Shen Shiqing herself never thought that things would go so smoothly.

She originally wanted to set a trap for Cao Fengxi to get in, but she didn't expect that she just started and Cao Fengxi said the most fatal words.

This also shows what kind of waste the entire Cao family has become after being pampered by the Queen Mother.

The caution she had developed over the years made her rather think about it than not think about it. Now seeing Cao Fengxi's mindless arrogance, she couldn't help but feel a little dazed.

——It turns out that there are people in this world who are so stupid that they can still be rich and prosperous.

Seeing that His Majesty had not spoken for a long time, Zhuo Shengquan, the Minister of Punishment, Qian Zhuo, the Yushi of Zuodu, and others who were also in the Wuying Hall were already kneeling on the ground.

Zhuo Shengquan had a face that showed concern for the country and the people. As soon as he knelt down, he hurriedly knocked on the ground: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is in the harem, how can she interfere in the government affairs? Shoucheng Hou Cao Fengxi, as the brother of the Queen Mother, does not want to use his body To serve the country, I just want to use my status to cover up my corruption and violation of the law. Please punish me in accordance with the law!"

Qian Zhuo, the censor of Zuodu, was more courageous than Zhuo Shengquan, who was one step away from joining the cabinet. He directly pointed his sword at the Queen Mother, saying that the Queen Mother's political affairs were like those of Empress Lu and Empress Wu, as if the Queen Mother had been able to make people do it in the past. If the late emperor covered up Cao Fengxi's guilt, he would be able to bring disaster to the country and chaos in the future.

The eunuchs from the Cining Palace outside the palace were so frightened that they shouted for the Queen Mother.

Cao Fengxi looked at the noisy people coming and going, a little at a loss. When he heard the old bastard with a goatee saying that his sister had the intention of harming the country, he was so angry that he almost got up and beat her up, but was beaten by two eunuchs. Was stopped.

Seeing that Cao Fengxi was about to beat him, a censor who followed Qian Zhuo, the censor of Zuodu, was overjoyed. These officials were not afraid of being jailed and not afraid of being beaten. If the uncle of the country was really convinced that he was a "in-law" He was charged with "beating Yan Guan in the Wuying Palace", and he became the hero who brought down his relatives, which is enough to leave a name in history!

Thinking of this, the censor even nudged in the direction of Cao Fengxi, half of his body tilted over, and four words were written all over his body:

"Hit me!"

Cao Fengxi's teeth were itching with hatred, and the hat on his head was about to fall off. He held out the Qilin Buzi on his belly and said loudly: "My sister gave birth to Your Majesty! Your Majesty! These people are trying to get hold of your mother. You must punish them." !Otherwise you would be unfilial!"

"Dang." A piece of paperweight was picked up and put back on the case, making a crisp sound.

The Wuying Hall became quiet.

"Early this morning, the Queen Mother sent someone to send one hundred thousand taels of silver and two golden Buddhas, so that I can check all the accounts with peace of mind. How could my empress mother be so virtuous, how could she protect Hou Chenghou?"

After saying that, Shen Shiqing waved to the eunuch of Cining Palace who was blocked outside the palace to come in.

"Li Nian'en, as the eunuch in charge of Cining Palace, if you don't serve the Queen Mother well, why did you come to Wuying Palace?"

Li Nianen prostrated on the ground and buried his head between his arms.

He knew that this was the last bit of dignity the emperor had left for the Queen Mother. If he told the truth about the Queen Mother asking them to stop the great uncle, the Queen Mother would definitely be criticized by the civil servants, and from then on she would really be regarded as a demon queen who brought harm to the country. Not sure.

After swallowing his saliva slightly, Li Nianen whispered:

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother heard in the Cining Palace that your Majesty was determined to eliminate the long-standing abuses in the court. She was deeply relieved. She bluntly said that your Majesty has the style of the late emperor. Then she personally selected two golden Buddhas for your majesty. As for the one hundred thousand taels of silver notes , it was the money that the late emperor had allocated to the Queen Mother over the years. The Queen Mother had always been diligent and conscientious, so she was very worried about receiving such a generous gift. Because Your Majesty's vigorous and vigorous behavior resembled that of the late Emperor, and the Queen Mother was very happy, so she ordered people to give the money to Your Majesty. I just hope that your majesty can get rid of the old evil and comfort the late emperor. As for the slaves and others, it is because the empress dowager heard that Shoucheng Hou ordered the court to lose hundreds of thousands of taels of silver and did not want to return it. Deal with it impartially and don't think about human feelings. The two are instructing Marquis Shoucheng to pay off all the shortfalls of silver as soon as possible."

