That night, Zhu Shiyang didn't even use dinner well, and he sandwiched a few chopsticks and dishes, but the food was tasteless, so he still returned to the eaves to see the canaries.

Those finches were lively and chirping during the day, as dark as they were today, but they all shrank their heads under their wings and didn't move, so there was really nothing to see. Zhu Shiyang's mind was not on this, all he was thinking about was Lu Wenyuan's advice, one moment he knelt on the ground and said to himself, "Weichen will never regret it", one moment he leaned on the pillar alone, casting a hazy glance at himself in the night, and for a while it was full of courtiers covering his mouth and snickering at His Royal Highness.

This stop is a few hours, but the more I think about it, the more chaotic it becomes, I am happy and angry, and my heart is even more bored.

Seeing that the time of the palm lamp had long passed, and the mosquitoes outside had gradually increased, Gui Xi was only afraid that the emperor would be bitten, so he kept fanning around. After some time, the sky outside the palace became darker and deeper, and the night breeze had brought a little coolness of autumn, but Zhu Shiyang still had no intention of entering the palace. Gui Xi was worried that he would catch a cold, so he took a big coat from the palace and put it on him, seeing that he frowned, only staring at the canary in the cage, he suddenly thought about it, and persuaded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it's not too early, you see that the birds are asleep, you should also enter the palace early to rest." ”

He said this with good intentions, but Zhu Shiyang was quiet for a while, but he suddenly became angry and shouted: "Bastard, you dare to compare me with a bird, I don't think you want to live!"

Gui Xi was taken aback, and immediately realized that the emperor had nowhere to be angry, so he had to be angry with himself. Hurriedly closed his mouth, didn't dare to say more, just waited to be scolded.

Zhu Shiyang's roar woke up all the canaries sleeping in the cage, and they were so frightened that they exploded, and looked around with their dark eyes open, and their frightened and helpless demeanor reminded Zhu Shiyang of the little boy who came to the palace a few days ago, and he felt a little melancholy in his heart, and thought that if it wasn't for Lu Wenyuan's obstruction, how could he be separated from the little boy by thousands of rivers and mountains, and he was even more annoyed in his heart, pulled the big on his shoulder, turned around and strode into the hall.

The next day, Liang Youqing came back from the palace with a concerto. Fan Zhefu opened it and took a look, only to see the two words at the end: "Zhaozhu", written stiffly, with a faint sense of anger, and a few drops of vermilion ink were sprinkled next to it, which was obviously thrown up when he threw the pen. The corners of Fan Zhefu's mouth hooked, and he said in his heart Lu Wenyuan, your death is approaching.

Two days later, General Zhenyuan of Northwest China entered Beijing, and Zhu Shiyang presided over the court meeting in the Fengtian Hall of the former dynasty to reward the meritorious ministers in the Wara incident. This is the second time he has been to the court in half a month, and the frequency of Cheng dù is unprecedented, although it cannot be compared with the previous emperor. It was because the court was full of joy, even those ministers who could not be rewarded, seeing the emperor so diligent in his administration, they were really happier than receiving the reward.

The only ones who were unhappy were Zhu Shiyang and Lu Wenyuan. Zhu Shiyang sat on the dragon chair, only to feel that although His Royal Highness's ministers were respectful and respectful on the surface, they were still not sure how to make fun of themselves in private, and he really responded to Lu Wenyuan's sentence when arguing with himself before, "If you don't say it, it doesn't mean that you don't want it in your heart", and she couldn't sit still anymore, so she only ordered the eunuch in front of the emperor to read out the edict of entering the seal, so that she could hurry down to the court.

Lu Wenyuan stood at the foot of the hall, feeling heavy in his heart, and frequently raised his head to see the face of the shield emperor, but he had no choice but to see it clearly from most of the court.

The imperial eunuch held the edict and went out in a hurry, and read it aloud:

"Liu Chongyu, the general of Zhenyuan, has guarded the border pass for many years, so that the people are healthy, Yidi is not prosperous, and I have conspired with me, won a thousand miles, cut the army, and pacified Wara, which is particularly effective. Today, he is named the Marquis of Pingxi, eats 10,000 households, strikes first-class merits, and gives 300 taels of gold and 1,000 taels of silver. ”

"Lu Wenyuan, the left attendant of the ministry, is self-cultivating, honest and solid, obedient and observant, cherishes his family and country, and advises me to be meritorious in the matter of Warat. Today, he is enshrined as the secretary of the ministry, and the official worships the second grade, giving one hundred taels of gold and five hundred taels of silver. ”

