Shengshichun

Chapter 242 Congratulations to the general’s wife for getting out of bad temper

After a cup of tea, Zhang's maid came back and handed a roll of something to Zhang calmly.

After reading it, Zhang put it in the box and pushed it in front of Fu Zhen again.

……

In the Qianqing Palace, Xu Yin knelt on the ground and spoke sincerely.

"The princess has been diligently reading poetry and books since she was a child, and has a deep understanding of righteousness. Over the years, she has been giving alms in private and accumulating good deeds. There are traces of them everywhere. She has always been a model for ladies in the world.

"Although I was confused and made a big mistake this time, the princess's original intention was not to kill Mr. Liu. I ask the emperor to please forgive me for the sake of the princess' past virtues."

Pei Zhan, who was standing next to him, moved his gaze from him to the emperor above him.

The emperor's face was as dark as water: "You still plead for her?"

Xu Yin lowered his head a little further: "As a minister, I know that the laws of the court cannot be desecrated, but as the husband of a princess, I cannot remain indifferent to this.

"I know the nature of the princess very well. It must not have been her idea to hurt Mr. Liu this time. She is not even willing to punish servants. I don't believe that she will kill anyone!"

"Then you mean that Shuntian Mansion and the Three Legal Departments of the Chaotang are all for free?!" The emperor lowered his voice, "Xu Yin, as your wife Yongping committed a murder, you also have to bear some responsibility. Are you still pleading for her? Aren't you afraid that I will punish you as well?"

"You bastard!" the emperor shouted angrily, "As my close minister, you are so ignorant! Go out and kneel outside, and you are not allowed to get up without my order!"

The little eunuch came in and "invited" Xu Yin out.

The emperor took a deep breath and looked at his back, then turned to look at Pei Zhan under the curtain: "He is really affectionate and loyal, both to Taiping and to Yongping!"

Pei Zhan nodded and said, "Shilang Xu may also have difficulties. I heard from my mother-in-law that Shilang Xu often sends people to various restaurants in the city to buy snacks and go back to coax Yongping. No matter how talented a scholar from a poor family is, once he marries a high-ranking man, he will always give up. Some pride."

The emperor looked at him with sultry eyes: "What you mean is that my valued minister should still humble herself in front of Yong Ping to protect her pride."

"I don't know much about Minister Xu's inner affairs. I just talked about what I saw and heard."

The emperor's face darkened again. His eyes turned to the eunuch standing under the curtain on the other side.

The eunuch hurriedly came up and said: "Princess Yongping and all matters in the royal palace, whether big or small, require Minister Xu to be at hand. I have heard about it in the past."

The emperor said: "Xu Yin is the third-rank official of the current dynasty. He is an important member of the imperial court. He must contribute to the imperial court. He is not a prince's horse with idle duties, nor is he a subordinate of his royal palace! How do they have the qualifications to ask him? Coming at any time?

"If he doesn't come to ask for this favor today, he won't be able to explain it after he returns to the palace?"

No one in the hall dared to speak.

At this moment, Huang Menlang walked in quickly: "Your Majesty, Xie Yushi is suing Yongping County Lord for seducing Concubine Yu of the East Palace!"

The emperor narrowed his eyes: "Pass!"

Not long after, Xie Zhang walked into the hall holding the box.

The emperor said: "You are suing Yongping County Lord for seducing the wife of the East Palace, do you have any evidence?"

Xie Zhang presented the wooden box in his hand: "Your Majesty! Here is the irrefutable proof. Please tell me clearly!"

The wooden box was delivered to the emperor. After opening it, he flipped through each item one by one. Before he could read them all, he knocked one of them to the ground!

"Pei Zhan kneels down!"

Pei Zhan on the side quickly knelt down and said: "I don't know what crime I have committed? I beg the emperor to make it clear!"

The emperor stayed at the hotel and walked up to him: "Where did this evidence come from? If there is even half a word of lies, I will definitely strip you of your official position!"

The emperor is just sick, he is not blind.

Pei Zhan was General Pingxi who single-handedly defeated the Dayue Kingdom. It was impossible for him to be blind to Yongping, but he had to go to the palace to complain and make trouble for himself. He sent He Qu and Xie Zhang to supervise the case. He could only There is a bigger plan.

But the emperor knew how capable Yongping was. He also wanted to see how deep Yongping was in the water this time. How big of a crime did you commit? He actually angered his dignified General Pingxi to the point where he started playing tricks on him.

Therefore, the emperor deliberately spared Yongping lightly before, and Pei Zhanlai refused to leave in front of him, so the emperor allowed him to go.

He never expected that in the end, what was waiting for him would be evidence of collusion between Yongping and the wife of the East Palace!

If these two parties collude, what they are planning will definitely involve the court, which cannot be tolerated by any system.

And this is also listed in black and white in the imperial law.

