Chapter 67: To hit someone in the face

The eunuch who was ordered to pass the imperial decree walked into the open door of Su’s residence, and saw that the flowers and leaves in the courtyard were destroyed, and the furniture in the hall was smashed and overturned, and the whole residence was in a mess like a hurricane, so he was shocked: “What’s happened here?”

Su Xiaojing poked his head out of the concierge, shocked: “Last night a set of robbers came and smashed up the house, luckily the lord had something to go out, otherwise his nose would have been cut off!”

The eunuch who delivered the decree said in a shrill voice: “How could such a thing happen at the foot of the Emperor! What kind of bandits are so rampant that they dare to attack the residence of an official, simply ignoring the law! Have you gone to the military division to report the case?”

“This morning I went to the East City Military Division, they listened, scribbled a few random strokes on a piece of paper, and said that it had been registered, and told me to come back and wait for news, and until now there was no news!” Su Xiaojing said exasperatedly.

The eunuch delivering the decree shook his head, “The Five Cities Military Division has been more and more slack these past two years, this is something we must report to His Majesty. Since Lord Su isn’t here, come someone to take the imperial decree.”

“I’m the only one left in the family now.” Su Xiaojing pointed at himself, “As an inferior, how am I qualified to receive the holy decree?”

“There is no harm, the imperial master explained, if Lord Su is not present, the family members will receive the same. By the way, doesn’t he still have a concubine, the imperial master said, there is no main house, concubine is also counted as a family member, tell her to come out to receive the decree.”

Concubine? Su Xiaojing immediately recalled Wu Ming’s cold face, one more glance is like eating frozen pears in the third nine days, told him to come to receive the decree, this eunuch will not be scared to pass out. Besides, these days I don’t know where Wu Ming went to play, even the adult’s carriage is not driving, and once again left without saying goodbye, really is a white-eyed wolf that can’t be bred.

Su Xiaojing replied with resentment: “What concubine, heartless, born and not good-looking, by the Lord Huo la!” He carried the hem of his coat in both hands and pocketed it forward: “I don’t dare to touch this imperial decree, I’m sorry to trouble you to leave it here, I’ll pocket it, tie it in a knot and hang it on my body, and hand it over to the lord when he comes back.”

“…… There is not even a table to put the imperial decree on, it is really sad to hear and tearful to hear.” The imperial edict eunuch cocked up his orchid finger, made a gesture to wipe the corner of his eye, and put the imperial edict into the hem of Su Xiaojing’s pocketed coat, “Come on, there’s no need to give the money for the carriage and horse, we’ll go back to the palace this time, and resume our orders to the Emperor.”

Just after the eunuch who passed the order left, Su Xiao Bei, carrying a large bag bought at the bazaar, poked his head in from outside the gate and said to Su Xiao Jing, who was tying a knot in the hem of his coat, “Good job, Xiao Jing! For the first time, I realized that your brain turned out to be useful after all, and you can stop using it to shabu-shabu for the time being.”

Su Xiaojing shouted: “North brother you still say it! Last night those murderers smashed the door and came in, luckily I remembered my lord’s command and ran away from the side door with my packed belongings, otherwise I would have to end up like these tables, chairs and cabinets. This is too lawless, we’d better hurry up and leave the capital with the lord!”

Su Xiaobei walked up and handed him the things he bought, and wrapped the yellow silk holy decree in a wrapped skin and put it into his own bosom, “You clean up well at home, I’m going to look for Lord Su.”

Before leaving, he turned around and admonished, “Be more mindful and use your brain when things go wrong, or if you get into trouble in the future, I’ll still have to take your brain flower and shove it in a hot pot!”

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Yangxin Hall. Emperor Jinglong heard the report of the eunuchs who delivered the order, his face was iron blue, suddenly grabbed the yellow glazed dark carved dragon porcelain teacup on the table and violently threw it out, and smashed it to pieces on the gold brick floor.

All the chamberlains in the palace palace maid, are scared plop kneeling, crouching, mouth said “long live the master rest in anger”.

Jinglong emperor Qingzi elegant degree, inside and outside the courtroom is well known. Blue happy to serve the emperor for more than ten years, seldom see the face of the dragon anger, more never see anger to the extent of smashing things, under the stunned, a moment do not know how to persuade.

