A tree of peach blossoms pressing the prime minister

Chapter 34

When she was in Zhao country, she had very little sense of dignity and inferiority, and she always played with the palace people. Who knew that he couldn't even stuff a candied fruit here?It's not poison!

With a soft snort, Shen Zaiya opened his mouth to spit out the candied fruit, but for some reason, he accidentally swallowed it!
Jiang Taohua had obediently cupped her hands in front of him, signaling him to spit on it so she could throw it away.

"Grandpa?"

Shen Zaye looked at her hands in silence.

This is the first time I have encountered such an embarrassing thing, I have already swallowed it, how do I spit it out?But if he didn't spit it out, wouldn't he have yelled at others for nothing?
"Go get someone to prepare dinner first." He said calmly.

Tao Hua was taken aback, looked at him strangely, then turned to look at the sky outside: "It's just past time, are you going to have dinner?"

Obviously just had lunch, okay?Is he an idiot!
Shen Zaiye frowned: "It's still so early, then go get someone to make some snacks."

What an idiot, Taohua curled her lips, stood up and looked at him and said: "Then you spit out the candied fruit, and take the concubine with you."

Shen Zaye: "..."

What do you think this woman has such a good memory for?Can't you forget that he still has candied fruit in his mouth? !Furious, Shen Zaiye said with a dark face: "It's already melted in your mouth, don't worry about it."

What?melted?Looking at him in shock, Tao Hua looked at the remaining candied fruit next to her.Hey, this is all made of peach meat, how can it melt so quickly?
As soon as she thought about it, she realized that something was wrong, looked at Shen Zaiye teasingly, and said with a playful smile: "Could it be that the master said that he didn't like it, but he honestly swallowed the candied fruit?"

There was a moment of silence in the room, and Shen Zaiye looked up at her with a smirk: "I suddenly felt that maybe your blood is suitable for unsealing the sword, why don't we try it?"

"Grandpa, rest well! I'm going to order someone to make a snack first!" With an instant serious expression on her face, Tao Hua bowed her knees and saluted, then turned her head and ran out.

Shen Zaiye looked at her back coldly, snorted, and then glanced at the candied fruit beside her.

But...it's not as unpalatable as I imagined. After the sweetness, there is still a lingering fragrance in my mouth, which really suppresses the taste of the medicine.

Pursing his lips, he pulled out the booklet under the pillow and continued to read.

When it got dark, Shen Zaiye was ready to go to the study, and he brought Jiang Taohua over while going, and seriously emphasized several times: "Rest in the side hall at night, don't go out."

"I understand." Tao Hua nodded, "It happens that I'm a little tired today, and I want to go to bed early."

"Well, let's go."

"Yes."

After exiting the main house obediently, Taohua rolled her eyes.

If he didn't say that, she would have gone to bed early as if she didn't know anything, but with such a serious warning, it was difficult for her to suppress her curiosity.

"Qingmoss, go and squat at the gate of the yard so that no one can see you." After entering the side hall, she whispered, "If someone enters the yard at night, you don't have to do anything, just come back and report to me."

"As ordered."

After finishing the order, Taohua continued to look at the roster in the mansion, and waited while watching.

Just after midnight, Moss came back quietly.

"Master, there is indeed someone here. He is wrapped in a cloak and looks like a man, a little fat."

Tao Hua listened, propped her chin with her hands and asked, "Going to the study?"

"Yes."

In the middle of the night, Shen Zaiye didn't meet a beauty, but a fat man?What flavor is this!

in the study.

Shen Zaiye looked expressionlessly at Meng Taipu in front of him, who had been wiping the sweat from his forehead, looking a little embarrassed.

Normally, Meng Taipu would not be so flustered. After all, with King Yu's backing and in-laws like Prime Minister Shen, he is always a person who gives others a good look when he goes out.

But now, he offended Shen Zaiya, which was more terrible than offending King Yu.And if it's just an ordinary problem, it's fine. In order to fight for favor, my daughter almost killed the prime minister!
Isn't this going to drag his Meng family to die together!

"It's not that I'm unreasonable, it's just that Qianyuan made a serious mistake this time. If she is still kept in the mansion, it's hard to guarantee that Shen will die someday." Shen Zaye said without emotion at all: "Back then I sent Meng Shi to my relatives. Your Excellency seems to have said that if Mrs. Meng makes a mistake, you will definitely take her back and strictly discipline her."

That's just talking!If you really took your daughter back from the prime minister's mansion, wouldn't that be a joke to Manchu Wenwu?King Yu will not let him go!

"Master Xiang, I also know that Zhen Zhen's crime is unforgivable, but can you...give this official a chance to make up for it?" Meng Taifu rubbed his hands and said, "I am willing to do my best for Master Xiang!"

With a sidelong glance at him, Shen Zaye said indifferently: "My lord should be loyal to the emperor, what has it to do with Shen?"

"That's what you say." Meng Taifu took two steps forward and said in a low voice: "Besides being loyal to the emperor, I still have other things to do. The imperial court has recently purchased two thousand new horses and allocated funds for the construction of a horse farm. Yes. If Master Xiang is willing, I will send the best BMWs to your house with [-]% of the profit."

