Zui Chun Tower was sealed, and the grain merchant Tian Guangbo was detained. The servants who had been in charge of the Salesian Home were all arrested.
But is this enough?
What the people want to see is whether the officials in charge will be implicated, and what they want to see is how the matter will be resolved.
This is also the first time that Tongtong stands on the Nine Dragons Wall as a concubine.
Whenever there is an important event, the queen will go to the main hall with the emperor. When the queen wants to go, and asks Tongtong to prepare, the princess should naturally appear in the main hall.
The Holy Emperor and the Queen were sitting on the dragon throne, the fourth master was standing beside the Holy Emperor, and Tongtong was standing beside the Queen. Not to mention, this feeling... is actually a bit familiar.
In the main hall, Mi Qingyun argued hard, "I thought the chief culprit of this matter was the escaped Wu Xiaomei. He bribed the people around me to submit the evidence. I know this must be true, but there are priorities.
If we do it slowly, we will not cause more harm. But if we do it in a hurry, I am concerned about the reputation of the court, so... I thought it would be left to the department.
It’s okay to strictly investigate and deal with the case after the incident. But who would have thought that this young girl is so audacious and will use any means to achieve her goals. After releasing all kinds of rumors, it’s not her, it must be the person behind her. Such people must not be tolerated.”
As he said that, he looked at Deng Sui and said, "Master Deng, before he has caught the culprit, he announced the case without permission. What is his motive?"
Deng Sui hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this matter does involve a female servant named Wu Xiaomei. This person has not been found, so there are doubts in the case. I do not deny this. However, for one thing, I thought it was a rumor.
The rumors can be broken! The rumors among the people are false, but the rumors guided by the court are true. Just compare them and the previous ones will be revealed.
The rumors can be self-exposed. Secondly, I admit that this young girl Wu must be related to the case, but I do not think that this person has any harmful intentions to the society. This is really what she did, so I have to ask, what is the reason for this?
She had no choice but to implement this strategy! She had no other ears, so the matter was not taken seriously by the officials in charge, that’s all.”
Mi Qingyun's face was ashen and he glared at Deng Sui angrily.
Emperor Wen Zhao chuckled lightly, "Wu Xiaomei? We need to find this person, right?" Then he raised his voice and said, "Then bring Wu Xiaomei in."
Xiaowu was standing outside the main hall, wearing the clothes of a servant.
When they were brought in, the last little official didn't recognize it for a moment. She was really just a very ordinary-looking and a little thin little girl. No wonder Mr. Mi didn't pay attention to it. She was really inconspicuous in appearance.
Just children.
The only thing worthy of praise is that she has good courage and good bearing. She also walks in the hall with her head held high and her face is calm.
But when I got to the front, I saw many princesses, and I could still recognize them: Isn’t this the fifth princess?
Is it a princess?
Yes!
Really?
Well! It really is.
This is Miss Wu!
Some people looked surprised, while others frowned deeply.
Tongtong stood on top and could clearly see the expressions of everyone below.
A few were surprised, but the majority frowned. Why? Because they felt that as a woman, going out to stir up trouble as an emperor, she must have a purpose.
Why? There is nothing more than two words - rights.
Xiao Wu stood in the main hall and saluted above.
Emperor Wen Zhao raised his hand and said: "Master Mi, the Wu Xiaomei you are talking about is this girl."
Xiao Wu stood up and faced Mi Qingyun: "Master Mi, we meet again."
Mi Qingyun heard this voice and looked up again. She was not the female servant who was so bold that she didn't know the heights of the sky. He nodded: "Yes, it is this woman. She was the one who bribed the master next to me and handed over the account book."
"Mr. Mi, I didn't mean to bribe you. I really can't get into your door wearing this outfit. It's just a few taels of silver, just a reward." Xiao Wu smiled, "Mr. Mi, haven't you recognized it yet? I
I have never been alone with adults, but I once went to the house for my mother.
I would like to congratulate the old lady on her birthday. The country is facing great events. As an emperor, I have also been to the imperial court. You are standing together in the same palace. I thought that you should be able to recognize me after we met. But I didn’t want to.
, Your Excellency looked at it with disdain, took a look, listened to something, got up and walked away..."
After listening to these words, Mi Qingyun finally understood, "Five... fifth princess?"
He knelt down with a thud: "I... I know that I am guilty! At that time, if His Highness had told the truth about his identity..."
"What will happen?" Xiao Wu interrupted the other party, "Will you follow my suggestion?"
Mi Qingyun was silent.
Xiao Wu knew, "You won't! Because I was just reprimanded by my father and deprived of my status as a princess. You will receive me politely, and then tell me the powerful relationship, and convince me that this will be the case for the time being! You will even enter
Palace, please file a proper complaint with Your Majesty, sue the royal family for this ignorant princess who is causing trouble everywhere, okay?"
Before Mi Qingyun could say anything, Mr. Xiao stood up first, "How dare you ask me, why do you care about Salesian Home?"
Xiao Wu frowned, how should I say this?
Tongtong stood on top and asked Xiao Yun: "I dare to ask Mr. Xiao, is it more important that the Emperor Ji pays unreasonable attention to the affairs of the Salesian Academy? Or is it more important?"
Xiao Wu finally found his voice: "That's right! In the spring, King Zhao married Princess Zhao. Princess Zhao was an orphan. During the wedding, she overheard someone saying something, saying it was the same.
Orphan girl, someone became a princess
, someone fell into the dust. I thought, whose orphan girl was in trouble again? Whose orphan girl was mistreated again? So, this reminded me of the Salesian Home. When I asked people to inquire before, they only said that the situation was very bad.
