There are bandits and gentlemen, don't be ashamed

Duan Jingxing stayed alone in the small study to read, and after waiting for a long time, Xie Xuanwei did not come, so he expected that he would not come today, so he also left.

Xie Xuanwei heard that there was a post officer from the northwest, so he sent Xing Yu to ask for a letter early in the morning.

After waiting for a long time, Xing Yu finally took the letter written by Jiang Wanyu and hurried back to Jiaofangdian.Entering the room with a happy face, he hurriedly saluted, "Your Majesty is overjoyed, Your Majesty has indeed written a letter to Your Majesty!"

Xuezhan took the letter and presented it to Xie Xuanwei. Xie Xuanwei hurriedly opened it and read it. Knowing that he was all right, he felt relieved.

Xuezhan brought the pen and ink, and Xie Xuanwei pondered for a while before writing a letter, informing Jiang Wanyu of the recent situation of the new court law, but he didn't mention anything to himself, and he was afraid that he would worry, so he added, "Very good, don't read .”

Seeing him writing letters earnestly, Xuezhan thought of the letters he had written these days, and asked, "Since Your Majesty left, you have been writing letters every day. Do you want the post officer to take it away with you this time?"

Xie Xuanwei listened, put down the pen, was stunned, and shook his head, "Just bring this one, I'm afraid there are too many letters, and he's worried about me."

After hearing what he said, Xuezhan couldn't help sighing, and said while heating the wax, "Your temperament of reporting good news but not worrying is really worthy of being your majesty's queen!"

"How bitter are you saying this? It's as if I've been wronged by the heavens." Xie Xuanwei dried the ink finely, sealed the letter with sealing wax, and handed it to Xuezhan.

Xuezhan said: "Have you thought about it, just this letter? I won't run errands for you anymore!"

Xing Yu was playing the incense seal script. After hearing this, she hurriedly collected the remaining incense with a feather broom, lit the incense seal script with a stick of incense, and said with a smile: "Sister Xuezhan doesn't understand, this letter from your mother is worth a word." A thousand pieces of gold, in which the friendship is endless, His Majesty can recall it! Besides, it is something that we as slaves cannot break."

Xuezhan took the letter and snorted, "You talk too much, what kind of incense seal are you writing now? It's not long, it's not night?"

Xing Yu said: "It was Mianwu who gave me the order." She arranged the memorial, put away the pen and ink, and helped Xie Xuanwei come over and sit down. "When the empress got up, she said that her head hurts. Are you better now?"

Seeing that Xie Xuan was in a daze, Xuezhan pulled Xingyu's clothes, shook her head, and the two went out together.

"You go to Mianwu and say, 'Xuezhan is going to deliver a letter to the northwest postman, do you have anything to bring?'"

Xing Yu sighed bitterly and said: "Oh, she must have something to bring, but you also know that I went to tell her like this because I was afraid that she would be overwhelmed."

Xuezhan nodded her forehead, gritted her teeth, and said, "Why are you worrying? Speaking of this matter, you are the one who is not good. Why bother? We entered the palace together, and we made a fuss over a trivial matter?"

"Okay, I see, I'll ask now."

"go Go."

Xuezhan waited for a while, and sure enough, she saw Mianwu carrying a burden.

Mianwu blushed and said: "I heard that Mobei is much colder than our place, so the empress asked me to make a fur coat for His Majesty. This little bag contains socks made of scraps of cloth..."

Xuezhan took the burden, and joked with a smile: "Understood, Your Majesty the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, naturally don't use the rag boss, and give it to the hard-working father-in-law Wuyou."

Hearing this, Mianwu was touched, lowered his head and scolded: "You are going to die, and you are talking nonsense, making fun of me with these unscrupulous words all day long. Hurry up tomorrow, I'm dead, I'm afraid you will be more relaxed !"

Xuezhan chuckled, pushed Xingyu, gave her a wink, and went to deliver a letter to the post officer.

Xie Xuanwei got the news that the Empress Dowager returned to the palace for a short stay. Although he was puzzled, he made proper arrangements.On the day the Empress Dowager came back, he went early to wait for her.

Xuezhan looked around, but there was no sign of Gao Yuelou, "It's strange, why isn't Lord Qiantose here? I haven't seen him come to our Jiaofang Palace for several days."

Lan Shuang hastily pulled the corner of her clothes, and said in a soft voice: "My sister is wrong, my mother is a niece and daughter-in-law, and my uncle is kind and caring about the younger generation."

Xuezhan hastily slapped herself on the mouth and bowed her head in silence.

Xie Xuanwei picked up the Empress Dowager, and served her dinner with Princess Rong.After the meal, the Empress Dowager left Prince Rong and Princess Rong to talk about the family.The Empress Dowager closed her eyes and leaned on the beauty couch, the Princess Rong sat on the footstool under the couch, beating her legs for her, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were talking and laughing.Princess Rong saw that Xie Xuanwei was embarrassed to sit with him, so she told him to go back quickly.