At this time, Xie Zhang obtained evidence that Yongping colluded with the East Palace. How could the emperor believe that this had nothing to do with Pei Zhan?

It doesn't matter how these evidences were obtained. The emperor has his own plans, and his ministers naturally have their own ways of survival. There is nothing wrong with that.

Most importantly, how reliable is this evidence?

The emperor had made his words clear to this extent, and Pei Zhan, who knew his nature well, did not beat around the bush.

He said: "This evidence is hard to come by. If the emperor has doubts, the best way is to send concubine Yu to come for questioning."

The emperor took a deep breath and pointed to the door: "Pass the crown prince! Pass the concubine Yu!"

……

When the eunuch who came from the palace to deliver the order arrived at Xu's house, Fu Zhen happened to walk out of the front yard of Xu's house.

It wasn't until he heard the voice announcing the decree behind him that Fu Zhen stepped out of the Xu family gate with satisfaction.

Zhang is hard to describe in other matters, but when it comes to attacking his opponents, he is indeed ruthless.

The evidence in that box captured almost all traces from the time when Yong Ping first came into contact with Concubine Yu to the most recent time.

Concubine Yu came from a poor family and had no support from her mother's family, but she gave birth to the emperor's eldest grandson. In addition to her low profile, she gained the queen's favor.

But it was this kind of favor that made Concubine Yu unwilling to remain unknown. She wanted to gain power for the emperor's eldest grandson, but there was no one she could rely on.

Before the crown ceremony was held, the prince needed to bring a concubine to the ceremony. It happened that the Ministry of Etiquette selected Concubine Yu to attend from the perspective of the emperor's eldest grandson, which made Concubine Yu really glorious and glorious, and later became a popular candidate to succeed the crown princess.

In order to thank Xu Yin, Concubine Yu sent people to contact her privately several times. Unfortunately, Xu Yin was clear-headed and did not accept her overtures.

So Concubine Yu turned to Yongping and gave her a lot of silver jewelry. Yongping was not short of money, but it happened that Lou Zhao's aunt was favored by the prince during this period and was trying to find ways to find Prince Rong to seek opportunities to advance to the throne. .

King Rong might be too lazy to take care of such a trivial matter, so the Lou family didn't find a chance, but the news came to Yongping.

In order to retaliate against Fu Zhen and the Zhang family, Yongping took the initiative to find Lou Zhao and forced him to plan the entire conspiracy on the condition that he agreed to help Lou Zhao's aunt be promoted to the throne.

Concubine Yu tried her best to win over Xu Yin, and there was also Prince Rong behind Yongping. Of course she could do this for Yongping - she herself was not honored enough in front of the prince, but the prince did not have a main concubine yet. , and there is only one grandson of the emperor in total. As the biological mother of the eldest grandson of the emperor, it is not difficult for her to go to the queen to think of a solution for the sake of the royal family.

Yong Ping only wanted to attack his opponent, but he didn't even bother to guard against Zhang, who had been fighting against him for many years and was the one who knew him best. Finally, he came to the end where he would die if he did no good.

In the end, the emperor deprived him of the title of Yongping and ordered him to be imprisoned by the imperial government for three years.

Logically speaking, she was actually going to be taken to the clan's mansion and imprisoned, but thanks to her young child, she didn't have to leave home.

Fu Zhen got on the carriage, and Zhang just came out. He stopped at the door and walked towards Fuzhen. "Congratulations to the general's wife for finally letting go of her bad temper and having a good sleep tonight."

Fu Zhen raised his lips from the car window: "Then I also congratulate the Crown Princess on getting her wish and finally getting rid of a thorn in her side."

Zhang took a breath and raised her eyebrows: "I didn't expect that it would be quite pleasant to work with the general's wife. Will I invite the general's wife to the house for tea someday?"

Fu Zhen said, "Thank you."

She lowered the curtain and asked the coachman to drive off.

It was completely dark.

But the lanterns on both sides of the alley still illuminate the road ahead brightly.

In fact, Yongping was never Fu Zhen's target on the road to revenge. She is so stupid, even more stupid than Liang Ning before.

Liang Ning poured out his heart and soul for Xu Yin. At least at that time, Xu Yin was impeccable on the surface and showed no disrespect for Liang Ning and the Liang family.

But in front of Yongping, even Fu Zhen, who was not very familiar with their relationship, could feel that Xu Yin didn't care about her, but Yongping still stayed by Xu Yin's side.

This stupidity made Fu Zhen not even know what to do with Yongping? It would seem a bit bullying to hit someone directly.

This time she committed suicide, which gave Fu Zhen a chance to avenge the old grudge that had been exploited before.

Zhang's contribution is indispensable.

But Fu Zhen still couldn't become an ally with Zhang.

Because Prince Rong and his son were also the murderers who indirectly killed Liang Ning, Fu Zhen and Prince Rong's Mansion must still have a fight. The source of Zhang's interests lies in Rongguang Mansion, so they must be opposites.

