Chapter 058 Chapter 58 (Additional update)
A few days later, everything was fine.
Xie Qingya also started to go home for dinner every day.
As for the four families that were impeached before, two of them were only fined their monthly salary, while the other two were found guilty of corruption and have been sent to prison, and their homes have also been searched.
Two families that once had some reputation in the capital city are now gone.
But it was just like a small splash in the lake, which caused some ripples briefly and then no one paid any attention to it.
The capital is so big that there are countless things happening every day, and there will always be new things replacing the old ones.
As for the three girls of the Qu family.
Two of them, the two girls from the third room, have already gone back to the girls' school, admitted their mistakes to Xie Changning, and seem to be much more well-behaved than before.
Qu Shang did not reply.
I heard that she refused to apologize and was severely reprimanded by her mother. Afterwards, she took a carriage back to her maternal home in another state.
The Qu family has been in a lot of turmoil lately.
However, the most bustling place is still Shuntianfu Yamen.
Not long after Li Wengao entered the government office, he impeached several of his colleagues one after another, saying that they were in office but did not do their jobs, and even accepted bribes and were driven around by the powerful and wealthy, and were not worthy of being officials.
But the evidence is conclusive.
Now, let alone the Shuntian government office, even in the imperial court, everyone is in danger.
It is said that Li Wengao is just like Chen Yushi, who was famous for his impeachment during the reign of Emperor Ming.
When Chen Yushi was still in office, he often impeached and reported his colleagues. The court during the reign of Emperor Ming could be regarded as the cleanest officialdom in the past hundred years.
It's not that no one wants to bring down Li Wengao.
Let's not talk about Li Wengao, who has the protection of the old man in the Hanlin Academy. Just talking about Li Wengao himself, there is nothing wrong with him.
He does not accept bribes, does not form cliques or factions, does not like money, and does not like women.
After serving as an official for more than half a year, there is not a single fault to be found.
Even if we want to impeach him, we can't find a reason.
Some people also want to find his superiors and try to get them to discipline Li Wengao.
They are all officials in the same dynasty. If they do things too excessively, they will become annoying.
But in the Shuntian government office, those officials who hold higher positions than Li Wen are all acting in a cowardly manner.
Don't even mention disciplining Li Wengao.
They were afraid that they would also be caught by Li Wengao, so they didn't even dare to meet others on weekdays.
Li Wengao is now very famous in the court.
Everyone was watching, the old masters in the Hanlin Academy were protecting him, and even many people in Yu Shitai called him a brother and took him as a role model.
The most important thing is the people.
When many common people heard about this, they all said that Li Wengao was a living justice.
The reputation is at the top.
To go against Li Wengao is to go against the people of the world. How dare they say anything to him?
The only one who can speak about it is the famous King of Nannan.
But although the Prince of Nan'an was of noble status, he had no real achievements after serving as the prefect for a few months. He was confused every day in the government office and probably didn't even know who all his subordinates were.
He is just like a mascot, and is not even as respected as Li Wengao.
What's the point of telling him?
Besides, who can convince this ancestor?
Moreover, he has been under the supervision of Li Wengao for a while now, and he doesn't even go to the opera on weekdays.
Because of this, the two of them quarreled a lot.
…
In the palace.
There was a lot of commotion outside, so Cao Da had naturally heard about it a long time ago.
Many of those who were brought down this time were those he sent to keep an eye on Xie Qingya.
At the morning court today, the punishments for those people have been announced. They have all been removed from their official posts and sent to prison. They will be convicted soon based on the amount of corruption and bribery they have committed.
If those people had not been arranged by him in advance and did not dare to say his name directly, he would have been involved in the scandal.
Served as an official for many years.
It's been a long time since Cao Da had such an unhappy life.
Not only did he not find out anything about Xie Qingya's situation, but he also ended up getting a lot of people involved. It was like losing both his wife and his soldiers!
How could Cao Da not be angry?