Li Nianen said it sincerely, as if every word was true.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Shen Shiqing couldn't help but marvel that Li Nian'en was indeed a person who once had a good relationship with Zhang Wan and was able to escape unscathed when Emperor Zhaode strangled Zhang Wan. These words simply knocked the Queen Mother to pieces. It was clean and saved enough face for the emperor.

Cao Fengxi went crazy after listening to Li Nianen's words. It was his sister who cleaned up the whole thing for him and said he didn't have to pay back the money. Why is this eunuch now telling lies?!

Qian Zhuo, the censor of Zuodu, asked: "Li Neiguan, Marquis Shoucheng said that you had conveyed the Queen Mother's decree to him back then..."

Li Nianen kowtowed in the direction of His Majesty: "I did go to Xingtaipu Temple in Gansu Province to see Hou Chenghou. It was because the Queen Mother knew that Hou Cheng had caused great trouble, so she ordered my servant to go to the palace to inform him. The Queen Mother had been in the palace for many years. , I have always only taken care of the late emperor and His Majesty as my top priority, and have never said a word in government affairs. I hope Your Majesty will learn from it."

After twisting his thick neck into three thousand folds, Cao Fenxi looked at Li Nianen fiercely: "What nonsense are you talking about, you old eunuch? The Queen Mother is my biological sister, how come she can't help me? If I weren't willing, wouldn't I?" You are just a young minister of the Xingtaipu Temple. Even if I want to be the elder of the palace, my sister will not refuse!"

"presumptuous!"

Emperor Zhaode seemed to be angry. He slapped the table and stood up, staring at Cao Fenxi angrily. He seemed to suppress the turbid air in his chest again and again, and then waved his sleeves:

"Someone is here to take Marquis Shoucheng into custody and order the Jinyi Guards to go to Marquis Shoucheng's mansion to collect 300,000 taels of silver to pay for his sins back then!"

Shouchenghou wanted to speak, but the Four Rats had already gagged him, and several eunuchs and guards dragged him out.

Across the bridge outside Wuying Hall is the Liuke Corridor. The civil servants in the Liuke Duty Room heard the noise in front of the hall and all poked their heads out, and saw Hou Chenghou being dragged out.

When Li Congyuan saw this scene, he sighed softly. Zhuang Changxin, the Minister of Civil Service standing next to him, glanced at him, then lowered his eyes and seemed to be saying to himself: "Over the years, your Majesty has treated the Cao family for the sake of the Queen Mother." Baiban Yourong, this time in order to investigate Taipu Temple, he had his own uncle stabbed as soon as he came up. I'm afraid your Majesty is really going to take action this time."

The speaker seems careless.

The listener is naturally interested.

Soon, the words of Minister Zhuang and the sigh of Mr. Li Ge turned into various versions of legends and flew to various high-ranking families in Yanjing City.

Many people were so frightened that they touched the back of their heads. Their necks were not as hard as those of His Majesty's uncle.

When Jin Yiwei actually went to the Shouchenghou Mansion to move boxes of money, the whole Gulou Street, which was full of dignitaries and dignitaries, seemed to be three minutes quieter than usual.

"It's so quiet. Why haven't the Shouchenghou Mansion ordered five hundred elite soldiers to come over and kill it?"

In Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing, Zhao Surui took a mouthful of bad pig ears out of boredom. The brittle bones were crunched by him. While he was eating, there was a bit of ferocity in his eyes.

Liu Tianxing, who had just learned how to use a stick from Tunan, was brave enough to pick up a chopstick of pig ears. Under Zhao Surui's gaze, she changed from picking up three pig ears to one, and carefully put it into her mouth.

"Don't worry, young lady. The later they come, the deeper the hole we will dig outside."

