Feng Heming

Chapter 177 The Second Prince

What happened on the 22nd day of the twelfth lunar month in the third year of Jianping changed the color of the capital. Not only the common people, but also the family members were panicked.

In the middle of the afternoon, the sage ordered the prince to be beheaded. Immediately after hearing the news, the empress dowager died of anger. In less than half an hour, the prince's mansion and the empress dowager's palace became a sea of ​​blood.

The Crown Princess Li took the eldest son of the Crown Prince, hundreds of people from the Prince's Mansion, and the lives of hundreds of people in the Empress Dowager's Palace, to be buried with the Empress Dowager.

The people who cleaned the streets the next day still had lingering fears after a long time. The blood that flowed out from the gate of the Prince's Mansion flowed all over the ground.

Various versions of history books in later generations believe that the omen of the chaos in Xindu originated from this.

The Empress Dowager passed away, the whole country mourned, Jiang Yuanxi also changed into plain clothes, all banquets in the capital stopped, the Holy Majesty even buried the Crown Princess and the emperor's grandson for the Empress Dowager's sake, who would dare to drink and have fun on it?
Among them, the Li family in Longxi was the most aggrieved. The crown princess was killed, but Li Jiaming couldn't have any resentment on his face.

At the same time, Jiang Yuanxi fell into contemplation. In his previous life, the crown prince did not die, and the queen mother was also in good health. When the entire Jiang family was punished, the position of crown prince was as stable as a mountain. Less than a year after she came back, the situation in Beiliang took place. huge change.

The crown prince of a country was personally ordered to be beheaded by the current emperor, the son wanted to kill the father, and the father killed the son. Such absurd things made many people shake their heads and sigh at the Chen royal family.

Can such a royal family really be passed on?

But for Jiang Yuanxi, she can only be happy about the death of the prince. A pervert like the prince will only be settled once he dies.

At the same time, for her, the more important point is that things have finally changed.

It is a good thing to have a change, and it is a good thing not to be the same as in the previous life. As for whether the change is good or bad, Jiang Yuanxi thinks that at present, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

After thinking about this, she stood in Wutong Garden, looked up at the sky, and said in a low voice, "The sky in Beiliang is really groggy."

In Li's mansion, Li Zhongwen stood in front of sister's boudoir, gently pushed open the courtyard door with his slender fingers, and saw a few fallen leaves on the ground after entering, he bent down to pick them up, came to the Qianqiu shelf, and gently stroked the leaves. The rope, with nostalgic nostalgia in his expression,
"Sister, I told you a long time ago that it is enough to let Ah Zhong come for revenge. Don't worry, the whole Chen family will be buried for you and A Niang. Ah Zhong promised you and A Niang. Don't break your promise
A Niang, A Sister, Ah Zhong misses you very much, misses you very much."

During the Spring Festival in the fourth year of Jianping, the capital was filled with a feeling of bleakness.

On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, the imperial court began to write. Chen Xiong on the dragon chair was still dressed in filial piety, and there was no joy on his face during the Chinese New Year. He was a filial son, and he said he would be a filial piety for the Queen Mother for a year, so he always wore filial piety in the court.

On the first day of court, there was no major event. Just as Chen Xiong wanted to leave the court, a courtier walked out.

"Your Majesty, the country can't live without a crown prince, so please ask your Majesty to choose a prince as the crown prince so as to stabilize the country's heart."

It was Zong Zheng who came out of the list, and Zong Zheng was a member of the Chen family's royal family. It was most appropriate for him, a member of the royal family, to mention this matter.

Jiang Taifu and other Jiuqing old gods were present, but many courtiers behind him secretly cast their eyes on Grand Master Lu, the chief minister.

Da Si Nong Mr. Lu is the grandfather of Princess Lu of Pinglu. It seems that Zongzheng will take the lead in the court meeting, and Mr. Lu should contribute a lot.

Just as he was about to get up, Chen Xiong sat back again. He looked around at the courtiers, pondered for a while, and said: "Zongzheng's words are reasonable, and the Taifu issued an edict: Canonize King Pinglu as the crown prince, and order the servants to prepare the crown prince's clothes. Order Da Sikong to choose a good day and auspicious day to hold the crown prince canonization ceremony for King Xuan of Pinglu."

"The minister waits to obey the holy order!"

In this way, King Pinglu became the new prince. This matter was just an after-dinner talk for the common people. What they were more concerned about was that the spring plowing had arrived and it was time to sow seeds.

Jiang Yuanxi went to the farm under Zheng Youniang's name to inspect the crops under Zheng Youniang's order when the grass was growing in March and the eagle was flying.

