The queen of the last days became a maid and just wanted to lie down

The news spread quickly. Pei Shuo said that after hearing about it, he felt that the Queen Mother was a powerful person.

Xu Ya didn't quite understand, "Why do you say that? What's so great about the Queen Mother's actions?"

Pei Shuo smiled and said, "On the surface, the Marquis of Danyang has no ambitions and only cares about his wife and children. He is even willing to give up his position as Minister of Personnel for a woman. He is hopelessly stupid. But in fact, this move of retreating is a way of advancing, and he shows his loyalty to both the Queen Mother and the Emperor."

Xu Yao still didn't understand it, and was curiously waiting for his apprentice to explain it to him.

Pei Shuo peeled the baked sweet potato and handed it to her: "Master, you know that the Queen Mother and the Emperor attacked each other in the court that day. It might have been a life-and-death battle."

"Is it that serious? They are mother and son, why would it come to a life-and-death situation?"

"It may not be the same as it was before, but first Master Wang was assassinated, and then Wang Muzhi was suspected of being murdered by the Jia family. In the eyes of the Jia family, the Queen Mother must want to deal with the Jia family. In order to protect themselves, the Jia family will definitely deceive the emperor and make him believe that it was the Queen Mother who wanted to depose him. The young emperor has not yet taken power, so how can he be willing to give up the throne under his buttocks? How many emperors who retired have a good ending? So the young emperor was afraid, and after being instigated by Master Jia, he planned to use this incident to cut off the Queen Mother Wang's arm."

Xu Yao knew that the Jia family did not kill Wang Muzhi. After all, it was her help that the Iron Guards besieged the Jia family. But Xu Yao did not expect that her bad idea of ​​framing the Jia family could cause such a shock.

"Then why do you say that Marquis Danyang is so powerful?"

"The wife of Marquis Danyang was almost killed. He must have been looking for an opportunity to reject the Jia family without offending the emperor and the empress dowager. He was very embarrassed to be caught in the middle, and it happened that the mother and son were fighting in the court at this time. Marquis Danyang suddenly revealed Jia Mingzhu's affairs. On the surface, he stood on the opposite side of the Jia family and wanted to be the enemy of the Jia family, but he then knelt down and asked to resign, which was a stroke of genius.

The master thought about what he said and was unwilling to give up his family ties and relatives for the sake of power. "

After hearing this, Xu Yao thought about it and suddenly understood.

After all, the empress dowager and the emperor are mother and son. They are fighting for power and it is a life-and-death struggle. At this time, someone jumps out and would rather give up power for his relatives. This is a touching thing for them, and even awakens the affection between mother and son.

Pei Shuo nodded, "Danyang Hou's behavior not only shows his loyalty to the Queen Mother and the Emperor, but also indirectly advises the Emperor and the Queen Mother not to fight to the death for power. After all, they are mother and son, how can they become enemies because of power struggle under the instigation of outsiders.

Moreover, when he said this and resigned from his post, the world would soon see clearly what his purpose was. Not only did the scholars not look down on him, but they believed more firmly that the Marquis of Danyang was a man of character.

The higher the prestige of such a person, the less likely he is to be touched. I am afraid that Marquis Danyang will not only not lose his position as Minister of Personnel, but will even be promoted one step higher. "

Xu Yao sighed. She really couldn't understand the twists and turns involved. The only thing she felt sorry about was that Zheng Chi escaped the disaster.

The Empress Dowager and the Emperor had obviously reached a temporary ceasefire. The court was unexpectedly calm and harmonious. No one dared to jump out and bring bad luck to the two of them at this time.

Zheng Chi was naturally loyal to his duty, and the Jia family was just unlucky people who were framed. The most unlucky person in this matter was Jia Mingzhu, who lost more than she gained. The Queen Mother ordered her to return to her husband's ancestral hall to be a widow, and also awarded her a chastity arch, which forced her to stay at her husband's house for the rest of her life, and she could never come back, let alone remarry.

But she has a vicious mind and cannot be considered innocent.

Xu Yao suddenly said in horror: "Then they will definitely investigate the real culprit. Sooner or later, they will find you and me. Now that I appear in Panjing, the Zheng family will definitely investigate secretly. We can't stay in Danyang Marquis Mansion."

Pei Shuo also thought of this, and the two decided to ask for permission to leave and quickly clean up all traces of their presence in Danhou Mansion. They must not leave any clues that would allow Zheng Chi to find them.

Now that Captain Wang was dead, no one in Zhuang Mu cared about him.

He took advantage of everyone's panic and quickly left Wang Muzhi's house with Old Man Qu.

When he returned to his shop, he quickly dealt with the goods in his hands. The ship full of pepper had already gone south according to his plan. If everything went well, it should appear in the territory of Da Zhou in half a month.

Just as Xu Yao expected, Zheng Chi began to secretly investigate her whereabouts.

Zheng Chi still suspected Zhuang Mu and thought that this man must have some secret collusion with Wang Muzhi, so he ordered people to secretly follow Zhuang Mu.

Xu Yao and Pei Shuo said that after saying goodbye to Danyang Marquis Mansion, they originally planned to look for Zhuang Mu, but before they got close, they found that someone was following Zhuang Mu.

Looking at the appearance, it's obvious that they are members of the Iron Guard.

The two of them immediately changed their minds. Xu Yao had someone deliver a letter to Zhuang Mu, telling him that Zheng Chi might still be investigating secretly and asking him to be careful. Then he took Pei Shuo out of the city in a swagger, creating the illusion of leaving.

But a day later, the two of them disguised themselves as siblings and re-entered Panjing City.

A mute brother and a sister with a scar on her face rented a small courtyard in the south of Panjing City, saying that they came to the city to find their relatives and make a living.

The landlord felt sorry for the brother and sister and agreed to help them find someone.

Xu Yao was extremely grateful and gave the landlord some local specialties.

It was a kind of flour-flavored fruit from Jingyang, and all the locals knew about it. The landlord therefore concluded that the brother and sister were from Jingyang.

After settling down, the sister and brother stayed at home and went out less often. The neighbors only knew that the sister was good at embroidery, and the brother would take the embroidered items to the embroidery room to sell to make a living.

The mute brother was born dark and ugly, but had a lot of strength. He chopped wood in the house every day.

Seeing that the brother and sister were quiet and silent, the neighbors gradually lost interest in them.

Zheng Chi's people investigated for several days, but found nothing else. They only found out that Wang Muzhi had used Zhuang Mu's ship to load goods for him before his death, so they sent people to investigate secretly.

Unable to find out what the goods were, Zheng Chi thought about it and went to the door to inquire in person.

He was investigating the murderer of Captain Wang. On the surface, Zhuang Mu knew everything and said everything he could. But when he spoke, he responded to everything and his sentences were irrelevant, which was a kind of nonsense literature.

Zheng Chi was led around in circles by him and listened to a lot of lawsuits, but he didn't get any useful information.

If the higher-ups weren't keeping a close eye on him, Zheng Chi would have wanted to take this man back immediately and interrogate him strictly.

After Zhuang Mu sent the people away, he immediately went to Wang Muzhi's home with funeral gifts.

He sent a funeral gift of over a hundred taels and asked to see Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang was quite surprised to see that he was so generous and received him personally in the living room.