I'm watching the gate in the jail

In the Ningqing Palace, the Empress Dowager Zhou has been feeling uneasy since this morning, and her right eyelid has been twitching non-stop.

She sat in the main hall for a while, and the more she sat, the more her heart beat inexplicably faster. Just as she wanted to get up and call for the imperial doctor, she saw Huier, the maid of honor who was close to her, stumbled in and almost tripped over the threshold at the door.

"Unseemly! What made you panic like this?"

Empress Dowager Zhou pointed at Aunt Hui and cursed.

"Something happened, Empress Dowager, something serious happened."

Aunt Hui stumbled into the palace and sat down at the feet of the Empress Dowager Zhou.

The hairpin is also missing, the hair is messed up, and there is still a piece of dirt on the skirt, which shows that it has fallen outside.

"Quickly tell me, what's the matter? Who's in trouble? Ze'er? Could it be that something happened to Ze'er?"

In desperation, the Empress Dowager Zhou went to pinch Aunt Hui's neck. Seeing that Aunt Hui rolled her eyes, she hurriedly withdrew her hand and pushed her shoulder instead.

"Tell me, are you going to mourn your family?"

"Uncle Guo, Uncle Guo has been sent to prison."

Aunt Hui cried and coughed heavily, then swallowed, "It turns out that Uncle Guo didn't go back to the mansion. He was sent back to Beijing by the Jin Yiwei of Beizhen Fusi after sending off His Majesty's convoy. I took it away... Calculated, it has been more than half a month."

"Northern Governor? Prison?"

The Empress Dowager Zhou's voice suddenly rose.

Although she is a woman and child in the deep palace, she has also heard of the "notoriety" of this "imperial prison".

This place is the so-called "Purgatory on Earth". Nine out of ten people who enter will die in it, and will suffer all kinds of torture and humiliation.

How could Ah Shou be taken to such a place?

Since this period of time, the emperor has been coming to Ningqing Palace every morning and evening to settle provinces, and even during the few days when she was ill, he came to make soup as soon as he came to serve her illness. Regarding Uncle Qingyun's arrest, he never revealed to her the slightest bit of news... ... completely kept her mother in the dark.

What is he going to do?

"My servant also inquired for a long time before I found out...His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness's convoy was ordered to return to Beijing. His Majesty ordered His Highness's convoy to temporarily stop at Yuling, Tianshou Mountain. All people are not allowed to enter Beijing, and they will wait where they are."

"What? Ze'er went back to Beijing? Why? It's not that Ah Shou had an accident, why did he get involved with Ze'er again?"

It is a good thing that the youngest son can return to Beijing, but why stop in Yuling?

The Empress Dowager Zhou was going crazy.

"I heard that it was found in His Royal Highness's belongings... It was discovered that only the emperor and the prince could use porcelain and gold and silverware with five-clawed golden dragons. The prince, this is an act of 'overreaching' , suspected of treason... It is said to be 'waiting for punishment', but in fact, it is waiting for punishment."

Aunt Hui said in despair.

No matter how much His Majesty tolerates, no matter how magnanimous he is, he probably won't let go of those who covet his throne.

Even though he is his own brother.

Do not!

It is precisely because His Majesty King Chong is his own younger brother.

"How could it be? Who is it? Who is going to frame me? Ze'er's belongings are all taken care of by Aijia and A Shou himself. How could..."

The screaming voice of the Queen Mother Zhou suddenly dropped, "Is...is...A Shou?"

Originally, the utensils in Xiefang Palace that were distributed to Zhu Jianji according to the prince's rules could not enter the eyes of the Empress Dowager Zhou at all.

She felt that her son should use better ones, at least not worse than that low maid Wan Shi in Zhaode Palace.

This time her son came out of the palace, she first rewarded most of the things in her palace to her youngest son, and then Zhou Shou offered all kinds of exquisite gadgets found outside the palace.

Of course, the things bestowed by Ningqing Palace cannot be wrong, so the only thing that can go wrong is...

"Ah Shou, how can you find something that His Majesty uses?"

The Queen Mother Zhou asked blankly.

Naturally, Aunt Hui couldn't answer this question.

"It must be, it must be the ghost of the Wan family's magic."

Aunt Hui racked her brains. With her intelligence and vision, she really couldn't think of any other possibility except this reason.

In the eyes of others, this reason is so bizarre that it cannot be justified at all, but in the eyes of Empress Dowager Zhou who has long been prejudiced against Concubine Wan Gui, it is indeed perfect.

Could it be that instead of doubting the witch of the Wan family, she wanted to doubt her younger brother and harm her youngest son?

