MTL - My Beloved Concubine Only Wants to Eat Melons-Chapter 71

The reason why Yan Shu came to find the queen mother was actually after a lot of deliberation.

— After all, regarding this matter, the emperor can only send people to Luzhou, thousands of miles away, to find the Hu family, and help the Hu family file a lawsuit again, and bring Wang Xiangli and Old Man Ge to court.

And just as she said to the queen mother, there is a time lag for this matter. No matter how fast the Jinyi guards are, it will take five or six days to arrive at the place. What's more, the old man Ge is still in the capital. If the news spread to the capital again, it would still take some days to bring the Hu family to the capital and sue directly in the capital.

Really have to wait until that, the day lily is cold.

Fortunately, Hu Sanniang is currently in the capital, and it would be best if she appealed for grievances in person.

However, how could she ask Hu Sanniang to complain in person?

Naturally, it can only be passed through the queen mother.

And to let the Queen Mother know about this, she can only write a storybook first, and it has to be sent out.

Cough, after all, she can't take the manuscript and read it to the Queen Mother. If that happens, won't she lose her horse?

Therefore, she worked hard all day yesterday to write, and this morning she sent someone to wait outside the bookstore early to buy back the script before the first batch.

And in order for the queen mother to hear the story earlier, she didn't even sleep late, and she didn't have a good breakfast.

Fortunately, now that the queen mother has spoken decisively, everything is worth it.

Now, she just needs to wait for Hu Sanniang to enter the palace.

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There was still a council of celebrities in Wenyuan Pavilion this morning, and Ge Yuanhua entered the palace with the others early in the morning.

Therefore, when Mr. Xiaoyao's new story book was on sale, he, like other Confucian scholars, was unaware of it.

But he also knew that Hu Sanniang was not sincerely following him, so as early as when Hu Sanniang entered the mansion, he arranged for a confidant woman to follow Hu Sanniang to monitor her daily life.

Therefore, when she first heard the Queen Mother summoning her, the old woman said with a puzzled face, "Well, why did the Queen Mother summon us Sanniang? The master is not here now, why don't we wait for the master to come back and let Sanniang enter together?" How about paying homage to the Empress Dowager?"

However, the palace servant who came to deliver the message was very difficult to speak. Hearing what she said, he immediately frowned and reprimanded, "Bastard, who is the empress dowager going to summon, and need to explain the reason to you?"

The old woman was startled, and then she knelt down and said, "The old woman dare not, so please don't be angry with the officials."

The palace servants ignored her, and only said to Hu Sanniang, "Madam, please come with us. Don't worry, the Empress Dowager is kind and will not criticize you at will."

Hu Sanniang should be, and followed him out of the posthouse.

Not long after, the Empress Dowager and Yan Shu in Ci'an Palace finally met the person in the script.

Looking carefully, I saw that this woman was about twenty years old, and she was indeed very beautiful, but there was a slightly sad expression between her brows, obviously life was not going well.

Yan Shu secretly sighed in her heart, thinking that she is such a good woman, but now she has become the plaything of a wretched old man, who would be happy instead?

At this moment, seeing Hu Sanniang bowing to her and the queen mother, Yan Shu said, "Don't be surprised, Mrs. Hu, I called you here today because there was a banquet in the palace a few days ago, and no one came from your residence. I inquired After a while, I found out that the mistress of your mansion has passed away, and I heard that you accompanied Mr. Ge to the capital this time, so I specially asked you to speak."

Hearing this, Hu Sanniang hurriedly said, "Thank you, Empress Dowager, Empress Yi, the concubine is only a husband's concubine, I really dare not be a concubine."

Very inferior in words.

The queen mother saw it in her eyes and said, "It doesn't matter. In the eyes of the Ai family, as long as the character is valuable, it doesn't matter what your identity is."

Then he asked, "Where are you from? What does your mother's family do? How old are you now, do you have any children?"

Hu Sanniang replied one by one, "My concubine is nineteen years old and is from Luzhou. Her natal family is a local farmer and has no children."

The Empress Dowager and Yan Shu looked at each other, it would be easier if they didn't have children.

Yan Shu coughed again, and said, "There are no outsiders today, so you don't have to be too cautious. Since you are a girl from a good family, how can you be a concubine?"

After the words fell, Hu Sanniang bit her lips, and Fang struggled to say, "I was married once, and my husband's family was short of money, so I sold my concubine to my husband..."

Yan Shu hurriedly put on a look of surprise, "Could it be that your original husband's family was Ge Yuanhua's student?"

As soon as these words came out, Hu Sanniang was taken aback, looked up at her and said, "How did your empress know?"

Yan Shu hurriedly said, "It's a coincidence that there just happened to be a story book on the market today, which was written in a story similar to your life experience. It said that a woman from a good family was sold to her husband by a money-grubbing husband and a cruel mother-in-law. thing."