Because of the many memorials in the past two days, Xie Xuanwei stayed up every night, and his energy was really low. Hearing this, he was in the middle of his heart, so he resigned.

The Empress Dowager slowly opened her eyes and said, "How long will Han'er be able to arrive in Lin'an?"

When Princess Rong heard her mentioning her son, her face was full of joy, and her smile was a little sincere, "It's only been two days, and my son is thinking too hard!"

The Empress Dowager was also full of love, she gently stroked the patterns on the small table, and sighed: "This cold son of the Ai family is a first-class good boy in the world. What belongs to him is still his after all! God! It’s impossible to see it.”

Princess Rong nodded her head again and again, her smile was almost from ear to ear.

The Empress Dowager said: "It's time for Han'er to get married. He always hangs around with that kid from the Xie family. The Ai family is also angry when he sees it. What kind of dirty thing? He married a man to be the mistress. It's neither fish nor fowl, and his family even recognized him." , In the end, the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked."

Princess Rong hurriedly admitted her mistake, and said with a smile: "The empress mother is right, the concubine has already found several girls, the first daughter of Dingguo Houfu, and the second daughter of Duke Qing..."

The Empress Dowager sneered, and waved her hands, "Hmph, they are all monsters, they only know how to recite poems and fight against each other, just follow your preferences?"

"Concubine, concubine dare not."

The Empress Dowager rolled her eyes, and Princess Rong was so frightened that she didn't dare to lift her head, "Don't dare? This woman has read a lot, so she will inevitably have a different heart. For example, that Xie Xuanwei, who speaks so nicely about politics, huh, The Ai family sees that someone is in charge. If no one is in charge of her, she will be the emperor!" The Empress Dowager gave Prince Rong a white look, "Daughter-in-law Han, the Ai family has their own choice, you don't have to worry about it .”

"Yes."

"Go down."

"Chen and concubine retire."

Princess Rong walked outside the door, her face turned ashen for a moment, she gritted her teeth and glanced at the door, wishing she could burn a few holes in the vermilion door, and kick the door hard to vent her anger.

Jiang Muhan hurried back to Lin'an without stopping, and the Empress Dowager immediately sent someone to invite Jiang Muhan when she received the news.

Jiang Muhan rushed to the palace, but saw the Empress Dowager sitting there in good order, saw him coming, and hurriedly waved for him to come over.

Jiang Muhan walked up to the empress dowager, knelt down and saluted him, the empress dowager quickly pulled him up, hugged him in her arms and felt pain, "Grandma's good grandson, I haven't seen you for so long, I miss grandma."

Jiang Muhan sat beside her, and asked tentatively, "How is Grandma Huang?"

The Empress Dowager tied his hair and looked at him with a smile, "Grandma Huang wants to give you a big gift, and she tricked you into coming back soon because she was afraid that you would walk slowly."

"What gift?"

The Empress Dowager patted his hand affectionately, raised her head and asked majestically, "Is Wen Shengqing here?"

Hearing this, Jiang Muhan felt an ominous premonition in his heart.

Wen Shengqing listened to the call and came in, bowing to him neither humble nor overbearing.

Jiang Muhan stood up in a moment of excitement, pointed at Wen Shengqing and said angrily: "Why are you in Lin'an? You should be by the emperor's brother at this meeting!"

The Empress Dowager smiled and pulled him to sit down, and said with a smile: "Wen Qing has his reasons in Lin'an."

Jiang Muhan shook off the Empress Dowager's hand, his face paled with anger, and his face was dripping with sweat, but he didn't dare to speak loudly to his grandmother, so he had to suppress his displeasure, "What's the point? Grandma, the border guards entered Beijing privately to kill Boss! Can you ask him if he has a permit to enter Beijing?"

Wen Shengqing smiled lightly, nodded and said: "I don't have a permit to enter Beijing."

Jiang Muhan drew out the sword on his waist, and went straight to Wen Shengqing, "I'll kill you, who despises military law!"

The Empress Dowager was so angry that her eyes widened, she patted Xiaoji, and said angrily: "Come on, I have lowered Xiaoshizi's weapon!" After saying that, several people stepped forward and snatched his weapon, "Tied up!"

Seeing that the Empress Dowager gave the order, those people quickly tied up Jiang Muhan, and helped him to lie on the couch.

Jiang Muhan was so angry that he almost gritted his teeth, and struggled desperately on the couch, the rough rope rubbed his wrists to a layer of oily skin.

The empress dowager frowned and said: "You don't have to struggle now, I'm afraid you won't live long in the evening, and he has no heirs. The Ai family tricked you to come back to inherit the great order for the sake of the country, and invited Wen Qing to mediate That's all. You are so excited, you don't know, you think the Ai family is going to seek power and usurp the throne! After all, this country belongs to the Jiang family, and the Ai family can't be the emperor!" He was about to cry.

