Chapter five hundred and eighty multi-party wrestling (six)
September 24, 18th year of Hongzhi.
The 15th birthday of the new emperor, the Holy Day of the Holy Birthday.
Although it was the first time that the little emperor had celebrated his birthday since he took the throne, it should have been a grand ceremony, but the coffin of the Emperor Daxing was still in the Forbidden City and had not yet been launched, so it was difficult to do it in large numbers, so it was exempted from civil and military officials and foreigners.
The barbarians congratulated each other and only performed five bows and three bows.
I was going to be exempted from the palace banquet, but the empress dowager issued an imperial edict saying that the palace banquet would still be held, and she would also let a group of inner-minded women and daughters enter the palace to enjoy the banquet, so the emperor also did it
The banquet was set up, but the scale was much smaller.
Everyone knew in their hearts that Empress Dowager Zhang was trying to choose a concubine for the young emperor and find an excuse. However, the emperor of the big business had not yet triggered the show, and it was still somewhat inappropriate to hold a banquet at this time, but it can be seen that the Empress Dowager was anxious.
What a degree.
The Zhang family did not hide the news. It started to take girls from relatives to the mansion two years ago. Now I am anxious to send people to the palace to the palace, in order to rush to the emperor before the wedding.
If you stayed for a year or two, you would cultivate your feelings. Even if you can’t be the last one, you will have to take the position of a favorite concubine.
If you have the emperor's favor and give birth to a prince... it will be the recurrence of the old events of Emperor Xuanzong's dynasty.
There are also many honorary families who have the same abacus as the Zhang family.
Although the Ming Dynasty was not only elected by the founding emperors of several generations of the country, but the daughters of the honorary family were not selected, but there were other branches and relatives, so it was not difficult to come out with a few beautiful girls of the right age.
Empress Dowager Zhang naturally wanted to recommend the Zhang family, but the harem is so big, how could all the concubines be in the Zhang family? As long as they can enter the palace, look at the sky, fate, and the girl's own methods - they cannot be favored,
Yu Xun's family is just a side branch, with relatives and girls, and nothing is lost in the palace. If they can get favor, the family will leverage their strength.
Therefore, there are quite a lot of nobles who come to the banquet of Queen Mother Zhang happily.
Most civil officials reacted coldly, and those with high ranks would definitely not be selected, so they took their children to the palace to see the world; while those with low ranks would not be interested in this matter, either they would be sick from the female family.
If my daughter is sick, I just don’t take her to the palace.
As one of the imperial tutors, Yang Tinghe was naturally invited by his wife and daughter.
Yang Tian was already engaged, and the Empress Dowager and the Young Emperor knew about it. The Young Emperor had joined in the fun at the engagement banquet. Yang Tinghe had no worries, so he just told Yu to be cautious in his words and actions.
It was the first time that Yang Tian entered the palace. Because the incident happened suddenly, he had only had time to learn the etiquette of entering the palace for half a day. He couldn't help but feel a little nervous. He got on the carriage entering the palace and looked tense.
When Yu saw this, he laughed and joked, "The eldest girl is getting used to it quickly. My son-in-law has a great future. He goes to the court and earns a title with the eldest girl. The eldest girl is not allowed to enter the palace during the New Year's Day in the future."
As he said this, he couldn't help but worry. Although it was the residence of the Shangshu, the old Shangshu was dead and the tea was cold. His son-in-law is now just a scholar, a juren, and a Jinshi exam. It takes some years to enter the officialdom.
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Yang Tian's face turned red, but she relaxed a little.
She was originally a cheerful and had been to several guest houses with Yu. She was not a stage frightened, but she was just afraid when she entered the palace. She asked Yu to make fun of this and let go and calm her mind.
Seeing Yang Tian's shy look with a blushing look, Yu couldn't help but smile, and then remembered what the Shen family sent to the manager to say yesterday. He couldn't help but sigh again, saying, "You have to learn more about the Zhangjia family. I'll turn around when I go back.
The matter will be handled separately with you. The filial piety period of your in-laws will only be over by the end of next year. You will have to be able to pass the family the next year. Mrs. Xu recognized this girl... In my opinion, Mrs. Xu is afraid that she will be the housekeeper first. I see the third wife of the in-laws.
