The emperor's heart alone

The case of cheating in the township examination is still pending, and something happened to the Zhao family again.

The difference from before is that last time when everyone was talking about fraud, even though they knew it well, they didn't say it out loud, but now it's being rumored and named.

I don't know who the eldest son Zhao offended, and the old account of 20 years ago was also found out. It turns out that the eldest son Zhao is not the biological son of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials!The concubine of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials had already had an affair with his cousin before marrying the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and the concubine was secretly married. For nearly 20 years, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials had been kept in the dark. After remembering what happened 20 years ago, he would not have doubted that Mr. Zhao was not his own flesh and blood until the official minister passed away.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials who learned the truth was furious, yes, how could he not be angry?The son I love the most is not my own. I have raised the son for others for nearly 20 years, and even for this son, I want to squeeze out my own son and want to leave the entire family business to someone else's child. Blood is about to vomit out.

Now people in the entire capital are watching the excitement of the Zhao Mansion.

Not long after it was revealed that Mr. Zhao was not a member of the Ministry of Officials, something happened to the Zhao family again.This time, Mr. Zhao provoked it.

Because the final result of the case of cheating in the rural examination has not yet come out, relying on the power of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the management from top to bottom, Mr. Zhao was only imprisoned for a few days at the beginning, and then he was released from prison and confined in the Zhao Mansion. That is to say, Mr. Zhao also knew his true identity immediately - he was not the son of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, but only the son of a pork seller.

The wives and concubines system of the Daping Dynasty was as follows: the original spouse—the second wife—the noble concubine—the good concubine—the lowly concubine—the housemate, and the powers were in order from high to low.Among them, good concubines are at least free to become good concubines, and the concubine favored by the official minister is a good concubine, who came from a commoner family. When this concubine married into the government of the official minister, the official minister was only He is a small official of the seventh or eighth rank, although there are differences between the sects, but it is just to marry a good concubine, which can be regarded as unsatisfactory.

To put it bluntly, this Minister of the Ministry of Officials can be regarded as a normal person.Ever since this good concubine came in, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials has been doting on her. At the beginning, due to the fact that the mother of Zhao Ershao was still there, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials did not dare to spoil the concubine and destroy his wife. After her mother passed away, the concubine's status in the entire mansion rose sharply. In addition, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials had never reincarnated, and she had never married a concubine to start her career.If there is no accident, following this trend, after a hundred years from the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, no matter whether the good concubine is still there, his son will definitely get a lot of things from the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

It's a pity that this good concubine was pregnant before entering the mansion, Mr. Zhao himself is not up-to-date, Mr. Zhao is not someone to control, and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials is not able to cover the sky with one hand. From this point of view, everything is just It's just a good idea.

Now that this matter has come to light, although the Minister of the Ministry of Officials is in a hurry, he is also thinking of his love for many years, so he only restrains his concubine and does not go to see each other.It was different with Mr. Zhao. When he thought that the son he had loved and spoiled for 20 years was not his own, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials became very angry. Go out and remove your nationality.

The same is true, Mr. Zhao is panicked, afraid, he has traveled smoothly all the way, although he is the eldest son of the concubine, he is more favored in Zhao's mansion than Zhao Ershao, the concubine son, and his father is the official secretary of the court , although he himself has no ability, but with his father's ability, it is not impossible for him to occupy a place in the court. Afterwards, he will marry a beautiful family member who is as beautiful as a flower, and get most of the Zhao family's property. Can you describe it as comfortable?

But all of this ends in this rural examination.

It's just that he wasn't very worried at that time. After all, no matter what happened, his father would stand in front of him. Even if he couldn't enter the official career, he still believed that his father would not make him miserable all his life. However, now he found that it was too early up.

He is not his father's biological son?How can this be?

——In this state, Mr. Zhao went to see his mother, and in the quarrel with his mother, he accidentally killed his mother.

The crime of killing a mother is a capital crime.

No one can save him, no, it should be said, no one wants to save him.

The matter of Mr. Zhao's murder of his mother was full of uproar, and soon, the higher-ups announced the final verdict on everything from the fraud case to the murder of his mother.

——Master Zhao, sentenced to death.The Minister of the Ministry of Officials was implicated, and he was demoted from the Minister of the Ministry of Officials of the first rank to the Minister of the Left of the Ministry of Officials of the second rank, and was fined for one year.

Afterwards, on the day that Mr. Zhao was executed, no one from the Zhao family showed up at the execution ground.And from then on, the capital only heard about Zhao Ershao, not the Zhao Mansion, and the Zhao Mansion fell into complete silence.

These are funeral affairs, let's not mention them for the time being, just talk about the Gladiolus Festival on August 25th.

Xu Yunjin refused to go to the Sword Orchid Festival with Shi Junji, of course not because Xu Yunjin would not go, but because he did not want to go with Shi Junji, so when Su Shao and others invited him to the Sword Orchid Festival, Xu Yunjin readily went .

