Concubine Biography

Chapter 98

The new censor, Shi Guang, acted very quickly. In less than half a year, he actually investigated three major cases in succession, all of which were corruption cases involving collusion between officials.

His reputation became more and more famous, but the officials were panic-stricken, for fear that he would be the next to be found out.

But at this moment, Li Jiarong suddenly recruited Shi Guang to return to Beijing to report on his duties. Because Shi Guang has done good deeds for the people this year, the day he returned to Beijing was empty, and people went to see this legendary Qingtian master.But everyone's necks were sore and they didn't see the sedan chair of the supervisory censor. When everyone was disappointed, many people started to run to the palace gate.

"What's going on?" A passer-by who didn't know why hurriedly pulled the people around him and asked.

The man had a look on his face, "Hurry up and take a look, Mr. Shi has come back, and now he is kneeling in front of the palace gate to resign."

"what!"

As soon as the news was spread, it quickly floated to the distance as if it had grown wings. The people waiting at the gate of the city ran to the gate of the palace one after another. Where did this song come from?
No one noticed that after some people looked at each other and nodded, they suddenly began to raise their arms and shout.

"Let's go! Go watch the fun! Master Shi is about to resign..."

The people flocked to him, and sure enough, they saw Shi Guang kneeling upright in front of the palace gate, holding a booklet with both hands raised high.

"Why did Master Shi resign?"

"I don't know, who knows?"

"Will the emperor agree?"

"Such a good official, the emperor probably won't agree..."

While the people were discussing, a father-in-law dressed in the clothes of the chief eunuch came out from the palace gate. When he saw Shi Guang kneeling on the ground, his expression changed drastically, and he rushed forward and said in amazement, "Master Shi...you, you What is this for?"

Shi Guang rolled his eyes, and quickly put on a very serious expression, "I want to resign, please ask Eunuch Qin to help me deliver this memorial."

Xiao Qinzi wailed, "Master Shi! What are you doing so well? You go back quickly, this servant will pretend that you have never been here before, go back quickly!"

As Xiao Qinzi said, he was about to help Shi Guang, but he didn't know who would take the lead, and the common people also shouted, "Master Shi, don't resign!"

"Yes, yes, you must not resign!"

"We beg you, Mr. Shi! With you here, no corrupt officials dare to bully us!"

One person took the lead, and everyone huffed and knelt down.

Shi Guanghuan looked around, with tears in his eyes, and said sadly, "Everyone, get up, Shi has made up his mind! Shi has been studying hard for a long time, and he only wants to do practical things for the country and the people, do good deeds, and become a loved one." Good official! With the mercy of the Holy One, Shi can show his ambition and do what he can for the people."

"But," Shi Guang said sadly, "When Shi went back to Beijing today, he heard rumors in the capital that Shi relied on the support of his concubine to become an official! Shi is not angry! Shi is an imposing man, isn't he that kind?" People who depend on their wives and family members! Thinking back then, my wife was not too poor to marry into Shi’s family. For many years, I have been in harmony with Shi Mou, and I have been a husband and a child. He also kept the full filial piety for his father and mother, Shi Mou won this virtuous wife, he really dare not let her down!"

Shi Guang raised his voice, "Those little people, didn't you slander me that Shi relied on his wife's family? Didn't you say that the imperial concubine supported me? Today Shi knelt here and begged to resign, so that the emperor and the people of the world See if I, Shi, are that incompetent person who relies on his wife! Shi is willing to take part in the imperial examination again, and if he is lower than the second place, Shi will never be an official!"

"Ahem," Xiao Qinzi coughed softly, "Don't act too much..."

Shi Guang made a big salute with a mournful expression, and knelt down on the ground, "Your Majesty! My humble minister is so loyal, you can show the sun and the moon!"

Little Qinzi was moved and called out to Mr. Shi, and he also knelt down. When he fell to the ground, he said in a low voice, "It's too much to say that you will never be an official. You can't die of anger when the real Mr. Shi comes back." !"

