When the order summoning Marquis Shoucheng to enter the palace was sent, Marquis Shoucheng Cao Fengxi was furious at home. Yesterday, he sent more than a hundred thugs but failed to seize the village of Ning'an residence. The more than a hundred people followed him and went rampant in Yanjing.

He was invincible, but why had he not seen strong winds and waves? But he capsized in the small ditch of Ning'an Bo Mansion!

"How dare a family of shabby people pull the hem of a woman's skirt to act arrogantly in front of me! I'll drag those injured people into the city and block them at the gate of Ning'an's Mansion. I'd like to see what they do."

Don’t give me an explanation!”

With that said, Cao Fengxi asked someone to tie his waist-length armor on him, and he was going to Ning'an Bo's Mansion to meet Ning'an Bo's eldest son.

The servant came in and sent a message saying that His Majesty summoned him to enter the palace immediately. Cao Fenxi hugged his waistband and smiled, and hurriedly entered the palace.

Mrs. Liang, the Marquis of Shoucheng, got the news and hurriedly came into the main hall holding her skirt:

"Don't be anxious, Lord Marquis. You just entered the palace yesterday to cry to the Queen Mother. Today, His Majesty summons you to the palace. I'm afraid it's not a good thing for me."

Cao Fengxi threw away his wife's hand impatiently and glanced at her sideways.

He never liked his wife.

More than thirty years ago, he was just the son of a minor official. Not long after his sister entered the palace, his father used her sister's reward as a betrothal gift to marry him to the daughter of a county magistrate. Later, his sister was first accused of

King Guijun became a princess and then from a county princess to a queen. He also went from a street gangster to a state uncle. As the saying goes, wealth and honor change wives. Once he was rich, he could not look down on him.

This is my first wife who comes from a small family.

It was not that he had never thought of divorcing his wife and marrying another, but his sister treated Liang in a different light because he served two old men and gave birth to two sons for him. As soon as she heard about his thoughts, she summoned him.

When he entered the palace, he was scolded and firmly suppressed to prevent him from divorcing his wife and marrying another.

That's all, he is not allowed to have more concubines.

His younger brother, Marquis Baoping, has no problem hanging out in a brothel every day. He can't divorce his wife, let alone keep a concubine! How can this be the truth in the world?

No matter how incompetent Cao Fengxi is, he still knows how to act obedient in front of his sister. He just vents his anger on the Liang family. As time goes by, even the servants in the house know that the madam is not to be favored, but relying on the two young masters

Just get by.

"Isn't it a good thing? How can a bitch like you, who comes from a small family, know what is good and what is bad? I think you want me to do something bad!"

Asking the delicate and pretty little maid to get the court clothes, Cao Fengxi looked at Mr. Liang fiercely:

"I am your majesty's biological uncle! Uncle of the Great Yong Dynasty! If you dare to sow discord between me and your majesty's uncle again, don't blame me for giving you a stick again!"

After asking two little maids to change his shoes, Cao Fengxi pulled two little maids who were old enough to be his granddaughters and said proudly:

"How can the old bastard named Xie be so capable of beating up this Marquis? Didn't the kid from Prince Ying's family live in Ning'an Bo's Mansion? According to me, it was Prince Ying's kid who sent someone out.

Cheng was doing some business in that village, and I happened to meet him. I will wait until I report their actions to the Holy One, huh..."

Qilin Buzi was tightly wrapped around Cao Fengxi's thick and fat waist. He picked up the leather belt with both hands and strode out with his official hat...

Mrs. Liang, who had been scolded by him, was left looking at his back.

"Hurry up and invite the two young masters back. Tell them that I have something important to tell them."

Mrs. Liang rubbed her handkerchief uneasily. Didn't she know that Cao Fengxi looked down on her and thought she was from a small family, but how could the Cao family be considered a big family? They just climbed up by dragging a woman's skirt strings.

, has neither foundation nor connections. Once it loses its Sacred Heart, it will turn into ashes in an instant.

After a while, her two sons, Cao Yuanlang and Cao Yuanrun, rushed back one after another.

"Yesterday your father went to beg the Queen Mother for the money he embezzled at Taipu Temple last year. When he came back, he said that the Queen Mother agreed that he didn't have to make up the money. Today, His Majesty sent someone to summon him away. I always feel that this is the case.

No, since the late emperor passed away, His Majesty’s consideration of the good looks of our family is all based on the Queen Mother’s face. For things like face, one has always made up for one point by others. But this time His Majesty just ordered an investigation of your father.