"Wan Shi, it's not enough for you to harm my one son, you want to harm the second..."

Empress Dowager Zhou swallowed her tears and stood up fiercely.

Her slender nails dug deep into the flesh of the palm, but she didn't feel the slightest pain.

"The most important thing now is to save Ze'er..."

As the Queen Mother said, she took off the complicated hairpin on her head.

"As a mother, I have to tear off my old face and beg my great eldest son and daughter-in-law..."

"You... you actually came out for me like this?"

Lying in Xinlehou Mansion, Wanda almost spit out a bowl of black and bitter soup that he had just swallowed.

He pulled the silk handkerchief on the bedside to cover his mouth, and looked at Yang Xiuxian who came to visit, his face full of shock.

"What is 'coming out'?"

Yang Xiuxian tilted his head slightly puzzled.

"Ah... what I mean is, you just told my brother-in-law about our relationship?"

Wanda was almost overwhelmed by Yang Xiuxian's ability to act.

From when he came out in front of Qiu Zijin to when Yang Xiuxian took the initiative to come out in front of Yuqian, it was less than half a month... Is this the rhythm of preparing to announce to the whole world that the two of them are the gay duo of Jin Yiwei? ?

"This matter cannot be hidden from His Majesty, it is better to admit it early than to confess late."

Yang Xiuxian, as a guard in Jinyi, naturally knew what kind of surveillance he was living under as an official of the Ming Dynasty.

If they don't confess today, sooner or later, either Dongchang or Jinyiwei will report their changes to His Majesty.

If His Majesty or Empress had already given a marriage to either of them at that time, it would be a real "crime of deceiving the emperor".

Wanda lowered her head, her brows were furrowed, and her two hands pinched the quilt under her body until it was deformed.

"Then... what does His Majesty say?"

After asking, like an ostrich, he covered his head with the quilt, but he didn't even dare to look at Yang Xiuxian.

Yang Xiuxian looked at Wanda's utterly shameless behavior, dumbfounded, and simply sat on the edge of the bed and put his hand under the blanket.

Wanda looked at the big hand stretched in from under her feet, hesitated for a moment, and reached out to hold it.

"Your Majesty said... let me get out."

Yang Xiuxian held Wanda's palm with his backhand, felt the temperature of his palm, and smiled softly.

"what?"

Wanda was stunned immediately.

"Your Majesty said—'Get out of here!'. Then I 'Get out'."

In the two days after "getting out" of the palace, Yang Xiuxian was always in fear, ready to be imprisoned at any time or simply be given to death.

As a result, two days passed and nothing happened.

Wanda lifted the quilt, blinked her big eyes in confusion, and turned to look in the direction of the palace.

Brother-in-law, what does he mean?

In Zhaode Palace, Zhu Jianshen waved away the palace people and asked the nanny to take the little prince out to bask in the sun. Even Xiao Wangzhi was ordered by Qin Chang to take him out together.

"The queen mother's troubles this time are really too much. It really makes my heart chill."

Sitting on the low couch against the west wall, Zhu Jianshen closed his eyes wearily, and sighed long.

The Empress Dowager Zhou actually wore only a plain dress yesterday, she took off the lead and decorations, and knelt outside the Zhaode Palace, saying that she wanted to "take off her hairpin and treat her as a crime".

Wan Zhen'er who was inside was alarmed on the spot.

Although she hated this unruly mother-in-law very much in her heart, as a daughter-in-law, she had no way to deal with this situation.He could only bring all the palace people to kneel inside the Zhaode Palace, facing the Queen Mother Zhou two by two.

The farce in the harem alarmed Zhu Jianshen who was in the court, and because of the case of Zhou Shou and Zhu Jianji, there was an uproar in the court.

The calamity of foreign relatives and the pain of vassal kings, the former is the object of strict defense by the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.As for the latter, the Jingnan Battle is still a history that Zhu's descendants can hardly tell.

It is not the first time that the Empress Dowager Zhou has fought with the cabinet.

As early as March in the eighth year of Tianshun, there had already been a fight between the former dynasty and the Zhou family over how to bestow the emblems on the two empress dowagers.

At the beginning, Zhu Jianshen had just succeeded to the throne. According to the ancestral system, his aunt Qian and his biological mother Zhou should be honored as empress dowagers and bear the emblem.

At that time, the Chief Assistant Li Xian was discussing the matter with Peng Shi and other ministers in the cabinet. The eunuch Xia Shi who was next to Concubine Zhou actually came to convey the instructions of the concubine, saying that Qian was childless, blind and lame, not enough to " The title of "Queen Dowager" is only required to ask the cabinet to be the emblem of the Zhou family alone.

