As expected, the news of Mrs. Li's obituary spread to various mansions in Beijing that night.

Everyone was surprised. After all, Mrs. Li was fine before, but she was gone. There was no news in advance.

There are also well-informed people who heard that a large number of maids and eunuchs in the Changchun Palace were executed that day, and based on this they deduced many facts.

But no matter what, each family still did not dare to neglect and immediately packed them into the palace.

Although Mrs. Li was only a concubine and had not even been promoted to a noble concubine, no one dared to look down upon her simply because she was the biological mother of the current emperor.

And Jia Lian, after making urgent arrangements for the patrol work in Xicheng, immediately returned to his hometown to send Jia Mu and others to the palace to express their condolences.

Although there were many civil and military ministers and internal and external orders, the condolence matters were in an orderly manner. After all, the palace and the Ministry of Rites had long had familiar and complete regulations for this kind of matter.

What Jia Lian was worried about being angered by Emperor Ning Kang did not happen. One night, he did not even see Emperor Ning Kang's face.

Returning home after midnight that night, Sister Feng mysteriously told Jia Lian that she felt there was something behind the death of Concubine Li.

Look at her solemn look, which is both showing off and conveying news.

Jia Lian asked her what the inside story was.

Sister Feng whispered: "They all said that Concubine Li was actually sent to death by the Supreme Emperor..."

Jia Lian's face was calm when he heard this, but he frowned in his heart.

The people Sister Feng mentioned were obviously the wives of other mansions.

It seems that although the palace has blocked the news, it has little effect. Even Sister Feng heard about it, but she didn't know how the news spread secretly.

This is definitely not a good sign for him.

Naturally, he knows much more than people like Sister Feng. He now knows that Concubine Li was sent to death by the Supreme Emperor, and this afternoon, Emperor Ning Kang knelt in front of the Chonghua Palace to plead for Concubine Li!

Obviously, the Supreme Emperor did not show any favor to Emperor Ningkang.

The Supreme Emperor is Emperor Ningkang’s biological father and his father. Emperor Ningkang did not dare to do anything to the Supreme Emperor, but it does not mean that he has no hatred in his heart.

At this time, "rumors" that were damaging to Concubine Li's reputation were flying all over the place and reached Emperor Ning Kang's ears. One can imagine his mood.

However, perhaps among these rumors, his name, Lord Jia Dahou, was mentioned.

Thinking from his perspective, Jia Lian felt that if he were Emperor Ning Kang, he would seeI will feel uncomfortable in my heart.

Even though he knew this, Jia Lian had no way to resolve it.

What he can do now is to minimize his presence and wait for the storm to subside.

But he also knew that Sister Feng was a good person and was somewhat bold in nature. In the following time, she would go to the palace to express her condolences every day. If she didn't know how serious the offense was at the hands of Emperor Ning Kang, it would inevitably affect him.

After thinking about it, he decided to tell her everything that happened this morning and warned her to be careful with her words and deeds in the palace to avoid bringing disaster to him.

Sure enough, Sister Feng, who originally looked like a spectator and a meddlesome person, suddenly became alarmed and frightened after hearing about the death of Concubine Li and her powerful relationship with Jia Lian. .

She didn’t expect that without her knowing it, Jia Lian had already experienced such a huge crisis.

So he quickly promised: "Don't worry, don't I know how powerful I am? I promise that from now on in the palace, I won't say a word or listen to a word, and I will be deaf and mute!"

Jia Lian is still relieved about this. Sister Feng, as long as you explain things clearly to her, she can do better than anyone else.

So I ended my secret conversation with Sister Feng, asked her about the arrangements for the guests at home, and asked the maid to come in to serve and change clothes.

"Uncle Xing and aunt arranged to stay temporarily in the outer courtyard of Dongkuaoyuan. As for Xiuyan, the old lady wanted them to live in the garden so that they could have company.

I thought it would be troublesome to clean up the house now, so I arranged for her to live with Ying Yatou.

As for Baoqin, the old lady decided that she would live in her own house, so we don’t have to worry about it.< br />
It was my sister-in-law’s aunt who wanted to say goodbye when she saw that our family was getting busy. The wife said that my sister-in-law had rarely seen anyone from her parents’ family in so many years, so she asked the aunt and nephew to have a good talk. Finally, she was allowed to stay.

So I, together with her and my sister-in-law’s two girls, also arranged to live in Daoxiang Village. Anyway, the houses there are spacious and there are many houses.”

Jia Lian nodded and looked at the girl in front of him.

Sister Feng put Jia Lian's robe on the side, turned around and saw his eyes, and couldn't help but smile: "Second Master is thinking, is she Xiao Qin or Xiang Ling?"

Jia Lian had no choice but to ask: "When did Xiao Qin go back?"

"Why, the second master is still reluctant to part with her? Otherwise, I can help you bring her back again?"< br />
Hearing this, Xiang Ling, who had spent two inhuman days in Dongfu, immediately raised her head.She looked at Jia Lian aggrievedly, causing Jia Lian to reach out and touch her head.

