The princess' little concubine wants to reconcile [Rebirth]

"I wish, Sister Dai... a happy New Year and everything goes well." Liu Meier sensitively felt the light kiss on her side face, her earlobe was slightly blush and stammered her congratulations.

Jiang Changdai held her delicate face in her palm and said with guilt in her eyes: "Meier, something happened in the palace last night, that's why I forgot my promise with you."

"It's fine." Liu Mei'er actually understood that Sister Dai was very busy, and the reason why she waited at the Princess Mansion was mainly because she was a little worried about Sister Dai.

After all, the brothers of the Chaotang Wu family are now in power, so there is no guarantee that they will be unfavorable to Sister Dai.

"Did you wait all night?" Jiang Changdai's fingertips touched the light blue in her eyes, feeling distressed.

Liu Meier shook her head guiltyly, "I just woke up early."

Most of the time on New Year's Eve, the sound of firecrackers does not stop throughout the night, and the age of snoozing has already passed, so naturally the night is not as sleepy as before.

"Really?" Jiang Changdai led her into the hall.

"Well, I have to go to Liu's Mansion later." Although Liu Mei'er rarely met with Liu's father, every year on the first day of the Lunar New Year, she still made a special trip to visit her.

The cold and snowy New Year's Eve is still unabated, and there are still thick firecracker red debris piled up in the corners of the alleys, and no one has cleaned them up.

Last year, Liu's father paid a lot of money to officials who had close contacts with the Wu family brothers to pass the rural examination for his two eldest grandsons.

There were only a few months left in the imperial examination this spring, so Father Liu was naturally even more anxious.

However, the world is unpredictable, the brothers of the Wu family rebelled against the law on New Year's Eve, and the news quickly spread throughout the capital.

The huge amount of money Liu's father spent was also in vain, and he was angry and anxious, and his health became worse.

Liu Mei'er, who came to visit, saw Liu's father depressed, so she asked Liu Ming and Liu Yang a few words.

"Uncle, my nephews are going to take a scientific examination this spring, and grandpa is worried about it." Liu Ming glanced at Liu Yang, who was only eating and drinking, and Liu Yang said flatteringly, "If uncle can help us arrange a Second, maybe my nephews can also be petty officials."

Liu Mei'er was shocked when she saw that these two little nephews behaved so much like Liu's father.

Years of self-cultivation made Liu Meier unaccustomed to saying hurtful words, so she could only speak seriously: "The imperial examination is the most important assessment in Jiang country. If you want to be lazy and take advantage of loopholes, it is better not to take the scientific examination."

When Liu Yang heard this, he teased with displeasure on his face, "Uncle, if you don't want to help your nephews, just say so."

"You..." Liu Meier didn't expect that at such a young age, she would not be able to listen to the persuasion of others, and her intention of continuing to persuasion disappeared in her heart.

On the side Liu Ming's expression was darker than Liu Yang's, and he quickly poured tea and explained enthusiastically: "Uncle, don't be angry, he was just talking nonsense just now."

Seeing his elder brother's eyes, Liu Yang had to change his words perfunctorily: "Yes, my nephew is ignorant and a little unscrupulous, uncle don't mind."

Liu Meier took the tea and didn't say anything more.

I just thought that the two children might have become such snobbish people under the influence of Liu's father.

After having dinner with the Liu family, Liu Meier left the table early and did not want to stay longer.

In the afternoon, Liu Yang and Liu Ming were signaled by their mother to send their uncle out of the house together. It was freezing cold outside.

The vehicle drove far out of the roadway, leaving only the long and narrow wheels imprinted in the snow.

"Young uncle is really pretending to be noble. Obviously he was promoted from a local magistrate to be a minister of the Ministry of Industry by the eldest princess. I think he clearly looks down on us as descendants of concubines, so he doesn't want to mention us." Liu Yang muttered angrily.

Liu Ming didn't refute, but his eyes were full of jealousy and he said: "I just heard the conversation between grandfather and father. He originally arranged for us to take the imperial examination, but because the eldest princess strictly investigated the rebellion of the Wu family and related party members, how much money was collected? It's unlucky that two officials are in jail."

"That's too bad luck." Liu Yang stepped on the snow on the ground full of hatred.

"However, a few days ago, I got acquainted with a senior official in the court through some friends, so I might have some knowledge." Liu Mingman said mysteriously.

Liu Yang asked curiously: "Brother, who is the high official you are referring to?"

"Temporary secrecy." Liu Ming's temperament is more thoughtful than his father Liu An's.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, every household in the capital city was still visiting each other, but the members of the Wu family stayed behind closed doors in fear.