Hearing this, Jiang Muhan lay blankly on the bed, feeling that it was difficult to breathe, and pretended to be calm: "It must be rumors, Wen Shengqing can come back alive, how can my elder brother not live long?"

Wen Shengqing sighed, took a step forward and said: "Your Majesty does not know something. Your Majesty was seriously injured. Before I returned to Lin'an, Your Majesty was already seriously ill. I gave the minister an order to say that Zen is in the position of your Majesty. At this moment, Your Majesty, I'm afraid More bad luck than good luck."

Jiang Muhan violently struggled to sit up, his eyes were wide open, the veins on his forehead were bulging, and his face was a bit ferocious, he shouted hoarsely: "What nonsense are you talking about! , kill him for me, kill this traitor!" Jiang Muhan went berserk, jumped up and bumped into Wen Shengqing's arms, knocking him staggering, but luckily the palace servants were able to support them both.

The Empress Dowager said: "Why are you shouting and beating and killing every day? I value you in the evening, so don't let him down. The country cannot live without a king."

"One day without a king!" Jiang Muhan said anxiously: "You don't even make up a lie? My brother is seriously injured, why can't I hear any news? Don't talk about me. What about my sister-in-law? The Zen position is so good It's a big deal, why is my sister-in-law not here? I'm afraid you are just trying to coax me into becoming the emperor so that you can do your unclean deeds! I..."

The Empress Dowager raised her hand and slapped her, and said angrily, "Is this dragon chair for Ai's family to sit on?" The Empress Dowager stopped talking.The palace people on both sides immediately opened the door and walked out, and there was no more sound in the room.

The empress dowager thought of all the past, and sighed deeply, "The Ai family has been unwilling for so many years! My son is obviously better than Jiang Yuanzhen, and we will clear the court together. The Ai family was a noble concubine back then. What is Jiang Yuanzhen's background? Why? He, Jiang Yuanzhen, can be the emperor, but my son can only be the prince? The Ai family hired the Gao family, and he also came to snatch it, which made your father lose his mind for a long time, and let that bitch Wu take advantage of it!"

Jiang Muhan was shocked at first, but when he heard the empress dowager address his mother like that, he turned dark and said, "If mother is a slut, then what is grandson? Little slut?"

"you!"

"So what about me? Grandma doesn't know what kind of temperament my father is? If he becomes the king of a country, the world will be in chaos." He tried to persuade: "Grandma, uncle and elder brother have worked hard to turn things around. Brother They are light on taxes, and the country is clean and honest. How many good things have they done for the people and the country? Besides, my sister-in-law, although she is a woman, is a hero among women. It's also respectful, grandma, how can you bear it?"

The Empress Dowager said indifferently: "That's not the grandson of Ai's family, you are. Since you mentioned your good sister-in-law, you are also reminding Ai's family." Fangdian, mourning the family's decree, the queen's conduct is not good, she has been in the palace for many years, she has no children, she is overbearing and domineering, she monopolizes the emperor's favor, she is jealous of her wife, and even interferes in politics, please die."

As soon as the words fell, someone brought poison, a dagger, and white silk to the empress dowager.

Wen Shengqing never expected that the empress dowager would temporarily break the contract, and his expression changed for a moment, and he said in a deep voice: "Did the empress dowager forget the agreement with the minister?"

The Empress Dowager's expression changed upon hearing this, and she sneered, "Are you threatening Aijia?"

Wen Shengqing shook his head and said with a smile: "I dare not, I just remind my mother that I dare to do something because I have a perfect plan. As for these," Wen Shengqing raised his hand and violently knocked over the tray carried by the palace servant, and was too frightened with a bang. The empress dowager's legs shook, "If the empress is hurt by someone, the minister will make it worse and return it back. The empress doesn't like it, and the queen mother doesn't like it, so I just want the minister to like it." After saying that, she saluted and left.

The Empress Dowager was dizzy with anger, she fell to the side rubbing her heart, and everyone hurriedly fed her soup and medicine to comfort her.

Jiang Muhan understood that his grandmother had conspired against Wen Shengqing, but now that he was tied up, Jiang Wanyu's life and death were uncertain, and the only thing he could ask for was Gao Yuelou. "But how to tell Gao Yuelou?" Jiang Muhan saw that the empress dowager's face turned purple with anger, surrounded by a group of people in a mess, and he felt a little irritable in his heart.

Jiang Muhan was trained in the army, while looking at the Empress Dowager, he quietly untied the rope, and slowly let him untie it, and ran out quickly while everyone was in a hurry.The people outside didn't know what was going on inside, so they stepped forward to stop him, but he stared at him fiercely, scolded and beat him to the side.