usatvline Chapter 443: A quarrel breaks out between the Xibo Mansion and the Shangshu Mansion
Chapter 443: A quarrel breaks out between the Xibo Mansion and the Shangshu Mansion
Gu Jianchu just threw an arrow, and as expected, it missed the target.
Just at this moment, there were two knocks on the door, followed by Cheng Song's voice.
It’s so late, if it’s nothing important, Cheng Song will definitely not come to disturb.
As Xie Ci'an's voice fell, Cheng Song entered.
With the experience from previous times, Cheng Song naturally didn't dare to rush in casually. If he pushed open the door and saw something he shouldn't see, then his head would really be in trouble.
Although the emperor did not pursue the matter the first two times, he knew that if he did it again and again, he would not have so many opportunities to squander.
What's more, this is the queen's bedroom, not the Chuigong Hall.
Gu Jianchu sat cross-legged on the chaise longue, covered with a furry blanket, with his bare feet tucked into the blanket. The room was warm because of the fire in the floor, so Gu Jianchu was wearing relatively thin clothes.
Xie Ci'an sat beside Gu Jianchu, wearing only a thin inner garment.
Xie Ci'an had suffered all kinds of hardships on the battlefield in the northwest. Sometimes in winter, he had no cotton clothes or charcoal fire, so he had to endure the snow, and the food he ate was all frozen hard.
This temperature was nothing to Xie Ci'an, especially since there were charcoal basins and floor traps in the room, so the temperature was a bit too high for him.
Gu Jianchu held an arrow in his hand and played with it patiently. Xie Ci'an's cold voice came from above his head, "What's the matter?"
Cheng Song lowered his head and reported truthfully, "Your Majesty, the Imperial City Office just received news that there's been a quarrel between the Pingxi Marquis's Mansion and the Ministry of Personnel's Mansion. The Dali Temple Minister has also gone there, and he's been trying to persuade them for a long time, but they haven't listened."
Thinking of the things that happened between Mu Yao and Kong Lin, Gu Jianchu immediately smelled the scent of melon and couldn't help but interrupt, "Why are these two families quarreling for no reason?"
Cheng Song didn't even look at Xie Ci'an, and replied directly, "I heard it was about the divorce of the eldest daughter of the Pingxi Marquis's mansion and the eldest son of the Minister of Personnel's mansion. Today, the Pingxi Marquis's wife brought her daughter to a banquet. On the way back from the palace, they ran into Kong Lin, the son of the Kong family, and his concubine. Someone didn't know what happened, but the Pingxi Marquis's carriage accidentally bumped into the concubine, and she was knocked to the ground. Then the two families started arguing."
"Kong Lin insisted that the eldest daughter of the Pingxi Marquis's Mansion was jealous and deliberately knocked the concubine to the ground. The concubine was also a troublemaker. She acted aggrieved and made Kong Lin misunderstand that the eldest daughter was venting her anger on her."
"The eldest daughter immediately started arguing with Kong Lin in the street. Lady Pingxi was furious when she saw her son-in-law protecting his concubine and arguing with the eldest daughter. After all, the eldest daughter was married to them in a formal ceremony, and his concubine was just a pitiful person. How could Lady Pingxi be happy with him bullying his wife for a pitiful person? She immediately filed for a divorce on behalf of her daughter and her son-in-law, and even had someone invite the Shangshufu's wife and the old lady to be the judge."
"I don't know how this matter got so out of hand that even the Dali Temple Minister went there, and now the two families are still stuck in the snow."
"One is the Pingxi Marquis's Mansion, and the other is the Personnel Minister's Mansion. The Dali Temple Minister cannot afford to offend either of them, so he can only ask someone to send the news to the palace and ask the emperor to take a look and make a decision."
[What else could it be? That pitiful person deliberately made things worse.]
Even Kong Lin's encounter with Mu Yao on Suzaku Street was planned in advance by Lianren.
Xie Ci'an did not respond in a hurry. Instead, he raised his hand and stroked the teacup beside him, patiently waiting for Xie Ci'an to reveal the truth.
He was rather curious as to how this poor fellow had designed it.
Before his curiosity could be aroused, Gu Jianchu's inner voice came again.
Lianren knew very well that as long as Kong Lin and Mu Yao did not reconcile, she would never be able to ascend to the throne. After all, Mu Yao was backed by the Pingxi Marquisate. Although the Pingxi Marquisate had been declining, it was still a marquisate after all. Moreover, the eldest son of the Pingxi Marquisate had entered the officialdom. If he worked hard, it was not impossible for him to revive the marquisate in the future. If the Kong family figured this out, they would not let Mu Yao go even if they did not like her.
[The Kong family originally planned to divorce the wife, but after being reprimanded by the Emperor, they have given up on that idea.]
[Since they couldn't divorce her, they still couldn't bear to part with Mu Yao's dowry. In order to continue using Mu Yao's dowry, they even discussed taking Mu Yao back home so that they could lie on her body and suck her blood like leeches.]
[What a shameless family! Shame is a good thing, but this family has none. It's true that family members don't get along well, and no one has any shame.]
The poor man had originally planned to pay his respects to the Shangshu's wife, hoping to curry her favor and consolidate his position. However, before he even met her, he heard her and the maid discussing this matter. He was frightened and hurried away. Because of this incident, the poor man couldn't sleep at all. All he could think about was to completely expel Mu Yao from the Kong family and never let her return.
Lianren overheard a maid in the mansion mention that I had forwarded a letter to the Shangshu Mansion to the Pingxibo Mansion. At first, Lianren had no idea what the letter was, but later, upon inquiring, she learned it was an invitation for a palace banquet. Lianren saw this as an opportunity, so that night she whispered in Konglin's ear, saying that she hadn't been out since entering the mansion and wanted to go out for a stroll with him. She even mentioned the lost child to gain Konglin's sympathy.
Kong Lin had no resistance to this pity man to begin with. When he heard the pity man mention the child, he couldn't help but feel a touch of sympathy for him and immediately agreed to his request.
Lianren carried Konglin on her back and asked her maid to find out the route Pingxibo would take to enter the palace. After knowing which way Pingxibo would take to enter the palace, Lianren and Konglin waited in advance on the street they would pass through.
The two drank two pots of tea and ate some food. It was snowing when they finally arrived at the carriage carrying the Marquis of Pingxi out of the palace.
Lianren deliberately dragged Konglin away, and when she saw the carriage from the Pingxi Marquis's residence, she deliberately bumped into it.
Seeing this, Kong Lin instantly became nervous and started arguing with the carriage from the Pingxi Marquis's mansion. The Pingxi Marquis' wife and eldest daughter, both female members of the family, had heard that the carriage had injured someone and had originally planned to dismiss the carriage with a small amount of silver, rather than intervene. However, the other party was relentless and even wanted to report the matter to the authorities. The Pingxi Marquis' wife, not wanting to get involved in a lawsuit, decided to step in with her eldest daughter to resolve the matter.
When Kong Lin first saw Mu Yao, he didn't think much of it. However, the little green tea girl next to him exaggerated the situation and immediately made Kong Lin misunderstand that Mu Yao had deliberately bumped into Lian Ren.