Xiao Yunqian finally knew what Concubine Xiao wanted to know! The repeated beatings just now made her a little smarter. Cousin Gu could no longer speak, and Xiao Yunqian did not dare to hide it at the moment, so she poisoned her

The incident of the death of Zuo Zhong's wife was recounted in detail.

After hearing this, Concubine Xiao felt a surge of anger coming from her heart. She raised her hand and slapped Xiao Yunqian. "You stupid woman!" If Xiao Yunqian was not her biological niece, Concubine Xiao really wanted to strangle her to death.

Snap!

Xiao Yunqian covered the left side of her face in disbelief, and there were already five bright red lines on her delicate face. She has grown so big now, and she has been supported by others since she was a child. No one dares to touch her.

Wouldn't you just kill the wife of a small official? Is this what my aunt is doing?

"I just killed the wife of a minor official, aunt, why did you..." Before Xiao Yunqian could finish her sentence, she received another slap on the right side of her face. Concubine Xiao almost shouted at her: "A minor official?

Do you know who is behind this small official? It’s the cabinet, it’s the entire civil service group!”

Concubine Xiao was so angry that she sprayed Xiao Yuqian's face with Tumo Xingzi: "Do you know that just because of your stupid move, the good situation that so many people worked so hard to get back will be in vain...

The literati who uncle and dad have worked so hard to recruit will have opinions about the Xiao family because of this matter. And you, how casually you deal with the wife of an official, who will be willing to follow the emperor and serve him in the future..."

She scolded Xiao Yunqian until she was bitten. Concubine Xiao scolded her vigorously, but Xiao Yunqian was completely confused. It was a bit difficult for her to understand such a high-level thing with her IQ.

Seeing the confusion on her face, Concubine Xiao felt angry and extremely disappointed. If it were normal, she would have broken it into pieces and carefully explained to her the pros and cons of it.

But now, Concubine Xiao waved her hand tiredly. "That's it! A good wife and a good husband will bring few troubles. It's my fault for not choosing the right son for the emperor and not teaching you well. It's also my fault! Someone..."

The eldest aunt immediately stepped forward. Concubine Xiao said: "I have given my order. The female historians, female officials, and personal palace maids and eunuchs who are serving Princess Zhao have not fulfilled their duty of admonishment. Each of them will give fifty big words and send the whole family to...

Heilongjiang is a slave!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, this kind of punishment was extremely severe.

Xiao Yunqian shouted: "Auntie, spare your life, please show mercy! It's all the fault of the niece alone, it has nothing to do with them!" The maids, female historians, and female officials around her have all been with her for many years, how can they not have feelings for her!

Concubine Xiao sneered: "If you don't have time to take care of yourself, you still have time to intercede for others!"

"Princess Zhao... is banned from the palace from now on. She is not allowed to leave the palace or meet anyone without my permission!" Then she turned to her eldest aunt and said: "Find two strict nuns for me and send them to you.

Prince's Mansion, please teach the princess the rules!"

The two stern nuns had already found her. They both had the expressions on their faces that someone owed her a million. They stepped forward to help Xiao Yunqian, who was already stunned, and escorted him away.

The eldest aunt saw that Concubine Xiao's face was not good-looking, so she asked cautiously: "Mother, what should I do with cousin Gu?"

Concubine Xiao hated her so much that her teeth itched. She wished she could be dragged out and beaten to death with sticks to get rid of the evil spirit in her heart. She really had to take care of the overall situation. Concubine Xiao waved her hand and said: "Drag her down and hand her over to Shuntian Mansion!"

Concubine Xiao swiftly and resolutely punished Xiao Yunqian and Cousin Gu. This incident spread at the speed of light. The whole court was in an uproar. It was not a big incident at first, but with the push of thoughtful people, it somehow turned into a big deal.

This led to the confrontation between the Xiao family, King Zhao and the entire civil servant group.

This method of taking advantage of the situation is so exquisite that it can only be mastered by top political veterans.

The Zongren Mansion is Ye Yichen's territory. The final conclusion of this matter depends largely on Ye Yichen's attitude. That night, Xiao Zongchang went to the palace to ask for an audience with Ye Yichen.

Ye Yichen had already finished dinner and was about to do some loving bed exercises with Yulan. After hearing the concierge's report, he couldn't help but smile; "This old fox is finally here!"

