Chapter 70 The collective memory of the people of Qing about the Ye family

After the officials of the eight divisions of the Procuratorate took away the two scholars, the Yishi Residence appeared to be much more silent, but wine strengthens the guts of the men of letters, and in a short while of work, they began to talk in a rowdy manner again, and what they talked about was nothing more than the rumors about the life of the Procuratorate’s Fan Tisi.

“Ye family back then was the great crime of conspiracy, that mysterious mistress resigned before all the family property was put into the inner treasury.” A person worriedly said, “If little Lord Fan, is really the orphan of that mistress …… I see this matter is in trouble.”

“Rebellion? Then why are the shopkeepers of Qingyu Hall still raised so white and fat?” An extremely thick eyebrows of the scholar said mockingly, “I think it is the court took advantage of the orphans without a widowed mother, will be the family property overrun, this is good, suddenly the Ye family more than a bit of the heir, I see the court is only afraid to panic.”

“Panic about what?”

“Isn’t His Majesty interested in letting Mr. Fan take charge of the inner treasury? The inner treasury was originally his family’s, so how can he manage it?”

“And the inner treasury?” Another coldly grunted, “I think it’s more like Fan Tisi is about to have bad luck.”

The shopkeeper wiped the cold sweat and came over, said: “A few masters, the voice can not be a little lower? If you let the Supervisory Yuan’s masters hear into the ears, my small store still open or not?”

A stone housekeeper usually rarely come out to meet customers, today but on the floor, a few familiar guests got up and greeted him, the shopkeeper side around to take care of, one side of the ear will be these drunken gossip into the ear, a stone house is Cui family’s industry, the recent Cui family has been on the verge of collapse, and suddenly heard a big enemy Fan Tisi …… of body rumors, Cui family people can not help but secretly happy, hot eyes watching the development of the situation.

The young man who claimed before the head that it was the court that had seized the Ye family’s property was really bold after drinking, laughing and saying: “What are you afraid of, shopkeeper? Can the Supervisory Yuan really shut the mouth of the world? Even if they dare, His Majesty will not agree. You see yesterday arrested back to the Supervisory Board of those, today is not good to send back? They only chatted a little, and didn’t violate the Qing Law.”

Beside him, the person is still worried about the color is difficult to go: “Fan Ti Si this is not a good thing, if he is really Ye family …… descendants, I guess his career is also to this end.”

In fact, this has not been said through, after all, is not the official body, and in broad daylight in the restaurant, no one dares to say the heart of the real judgment, in the hearts of these people, always think that after the court learned of the Fan idle life, one is to take away its official, two …… only to take away its life.

“What about Fan House?” The man then sighed: “Fan Shangshu has taken care of the Ministry of Households all these years, and is a famous and capable minister, is it because of the affair debt of that year, the family should also be broken up?”

After the rumor entered the capital, besides the speculation about Fan Xian’s life, what the people of Kyoto talked about most was how Fan Jian, the Minister of Households, tricked the mysterious Mistress of the Ye Family into his hands back then, and how he made the other side of the beads and the words of the former – they all knew that Fan Shangshu was a master of flirtation on the Liujing River back then, but they didn’t think that he actually still had It was known that Fan Shangshu was a master of flirtation on the Liujing River, but it was not thought that he actually had the ability to attract the mistress of the world’s first merchant.

However, in the process of rumor spreading, those big girls and small families, but Fan Shangshu has a completely different feeling. Back then, the Ye family was guilty of treason, at that time, the official rank of Fan Jian was extremely low, actually able to will be born with that woman’s child, hard to stay alive, and did not let the people in the palace to find out, risked the shocking risk of raising so many years, this story, it seems to be enough to rewrite a storybook, very popular romance novels have the potential to be.

Until now, people seemed to finally understand why Fan Jian had kept Fan Xian in Tanyuzhou for sixteen years, refusing to let him enter the capital.