"Shi Guang" whispered, "Anyway, it's acting, why hasn't Mrs. Shi arrived yet?"

"It'll be here in a while, really, I knew I wouldn't bet with Xiao Fangzi yesterday, and I was so tired that I came out and kowtowed and kowtowed, and he hid aside to watch the show." Xiao Qinzi said depressingly.

"Shi Guang"'s eyes lit up, "What are you two doing? I'll go play after a while."

"Go, go, it's none of your business. Hey, don't scratch your head, don't ruin the makeup that your wife put on you so hard."

"It's okay, it's okay, she is the number one master of disguise in the shadow hall, the makeup she puts on herself is not so easy to damage." "Shi Guang" said indifferently.

Xiao Qinzi snorted softly, "Why did Luying find you, who is so incomprehensible and has no integrity at all!"

"That's why I don't take the imperial examination, I can only be a secret guard under the emperor." "Shi Guang" said indifferently.

The two of them chatted in low voices in full swing, and the common people were talking about it.

"Husband!" A shrill female voice cried out sadly.

Mrs. Shi is here! "Shi Guang" and Xiao Qinzi exchanged a look.

Lu'er took a few children and ran to "Shi Guang" wiping her tears. Lu'er said sadly, "Husband, it is your lifelong wish to be a good official for the people. How can you just resign as soon as you say you want to?" Woolen cloth?"

"Shi Guang" straightened up, and said with a serious face, "Madam's words are wrong, I have made up my mind as a husband, you don't need to persuade me anymore!"

"Is there any reason for this?" Lu'er said angrily, looking at the people around her with tears in her eyes, "Fellow folks, please come and judge! My husband has studied hard for ten years, and it is his ability to win the high school rankings! How could that be?" Is it supported by my sister?"

"Although my sister is a noble concubine, she has always been cautious in her words and deeds. She has repeatedly taught us to put the country first and the people first. As a relative of the noble concubine, we must keep a low profile. Now my husband has only solved a few cases. , became the target of public criticism? Is there any reason for someone to humiliate him like this?"

Lu'er covered her sleeves and cried a few times, "My second brother died unjustly, and all the students in the world can prove it! The Su family rebelled, and dozens of crimes were written clearly. How could it be that my sister framed the queen? The Chen family For the Xinglin family, they always uphold the principle of helping the world and saving people. How could they harm people? Are those who spread rumors really empty-mouthed and want to spit blood? They are not afraid of chewing their tongues and pulling them out after death. hell!"

"Shi Guang" said with a sullen face, "Ma'am, don't make a mouth karma. We don't have the same knowledge as those villains. The people of the world are all sensible people, and they are fair and comfortable!"

"My husband can't bear to abandon me. I want to resign for my concubine's sake! I really feel uneasy. I ask myself to go down, so as not to make my husband be humiliated by villains." Lu'er said firmly.

Xiao Qinzi opened his mouth wide in shock, Mrs. Shi... seems to be exaggerating...

"Madam is a virtuous woman, how could I abandon you as a husband!" "Shi Guang" said affectionately.

Xiao Qinzi shuddered, and hurriedly said, "Master Shi, Mrs. Shi, how about this, I will let the slaves go and report to the emperor."

"Thank you, father-in-law!" "Shi Guang" saluted.

Xiao Qinzi walked back in a hurry, "Shi Guang" resumed the posture of standing upright and kneeling with the memorial in his hands, while Lu'er hugged several children and cried together, it was really indescribably pitiful.

The hearts of the common people suddenly softened. Shi Guang's reputation was already excellent, he was honest, he loved the people like a son, and he settled a big case. The adults who were supposed to return to Beijing suddenly suffered so many grievances. His heart turned completely towards Shi Guang in an instant.

Seeing Mrs. Shi's character of inviting her down, and thinking of the situation when the second son of the Chen family was killed, her impression of the Chen family immediately improved.

