Chapter 160

After dinner, Yü Wang says he has something to discuss with his elder brother, so Gu Shuang arranges for a little girl to go to the study to prepare tea.

Rong Xiangmian also asked for a cup of tea, and Gu Shuang agreed, leaving the three of them in the study. She arranges for two maids to wait under the eaves opposite the study to listen to her orders, and goes back to the house to rest.

Rong Xiang Gu originally thought that Yü Wang had some official orders, but when he saw Rong Xiang Xiang See closed the door and windows of his study, he felt that something was wrong.

He drank some wine and his face was red, but now this red color looks a bit dark and gloomy.

Rong Xiangshi walked up to him, “Big brother, I have something to tell you.”

Rong Xiang Gu glanced at Xian Yang, who was guarding the door, and let out a strange laugh, “Fourth sister, why do you have to be so grand when you can just explain what’s going on?”

Rong Xiang Gu didn’t beat around the bush anymore and just stared at him, “My mother’s death, your mother’s death, it might all be that the madam borrowed a knife to kill someone.”

With one sentence, Rong Xiang Gu’s face became even more ugly.

Saying this, Xiang Gu told all of Rong’s wife’s words to his elder brother.

Rong Xiang Gu’s face was in disbelief at first, and then turned into a look of embarrassment and pain.

He seemed to figure out what: “I’m so stupid…I’m so stupid …… How could Cui mother have the good sense …… to divulge this kind of life-threatening event to me? ……”

He suppressed his voice, as if a hard object had been added to his throat out of nowhere, jamming him.

Rong Xiang see silent tears, tears let her not see Rong Xiang Gu close at hand this face.

She did not know what she could say to her elder brother.

All these years, this brother who is the best to her, has been carrying this matter, silently within his reach, to atone for her sins. In fact, he was also a child who had lost his mother, but also had an extra layer of guilt.

And now, his honesty was probably being used to get his mother killed. And that murderer is the one who has been so kind to him all these years, who has done his best to cultivate him.

Unfortunately, everything, it was impossible to start over.

Rong Xiangmian finally couldn’t help herself and covered her face as she cried bitterly. Zhou Xian Yang could only feel the pain in his heart, which was difficult to express, and could only lean on her side to hold her up and give her support.

He still had a chance to reunite with his mother, and Xiangmian would never have a chance. How he comforted was useless.

Waiting for the two of them to stabilize a bit, Zhou Xian Yang then spoke, ”Things have been settled, finding out the truth is the only thing we can do for the deceased. Big brother, in this matter, I still need to ask you. It’s easier for you to inquire from the mansion than us outsiders.”

Rong Xiang Gu wiped his face, “I will try my best to investigate, especially the few stewards that Madam is close to.”

When he said goodbye, Rong Xiang Gu grasped his elder brother’s sleeve: “You are also a man who is going to be a father, you also look ahead.”

Rong Xiang Gu was ashamed and nodded, “I know. This matter, for the time being, just the three of us know, don’t let the news leak out.”

Rong Xiang Gu thought the same. Because he is crying like this, it is not good to see his father, so he told Rong Xiang Gu about his suspicions about Aunt Zhong, and asked him to remind his father.

Rong Xiang Gu was first surprised, then nodded: “I know, I will return to Father tomorrow morning.”

The matter of meeting his mother, Zhou Xian Yang also sent two of his close friends to visit the relevant bone-setter and fire-fighting team when the State Duke’s Mansion caught fire back then. And then he placed two more people to go out of the capital along with the Qi family army that went back to Yangzhou, to look for things for him at the old mansion on Jiahe Lane in Lingzhou.

Yu Xiangyi’s words had given him a wake-up call as to why the Emperor was so desperate for the Yu family. All this could only be clued from his maternal grandfather, Elder Master Yu.

Grandfather is the first emperor left the auxiliary minister, with the temple, even if the Yu family was convicted one after another, the emperor did not decree to remove his tablets, but also triggered a lot of about the emperor’s benevolence, a filial piety to the imperial examination of the praises.

