Twenty-fourth of the lunar month.

Imperial Palace.

In the wee hours of the morning, the north wind was tight, and the night was deep between heaven and earth.

Twenty miles away from the Imperial Palace's Ouchi Royal Street, there is the famous Jingtai Long Street in the imperial capital. Those who can build houses here are all noble and high-ranking officials in the DPRK.

To the south of Long Street, a magnificent mansion is a university scholar's mansion.

Wei Yu resigned and entered the palace due to disability, and later rose again, and Emperor Xi reinstated his official position, and still served as a scholar of Wenhua University and an auxiliary minister of military aircraft. This university scholar's mansion is also a royal gift, in order to show the prosperity of the holy family of the Duke of Wei.

At this moment, Chang Le, the chief celebrant of the imperial court, under the leadership of the waiter, respectfully walked into the study room in the palace.

"Old slave Chang Le, see Duke Wei!"

Chang Le bowed solemnly and stood quietly.

Wei Yu sat on the main seat, holding a yellowed ancient book in his hand, put it down gently, and said indifferently: "Sit down." ”

Chang Le bowed down and thanked him, and cautiously half-leaned on the guest chair.

"Qi Wei Gong, the matter of Changchun Palace has been settled, and the old slave has come to report. ”

"Say it. Wei Yu was still calm.

At that time, the Queen Mother had a decree, and the old slave immediately rushed there. After learning the reason, he took down the five palace maids, and found out that the briber was indeed the principal of the Shang Yi Division. ”

The old slave arrested all the insiders together and stepped up the interrogation in front of the queen mother. The result of the confession was that the Dijing Yunmengze Weaving Hall was suspected of bribing the Shangyi Division, suppressing dissidents, deliberately concealing the Queen Mother, and monopolizing the contribution of this birthday tribute. ”

The Queen Mother was so angry and angry that she fainted on the spot, alarming His Majesty the Emperor. His Majesty came to Changchun Palace, asked for the reason, killed five palace maids, and ordered Shangyi Siyi to be arrested and imprisoned. ”

Wei Yu listened quietly.

If things get to this point, they can already end. Kill what should be killed, punish what should be punished, and appease the anger of the queen mother.

As for the culprit Yunmengze Weaving Hall, backed by the Ministry of Works, and funded by the Luodufu Palace, it has been a big tribute to the royal family for many years.

The use of unspoken rules to fight against dissidents, although despicable, is the default rule in the world. Yun Mengze has a backer background, and monopolizing the tribute is not a big deal.

Besides, the birthday ceremony has been set, so there is no need to make a big deal about it. At most, after the incident, Yun Mengze was punished in the name of the Queen Mother, and everyone was happy to spend money to eliminate the disaster.

Chang Le continued:

"The old slaves all know that Yunmengze Weaving Hall has the background of the Ministry of Industry and the Fu King, and His Majesty should not make a big move to the end. ”

"It's just that the old slaves didn't expect that when the Queen Mother woke up, she didn't give up, crying to Her Majesty and being bullied. At that time, His Majesty's attitude, the old slave was also incomprehensible. ”

"Your Majesty asked the Queen Mother what she wanted to do with ......"

Chang Le said this, with a wry smile on his face, as well as complicated emotions of doubt.

The palace knows that the current emperor is a very decisive, deep temperament, and dignified figure. If there is a will, it must be arbitrary and never discussed.

The Empress Dowager Ci'an was not close to the emperor, and she was also well known in the palace.

At such a moment, Emperor Xi was unusual, and he was actually handed over to the Queen Mother.

Not only Chang Le and the others were puzzled, but Wei Yu also frowned slightly at this moment.

"Seeing that Her Majesty had made a promise, the Queen Mother implored Her Majesty to hand over the qualification for the presentation of birthday tributes to the weaving workshops in the Luodu region. ”

"Duke Wei should know that when the Queen Mother was drafted that year, she was born in Luodu. The sphere of influence of relatives outside the clan is also related to Luodu. And among these relatives, most of them are big mulberry weavers. ”

At that time, the Queen Mother made a sincere statement, and His Majesty the Emperor immediately agreed. He also decreed that the presentation qualification of the Yunmengze Weaving Hall should be degraded, and the Luodu of the Inner Library Alternate was reactivated. ”

The old slave immediately complied with the order, and extracted the Luodu Xiang Ayaji Weaving Workshop and the Yingzhou Mansion Lianghe Township Weaving Workshop, the tributes of the two families, and replaced Yun Mengze's offering. ”

After Chang Le finished speaking, there was silence in the study.

