Rebirth of the Merchant Girl

Chapter 275

Hearing this, Madam Zhongyi clutched the handkerchief in her hand, and said again: "Since there are rumors, it is impossible to make groundless rumors. If the emperor targets the regent in everything, is it true that my lord just sits and waits to die like this?"

Xie Yanniang's hearing became more and more confused. Could it be that the Li family still wanted to rebel, and now they are trying to win Ruan Jingxin into the camp?
If so, no wonder Ruan Jingxin avoided them.

After all, the current young emperor is Ruan Jingxin's man, so he would not make things difficult for him, only when his brain is flooded will he cooperate with the Li family to rebel.

After thinking about it, she felt that the Li family might not have the courage: "I don't quite understand what Ma'am means."

Mrs. Zhongyi almost tore the veil in her hand, and replied in a low voice: "The emperor dare not touch the regent for the time being, but he started to embarrass the Li family..."

As she said that, her eyes suddenly turned red, she stood up and was about to kneel at Xie Yanniang's feet, which shocked the latter greatly.

Xue Ling hurriedly helped Mrs. Zhongyi Hou up, but she saw that she was covering the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, obviously weeping sadly: "I beg my concubine to persuade the regent not to hate the patriarch. Back then, the patriarch had no choice but to give up one person in order to save the whole family." The patriarch struggled with the dilemma for a long time. Over the years, the patriarch felt guilty all the time. After all, he could not write two characters of Li in one stroke. The regent recognized his ancestors and returned to his clan. You can rest in peace."

Xie Yanniang listened to the ridicule, but she didn't see how guilty the patriarch of the Li family was. He was rosy and fat. He obviously ate and slept well all these years, and he didn't feel sorry for Ruan Jingxin's grandfather and mother at all.

They don't care about their life or death at all, and now they have the cheek to beg to come to their door, can they write it off with a word of necessity?
She is not a saint, and she doesn't think Ruan Jingxin will be.

Those heavy memories cannot be erased with a single word.

"Madam, you don't need to be like this. The matter of the regent has never been something you and I can say. How can I influence how he decides?"

Mrs. Zhongyihou saw that Xie Yanniang's face was pale, and she obviously didn't want to get involved, so she couldn't help being anxious: "At the beginning, I took the risk to help, couldn't I ask the regent to forgive the patriarch because of this kind of sentiment?"

"Forgive or not, it should be up to him to decide. Madam is good to the regent, but the regent should also know the favor, but it is two different things." Xie Yanniang narrowed her eyes, and said: "If you feel guilty, the patriarch can ask The Regent apologizes."

It's just that the patriarch insists on his identity and is not willing to lower his posture at all, so he asked Mrs. Zhongyi Hou to come to her to persuade her. Couldn't she see it?
Mrs. Zhongyi Hou's face was also embarrassing. She had already persuaded the patriarch to come and plead guilty to the regent, but unfortunately the patriarch refused.

It is said that if you bow your head this time, won't you be crushed every time you see the regent in the future?
Madam Zhongyi frowned.

Now that the emperor is attacking the Li family, and the patriarch is still so stubborn, does it mean that he wants to lead a large family to fail in order to regret it?

"The patriarch is getting old, and a series of accidents in the clan have made him physically and mentally exhausted. He has been tired and sick for a long time, and he is resting on the couch at home. So, I came here for him." Madam Zhongyi couldn't convince herself with this reason. , didn't dare to look up at Xie Yanniang again, and left without saying a few words, but looked as if he had fled in despair.

Xueyan stared at her walking away figure, and muttered: "It's an apology, but it's a condescending posture, which makes people feel upset."

Xie Yanniang nodded in agreement, Madam Zhongyi may really want to repair the relationship with the Prince Regent, but in the end it is for her own sake.

What to say is based on the feelings of her helping at the beginning, it is clearly asking for a favor, just listening to it is chilling, and it is difficult for Mrs. Zhongyi Hou to say it.

"Are they still sitting in the lobby?"

Xueyan nodded, and said angrily: "That's not true, after changing two pots of tea, they are sitting still like a mountain, as if they won't leave until the regent comes back."

"Then don't let the servant girl serve the tea. The tea in the Princess Mansion is not free, so you can't make it cheap for these people." Xie Yanniang narrowed her eyes, and said with a smile: "Only serve snacks, and a few more plates, but let the kitchen Pay attention, do something that is not easy to restrain."

Xueyan understood, and happily went to the kitchen to order. She must ask the cook to make some hard and dry snacks. It would be best to choke those thick-skinned people to death!

Seeing this, Xue Ling smiled helplessly, the concubine's little prank made those people feel better.

There was no tea, only snacks were served, and there was not even a maidservant left in the front hall. It was hard for the Li family to go directly to the kitchen to ask for water, and they were so hungry that they didn't see the owner come forward. Choke.

Mrs. Zhongyihou was thin-skinned and had left long ago, leaving only the patriarch and uncle of the Li family, blushing with choking.

The uncle coughed a few words, and said displeasedly: "This is how the regent treats guests? What a nonsense, he didn't even bring over a sip of hot water, treating us as nothing, and not paying attention to the elders at all."

The patriarch glanced at him coolly, the people in the princess's house were clearly chasers.

Madam Zhongyi obviously failed to convince the princess, and even angered her somewhat.

