"Since no one saw it, then there is no evidence. Lord Zhai, as an official appointed by the court, you falsely accuse an innocent girl with empty words. It is really..." Zhai Jingxuan shook her head and smiled faintly, but the smile did not reach her eyes.
Father Zhai's eyebrows were so strong that they could kill a fly. What else could he say after hearing this? He could only take Madam Zhai with him to confess his crime.
Zhai Jingxuan didn't pursue the matter and scolded the servant, "Why don't you let Miss Zhai go?!"
"……yes!"
Shangguan Chengjing was rescued. Seeing this, Zhai's father slowly asked someone to send him back to the bedroom, and then specially asked Zhai Jingyu to entertain Zhai Jingxuan. Zhai Jingxuan thought about it and agreed with a smile.
The eyes of the three members of the Zhai family lit up, especially Zhai Jingyu, whose heart was almost jumping out of her chest.
She knew it! How could Zhai Jingxuan have such a good life?
Shangguan Chengjing will be hers sooner or later!
The position of the Crown Prince's Consort will be hers sooner or later!
bedroom.
Shangguan Qingyue followed him in, hands on hips, "Didn't you tell me you were the king of house fighting? It's not even been an hour, and you've already been framed. Damn it! You're such a loser!"
Shangguan Chengjing rubbed his nose and said stubbornly, "I didn't suffer any loss. I really beat up that old guy named Zhai!"
Shangguan Qingyue choked and shook his head, "If you weren't my father and mother's child, I'd be really afraid that you would be beaten to death."
Shangguan Chengjing thought the little girl's adult-like tone was hilarious, so he squatted down in front of her and teased her, "Oh, our Yue'er is so thoughtful, she even thought about the possibility that her big brother would be beaten to death!"
Shangguan Qingyue said happily, "Of course, because Yue'er is Zhui Chongming!"
"Why isn't Yue'er from Zhui Chongming going to bed yet?"
"I was woken up by you guys!"
Shangguan Chengjing felt a little distressed when he heard this. The little guy couldn't sleep well without his mother by his side. Shangguan Chengjing picked up Shangguan Qingyue and said, "Brother will coax you to sleep, okay?"
"No need!" Shangguan Qingyue's eyes lit up, and her little hands grabbed Shangguan Chengjing's clothes, "Big brother, let's go to the next yard and take a look!"
"The next yard? Who's there?"
It can’t be…Shangguan Chengjing’s heart trembled.
[Of course it was the fake daughter's adulterer, the culprit who caused your death on the battlefield! ]
Shangguan Qingyue pursed her lips cunningly. Dadede didn't know anything yet, so she decided not to tell him, so as not to scare him to death!
Shangguan Chengjing took a deep breath and said, "Look! Why don't you go and see it?!"
Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win every battle!
This time, he will never make the same mistake again!
The Zhai Mansion is located on Qingbai Street on the north side of the capital. This street is owned by the Ministry of Revenue. Basically, the officials in the capital do not have houses here. The houses are either awarded by the emperor or rented to court officials. Therefore, the houses here are quite standard. They cannot be compared with the mansions of high-ranking officials, but they are not too simple.
You can imagine the wealth of the people who live here.
But there are also advantages. Most of the official residences here are owned by honest and incorruptible officials, so this street is named Qingbai Street, which means a clean family background.
This was just the beginning. Later, there were those who took advantage of the situation. In order to show their integrity to the emperor, they pretended to be poor and occupied the toilet without doing anything. This left those honest officials who really needed a place to live with no place to live and they had to spend money to rent one.
This is the case with the Tao Mansion next to the Zhai Mansion.
poverty?
The ancestors of the Tao family were officials who were donated. It is said that the floor of their old house was paved with gold bricks.
Some also said that the money of the Tao family was saved, because the Tao family's stinginess was known to not only the civil and military officials in the court, but also the neighbors on the street and even people in other provinces thousands of miles away.
There was a family called Tao among the officials in the capital. Mr. Tao had been wearing an old robe for three years, and it was covered with patches. Emperor Jianxi frowned when he saw it, and asked the Ministry of Revenue to reward him with a new court robe. But he refused to wear it, saying that he would wear it during the New Year!
Mr. Tao's father passed away ten years ago. On his deathbed, he called all his descendants to his side and hesitantly spoke for a long time. His descendants thought their father was going to tell them something important, but Mr. Tao's father finally said, "The light in the next room was not turned off... It's a waste of oil!"
The chickens in Lord Tao's house ate corn the day before yesterday, and there was undigested corn residue in their droppings. Lord Tao would wash it before feeding it to the chickens.
The Tao family has a mulberry tree, which bears mulberries in season. The tree happens to grow next to the courtyard wall and jumps over the wall every year. Next door is the Zhai family, which has two daughters and one son, all of whom are half-grown children and at the age of greed. Oh... Lord Tao couldn't sleep at night. Finally, one night, he took a bench and sat under the tree, counting the mulberries, once in the morning and once in the evening. If the number didn't match, the three children of the Zhai family would be in trouble.
Lord Tao also had to attend court, and sometimes he couldn't count the number of people, so he asked Madam Tao to count them. Lord Tao was stingy, so the population in his family was simple. He had no concubines, no maids or servants, just three people in his family.
He had a son named Tao Bushe. When he was born, Master Tao was very angry. Sons consume so much food. If he eats up all the food in one meal, his family will be empty-handed. How can he compare to a daughter?
Mrs. Tao was surprised. I gave birth to a son, not a Taotie!
Later, Mrs. Tao comforted him, saying that the dowry in the Great Chu had always been more generous than the betrothal gift. If they had a son, they would not have to pay a huge dowry and could even get a share.
Only then did Lord Tao become happy.
These are not excessive. What is excessive is that sometimes, when the Tao family stews meat, the aroma spreads to the next door, and Lord Tao will climb over the wall to take advantage of the Zhai family's braised pork.
The Zhai family was also very distressed, but no matter how distressed they were, the Tao family was pretending to be poor, while the Zhai family was really poor. They had no money to move away from their weird neighbors.
The Tao family's stinginess has been passed down from generation to generation.
In the original story.
When it came to Tao Bushe's generation, Tao Bushe was fifteen years old this year. He was both good in character and in study. Because he was stingy, he could drill a hole in the wall to steal light and use fireflies to reflect the snow. He did it all!
Fortunately, Tao Bushe was really hardworking and passed the imperial examination at the age of fifteen. He had a certain reputation in the academic circles of the capital, and many famous scholars wanted to take him as their apprentice. However, when his future was bright, Tao Bushe developed an eye disease.
Lord Tao had no choice but to bear the pain and ask the imperial physician for treatment. The imperial physician said that this was because Tao Bushe always read in dim light, so his eyes were damaged. This is called "short-sightedness". The late Empress Xiaomin said that this is also called myopia. Empress Xiaomin specially made a mirror so that he could see clearly.
But this kind of mirror is very expensive, costing a thousand taels of silver!
When Mr. Tao heard this, he immediately refused, saying that he had no money.
Mrs. Tao felt sorry for her children and her money, so she didn't say anything.
Tao Bushe's eye disease was delayed and became increasingly serious, to the point where he could hardly see.
Tao Bushe's studies were delayed and his life came to an end.
But at this moment, Tao Bushe had just become nearsighted and was ordered by his father to be in charge of guarding the mulberry tree.
He moved a table, put books on it, and didn't use a brush because brushes were consumables. Instead, he used free wooden sticks, burnt-black sticks, and he wrote very well.
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