The red building is so arrogant

Jiao's back house.

Watching Jiao Shun leave in a hurry with the box, everyone looked at each other for a while, not knowing what to say.

The dignified favorite concubine was actually given to the courtiers by the prince's biological mother as a gift when the emperor's bones were still cold. If such a ridiculous thing hadn't been witnessed with their own eyes, the daughters would probably not believe what they said.

In the end, Mrs. Wang was the first to break the silence: "She, she is so bold and lawless, isn't she afraid that things will leak out?"

Regarding the affairs in the palace, Shi Xiangyun heard Jiao Shun talk about it, so he shook his head and said: "Concubine Wu Gui is very arrogant and domineering in the past because she thinks she is the birth mother of the crown prince. Now that His Highness the crown prince is about to ascend the throne, she will naturally become more and more unscrupulous."

After a pause, she lowered her voice and said: "And I heard that Concubine Rong probably tried to poison the Crown Prince. She said she was sick for several months, but she was actually under house arrest in Concubine Wu Guifei's Zhongcui Palace."

"And other things?"

Mrs. Wang was taken aback again. The concubine murdered the prince. Isn't that all a nonsense plot in the play?How could it happen in this dynasty? !
At this time, Xue Baochai couldn't help questioning: "If that's the case, it's better to punish Concubine Rong in the public eye, or get rid of it in secret, than to give someone a handle like this?"

Shi Xiangyun shook his head helplessly: "Perhaps she didn't think about it so much at all—otherwise, if we ask our master to open the box in private, we won't be seen by so many people."

Speaking of this, she remembered Jiao Shun's exhortations before leaving, and hurriedly said: "I will trouble my sisters about blocking the news."

Xing Xiuyan said: "I'm afraid it's not that easy to hide the truth from the whole thing. Fortunately, they don't know the real identity of Concubine Rong. In my opinion, it's better to let some rumors go quietly and say that it's the maid of honor that the master knew in the palace. I mistakenly thought that the master was interested in him, so I simply regarded the beauty of an adult as a reward."

"Make, make, it's my sister's thoughtfulness!"

After setting the rules, Xing Xiuyan and Ping'er split up to appease the maids and servants who were present at the time.

Seeing this, Mrs. Wang didn't stay any longer, and said that she had made an appointment with Aunt Xue, and she would spend the night with her, and then she took Baochai back to Xue's house.

After seeing Aunt Xue, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law didn't dare to mention Concubine Rong's matter, they only picked up the matter of Jiao Shun's promotion to be the third-rank envoy.

Aunt Xue was naturally overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered someone to pass the news to Xue Pan.

The person who wanted to spread the word didn't go for long, so he came back and reported that the uncle had just gone out, and I heard that he went to Rongguo Mansion.

Aunt Xue looked at Mrs. Wang and Baochai, and asked suspiciously, "What is he doing at Rongguo Mansion at this time? Why didn't he tell the family?"

"I haven't heard from the maids, but..."

"But how?"

"But grandma invited a doctor just now, and it seems that she has diagnosed a happy pulse."

"what?!"

Aunt Xue suddenly couldn't sit still: "How can you not know me about such things?!"

Subconsciously walked a few steps outside, then stopped suddenly, and said strangely: "My daughter-in-law is pregnant, why didn't he tell me, why did he go to Rongguo Mansion?"

No one present obviously had an answer to this question.

…………

the other side.

Jiao Shun was looking at the big box in the middle of the carriage, frowning. This Concubine Wu Gui would really add to the confusion. The matter of the previous photo was fine. Jiao Shun never expected that she would take Concubine Rong away at such a critical moment. Give yourself a gift.

Funny? !

It's not that I didn't send her a certificate, isn't it just a scam to do this again?

This is different from the matter between me and Mrs. Mei and Jia Tanchun. If it really happened, it would be a serious crime of ransacking the house and destroying the family!
So no matter what, this 'gift' must be returned!

But then again...

A real person is more powerful than a photo. Although it is just a hasty glance, it is like two mountains pressing down on people's hearts.

It's a pity that it is destined to only watch from a distance and not dare to play.

Speechless all the way.

When he got outside the Donghua Gate, Jiao Shun told Shuan Zhu to guard the box every step of the way, and then he took the key and prepared to enter the palace first—no one dared to check the things that Wu Guifei rewarded, but he, Jiao, wanted to take the things that had been dismantled. It is not so convenient to send the opened box back to the palace.

In order to avoid accidents on the way, it is best to let Concubine Wu Guifei send someone to pick it up.

This is the national mourning period, and many officials will stay at night to watch the coffin, not to mention that Jiao Shun is still the 'Vice Chairman of the Funeral Committee', so entering and leaving the palace gate is very simple.

However, it was not so easy to see Concubine Wu Gui. He honestly handed over the sign and waited for the summons in the side hall where he usually works.

In the end, before Wu Guifei summoned him, someone came to the door first.