"Ridiculous!" As soon as he slapped the table, Shen Zaiye's face was very ugly: "My lord is in charge of Ma Zheng, and he has been pocketing his own money all the time?"

With a trembling of his legs, Meng Taipu quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "Master Xiang Mingjian, the position of Taifu, people from all dynasties and dynasties have always sat in this way, not only the lower officials, it is acquiesced from top to bottom. what!"

Corruption by one person is called a crime of corruption, and corruption by a group of people is called not punishing the public. If corruption is committed from top to bottom, it is called a customary rule.

Shen Zaiye sneered in his heart. After looking at Meng Taipu for a long time, he stretched out his hand to help him up, pursed his lips and said, "Ms. Shen has only been in the court for two years, and I still don't know some things very clearly. You must blame your lord. Since everyone agreed, That’s understandable.”

Meng Taifu was overjoyed, quickly raised his head to look at him and said, "Master Xiang, would you like to accept it?"

With hesitation on his face, Shen Zaiye bowed his head in silence, as if he was worried about something.

"The lower official knows that Xiangye has always been a gentleman, and he doesn't want to be criticized." With a roll of his eyes, Meng Taipu pretended to be smart and said: "The lower official has a way to keep you from getting dirty."

"What way?"

"Every time a racecourse is built and horses are purchased, the bulk of the profits come from it." Meng Taipu said: "This time, the officer will take the account from the top, and then send it to the Prime Minister's mansion without the account. In this way, no one will be able to find out. Where did that money go?"

His eyes moved slightly, and Shen Zaiye slightly hooked his lips: "My lord is really wise."

Seeing that his face seemed to agree, Meng Taifu was overjoyed, and quickly said tentatively: "The matter of Zhenzhen..."

"My lord is so sincere, Shen is naturally willing to give her another chance." Shen Zaiye said: "But the ugly words must be said first, if Qianqian makes such mistakes again in the future, then it will be considered that my lord sent the entire racecourse, and Shen It’s too embarrassing.”

"Thank you, Prime Minister!" Meng Taipu hurriedly saluted: "Your Majesty, I will definitely let my wife come to the house to discipline Zhen Zhen for two days, and I will definitely not cause trouble for the Prime Minister in the future! I will send it over immediately after thanking the gift."

"En." Yawning, Shen Zaiye said wearily: "There is nothing else, please go back, my lord. Shen has to rest for two days with his body."

"Yes... yes..." Responding repeatedly, Meng Taipu quickly retreated, his chubby body almost bumped into the door frame without paying attention.

Zhanlu shook his head, waited for the person to walk out, and said in a low voice: "This person is really useless."

"There are too many unusable people, but it doesn't matter the person, the key is his seat." With a chuckle, Shen Zaye ticked off the booklet in front of him: "Zhan Lu, go and arrange the next thing. "

"Yes!" Zhan Lu agreed.

Hearing the slight sounds of people and footsteps in the yard, Taohua also knew that Shen Zaiya was probably done, so she immediately lay down on the bed and pretended to be asleep.

"Your master is resting?" Zhanlu's voice sounded outside the door, and Qingmosy responded: "I have already rested."

It was quiet outside for a while, then the door was pushed open, Zhan Lu came in, glanced at the bulging quilt on the bed, and then exited with confidence.

It's really cautious, Taohua opened her eyes, looked at the dark roof and thought, what wicked thing would Shen Zaiya do today?
At dawn the next day, Mei Zhaoxue and the others were called to Linwu Academy.

"What do you think of people?" Shen Zaiye pinched the seal and looked at Mei Shi with a frown: "Didn't you say that you locked up Green Tea Haosheng?"

Mrs. Mei was a little puzzled: "It is true that Haosheng is locked up, in the woodshed in the backyard..."

"Then what is this?" Stretching out his hand and throwing the letter over, Shen Zaiye was furious: "The majestic prime minister's mansion actually allows people to come and go freely, where can I put my face when it is spread out?!"

Mei Zhaoxue was startled, and quickly took the letter to read.

"The slave girl, Luming, was entrusted by others to frame the Meng family. However, she has a disturbed conscience and has been tossing and turning for a long time, so she wants to tell the Prime Minister the truth of the matter: the poisoning was not ordered by the Meng family, and the slave girl is not a member of the Meng family. To escape today, I also hope that for the sake of the frankness of the slaves, the Lord will let the slaves go away and stop chasing each other."

With a jump in her heart, Mei turned her head and asked the maid next to her, "Have you visited the woodshed?"

The maid muttered softly, "I don't know."

"..." Mrs. Mei frowned, turned around and knelt down towards Shen Zaiye: "It's my concubine's negligence, please punish me!"

Shen Zaiye frowned, and sighed heavily: "I've been running away for a long time, and I can't catch up even if I try to catch up, but this letter..."

The letter said that Mrs. Meng was wronged, so who should apologize now?

Mei Zhaoxue gritted her teeth: "Although it is difficult to tell the truth from the letter, I am willing to go to the Ruanyu Pavilion for another interrogation. If there is no direct evidence that the Meng family has harmed the Lord, then the concubine will punish herself with one month's money and will not be punished." Apologize to Meng."

She interrogates the person, and she judges the result. She can't escape this matter.

(End of this chapter)