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Chapter 50 Mighty and Unyielding

The autumn of the fifth year of Chengshi is destined to leave a strong mark in history.

Mountains collapsed, the whole country mourned, and the always bustling city of Chang'an also had a bit of fall in autumn. On the official road, local vassals and feudal officials were rushing back to the center of the empire to welcome the unknown future.

It has been several days since His Majesty passed away, but the successor is still uncertain.The people of Chang'an City took care of the situation, and they were dubious about all kinds of rumors that emerged during the period of emptiness, and their hearts were full of sadness and fear.

The dark clouds and deceitfulness in the imperial city are naturally not worthy of the concern of the grassroots of the empire. They are looking at the imperial city, hoping that the dragon chair made of red gold in the center of the Golden Temple will be assigned sooner.Who is the emperor doesn't mean much to the people at the bottom. They just need someone to sit on it and let the unrest caused by the undecided throne end, and they are satisfied.

Whether the new monarch can inherit the glory of the previous generation, and where the future of the empire will go, are all left to the people in the temple to consider.

There is a secluded restaurant on the corner of the alley, which is only half a mile away from Fu's house, where he died loyally. On the first floor, a grandpa and grandson are telling stories.

The blind old man was banging on bamboo boards to tell stories, while the sallow and emaciated girl sat beside her and played the pipa.

During the national mourning period, weddings and entertainment were banned, and the big office was empty, and people's hearts were uncertain, so there were very few diners in the restaurant, and the private rooms on the second floor were even more empty.The old man spoke hoarsely, but he could hardly hear the applause, let alone a tip.But the pipa is of poor quality, the girl's technique is jerky, and how many broken notes she plays, this trip is getting more and more difficult.

Perhaps because of the pity of the old man, the only guest in the private room upstairs ordered the doctor to give a bowl of warm rice wine to the old man, and said something: "Don't talk about the old things in the past, talk about the new things in the capital now. .”

The blind old man was busy for a long while, and he also saw that the past affairs did not please the diners, so he borrowed a stool from the restaurant, put the rice wine aside, adjusted the rhythm, and began to talk about the latest popular joke in Beijing - Fu Shangshu Admonish the Queen Mother!

...And said Fu Shangshu received the Queen Mother's order that day, asking him not to question the authenticity of the edict. Fu Shangshu agreed, but his heart was full of righteousness.

Therefore, in the Golden Luan Hall, the Queen Mother sent a group of courtiers to cry bitterly and beg the tyrant king to take the throne, but Fu Shangshu stood firm and did not kneel, and when the tyrant king was about to sit on the dragon chair, he suddenly shouted: "It is absolutely impossible!"

With this shout, all the civil and military equipment in the court looked sideways, and those treacherous ones were so angry that their hands trembled.The tyrant has always been a hypocrite. Seeing Fu Shangshu's upright and unshakable face, he immediately squeezed out a smile, and sent an attendant to the Shangshu's side to invite him to come down to the palace. However, the Queen Mother, who was listening to the government behind the curtain, was full of anger, wishing she could lift the curtain and come out , Slap Fu Shangshu.

An ordinary person would have been so frightened by this situation that his legs would have gone limp, but Fu Shangshu, who was so loyal and courageous, held the golden mace bestowed by the emperor, and he had forgotten about the life and death of the whole family.

He only heard him shouting: "Your Majesty did not have an edict to abolish the establishment before his death to expressly instruct the ministers and so on! Today the crown prince is unknown, King Yuzhang will not return, and if the name of the king of Changsha is not correct, the words will not go well, and he cannot ascend the throne!"

At this juncture, the storyteller paused, took a sip of rice wine, and his mouth was full of heroism.

"If the judges think it's good, I will reward the villain with some wine money. Only after the villain has drunk can I borrow the courage to tell the story with Lord Yan."

Because what he said before was vivid, as if he had seen it with his own eyes, and this incident was indeed a novelty, the diners who were originally lacking in interest were all aroused, so some wealthy people took out a few big coins to buy wine and food for the old man .

After getting a reward, the storyteller will work even harder.

The little girl played the broken pipa sonorously, and the old man's bamboo board was even more crackling.

It is said that Fu Shangshu and the Queen Mother fought hard on the basis of reason and did not give an inch; said that the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were moved by Fu Shangshu's loyalty and knelt down in unison;

The sound was so ups and downs that it was like being there, and the few diners who heard it wept sadly, wishing to stick their ears close to him and listen.

