The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Just when Sister Feng was hiding on the porch enjoying her leisure, Qingwen jumped out of the west wing.

When he saw Sister Feng, he stepped forward and said with a smile: "Why is the second grandma standing here? The second master is back, isn't he?"

Sister Feng looked at her, seeing that the first half of her greeting was obviously perfunctory, and the second half of her question about Jia Lian was genuine, so she didn't bother to argue with her.

This girl may look smart, but in fact she's not even a little scheming, and she can't even pretend to be.

It looks like an explosion, but in fact it doesn't pose any threat at all.

"Your second master is eating delicious food in the house. If you hurry up, you might be able to get a bite."

Hearing what Sister Feng said, Qingwen was not suspicious and happily went into the house.

After a while, he came out with a blushing face and looked at Sister Feng angrily.

"Why, share the delicious food?" Sister Feng said with a smile.

Qingwen was helpless and wondered why Mistress Lian had become so generous. Knowing that the second master was bullying Xiang Ling inside, she didn't get angry at all and was still here helping to stand guard!

While the master and the servant were having their own thoughts, the mother-in-law in Mrs. Wang's room came to report:

"We have a visitor at home, and my wife asked my second grandmother to go out to receive them."

When Sister Feng heard this, she quickly left Qingwen behind and asked in surprise: "But my brother has arrived in Beijing?"

"Not only that, but there are also several relatives who came to visit, but they happened to be in the same place. Second Mistress Lian, go quickly, my wife is leading people to the old lady's house."

"Oh, who are your relatives?"

Sister Feng subconsciously wanted to enter the house while listening.

Suddenly he remembered that Jia Lian didn't seem to like his brother Wang Ren very much, so he gave up the idea of ​​letting Jia Lian go with him. Anyway, Jia Lian is in a high position and busy with many things. No one can say anything if he finds any reason not to go out to meet guests.

"There are the eldest wife's brother and sister-in-law, the eldest grandmother's aunt and two sisters, and Aunt Xue's nephew and niece..."

Watching Sister Feng and her mother-in-law leaving with a smile, Qingwen thought that the fun in the room was not going to end yet, so she might as well go and see the fun, so she followed them in a hurry.

……

Not to mention how lively the Rongguo Mansion was with so many rare guests.

There was a solemn atmosphere outside Chonghua Palace.

Emperor Ningkang was kneeling here in neat clothes. No one could tell anything from his face.

After an unknown amount of time, the palace door slowly opened, and two eunuchs pushed the Supreme Emperor's four-wheeled wheelchair out.

Emperor Ning Kang quickly straightened his sleeves and kowtowed solemnly.

"What are you here for?"

"My son, I am here to discuss matters related to my mother and concubine."

"Since I came here about your mother and concubine, do you know what she committed?"

"My son, I just don't know what my mother and concubine have done, and I don't know why my father ordered people to guard Changchun Palace.

As far as I know, something happened in the Imperial Garden today. Zhaoyang was just wanton and willful. He falsely conveyed the Queen Mother's decree and summoned Jia Lian, the Marquis of Zhenyuan, to a private meeting in the inner palace.

Although this move was against decency, considering that the two of them had a relationship, I felt that a small punishment but a big warning would be enough, and there was no need to be too harsh. "

Before Emperor Ning Kang finished speaking, the Supreme Emperor shouted angrily: "What a fool."

Long Yan's anger naturally shocked people's hearts. But perhaps the Supreme Emperor was really old. Emperor Ning Kang always felt that this angry curse was far less powerful than when he was the prince.

"This is just the Queen Mother's words to put people off the world in order to protect the face of the Tian family.

As long as others believe it, as an emperor, how can you be so blind and ignorant of right and wrong?

I heard that you violated my will and forced your way into Changchun Palace. Could it be that you have been sitting in this position for a long time, and you think you have grown up, so you don’t take me as your father seriously anymore? "

"I don't dare. But since my father said that the Queen Mother came up with the remarks just now, and my father admitted that he can protect the face of my Tian family, I think that my father should respect the Queen Mother's wishes and remove the people from Changchun Palace. Guard, so as not to attract suspicion and criticism from the world."

The Supreme Emperor sneered, "According to what you say, the Queen Mother is generous and knowledgeable, so she should be slandered and framed for no reason.

