Daiyu's wife in the Red Chamber

When Mrs. Wei and Wei Yuan had an accident, Wei Ruolan avoided the suspicion. One was that the mother and son were involved in a major treason case. Emperor Changtai was extraordinarily lenient in not implicating the Nine Clans. The other was that the mother and son had not yet been released after being imprisoned. Naturally, Ruolan would not run around looking for a way out for them, but ordered someone to manage the prison to protect them from the jailers' bullying. In fact, even if there was a way out, it would be difficult to alleviate their crimes.However, what happened to Uncle Wei and Wei Ruolan did not ignore it as Uncle Wei thought in his heart.

When he and Daiyu learned what had happened to Uncle Wei, they immediately packed up their things and went home.

It is cold in winter, so it is conceivable that in prison, the first thing Daiyu does when she gets home is to quickly pack four things, including quilts, winter clothes, charcoal fire and food. She is very careful and prepares two small red clay stoves and Two copper pots, so that Uncle Wei and his son and Mrs. Wei, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law can use hot water in prison, and instruct the housekeeper to deliver meals to them on time every day.

Wei Ruolan checked them one by one, and personally sent them to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.

With his current status, the prison guards of the Ministry of Criminal Justice are very flattering, how could he stop and embarrass him?Even in the case of overcrowding in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, separate cells were arranged for Uncle Wei and Mrs. Wei's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and the usual food was not as bad as elsewhere.Of course, without Wei Ruolan's management, the jailer would never be like this.

Wei Ruolan was greeted respectfully by the prison guards, all the cells along the way were crowded with people, all of them were unkempt and in a state of distress, the originally gorgeous and rich satin clothes were wrinkled, covered with dust and dirt, and most of the accessories had disappeared .

Wei Ruolan walked through the aisle without squinting, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw some acquaintances, such as Qi Shufei's natal family, Wu Guifei's natal family, Mingxiao County King and Mingti County King's Yue Family, Wei Yuan's Yue Family and Ming Xiao Many of the confidantes under the command of the two county kings, Ming and Ti, such as Jia Yucun and Fu Quanfu, who participated in and did not participate in the usual officials and people, whose hands were not clean, were all investigated by Emperor Changtai. Ding was imprisoned here, and the women's relatives were imprisoned in the women's prison. The fate was far worse than when the Ningrong Second Mansion ransacked their homes.

A few years ago, Jia Shiwang Xue's family ransacked their homes, but Emperor Changtai graciously imprisoned all the female relatives in the servant's room in the backyard of the mansion.

In addition, no matter whether the female relatives are bullied or not in prison, in the eyes of the world, they are already ruins.

When Wei Ruolan arrived at the door of Uncle Wei and Wei Yuan's cell, he heard Uncle Wei scolding Mrs. Wei and Mrs. Liu's mistakes, and scolding Wei Yuan for doing such things that humiliated his ancestors when he was not at home. Heinous crime.

Wei Yuan sat in the corner with his head drooping, not daring to speak out, not daring to make a sound, his expression was both embarrassed and regretful, but compared to those people Wei Ruolan met along the way, he looked much more glamorous, Wei Ruolan There was no obvious dirt on the blue silk cotton clothes sent to him, just the dust brought by sitting and lying on the floor.

Uncle Wei was sitting on the rough wooden bed, foaming at the mouth, and was about to continue, when he heard the sound of the door opening, he looked up and saw Wei Ruolan, he stood up abruptly, he got up too fast, staggered, and walked forward About to fall down.

Seeing that he was about to fall to the ground, Wei Ruolan appeared in front of Uncle Wei amidst the exclamation of the jailer and helped him up.

"Yuanfang!" Uncle Wei was so excited, he grabbed Wei Ruolan's arm, "Hurry up and find a way to get me out! These few years I have been in Jinling Jielu to keep my filial piety, ignoring ordinary things and knowing nothing about the affairs of the capital. As far as I know, I have never participated in the conspiracy!"

Because of the three years of filial piety, Uncle Wei was already thinner than his mother before his death. He returned to the capital after traveling thousands of miles, and was imprisoned before returning home. He couldn't eat well and sleep well. Thin and haggard, but he is a martial artist after all, so his hands are very strong. Even though Wei Ruolan is advanced in martial arts, she still feels a dull pain in her arms.

Without waiting for Wei Ruolan to react, Uncle Wei cried bitterly: "Yuan Fang, it's all my fault, it's all my fault, I shouldn't have agreed to my second brother's begging to adopt you out just because I couldn't bear to lose my heir." .”

