Wanqingsi

Chapter 179 Missing
After the draft, the emperor's harem was full, but the candidate for the empress was still undecided. It was said that the empress would be inspected and selected among the beautiful women who stayed in the palace and the concubines who had already been promoted.Ping'an and the others practiced calligraphy and etiquette, and they also entered the "Neishutang" in the palace to study, and they could only take official positions after passing the exam.I heard that the civil and military officials in the court complained a lot about the sudden establishment of such an official position by the emperor, and let a woman fill it.Those who reacted most violently should be some veterans in the court, including Luo Taishi whose daughter was also hand-picked as a writer, who thought it was not in line with the ancestral system and inappropriate.But the emperor insisted on his own opinion. When he was in dispute with the court officials, he dropped another blockbuster, and wanted to implement the imperial examination nationwide. Immediately, he turned the attention of all the courtiers to this. Like boiling water dripping into hot oil, it exploded the pot.

Many ministers wrote letters one after another, asking the emperor to withdraw this idea that violated the ancestral system.One after another, memorials were continuously presented to the emperor's imperial case, some tried to persuade them, some reprimanded them righteously, and of course, there were also voices supporting the emperor, but those voices were too weak.There was chaos in the court, and I don't know how this news spread to the people. Overnight, the people in the whole capital knew that the emperor wanted to implement Enke. In the meantime, there are joint supporters, there are people who take to the streets to express their gratitude, and there are people who gather to give speeches and propagandists. The support of the public and the opposition of the court come and go, and there is no room for grand occasions.

Outside the Hou's Mansion, the situation is changing, but inside the Hou's Mansion, my life is peaceful and uneventful. The old man has been getting worse and worse recently, and he suffered from another illness a few days ago, so he basically doesn't care about business matters. , These days, An Yuanxi and I are making up our minds.I have poor eyesight, and An Yuanxi would report to me about business matters once a day, and it took him a while to watch him, and he only dictated the important events to me concisely, and did not bother me with some minor matters .When he gets along with me now, he is not as straight-faced as he was at the beginning, but he is by no means as expressive as he was in Cangdu before. It is completely a standard official expression.

Hearing him tell me about the recent accounts, I fell into deep thought. In the recent accounts, the pen name "Outside" has been particularly frequent. I haven't managed the accounts for a year. I haven't had a chance to ask about this matter, so I put it aside. Recently, It was discovered that this account had taken more and more money from the Yun family, and I don't know if An Yuanxi had discovered this account.I looked up at him: "Uncle, have you noticed some strange expenses on the account book?"

"Sister-in-law, do you mean the 'extra' expenses listed in the account book?" An Yuanxi said immediately.It seems that he has discovered it a long time ago, I nodded: "That's it, have you asked a few deacons, where did this account go?"

"I asked, and several deacons said that the account was handled by Grandpa himself, and they have no right to intervene." An Yuanxi said, "I asked Grandpa to verify that the account was indeed managed by Grandpa himself."

"Oh?" I was taken aback. I thought the old man had completely delegated his authority, but I didn't expect to keep such a mysterious expenditure under personal supervision. "Grandpa, did you say what this account is for?"

"Grandpa didn't say anything." An Yuanxi paused, then said softly, "Grandpa said, wait until the right time to tell us."

Although I was full of doubts in my heart, no one could change the old man's decision. I nodded and asked An Yuanxi to collect the account book.Xiao Hong knocked on the door and came in, said to me: "Sister, an invitation from General Ji's residence."

"What?" I closed my eyes and gently rubbed my temples, asking softly.It's not safe, what's the matter?Since this girl entered the inner school to study, she came to me every three days and asked about her schoolwork.She didn't need to study hard before, but now that she entered the inner school, she was probably afraid of being compared and losing face in front of the emperor, so she worked hard.At the beginning, she didn't accept the emperor's arrangement of respecting the pen and etiquette. She once came to complain with tears in her eyes. Do you know that asking for love is a kind of blackmail."

Seeing that her face turned pale suddenly, I continued to pour cold water on her: "What else do you want? Safe? Didn't you say that you entered the palace not to be a concubine, not to be rich, but to be by his side? Then you now , what else is there to be dissatisfied with? You can already be by his side every day, isn't your wish fulfilled?"

"But, this is different..." Ping An muttered, unable to say a word.I held back my temper, frowned and said, "What's the difference? You've already got the chance to be by his side. This opportunity is so hard to find for women in the harem. If they have such an opportunity, what are they thinking about? The emperor's heart, instead of asking him for it. What you should think about now is what you can do for him, instead of asking him to do something for you. After all, you are the one who keeps saying you love him, and he has never Said I love you."

Ping An was trained by me to cry and ran out. I also felt that these words were a bit heavy, but I didn’t regret it at all. If she still can’t get her position right now, even if she is an upright writer, she can’t avoid someone with a heart. suspicion, use and even framed.Even if Ping An doesn't understand, I will say it.After Yunzheng left, I realized the preciousness of life more than before, and I cherished the people who accompanied me more and more, whether it was relatives or friends, or even just an ordinary servant in Yunfu.I try my best to be nice to everyone, so that even if one day, they can no longer be with me, I will not have any regrets.I thought that Ping An would be so angry that she would never come to the door again, but two days later, she took the initiative to come to apologize to me, and asked me to give advice on her studies. I was a little relieved to see her motivated.

