MTL - Happiness Consist in Contentment-v16 Chapter 5

However, Liu Fang and the Liu family did not wait for the will of the palace, but waited for the news that Liu Zhi was imprisoned by the emperor.

As soon as this news came out, the entire Liu family and the entire seemingly peaceful courtroom shook.

Above the court hall, the turbulent waves that had been covered up for a long time were completely lifted, but in just half a day, a group of people who were begging for Liu Zhi gathered in the capital.

Including the court above, most of the officials are begging for Liu Zhi.

This situation caught everyone in the Liu family by surprise, and it was too late to react.

With a heavy face, Mrs. Fang said to Liu Pu, who was called to the main courtyard by her after returning from the Ministry of Industry, "Zirun, take your family and leave immediately!"

He was shocked when he heard his mother's words, knelt on the ground with red eyes and said, "Mother, how can my son leave you and father behind?"

Fang Shi did not have time to cry, her eyes were red, and she said to Liu Pu, "You are the eldest son, and the elder brother, the elder brother is like a father, do you understand? In the future, Ziming and the others will be entrusted to you. Take good care of them."

She paused, looked at Liu Pu, who couldn't help crying, and said slowly, "The most important thing is Sanniang, your sister, she... You must protect her and don't let her get involved in these chaos again. , understand?"

Liu Pu cried and nodded, lying on the ground and kowtow fiercely, "Yes, mother. My son remembers it all."

Fang Shi's eyes were red and choked, "Good boy, it's hard for you. Go, get ready."

Liu Puhong squinted, kowtowed again with tears all over his face, got up, turned around and went out to prepare.

He knew that if it wasn't for the most dangerous moment, his mother would not have made such a decision, and he could not live up to his mother's painstaking efforts, even if such a decision made his heart ache.

...

Something happened to Liu Zhi, but in the Liu Mansion, Fang's control was under the control, and no one knew about it except her and Liu Pu. Therefore, they have been quietly and normally living a normal life.

Except for Liu Fang, of course.

Liu Fang was stunned for a moment when he received a special message from the flying eagle. Her staff are all in Kyoto, and it stands to reason that there is no need for flying eagles to send letters, but now, she has received such a letter, and it is conceivable how urgent the matter is.

Liu Fang opened the letter and read it at a glance, then pinched the letter in her hand into powder, opened her palm, and let the powder be blown away by the wind, her eyes were full of cold light!

Very good, dare to touch her father's head, these people are really impatient!

think

To use the public opinion war, let Liu Zhi die?

Okay, then she will teach these people well, what is the most terrible public opinion war!

...

Just as the undercurrent was surging above the court, and almost all the civil and military officials were writing letters to plead for Liu Zhi, a group of people appeared in the major restaurants in Kyoto, discussing this matter from time to time.

"Hey, you say, how could this Liu family's Mrs. Liu be imprisoned by the emperor?"

"Hey, it's not easy? Isn't he the one who offended the emperor?"

"Isn't it? How did I hear that Mrs. Liu was framed?"

"So, the emperor is wrong to blame Mrs. Liu? Since it is wrong, why is Mrs. Liu still in prison?"

"Then who knows? Speaking of which, I just came out of the imperial city, and I saw a lot of literati students kneeling at the gate of the palace to plead for Mrs. Liu."

"It's so good, why do you have to plead for Mrs. Liu? Didn't you say Mrs. Liu was wronged? Could it be that the emperor really planned to kill Mrs. Liu?"

"As I said, if Mrs. Liu didn't do anything wrong, how could the emperor put him in jail, right? If that's the case, it's impossible to justify so many people's pleas? What does this mean? People's hearts? Isn't this nonsense..."

…

The people around listened to what this group of people were talking about, and they were all muttering in their hearts, are these people stupid? At this time, this matter is being discussed everywhere in the capital?

Whether it's Taifu Liu's own misbehavior being discovered by the emperor, so he was imprisoned, or he was wronged, he can't talk about it here at this time. Isn't this obviously looking for trouble?

Although they thought so, they always felt that this matter was tricky.

Why did the emperor put Mrs. Liu in jail all of a sudden? How can it be so good that the emperor has wronged Mrs. Liu? Also, where did those pleadings come from? Why all of a sudden ran to the palace gate and kneeled? What the **** is going on here?

People always have their own mistakes. In the eyes of the noble families of the Great Wei Dynasty, they played with power and tricks, and they could fool the people as they wanted. In their opinion, the people at the bottom are ignorant. They are illiterate, and most of them don't understand etiquette. They only work hard for three meals a day, and they don't understand any major events.

However, they were all wrong.

There are also wise men among ordinary people. They may be illiterate, but that doesn't mean they don't understand

The truth of the world, they don't understand what is the struggle between people's hearts, and it doesn't mean that they are complete fools.

There will always be such a group of people who will suddenly want to understand why this is.