Hu Sanniang was taken aback again, and said in surprise, "There is such a thing?"

Yan Shu nodded, and said, "To tell you the truth, after reading this story, the Empress Dowager was very angry. It just so happened that she learned about you again. She thought you were a good girl from a good family, why did she become a concubine? So I asked someone to look it up, and I didn't realize that the story in this book matches yours."

"Could it be that this story is written about you? Could it be that you were co-designed by your original husband and Ge Yuanhua, and forced to become a concubine?"

After the words fell, Hu Sanniang began to cry bitterly, remembering the past.

Yan Shu hurriedly stepped forward to hand her a handkerchief, and said in a warm voice, "Don't be afraid, the empress dowager is the one who upholds justice the most. If you have any grievances, you might as well tell the empress today."

The queen mother glanced at her, and said directly to Hu Sanniang, "To tell you the truth, the Ai family also got the news that you were sold by your husband to Ge Yuanhua. This is a crime. If you want to seek justice, Bengong will uphold justice for you, but if you don't want to, I won't ask any more questions."

As soon as these words came out, I saw Hu Sanniang kneeling in front of her with a plop, crying, "I beg the queen mother to make the decision for this concubine."

…

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In Wenyuan Pavilion at this time, all the famous Confucians and officials of the Ministry of Rites are in the council.

After the previous two agendas, the subjects and teaching materials of Songhe Academy have been determined. What needs to be formulated today is the specific regulations of the academy, such as reward and punishment measures, enrollment standards, and so on.

Just like the previous two times, today there is still the king personally sitting in the town, so everyone is actively making statements, and the scene is very lively.

Ji Kaiyu, the head of Baihe Academy, said, "The way to educate people is based on morality. For students who enter the academy, family background is by no means the most important thing. In addition to talent and diligence, morality is more important."

Yu Jingwei, a master of Nanyang, nodded and said, "Those with good moral character will benefit from reading, and those with bad moral character will be harmed if they read thousands of books."

At this moment, I saw that Ge Yuanhua from Luzhou also stroked his beard and said, "The so-called morality is divided into public morality and private morality. Mencius said, 'If you are poor, you will be good for yourself; if you are rich, you will benefit the world'. ", and benefiting the world is "public morality."

Seeing this scene, Yu Wenlan secretly raised his eyebrows—

How did this person manage to be so corrupt in his personal morality, yet have a serious face on his face?

It's just that this person's voice fell, and before anyone else could say anything, he saw a palace official from Ci'an Palace outside the door, holding a stack of books into the pavilion, and said to him, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager heard that today Wen Yuan Ge Lun Dao, I have specially prepared an exam question for you gentlemen."

Exam questions?

Everyone was taken aback for a moment, and asked curiously, "I wonder what kind of test questions the Empress Dowager gave?"

The man in the palace bowed and offered the book in his hand and said, "Gentlemen, please read this book."

Upon hearing this, Yu Wenlan took a copy, and after a glance, she realized that it was Yan Shu's new storybook, "The Master and Disciple of the Wolf Dog Will Get Retribution".

"..."

It seems that the Queen Mother is going to make a move?

That's fine, let's see what the Empress Dowager plans to do first.

He then nodded, "Then let you gentlemen take a look."

The palace man should be so, so he distributed the story books to everyone one by one.

Immediately afterwards, everyone held the scriptures and began to read.

Yu Wenlan looked around the pavilion, and saw that the faces of most people changed with the ups and downs in the story.

One of them's eyes lit up, and he thought, 【This Young Master Xiaoyao is so efficient and wrote it so quickly? Hmph, let's see how that old thief Ge will react today! 】

——Yu Wenlan understood, the person who wrote to Yanshu that day was this person, Liu Zhengxin, the head of Huai'an Academy.

And looking at Ge Yuanhua who was holding the book, his expression gradually became flustered.

In the end, his face became paler.

It didn't take long before I heard a communication from outside the door, "The Empress Dowager has arrived..."

Yu Wenlan paused, but before she got up, she saw that the Queen Mother had already stepped into the pavilion.

All of a sudden, everyone in the pavilion stood up and saluted, "Caomin and others are meeting the Queen Mother."

Yu Wenlan hurriedly stepped forward to greet her personally, and said, "Why is the queen mother here?"

The queen mother smiled lightly, and said, "The Ai family just gave you gentlemen an exam question, and it's time to collect the papers."

Then he looked at the crowd and said, "You should have finished reading this story, right? I don't know how you feel?"

After the words fell, everyone said indignantly, "The two masters and apprentices in this story are really insulting to the sages! It makes the world despise!"

"If this happened in reality, then the master and apprentice should be cast aside by the world."

"Yeah yeah."

…

All of a sudden, everyone spoke generously, and there was a lot of scolding in the pavilion.

The Empress Dowager nodded, and said, "To tell you the truth, the Ai family made this question today because the woman in the story complained to her face this morning. And the master in that story is among you."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was surprised and said, "There is such a thing? Who is it?"

