The small Qinxiang building with blue tiles and wooden walls was crowded, but there were only two people sitting on the main couch in the living room. One was Mrs. Cao, who was wearing a black and yellow ceremonial robe, and the other was Tang Mei, the sixth lady who was conferred today.
Tang Mei has already put on the second-grade princess ceremonial robe made by the Imperial City Clothing Bureau overnight. The purple satin robe embroidered with golden phoenix is dignified yet beautiful. It matches Tang Mei's face with a high nose and deep eyes, and plump and round body.
The shape made her exude nobility.
There was also a phoenix crown with trembling flowers and jewels on her head, which made her look even more expensive.
However, the phoenix crown was temporary and the eunuch had to take it back after the ceremony. It was said that it was the emperor's idea to lend the queen's phoenix crown to Tang Mei to wear once.
The women gathered together, the old lady and the old aunts were kind and kind; the madam and the aunts were dignified; only the ladies were colorful, like a group of light pink butterflies, sometimes laughing in the house, sometimes chasing in the yard, it was so lively. Tang
Yan Ye ran around with the girls, playing and playing, and was as happy as Jia Baoyu. But Tang Lao couldn't keep up with the older children, and followed behind anxiously.
Since the founding of the dynasty, Tang Mei was the only one among the three noble princesses who directly conferred the title of second rank. Faced with such an honor, Tang Mei could not hide a trace of pride on her face. But the women were chattering, and some discordant sounds came into Su Ping's eyes.
In the ears, for example, Tang Qiu said: Why does the emperor take care of her so much? If you ask me, she must have been used by the emperor.
Faced with such rumors, Su Ping did not take it seriously. In the final analysis, the fault was not with Tang Mei, but with the jealousy of those women.
After hearing from the eunuch that Su Ping's situation was not in compliance with the regulations, Tang Kuan stuffed money into the eunuch's hand. Zhang Dali, the eunuch chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, said, "It's better to stay here for the time being, and let Li Quanfu, the eunuch of etiquette, return to the palace quickly to ask for advice from the emperor."
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Li Quanfu collected the money and quickly returned to the palace to seek the emperor's opinion. Emperor Wanlong Zhao Tian thought for a while and said, I have heard that Tang Mei did not like this new son-in-law, and the marriage has not been consummated yet. In this case, I make the decision and let Tang Mei marry again.
Choose a good son-in-law. Regardless of whether she is a prince, general or minister, I can point it out to her. I will also hold a grand wedding for her and let her ride around the city in a phoenix chariot in a glorious manner.
The eunuch went to the palace to do something. Everyone thought that the matter could be done. Many people who could not see each other or talk to him came to congratulate Su Ping. After the congratulations, they gathered around Su Ping and lingered. But when
When Li Quanfu came back and conveyed his holy will, Lin Tong and Zhang Hu were the only ones left beside Su Ping.
Such a rapid and obvious change made even Lin Tong feel embarrassed and couldn't help but scratch his head. Zhang Hu, on the other hand, stared angrily and swore dirty words in his mouth.
Although Su Ping became desolate around him, Qinxiang Xiaozhu was still lively, and Tang Kuan wanted to celebrate by killing cattle and sheep. But Mrs. Cao said, "Fan Gongfei's body is not cold yet, so we will hold a happy event not far away."
Feeling uncomfortable, it is better to move to the Marquis Mansion to take care of it. Tang Kuan said that what the old lady said was true. So a group of people rushed to Ninghou Mansion laughing and joking.
Su Ping did not go to the Hou Mansion, but sat in the snail house. It was quiet everywhere, and he was alone, and it was inevitable that he felt disappointed. Suddenly he heard footsteps, Su Ping cheered up, and saw that Zhen Ping'er was coming.
The beautiful maid Wan Fu said: "Why don't you go to the Marquis's mansion? Miss, oh no, it was the princess who asked the slave to invite my uncle to come over."
Su Ping smiled bitterly: "I think it's better to forget it. The emperor has annulled this marriage, and I have nothing to do with Miss Six."
The maid smiled and said: "The princess invites you, no one else will say anything."
Su Ping said: "But in what capacity should I go? I think it's better not to go and embarrass myself."
The banquet lasted until midnight, and everyone at the banquet was still discussing the title of the princess. I didn't expect that the emperor would be so favored, and even let the Tang family choose the title. Concubine Kong said, since she is the princess of Dacheng, why not give her the title
The word "Chang'an".
Chang'an is the hometown of the Tang family and the only big city in Longyou. However, Mrs. Cao said that only the sister of Tang Yu, the ancestor of the Tang family, had ever used the princess of Chang'an, and that sister had carried a sword and gone into battle.
It feels a little inappropriate for Meier to have the same name as her.
Later, Tang Ning took the initiative and gave the second-grade princess the word "Hexi". This also expressed to the court the determination of the Tang family to regain the lost land in Hexi.
Although it was left to the Tang family to choose, they did not have the right to decide. They only recommended the word "Hexi" to the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Rites would most likely submit the book to the emperor for the final decision. So the title is not yet certain.
Su Ping didn't care what title Tang Mei got. He just felt that it was redundant for him to stay in Miss Sixth's house. He also heard that the Tang family was considering building a princess palace. However, the Tang family was financially tight and could not carry out large-scale construction, so someone suggested that,
Change the Supervisor's Mansion to the Princess's Mansion. He also emphasized that it used to be the Princess's Mansion.
