cabinet first lady

Chapter 56
This year's Chinese New Year, the Zhang Mansion is extremely cold.

Zhang Anchao, the Chen family, and Zhang Qingxuan went to Zhuangzi, Zhang Anyu and Hu Yunxi did not come back to celebrate the New Year in Qingtian County, the younger generation only had people from Zhanyuyuan and Chuanyunyuan, and there were a lot of people missing.As they grow older, the bodies of the old Shangshu and the old lady are no longer as tough as when Ruan Muyang first married in.

After the new year is the fourth year of Pingle.

The fourth year of Emperor Ling's enthronement.

This is destined to be an extraordinary year.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the first thing Ruan Muyang has to do is to decide the marriage between Hanshi and Diancui.The date was set years ago, on the eighteenth day of the first lunar month.

Both of them are capable and trustworthy people around Ruan Muyang. They are both orphans, without father and mother. Ruan Muyang is both husband and wife to take care of them. He also gave Diancui a dowry and Hanshi a shop. Let them have a way to make ends meet even if they get back the deed of selling themselves and leave the Zhang Mansion.

Hanshi and Diancui were naturally very moved.

"Miss." Dian Cuihong, who was wearing a wedding dress, held Ruan Muyang's hand with great reluctance. This "Miss" was what Ruan Muyang called when she was still in her natal family.

Ruan Muyang felt a little bit reluctant when he saw it, and comforted him with a smile: "Why are you crying? You don't come out of this yard. Han Shi is an honest man, live a good life with him in the future, and I will let you go out of the house in a few years."

The two of them got married, and even Chuanyunyuan became happy.

On the second day after Hanshi and Diancui got married, that is, the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, a major event happened in the court.

Because it was the second day after they got married, Ruan Muyang remembered this day very clearly.

On this day, Jiang Hanyun, the governor of Guozijian and the left deputy capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, directly wrote a letter to Emperor Ling, risking his life to impeach him, counting down the seven deadly crimes of Luojie——

One, forming cliques for personal gain and cronyism.

Second, in the first year of Pingle, Xu Hou's case was used to eliminate dissidents, and dozens of officials of the fifth rank and above were unjustly killed.

[-]. In October of the first year of Pingle, the Northwest reported that bandits gathered to rob and kill people, but did not report them.

Fourth, conniving relatives to enclose land, burn, kill and loot, and compete with the people for profit.

Fifth, fraud in the examination room.

Sixth, in the third year of Pingle, he lied about the military situation for his nephew and concealed the results of the defeat.

Seventh, conniving his son to embezzle and accept bribes in the household department, with huge sums of money.

In the past, there were no less than ten papers on the impeachment of officials against each other every day, including the impeachment of Luo Jie, and the impeachment of Zhang Anyi and other ministers, but none of the papers was deadly impeachment like this.

What is impeachment?

All crimes can put the other party to death. The power of the target of impeachment is overwhelming and difficult to shake.

Emperor Ling was still obsessed with cultivating Taoism and alchemy. Originally, such impeachment papers were thrown to the cabinet and would not be dealt with. However, this was a deadly impeachment, and he had to read it.After reading it with impatience and restlessness, Emperor Ling's expression gradually became serious, and he remained silent for a long time after reading it.

Gao Yan, who was serving at the side, felt something unusual.

Emperor Ling put down Jiang Hanyun's notebook and said, "Eunuch Gao, do you think the crimes listed in this notebook are credible?" Although his spirit looked fine, his face was even paler than last year.

Gao Yan glanced at the contents of the memorial and was startled.

But after all, he is the eunuch who has served two generations of kings, and has seen a lot of wind and waves.Gao Yan thought for a while, and replied cautiously: "Your Majesty, this old slave doesn't understand political affairs, so I dare not jump to conclusions. Although Mr. Jiang will not make groundless rumors, Mr. Luo has also made a lot of achievements in the two dynasties. It’s better to be more cautious.”

Emperor Ling nodded in agreement and said: "Well, we should be more cautious, let me think about how to deal with it first, you go down first."

"Yes."

After retreating outside the door, Gao Yan breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and summoned a trustworthy little eunuch to say, "Go and send a message to Lord Luo for me—"

In Jiangfu, Jiang Hanyun who presented the memorial has just returned.

