Chapter 383: The Last Wish of the Concubine and Her Daughter in the Cold Palace 8
In order to make it easier to eat melons, the guards of Xuanping Marquis's Mansion went to the next door to light a bonfire and torches, and they were also very considerate and hung lanterns in the Shangshu Mansion.
Everyone in the Shangshu Mansion was so frightened that they had no time to care about their neighbors next door.
Young Master Liu is a second-generation rich man with a brain full of garbage. He has raped at least eighty girls.
The Shangshu Mansion is dominated by women and lacks men. Shangshu Liu's wives and concubines gave birth to more than ten daughters for him, but only his wife gave birth to a legitimate son. Young Master Liu is the darling of the entire Shangshu Mansion and is spoiled to the point of lawlessness.
Any girl in Beijing who is a little bit pretty dared not go out, for fear of accidentally running into Fatty Liu on the street. Ordinary people could not defeat the powerful and could only blame themselves if something happened.
Parents who have daughters at home will keep their daughters at home and ask their brothers to go out and help buy what they want.
Fatty Liu was beaten by Monkey Brother until his head was covered in blood and he fell to the ground like a dead pig. The Shangshu's wife howled as if her parents had died.
"My son, you can't get hurt. If you get hurt, how can I live?"
Gu Laoliu kicked Fatty Liu and said, "You're not dead yet? Why are you howling? Don't worry, you'll have more to howl about tomorrow."
They will go find Nangong Yun later, and come to raid the Shangshu Mansion tomorrow. They did not touch the treasury, as those were disaster relief silvers, which will be taken back to the national treasury and then sent back to the disaster-stricken areas.
Xiao Hei and his friends collected valuable items that were displayed in the rooms of the masters in the Shangshu Mansion, as well as rare treasures that foreigners used as bribes to the fat Shangshu.
The Silver Wolf and the Little Black Monkey were very excited to make trouble in the Shangshu Mansion, lifting the roof and demolishing the garden. The Monkey also discovered the onlookers next door and generously gave a pearl necklace to the Marquis's wife.
"Here, is it for me?" Mrs. Hou looked at Monkey King in surprise.
"Squeak," quite a handsome man, but he didn't even have a piece of jewelry. Monkey Brother glanced at Marquis Xuanping with contempt and hit him on the head with a rolling pin.
Marquis Xuanping strangely understood its meaning and quickly explained, "I'm not stingy, really. I gave a lot of jewelry to my wife, but she didn't wear it today."
"Hey Tui"
The monkey brother didn't believe it, so he spat at him, then jumped off the wall carrying a rolling pin.
"Hahaha~"
The marquis' wife laughed so hard that she fell backwards. Marquis Xuanping was afraid that she would fall, so he put his hand on the back of her waist to support her.
After a while, the Marquis’ wife finally stopped laughing and asked, “My Lord, this pearl…?”
Marquis Xuanping waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "Don't worry, accept it. It's just a string of pearls. People don't care at all. The one who gave the gift is the monkey, and I am the marquis. We are considered a family. There is no need to feel uncomfortable accepting gifts from family members."
He saw clearly just now that the little monkey had asked Gu Mo's ghost and came over only after seeing him nod. The little monkey was allowed to give gifts by its owner.
The Marquis's family treated the Shangshu's family as a joke. Maybe the noise made by the Shangshu's family was too loud, so other neighbors also got up to watch, but they were not as convenient as the Marquis's family.
In the Shangshu Mansion, Chang'an and Dayi were sitting in the pavilion having a midnight snack. Xiaohei and the others were scaring people everywhere and didn't stop until the end of the Chou hour.
After making trouble in the Shangshu Mansion, they went to the Palace to hunt for Nangong Yun. All the guards in the palace were replaced by the people brought back by Nangong Heng. Three people and three animals appeared out of thin air in the Palace. Even if they had seen them during the day, they were almost scared to jump up.
"Are you busy?" Gu Laoliu looked like Aunt Cuihua at the village entrance greeting the second aunt, with only a handful of sunflower seeds in his hand.
A group of people rubbed their eyes. Who did they see?
"General Gu? You..." Isn't he dead?
They were all people who had been in the military, and they knew Gu Mo.
Gu Laoliu waved his hand indifferently and said, "He's dead. Look, I'm floating."
Dayi ignored him showing off and went to find Nangong Yun with Chang'an on his back. Gu Laoliu was still chatting with the imperial guards.
As for Nangong Yun, when he saw Dayi and Changan standing in front of his bed, he was so scared that his hair stood on end, "Oh my! Mom!"
He asked tentatively: "Miss Gu, Gu, Gu?"
When did these two come? How long have they been watching here? Did he drool while sleeping?
Dayi took out the account books and letters he had searched from the Shangshu Mansion and threw them into Nangong Yun's arms, "The Minister of Revenue colluded with foreign nations, attempted treason, and embezzled disaster relief funds. You must deal with it as soon as possible.
The disaster in the south is very serious. If you don't deal with it in time, there will be a peasant uprising."
Nangong Yun realized the seriousness of the matter, and his distracted mind returned to normal. "I'll deal with it right away. If you're not busy, please go and drag my brother over here. Thank you."
Chang'an waved outside, and Xiao Hei half-body, Silver Wolf and Monkey Brother ran into the bedroom. Nangong Yun hugged the quilt tightly to seek a sense of security.
"Lang Guo, go steal little Heng Heng over here and get him to work. The sun hasn't even risen yet, how can he sleep?"
"Awooo!" Cub, wait, I'll drag him over here. This is too much. The cubs haven't even slept yet, so why is Nangong Heng resting?
Nangong Yun lit a candle for his brother in his heart and wished him good luck.
He is now somewhat certain that the evidences in the Prime Minister's Mansion should have been given to Nangong Heng by Miss Gu. They were thinking that they were tired today and would deal with it tomorrow.
Unexpectedly, he was involved in another major corruption case. If he remembered correctly, Yan Xiaoren and Liu Minglei were brothers from the same school. It was true that there were two different types of people who could be produced from the same school.
Fortunately, it was almost time for the morning court session. If he couldn't sleep, then the ministers couldn't sleep either. "Xiao Xizi, go ring the bell."
"Ah!" Xiao Xizi was dumbfounded. Could this bell be rung randomly? It was the death knell of his good master.
"Isn't there a smaller one? Hit the smaller one," Nangong Yun didn't care. He wanted to make everyone happy.
"Yes," you are the emperor, you have the final say. Xiao Xizi took the order with a dark face and went to ring the bell.
The sound of bells "Dong, Dong, Dong" rang out in the sky above the capital city, and not only the ministers but even the common people were awakened by the fright.
"The bell sound came from the palace. What happened?"
"I don't know, but the sound of this bell seems different, it doesn't sound like a death knell."
"That's okay, go back and continue sleeping, you still have to set up the stall tomorrow."
The neighbors discussed for a while and then went home yawning. Even if it was a death knell, it had nothing to do with them. It was just a change of emperor.
They have all encountered the most foolish and incompetent emperors. Could there be anyone worse than the previous emperor?
The court officials hurriedly straightened their clothes and rushed to the palace as fast as ever.
They thought a lot. They were eliminated from the struggle for imperial power and no one suffered a good outcome. Now that the new emperor was someone else, everyone felt more balanced.
If the new emperor dies again, there will definitely be a fierce power struggle. They will not accept anyone no matter who comes to the throne. It is better to maintain the current balance.
Everyone met at the palace gate. No one spoke, and everyone hurried into the palace.