Madam Hou

Chapter 60

When Mrs. Lin Hou returned to the Yongning Hou Mansion, she looked at the colored porcelain brought back by the maid, and hated her to death in her heart. She wished that she could see a few holes in her body at a glance.As for its ending, it was nothing more than a life-threatening potion poured down.Caici's family was also affected by her innocence.Although Mrs. Lin Hou didn't take their lives, she didn't want to see them again, so she called Ren Yazi and sold them directly.

Since Yanniang was favored and pregnant again, and Yanniang used colored porcelain to beat her again, Mrs. Lin Hou was very considerate to Yanniang, and Yinniang lived a very comfortable life. Sometimes I can go to Yangjiaoer Hutong to talk to Mrs. Chen.

Li Momo, who had been teaching Yinniang all the time, returned to her hometown for a few months after moving her ancestral grave, also returned to the mansion as an errand.Yinniang and Li Momo had a teacher-student relationship. After returning, Mrs. Lin Hou still asked her to work in Yinniang's courtyard, and Yinniang asked her to be the steward of Jingxiang courtyard.

The dead trees are in spring, the grass grows and the warblers fly, and the days flow into May like this.

On a certain day in May, when the court was in the early morning, a small event happened in the court: the county magistrate of Linping County, the father of Yinniang and Yanniang, the prospective father-in-law of Lin Shizi, the half-father-in-law of the emperor, Our Mr. Chen Dazhu was ginseng in Chaoshang.The charges involved are: embezzlement and bribery, serious dereliction of duty.The result of the request for punishment is: removal from office, investigation, beheading for public display.

Ordinarily, a small county magistrate, an official of the eighth rank, really shouldn't have that kind of leisure to pay attention.But if this Bapin county magistrate is the father of a favorite concubine, and this favorite concubine may give birth to a prince who is recorded by the queen, then the situation is different.

In the harem, after hearing the news from the servant, Yan Niang slapped the table beside her with one hand, and said angrily: "Those people, there is no time to stop." After speaking, she went back to the inner room and changed into plain clothes , and wiped the soaked chili water veil on his eyes to smoke out tears, and then hurried to the door of the imperial study room, and asked the servants guarding the door to go in and be summoned, and then went into the imperial study room to meet the emperor , Knelt down without saying a word, and said fearfully in his heart: "Your Majesty, this concubine is guilty."

The emperor quickly helped Yanniang up, and said: "My concubine, get up quickly, even if you don't care about yourself, you also have to take care of our little prince, how can you just kneel at every turn."

Yanniang stood up holding the emperor's hand, half leaning on the emperor's body, the handkerchief in her hand inadvertently wiped her eyes and finally covered her mouth, her eyes turned red, and tears fell from her eyes like autumn water Yan Niang choked up and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine already knows that the concubine's father relied on the concubine to be the emperor's concubine, oppressed others in Linping County, embezzled and accepted bribes, and violated the laws of Dayan."

The emperor has never been immune to the tears of his beloved concubine. He used to blame him a little bit, but now he has turned into pity.

"As a concubine, the concubine is also guilty of failing to restrain her family. I beg the emperor to punish me."

The emperor patted Yanniang's hand and said: "Your father is your father, you are you, your father's affairs have nothing to do with my concubine. As for your father's crimes, there are laws to deal with them. Concubine is in the harem , you need to always remember that the harem is not allowed to engage in politics, so don’t worry too much about the affairs of the previous dynasty. What my concubine should worry about is to cultivate her body well and give birth to a healthy little prince for me.”

To be honest, if someone hadn't mentioned it earlier, the emperor would not have known about Chen Dazhu. There are tens of thousands of officials in Dayan, and a Zhima official from a poor county is worth worrying about.Even if this person is the father of his concubine in the backyard, it can only give him the impression that his concubine's father is still alive.As for the embezzlement and bribery of this little concubine's father, if it happened under the table, he would not be willing to intervene.If the water is clear, there will be no fish. A small county magistrate has limited ability to embezzle, and it will pass by with a blind eye. Talking too much will hurt the relationship with the concubine.But now that the matter has been moved to the court, although Emperor Jinghui also felt that the "telling the truth" courtiers were a little too busy to find trouble, but after all, there were all the witnesses and evidences, so he couldn't pretend to be blind with his eyes open, so he should deal with it. It still needs to be dealt with, otherwise, it will not be conducive to the establishment of his image as a benevolent king.

Judging by the tone, it was really time to deal with her father.Although Yanniang has looked down on her father since she was a child, but after all, blood is thicker than water, and she is not so cruel that she is indifferent when she sees his unlucky death.

Yan Niang knelt down on the ground again, and continued to choke with sobs to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I know my father is guilty, but I don't say anything about my husband's faults. How can a person who is a child leave his parents alone. I dare not beg the emperor. There is no punishment for the crime of the father, but I beg the emperor to look at the face of the concubine and keep the life of the concubine's father."

