Reborn Noble Daughter and First Wife

Chapter 206 Being Implicated

The previous matter was full of turmoil in the mansion, and after a lot of fighting, the dust finally settled, but the court did not stop.

Recently, it was rumored in the court that the Ninth Prince and several other princes secretly expanded his family and recruited troops from various places.I don't know if it was spread by some court forces who excluded the Ninth Prince with ulterior motives, or it was true, but it was well spread throughout the capital.

Finally, such a copy was handed over to Zhou Sicheng. For this kind of thing, the emperors of all dynasties would rather kill ten thousand by mistake than let one go.In a fit of rage, the emperor put the Ninth Prince and other figures into prison, and then it was announced that the imperial court would imprison all officials who had always been close to the Ninth Prince.

People in the capital were terrified for a while, and the Nine Princes became the taboo of the princes, nobles, civil and military officials in the court.The palace, which used to be full of traffic, has now become deserted and extremely depressed.The trend of the times is really frightening. A batch of princes and nobles who had a close relationship with the Ninth Prince in the past were imprisoned, implicating the Nine Clans.

General Shen, as an important minister in the court, has always been in contact with the relatives of the emperor. The Ninth Prince is upright and upright, and his personality is quite similar to that of General Shen.Every festival celebration always has to post to each other and walk around each other.The annual autumn hunting is even more important. During the hunting last year, Old General Shen and the Ninth Prince worked together to capture an elk, which became a good story in Kyoto.

Knowing that something happened to the Ninth Prince, Old General Shen lived in a secluded place, and he was also taboo against rumors inside and outside the court.Every time he faced the officials and their family members who were arrested by the imperial court, Old General Shen felt pain in his heart.Several times, when he learned that the Ninth Prince and his close officials were all arrested, Old General Shen claimed that he was ill and could not go to court.

Mrs. Shen and the servants in the mansion were also deeply terrified of the rumors from the outside world. Once a rogue actually yelled something in front of the Shen mansion, and the Ninth Prince's crime against General Shen was not far away.The servants in front of the mansion didn't dare to be violent, they just let him play tricks in front of the mansion.

On this day, Shen Congjia came back from the wind and dust outside, and went straight to the main hall. When he saw Mr. Shen, he said, "Father, I have found out clearly. The emperor ordered the Ninth Prince's family and the servants to perform the canonical punishment at the entrance of the vegetable market tomorrow morning." , now the Fourth Prince and the Eighth Prince are ordered to search everywhere for the co-conspirator, Li Zhong, the censor, and the four members of the headquarters have been punished, and the execution date has been set for Lord Wang Xian of the Ministry of Officials and Gao of the Ministry of War. Many officials implicated were arrested and imprisoned awaiting disposal."

This news just added to the snow. After hearing this, Master Shen stood up angrily, and felt dizzy before his eyes and collapsed on the chair. He only hated the emperor for being confused. What a pity!

"Master! The current situation is so tense, what should we do?" Madam Shen looked at Master Shen and asked anxiously.

"Ma'am, today's Daqi world is harassed by barbarians in the north, oppressed by powerful countries in the east, restrained by allies in the south, and harassed by bandits in the west. It can be said that there is no end under the dangerous wall." Gossip and gossip can be said to be easy to hide and hard to guard against. Old man, I can only protect myself wisely, and the atmosphere in Kyoto now does not allow me to take a breather."

Shen Congjia understood the meaning of Master Shen's words very well, neutral attitude, this is not the ancestral motto of the Shen family for hundreds of years.

"Hey~! It's a pity that the Ninth Prince's reputation was ruined. Master, you have to be more careful, don't be fooled by villains!" Mrs. Shen begged Master Shen to be more careful.

"Don't worry, madam! I will be more prepared, old man, how can I be easily harmed by rumors! There is a saying that it is a blessing or a curse, and a disaster cannot be avoided. If there is such a hurdle that cannot be overcome, the old man will make a choice." Shen The old general had a condensed expression, comforting Mrs. Shen thoughtfully.

In the following period of time, everything in Shen's residence remained as usual, as if the matter of the Ninth Prince was forgotten day by day.

Until one day, after Old General Shen entered the court, he did not return to the Shen residence until noon.

What Shen Congjia was worried about finally happened. In the rumors of the court ministers, some people more or less mentioned the Ninth Prince and the Shen Mansion together. During the period, General Shen said that he was on sick leave or returned to his hometown.However, Old General Shen couldn't listen to Shen Congjia's words, and even taught Shen Congjia that there was no coward in our Shen family who hid in Tibet, and hiding in Tibet would only make those rumors more true.

Shen Congjia immediately sent someone into the palace to inquire about the whereabouts of General Shen.In less than half an hour, Shen Congjia heard the news from his ear wire, saying that during the last dynasty, General Shen said a few words of plea for leniency to his old friend who had just been arrested and had an affair with the Ninth Prince, and was arrested The gang rose up and framed Old General Shen as an accomplice of the Ninth Prince on the spot.Immediately, the emperor Long Yan was furious, and sent them all to prison indiscriminately. Old General Shen was found guilty, and was immediately sent to the prison.