Thinking about it, I only feel ridiculous.

I heard that the court recently hired a group of new officials just selected this year, investigating the Supervisory Yuan over the past five years, involving the Beijing princes and ministers of the house of the civil lawsuits.

A moment, turned out a lot of stories. Quite a few political rivals, reveal each other’s shortcomings, shaking off a lot of scandalous things that officials protect each other.

The people are a clap, only to say that the current saint of the iron face, for the people to get rid of harm.

After an investigation, the Supervisory Yuan naturally changed a group of people. It is Wen Zhongqing, because the first time into the Supervisory and Inspection Yuan, have not been involved in it, the rank is also relatively low, was spared, but also promoted.

Once, when he went to wish the Princess birthday, Wen Zhongqing said: “You can be really capable, a paper petition to demolish our Supervisory and Investigation Yuan ……”

Zhou Xian Yang helpless: “Originally just wanted to use the Supervisory and Inspection Yuan’s hand to investigate this case, who knew it would cause such a big storm, and also caused my old man to be fined.”

Wen Zhongqing said, “Did you really have no intention? Only a few days ago, I complained to you about how messy the Supervisory and Investigation Courtyard is internally.”

Zhou Xian Yang said, “You don’t think I intentionally set up the Supervisory Court for your sake, do you?”

“Haha, I am self-aware. His Majesty has long been displeased with the collusion within the Supervisory Court, and arranged for me to go in because he wanted me to understand the situation. How many of their human life lawsuits can be minimized in a big way, but now they are grasping at you, treating His Majesty so differently, how can one not suspect the person behind it? This is good, the new people in the Supervisory and Inspection Yuan, all know that if not for you, they can not be promoted, all trust me to climb friendship with you.”

“It’s better to forget about it, originally for this to have this personnel change, I again follow the former practice, will not defeat the purpose.”

“If you don’t deal with them, there are plenty of people who will. Nowadays, His Highness King Qing is in the limelight, and at the end of the year’s sacrificial ceremony, His Majesty has given it all to him to organize the preparations. Although the people from the Supervisory Court’s Zhen Guo Gongfu were transferred, among the newly promoted people this time around, many people have taken the initiative to climb into a relationship with him.”

“Second brother’s status is noble and his person is capable, it’s only right that courtiers look favorably on him.”

Wen Zhongqing nodded, “It would not be bad if he succeeded the Great Tier.”

Zhou Xian Yang thought to himself, “The situation is so lopsided, the Marquis of Yong An’s residence shouldn’t be able to hold back any longer.

In the month of Lunar New Year, the Yul Wang Mansion is covered with a joyful atmosphere in advance. After sacrificing to the God of Stove in the New Year, the atmosphere of the New Year’s Eve is even more festive.

Zhou Xian Yang has been in the palace since he was a child, and then went to the Yangzhou army, and never knew how the people celebrated the New Year. He only waits for Rong Xiangyang to make arrangements.

The entire Yuhang Mansion is cleaning the courtyard, removing dust and dirt, and purifying the gateway. Mr. Rong prepared many gift boxes for the new year and sent them to the palace, royal families and relatives. The waxed medicines and other gifts from the palace have arrived.

Linlang and the girls used five-color paper to cut all kinds of delicate patterns and paste them on the windows, and the boys went to pick up all kinds of colorful lanterns and hung them up.

Zhou Xian Yang looked anxious: “What can I do?”

Rong Xiangxian laughed and said, “You’ve been traveling all over the place this year, and it’s so easy to take advantage of the New Year’s holiday to take a break and enjoy yourself.”

Said, outside bought back the mahogany has arrived.

Rong Xiangxian saw and said, “The peach talisman has been obtained. If Your Highness is free, write a few couplets for the main gate, the second gate, and our courtyard gate.”

“Why are you asking me to write couplets again? The last time I went to the Jing Yi Garden, I had already drained the ink from my stomach.” Zhou Xian Yang rubbed his abdomen, indicating that he really couldn’t anymore.

