When the maid opened the door, Banqin was still crying.
"Stop crying, you've been crying all the way." The maid said, kneeling down and saying, "My lady is not even angry, please stop being like this."
"My lady is not angry, but I am angry for my lady, and I want to cry for my lady." Banqin cried, "What did my lady do? Why did they do that to my lady?"
"Because the lady threatens them." the maid said.
"What are you threatening them with?" Banqin cried, "My wife didn't steal their money."
"It has nothing to do with money, it's a threat to your faith," the maid said.
"Faith?" Banqin looked at her with tears in his eyes, "What is faith?"
The maid smiled.
"Faith is not a thing, but it is more crazy than money." She said, smiling again, "Actually, it is the same as before, just like Dou Qi, like Liu Xiaoli, and like Master Cheng.
of."
Is it the same?
Banqin looked at her with tears in her eyes.
The maid nodded to her.
"Same." she said.
It's just a bit heavier and more sad than those naked conflicts of interests where you are right and I am wrong.
Banqin opened the door and walked into the room, where she saw Cheng Jiaoniang reading a book on a sofa.
"Madam, do you feel sad?" She knelt down and asked in a low voice.
"What's so sad about this? Didn't I say that it's normal for others not to like you, but it's luck to like you." Cheng Jiaoniang said without looking away from the scroll.
"But the lady is not wrong," Banqin said, wiping away her tears.
Cheng Jiaoniang put down the book and looked at her.
"This is just what you think." She said, "It has nothing to do with anyone else."
Banqin looked at her.
"That's not how we talk about right and wrong." Cheng Jiaoniang paused and then said, "It's not what you think it is, and of course it's not what he thinks it is, so don't think about it, just do things and achieve your goals.
, stop asking for other people’s approval and gratitude, people must be content.”
"But this time, it's Feng Lin and Han Langjun." Banqin lowered his head and choked with sobs.
"So what about them, they are all the same." Cheng Jiaoniang said.
"It's different. They helped Madam, and Madam helped them. Although they don't know it, Madam knows. When they do this, it's like standing behind Madam and stabbing Madam. Madam, it must be very painful, right?" Banqin
cried.
Cheng Jiaoniang laughed.
She rarely laughed like this, but she still laughed so loudly that Banqin was so frightened that she even forgot to cry.
"Silly girl," she said, "They are nothing, so what is pain? Can it be called pain?"
Banqin looked at her with tears in her eyes.
"Compared with the most painful thing in the world, these are not even scratches." Cheng Jiaoniang said, she stopped laughing, and continued to read with a slight smile on her lips.
The most painful thing in the world?
Banqin looked at her and raised her hand to wipe her tears while wondering, what is it?
The emperor put down the memorial in his hand and looked at Prince Jin'an who was sitting on his knees and drinking tea.
"You came into the palace just to drink my tea?" he asked.
"No, today is not a meeting of the imperial court. It is a day when the ministers can see His Majesty openly. Of course, they have to see enough." Prince Jin'an said with a smile.
The emperor sighed.
"Don't learn from those ministers who talk about false reputations all day long. As long as your heart is upright, you will always be upright." He said.
Prince Jin'an responded with a smile and continued to drink tea.
The emperor looked at him.
"Aren't you going to say something for Mrs. Cheng?" he asked.
Prince Jin'an raised his head and looked at him, seeming a little surprised.
"Your Majesty, what did you say?" he asked.
"Say something nice." The emperor smiled.
"She has done nothing wrong, so why should others say good things for her?" Prince Jin'an said with a smile, "If I say good things for her, I will be like that Feng Lin."
The emperor looked at him and was startled, then laughed.
"I'm relieved," he said, "I'm relieved that you can leave your home and go out."
The prince of Jin'an County drank all the tea in the bowl.
"Your Majesty is speculating on me again." He said, "I stopped talking and resigned."
The emperor smiled and said nothing. He watched the prince of Jin'an County salute and retire, and a chamberlain quickly entered.
"Your Majesty, I have an audience with Han Chang of Panjiang County," he said.
