The carriage at the front was stopped in front of the gate of Zhengyuan Hou Mansion, and a group of government officials blocked the way.
Yu Zhongyang jumped off the first carriage and angrily scolded the government officials who blocked the road: "Who are you and why are you blocking our house?"
"Yu Yuanwailang?" A small leader came out from dozens of government officials and was quite polite to Yu Zhongyang.
"Exactly!" Yu Zhongyang said with his hands behind his back.
"We are the Yamen servants of the Ministry of Punishment, and we have been ordered to seize the Zhengyuan Hou Mansion. All people in the Zhengyuan Hou Mansion are not allowed to enter or leave at will." The Yamen servant said loudly.
"What? Who gave the order?" Yu Zhongyang was stunned and then became furious.
"This is an order from the adults in the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment, and we are also acting under the order. Now we will first check the carriage entering the Zhengyuan Marquis Mansion to see if there is anyone suspicious inside."
The little boss handles business in a business-like manner.
"That's nonsense. I want to see the master who brought you here." Yu Zhongyang's face turned blue with anger. He was stopped in front of his home. Moreover, he was accused of such a trumped-up charge. How could he not be angry?
Seeing that he insisted on doing this, a government servant turned around to look for someone. After a while, a middle-aged official in his thirties came over. He was someone Yu Zhongyang knew.
Yao Cheng, a member of the Ministry of Justice, has the same official position as him, a member of the Ministry of Personnel, but in terms of importance, Yu Zhongyang, a member of the Ministry of Personnel, is more valuable. After all, the Ministry of Personnel is the head of the six departments, and the people in charge are officials of all levels.
In terms of evaluation and promotion status, Yu Zhongyang, who serves in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, has always been the most prestigious among other officials.
"Yu Yuanwailang." Yao Cheng took two steps forward and said with a smile.
"Yao Yuanwailang." Yu Zhongyang looked coldly and pointed at the officials around him, "What does this mean? Is the Ministry of Punishment planning to seal off all of our Zhengyuan Hou Mansion?"
"No, no." Yao Cheng waved his hand hurriedly, "I was also following orders. I heard that the Crown Prince of Qi was assassinated nearby, and the assassin fled into the Zhengyuan Marquis Mansion and disappeared. After the Emperor knew about this, he ordered the Ministry of Punishment to investigate
, we can’t let go of any suspicious person.”
"Such a thing happened in our house, could this matter also involve us?" Yu Zhongyang was very angry.
"Yu Yuanwailang, naturally you cannot be involved in this matter, but it is related to the assassination of the Prince of Qi. We must investigate it one by one. The Ministry of Punishments has received an order that during this period, people who are traveling to the Marquis Mansion cannot go out at will.
, You can only travel after the matter is found out.",
Yao Cheng seemed not to notice Yu Zhongyang's furious look and continued to laugh.
"Can't you go out at will?" Yu Zhongyang gritted his teeth and asked.
"Yes, you can't go out at will. If you must go out, please report to me first, Yu Yuanwailang, and I will ask for instructions before you can go out." Yao Cheng arched towards the palace...
"Are we going to be supervised as prisoners?" Yu Zhongyang was angry and anxious.
"Don't dare! I'm just following orders and asking Yu Yuanwailang to cooperate." Yao Cheng said with a serious face.
"Okay, okay, what should I do if I want to go to the official department?" Yu Zhongyang took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in his heart and asked.
"Don't worry, Yu Yuanwailang. I have already told the Minister of Civil Affairs about this matter. The Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs feels that there are no major events recently. It happened that something happened in the Zhengyuan Marquis Mansion. Yu Yuanwailang has already asked for a few days of leave. It is okay to simply ask for a few more days.
Yes, Marquis Zhengyuan was a hero all his life. Now that his wife and daughter are in trouble, the house will definitely be in chaos. It’s okay for Yu Yuanwailang to help control the house."
Yao Chengdao.
Yu Zhongyang's face was livid with anger. This was to tell him not to go to the official department and stay at home first. It was no different from being suspended from duty.
"Master Yao, my father has not made any mistakes, why should he be suspended from duty?" Yu Shuxing was young and couldn't help it at this time. He took a few steps forward and glared at Yao Cheng and asked sharply.
Yao Cheng could give face to Yu Zhongyang, but he didn't feel the need to give face to Yu Shuxing. He only asked this question and his face darkened: "Is your nephew questioning me?"
"I don't dare, I just want to ask Mr. Yao for justice. My father took care of the funeral of my aunt and the county magistrate at home. How did it end up in this situation? Even if we want to convict our government, at least there must be evidence. May I ask Mr. Yao,
Is there any evidence that the assassin escaped in our house?"
Yu Shu’s prosperous way.
Yao Cheng looked at Yu Zhongyang on the side and saw that he did not stop his son. Knowing that he was also very angry, he said coldly: "If my nephew feels that this matter is not proven, he can go directly to the Prince of Qi and explain that the Prince of Qi is now
We live next door to the Zhengyuan Marquis Mansion, and the prince is still in a wheelchair. Doesn’t it mean that the nephew thinks it’s all fake?”
Whether it is fake or not is not important. What is important is that the Queen Mother and the Emperor are speaking together. Who dares not to listen to the people below!
"Even Prince Qi can't..." Yu Shuxing said loudly with veins on his forehead popping out.
"Shut up!" Yu Zhongyang reprimanded hurriedly.
"Father!" Yu Shu's eyes were red with anger.
"If you don't back down, I will discuss this matter with Lord Yao." Yu Zhongyang took a deep breath, fearing that his son would say something disrespectful to Prince Qi, so he glared at him fiercely.