He is a soft man, and he can't be a businessman. I heard that this girl, who was the second master, helped with her husband and was a good man in charge of ordinary affairs. Since Mrs. Xu recognized her, she would be an arm.
Although she is a widow, you can take back the housekeeper's business as soon as you enter the door, but you still have to be careful. This widowed mother always has to consider it for her son, and she will not understand it when she gets kidnapped.
A mother-in-law is separated by…”
However, yesterday, Xu had officially recognized He as the daughter of the Congwoman. Because both Shangshu Mansion and He were in filial piety, they did not hold a big show. They only ordered incense and ceremony and invited relatives in Beijing to come and testify.
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It is not convenient for the Yang family to invite them, but the butler and Xu's mother, the most capable manager, went to the Yang family to know.
Shen Rui also wrote a special letter, explaining all the experiences of He and Xu's considerations, and only hiding Shen Ling's disability, saying that she was tortured in prison and committed suicide.
The letter was said to Yang Shen, but in fact they all understood that it was explained to Yang Tian. Otherwise, what would it be if the family had a few housekeepers or widowed sister-in-law in the clan?
When Yang Tian saw the letter, he learned about He's tragic experience, and then shed tears several times. He sympathized with He and praised her strength. He was the only one who could accept He as a concubine and give her an identity and protection.
Yang Tian was very happy from the bottom of his heart, but he didn't think that the butler of He would have any impact on him.
When Yu mentioned it, Yang Tian disagreed. He resisted the shame of mentioning his in-laws' family and smiled and said, "Mrs. I don't worry about her daughter. The Shen family is a ruler. I'll listen... I heard from Brother Shen mention this Sister Qi.
It is also said that he is a wise person. In the future, his daughter will follow the rules and do her duty."
Since Yang Tian got married, Yu has received a lot of filial piety from Shen Rui. These days, he has brought Yang Tian butler to get along with him, and he has really had some feelings.
Looking at the stepdaughter who was so glorious, Yu couldn't help but sigh and said, "The big girl is kind and always thinks about people in good spirits, but this person's heart... When I first entered the door... Alas, big
The girl is still young, I'm afraid she doesn't know..."
Her voice gradually became weaker.
When Yu entered the family, Yang Tian’s mother had passed away for a long time, and the Yang family was the head of the favorite concubine Jiang.
Jiang's family has three sons and one daughter. Yang Er is half a year older than Yang Tian, and he can tell how favored Jiang was back then. Even Yang Tian's mother was very angry, otherwise she wouldn't have gone early.
Yu's second wife and no son, took over the housekeeper's right from her favorite concubine, and suffered many trips and slaps. It took a lot of effort to sort out a little. Even now, there are many
The place where the oil and water is held by the Jiang family, but it has not been pulled out.
Yang Tian has never suffered the loss of Jiang's family. It's just that she was smart since childhood and studied with her brother. Her mind was far beyond the point of being a woman in the house, so she never distorted her mind because of resentment.
She also knew that Yu's family was not easy. She treated her well these days. It was a lie to say that it was a lie to treat her as a relative, but she also had some feelings. Yang Tian couldn't help but reach out and hold Yu's cold hands.
Yu was stunned, then comforted and smiled, patted Yang Tian’s warm little hand, and said, “Look at me, just say something about Chenzhizi, big girl, don’t blame me, I remembered it for a moment and told the big girl Wake up."
Yang Tian whispered, "Everyone knows the good daughter of the wife. Don't worry, ma'am." But she didn't let go of her hands until she covered her hands warmly...
The carriage squeaked and swayed and carried the stepmother and daughter into the palace.
At this time, their son-in-law, who was very promising in the future, was having a headache in the mansion.
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Chenfu Study Room
This year's Wanbeng Day celebrations are extremely small, and the third master is not allowed to enter the palace for official positions. When the superior enters the palace, only one or two people are left to guard the yamen, and the rest are all released, so the third master never goes out.
At this time, he was sitting opposite Shen Rui, frowning and discussing countermeasures based on the news he received today and yesterday.
Yesterday, Chen Jin also came here by attending the Xu family's recognition ceremony. He had already visited the He family, but he had nothing to find. He never saw He Beisheng's face.
Because Chen Yuan returned to He's daughter, Chen Jin knew that Old Lady He was coming to Beijing and visiting him was also the place where etiquette was.
