The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 166 Compensation
Mu Xu put her on the bed with a smile, and asked, "Why haven't you slept so late?"

Baochai picked up a coat and put it on, and replied with a blushing face, "My mother sent someone to see me this afternoon, saying that my cousin and sister came to the capital, and I had some more conversations with the servants at home. , so I went to bed late."

"Your cousin?" Mu Xu leaned on the head of the bed and pulled Baochai into his arms, then asked pretending not to know.

Of course Baochai couldn't guess what he was thinking, so she introduced the situation of Xue Biao's brother and sister, and finally asked him, "Do you know a Hanlin surnamed Mei?"

Mu Xu's heart skipped a beat, although he knew why she asked, but he still told the truth, "He is a small Hanlin, and he is worthy of your husband's recognition, you think him too highly."

Hearing his arrogant words, Baochai patted him on the chest angrily, and then explained that Mei Hanlin's son had a marriage contract with Xue Baoqin, and wanted Mu Xu to help inquire about the situation of Mei's family.

Mu Xu patted Baochai's buttocks in silence, "You, thanks to your shrewdness in the past, why did you get confused at the critical moment." Seeing that she was still puzzled, she asked, " Have you forgotten where your brother is working now?"

"Ah, I really didn't expect this episode." Baochai finally realized it, and after a while she explained embarrassedly, "You also know that my eldest brother is always unreliable and likes to cause trouble, so I really didn't Think of him doing it."

"Your elder brother is indeed a bit reckless. That's why I asked him to follow Jia Lian to manage the business of embroidery clothes guards. I was afraid that you would blame me for not being able to promote him."

Facing Mu Xu's gaze, Baochai said firmly, "That's very good, you must not promote him because of me, lest he get hurt and hurt himself."

"Okay, isn't your brother doing well in the past year? Let's talk about Mei Hanlin. I want to see Feng Ziying tomorrow to talk about something, so I just ask him to check it out."

Baochai hurriedly thanked her, but Mu Xu smirked and said, "How about another way of thanking you?"

The next morning, Mu Xu and Feng Ziying met at the gate of the palace and went to see Tu Zhen together.On the way to Qinzheng Palace, Mu Xu told Feng Ziying what he heard from Zhen Shiyin.

The two arrived at the Palace of Qinzheng, and after waiting for a while, they saw Tu Zhen yawning and walking in with his horoscope on his back. When Mu Xu saw him like this, he couldn't help but want to laugh.Noticing Mu Xu's weird eyes, Tu Zhen blushed, coughed lightly, and asked pretending to be majestic, "The two Qing family came to ask to see me, what's the matter?"

Mu Xu restrained himself quickly, and told about Zhen Shiyin's matter and his own speculation. After hearing this, Tu Zhen realized the seriousness of the problem. He frowned and said, "I will issue a decree in a short while, and strictly order local good students to inspect the temple. Daoguan, I wonder if the two Qings have anything to add?"

Feng Ziying replied, "Your Majesty, I suggest that in addition to checking the certificates of monks and Taoists, we should also count the number of lost children in various places in recent years, and then speculate based on the number of lost children in various places. scope."

"That's right, Feng Qing's family has a good idea, let's play it!" Tu Zhen praised.

Mu Xu also nodded in agreement, and added, "More than that, once the kidnapped people are found, if they were sold as slaves and their family members are still alive, they should be returned to their original places of origin. If they have no family members, they should also be let The local government will arrange it properly."

"Those local officials probably won't handle this matter seriously, especially when they meet some rich and powerful families." Feng Ziying reminded.

Mu Xu looked at Feng Ziying seriously, "Let the spies of the embroidery guards from all over the place closely monitor the place, and once they find officials who violate the law, report it to the court immediately." Then he bowed his hands to Tuzhen, "Your Majesty, these abducted The poor people are also your people, since the court knows about this, shouldn't it be up to them to decide?"

Tu Zhen was at the time when he was a young man. Hearing Mu Xu's words, he immediately replied impassionedly, "Yes, I will explain it emphatically in the edict, and link this matter with the achievements of those local officials. Those who dare to fool me, Never forgive me.”