After Wei Ruolan heard this sentence, she couldn't describe what she felt in her heart, and couldn't tell whether it was ridicule or sadness.

No one knows the ins and outs of the succession better than himself. He clearly only passed the sound transmission into the secret, and in the name of Wei Cheng, he revealed the candidate he liked, and finally decided to adopt himself and push the reason to Wei Cheng under the guise of a dream. It was Uncle Wei himself who went up.

The most ironic thing for him was that since he could remember, it was the first time that Uncle Wei was so close to him, the first time he showed his true thoughts and words in front of him, and the first time he recognized him, even if this truth Recognition is asking for help, wanting to help him out of the sea of ​​suffering, and it is ten times stronger than the previous indifference.

Thinking of this, Wei Ruolan shook her head slightly. When Uncle Wei saw this, he thought that he had rejected his plea. It's not your father, but in terms of blood, you are my blood, do you want to watch your biological father suffer such a bad luck and ignore it?" In life, no one is not afraid of death, Uncle Wei embraced Returning to Beijing with the intention of making a comeback, how could he be willing to be implicated by Wei Yuan?

Wei Ruolan's eyebrows and eyes were flat, there was no trace of anger on her face, and she didn't refute. Instead, she ordered the soldiers who came over to bring out the quilts, winter clothes, stove, copper pot, charcoal fire and food one by one, and put them on the couch that should be on the couch. Put what should be placed on the floor on the floor, and what should be placed on the table. The high-quality charcoal was burning in the brazier. After a while, the cold cell became warmer.

Then, Wei Ruolan supported Uncle Wei to sit on the couch, and took off her new mink fur cloak and tied it on him. Such an unhurried attitude and behavior made Uncle Wei speechless , staring at him with cloudy eyes.

Only then did Uncle Wei realize that the young man in his early twenties in front of him no longer had the immaturity and frivolity of the past, and he was no longer the child of a family that he ignored so much. In the messy prison cell, he still has a leisurely demeanor, like a green pine in the snow, not afraid of the cold wind or the pressure of the snowstorm.

The few guards who stayed at the door and did not come in secretly twitched their lips. Although they were jailers, because there were countless down-and-out officials and their children and family members guarding them, they knew quite a lot about things in the capital. They thought that Uncle Wei regretted making Wei Ruo It's useless for Lan to go out for adoption, and he can't come back for adoption, but he is still yelling in front of his nephew, which is really despised.Uncle Wei went to jail yesterday evening, and Wei Ruolan rushed over from the outskirts of the city early this morning. Uncle Wei was dissatisfied with being so caring, he was really dissatisfied.

Wei Ruolan was calm, she bowed her head and stood in front of Uncle Wei, and said: "Uncle calm down, this case is very involved, will you come to interrogate uncle in a while, I have made arrangements here, please wait patiently, uncle, today is a wise man Shenwu will definitely order Prince Zhongshun to deal with it justly, and will never tolerate any sinner, nor will he wrong any good person. Regarding his uncle's worries, his nephew thinks that his uncle does not need to be like this. Just as his uncle said, his uncle has been far away in Jinling these few years , perform the responsibility of a filial son, and Zhili Tianzhuang is not in the mansion, nor is it uncle's work, according to my nephew's guess, it should not implicate uncle."

After hearing these words, Uncle Wei said happily, "Really?"

What he is most worried about now is that the treason case will drag him down to the end of Jia Zheng, and he is so panicked that he has nowhere to go, otherwise he would not lose his temper with Wei Ruolan sternly. After all, he also became an official once, so why Don't understand the consequences of angering Wei Ruolan?

Wei Ruolan nodded, he had discussed this case with Daiyu a long time ago, even though the private soldiers were raised in Mrs Wei's farm, the mother and son were the culprits and would be severely punished, but they flattered Queen Mingti and withdrew There is evidence of his own people everywhere, and Uncle Wei is indeed not in the capital. From what he thinks, even if Emperor Changtai wanted to make an example of others this time, Uncle Wei would not be punished with death.

Of course, this is just the guesswork of the husband and wife. If the guess is wrong, no matter whether Uncle Wei is put in prison, an official, or exiled, they will take care of him carefully and will never let him go.

Uncle Wei's heart that was floating in the air fell to the ground, and he was about to ask Wei Ruolan to intercede for him in front of Emperor Changtai and Prince Zhongshun, when Wei Yuan from the corner suddenly jumped out and said, "Brother, what about me? I beg you to lend a helping hand, our mother and daughter are also innocent, at first we only respected the prince of Mingti County, how could such a thing happen!"