Straightforwardly, the great river goes east, and the heroism of eternal sorrow.

Both storytellers and listeners seem to have forgotten that it was Fu Shangshu who turned the tide when the building was about to collapse, and was the protagonist of the flamboyant scandal in Beijing for 13 consecutive years.

But from now on, no one will talk about his flirtatious past and laugh at him casually.

The Book of Rebellion was spread all over the world, and the Fu clan was well-known throughout China. Although no posthumous title has been added yet, the Fu Clan's Biography of Loyalty is already being compiled.And in the mouth of the storyteller, his story is even more exaggerated.

Upstairs in the private room, a man as cold as water put a white porcelain cup dipped in wine on the corner of his lips, and pressed it for a while until the wine cup was stained with the temperature of his lips, then moved away this time.

The prince is already on his way.

He smiled and spilled the sake.

Not far away, Fu's house was crying loudly.

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Because of Fu Zhu's sacrificing his life for righteousness, the Fu family in the Northland had an unrivaled reputation for a while, but behind the capital exchanged for their lives, there was also a crisis that could be lost if they were not careful.Aunt Shen was not in the court to make a living since she was a child, and she is almost instinctively sensitive when it comes to political issues.

At this moment, she was dressed in filial piety, extremely cold and plain, standing in front of the courtyard gate of the Tumbling Pavilion.

With a slight movement of her slender fingers, her own woman stepped forward and opened the big iron lock.

There was a bang, and on the fifth day of His Majesty's funeral, the hall finally welcomed Aunt Li's first visitor after her confinement.

Because he was a guilty person, there were no more than three or two maids serving in the yard. Seeing Aunt Shen entering, all the maids looked terrified, but couldn't hide their expectation.

Because Fu Jiasu is not mean.

Although Aunt Li committed a serious crime, the mistress has not officially punished her, and the following will not lose her.Aside from blocking contact with the outside world, Aunt Li did not suffer any crimes.The daily expenses in the yard were brought by my own mother-in-law. Xu Shi felt sorry for my aunt who was weak after giving birth, and the kitchen specially made medicinal soup for her body.

So when Aunt Shen saw Li Yongyu, although it was unavoidable to be haggard, but her face was flushed and she showed no signs of embarrassment.

She sat in the center without manners, and did not get out of bed to salute when Aunt Shen came in, but just looked at this woman in plain clothes arrogantly, with a forced pride.

Because she knew that if Shen Liji came here this time, if she didn't beg her on behalf of the Fu family, it must be to announce her punishment.

But a woman couldn't see her arrogance, and wanted to slap her awake, but Shen Liji stopped her.

With a wink, she signaled all the maids and women to go out.Seeing that Li Yongyu's face was smug, the women were unwilling to disobey Aunt Shen, so they just stared fiercely before quitting.

So, only Li Yongyu and Shen Liji were left in the main hall.

Li Yongyu looked at the plain Shen Liji proudly, and said sternly, "Shen Liji, you have finally come to beg me."

"Please? Li Yongyu, how can a lowly person like you call me by my name! Why don't you kneel down for me!"

She didn't expect Aunt Shen to be so imposing today, Li Yongyu was startled, thinking of her possible ending, she almost turned over and knelt down in fright, but she soon realized that the deal was done, even if she knelt down and begged for mercy, it was impossible to get the tolerance of the Fu family, Simply tossing out all the cards in his hole might give him a better future.

So he suppressed his panic, pretended to be calm, and said: "My sister scared me to death. Could it be that you know that there is King Changsha behind you, and you are so frightened that you are insane?"

"Crazy? Li Yongyu, are you dreaming? As a concubine, I, Shen Liji, am not afraid of anything, but it is wishful thinking that the King of Changsha alone wants me to be afraid."

Aunt Shen spoke softly and viciously, she stood in the lobby, looking at Li Yongyu, like a Buddha pitying the ignorant people in the world.

"I told you that the Fu family's reliance in this court is not only the crown prince and the eldest princess. Although your Changsha king has the upper hand now, even if he steals the jade seal and becomes a great treasure, you are just a lowly concubine ! It’s not up to you to dictate the future of the Fu family!”