Shen Congjia was furious for a moment, cursing the fatuous emperor, and was about to take his elite troops to the Ministry of Punishment for dignitaries, but luckily was stopped by several generals in the army.One of the major generals persuaded: "General, please calm down! The matter of the old general cannot cause trouble. Now the emperor is doing everything in order to eliminate dissidents and consolidate his own strength. If you confront him head-on at this time, it will be like a goose The egg hits the stone and kills itself. The general only asks the people in the palace to inquire about it. Maybe the emperor can figure out the grievance here, and the situation may be reversed."

Shen Congjia was surrounded by several fierce generals and struggled to escape. "Let go of me! This stupid emperor!" Shen Congjialitu broke free from the shackles of several major generals and roared, "This goddamn emperor! Let me go!"

"General, please calm down! Now the gang members in the capital are framing each other, which is why the Ninth Prince was framed. Now General Shen is also being framed by traitors. If you can't hold on to yourself, you will only be in trouble!" At this time, a major general suddenly knelt on the ground and said earnestly, "I beg the general to think twice again!"

Shen Congjia was startled by this major general's sudden request, his expression became numb, and he slumped on the armchair.

Seeing Shen Congjia's reassurance, several major generals breathed a sigh of relief.

"General, now the old general has been imprisoned by the Ministry of Punishment, unless the emperor speaks out about it. If not, I'm afraid this matter will be more dangerous than good." Another major general thought for a while and said. "The general should think more about the emperor at this time, and see who can impress the emperor and let the emperor make a promise on this matter!"

"The matter has come to this point, it seems that we can only look at other ways!" Shen Congjia calmed down the intense mood just now, and had to follow the reality, "This matter cannot be acted recklessly, it seems that we need to think long-term! Go back and wait for my news."

Seeing that the general had calmed down, the young generals also left in peace.

Only Shen Congjia was left in the general's mansion, sitting alone in the hall.

The news that Old General Shen was implicated and imprisoned spread loudly in Shen's residence. Since then, the Shen's residence has been in chaos, and the female family members are even more panicked.

As soon as Mei Niang heard the news, she cried for her father and mother. She brought Liu, Ding and Wang to Mrs. Shen's place.Gu Qinglian also rushed over.

Mei Niang cried with tears: "Sister, what can we do about this, master, why is master locked up, what can we do in the future?" Weeping hysterically, tears streaming down his face.

Aunt Ding also spoke, "I heard that those who go in will lose their skin if they don't die! Master is so old, how can you suffer..."

Liu Xu said with a straight face: "Auntie, don't talk nonsense, the emperor will find out about this matter, let's keep our mouths open." After all, Liu Xu came out of the palace, and she knew that the more it was like this, the more she had to do it first. Keep your mouth shut.

Gu Qinglian knew the seriousness of the situation, so she kept silent. Aunt Wang also didn't dare to speak up, and just sat in fear.For a while, the room fell silent, only Mei Niang's crying was heard.

"Don't cry!" Madam Shen suddenly became angry, she sat upright, her face was very serious, "The matter is not clear, everyone stop talking nonsense, otherwise, the family law will deal with it!"

Maybe they were frightened by Mrs. Shen's scolding, but everyone calmed down instead.Mei Niang restrained her crying, lowered her head and wiped away her tears, while the others looked at Mrs. Shen in fear.Madam Shen clasped her hands together and said reverently: "Life and death are destiny, wealth and honor are in the sky, the Shen family has the protection of their ancestors, the master will be fine!"

All the female relatives also followed silently in their hearts and prayed.In the end, Mrs. Shen left Gu Qinglian behind, and Liu Xu and Liu Xu gave them a few instructions, relying on the hope that they could help with some housework and appease the panic-stricken people in the mansion.Secondly, I also hope that they can use the forces behind them to find a way.

Liu Xu knew that this was an opportunity, if Master Shen could be rescued, then her status in Shen's mansion would be skyrocketing, and now that General Shen is in prison, the first thing she thought of was to ask Eunuch Li to understand.

Eunuch Li saw that it was Liu Xu who had come to the house, so he immediately turned down the outside entertainment.

"My maidservant has met Mr. Eunuch!" Liu Xu greeted Mr. Li deeply as soon as he saw Mr. Li.

"Oh! My daughter is so anxious to find her adoptive father this time. Is it because of Old General Shen?" Eunuch Li spoke quickly, seeing Miss Liu Xu's gloomy face, and she didn't mean to hide anything, and said straight to the point. There are big talks and threatening words everywhere. Everyone is looking for an umbrella. It is pitiful to say that this old general Shen, in order to intercede for an old minister, he took his own life. Hey~~! The world is so cold!"

"Grandpa, you said that Old General Shen's life is in danger?" Miss Liu Xu was very clever in discussing it honestly, and she heard such an important situation from Eunuch Li's words.

"This time the emperor wants to arrest the chaotic party and eliminate dissidents. Once he is imprisoned in the sky prison, there is a saying that he would rather kill by mistake than let it go!" Eunuch Li sighed and continued: "It's a pity that the way of heaven is not going well. How can Zhongliang suffer? Injustice!"

After listening to Eunuch Li's words, Liu Xu was very desperate. "Could it be that we can't help at all? Can we just sit here and wait for death?" Liu Xu asked thoughtfully.

"The current solution is not on our side, it is on the people around the emperor." Eunuch Li showed a worried look, "But this time the incident is different from the past. Conspiracy and rebellion are not ordinary crimes. This time we can only resign ourselves to fate." gone."

"Even so, it seems that we can only wait for the news?" Liu Xu asked suspiciously.

(End of this chapter)