Here is an acquaintance, it is Liu Fang, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple who participated in the trial of Zhou Long's case.

Compared with the domineering and domineering person at the beginning, Liu Shaoqing's attitude is obviously much more humble now. After entering the door, he dismissed officials one by one, showing enough courtesy.

This is because Jiao Shun came from behind, and his official rank has surpassed Liu Fang; secondly, it is also because Liu Fang suffered a lot and suffered a lot of setbacks in the trial of Zhou Long's case. Gain some growth in suffering.

After exchanging pleasantries like this for quite a while, Liu Fang brought up the real topic: "Lord Jiao, this time the three divisions will try the case of King Zhongshun's treason, and the lower officials are also honored to participate in it. They are mainly in charge of interrogating Sun Shaozu, the deputy general of the Shenwu Battalion. The result is unexpected. A person is involved..."

When he said this, he deliberately sold out.

Jiao Shun asked in a timely manner: "Who is it?"

"Master Jiao is very familiar with this person, he is Jia Lian from Rongguo Mansion."

"Second Brother Lian?!"

Jiao Shun was taken aback, frowned and said, "How could he be involved?"

"It can't be said to be involved."

Liu Fang explained: "When Sun Shaozu first arrived at Shenwu Camp, he used the money given by King Zhongshun to invite people to buy people's hearts. The banquets were held table after table. For some reason, Mr. Jia participated in more than half of the events. Banquet, although it is not yet possible to prove what he has done, but this matter is indeed a bit suspicious."

tsk~
When Jiao Shun heard this, he roughly understood what was going on. Although the old lady had divided the old lady's inheritance a while ago, because Jia Lian basically didn't contribute much, the money was basically taken by Mrs. Xing and Wang Xifeng. What he got was only a few thousand taels of silver.

It was probably because Jia Lian was out of balance in his heart, and he was fooled by Sun Shaozu's method of throwing coins.

The reason why Sun Shaozu wanted to win him over was naturally because of Jia Yingchun.

Having figured out this verse, Jiao casually said, "Second brother Lian and that grandson Shaozu almost became relatives by marriage at one point, so it's normal to have some relationship with each other, but it should be..."

Speaking of this, he shook his head in self-consciousness and said: "But since it is involved in the case, it should be investigated strictly to the end. Liu Shaoqing just makes a fair and clear decision, and there is no need to worry about my side."

That's what Liu Fang was waiting for.

He had offended Jiao Shun before, but because he was rejected by the emperor in the past two years, he even failed to squeeze into the circle of literati.

Now that he sees through the world situation, he naturally doesn't want to have an enmity with Jiao Shun again, so when he found out that the matter involved Jiao Shun's former master, he deliberately came here to lay the groundwork so that Jiao Shun wouldn't be annoyed by it.

Seeing that Jiao Shun didn't intend to intervene in this matter, Liu Fang got up and said, "Since that's the case, then I will invite Mr. Jia to the yamen tomorrow morning, so as to prove his innocence as soon as possible."

After sending Liu Fang away, Jiao Shunzhong returned to the house and continued to wait, but he never expected to wait and wait, and he never waited until Concubine Wu Guifei summoned him.

…………

Chuxiu Palace.

The empress was quite tired this day, and she wanted to rest earlier at night, but she didn't want Concubine Wu to chase after Chuxiu Palace, with a mysterious look, but she was rambling on and on, refusing to get to the point .

The queen couldn't hold it any longer, so she yawned and said helplessly, "What exactly is my sister going to say? If you're not in a hurry, can we talk about it tomorrow? I'm really tired today, my upper eyelids are straight and lower. Eyelids fighting."

"Ha ha……"

Concubine Wu Gui smiled triumphantly, and was about to tell about Concubine Rong, when she suddenly heard a report from a female officer, saying that Master Jiao had something to ask to see her.

Concubine Wu Gui frowned, and asked: "Did he bring a big box with him?"

"I don't know about this servant, it's only said that Master Jiao is begging to see your empress."

In fact, normally speaking, foreign ministers have no way to ask to see concubines directly, but who made this a special period, and Jiao Shun was sent to attend the funeral?

Concubine Wu Guifei wanted to reprimand the female official for being useless, but the empress at the side first wondered: "What big box? Did you arrange for him to do something?"

"Is this..."

Concubine Wu Gui raised her hand, waved back and forth in a way that was overwhelming, and then she said that she gave Concubine Rong to Jiao Shun as a reward.

The empress was also frightened when she heard this, although she knew that Concubine Wu Gui had become more and more unscrupulous recently, but this kind of thing...

"How does this make it?!"

She said anxiously: "Sister is really confused, as long as there is any word about this matter..."

"So what if it gets out?"

Concubine Wu raised her graspable feet, and said with a nonchalant smile, "As long as we bite to death and refuse to admit it, will anyone dare to chase after him?"