Under what circumstances will Liu Zhi be imprisoned? Under what circumstances would so many people come to intercede for him? Whether such a plea is good or malicious, they can feel it, and they can also figure it out.

And after they figured it out, the power that erupted was enormous.

Liu Fang was just waiting for this force to erupt.

...

In the evening, Liu Pu had already arranged everything and was going to leave with Liu Jie and the others.

And it was also at this time that they learned the news that Liu Zhi was imprisoned by the emperor, and they also knew the current situation in Beijing.

Even the married Liu Ai and Liu Rui brought people back, and they all came to the main courtyard to ask Mr. Fang what was going on.

Mr. Fang didn't plan to explain more to them, but only said that the situation was critical and they had to leave immediately.

However, just as Mr. Fang was about to send them away, the servants came to report, "Madam, a large group of people are now flocking to the gate of the palace, asking those students and literati who beg for mercy, where did they hear that the master is going to die? Who the **** said that the emperor was going to cut down the master. And they also questioned, what crime did the master commit that he was going to die? Those literati and scholars are now speechless when asked by the people..."

Fang was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Liu Fang, who was standing beside him, who was extraordinarily quiet.

Liu Fang raised her eyes to look at Mrs Fang, smiled slightly, and said, "Mother, father is fine."

Fang Shi's eyes suddenly turned red, and he walked quickly to Liu Fang's side, stretched out his arms to hug her, and choked, "Well, it's alright."

Liu Fang leaned in her arms, smiling silently, but her eyes were slightly sour.

In such a country, perhaps it is because of these people that my father has always kept the heart of a child.

Liu Fang lowered her eyes with a hint of cold light. No matter who it was, she would never allow them to hurt her father, nor would she allow them to drag these innocent people to death.

...

in front of the palace

A group of people, led by some old men, stood in front of the literati students who were kneeling in front of the palace gate and begging for mercy. Up to now, it is also approaching the age of old age, but I have never heard of such a rebellious person in the Liu family.

On the contrary, the ancestors of the Liu family had argued with His Majesty several times, so much so that

His Majesty was annoyed at the fact that the adults of the Liu family were imprisoned.

Of course, this is just a moment of anger, and His Majesty will naturally figure it out later. At that time, Mrs. Liu was naturally safe.

After hundreds of years, the Liu family has been loyal to His Majesty in all dynasties. I don't know how much the old man has heard since he was born. Feel free to ask anyone and they will know.

If it is said that the Liu family will be rebellious and committed, the old man will not believe it, and the people behind him will also not believe it. To say that His Majesty would kill Taifu Liu because of a moment of anger, the old man would also not believe it, and so would the people behind him.

Even in front of His Majesty, the old man can say so bluntly: The Liu family is the most loyal to His Majesty in the Great Wei Dynasty, and His Majesty will never kill the Liu family or Mrs. Liu.

But all of you are doing this, but it makes the old man feel that you are not sincerely begging for Mrs. Liu, but more like sending Mr. Liu directly to the execution ground, with ulterior motives, ulterior motives..."

The rest of the people listened to it and started talking.

"That's right, if you want to say what crime Mrs. Liu committed, you have to come up with evidence? Kneeling here inexplicably to beg for mercy? What kind of love is this asking for?"

"Yes, who doesn't know that the Liu family is upright by nature. Even if Mrs. Liu speaks badly for a while and bumps into His Majesty, His Majesty will not blame it. What are you trying to do?"

The kneeling literati and students were all dumbfounded. Unexpectedly, it became a sin for them to intercede for the Liu family. They were questioned by all the people, and they even suspected that they had ulterior motives.

They are really wronged!

At this time, the old man said again, "Forget it, since you are young, I'm afraid you don't even know what happened, so stupidly running over to plead for Mrs. Liu, isn't it causing trouble? Hurry up and go back, come back, Don't just focus on studying, and look at the world of human beings, if not, you will be used by people with intentions in the future..."

After listening to the old man's words, the group of literati and students suddenly came over: Yes, in the academy (Wenge ③), they only knew about this after listening to other people's discussions, and then I don't know who said that they can't let Mrs. Liu be punished. His Majesty was wronged, so inexplicably, he ran over to kneel and plead for mercy.

Now that I think about it, I'm actually in a cold sweat!

This is obviously because the battle in the imperial court has spread to them, and they want to use the reputation of Liu family and Mrs. Liu to encourage them to come to intercede. It is clear at a glance why.

When everyone was begging for Mrs. Liu, what would His Majesty, who might have been annoyed for a while, think? What will be done?

Whether it was for his authority or the face of his emperor, he would never let Mrs. Liu go.

This is the pressure of public opinion.

Sometimes, this pressure will form a restraint, but sometimes, this pressure will backfire, forcing others to do things that he didn't intend to do.

This is the case with Liu Zhi's imprisonment.