Princess Fuyao

Chapter 185
The queen does not have great wisdom, but she is decisive and courageous, which just makes up for the emperor's indecision, so she can firmly sit in the back seat. Now, as soon as she figured out what happened, she immediately took action.

Concubine Jiao had already made an offensive and defensive alliance with the two court ladies beside her, but she neglected that Fuyao was not an ordinary honored female family member.When she persecutes officials, she is meddling in politics, and the queen corrects her. It is fair and just and well-founded!
In fact, the emperor these few days, Guo Chenghai and Hao Zhiqian were very busy with the affairs of the government, and stayed in the dormitory behind the Qinzheng Hall at night. He couldn't spare time to deal with Concubine Jiao's affairs.

The queen quietly arrested Sun Lanxiang, the old court lady who came to serve Liu Meiren.

Dedicated to serving Concubine Jiao Gui for more than ten years, but because of her repeated admonitions in the past few years, she was disgusted and even abandoned. Sun Lanxiang was desperate.Without the support of faith, under the torture and temptation of the queen, she told the whole story, wrote a note, and pressed her fingerprints.

The queen had evidence, so she arrested the two court ladies beside Concubine Jiao.Liu Lanhua and Wang Lanye were quite stubborn at first, but when they saw Sun Lanxiang's confession, their psychological defenses collapsed, and they quickly gave in. Their confession was not different from Sun Lanxiang's, except that they had a part about plotting with the imperial concubine.

The queen had an excuse and went to report to the emperor, but she didn't expect to see her face. The more she thought about it, the more angry she went to seek support from the queen mother. For the first time, he said: "Delaying the affairs of the court, no matter how small it is, is a major matter, and it is absolutely not allowed."

The empress immediately felt a sense of gratitude for "the empress dowager who knows me". After leaving Xiaoyao Palace, she ordered Concubine Jiao to be thrown into Huihui Palace.It was the most remote corner of the palace, and because the great-grandfather Emperor Wen's concubine hanged himself to death, no one lived in it.

Concubine Jiao was not willing to obey the queen, she threatened hoarsely: "Yun Shuliang, if you avenge yourself publicly, the emperor will not spare you!"

She thought that even if she made a mistake, it would not be a big deal. If the emperor knew that the empress dared to treat her like this, he would definitely not forgive her lightly.But he didn't want to, the emperor was so disappointed with her, Liang Guogong and the third prince, he didn't even want to see her face to face, if she didn't move forward, how could she remember?Concubine Jiao's test, at the end of the year, the third prince excused that he wanted to spend the festival with his mother and concubine, and the emperor remembered that the queen had mentioned this matter, and asked the third prince to visit his biological mother, but he didn't tell him to leave Huihui Palace.

Concubine Jiao suffered a serious illness in the cold palace, her appearance was haggard, her appearance was greatly reduced, she was smeared with thick white powder, like a ghost, she ran to the emperor to thank the emperor, Emperor Jiaming disgustedly told the third concubine to take good care of her, and she didn't say a word to complain about the empress Concubine Jiao was extremely disappointed, only then did she realize that she was old, not as delicate and beautiful as before, and her son and natal family did not do anything to show her face to earn herself a share. In the heart of the emperor, where is her status?This made her even more annoyed, she looked at people with hatred, and often whispered curses in her mouth, and everyone in the palace said she was crazy.The third prince didn't have the support of his mother, nor the support of his family, and was quickly marginalized. Those who had taken refuge in him quietly shifted positions. He was quickly thrown out of the center of power, and he was the first to withdraw from the race for the throne.

Fuyao lost a strong enemy, life is much better after all.

The end of the year is approaching, and everyone is busy.

In the peaceful and prosperous age, coupled with the clarification of official administration and light taxation, the weather has been smooth this year. The common people stock up on food and don’t panic. They buy new clothes for the New Year’s dinner. What if there is no manor with thousands of acres?The income is rich, and the money is generous, and the business of the shops in the capital is also booming.

Fuyao not only has to take care of her Xiangniangzhai and Masu small businesses, but also helps Liang Mingrui take care of the Liang family's shops. To reward or punish them according to their achievements is also very busy.

Liang Mingrui discussed with Marshal He that he wanted to take Fuyao back to pay homage during the Chinese New Year.

Marshal He immediately understood what he meant. Liang Mingrui was using this as an excuse to get rid of meeting people in the palace. Once bitten by a snake, he was afraid of well ropes for ten years. This child is really pitiful.

With him in the middle, the emperor allowed Liang Mingrui not to attend the banquet in the fourth palace on the first month of the first month.

After sweeping the sacrifice stove on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, Guo Bin also returned home. The two brothers and Fuyao, with a large number of servants and a dozen or so carriages for the New Year ceremony, set off in a mighty way.

The Liang family had already received the letter, and the patriarch and elders were all looking forward to it.

