Fate with you

Reunion.

A self-reliant person like Meng Youshu couldn't help the turmoil in his heart, he carefully held his sister's face and looked up and down carefully, lest her sister would suffer during the nearly half a year when he was not around.

Meng Youlin smiled, and let her look at her, holding Meng Youshu's wrist firmly with one hand.Meng Youlin liked the feeling of touching her sister's skin very much, as if just holding her hands tightly could fill her whole heart.

Mu Sheng, who had been ignored for a long time, finally coughed lightly. After she finished coughing, she blushed first, and she was really sorry for disturbing Xu Liqing's sisters.

"It's getting late and the air is very cold, your majesty might as well go into the house first." Mu Sheng said.

Meng Youshu was on the go all these days, Pei Bo'an was one thing, Lin'an county guard committed suicide in prison was another, now it was a critical moment, whether the minister overwhelmed the emperor or the emperor punished the minister depended on these few days.She didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, so returning home was even more serious.

"Participating is what you said." Meng Youshu calmed down from the turmoil of the reunion, and gently patted Meng Youlin's hand, feeling the delicate skin in her palm. She said sincerely, "Thank you for taking care of my sister these past few months, Your Majesty." There, I will personally go to thank you."

But the effort of raising one's hand, cannot afford such a solemn thank you from Mr. Huai'an.Mu Sheng declined and left.

Meng Youshu hadn't had dinner yet, so she brought Meng Youlin into the hall and asked the servants to set the meal.Meng Youlin has been leaning on her tightly, holding her sleeves tightly with her small hands, and followed her step by step.

This easily reminded Meng Youshu of when she was a child, that little sister who was sculpted in pink and jade was just like a follower who couldn't get rid of. Wherever she went, Arlene would follow there.She turned her head and was about to tease a few words, when she saw Arlene's clear eyes like spring water under the light, and her rosy lips like cherry blossoms.

Arlene has grown up.But I haven't seen her in a few months, and the chubby baby fat on her face has faded away, her thin chin is carved like jade, her skin is like creamy, pink and moist, like a lotus with sharp corners, with clear drops of water, Natural to carve.

Meng Youshu immediately felt the pride of being a young girl in our family. She raised her hand to caress Meng Youlin's face. She used to do this action when she was a child. Arlene's cheeks were bulging, soft, and her skin was tender and smooth.Arlene is very well-behaved, always looking up at her with a bright face, and calling her Ashu, even though her eyes can no longer be seen later, she is still so attached to her.

Meng Youshu suddenly felt a little bored, her younger sister should get married when she grows up.Her attachment was no longer hers alone.Involuntarily, the hand that was stroking Meng Youlin's face went up and placed on top of her head.It was when she was growing up, and after a few months of not seeing each other, Arlene ran up to the bridge of her nose. Meng Youshu's expression softened, and her tone was as gentle as spring water: "Arlene, no matter where you go, I will always protect you. you."

Meng Youlin raised her head, her face full of puzzlement, her dull eyes were extraordinarily clean, like her, she was kind since she was a child.Meng Youshu's eyes became softer.

The emperor rewarded all the ministers who returned from the south of the Yangtze River for their merits, whether they gave gold and silver, or promoted them to official positions.

Pei Chen, General Zuo Yuwei of the Imperial Forest Army, was promoted by the emperor to be the commander of the Imperial Forest Army.For a while, Pei Chen was in the limelight in Beijing.

Such a kind reward is really too much, especially Pei Bo'an's faction, who naturally did not forget that Pei Chenyuan played a trick on Pei Bo'an when he was in the south of the Yangtze River.All the ministers persuaded the emperor one after another, saying that the reward was too much, and the official title was a public tool, so it should not be given to others indiscriminately.The emperor naturally ignored them.Such a generous gift to Pei Chen is not only on the surface, but more importantly, the message revealed by the matter itself.

Meng Xiuyi is good at scheming people, she knows that soon, there will be fish taking the bait.

Next, the attack on Pei Bo'an was even more pressing and merciless.

The emperor was determined to deal with a certain minister. No matter how powerful the minister was, it would be useless to form cliques. The emperor had an advantage innately.

Pei Bo'an's faction couldn't help but retreat steadily.The emperor once again reiterated that only the leader of the thief should be punished, and the rest would not be questioned.

This time, there was finally a response.

Pei Bo'an's son, Pei Shao, came forward and personally wrote a letter to sue his father for more than ten major crimes, including embezzlement and bribery, selling officials and nobles, and even the dam case in the south of the Yangtze River.

When receiving Pei Shao's letter, Meng Xiuyi was talking with Meng Youshu.

Meng Youshu looked at her face, smiled and praised: "Your Majesty is so clever, Pei Shao really can't stand it anymore."

"A selfish person like him must put himself first." Meng Xiuyi looked at the words in black and white, with a harsh arc on his lips, "In this situation, he will be in danger for a long time. Seeing that I have not only never To anger Pei Chen, and give more rewards, I must also want to follow Pei Chen's example and come to make a contribution. As for Pei Bo'an, it doesn't matter his own life, glory and wealth."

Back then, in order to please Pei Zhao, she had investigated Pei Zhao's family members, so as to know herself and her enemies. At that time, she had known Pei Shao. Can't make it.

Meng Youshu nodded in conviction and said: "Where does Pei Shao know..." She paused, seized the opportunity, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please issue an edict to arrest the guilty minister!"