"...General?"

The carriage suddenly stopped midway.

The guard on the horse next to him made a surprised sound.

Fu Zhen paused, and just as he was about to lift the curtain, the car door opened from the outside. Pei Zhan bent over and came in. He took a look at her first, and then sat down next to her.

"Why are you here?" Fu Zhen thought for a moment. This is not the way back to Pei Mansion from the palace.

Pei Zhan said: "My mother-in-law heard that we haven't eaten yet, so she sent someone to bring us a large table of food. I'll wait for you to go back to eat."

Hearing this, Fu Zhen glanced at the dark night outside the window and sighed: "This day is really long."

After speaking, she sniffed and looked at him: "When did you go back? Have you already changed clothes and showered?"

Pei Zhan lowered his head and sniffed his sleeves: "I stayed in the palace for a long time and even pulled Xu Yin. Of course I have to take a bath when I go back."

Fu Zhen raised his eyebrows: "You still pulled him?"

Pei Zhan said lazily: "I even helped him speak in front of the emperor!"

Based on Yongping's temperament, if the emperor and empress were all stupid people, her tail would have been raised to the sky long ago. The reason why she still needs to be scrupulous about her behavior is precisely because she knows that if she crosses the line, the emperor and empress will not forgive her. she.

This time she actually ordered the imperial officials to kill others. How could the emperor tolerate such a thing?

After Xu Yin entered the palace, Pei Zhan knew what he wanted to do as soon as he opened his mouth to plead for mercy.

No one else matters except himself.

He could kill Liang Ning in the past, why can't he get rid of Yongping now?

If he pleads for mercy at this time, it will only aggravate the emperor's anger towards Yongping.

But Yongping deserves what he deserves.

Pei Zhan never binds herself with the word morality. Ever since Yongping started this conspiracy, she has been qualified to bear all the consequences.

So Pei Zhan knew what Xu Yin wanted to do, and he didn't dismantle Xu Yin. Since everyone has the same goal, there is no need to stick to these details.

After the emperor had interrogated Yu's concubine and dealt with Yongping, he pardoned Xu Yin's punishment of kneeling.

When Pei Zhan went to announce the decree, Xu Yin's knees became stiff and he almost fell on Pei Zhan, so Pei Zhan gave him a hand.

"Did the emperor say anything to Xu Yin later?"

"Not yet." Pei Zhan leaned against the car wall and crossed his stretched legs: "However, after his plea, it must be more difficult for him to be promoted."

Fu Zhen pondered, and then said: "Even if he can't be promoted, he is not completely without gain. He must have weighed this result."

It was impossible for Xu Yin not to be implicated in the troubles in Yongping. Even if the emperor didn't care, the courtiers would have opinions.

He knew the outcome.

I haven't shown up all day. I'm afraid I can't control myself anymore and don't want to go back to show off.

Liang Chen went there and provoked Xu Yin with words, so Xu Yin had to take care of the Liang family, so Xu Yin took the risk and simply went to the palace to plead for Yongping, which made the emperor gradually deepen his dislike for Yongping. , and ultimately promoted the evil consequences of Yongping.

Although Xu Yin may have been blocked in his promotion, he used the emperor's hand to completely contain Yongping, which made Prince Rong's palace less confident.

He used the inability to teach his daughter in Prince Rong's palace as an excuse. From now on, he no longer had to be as humble as before in Prince Rong's palace.

Raising such a silly and mischievous daughter has even brought trouble to the glorious son-in-law. After all, who is the father-in-law and mother-in-law who has the nerve to show off to her son-in-law?

Fu Zhen leaned on the pillow: "Let's see how the scene between him and Prince Rong's Mansion goes on!"

There is also a Chu Yu in the Chu family who has just woken up and is thinking about Yong Ping. That fool still doesn’t believe that the husband chosen by his dream lover will be his murderer. As for Prince Rong’s Mansion, don’t worry!

……

It was almost midnight when the Xu family was completely quiet. The place where Yong Ping was imprisoned was located in a courtyard in the northwest corner of Xu Mansion. Even though the imperial edict had just been passed down, the eunuch responsible for guarding Yong Ping was already in place.

They set up guards on duty at the entrance to the entire courtyard. When Xu Yin came outside the courtyard, the eunuch thought for a moment before giving in and letting him in.

"Master, don't stay too long when you go in, otherwise the younger ones won't be able to communicate with the superiors."

Xu Yin thanked him, pushed the door open, and walked in slowly.

The courtyard was dark, with only one lamp lit on each of the four corridors. In the main room facing the courtyard door, three or four oil lamps were lit, clearly outlining the figure of Yongping prostrate on the ground.

　Although it is a single update these days, it is a collaboration between two chapters and one chapter, which is 4000+ large chapters.

　　

　

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