I once thought about asking people to send some money and food
Vegetables and cloth, but the people below said that these were of no use, and those children could not eat or use them. Only then did I realize that the so-called emperor's grace soup was nothing more than this. My father was kind to his people, and this
It's an act of kindness. As an emperor's concubine
, knowing this matter, how can you pretend not to know? I went there just to take care of some orphans, so why not go there? But I didn’t expect that it was really heartbreaking to go. The matter is not complicated, but the thing that makes me feel heartbroken is that it is all there.
In front of my parents and officials, no one took care of me."
As she said that, she looked at Mr. Mi: "Have you been to the Salesian Home?"
Never.
"Has any of you been to the Salesian Hospital?"
No one spoke or even thought about it.
Xiao Wu then said: "I've been there. I've stayed at the Salesian Home for four months. It's a low, damp adobe house with hay on the bed. There are a few beddings with no visible color, and there's light stuffed under the bedding.
Dirty children. The older ones look after the younger ones, and the older ones have clothes to cover their bodies.
It can only cover the body. For smaller ones, there is not a single piece of clothing. The only food needed is two meals a day, a pot of water, a handful of rice, uncleaned wild vegetables, and a little salt. This is the case every day, day after day.
Day after day, year after year. Then, the merchants come to choose people, and the children compete to be the first.
I was so frightened that I burst into tears of gratitude. I regarded the people who sold them as my benefactors and devoted myself to them all my life. These children died every month. They never saw a doctor or took medicine when they were sick. When a child was sick, he was placed in the woodshed.
Here, fend for themselves. Afraid of catching the disease and giving it to others
Child, then, this sick person will fend for himself. This is still in the capital, at the feet of the emperor. I dare to ask how many sales homes there are in such a large territory as Dachen, and how many such orphans are there. So, every month because of these slow treatment
How many babies have died due to harsh criticism?”
After asking, she looked at Mi Qingyun: "Sir, do you dare to ask if this is a trivial matter?"
Mi Qingyun knelt on the ground and kowtowed, but said nothing.
A parent official in a place has a lot to take care of, especially in the capital city! Compared to this, the Salesian Home is really not a big deal! But once people's lives are involved, Mi Qingyun knows that this matter can no longer be argued.
The reason for the boiling public sentiment outside lies in the fact that people at the bottom and people at the top never consider the same things.
Disasters happen to a small group of people at the bottom. For people at the bottom, they can feel the same and empathize more.
But when you stand on top, you never only consider what will happen to a small group of people. If the person who has to coordinate the overall situation wishes he could not take care of every individual, or every very small group, then he is unqualified.
Therefore, after a long while, he said: "I accept the blame!"
Accepting the guilt but not admitting it.
Mr. Cheng Han stood up and said, "Mi Qingyun did neglect his duties, but I thought he could be demoted and retained, and he was not allowed to be promoted for three years..."
Fourth Master interrupted Mr. Cheng Ge, "Master Cheng, you can punish officials at any time. Now, what needs to be resolved urgently is the matter of the Salesian Home. If this matter is not resolved, public resentment will still boil. But how can we get to the root of this matter?
How about solving it? I think it should be discussed and discussed." Cheng
Han frowned, no matter how to solve this matter, it is difficult. If you want to solve it once and for all, if it is easy to handle, wouldn't you have done it earlier? Officials have different personalities and abilities, and if you don't ask the police to take care of it at this time, who should you ask?
What? As long as the police are asked to take care of it, these troubles will inevitably happen. What should we do?
The hall was quiet, no one spoke for a while.
In fact, Emperor Wen Zhao was also curious. He didn't know what Xiaowu and Tongtong wanted to do.
But since things have come to this point, there must be a complete solution.
The queen said: "Since men are the masters outside and women are the masters at home, it is the woman's responsibility to take care of and raise the children."
As soon as this was said, the courtiers shouted Chitose, thinking that this was the queen's plea to officials from various places.
Many people are silent about Mi Qingyun's treatment. The reason is that as long as he works somewhere, he may have made mistakes in the Salesian Home. If Mi Qingyun is punished harshly, wouldn't everyone be guilty?
history?
Now that the queen said this, everyone from top to bottom agreed: That's right! How can a grown man think so carefully?
The queen added: "I heard from the concubine that most of them are abandoned baby girls."
Yes! Those of us who are officials always go to that place. After all, men and women are on guard against each other! Some people just have some animalistic thoughts. Don't think that children are not in the way because they are young. That's not the case.
Therefore, there is a reason why I can't go in person. Who would have thought that the queen's voice changed and she asked the concubine: "But which women should be asked to take charge of this woman's responsibility?"
The words were handed over directly!
Tongtong glanced at Xiao Wu and said: "I thought that there were parents and officials everywhere, and in their homes there were wives who were appointed by the imperial court. The ladies would sing and accompany their husbands, share their husbands' worries, solve problems for the court, and do good deeds for the world.
Each of them is a role model for women. Don’t ladies have any control over this matter?"
As soon as these words came out, many people raised their heads in an instant: It sounded fine at first, but what about the reality? There are as many maidens as there are officials. The so-called royal wives used to rely on their husbands and sons.
.Is it necessary in the future?
This is much more powerful than the set of things proposed by Taizu!
Taizu only talked about theory, and as soon as he said it, countless people came to refute it.
But this concubine, she had no theory. She did it first, and after she finished it... it was over! It could not be undone anymore! There was no chance to object at all!