Everything on the table had been smashed to pieces by him.
The ground was in a mess.
Cao Da's godson Chen Li was waiting on the side. Seeing that his godfather had sat down again, breathing heavily, he quickly raised his hand to let the eunuch who was serving outside come in. While he asked him to clean up, he personally took the teacup from the tray and served tea to people again.
"Don't be angry, my godfather. They are just insignificant chess pieces. If they are gone, they are gone. As long as they don't affect you, we can just replace them with new ones."
Cao Da was even more furious when he heard him say this. He glared at him and said, "It's easy for you to say that. Is it so easy to place someone in a position?"
"I have worked so hard to train so many people over the years, and now they are uprooted. It takes no money and no time to replace them. How can it be easy?"
Seeing Chen Li lowering his head and stammering because of his scolding.
Cao Da withdrew his gaze without being annoyed, closed his eyes again, and pressed hard against his brows.
After all, it has happened.
Getting angry was of no use, so Cao Da finally stopped and took the tea handed to him by Chen Li and drank it.
"Have you found out whether this matter has anything to do with Xie Qingya?"
Cao Da still felt that this was not right.
Therefore, after the incident, people were immediately sent to investigate the matter.
It would also be confused to see whether Xie Qingya is really confused or just pretending to be.
The eunuchs in the room had packed up their things and left, leaving only Chen Li. Seeing that his godfather had returned to normal, he walked behind him and pressed his head while replying, "My son has sent someone to investigate carefully. This matter has nothing to do with the King of Nan'an."
"This Li Wengao is a mad dog."
"He was also the one who impeached the two gentlemen Zhuang and Li before."
"And my son heard that Li Wengao admires Princess Jiashun, and because of this, he particularly despises the Prince of Nan'an. He has been targeting the Prince of Nan'an since the first day he entered the government office."
Cao Da was well aware of his son's abilities, otherwise he would not be regarded as such a close confidant.
Since he said that this matter has nothing to do with Xie Qingya, then it really has nothing to do with him.
He was silent for a moment, but couldn't hold back his emotions and cursed: "I'm really in trouble this time!"
Chen Li also felt that they were in big trouble this time.
Moreover, with a mad dog like Li Wengao around, who knows how many of them will be dragged down in the future. When Chen Li thought of this, he was really worried.
He tried to test: "Fuck, why don't we take that Li Wengao..."
Before he could finish his words, Cao Da turned around and glared at him fiercely: "Foolish thing, if Li Wengao was really that easy to deal with, why would I hold back!"
Cao Da is not a fearless person either.
Over the years, he never made friends with those people in the Hanlin Academy and the Zuo Shitai. Firstly, he was afraid of the articles written by those stinky readers in the Hanlin Academy, and secondly, he was afraid of the spit of those people in the Zuo Shitai.
These people value character and reputation above all else.
No matter what one is like at heart, on the surface one wants to be a gentleman and gain a good reputation.
Don't even think about buying them off.
I'm afraid that if I say a few more words, they will impeach me.
Therefore, the people Cao Da least liked to associate with were people from these two places.
But I don't know where Li Wengao got his special skills from.
Not only did he win the favor of the old man in the Hanlin Academy, he also became brothers with people like Yu Shitai.
What's more, Li Wengao is being stared at by so many people now.
How easy is it to touch him?
He didn't want to turn back and get into trouble.
"Tell the people below to be more restrained for the time being. I don't believe that Li Wengao can stay clean and untainted! Even if he is a true white lotus, it depends on whether others can tolerate him. He will offend a lot of people in the future, and there will always be people who can't stand him. There is no need for us to get involved." Cao Da said and turned his head.
Chen Li also responded quickly.
After a while, Cao Da continued to ask: "Where is Fang Tong?"
Chen Li replied: "I sent you something to honor you when I left Nanzhili a while ago. According to the time, you should have arrived in Henan by now. You should be here in half a month."
He is one of the few people who knows the relationship between his godfather and that person.