Looking at the panicked appearance of the eight divisions of the Supervisory Yuan, people knew that the rumor must have an extremely high degree of accuracy. Just the reign of the Holy Son of God, Fan Tisi is not Chen Pingping, he can not cover the sky, and do not dare to invite all the people who love to gossip in Kyoto to drink tea at the eight offices, after all, can only stare at things gradually expand.

For example, yesterday was arrested, today was released back, which is clear evidence.

So, people no longer resent the young Fan Tisi made such a big taboo of sealing the road things, but for this uncertain future “life and death” of the young officials, feel a trace of sympathy, after all, Fan Xian in the past two years in the State of Qing has gained a very good reputation, regardless of the domain of the domain, but also for the court to earn too much face, the thought that he will soon be in bad luck, the people’s morale, and the people’s support. will be unlucky, the people’s scholars are still somewhat inclined emotionally, especially when they think of his mother, who also seemed to have disappeared without a trace because of a pile of trumped up treason cases back then.

“Ye family? Which Ye family?”

At this time, in the restaurant, there was suddenly a young lad who stupidly asked, he had already listened for half a day, but he was never clear about what the origin of the Ye family, which was related to Lord Little Fan, was. After all, it had been too long since the events of that year, and time was like water, making too many people in Qing Guo almost forget that golden name.

“The Ye Family doesn’t even know?” The people who were a bit older began to laugh out contemptuously, sure enough, they were some bearded brats who hadn’t grown a beard, they didn’t even know about the mighty Ye family back then, and they all felt the need to teach each other a lesson.

“Ye family, is the world’s number one merchant back then.” The middle-aged man said in a leisurely and mesmerizing manner, “It’s the Ye family that made glass to sell as silver.”

Some people objected, thinking that this side point was not clearly stated, “The Ye family, is the Ye family that made soap and perfume, oh, the perfume has been discontinued for ten years or so, so I guess you haven’t had the pleasure of smelling it.”

“It’s the only Ye family that makes spirits.”

Another person added: “It’s the Ye family that provided the court with a large portion of its ordnance back then.”

“Do you know about the Inner Treasury? Do you know where the Daqing Dynasty spends so much silver every year?” The middle-aged man laughed, “It’s the inner treasury that earns it from Northern Qi, from Eastern Barbarians, and even from the sea. And what is the inner treasury? Isn’t it the old Ye family’s property back then!”

The young lad who asked the question had his jaw dropped and said with his mouth wide open, “Oh my god, it’s actually so powerful.”

The scholar who had the most guts to point out that the imperial court was robbing the family’s property shook his head and laughed coldly, “If the Ye family was just a merchant, how could it have developed to that size back then? If she was merely a merchant. And how could it be …… exterminated?”

The middle-aged man curiously said, “Oh, could it be that brother knows any information?”

“The Ye family ……” The scholar shook his head and sighed, “It is said that it has a very shallow relationship with the Supervisory Academy, and when the Supervisory Academy was first established, I heard that a whole lot of the incoming money was provided by the Ye family. Of course, this is only a legend.”

After the middle-aged man pondered for a little while, he suddenly had a flash of light in his head and said to the surroundings, “Gentlemen, do you remember the stone monument at the entrance of the Supervisory Academy?”

The crowd nodded, and suddenly their faces changed, thinking of something, and they all exclaimed in unison, saying, “Could it be that the passage …… called Ye Lightning Eyebrows is the mistress of the Ye family!”

The scholar’s face also changed slightly, sighed: “No wonder, no wonder …… No wonder Little Fan Ta-Jen would rather give up the noble and literary name, at the expense of defiling his own body, preferring to go into the Supervisory Yuan to do things, I am afraid that he is very clear about this matter. Yelp ……” he was surprised: “small Fan Taoyuan initially secretly for the Supervisory Yuan mention, this thing has been through the points of oddity, is it Chen director he has long known …… ”

Words have not finished, middle-aged man is already terrified and incomparable end of a wine glass stuffed to his mouth, blocked his next words. After the scholar was stunned, he was also still afraid. The Qing people are simple and straightforward, the people are not very afraid of the officials, but also not very afraid of Lord Fan, how else would you dare to talk about his gossip in the restaurant, only for the old man sitting in a wheelchair, but everyone is afraid of like a ghost, do not dare to talk about it.