"Are you going to deal with me?! The eldest wife asked you to deal with me?"

Li Yongyu repeatedly confirmed that, as far as she knew, although the eldest wife of the Fu family was good at making calculations in the back house, she was an ordinary woman without political acumen.So even though she was tortured, she was sure that Mrs. Fu would not dare to do anything to her.

I didn't want to but underestimated Shen Liji who came from the princess mansion.

"It's my intention to deal with you, because the eldest wife has no time to take care of you." Shen Liji smiled, with a cruel face on her face, "In order to prevent the king of Changsha from ascending the throne and maintain the orthodoxy of the Xiao family, Fu Zhu was loyal to death. It is incompatible with the Changsha Palace. Now that the overall situation is uncertain and the world is in turmoil, within five days, there must be news of the local King Qin, and the Fu family... It is impossible not to deal with you!"

"You... what did you say!"

Since that day, Li Yongyu has been locked up in the hall, not knowing what happened outside.Although the eating utensils for the past few days are vegetarian, and the woman who delivers the food wears white flowers on her head, it is only regarded as the day of His Majesty's funeral, so I don't know that the period is so tortuous.

"Dead? Dead?! Why did he die!"

Li Yongyu muttered incredulously, his usual calm finally began to waver.

Shen Liji saw that she had a faint look of collapse, and she couldn't help but mocked: "Oh, I forgot, you have been locked up in the gym these days, and you don't know anything about the outside world."

"He... actually died to prevent the king of Changsha from ascending the throne! He... I... what should I do!"

Li Yongyu smiled wryly, the power that had supported her until the end collapsed suddenly, and she clearly realized that the Fu family would never let her go.

The eldest wife is short-sighted and has always trusted Aunt Shen. At this time, the situation is in chaos, so she must obey Shen Liji's words.Although the old lady is more far-reaching than the old lady, but the old man has experienced the pain of bereavement, and the possibility of surviving his sanity is extremely low.

The most important thing is that Shen Liji will not give herself a chance to meet the old lady.

This cruel woman will definitely dispose of herself through confusion, and then find a high-sounding excuse to shirk responsibility.

"You...you...what do you want! I have never had any grudges with you, why do you want to kill me!"

She howled bitterly, and Shen Liji smiled disdainfully.

"Is it true that there is no hatred in the near future and no hatred in the future? My father is Jiangnan Shen Qingyi! As long as I think that two of the three most painful things in my life were caused by the king of Changsha-I wish I could eat his flesh and sleep with him Skin!"

Shen Qingyi!
Li Yongyu burst into a commotion, she knew that no matter what kind of entreaties she uttered, she could not soften this woman's heart.

The root cause of this great change in the first five years is the Tsing Yi case 22 years ago.

The Tsing Yi case, a well-known case of injustice throughout the world, was also the beginning of the management of Jiangnan by the Empress Dowager and the King of Changsha.

Due to the destruction of the Shen family for a century, Jiangnan became the queen mother's meal. The later king of Changsha managed the two lakes, colluded with the Jiangnan officialdom, and protected each other.

Li Yongyu, as a face in the palace, although he is not clear about the inside story of the Tsing Yi case, he also knows that the whole matter is deeply involved with the King of Changsha.Now seeing Aunt Shen gnashing her teeth like this again, she knew that the situation was over, she stopped struggling, she rolled and crawled off the bed, kneeled to Shen Liji's feet, begging.

"...I know who... poisoned Fourth Lady... I'll tell you everything I know... Please... please give me pain."

She begged bitterly, pulling Shen Liji's sleeve, begging for the last mercy.

But Shen Liji refused.

"The Fu family is not coerced," she said.

Then she calmly pulled back the corner of her clothes and walked out without looking back at Li Yongyu.

Pushing open the half-hidden door of the restaurant, looking up, looking at the blue sky exposed after the clouds cleared and raining, the grief that had been suppressed for 20 years burst out suddenly, and ignited between the delicate and beautiful facial features, getting stronger and stronger In the end, the emotion became extremely intense and turned into a hypocritical smile as transparent as glass.

"The Fu family will never be threatened!"

She repeated in a low voice, sat on the shoulder chair, and headed towards the middle hall that was about to determine the future of the Fu family.

　The lady was finally abused by me, I mourn for 1 minute, and ask for a reward~~~~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)