The emperor dropped the teacup, still angry, and Wei Guifei offered a party of excellent quality Guozhou stone inkstone swept to the ground.

He took a deep breath, only gradually calmed down the emotions, coldly said: “Feng An Hou rampant lawlessness, Xian An Hou also have not taught the fault, with the Secretarial Supervision eunuchs, daily at six o’clock in the door of the two marquis, for me to loudly rebuke their sins, I did not call a halt, so one day by one day, rebuke down.”

Lan Xi sniffed secretly shocked. Marquis is located in the busy market, responsible for the reprimand of the eunuch’s voice is loud and clear, daily scolding for an hour, scolding sound spread throughout the city, have ears to hear. The two marquises who were reprimanded should kneel in the door and listen to the lecture in silence.

It is said that hit people do not hit the face, such a disposition, than in the noon gate stripped of clothes to beat the cane more embarrassing, more full of humiliation. Especially Feng An Marquis, is famous for love of face, so day after day was pointed at the nose, not his remaining half of the residual life is also scolded!

Wei family two marquis lost face, I am afraid that after a long period of time, inside and outside the court can not raise their heads, not to mention like the former as domineering. And once the officials know that the Wei family is not the heart of the Holy Spirit, they are bound to gradually detach themselves from it. Even if the Wei family has the Empress Dowager as a backer, but also can not curb the declining trend of this day and oblique.

–The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. No matter how filial the emperor is, no matter how the empress dowager speaks, after all, she is still in the harem.

And the emperor is still not relieved, then said: “you go back to the empress dowager, to Wei’s promotion of the matter, I think it is not good, do not have to mention. Tell Wei, let her peacefully when her noble consort, take good care of the prince, as for the outside of the dynasty and the matter of the mother’s family, or less worry about the good!”

These words for Noble Consort Wei, were already an extremely harsh knock, telling her in no uncertain terms that if it wasn’t for the sake of the little prince, you wouldn’t even be able to keep your position as a noble consort. Lan Xi could almost imagine your consort’s thunderstruck look after he went to pass on this oracle, followed by a great cry and a flood of water.

However, Lan Xi knows that once Emperor Jinglong’s lenient heart is cold and hardened, even the rock may not be compared to, this time Wei Guifei how to cry, I’m afraid that will not be able to change the Son of Heaven’s a patronizing.

He bowed deeply and shunned, “The slave servant obeys the order.”

Lan Xi just retreated away two steps, the emperor called him again, “Ordered to pass my oracle, declared the Commanding Commander of the Brocade Guards, Shen Qi, the South Study Room to see the driver.”

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When Su Xiaobei found Su Yan out of breath, he was eating taro ball dou hua in the snack store at the entrance of Jing Lane.

A big bowl of bean curd, soaked in chilled fairy grass honey water, mixed with taro balls, barley and watermelon diced, sprinkled with fine fried peanuts, a spoonful of mouthfuls of sweet and icy, Su Yan ate beautifully.

Su Xiaobei quickly walked to his side and said with his ear, “My lord, just now a palace eunuch came to deliver the decree, and the holy decree is now in my arms.”

Su Yan said without thinking, “Forget about that first, look at you running all sweaty, beware of heat stroke.”

“Here, sit here.” He kicked the foot of the bar stool and turned his head to the shopkeeper and called, “Another bowl of taro ball and bean flower!”

Su Xiaobei wiped the hot sweat and sat down, took a spoon and sighingly ate most of the bowl, burped out a mouthful of scorching hot turbid air, felt that the whole person was cool and settled down, and gratefully said to Su Yan, “Thank you for your honor’s concern for this imperial decree …….”

Su Yan drank the last mouthful of immortal grass honey water in the bowl, laughed: “Do not have to see, is to relegate the official expatriate edicts, all official condescension. Just take it away with you in the ceremony.”

Su Xiao Bei also said: “adults anticipate as God, last night there really is a gang of criminals posing as thieves, door to door smash, fortunately adults in advance to avoid disaster, otherwise ten have to be poisoned. Today, the eunuch of the imperial decree looked also angry, said to the saint to report this matter it!”

