After the death of the previous emperor, the Empress Dowager became arrogant

Chapter 364: Such a good opportunity, you can't miss it

His Majesty is benevolent and loves the people. If Chen Xingwei committed a heinous crime, Chen Zhuo would not be implicated if he did not get involved. The most he would suffer would be the decline of his family.

With her around, they will surely have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives.

"You just said, who else came back with Old Madam Jiang?"

The nanny lowered the bead curtain in front of the small couch, took a fan, stood behind her master, and fanned him gently.

"He is the young man whom the princess had met in the palace before. He is very much loved by His Majesty."

"Is he the man that His Majesty sent to Yifeng County to deal with the strange disease?" Princess Heyong sat up, "Do you know who he is?"

"The fifth son of the martial arts supreme Gong family, I heard he disappeared when he was young and was not found until he was a teenager. Now he has Gong Chan and Gong Qiu by his side. Although he doesn't have much martial arts skills, he has many followers, including talents from all walks of life. As for before, I heard he was a servant of a certain family. After something happened to that family, he lived among the people until he met the great elder of the Gong family, and was taken back to the Gong family to recognize his ancestors."

"Disappeared since childhood?" The princess raised her lips, "What a coincidence."

She tilted her head back slightly and asked, "Don't you think so, Sixth Brother?"

"How did you know I was coming?" Wen Chengxuan came out from behind the screen. "Don't tell me, that guy is really hard to deal with. He is surrounded by experts. It's impossible to assassinate him."

The princess rolled her eyes at him and asked, "What can you accomplish?"

"I know how to make my sister happy." Wen Chengxuan put his hands on the princess' shoulders. "How is it? Is it okay?"

The princess tapped her left shoulder and said, "As expected of a prince who grew up in a world of women, he may not be good at anything else, but he has a lot of tricks to coax women."

She waved her hand to let the nanny go, stopped Wen Chengxuan's hand and said, "How is the Bai family doing?"

"Sister really reminded me in time last time, otherwise the mine would have belonged to someone else." Wen Chengxuan felt frightened when talking about this, "The kid from the Bai family is fine, but I think the old man Bai Xianliang really wants to surrender to the one in the palace."

"I don't care about him. What I want is the gold nugget in his hand. It has been occupied by the Bai family for so many years, it's time to change the owner."

Wen Chengxuan stopped joking and turned serious, "What should I do, sister?"

The princess's eyes were upturned at the corners, as if with hooks, but filled with coldness and indifference without warmth.

"Do I still need to teach you this?"

Wen Chengxuan thought about it carefully before he understood what she meant, "But Wan'er..."

Xie Wan is being kept in the nunnery, and calling her back suddenly like this would easily arouse suspicion.

"Who said it was my Wan'er?" The princess's expression suddenly changed.

Wen Chengxuan's heart skipped a beat.

If it wasn't Wan'er, could it be...

"Wan'er couldn't lure Bai Xianliang into taking the bait, so she had to find someone with a higher status. His wife is very particular about family background, and once threatened that her son would not marry anyone other than a prince or nobleman."

Wan'er is her sweetheart, and she would never send her to that man-eating den.

At this point, no matter how dumb Wen Chengxuan was, he understood her plan.

After what happened last time, Yao'er was no longer as close to him as before. There seemed to be a chasm between the two of them. No matter how attentive he was, it was difficult to repair the relationship between them.

Yaoer no longer trusts him.

He understood this deeply.

For him, forcing Yao'er to marry someone she didn't like again would be tantamount to severing his family ties.

Princess He Yong smiled softly, "I don't mean to harm her. The Bai family has a simple family tradition, and Bai Ke is an honest and decent child who never spends money on wine and women. For Yao'er, this is a rare good marriage. If things get turbulent in the future, you and I may have no way out, but the Bai family does. For that reason, the emperor will not take action against the Bai family.

In this way, Yaoer can not only save her life, but also seek a stable life. No matter who is in power in the future, they can rely on the Bai family. The Bai family may seem to be rootless, but in fact it is stable. "

Wen Chengxuan calmed himself down.

Having said that, but...

"What do you think is more important, love or life?"

Wen Chengxuan still didn't answer.

Princess He Yong poured herself a glass of wine, sat up from the couch, and walked step by step in the empty hall. With every step she took, a little wine spilled.

"I know who her crush is."

