Liu Qi immediately explained everything in detail, and Xiao Yuanzi was amazed, "I can't believe that so many things happened in this day. The imperial concubine deserves it. She doesn't take human life as her life. Just look at it.
From now on, she decided that the members of the congregation would betray their relatives and leave their relatives, leaving her alone.
Alone." As he spoke, he said in a serious voice: "To be honest with Brother Liu, I haven't had a moment of peace since I came back from the fight. I was afraid that the imperial concubine would do something bad to you. Fortunately, you are safe and sound. If there is anything wrong with you, I will
I will never forgive myself in this life."
"I just knew you would be like this, so I rushed over overnight to tell you that it was time for me to go back after being out for so long."
Xiao Yuanzi nodded, and when sending him out, he said with a smile: "By the way, the master rewarded me with ten taels of silver today, and you have a share. How about we go for a round of gambling together tomorrow night?"
Naturally, Liu Qi would not object to this and agreed wholeheartedly. After he left Yimeixuan, Xiao Yuanzi immediately turned around and headed to the inner room.
At that time, Wei Jingxuan was sitting in front of the mirror, washing herself. She glanced at Xiao Yuanzi behind her through the mercury mirror, stroked the black hair hanging on her chest, and said coldly: "She looked happy, but Liu Qi is okay?"
"More than that." As he spoke, Xiao Yuanzi repeated what Liu Qi had just said, and said happily: "I never thought that this incident would actually turn the imperial concubine and concubine Yi, who have always been sympathizers, against each other.
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Wei Jingxuan turned around and said in surprise: "Is this serious?"
"Liu Qi said it himself. There should be no lies." After saying that, Xiao Yuanzi laughed softly, "They had such a serious fight this time. Even if they reluctantly get back together, there is still a gap in their hearts. It is impossible to do it again.
We were so close before, this is a happy event for us."
Wei Jingxuan slowly twisted a strand of long hair, not knowing what she was thinking. After a long time, she said: "You mean to bring her to our side?"
Xiao Yuanzi nodded and said: "Even if we can't pull her over, we can still lure her to deal with the imperial concubine, which will be of great benefit to us without any harm."
Wei Jingxuan smiled faintly, stood up and said, "Do you still remember how Concubine Rong died?"
Xiao Yuanzi didn't understand why he suddenly mentioned Concubine Rong, and said truthfully: "I naturally remember that Concubine Rong conspired with Xiao Hezhuo to do harm to the Qing Dynasty. After the matter was exposed, she was sentenced to death by the emperor."
Wei Jingxuan waved her index finger lightly and said: "You are wrong. Her affairs have always been exposed. It's just that the time has not come yet, so the emperor never exposed it."
Hearing this, Xiao Yuanzi seemed to understand something, and asked tentatively: "Master, do you suspect that the Imperial Concubine and the Imperial Concubine Yi have never really turned against each other, and everything... is just a show?"
"In the palace, the most difficult thing to distinguish is when it is true and when it is fake. From my point of view, everything today is false. They have not fallen out at all, they are just putting on a show for me to see.
If I think the same way as you, then it will play into their hands."
Xiao Yuanzi said in disbelief: "I heard clearly that they had a serious quarrel. How could it be false?"
Wei Jingxuan sneered and said: "The emperor and the imperial concubine didn't have a bad quarrel. They even got slapped. No matter what the result was, it was still a lie." Without waiting for Xiao Yuanzi to say anything, she added: "Whether it is true or false,
If you ask Liu Qi to keep an eye on Concubine Yi, I would like to see what tricks they can pull off."
"The slave knows how." After saying this, Xiao Yuanzi said tentatively: "Then Master..."
"We have done our best regarding father's affairs. Now Yanxi Palace and Changchun Palace are all staring at us. We must not act rashly. Let's see how Shuntian Prefecture decides. Father surrendered on his own initiative. I don't think so.
A heavy sentence. By the way, mother and the others have no money at the moment. You can bring some money over in a few days."
Xiao Yuanzi nodded silently, and the night passed with each other's different thoughts.
Two days later, after Hongli went down to court, Xiaowu came to report that it was Li Wenzhong who asked for an audience. Li Wenzhong was the governor of Shuntian and had the power to go directly to the palace to meet the saint. Whenever something happened in the capital, he would go to the palace to report it to Hongli.
Li immediately said without raising his head: "Let him come in."
After Li Wenzhong came in, he clapped his sleeves and knelt down and said: "I am here to see you, Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty."
Hongli stopped the ink pen in his hand, raised his head and said, "Pingshen, you came to see me, but what happened in the capital?"
Li Wenzhong stood up and lowered his eyes and said, "Thanks to His Majesty's grace, everything in the capital is as usual and nothing unusual has happened."
His words made Hong Li chuckle, "Li Qingtian has always been selfless and never flattered anyone. How come he has learned to flatter anyone now?"
Li Wenzhong said with some embarrassment: "What I said is the truth, not flattery. It is because of the emperor's wisdom that the people can live and work in peace and contentment."
Seeing his embarrassed look, Hongli smiled, stood up, flexed his aching hands and said, "Tell me, why do you want to see me?"
Upon hearing this, Li Wenzhong hurriedly presented the memorial in his hand and said, "Your Majesty, this is a case brought to trial by Wei Chen yesterday. It is about the extortion of money, and the amount is about one thousand taels."
Xiao Wu took the memorial and presented it to Hongli, but the latter did not accept it. He frowned and said: "This is just a small case, why do you need to go out of your way to present the memorial?"
Li Wenzhong's next words made Hongli's eyelids twitch, "Let me go back to the emperor, because the defendant involved in this case is your concubine's father."
If Li Wenzhong hadn't mentioned it, Hongli would have almost forgotten about this person who had been scolded by him at Fu Heng's wedding. After pondering for a moment, he took the memorial in Xiao Wu's hand and read it, waiting to see it.
When he got to the back, his face was extremely ugly, and he said in a cold voice: "He ran to extort those traders? He also extorted more than a thousand taels?"
Li Wenzhong lowered his head and said: "Yes, Wei Daoming has admitted this matter, and it was indeed him."
Hongli threw the memorial in his hand onto the imperial table and said in a cold voice: "What a Wei Daoming, he actually did such a thing, and he was so embarrassed. Where is he now?"
"Wei Chen has taken him into custody." At this point, Li Wenzhong hesitated and said: "To inform the emperor, this time, Wei Daoming took the initiative to surrender, confessed to what he had committed, and returned part of the stolen goods.
He also said that he would try his best to repay the remaining silver, which shows that he regrets his mistakes very much."
This statement surprised Hongli, "You surrendered yourself? Wasn't it the officials who came to report it?"
Li Wenzhong said truthfully: "Qin Yue and other victims came after Wei Daoming surrendered. I personally thought that although Wei Daoming made a big mistake, he had the heart to repent, and he took the initiative to plead guilty and return the money, so he could be given a light punishment!
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Hongli was silent for a moment and said in a cold voice: "Apart from Wei Daoming, is anyone else in the Wei family involved in this matter?"