The Zhou family's move not only violated Yingzong's edict, but also directly violated Yingzong's edict. At that time, Li Xian and Peng Shi refuted it, and had a fierce dispute with Xia Shi.

Xia Shi relied on Concubine Zhou as the Holy Mother of the Emperor, and her position was unshakable, yet she kept mentioning that during the reign of Xuande, Queen Hu Shanxiang had no children and voluntarily gave up the Queen's position.

Between words, he didn't even want to admit Empress Qian's succession.

Concubine Zhou's arrogance shocked the entire cabinet.

After arguing with reason, the final result was that the two palaces were called the Empress Dowager together, but the word "Ciyi" was added before the emblem of Empress Qian to show that there was still a difference in respect between the two, and that there was a distinction between the concubines and concubines.

Since then, the cabinet headed by Li Xian and Peng Shi has not liked the Queen Mother Zhou very much.

In addition, in the past two years, Qing Yunbo's bad deeds are obvious to all.

It is said that his business in Huangzhuang in Tongzhou was booming, and he even bought a number of merchant ships in the north for grain merchants to transport grain, earning a lot of commissions and rents, and competing with the people for profits.

The soaring food prices in the capital this time have nothing to do with this uncle.

Unexpectedly, he actually stretched his hand into the imperial palace and imperial equipment factory, and almost killed him.As for the crime of instigating and leading Chongwang to usurp, it is even more unforgivable.

New and old hatreds are mixed together, and there is a crusade from all over the court, demanding that the emperor must severely punish this lawless uncle of the country.

The voice of impeachment of "Little Uncle Guo" Wanda disappeared almost without a trace amidst the voices of crusade against "Old Uncle Guo".

Hearing that the Empress Dowager Zhou took off her hairpin in the palace to treat the crime, the anger of the ministers who were discussing how to deal with Zhou Shou was once again ignited-provocation!This is provocation!Naked provocation!

Where is "wearing a crime"?

This is the Empress Dowager Zhou taking advantage of her privilege as the emperor's mother to exonerate the Zhou family!

If this matter is really held high this time and put down lightly, will Daming still have national laws?Will the royal relatives be able to run amok in the future?

The anger towards the Zhou family spread to King Chong again. The ministers heard that the prince who should have been in the feudal domain had been away for more than a month without leaving Gyeonggi. The hat was directly pointed at Zhu Jianze - the prince was hesitant to become a vassal, for fear of disobedience!

When these admonishers usually scold Minister Wan and Uncle Xiao Guo, they often make Zhu Jianshen half dead. Now seeing them switch their guns to scold others, the little emperor listens with gusto.

Zhou Shou, the uncle of the state, and Zhu Jianze, the emperor's younger brother, are all bargaining chips that he uses to contain the queen mother, and they cannot be used all at once.

Zhu Jianshen ordered that first the Earl's Mansion of Qingyun be confiscated, and Zhou Shou himself be stripped of his title, demoted to a commoner, sentenced to hang, and executed after autumn.

Eunuch Liang Fang attempted murder and smuggled prohibited items, an unforgivable crime. After the case was over, he was executed in the street.

The criminals who were in the same case as Zhou Shou, including Qiu's mother and shopkeeper Rong, as well as a dry grain merchant and antique dealer in the north, were hunted down, tried and convicted by the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple.

Qiu Zijin's mother was naturally among the criminals. Both Qiu's mother and Qiu Butler were sent to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

But for Qiu Zijin's sake, the people in the yamen didn't make things difficult for her, and even prepared a single cell for her.

Ever since Mother Qiu was dying of illness on the boat, and now she has been imprisoned again, all her original pride has been emptied.

Qiu's mother squatted in the prison for the past few days and was a little strangely quiet. She didn't know if she really started to reflect on herself, or if she was preparing to set off a precursor to the next quarrel.

But the Empress Dowager Zhou was always kneeling like that, which really slapped the emperor in the face.

This group of ministers is now angry, dare to criticize the Zhou family, and maybe they will turn around and blame the emperor for his lack of filial piety to his mother.

Just when Zhu Jianze was at his wit's end, Eunuch Qin Chang came to report quietly, saying that Mei Qianzhang had "surprised" the Empress Dowager's family, and now she has been sent back to Ningqing Palace's bedroom, please rest assured, Your Majesty.

After Zhu Jianshen heard the words, he let out a long sigh of relief.

"Fortunately, there is Mei Qianzhang this time... This kid is just like his younger brother, and he is loyal to His Majesty."

