The Red Mansion Big Liar

That night, he met the person sent by Li Mingyuan to inform him of the news.

Although Li Mingyuan's arrangement was not without a wait-and-see element, it was still commendable that he was able to send someone to notify at this time.

In addition, his actions were in line with Zhang Yunyi's plan, so he was not dissatisfied.

"Go ahead! Thank your parents for me!"

He always remains calm when faced with major events. Even though the outcome of the matter is about to come to a conclusion, he continues to do as usual.

After visiting his son as usual, Fang took Jinchuan back to the house to rest.

Knowing that the memorial had arrived outside the city, he guessed that the emperor would definitely summon him, so he was not in a hurry to go outside the city.

In addition, Youshi had just finished her confinement and was worried that it would cause panic among the family and cause symptoms such as postpartum depression, so she did not send anyone to bring Qin Keqing and others back.

At around noon, Zhou Xiangui came to summon him.

"That Mei Lian is really abominable. He slandered the king. You must be careful in dealing with him!"

After hearing this, Zhang Yun逸 felt a lot more relieved.

These eunuchs are the best at observing people's words and expressions. Since they are willing to leak the news to me, they must have some guesses.

He nodded and stepped into the car.

After entering the palace, he followed Zhou Xiangui all the way to the imperial study.

As soon as he performed the ceremonial ceremony, Emperor Zhengqing threw a huge pile of memorials in front of him.

"Ahem! Take a look!"

Zhang Yunyi picked up the memorials and read them one by one with some surprise.

It would have been fine if others did that, but he was caught off guard by the fact that Jia Zheng also joined in the fun.

It was no coincidence that these memorials were sent together, because Mei Lian wanted to build up his momentum, and those who wanted to follow him naturally gathered together.

After reading it, he pretended to be puzzled and said, "Your Majesty! This is strange!"

"Tell me!"

"Mei Hanlin went to Jiangnan to take up his post after the New Year. Even if he rode as fast as he could, it would be almost spring plowing season by the time he got there... Besides, if the problem really was caused by bird droppings, why did it only happen in Jiangnan? Although I was not in Jiangnan, I have also reviewed the accounts in the south..."

He argued for a long time, from the handling of bird droppings to the suspicious accounts, and finally raised his head.

But he was surprised to find that Emperor Zhengqing seemed to have aged ten years.

"Ahem!" Emperor Zhengqing slumped down on the dragon throne. He did not comment on Zhang Yunyi's words, but asked, "Didn't you say that as long as I delve into the ways of the immortals, I will be blessed with merit? Why do I feel worse today?"

Emperor Zhengqing has been taking elixirs for many years. He was very emotional yesterday and felt a little weak in the evening. After reading these memorials today, it added fuel to the fire.

Although Zhang Yunyi didn't know the reason, he had already planned a response. Without thinking, he quickly prostrated himself on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, the way of heaven is to reduce the surplus and make up for the deficiency. Although I have done my best, human power is limited. It is for this reason that I opened the Immortal Academy, hoping to make up for the omissions made by those corrupt officials, lazy officials, and parasites of the country! Your Majesty!"

Seeing that Emperor Zhengqing did not speak, he continued: "Since ancient times, apart from the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, even the Qin Emperor and Han Wudi, there has been no emperor who has been able to add merits and become an immortal. The reason is this. There are too few loyal ministers and too many treacherous ministers. Please understand, Your Majesty!"

"Hoo! Cough, cough, cough..." Emperor Zheng Qing exhaled heavily, and then coughed a few more times before saying, "I know you are loyal and commendable, get up quickly!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhang Yunyi finally let go of the stone in his heart, stood up and secretly looked at Emperor Zhengqing, only to see him take a deep breath and said angrily: "I want to see who gave them the courage to slander the emperor and slander the loyal ministers! Send an order, let the Jinyiwei arrest all of them and put them in the imperial prison to await their fate!"

Zhang Yunyi hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I am deeply grateful for your protection, but if you put people in jail just because of these memorials, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the public. Please send someone to Jiangnan to find out the truth, clear your name, and clear my name!"

If his purpose was only to preserve himself, he would have already achieved it and there would be no need to create unnecessary complications.

But since they want to put the fire on Prince Ning, they must take the opportunity to dig deeper into the inside story.

"These traitors must be killed to serve as a warning to others!"

Seeing that Emperor Zhengqing was determined to kill, Zhang Yunyi was reluctant but had to persuade him: "Killing them is a small matter, but damaging your majesty's health is a big matter. Please take care of your health. Jiangnan has suffered serious damage and disaster relief is urgent. Please understand your majesty!"