In the afternoon of that day, Liu Mei'er was playing horse-sling with Mrs. Chang and Sister Dai, and the servants hurriedly came to report, their faces even more anxious.

"It's not good, Mrs. Madam." The old servant looked at the eldest princess in the middle hesitantly, panting, "Just now Liu's mansion was surrounded by officers and soldiers for strict investigation. I heard that Young Master Liu and his two eldest grandsons were arrested. The master was on the spot. Passed out."

Chang's got up with Chang Yu's support and said, "Mei'er, follow me to Liu's Mansion for a visit."

Liu Meier got up and replied: "Yes."

The two left the house in a carriage, Liu Meier was still wondering if Sister Dai knew the details.

In the evening, Liu's Mansion cried and knelt down, Liu Meier looked at Liu's father who was sick, and guessed that he would stay in Liu's Mansion for the next few nights.

At night, Jiang Changdai looked at the cold wind and heavy snow outside the window, and put the black chess pieces on the chessboard into the chess box.

Regarding the matter of the Wu family's party members, Jiang Changdai had carefully inspected the list, but no one from the Liu family was among them.

Today's sudden arrest should not be a charge of treason.

Father Liu is the most opportunistic businessman, and it is possible to bribe some money to buy some farmland and mansions.

But participating in the rebellion, Jiang Changdai didn't think Liu's father had such great ambitions.

And today it was Father Liu's eldest son, Liu An, and his two sons, Liu Ming and Liu Yang.

Liu An has no official position, and has been doing business abroad for many years. Presumably, it must be about paying taxes and other related issues to bribe officials.

Thinking about it like this, Jiang Changdai just thought it was a trivial matter, so she didn't plan to help the Liu family.

After all, the Liu family has always been extremely mean to Liu Meier's mother and daughter, and Jiang Changdai has also seen Liu Meier's difficulties in the mansion.

It would be a good thing for Liu's father and Liu's family to suffer now.

That night it was very windy and snowy, but Liu's father muttered in a daze of anxiety, "My children and grandchildren..."

At daybreak, Liu's father died on the sickbed with his eyes open, as if full of reconciliation.

That night Liu Mei'er didn't close her eyes all night, and Chang's was also busy with managing the mansion.

In the first few days of the Lunar New Year, all the families still gather together to visit relatives and friends, but the mourning lanterns hanging in front of the Liu Mansion are extremely deserted.

The concubines on the mourning hall cried together, and Liu Meier exhaustedly arranged for the servants to take care of and manage the property they should distribute.

According to Jiang Guo's law, the eldest son has the absolute right to distribute the family property, but the big family left by Liu's father always has to be settled easily.

Among them, especially the elder brother Liu An, who has been taking care of the Liu Mansion's family business all these years, and Liu Meier allocated many mansions to his house.

On the seventh day of the funeral, although the heavy snow stopped, the cold wind was still severe. Liu Meier was worried that Chang's health was not good, so she walked alone on the day of the funeral.

The long snowy road was slippery due to the many people walking on it. Liu Meier was wearing mourning clothes and watched Liu's father's burial, her eyes were slightly red, but she didn't have much emotion in her heart.

Once upon a time, Liu Mei'er complained about Liu's father's ruthlessness. When the war was raging, she left herself alone and fled with the Chang family. Later, when the Yuan family framed her, Liu's father beat her viciously.

For such an indifferent and cruel person, Liu Meier didn't want to recognize him as her father from the bottom of her heart, and she even hated him a little.

But now Liu Meier found that she didn't have any feelings for Liu's father, she just felt that he was very pitiful.

Then Liu Meier sent someone to arrange Liu's father and concubines according to Chang's instructions.

But the eldest brother Liu An's wife, Zhou Shi, kept crying and said: "My husband and Ming'er Yang'er are still in prison and don't know whether they are alive or dead. Please help them for the sake of your brothers."

Liu Meier didn't agree, but said: "I'll go and see my brother before we talk."

That morning Liu Meier went to the prison, and when she saw her elder brother in prison uniform, she almost didn't recognize him.

Liu An is now in his late fifties, and has long since lost the vigor and vigor of the past. His brows and eyes are full of vicissitudes of life, and he said, "Did your father be buried?"

"Well, I just got into the ground yesterday." Liu Mei'er didn't know exactly what crimes Liu An and Liu Ming and Liu Yang committed. "I moved all the shops and houses in the capital city that my former brother bought to my brother's name."