Zhengliang Town, the name is said to be a town formed by two families with big surnames. Ever since Liang Jian left, the members of the Zheng family did not dare to speak loudly in the town. Unexpectedly, two years ago, when Liang Bingwang defected to the enemy, the members of the Zheng family did not dare to speak loudly. Don't vent your anger on the Liang family. Now, the prince's title has returned to the Liang family, and the Zheng family once again died down, drooping their heads.

The head of the Liang family still felt that it was not enough. Last year, Liang Mingrui and Guo Bin went back to their hometown to worship their ancestors.

Even if the town is not small, there are only a few thousand people, so they built a stage. The Liang family said that the Zheng family had been honored by them, and they could go to the theater without paying. The Zheng family felt like they were being slapped. The same shame.

Liang Mingrui didn't know that the current situation in his hometown turned out to be like this.

Before the carriage entered the town, he felt very comfortable when he saw that the road was swept clean, sprinkled with clean water, and the horseshoes didn't even pick up dust. He felt very honored in front of Fuyao.

In the capital city, Fuyao can still walk on the streets without any scruples. When he comes to the countryside, he hides in his car every day and can only lie on the window and look out. There are people hiding in the alleys in the distance, looking at They looked at their carriage with their heads poking around.

"It seems that Zhengliang Town is relatively rich." Fuyao can tell from the houses and clothes of the people. Before the first day of the first lunar month, new clothes will not be upper body, but the people in the town don't wear clothes that reveal cotton. ragged padded jackets, and ragged little beggars on the street.

"It's good here. The nearby mountain spring flows just outside the town. The land is fertile and watery, and the crops are good. In normal years, you won't be hungry."

In fact, he didn’t mention two very important reasons. Ever since he left Liang Jian, the young people in Zheng Liang Town have always joined the army with the desire to stand out, and there are quite a few people who have made achievements. Nobility, but even a low-ranking eighth-rank and ninth-rank is better than growing crops.

Didn't Ji Zheng just bring 200 taels of silver with him when he returned home after retiring?Ordinary peasants would never have such savings after spending their entire lives digging through the soil.

Another reason is that some people went out to develop, which indirectly curbed the growth of the town's population. It was not like other wealthy places, where the land was small and the population was large, and the rich became poor.

Outside the town, there is a very grand archway.

"It was built by the imperial decree of the late emperor after my grandfather made great contributions."

There was already a large group of people standing under the archway, and it was the patriarch of the Liang family who brought a group of elders and clansmen to welcome them.

Fuyao took out the scarf, wrapped her head and face, Juzi helped her get out of the carriage, followed Liang Mingrui, paid homage to the archway, and greeted Liang's parents before returning to the carriage, ready to go to town.

Suddenly, a middle-aged man rushed out from the alley, and there was a woman behind him crying bitterly: "Father, you can't, if you leave, leaving me orphaned and widowed, what should I do—— "

The man didn't care about it, but still ran and crashed into the archway.

Everyone in the Liang family was shocked. Among them, everyone had practiced boxing and kicking before, and someone stood up to stop them. The nearest man was a half-year-old man who was nearly 50 years old. Then he bumped into the archway firmly, and blood flowed profusely immediately.

Liang Mingrui frowned a little annoyed, but he still signaled to the servant Iron Gun who followed him to take out the golden medicine, help him apply it, and stop the bleeding first to save people.

"Father, if you go like this, how will we mothers live—"

No matter who it is, it is the time when they are proud of returning home, and they will not be happy when encountering such a thing.

Someone from the Liang family stepped forward to yell at them, and others were busy persuading them. The woman and the children cried loudly, and soon a large group of onlookers gathered around, blocking the road tightly.

Guo Bin's face was gloomy, but Liang Mingrui was still calm. He walked over and said to the crying woman in a pleasant manner: "Sister-in-law, what happened to your man? Is it right for you to have trouble with the archway given by the imperial court?" Is there any dissatisfaction with the emperor?" This sentence means, do you want to rebel?
The hat was big enough and heavy enough, and it frightened the woman at once. She choked and couldn't get up, and her face was flushed.

"The man is not dead yet, so why are you crying and stopping him from saving him?" Liang Mingrui said again, and the woman was dragged aside obediently. Someone had already rushed to the town to call for a doctor .

Fuyao looked at the woman through the curtain of the car, and saw that although she was frightened and forced herself not to cry loudly, the tears still fell down one after another, describing her as very miserable, not like pretending.

The head of the Liang family winked at the young people around him, and someone reached out and grabbed the crying family and forced them to leave. The woman was even more sad, and couldn't help crying again.

Fuyao couldn't bear it any longer, and told Juzi: "Tell the lord, I want to ask this woman what is going on, and she wants to fight with her life." After watching too many dog ​​blood TV series, she was afraid that it would be Liang The family bullied others, causing tragedy.

Things were really as Fuyao had guessed, the couple were migrants, the husband was Wang Xianmin, they moved here last year, they lived in a rented home with a man surnamed Zheng, relying on the man to do carpentry and the woman to do needlework at home.

(End of this chapter)