A worker with a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan travels back in time to ancient times and becomes a pri

Right Prime Minister's Mansion.

Mu Huairen was drinking tea with a book in his hand.

"Prime Minister, do you want to find someone to spread the news that someone died while Prince Jing was distributing porridge?" Mu Huairen's subordinate asked, his hands hanging down.

"No need for that. The emperor already knows about it. He will definitely send someone to investigate the matter secretly. It would be bad if any more trouble happened." Mu Huairen said calmly.

"Yes, I am resigning."

Prince Jing's Mansion.

Chu Xingluo told Xia Taoyuan that Xiao Feng had seen Wei Qing and felt that Wei Qing looked like his missing aunt. Xia Taoyuan was surprised to hear this. Did Xiao Feng miss his wife too much?

But she thought about it again and felt that something was wrong. Zhao Shi rarely left her house and did not interact with others except for occasionally going to the temple to burn incense on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. This was really strange. Was she afraid of exposing her identity?

Moreover, as a concubine, she didn't fight for anything. I heard from Wei Qing that Wei Mingcheng never went to Zhao's yard, and Madam Wei never said anything bad about Zhao. This was even more strange. With such a beautiful woman in the family, any man would not ignore her. Could it be that Wei Mingcheng had a hidden illness? Or was Madam Zhao someone else's wife?

In her impression, Zhao had bright eyes and white teeth, was bright and attractive, had an elegant temperament, and always unconsciously exuded a sense of nobility. She always wondered, how could such a person be willing to be someone else's concubine?

Xia Taoyuan felt that this matter was not simple, so he said: "Wait three days and I will go and inquire about it when I return home. Tell your uncle not to worry."

It was almost dusk when Long Yan and Qing Yun came back and said that the matter had been resolved.

The dozen witnesses we found all testified that there was nothing wrong with the rice porridge, and they were all fine. The prefect asked the sister-in-law if she had left the child at that time. The sister-in-law cried again and said that she took the rice porridge and found an empty alley to feed the child. Just after feeding the child a mouthful, a stray dog ​​jumped out from nowhere. She drove the stray dog ​​away for a while, and when she came back, the child had fallen to the ground with a pale face and foaming at the mouth.

The prefect said, if you hadn't left the child, people would have believed that the porridge was faulty if the child had died. But you left for a while, who can prove that no one came to poison the child during that time?

In addition, the witnesses were all fine, so the eldest sister-in-law finally had to accept the fact. Qingyun gave her 200 taels of silver, which was enough for her to live comfortably. He also gave 10 taels to each witness, and everyone thanked the Prince Jing's Mansion profusely.

Three days later, Xia Taoyuan prepared a return gift and some silver. Early in the morning, Chu Xingluo accompanied her back to the prime minister's residence.

He first went to see Prime Minister Wei, then to see Madam Wei, and talked with her for a while. Xia Taoyuan gave the silver to Zhu'er's mother, Zheng Ma, and asked her to give five taels of silver to each of the maids and servants in the prime minister's mansion. He also asked Zhu'er's father, Butler Xu, to give five taels of silver to each of the servants, including Chang'an Changsheng, in the hope that they would serve the prime minister and his wife well.

Everything was arranged properly and everyone was happy.

Xia Taoyuan said to Madam Wei, "Mother, did Dad tell Madam Zhao about Qing'er that I told Father about on the day of my wedding?"

Madam Wei said, "Your father has been busy with official duties these days and hasn't told me yet."

Xia Taoyuan said, "Why don't I go and test the waters. Prince Nan has been coming to the palace every day to ask me questions these days, and I'm getting annoyed by him."

Hearing her say this, Madam Wei smiled and said, "Then go and ask."

Xia Taoyuan sat for a while and then went to Zhao's yard.

When the maid saw her coming, she quickly invited her into the house. Xia Taoyuan brought a gift to Wei Qing and gave it to her. Wei Qing jumped up and down with joy, but Zhao said to her: "Qing'er, what a mess you are in!"

Wei Qing immediately calmed down. Xia Taoyuan smiled and gave five taels of silver to each of the maids and servants around Zhao. They all smiled from ear to ear and said that the eldest lady was kind and righteous and treated the servants well.

Xia Taoyuan said that she wanted to discuss Wei Qing's marriage with Madam Zhao. After several maids and servants served tea and snacks, they tactfully left. Wei Qing's face turned red with embarrassment and she turned around and ran out.

Seeing that everyone had left, Xia Taoyuan closed the door and sat down solemnly opposite Zhao.

Although Zhao was surprised, she did not ask any more questions. Xia Taoyuan lowered his head and took a sip of tea, praising: "It has a refreshing fragrance, rich and mellow taste, good tea!"

Mrs. Zhao smiled slightly and said, "I have some more here. If you like, take some back."

Xia Taoyuan didn't know how to start for a moment. She thought again and again. Since she was going to ask, she might as well get straight to the point and said, "Madam Zhao, Prince Jing has an uncle whose surname is Xiao and name is Feng."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhao stood up and her face suddenly changed.

Xia Taoyuan thought to himself, it looks like there's hope.

"I wonder if you have heard of it?" Xia Taoyuan continued.