The restaurant finally really quiet down, the crowd began to drink food, do not know how long, suddenly heard a surprise sound from the corner.

The crowd was startled and turned their heads to look, and realized that it was none other than the young brother who was previously unaware of the Ye family’s glorious history. Only to see him stand up, excited beyond measure, dancing with his hands and saying, “I remember the Ye family, I remember, the Ye family, the one that made the two kickers!”

The crowd laughed and paid no more attention.

In fact, for most of the people in Qing, the Ye family has become a noun in the pile of old paper, no one will deliberately keep her existence in the memory, even the people who are talking so eloquently in this Yishiju restaurant, if put in two days ago, perhaps they will not remember the Ye family to bring many changes to Qing. Just after the rumor that Fan Ti Si is the descendant of the Ye family into the capital, the people talk about too much, which gradually awakened their memories in the slumber, only to begin to recall the Ye family after the emergence of the Qing Dynasty, it seems that the Qing Dynasty before the emergence of the Ye family, there are too many too much different …….

Maybe it’s just that the lady of the house misses the smell of perfume, maybe it’s just that the guard at the city gate remembers the wonderful use of soap when he takes a bath, maybe it’s just that a soldier looks at the crossbow in his hand and stares blankly at the arrows, maybe it’s that a merchant in the north of the country is carefully wiping the glass horse with a silk cloth, maybe it’s that a poet is pouring strong wine and his mind is filled with endless pleasure, maybe it’s that old man of the Supervisory Board who lifts up the black cloth to look at the world and see what’s in the world, maybe it’s just that a Maybe it was just a young man remembering the first firecracker he set off as a child.

All in all, because of the rumors about Fan Xian’s life, people began to think of the Ye family for one reason or another.

Fan Xian walked out the door and stretched his back against the rare warm winter sun, a refreshing smile appearing on his face. Because of this matter, it was inconvenient for him to return to Cangshan, and in accordance with his father’s wishes, the entire Fan residence pretended that nothing had happened, and just blandly watched everything, welcoming the whispers from all around.

Deng Ziyue came over and handed him today’s courtyard newspaper, as well as the private information from the Qiyan group. Fan Xian skimmed through it in the sunlight and asked, “Regarding that rumor, are there any movements among the hundred officials in the capital.”

Deng Ziyue used his afterglow to peek at the calm countenance of the Lord of the Tishek, his heart was so impressed, after such a big event, you are still so calm, isn’t your lordship afraid that the palace will immediately send someone to arrest you? He was unaware of Fan Xian’s anxious appearance on Cangshan Mountain, and could not help but think more highly of His Excellency.

In the initial hearing of this rumor, Deng Ziyue and all the officials in the Supervisory Yuan were equally shocked and unbelievable as the general public, but after a bit of reflection, they realized that although there was no evidence for this rumor, it was very believable when set against what Fan Tianshi had done since he entered the capital – if he wasn’t a descendant of the Ye family, why would the dean be so fond of Tianshi? Why would he be so in love with Tiji? If it wasn’t a descendant of the Ye family, why would Shangshu Fan be all set to plan for his own son to take over the hot potato of the inner treasury?

“There’s no big movement.” Deng Ziyue was shaken by the sunlight on the garden before he snapped out of his trance, and said after confessing, “The news from all the mansions is clear, and the Ducha Academy side is already secretly contacting them, but last time they suffered a big loss, and this time they seem to be a bit cautious. On the contrary, among the other ministries, some officials are beginning to move. But rumors are rumors after all, and without real evidence, they don’t dare to write a petition saying anything, everything is still in the dark.”

Fan Xian asked, “Is it the Eastern Palace?”

Deng Ziyue shook his head, “The officials who are friends with the Eastern Palace are still watching, but …… yesterday there were a few ministers’ wives who entered the palace to pay their respects to the Empress, and after they returned to their homes, those ministers met privately as well, and as for what was said, no one knows.”