Meng Xiuyi immediately approved, ordered Bingbi to draw up the imperial edict, and personally printed it, and ordered the secretary of Dali Temple to cooperate with Meng Youshu to arrest Pei Bo'an.

All the people left according to the order.Meng Xiuyi glanced at the memorial again, and she couldn't help smiling, Zhao'er must be delighted to see such a wonderful story of a dog biting a dog.

Pei Shao was different from Pei Chen, Pei Chen hadn't returned to the mansion for three years, and he couldn't get close to Pei Boan, but Pei Shao could go anywhere in Pei's mansion, Pei Boan had no defense against him.Along with Pei Shao's autographed memorandum, there were many confidential letters written by Pei Bo'an, the account books that Pei's house secretly made with local officials, these real evidence, plus Pei Shao's identity as Pei Bo'an's beloved son, were enough to convict Pei Bo'an.

The reversal came quickly and accurately.At such a time, even if they knew that His Majesty would settle the score later, all the ministers didn't care about anything, and hurriedly blamed Pei Bo'an.In just three days, Pei Bo'an's crimes were too numerous to list.

Everyone pushes the wall down, but that's it.

Pei Bo'an was imprisoned, and he wanted to deny it, but found out that everyone had betrayed his relatives.

Meng Xiuyi once again issued an order to search the house.

Meng Youshu led the Jinwu Guard to the famous Pei Mansion in the past, and copied out a set of dragon robes.

There was an uproar immediately.

Pei Shao, who thought he was smart, was dumbfounded.He came out earlier, and the charges he gave seemed to be heinous, but in the name of Pei Bo'an, the elder of the two dynasties, he could completely pardon the capital crime.However, once the matter of usurping the throne is stained, nothing can wash it away.

How could my father be so confused and hide such forbidden things in the mansion.

In the past few days, his colleagues looked at him with loathing and contempt, and even the politeness he pretended in the past was gone. He was depressed, but he wanted to hide his strength and bide his time. At that time, his father will understand him.In addition, his father has always said that he values ​​​​him, but in fact, whenever he hides important things from him, he feels underestimated, and there is a kind of waiting for him to get ahead, and then see from his father's face that he mistreated him. Too late to regret.

Now, everything is over.

To usurp the throne is a serious crime that implicates the nine clans, and no matter how much credit he has, he can't escape it.

Pei Shao fell down on the couch, a group of Jinwu guards broke into the door, and the general at the head said loudly: "Which one is Pei Shao?"

Pei Shao's eyes widened in horror, his throat seemed to be choked, and he was speechless.Colleagues around have already avoided him far away, lest they be involved in him.

The general looked around and saw Pei Shao who was especially different. He raised his eyebrows sarcastically, and said loudly, "Take it!"

Two soldiers stepped forward and firmly held his arms.Pei Shao struggled desperately, he had no strength to restrain a chicken, how could he win over soldiers.The blood in the whole body was frozen, and there was only one thought left in my mind: I have no place to die!

If you are put in prison, you will never get out again.He doesn't want to die, he wants to save himself, he is still young, and he has a bright future.He can't just die like this.Pei Shao's eyes widened and he looked around in panic. The soldiers didn't have much patience, so they grabbed him and dragged him away.

Pei Shao's jade crown was ripped off, his hair fell down, covering his frightened face, he was in a mess.But he didn't care about his image, struggling desperately, looking for a savior, and finally, he saw it.

Unknowingly where the strength came from, Pei Shao rushed forward suddenly, breaking away from the strong hands of the soldiers.He didn't care about other things, he jumped in front of the general, and he recognized that this was Di Jing, the fourth son of the Di family, and also the nephew of his dead aunt.

He hugged Di Jing's calf and begged: "Fourth cousin! Fourth cousin! Save me..." His eyes were blank and he spoke incoherently: "You, you take me to see Your Majesty! I have a way Let His Majesty pardon me!"

Undignified like a bereaved dog.Di Jing smiled lightly, with a flash of joy in his eyes, he bent down, brushed away Pei Shao's hair that covered his face, and revealed a panicked face.

Pei Shao swallowed his saliva, trying to make a flattering smile, but in the end, it was uglier than crying.

Di Jing was satisfied, he whispered softly, but the words he spit out were more piercing than counting ice cubes in the cold winter: "You go underground and tell your aunt and cousin."

Pei Shao's face turned ashen in an instant, the Di family knew...

After a month of interrogation, the prime minister who was in power for a while, Duke An, who was appointed by the late emperor himself, was finally convicted.There are a total of [-] major crimes, each of which is enough to kill him. The first one is the attempt to usurp the throne, and the last one is Pei Boan's murder of his wife and daughter.

Only then did people realize that the usually respected, refined and elegant Zai Zou was so devoid of humanity.

Everything is almost settled, and the next step is sentencing.The ministers in the court and the central government were all vying to let Pei Bo'an die. The point of contention was whether the whole family should be executed or the Yiqi clan, and there were not a few people who proposed to punish the nine clans.

Meng Xiuyi put it aside for the time being, he still needs to listen to Mu Sheng's opinion on how to deal with Pei Bo'an and the Pei family.

Mu Sheng was silent for a long time, time passed like water, but this day really came, but she became a little dazed.Meng Xiuyi didn't urge her, it was all for her anyway, so naturally she had the most say.

After a long time, Mu Sheng whispered, "I want to meet him."