This was arranged by Zhongshu long ago and was a routine matter for the emperor. He nodded.
"Han Chang, Panjiang County?"
A young chamberlain heard this, stopped and hurriedly grabbed the chamberlain here.
"Is it the man who predicted the solar eclipse?"
The waiter nodded.
"That's him," he said.
The little waiter was immediately overjoyed.
"Your Highness, Your Highness." He hurriedly caught up with Prince Jin'an, "It's Mr. Han. I just wanted to ask him about the possibility of creating a Yin-Yang diagram in the flower fields in our mansion."
"Ask him what to do?" Prince Jin'an said, "No one can tell me better than her."
Of course she is Mrs. Cheng, the young chamberlain responded with a smile, but after watching King Jin'an leave, he still waited in the palace. After waiting for a short time, he saw Mr. Han coming out.
"What do you want to ask me?" Han Chang, Han Yuanchao's father, was suddenly stopped by a young eunuch, a little surprised.
This is not the first time he has met a saint. He met His Majesty last time when he passed the imperial examination. Although he was with many people, it has been many years. Han Chang was a little excited to see His Majesty again.
I am a little uneasy, fearing that my words or actions will be disrespectful.
It's just that the emperor didn't see him for a long time, and obviously didn't have much impression of him. He asked him to leave after asking a few common questions.
Unexpectedly, I was stopped again.
"Master Han, our Highness is going to build a flower field in the mansion. Can you go and take a look at it?" the young chamberlain said in a low voice.
"Me?" Han Chang was surprised and suspected that he heard wrongly.
When they spoke here, they naturally caught the eyes of the other chamberlains. One of them narrowed his eyes for a moment, turned around and walked away quickly.
In the Qinzheng Hall, the emperor put down the memorial and narrowed his eyes at the bowing chamberlain.
"Minister of personal relations?" he asked.
"I dare not speak nonsense," the servant said in a low voice.
The emperor was silent for a moment.
"Your Majesty, why don't you let the Imperial City Secretary go investigate..." the chamberlain said in a low voice, with a flash of excitement in his heart.
If the Imperial City Secretary is asked to investigate, it will not only be a matter of making friends with ministers, but also something else may be found out. Even if nothing is found out, or some small and undisclosed things are found out, it doesn't matter.
The so-called word search is this.
If you can check it this time, you can check it a second time, a third time...
What are the officials and clan members most afraid of? Losing the emperor's trust. Once they lose the emperor's trust, their days in the court will be over.
"Whatever you want to check, people are here, just ask."
The emperor's voice came from above his head, and the chamberlain immediately poured cold water on him.
Therefore, the emperor's trust is the most important.
He lowered his head and said yes.
Han Chang, who had just walked out of the palace, was called back again, together with the young chamberlain who had not yet left.
"His Royal Highness wants to build a flower field, but he is afraid that Si Tiantai will not agree." The young chamberlain lowered his head and said.
The Feng Shui pattern of Prince Qing's Mansion has been seen by Si Tiantai. It's just a small arrangement. Big changes naturally require their approval.
The emperor nodded.
"Then what's the matter with Mr. Han?" he asked.
"Your Majesty, this is all a misunderstanding." Han Chang said hurriedly, feeling a little mixed in his heart.
I've heard that it's not easy to live in the capital, but I didn't expect that I would encounter this problem just after I came in.
"My servant heard that Mr. Han predicted the solar eclipse. I think he is also familiar with the Feng Shui pattern, so I want him to take a look. It will probably be easier to talk to Si Tiantai this way." The waiter lowered his head and said.
"How dare you," the emperor shouted, "how dare you let Mr. Han, an innocent man, be used as your shield!"
The little chamberlain kowtowed repeatedly and confessed.
"Call Jin An." The emperor's anger was still lingering, "When you go out and no one cares about you, you start causing trouble!"
"Your Majesty, what's wrong with my son?"
The voice of Prince Jin'an, who had been called back, came from outside, and people immediately stepped in.