When Yulan saw the corners of his mouth slightly raised and the malicious smile on his face, she lit a candle in her heart for Xiao Zongchang.

Ye Yichen kissed her on the cheek: "Go to bed early, I don't know when I can finish dealing with this old fox!"

Yulan nodded obediently, got up and helped him change into the clothes for guests, and then sent him out.

Xiao Zongchang and Ye Yichen talked in the study for two full hours, and no one knew what they said. Later, Yu Lan heard witnesses say that Xiao Zongchang's steps were sloppy when he left, and his face was ashen, as if he was dead.

On the contrary, Ye Yichen felt refreshed when he returned to the main courtyard, with a kind of elation after having done harm to others. Yulan had been insisting on waiting for him to come back. One look at his expression, and he knew that he was standing next to Xiao Zongchang.

A lot cheaper.

Ye Yichen chatted happily with Yulan, and then the couple fell asleep.

The next day, Ye Yichen sent a chief officer of the sixth rank to handle the case with Yin Zhang Quan of Shuntian Prefecture. Zhang Quan was a senior official of the third rank, and the sixth rank was against the third rank, so the meaning of soy sauce was very obvious.

Zhang Quan also complained endlessly. This hot potato was finally handed over to him. This case became a hot topic, and it cannot be taken lightly or seriously.

It's too light and the scholars are not satisfied. These people are greedy for life, afraid of death, greedy for money and lustful. What they like to do most is to use their pens to curse people. Sometimes even the emperor can't stand it. If he doesn't enjoy serving these uncles, he can't be far behind.

In the future, the memorial to impeach him will crush the imperial court.

It's obviously inappropriate if it's too heavy. If Xiao Yunqian is really brought to justice, where will King Zhao's face go, and where will the royal family's face go?

Mr. Zhang Quan was so worried that he couldn't sleep a wink for several nights. The wrinkles on his face were a little deeper, and there were a lot more white hairs on his head!

Xiao Zongchang was repeatedly briefed on the matter, but he did have two brushes. He made up an excuse, thinking that when everyone's enthusiasm for fighting over the injustice cooled down, the case would be easier to handle.

Unexpectedly, the scholars were not stupid, and they wrote letters one after another asking for the case to be solved as soon as possible. The emperor could not bear it, so he had to issue an order to order the Zongren Mansion and Shuntian Mansion to solve the case within a time limit and give an explanation to the scholars all over the world.

Zhang Quan had no choice but to rush up despite the thunder, sentenced his cousin Gu to death, and then pulled out Xiao Yunqian's personal maid from Prince Zhao's palace.

No matter what, Xiao Yunqian must be picked out, otherwise not only the Xiao family, but also King Zhao will not be able to afford this shame.

As soon as the verdict came out, there was a lot of curses among the scholars, and many cabinet ministers also expressed their dissatisfaction.

Who are you fooling? Who doesn’t understand the fishiness involved? In fact, no one really wants to ask Princess Zhao to apologize to Zuo Zhong’s wife. The so-called prince’s crime is the same as that of the common people. That’s all to deceive the common people, but that’s it.

It's definitely not possible to just peel it off easily.

You must give an explanation that satisfies all aspects before everyone will be satisfied.

Taking advantage of this time, several officials from the prince's family jointly submitted a petition to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to accuse Xiao Zongchang, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and Xiao Zongsheng, the Marquis of Jinghai, for abusing their power for personal gain, lax family governance, forming cliques and other 12 major crimes.

The emperor ordered the Yamen to conduct a strict investigation.

After all this, a lot of people were really involved. Xiao Zongchang and Xiao Zongsheng gathered the backbones of the Xiao Party to discuss in a secret room for a few days, and both felt that they should avoid the spotlight for the time being.

It's not that the power of the Xiao family can't defeat a few censors, but it's just that they are on the cusp of the storm. If the Xiao family openly confronts them, they will undoubtedly be fighting against the entire Shilin.

In the future, when King Zhao becomes emperor, he will have to rely on these people to govern the country.

Of course, serious crimes such as forming cliques for personal gain and exercising power and corruption will not be recognized. The Xiao family has a prosperous clan and many children. There are many unscrupulous children in the direct branches and side branches. Handing over a few to extinguish everyone's anger can be regarded as helping the Xiao family.

Let’s straighten things up within the clan.