Otherwise, there were refreshments served, why is there not even a maid?
"Okay, don't say a few words, we are here to ask someone to do something, show some good looks." The crutch in the patriarch's hand hit the ground hard, and the uncle who had been complaining stopped, and lowered his head embarrassingly.

Glancing at the snacks on the table, I thought about the fact that I was choking panicked just now, but I was so hungry that I could only see that I couldn't eat it, not to mention how bad it was.

The two waited and waited, but it was not good to leave after dark, so they had to leave in a hurry.

When Xie Yanniang heard that the two had left, she happily ate half a bowl of rice, and was so full that she groaned on the imperial concubine chair.

When Ruan Jingxin came back, he saw her like this, couldn't help but smiled and stepped forward to rub Xie Yanniang's belly, his movements were gentle: "Why are you full?"

"I'm happy, and I ate too much if I didn't pay attention." Xie Yanniang told Ruan Jingxin about today's prank, and the latter's face darkened when he heard it.

He knew that the Li family came to the door, but he didn't expect to put the idea on Xie Yanniang's head. He stroked Xie Yanniang's black hair and said: "Don't pay attention to them from now on, just block people from the door."

"Is this okay? After all, you are from the Li family, and those who don't know will talk nonsense behind your back." It is said that people's words are scary, Xie Yanniang does not want Ruan Jingxin to be talked about in the future, disrespect and filial piety are a big hat, buckle it It's not easy to take it off.

"What are you afraid of? The Li family is just a drowned dog. They are in such a mess that they can't do it themselves." Ruan Jingxin put his arms around her and let Xie Yanniang sit on his lap.

Xie Yanniang became curious, put her arms around his neck and asked: "Is this related to your entering the palace today? Let me guess, is the Li family in big trouble?"

"It is indeed a big trouble. When the new emperor ascends the throne, he will inevitably sweep away a group of courtiers to consolidate his power and install his confidantes. There are quite a few people in the Li family who serve in the court, and they are all small officials with mediocre achievements. No, just remove it, there is no need to raise a bunch of useless waste." Ruan Jingxin stroked her back, stared at Xie Yanniang's growing belly and smiled: "Don't worry about this, they will soon be too busy to come to the door Come to bother you again."

Xie Yanniang stretched out her hand to caress his cheek, and said with some distress: "It's nothing to come and give me a little fun, don't take these people to heart, you can make things difficult for yourself."

Ruan Jingxin lowered his head and buried his face in her shoulder.

What happened in the past is not just forgotten.

The reason why he didn't stay in the Li family for so many years was because he couldn't take care of himself.

Now that you have your hands free, naturally you won't let these people go easily.

The emperor originally asked the emperor to demote all the officials of the Li family who were not big or small, but who knew that he found a lot of tricks in it.

Most of the Li family members are small officials who have been released to the outside world. These are naturally nothing in the eyes of the court ministers, but in small places, they exist like the emperor of the earth, and they say what they say.

It is also because they are courageous, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, they are the local emperors themselves, the fish and meat of the common people, and even conceal the taxes and fall into their own pockets.

It's not a year or two, but some of them have been working for ten or eight years, and the living and food are not inferior to the high officials in Beijing.

It was also because the person who was assessing took the benefits, so he didn't say anything up, and wrote a good or bad review, so he made people sit in this position all the time.

The Li family didn't care whether to climb up or not, after all, it was much easier to be an emperor than to be a high official who accompanied the king like a tiger.

Now a batch of them have been found out, and each of them has lost their black hats.

What Ruan Jingxin hated most were corrupt officials, so don't let them go.

Li's house was running around, throwing a lot of money, but it seemed to be thrown into the water, and I didn't even hear a splash, so I couldn't help being anxious.

As usual, manage the ups and downs, and this will turn a major event into a small matter.

Now it's true, it doesn't matter if you lose the black hat, but you still have to be caught and sent to death row, this completely stupefied the Li family.

As a last resort, they had no choice but to ask Mrs. Zhongyihou, thinking of saying something nice in front of Zhongyihou.

It's a pity that this lady was not favored and couldn't help much, but she inadvertently revealed a shocking news.

That lofty regent turned out to be the Li family...

Let’s say the surname is Li. They belonged to one family 500 years ago, but they are still close relatives now.

For the Li family, this is undoubtedly the last straw, and they must pay close attention to everything.

Who knew that the Prince Regent didn't show any kindness at all, he had a bad attitude at the beginning, and later avoided seeing him, even if he begged in front of the princess, there was no result.

The patriarch of the Li family couldn't help being anxious, if the delay continued, the children in the death row would be pushed out of the Meridian Gate and beheaded.

There is his grandson in it, and he is the only male in his team.

The patriarch's son died early, but fortunately his grandson was up to the challenge.If the grandson is gone, and there is no son and a half daughter under his knees, who will inherit his incense in the future?

There are three ways to be unfilial and having no descendants is the biggest. He said that he couldn't let his grandson lose his life just like that.

Even if he couldn't avoid it, at least he could save his life, and he finally saved this single seedling.

The patriarch's complexion suddenly sank. If the regent is so ruthless and insists on making things difficult for them, and refuses to help, then Ruan Jingxin will never be in a better life!
(End of this chapter)