Today he is not planning to go to the Imperial College.

After taking off his official uniform, he put on a long gown that he hadn't worn for a long time.This is the long gown worn by scholars. Since becoming an official, they have been wearing ordinary clothes on weekdays, and it is rare to wear long gowns.

Just as she changed into the gown, Luo Yu stumbled in and ran in.

Jiang Hanyun turned around, wearing a simple long gown that made him look like an ordinary but handsome scholar, back to basics.

"What did you do just now?" Luo Yu's face was full of anxiety, and there was a hint of water in his eyes.

When she married Jiang Hanyun, she felt extremely happy.But after the death of the late emperor, she discovered the truth. Jiang Hanyun didn't really want to marry her. Marrying her was just a trick to mix into her grandfather's faction.Since the current Holy Majesty took the throne, he has never treated her as tenderly as before.

One is his own grandfather, and the other is his beloved husband.

It was very difficult for Luo Yu to be caught in the middle, her face no longer had the charming and savagery of the past, and she became more and more haggard. Every time she dreamed back at midnight, Jiang Hanyun was always in prison.

Looking at Luo Yu, a trace of complexity flashed in Jiang Hanyun's eyes: "Don't you know?" He straightened his back.

Not afraid of the powerful, not afraid of life and death, always maintain a righteous spirit, a heart of worrying about the country and the people, this is the integrity of a scholar, and it is also the way of a sage.He never dared to forget.

Luo Yu stepped forward and grabbed his lapel tightly and said, "You can't beat my grandfather! You will die!"

Jiang Hanyun let her hold her, and instead of looking into her tearful eyes, he looked at the sky outside the door, and said, "Someone has to stand up, if everyone is so greedy for life and afraid of death, how can there be Qingping?" Prosperity?" He was already ready to die.

"Luo Yu, you are a good girl. The matter of your grandfather has nothing to do with you. If I die like this, you can take the divorce letter and remarry. With your status, you won't have to worry about finding your husband's family." Jiang Hanyun looked To the case, he just came back to write the divorce letter.

Luo Yu followed his line of sight, saw the word "divorce letter", almost collapsed, tears finally flowed down.

"No, I don't." She shook her head.

Jiang Hanyun continued: "You don't rush to take out this letter of divorce. After I die, if my impeachment succeeds and your grandfather loses, the Holy Majesty will read it for my sake, and you will not be implicated. After it's over, you can take out the letter of divorce and give yourself back your freedom."

Although he thought she was the granddaughter of a treacherous minister, he had already arranged everything for her.

How could she hate it?Luo Yu was extremely conflicted.

"Jiang Hanyun! What do you want from me?" She beat him hard and kicked him again.

Jiang Hanyun let her beat and kick, and said: "I owe you this. If you want, help me take care of my mother and sister after I die. I don't blame you if you don't want to. After all, you should hate me." .”

Luo Yu felt that Jiang Hanyun was hard-hearted, and for the sake of justice, he left his elderly mother and young sister on the ground alone.

"I just want to ask you, did you marry me just to get close to my grandfather and collect evidence?"

Jiang Hanyun nodded.

"Then have you ever been tempted by me?" Even a little?
Jiang Hanyun looked away: "Luo Yu, I'm sorry."

in the palace.

Knowing that Jiang Hanyun's memorial had been delivered to Emperor Ling, Zhang Anyi left Wenyuan Pavilion, stood under the porch and looked at the overlapping palaces, his eyes were far away, with a kind of compassion.

Footsteps were heard not far away, he looked sideways, then turned his eyes back and continued to look at the palace.

Shen Wei walked up to Zhang Anyi, stood side by side with him, and said with a solemn expression: "Luo Jie has already gone to meet the Holy One." She was much shorter than Zhang Anyi, and she was considered tall among women. , but she still looks petite compared to men, but fortunately, she has no femininity in her words and deeds, and no one else has doubted her.

Zhang Anyi nodded, and said, "It's impossible to bring Luo Jie down with a memorial, it depends on what happens next. Brother Jiang is very courageous, we must not let him die in vain."

