"The emperor's decree." Zhang Dushaoqin, the prisoner of Dongchang behind Xiao Chen, shouted loudly.
Hearing these four words, the positioning commander Zhang Feng's expression changed drastically. He hurriedly knelt down on the ground and looked at the other party respectfully.
The more than a thousand officers and soldiers who followed Zhang Feng also dismounted and knelt down.
"Wang Rong, the Marquis of Dingxi, secretly hid armaments with the intention of plotting rebellion. I ordered Dongchang to go and ransack his house, and all levels of yamen and guards needed to cooperate fully."
Du Shaoqin's voice slowly surrounded the entire street.
Everyone was shocked, including the people who were standing on the street from a distance to watch the excitement, and each one of them looked incredulously.
Just say, the sun is rooted in Dingxi Houfu in Dingxi. How could anyone dare to open the door openly? It turned out that he intended to rebel, and the emperor sent people to ransack the house.
"Commander Zhang, did you understand the emperor's instructions?" Xiao Chen said calmly, staring at Zhang Feng who was kneeling on the ground.
"I understand, I understand." Zhang Feng nodded hurriedly.
Are you kidding? How dare you say you didn't understand the emperor's instructions?
Is this because the head on the neck is too stable?
"Take your Dingxi guards and surround me with the entire Dingxi city. Don't let anyone who is related to Dingxi Houfu go."
"Yes." Zhang Feng responded hurriedly, stood up, and called for the officers and soldiers of Dingxi Guard to spread out and completely control the entire Dingxi City.
The entrance of the Hou Mansion was in a mess, and the door was completely knocked away by Xiao Chen's "humanoid weapon". But deep inside the Hou Mansion, which covers an area of fifty or sixty acres, it was as if nothing had happened. What should everyone do?
Well.
The entire palace, except for a few gardens, is mostly composed of stacked two-story buildings.
No one knows what Wang Rong, the Marquis of Dingxi, wants to do by building a palace like a warehouse. How many things he has, he needs so many houses to store them.
In a room on the second floor of a small building, there was a huge wooden table placed near the window made of unknown wood but exuding a faint fragrance.
A square chair with the same fragrance is placed on each side.
Next to the chair is a bookshelf covering the entire wall, with many blue-covered books on it.
However, the thin layer of dust on the books was enough to indicate that these books had not been touched for some time.
In the middle two shelves of the bookshelf, there are no books, but two identical blue and white porcelain vases, with a dogtail grass inserted in each, both of which have dried up and turned gray-brown.
Outside the door, there was a sound of slight footsteps.
A middle-aged woman wearing a blue dress and plain clothes walked in.
Although she is middle-aged, she can be maintained no differently than an ordinary young woman.
Delicate and white skin, bright eyes. If it weren't for the gray hair, she would look like a maiden waiting to be born.
This is Wang, the first wife of Dingxihou.
"Put the basin on the table." After looking at the dusty bookshelf, Mrs. Wang turned around and ordered the maid behind her.
"Yes." The maid placed the basin in the center of the wooden table.
Turning around, Wang picked up the white cloth handkerchief placed on the edge of the basin, put it into water to wet it, then slowly wrung it out, walked to the bookshelf, held one of the vases in her hand, and began to wipe it gently.
"Madam, it's better to leave this kind of rough work to a villain." The maid cautiously took a few steps forward and whispered.
"It doesn't matter, it's up to me to decorate this room myself." Wang said slowly.
"Hey, what a coincidence, my sister has also come to clean the Marquis's study?" Following the voice, a middle-aged woman covered in silk and satin walked into the door.
Gold earrings, a gold necklace, a blond hairpin, and a lot of jingling ornaments hanging on her clothes, she looked like a perfect lady.
It's just that the face is full of flesh and there are some freckles that can't be covered by a thick layer of rouge. No matter how you look at it, you have an evil look.
Behind her, there were two maids.
One person is holding a basin, and the other person is holding a cloth handkerchief.
This is the second wife of Dingxi Marquis, Li.
Wang turned around slowly and smiled lightly at the other party: "My sister is here too. It has been some time since I went to Kuan'er's place. I had nothing to do, so I thought of cleaning the dust in the house for you.
