MTL - Kunning-Chapter 159 chain meter

The marriage discussion has become more and more troublesome in Beijing.

Ever since Xiao Ye ordered someone to beat the scholar named Weng Ang in a fit of anger, it was like stabbing a hornet's nest. Not only the market was full of discussions, but even the scholars also had a lot of criticism. Originally, half of the people in the ruling and opposition parties disagreed with the marriage marriage with Tatar. As soon as this matter happened, some people immediately brought up the old matter again, which put great pressure on Xiao Shi.

Sometimes it was Weng Ang who sued, and sometimes it was the Yamen who came to investigate.

Not to mention that there is Xiao Dingfei at home who is afraid of chaos in the world.

Up to Xiao Yuan Xiao Shu, down to the servant butler, it was the first time that they were tossed like this.

If it's just a discussion in the market, it's fine. After all, although Xiao Shu was named the county head, there has never been a precedent for the county head to get married in this dynasty. Although the Xiao family is chaotic, it is not afraid.

But I never thought that the situation suddenly became worse a few days ago.

The Xiao family was originally the leading big family in Beijing, with deep roots and extensive shading, usually very arrogant. They have done a lot of things such as oppressing the people openly and secretly, selling officials and nobles, and it is not without complaints from the bitter masters. It was suppressed with a wave of a big hand, and many sufferers lost their voices inexplicably, and Xiao's family did not suffer any damage.

Recently, these things and these people have resurfaced.

Some old things were brought up again, and notices were posted in various places in Beijing; some beat drums and complained, and directly sued the government to ask the government to uphold justice;

What's even more frightening is that some of the things that the Xiao family did secretly and kept secret were dug out by others and spread to the market, arousing shock and criticism from many parties!

"Only a few people know about Ganzhou's disaster relief funds from top to bottom. How could it be spread outside?" Xiao Yuan, who had just heard the news from his subordinates, jumped into a rage. On the table, the expensive inkstone and pen mountain were shaken off, "Could it be, could it be that those few people who fell into trouble at the beginning..."

The Ganzhou misappropriation of disaster relief food funds was three years ago.

When the matter was investigated, the entire officialdom in Ganzhou was wiped out, and more than 60 people were beheaded in autumn.

However, few people know: Although these people who were executed were not innocent, the real black hand—the Xiao family in the capital—is safe and sound! Most of the relief money was handed over layer by layer, and finally fell into Xiao's pocket!

Those who knew about it back then are either high-ranking officials now, or have become souls of the underworld.

Who brings up old things again?

Who can bring up old things again? !

Those old enemies of the Xiao family, the grudges they had forged, all went through Xiao Shu's mind one by one, but she couldn't figure it out: "We secretly think that this opponent doesn't want Princess Leyang to get married, but also wants to target me. Xiao Shi, what's more important is that the other party seems to have been dormant for a long time, and secretly collected a lot of information about us, and this time he released it all at once, obviously wanting to fight with his back and make it difficult for us."

To have this heart, but also to have this ability?

Xiao Yuanping retreated from his subordinates, his complexion changed, he suddenly lowered his voice, and said: "I always feel that the attitude of the Holy Majesty has been strange since the Yongyihou's Mansion was eliminated. Especially after that evil son came back, the various things of the Holy Majesty made people feel strange. Some people can't see clearly."

When Xiao Dingfei came back, he opposed Xiao Shi almost everywhere, embarrassing Xiao Shi.

But the Holy One is actually standing on Xiao Dingfei's side.

This matter is fine, after all, on the surface, Xiao Dingfei is the emperor's savior, if the emperor is not on his side, whose side is he on?

But this time, the people in the market have been discussing for so long, and even brought up the absurd idea of ​​letting Xiao Shu take the place of the princess to get married. As the emperor, Shen Lang never reprimanded this, but ignored it.

Although he never supported it, he didn't say he opposed it either.

How many fools are there in the imperial court?

Seeing that the emperor didn't express his position, he didn't get involved.

In addition, those who had objections to the Xiao family were naturally encouraged, took this opportunity to expand the battlefield, became more arrogant and rude, and vowed to drag the Xiao family into trouble.

Xiao Shu heard Xiao Yuan's words, her heart became more and more heavy, and she said: "I will enter the palace to see the Queen Mother again. But now no matter who the opponent in secret is or who they are, everything is caused by the marriage , The rumors of pushing me to replace Shen Zhiyi are rampant, and they must not be allowed to succeed."

She was born a noble woman.

In the world, only the highest post in the sixth palace is worthy of her.

Make peace with the Tartars?

dream!

Xiao Yuan was startled: "You have a solution?"

Although there was a lot of noise about recommending Xiao Shu to replace Princess Leyang for marriage, many high-ranking families with daughters of the right age in Beijing didn't pay attention to it at all, and even took pleasure in other's misfortunes.