The He family was not rude, but the tenant was polite and said that He Dongsheng had gone to visit friends when he came back from court and was not at home. Old Mrs. He and He Beisheng were both unable to adapt to the local conditions and were difficult to meet guests.
Chen Jin is not a nerd, he knows how to do the whole set of acting. When he heard that Mrs. He and He Beisheng were "ill", he turned around and prepared something to visit him.
The concierge did not dare to neglect and reported it to the end, but Mrs. He, the "aunt", came out to entertain guests.
Mrs. He warmly greeted Chen Jin, and her words were all "misunderstandings" and "He family and Shen family have been married for generations as a family" and so on... such nonsense that she herself doesn't believe.
Chen Jin was just polite and didn't answer a word. When Shao got up and said goodbye, Mrs. He suddenly said that He Dongsheng had visited Shangshu Mansion many times, but unfortunately, Shangshu Mansion closed the door to thank the guests, and asked Chen Jin to see "relative relationships". "Previously, be one person, let He Dongsheng express his apology with the Shangshu Mansion in person.
"...This hypocrite!" The third master immediately started cursing after hearing this, "When will he come to apologize?!"
"He has calculated correctly, and he has to be rejected when he comes." Shen Rui thought, "So he simply didn't come and even made such a noise, so that my Shen family is unreasonable? As he wishes, I will never forgive him again.”
Chen Jin said, "I don't know if Mrs. He and He Beisheng avoided him because he was afraid that I would find them in the bottom of the situation, or because of the incident in Songjiang weaving factory."
The third master waved his hand and said, "It was because he could hit He Wu without pointing it, but he was just scaring He Dongsheng. Now he hid He Wu and Old Lady He, which shows that he was afraid. It's not simple. I'll send someone to inquire."
The third master sent Chen Jin back, and immediately arranged for his confidant to go and deliver a letter to the eyeliner buried in the He Mansion, instructing him to pay special attention to He Dongsheng and He Beisheng's movements in the past few days, and report them in time if there is news.
However, the news here has not been sent back. This morning, someone sent someone to send me a message. - Chen Li must come to the palace to congratulate him, and it is not convenient for him to always run here, so he only sent his confidant over. Report the message.
He Dongsheng was in contact with Hu Bingrui, the official in the East Factory.
Hu Bingrui is the godson of Qiu Ju, the eunuch who was close to the new emperor. He was originally working under the eunuch Lu Ning, the eunuch in Yangzhou. Because he confiscated the Yan family and had connections with Beijing, he was sent to lead a team to escort the prisoner and the Yan family's money to Beijing. .
The silver money entered the inner warehouse through the Dongchang. Qiu Ju won the favor of the new emperor, and Hu Bingrui was also appreciated. Qiu Ju stayed at the Dongchang in Jingli on duty.
Regardless of whether the civil servants are afraid of the power eunuch in their hearts, they must show more or less disdain on their faces, as if this can increase their value. And flattering to favor the power eunuch is even more despised by the literati.
Especially at the moment, when the cabinet was watching the eunuch who hooked up with the little emperor and was just having fun, he was so disliked by various claps, He Dongsheng's move to contact the officials in the East Factory was too conspicuous.
And this inner official confiscated the Yan family and escorted the main figure of the Yan family to Beijing.
Along the way, did this person dig out the Shen family’s handle from the Yan family?
Chen Yuan was in a state of disrespect and offended the Yan family. Will the Yan family exaggerate and even fabricate it out of thin air and cheat the Shen family into death?
"The thief bit his mouth and made his bones three points." The third master finally sighed: "The Yan family will not say good things. Fortunately, Shen Yuan returned to Songjiang after the Japanese case was closed. No matter how much the Yan family can catch up, how can the Yan family make a move? If you bite, you can always involve only a limited amount of things."
Shen Rui nodded: "But, the He family wants to get rid of their own crime from the Yan family. Isn't it too ridiculous? Even if the Yan family involves the Shen family and convicts the Shen family, it does not mean that the He family has been innocent. ”
The third master snorted coldly: "Maybe I'm going to take the path of the palace. These inner officials in the palace are all ecstasy figures. If they are talking about right and wrong..."
Shen Rui was not afraid of this. The "Heaven" would have an appointment with him the next day. Since he spoke to you, he would not let others easily turn black and white.