"General Ji is getting married, please go to the wedding." An Yuanxi's voice sounded in my ears, and I came back to my senses and opened my eyes.Remembering that Xiaohong didn't know many words, she must have given the post to An Yuanxi to read.I frowned: "Is it Miss He Sai?"

"Yes. The eighteenth of this month." An Yuanxi handed me the post.It's the eighteenth of this month, so there are only a few days left.Ji Jingyun sent invitations to invite guests in such a big way, presumably he was marrying a wife instead of a concubine, but he didn't expect that he would marry Miss Sai as his official wife. There is such a violation of etiquette, I am afraid that there is only Ji Jing who has no father, no mother and is open-minded Only the cloud can do it.But how could the emperor agree?Tianzhao Kingdom has always had some restrictions on the marriage of nobles. I think Yunzheng married me back then, and he was quick and quick, cutting first and playing later.

"Got it, uncle, please help me draw up a gift list." I stood up, and Xiaohong hurriedly supported me.It seems that Ji Jingyun really likes Miss Sai. I think of that girl's stubborn and cold expression. She must be a person with a story. Ji Jingyun's open mind should be able to tolerate everything about her.As for Shen Yan, I smiled and shook my head, thinking that I was overthinking, outsiders can clearly explain things like feelings, not to mention that I don't know anything about their stories.

After finishing my business, I want to go back to my room to see my baby Nuoer.After a few steps out of the study, she saw Jinsha crying and running in with Fusheng, seeing me, Jinsha rushed over, crying even louder: "Sister Huahua, Ansheng, Ansheng..."

"What's wrong with An Sheng?" I supported her in surprise, Jin Sha couldn't breathe from crying, I looked at Fu Sheng, his face was pale and frightened, I frowned and said: "Fu Sheng, what's wrong with An Sheng? "

"He, he's gone..." Fu Sheng stammered.I frowned: "Aren't you studying together? Why did An Sheng disappear?"

"We..." Fusheng lowered his head and said nothing. Jinsha cried even louder, with tears running down her face.I was anxious: "What's going on, please tell me clearly."

"Fusheng." An Yuanxi walked over without knowing when, and squatted down, "Where did An Sheng disappear?"

"Yes, at Tianwang Temple..." Fusheng whispered.I was stunned, and said angrily: "You mean, you sneaked out of the house to play and lost An Sheng?"

My tone became severe, and Fusheng bowed his head in silence.An Yuanxi looked up at me: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, ask them carefully."

It turned out that Fusheng said that there was a lively temple fair in Tianwang Temple today, Jin Sha and An Sheng had never seen it, and the few children sneaked out of the mansion when the teacher was not paying attention during class, and ran to Tianwang Temple to play.It was fine at the beginning, and I had a great time shopping, but I didn't expect to meet a team of floats later, and more and more people watched, and the children were dispersed.Jin Sha and Fu Sheng couldn't find An Sheng everywhere. After the temple fair was over, they still couldn't find them. They thought that An Sheng had gone back to the mansion first, but when they came back, they realized that An Sheng hadn't come back at all, so they panicked.

I was so angry and anxious that I didn't know what to say to these two children.Hurry up and ask someone to call Yun Yi, and ask him to arrange for the family servants to go out to look for him, and An Yuanxi and Ming Yan also went.It was getting late, and the servants sent out to find An Sheng came back one after another, but no one brought An Sheng back with them.I was very worried, and it was inconvenient to express this emotion, which made Jinsha and Fusheng even more frightened.The two children knew that they had caused a catastrophe, and they were in shock all the time. Seeing how guilty they were, I couldn't scold them. I asked Ning'er to take them to rest. The two children refused to go, so I had to let them go with me. Stay in the hall.

All the servants came back, and none of them found any news about An Sheng. I was so worried that I couldn't even eat dinner.It was already late at night, and Mingyan came back at Haishi. I saw his expression, and I knew that he hadn't found any news either, and my heart became more and more frightened.An Yuanxi hasn't come back yet, so I'm counting on him now, but An Yuanxi didn't come back until midnight, and the children couldn't hold on anymore, so I asked Ning'er to take them to sleep, and I was worried about An Yuanxi A person is in danger outside in the middle of the night, so Yun Gan and Yun Xun are asked to go out to find him.The spirit is so tense, I don't feel tired.When I was about to be ugly, Xiaohong advised me to go back to my room and rest. I couldn’t stand her nagging, so I went back to my room and lay on the bed with my clothes on. I couldn’t sleep all night. I don’t know how I fell asleep at the end. When it was dawn, I suddenly woke up. , got up quickly, asked someone, and found out that An Yuanxi hadn't returned all night.At the hour of Chen, An Yuanxi and Tie Wei finally came back, seeing them come back empty-handed, I felt a chill in my heart.

"Yunyi, go to the government office to report to the official, Yunde, arrange for people to go out to look for it today." After I finished speaking to the two stewards, seeing An Yuanxi sitting on a chair with a blank expression, I turned to Ning'er and said, " Go talk to the maids in the second young master's room and ask them to prepare hot water for the second young master."

"Uncle..." He should be very worried about An Sheng in his heart. I am so worried, let alone him, "Go back to your room after breakfast and rest, I will continue to arrange for someone to look for you."

He looked up at me, with waves in his eyes that I couldn't see clearly, after a long while, he said quietly: "Thank you, sister-in-law."

——2007, September, 3
(End of this chapter)