"Your Majesty is wise." Mu Xu said sincerely.Seeing what Mu Xu said, Tu Zhen was also very happy, and earnestly told Feng Ziying not to slack off, and then let the two retreat.

When Mu Xu and Feng Ziying went out of the palace, when they parted, they remembered what Baochai had asked him to do last night, so they gave Feng Ziying a brief introduction. Feng Ziying patted his chest and promised that the result would be tomorrow at the latest.

Sure enough, early the next morning, Feng Ziying sent someone to deliver a letter to Mu Xu, in which he introduced the specific situation of Mei Hanlin's family in detail.Mu Xu glanced at it for a while, and then came to Baochai with the letter.

After reading the letter, Baochai said very angrily, "How could this Mei Hanlin be like this? He was the one who proposed the marriage with my second uncle at the beginning, but now it's fine if he wants his son to regret the marriage and marry Shangguan's daughter. Looking at my sister, it is simply unreasonable for our Xue family to take the initiative to propose a divorce!"

Seeing her chest rising and falling, Mu Xu was obviously very angry, so he couldn't help comforting him, "It's not worth breaking your body because of such petty anger, for now, it's more serious to let your sister and the Mei family break off the engagement as soon as possible. "

"I'm afraid that if the engagement is terminated, the Mei family will talk nonsense outside and ruin my sister's reputation. Then how will she marry in the future?"

Regarding her worry, Mu Xu thought about it and felt that it was indeed the case. It is estimated that the Mei family may really do this, but it is not impossible, so Mu Xu smiled and said, "It's so difficult, how about it, I will put my I’ll give you a post, you go back and give it to your cousin, let him go to Mei’s house in person, I think his family will know what to do.”

Baochai was overjoyed when he heard this, but immediately became depressed and said, "I'll send someone to send it, and I won't go back myself, lest people talk about it."

The desire that flashed in her eyes did not escape Mu Xu's eyes. Knowing that she still wanted to go home and have a look, Mu Xu immediately said, "Forget it, I will accompany you back to your mother's house, and it is up to you Back home."

Baochai was moved to tears when she heard the words, and threw herself into Mu Xu's arms. She was full of gratitude to God at the moment, grateful for allowing herself to marry Mu Xu, because she knew very well that according to the current rules, even if it is If the main wife wants to go back to her natal family, she needs her husband's consent, not to mention that she is still a concubine. If she doesn't go back to her natal family for the rest of her life, no one will blame her husband's family.

Seeing that Baochai, who is always dignified and generous, lost his composure, Mu Xu couldn't help but blame himself. After all, she had been married to him for a while, but he never thought about her, so he could only pat Baochai on the back, "Okay , if you continue to cry, and go back to see your mother later, she might think that I have bullied you, go and clean up, I have to ask Yang An to prepare some presents."

After hearing this, Baochai shyly came out of Mu Xu's arms, wiped away her tears with a handkerchief, and said with a smile, "Then I'm going to change."

Mu Xu nodded, then went outside, thought for a while, and decided to tell Daiyu.He searched around, and finally found Daiyu at his grandmother's place. Of course, he would not say that he was accompanying Baochai back home, but that it was because of Baochai's sister's marriage regret.

As women, Concubine Zhang and Daiyu were immediately filled with righteous indignation when they heard this, and they both scolded the Mei family for being useless. Concubine Zhang also asked Mu Xu to teach the Mei family a lesson, and Mu Xu quickly agreed.

Coming out from the grandmother's place, Mu Xu found Yang An and ordered him to prepare some gifts and a carriage, then went to Qingzhi Courtyard to pick up Baochai, and together they headed towards Xue's house.

The carriage arrived at the door of Xue's house, and the two got out of the car. When the doorman of Xue's family saw his young lady and son-in-law coming, he hurried in to report.Xue Baochai didn't wait for anyone to come out to greet her, so she led Mu Xu and a few servants directly into the gate.

(End of this chapter)