I, the Supreme Emperor, can't even do justice to her? "

"That's not what I mean. What I mean is that even if there is something fishy about this matter, before the truth is figured out, my father should not make a big move to arouse suspicion. If my father can trust me, I can Immediately order someone to investigate today’s incident and get to the bottom of it. When the time comes, I will inform my father and ask him to make a decision.”

"Let you check?"

The Supreme Emperor sneered, "No need."

As he spoke, the Supreme Emperor waved, and under the guidance of the eunuchs, guards escorted more than a dozen palace maids and eunuchs, covered in blood and bruised, and threw them in front of Emperor Ningkang.

"These are all people from the Changchun Palace. They were caught after the incident before they had time to escape from the Imperial Garden.

You can ask them whether I wronged your mother and concubine, or she was so bold that she deserved it. "

Why should Emperor Ningkang look at these people?

Despite his questioning, Mrs. Li did not admit anything. But as his biological son, how could Emperor Ning Kang not know that, combined with the information he had received, this matter was most likely the work of his mother and concubine.

Looking at the attitude of the Supreme Emperor at this time, we know that the Supreme Emperor must have interrogated these people clearly.

How can he be lucky?

After all, although the Supreme Emperor had always disliked his mother-in-law, he would not insult her in such a way.

Seeing the palace people begging for mercy in order to survive, Emperor Ningkang was silent for a long time and said: "If the mother and concubine stay in the palace, they will only make the father angry. It happens that I have a villa under my name, which has been restored. OK.

The son-in-law wanted to transfer his mother-in-law to her mother-in-law and let her fourteenth brother go and serve her in her old age. "

King Zhongshun and Emperor Ningkang were born from the same mother, ranking fourteenth.

When the Supreme Emperor heard this, his expression paused briefly.

Emperor Ningkang continued to plead: "Father, my son, my mother, and my concubine are already over seventy years old. Even though she has many shortcomings, because she has served you for more than fifty years, you allow me to take her out of the palace." Go ahead.

After she left the palace, no matter how much resentment she had, it would all be a thing of the past, and she would no longer pose the slightest threat to the Queen Mother.

Please also ask Father to show mercy. "

"I'm afraid it's too late." The Supreme Emperor said calmly.

Emperor Ning Kang suddenly felt strong uneasiness in his heart.

Sure enough, a eunuch hurried up to the ear of the Supreme Emperor and said a few words, and then the Supreme Emperor said: "Your mother and concubine knew that she was guilty of a serious crime, so she committed suicide by drinking poisoned wine in the Changchun Palace.

I wish she had done a good job in raising you, but if she doesn't want to reveal her guilt, I'll just say she died of illness. "

Emperor Ning Kang's body suddenly swayed, and he glared at the Supreme Emperor in disbelief, with a painful expression on his face, and finally said in a hoarse voice: "Father, you are so cruel...!"

"Humph!"

Seeing Emperor Ning Kang like this, the Supreme Emperor felt even colder in his heart.

In fact, although his tolerance for Mrs. Li has reached the extreme and he wants to execute her immediately, he is not in a hurry.

Who knows, he just heard the specific results of the interrogation from the people below, and then he heard about Emperor Ning Kang not obeying his will and forcing his way into Changchun Palace.

Angry in his heart, almost as soon as Emperor Ningkang left Changchun Palace, he ordered someone to deliver the poisoned wine.

"For the sake of personal grudges, she did not hesitate to commit the following crime and framed the queen mother of the current dynasty for committing adultery with a court official. If such a vicious, poisonous and stupid woman is not dead, should she be allowed to continue to harm the country and the country left by our ancestors?

I only blame myself for not being ruthless enough for not seeing the true face of your mother-in-law earlier and sending her to death earlier, so I tolerated the rape till now.

But you, as the king of a country, shouldering the foundation of your ancestors and the importance of all the people in the world, you only know about private affairs, and do not distinguish between right and wrong!

Let me ask you, if what happened today spreads and the world knows that you are so unclear about what happened, how will you control the civil and military officials in the future? How to rule the people of Kyushu?

I don’t think you can even appreciate this small harem! "

Listening to the merciless words of the Supreme Emperor, Emperor Ning Kang just looked back coldly, then stood up and left without looking back.

This scene made the Supreme Emperor stunned and his chest heaved with anger. Seeing that the Supreme Emperor would not be able to come back after taking one breath, Feng Cheng and other old eunuchs were so frightened that they quickly sent orders to the imperial doctor.

...(End of chapter)