Huiyin Hall is the third courtyard in Yude Palace, and the best scenery is the sunset.

When Sheng Yao came, I was sitting on the railing under the corridor of the Huiyin Palace.

Holding a fan, I watched the afterglow of the setting sun spread a warm but fading light in the clouds on the horizon. The clouds were originally white and innocent, but they were smeared with this deep or light golden yellow and fiery red, and they suddenly became charming.

"Xiaoguan. ”

Hearing Sheng Yao's voice, I smiled before I could say anything, looked back at him, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is back." ”

He sat down next to me and said with a smile: "Yes, I received some good news today, and the court proceedings are going more smoothly than usual, so I came back earlier." ”

"What's the good news?" I was a little curious.

"The abolished prince was originally supported by Yuzhou, coerced the government soldiers for his own use, issued a document in the world, recruited troops and bought horses in a vain attempt to kill back to Kyoto. Originally, the imperial court could also send troops to exterminate it, but in that case, it would be an internal friction for my Daqi troops. Therefore, you persuade me to give preferential treatment to the old father of Yuzhou Taishou, so that Shengyang is suspicious of dark ghosts, and separates him from Taishou Song Yanbo, and surrenders to the army without a fight. ”

He hooked his lips and said with a smile: "Now we sneak in and pretend to be an old friend of Song Yanbo in Beijing, and only drink a bowl of tea in the doorhouse of Song Yanbo's mansion and leave, hiding in the market. Sheng Yang learned that someone with a Kyoto accent went to Song Yanbo's house, so he asked Song Yanbo, but Song Yanbo didn't see this person at all, so he naturally denied it. Sheng Yang suspected that Song Yanbo had already voted for me, so he took Song Yanbo out of his official uniform and imprisoned him first. ”

I smiled and said: "Then in the territory of Yuzhou, how did the abolished prince come for the first time, and he rashly imprisoned Song Yanbo, can he mobilize people from both the military and political sides of Yuzhou?"

"Exactly. I saw that their civil strife had been completed, so I adopted Xu Xiang's meaning, sent troops to go there, surrounded the border of Yuzhou without suppression, and waited for the rebels in Yuzhou to mutiny. ”

I smiled and said, "It is indeed good news that this civil strife has been quelled with minimal internal friction. ”

However, I changed my words and asked, "The mother and wife of the abolished prince are all from the Liu family, I don't know, what does His Highness plan?"

"Liu Xiang, now he is still pretending to be sick", Shengyao's eyes were a little dim, "He has been in the court for many years, and he is Shengyang's mother's family and wife's family, so he will not bow down to me no matter what." Naturally, he could no longer be left in phase. It's just that it's easy to depose him alone, but what I'm worried about is that the officials of Liu Xiang's faction account for sixty percent of the government, and if all of them are cut down, ......"

He took a deep breath, "I'm worried that the implication is too wide, and it is not the blessing of the Great Qi." ”

It's just a matter of deposing Liu Xiang.

"That being the case, the thief and the king are the king. ”

Sheng Yao thought thoughtfully: "If this is the case, he is just an official who is attached to Liu Xiang, not a backbone, so he will not be held accountable." The list of officials and relatives who can accurately identify the lineage of Liu Xiang is the most important thing. Before Qingyun came out, I have already made people sort out the reactions of the officials present, but I can use this to screen one or two. ”

I smiled and said, "Your Highness, don't forget, the excerpt of the ceremony of the hundred officials to invite the prince is actually a corroboration. The willow phase will not be the first to fold. Multi-party comparison, even if there is an omission, it will not affect anything. ”

I watched the sunset on the horizon gradually darken, and said with a smile: "If Your Highness wants to know more details, it is better to ask the Liufu for the crime." In Liu Xiang's study, there should be a lot of letters and documents. If you have these, Your Highness is still afraid that you will not be able to distinguish between loyalty and treachery?"

Sheng Yao turned his head to look at me: "Raiding the house, what is the name?"