But before meeting Brother Shou, it was difficult to explain these things in detail with the third master, so Shen Rui only said: "The case will eventually be tried by the three departments. Since the emperor sent a teacher to Songjiang to investigate the case, it was Xin Chen The family will never easily believe the villain's slander."
The third master sighed, "I hope so."
Instead, he opened his mouth and said, "Gei Master Xie", but kept silent.
The news sent by Chen Li was obtained from Xie Ge’s hometown.
So, what does Xiege tell the Shen family this news? To simply help the son-in-law's family, do you still want to stimulate the Shen family to find the He family to bite the He family to death so that Xiegege uses He Dongsheng to snipe Li Ge Lao?
Although the third master didn't say it, Shen Rui also understood it.
In the past, it was only common on the coast that Japanese pirates came ashore. Although they plundered the places and suffered casualties, they eventually involved the Shen family. It was not the intention of Li Ge Lao's disciple to snipe Xie Ge Lao. How could Xie Ge Lao not be bothered? Will not fight back.
When Chen Cang was alive, although the three elders had hints of winning over Chen Cang, the second wife of the Shen family had always maintained that they did not stand in line and did not tend toward any elders; now Chen Cang is gone, the Shen family is gone. Jingtang, there are two top scholars in it, and there is also an outstanding child. Even the elders of the Pavilion also praised the "gifts emerge in many talents" when they mentioned the Shen family.
Now that Mr. Xie sent such news to the Shen family, I am afraid that it would be tempting. Now that the Shen family is likely to be dragged into the abyss by Tongfan’s case, the Shen family only shows that they have accepted Mr. Xie’s “help” and thus destroyed it. If you fall off the He family and attack Mr. Li, you will immediately label Mr. Xie as Mr. Xie - you can't even think of Mr. Xie's ship.
Shen Rui looked at Master San and his eyes were firm: "Uncle San, you understand the deep thoughts of Master Xie. My nephew thinks that we cannot accept this 'good intention'. No matter how much the He family jumps around, they can move without any evidence. The Shen family cannot have the foundation, and the family has been separated. Even if the Yan family takes the handle of Chen Yuan, it will not endanger the entire Shen family. Now, it is better to wait and see. If Mr. Xie wants to find someone to impeach the He family and collude. The official spyed on the palace and the like, and he would go, the news must not flow out of us."
The third master really used his brain to find a few censors to impeach He Dongsheng and colluded with the East Factory. Even if he couldn't do anything about He Dongsheng, he would at least cut off his contact with the East Factory, and even the so-called " Evidence can also be easily slandered and framed.
There are many such censor friends in the Tian family. They are just a sensitive incident like colluding with a private official, and if they are willing to pay some money, it is not difficult to find any kind of censor.
After hearing Shen Rui's words, the third master couldn't help but be stunned and nodded slowly for a while.
Shen Rui sighed, but thought in his heart whether he should tell his father-in-law about this matter.
There is also the post from Zhang Hui... Do you want to tell your father-in-law that he already knows Shou Ge's identity?
However, when I came back, I ran to my father-in-law's house every few days. Although it is understandable whether it is reasonable or reasonable, it is a different matter when it falls into the eyes of those who are interested in this sensitive moment.
Shen Rui took a deep breath and rubbed his eyebrows. He couldn't go anymore. He Dongsheng's intention and what he could think of was that Ge Lao Xie was going to write a book to his father-in-law. As for Brother Shou... it would be better to hide it from him. Let’s talk about it after meeting Brother Shou.
Besides, it is not known whether Brother Shou came to see him in person or just let Zhang Hui pass the message.
Thinking of the Yang family, Shen Rui couldn't help but think of Yang Tian again.
The Empress Dowager summoned the foreign wife to meet him. The relatives and relatives who came to attend the ceremony of the recognition of the woman yesterday also mentioned it, and Shen Rui was also known from Xu.
Thinking that this is the first time Sister Tian has entered the palace this time, I don’t know if she will be nervous and afraid…
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At this time, Yang Tian, who was waiting for Xuan in the West Warehouse of Kunning Palace, was not nervous or afraid at all, but was sitting behind Yu, listening to a Hanlin lady and Yu whispering the gossip of Xunqi:
"...Why, the Zhang family and Wang family have entered, the Zhou family is still there, look at the face of Mrs. Qingyun Houzi..."