"Since she has gone back, why call her back."

Sister Feng couldn't tell whether Jia Lian's tone was regretful, so she took another look at Jia Lian and smiled. : "The concubine died of illness, and Sister-in-law Zhen also wanted to go to the palace to express her condolences. I thought that there would be no one to take care of the house over there, so I asked her to go back."

In fact, although Qin Keqing is very Sensible, but the two days here made Sister Feng feel extremely threatened.

She has to admit that in terms of femininity, she cannot compare to him.

So I used this reason to drive the other party back.

Moreover, Qin Keqing was originally her idea to comfort Jia Lian.

Now that the goal has been achieved, there is no need to keep the other party for a long time. Sister Feng understands the principle of "too much is not enough" in everything. Naturally, she will not let Jia Lian feel overwhelmed all at once.

Jia Lian was not worried about Sister Feng's plans.

Qin Keqing was flirtatious, but after not seeing his little Xiangling for two days, he found that she seemed to be more well-behaved.

Moreover, after changing identities with Qin Keqing this time, he felt that not only was she still as well-behaved as ever, but she also had an inexplicably more enchanting attitude about her.

This point made Jia Lian fond of Cong Cong, so he no longer knew whether he was more worried than happy or happy about the exchange of their identities.

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As Jia Lian expected, someone did cause trouble because of the death of Concubine Li.

First, the Jin Yiwei went out to arrest literati in the streets and markets. The crime is to discuss palace matters and slander the reputation of noble people.

Another imperial censor, Yan Zhijian, said that Emperor Ning Kang should not be charged with speech crimes. This move was no less generous than the literary prison of the previous dynasty, and it was not the work of a wise king.

This angered Emperor Ningkang Long Yan, who directly killed the leader with a stick and threw the rest into the sky prison.

This matter undoubtedly caused panic.

Only then did everyone realize that the emperor was really going to kill people when he was angry.

And Emperor Ningkang, even if he was suppressed by the Supreme Emperor, he was still the emperor!

There are also people who do not believe in evil and feel that the Chonghua Palace will definitely not allow Emperor Ningkang to behave arbitrarily, and some people even secretly report to the Chonghua Palace.

But the final result was not what they expected.

The arrested literati were not released, and the officials in the prison were not released.

So in the palaceOnly outsiders became more alert, and no one dared to talk about it in public.

On this day, after Jia Lian went to the palace to pay filial piety as usual, he was finally summoned by Emperor Ningkang.

Jia Lian immediately regained his composure and followed the eunuch who delivered the order to the south study room.

At this time, the palace was full of elements, even the south study room was no exception.

Emperor Ning Kang was also dressed in plain clothes, with a filial piety belt tied on his head, but when Jia Lian looked at it, he felt that Emperor Ning Kang was sharper than before.

Emperor Ning Kang finished handling the matters at hand, looked up at Jia Lian, and said, "I heard you say before that you were arranging special training for the firearms camp out of the city. Why is there no movement?"
< br />"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have already started arranging for the officers and soldiers to leave the city yesterday. But because of the national mourning, I did not dare to make a big fanfare, so I only arranged the arrangements in batches and did not inform Your Majesty. This is the crime of a humble minister."

Emperor Ning Kang nodded. Jia Lian always gets his attention when doing things, and he likes this most in a steady and meticulous manner.

He also thought of this incident by chance today, and then thought of calling Jia Lian over to ask.

Seeing that Jia Lian had arranged everything but had no time to report to him, his mind changed and he already knew the reason.

As an emperor, he knew that some ministers who wanted fame would still want to see him even if they had nothing to do. Even officials outside Beijing would like to give him a greeting memorial if they had nothing to do.

But Jia Lian has not come to see him for several days, not even a memorial.

So he stretched his muscles, Ning Kangdi stood up and walked to Jia Lian.

Seeing Jia Lian involuntarily bending his tall body, Emperor Ningkang said: "There have been a lot of gossips in the government and the public recently. I wonder if Aiqing knows about it and what is his comment on it."

Jia Lian looked surprised and shook his head, "I have been busy with things in the camp recently, and there is a national funeral. I work at three o'clock every day. I have little leisure time, but I have never heard any words. "

"That's right. Since I don't know, I will let you know."

"There are rumors in the government and the public that Mrs. Li is jealous of the Queen Mother and wants to harm the Queen Mother, so she She was deeply disliked by the Supreme Emperor.

Some people even said that Concubine Li passed away because her conspiracy to frame the Queen Mother failed and she was ordered to die by the Supreme Emperor."

Jia Lian After hearing this, he immediately knelt down and said: "This is the nonsense of an ignorant person. Your Majesty, please do not believe it."

"Oh, tell me, is Mrs. Li guilty?"

Ning When Emperor Kang spoke, he looked at Jia Lian quietly.

Jia Lian said: "How dare you, a humble minister, speak unreasonably about the concubine..."

