The emperor is embarrassed

Back home after many years.

In fact, the Duan Mansion has not changed much, and the parents and brothers are still the same as before.I don't know if it was the way her parents and brothers looked at her, or what, Duan Wenqian felt strange for no reason.

After the family reunion dinner, Mrs. Duan came to Duan Wenqian's room. Duan Wenqian stood up to greet her. Mrs. Duan smiled and held Duan Wenqian's hand. The mother and daughter sat on the couch together. Mrs. Duan asked softly, "Just now I saw that you didn't eat much, so I ordered the small kitchen to prepare some snacks. Is the food not suitable for your taste?"

Duan Wenqian said, "Mom is worrying too much, but I use it just fine."

"That's good." The maid brought a celadon stew pot, Mrs. Duan said with a smile, "Looking at you getting thinner and thinner, my son, eat a cup of bird's nest, so that you can replenish your body."

Duan Wenqian thanked her and took it.Then two maidservants brought refreshments, set up the table, and put a dozen or so palm-sized plates on them, and at a glance, they were all Duan Wenqian's favorite food when she was a daughter.

In fact, Duan Wenqian is very clear about the situation of the Duan family.Although her grandfather was well-known for his profound knowledge, the Duan family was not a wealthy family. When she was about to marry into her boudoir, she never had such ostentation.

"Now that I'm back in the imperial capital, I'll keep this room for you." Mrs. Duan sighed, "Wen Qian, don't blame your family for what happened back then. How did I teach you when you were young, and we The Duan family's family style: there are no lawless men in the family, and no remarried daughters in the family. I have given birth to you and your elder brother in my life. You are a daughter. I love you more than your elder brother. It's just your grandfather , Your father, our branch is the patriarch, and we must set an example in everything."

Seeing Duan Wenqian holding the celadon cup, with her head half down, she didn't speak.My own daughter, I understand, Mrs. Duan guessed that her daughter was ashamed, so she slowed down her tone and said softly, "Fortunately, the Bodhisattva blesses you, you are a good fortune, and you have caught up with the good times. I heard that the imperial capital is now Women can also be officials. The daughter of Xu Xiang’s family went to the south of the Yangtze River again to take care of the Shanrentang for the empress dowager. Wen Qian, you have a reputation in the Imperial Hospital. Although your grade is not high, you are still serious. Female medical officer. I begged your father to find a reliable family for you in the imperial capital. You are still young, so don’t waste the rest of your life.”

Duan Wenqian raised her eyes and looked into Mrs. Duan's eyes, her expression was indifferent, and she said softly, "Mother, don't worry, I'm already married. I left the Qian family because I hate the Qian family. My husband and I have a deep relationship, and we don't know each other. It means remarrying."

Mrs. Duan said angrily, "How did you say that? The Qian family must have been your husband's family once. Don't say anything bad."

Duan Wenqian did not speak.Mrs. Duan said again, "Well, the first marriage is up to the parents, and the second marriage is free, it's up to you. I discussed it with your father, and you don't have to worry about remarrying. You will take all of your original dowry away, and there will be no less. something near you."

"Thank you mother, no need, I have no intention of remarrying."

Seeing Duan Wenqian's blunt tone and indifferent face, Mrs. Duan was not very happy, she looked at her daughter and said, "The family is also thinking of you, alas, now that you are older, you have your own ideas. You don't want to listen to my heart." .”

Duan Wenqian remained silent, Mrs. Duan saw that she was so ignorant, she had the heart to walk away, and thought of her husband's warning, she had to hold back her anger, and said in a earnest tone, "Think carefully, is this the truth? Hurry up Eat this bird's nest, or you will be cold."

Duan Wenqian really didn't have much appetite, she only used a few spoonfuls lightly, then raised her hand and put it aside, saying she was full.

Mrs. Duan took advantage of the situation and sent the maids to tidy up, and dismissed the maids in the house. Mrs. Duan took out a plain and unadorned azure embroidered bag from her arms, weighed it and put it in Duan Wenqian's hands, full of concern, "You will take care of me in the palace. The dragon body of the emperor can't come out. Is the poor family rich? Here are some bank notes and some scattered silver. You can take it with you. If it is of any use, don't be caught blind."

"Thank you, mother." Duan Wenqian felt exhausted and took the money, hoping that Mrs. Duan would leave sooner, so that she could rest earlier, and she had to enter the palace tomorrow, so it must not be too late.

At Mrs. Duan's age, she is no stranger to looking at her face. It's not like Mrs. Duan can't see the tired look on Duan Wenqian's face.It's just that when she mentioned the court several times, Duan Wenqian didn't talk to her, which made Mrs. Duan really anxious.