Su Yan said, “This matter must be instructed by Marquis Feng An. This old dog thief tactics underhanded nasty very, only half a life left, but also so do not accumulate Yin virtue, also not afraid of evil evil, die ugly.”

He took out twenty Wenqian and put it on the desktop, got up and said, “Since the imperial decree has been issued, tomorrow I will go to the Ministry of Appointments to receive the appointment paperwork, and set off for the capital. Tomorrow at six o’clock, you guys load up your traveling gifts, drive the carriage, and come here to pick me up.”

“Yes, my lord.”

Su Xiaobei ate the rest of the douhua, while watching Su Yan walking next to the roadside shade, meandering towards the depths of the quiet alley.

He thought to himself, “Your Excellency doesn’t even care about being demoted, as the book says, he doesn’t worry about being humiliated or spoiled, and is at peace with himself. Such a bosom style, I can follow him, is the blessing of a previous life!

And thought: see adults look relaxed and leisurely, must be these two days that the room served well, not exactly a wave of hooves, might as well suggest that adults, tomorrow she will be taken to the office, this way long mountains and water far, or have someone to ask about warmth, close to serve. If she is a virtuous nature, I and Xiaojing recognize her as the main mother can not hurt ah.

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Su Yan slowly walked to the door of the Shen House, saw the end of the alley a flying fish suit riding on a horse soughing away, asked the door guards: “Shen Commander where to go?”

The guards replied, “Back to Lord Su, Lord Commander has entered the palace by decree.”

He is the eyes and ears of the Emperor, probably has some errand to deliver again, Su Yan thought to himself. Just about to raise his steps to enter the door, a carriage clattered by behind him, stopped, and down came a young man dressed as a valet, respectfully saying, “Lord Su, His Highness King Yu has an invitation.”

“Invite me to do what?” Su Yan turned around and asked with a wary mind.

“His Highness knows that Lord Su will soon be leaving the capital to go to his post, at least three or five months can not see each other, specially ordered small to invite adults over the house to have a catch up, want to ask for advice to run the school constitution.”

Su Yan said, “You wait.” He also instructed the guard, “You go in and report to the steward and tell him to go to the desk in my compartment and bring over the bound green leather booklet.”

In a matter of moments, the steward personally held the booklet and went out, handing it to Su Yan.

Su Yan turned his hand and handed it to the attendant, “Here, the statutes he wants are all here. Bring the things to him, the person will not go.”

The squire took the booklet with a bitter smile on his face.

The curtains of the carriage were lifted by a gauze wrapped hand, and a handsome face of King Yu was revealed. He raised his eyebrows and looked straight at Su Yan, smiling, “I guessed that the king would not be able to invite you with his subordinates, but he still had to do it himself. Get on the car.”

Su Yan shook his head and said bluntly, “I’m not going.”

King Yu said helplessly, “This king still has a wound on his hand, what can he do to you? Why fear me like a tiger.”

Su Yan still shook his head, thinking: At that time, Shen Qi’s injuries were heavier than yours, but he still did “what” to me.

King Yu put the curtain down, got out of the carriage, walked to him, and said in a low voice: “Don’t you want to know, after the Ling Guang Temple assassination incident, what the Wei family did in the open and in the dark, and what the Empress Dowager thinks of this matter, and of you? You can avoid it for a while, but not for a lifetime, you can’t just not return to the capital for the rest of your life!”

Su Yan was somewhat moved. He did want to know, in the Ming Dynasty where the foreign relatives were generally in decline, where did the Wei family get the backbone to make waves. And if he wanted to bring down the Wei Clan, this was also an important joint that he had to understand and face.

Now there is this opportunity, know the inside of the Yu Wang is willing to disclose the hidden information to him, if because of some suspicion and avoid suspicion, closed his eyes and ears, but also too timid and afraid of things, unlike a great man.

He sighed softly and said to King Yu, “Your Highness is just having a chat with me?”

King Yu laughed, “Of course it’s more than that.”

“……”

“Plus treating you to a cup of tea and some melons and ice cheese is not too much, is it? Will you do me the honor, Lord Su?”

Su Yan was still hesitating when King Yu held his wrist and pulled him onto the carriage with a face like a spring breeze.