“The Empress?” Fan Xian frowned and sighed, thinking that he hadn’t had time to go to the other side for trouble, but was the other side going to take the initiative to come to the door? The Empress would naturally storm out, and what did the Empress Dowager think?

Until today, he realized that the power he had at hand that he could use, other than Uncle Wu Zhu and that last card, the rest, were not very safe. Today’s situation, even if the emperor’s trust in himself, Chen Pingping and his father’s plan to survive, but what about the future? Things always have to be controlled in their own hands, only then will rest assured.

Inside the palace’s Hall of Containing Light, the Empress sat by the Empress Dowager’s bedside with a tear-stained face, holding that old woman’s hand in her hand, and said miserably, “Auntie, you can be the master for the child.”

The empress dowager sighed and said, “How to do this Lord?”

The empress gritted her teeth and said, “I have always seen Fan Xian a little alarmed, and now I finally realize that he is the son of that demoness! Emperor …… Emperor he is so cruel, actually hid from me for so long, actually that demoness still has descendants!”

The empress dowager touched the empress’s messy hair and said comfortingly, “It’s been so long ago, what else can’t you think about? That boy you have also seen, the emperor is also unlikely to give him any name, you fight to fight, and can fight a so what?”

At this time, a quiet in the Hall of Containing Light, in addition to Hong old eunuch seemingly sleepy guarding the door outside, all the eunuchs and palace maidens and this palace are extremely far away.

“Want to open?” The Empress watered, wrinkles appearing at the corners of her eyes, “Auntie, have you forgotten the child’s father? That is your brother ah, although the emperor he has been refusing to say, but which can’t guess the reason? Isn’t it because he has been holding a grudge for killing that demoness back then?”

As soon as she heard the Empress say these words, the Empress Dowager’s face immediately sank, barely managed to sit up from the bed, and said sternly, “Shut up! You should call me mother in this palace, not aunt! When the thing you still have the face to say, you do not know to eat what kind of flying vinegar, actually instigated their own father to do that kind of thing, killing extinct ah …… the emperor only a few months ago to tell the mourning family know, if not Fan Jian family members know the opportunity of the fast, shed dozens of lives, you not only want to kill the woman, but also to put the …… Fan Xian killed!”

The Empress Dowager brought her face closer to the Empress and said in a cold and incomparable manner, “Don’t forget that although Fan Xian is that woman’s son, what flows in his bones is the blood of the Emperor! No matter where he is, he is always the flesh and blood of our Heavenly Family, and if you want to kill him, you must also ask what the mourning family means.”

Empress heart shivered, surging out of endless fear, dazedly looking at the Empress Dowager’s righteous face, thinking that when the kill into the Taiping courtyard, is not your old man acquiesced? How this time but refused to admit it?

Seems to guess what the empress is thinking, the empress dowager face a little clear, said faintly: “Some things, can not say must not say, bring into the earth.”

The queen’s anger filled her eyes, looked at the empress dowager without a word, and said extremely rudely, “So …… it turns out that the hallowed empress dowager is also afraid of her own son.”

The empress dowager’s chilling gaze stared at the empress’s face, said word by word: “Not afraid, is love, the mourning family do not want to look at the emperor as the year general grief, more unwilling to go out again Kyoto bloodshed night …… royal bloodline is thin, the princes and nobles have been folded half, no longer can not afford this kind of Toss.”

The queen stayed sitting for a long time, suddenly nerves generally eat eat laugh: “Can’t afford to toss? My poor father, your poor brother, died for nothing? Fan Xian is the son of Ye Demoness …… court but not give a statement? They just let the court talk about it? What is the Ye family? The Ye family’s crime is treason……. Aren’t you worried that the royal family’s honor will be lost?”

The Empress Dowager slowly said, “You are tired, go rest, as for Fan Xian …… who said he is the son of Miss Ye? I don’t believe it at all, as for the foolish people of this world, they can say whatever they like.”