But even he didn't know how real his godfather's feelings for that girl were.
At this time he was standing at the back and could not see the expression on Cao Da's face.
At this moment, the expression on Cao Da's face was actually very complicated.
He had few relatives and had lost his mother since birth. His father sold him for a few taels of silver when he was young and sent him to the palace to be a eunuch.
I don't know if it's because of this reason that he particularly likes to adopt a son.
Feel a sense of belonging.
He now has a lot of sons and grandsons. If he wants, he can even marry a whole yard of women. But he knows that none of these people are his real children, and it is impossible for him to have his own children.
Fang Tong is different.
Fang Tong has the same father as him but different mothers.
In this world, he is the only one who shares the same blood with him.
What's more, Fang Tong had promised him that his son would be his, and when he rode away to the west in the future, there would naturally be someone to break the pot and send him off.
For this reason, he has tolerated him a lot over the years.
Even during the Battle of Nagano, when he caused such a big trouble, he quietly settled it for others, and later he sent the people to Jiangning.
But Fang Tong's heart was too big and too greedy.
The post of Jiangning Textile Factory was not enough for him, and he even wanted to set his sights on the post of Inspector of Salt and Wealth.
Patrol of Yan Yushi was a lucrative position, and he really wanted to hold it in his own hands.
But this candidate cannot be Fang Tong.
Not to mention Fang Tong's ability, let's just talk about Xie Qingya. It is still unknown what Xie Qingya's current situation is.
He didn't want Fang Tong to be exposed to the public at all.
Otherwise, he would not have sent Fang Tong to Jiangning for so many years and not allowed him to return to Beijing.
"When you come back, keep a close eye on him and make sure he doesn't come into contact with Xie Qingya."
Chen Li understood what he meant and quickly responded in a low voice.
He asked again: "What about the King of Nan'an..."
Cao Da knew what he was asking, and frowned as he said, "Let's ask Chai Shou and the others to keep an eye on them first."
Chai Shou was the commander of the Jinyi Guard and also Cao Da's man.
Chen Li nodded in agreement.
Seeing that his father's anger had almost subsided,
He whispered to others, "Father hasn't slept well these past few days. It's okay now. Why don't you go to sleep first?"
Cao Da's spirit in recent years is indeed not as good as before. After staying up for several nights, he is indeed a little tired.
"Um."
He closed his eyes and nodded.
Chen Li hurriedly helped the man up.
Just as the father and son were about to go into the inner room, a eunuch suddenly came running outside and said he had something to report.
Cao Da looked impatient, but still stopped.
"What happened again?" he asked unhappily after letting the person in.
The eunuchs dared not hide the truth.
He knelt down first, kowtowed, and called out "Grandfather". Then he reported everything that had come from outside to Cao Da: "Grandfather, there was a flood in Yutian. It has been going on for several days, with countless casualties. The local county magistrate could not suppress the situation, so he had to report it. At this moment, several elders have already gone to the Huangji Palace."
"It's just a fuss, what's the point of you telling me about it?"
Cao Da was not very interested.
He hadn't had a good rest in the past few days and was in a bad mood. How could he have the time to care about such things?
Chen Li observed the young eunuch's expression and immediately scolded him: "You have no vision. Don't you know that your godfather is tired these days? You are bothering your godfather with such a small matter. Why don't you go on!"
The young eunuch did not dare to say anything more, so he agreed and left.
Suddenly he was called again.
--"stop!"
"Fuck dad?"
Chen Li turned around in confusion.
The young eunuch who was about to stand up and leave, quickly knelt back down.
"Is Yutian under the jurisdiction of Shuntian Prefecture?" Cao Da asked Chen Li.
Chen Li didn't know what he was going to do, but he nodded subconsciously and replied, "Yes, Yutian is under the jurisdiction of Jizhou and is under the jurisdiction of Shuntian Prefecture."
He has served Cao Da for so many years, so naturally he knows his godfather's thoughts very well.
