There is a Wangfu wife at home

Chapter 435 Gaozong is going to reprimand people!
"Brother Luo Cheng, I'm guessing, could it be Mu Xuan who told the officials about Cong'er?" Li Jiaoniang looked at the energetic Mu Xuan in front of her and smiled mockingly.

Luo Cheng looked at her, his eyes darkened, "Mu Xuan?"

"He knew Cong'er, and when he saw Cong'er for the first time, he was very disrespectful. His grandfather was a great scholar, and their Mu family was also from the Lin'an family. I thought, he must be standing in line with another prince. So, let’s expose Cong’er.”

"Don't guess, it must be him." Luo Cheng said coldly.

Li Jiaoniang raised her lips and smiled, "Such an insidious person, if you don't teach him a lesson, he will only become more rampant."

Luo Cheng thought she was going up to fight with someone, so he quickly pressed her hand, "Jiao Niang, don't be impulsive, let me teach you a lesson!"

Li Jiaoniang laughed, "Brother Luo Cheng, I'm not going to fight, why are you nervous?"

Luo Cheng looked at her with a puzzled expression.

"Let's go, we're not villains, what are we doing? Be clear! Let's ask the officials directly!"

Without waiting for Mu Xuan's carriage to leave, Li Jiaoniang called Hu An and drove the carriage forward.

Just as Mu Xuan got into the carriage, Li Jiaoniang's carriage arrived.

She got off the carriage and looked at Mu Xuan in another carriage.

"Master Mu, what a coincidence, are you here to visit the magistrate? Or to meet the official?" Li Jiaoniang said with a smile, "The official said that someone wrote a secret note for him, could it be you? No, no, no , it must be you, in the entire Yuezhou City, only the Li family and you always like to fight against me."

"..."

"And the rank of the Li family master is low, and the secret memorial can't be delivered to the official's house, so you are the only one. Isn't that right, Mr. Mu? You deliberately picked on us and made us embarrass us. You deserve praise? "

"..."

"What praise did the officials give you? What kind of high-ranking official did you make?"

Mu Xuan's face was ugly, he gave Li Jiaoniang a cold look, put down the curtain, ordered the servant to drive away the carriage, and left quickly.

"Brother Luo Cheng, look, he has a guilty conscience!" Li Jiaoniang sneered.

"Little man!" Luo Cheng laughed mockingly.

……

After entering the magistrate's back house, the servants immediately led them to Gaozong's bedroom.

Jichang and Zheng Yuan didn't dare to show off their power like they did when they first met Li Jiaoniang and Luo Cheng, but they couldn't be less polite, they just said perfunctorily, "Please, Mrs. Li, Luo Guanren, the officials are waiting for you."

In the past few days, Li Jiaoniang has come here every day, sometimes twice a day, she is already familiar with this place.

Gaozong just coughed, and there was no other discomfort in his body.

So instead of lying down all the time, I went wherever I wanted as usual.

After meeting several officials, he was listening to the political affairs report of the prefect of Yuezhou in the main hall outside his bedroom.

Seeing Li Jiaoniang and Luo Cheng coming, the governor of Yuezhou stopped talking.

Jichang led Li Jiaoniang and Luo Cheng forward, "Officials, Mrs. Li is here."

Gao Zong nodded, "Yeah." He raised his hand and made a gesture to feel his pulse.

But Li Jiaoniang said, "Officials and women want to ask something. Did Mu Xuan, the grandson of Grand Master Mu of Guanwen Palace, write you a seal?"

Gao Zong was startled, looked at Li Jiaoniang with gloomy eyes, and asked in a deep voice, "Why do you ask that?"

He thought to himself, how could this Li Jiaoniang know?

Li Jiaoniang said again, "Officials, Mu Xuan is a villain. This summer, he tricked me into asking me to be his concubine. I didn't agree. My family officials had a dispute with him over this."

"..."

"Since that day, he has hated our husband and wife, and has made troubles against us more than once."

"..."

"Our adopted son is a decent kid with all bad|bad hobbies and a good character. He recognized us as parents because he lost his parents since he was a child. He said he wanted to fulfill his dream of a family."

"..."