"
After saying that, he turned around and started wiping the blue and white porcelain vase with the dog's tail grass in it.
"The master's favorite is Kuan'er. It's normal to stay with him for a longer period of time." Mrs. Li twisted her fat waist and sat down on the chair.
He pointed at the bookshelf in front of him: "Sister is cleaning Master's favorite vase. You two should not be idle and clean the dust on the bookshelf."
"Yes." The two maids responded hurriedly and walked towards the bookshelf.
Sitting on the chair, Ms. Li held the huge gold ring on her left hand with her right hand and turned it around a few times. She stared at the vase with two foxtail grasses in the middle of the bookshelf. There was a burst of anger in her eyes, which was filled with infinite anger.
of jealousy.
Although the fire of jealousy in my heart almost started a prairie fire, her voice was still as gentle as a dragonfly's water when she whispered: "Sister is really happy. The master compared it to the exquisite blue and white porcelain of the official kiln, and kept it in the study to admire every day."
Hearing this voice, the cloth in Wang's hand stopped and smiled faintly, as if the origin of the vase was heard.
Twenty years ago, when Wang Rong was just made a marquis by Taizu, Taizu gave him a pair of vases like this.
At that time, Wang Rong was dazzled by the sudden glory and wealth. He only saw gold, silver, treasures and other mundane things. How could he take the worthless blue and white porcelain seriously?
But after all, it was a gift from Taizu. Although he didn't know Taizu's intention, he placed it respectfully in the hall of the Hou Mansion.
One is to show that he is not a "common man" who only has gold and silver in his eyes, and the other is to use it to show off the emperor's favor to others.
This Wang family married Wang Rong at the age of fifteen, so she was considered a well-matched match.
Wang Rong's ancestors were from a "rich family" with dozens of acres of land, and Wang was also the daughter of a school teacher.
Although he did not go to school to study the Four Books and Five Classics, his father's influence also made Wang literate and immersed himself in the aroma of books.
Although she was pleasantly surprised that Wang Rong was suddenly awarded the title of Marquis, she felt even more anxious as he saw that he was more and more interested in gold and silver.
When Taizu was granted the title of Marquis, he was also given a pair of blue and white porcelains, which clearly had the element of encouragement.
Don't be obsessed with fame and gain. You should read more poems and books, understand ethics, and be loyal to the court.
So, I had a long conversation with Wang Rong all night before I explained to him the stakes involved.
Wang Rong was also grateful and moved the two vases from the hall to his study and placed them in the middle.
But Li is different.
Wang Rong's title of Marquis made her feel that her status had doubled. She rushed all night to make new clothes and walked around the streets to find various jewelry worthy of her Marquis and his wife.
It's not Li's fault, her family makes her do this.
As the only son in the family, Wang Rong would be ridiculed for marrying only one daughter-in-law.
In the second year after Wang Rong married the Wang family, his family married him as a concubine, the Li family, who was also from a "rich family".
The Li family, who had no worries about food and clothing, was illiterate and loved money very much. Although she did not like Wang Rong, she could not resist his good physique and gave birth to two sons in succession to Wang Rong.
As mother follows son, Li's status in the Wang family is rising day by day.
By the time Wang Rong was granted the title of Marquis, his status was no different from that of the Wang family.
Even if Mrs. Wang spends all day reading with Wang Rong in the study by candlelight and at night, as long as she has endless money to spend and endless jewelry to wear, Mrs. Li doesn't care.
However, as Wang Rong gradually changed the silk and satin clothes on his body into commoners, Li finally felt a crisis.
Although I have begun to apply rouge, how can anything compare to the fragrance of books that never fades.
I originally wanted to take advantage of Dingxihou's absence to continue cleaning and break the pair of vases. Who knew that I met Mr. Wang who also came to clean.
"This is a gift from Taizu. I like it because I am grateful to Taizu. It has nothing to do with my sister."
Wang smiled lightly, then reached out and picked up another vase and began to wipe it.
Hearing this, Mrs. Li sneered in her heart, stood up, and walked towards the bookshelf.
Since it was a gift from Taizu, and Taizu is no longer here, what is the use of this vase?