Hearing the music, he understood the meaning of the song. He suddenly had an idea and asked in a low voice: "You want the King of Nan'an..."
"Since Yutian is under his jurisdiction, he can't just sit there and do nothing about it."
Chen Liben thought that his godfather just wanted the Prince of Nan'an to take on this tough job so that he could give him a hard time. But then he heard him say, "After this flood, there have been constant diseases. If there is another plague or something, there will be nothing anyone can do."
Cao Da said it lightly.
Chen Li was extremely shocked when he heard this.
Although he had never experienced the plague, he knew how severe the disease was.
If this plague really breaks out, more than one or two people will die.
But he didn't dare to comment on his decision, so he could only bury his head and praise: "Father's method is good, but I don't know who should be handed over to handle this matter?"
"We don't have any people in Yutian."
Cao Da frowned.
After thinking for a while, he came up with an idea and said, "Go and talk to Chai Shou in person about this matter. The Jinyiwei's methods are dirty, and he knows what to do."
Fang Tong is about to return to Beijing.
He really didn't have the patience to investigate what had happened to the King of Nangan.
Moreover, now that he had lost several of his men, he had no other choice but to continue placing people around Xie Qingya.
Afraid that something unexpected might happen later.
It would be better to let people disappear from this world completely.
It’s all over.
Natural disasters, sometimes, are the best explanation.
Cao Da thought this was a good idea, and his expression changed to a rare happy one in recent days: "Give Chai Shou two more pills of medicine as a reward for him."
Chen Li naturally did not dare to disobey his decision.
He hurriedly said yes.
Cao Da was no longer sleepy now that he had something to do. He said to Chen Li in a good mood, "Go get my dragon robe. I'll also go and hear what our Lord Wansui is planning."
"yes."
…
News about the Yutian flood.
It soon spread throughout the capital.
When Xu Duanyi learned about this, he was on his way back to the Prince's Palace from the Duke's Mansion.
Today is my aunt’s birthday.
She went to the Duke's Mansion to celebrate his birthday.
At noon, Xu Duanyi couldn't refuse, so he accompanied his aunt and sister-in-law and drank a few more cups of wine. Although it was fruit wine, he felt a little dizzy after drinking too much.
Fortunately, fruit wine is easy to digest and not as strong as the previous Xifeng wine.
Xu Duanyi drank a cup of tea in the carriage and took a break for a while, and he felt almost better.
This is still some distance from the palace.
Xu Duanyi leaned against the carriage and wanted to close his eyes and have a good rest.
As soon as he closed his eyes, he heard a commotion outside the carriage. Xu Duanyi frowned and said, "Listen, what are they talking about? Why do I hear the words Yutian flood?"
The one who came out with her today was Shi Yu.
Whenever she went to the Duke's Mansion now, she would bring Shi Yu with her, for fear of running into that idiot Xiao Yuanfu going crazy again.
Shi Yu listened carefully for a while.
When he turned around, his face looked a little unhappy: "Master, it seems that Yutian really has a flood."
When Xu Duanyi heard this, he frowned.
She asked the driver to stop and asked Shi Yu to go outside and inquire carefully.
After a while, Shi Yu came back.
As she lifted the curtain, she panted and said to Xu Duanyi, "I heard that the riot happened seven days ago. At first, the county magistrate of Yutian thought it was not a big deal and did not report it. Unexpectedly, the flood became more and more serious. Now, almost all the houses along the river in Yutian have been washed away, and many people have died."
"There is really no other choice but to report this. The palace should have received the news by now."
Xu Duanyi listened and said nothing for a long time.
She had done a lot of good deeds in the past, and she often met some poor refugees and displaced persons.
The flood in Yutian this time was so severe that I'm afraid many families will be displaced again. Thinking of this, Xu Duanyi felt worried.
I just told Ping An a few days ago that I don’t know which will come first, illness or accident.
I never thought that such a natural disaster would happen now.