"He didn't offend Mu Xuan, but he was made things difficult by Mu Xuan several times. So the women dare to conclude that he must have written a secret report to the officials and framed our family! He urged the officials to attack our family and persecute our family. adoptive son."

Jichang glanced at Li Jiaoniang in surprise, raised his eyebrows, and quietly looked at Gaozong with his eyes.

Gao Zong nodded, indicating that he knew.

He couldn't speak, and Jichang did it for him again. "The officials said that he already knew."

Gaozong didn't express anything in particular, but his complexion was obviously not good.

Li Jiaoniang glanced at him, didn't say anything, felt the pulse, prescribed medicine, and she and Luo Cheng exited the East Wing where Gao Zong was resting.

The prefect of Yuezhou heard what Li Jiaoniang said just now.

After leaving Gaozong's East Wing, the Governor of Yuezhou immediately whispered to Li Jiaoniang and Luo Cheng, "You two, please speak this way."

They walked to another small hall, which was farther away from Gaozong's east wing.

After entering the small hall, the prefect of Yuezhou immediately said, "Miss Li, you just said that it was Mu Xuan, the grandson of Grand Master Mu, who wrote a secret memorial to the officials? Do you have any definite evidence?"

"No, I guessed it." Li Jiaoniang said with a sneer, "As your lord heard just now, Mu Xuan and our family have long had conflicts. Who could it be?"

"..."

"In the entire Yuezhou City, he is the only one who is against our family. His grandfather is a scholar of Guanwendian and a member of the government's discussion cabinet. I guess, their family must be on the side of another prince, so, That’s why you’re targeting Pu’an County King like that!”

The prefect of Yuezhou pinched the tip of his beard and pondered, "This little Mr. Mu is so insidious! He actually did this trick!"

Luo Cheng said, "My lord, from this point of view, we have to be careful about this person!"

"Hmph, he doesn't have an official position, so the government is still afraid of him? If he makes a fuss, can he still make trouble in the boundaries of the government? Don't worry, I will keep an eye on him, and I will never ask him to disturb Pu'an again. The rest of the county king."

This is exactly the result she wanted, Li Jiaoniang immediately said, "Then I will have to worry about it, Mr. Prefect."

The prefect of Yuezhou waved his hand, "The king of Pu'an County is in my Yuezhou now, and we belong to one side. If he is safe, our house will be safe. Helping him is actually helping our house!"

"Anyway, I still have to thank the magistrate." Li Jiaoniang said with a smile.

She was very relieved, so far, she had already recruited a few helpers for Prince Pu'an.

Zhao Shicheng will definitely stand on her side. She is Zhao Shicheng's matchmaker, and he will definitely help if it is reasonable.

Needless to say, Lu You has already taken the initiative to stand in line.

Chen Gelao was focused on glorifying the lintel, and he would not let go of such a good opportunity.Moreover, the Chen family and the Lu family have always been in close contact, and the Chen family has always followed the Lu family.What the Lu family did, what the Chen family did.

There is also the Tang family of Tang Wan's natal family. Although that family is only a local family, it is rich.

Then there is the prefect of Yuezhou.

Based on these few families, the staff team will be gradually expanded.

Li Jiaoniang firmly believed that she would be able to defeat another prince.

……

As soon as Li Jiaoniang left, Gaozong immediately patted the table, picked up a pen and wrote a few words, "Xuan, Mu Xuan!"

Jichang knew in his heart that Gaozong was angry and wanted to reprimand others!

"Yes, official!" Ji Chang handed the note to Zheng Yuan to read, "Go!"

Zheng Yuan frowned, squeezed the note, and left quickly, chasing after Mu Xuan.

After Mu Xuan left the yamen of the prefect of Yuezhou, he did not go too far, and was caught up by Zheng Yuan who was chasing after him on a fast horse.

"Master Mu, the government has a decree, please hurry up and see him!"

Mu Xuan's eyes flickered, "Commander Zheng, I don't know if the officials announced me, what's the matter?"

"I don't know." Zheng Yuan replied with a dull face.

Mu Xuan thought for a while, but couldn't think of a reason, so he ordered the coachman to turn the carriage around and go back to the prefect's office in Yuezhou.