Immediately, some people began to scold those who spread rumors, and more people comforted Shi Guang and his wife and praised them.

Not long after, Xiao Qinzi came back and invited Shi Guang's family into the palace.

Li Jiarong couldn't help laughing when she heard about the farce, and asked Fu'er repeatedly, "Whose idea is this?"

Fu'er said embarrassedly, "It's Xi'er and Sister Cao...they actually just wanted to clear my name, and they didn't mean anything malicious. Master Shi was also pretending, but Lu'er really participated."

"Hahaha..." Li Jiarong laughed loudly, "I know that Shi Guang is pretending. With his pace, he will arrive tomorrow at the earliest. I just think...haha, interesting and interesting!"

Li Jiarong said something interesting, "Okay, since the play is almost finished, let me give it a good ending."

Speaking of Li Jiarong, he called people in, and immediately conferred the title of Doctor Shi Guang Zhongyi, and also conferred the title of Lu'er Qipin Anren in recognition of Lu'er's chastity, and conferred the title of Chen Zhu, a well-educated daughter-in-law, as the fourth The quality is amazing.

"Your Majesty..." Fu'er looked at Li Jiarong writing the imperial decree, and felt very uneasy, "Your Majesty, they are just acting. It is already a great gift for the Emperor not to punish, so there is no need to confer rewards..."

"Sooner or later, it will be sealed. When I make you a queen, I will also give your father a title." Li Jiarong smiled slightly, stamped the emperor's seal, and handed it to Xiao Shanzi.

Queen...

Fu'er was so upset that she knelt down with a plop, "Your Majesty, this concubine has never thought of becoming a queen, so I invite your majesty..."

"Fu'er," Li Jiarong helped her up, and said solemnly, "If I give it to you, you just accept it, just accept it calmly."

Seeing Fu'er's expression changing, knowing that she couldn't turn the corner for a while, Li Jiarong smiled instead, "If I don't want to give it, it's useless to ask for it."

"Relax." Li Jiarong patted Fu'er's hand.

It's hard for Fu'er to say anything else, she knows Li Jiarong's intentions, and now she is the only woman in the harem, the queen... Maybe many people take it for granted that it falls on her head, but she is very scared in her heart.

Just like the green vegetables that her father suddenly took out on her birthday when she was young, she would never think about it when she couldn't eat it. After eating it, she began to look forward to it again. It's not just a handful of vegetables.

Desires are hard to fill, and those who are content will be blessed.

Fu'er took a deep breath, Su's is a lesson from the past, and she must not repeat the same mistakes.

"How is it? Isn't this a handy move? Now the streets are filled with no bad words, only good words of praise." Cao Xiaoman smiled complacently.

Fu'er chuckled, "That's good luck. If you ask me, it's full of loopholes. It's like a farce."

Cao Xiaoman laughed loudly, "It was originally a joke I cobbled together from the scriptures. Since everyone likes to watch dramas, I'll let them watch a drama."

"Third sister had a great time acting. I heard from her that she pinched herself a lot to make herself cry that day, and her thighs were all black." Xi'er imitated with a smile.

Fu'er clicked her tongue, "It's really embarrassing for her. Master Shi didn't say anything after returning home, right? This was done behind his back."

"It's not that I'm angry, but it's nothing else. It's that the person playing him is not like him at all. If he had been notified earlier, he would have been able to speak eloquently to everyone by himself, and it didn't take so much trouble." Xi The son sticks out his tongue.

Cao Xiaoman shook his head and said, "It's a good idea for him. If he dares to get angry with Mrs. Shi, I have to call him at his house. Besides, he usually keeps pulling his face so long, or I can wait for him to come back. I don’t need to bother to find that idiot from the Luying family to act.”

Fu'er couldn't stop laughing, "This can only be done once, don't do it in the future."

"Of course," Cao Xiaoman chuckled, "I have experience this time, and acting in the future will definitely be better than this one."

(End of this chapter)