"This, this is too..."

Although she knew that what she said was likely to be true, the queen still couldn't agree with such an approach: "Anyway, she is also the late emperor's favorite concubine, and if you do this, what will the late emperor think?! "

Hearing the empress talk about the dead emperor again, Concubine Wu Guifei pursed her red lips and retorted impatiently: "When a person dies like a lamp goes out, how can there be any knowledge under the spring?"

Seeing her crossed legs, like a dead pig not afraid of boiling water, the queen knew it was useless to persuade her, she sighed helplessly, and suddenly remembered the big box, and said: "Jiao Shun went and came back , could it be that you are here to return Concubine Rong?"

"I think so too."

Concubine Wu Gui's face turned cold, and she said unhappily: "The things bestowed by this Palace are also things that he wants to withdraw as soon as he wants?"

"Then what are you going to do?"

"Not urgent."

Concubine Wu simply lay flat on the Arhat bed: "Let's let him hang out for one night."

After a pause, he suddenly jokingly said, "Sister is so worried, maybe it's because I want Li Daitao to be stiff?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?!"

Now the queen is really annoyed. She likes to watch those things, so she doesn't necessarily have to reenact the plot in person. At least the queen doesn't have such an idea yet.

Gritting her teeth, she pounced on Wu Guifei's itch.

Concubine Wu Gui tried to resist, but the absolute difference in magnitude caused her to lose quickly. She could only beg the queen for mercy repeatedly, but when the queen forced her to take Concubine Rong back to the palace, she refused to do so.

In the end, I had no choice but to put this matter aside and prepare to wait until tomorrow to persuade me.

…………

While the Queen and Concubine Wu were resting, leaving Jiao Shun in the side hall.

Xue Pan finally overcame all difficulties, met Jia Lian who was trying to keep people away thousands of miles away, and then broke Jia Lian's defense with just one sentence.

"Xia Jingui is pregnant, so it should be your seed!"

"what?!"

Jia Lian's pupils trembled, and he subconsciously took half a step forward: "Is this really true?!"

"Can I still make a special trip to entertain you?"

Xue Pan said dissatisfiedly: "After dinner in the evening, she vomited endlessly. Please ask the doctor to come and see, she is said to be about three months old."

Seeing that Jia Lian was in a daze, she didn't seem to want to shirk responsibility, Xue Pan immediately said while the iron was hot: "Although sister Feng is also pregnant, her first child is a girl, and this child may not be..."

"Don't mention her!"

Jia Lian interrupted Xue Pan with a flick of his sleeve, so what if he could have a boy, Wang Xifeng's stomach is not his seed at all!

"Then don't mention it."

Xue Pan grinned: "I've already asked that woman, she said she wants to give birth to a son for you, now it depends on what you want."

"This……"

Jia Lian asked suspiciously, "Can you bear this?"

Speaking of this, he felt a faint sense of relief that he had finally found a fellow man.

"Why can't you bear it?"

Xue Pan said cheerfully: "You are not an outsider, as long as we get closer in the future, she will have as many children as you like."

This word...

Jia Lian's face suddenly changed, and he took half a step back vigilantly: "What do you mean?!"

"Means nothing."

Xue Pan's eyes became fiery, and he stared at Jia Lian scorchingly, saying, "Hello, hello, and me, too. Wouldn't it be nice for us to share a bed with three friends?"

It's rare for Xue to read a sentence with his big head, but Jia Lian's face is full of constipation.

Seeing that he didn't speak for a long time, Xue Pan said straightforwardly: "It's not a bad thing, you should think about it yourself, and I'll come back to hear your letter tomorrow morning."

After speaking, he turned around and left.

After he left, Jia Lian's entanglements were not less.

Wang Xifeng was pregnant with something other than his own, so he naturally hoped to have his own son, and letting Xia Jingui give birth to him gave him a sense of revenge—even though he took revenge on the wrong person.

but……

The price is too high!
It's true that Lian's second master can take all men and women, but liking someone who likes someone and being liked by others are obviously two different things!
But he really wanted to keep this child...

All night, Jia Lian tossed and turned, struggling until the next day and couldn't make up her mind.

Seeing that the sky was getting brighter, it would be too late if he didn't make a decision, so he simply gritted his teeth and ordered someone to find a dice, planning to decide whether to keep the child based on the odd or even numbers.

An odd number means reject and an even number means agree.

Just when he was about to throw down the sieve, Xing'er suddenly rushed in scrambling, pointing to the outside and screaming: "Second Master, Second Master, it's not good, a group of people from Dali Temple came outside People, they said they want the second master to go back with them to investigate the case!"

"Investigate the case?"

Jia Lian grabbed the sieve and wondered, "What case?"

"Loyalty, Zhongzhong Zhongshun Wang's rebellion case!"

Dang bang~
There was a crisp sound, and the dice fell into the bowl and spun for a while, then stopped firmly at six points.