"What other pattern are you fooling around with to change it? Who asked you to change it?" The emperor shouted solemnly, "If we change the pattern today, will there be a cockfight with lackeys in the palace tomorrow?"
Han Chang stood aside, looked up at the famous prince who sent his son, and quickly lowered his head.
I could hear the young man's relaxed voice.
"Your Majesty, it's a lake. I specially filled it in for King Qing. It was bare and unsightly. I planted some flowers, and the flowers and plants didn't look good either, so I decided to make some shapes." He said.
The emperor's face softened.
"What do you want to repair? You still have to ask around like a thief." He asked.
"Ms. Cheng said it would be best to make a yin-yang diagram." Prince Jin'an said.
Lady Cheng!
The emperor was startled, and Han Chang was also startled and subconsciously raised his head to look at the young prince again.
Sure enough, he was friends with the emperor.
"You just do this when she asks you to do it?" the emperor said with a lowered face.
"Yes, I trust her." Prince Jin'an replied without hesitation, "She will definitely not talk nonsense and her words will be well-founded."
"What evidence is there! She even likes Feng Shui?" the emperor said.
As soon as the words came out of my mouth, I thought they seemed familiar.
"He also said that if he is not a disciple of Taoist ancestors, but he can even clean a house, do he still need to look at Feng Shui..."
The emperor remembered the words of the Queen Mother that day.
"More than just wanting it, I've already taken a liking to it..." he said to himself.
Han Chang stood there, thinking that this was the emperor's family matter, and he should avoid it, but the emperor seemed to have forgotten, and he couldn't help but feel embarrassed.
"Go and send Mrs. Cheng here. I want to ask her what she wants to do!"
When the emperor's voice fell, Han Chang couldn't help but feel a jump in his heart. Can he see this Mrs. Cheng? However, he has to resign.
While he was thinking wildly, the emperor thought of who Han Chang was because of this incident.
"Did you predict the solar eclipse?" He ignored King Jin'an and turned to look at Han Chang and said.
"No, I only know a little bit about astronomy. I can't observe the stars and measure the sky." Han Chang saluted hurriedly. From the corner of his eye, he saw the prince of Jin'an County standing over there with a smile, not caring at all that the emperor deliberately
Set aside.
"What's going on?" The emperor asked with some curiosity, "A passing woman told you?"
"Yes." Han Chang said and began to tell what happened at that time.
When he heard that the woman came forward alone, laughing and talking, she raised her knife and chopped off the head of the thief monk. King Jin'an couldn't help shouting "Hello". The emperor glared at him, and King Jin'an stood back a few steps with a smile.
Speak.
"A woman is too easy to kill." The emperor frowned and said.
"Your Majesty, what happened at that time was that he had to be killed, and he should not continue to suffer from the chaos." Han Chang said.
"It seems that all of you are very grateful to this woman." The emperor said.
Han Chang did not avoid but responded yes.
"I thought this lady was sacrificed for her own safety," he said.
To risk one's life is to be loyal.
The emperor narrowed his eyes.
Of course this monk should be killed, but who will kill him, how he will kill him, and what the consequences will be. It does involve a lot of trouble, which is why officials in Panjiang County are helpless and watch this monk get rich.
Some things must be done, but if you do them you will endanger yourself, hurt your body, or bring bad reputation, but you can eliminate troubles for the court and the people. This is loyalty.
"I wonder whose daughter it is?" the emperor asked.
"It's a pity that this son refused to tell." Han Chang said, "I only told you the time of the solar eclipse, so that I can completely eliminate the troubles left by the thieves."
Just when the emperor was about to speak, the servant outside the door came in.
"Your Majesty, Mrs. Cheng is here."
The emperor's words are passed down.
Han Chang turned around subconsciously, and from the corner of his eye, he saw the young prince over there turning around happily and looking out the door.
The door was pushed open, and someone stepped in. Against the light, I could not see her appearance and age for a while, but I could only see that she was a tall woman, but not weak like a woman. She walked slowly and calmly.
The man came closer step by step. A dozen steps away she stood still and bowed down.
"Mr. Cheng has met His Majesty." (To be continued)
