Zhang Shi was dealt with, and a large number of eunuchs and palace maids in the palace were purged. The emperor was extremely cautious in selecting new people to serve him.
He deliberately called several candidates for supervision and had them stand in a row in front of him.
The emperor held Jun Baozhu in his arms and read out their names one by one. As expected...
Jun Baozhu talked to herself and revealed a lot of things.
Among them, it is learned that Li Quan'er will be pierced by thousands of arrows in order to preserve the jade seal after the emperor's death...
The rest of the people, although they didn't do anything wrong, were mostly fence-sitters...
The emperor did not make a decision on the spot. Instead, he promoted Li Quan'er and took the opportunity to release other eunuchs who were candidates from the palace early.
So that they would not be selected and would embarrass Li Quaner behind her back.
After this thorough cleaning, the harem took on a new look.
Defei acted decisively. She received the emperor's order in the afternoon and left the palace in person to return to her parents' home to take care of household chores.
Hearing that the emperor would have dinner in Kunning Palace in the evening, he brought the fourth prince and the eighth prince to pay a visit to the emperor and the empress.
I heard that the Emperor and the Empress were in perfect harmony today. Defei's respect for the Empress is her way of repaying the Emperor for his consideration for her family.
When I was little, I thought my younger brother had different hobbies than other people, and I thought I was overthinking...
I didn't expect that he would become more and more courageous as he grew up! He actually dared to be so lawless!
If it weren't for my mother's indulgence, things wouldn't have ended up like this!
After returning home, she asked her two sons to ask their father to leave the house. It was rare for the Imperial Censor to be alone with the two princes and grandsons...
I thought they wanted to go to the streets and understand the people's sentiments...
Concubine De scolded her mother and second brother harshly!
He beat his second brother and the man in the yard half to death, and almost took away his second brother's tools!
The people in the second brother's yard cannot be released at will, otherwise, they will always be a stain on my father and her!
Even my second brother won’t be able to hold his head up in the court in the future.
He ordered his men to send all the people in the second brother's courtyard to the manor and put them under strict surveillance. From now on, they would have no worries about food and clothing, but they could not contact the outside world...
As for my second younger brother, he should be kept under separate care and not allowed to go out and cause trouble for the time being.
When Fan Gonglin returned home, he saw his wife's tears still wet, and his second son and the servants in the courtyard were nowhere to be seen...
I sat there blankly for a long time, thinking back to the past. I had already met the emperor today, and what had happened before and after...
Suddenly he stood up in shock and looked at his wife intently...
Mrs. Fan felt guilty and turned her eyes away, but she could not help but feel the pressure in her heart. She walked up to Fan Gonglin and knelt down reluctantly.
"Yuhong is too cruel! After all, he is her own brother!"
Fan Gonglin didn't say anything, but she started crying first, "My son!"
Fan Gonglin suddenly came to his senses, and the last bit of doubt in his heart was confirmed.
The eldest son, Fan Tingzuo, with his upper body naked and a ruler in his hand, knelt in front of his father and presented the ruler to him with both hands.
"Father, I know I was wrong..."
Fan Gonglin took two steps back, "You know that too?"
How could one not know about this in a government office?
It was just that my brother was spoiled, and my mother indulged him infinitely. When I occasionally gave him advice, he would retort, "What have you done yourself? Why do you have the right to control me?"
He had thought about telling his father to prevent his younger brother from getting deeper into trouble, but the consequences were serious, so he stopped in the end.
My father's reputation, my eldest sister's future...
After what happened today, I realized that my brother was right and that my words were not upright, so my words have no authority.
As the eldest son in the family, my mother dotes on me excessively, and my younger brother is not upright. If I am blameless, why can't I discipline him?
In the final analysis, he was the one who set a bad example and was timid and fearful.
Like the eldest sister today, didn’t she take control of the situation?
"Okay, tell me in detail, where did you go wrong?"
With his last breath, Fan Gonglin questioned his eldest son.
If one seedling in the mansion falls, we cannot let another one fall, so we have to plant it.
Fan Tingzuo told the whole story, how he had lied, how he had not studied, but pretended to be well-behaved when his father came back...
Very clearly stated.
Fan Gonglin glanced at his wife who was kneeling on the ground. The latter avoided his gaze and seemed dissatisfied with her eldest son for speaking without restraint and saying anything.
For every item Fan Tingzuo mentioned, Fan Gonglin whipped him ten times with a ruler.
He did not fulfill his responsibilities as the eldest son, did not point out his mother's mistakes, and did not correct his younger brother in time...
I didn't remind my father, the head of the family, and I didn't restrain the servants...
In the end, Fan Tingzuo was beaten to a bloody mess.
Mrs. Fan was shocked at first, and she was worried that she would be the next one to be beaten. Seeing her eldest son like this...
Finally, he felt distressed and threw himself on his eldest son, "If you want to hit me, then hit me to death! Hit me to death!"
Fan Gonglin threw the ruler away, showing the majesty of the Imperial Censor, "If I don't hit you, you will go to your own place!"
After saying that, he fell to the ground.
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