Quick Wear: Everyone knows I am a good person

At present, the nobles are very powerful and the emperor is already wary of them.

Even their own family, the Taiping Marquis Mansion, which has always been low-key, has been hit many times in recent years.

The emperor's desire to weaken the power of the noble families has become obvious.

The prince is fine.

That idiot even wanted to win over these nobles and compete with his own father.

He didn't even think about whether the noble families who helped him to the top would behave like obedient servants after he came to power.

Obviously impossible.

Therefore, even though the emperor was seriously ill, he still refused to delegate power to the crown prince, but instead gave it to his first wife, the queen.

The two of them are a pure community of interests.

The empress has to rely on the emperor's power to interfere in state affairs, so she is the person who least wants anything to happen to the emperor.

Similarly, the queen also came from a noble family and had people from her father’s family.

The emperor had to rely on the empress to suppress the arrogance of the prince and the nobles, while at the same time dividing the power of the noble families and slowly weakening it, in order to stabilize his own position and safety.

What do the couple say?

As for feelings, a little bit. After all, they are a young couple, so there is still trust.

But how deep is the feeling?

Not necessarily.

Shu Jiao narrowed her eyes slightly, analyzed the complicated situation in the court again, waited for Mo Gan, and sent the letter to Princess Ningping's mansion.

Princess Ningping Xiao Mi, the empress's daughter, was twenty years old and married.

Mi means peace.

Peace is peace, tranquility is peace, and a stable world... is also peace.

The queen had high hopes for this princess. She had learned as much as the prince since she was young.

But well~

Being young and energetic, it is inevitable that one may be a little impulsive.

Shu Jiao handed over the letter, saying that they would meet at Chengqing Temple in the suburbs in two days. The magnolia flowers on the mountain were in full bloom. Appreciating the flowers in the rain and drinking tea in the pavilion was a great pleasure in life.

Enjoying flowers?

Princess Ningping raised the end of her eyebrows, looking interesting.

The "treasure" who rarely goes out of the Taiping Marquis's mansion suddenly asked her to go see the flowers? It has been raining for the past two days. Shouldn't this young lady be recuperating at home?

No matter how puzzled you are, you still have to go.

Princess Ningping then heard that Lu Yanfeng had suddenly fallen ill in the street and passed away.

Lu Yanfeng?

hiss~

Princess Ningping looked at the letter in her hand and clenched it silently.

Something is wrong!

Isn't it a bit of a coincidence that Lu Yanfeng went there?

……

"My son——"

"How could you just abandon me like this? How do you expect me to live?!"

"You must give me an explanation! My son has always been in good health. How could he die because of two bottles of wine? Someone must have deliberately murdered him!"

The general's wife cried bitterly, but at the same time she rationally held accountable the official who came and closed the case with the diagnosis of "death from heart failure".

Official: ...

"Madam, I understand your pain at the moment. But it is useless for you to embarrass us."

The official sighed helplessly, "We have examined it and General Lu was not poisoned. He just had battle wounds that had not healed. After drinking too much, he became emotionally agitated and died of heart failure."

"There is no murderer, your humble servant, and I cannot conjure up a murderer for you."

"impossible!"

The general's wife shook her head in disbelief. "My son has always been a great drinker. How could he, how could he..."

He was fine before going out, how come he was carried back?

"Who were the people who drank and enjoyed themselves with my son? Could it be that they secretly poisoned him, and you did not investigate carefully?"

"Madam, we have interrogated them all. The young masters have confessed everything clearly and did not take any action."

Now, the official thought to himself:

This time the incident was a big deal.

It was the first time he had seen a child from an official family so cooperative.

They did not complain about the shabby and smelly cell, nor did they shout "Who is my father/mother/aunt/uncle..." They answered whatever was asked and even checked for omissions and filled in the gaps on their own, for fear that a crime would be pinned on them.

As expected, those young masters were the most tactful.

The official continued, "The doctor said that the young general may have had a heart disease, but he was in good health before, so it was not diagnosed. Now that his injuries have not healed, he has been drinking, and he is depressed... this is why the disease suddenly flared up."

He didn't know much about medicine, so he had no choice but to tell the general's wife what the doctor said.

After a few more words of comfort, the official left in a hurry.

The general's wife covered her aching heart and tears flowed down her face.

What should I do?

She was the only master left in the general's mansion. How could she protect this huge general's mansion?

On the other side, Marquis Taiping and his wife were both shocked and confused when they received the news of Lu Yanfeng's death.

Taiping Hou: "Lu Yanfeng has a heart disease?"

Madam Hou: "Oh my God! Fortunately, it broke out and he is gone. Fortunately, he brought a girl back to Beijing. Our Jiaojiao was so angry that she refused to let us discuss the marriage with Lu Yanfeng..."

The six ceremonies were not performed, and the engagement was only verbal, which would not affect Shu Jiao's reputation and future.

If Lu Yanfeng really dies suddenly after the engagement, that would be really troublesome!

"I was wondering why everything went wrong after we made a verbal agreement with the General's Mansion."

Madam Hou heaved a sigh of relief. "I guess God must have known that this marriage should not be possible! Otherwise, wouldn't Jiaojiao be stuck in that quagmire and become a widow!"

Taiping Hou was also a little annoyed. "This shouldn't be the case. That guy looks tall and strong, and he is good at riding a horse to kill the enemy and commanding battles. How could he have this problem?"

"If you ask me, you just can't judge people well. It's obvious that Lu Yanfeng is strong on the outside but weak on the inside!"

"Madam, what you said makes a lot of sense."

"That is."

Madam Hou rolled her eyes at Taiping Hou and said, "Don't worry about Jiaojiao's marriage. I will choose one. I didn't agree with it at first. There will be only orphans and widows left in the general's mansion. Where can they go? Lu Yanfeng has to go to the border to fight again."

"Thinking of the years when you were away and I stayed in the capital and endured all the hardships and sufferings, I can't bear to let Jiaojiao marry a military commander again."

"You insisted that Lu Yanfeng was a good candidate."

Now that the seedling is good, the King of Hell likes it and drags the person away.

"By the way, Jiaojiao!"

The Marquis's wife immediately became serious, "We need to ask her to leave the capital as soon as possible to avoid being harassed by the General's Mansion."

Lu Yanfeng is dead, how could she let Shu Jiao marry him?

Wouldn't that make my daughter suffer?

Thinking of this, the Marquis's wife didn't bother to talk to Marquis Taiping for a moment and hurried to find Shu Jiao.

"Don't worry, mom. I know my limits."

Shu Jiao listened to Madam Hou's long speech and smiled and nodded, "Tomorrow I will go to Chengqing Temple to practice meditation, send Lu Yanfeng off, and find a monk to pray for his soul. I hope he will be free from illness and disaster in the next life, and live in peace and happiness."

"it is good!"

Madam Hou nodded in agreement. "After all, there was some involvement in the past. Now the General's Mansion must give an explanation."

If the general's wife really comes to ask shamelessly, she will have something to say -

My daughter and Lu Yanfeng are merely an engaged couple in name only, as they have not yet completed the six rituals of marriage.

She was so weak that she went to the temple to practice asceticism and perform a ritual to help your dead son pass away. What else are you dissatisfied with?

Do you really want my daughter to live as a widow in the general's mansion?

Think beautiful!