After all, the right to speak in this world is in the hands of scholars. If the emperor really lets go on a killing spree, he will become mortal enemies with all the scholars in the world.

"Forget it!" After hearing this, Emperor Zhengqing waved his hand helplessly and said, "Then in your opinion, who should be sent?"

"Your Majesty is wise and should govern according to his position. I know very little about the affairs of the court. It would be better for Your Majesty to discuss this with the other ministers."

Having said that, he has finished his work, and the rest should be left to Gu Dashou and others.

"I was right about you! Go down!"

Emperor Zhengqing waved his hand. Zhang Yunyi was about to leave the imperial study, but was stopped again: "Wait! You just said that the way of heaven is to take away the surplus and give to the deficiency. I deeply agree with you. If I abdicate and become an emperor, will it be..."

Zhang Yunyi was stunned. He did not dare to show any surprise. He put on a panicked look and quickly knelt on the ground: "This is a serious matter! I dare not make any rash comments!"

Emperor Zhengqing did not ask any further questions, but said weakly: "Your loyalty is commendable, and I cannot let you suffer in vain. Take Jia Zheng's memorial back with you. For your sake, I will pretend that I have not read it. You can decide how to act. Go!"

"Yes! Your Majesty! I will take my leave!"

Zhang Yun逸 was inspired when he heard this. He took out Jia Zheng's memorial from the scattered memorials and put it in his arms.

……

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 418 Asking for help

Rongqing Hall.

Aunt Xue's eyes were filled with tears, and she cried, "Grandma! You must save Wenlong!"

It was already evening when Xue Pan was captured, and it was normal for him to stay out all night. By noon of the next day, he and the servant still hadn't returned, so Aunt Xue began to worry and sent people to look for them.

Only then did he realize that such a big incident had occurred in his own store and he had been sued to the authorities.

Since there was a problem with the ginseng that Lady Jia gave her, the silver was fine, but the matter had to be settled with her.

Grandmother Jia said indifferently, "What trouble has this child caused again?"

After being suppressed for so many years, Wang Fu-ren finally caught Lady Jia's weakness. She couldn't wait to interrupt and said, "It's not Wenlong who caused the trouble this time! The ginseng that the old lady gave to my sister years ago has lost its medicinal properties and has been reported to the authorities!"

"Uh……"

The older you get, the wiser it gets. It only took Grandmother Jia a moment to react.

Her face did not show any shame or embarrassment, but was full of surprise. She immediately bit back, "How could there be a problem? Didn't you ask the concubine to take it back for testing? Could there be a mistake?"

"This……"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but look at her sister.

Aunt Xue didn't tell her these words just now, so she couldn't help but wonder if she was deliberately putting the blame on her family.

Aunt Xue also had her own grievances. Lady Jia had indeed said this, but how could she have expected that there would be problems with Lady Jia's ginseng?

He spoke incoherently, "I...I...it's the old lady's ginseng, so I'm naturally confident. Why would I ask someone to check it?"

"This ginseng is no small matter. It is something that can save your life. I asked you to take it because I wanted to do some good deeds. How can we do something that will damage our virtue?"

Grandmother Jia disagreed with Aunt Xue's words. How could the shop owner not see the problem with the ginseng?

I’m afraid that the Xue family is reluctant to spend the money and dare not ask me to return it, so they pass off inferior products as good ones.

"old lady!"

Seeing that Lady Jia seemed to be trying to distance herself from the matter, Aunt Xue suddenly panicked.

"Why are you panicking? I didn't say I wouldn't help you."

Lady Jia still had some shame. Although Mrs. Wang was suspicious, she knew the truth about the ginseng problem.

What I said just now was just to distance myself from the matter.

She changed the subject and said, "However, we have an agreement. I have reminded you of this matter. If you didn't test it, you can't blame me."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Aunt Xue responded repeatedly.

Grandmother Jia just asked, "Did anyone get killed?"

"Human life?" Aunt Xue was stunned and said quickly, "No! That's not the case."

Hearing this, Jia's mother felt relieved and ordered outside, "Yuanyang! Go to the East Mansion to see if Yi Ge'er is at home. Tell him to come over!"

Before this, Mrs. Wang brought Aunt Xue in and sent the servants away.

"Huh!" Yuanyang answered from outside and quickly took the order and left.

When he arrived at Ning Mansion and saw Jin Chuan, he asked, "Is Master Yi at home?"

"What a coincidence!" Jin Chuan said with some pride, "My master has been summoned to the palace by the Emperor."

