Chapter 210 Brother and Sister Conversation

Empress Dowager Yuan believed in Chunjia's ability, and was especially afraid of being provoked considering that she was not her own mother and child. Since Chunjia came to power, she had the intention of retiring to the harem and not caring about world affairs to concentrate on caring for her life.

It is the Xingningbo Mansion's credit to be able to know so quickly today that Xie Wuzheng knocked the Dengwen drum and lifted the table to pass the emperor the ladder.

The reason why the Xingningbo Mansion did this was to ask for help - some of the poor scholars who suffered from disasters were done by them.

The reason is self-evident: Yuan also hopes to get a share of Shangzhu's grace.

They have chosen the candidate, Yuan Ke's younger brother Yuan Wei.

Yuan Wei can be regarded as a thousand-mile horse among the younger generation of Yuan's children. He is capable of both civil and military affairs, has a humble temperament, knows how to advance and retreat, and is suitable for officialdom—of course the point is that he is not yet married.

Otherwise, for such a good thing, Uncle Xingning would definitely give priority to his own son and even his eldest son, so it would not be cheaper for his nephew.

Originally, he had such a heavy relationship with the Queen Mother Yuan, plus his brother Yuan Ke was once a student of the emperor, and he had been in and out of the palace since he was a child. He was familiar with the three princesses, at least not mentioned to the princesses. With a blank face, I don't know who this is?

Judging from these aspects, it is not that Yuan Wei has no chance at all.

But the problem is that Empress Dowager Yuan is not willing to speak to Chunjia because of some entanglements with her family in the early years.

If you don't go to the back door and go directly to the competition, Yuan Wei feels that he is not inferior to others in terms of literary talent and military strategy, except for one thing: he... has a similar appearance to Yuan Niangniang, um, the kind of appearance that is not too ugly to say that it is too handsome to say that it is handsome .

Correct at best.

What's worse, the cousins ​​are not tall yet.

Yuan Niangniang is a woman, so it’s okay, petite and exquisite is not a kind of style; Yuan Wei is a man, but the height is about the same as that of Yun Fenghuang, for this appearance, Chun Jia is willing to give him the possibility of the princess Not high.

In this way, the Yuan family didn't want to give up such an opportunity to rise up - because of the empress dowager Yuan's indifference to her natal family and Yuan Niangniang's fall out of favor, there was already a gap between them and the emperor.

If you miss this time, although you can basically protect your wealth, it is basically impossible to make a fortune and revitalize your family.

Therefore, Yuan Wei began to look for a rival in love early in the morning, and started secretly...

Anyway, this time everyone knows that Chunjia's favorite sister-in-law is the first choice for a poor family. No matter how outstanding the children of the famous families are, there is not much possibility.

For the Yuan family of Fuyang, who was not considered a top-notch family, this was exactly what they wanted: After all, they couldn't afford to offend real noble children.

On the contrary, they came from such a poor family. With the foundation of their family's eight-year entrenched in the imperial capital, it's safe to tidy up.

In the end, who would have thought that there would be Nie Bochen among these scholars, who kept a lot of news calmly, even found the real concubine's blood brother, and stabbed him all the way to the imperial court? !

Now it's all right, Xie Wuzheng beat the Dengwen Drum, Chunjia was furious, and ordered a thorough investigation, Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, Yushitai and the Imperial City Division were dispatched together.

How can we hide what Yuan Shi did?

Can you come and cry and beg with Queen Mother Yuan now, asking her to lend a helping hand for the sake of family affection?

The Empress Dowager Yuan did not want to support Yuan's plan to become the lord. As the daughter of Yuan's previous generation, she was also favored by her natal family, otherwise she would not have been arranged to marry into Fuyang Palace.

But after leaving the court, because of some things, there was a rift with her natal family, and the grudge has survived since then.

So much so that for many years, the stumbling has never been eliminated.

For Empress Dowager Yuan, although she was not so cold as to care about Yuan Shi's life and death, in her eyes, Yuan Shi was indeed not as important as Chunjia's son.