Going to the Empress Dowager to borrow a big flag to bring shame on His Majesty, how can His Majesty endure his temper? In my opinion, Dalang, you should go and count the storehouse at home now and count out how much silver can be used. Once His Majesty is angry,

, let’s send the money quickly. Erlang, go and ask your aunt... to ask your aunt to go outside the city. Yesterday, your father ordered people to cause trouble in the village of Uncle Ning’an’s house, and he was beaten back. I used to

I vaguely heard that the daughter of Shen Shao, the former co-organizer of the university, lives in Zhuangzi. Although she is just an orphan, she is of noble origin. Shen Shao's former students are all over the court. If your father is accused,

This matter has been exposed again, and our family has been flooded with the saliva of the imperial censors. Erlang, please bring some belongings and go and beg your aunt properly. Your second uncle is the boss of Prince Ning'an, and your aunt is also a civil servant.

My daughter who came out of the family, I beg your aunt to take advantage of these two things to talk to Mr. Shen and never let this matter get out of hand."

The two brothers of the Cao family have known that their biological aunt is the queen since they can remember, so they are naturally a bit arrogant. However, Liang has always taught them to be diligent and respectful, and is willing to protect them. Compared with their father, they are much more reliable.

, Cao Yuanlang thought about it and asked the steward to get the right cards to open the warehouse. Cao Yuanrun was still a little unhappy.

When Mrs. Liang saw this, she raised her voice and pointed at her son and scolded: "If I hadn't been afraid that your father's stingy man would cause trouble and no one would be there to help the family, I would have gone alone now! How big of a noble person do you think you are?

?I have seen Mrs. Shen back then. She was a figure like a white magnolia in March when she was thirteen or fourteen years old. If there had not been an accident at home and she entered the palace and became the empress, how could she have gone to Ning'an's house?!

Don't look down on someone else just because they are a prostitute and are now in trouble! They don't read a hundred times more books than you do! If you end up in such a shabby den of thieves like her, you might be raped.

How many layers of skin have you lost, just because you have a lucky aunt! In terms of ability, you can’t even compare to them by a hair!"

Seeing his own mother revealed her true body in front of him, Cao Yuanrun chuckled and his stiff neck softened:

"Mom, I will go if you ask me to. Don't get angry. Auntie will do a lot of hard work for us. How about I bring her a box of Ganoderma lucidum?"...

After sending her two sons away, Mrs. Liang raised her head and looked at the extraordinary Marquis Mansion, and couldn't help but sigh.

For many years, others thought this was a heavenly nest of wealth, but she lived in fear every day. If the wooden cage collapsed, it would only hurt the person who was hit by it. But if the golden cage collapsed, it would crush the person alive and trap him to death. of.

Cao Fengxi didn't know that what he was thinking about was making achievements, and that his wife, whom he despised, was already planning to kill the hozens.

Entering the imperial city from Zuoyemen, he saw the young eunuch leading him all the way to the west. He quickly stopped the young eunuch and said, "His Majesty used to see me at the Qianqing Palace. Why do you want me to see him at the Wuying Palace now?" Already?"

How did the little eunuch know? He held the silver melon seeds that Cao Fengxi rewarded in both hands. He only smiled and said: "As for my uncle, I only know that the emperor went to Wuying Hall after practicing martial arts in the morning and invited some elders to eat at noon. I had a dish of bad mutton.”

I heard that there were other foreign ministers there, and the boss Cao Fengxi was not happy. He and His Majesty are close relatives, how could he meet with those foreign ministers in Wuying Hall? It would give him some extra points.

It's just that he didn't like it, and he had nowhere to say it. When he entered Guijimen and saw several civil servants coming out of the Liuke Corridor, he quickly raised the Qilin Bu Zi on his belly. So what if these people were all Jinshi and No. 1 Scholars? How could he have such incredible luck?

It was really tiring to walk with a full belly. When he usually went to the palace to see the Queen Mother, he would transfer to a small sedan as soon as he entered the imperial city and walked along the narrow road to the outside of Cining Palace. He was no different from those nobles and nobles surnamed Zhao. There are such hard times.

It's just that in front of Wuying Hall, he didn't dare to tell the truth. His sister's surname was Cao. Even though His Majesty crawled out of his sister's intestines, his surname was Zhao after all.

Finally, he went to wait under the outer corridor of Wuying Hall. Cao Fenxi was already panting from exhaustion. Many ministers waiting to be summoned in the corridor were holding folders in their hands. When they saw him coming, they all avoided him slightly.

Looking left and right, Cao Fengxi said loudly to the waiting eunuch: "I am Shouchenghou, your Majesty's uncle. Your Majesty has sent an order to see me. You should hurry up and pass the message. Don't keep your Majesty waiting!"

The corridor was already quiet, but it became even quieter now.

Several officials who had just been transferred to Yanjing looked up at him, then quickly lowered their heads.

When he was welcomed in by the Ergou eunuch, a fourth-grade civil servant wearing Yunyan patches shook his head:

"It is not a sign of prosperity for the imperial court if one's relatives are domineering for a long time."

