Chapter 959 (1/2)
Outside the imperial study, Zhang Mianzhi stood respectfully, with a plea fold in his hand.
Yesterday evening, after receiving a letter from Han lingfu, he knew that things were no longer feasible. Unlike Han lingfu, who was in the palace, Zhang Mianzhi had heard a lot of rumors these days, and knew that it was not good at that time. He had also asked someone to try to reverse all this, but he did not know where the rumors came from and how they could not be controlled
How did it come to this? He lost a daughter at first, and now I'm afraid he can't keep his future.
Having said that, Zhang Mianzhi had to admit that the best way to deal with it was to plead guilty before the emperor's surrender.
Therefore, he wrote a plea for guilt overnight, waiting here early.
Zhang Mianzhi has been waiting for half an hour. According to the little eunuch who served outside the imperial study, Princess yongyang had arrived before he came. He talked with the emperor in the imperial study behind closed doors, and no one was seen. As a result, Zhang Mianzhi has been waiting.
Another half an hour later, yongyang princess finally came out. Zhang Mianzhi quickly stepped back and bowed down and said, ”I've seen the princess.”
Yong Yang took a look at him. Zhang Mianzhi felt uneasy with his cold eyes.
”Lord Zhang.” At this time, a Chamberlain came forward and said, ”the emperor will let you in.”
”Thank you, father-in-law.”
Zhang Mianzhi said thanks, adjusted his official uniform and entered the imperial study.
”See the emperor!”
Zhang Mianzhi went to worship, but for a long time, he did not hear the emperor's voice.
Zhang Mianzhi didn't dare to look up and kneel down there, but his heart was a mess.
After a while, the emperor said faintly, ”get up.”
Zhang Mianzhi stood up and settled his mind. He took out the fold from his sleeve and held it to his head with both hands. He said in a loud voice, ”emperor, this is the plea for sins of Wei Chen, who came to plead with my mother on purpose!”
With a wink from the emperor, Duke Liu went to take the book and send it to the imperial court.
Seeing that the emperor had opened the fold, Zhang Mianzhi finally felt a little relieved. He felt that there was still room for turning things around. He sincerely admitted his mistake and said, ”emperor, my mother is really wrong, but my mother is really out of a loving heart. She is distressed that the second princess died early, which made him confused. The Empress Dowager has already punished my mother, and she will not dare to act arbitrarily! Please make atonement. ”
In the imperial study, there was silence, and the emperor never spoke.
Zhang Mianzhi raised his eyes carefully and glanced at the emperor's gloomy eyes. Zhang Mianzhi's heart ”cluttered” for a moment, and then lowered his head.
With frost on his face, the emperor said in a slow and cold voice, ”did she set fire to the main hall of the Yaowang Temple because she was confused for a while and pity the second princess?”
How could the emperor know that they had deliberately burned the main hall of Yaowang temple? Zhang Mianzhi almost lost his temper. He was so frightened that he knelt down again. His whole body trembled and he instinctively called out, ”the emperor, the minister is wronged!”
”Wronged?” The emperor disdained to snort coldly, frowned angrily, and immediately threw the fold in his hand towards Zhang Mianzhi
Zhang Mianzhi didn't dare to hide. He let the fold fall on his forehead and ”pa” smashed out a red mark.
The emperor continued: ”a monk in the Yaowang Temple saw with his own eyes that it was the people of your ZhangFu who lit the curtain in front of the Buddha with candlelight. Would you like me to declare that monk to confront your mother?”
Zhang Mianzhi's pupils shrank suddenly and his face turned pale.
”Burning the temple is a great crime of blasphemy! How brave you are The more he thought about it, the colder he felt.
Just now, Yong Yang came to see him and told him the truth about the fire in the Yaowang temple.
The emperor knew that yongyang was there on the day of the fire in the Yaowang temple. He witnessed the fire with his own eyes. Because he felt suspicious at that time, he ordered someone to check it. He found that the fire in the Yaowang temple was not because the candle fell down, but because the people of Zhang's house set the fire secretly. The matter was inadvertently seen by a monk in Yaowang temple. The monk was afraid of the situation of Zhang's house and didn't dare to say anything Until yongyang people found him.
