Tranquility

"I originally decided to resign and go back to my hometown to reflect on myself, but after returning to Beijing, I heard about Meng Yan, so I decided to stay and have a look. Can Meng Yan still be saved?"

As soon as Zhao Qian returned to Beijing, he went to the Ministry of Officials to report. He heard about Fu Jiayan there, so he rushed to Tangning without stopping.

The two hadn't seen each other for many years, and they didn't care about reminiscing about their old relationship, so Zhao Qian spoke directly.

Tangning asked suspiciously, "There won't be anything we can do about Meng Yan's affairs for a while, but you, why do you want to resign? Didn't I tell you that you're just flat?"

"I committed such a big thing, and I should deal with it fairly. I should have been dismissed from office. Even if you help me keep my official position, I will be ashamed."

"Why do you have to be so stubborn? It's not all your fault. Just change it. Besides, the root cause of this matter is that you offended the minister of the Ministry of Industry. You were just being used as an excuse. Besides, if you leave, who will come?" Seeking profit for the common people, there are not many honest officials like you nowadays."

Tang Ning frowned. If Zhao Qian resigned, then his and Fu Jiayan's previous efforts would not be a joke. If he and Fu Jiayan hadn't talked about Zhao Qian, how could Fu Jiayan talk nonsense.

Although it is a bit far-fetched to say so, Fu Jiayan's big mouth will make him suffer sooner or later, but it just happens to be in this matter; besides, if Fu Jiayan himself has not offended anyone, others will not rush to tell him the secret.

But Tangning always felt that this matter had nothing to do with her. If he hadn't been so impatient at the beginning and had been more careful, he would have gone to Fu Jiayan's residence to talk about it after he was released from office, and there wouldn't be such a big deal.

Although she was blaming herself, Tangning did not intend to offend Zhao Qian. Even though this incident happened because of him, Zhao Qian was innocent. It could only be said that fate tricked people.

"Hey——" Zhao Qian patted the table lightly, his head drooped heavily, and he sighed deeply, "This matter is ultimately my fault. If so, why was he caught.

Zi'an, you don't know yet, when my wife was in Quyang, regardless of her own weakness, she insisted on going back to Cangping, and wanted to die with me.

Until now, my mother still insists on protecting that concubine, saying that the wife can remarry, but the more sons the better..."

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Zhao Qian realized that he was complaining about his mother, and suddenly stopped talking, rubbing his forehead, showing deep fatigue.

Tang Ning sighed secretly. It seems that Zhao Qian has endured a lot of anger between his mother and wife these days, and finally smoothed out his overly upright temper.

"Then what are you going to do now? Resigning from office won't solve the family affairs."

"If I lose my official position, my mother will know the consequences of pampering my concubine and destroying my wife. Her greatest wish in this life is to let me become an official.

You're right, if you don't sweep a house, how can you sweep the world? My own housework is in a mess now, so I don't have the face to manage the affairs of a county.

I originally decided to go back to Cangping County, take back my wife, and send her to the temple when the concubine gave birth to a child, or marry her off with a generous dowry. Always, I, Zhao Qian, will never do it again in my life. concubine. "

Tangning thought about it, and felt that Zhao Qian's behavior was not a bad thing. After the limelight passed, it would not be difficult for him to try his best to get Zhao Qian back. At least it was much easier than rescuing Fu Jiayan now.

Tangning was thinking about it when Zhao Qian asked again, "Zian, how is Meng Yan's situation now, is it really hopeless?"

When Tangning heard this, melancholy crept up her brows again, "It's hard to say, but easy to say, everything depends on the emperor's will, no one else can save you."

As he spoke, he told how Fu Jiayan secretly told him about the Golden Pagoda, and how he was overheard to inform him. By the way, he told about the current situation in the capital, so that Zhao Qian would not offend others again by being blunt.

Not long after that, Zhao Qian left with a heavy heart.

Tangning only thought that Zhao Qian was worried about Fu Jiayan and his family, but unexpectedly, the next day, Zhao Qian asked someone to deliver a letter to him.

Tangning opened it and saw that it was a letter of divorce!

