Self-cultivation of Male Supporting Role

The emperor did what he said and did not give the He Dashan family any chance to go back.

Shi Yan didn't panic. Taking advantage of the early weather, he slowly arranged everything. Before night came, he stood at the door of his aunt's house and simply told his aunt, "My father's relatives are here, and they are in the capital. , Invite our family to be a guest at his house, we will go back when we go, and when we come back, we will stop by Ningzhou to see uncle and cousin Shiliang, and the grandfather and grandmother of the family and the countryside will ask you to take care of it."

He handed over the keys to the house and left behind a bulging envelope.

Liu Shi didn't think much of it, he was only happy for He Dashan, and kept saying to Shi Yan, "Aren't Dashan's relatives your grandmother's family? If people can find them, they still remember them. We should be happy for them!"

Shi Yan didn't explain, but Shi Xiu, who was next to Liu Shi, listened to the conversation between the two, with a very rich expression on his face, and finally assured Shi Yan like a little adult: "Cousin, you can rest assured, go home. I'll take care of it."

In the end, he still asked worriedly: "How long will you be going? When will you be back? Don't be addicted to staying at your relative's house, and you don't plan to come back!"

Liu Shi frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "What are you talking about?"

Shi Yan knew what the little girl was worried about, and explained seriously: "It will take about 20 days to get back and forth, three months at most, two months at least, and I must come back."

Shi Xiu was sullen, and it seemed that he didn't take Shi Yan's words into his heart.

Shi Yan couldn't help but messed up the other party's neatly combed hair, and when the little girl was about to hit someone with a big broom, the soles of her feet slipped away.

The family here followed the emperor simply and neatly, with no psychological burden at all. In the palace on the other side, the concubine Xian, who has always been low-key and unassuming, has been in a happy mood in recent days because of the good news from her son's house. When you see people, you will smile with a three-pointed smile. Anyone who sees them will make a joke.

Speaking of Concubine Xian's son, He Xingyuan, the seventh prince, has been married for several years and has a wife and a concubine, but there has been no good news from the women in the mansion. The only child is the daughter of an unloved concubine. She was sick and crooked from birth, and was raised by her own mother to be very timid.

For this reason, there are many rumors in Beijing, either implying that the seventh prince is not good enough to have a son, or implying that the seventh prince has done something harmful and unreasonable, which is divine punishment.

With her eyes closed, Concubine Xian knew that those who slandered the seventh prince in this way would only be a few princes who could compete with the seventh prince. After all, the prince who did not give birth to a son was a shortcoming in the struggle for the throne.

Although Concubine Xian was annoyed, if the Seventh Prince's Mansion was unable to give birth to a child, she would have no choice but to try to divert everyone's attention from this vicious rumor.

Last year, when the Seventh Prince brought Liu Yunhan back to Beijing, Concubine Xian was very disgusted with this restless woman, but because of the child in the other's womb, she never had any seizures, and she just left it lukewarm.

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a good fate. Once she gave birth, she gave birth to a white and fat grandson. Concubine Xian was so happy that she bypassed the seventh concubine and gave Liu Yunhan something directly, expressing The satisfaction that she gave birth to the first son of the Seventh Prince's Mansion.

The Seventh Prince's Mansion had long been in trouble because of this child, but no one noticed that an ordinary gardener in the Seventh Prince's Mansion saw the servants walking in Liu Yunhan's courtyard with wind in his eyes. Thoughtful.

Having the eldest son, even though he is a concubine, also makes the people who follow the seventh prince feel safe. As long as the seventh prince can give birth to a son, it proves that they are doing things with the seventh prince. It is an inexhaustible benefit for generations to come.

Just when Concubine Xian was immersed in joy, Concubine Xian's close aunt, Aunt Cuizhu, passed by the imperial garden and disappeared silently when she was delivering the handkerchief embroidered by Concubine Xian in the Empress Dowager Palace in the evening. in the palace.

When Concubine Xian found out that something was wrong, it was already two hours later. At that time, there would be a curfew in the palace, the locks between the palaces would be locked, and the guards would patrol back and forth at night.

Concubine Xian's low-key personality does not allow her to trouble the queen because of a personal mother-in-law, and wait for the dawn.

I had a bad premonition in my heart for a long time, because Mother Cuizhu was her dowry maid, and the other party almost watched her grow up. The other party knew all the secrets of Concubine Xian, and she knew Concubine Xian even more than Concubine Xian herself. Now, Cuizhu disappeared for no reason, and Concubine Xian was naturally uneasy.

The only thing that can make her feel a little more at ease is probably Cuizhu's sincerity to her. Over the years, the two have come together in the palace through ups and downs. Cuizhu used her practical actions to win the trust of Concubine Xian. The concubine believed that at a critical moment, Aunt Cuizhu would rather die than involve her.

Concubine Xian doubted all the people who could do this quietly in the palace, and felt that everyone was suspected, and no one could be caught, from the concubines of the main palaces to the queen, and even the queen mother. , I doubted the past one by one, but I didn't expect the emperor to go.