Although Yu Shuxing was still dissatisfied, he had to hold his neck and retreat.
"Yu Yuanwailang, this matter is the intention of the palace. Even if you stand up to me, we have to do this. If Yu Yuanwailang has the ability to ask the palace to withdraw, we would be very willing to go back and rest.
"
Yao Cheng pointed at all the government officials. Whoever wants to cause trouble has nothing to do!
"Okay, you go check, but there are some female relatives behind, please ask Mr. Yao to take care of them." Yu Zhongyang knew that now he had to check even if he was not allowed to, so he raised his eyes and said.
"Yu Yuanwailang, just don't worry, I will never disturb the female family members of your house. I just want to see if they are right." Yao Cheng also smiled on his face and became polite.
The next thing was much simpler. The people from Zhengyuan Hou Mansion entered one by one. The yamen officials simply asked who they were and let them in without further inspection.
Yu Ruiwen also got off the carriage and took the rest of the Yu family without marching into the Yuanhou Mansion. In this situation, there was no need to eat a funeral meal. It was easy to get in but hard to get out. It would not be worth it to lock them up together.
After discussing it with other elders of the Yu clan, they all decided to call it a day. The funeral ceremony has been completed and we will not eat the next funeral banquet.
Yu Ruiwen didn't have anyone at the Zhengyuan Marquis Mansion. After talking to the elders for a while, he got into his carriage and headed to the Xuanping Marquis Mansion on the other side. Qian and his second daughter should have returned home at that time.
, as for the younger daughter, looking at the situation in front of her, it should be impossible for her to enter Zheng Yuanhou Mansion!
On the contrary, the clan elders had some female relatives who stayed at the Zhengyuan Marquis Mansion and did not follow the Yu clan in the past. Now they didn’t know if they could come out immediately, so they did not disperse immediately and went to the Xingbu first.
I have a relationship with a yamen servant and ask if the female relatives who are not from the Zhengyuan Hou Mansion can be released.
The people in the Ministry of Punishment were also very happy and agreed that the female relatives should go back first, and they would just leave their own people behind when they went to the Marquis Mansion.
A clan elder came in and called out all the female relatives from other rooms. The yamen at the door questioned them one by one, and finally let them go. For a while, the originally bustling Zhengyuan Hou Mansion became deserted.
Many passers-by watching the excitement were stunned. Because of Yu Lanyan's incident, many people gathered in front of the Zhengyuan Hou Mansion. Unexpectedly, they had not heard any real news. All the people in the Zhengyuan Hou Mansion were actually detained.
It’s really surprising that no one even ate the good funeral banquet.
After some astute people inquired about the matter, they found out that the Crown Prince of Qi was seriously injured after being assassinated. People around the Crown Prince of Qi saw the assassin jumping into the Zhengyuan Hou Mansion. At that time, the fire in Zhengyuan Hou Mansion had just been extinguished. Mrs. Zhengyuan Hou and
Both daughters died in the fire, the happy event turned into a funeral, and everything was in chaos.
The assassin took advantage of the chaos and fled to the Zhengyuan Hou Mansion, whereupon he disappeared.
After this incident surprised many people, they felt that the Prince of Qi was too arrogant and domineering. Even if the assassin fled to the Zhengyuan Hou Mansion and disappeared, it would be impossible for such a big tragedy to happen to the Zhengyuan Hou Mansion.
The Yuanhou Mansion has connections. At most, the assassin took advantage of the chaos in the Yuanhou Mansion and escaped.
Why are all the people in Zhengyuan Hou Mansion locked up? I heard that all those with official positions have been suspended.
But some people praised it and said that the Zhengyuan Marquis Mansion should investigate carefully. In this farce of sister-in-law marrying, is Prince Xin Kangbo really innocent? Did Mr. Lanxuan County really leave a last word for Yu Lanyan to marry him?
?Such a big fire, even if you save it, you are already speechless. If you don't care about your biological mother, why would you care about a clan girl who is just a room away?
As a result, some evil things that happened in the Zhengyuan Hou Mansion also came out, making more people think that the so-called Lanxuan County Lord left a message asking Yu Lanyan to marry into the Xinkangbo Mansion. It was just an excuse and must not be true.
Yes, then back to the original question, is Prince Xin Kangbo really innocent? Is he really not the father of the child in Yu Lanyan's belly?
Because the Zhengyuan Marquis Mansion was under the custody of the Ministry of Punishment, passers-by began to talk about some things they dared not say. In the end, they even felt that Prince Xin Kangbo might really be innocent...
The rumors from outside could not reach the Zhengyuan Hou Mansion for the time being. Yu Zhongyang asked Ning to handle the funeral banquet matters, and he hurried to the backyard.
After passing the Weeping Flower Gate, we went to Mrs. Yu's yard.
The quietest place in the whole mansion is Mrs. Yu's courtyard. It was said before that Mrs. Yu was sick, and no one dared to come and disturb her. Compared with the chaos outside, this place was so quiet that it seemed like it was a different world from the outside.
After the mother-in-law came in to report, Yu Zhongyang came in.
Turning to the couch in the inner room, there was a fat old woman leaning on it, wearing a robe embroidered with the word "Fu". When she raised her eyes, her eyelids were drooped, and her eyes looked a bit sinister with a triangular shape. This was Marquis Zhengyuan.
The Dowager Lady of the Mansion, Yu Zhongyang’s biological mother, and the highest-ranking person in the entire Zhengyuan Hou Mansion.
"Mom, something big has happened!" Yu Zhongyang said anxiously as soon as he entered the door.