At this moment, Wei Yuan no longer had the complacency he had when he was in front of Wei Ruolan in the past because his father chose to stay him as a nobleman. He rubbed his hands and felt that there was no place to put his hands and feet.

Wei Ruolan looked at him, and said calmly: "I remember I reminded you before, don't be eager for quick success, don't get involved in these things, I also told you to study patiently and wait a few years before you become an official, but you and the eldest wife turned a deaf ear to it Now that such a big event has happened, how can I reach out? Conspiracy is a heinous crime. Private soldiers are raised in the eldest wife's Zhuangzi. How to recruit troops?"

Wei Ruolan sighed inwardly, Wei Yuan really asked for his own death.

Although it is true that Mrs. Wei's mother and son have been at odds over the years, and the two families have had a lot of disputes, but after all, the two were half-brothers of the same father. How can they just watch him die at this age?Wei Ruolan considers herself to be cold and heartless, but facing the gray-haired Uncle Bai and the young Wei Yuan, it is inevitable that she will feel anxious from her blood.

Wei Yuan shook his head vigorously, his face was covered with tears, he was only one year younger than Wei Ruolan, how could he bear such a crime?

Uncle Wei hated Wei Yuan for causing trouble. Since he was imprisoned, he had beaten and scolded him, but thinking that he had no other sons, and it was still important to save Wei Yuan's life, he couldn't help but said: "Yuan Fang, the lives of our father and son But I can count on you! For the sake of your grandparents, and for the sake of the only family of Wei’s parents, you must not stand idly by!"

Wei Ruolan sighed: "The sage has made a decree, and must be strictly investigated and dealt with. Everyone in the civil and military courts is at risk. I have a month's vacation now, and it is obvious that I am sympathetic to the hardships of my expedition a few days ago. It's not because you and I are cousins, so you specially allowed me to do this to avoid suspicion? I can only make it easier for you in prison, and I can't do anything about the case. Uncle really has nothing to do with this matter, and the crime is naturally lighter, while you Otherwise, I'm afraid there's nothing I can do, and I just hope that the higher-ups will let me go."

In fact, Emperor Changtai didn't mean to be lenient at all. This time, his method was much more decisive than when he dealt with the prince's family a few years ago. The disposal of each family has come down.

Concubine Wu Gui and Concubine Qi Shu Guo lost their titles and were relegated to the cold palace.

The men of the Wu family who were over 16 years old were exiled in Guangdong and Hai, and those under the age of 16 and their female relatives were demoted to common people.The same is true for the wives of King Mingxiao.

The Qi family's property was also confiscated, and slaves were sold as price officials, but males over the age of 16 were sentenced to death, and those under the age of 16 and their families were exiled to northern Xinjiang, and the third generation did not allow them to be pardoned.The wife and family of King Mingti County were also convicted of this crime, and were even implicated by the Qi family. The empress dowager's natal Li family also ended up being dismissed from office and ransacked their home, and they were not pardoned because of the empress dowager.

The two princes and their mother's family, wife's family and the mother's family of the empress dowager all ended up like this, how could others be punished lightly?

Jia Yucun, Fu Quan, Fu Shi and others and Liu's family were all officials who were dismissed from their posts and ransacked their homes and exiled.

The crimes committed by the Wei family were more serious, especially Mrs. Wei and Wei Yuan. Emperor Changtai wanted to punish him severely, and sentenced him to beheaded by Qiu Houwen, but thinking of Wei Ruolan's contribution, he really knew Mrs. Wei and Wei Yuan. He is the abandoned son of King Mingti. What he did in this big treason case is not as good as Jia Yucun who encouraged King Mingti. The subordinates were sold off, and Uncle Duwei was pardoned from the punishment of exile, and he was ordered to return to his hometown, and he would never be able to return to Beijing.

A major treason case involving countless people in the harem and court was settled in the early spring.

Others were either happy or sad, not to mention, only Wei Ruolan and Daiyu Qiqi breathed a sigh of relief, even though they knew that Mrs. Wei and Wei Yuan and his wife deserved what they deserved, they did not want them to be sentenced to death, probably This is the heart of compassion that everyone has.

Unexpectedly, the first thing Uncle Wei did when he was released from prison was not to see his wife and children off, but to give Mrs. Wei a divorce letter.