Seeing Gaozong, Gaozong only gave a heavy "hum".

Ji Chang, who was standing beside him, spoke on his behalf, and handed over a folder, "Master Mu, did you write this?"

How could Mu Xuan admit it?
He lowered his head and hurriedly returned the gift, "No, official, this was not written by a subordinate. A subordinate is not qualified to write a secret report for an official."

"You don't have it, but your grandfather has it! The officials are referring to the content of the secret play! Young master Mu, you don't even read it? Just deny it?" Jichang said again.

Mu Xuan looked embarrassed.

Gaozong snorted again, glanced at Jichang, and nodded.

Ji Chang said again, "The officials are very angry about this. I didn't expect that you would dare to frame the King of Pu'an!"

Mu Xuan bit his teeth and refused to admit it, "This matter was not done by my subordinates, my subordinates don't understand!"

Ji Chang said, "It doesn't matter whether you understand it or not, the official means that if you do this kind of thing next time, the official will never forgive you!"

Mu Xuan lowered his head, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, "Yes."

When leaving the magistrate's yamen, Mu Xuan's face was always pale.

Seeing him like this, his entourage asked in surprise, "What's the matter, young master? Did the officials reprimand you?"

Mu Xuan snorted coldly, gritted his teeth and said, "Return." This damned hierarchy rule is really annoying!
His waist was about to break.

The carriage ran quickly, and Mu Xuan thought to himself, how could that Li Jiaoniang be so cunning, guessing that he was the one who exposed Zhao Cong?

How much did Gao Zong protect his son? He didn't find out Zhao Cong. In this way, Zhao Cong's image of a fool could not be exposed.

What method should be used to completely expose Zhao Cong's identity?
Mu Xuan frowned.

At this time, the attendant who drove the carriage for him suddenly said, "Hey, in broad daylight, who is so brave to enter the house and steal? Look, the whole family is fighting with some thieves. This thief must be too rampant. ...Ah, the three thieves have escaped, and I don't know if the master can catch them!"

Mu Xuan was closing his eyes and meditating. He opened them and asked, "What are you talking about?"

Listening to the entourage's chanting, he thought of a good idea. This method will definitely expose Zhao Cong's image of a fool!

Gao Zong saw that Zhao Cong hadn't seen him, and he couldn't expose Zhao Cong's stupidity, so he came, and he came in another way.

Outside, the attendant said, "Oh, I happened to see a family in front fighting with three thieves who entered the house to steal. The thieves are so bold, they dare to steal in broad daylight!"

theft……

good idea!
Mu Xuan's tightly frowning brows gradually relaxed.

……

Thinking that Emperor Gaozong would leave tomorrow, Li Jiaoniang was very happy, and ate hot pot with everyone around the stove again.

This time, they started preparing early, and Chunya followed her to Erbao, and went around the market a few times to buy ingredients.

There are more varieties than last time, there are more than [-] dishes, and there is no room for the table.

Li Jiaoniang moved a smaller table and placed the washed dishes, and when the big table was finished eating, she brought over the dishes from the small table.

Zhao Cong especially likes fish balls.

"This is delicious, without thorns." Zhao Cong ate with two mouthfuls, happily.

Li Jiaoniang smiled, "Of course it's delicious, of course there are no thorns, because the thorns have been removed."

At this time, people still don't know how to make this kind of fish balls that are as white as glutinous rice balls, so there are no fish balls sold in the market.

Li Jiaoniang bought the big grass carp and made it herself.

Delicious, but time consuming.

First cut off the head of the grass carp, use only the best meat from the back of the fish, put it on the cutting board, use a fast kitchen knife, scrape off the fish meat bit by bit, then chop it into fish paste, and mix it with thickening powder.

At this time, there were no corn and sweet potatoes, so she used kudzu powder instead. The fish balls she made were not so white, but a little gray, but fortunately they were still springy.

In order to make this dish, she spent a full three quarters of time.

Today's hot pot soup base is mutton soup, fish balls are made separately, but Zhao Cong still followed Li Jiaoniang's example, put the fish balls in the boiling soup, scalded them, and then scooped them up to eat.