In the Wuying Hall, "Emperor Zhao De" was originally discussing matters with Zhuo Shengquan, the Minister of Punishment, Qian Zhuo, the Censor of Zuodu, and others. She summoned Shoucheng Hou Cao Fengxi to come in, but she did not let these people leave.

As soon as Cao Fengxi entered the palace, he immediately knelt down and saluted. His knees were bent unbearably, and he did not dare to get up without authorization.

There is a difference between Wuying Palace and Cining Palace. In Cining Palace, he can be helped up as soon as he bends over, but in Wuying Palace, he can only kneel firmly.

Shen Shiqing looked at Cao Fengxi, who was kneeling on the ground and was known as "Uncle Daguo". She could see the arrogance of this man with just one glance.

It is said that the nephew resembles the uncle, but just looking at the figure, there is no similarity between Cao Fenxi and Zhao Surui. It even makes people doubt the appearance of the Queen Mother and the taste of the late emperor. Only the temperament of their bodies is somewhat similar...

It's just that Zhao Surui's madness is well-founded. The arrogance in him is a kind of knife-like aura forged by long-term high position, power and success. Cao Fenxi's madness is a bit ridiculous. When he entered the palace, he walked three steps with a shy belly. He seemed to be afraid that others would not see the Qilin Buzi on his belly, but everyone knew that the real person standing behind this Qilin Buzi was not Cao Fengxi, but his sister who was the Queen Mother.

Shen Shiqing waved her hand to Si Shu, who was standing quietly aside, pushed her hand forward slightly, and threw several account books and folders on the ground.

"Houcheng Shoucheng, in the ninth year of the Ming Kang Dynasty, you were ordered to take charge of Xingtaipu Temple in Gansu Province. In four years, you suffered a deficit of 300,000 taels of silver. Now that the Ministry of Punishment has investigated the deficits in Taipu Temple, I know that you have never made up the deficit. "

In an instant, a layer of cold sweat broke out on Cao Fengxi's body.

At that time, he begged his sister to ask the late emperor for an official position on his behalf, and the late emperor asked him to go to Gansu to raise horses. He thought that the job was easy, but he never expected that later he would learn that Gansu was difficult and the pastures were barren. His official position was said to be Xingtaipu Temple. Shaoqing, in fact, is a man who works around horses every day. He neither understands accounting nor horse politics. His younger brother advised his staff to be cautious, but he drove the staff away. Later, he was eager to make contributions. , he simply spent a lot of money to buy horses from outside the customs to serve as horses for the Xingtaipu Temple. He never thought that those who encouraged him would benefit greatly from it. He thought he had bought a thousand good horses from outside the customs, but in fact he only had The two hundred sick horses were not only sick themselves, but also spread the disease throughout the entire horse farm.

After causing such a big disaster, he quickly wrote to his sister asking for help. Her sister begged the late Emperor Tuochai for mercy, and at least he was saved.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the late Emperor said that I don't have to pay back the money."

"Is it?"

Shen Shiqing smiled.

"The late emperor never said that."

"The late Emperor said it clearly!" Cao Fengxi was so anxious that he almost got up.

But he saw his nephew who was the emperor looking at him.

"Really? When did the late Emperor say it? Who did he say it to?"

At this moment, there was a sudden noise outside the hall.

Cao Fenxi couldn't care less about the excitement and kowtowed quickly and said:

"That year I got into trouble at the Xingtaipu Temple in Gansu. The then Queen and now the Queen Mother begged the late Emperor for me, and then wrote a letter asking me to return to Beijing quickly, saying that I would be left alone if I stayed in the palace. The shortfall has been filled! The eunuch who delivered the order back then was Li Nianen, the eunuch who is still serving the Queen Mother! Yesterday when I went to cry with the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother also told me that the money was agreed not to be repaid. Your Majesty, I am you. My uncle, you insist on blaming me for the three hundred thousand taels of silver, are you trying to force your uncle to death?"

Several eunuchs outside Wuying Palace who came to stop Cao Fengxi were suppressed by the imperial guards. They could only watch as Cao Fengxi said everything that should be said and should not be said.

The leading eunuch was Li Nianen. Seeing that Cao Fengxi really insisted that the Queen Mother had intervened in the affairs of the outer dynasty, his face turned gray. He immediately rushed towards the sword of the imperial army, but was caught by Ergou. neck.

In the Wuying Palace, the young emperor smiled lightly and looked to the side corner:

"I really didn't expect that the Queen Mother would act like this."

In the corner, the little clerical eunuch arranged by the Four Rats carefully held Cao Fengxi's "testimony" and walked all the way to the front of the palace on his knees.

Shen Shiqing looked at the piece of paper and was very satisfied.
Chapter completed!