Xu Duanyi was both distressed and sighed. She sighed and said, "Come with me to Tzu Chi Hall tomorrow."
Tzu Chi Tang is a relief hall led by Xu Duanyi and Ming.
Normally, when there was a natural disaster, Xu Duanyi and Ming would come forward to collect donations of supplies and money, and then send people to deliver them.
Shi Yu agreed.
The carriage set off again towards the palace.
After what happened, Xu Duanyi naturally couldn't fall asleep anymore.
She thought silently in her heart that she had to raise something. Since it was a flood, food, clothes, warmth, and protection were essential.
There are also various medicines and doctors.
After a flood, diseases such as plague are most likely to breed.
At this time, we must take precautions in advance, otherwise if things get out of hand, we will be finished.
Xu Duanyi thought about it carefully to make sure everything could be arranged tomorrow.
Suddenly, she thought of something. Xu Duanyi's heartbeat stopped abruptly, and then started beating rapidly.
It was so fast that it seemed like it would jump out of the throat at the next moment.
"Master, what's wrong with you?"
Shi Yu was startled when he noticed the sudden change in her expression and asked hurriedly.
Xu Duanyi's face turned pale and he said nothing.
She just suddenly thought of one thing. Yutian was under the jurisdiction of Shuntian Prefecture. Now that Yutian was in trouble, Xie Qingya...
My eyelids suddenly twitched rapidly, as if impacted by this thought.
If the left eye twitches, it means wealth; if the right eye twitches, it means disaster.
It was her right eye that was twitching at the moment.
When people are worried, they always subconsciously think about bad things.
At this moment, a very bad thought came into Xu Duanyi's mind.
"How far is it from here to the government office?" she suddenly asked Shi Yu.
Shi Yu was stumped by her sudden question.
After she realized what was going on, she said, "Let me ask you something." She immediately lifted the curtain and asked the driver outside. After a while, she immediately turned around and reported to Xu Duanyi, "Master, it's about two blocks away."
Finished.
Shi Yu asked worriedly, "Master, what's wrong with you?"
She really didn't understand why her master suddenly reacted so strongly out of the blue.
He also suddenly asked about the government office.
But Xu Duanyi didn't say anything to her at this time. She didn't know what to say. She just told people, "Go to the government office."
Although Shi Yu didn't know what happened, he could see his master's urgency.
Naturally, he did not dare to delay and quickly told the driver.
A quarter of an hour later.
The carriage stopped in front of the government office. This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team. Xu Duanyi wanted to get off the carriage by herself, but she finally held back and let Shi Yu get off. She didn't say anything else, just let Shi Yu ask if Xie Qingya was there.
Shi Yu went down with a confused look on his face.
After a while, she came back: "Master, the prince has been called into the palace."
"It's only been half an hour since I left."
When Xu Duanyi heard this, his heart sank.
But at this point, it is still unknown how this matter will be arranged in detail.
It is also unclear whether Xie Qingya came to the palace to be appointed or simply to discuss this matter.
At this time, Xu Duanyi had no way of knowing the details of these things.
This book is exclusively compiled for you by the LK team. "Let's go, go back first." After a moment of silence, Xu Duanyi finally pinched his eyebrows and said this to Shi Yu.
It’s not a good time to enter the palace now.
There's no point waiting here.
I can only go back to the palace and wait for news.
No matter what the arrangement is, Xie Qingya has to come back, and then... we will know.
Shi Yu still didn't understand what happened to his master.
But seeing that her master was unwilling to say more, she did not dare to ask more. After agreeing, she jumped into the carriage first.
Afterwards, the master and servant returned home first.
But when he returned to the palace, Xu Duanyi gave instructions to the servants for the first time: "When the prince comes back, remember to come to Linfeng Pavilion and tell him that I have something to ask him."
Naturally, the servants in the palace had no idea what had happened.
Seeing the princess looking so serious, he thought something serious had happened, so he nodded quickly and accepted the request respectfully.