As for Liu's father's property, Liu Meier knew that Liu An had been working hard for many years, and most of it was due to him, so she gave him all those shops.

The rest of the concubines and children are allocated houses and land according to the number of people, and the rest are handed over to Chang's management.

"Thank you." Liu An had always looked down on Liu Meier in the past. He was obviously better than him, but he was ignored just because he was not the eldest son.

That's why Liu An wanted to buy him to kill him at the beginning, but he never thought that he would be in such a situation today, but he still never underestimated him.

The difference in character can be judged immediately.

"You're welcome, this brother deserves it." Liu Meier was not used to the musty smell of the prison, "Are the two nephews locked up elsewhere?"

Liu An sighed: "I may not be ordered to go out this time, I just ask you to think of a way to make them suffer less tomorrow."

Seeing that the Wu family brothers had a good time last year, Liu An thought of making friends with officials, but who would have thought that his two sons would be implicated in it.

"What did brother commit this time?"

"It's nothing to me, it's just that those two sons have evil intentions. They were supposed to take the scientific examination this spring. They secretly made friends with the Wu family's rebellious party members. It is definitely not treason. I guess they are trying to obtain the scientific examination papers. Now it is estimated that they have been shaken out. It's gone." Liu An clearly knew that his son didn't have the guts to rebel, the most he wanted was to take advantage of the loopholes to pass the imperial examination.

But now that the imperial court is strictly arresting the members of the Wu family who form cliques for selfish interests, it is natural that there are many officials who want to find someone to be a scapegoat to escape their guilt.

Although Liu An was not an official, but the merchant had been friends with officials for many years, so he naturally knew that all the officials in the court were very good.

Which official is not a cunning rabbit, I am afraid that only his two sons are stupid enough to give evidence to others.

Because of her elder brother's words, Liu Mei'er had no choice but to go to the other side of the cell to visit her two nephews.

The two nephews, with their disheveled hair and disheveled expressions, looked at him in distress, their eyes full of grievance and anxiety.

"Uncle, hurry up and save Yang'er." Liu Yang, because of his well-behaved appearance and always sweet-mouthed, usually flatters Liu's father the most, so naturally he never suffers from such hardships.

"How did you secretly connect with the members of the Wu family?"

Liu Ming replied hesitantly: "We two brothers went out for a drink, and we met a few times by chance, so we became acquainted after going back and forth."

"Who is that official?"

"He said he was a senior official in the Ministry of Rites and could help us get the examination papers for the imperial examination, so we stole money from my father and gave it to him." Where did Liu Ming think that he gave the money, and his brothers and father were arrested up.

Seeing that they didn't mention the official's surname, Liu Meier was confused and asked, "He said he was an official from the Ministry of Rites. Don't you all know the specific official's surname?"

"He took out an official seal, so we believed it." Liu Ming sighed angrily.

"These can only prove that you really bought officials and bribed them." Liu Mei'er thought that maybe the official happened to be a partisan of the Wu family brothers, so they were designated as rebels.

When Liu Yang heard this, he called anxiously: "Uncle, go and intercede with the eldest princess and let us go out."

"If you break the law, you have to obey the law. You have conclusive evidence of bribery and buying officials, and you have admitted that you have formed a party with officials for personal gain. How can the eldest princess ignore the law and get you off?" Liu Meier saw that the two nephews did not have the slightest intention of confessing, Naturally, I was even more disappointed.

"Uncle, are you going to die without saving?" Liu Yang suddenly showed hatred in his eyes after losing his previous obedience, "We are grandpa's most beloved grandchildren. If you don't help us, aren't you afraid that grandpa will blame you?"

"Father has died of illness and was buried." Liu Meier was already tired seeing them obsessed with obsession.

Liu Yang was stunned for a moment, thinking that without his grandpa's help, he was afraid that he would die, so he cried out: "Uncle, I don't want to die, go and beg the eldest princess."

"You have violated the law yourself, and there is nothing I can do about it." After finishing speaking, Liu Meier turned and left the prison and said.

At this time, the figure on the other side of the cell quietly appeared, and Liu Yang's original cry turned into cursing: "Go to your uncle!"

Song Yuanshan walked towards Brother Liu Yang, only to see Liu Ming react immediately: "It's you!"

Liu Yang belatedly recognized that this person was the official who tricked his brothers into signing the document earlier.

"You bastard still has face!" Liu Yang stretched out angrily, wanting to beat someone up.

But the protruding arm was easily broken by Song Yuanshan, with the sound of cracking bones.

"Ah!" Liu Yang paled from the pain, and immediately begged for mercy, "My lord, please forgive me."