Recalling the funny scene at the gate of Zhaode Palace yesterday, Wan Zhen'er, who was massaging Zhu Jianshen's back, couldn't help laughing.

Yesterday at the gate of the palace, she and the Empress Dowager Zhou were kneeling on one side, and when they were in a stalemate, suddenly a black shadow sprang out from behind the Empress Dowager Zhou.

Before Wan Zhen'er could see clearly, she saw the Empress Dowager Zhou and all the palace servants kneeling behind her, all of them fell to the ground like soft noodles.

The black shadow didn't care about others, and only helped the Empress Dowager Zhou to her feet.Then he ordered the people from Zhaode Palace to come up quickly and send them back to Ningqing Palace.

Seeing the man in a well-dressed outfit and a mask, Wan Zhen'er asked blankly, "Xiao Qian, what did you do?"

"Ten Fragrance Ruanjin Powder...a little trick in the world."

Mei Qianzhang turned around and bowed to Wan Zhen'er, "Master Xiaowan also uses it often."

As he said that, he didn't know where he went.

"Uncle Xiao Lang also 'commonly used' the 'little tricks' in the Jianghu... Ha ha."

Zhu Jianshen gradually regained his composure. Hearing Wan Zhen'er repeating what Mei Qianzhang said yesterday, he also thought of what that young Jin Yiwei Qianhu said to him in the Hall of Martial Heroes two days ago...

Sure enough, it's a "little trick"... This little Uncle Lang is really hateful!

"Master Wan..."

Zhu Jianshen turned around, took Wan Zhen'er's hand, and patted the back of her hand, "Uncle Xiaolang..."

"What's wrong with him? Didn't Your Majesty say two days ago that my brother is no longer in danger of his life? Could it be that his condition has returned?"

Wan Zhener asked anxiously.

"If, if only the concubine could leave the palace... the younger brother can't enter the palace, and the concubine can't leave the palace. It's really tormenting how the concubine's heart hangs every day."

Although the Empress Dowager Zhou targeted her everywhere, Wan Zhen'er was at a loss.However, Wan Zhen'er can empathize with her friendly heart towards Uncle Qing Yun.

Women like them have been trapped in the square imperial city all their lives.The younger brother is their only connection with the outside world, letting them know that there is still a place called "natal home" in this world, where their family members are still there.

"Master Wan, don't be too sad, Uncle Xiao Lang is indeed out of danger."

Zhu Jianshen sighed deeply in his heart, and scolded Wanda more than a dozen times as "little bastard".

"But according to Liu Yuan's judgment..."

"how?"

Wan Zhener asked nervously.

"Xiao Lang's injury this time is more... embarrassing..."

Zhu Jianshen's eyes glanced down.

Wan Zhen'er was puzzled at first, but after a while, she couldn't help covering her mouth with one hand, and gasped.

"In the future, I'm afraid... there will be problems with the heirs."

Zhu Jianshen said with a sad face, "I'm afraid I won't be able to marry a wife and have children in this life, and I will spread the branches and leaves for my family."

Oh shit!

Wan Xinghai, you wait!

I won't torture you to death next time!

He scolded vigorously in his heart, but the little emperor still helped his wife and brother continue to "fool" his beloved concubine with a sad face.

"It is said that after Uncle Xiao Lang learned about it, he was so sad that he didn't think about eating or drinking. The injury that was supposed to heal soon became heavier again."

"Woo, my poor little brother. You are the one..."

Wan Zhen'er couldn't stand the blow, so she burst into tears immediately.

She is the eldest sister, and she really treats her younger brother who is 17 years younger than her son.

She had already prepared everything, and this time when her younger brother came back from work, she was going to give him a marriage.

Even the candidate for the bride has been selected. The woman is originally from a family in Shandong, and the appearance and family background of the two children are a perfect match.

Unexpectedly, such bad news ushered in.

It was like a bolt from the blue, teaching her a kind sister's heart, which suddenly turned into bubbles.

It was rare for Zhu Jianshen to see the usually stable Minister Wan so emotionally exposed, and he was at a loss for a while.

"It's not a big deal if you can't get married."

Zhu Jianshen hugged Wan Zhen'er and comforted him, "At least my life is saved, isn't it?"

"But child..."

"Didn't Uncle Da Lang's concubine just give birth to a son? I just ask Uncle Da Lang to keep up the good work and give birth to a few more. It will be fine if he adopts him in the future... Don't be sad, Minister Wan. When Uncle Xiao Lang recovers, I will give birth to a son." Invite him into the palace, give him another title, and add Lumi. He was injured on duty, and I will never treat him badly."