If someone else impeached Luo Jie to death, he might easily bite him back, but Jiang Hanyun is Luo Jie's grandson-in-law, no one is more suitable than him to impeach Luo Jie to death. Although it is not fatal, it is enough for Luo Jie to drink a pot .

"En." Mentioning Jiang Hanyun, Shen Wei had admiration in his eyes, "Luojie will definitely not make Brother Jiang feel better."

"We still have to try our best to save his life."

On the other side, at the same time, Luo Jie was meeting Lingdi.

The ups and downs of the officialdom have been ups and downs for decades, and he has experienced too many dangers. Although he was caught off guard this time and felt a strong crisis, it did not make him panic and overwhelmed.

"Luo Aiqing, what do you think of Jiang Hanyun's memorial? As far as I know, he is still your grandson-in-law." Lingdi said.

Luo Jie looked shocked and said: "Your Majesty, the things listed in Jiang Hanyun's memorial are all nonsense. The old minister has been loyal to the royal family since the first emperor was alive, and now he is dedicated to the emperor. How dare he do this under the emperor's nose?" Something?" He reminded Emperor Ling how he helped the late emperor when he was alive, and how loyal he was.

Thinking about the past, Emperor Ling really hesitated.

At this time, Luo Jie said again: "Jiang Hanyun suddenly went up to impeach the old minister, with bad intentions. It is said that Jiang Hanyun had a private relationship with King Yong'an a few years ago. I am afraid there is a conspiracy. Please tell the emperor! Take Jiang Hanyun into custody!" Luo Luo on the way Jie then thought about how to bite Jiang Hanyun back. If this matter was handled well, he could take the opportunity to aggravate the emperor's suspicion of King Yong'an, killing two birds with one stone.

"emperor,"

Lingdi frowned.What Luo Jie said touched his sensitivity.There are not a few people in the court who say that King Yong'an has ulterior motives.

But he believed in this brother who had sacrificed his life to save him from the bottom of his heart, so he also had doubts about Luo Jie's words.

But it's not that I don't believe it.

If it were the bloodthirsty Emperor Wu, it wouldn't be difficult for him, and he would rather kill him than misplace him.However, Emperor Ling was kind-hearted and indecisive, so he didn't know what to do.

At this time, Luo Jie didn't dare to influence Emperor Ling's thoughts, so he could only wait quietly.

After thinking for a while, Emperor Ling said: "The matter between Jiang Hanyun and King Yong'an, as well as the matter he played, I will let the Ministry of Punishment, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the three divisions of Dali Temple jointly investigate, and take Jiang Hanyun into the Ministry of Punishment first."

"Yes." A smile flashed in Luo Jie's eyes.

It was exactly as he expected.

Zhang Anyi and Shen Wei were the first to know the news that Jiang Hanyun was going to be detained in the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

This is exactly what Zhang Anyi expected.

Shen Wei frowned, and said in a low voice: "Isn't taking Brother Jiang into custody in the Criminal Department just to allow Luo Jie to take the opportunity to kill people? In the end, death and impeachment will be nothing."

"It won't end like this." Zhang Anyi's eyes flashed coldly, "This is just the beginning. It's just that Brother Jiang will suffer a bit."

"I'll go to the Ministry of Punishments first, at least to save his life first." Shen Wei said.

In the Jiang residence, Jiang Hanyun who was sitting quietly opened his eyes when he heard the movement.

coming.

"What are you doing here! Is this a place you just broke into!" Luo Yu stood up and shouted sharply.After that, she looked at Jiang Hanyun anxiously.She knew that these people were here to catch him.

"The emperor has a decree that Jiang Hanyun, the governor of the Guozijian Jijiu and the left deputy capital, will be temporarily detained by the Ministry of Punishment." The people from the Ministry of Punishment came.

Luo Yu's expression turned cold: "Who dares!" She was raised and raised in the Luo Mansion since she was a child, and she scolded people with great momentum.

"Luo Yu!" Jiang Hanyun stopped her, stood up calmly and said to the people in the Ministry of Punishment: "Let me go say goodbye to mother first."

The people in the Ministry of Punishment showed embarrassment.This was a bit against the rules, but they also knew why Jiang Hanyun was arrested, and they were a little admirable in their hearts.

Seeing that they were unwilling, Luo Yu said again: "Just go say goodbye and not let them go?"

