"It's God's destiny, the emperor, the edict says! Xia Jinhuai opened the Huai Mansion and embezzled the food for disaster relief, causing public outrage! Kill him!"
After the announcement, Xia Jinhuai's head fell to the ground.
Before he died, there was so much sadness and regret in his eyes, but how ruthless the emperors have been since ancient times, who would forgive him?
"In-laws! In-laws! Stay!" Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, walked towards Su Yunqi, the Minister of Personnel Affairs, with a smile on his face.
After Su Yunqi heard the shouting, he turned around and looked at Cen Wenxing, the very happy head of the in-laws' family: "What's going on with the in-laws?"
"I wonder if my relatives have heard that Xia Jinhuai was beheaded today." Cen Wenxing wanted to be happy but couldn't.
"Su also heard about it." Su Yunqi replied calmly.
Seeing Su Yunqi's appearance, Cen Wenxing asked curiously: "My dear, do you think Xia Jinhuai died unjustly?"
"how do I say this?"
At this time, Cen Wenxing whispered in Su Yunqi's ear: "Cen believes that he is not the only one who embezzled food for disaster relief."
"I know." Su Yunqi still looked indifferent.
"Did the in-laws know who was behind the scenes?" Cen Wenxing asked cautiously.
"Since I succeeded this time, I may not succeed next time."
"That's what the in-laws said. I wonder who the person behind the scenes knows about it?"
Listening to Cen Wenxing's questions, Su Yunqi smiled slightly, looked at the busy market, and saw that Cen Wenxing was an in-law, so he whispered in his ear: "The two prime ministers today."
After hearing this, Cen Wenxing was shocked and whispered: "How could it be?"
"Being an official is just for three things. One is endless money, the other is being an official for the people, and the last thing is official reputation. Tell me, who do you think they will be? Seed?" Su Yunqi said with a slight smile.
Listening to Su Yunqi's words, Cen Wenxing seemed to suddenly realize: "Cen thought that the first one and now they have the last one, but I'm afraid they don't have the second one."
Su Yunqi laughed heartily: "There is nothing wrong with what my parents said."
"In-laws, how are you doing in Yinzhu?" Cen Wenxing thought of his daughter.
"Don't worry, my in-laws. In my Su family, you have no worries about food and clothing. If your in-laws are concerned about Yin Zhu, you can visit the Su Mansion at any time."
Cen Wenxing smiled: "Now many years have passed, and your Su family has added a son. I haven't seen him for many years and I don't know what he looks like. One day, Cen will visit the house."
The two of them talked and then dispersed at this fork in the road, heading towards their respective homes.
…
A cold wind was blowing in the sky, and it was dark outside. It was already autumn.
The words of the master and servant came from the study room of Huang Mansion.
"Has Xia Jinhuai's wife settled down?"
"Go back to me, sir, the arrangements have been made."
"That's good. How is her son doing now?"
Seeing this, the housekeeper of the Huang Mansion shook his head: "It's not getting better now."
"Can you tell me what the disease is?"
The housekeeper shook his head again: "I don't know. I heard that this is an extremely rare disease in Da Mo. This disease will not be contagious, but this disease is very serious and there is no medicine that can cure it."
"In this way, you send people to keep an eye on their mother and son, and don't let them do anything unusual."
"Yes. I'll do it now, little one."
Autumn has entered the territory of more than half of Da Mo, and the weather in the three coastal provinces of Guangnan, Nanzhong, and Nanyu is very clear, with no sign of coldness in the sky.
"Brother Chunxu, do you think we really have to live on these buns for the rest of our lives?" Xi Ran said with a smile while making buns.
Looking at Xi Ran's very moving eyes, Chunxu smiled slightly: "Maybe it's true. Without this bun, Ziyuan wouldn't be able to go to school, and we might really not be able to eat."
Listening to the conversation between his mother and Uncle Xu, Ziyuan began to think of his father again.
In Ziyuan's mind, his father may be like what Uncle Xu said: brave and responsible, not afraid of difficulties, carrying everything on his own, and tall.
Thinking of this, Chen Ziyuan worked harder day by day, just to gain fame, pay off his debts, and reunite with his family in the capital.
"Ziyuan, it's time to go." Chunxu shouted.
At this time, they settled in Guangnan, not in a big city but in a small county town.
In Chunxu's mind, perhaps the county school is safer than the government and state.
Due to lack of money, they lived in the north of the city, not on the main street. It was very difficult to sell steamed buns, so they had to get up early every day to prepare, push a wooden cart after meals, and sell them on the streets of the city.
The same goes for Zi Yuan, who followed Xi Ran to study early. Chunxu takes care of the house.
Their lives are pretty good at the moment, and there is no intrigue.
But this was no longer the case in the imperial palace in the capital.
After taking the throne for many years, Emperor Dechang now only has one prince, who was born to Queen Su, but none of the other concubines were born.
In this harem, Queen Su arranged many servants to protect the six-year-old prince every day.
"Xiangjie!" Queen Su, who was carefully making shoes for her child, shouted.
"Empress, what's wrong?" Xiangjie came over in a hurry.
"Prepare gifts!" Queen Su said.
After hearing this, the maid didn't understand: "Mother, what are you doing?"
"Now that the imperial concubine is pregnant with an heir, as the master of the harem, I naturally go to visit her." The queen said with a smile.
"Empress, have you changed?" Xiangjie asked in confusion.
"Silly girl." After saying this, she looked around and the Queen spoke in her ear: "Do you think I am really just here to visit? Go, get a cup of hot tea, prepare some gifts, and go to the imperial concubine's place. Wait a minute , the tea is just that bag of tea that I spent a lot of effort to get."
"I know." The slave girl Xiangyue smiled slightly and went to prepare. . .
"Your Majesty, the queen is here." The servant next to the imperial concubine reported.
"Now that you're here, why not welcome us?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a shout outside the palace gate.
"The Queen has arrived!"
The imperial concubine stood up hurriedly and walked towards the palace door. After taking a few steps, the queen had already entered.
"I see you, the Queen." The imperial concubine saluted.
The queen smiled slightly and looked at the pregnant concubine: "Get up."
"Thank you, Queen."
"I heard that you were pregnant earlier, but there are many errands in the harem waiting for me to handle. I have been waiting to see you for a long time. I hope you don't blame me." The queen said with a smile on her face. An alluring face always makes people jealous.
"The Queen said something harsh, how can I blame you? Queen, please sit down and talk." The imperial concubine said with a smile.
"That's true."
Just as the queen sat down, the imperial concubine hurriedly ordered: "Lily, go! Get a cup of hot tea."
"No need. I brought it here. This tea comes from the Qi State. I have forgotten what kind of tea it is. I only know that this is the tea that the Wan State got when the Wan State was at war with the Qi State. Even the emperor of the Wan State I like this tea. Try it." The queen said with a smile.
Seeing the queen's face like this, the servants on the side were a little worried and wanted to dissuade her, but the queen was here, how could the noble concubine dare not drink.
After drinking it, Concubine Gui didn't notice anything strange.
But this tea is really fragrant and delicious.
"Okay. I have something urgent to do, so I'll go back first. You, take good care of the baby." Huang Su Wanyue stood up.
"Hey, okay. Queen, please walk slowly."
A few days later, the medicinal effect of this tea took effect. At first, I only felt slight pain, and then the pain became severe. Later, the imperial doctor was helpless. He knew that the empress was deeply favored by the emperor, but he did not dare to tell the truth without any basis. Within a few days, the imperial concubine and the fetus inside her body could not be saved, and no one knew the cause of death.