"In the palace, no matter how busy you are, you still have to pay attention to your body?" Mrs. Duan warned, "I see that your complexion is not very good."

Duan Wenqian couldn't help laughing, her mother had mentioned her expression twice, but in fact, she was a little bit better now than when she was in Qian's house.But her mother always said that she had a bad complexion and a thin body. Duan Wenqian said, "Maybe she's a little tired."

"Oh." Mrs. Duan didn't seem to have expected Duan Wenqian to say something offensive, her face was slightly stiff, and she stood up in embarrassment, "Then you should wash up earlier and rest."

"I'll send it to my mother."

"No, just rest." Mrs. Duan was inevitably annoyed that nothing was found out after a long night.Reluctantly smiled at Duan Wenqian, got up and left.

Duan Wenqian returned to the palace, reported to the Queen Mother Wei, and even learned what everyone in the family said, and then took out the brocade bag and silver taels that Mrs. Duan gave her.

Empress Dowager Wei rewarded Duan Wenqian once, and said in a gentle voice, "You are careful, and I am relieved to have you take care of the emperor."

Duan Wenqian thanked her and withdrew.

After sending Duan Wenqian away, Empress Dowager Wei received many clan relatives who came to pay their respects one morning.

In the clan, it is rare to see someone who is so eager to seek death like Marquis Lu An.Most people entered the palace to pay their respects, not to intercede with Marquis Lu An, but to clarify themselves, they have nothing to do with Marquis Lu An, they only want to be loyal to the court and the queen mother and so on.

Many people even thought that Marquis Lu An acted recklessly, and that this fate was his own fault.

In fact, most people wronged Marquis Lu An.

If Master Hou doesn't do it well, who wants to die?

However, Empress Dowager Wei has been urging the clan government to examine the case of Feng Qinian in detail, and has sent Princess Shuyi to sit in on the case. Her posture and inclination clearly show that she wants to discuss the matter as it stands, which cannot be tolerated.If Feng Qinian's crime is proven, in the hands of the vicious Empress Dowager Wei, the Marquis of Lu'an's Mansion will still be unable to keep it, so why not fight it out!

Marquis Lu An and Marquis Min Jing have always been very close. Both of them were dukes when they first came to the imperial capital. As a result, one committed a crime, and the other was cut off and surrendered to Marquis.

In fact, in everyone's impression, Marquis Lu An is a steady person.On the other hand, Min Jinghou, who was born with a loud voice, didn't know how to say anything, and used to yell, and he was famous for his violent temper.

But no one expected that Lu Anhou was so impatient that he took the lead in attacking the Queen Mother Wei.

But Min Jinghou didn't say a word.

Fuzhou City.

Ruan Hongfei was dressed in icy silk and snow silk clothes, with a sandalwood crown and jade face, calmly, and let go of his son.

Ming Zhan grabbed Moyu's chess piece clatteringly, looked at the chessboard for a while, frowned for a moment, then raised his head and glanced at Ruan Hongfei, touched his chin, and smiled lewdly, "Feifei, you look so good in this outfit." .”

"Okay, let's hurry up." Ruan Hongfei didn't think there was anything good-looking, and Ming Zhan was crazy, insisting on him wearing it like this, making him all white, as if he was wearing filial piety for someone.

"What's the reminder?" Ming Zhan stared at Ruan Hongfei intently, and a little heart began to "thump, thump, thump", and he was talking about state affairs again, "People say that heavy codes are used in troubled times, Feifei, what do you think?" Marquis Lu An is desperately looking for death, is it because he has lived enough, or is he thinking of dying together."

Ruan Hongfei pushed the chessboard and put away the black and white jade pieces, but Ming Zhan hurriedly stopped him, "Have you finished playing yet?"

"This kind of life-saving business, I will find Yaoguang to accompany you in the future." Playing chess with Ming Zhan is really a kind of torture.

"Tch, you used to praise me for being smart and talented." Ming Zhan was dissatisfied, "If you get me, you won't cherish it. That's not good. If one day I change my mind, I guarantee you won't cry The place."

Ruan Hongfei smiled, "Let's go back. Fuzhou is thousands of miles away from the imperial capital. If it's hot today, walk slowly. It will take more than half a month to reach the imperial capital, just in time for the excitement."

"Feifei, I sent a letter to my father and the others. Tell me, is there no doubt that I'm still alive? The news hasn't been leaked?" Otherwise, there would be no assassins to do the murder.Ming Zhan looked forward to it for several nights, put out the candles early in the evening, and stared wide-eyed waiting for an assassin to come and panic in the middle of the night, but nothing happened.