After all, she was Luo Jie's granddaughter, and the people from the Ministry of Punishment just followed Luo Yu's words and took a step back, saying, "Then please hurry up, Mr. Jiang."

"Thank you."

Seeing Jiang Hanyun walking out in a long gown with his back straightened, Luo Yu's eyes turned red.She bit her lip and followed.

"Mother, my child is not filial, I'm afraid I won't be able to serve you anymore." Jiang Hanyun came to the old lady and knelt down.

Mrs. Jiang looked at her son, knowing what he had done and what would happen to him, but she still smiled.She looked at her son with great admiration and kindness and said, "Get up, mother, don't worry about it. Knowing that you can't do it, mother is honored to have a son like you." Smiling, Mrs. Jiang's tears fell down.

This is the Jiang family's family tradition.

Extremely correct.

The people from the punishment department stood outside the hall.They are all mixed in the officialdom. Maybe they were as upright as Jiang Hanyun when they entered the officialdom, but they have long forgotten their original intentions.At this moment, they were shocked by Jiang's mother and son, and their hearts that had been assimilated by the filthy officialdom were disturbed.

After kowtowing three times to Mrs. Jiang, Jiang Hanyun stood up, turned around and said, "Let's go."

Before leaving, he glanced at Luo Yu who was standing aside.

Luo Yu opened his mouth but couldn't say anything, he could only watch helplessly as the people from the Criminal Department took him away.

"Mother." She turned to look at Mrs. Jiang.

Mrs. Jiang sighed, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and said, "Luo Yu, Han Yun has already divorced you, you can go."

Luo Yu shook her head: "No!" She would not want the divorce letter.

"I'm going to ask my grandfather!"

Luo Yu went back to Luo's house.

"Second Miss, why are you back?" Manager Luo asked.

"Where's grandfather? I want to see grandfather."

Manager Luo stopped her and said, "My lord has gone to the palace and hasn't come back yet, Second Miss, you—"

Luo Yu pushed her away, walked in, searched around, and sure enough, Luo Jie hadn't come back yet.

"Yu'er!"

Seeing his mother, Luo Yu finally broke down.She hugged Mrs. Luo Er and cried, "Mother, Jiang Hanyun was arrested by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, can you please forgive him?"

Mrs. Luo Er avoided answering, wiped her tears and said: "It's hard for you and the child."

No one in Luo Mansion was willing to help her.

In the evening, Luo Jie finally came back.

The Second Mrs. Luo couldn't stop her and let Luo Yu run to Luo Jie's study.

The door of the study was pushed open from the outside, Luo Jie raised his head and found that it was Luo Yu, he smiled and said, "It's Yu'er who is here, it just so happens that Grandfather has something to do with you."

Facing Shang Luojie's smile, Luo Yu was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "What does grandfather want from me?"

Luo Jie beckoned to Luo Yu, let her walk in front of him, took her hand like when he was a child, and said in a very kind tone: "Yu'er, it was my grandfather who missed the point before and let you marry me. Jiang Hanyun, I have suffered for you and my child."

Luo Yudun, who is caught in the middle these days, feels aggrieved.

"Grandfather needs you to do something for grandfather now." Luo Jie continued, "Grandfather needs you to bring some letters back to Jiangfu and put them in Jiang Hanyun's study."

Luo Yu suddenly had a bad feeling.She slowly withdrew her hand from Luo Jie's palm, and asked carefully: "Grandfather, what kind of letters are those?"

"You don't need to know about this. Be obedient, and after the matter is completed, grandfather will arrange a new marriage for you, and guarantee that you will marry better than now." Luo Jie's tone was unquestionable.

Although the young masters and ladies of the Luo Mansion act willfully and recklessly relying on Luo Jie, none of them are stupid.

Luo Yu shook her head, feeling that Luo Jie's smile was not kind but rather scary.She took a step back and said, "No, grandfather, you asked me to harm him, I won't do that. I came this time to let my grandfather spare him this time, and I will take good care of her. Next time."

The smile on Luo Jie's face fell, and he said in a stern tone: "Nonsense! How can you spare him if you impeach me?"

