Maid's Survival Manual

Chapter 197
It has been two full months since Mrs. Chen sent Manman down cruelly, and it has been almost two months since Chen Yunzheng had an accident. Qiu Yunju is a dead cage, and it is difficult for Manman to know the news about Chen Yunzheng.

On this day, Master Chen took someone to unlock the big lock on the door of Qiuyunju, and finally gave Qiuyunju a little popularity after two months of silence.

He looked at the woman in front of him who was as calm as water, and Mrs. Chen's hoarse crying and ugly descriptions were still ringing in his ears. Li's haggard and forbearing face flashed in his mind, and finally fell on Su Manman's calm and unruffled face superior.

People are really different, she is so cold and ruthless.

But it doesn't matter, God is open, there is always room for redemption, and everything has come to liquidation.

Manman saluted, ignored Master Chen's stern look, stepped aside and asked him to enter the hall to speak.

In the blink of an eye, it was November again, and no one cared about Qiu Yun's residence. Manman entrusted Bai E to make her jewelry to barely survive, so that she would not be hungry.But it's just living with ease, although it's winter and the sky is freezing, there is not enough charcoal fire, so the hall is icy cold.

Master Chen's cold eyes glanced over the somewhat gloomy flower hall, and he couldn't help shivering.

He didn't intend to stay here any longer, and said straight to the point: "How much do you know about Xiao Liu'er?"

Manman shook her head: "There is no information here, inside and outside, I don't know about the truth." How ridiculous, she should be the closest person to Chen Yunzheng, but when something happened to him, she is the one who is least qualified to know one.Manman has never hated this broken system as much as she does now. It is fine to restrict her in many ways by her birth, and because she is a woman, she is locked in this small courtyard and let her Become an out-and-out prisoner, with eyes and ears like decorations, day after day, year after year, isolated from the world, like an ancient well, which cannot make any waves for thousands of years.

Master Chen hummed in his heart.There is no information inside and outside here, and it is a dead city, but she has the ability to survive, and she has a lot of ability.Stroking his beard, Mr. Chen said in a deep voice: "Your mother is getting old, so she will inevitably behave in a confused way. You are a junior, don't worry about her. The so-called family and everything are prosperous, the family should tolerate each other...

"Huh?" Manman asked in surprise.Mr. Chen is a scheming fox. Everything he does and every word he says is full of deep meaning, and he cannot judge with ordinary people's simple thinking.Mrs. Chen sang bad faces, and Master Chen came to sing red faces. It seemed that the focus of attention was on Chen Yunzheng.

It's because he needs her that Mr. Chen put down his figure to please her.

Ladu loves deeply, no matter how old Master Chen plots against her, Manman can understand, after all, it is to save Chen Yunzheng, they may resent each other, but they have the same heart for Chen Yunzheng.But Manman also understands that Mr. Chen's schemes against her are all-consuming. Mr. Chen will never save her, and maybe after using this time, he will completely throw her away.

Even though she was clear in her heart, Manman still willingly accepted this kind of calculation.Now she is a crab with no legs, she can't go anywhere, even if she goes to the capital, her eyes are smeared, she has no power, no resources, she doesn't know what to do to save Chen Yunzheng, what she relies on and relies on now It was Master Chen.

Manman smiled lightly and said, "What the master said is very true."

Seeing her submissive attitude, Master Chen's tone softened. This was a good start, and he changed the topic to Chen Yunzheng.

Master Chen didn't hide anything, he told Manman everything Chen Yun found out during his trip to Beijing.

Chen Yunzheng became famous at a young age, and he appeared calm on the surface, but he was proud in his heart. He disdained the respect and disobedience of the villagers, but it didn't mean that he really didn't want to be appreciated by Bole.

The capital is a prosperous and affluent place. At the foot of the emperor, there are many talents. Chen Yunzheng is an eye-opener.He was young, enthusiastic, talented, generous, and generous. In the past half a year, he has actually made friends with many scholars and literati.On weekdays, I hang out with friends, talk about the world, and live a very comfortable life.

But there are unpredictable things, this year, whether it is for the country or for Chen Yunzheng, is an unstable year.Since the beginning of spring, there has been a severe drought across the country. Until the beginning of May, there has not been a few rains. The sun is shining brightly all day long, and the sun is burning.The seeds have been planted, but not many seedlings have emerged. Those who have the conditions can still dig canals to divert water and dig wells to irrigate the fields. However, in the mountainous areas with little water, the land is dry and barren. People can already foresee that this year will be a barren year.

On May 28, the Southwest was hit by an earthquake, the mountains and rivers were broken, and countless people were killed and injured. Then a large-scale plague broke out. The imperial court recruited doctors from many places to go to the southwest, but due to the panic among the people and the lack of medical treatment, the plague spread wildly in many places.It was barely suppressed until the end of June, but people died of illness in many places.Not to mention starving and dying everywhere, the tragic scene of corpses lying on the ground can be seen within ten steps.