Wen Chengxuan looked through the gauze curtain and seemed to see the carefree and enthusiastic girl in her.

Her bare feet splashed the wine, making noises as she danced.

"Where is the sincerity in this world? In the end, it is nothing but a passing cloud."

She threw the glass far away.

"Sincerity?" Princess He Yong burst out laughing. "What exactly is sincerity? Is it the day-to-day waiting? Is it the countless cold words? Or is it the suffering and resentment of not being understood?"

She pointed at herself and said, "Look at me. In the eyes of outsiders, Xie Er and I are a loving couple. I'm afraid it's hard for you to understand why we want to divorce him when we are so in love."

She laughed till tears came out.

"Everything is good in the eyes of outsiders. He is good, I am good, and no one knows about the dirty things going on in the mansion."

As she spoke, she closed her eyes and seemed to be drunk.

Wen Chengxuan went up to support her, "Sister He Yong, take a nap first, and then we can talk after you wake up."

"It will be the New Year soon. There will definitely be a Spring Festival Banquet after the New Year. You can't miss such a good opportunity." Princess He Yong pushed him away and staggered to the inner hall. "I have learned from the past. You can decide for yourself whether you want sincerity or your life."

She not only wants to suppress the Chen family, but also wants to take control of the Bai family as well.

Now that she has escaped from the sea of suffering, she will no longer trust anyone. She wants to hold power and money in her own hands.

In this way, you will have the capital to exchange with others in the future.

……

The thatched huts outside the city burned all night.

When the government officials arrived, the place where the hut was had been burned to a charcoal.

Yuan Qing followed Jingzhao Prefecture Governor Tan Gu to investigate the scene.

She stepped on the grass around the black soil and said, "Fortunately, the climate in the capital is not too dry and the wind is not strong. In addition, the rain before winter moistened the ground. Otherwise, a fire as big as this would have burned the surrounding area to ashes."

Tan Gu also walked over to take a look, then looked forward, "Yeah, I don't know how this fire started?"

Someone shouted, "Sir, a body has been found!"

Tan Gu's expression froze and he hurried over.

Several people carried out a pitch-black corpse and gently placed it on a relatively clean space nearby.

Tan Gu squatted down and took a look, and was forced to cover his nose by the strong smell of the corpse.

Yuan Qing held his breath and walked forward a few steps, wrapped his fingers with a handkerchief, and pressed the surface of the corpse.

Tan Gu asked hurriedly: "How is it?"

"It's hard to say." Yuan Qing shook his head. "I don't know much about this. I still need to find someone who knows the business to check it."

"There's a coroner in the yamen. Let's go back quickly!"

Yuan Qing shook his head, "Sir, please take the body back first. I will look for it again, in case I find something useful."

Tan Gu had already run towards the sedan chair, waving his hand from a distance, "Okay, if there is any situation, come to me immediately."

The Jiang family’s issue has not yet been resolved, and this kind of thing happened again outside the capital.

Tan Gu, who always liked to avoid things, immediately felt overwhelmed.

As the power of the three judicial officials in the capital increased, their Jingzhao government office had not been so busy for a long time.

Suddenly, two cases fell on him in a row, and he had no choice but to dig his head out and handle the cases under pressure.

Yuan Qing and two other officers from the Dali Temple stayed at the scene.

She looked up and around and asked, "Where is the person who reported the case?"

One person answered: "It has been sent to the Jingzhao government office."

Thinking of Mr. Tan's unreliable character, Yuan Qing thought about it and still felt that it was not appropriate, so he ordered: "Go back quickly and tell..."

She stopped talking here.

The officer asked, "Who should I tell?"

She originally wanted to ask Lu Zhao, but he was not in the capital now, so she could only ask someone else.

"Go into the city and report to the palace gate. Tell them that Lord Gong from the Dali Temple has something urgent to discuss with Yuan Yi from the Imperial Guards. He is a new member of the Imperial Guards, so you can ask him. Also..."

She couldn't ask Wen Chengyu to order the reporter and the body to be handed over to the Ministry of Justice or the Censorate.

But writing a letter here is not very practical.

She raised her head and looked around, then tore off a piece of cloth from her clothes and placed it on her knees.

He cut his finger with a dagger, dripped a few drops, grabbed a handful of black soil at the scene, and wrapped it in a cloth strip.