[Comprehensive Wear] A good brother's life

Not long after the Zhen family sent some important things to the Rongguo Mansion, the house was ransacked.

At the end of the year, many members of the Zhen family were sent to the capital.Not long after these people were sent to the capital, they were taken to the Meridian Gate and beheaded.

These people who were beheaded were all the main characters of the Zhen family, and there were more than a dozen in total.Although the rest of the Zhen family were not beheaded, they were exempted from the death penalty. All the men were exiled, and all the women were sold into brothels.

The Zhen family, which has stood in Jinling for decades, and has always been favored by the Zhen family, said that the house was ransacked as soon as it was ransacked, which caused a storm in the court.

Although the ministers guessed that Emperor Qinglong would move the Zhen family, they did not expect that Emperor Qinglong would act so vigorously and copied the Zhen family so quickly.

That's the Zhen family, the powerful Zhen family in the south of the Yangtze River.

The Zhen family has always been favored by the late emperor.When the first emperor was in power, he valued the Zhen family very much.When going to the south of the Yangtze River, the former emperors would live in Zhen's house.Because of this, the Zhen family has changed from a small family to a well-known powerful family in the south of the Yangtze River.

Later, the Zhen family was implicated because of the abolition of the crown prince, that is, Prince Li, and no longer received the holy favor as before, but the Zhen family's power in the south of the Yangtze River was not greatly affected.

After Emperor Qinglong ascended the throne, the power of the Zhen family was not affected. On the contrary, the Zhen family became more powerful than before because of their close relationship with Prince Li.

The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty thought that Emperor Qinglong would not dare to move the Zhen family for a while, and would wait until the end to move the Zhen family. After all, the Zhen family's status in the south of the Yangtze River was not easy to shake.Unexpectedly, Emperor Qinglong's first move would be the Zhen's family, and it wasn't a small fight, it was cutting weeds and roots.

The raid of Zhen's family was beyond everyone's expectation, including the people from Prince Li's faction.The people of Prince Li's faction, like other ministers, believed that Emperor Qinglong would not touch the Zhen family for a while.

Emperor Qinglong was not only the first to move the Zhen family, but also deliberately chose to kill the Zhen family at the end of the year. All the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty knew what it meant.

It's going to change.

Next year, that day will completely change.

Eliminating the Zhen family is equivalent to cutting off the left arm of Prince Li's group.The Zhen family is the purse of Prince Li's group in the south of the Yangtze River. Since he was still the crown prince, the Zhen family has been giving him money continuously.

When Prince Li was deposed and imprisoned, the Zhen family was still loyal and secretly sent money to Prince Li.The faction of Prince Li's faction was able to grow secretly, thanks to the help of the Zhen family.

Emperor Qinglong would no longer tolerate the people of Prince Li's faction, so the first thing must be to get rid of the Zhen family.Without the Zhen family, the people in Prince Li's group would lose a purse, which restricted their actions.

After getting rid of the Zhen family, the ministers thought that they would be quiet for a while and let them live a stable year, but they didn't expect it to happen.

A few days before the new year, the imperial court closed the pen, and the ministers did not have to go to the early court, and the news would be received later.When they received the news, several major events happened in Jiangnan.

Several families that had a good relationship with the Zhen family had accidents one after another. These people did not have the honor of being sent to the capital for beheading, but were beheaded directly there.It is said that blood flowed into rivers at that time, which scared the people in Jiangnan to the point of horror.

Not only that, many officials in Jiangnan were also beheaded.Generally speaking, if an official violates the law, according to the procedure, he will be escorted to the capital for review, and once the review finds that everything is true, he will be sentenced.However, these officials were not taken to the capital for interrogation, but were directly executed there.

Even during the Chinese New Year, many officials were beheaded and killed, which made the ministers far away in the capital frightened.

The ministers in the capital found that during the Chinese New Year, the martial law in the capital was much stricter than last year.Not only that, but the capital is very quiet.This [Quiet] does not mean that the New Year atmosphere in the capital is quiet, on the contrary, the New Year atmosphere in the capital is very lively, and the common people don't care what happens in the court, they still celebrate their New Year.

This [Quiet] refers to the fact that there is no movement from all parties in the capital, especially the people from Prince Li's faction.Many ministers felt that this was the calm before the storm, and that after the Chinese New Year, there would be a bloody storm.

What happened in the court hall has no effect on Ye Fu.Lin Huaiyu and his family had a lively and festive New Year.

It stands to reason that if something happened to the Zhen family, the Jia family should be restless. I didn't expect that the Jia family would be like a normal person, celebrating the new year in a lively and festive manner, completely unaffected by the accident of the Zhen family. This made Lin Huaiyu quite confused .

After the new year, the ministers thought that there would be a bloodbath, but they didn't expect that nothing happened, and everything seemed to go back to the past.

The beginning of February is the day of the examination, and the capital becomes very lively.Chaotang's attention seems to have shifted from those things in Jiangnan to the examination.

Many ministers felt that it might be because of the trial, so the capital has been very calm.

The capital city has always been peaceful, but Jiangnan has never been peaceful.From November last year to now, the movement in Jiangnan has not stopped.

After the Chinese New Year, many officials in Jiangnan were executed on the spot.At the same time, many new officials were transferred to Jiangnan.

Lin Huaiyu learned from the system what Lin Ruhai had done in the past few months, and she admired him as a father in her heart.

Starting from the Zhen family, this series of events was planned and arranged by Lin Ruhai, and this bureau has been arranged for many years, and the arrangement is so careful that no one from Prince Li's faction is aware of it.By the time they realized it, something had happened to the Zhen family, and it was one that couldn't be saved.