According to Zheng Youniang, it's time for Jiang Yuanxi to get familiar with the farm, so as not to get married in the future and be fooled by the servants on the farm.

Jiang Yuanxi didn't dare to argue with Zheng Youniang, obediently obeyed his mother's order and went to the farm outside the capital under Zheng Youniang's name.

The Zheng family is a nouveau riche who suddenly made a fortune and has no roots in the capital city. The farm under Zheng Youniang's name was sold to Zheng Youniang by speculators after Old Master Zheng was canonized as a general by the late emperor at that time. It became Zheng Youniang's dowry .

The location of this farm is actually not good. There are very few high-quality fertile fields in the farm, mostly middle-aged fields, and even a lot of sandy land. After Jiang Yuanxi walked around the head of the farm, he knew it.

"How's the harvest in the farm?" Jiang Yuanxi asked.

Zhuangtou was one of the subordinates who followed Mrs. Zheng to fight the country. After retiring from the army, he followed Zheng Youniang and respected Jiang Yuanxi, the little master, "Going back to Wu Niangzi, the farmland in the village can yield three stones per mu."

The harvest of the three stones was placed on the middle field, and Jiang Yuanxi knew that the servants in the farm were very dedicated.

Jiang Yuanxi went to see the sandy land again. Jujube trees and watermelons were planted on the sandy land, and jujubes also brought a lot of benefits to Zheng Youniang.

At this time, the branches and leaves of the jujube tree were luxuriant, Jiang Yuanxi listened to Zhuangtou's detailed explanation, and remembered all these in his heart.

In just one morning, Jiang Yuanxi found out what was going on in the farm, which also included various methods on how to make the servants more devoted to the master's family.

But Zheng Youniang packed up her clothes for three days and asked A Fang to bring her. Obviously, she was asked to stay here for at least three days. When Jiang Yuanxi was bored, he casually asked, "What is there in this village?" fun?"

Zhuangtou thought for a while and said: "There is nothing interesting in the village, but there is a strange person nearby."

Jiang Yuanxi became interested, "Strange person? How strange?"

There was an indescribable expression on the head of the village, "That man always messes up the good fields. The veterans in our village beat their chests every time they see them. Ruin the fields."

When Zhuangtou said this, Jiang Yuanxi was even more interested, "Is that person near here?"

Zhuangtou saw the interest of his fifth lady, and said: "It's near here, the old man will take fifth lady for a walk."

Zhuangtou ordered people to prepare gifts, and took Jiang Yuanxi to a farm near the farm.

The head of the village knocked on the door and said politely to the porter: "Brother, this is our little master. The little master just came to the village and heard that there are neighbors nearby. He wants to come and visit."

After finishing speaking, he raised the gift in his hand, then took a few steps back and stood behind Jiang Yuanxi.

The farmhouse is very close to Zheng Zhuang, the concierge of course knows Zhuangtou, seeing that Zhuangtou brought a charming young lady to the door, he smiled, "Old man Zheng, wait a moment, I will report to Master Ming right away. "

The porter welcomed him into the guard's small room, turned around and left, and after a while, he came back with a middle-aged man behind him.

"Brother Zheng, what kind of wind is blowing here today, it brought you here too." The middle-aged man is the housekeeper of this farmhouse, he saw Zhuangtou bowing his hands and met Jiang Yuanxi, "I wonder who this is? "

Zhuangtou said: "This is my little master of Zhengzhuang, the little lady of Jiang's fifth line."

The middle-aged housekeeper bowed again, "I've met Fifth Lady." With a little embarrassment on his face, "Master is in the field at the moment, young lady, please forgive me, please go to the flower hall with XX first, sit down and have a few drinks How about the tea?"

Jiang Yuanxi thought just right, she smiled, "Since I'm visiting your master, and Wu Niang is a junior, I should go to the field to meet her in person, and please lead the way."

Because of Jiang Wuniang's insistence, the housekeeper had to take her, Zhuangtou and A Fang to the field.

As they got closer, Jiang Yuanxi finally understood what Zhuangtou meant by ruining the fields.

Looking at the crops in the field, it is completely different from the clear-cut seedling raising in Zheng Zhuang. These are rice seedlings that are about to mature, but those rice seedlings have clearly not grown, and the ears of rice are shriveled. , should not appear.

In front of their group, a middle-aged man in plain bunt was sitting on a small boat, wandering in a boat filled with water, with his back to them, and was serving the rice seedlings. Jiang Yuanxi walked to the field ridge behind him, observed After a while, he said softly, "Sir, are you breeding?"

(End of this chapter)