The queen mother knew exactly why Chunjia personally decided the marriage of the three princesses.

She didn't want to cheat Chunjia for her natal family who didn't have a good relationship.

But she didn't expect that the Yuan family would murder other humble scholars in private in order to increase the chances of Yuan's failure to be selected!

This is no longer whether the Empress Dowager Yuan has the heart to ignore their problems. If it is spread, the Yuan family in Fuyang will suffer a sharp drop in reputation, and even be abandoned by scholars from then on. Everyone will be affected!

At this moment, Empress Dowager Yuan's dissatisfaction with Yun Fenghuang is partly because she thinks that the real concubine's wings will become unavoidable, and partly because she is angry at Xie Wuzheng's action for bringing trouble to the Xingning Bofu.

"Your Majesty, let's talk about these words to His Majesty slowly in the future." Zhan Liu sighed in his heart, and reminded, "The most urgent thing is to suppress the matter that the Xingningbo Mansion once participated in the murder of the poor family. Otherwise, if it spreads out, it’s not a joke.”

Empress Dowager Yuan calmed down, nodded and said: "You are talking about... these idiots! Such things, either don't do it, or do it, just be quicker, erase all clues, and ensure that it is impossible to affect yourself. They turned out to be fine! They only wanted to have fun for a while when they did it, and they didn't think about the consequences!"

After scolding the Yuan family for a while, I still asked Zhan Liu to go there in person, "The Ai family has not paid attention to the Xingning uncle's mansion for some days, and the day is approaching, so you can send some things on behalf of the Ai family, and ask about Sangzi's recent situation by the way. .”

The person who sent the message was in a hurry and didn't explain what was going on. It was a big matter. She was the empress dowager, so she shouldn't act rashly. She had to figure out the details first.

Not only the Empress Dowager Yuan, but the entire imperial capital was no longer peaceful today. With the operation of Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice, and the arrival of the Yushitai and the Imperial City Division, everyone was busy up and down—in the market, rumors were flying , one after another, one after another, rumors that seemed true and false, all broke out!

But at this moment, taking advantage of Chunjia's coming out of Spring Palace and directly going to Taichu Palace to deal with the delayed government affairs, Yun Fenghuang asked Qing Xu to make another trip and brought Xie Wuzheng to Xuanqing Palace to talk.

"When did twenty-one brother know Nie Bochen?" The palace man handed over tea, Yun Fenghuang picked it up and took a sip, asking curiously.

Xie Wuzheng said indifferently: "The first time I heard my mother mention Shangzhu, I thought there would be Brother Eleven. Therefore, these days, I have been paying attention to the humble scholars who come from similar backgrounds to us."

Yun Fenghuang praised: "Fortunately, Brother Twenty-one is alert, otherwise Brother Eleven will fall into someone else's trick this time, and it will be a big trouble."

"The empress is ridiculous." Xie Wuzheng shook his head slightly, and said, "The reason why the Xie family can exist today is nothing more than relying on the empress. With the empress, such things must not be able to help the eleventh brother. At most, it is more difficult. And it's just that the empress is running around for me in front of His Majesty."

These words are trusting and considerate, quite pleasant to the ears.

But Yun Fenghuang was preconceived, and always felt that there was some intention to provoke himself to tire of Xie Fu's carelessness.

She sipped her tea calmly as a cover, and said gently: "Just now His Majesty came to my side after court, and specifically mentioned you, Brother Twenty-One."

Xie Wuzheng listened, but frowned slightly, and asked with concern: "Did you mention Brother Eleven? What about Brother Eleven?"

"I didn't mention it, and I don't need to mention it." Seeing that he cared about his brother completely, Yun Fenghuang was a little hesitant. Could it be that he was too suspicious and thought too much?

If this twenty-one brother is really the kind of master who is deliberately trying to step on his brother and want to be in power, what is most concerned about at the moment, isn't how the emperor will bring up other methods?