Song Yuanshan didn't let go of his hand, but took off his arm completely, and let go just now in disgust.

Liu Ming supported Liu Yang who fell down in pain and asked angrily, "Why haven't you been arrested?"

"It's very simple, because I'm the one who arrests you." Song Yuanshan originally didn't want to deal with Concubine Liu, but when he thought that Concubine Liu would not die, the position next to the princess would be someone else instead of himself.

That's why Song Yuanshan had to find a way, at least to bring Liu Concubine into trouble.

According to Song Yuanshan's plan, as long as Concubine Liu is involved in the crime of covering up, he should be removed from his official position and investigated.

At that time, the eldest princess should take the initiative to reconcile with him.

But just now Song Yuanshan saw that Concubine Liu had no intention of helping the brothers of the Liu family, so he had no choice but to come up with a series of tricks.

"Why did you frame us?" Liu Yang was in so much pain that he didn't have the strength to speak just now.

"I have no interest in you, I just want you to sign this confession." Song Yuanshan threw the confession to them.

Liu Ming picked up the confession and looked at it, and said in surprise, "Uncle didn't take part in bribery, why did you frame him?"

Song Yuanshan deliberately induced and said: "If you don't drag him into the water, how can he be willing to plead with the eldest princess for you?"

"You will be so kind?"

Liu Yang was in so much pain that he couldn't lift his arms, and asked with sweat all over his face.

"Wrong, I have a lot of thoughts, but I have no good intentions."

Song Yuanshan picked up the handkerchief and wiped his hands, and said casually, "You'd better hurry up and sign the pledge, after all, there are many instruments of torture in the prison that can serve you young masters with delicate skin and tender flesh."

Liu Yang was terrified when he heard that, and replied tremblingly: "No, I'll just sign it."

He would be sentenced anyway, Liu Yang thought it would be good if he could drag him into the water, but that uncle was useless anyway.

And Liu Meier, who came out of the dark prison, squinted her eyes slightly and was not used to the light outside.

When Liu Meier returned to the consort's mansion to accompany Mrs. Chang to have dinner, since the court officials had already been appointed on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, naturally sister Dai was also very busy.

Chang asked a few things about Liu Meier's going to prison, and said with a slight frown, "I don't think what Liu An said is necessarily the truth. You must not have anything to do with them for the crime of treason."

After all, if you are not careful, it is a serious crime to steal your family and exterminate your family.

Remembering the cruelty of her previous life, Liu Meier nodded cautiously, but she still wanted to find out the truth in her heart.

Liu Ming and Liu Yang are only 17 years old, if they are really framed, then they will have no way out in the future.

In the evening, Jiang Changdai came out of the palace in a carriage, flipping through the paperwork handed over by Song Yuanshan between her fingers, her eyes could not help but show a bit of anger.

The evidence that the two nephews of the Liu family offered bribes to buy officials is convincing, and it stands to reason that they should be exiled at the least.

But the two nephews who were born unexpectedly involved Liu Meier in the testimony.

If Jiang Changdai hadn't pressed down the document, I'm afraid there would be a commotion in the city tomorrow.

For such a vengeful younger brother of the Liu family, Liu's father was probably also pissed to death by the two of them.

When the night was getting darker, Liu Meier came to the princess's palace early, and it was still very cold in early spring.

The interior of the bedroom is divided into warmth, and even the potted begonias are particularly luxuriant.

When she heard footsteps approaching, Liu Meier shifted her gaze from the potted plants to the people outside the house.

"Has Sister Dai ever eaten?" Liu Meier remembered that Sister Dai was often busy recently and sometimes she didn't even have time to eat.

"Well, I've already eaten." Jiang Changdai took off her coat and her brows were still serious.

Sitting next to Ruantao, Liu Meier thought that Sister Dai was worrying about the war between Mo Kingdom and Feng Kingdom, and it was even more difficult for her to ask about Liu's nephew.

Ever since the princess of the Mo country returned last year, the army of the Mo country turned around and invaded the border of the Feng country.

And Mo State sent people several times to invite Jiang State to send troops together. I heard that the ministers in the court are still discussing how to respond to Mo State's request.

When Jiang Changdai came back to her senses, she saw Liu Meier holding her face in her hands and staring at the candle in a daze, she touched her forehead and said, "What are you thinking?"

"I'm wondering how Sister Dai will deal with Mo Country's request to send troops." Liu Meier naturally distinguishes that state affairs are more important than family affairs.