Zhao Qian is going to divorce his wife, what's going on, didn't he say yesterday that Hui Cangping would take his wife back?

Tangning thought for a while, her face changed suddenly, she could hardly hold the thin piece of paper, "Not good!"

However, it was still too late for Tangning. By the time he got the letter of divorce, Zhao Qian had already knelt under the Qingzheng Drum outside the Meridian Gate, and wrote a letter of remonstrance!

Zhao Qian is a seventh-rank sesame official, so he has no right to directly submit a letter.However, the founding emperor specially erected a stone drum outside the Meridian Gate in order to make his officialdom clear.

Zhao Qian's remonstrance was extremely impassioned. He not only defended Fu Jiayan, but also clearly stated between the lines that the emperor was obsessed with cultivating Taoism, not thinking about progress, and neglecting government affairs. In short, he cursed everything he could.

The whole book of remonstrance, with iron hooks and silver strokes, pierces through the back of the paper, it can be seen that Zhao Qian is determined to die.

Zhao Qian became famous, very famous, Emperor Jing Le had been obsessed with cultivating Taoism for decades, except for the dead Yu Ying who often persuaded him gently, no one really dared to be so direct and bold, he almost pointed at the emperor's nose and scolded him.

Zhao Qian is not a censor, but he has done something that even the censor admires. Qingliu Wenchen praised him for being upright and emphatic in love and righteousness.

However, they also knew that Fu Jiayan was wronged, but they dared not open their mouths to intercede for Zhao Qian.

So, Tangning started running around again, trying to make things easier for the pair of brothers and sisters in the dungeon.

And there wasn't much he could do. After finishing the preparations, he was free, but he couldn't think of any good solution, so he decided to go to the master's mansion to ask the teacher for advice.

Xu Yuan has also been very busy recently. Although the emperor is just a decoration, without him to control the place, many things are more than [-]% troublesome.When Tangning found Xu Yuan, he was still handling official business in the cabinet.

As soon as Tangning explained the reason for her visit, Xu Yuan didn't even think about it, so he wrote the word "Yu" on a scrap of paper at hand.

Tangning looked at it, bowed and bowed, and walked out without saying a word.

As we all know, Emperor Jing Le was very fond of Yu Yan, and specially gave him a house near the palace for him to adopt his children and grandchildren, so that he could live in the house when he was old.

Yu Yan is not just a simple eunuch in charge of the palace, he is also a eunuch with palm seal, he has the right to read the memorial, and also has the right to supervise all officials, so when he has official business, he always stays outside the palace.

This day Tangning inquired about the good news, while Yu Yan was in the mansion, he prepared generous gifts and came to ask for an audience.

Yu Yan's attitude towards Tangning was very good. He looked at Tangning with the kindness of an elder.

"I heard you have an aunt living in the house?"

"You mean Aunt Xu?" Tangning was a bit puzzled by the question, but she still answered respectfully.Civil servants have always looked down on eunuchs, but he doesn't have the notion that eunuchs are inferior to others, and he asked Yu Yan to lower his airs.

Although Yu Yan is kind, but after all these years in the palace, it is still possible to distinguish who is sincere and who is not.

He saw Tang Ning's clear eyes, without the slightest bit of contempt, and was even respectful to him, and he was very satisfied in his heart. He and Tang Ning were kind of in love, and he could help if he could, let alone live in Xu Lian in his house is still his concubine sister.

"How is she doing now?"

"It should be good. Aunt Xu is in charge of all the internal affairs of my house. After she came to Beijing, she made friends with her teacher's wife and Princess Funing. She often took the dog out for a walk, and her life was very comfortable."

Yu Yan nodded, and suddenly changed the topic.

"I know about the Fubi post. I have read the memorial. The writing on the memorial is not clear. Some parts have been covered and I can't see it clearly. Originally, I went to intercede with the emperor. There is some room for change, but you also know that the matter has become too big, and I can't help it."

Originally, Tangning seemed willing to help from Yu Yan's tone, but when she heard the last sentence, she couldn't hide her disappointment.

Yu Yan saw it, couldn't help smiling, patted him and said, "However, there is one person who can handle this matter without any effort—Gao Run."