That night, Tang Mei drank wine and was half drunk, so she was helped home by the maids. In the second half of the night, the alcohol got the best of her, and she acted like a drunk in Qinxiang Xiaozhu. She lay down at the window and called Su Ping to come to the Xiaozhu.
He said he wanted to teach Su Ping about family law.
But soon the window was closed again, and she was probably dragged back by Grandma Wang and her group.
There was no conversation that night, and at dawn the next day, Su Ping rode a mule to work as usual. At that time, Tang Mei had not yet woken up, and she saw Wang Jin'er, with her hair tied in a high ponytail, yawning and boiling water in the yard. Seeing Su Ping, Wang Jin'er looked carefree.
After saying hello, Su Ping responded.
At this time, two wives from the inner house passed by the door of Miss Sixth's house. They said they were wives, but in fact they were not very old. They were both women who had been used by the Duke. They had their heads tied up and had the status of concubines. They passed by.
When I opened the door, I was talking when I heard someone say: The little raccoon in my house was injured a few days ago. It took me half a day to go home. It’s a blessing that I took good care of it, otherwise it would not survive. Another person said sharply: Who is it?
Can you be cruel to the little raccoon? This man is so wicked that he has no vision for giving birth to a child.
Upon hearing this, Wang Jin'er's slender eyes widened, he blinked, stuck out his tongue and walked away.
Thinking that the maid Wang Jin'er was quite cute, Su Ping smiled secretly and left, came to the Yamen of the Ministry of Justice, and went directly to see Xue Pang.
Xue Pang stood at the window with his back to Su Ping and said: "Your Majesty has given instructions on Huang Sanlang's matter, so it has to be done. But as far as I know, Wu Canjun was not involved in this case. And Ximen Kan, although he was involved in this case,
case, but Huang Bingxuan forcibly took over the case and did not allow Ximen Kan to intervene again."
It seems that Ximen Kan and Wu Canjun have joined forces to take care of Xue Pang. Su Ping said: "Understood."
Xue Pang did not turn around, but asked: "What do you understand?"
Su Ping said: "This unjust case was caused by Huang Bingxuan, the minister of the Ministry of Punishment. Now, the case should be quickly concluded to avenge the wronged people. At the same time, Huang Bingxuan should be taken out of prison, and he should be tried again and sentenced to a new crime."
Xue Pang turned around: "It's quite reassuring for you to do things. But it's not your turn to hear the case yet. Now you can put the case down. I have transferred the case to Jingzhao Mansion, and I will personally supervise their handling of the case."
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Xue Pang sat down. There were two piles of documents on the case in front of him. On the left were some unsolved cases with no clues, and on the right were some cases with clear clues just waiting to be picked up. He raised his right hand and took it at will.
I took two sets of files, looked at the titles, and handed them to Su Ping.
"These two cases are also related to Huang Bingxuan. Just handle one and it will be done."
Su Ping took the file, and Xue Pang sat back in his chair: "Qi Yu's gang has committed heinous crimes. You have cracked such a big case, and I have written your achievements in the file. I believe that Lord Shangshu will definitely see it, even if he
Even if you don't see it, I will mention this matter in front of him. In addition, I am also planning to petition the emperor to conduct a comprehensive settlement nationwide. If the emperor orders an investigation, maybe I can promote you to be the temporary chief.
Supervise implementation everywhere.”
Su Ping thanked him and left with the file.
In the Yamen of the Ministry of Justice, Su Ping didn't have an office, so he could only sit in the office hall and find a seat to read the files. Mei Ran didn't know many words, but she stretched her neck to read.
These are two very simple cases. It can even be said that arresting people is enough. This is too simple. Su Ping smiled and set off with Mei Ran.
But I don’t know where the problem was. The first group of suspects had already left Luoyang. They went to the Fang Office and the county to check the road signs and found that they escaped privately without checking the road signs. So Su Ping took Mei Ran to Pingkang again.
We are ready to arrest the second group of suspects.
On the east side of Pingkangfang, among the criss-crossing alleys, Su Pingmeiran was wearing casual clothes. This time they did not go to greet the Fangsuo, because Su Ping suspected that the disappearance of the first group of suspects might be related to the Fangsuo.
"These old cases all point to Huang Bingxuan. When this guy was the servant, I really don't know how many cases he suppressed. But those who can find him to suppress the cases are not ordinary people. And just now we had some in Jingxingfang
I was careless. Those officials took their time and delayed the assembly for two quarters of an hour. Two quarters of an hour was enough to spread the news to the suspect. And those neighbors, I think they are also suspicious. Maybe they lied. Those people simply
He didn’t leave half a month ago, but just left.”
Su Ping hugged her shoulders and stared at a two-story wooden building not far away. It was a small building bought by a famous actress after her death. She had no other skills to support herself, so she continued to entertain guests in this small building.
. But her business was not very good. Su Ping observed for an hour, but there was not a single customer.
"Do you suspect that someone in the office has tipped off the news?" Mei Ran asked.
"We can't be careless anymore." After saying this, Su Ping walked towards the alley north of Xiaomulou: "This time we will do it ourselves."
Feeling that there was no one in the small building, Su Pingmei ran over the wall and entered the room. The door was open. They rushed to the second floor and saw a gorgeously dressed woman lying on the ground with a pool of blood under her body. The blood had solidified.
Su Ping knelt down and saw that she was dead, so he turned the body over. On the handsome face, there were scars that did not fade when pressed, and the cornea was turbid.