This is not over yet, just entered July, the land of fish and rice in the south suddenly had many heavy rains, destroying most of the houses and bridges, not to mention, the crops that barely improved at the beginning of the year were also destroyed in this heavy rain.

Almost all the disasters were concentrated in the past six months, and rumors arose in the hidden capital, cryptically pointing to the current Emperor Xining, accusing him of murdering the former emperor, killing the former prince, and stealing the throne by extraordinary means. Such catastrophes are condemned by heaven.

The rumors were just sparks at the beginning, but in the end they were used by the conservatives, and they became more and more violent. Some stubborn conservatives desperately wrote a letter asking Emperor Xining to abdicate, regardless of their wealth and life.

Almost every day outside the Meridian Gate, there are civil servants with court rods.

But Emperor Xining's thunderous wrath did not suppress the blood of these scholars and literati. The people who submitted letters were not as continuous as they were at the beginning, but they still came one after another, and they continued to die.

The people in Mi County in the suburbs of Beijing rioted due to hunger and robbed the granaries hoarded by the government office. Correspondingly, there was a dispute between the five city soldiers and horses in the capital, Mr. Lu Chao, and Qin Qi, Minister of the Ministry of War. Dozens of innocent people aroused public anger and turned into a small-scale war.

Emperor Xining was furious, dismissed the two men and sentenced them to death for the crime of treason. All were punished into the workshop, and they were prostitutes from generation to generation.

People don't care much about state affairs, unless it involves their own interests, but these anecdotes are easy to spread, and soon people know that the Lu and Qin families were ruined by the emperor's anger.

Some talented scholars who claimed to be righteous men became enthusiastic and encouraged in many ways to jointly write a letter to Emperor Xining to intercede for the women and children of the Lu and Qin families.The two of them, regardless of whether they were wronged or not, have already died, and their crimes have been paid off, but how innocent are their family members, especially those young and weak women?Punishment into the world, prostitution for generations, is this such a tragic punishment?
The crime is not as good as the innocent, and the scholars begged the emperor to govern the world with benevolence and let these weak women go.

Chen Yunzheng was also involved.What he is most concerned about is not only the fate of these survivors, but also the law of the dynasty.He deeply felt that the laws of this dynasty were indeed too strict.This dynasty has been established for nearly a hundred years, and has experienced five emperors, but most of them are fighting hard, and all laws are inherited from the previous dynasty.

However, the previous dynasty was corrupt and the laws were extremely strict. For this dynasty, the most important thing is to reduce taxes and taxes so that the people can recuperate. Therefore, the laws of this dynasty urgently need to be reformed.

Although he has no official position, he still has blood. Everyone is impassioned, and he does not fall behind. Therefore, more than a dozen people including him drafted a joint memorial overnight.

After the writing was finished, it was checked by multiple parties, and after confirming that it was correct, it was copied again. Hundreds of scholars signed their names in a grand manner, which left hidden dangers for the future.

Under the unintentional connivance of many civil servants, this memorial went straight to the Heavenly Court. Emperor Xining was furious, saying "how unreasonable" several times, and ordered Prime Minister Gu Zhilan to personally arrest these scholars and deal with them severely.

After listening to Master Chen's words, Manman was speechless for a long time, and only stroked her forehead with a headache.This is literal prison, right?Let's do it, let's do it?Chen Yunzheng wasn't really at fault, but how to deal with it depends on the emperor's attitude and mood.

She really can't say the words of accusation and complaint.Chen Yun is just a scholar, and in his bones he has the passion to share the worries of the king and plead for the lives of the people.When encountering such an opportunity, it will naturally thrive.

But scholars and literati are full of passion and innocence, and they don't understand the emperor's mind at all. It is reasonable to hit the muzzle of a gun and cause trouble for themselves.

He only suffered for himself, what should he do now?
Master Chen said: "I plan to ask Yan Jin to take you to the capital. No matter what, I have to meet him and find a way to take care of it for him. For external affairs, Yan Jin takes care of the straightforward matter. give it to you……"

Manman was a little flattered to be entrusted with such an important task by Master Chen.In this day and age, it is not easy for a woman to show her face, let alone travel thousands of miles. Master Chen is willing to let her go out?The sun really came out from the west.

But it was exactly what Manman wanted.She would rather travel thousands of miles to see Chen Yunzheng than stay in this dead cage waiting to die.

It's easy to say when the matter is settled, Manman packed her luggage, brought all the winter clothes for Chen Yunzheng, brought Si Long and Si Ling, and prepared to go to Beijing.

Before leaving, Manman specially brought Bai E with her.She is a woman, and it is not easy to go out. Si Ling and Si Long are also women. After all, it is inconvenient to go out to do errands, so you have to bring a man who can run errands.As for Chen Yunzheng, Manman did not dare to fully trust him, even though she had no doubts about his brotherhood towards Chen Yunzheng.But when Manman came to Beijing alone, she had to be wary of whether Chen Yun would play tricks on her behind her back.

(End of this chapter)