"Huh, what do you know?" Zhao Surui rolled his eyes at her, and took another sip of jasmine wine smoked with Qiulu Bai. This wine was made by Shen Sanfei in the past. It was just a small jar, but for the reason that he wanted to make a drink. Zhao Surui was so happy that he couldn't bear to drink it. "Shoucheng Hou Cao Fenxi has an empty neck, a whole wine and rice bag, and what is left is half of his heart and mind, which is used to hold grudges and half to be greedy for money. It is said that he has eaten such a big meal. It’s impossible that he won’t come back, and there’s been no movement until now. Either he’s out of his mind, or he’s been persuaded.”

After speaking, Zhao Surui took another sip of wine.

It's called jasmine wine, but it seems to be a bit spicier than the already mellow Qiulubai. Zhao Surui almost choked, so he picked up a large piece of chopsticks and put it into his mouth.

There were only two people who could persuade his good-for-nothing uncle, one was his uncle who wanted to drink himself to death in a brothel, and the other was his queen mother.

There is another thing that these two people have in common with Zhao Surui, that is, they both make him uncomfortable.

Especially his mother.

Zhao Surui took another sip of wine. He didn't want to think about those bad things back then.

"Young madam, are you wrong? You just said that the neck of Marquis Shoucheng was empty, why did you say that his brain is broken?"

As Liu Tianxing spoke, she took advantage of the fact that the young lady was drinking and had no time to look at her, so she pulled several pig ear strands into her mouth.

Zhao Surui didn't want to talk to this fool.

Only a fool talks to a fool!

"I said the top of his neck is empty, but he's not really headless! I see that the top of your neck is empty too!"

"No! I can eat and talk to the young lady. There is a head on my neck."

Zhao Surui suddenly felt as if he couldn't even talk to a fool.

When our wise and powerful Emperor Zhaode was seriously considering whether to knock Liu Tianxing's head with a wine bottle, Achi led a woman at the gate of the courtyard wearing a lilac-colored jasmine-headed long coat and a gemstone hairpin of Baoxianghua.

Came in.

Zhao Surui squinted his eyes and saw the woman smiling and saying:

"Is this Mrs. Shen? My maiden name is Han. I was an old acquaintance of your mother back then. You might as well call me Aunt Han."

Aunt Han?

Zhao Surui looked at his aunt, rubbed his head and stood up from the chair.

"Mrs. Baoping Hou is so valuable. I don't dare to have relatives casually. Why did you come to me?"

She drank in the yard during the day, sitting or standing to look at her. Ordinary women would have to say "no rules" in their hearts even if they couldn't see it on their faces, but Han seemed to see it.

Nothing looked the same, he only looked at "Shen Shiqing" with a pair of smiling eyes.

"I don't want to make excuses with you. I came to you because of the entrustment of my sister-in-law, Mrs. Shouchenghou. Previously, the servant of Shouchenghou's house offended your family, and she felt guilty. I just want to say a few words of peace."

As soon as Liu Tianxing saw an elegant lady, she stood up and stepped aside. Han was not polite and sat down in her place.

"This wine is very fragrant. It is made of jasmine flowers soaked in autumn dew, right? The aroma is better than other wines. Can you pour me a glass?"

Zhao Surui looked at his little aunt and even suspected that he had recognized the wrong person.

Since he became an adult, he has rarely seen the female relatives of his mother's family, but he still has an impression of his two aunts.

The eldest aunt is the daughter of a county magistrate, and she only knows how to be obedient to her eldest uncle. The eldest aunt's father is an academic in an academy, and he is probably stupid because of his studies. In the palace, he seems to be a wooden person who can blink.

Because his queen mother suppressed the emperor's father and was not allowed to choose a concubine, the Cao family was afraid of causing trouble for his mother and did not dare to let his two uncles divorce their wives and marry another one. Zhao Surui always felt that his two aunts belonged to the Cao family.

Two living archways.

One reads, "A wife of wretched men will never go to court."

One of them reads "As long as there is one in the back house, it's good".

Unexpectedly, his little uncle was hanging around a brothel, and his little aunt was also... a drunken heroine?

I took another wine cup and drank a few glasses of wine.

Mrs. Han patted "Shen Shiqing"'s hand: "Ignore that fool Cao Fengxi, he is just a great waste! Sooner or later, my sister-in-law will be implicated too! You have plenty of opportunities to retaliate against him! You don't have to do this. When the time comes, we will confront him head-on to give your Aunt Han some face, so let’s not worry about it for now.”
Chapter completed!