time Shen Ninghua saw him showing such an expression, even when he learned that the princes were harboring evil intentions, he was only extraordinarily angry, but never revealed a taste of sadness.

Shen Ninghua didn't know how to answer, so she could only stand aside silently.She had a lot of doubts and wanted to ask, but she knew that Baili Qingcang would not reveal it, so she could only keep all her thoughts in her heart.

Baili Qingcang's loss of composure was only for a moment, and after a while, he came back to his senses, and there was no sign of anything wrong on his face: "Ninghua, I will give you some manpower, you can go and investigate secretly."

The royal father agreed with her doubts. Shen Ninghua nodded and agreed. After a slight pause, he hesitated and said: "Yes, I thank my royal father. There is one more thing that I learned by accident."

"Huh? Seeing that you are very embarrassed, what's the matter?"

"You also know that some time ago, my son-in-law and the son-in-law investigated the Department of Internal Affairs. The current head of the Department of Internal Affairs, Xiao Qi, is also in charge. He remembers the use of every item in the Department of Internal Affairs very carefully. Some time ago, I suddenly found out that there is a new He bought a batch of huanghuali wood furniture, checked the records of the Department of Internal Affairs, and found that there was no record of the source, so he asked someone to leave some wood from an inconspicuous place of the furniture, and asked Erchen to help check it."

"something wrong?"

"Yes, the wood seems to be fine, it is a high-quality huanghuali, but in fact, the inside of the wood has been processed with safflower juice, which will cause great damage to the woman."

Baili Qingcang nodded: "I know, I will let someone check it out, and you don't have to worry about this matter."

"Yes, Father."

Shen Ninghua exited the South Study Room, only then did she feel a slight chill on her back, and she unexpectedly broke out in a cold sweat unknowingly.However, the cold sweat was worth it.

As soon as Shen Ninghua returned to the Princess Mansion, Hong Ling rushed over in a hurry: "Miss, you asked to pay attention to the Prince's Mansion, and now there is news."

Such a coincidence?
"what news?"

"There is a concubine Ji in the prince's mansion who is pregnant for eight months, and suddenly she gave birth to a boy, and it's all formed."

Shen Ninghua frowned, and Bai Po immediately glared at Hong Ling: "Surprised, what should I do if I disturb the lady?"

Hong Ling suddenly covered her mouth, Miss is pregnant, so it is naturally uncomfortable to hear such a topic at this time: "Young servant forgot for a while, Miss, don't blame me."

Shen Ninghua smiled indifferently: "It's okay, how can I not know your temper? Do you know what's going on?"

"The prince quickly blocked the news, and now our people can't get any news. However, the servants are guarded and will pass on news as soon as there is news."

Shen Ninghua nodded: "Okay, just send someone to watch over you all the time."

The next day, after Shen Ninghua had finished his breakfast, Chu Junyi came back from the court. He walked into the room quickly, his face was full of light, covered in the rays of light outside, like a god descending from the sky: "Ninghua, a lot happened in the court today. Do you want to hear something interesting?"

Shen Ninghua's brows twitched: "The prince's affairs in the south of the Yangtze River have been exposed?"

Chu Junyi smiled all over his face: "Well, the salt administration in the south of the Yangtze River is very involved, and the prince's people have received a lot of kickbacks in it. The people in the south of the Yangtze River took the papers signed by Wanmin's handprints, and entered the capital all the way to avoid pursuit and sue. Governor of Jiangnan."

Shen Ninghua raised the corners of her lips: "The governor of Jiangnan is the prince's man."

"Well, so this morning, someone participated in the memorial to the prince, saying that the prince was involved with the governor of Jiangnan, and he lost a large amount of money from the middle. This forced the people in Jiangnan to have nowhere to go, and even went to the capital to sue the imperial court."

"Then father should be extremely furious?"

"Of course, although the emperor didn't get angry on the spot, the expression on his face was really terrifying. I think the prince should be grounded for self-reflection within a few days."

Shen Ninghua smiled, and looked at Chu Junyi intently: "The governor of Jiangnan has superb skills and extremely strict control over Jiangnan. It is extremely difficult for someone to go to Beijing to sue the imperial court. Have you contributed to it?"

Chu Junyi raised the corners of his lips: "I didn't do anything, but when a few people ran to Huajun Medicine Store for help, I helped them escape the pursuers, then subsidized them with a lot of money, and sent people to escort them all the way. That's all."

Hearing what he said, Shen Ninghua couldn't help raising her eyebrows: This is equivalent to directly sending the people who sued the imperial court to the capital, isn't this called doing nothing?
Chu Junyi stepped forward and put his arms around Shen Ninghua's shoulders: "People are forgetful, they forget what we have done for them, and they easily believe our unfilial words, so we can only remind them that we have helped them do it." What, Huajun Medicine now basically controls the herbal medicine industry in Jiangnan, at this time, we don't have to worry so much about doing things."

(End of this chapter)