Emperor Qinglong was worried about Lin Ruhai's accident, and specially sent someone to protect him secretly, which made Lin Huaiyu feel relieved a lot.

This year's general examination and palace examination were not affected in any way, and ended very smoothly.

When the No. [-] Scholar, Tanhua, No. [-], and Jinshi were parading the streets, Lin Huaiyu went to the scene to feel it.To be honest, this kind of parade that attracts thousands of people's attention is very cool.

After watching the No. [-] Scholar and the No. [-] parade through the streets, Lin Huaiyu was arranged by Ye Wenfu to take a mock exam, and he got the questions for this year's general and palace exams.

Ye Wenfu specially copied the examination papers of this year's general examination and palace examination for Lin Huaiyu to take.Lin Huaiyu did well in the exam this time. Although he still didn't win the Huiyuan and the No. [-] Scholar, compared with last year's mock exam and palace exam, he has made rapid progress.

During the mock exam last year, Lin Huaiyu was still a thousand miles away from passing the exam, but this year he not only passed the mock exam, but also entered the top [-].

There are still two years before the next general examination and palace examination. With Lin Huaiyu's progress rate, he really has a great possibility to pass the Huiyuan and the number one scholar in two years' time.

"Brother, sister Xue invited me to go to the temple to burn incense, do you think I will go?"

Lin Huaiyu asked: "Do you want to go?"

"I want to go but I don't want to go." Xiao Daiyu's expression was a bit tangled, "We haven't gone out for a spring outing to fly a kite this year, so I kind of want to go. But, brother, you definitely won't go, so I don't want to go."

Lin Huaiyu heard what his sister meant, and said amusedly: "If you want me to go, just tell me, there is no need to go around with me."

Seen through by Lin Huaiyu, Xiao Daiyu smiled obediently at her brother: "I don't want to disturb your study and study, brother."

Lin Huaiyu thought for a while and said, "We'd better not go out." Although the capital has been calm for the past few months, there are dangers hidden under the surface calm. As Lin Ruhai's children, they had better not go out casually.

Xiao Daiyu noticed her brother's serious expression, and wondered if something happened.

"Brother, did something happen?"

"Something happened, but it's not for you or me to know." Lin Huaiyu didn't intend to tell her sister, otherwise it would scare her, "We are not suitable to go out during this period, after this period, I will accompany you to burn incense .”

"Brother..." Xiao Daiyu wanted to ask what happened, but when she saw his brother's warning eyes, she knew it was beyond her reach.

"Stay at home honestly during this time."

Xiao Daiyu nodded obediently: "I see."

Lin Huaiyu touched his sister's little head, and praised: "My sister is so good."

Xiao Daiyu, who was praised by her brother, smiled very happily, "I have always been good." She has always been a good sister, "Brother, then I will not bother you."

Mrs. Ye came back from the Yueji rouge shop and learned that Xiao Daiyu wanted to go to the temple to burn incense, so she also persuaded her not to go out during this time.

When Xiao Daiyu heard Mrs. Ye say the same, she was even more sure that something big had happened.However, it's not something she should know as a little girl.

Seeing that Xiao Daiyu didn't want to go to the temple to burn incense, Xue Baochai invited her to enjoy the flowers and enjoy the spring.

"Sister Xue, my mother-in-law and brother won't let me go out during this time, so I can't go with you to enjoy the flowers."

"Why is this?"

"Something must have happened." Xiao Daiyu sighed softly and said, "Although I don't know what happened, I still have to listen to my stepmother and brother. Sister Xue, don't go out during this period. Alright."

When Xue Baochai heard this, he couldn't help but think of what happened to the Zhen family at the end of last year, and his heart sank.

"Okay, I'll listen to you, don't go out for a while." After she finished speaking, she had a new idea, "Why don't you go to my house, I'll hold a simple flower viewing party, and invite Tanchun and the others to come too."

"Okay, I can help you with that."

The two chatted about holding a flower viewing banquet.

At this time, Mrs. Ye came back from work outside.

Seeing that the nanny who was following Mrs. Ye was holding a lot of painting scrolls, Xiao Daiyu asked curiously, "Mother-in-law, have you gone out to buy calligraphy and painting?"

Hearing Xiao Daiyu's question, Ye Wenfu looked back at the picture scroll in Nanny's hand, and smiled mysteriously at Xiao Daiyu: "This is not calligraphy and painting."

"It's not calligraphy and painting, what is that?"

"It's a portrait." After Madam Ye finished speaking, she emphasized, "A portrait of a beauty."

"Portrait of a beauty?" Xiao Daiyu looked bewildered.

Xue Baochai reacted, panic flashed across his eyes, and the hand holding the round fan suddenly exerted great force.

Seeing Xue Baochai present, Mrs. Ye couldn't say anything, "You and Miss Xue continue talking, I'll go get busy first."

After Mrs. Ye left, Xiao Daiyu murmured softly: "What beauty portrait, what does the mother-in-law want the beauty portrait for?"

Xue Baochai took a deep breath to stabilize his mind, pretended to be calm and said: "Daiyu, the portrait of the beauty Mrs. Ye mentioned should be a portrait of a woman, and it is for your brother."

"Give it to my brother?" Xiao Daiyu didn't react at first, but she soon understood, opened her mouth slightly, and said in surprise, "This... this..."

Xue Baochai teased Xiao Daiyu on purpose: "Mrs. Ye is choosing a sister-in-law for you."