Rong Xiangxian laughed softly, “That’s just it, Old Meng has almost written it, so if you have nothing else to do, go and take a look, and if there’s something you don’t like, tell him to change it.”

Zhou Xian Yang didn’t move and sat beside her, watching her cut the window clippings.

At this look, he laughed out loud, “I saw you as a serious person, but I thought you had a knack for it. What are you cutting?” He picked up a hollowed out round windowpane with a chubby beast inside, “Isn’t it the Year of the Tiger? Why did you cut a pig?”

Rong Xiangmian snatched it down, “Yuck! Can’t a tiger be lucky?”

Lin Lang and the girls turned aside, stifling their laughter, their shoulders shaking.

“Besides, I’ve only cut a few, it’ll get better and better!”

Zhou Xian Yang saw her eyebrows and eyes, containing a few points of anger, his mind moved, also copied a pair of scissors, cut up.

Rong Xiangyang thought to himself, “See what you can cut out, I’m going to laugh at you too.

Two people at ease cutting paper, the room is so quiet that only the charcoal fire on the ground and scissors cut the sound of paper.

I do not know when, outside the courtyard, someone said: snow!

Only then did they raise their heads, and there were really snowflakes.

Fei Xue walked to the porch, and her figure appeared in the window frame, stretching out her hand to flick those crystal clear snow.

“The first snowfall of the year, finally.”

Rong Xiangmian looked at her in a pink winter coat, in the snow curtain, lined with extra freshness, laughed: “Flying snow under the corridor play flying snow.”

“Yo, you’ve come up with a pair.” Zhou Xian Yang lowered his head, and his hands did not stop.

Rong Xiangxian said, “If you say so, then you are limited to come up with the next couplet before the Lantern Festival.”

Zhou Xian Yang laughed and said, “What if I get it right?”

“If I get it right, I will naturally have a prize.”

“It’s settled.”

The two of them had a conversation, Rong Xiangmian looked at the snowflakes for a while, looked at Zhou Xianyang’s seriousness for a while, and then looked at the four-unlike window flower in his hand, and thought, if only the days were like this all the time.

“Your Highness, this year’s income and expenditure ledger has been sorted out and placed in the study, have you read it?”

“Uh, I read it today when I came back from the palace.”

“What does your highness think?”

“Your Highness is a good family man. This year, Jing Yi Yuan had a big party, and after returning to the capital, she had to establish contacts with so many families in the capital, so there were quite a lot of expenses for favors. Despite this, the balance is still considerable.”

“The mansion has fewer people now, and the spending is not half as much as the State Duke’s Mansion.” Rong Xiangyang added, “If there are more people in the future, it won’t necessarily be the case.”

Zhou Xian Yang glanced at her, “There are just the two of us in the Mansion, plus the children at most, how many people can there be?”

“…… “Rong Xiangyang was not referring to this. She hid her small thoughts and asked, “Everyone in the world wants to have many children and a prosperous heir, but Your Highness is not like that.”

Zhou Xian Yang said, “My mother fell ill when she gave birth to me, and it took years to cure. I’m actually worried, afraid that you will suffer in this matter. Secondly, there are many children, and it’s too much pain. It’s hard to avoid neglecting this and that. There aren’t many parents under the sky who are even-handed.”

Rong Xiang saw that he was speaking from his own feelings, smiled and changed the topic, “In that case, let’s live according to this year’s income and expenditure, Yuhuangfu doesn’t need to worry too much about the silver matter.”

He smiled and put the scissors down, spread the paper cut in his hand to view some, revealing a self-satisfied smile.

Rong Xiangshi asked, “What did you cut?”

Zhou Xian Yang pretended to be mysterious: “It’s a portrait of a beauty.”

Rong Xiangshi grunted, “Window flowers are decorated with auspicious motifs, so what’s the point of sticking a portrait of a beauty on the window? Keep it for yourself and enjoy it slowly.”

Zhou Xian Yang nodded, “That’s exactly what I want. Stick this paper cutting in that mirror box, so you can see it when you freshen up every day, it’s pleasing to the eyes.”

“Oh.”