Then his tone became easy-going again, and he said patiently: "Yu'er, listen to grandfather. There are many better men in the world than Jiang Hanyun. You are my granddaughter of Luo Jie, so I will definitely not wrong you."

"I don't want it." The last hope in his heart was shattered, Luo Yu was disheartened, "Grandfather, I have recognized him in this life, and I will not harm him."

It is said that her grandfather, Luo Jie, covered the sky with one hand in the court, formed a clique for private interests, and the censor scolded him all day long, but Luo Yu never thought that her grandfather was a treacherous minister. In her impression, his grandfather was sometimes strict, and most of the time Still very kind.So when Jiang Hanyun turned his face, she didn't understand very much.

Now it is vaguely understood.

"Grandfather, is everything written in his notebook true?" Luo Yu asked with a frown.

Suddenly, with a "slap", Luo Jie raised his hand and slapped her.

"It seems that I have been used to you too much on weekdays! You are so disrespectful, regardless of the severity!" Luo Jie was very angry.

Luo Yu was beaten over the head.She has never been beaten since she was a child.

This slap made her completely desperate.

It was also this slap that made her think about something. Those willful, savage, and arbitrary scenes in the past floated in her mind, and then disappeared.

Luo Yu didn't cry or make a fuss, she was very calm.

She knelt down in front of Luojie, and said firmly: "Grandfather, forgive my granddaughter for being unfilial. Marry a chicken as a chicken and a dog as a dog. The granddaughter has already married Jiang Hanyun and is a member of the Jiang family. If he dies, the granddaughter He died with him, and from now on, you and your father and mother will never have me as a granddaughter. If you don’t have my daughter.”

In Luo Jie's eyes, her appearance as a woman is very ridiculous.He wasn't impressed at all.To him, Luo Jie's daughter and granddaughter are just tools to form factions and control people's hearts.

It's just a pity that Luo Yu is the best among his granddaughters.

He reminded: "Luo Yu, don't regret it."

"I do not regret."

After finishing speaking, Luo Yu kowtowed to Luo Jie, then stood up, walked out of Luo Jie's study, and walked out of Luo Mansion.

Seeing her coming back, the servants of Jiang's mansion were extremely surprised.

Luo Yu didn't say a word, she was as silent as if she had changed.She went back to the house, went to the case, took out the letter of divorce neatly packed in the envelope, read it from beginning to end, and then tore it to pieces.

Perhaps someone wanted to make this matter a big deal, and within a day, Jiang Hanyun impeached Luo Jie to death and was forced to go to jail, and the news spread.

Ruan Muyang was shocked when he heard the news.She had already guessed that Zhang Anyi and the others would make a move, but she didn't expect it to be such a big move.

After admiring Jiang Hanyun's courage and strength of character, the first thing she thought of was Luo Yu who was caught in the middle in a dilemma.As far as she knew, Luo Yu liked Jiang Hanyun very much.

I want Fangang to go to Jiangfu to see Luo Yu's situation, but because of the relationship between Zhang Anyi and Luo Jie in the past two years, Ruan Muyang and Luo Yu have avoided seeing each other, and the relationship has become estranged a lot, so going suddenly is not good.

"Han Shi." She called Han Shi and said, "Go outside and inquire about the situation, the more specific the better."

"Yes."

Luo Jie is so powerful, it is impossible to overthrow him all at once.Although there are not many people in the world who are not afraid of death, it is not impossible. If one death impeachment can make Luo Jie fall, I am afraid that some people will have already gone.

What will Zhang Anyi and the others do next?What will Luo Jie do?
Ruan Muyang asked all the servants to retreat, and sat alone in the room thinking.

I'm afraid the queen will invite her into the palace to ask about the specific situation in a short time, and she has to tell the reason.

With the start of Jiang Hanyun's impeachment, the tension that had been concealed by the auspicious atmosphere of the Chinese New Year was finally revealed, and she had to make preparations early.

She had a premonition that Xie Zhao must have made a move next, cooperating with Zhang Anyi.

She wanted to ensure that Zhang Anyi's plan was carried out smoothly, and at the same time unite with the Queen to catch Xie Zhao by surprise, so that he would never recover.Zhang Anyi and Xie Zhao are now one body, which means he is included in it, and if he is not careful, he will be involved, so we must be cautious.

(End of this chapter)