Chapter 270 Happy King
First, some officials impeached the Minister of the Ministry of War for allowing his family members to occupy the people's farmland, and then someone impeached the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment for teaching his sons to be useless, and for allowing the sons to sell their officials and nobles.
Taking this as a momentum, impeachment became more and more popular, and almost no politicians in Kyoto were impeached.
So that when officials meet each other, they always jokingly ask: "Is Xiongtai impeached today?"
November, Qianlong.
This farce of impeachment ended with the Minister of the Ministry of Justice and others fined half a year's salary. Pei Xuanting, who was at the center of the whirlpool at the beginning, was proved innocent.
In order to show his favor, the emperor treated the Pei family more courteously.
Everyone beat their chests and stomped their feet, secretly thinking why the Pei family is so hateful, and they can't die no matter how hard they are pressed.
"Hey, what do you think you're doing?!" The Fifth Prince frowned and said angrily, "Didn't you say that the news Pei Yi gave was absolutely true? Look, Pei Xuanting definitely didn't cheat Military pay! It’s really disgusting to beat a snake without dying!”
As the fifth prince's counselor, Xiao Ruoyun pursed his lips tightly and did not answer, allowing the fifth prince to lose his temper.
To be honest, he thinks the fifth prince is an idiot.
The incident has been going on for a month, and anyone with a little sense can understand that Pei Xuanting must have deducted the military salary, but the Pei family is too powerful, and even encouraged the impeachment of the ruling and opposition parties. His Majesty couldn't hold it anymore, so he came out to smooth things over The Pei family was wrong.
But the Fifth Prince was so restless and so shallow that he couldn't see the essence of what happened, so he called him a counselor here to vent his anger.
Xiao Ruoyun was depressed, and secretly thought that he had to find Gu Huaiyu for a few drinks later, this Gu Langjun was like a spring breeze.
Just chatting with Gu Huaiyu for a while, Xiao Ruoyun felt that his heart would be much more relaxed.
December, Jiaping.
The new year is approaching, and there has been a heavy snowfall in Kyoto, and it is freezing cold everywhere.
There are several charcoal fire pots growing in the hall of Xiao Pei's mansion. Although the door is open, it doesn't feel cold.
Pei Yi wore a mink fur coat and sat lazily beside the long-haired Arhat bed, listening to Butler Liu counting the New Year's goods delivered by others.
Qi Sha stood aside with a knife in his hand. Just standing there made many people afraid to take a step closer.
"The eldest son of the Xiao family in Jinzhou sent a brocade box. The gift list did not indicate what is in the brocade box." Liu Butler looked at his young master ambiguously when he said this.
Nowadays, the custom of delivery is not only to give gifts, but also to give a gift list explaining what was sent, so that the host can easily count.
But this young master Xiao deliberately didn't specify what he gave as a gift, thinking that he wanted this thing for his little master to check in person - it must be something with a certain expression.
Pei Yi didn't think much about it, she just said indifferently: "Put the things here."
Butler Liu thought he understood, and deliberately put the brocade box on the small pear-blossom table on his little master's arhat bed.
Qisha frowned slightly, and glanced at the brocade box with disgust.
At this time, the porter ran in and reported beamingly: "Master, Madam is here."
Pei Yi stood up and said happily: "Hurry up and welcome Madam into the house."
Mrs. Pei was as busy as ever, and before her daughter came out to greet her, she had already entered the inner courtyard, and walked into the hall not long after.
"Aniang~" Pei Yi hurried to help her mother.
"No way~" Pei Yi helped her mother to sit on the Arhat's bed together, and asked joyfully, "Mother, will I have a chance to go home to celebrate the New Year on New Year's Eve?"
Now, she has been abandoned by the Pei family on the surface, and it would be unreasonable to rush back home for the New Year.
But it’s Chinese New Year after all, who doesn’t want to have a family reunion?
Besides, Pei Yi hasn't seen her father and brother for a while, and she really wants to go back and get together.
"Of course you can come back to celebrate the New Year." Mrs. Pei stretched out her pale finger and tapped her daughter's nose lightly, and said with a smile, "Are you stupid again?"
"Even if I, Pei Jiaming, don't want to recognize you, but this is Chinese New Year after all. If you have the cheek to come back to make an autumn breeze, can we just drive you away?"
The so-called "fighting autumn wind" is to use various relationships to extort property from others under the guise of name.
As far as the situation in Dazhou is concerned, it is usually some poor relatives who find a reason to ask for money from relatives with better family backgrounds, that is, "fighting the autumn wind".
Pei Yi immediately understood what her mother meant.
Without the protection of the Pei family, she, the abandoned son of the Pei family, is naturally having a hard time.
"Haha, then I will come to enjoy the autumn breeze on New Year's Eve~" Pei Yi said coquettishly, holding her mother's arm.
Mrs. Pei laughed happily.
She glanced at the various boxes placed in the room, and said with a chuckle, "Is this a light New Year ceremony?"
"Yes." Pei Yi nodded obediently.
Mrs. Pei glanced at the brocade box on the small pear tree table out of the corner of her eye, and asked with a smile, "Is that also a New Year gift from someone else?"
Pei Yi truthfully said: "It was sent by Mr. Xiao of Jinzhou, and I haven't opened it yet."
"Then open it and have a look." Mrs. Pei encouraged with a smile.
Pei Yi didn't want to refute her mother's face, so she obediently took the brocade box and opened it.
In the long and narrow box lined with red velvet, there is a whole body moist hosta.
Mrs. Pei took out the jade hairpin, looked at it in her hand, and smiled approvingly: "As expected of a person I cultivated, this gift is intentional."
Pei Yi didn't see anything special about the hairpin, but in order to make her mother happy, she still boasted with a smile: "Auntie has good eyesight, and the people you teach will naturally have good eyesight."
Ms. Pei is very satisfied with this hairpin.
She put the hairpin into the hands of her daughter, and said with a gentle smile: "Look carefully, this jade hairpin is made into a tree branch as a whole, but the mountain of floating clouds is carved on the top, which is very ingenious."
Pei Yi nodded and said, "It's really beautiful."
As soon as Mrs. Pei heard her daughter's words, she knew that her daughter didn't understand at all.
She smiled and said: "You, you don't understand at all that Mr. Xiao is complaining, 'There are trees in the mountains, and there are branches in the trees, and the heart is pleasing to the king, and the king doesn't know it'."
Pei Yi was stunned, slightly opened her eyes wide and looked at her mother, as if she had heard some nonsense.
Mrs. Pei shook her head with a smile and said: "You and Mr. Xiao are in love with each other, why don't you know what he wants to say?"
"He deliberately gave this hairpin to say that you don't miss him on weekdays, as if you don't understand his mind."
"He is turning a corner to remind you to contact him more."
(end of this chapter)