Chang Yaqin has already given birth to a son, and now her belly is bulging again. Liu Ruolan basically takes care of her grandson at home and does not want to live too leisurely.
Now that the eldest son and his family are back, the house is also lively. Liu Ruolan does not allow her two daughters-in-law to come over every day to say hello, and only allows a few children to come over every day.
Of course, Xie Ronlang's son is still young, and Chang Yaqin is pregnant now, so the child is basically raised here by Liu Ruolan.
The child who had just learned to run couldn't sit still every day and always liked to wander around on the ground. Liu Ruolan was also worried that the child would bump into Chang Yaqin again, so she took him to his place to raise him, but they would have lunch together every day.
Usually at noon, among them, the men don't come back, so the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law eat together, and they can still be popular.
Now that Chen Jiaojiao is back, the lunch time is even more lively.
Liu Ruolan didn't want to see Mrs. Qin, so she didn't usually let her come over. As for Qin Dalang and Qin Xiaomei, Liu Ruolan could only turn a blind eye and pretend not to know that these two people lived in the house.
The Qin family is also smart. They chose Qin Dalang and Qin Xiaomei to go to Beijing. One is smart and can talk, and the other is beautiful!
The Qin brothers and sisters moved out after living in the Xie Mansion for a few days. This was quite conscious, and it also changed Xie Ronghui's impression of the Qin family.
But before she could change much, she learned that Qin Xiaomei was married.
To be more precise, Miss Qin was carried into the house.
No one expected that Qin Xiaomei would be taken as a concubine by Zhang Qilin, the Minister of Punishment.
As soon as the news came out, Xie Ronghui secretly cried out that something was not good.
Qin Xiaomei is his concubine's biological sister. In other words, she was brought to the capital by him. Now that she is accepted as a concubine by Zhang Qilin, I'm afraid others will think too much about her.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for people to look at Xie Ronghui. However, due to the presence of Xie Xiuwen, no one dared to go too far.
Xie Xiuwen also didn't expect that the Qin family was really ambitious.
East Palace.
"Your Highness, the Qin family has been recruiting people from all over the world, sending their daughters as concubines, and letting their son-in-law marry the concubine of a high-ranking official's family. It would be hard to be convincing if you say that this kind of behavior has no purpose."
Li Heng naturally saw it too.
At first, I only thought of the Qin family as a small one, so I didn't take it seriously.
But who would have thought that the Qin family actually has some relationship with the seventh brother.
The seventh prince is now young and has not been crowned king. He is still just a prince.
Although Li Heng has become the crown prince, it does not mean that he does not have a sense of crisis.
Especially in the past few years, the Holy Emperor has become more suspicious. Li Heng thought of the lessons learned from his two brothers, so he naturally became more cautious.
"My seventh brother is indeed very secretive. After all, who would have thought that a prince who has been living in a deep palace would have a relationship with the Qin family in Yunzhou."
Xie Xiuwen took a deep breath. If he had known this, he should have been more ruthless.
With the connection with the Seventh Prince, it is not difficult to explain why they wanted to take action against the county examination in the first place.
In the final analysis, it is still driven by interests.
"Your Highness, in my humble opinion, a proper warning must be given. As for the Yunzhou Qin family, since they dare to touch things they shouldn't touch, they should also be taught what pain is!"
Li Heng nodded, he thought so too.
The Seventh Prince is not a big deal now. If he is kicked out of the palace next year, and he opens a palace and gets a wife, then the world will be at peace.
If he dared to think about anything else, he would be dead.
The prince has been staring at the seventh prince for more than a day or two, but he has never been able to find out the relationship between him and the Qin family. Now that he finally has some clues, he will naturally take action.
No one knew that an elite group left the capital that night and headed straight for Yunzhou.
A few days later, the ancestral house of the Qin family in Ying County was in a state of chaos. The head of the Qin family fainted on the spot after looking at the letters and some illegal items searched by these people.
But, this is not the end.
The whole Qin family, young and old, were all sent to prison.
The reasons are all ready-made, such as hiding illegal things, bribing courtiers, oppressing the people, etc.
A small county magistrate would not have the guts to judge such a case, but it eventually alarmed the governor of Yunzhou, and the case was immediately reported to Datian.
Emperor Jingwen looked at this long memorial, frowning tightly, and remained silent for a long time.
Xie Xiuwen and Wang Qinshan, who were standing below, didn't say anything either. They knew that His Majesty was in a bad mood at this time.
"What a Qin family! I didn't know that they bribed so many officials privately. Do they want to take the entire Yunzhou into their pocket?"
This crime is even greater.
Xie Xiuwen still had reason to say: "Your Majesty, the affairs of the Qin family are indeed too bad. However, their methods of bribing courtiers are relatively obscure, either by passing on the women they sent over, or by other hidden ways of bribing them. In the final analysis , just thinking about paving the way for their Qin family."
Emperor Jingwen looked at the minister he trusted and trusted. Now he was old, but Xie Xiuwen was still in his prime, and he was more mature in the court and more stable in dealing with things.
"Xie Aiqing, it is written above that your eldest son also took a daughter of the Qin family as a concubine. Is it true?"
"Your Majesty, it's true. At that time, Xie Ronghui was serving in Ying County. When he attended a banquet hosted by a squire, he was accidentally tricked and plotted by the Qin family's daughter. Although Xie Ronghui regretted and was upset, he was unwilling to watch a fresh life disappear. , so I agreed to take her as my concubine. When Qin's daughter came in, she brought a lot of dowry with her."
Emperor Jingwen saw that he had no intention of hiding anything, so he nodded: "A concubine who also brought a lot of money as a dowry?"
"Your Majesty, what Xie Ronghui accepts is a direct descendant of the Qin family and the direct granddaughter of the head of the Qin family. Therefore, according to the custom of the Qin family, the daughter of the Qin family brought a dowry of 10,000 taels of silver and other dowry items. Most of them are silk and porcelain.”
Emperor Jingwen saw that he knew so clearly, so he must have done some investigation.
"Are these things in Xie Ronghui's hands?"
Xie Xiuwen shook his head: "No. The Qin family is a concubine, and these things were included in the register by Xie Ronghui's wife Chen and stored separately. Chen had asked her concubine for instructions on this matter, and her concubine meant that since it was the concubine's dowry, He will keep it for separate accounting and may distribute it to his children in the future.”
In other words, Xie Ronghui did not take these things.
Emperor Jingwen saw that Xie Xiuwen was calm and calm, and thought that the Xie family was not short of ten thousand taels of silver, so it was really unnecessary.
"Well, let's go to Dali Temple to investigate this matter in detail. Everything is according to the rules. Since the Qin family is already married, it stands to reason that she should not be involved with the Qin family again."
Xie Xiuwen was moved, understanding that the emperor was a reward for him, and quickly knelt down: "I thank your majesty for your kindness!" (End of this chapter)