The results of several rounds of games were: Xiao Yunqian was reprimanded by imperial decree; Xiao Yunqian's father, Mr. Xiao San, was demoted to a third rank and retained (completely because of his daughter's involvement); Xiao's unscrupulous children A, B, B, and D fled to the southwest for three thousand miles; ABCD confiscated most of the family property...

Xiao Zongchang, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Xiao Zongsheng, the Marquis of Jinghai, were not strict in running the family. They were fined one year's salary and shut up for three months.

The last person to be implicated was King Zhao Ye Minyu. He was doing a good job in arranging military affairs along the Yangtze River to prevent the Shu Han from raising troops. The emperor suddenly dismissed him with a transfer order, and the post of governor of the Jiangjiang Patrol was also taken over by Feng Guan, the left minister of the Ministry of War.

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When things got to this point, the civil servants were finally satisfied.

Yulan was shocked after reading the newspaper. She didn't expect Xiao Yunqian to start such a big battle on a whim. Not only was the Xiao family implicated, but even Ye Minyu couldn't run away.

She has a new understanding of ancient officialdom!

It is now the end of the year, and the Chinese New Year is coming soon. The monthly schedule in the house, the New Year's money has to be distributed, the maids and mothers-in-law also need to make new clothes for the New Year, and more importantly, the wedding ceremony with the clan and the generals' families, Yulan

I am also busy all day long.

It was already very cold. Yu Lan also lived in Beijing for a few years in modern times, but the ancient capital was much colder than Beijing. When winter came, she would hide in the house and the floor would be burned.

Dragon, the curtain hanging on the door is also thickened.

As soon as Ye Yichen entered the room, he felt warm all over. The furnishings in the room were very elegant and warm. They were all added slowly by Yu Lan. Of course, he also asked Ye Yichen about it. Ye Yichen didn't pay much attention to these things and only said to her:

"It's up to you."

When Yulan saw Ye Yichen coming back, she put down the newspaper in her hand and greeted him: "The prince is back?"

Ye Yichen asked two little girls to come in and help him change clothes, and said: "It's almost the Chinese New Year. There isn't much going on in the yamen, so I came back early!"

After a while, Ye Yichen came out wearing royal blue arrow sleeves. He sat on the couch next to Yulan, stretched out an arm and put his arm around her shoulders naturally and asked, "What are you looking at?"

Yulan showed him the newspaper. Ye Yichen smiled and said, "You are peeking at my newspaper again!" Although he said this, there was no displeasure in his tone.

Although Yulan was favored, she was very measured in her actions. If Ye Yichen didn't approve, she would never read his residence report privately.

Yulan said: "I didn't expect that Hu Ke, a small seventh-rank official named Zuo Zhong, would cause such a big disturbance! Even King Zhao was implicated!"

Ye Yichen was behind this from the beginning. How could he not know better? He smiled and said, "That's what officialdom is like. A single move can affect the whole body..."

Just as he was talking, a girl came in and reported: "The young master is here."

As soon as the cotton curtain was lifted, Ye Minwen was wrapped tightly like a little brown bear and walked in accompanied by his wet nurse. Yulan was afraid that he would be frozen, so she asked the maids to wear several clothes for him on the inside and outside.

Clothes. Ye Minwen moved clumsily, but he ran in, with excitement in his voice: "Father, King, Mother!"

In fact, Ye Minwen was not difficult to coax at all. Yulan had been with him for two months, asking for help every day. Whenever the girl showed any slightest slightness, she would immediately leave. Unlike Qi Shi, she held Ye Minwen in high esteem.

He worshiped him in the palm of his hand, but treated him as the nephew of his cousin in his previous life (there was no way he could be treated as his own son). He should be loved, coaxed, and scolded when he should!

The key is that Yulan plays with him.

It didn't take long for Ye Minwen to change his tune and call her "mother concubine"!

Yulan is very proud!

My sister has overcome a world-wide problem! Who said it’s not easy to be a stepmother!

In fact, it is very simple to have a good relationship with your child, provided that you do not treat him as an outsider. Like Qi, Ye Minwen may not be close to her when she grows up - she has placed herself and Ye Minwen in different situations from the beginning.

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When Yulan saw Ye Minwen come in, a sincere smile immediately appeared on her face. It wasn't that she was really a virgin, but since she married into the palace, her spare time life had become a bit monotonous. Yulan took time out to spend time with these people after running the house every day.
To be continued...