Jia Lian raised his head and glanced at Emperor Ning Kang, seeing that his face was calm, obviously not worried. His answer was satisfactory.

So he suppressed the anxiety in his heart and added: "I am a foreign minister and have never interacted with the concubine. Naturally, I am not qualified to judge the concubine.

However, even if If a humble minister doesn’t know the concubine, how can he not know about His Majesty?

Since His Majesty ascended the throne, he has served the Supreme Emperor and commanded all civil and military officials. He has been working hard and sleeping hard, working diligently and caring for the people.

Even if others don’t know these, how can I, as a minister of your Majesty’s trust and trust, not see them?

It’s not just my words, your Majesty’s pure benevolence and filial piety, civil and military skills, even Looking at the wise kings of the past dynasties, there are many who are not as good as you!

I am deeply happy to be able to serve a king like your majesty, and I am also grateful and proud that our Wei Dynasty has a wise king like your majesty.
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And Your Majesty is the son of the concubine.

For this reason alone, the concubine has made tremendous achievements in the country of Wei Dynasty.

Yes So, with my limited knowledge, I really don’t know what the concubine’s crime is.”

Emperor Ning Kang stood quietly, looking at Jia Lian, who was getting more and more excited as he talked, with mixed feelings in his heart.

Knowing Jia Lian well, he was not surprised by the other party's flattery.

But Jia Lian said something that really touched his heart.

Yes, even though Mrs. Li has many faults, she is his biological mother after all. How can she not avoid death?

Even a foreign minister understands the truth, how could the father be so inferior to his mother and son!

Regardless of what he was thinking, Emperor Ning Kang still said: "I heard that something happened in the imperial garden on the day the concubine passed away. You were also present at the time. What do you know?" " After Wei Chen met Your Majesty that day, he was summoned to the Royal Garden by the Queen Mother's attendants.

Later I found out that it was not the Queen Mother who summoned Wei Chen, but Princess Zhaoyang who summoned Wei Chen in the name of the Queen Mother. Went to the Imperial Garden to talk about it.

But he happened to be discovered by the Supreme Emperor.

Your Majesty also knows that the previous incident with the minister and Princess Zhaoyang had already angered the Supreme Emperor. Yue.

The Emperor was even more furious that day. If Princess Zhaoyang hadn’t tried her best to take away the blame in front of the Emperor and fought to the death to intercede for her, I am afraid that I would have died that day.Hard to escape.

What makes Weichen feel guilty and uncomfortable is that Weichen was unscathed that day, but Princess Zhaoyang lost her position as the eldest princess because of this. ”

Jia Lian’s expression changed with his words, very naturally, making it impossible to see any adulteration.

If Emperor Ning Kang had not clearly investigated what happened that day, I'm afraid that Jia Lian will be deceived.

He frowned and said, "Is that just that? "

"Later, Princess Zhaoyang was taken away by the Queen Mother, and the minister also left the palace alone. As for what kind of punishment the princess received from the Queen Mother later, the minister has no idea. "

Emperor Ning Kang looked at Jia Lian carefully and turned back to the imperial case.

"I know more about you and Zhaoyang than anyone else.

You don’t have to worry about her.

Although the Supreme Emperor deprived her of her position as the eldest princess, she is my most beloved princess and I will not treat her badly.

On the other hand, since you are determined to restore the glory of your ancestors and shoulder the heavy responsibility entrusted to you by me, how can you be hindered by the affairs of your children?

Since you said that firearms are ten times or a hundred times more powerful than ordinary weapons on the battlefield, I hope to see you soon to verify this.

Next, except for the condolence in the palace, which you must not be absent without any reason, and then the funeral for the concubine, you do not need to accompany her.

I will go to the firearms camp to test the effectiveness of your special training in person after returning to Beijing. I hope you won’t disappoint me! "

"I obey the decree. ”

Jia Lian stood up, glanced at Emperor Ning Kang, and made sure he had no more instructions before leaving.

When he left the palace, he silently wiped a sweat from his heart. .

Although it was a shock, it was not dangerous.

It seemed that the death of Mrs. Li was most likely over, and he no longer had to hold his tail between his legs. Hiding from Emperor Ning Kang.

But Emperor Ning Kang’s last words revealed a lot of meaning, and he couldn’t understand them all for a while.

Only one thing , he heard immediately that Emperor Ningkang wanted to send Concubine Li to the funeral in person.

It was not surprising.

Although the emperor could not leave Beijing easily, he still wanted to attend the funeral for his biological mother. It is reasonable and reasonable.

The most important imperial mausoleum of the Wei Dynasty is in Xiaoci County in the west, more than a hundred miles away from Beijing.

According to past experience, all civil and military officials should attend the funeral once. It takes almost a month to go back and forth.

In this way, Emperor Ning Kang’s return to Beijing happened to be the day when his special training at the firearms camp ended...

For some reason, Jia Lian always felt that Emperor Ning Kang seemed to pay more attention to the firearms camp in his hands.