Wei Yu didn't say anything, but lowered his eyebrows and pondered.

The celebrant is famous, and Chang Le, the chief eunuch of the inner court, is one of the best eunuchs, but he doesn't dare to come out, feeling the suffocating and depressing atmosphere, standing still.

"Your Majesty agreed to the Queen Mother's request and gave the order to do so, what did you say after that?" Wei Yu asked in a light tone.

Chang Le was secretly stunned, thought about it, and replied respectfully:

His Majesty didn't say much, just said that her birthday was approaching, so that the Queen Mother could rest assured. After the celebration, everything is in order, and then bring His Royal Highness King Fu down to ask for peace......"

"After that, the palace should be settled in peace. The old slave hurried back and forth to Duke Wei!"

"Okay, there is a common man. Wei Yu smiled lightly.

Chang Le said a few words modestly, and then under the guidance of the waiter, he said goodbye and left.

Wei Yu sat quietly on the main seat, his eyes were deep, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Half an hour later, Wei Yu stood up expressionlessly.

Just a flick of the sleeve of the robe, disappearing in an instant.

If a breeze blows, the light sandalwood gold wire chair in the study turns to powder. Together with the table next to the chair, it also turned into powder, fell and dissipated.

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Twenty-fourth of the lunar month.

After yesterday's accounting, clearing, sorting, and cleaning, all the chores should be completed. Shen Lian had a good night's sleep and got up early in good spirits.

Although the morning sun is light, the air is fresh, and the Shen Mansion is peaceful.

Shen Lufu had already pulled Fei Yuqing and Bao Shihu and began to put up lights in the courtyard of the house, and began to welcome the joy of the festival.

After washing up and having breakfast, Shen Lian watched the play in the courtyard with his hands behind his back.

"My lord, shouldn't you invite some maids and sisters into the door to take care of your daily life......

Fei Yuqing jumped up and down posting red colors, and turned back to complain to Shen Lian.

"What do you have to do with the maid sisters? Besides, my daily life, isn't it enough to have you? It's really inexplicable!"

Shen Lian muttered and hurriedly left with his hands behind his back.

He strolled out of the house, trying to stretch and think about today's arrangements.

Suddenly, the familiar sound of flapping wings was heard.

Outside the shade of the tree, the little red eagle with dark blood-colored wings landed in front of Shen Lian.

Little Red Eagle tilted his head, glanced at Shen Lian, and raised his right leg.

"Brother Eagle, it's early!"

Shen Lian smiled, reached out and rubbed the little red eagle's head, and took the letterbox on the eagle's leg.

The brief letter written in the secret text shows:

"Gather in the green mountain pavilion. ”

The handwriting is beautiful and free, and the words are concise.

"Huh, it's not Lord Xu, is it Gonggong Wei?"

Shen Lian released the little red eagle, turned around and went to the house to give a few words, and immediately rode his horse and galloped to the green mountain outside the lake.

More than an hour later, Shen Lian hurried to the pavilion.

Sure enough, Wei Yu was alone, sitting on the edge of the pavilion, drinking tea.

Well?

Shen Lian's eyes were stunned.

Next to Wei Yu, on the fence of the pavilion, there was a bird with a strange image.

It looks a bit like a peacock, but it is too small, only slightly larger than a carrier pigeon, with red and black feathers and a long tail feather.

"When did Grandpa Wei raise birds?"

Shen Lian suppressed his doubts, walked quickly into the pavilion, and said:

"I've seen Duke Wei!"

Wei Yu nodded and pointed to the teapot and teacup on the stone table:

"Pour your own tea, I'm okay today, I'll gossip with you. ”

Shen Lian was a little confused, but he had to sit down, pour himself a glass, and take a sip, it was actually sweet and fragrant, which made people feel open.

Wei Yu looked at the lingering fog of the mountain and forest peaks, and said after a while:

"The world laughs at me for being 'under one person', and the princes of the court and the central government respect me and are afraid of me. It's ridiculous that I only know at this time that the world is so big, and I have something in my heart, but no one can tell it. ”

Wei Yu smiled, turned around, pointed to the strange bird not far away, and then pointed to Shen Lian.

"She's a confidant, and you're half a confidant. So there are some things, if I want to say, here and now, it can be regarded as a confidant. ”

Shen Lian still didn't understand what Gonggong Wei was doing, so he had to hold the teacup and sit quietly with a posture of listening attentively.

Wei Yu was silent for a moment and said:

"Do you know that my dynasty name is 'Qianxi', why does there be a 'Xi' character?"