Chapter 141: Leave some incense to the Xie family
"Wang Yu asked him to come to me, firstly to deliver a letter, and secondly, I think he also wants me to protect him."
Mrs. Ruan nodded, "It's not easy to come out of the palace so late."
Ruan Weizhi: "I said I came from the Xu family."
"Xu family?" Mrs. Ruan was slightly surprised. , "Isn't the empress in Qingxi Palace injured?"
"Li Shaoqing said that the injury was not that serious, but he was frightened and specially hired someone to calm the empress."
>Mrs. Ruan said: "No wonder. It's also difficult for them. The nobles in the palace were frightened. With the imperial doctor at their side, there was no need for people from Qin Tianjian to go over and calm their nerves."
Ruan Hezhi nodded, "I was like that at first, too. I think there may be some contact between Wang Yu and the Xu family. "
"The Xu family has been in the spotlight these past two days. I heard that the old man of the Xu family is ill and can't even go to the palace." Mrs. Ruan. Thinking of the rumors I heard today, I suddenly thought of something, "By the way, I heard that the boy from the Xu family came back from being injured in the Jingwei Mansion. He has always had a close relationship with Liulang Xie. Since he came from the Jingwei Mansion, When Wei Mansion comes back from Songjiang, do you think he has met the Xie family? "
Ruan Weizhi looked up at his wife.
"Didn't the girl who married outside the Xu family be taken back to her parents' family? I have some interactions with the Xu family's wife. Tomorrow I will prepare some things and go to the Xu Mansion to visit and inquire about Anan and the others. What do you think, Master?" Mrs. Ruan Eyes light up.
"Isn't this... inappropriate? One is injured, and the other is divorced and returns home." Ruan Weizhi only felt that this was inconvenient, but he did not object.
Mrs. Ruan thought about it seriously, "Since Wang Yu asked Mr. Li to come to our house through the Xu family's connections, then the Xu family must also know about it. I will go and talk to you tomorrow. Maybe you It's not easy for men to have contact with each other at the moment, but it's harmless for us women to talk to each other. If the palace is watching, I will think of a good excuse, make a good appearance, and make it look a little more like it, isn't that enough? "
Ruan Hezhi thought about it and said, "Be careful."
"I know how powerful it is. The female members of the Xu family are here to support their appearance, so that other noble families will not want to get close to her." Mrs. Ruan heard the sound and said with a smile.
Ruan Souzhi nodded, "Madam is still thoughtful."
"Oh, I am also a mother, and I only care about myself and others. They are all people with daughters." Mrs. Ruan Whenever I think of my daughter who insists on being exiled to the North with the Xie family, I feel extremely worried.
"Let me just say that this dream tonight was strange. I was uneasy and always felt that something big was about to happen." Mrs. Ruan murmured.
At this time, Ruan Weizhi also remembered that his wife was awakened by a nightmare in the middle of the night. When he thought about what happened in the second half of the night, the expression on his face darkened a little, and he sighed.
“The rain is coming and the wind is blowing.”
The Duke Protector's Mansion fell overnight, and the fight between the factions in the court became more and more intense. It’s not yet the New Year’s Eve, and many people in the government have begun to argue about next year’s treasury transfers. It’s just nonsense!
Their department, which is responsible for the appointment and dismissal of officials, cannot escape the turmoil. The Xie family is in decline. The vacancy in the northwest is like a piece of fat. Everyone is jealous of the wolf and the flesh.
These days, he has been looking up and down, inside and outside the yamen, and he has become more and more cold-hearted.
When people leave, the tea is cool, and this is what happens in the world.
Those who are jumping up and down include many of the people who took care of the Xie family in every possible way. After the Xie family was in trouble, it is only human nature to turn to other masters, but it is a pity...
Catch the wind. How can people be good people? When people get promoted, their favors fight against their enemies. Mr. Ruan watched helplessly as some people used the past events of the Xie family, and even the futures of people who were good friends with the Xie family, to vote for names, so that they could get promoted and make a fortune. , regardless of other people's family.
If Ruan Wenzhi and several colleagues who still have some power in the court had not spoken out and defended, I don’t know how many people would have been implicated because of the Xie family’s loss of power.
For this reason, Ruan Tao has been working hard for the safety of some low-level officials and soldiers, so he should leave a little incense for the Xie family.
The emperor's behavior is becoming more and more unpredictable. Even if the Protector's Palace is an eyesore, there is no need to kill all the people and leave only a group of sycophants around. Where will the future of Liang be?
Although the Xie family has been in exile for many days, the lingering impression is still getting stronger.
Ruan Weizhi was exhausted from doing this errand and felt very powerless. "I wonder how long I, Ruan Wenzhi, can hold on in this court." The Minister of Servants sighed heavily, "When you are in the government and at home, you can't help yourself."
Mrs. Ruan said warmly: " If the master is tired, I am willing to return home with my husband.”
Hearing this, Ruan Ezhi smiled. Although he knew that his wife’s words were just to comfort him, he still felt that his wife was like this. It feels warm.
"Let’s take it one step at a time. Pei Ning is still in the court. If my father retires, who will protect him from the wind and rain? If he can’t stand up in the past few years, how will he be able to serve Anan and Anan in the future? Brother Rui, support me. Let's hang out in the court for now."
The couple talked late at night, talking about their children.
After all the hard work in the second half of the night, no one needed to sleep.
Looking out of the pitch-black window, you can gradually see the courtyard. The dark sky begins to light up little by little, and occasionally you can hear a few roosters crowing around you.
I had no sleep all night until the early morning of the next day.
Mrs. Ruan accompanied her husband to stay on the second day, and saw that the time was almost up. Although it was not yet dawn, it was already time to enter the palace and attend court.
After Ruan Weizhi changed his court clothes, he entered the palace by car.
At the gate of Daliang Palace, carriages from various prefectures were lined up with lanterns early in the morning.
All the court officials dismounted from their horses, held hand warmers in their arms against the cold wind, and lined up to enter the palace.
There was a fire at Gyeonghuigong Palace last night.
In less than half an hour, the news had already spread outside the palace.
Ruan Tao got off the carriage and came all the way from the back. Before he reached the palace gate for inspection, he heard several adults in front of him discussing the incident in the palace.
Compared to the incident that almost happened to the Emperor in the Qingxi Palace last night, the incident of Qintian Prisoner Wang Yu being sent to prison by the Emperor was inconspicuous.
As Ruan Wenzhi walked to the palace gate and asked the officials to check and release as usual, he heard the two officials from the same court following behind him talking.
“I heard that the concubine of Gyeonghui Palace was injured on her face?”
“Where did you hear this news?”
"Well, that's what I heard when the people over there said it."
After the two checked, they walked and talked. Ruan Weizhi looked at the palace man's expression, calm and dull, with no hint of reminder or obstruction. No.
His heart sank, and he felt that the fire in Qingxi Palace in the court today might cause trouble.
The palace people and even the officials on duty silently indulged the rumors in Gyeonghui Palace.
Ruan Weizhi was a little strange and thought to himself, why did the Xu family anger the Holy Emperor?
Officials from Daliang filed into the inner court.
Civil and military officials were waiting inside and outside the Jinluan Hall, waiting under the starry sky until the emperor's footsteps could be heard.
"Long live the Emperor! Long live! Long live!"
(End of this chapter)