"Then when the master comes back, please ask him to go to the old lady."

"Is there something?" Jin Chuan asked with some confusion.

Yuanyang murmured, "I just brought my wife and concubine to see the old lady. After talking in the house for a while, she asked me to come and see Master Yi. I guess there must be something important."

Jin Chuan blinked and said, "In that case, I will accompany my sister to go back to the old lady!"

Since Aunt Xue was involved, Jin Chuan couldn't help but become interested, but Yuanyang's words were ambiguous, so she thought about asking around.

When they arrived at Rongqing Hall, Jin Chuan took the opportunity to pay her respects to carefully look at Aunt Xue, and indeed saw traces of tears in the corners of her eyes.

Then she asked, "Master said last night that he would take a few days off, and this morning he was summoned to the palace by the Emperor. I wonder if he will go directly to the farm outside the city. If the old lady has any urgent matters, I can send someone to ask there."

She said this purely to test him, but Aunt Xue just fell into it herself.

Without waiting for Lady Jia to speak, she interrupted and said, "Urgent! Why not? Wenlong has been arrested by Shuntian Prefecture for a night. How could this child have suffered such hardships? We don't know how he is doing in there now!"

As he spoke, he looked at Jin Chuan, his eyes full of worry.

When Jin Chuan heard this, she was not surprised but happy.

Originally, after hearing Yuanyang's words, she was worried whether Aunt Xue would give in.

But now she is full of confidence. As Xiangling's maid, she has naturally heard Jiao Xing's flattery a lot, and Zhang Yunyi helped out at the spring ploughing ceremony.

She thought for a moment and said, "If this is the case and there is really no time to delay, I will ask someone to go outside the city and ask. If the master has really gone there, it would be best for the concubine to go there and explain everything to him in person to avoid any omissions."

"Hoo! Hoo!" Aunt Xue responded repeatedly like a chicken eating rice.

Grandmother Jia was happy to be free, and said with a smile: "You are a thoughtful girl, then we will wait for your news here!"

"Hah! It's getting late, I'll leave first!"

After leaving Rongqing Hall, Jinchuan took two steps at a time.

If you plan to return home, send someone to the palace gate to send a message, and then trick Aunt Xue into going to the hot spring villa, and everything will be fine.

Unexpectedly, just as he arrived at the second gate of Rongguo Mansion, he saw Zhang Yunyi walking in with a solemn face.

"Master!" Jin Chuan hurriedly stepped forward and said as if offering a treasure, "Something happened at the concubine's home, and she wants to see you..."

Before she could finish her words, Zhang Yunyi raised his hand and interrupted her.

"There's no rush for this! We'll talk about it later!"

Upon hearing this, Jin Chuan realized that Zhang Yunyi's expression was unfriendly. She didn't dare to speak, and hurriedly followed him and returned to Rongqing Hall.

"No one was killed, there's nothing to worry about. It's just a matter of Brother Yi'er's words."

In Rongqing Hall, Lady Jia and Mrs. Wang were comforting Aunt Xue, and suddenly Zhang Yunyi came in.

Grandmother Jia smiled and said, "Speak of the devil, and he will appear. Brother Yi is here just in time..."

Before the word "good" came out, Grandmother Jia's face suddenly fell.

Zhang Yunyi suddenly pulled out a memorial from his bosom and threw it at Lady Jia without any courtesy, saying angrily: "I have been very respectful to your family, but I didn't expect you to collude with outsiders to add insult to injury! If it weren't for the emperor's trust, I'm afraid I would have been plotted against by you!"

This sudden scene made Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue drop their jaws in shock, and their hearts were in their throats.

Grandmother Jia was bewildered and asked, "This...what does this mean?"

"What did you say? Old lady, you should take a look at what this is first!"

Grandmother Jia quickly grabbed the memorial, squinted her eyes and read it carefully, and the more she looked, the worse her expression became.

When she saw the signature below, she let out a long breath, threw the memorial at Madam Wang, and angrily said, "You ungrateful things, look at what you two have done!"

Mrs. Wang did not dare to dodge and was hit directly on the face. She endured the burning sensation on her cheeks and opened her face to take a closer look.

After reading it, Mrs. Wang couldn't help feeling dazed.

She cursed in her heart, saying that Jia Zheng was ungrateful and had offered her up in exchange for a job in a remote area, but now he turned against her and secretly reported Zhang Yunyi's misdeeds.

' Even if he treated Zhang Yun逸 like this, I am afraid I will not let him off easily.