If Yong Yang had not told him that the emperor would have believed what Zhang Mianzhi said, it was old lady Zhang, a stupid woman, who came up with such a ridiculous idea to let the second princess's spiritual throne marry Xiao Yi!
All this seems to be a farce, but this little bit of careful scrutiny will find that it is a well planned plot!
From the second princess to dream, Zhang's family gave porridge, to the farce at the flower watching banquet of the eunuch, and even later, old lady Zhang and his wife went to Changle palace to see the Empress Dowager Each step is clearly carefully thought out and calculated, and they want to make profits for themselves through the words of ghosts and gods!
Zhang Fu really played a big game of chess!
This is by no means a confused old man Zhang. There must be Zhang Fu and Zhang Bin behind him. Even the third prince may also be involved in it!
It's all wet. It's not closed.
The emperor said coldly, ”Zhang Mianzhi, do you have something to say?”Playing between his fingers, Zhang Mianzhi's heart had flashed countless ideas. Finally, he fell on his knees powerlessly and said with difficulty, ”I plead guilty.” Three words seemed to have exhausted all his strength.
At first, the emperor was skeptical about the Empress Dowager's ghost and God theory. It was far fetched to say that the second princess was buried in the imperial mausoleum with an unclean body, which made the purple micro star dim as a warning. But now, it makes sense.
The reason why the purple micro star is dim and clear is that Zhangjia burned the temple in the name of the second princess, and the second princess was born to be a phoenix girl, so the Buddha would blame him for this and let Ziwei star show a strange vision!
This Zhang Jia has done him a lot of harm. It's disgusting!
Thinking of this, the emperor's expression is even colder. He is the Ming emperor of the time, but the image of Tian Shi Hun Jun is implicated by Zhangjia!
The more he thought about it, the more angry he said, ”good! You have set the temple on fire and blasphemed the Buddha. I will make you white today. ” There was no trace of emotion in his tone Since you Zhang Jia miss the second princess so much, you should go and guard the tomb for the second princess! ”
As soon as he said this, Zhang Mianzhi almost didn't collapse. He thought that the emperor was only demoted to his official post and could not turn over for several years. Unexpectedly, the emperor's heart was so cruel that he didn't give Zhang Bin and the third prince a face at all!
The most important thing is that his eldest son, Zhang Yiyu, is about to take part in the examination. He is driven to Shouling. What should he do with his homework?
The emperor was so angry that Zhang Mianzhi did not dare to say anything more. He could only reply rigidly: ”the minister recognizes the punishment!” As long as there are three princes in the family, although they are down for a while, there will always be a day for them to recover!
In front of Zhang Mianzhi's face, the emperor directly ordered Duke Liu: ”pass on my instructions. From now on, Jingyang palace will be closed, and the concubine Zhang can't get it unless summoned!”
”Yes, Emperor.”
Zhang Mianzhi was sweating and didn't even know how he got out of the imperial study.
He just wanted to go back to the mansion earlier and find the third prince to discuss with him quickly.
But in the imperial study, the emperor's face was still as heavy as water. Although it seems that this matter is Zhang Jia's wanton act, but is it really just Zhang's own idea? Zhang Jia is the third prince's uncle's family, and the third prince obviously has something to do with it!
If it is said that the third prince planned all these things, his purpose is obviously to take Zhennan palace for his own use. What a great ambition!
However, in this series of events, the Third Prince did not show up from the beginning to the end, so that he could not grasp any mistakes
In this way, a heavy haze flashed in the emperor's eyes
A few days later, Zhang Jia, the third prince's mother's family, left the royal capital. It is said that old lady Zhang dreamed of the second princess every night. She was reluctant to give up, so she took her whole family to guard the tomb for the second princess.
When everyone in the capital heard the words, they all showed a trace of sarcasm: grandmother guarding the mausoleum for her granddaughter? With the whole family? This ridiculous thing is unheard of!
It must be something that angered the emperor.
The third prince's mother's family has been rejected by the emperor, and Zhang pin has been demoted and no longer favored by the emperor. The third prince himself is nothing special, and all the ministers who have not yet stood in line secretly consider it.
