Such an appalling and unprecedented scandal certainly could not be tolerated by Emperor Jianxi, so he executed her in a low-key manner.
After the incident, Concubine Xiaofei took off her hairpin and waited for punishment in the palace, waiting for Emperor Jianxi to deal with her. However, Emperor Jianxi was busy investigating the cause of the disease and forgot about her. Concubine Xiaofei was a person who looked strong but was weak inside. As time dragged on for a long time, Concubine Xiaofei thought about the punishment of His Majesty and actually scared herself to death!
The tracing back to Princess Xian's syphilis implicated more than just the few who were exposed. Most of the women and families of officials in the court and the country who were not exposed were infected. Some had already been infected, some heard the rumors and were so scared that they turned themselves in and exposed themselves. Some had the disease hidden but passed it on to the master of the family... In short... everyone was concerned about whether they were infected or not, and had no intention of paying attention to the matter of Princess Xiaofei.
While Emperor Jianxi was enjoying the endless supply of melons, he also took the opportunity to rectify the administration of officials. One third of the officials were replaced because of this incident.
Zhao Ying was writing on the side, taking the opportunity to memorize the names and biographies of all the officials, big and small. Seeing her writing, Emperor Jianxi glanced at her lightly and put the memorial on the side closer to her.
The father and daughter ran in both directions.
When Emperor Jianxi was handling daily state affairs, Zhao Ying would follow him under the pretext of serving Mo. If it were anyone else, several people in the cabinet would definitely be wary of it, saying things like women shouldn't interfere in government affairs and that hens crow at dawn. However, this person was Zhao Ying, His Majesty's most beloved Princess Chengqian and the former wife of Grand Tutor Shangguan.
At the beginning, there was an old antique who was short-sighted and wanted to expose Zhao Ying. However, before Emperor Jianxi could even say anything, Shangguan Shu rebuked him.
Shangguan Shu would never have dreamed of such a good thing as being able to see Zhao Ying during the boring working hours.
If anyone drives Zhao Ying away, how can Shangguan Shu let him off easily?
The old antique was speechless and pointed at Shangguan Shu tremblingly, "How disgraceful! How disgraceful!"
Zhao Ying explained to the cabinet ministers that she was just doing her best to be filial to her father because he was old and the prince was still alive, so why should they be afraid of her?
The words were concise and to the point. After hearing them, their expressions eased a little. Yes, the prince is still here, in his prime, and his position is as stable as Mount Tai. What are they afraid of?
What Zhao Ying said was actually in her heart. As long as the prince was still alive, she couldn't be so cruel as to defeat her brother who loved and protected her since childhood, right?
She is learning some political skills here, and can help the prince in the future.
If unfortunately, the matter was exposed, she would protect Zhao Cong when necessary. Although he had committed the crime of deceiving the emperor, he did not deserve the death penalty.
Zhao Ying wondered if she should mention this to Shangguan Shu and ask him to hand over the key witness, the wet nurse, to her...
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There is a constant stream of passengers coming and going on the official road from northern Hebei to the capital.
Suddenly, a donkey cart loaded with goods came into the city gate with a clatter.
The donkey cart was piled three feet high with goods, neatly packed and covered with a layer of coarse linen. Two people were sitting in the front of the cart. One was dressed as a Taoist priest, with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, very handsome. The other was wearing a conical hat, and her face could not be seen clearly, but she was wearing a white gauze dress, thin and slender. The hand that stretched out from her sleeve was as white as jade. If it were not for her flat chest, she would look like a woman.
It was probably the first time for the two of them to visit the capital. Looking at the bustling streets, their eyes were filled with unconcealable excitement.
The man in the bamboo hat suddenly turned his head and looked at the Taoist priest. The bamboo hat scratched the Taoist priest's hair. The Taoist priest frowned but didn't say anything.
The man in the bamboo hat spoke with a pure Tangshan accent and asked, "Second brother, this capital city is much more prosperous than Tianjin. It seems that our goods can be sold!"
The Taoist priest glanced back at the goods behind him and poured cold water on the man in the bamboo hat, "Stop talking nonsense. It's already spring, who's going to buy it?"
The man in the bamboo hat reached into his hat and scratched his head. He had listened to his second brother's Tianjin accent for a long time, but he still couldn't get used to it.
"It doesn't matter. If we can't sell it, we can use it ourselves. It won't lose money anyway!"
When the Taoist heard this, he thought it made sense, so he stopped arguing.
After all, the two were unfamiliar with the place and didn't know the rules of setting up stalls to sell things on the street. After discussing it, they decided to find a place to stay first and then stroll around the capital.
It was not easy to find a place to live, and they did not have much money, but the Taoist priest was quite capable. He calculated with his fingers and found a piece of land to wait for, saying that if someone with a predestined relationship passed by here, he would give him a place to live!
The two waited and waited until noon. They bought a bun and ate it. The Taoist ate it with great enthusiasm, but the man in the bamboo hat never took off his hat and ate it in the hat. The bun was stuffed with leeks, and the hat was half closed, so the smell could not be dispersed. The man in the hat was smelling it for the whole afternoon.
By evening, when the streets were deserted, the man in the bamboo hat finally couldn't help but ask, "Second brother, where is your destined partner?"
The Taoist priest was silent for a long while, then said in a dead voice, "You know what happened after the three flowers on my head were cut off..."
"Okay, okay, I understand!" The man in the bamboo hat stopped asking questions.
He turned around and called the donkey, and the two of them got on the donkey cart and headed towards the suburbs. After searching for a long time, they finally found an abandoned house. It was very dilapidated and on a mountain. The whole mountain was pitch black, with a few white flags that were very eye-catching.
The man in the bamboo hat had good eyesight and spotted the pile of wooden tablets from a distance. He was a little intimidated and asked the Taoist priest, "Second brother, what are those?"
The Taoist priest, however, looked nonchalant. He shook the peach wood sword behind him and folded his arms, saying, "In my opinion, this place has mountains but no water, and the yin energy is very heavy. It is a good acupuncture point that is hard to come by in a million years!"
He pointed at the dilapidated courtyard and said, "Especially the location of this courtyard. If you put a black wooden coffin here, it will absorb the essence of the sun and moon, and the yin energy of heaven and earth. It will turn into a corpse in just one day!"
"Wow..." The man in the bamboo hat felt a sense of awe.
He then asked, "Are we still living here?"
"Stop, you and I aren't even afraid of our fifth brother, so why are we afraid of the Yin House?"
After saying this, the Taoist priest led the donkey in.
The man in the bamboo hat thought about it for a moment, then reacted after a while, "Right..."
I thought the house was quite dilapidated, but it actually had everything it needed, except for some dust, which showed that someone had lived there before!
The Taoist priest smiled with satisfaction and pointed at a small porcelain bowl the size of his palm beside the stove. "Look, fourth brother, it's obvious that a wild ghost has lived here. This is the little ghost's bowl!"
As the man in the straw hat walked into the house, he lifted up his hat, revealing a smooth, plump, and hairless head. It was so empty that he didn't even have eyebrows. The reflection was so bright that it was beyond words, as if a head had grown on a peeled egg.
The man in the bamboo hat picked up the small porcelain bowl in surprise and exclaimed, "Wow!" "So cute, so cute... There are actually such small ghosts in the world. Second brother, can you catch one for me to keep as a pet?"
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