The Gladiolus Festival started early in the morning on August 25th, and the number of people will increase as time goes by. When the most beautiful gladiolus is selected, the number of people is the largest, and then the number of people begins to decrease.

What Xu Yunjin and others are most interested in is of course the most beautiful gladiolus, not to mention that although it is almost September, the weather is still a bit sweltering, so Xu Yunjin, Su Shao, Liu Sanshao and Zhao Ershao also chose this day I went to the flower show when I was about to choose the most beautiful gladiolus.

In festivals like this, the four sons of the capital are usually the most prominent, and they are often selected by literati and poets as the selectors or hosts of the festival. Standing shoulder to shoulder, this sword orchid exhibition is no exception. Four of the four sitting on the high platform are the four princes of the capital.

But Xu Yunjin and the others didn't bother to talk to them, and the four of them went straight to the gazebo that had been prepared long ago. This place is very close to the selection field for the final most beautiful gladiolus, and you can see the status of the selection just by looking up.

Drinking warm tea, eating exquisite pastries, and someone behind him fanning and chatting from time to time, Xu Yunjin said that such a life is very happy—except for the dark-faced Shi Shi who suddenly appeared in his line of sight. Monarch pole.

Xu Yunjin: "..."

"What's wrong?" Su Shao was the first to notice something wrong with Xu Yunjin, and asked in a low voice in front of Xu Yunjin.

"En..." Xu Yunjin hesitated for a while, "No, it's nothing."

"Is it uncomfortable?" Su Shao asked again, getting closer to Xu Yunjin, seeing Xu Yunjin's ugly face, he couldn't help touching Xu Yunjin's forehead, "Do you have a fever?"

Xu Yunjin didn't avoid Su Shao's hand, let Su Shao touch his forehead, and withdrew his gaze from looking at Shi Junji: "No, I'm fine."

Young Master Su only stared at Xu Yunjin, and didn't care where Xu Yunjin's eyes were: "If you don't feel well, don't force yourself. This sword orchid exhibition is not a rare event, and there will be opportunities next year as well."

Xu Yunjin twitched the corner of his mouth: "It's okay, I'm just..."

Before he finished speaking, a person appeared in front of Xu Yunjin, blocking Xu Yunjin's gaze.

"Xu Ershao, my master has an invitation."

Xu Yunjin stared at Xu Sa in front of him intently, and stood up after a while: "Let's go." Just as he was about to leave, Su Shao grabbed his arm, "Where are you going?"

Xu Yunjin freed his arm from Young Master Su's grasp, and said calmly, "I'm going to see an old friend, and nothing will happen."

Su Shao's eyes turned around Xu Sa several times, and he was sure that he really didn't know this person. He couldn't help but feel more puzzled and worried. Who is Xu Yunjin's so-called old man?Xu Yunjin quickly followed Xu Sa and disappeared. Su Shao hesitated for a while, but still did not follow.

Xu Yunjin followed Xu Sa and turned a few turns, and didn't stop until there were not many people around. Xu Yunjin's eyes stayed on Shi Junji in the gazebo in front of him, and before Xu Sa could speak, he walked into the gazebo .

Shi Junji only brought Xu Sa with him when he came out this time—not counting his secrets, he was drinking alone in the gazebo, he didn't even lift his eyes when he saw Xu Yunjin coming in, and still only cared about drinking by himself, Xu Yunjin was not annoyed, he was sitting on the table After looking around, he said, "Tea."

Xu Sa: "..."

Xu Yunjin took a sip of the tea that Xu Sa brought up, without any apology: "Sorry, I don't drink unless necessary."

Shi Junji drank all the wine in his glass, and finally said, "Didn't you say that you don't have time to participate in the sword orchid exhibition?"

Xu Yunjin raised his eyebrows: "I mean I can't attend the Gladiolus Exhibition with you because I have something to do, but I didn't say that I won't come." When he said the words "I have something to do" and "with you", Xu Yunjin emphasized his tone, Shi Jun Of course you can hear it.

Shi Junji didn't know what was wrong with him, obviously at that time Xu Yunjin had refused to come to the sword orchid exhibition with him, so he should just stay in the palace and wait for the night to participate in the palace's sword orchid exhibition, but who knew what he would hold? What kind of thought did he think, he left the palace and came here unknowingly, the most disgusting thing was that he saw Xu Yunjin here.

"Who was the man sitting next to you just now?" Shi Junji asked suddenly.

Xu Yunjin was startled, and thought for a while: "You mean Young Master Su?"

"Young Master Su?" The identity of Young Master Su quickly appeared in Shi Junji's mind—yes, since he was "laughed at" by Xu Yunjin last time, he didn't even know some common sense that most people in the capital knew. Shi Junji spent a lot of time supplementing these contents. Among them, the Five Young Masters in the capital who have the closest relationship with Xu Yunjin are naturally the key content, and this Young Master Su is the most important one. After all, among the five, Xu Yunjin's relationship with Su Less is better.