"Exclude dissidents and frame loyalty!"

I looked directly at him and said slowly: "In the twenty-sixth year of Zhaoming, there was a fraud case in the field. The Gu family was wronged, and the Liu family became the concubine of the East Palace. Among them, Lord Liu Xiang Liu Juzheng 'contributed a lot'!"

Sheng Yao looked down at me, his eyes flickering.

I continued: "Liu Xiang formed a party for personal gain, if he didn't eradicate it, he would really be powerless to return to heaven when the hundred officials only knew that there was the Liu clan but not the Sheng clan. Now that you are constrained everywhere, although you have subdued many officials through the Mandate of Heaven, as long as Liu Xiang does not fall, the abolished prince has the possibility of resurrection. ”

Remembering the letter from my brother who Chifu had come to the palace the day before yesterday to see me, her anger at what Liu Ju had done in her previous year suddenly rose.

The elder brother was promoted to the general of the chariot cavalry, and Xu Jiji, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, wanted to sell him some face, so the elder brother accelerated the progress of the visit.

The hard work paid off, and He Bingcheng, a member of the Ministry of Rites who came forward to denounce him, was knocked on the side by his brother and said that he had leaked his mouth, and asked his brother to check it out. In addition, Hou Xiaolan served as the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, so he carefully analyzed the case files of the fraud case in the department that year, peeled back the cocoon, and found a lot of new physical evidence and human evidence.

The case of fraud in the field is not a fiction. But the source of this fraud and leakage is not my father, the main examiner of the year - Gu Xianggu Zheng.

It's Liu Xiang Liu Juzheng.

Not to mention taking the opportunity to accumulate money, he also used it as a spear to attack the Gu family, who was at odds with him, and therefore removed his daughter's biggest opponent for canonization of the crown princess - my sister and Gu Mingshan, the eldest daughter of the Gu family.

It's a triple win!

It is worthy of the four words of old treacherous and cunning.

Now, as long as Shengyao agrees to report to Emperor Wei, Dali Temple will investigate Liu Juzheng and copy the house. The elder brother and Hou Xiaolan can hand over the materials they found in their hands to them, and they will look through the old Gu case, and there is a possibility of overturning the case.

And the officials of the Liu family have no leader, so it is naturally easier to disintegrate and easier to subdue as appropriate. The two difficulties that Sheng Yao said that day were also solved.

I reached out and grabbed his sleeve and said loudly: "The big thing is already here, the momentum of riding a beast." Your Highness, do you still have to hesitate?"

Sheng Yao pondered for a long time: "Originally, there was a matter of the eldest brother, and I have long hated the Liu family. It's just that there was no evidence for the investigation of the matter back then, and I was afraid that the means would be too drastic, which would cause instability in the court. Originally, he was going to depose the phase first, and then slowly figure it out. ”

He suddenly smiled and said, "It's me who is gentle!"

I looked at the sky where the sunset dissipated and the twilight was four, and said with a smile: "Your Highness is bold and courageous, not gentle, but now that he is in charge of the government, there are many things to consider." I wish His Royal Highness the early eradication of the Liu family, and at that time, it will be the real Tai'a in his hands!"

Sheng Yao raised his eyebrows, lowered his head and stared at me for a moment, and said, "Is that what you are looking forward to?

I didn't quite understand what he said, but his tone was firm and full of affection, and the twilight light and shadow outlined his face more and more handsomely, and overflowing with tenderness.

I couldn't help but be intoxicated, smiled and nodded.

Later, I heard that on the second day, Shengyao took Xu Xiang and Hou Xiaolan, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, to pay tribute to Emperor Wei.

Emperor Wei thought of Yuan, and originally wanted to appease the Liu family.

Xu Xiang asked Emperor Wei: "I don't know if the knife wound Your Majesty suffered last time has healed? When it rains on a cloudy day, will it still hurt? The old minister accidentally fell the year before last, and now when the weather changes, it still hurts badly!"