Tang Ning's heart skipped a beat. It's not that he hadn't thought about Gao Run, but he and Gao Runsu didn't know each other, and Gao Run was in the deep palace. How could he ask for help? Tangning unconsciously looked at Yu Yan.

Yu Yan smiled faintly, "I have some friendship with Gao Run, I can set up a line for you, but he is very proud, if you don't have full sincerity, you won't be able to impress him..."

After Tangning came out of Yu Yan's residence, she kept thinking about what kind of sincerity is needed to impress Gao Run. He really didn't know much about Gao Run, except...

In the evening, Tang Ning held a candle in her study and thought hard. How can I paint a person's life and emotional accumulation? Without being there, it is difficult to empathize with them?

It was already late at night, and the servants outside were urging and urging, but Tangning was helpless. This matter could not be figured out overnight, there was still half a year to go.

He took the lamp, turned around a corridor, and then returned to his bedroom.

When he entered the bedroom and saw his figure in the dim light in the full-length diorama sent by his second brother, he suddenly caught something.

Just as Tangning was concentrating on honing her painting skills, the turmoil of the Golden Pagoda incident also came to an end.

It has to be said that Lin Qingyu, the Minister of Dali Temple, is perfect. There is not a single case he has handled that is not clear, the case is clear, and the result is straightforward.

This is a big case, and only Lin Qingyu has the courage to clear it up, so as to avoid the intricate intrigue. In the final analysis, this case is the Shangshu of the Ministry of Households and the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry working together, greedy for money to build the golden pagoda.

It was okay at the beginning, the gold bricks used for the base of the tower were only of lower purity, but people’s greed is endless, after tasting the sweetness, gradually, the purity of the gold bricks became lower and lower, and finally let them do it It became a mixture of mud and lead lumps, with only a thin layer of gold plated on the outside, which looked shiny.These gold bricks can be broken into several pieces as long as they are dropped hard. It is unreasonable for a tower made of such gold bricks not to collapse.

Hubu Shangshu and Gongbu Shangshu, two second-rank officials, old fritters who have been up and down in officialdom for decades, shouldn't be so shallow-sighted.

But the fact is so. According to the Minister of the Household Department, when he watched the whole box of silver being taken out of the treasury, so much money was spent like water. If it was for the country and the people, it would be fine, even if it was used for war. He wouldn't be so heartbroken. At that time, he thought that it would be better to share it with everyone than to build some kind of Raoshizi Golden Pagoda.

At that time, all the officials who tried the case could only sigh after hearing the words from the heart of the Minister of the Household Department.

Also because of the confession of the Minister of the Household Department, the officials who tried the case unanimously withstood the pressure. The two old ministers could not be kept, but their family members were only sentenced to exile in the North. They were only military, not slaves. , can also rely on military exploits to rise.

Xie Baiyun was well informed and knew the result immediately. Originally, this matter had nothing to do with him.

But he has been rather depressed recently. He and Tangning reconciled, but after the reconciliation, things happened one after another, and they didn't have time to slowly restore their previous relationship.

More importantly, he hadn't been able to help Tangning yet, which made him even more eager to perform.

He went to the Tang residence a few times, but Tangning refused on the grounds that he would devote himself to painting.

Now, as soon as he heard that the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry was going to have his home confiscated, he immediately thought of Qiao Hanyun's "Nine Heavens Ring Peitu".

Before Dali Temple started to raid the house, he first went to Qiao Hanyun to buy the painting himself. If he refused to give it to him, he would have to resort to some extreme means.

Qiao's mansion was in chaos, Xie Baiyun didn't have time to wait for someone to report, so he climbed over the wall and entered Qiao Hanyun's study room without anyone noticing.

Before entering the door, he smelled a smell of smoke. The secret passage was not good, so he kicked open the study door.

I saw a painting scroll falling from Qiao Hanyun's hand and scattered in mid-air. It was the "Nine Heavens Ring Peitu"...

Seeing Xie Baiyun enter the door, Qiao Hanyun laughed loudly, "It's too late, what I can't get, you can't get it either..."