At this time, Yin Niang, who had not heard the news, was in the Jingxiang Courtyard, eating toon cakes with Mrs. Chen who came to visit her.

Mrs. Chen has never liked to come to Yongning Hou's Mansion. On weekdays, Yinniang often goes to Yangjiaoer Hutong to visit Mrs. Chen.But today, Mrs. Chen saw a toon tree growing in her yard with many buds, and remembered that her second daughter likes toon cakes made from the buds of the toon tree, so she picked a basket of toon cakes on a whim. Chunya made several baskets of Chunbing, put them in gold-painted baskets, and brought them to Yongninghou Mansion with great interest to visit her daughter.

The mother and daughter were chatting while eating Chunbing. Mrs. Chen was talking about Yanniang's pregnancy with Yinniang, and she was pleased that Yanniang was pregnant again. If she could give birth to a little prince, it would not only be Yanniang In the future, there will be someone to rely on, even if Yinniang is able to stand upright in the Hou's mansion, she will scold the imperial physician who misdiagnosed at the beginning. Practice your skills well, how many people will worry about a misdiagnosis in the end.

Mrs. Chen finally looked forward to Yanniang's pregnancy, and finally felt elated in her heart. She was happily cursing, when suddenly she heard her prospective son-in-law tell her that her unreliable husband had done a lot of unreasonable things recently. Reliable things, these unreliable things are all brought up in front of the emperor now, and if it is not good, it is a matter of losing his head.

Lin Shizi originally wanted to tell Yiniang the news when he came to Jingxiangyuan, but when he saw Mrs. Chen was there, he also told his mother-in-law.

When Yinniang heard the news, her first reaction was: I'm afraid this is just another conspiracy.There is no way, it is really because there are too many plots in the harem recently, which gave Yinniang such a feeling.Of course, compared to her unreliable father, Yinniang is more concerned about her sister's situation caused by this incident.Corruption and bribery are no small crimes, this father's matter will not cause any bad consequences for Yan Niang.For example, Yan Niang fell out of favor because of being so tired.

Lin Shizi took the teapot on the table and poured himself a cup of tea. After drinking it, he said slowly: "It all depends on the emperor's will. The emperor is the master of the world. If he wants to dislike someone, he doesn't need to have a reason." He can also not spoil her, but if she wants to spoil someone, no matter how big the matter is in his eyes, it is the same with the things committed by her father-in-law. If the emperor wants to let go gently, he can gently Put it down, if the emperor wants to be strict, he will be strict."

Mrs. Chen thought that her daughter in the palace might be rejected because of his unfulfilling father, so she couldn't help but pounded the table and cursed loudly: "That dead enemy has never done a few good things for his children in his life, and the result is still delayed Daughter's back."

On the other hand, Yin Niang felt that her fiancé seemed to have said very profound knowledge, but in fact she didn't say anything at all.

No matter what, this incident only caused a small wave in the court. At the end of the incident, it was not aimed at Chen Xiancheng, the party concerned, but directly pointed at the concubine's daughter of the party in the harem.A minister directly stated that a certain concubine in the harem is the daughter of a criminal minister, has no virtue and incompetence and occupies a high position, and should be demoted.Then he remonstrated in a tactful way: Emperor, you favored a certain concubine too much. Why did this corrupt and bribe-taking magistrate dare to break the law? Isn’t it because of his own daughter’s power? , the harem should be covered with rain and dew evenly, and you should not give up the whole forest for a big tree.

The emperor used to see the ministers fighting for a county magistrate in the court, and it was like watching a play, but when those people behind him even brought the concubines in his backyard to the court to talk, the emperor would I don't want to.You old men, what's the matter with taking care of my concubine in the back house.Besides, he was originally just a magistrate, so it was not worth arguing back and forth in the court for so long. If he was asked to believe that there was no conspiracy, he would never believe it.

Combined with the fact that Concubine Chen had heard the noise of the previous court in the past few days and then gradually lost weight but forced her face in front of him, the emperor became angry, and the consequences were dire.

There is still a folk saying that the crime is not as good as a married woman. Concubine Chen is still pregnant with a dragon fetus, and you all want her to step down. I think you are not targeting Chen Xiancheng or Concubine Chen at all, but targeting my little girl. Prince.What do you care about!
Don't you insist on letting me deal with Chen Xiancheng, then I just won't deal with it.

Of course, that can't be without punishment at all. Chen Xiancheng was dismissed, and he would never be allowed to enter the civil service system again, but for the sake of Concubine Chen's meritorious service in conceiving the emperor's heir, criminal punishment was exempted.Are you satisfied with such a punishment?Don't tell me that you are dissatisfied, if you dare to shake your head, I suspect that you really want to murder the emperor's heir.

Of course, this incident really didn't cause much trouble. In the entire court, there were only a few ministers struggling with this incident over and over again, and most of the others watched the drama.

(End of this chapter)