Don't Ask Where People Go After Time Travel

Chapter 177
This year, the atmosphere of the first lunar month in the capital was very extreme, with the rich and the poor and the common people lively.

The families of the princes and ministers changed the tradition of visiting relatives and friends in the past, and did not hold any gathering activities, and lived in a particularly deserted manner.

Even the banquets held by the ministers of various prefectures, which were the most prosperous in previous years, were interrupted for a day because Fang Zilan closed the mansion on the sixth day of the lunar new year.Afterwards, the officials who held the banquet were extremely low-key. Although the banquet was held as usual, all the banquets turned into a flowing banquet for the common people, rather than a government banquet where relatives and dignitaries were invited as in previous years.

Because they knew that in this season, if they held a banquet in the mansion, no one would dare to come to the banquet even if relatives and dignitaries were invited.After all, before the investigation results of Wei Subaru and Zhuge Ming came out officially, no one in the government and the public dared to make a move, and they all stayed in their own mansion in peace, lest they would be charged with forming a clique for personal gain.

The dignitaries in Beijing were silent like cicadas, only hoping to pass the first month safely.However, the common people in Beijing cheered happily because of the running water banquet for several days. Some of them judged which adult was generous and which family was stingy through the running water banquet, and some tried to pry into the secrets of the deep house compound through the running water banquet, and some shopkeepers of restaurants were idle. After tasting the flowing water banquet, I urged my cooks to improve their cooking skills and improve their dishes to match those of noble families...

In short, the feast of flowing water was unprecedented, and the people gradually forgot about the case of the Northern Territory after eating and drinking. However, the dignitaries in the capital did not dare to forget it for a moment, and waited for the final result with trepidation all day long.

Only Prime Minister Fang Chongzheng, who didn't seem to care at all, entered the palace to pay his respects on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month as usual.

Fang Chongzheng, as the empress's father, it is customary for him to enter the palace to pay his respects to the empress during festivals, especially on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

But this year because of the case in the northern border, Li Shengxuan and the Empress Dowager had a very tense fight. Everyone was afraid of avoiding it. They were afraid that they would be angered for some reason after entering the palace. .

Who would have thought that Fang Chongzheng was so unabashed at this juncture, it was a miracle.

Therefore, when the Empress Dowager heard that Fang Chongzheng was entering the palace, she became vigilant.She ordered the powerful hidden guards around her to keep an eye on Fang Chongzheng, to see what he was going to do when he entered the palace this time.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Fang Chongzheng brought his second daughter, Fang Zitong, into the palace together. After entering the palace, the two went to Fengyi Palace where Fang Ziqin was located, without stopping along the way.

However, when the two of them passed the imperial garden, they were blocked by a few sweeping attendants.

Seeing that it was Fang Chongzheng and Fang Zitong, the female officer standing aside to supervise the work hurried forward to greet her and say hello, "Lord Fang, Second Miss Fang is well." After she saluted, she immediately signaled the attendants who were sweeping to get out of the way.

Fang Zitong stopped at the same spot, carefully looked at several attendants, and saw that each of them was holding a bucket in their hands, and the white flowers in the bucket seemed to be grains of salt.

Seeing this, she couldn't help asking: "Adults, are you spreading salt to melt snow?"

"Second Miss Fang has good eyesight, so she can tell at a glance that they are throwing salt." The female officer looked at Fang Zitong approvingly, and then explained: "It's just that they didn't just throw salt to melt snow."

"Not only for melting snow?" Fang Zitong's eyes flashed with surprise, and he quickly said, "Or for repelling insects?"

"Exactly." The female officer nodded and said: "A few days ago, the gardener in the uterus saw insects when he was tending the flowers and plants, so he told him to sprinkle more salt after the winter snow, not only to melt the snow, but also to repel insects. The emperor The Empress Dowager loves the flowers and plants in the garden, so we have to be more careful in serving them."

"Really?" Fang Zitong had an obvious disapproval expression on his face, "Sprinkling salt to repel insects is understandable, but not all pests can be repelled by sprinkling salt, and the right medicine must be prescribed."

Hearing this, the female officer couldn't help but change her face, and said embarrassingly, "Second Miss Fang said..."

"Zitong." Fang Chongzheng's voice came from the side of several people, neither light nor heavy, but with a shocking power.

Hearing the sound, Fang Zitong walked to Fang Chongzheng's side step by step, bowed his head and said nothing.

Fang Chongzheng was standing under a plum tree, his jade hair crown was tied up meticulously, his beard was neatly grown, and his official uniform cloak was neat and straight, standing upright.

He nodded to the female officer and said: "The way the gardener in the palace behaves has its own reasons. The little girl speaks ignorantly and lies, I hope you don't have the same knowledge as her."

The female officer stood with her hands down respectfully, "Lord Fang is too serious."

But Fang Chongzheng said: "However, even if it is to repel insects, it must be measured. Going too far, hurting the roots of plants and trees for a short-term benefit, is against nature. I am afraid that after the beginning of spring, the garden will not be full of colorful and fragrant flowers. view."

He spoke every word in a gentle and natural manner, but clearly revealing the strictness without anger and prestige.

The coercion from the high-ranking people made the female officer involuntarily lose her composure, and she said with a frozen expression: "What Mr. Fang taught is that we must remember Mr. Fang's teachings."

It was just a small episode in the imperial garden, but when it was heard by the Empress Dowager, it surprised her.

The empress dowager still asked the guard calmly, "Too much is too much, it hurts the root, and goes against nature. Fang Chongzheng really said that?"

The dark guard nodded hurriedly, "Yes."

The Empress Dowager waved her hand to indicate that he could go down, and the mother at the side came to her side and whispered in a low voice: "It's too late, if the one from Qiankun Palace is determined to investigate this time, I'm afraid our Pei family..."

Mammy didn't finish her sentence, but the Empress Dowager knew her meaning very well, and said softly: "Fang Chongzheng is indeed extremely powerful. This whole court, even the Ai family and the emperor, may not be as clear as he is." If this case continues to be investigated, once it hurts the foundation of the Dajing court and violates the system of public servants, the princes of the family will join forces to oppose it, and Dajing will be in danger."

Hearing this, Mammy's brows and eyes were full of worry, "Ma'am, what should we do now..."

The Empress Dowager regained her composure and snorted coldly: "Forget it, you go and inform Wang Quanrui, let his brother Wang Quanzhi find a scapegoat to take the blame, and close the case."

She thought for a while, and said: "As for the one surnamed Lu, the Ai family sees him as the culprit."

The nanny confirmed: "Your Majesty is talking about Lu Zhizhang, Inspector of Yanzhou?"

"That's right." The Empress Dowager leaned lazily on the main seat, and said coldly: "This case was originally brought up by him to avenge his nephew. If he does it well, the Ai family will be the one I don’t mind helping him and helping Fang Zilan to dismount. But now he messed up, not only failed to kill Fang Zilan, but also wanted to drag other aristocratic families into the water, of course he couldn’t stay. I think his Lu family is considered everyone in the northern border , come out to take the blame, it is enough to block the mouths of Youyou."

"Then the other people in the northern region?" Mammy couldn't help asking, but seeing the empress dowager's expression became colder, "The group of people in the northern region are just pawns in the game between the Ai family and the emperor and Fang Zilan. The Ai family doesn't want to make Fang Zilan go crazy and desperate for those people. For the sake of their many years of guarding the border, let's keep it."

　The MVP of this game——Fang Chongzheng, acceptance speech: The veteran of the three dynasties, the prime minister of the capital, the officialdom for so many years is not for nothing.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)