Ruan Hongfei said, "Even if someone suspects you, they won't be able to guess your identity."

"That's right, I'm wearing a human skin mask." Ming Zhan asked nervously, "Feifei, do you think anyone can feel my arrogance or something?"

Ruan Hongfei didn't understand, so he frowned and asked back, "Even if you want to live for a long time, you don't have to compare yourself to a tortoise, right? You really are getting careless."

Ming Zhan choked on Ruan Hongfei, and quickly explained to Ruan Hongfei what "dominant spirit" is.Fu shook his head again and sighed, "It's too much effort to talk to you mortals."

Ruan Hongfei despises Ming Zhan's claiming to be a god. Isn't it worthy of embarrassment even if he was a down-and-out little fairy who spent several years in the fairy world in his previous life?

As the saying goes, it is better to have a chicken head than a phoenix tail.

In Ruan Hongfei's view, being a god is the same.From Ming Zhan's boastful words, Ruan Hongfei could know that Ming Zhan's life in the world of immortals was definitely worse than that of a pig and dog. How could being an emperor be at ease?

Ming Zhan was definitely thinking too much about the assassin.

Although he sent a letter to the brothers of the Feng family, those two were succumbing to Ming Zhan Bailong, risking their own lives, and they were even more concerned, how could they disclose this matter to outsiders?

In the past, the two of them didn't mean that they didn't care about Ming Zhan, but since Feng Jinggan was going back to the imperial capital, Yijia was in distress.The two of them had a new understanding of the importance of Ming Zhan. Ming Zhan had only been away for a few days, and the emperor's capital was already in turmoil.If something really happened to Ming Zhan, the emperor was afraid that the world would be turned upside down.

Nothing is more important than peace and tranquility, this is the common opinion of the Feng family brothers.

Therefore, regarding Ming Zhan's stay in Fuzhou, the Feng family brothers kept it a tacit and cautious secret, and did not let anyone know about it.

As for whether anyone could guess it, that is beyond the control of the Feng family brothers.

There are still many things that are not under the control of the Feng family brothers, for example, the resignation of Gu Yueshan, Minister of the Ministry of War.

Empress Dowager Wei dealt with Marquis Lu An, and then ordered the Third Division to re-trial the case of Feng Qinian's treason and cursing the emperor. Seeing that Marquis Lu An's family was over.Of course, the impact of this case does not stop there.

Feng Qinian is one of the few clans that has been transferred from the clan mansion to the third division hall for trial since the founding of the Dafeng Dynasty.Moreover, in the situation where the clan and the cabinet were facing each other, Feng Qinian fell into the hands of the third division, which was simply something the cabinet could only dream of.

This incident marked: the cabinet once again gained the upper hand in the dispute between the cabinet and the clan.

However, Li Pingzhou did not expect that the clan's counterattack came so fast and so ruthlessly.

The rumored fraud case of "Qifeng Mountain Collapsing the Heavenly Falling God Iron" has a new clue, and one of the cabinet complements - Minister of the Ministry of War Gu Yueshan is caught in it.

The cabinet produced clear evidence that the explosives enough to blow up the hills were obtained from the Ministry of War.Together with every time the Ministry of War buys explosives, how the subordinates carry them privately and conceal them, the records are extremely clear.

The amount of explosives used to flatten a small hill is definitely not a small amount.There is even a story about how Gu Yueshan bribed Xu Bingtang's assistants, how he came up with the latest explosive formula, and then made this farce of "Qifeng Mountain Collapsing Heaven and God's Iron", with the intention of fooling the Queen Mother and all the officials, so as to achieve the impossible. The purpose of telling people, and so on.

Anyway, whether it was true or not, it was unclear whether Gu Yueshan was innocent or wronged.

But one thing is certain, there are all witnesses and material evidence, even if Gu Yueshan is really innocent, he still has to suspend work and accept interrogation.What's more, how can a person not get his shoes wet when he walks by the river?

Even if Gu Yueshan didn't know anything about the fraudulent miracles, as long as the explosives were really related to the Ministry of War, Gu Yueshan could not escape the guilt.

At this precarious time, it is definitely not a good choice to replace the Minister of the Ministry of War!

Li Pingzhou was in trouble for a while.

Empress Dowager Wei smiled slightly, if it wasn't for Ming Zhan's arrangement, she would have been worried about the candidate for Minister of War.Now, right now, there is a best candidate.