The emperor had doubts this time, and he was prepared for it. He was caught by the Cheng family, who was in trouble. Du Miaomiao, who was hiding in the Cheng family and did not dare to go out, threatened to cut off three fingers. Nothing, just fainted.

A person in the palace who is good at interrogation, the interrogation overnight, under the double blow of physical and psychological, Aunt Cuizhu quickly confessed.

This is what Concubine Xian did not expect, and what the emperor did not expect.

No one would have thought that Cuizhu was sincere to Concubine Xian, but she was more sincere to the Cheng family. Is this aunt Cuizhu, who does not look like a mountain and dew, turned out to be the aunt of the Cheng family's only Miaomiao? Cuizhu is a family slave carefully cultivated by the Cheng family. Her own sister was taken over by Concubine Xian's father. After giving birth to this child, the Cheng family suffered a disaster without a good day.

It was also under the reminder of Aunt Cuizhu that Concubine Xian chose this child among so many people in the Cheng family, and tried her best to protect her in front of the emperor, so that her nephew could live.

In Aunt Cuizhu's heart, the Cheng family's matter is the most important, followed by the single seedling representing the Cheng family, and the third is the virtuous concubine. Therefore, Aunt Cuizhu, who was tortured by herself, was able to keep silent when she saw the interrogator cut it with her own eyes. Only Miaomiao did not give up after having three fingers, and when she was about to cut off her toes, she finally collapsed.

Before Shi Yan and the others entered the capital, the emperor received a secret letter from the palace.

After a few days of getting along with him, He Dashan's younger brother can no longer be left. He was kicked down by the emperor and asked him to ride a carriage with Yueniang.

Only Shi Yan, the eldest nephew, although his words were irritating, he had an unexpected relationship with him, and he told Shi Yan the first time he got the news.

Shi Yan was amazed at the sight: "According to Aunt Cuizhu, because you raided the Cheng family back then, and because the seventh prince in the palace, the only dependant, frequently received news that he was seriously ill, he felt that there was no security in his heart. Therefore, it took a lot of effort and painstaking efforts to use the secret recipe that their Cheng family specially found in the early years to prepare a good thing for you. Do you want to have a spring breeze with your old man and have another child to keep your status?

In the end, she was accidentally preempted by my father, causing her to lose her only good chance. Therefore, I hold grudges towards my mother. It just so happens that my father has something to do temporarily, so I leave my mother to take care of her. "

The emperor sighed and unfolded another piece of paper to show to Shi Yan: "This is the recipe explained by Cuizhu, and many of the medicinal materials in it are very rare, and it may not be possible to get a set together in a lifetime. It is not wrong to say that it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. , said that one pregnancy can be guaranteed, I believe it.

The ancestors of the Cheng family practiced medicine, and it is not surprising that the Cheng family members have some strange prescriptions. If Cuizhu himself understands medical theory, it can make sense to cooperate with Cheng Concubine to harm your mother.

Cheng Concubine is narrow-minded. In order to vent her dissatisfaction, her original intention was to make your mother lose the memories of those few days, and then, under her arrangement, marry a man who is full of food, drink, whoring, gambling, and torture her for a lifetime. , The thing is halfway through, and it is attacked by the enemy.

Cuizhu obviously did not know the reason why your mother was able to safely appear in Xishui Village by simply doing nothing, ordering someone to throw your mother-in-law to the enemy, and wanting the enemy to torture your mother.

However, there is also a confession of the guards in the past, you can take a look. "

Shi Yan took it over and looked at it carefully, and once again sighed at his mother's rough and bumpy first half of her life: "It turned out that the guard left by my father desperately sent her to Xishui Village."

Shi Yan sighed again: "Your Majesty, your eyes are so good, such a woman can be called a virtuous concubine."

The emperor snorted coldly: "If it weren't for the series of incidents that hit me too hard, and I haven't been relieved for several years, do you think you can hide me with such a little trick?"

Shi Yan didn't care about the emperor's reluctance to hold his respect, and continued to insert the knife: "Don't pretend, everyone said that the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds, your wife is not worried, and your son is shameless, I have long ago I won't laugh at you anymore, I will only sympathize with you in my heart, if you are not feeling well, you don't need to force a smile like this."

The emperor was puzzled: "Xingyu is doing well, why did you become shameless? Don't think that you are my nephew, and I will not treat you like that!"

Shi Yan calmly said: "I know all about you asking the magistrate of Luo'an County to investigate, and I also know that the magistrate of Luo'an County arrested Mr. Qian's family at the behest of your own son, the Seventh Prince.

And the reason why the seventh prince did that was entirely because he was shameless and robbed Master Qian's concubine. Don't let it go! "

Shi Yan looked at the emperor with a look of "You are so pitiful, but I won't tell you".

The emperor was furious: "How did you know this?"

"What's the difference between the two of you talking so loudly and talking in my ear? I was sleeping next to a big living person and was woken up directly by you. I thought you wanted me to hear the news on purpose. , I can pretend to continue to fall asleep and you have exhausted all my acting skills, so don't expect too much."

Shi Yan said lightly, "Don't count on me, it won't work."