The queen mother didn't speak, just looked at one of them.

But he saw that Ge Yuanhua was already shaking like chaff, and his face was as white as paper.

After trembling for a while, he finally stepped out and knelt down, "Please calm down, Madam, I'm afraid the person in this story is the old man."

What? It was him?

However, except for the person who broke the news, Liu Zhengxin, the rest of the people were all surprised.

However, before the Queen Mother could speak, Ge Yuanhua said again, "Major Madam, I'm afraid there may be a misunderstanding on this matter. Back then, it was Cao Min's student Wang Xiangli who had an accident at his home, and begged the old man begging for help when he was desperate. Cao Min was also confused for a while. , That's why he agreed. It's definitely not that the grassroots deliberately coerce and lure him to sell his wife!"

Confused?

The queen mother sneered and said, "Are you confused for a while? Or for a lifetime? It has been more than seven hundred days and nights, and you haven't woken up yet? She was a good girl from a good family who was sold to you as a concubine. Your natal family sued the government, and you still use your prestige to suppress this matter? Is this also a moment of confusion?"

After the words fell, Ge Yuanhua was speechless for a while, so he could only kowtow and say, "The grass people are convicted, please calm your anger."

Seeing this scene, everyone shook their heads.

The Queen Mother ignored everyone, but suddenly looked at a person in the pavilion, and said, "Scholar Qi was an official in the court, and he is most familiar with the laws of the court. What do you think of this matter?"

Her eyes were calm, and there was nothing unusual about her.

And everyone also looked at Qi Dashi who had been named by her.

Yu Wenlan was also heartbroken and looked over.

Tsk, at such a moment, the queen mother actually asked him to answer?

Is there any special purpose?

Facing the eyes of everyone, Qi Shuguang lowered his head and said, "I want to tell you, the grass people think that, as a teacher, in the face of the difficulties in the students' families, you can help them out and help them tide over the difficulties. Teacher, the meaning of being a father for life'. If you take the opportunity to coerce and lure you to satisfy your own unethical desires, you will not only trap the students in injustice, but also put this innocent woman in the fire and water, and it will violate the identity of a famous teacher. This matter Now that the world has come to light, I believe that the imperial court will deal with it fairly and announce the results to the public in time to comfort the sufferer and reassure the people."

After the words fell, everyone agreed, "Mr. Qi's words are very true, this is the way of a good teacher."

Yu Wenlan also had to nod silently.

When You Qi said these words, his heart was open and open, without any distracting thoughts.

But the queen mother also nodded and said to him, "With the advice of gentlemen just now, I believe His Majesty will try this matter impartially."

Yu Wenlan nodded and said, "Yes. Mother, don't worry. I will arrange for the people involved in this matter to be brought to the capital, and the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Rites will publicly hear the case."

The Queen Mother nodded and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

He stepped out of the room.

Behind them, everyone immediately bowed their heads again and said, "Respectfully send off the Empress Dowager."

~~

After some simple and rough operations by the queen mother, the identity of the protagonist of the story was known to the world that day.

All of a sudden, there were endless voices of abuse against Old Man Ge from both inside and outside the capital.

And Nahu Sanniang was temporarily placed in a safe place, waiting for her mother's family to come to the capital and ask the Ministry of Rites and Dali Temple to re-trial the case.

I believe that by then, Wang Xiangli and his old mother will also be punished as they should.

Yan Shu felt relieved.

But while rest assured, she couldn't help but ask the system, [By the way, who wrote the breaking news letter? 】

System, [The person who wrote the breaking news letter is also among these famous experts this time. His name is Liu Zhengxin, and he is the head of Huai'an Academy. 】

Yan Shu raised her eyebrows, 【How did he know about this? 】

System, 【Huai'an is not far from Luzhou. There was a competition for students between this person's academy and this old man Ge's private school. Liu Zhengxin has always held a grudge. He has secretly inquired about this old man Ge's private affairs these years, looking for an opportunity to take revenge on him. . Seeing that many people recommended this old man Ge to be the head of the mountain this time, he was naturally upset. I heard about you again that day, so I quietly reported to you. 】

Yan Shu nodded, 【I see. 】

Suddenly, she was taken aback again, tsk, after this road is opened, will she receive any revelation letter next?

I don't know...

After a few days, she really hit the spot.

In a pile of letters from readers, she found another revelation letter.

And the person who was reported was none other than Liu Zhengxin, the Head of Huai'an Academy who broke the news about Old Man Ge two days ago.

The letter said that this person had been a litigator when he was young, and he was famous in Huai'an for a time because he was able to win all lawsuits against him.

In fact, this person secretly collected money from the person who brought him a lawsuit, and used it to bribe the presiding officer, and only then did he win the lawsuit.

Yanshu, "..."

There is no end to this.