"But, but...my poor brother..."

After listening to Zhu Jianshen's words, Wan Zhen'er was somewhat comforted, but she still couldn't help feeling extremely sad when she thought of Wanda's "not lifting" at such a young age.

Seeing Wan Zhen'er crying like pear blossoms with rain, Zhu Jianshen scolded Wanda one hundred and eight times in his heart

You little liar!

Lie to your sister, I have to give you an official title!

I bother!

As the saying goes, "Good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles", the news of Wanda's "inhumaneness" finally became unstoppable and spread gradually.

In this regard, those Jiangnan civil servants who impeached him simply celebrated, saying that this is the so-called "report of the present world", and this is what happened to him for insulting the saint and the chaste archway.

However, these scholars are still very measured, they accepted it as soon as they saw it, and withdrew their previous proposal to impeach Wanda.

After all, they are all miserable like this, and they are doomed to be extinct in their lifetime, so there is no need to step on them to death.

After half a month of treatment, Wanda's injury has almost healed, and now she can get out of bed and walk around.When the weather is good, you can also go for a walk in the garden.

His brother Wantong's concubine had already given birth to a son for his brother, and at the request of the old Hou Ye Wangui, he was taken to his sister-in-law Zhang's house to be raised, and he was named under Zhang.

Sending his name to grow up under the name of his aunt and wife's sister-in-law, only in the future can this child inherit the title with confidence.

That little concubine, Wanshi, was so proud after giving birth to her child that she was so proud of herself after the child was taken away that she was mercilessly beaten by Wan Gui and told her to abide by her duties as a concubine.

His tough attitude scared the eldest son Wantong.

Wanda always thought that his father was a simple old farmer who diligently looked after the veterans at the city gate, but he didn't expect him to have such wisdom, so he looked at him with admiration.

As for Wangui, after hearing that his youngest son was "not good", he also suffered a heavy blow at first, but soon turned into a spur to Wantong's room.

"Our family has today, do you rely on yourself? It depends on your elder sister, who serves His Majesty, and gives birth to children for His Majesty. It depends on your younger brother, who is born and died, and shares state affairs for His Majesty. You two... …You must recognize your own position, continue to have two more children, adopt your younger brother, and provide for him in the future.”

"Father? Could it be that my only role is to give birth to a son?"

Wantong refused to accept it.

"What do you think! It's great that you can have such a role! If you don't know how to do martial arts, just hum! This old man warns you, don't think that you are a foreign relative, so you can use your sister's name to run amok outside—see Uncle Qingyun Is the mansion gone? That is the younger brother of the current Empress Dowager, have you seen his end?"

Wantong was trained to bow his head directly.

He had had an unhappiness with his younger brother because of making friends with court officials and civil servants.At that time, he was still full of dissatisfaction. He felt that his younger brother had become so successful, so he looked down on himself. He felt that I could not do what he could do.

Now seeing Zhou Shou's fate, and seeing his younger brother doing things for His Majesty, he even took care of his own happiness for the rest of his life. On this point, he can't catch up no matter what.

Wantong is really convinced this time.

Except that Wan Shi is already his woman and has already given birth to a child and cannot "return the goods", the presents given by those flirtatious people in the past have been sent back one by one by him in the past few days.

He doesn't want to be the second "Uncle Qing Yun".

Finally, the family crisis when Wanda left Beijing was finally resolved.

Now, he has only one problem to face...

"Susu, you won't be working in the Jinyiwei Yamen anymore, you'll be working in the East Factory instead, right?"

Xiao Wang Zhi, who was specially sent out of the palace by Wan Zhen'er to Xinle Hou Mansion to visit Wanda's condition, lay down beside the bed, asked with wide-eyed eyes in a daze.

As soon as this remark came out, not only Wanda's eyes almost fell out of shock, but even Yang Xiuxian, Qiu Zijin, Gao Hui and others who were standing in the room almost vomited.

"Who... who told you this?"

Wanda jumped out of bed angrily, and asked with her waist in her arms.

"They all said it!"

Xiao Wang spoke freely, "All the father-in-laws in the palace said it."

"puff……"

Qiu Zijin, who already knew the truth of the matter, covered his mouth and couldn't help but sneer.

"Isn't it? Can you still work in Jinyiwei if you become a 'father-in-law'?"

Wang Zhi blinked in confusion.

"..."

Wanda was speechless for a moment when she was asked, looked down at the location of her wound, then looked at Gao Hui who was standing by the window, trembling while suppressing a smile, and couldn't help shouting.

"Ahhh! I really deserved it!"