"At present, the Mo Kingdom cannot conquer the Feng Kingdom for a while, and the emperor of the Mo Kingdom wants to pull the Jiang Kingdom into the water, and his intentions are not pure. At this time, there is no need to worry." Jiang Changdai never thought of sending troops to help the Mo Kingdom, after all, the Mo Kingdom really won. In Fengguo, Jiangguo is in greater danger.

Sometimes it is safe to stand with three legs. Jiang Guo is in the danger of the handover of the six countries. It has been a dangerous situation surrounded by wolves since ancient times.

Although the Qing Kingdom in the west is now gone, except for the Mo Kingdom in the north and the Feng Kingdom in the east, there are still two small countries in the southwest and southeast of Jiang Kingdom that need to be guarded against.

Otherwise, once Mo State occupies Feng State in the east, Jiang State will be unable to contend with it.

"Then sister Dai already has a countermeasure?" Liu Meier asked curiously looking at the sitting sister Dai.

"No." Jiang Changdai took a sip of tea, looked at her surprised expression, and couldn't help laughing, "I'm kidding you."

amount……

Liu Meier breathed a sigh of relief and replied, "I thought Elder Sister Dai really had no other way."

Jiang Changdai looked at the candlestick on the side and said: "Right now, Moguo is like this burning candlestick. It looks very bright, but as time goes by it will slowly weaken until it goes out."

"And the war between Mo State and Feng State will speed up the burning of candles, so I want Mo State to be unable to win or lose. Only by letting Feng State exhaust Mo State's national strength, can Jiang State have a chance of winning the world. .” Jiang Changdai held the scissors in her hand and cut off the candlestick.

Liu Meier felt envious of the calm and unfazed sister Dai.

I was upset because of the matter of my two nephews, but Sister Dai was able to plan calmly in the face of national affairs.

"By the way, does Mei'er know the crimes of the Liu family's children being imprisoned?" Jiang Changdai was having a headache because of this matter.

Although I suppressed the document forcibly, if I still don't pass the trial and punishment of the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple, then I can't always protect her.

What's more, there are many courtiers who are worried that they want to monopolize the government, and their actions in violation of the law are unintentional cover-ups in the eyes of outsiders.

Then the rule of law that you promote will be overthrown by yourself.

And Jiang Changdai didn't want Liu Meier to go to jail from the bottom of her heart.

The review by the Ministry of Criminal Justice will take more than a month at the earliest, and the punishment will be sent to the prison, and the prison is not a good place. Jiang Changdai is reluctant to let her suffer innocently.

"Well, I went to see my brother and the others today." Liu Meier didn't expect that sister Dai would suddenly ask about this, and she was still a little nervous.

After all, I can't make sister Dai feel embarrassed.

Otherwise, it will only make it more difficult for the courtiers to believe in the new law introduced by Sister Dai.

Jiang Changdai thought for a while before asking, "Have your two nephews ever pleaded guilty?"

Liu Mei'er hesitated to speak, but said: "I heard from their words and deeds that they are indeed guilty of bribing and buying officials, but they should not be charged with forming a party and conspiracy."

"However, the certificates they submitted today have already admitted the crime of forming a party for personal gain."

"what?"

Liu Meier didn't quite believe it, obviously Liu Yang and the others resisted it before.

"And they have pushed you as the principal criminal, and have pleaded guilty." Jiang Changdai saw that she was soft-heartedly defending Liu's nephew, and she was very angry for her, so she had to tell the truth.

But when she suddenly learned that Liu Meier, who had become the main criminal of the treasonous crime, was still a little dazed.

"How could they..." Liu Meier looked at Sister Dai's eyes and couldn't hide her sadness.

Jiang Changdai saw that instead of being angry, her expression was a little sad, so she couldn't help feeling a little bit sorry for her.

"Maybe they are in a hurry to go to the doctor now, so they fainted and dragged you into the water." Jiang Changdai reached out and hugged her into her arms.

Liu Mei'er still couldn't recover, she lowered her head and rested her head on sister Dai's neck and muttered: "They are only sixteen or seventeen years old, how can they be so bad."

"Bad, it has nothing to do with age." Jiang Changdai wrapped her arms around her slender figure, tilted her head and kissed the corner of her tear-filled eyes, "You might as well think about how to make Mrs. Chang feel at ease."

A good person suddenly goes to prison, I'm afraid that Chang can't stand the excitement for a while.

Liu Meier also understands that if she doesn't go to jail now, it will be easier for Sister Dai to embarrass her.

But how could Liu Meier keep the important matter of being in prison hidden from Chang?

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