How can you patronize and care about your brothers?

Hmm, or maybe he has a higher level and doesn't let go of the details?

Yun Fenghuang thought about it in his mind, but he didn't pause at all on his face, explaining, "Now Brother Eleven's experience has been linked to the accidents of other poor scholars. In such a situation, it is impossible for His Majesty to pass List the disposal separately. Of course, Brother Eleven did not do those things in the first place. Our family’s foundation is shallow, and we will not be able to find out the clues for a while, but now His Majesty is furious. After receiving the order, Shilin must also monitor it, so that those who are cleared will be cleared by themselves, but there is no need to worry about it."

Xie Wuzheng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good."

Only at this time did he show a little curiosity and anticipation, and asked in a low voice, "Dare to ask your majesty, what did your majesty say when he mentioned me?"

Yun Fenghuang looked at him, pursed his lips and smiled: "But congratulations to Brother Twenty-one! You only need to be named on the next year's gold list, and then you can honor Her Royal Highness Princess Penglai!"

The last time the disciples of the Xie family entered the palace, Yun Fenghuang introduced them to the important people in the previous dynasty and the harem, and also mentioned the three princesses by the way.

But there were so many people at that time, and there were so many things to say, but there was no time to explain it carefully.

Now I will talk about the situation of Princess Penglai in detail: "...his biological mother, Mrs. Shen, is not high enough to raise the emperor's heir herself, so Her Royal Highness, like Minghui and Jinyun, was raised by the empress dowager. Of course, when they were ten years old, the two concubine princesses went to Yaoyu Palace to live alone, and only Princess Minghui was kept by her mother, the empress dowager. Shen Taipin is still there today, and she also lives with her mother, the empress dowager... the mother empress dowager escapes the summer heat I didn’t bring my concubine with me at that time, but I stayed in the palace all the time.”

"The princess's appearance, I have revealed to Brother Twenty-One privately here, that it is nothing short of stunning, but the daughter of the royal family has a natural bearing and extraordinary dignity, which is beyond the reach of ordinary beauties."

Xie Wuzheng listened, nodded slightly, and said comfortingly: "Your Majesty, don't worry, it is a blessing to be able to be the Lord of our family! What kind of status is the princess, how can she be like an ordinary girl, with her beauty? Evaluation based on color and virtue? Brother Yu is not Brother Eleven."

Although he was born handsome, tall and straight, and unpretentious, he has no desire to marry a peerless beauty.

He doesn't care about the princess's appearance and virtue, as long as she is a princess.

Xie Heng and others said this last time, but at this time and at that time, Shangzhu was just a plan at that time, and it is unknown whether it will be realized.

Now Xie Wuzheng took advantage of Xie Fu's affair to tie up poor scholars from all over the world, and gained a lot of limelight in the temple, and because of Yunfenghuang, it is not an exaggeration to say that Jane is in the emperor's heart, and after this incident, The prestige and reputation among scholars will skyrocket, and the future is predictably flat.

Since the hearts of the people are not enough, it is a pity that since the princess has a noble status, why can't she be beautiful and virtuous?

Yun Fenghuang himself is this kind of person who pushes forward, so he naturally has to worry that Xie Wuzheng and himself are not in the same family and will not enter the same family.

Simply Xie Wuzheng has always been taciturn and calm, and it is the same now.

He expressed calmly that everything was in line with the future, the future of the family and Yunfenghuang, and nothing else was important.

Such brothers, Yun Fenghuang admired them very much, so the conversation between the siblings became more and more harmonious, until the sun went down, Yun Fenghuang asked Xie Hengyu to send Xie Wuzheng away on his behalf.

Standing at the gate of the palace, keeping a humble attitude and watching Xie Hengyu return to the harem, Xie Wuzheng just waved his sleeves and turned to leave.

At this time, Fang Jue's forehead was dripping with cold sweat, and the layers of clothes inside and outside the vest were already wet, and the cold wind blew through, making it feel refreshingly cool.