But Xu Duanyi didn't wait long.
It was almost time for dinner when Xie Qingya came back.
At that time.
It's getting dark.
Changning and Ping'an had already arrived at Linfeng Pavilion.
In the past few days, Xie Qingya came back to the mansion to eat every day, and the three siblings arrived at Linfeng Pavilion almost one after another almost every day.
But today, the brother and sister had already sat for a while, and it was almost time for dinner, but Xie Qingya had not come over yet.
Chang Ning couldn't help herself, and said with a frown: "Second brother, why, why haven't you come yet?" As she spoke, she looked outside.
I want to see when my second brother will arrive.
The perception of peace is even more acute.
Looking at his sister-in-law who had a dull look in her eyes, Xie Pingan could not help but frown. He could sense that his sister-in-law was distracted from time to time, which seemed a little strange. Xie Pingan frowned and asked her directly, "Sister-in-law, what happened?"
When Xie Changning heard this, he immediately turned around.
"Something happened?"
"What, what happened?"
Xie Changning's eyes widened in fear at these two words. She looked at Xu Duanyi and asked nervously, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, what's wrong with you?"
"It's OK."
Xu Duanyi also knew that he had scared them by doing this.
She hurriedly sorted out her emotions.
I tried my best to pretend that nothing had happened, and said to them with a smile, "Let's eat first. My brother may have something to do today."
As she spoke, she asked someone to serve the food first.
The brother and sister still looked at her with worry on their faces.
It is easy to tell whether a person is truly happy or just pretending.
Xie Pingan thought of something and frowned even more. He asked in a deep voice, "Sister-in-law, did Xie Qingya bully you? He did something wrong to you, didn't he?"
When he talked about the latter part, Xie Pingan's face had become extremely ugly.
Although Xie Changning did not say anything.
But her little face was also filled with tension and worry. When she heard this, she unconsciously clenched her sleeves.
"Nothing."
Xu Duanyi looked helpless.
She didn't expect Ping An to have such fantasies.
Just when I was trying to find a random excuse to get away with this, I heard a few greetings coming from outside.
——Xie Qingya is back.
After hearing the man approach, she uttered a low "hmm". This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team for you. Xu Duanyi looked over almost immediately.
She was originally still thinking about how to fool the two children, but at this moment, she looked at the man walking out of the yard, and she couldn't help but stand up.
For a moment, I forgot all my thoughts.
Xie Pingan and Xie Changning also looked outside.
"Second brother, why are you back so late again?" Xie Changning ran over to talk to Xie Qingya.
As she spoke, she looked at her second brother without blinking.
He was really scared inside, thinking that he had done something to let his sister-in-law down.
Xie Pingan was also looking at Xie Qingya.
When Xie Pingan saw Xie Qingya wearing an official uniform, his suspicions finally subsided a little, and his originally tense face relaxed a little.
Since Xie Qingya was not going to do anything bad, Xie Ping'an didn't look at him anymore.
He turned his head again.
"I had something to do today and was delayed on the road." Xie Qingya touched Xie Changning's head and explained to her first.
Having said that, his gaze turned to Xu Duanyi sitting opposite him.
Far from each other.
Xie Qingya could see the worry in Xu Duanyi's eyes.
He knew that Xu Duanyi should have guessed something, whether it was the words of the yamen runner in front of Shuntianfu Yamen or the words of the gatekeeper.
There was no way Xu Duanyi would go to him for no reason.
She has always been smart.
He must have guessed something.
He should have set off for Yutian immediately, but he came back specially to ease her mind.
But now there is peace and tranquility.
He didn't want them to worry, so he naturally didn't speak up right away.
"Let's eat first."
Xie Qingya looked at Xu Duanyi and said.
Xu Duanyi understood the implication of his words almost immediately.
My heart suddenly sank.
But under Xie Qingya's gaze, Xu Duanyi said nothing, just looked at him and whispered "OK".
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