Lu Qishan only has a son like Zhou Changan, so he naturally did his best to push him to the throne of the emperor by unscrupulous means. However, Lu Qishan was born with a great desire to control power, and even for his son, he was unwilling to let go completely.

When Zhou Changan first ascended the throne, he obeyed Lu Qishan's words, and even the queen's position was determined by Lu Qishan, and Lu Qishan was very satisfied with this. However, later, Zhou Changan loved Feng Xueyu very much and snubbed Lu Jinyun as the queen. Lu Jinyun often went to Shouxi Palace to complain, which made Lu Qishan hate Feng Xueyu more and more, and wanted to give Feng Xueyu to death several times, but Zhou Chang was taken down.

Feng Xueyu's later poisoning, Zhou Changan has been kept in the dark, because all the people in the palace are Lu Qishan's people, and even Qi Hai has been ordered to hide it from Zhou Changan.

However, Zhou Changan finally knew, and not only sent the imperial doctor to treat Feng Xueyu, but also ordered Lone Eagle to send a large number of secret guards to the rivers and lakes to find the whereabouts of the medical saint.

However, although Zhou Changan arranged a large number of cronies to protect Feng Xueyu, in the end, Feng Xueyu was poisoned again and died.

Zhou Changan was furious and ordered a thorough investigation of Concubine Chen's Palace, and all those who had any contact with the subordinates in Concubine Chen's Palace. finally found out the little Jizi who was next to Grandpa Qi at that time, Xiao Jizi was the nephew of Grandpa Qi, who was sent to the palace when he was very young and has been following Grandpa Qi's side. Father-in-law Qi treats him like a son and intends to train him to be his successor.

When Gonggong Qi learned that Feng Xueyu's death was related to Xiao Jizi, he was so frightened that he almost fainted on the spot. The first reaction was to send Xiao Jizi out of the palace to save his life.

Gonggong Qi sent Xiao Jizi out very smoothly, but all this was seen by the Quzhang Palace of Shouxi Palace. Quzhang Palace did not expose Father-in-law Qi, but this incident became a thorn in Father-in-law Qi's heart and a handle for Father-in-law Qi to be coerced by Quzhang Palace.

In the past eight years, Quzhang Palace has only looked for Gonggong Qi twice, the first time was to protect the official position of Qin Lizhong, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Households, and the second time was to ask Gonggong Qi to send the bottle of poison to Lin Zhihuai in the name of the emperor.

When Lin Wan heard this, she couldn't help frowning and asked, "According to my father-in-law, why did the Queen Mother do this? My mother and the Queen Mother have no grievances, why did the Queen Mother have to put my mother to death?"

Father-in-law Qi thought for a while and said, "The old slave doesn't know very well, but the old slave knows that the emperor wants to get something from Mrs. Lin's hand, and the queen mother also wants to get it." However, what the Queen Mother can't get, she will never let anyone get. ”

Lin Wan's face was gloomy, and he was silent. It made Gonggong Qi's heart even more panicked, hesitated for a long time, and hesitated: "Her Royal Highness Princess Wanxin, the slave was confused for a while, made a big mistake, and as a result, he made a wrong step, a wrong step, was threatened by the Quzhang Palace, betrayed the emperor, and hurt Mrs. Lin, the slave really deserves death." But please let Her Royal Highness the princess spare the slave for the sake of the slave who already knows that he is wrong and sincerely repents, and Mrs. Lin is now safe and sound. ”

Father-in-law Qi looked at Lin Wan earnestly with expectant eyes, and his white and wrinkled old face was already full of tears.

Lin Wan sighed lightly, nodded, and said, "Father-in-law Qi, I can no longer pursue this matter, but you must not have any dissenting intentions towards your father, I hope you will not let me down." Otherwise......"

Gonggong Qi's eyes immediately lit up, and he swore solemnly: "Princess Wanxin, rest assured, the old slave will definitely not be confused again, let alone be threatened again." After the old slave returned from this trip, he confessed to the emperor that if the emperor refused to forgive the old slave, even if the old slave died, he would not betray the emperor again. ”

Lin Wan looked at Gonggong Qi's eyes as if he were at home, and forgave the old man in front of him a little more in his heart, nodded slowly, and said: "Father will definitely forgive you, you have been with your father for so many years, and your father can't do without you, as long as you are loyal to your father and make meritorious contributions, you will definitely regain your father's trust." After speaking, he paused, and said kindly: "Father-in-law Qi, get up quickly, some things are over." Now that the court is turbulent and my father is exhausted, I still need you to continue to be by my father's side, think about the people of Dafeng wholeheartedly, and do things for my father. ”

Father-in-law Qi nodded, wiped the tears on his face with his sleeve, sat back on the opposite seat, and thanked respectfully: "Thank you Princess Wanxin for sparing the old slave's life, as long as the emperor is still willing to let the old slave accompany the emperor, the old slave will definitely do his best and die!"

Lin Wan smiled faintly and was noncommittal. She's not soft-hearted, she just doesn't have a better way. If the fault of Father-in-law Qi is really investigated and the life of Father-in-law Qi is killed, then who will be the head of this big house?

In that way, it would only give Lu Qishan an opportunity to rearrange more terrifying, secretive and dangerous chess pieces by Zhou Changan's side. It's better to let Father-in-law Qi continue to stay by Zhou Changan's side and stay at his post to check.

Lin Wan believed in his instincts and thought that Gonggong Qi's heart was still towards Zhou Chang'an and towards himself.

In order to get more from Lin Wan, Father-in-law Qi revealed another news to Lin Wan that shocked her very much.

Lu Qishan suddenly gave marriage to Qin Wenru, the second son of the Hubu Shangshu Mansion, and Ma Yuefen, the eighth lady of the Shandong Ma family, as well as Zhou Tianxing, the prince of the Ning Wangfu, and Qin Lingru, the sixth lady of the Hubu Shangshu Mansion, which had been planned for a long time. Lu Qishan already knew that someone was looking for evidence of Qin Lizhong's crimes, so she found such two good relatives for Qin Lizhong, hoping that the Qin family could get the support of Ning Wangfu and the Ma family to protect the position of the secretary of the household department.

Although the Ma family is low-key, after all, it is a big family that has been inherited for hundreds of years, and it has great influence in both Shandong and Beijing, which is of great help to Qin Lizhong's official reputation and future.

As for King Ning, he is the largest proprietor of the capital bank, and he can be described as a rich country. If the East Window incident happens in the future, Qin Lizhong needs to fill the shortfall, and maybe he can use this relationship with King Ning to get King Ning's financial support.

In order to keep the military power of the imperial army, Lu Qishan has not asked Zhou Changan for military salaries, but is solely responsible for the expenses of the imperial army. Although the imperial army has not completely obeyed Lu Qishan's orders over the years, it is still under Lu Qishan's control.

If she can't keep Qin Lizhong's position as the head of the household department, Lu Qishan's future financial resources will be in huge trouble, and whether the imperial army can keep it will become her biggest problem.

Therefore, there is now another person who is facing a very big danger, and that is Xing Han, who has already obtained evidence of Qin Lizhong's guilt.