After all, Linzi Wang is about to choose a concubine, and Xiao Shu is still one of the popular candidates.

As for Jiang Xuehui's reputation, the eldest daughter of Jiang Shilang's mansion, she was also implicated a while ago because of Jiang Xuening's incident in the Shuxiang Inn, which is not very pleasant.

Who let the two sisters leave the same mansion?

Marriage in a rich family depends on the family situation. If any sister has a bad reputation, the other sisters in the same house will be affected.

Everyone said that it was Jiang Xuehui's bad luck to have a sister like Jiang Xuening.

Meng Shi was very angry at home.

Fortunately, this matter passed after a while, and it didn't make too much trouble, and it was soon overshadowed by the marriage proposal.

Unexpectedly, only one day later, even more turbulent rumors and rumors hit Jiang's house like a storm!

"Hey, have you heard? The lady in Jiang's mansion is not very strict."

"I know, it's with Mr. Zhang Zhe, right? I heard that I chased him out in full view, I really don't even want the face..."

"It's more than that!"

"She has a real relationship with the prince who is not the prince of the Duke's mansion. Didn't I hear that the prince obeyed her and even sent the things rewarded by the emperor to Jiang's mansion to please the beauties?"

"How can these two have an affair?"

"Is this why you don't know? The incident in Tongzhou at the end of last year, my brother was a soldier in Tongzhou, so I could see clearly that the second lady of Jiang's mansion was mixed with a group of fugitives and a group of big men, ouch , don’t you know what kind of romantic ghost Dingfei is? If you come and go, you will hook up? Mr. Zhang was there at that time, tsk tsk, it’s amazing..."

"It's indecent!"

…

There are all kinds of rumors in the streets and alleys. The robbery of the prison by the Heavenly Religion party is already a big issue in the capital. A daughter's family is caught in this situation, which arouses countless people's curiosity. .

When Mrs. Meng heard it by chance when she was going out, she was so angry that she almost lost her breath.

It wasn't until this time that she vaguely understood what Jiang Xuening meant by "this is just the beginning" when the accident happened at the Shuxiang Inn. As soon as she returned to Jiang's mansion, she became sullen, first invited Jiang Boyou over, and then asked someone to call Jiang Xuehui and Jiang Xuening.

Knowing that Jiang Xuening doesn't take discipline very seriously, she deliberately added a sentence with a cold face: "Take the servant and go with her. If she doesn't come, she will be brought here if she is tied up! It's not easy for her to ruin her reputation at such a young age." Forget it, at this critical moment, I will also implicate my sister! What a face!"

Unexpectedly, the means were useless.

Jiang Xuening had already prepared, and as soon as someone passed it on, she left with a smile on her face.

Jiang Xuehui's election as Princess of Linzi was originally the top priority of the Jiang family recently.

Even Jiang Boyou was very caring.

After all, Jiang Xuehui seemed to have Shen Jie's favor, and she had rescued Wen Zhaoyi who was pregnant in the imperial garden before, and she was appreciated by nobles in the palace.

But at this juncture, Jiang Xuening's involvement in the Tianjiao Prison and his captivity to Tongzhou came out last year!

As soon as Jiang Xuening came, Meng slammed the teacup out, trembling with anger: "Look at what good deeds you have done! I thought you had learned it after entering the palace. I didn't expect that your temperament would be hard to change, and even worse!"

The furious man missed his aim, Jiang Xuening easily dodged it.

She glanced at Jiang Xuehui who was sitting next to her with frowning eyebrows, but she looked calm, spared the fragments of the teacup on the ground, bowed to Jiang Boyou and said, "I have seen my father."

Jiang Boyou was the first two elders. He sighed and asked people to persuade Meng Shi to stop first, and Jiang Xuening to sit down first, and then said: "The incident of the Tianjiao prison robbery and Tongzhou has already happened, and it is not Ning's case." The girl can control it by herself, so what's the use of blaming her now? It can't solve the trouble, and it's not worth it."

Meng Shi sneered: "Don't blame her?!"

Jiang Xuehui sighed softly, and said: "Mother calm down, the most urgent thing is to think about how to deal with it."

Jiang Xuening sat on the chair next to her as if she had no bones, buried her head in picking her nails, and echoed lazily: "That's right, something happened, can I just put me back in my mother's womb and pretend it didn't happen? Those who plot against you wish you could kill me together."

Meng Shi said: "The yin and yang are strange, do you still have dignity!"

Jiang Xuening was very honest: "No."

Jiang Boyou finally couldn't bear it anymore, and yelled angrily with a sullen face: "Have you had enough noise! ​​Don't you think things are not chaotic enough?"

This time, the room finally became quiet.

Jiang Boyou heard the clues of Jiang Xuening's words just now, and asked directly: "What does Ning girl mean when she said that someone is plotting behind her back?"