"I don't know what the young lady is talking about. If there is nothing else, please go back." Mrs. Zhao did not look up.

"Madam Xiao, please take a look at this." Xia Taoyuan changed her tone and took out a sachet from her bosom. The mottled marks on the sachet covered the original color of the sachet.

When Mrs. Zhao heard Xia Taoyuan calling her Mrs. Xiao and saw the sachet again, she staggered. Fortunately, Xia Taoyuan was quick to hold her up.

Xia Taoyuan put the sachet in Madam Zhao's hand and said, "All the traces on it are General Xiao's blood."

Hearing this, Mrs. Zhao's eyes revealed infinite sadness. This sachet was sewn by her own hands, and inside it was the amulet she prayed for Xiao Feng. Mrs. Zhao opened her mouth, wanting to ask something, but in the end she didn't ask. Seeing this, Xia Taoyuan said, "He is still alive."

Hearing this, Mrs. Zhao could no longer control herself and sobbed with her hands covering her face.

Xia Taoyuan patted her shoulder gently to comfort her, and after a long time, Mrs. Zhao finally calmed down.

"General Xiao is still alive, in Prince Jing's Mansion, Madam Xiao, General Xiao never gave up looking for you. He was captured by the Dongxia Kingdom and treated inhumanely. His body is covered with scars, and there is not a single good spot on his body. But because he cared about you, he finally survived. Now is not the time to be sad. Please set a time and I will arrange a meeting for you." Xia Taoyuan said.

"Today, today?" Mrs. Xiao couldn't wait any longer. After so many years of forbearance, she finally saw the light of day.

Xia Taoyuan pondered for a moment, knowing that the matter was serious and that she had to explain it to Prime Minister Wei and his wife, so she said, "Not today, there are still many things to do. How about tomorrow?"

Madam Xiao nodded quickly, pulled Xia Taoyuan, and said with tears in her eyes, "Miss, thank you!" She was about to kneel down to Xia Taoyuan, but Xia Taoyuan quickly supported her and said with a smile, "Absolutely not. After all, I have to call you aunt."

Mrs. Xiao wiped her tears and told the whole story.

It turned out that when they heard that Xiao Feng had betrayed the country, Xiao Feng's parents could not bear the shock and died one after another. Mrs. Xiao, Chen Yuke, was pregnant. She heard that Xiao Rong was ostracized in the palace because of Xiao Feng's treason, so she did not dare to go to the palace to find Chu Xingluo's mother Xiao Rong. But she was afraid that she would also be implicated. If it was her, it would be fine, she would die, but she still had the blood of the Xiao family in her belly, the only blood, she could not sit and wait for death, so she fled overnight.

But she was a woman, pregnant, and wanted to go to Lingzhou, after all, it was the territory of the Xiao family. And the prefect Cao Liang at that time was also a former subordinate of the Xiao family. But because she was afraid of being discovered, she could only take a small road, and she didn't expect to take the wrong road.

The further Chen Yuke walked from Lingzhou, the bigger his belly became, and he became more and more tired. The silver he brought with him was also stolen. He begged for a living every day. If he was lucky, he would meet a kind person who gave him some dry food. If he was unlucky, he could only eat tree bark. Finally, one day his body could not take it anymore and he fainted.

When she woke up, she found that she had been rescued. Later, she learned that the person who rescued her was Wei Mingcheng, who was not yet the prime minister at that time, but just a minor official who was sent to garrison in the local area.

Chen Yuke had heard Xiao Feng talk about Wei Mingcheng, and knew that he was an upright and loyal man. However, her belly was too big, and she was due to give birth in two months, so she really couldn't run around any longer. So she made up her mind, knelt down in front of Wei Mingcheng, told him everything, and begged him to save her and her unborn child.

Wei Mingcheng also heard about Xiao Feng's story. Although he didn't communicate with him much, he didn't believe that Xiao Feng would betray his country. After thinking it over again and again, Wei Mingcheng took Chen Yuke in. When Chen Yuke gave birth to the child, his transfer was over, so he took Chen Yuke and her daughter back to Yunjun City.

At that time, Wei Jinghe and Wei Zhiying were still young. When Mrs. Wei saw Wei Mingcheng bringing back a mother and daughter, she made a fuss for three days and three nights.

Wei Mingcheng had no choice but to tell Madam Wen the whole story, and Madam Wei gave up. She secretly took good care of Chen Yuke and her daughter, and claimed to all the servants in the house that Chen Yuke was Madam Zhao.

Chen Yuke lived a secluded life and rarely went out, not participating in anything. The servants all thought that it was Madam Wei who had been suppressing Chen Yuke.

After listening to Chen Yuke, Xia Taoyuan exhaled deeply. It was not easy. Both Xiao Feng and Chen Yuke almost lost their families because of a word from the treacherous minister Wei Qin. Wei Qin deserved to die, and Empress Wei was not innocent either!

Xia Taoyuan comforted her and then left Chen Yuke's yard.

She returned to Yingyuan, where Chu Xingluo was waiting for her. She told him that Zhao was Madam Xiao Feng.

Chu Xingluo immediately returned to the palace, and Xia Taoyuan waited for Prime Minister Wei to come back.