The Empress finally despaired, her hands within the sleeves of her Hundred Phoenix dress clutched her handkerchief tightly, she forced herself to stand up and saluted the Empress Dowager, then turned around and walked towards the outside of the Hall of Containing Light.

Will walk to the door of the hall, the empress dowager’s cold voice rang out: “I heard that recently some ministers and wives to your palace from time to time to sit? Immediately coming to the New Year festival, the palace has more things, you are the mother of the country who is in charge of the six palaces, don’t always worry about things outside the palace …… that’s it, go.”

The Empress turned back and performed another salute, the corner of her lips with a hint of cold smile, excused herself and left.

“Go and watch her, her temper has gotten weirder and weirder over the years.” The Empress Dowager sat on the bed, her trembling hands barely gathering the silver strands in her hair into one place, instructing Elder Eunuch Hong in front of her, “Don’t let these things bother the Emperor’s heart.”

Eunuch Hong answered yes, and left the Hall of Containing Light like a ghost. The door of the hall creaked, the eunuchs and palace maidens who had gotten the order hurriedly entered the hall to wait for the Empress Dowager’s old man.

The palace maid’s small hand holding the comb slowly and carefully moved over the piece of silver hair.

The Empress Dowager suddenly snorted coldly and slapped her palm on the table. The combing courtesan’s hand trembled at the sound, tearing off a few strands of silver hair, she looked at the hair on the comb, scared out of her wits, and without thinking, she knelt down, kowtowing repeatedly, not daring to say anything.

“Get up.” The Empress Dowager half-closed her eyes and said, “The mourning family is not that old monster that cannot tolerate people.”

She forcibly suppressed the anger in her heart, but was unable to calm down for a long time. The emperor came to ask her to suppress the empress because after the night of bloodshed in Kyoto, the relevant people were almost dead, only the empress knew the real relationship between that girl from the Ye family and the emperor back then, and only the empress knew Fan Xian’s real life, if the empress was allowed to run amok, there was no telling what those few emperors would go on to do if they were scared to death and then woke up and came back.

Thinking of the Ye family, the empress dowager’s temples began to throb, a pungent pain began to dye open – the empress dowager had always thought that the woman of the Ye family was a spell that would haunt the royal family of the Kingdom of Qing for countless years, and had not thought that the idea was indeed realized, and that she had actually left a child for the emperor!

The empress dowager was capable enough to deal with this matter, or else the Ye family would not have been destroyed back then, and the impression left on the old woman by what happened back then was bad enough that when she learned the truth from the emperor’s mouth, her head began to burn with pain at the thought of Fan Xian’s mother’s name being Ye, so she avoided Fan Xian’s visits to the palace several times as she couldn’t guarantee that she would be able to show the kindness that an empress dowager should show.

In how to deal with Fan Xian’s problem, she and the empress’s ideas but there is a world of difference, for the empress, Fan Xian is first of all the son of the Ye family woman, life and death enemy, but in the view of the empress dowager, even if that Ye family woman and then there are a thousand not, ten thousand sins, sins and bad dynastic ……, but she gave birth to a son, after all, is the bloodline of the heavenly family, is his own pro grandson.

Late at night, after confirming that Eunuch Hong has returned to the hut outside the Hall of Containing Light, the pale Empress lightly bites her lips, and makes a wink to her own personal palace maid, and in a short while of work, that Eastern Palace Crown Prince, whose recent performance has been relatively calm and steady, and who hasn’t made any mistakes, arrives in front of her, and salutes to ask for her good health.

I don’t know what the Empress was saying, only heard her lowered voice getting more and more urgent, while the Crown Prince was shaking his head all the time.

Mother and son were speechless, and it was only after a long time that the Crown Prince softly consoled, “Empress Mother, even if Fan Xian is a descendant of the Ye family, so what? It’s just a merchant.”

“A merchant?” The Empress sneered, “Do you think that woman is an ordinary merchant? She is a demon star!”

The Empress stared at the Crown Prince and said in a chilling voice, “Fan Xian, is your father’s son.”