And all kinds of rumors about the second princess were suppressed under the strong means of Beijing Zhaofu.
Nangong Yue only smiles when he learns that Zhangjia has been sent to guard the mausoleum.
When he found out that Zhang Jia was secretly plotting in the name of the second princess, out of his heart's wariness, Nangong Yue ordered Zhu Xing to keep an eye on Zhang's activities. After learning that zhangjiahui would go to Yaowang temple for the second princess, she invited yongyang and Madame Fu to go with her. At that time, she just thought that the ceremony would not be too simple, so she wanted yongyang to be a witness. Unexpectedly, Zhangjia would set fire.
Yong Yang's temperament is determined, so long as she has doubts, she will certainly find out clearly.
After the medicine king temple, nangongyue proposed to give porridge just to find an excuse. The key is what she said with the Empress Dowager in Yongle Palace. If Zhang Jia didn't want to frame her, it's OK. As long as Zhang Jia has a bad heart for her, everything they do will be stabbing themselves.
From that moment on, in fact, it has been doomed to this end.
Next, what she did was just follow the trend.
In the capital of the king, the undercurrent surged, and the time also in this disturbance, went to the seventh day of December.
Tomorrow will be Laba. After Laba, it will be the new year. Although Xiao Yi is not here, this year is still going to be over. As the housewife, nangongyue has a lot of trivial things to manage.
Therefore, on the seventh night of December, Zhennan Wangfu was busy. All the maids gathered outside the kitchen to watch. It was time to cook Laba porridge in advance.
All the people in the kitchen are busy. They prepare rice, white rice, jiangmi, Xiaomi, Lingjiao rice, chestnut, hongjiangdou, jujube and other materials, and then wash the rice, soak the fruit, pluck the skin, remove the core, and select carefully
Gradually, the maids were scattered, but the kitchen was full of lights and was busy until late at night.
Laba porridge should be cooked in the middle of the night, and then stewed with a low fire. Until the next day, that is, the morning of Laba day, the Laba porridge was finally cooked. The strong sweet fragrance almost spread throughout the whole palace, making people salivate.In the old days, Laba porridge was naturally cooked in Zhennan Wangfu, but shiziye didn't care about the etiquette. He cooked two barrels of porridge in the kitchen every year, and only shared a portion of porridge in the mansion. How could this be so grand and festive.
There is a new hostess in the palace. It is really different!
The Laba porridge cooked in the mansion should be sent to all the relatives and friends' houses before the lunar new year. Therefore, after half of the Mao period, an Niang took the porridge box arranged in the kitchen to show Nangong Yue.
Although it was still early, Nangong Yue had already got up. Today, the palace would definitely give porridge down. She had to wear the big makeup of the imperial concubine to thank for her kindness, so she began to prepare early.
An Niang handed a list to Nangong Yue and said, ”Princess Shizi, the nurse has drawn up a list. Do you want to see if there is any omission?”
Nangong mansion, yongyang Dachang Princess mansion, Yuncheng Princess mansion, ensuo mansion Nangong Yue glanced at the list at random and nodded.
”Princess, can you see how well the porridge box is arranged?” Then, an Niang opened the porridge box again, and a sweet smell came to her face. The kitchen specially spread preserved fruit, litchi meat, Guiyuan meat, peach kernel, pine nuts, and red melon seeds in the porridge box, displaying auspicious patterns.
Nangong Yue looked at it, and said with a smile, ”nurse, give me a bowl.”
Ann Niang was naturally smiling.
Lily also looked at the porridge box and said happily, ”princess, the Laba porridge that has been cooked for half a night is really delicious. As soon as I smell it, I know it must be glutinous, sweet and fragrant. I think those veterans of liuhezhuang must be grateful for your kindness.”
Baihui listen to show a little satisfaction, cousin is finally grown up, speak also have a bit of appearance.
Lily asked Nangong Yue politely, ”princess, the carriage is ready. I don't know when you are going to leave? The maidservant also calculated the time to let the kitchen pack the porridge
Today is Laba. Nangong Yue is going to send some Laba porridge to the veterans of liuhezhuang. She has nothing to do recently, so she wants to go there in person.