But because it was too hot, Zhao Cong frowned as he looked at the fish ball.

Li Jiaoniang picked up several fish balls one by one and put them in his bowl, and said with a smile, "Okay, here are all of them, you, this one is cooked, you don't need to cook it in the pot, you can eat it directly .”

Luo Cheng put the empty bowl in front of Li Jiaoniang, looked at the fish balls in Zhao Cong's bowl, and raised his eyebrows.

Li Jiaoniang was startled, and when she understood, she said with a smile, "There are more, I can't do without you." She brought another bowl from the small table, scalded it and scooped it into Luo Cheng's bowl, "Come here, come here, Let's eat."

There is no one else who is jealous of his son.

Luo Cheng looked at her and smiled slightly.

Li Jiaoniang rolled her eyes speechlessly.

Everyone was eating lively, squatting on the roof to chase away the wild cat's gray curly ball, when they jumped into the house.

Li Jiaoniang pinched its ears, "If you don't come back after calling you for a long time, we're almost done eating."

"Jiaoniang, there are thieves!" The little guy bared his teeth, jumping non-stop on the ground.

Li Jiaoniang narrowed her eyes, "Thief? How many people? What kind of thief?"

The little guy stretched out his left paw, and then his right paw.

Li Jiaoniang understands, eight thieves!

What kind of person is this, who thinks highly of her, and there are actually eight people here!

She looked outside the door, and it was just dark at this moment, and there were still pedestrians passing by occasionally on the street.

It's not too late, eight thieves have come, I'm afraid they are ordinary thieves!
As if coming on purpose.

"Delicious." Zhao Cong ate, and praised the deliciousness of the fish balls.

Li Jiaoniang's eyes flickered, could it be that those people came after Zhao Cong?

"What's the matter? Jiao Niang?" Luo Cheng noticed that Li Jiao Niang was not eating, but was teasing the gray curly ball.

"There is a situation outside the house. The little guy said that we are being targeted by eight thieves." Li Jiaoniang said.

Luo Cheng smiled lightly, "I think I know who it is."

Li Jiaoniang also bent her lips and smiled, "I thought about it too, Brother Luo Cheng, someone will come to your door to beat you, let's not be soft."

"Of course." Luo Cheng sneered.

He put down his chopsticks and rolled up his sleeves.

Chunya, Xiang Erbao, and Juan were all taken aback.

"Thief... thief? Sister Jiao Niang, let's report to the police!" Chunya was so frightened that she dropped the chopsticks in her hand.

"Well, of course I have to report to the police!" Li Jiaoniang said with a smile, and she looked at the little apprentice, "Ju An!"

Juan swallowed the mutton in his mouth, wiped his mouth and said, "Master, tell me, what do you want Juan to do?"

Li Jiaoniang said, "You have been to the magistrate's office many times, do you know how to report to the official?"

Juan nodded, "Of course, let's beat the vengeance drum."

Li Jiaoniang said, "Ride a horse to the magistrate's yamen later, don't beat the grievance drum, go directly to the back hall to find the prefect Chen, tell him that there are eight thieves holding the portrait of Cong'er, staring at our medical clinic, I don’t know what to do, he will immediately send someone to catch the thief.”

Juan blinked, "How does Mistress know that they hold the portrait of Cong'er in their hands?"

Li Jiaoniang: "..." This silly child, can you speak uprightly about planting? "My little beast said it. I can speak animal language."

She patted the gray curly ball on the head. .

Gray hairy ball, "I didn't say that!"

Li Jiaoniang squinted at it, "That's not the point!"

Juan nodded, "Understood, I'll go right away."

Li Jiaoniang ordered again, "Go through the back door, lead the horse quietly, and ride a horse farther away from here, so as not to disturb those people."

Juan nodded, "Well, okay!"

Li Jiaoniang put down her chopsticks and stood up, "Okay, let's start to divide the work." She looked at everyone, "Cong'er don't go out. Chunya find a stick and follow me, Erbao follows Brother Luo Cheng, let's start beating the dog."

After she finished giving her orders, she asked Luo Cheng, "Brother Luo Cheng, how about this arrangement?"

(End of this chapter)