Jiang Xuening squinted her eyes and smiled: "It's too late for nothing. Obviously, the cause of this matter is not on me, but on my sister. Did the Holy Majesty mention last year that he wanted to set up the emperor's younger brother? The child in Mrs. Wen Zhaoyi's womb still doesn't know. Whether it's a man or a woman, there are a lot of girls in the capital staring at the position of Princess Linzi. The father is in the court, so you should see this kind of thing a lot, right? This time it was originally the daughter who was implicated by the elder sister, but it turned out It's funny to blame it on my daughter."

Meng Shi was stunned.

Although Jiang Xuehui didn't talk much, she understood the matter and nodded slightly.

It's not that Jiang Boyou didn't have this idea in his heart.

On the surface, it just happened by chance, because Ning girl's events last year were revealed; but looking deeper, the indirect influence is sister Hui, who is about to run for Linzi Princess; looking deeper , benefiting from this matter should be Sister Hui's biggest opponent this time.

Just this opponent...

He frowned and didn't speak for a long time.

It is rare for Jiang Xuening to have the anticipation and joy that things will soon come to fruition: now the discussion of marriage in the capital is almost fueled by her; Announced to the world, she went to find one or two flaws according to the plan, and she could poke Xiao's sore spot; Xiao's father and son led troops to the battle of Tongzhou, knowing her existence, and "smart people" would naturally think of this at the critical moment. Come on.

Xiao Shu should be very unhappy now, right?

She took a look at Jiang Boyou, and lightly added to his already deep suspicion: "Whoever is the biggest beneficiary is the black hand in the dark. Everyone in Beijing is talking about replacing the eldest princess with Xiao Shu." As for marriage, if Mrs. Xiao doesn't want Xiao Shu to marry, the easiest way is to marry Xiao Shu. His Royal Highness Linzi is a talented person with a bright future, wouldn't it be the best choice? If His Royal Highness Linzi Choosing her as a concubine means that the Holy Majesty has shaken his mind, so it’s not easy to take away my younger brother’s future wife and send her to be married, right? So she is determined to win the position of Princess Linzi.”

The calculations in the middle are linked one after another, the essence is that Xiao Shi has lost his composure, and was forced to the end of the mountain by the Beijing-China peace talks.

Meng Shi had never thought so deeply before, but now she suddenly realized.

Jiang Xuehui lowered her eyes and said nothing.

Jiang Boyou took a deep look at the second daughter who had a sarcasm on her lips at the moment, apparently not that simple, but he still didn't ask if she was behind the scenes, but said: "The arrow is on the string, Xiao's bullying too much, I How can the Jiang family let him rub it?"

On the second day, Jiang Shilang, who has always been kind to others, submitted a memorial to the court, requesting a re-examination of the disaster relief case in Ganzhou three years ago, and supported Xiao Shu to replace the eldest princess in marrying Tatar. Stabbed Xiao Shi!

The ruling and opposition parties were shaken, and there were many discussions.

When the news spread to the market, Jiang Xuening was leaning against the window on the second floor, listening to the famous actor singing with Xiao Dingfei.

Xiao Dingfei acted like an ox for her, willingly peeled a plate of melon seeds for her without dignity, and put it in her hand, but couldn't help asking curiously: "How did you know about the disaster relief case in Ganzhou?"

Jiang Xuening rolled her eyes: "Fuck your shit."

Xiao Dingfei: "..."

The nice girl has been hanging out with him for a long time, why did she also learn a lot of foul language?

He frowned: "You are a girl."

Jiang Xuening snorted, brought the plate of melon seeds in front of her, grabbed a handful, threw it up and opened her mouth to catch it, even the slightest gentleness and virtuousness of everyone's ladies could not be seen.

But that reckless energy...

Xiao Dingfei was a little dazed looking at it, and he was so daring, he quietly went up to grab her Bai Shengsheng's hand.

Jiang Xuening lightly slapped him on the face, raising her eyebrows: "You want to die?"

Xiao Dingfei covered his face and felt wronged: "I have only done so many things for you, don't you even have any rewards?"

Jiang Xuening pushed the plate of melon seeds over: "For you?"

Xiao Dingfei: "..."

Didn't the **** cut it off by Lao Tzu?

He was annoyed, but seeing Jiang Xuening was about to take back the plate of melon seeds, he quickly grabbed a handful in his hands, and stood by the window to look down with her.

The performance is a "Dream of Yellow Liang Liang".

Bizarre and sad.

Xiao Dingfei looked at her for a while, then suddenly stared at her for a long time, and said, "Do you really just want to save the princess from the cage?"

Jiang Xuening paused while grabbing a melon seed, seemed to find his question strange, and glanced back at him: "Otherwise?"

Xiao Dingfei didn't speak.

Although he is an idiot, but since he was a child, he has made a living by watching other people's expressions, and he has developed a good ability to read other people's secret emotions.

After a while, he smiled suddenly: "I was just wondering, does the princess seem to be looking at myself?"