The eunuch's words fell, and a whisper immediately sounded in the hall, Lu Wenyuan chuckled in his heart, and secretly said that it was not good, just because the position of the secretary of the ministry was now held by Fu Qian, and now that he was here, what should Fu Qian be? But that Fu Qian was standing in front of him, and where could he see it, he only saw the ministers around him talking to each other, casting flickering glances at himself and Fu Qian, obviously also suspicious. Lu Wenyuan's heart was even more worried, and he heard the eunuch continue to read:

"Fu Qian, the former secretary of the ministry, had mediocre political achievements during his tenure and made no achievements. And the supervision of his subordinates is not effective, the scheduling is out of balance, and he has high expectations. Today, he is demoted to the left waiter of the ministry, and the official worships the three products. ”

"You must uphold the hadith and live up to your wishes. ”

Lu Wenyuan was shocked, only to feel like falling into an ice cave, at this time he understood the viciousness of Fan Zhefu's methods, first stabbed the rumors to the emperor in the name of asking for an official for himself, so that the emperor thought that he had lost face and was angry with himself, and then in the Manchu Dynasty, under the public court, he added an official to himself, so as to glorify the joy of the court, and set off the sadness of Fu Qian's frustration, so that he not only lost his king's heart, but also caused Fu Qian's resentment, and became a lonely person, so why not worry about falling down at once?

As soon as I thought of this, I only felt a cold sweat falling.

Zhu Shiyang thought that he had lost face, and he was willing to stay longer, so he immediately announced his retirement from the dynasty and hurriedly hid in the harem. Lu Wenyuan received the order to thank Enbi, and hurriedly got up from the ground to find Fu Qian to explain, but he opened his mouth, but he didn't know where to start, and he hesitated to be surrounded by a group of colleagues who came to congratulate. Lu Wenyuan had to barely cope for a while, and then went through the crowd to find Fu Qian, but saw that he had already walked out of the court, walking around the flow of people, a lonely back, extremely lonely. Lu Wenyuan's throat choked, and he felt that his heart was quite uncomfortable.

Liang Youqing saw this qiē in his eyes, and walked a few steps to catch up with Fan Zhefu, who was walking leisurely in front of him, and said: "Lord Fan's plan is really wonderful, not only makes Lu Wenyuan lose his king's heart, but also separates him from Fu Qian, which can really be said to be his right-hand man." However, that Lu Wenyuan has now become a secretary of the ministry, and he is in power, I am afraid that the first one will take me under the knife, at that time, what should I do?"

Fan Zhefu said with a smile: "Why are you clever and stupid for a while? He used you to cut you, but he threw himself into the net, just because this is what the official is looking for." At that time, as long as he said that he declared a personal vendetta, suppressed officials without authorization, and presented the impeachment note to the emperor, were you afraid that he would not fall one day?" paused, and lowered his voice again: "As soon as Lu Wenyuan falls, this official will ask the emperor to promote you to the secretary of the ministry, and at that time, you and I will join forces to take the world into your pocket." ”

Liang Youqing was overjoyed when he heard this, and since then he has been more attached to Fan Zhefu and not mentioned it.

It was only said that Lu Wenyuan returned to the lobby of the Ministry of Officials, that is, he handled the handover with Fu Qian. Lu Wenyuan stood aside, listening to Fu Qianqian explain the unfinished affairs recently, and the documents to be written, and handed over the ribbon seals at all levels to himself one by one. Lu Wenyuan couldn't listen to it in a mess, and secretly looked at Fu Qian's face, but saw that his face was as usual, and he couldn't see that he was ugly, so he took the opportunity of handing him over the ribbon seal and grabbed his hand and said, "Brother Fu, you can blame me......"

Fu Qian was stunned for a moment, sighed, and said with a wry smile: "It's all the emperor's will, I blame you for what you do, don't be too careful, just do things well." As he spoke, he secretly withdrew his hand.

Lu Wenyuan watched him turn around and leave, his heart was cold. It was a supreme honor for the official department to use a public court alone, but now in his opinion, he only has the feeling of "being cold in a high place". He sat behind the table for a while, thinking that he was now guilty of the current saint, resentful of relatives, friends and colleagues, and Lu An was under house arrest in the inn as a threat. The more I thought about it, the more frightened I felt, and I couldn't do anything, so I simply put down the business at hand and went to the back alley to breathe.

Seeing this, Shen Wenbin also got up and followed, wanting to congratulate Lu Wenyuan on his promotion, but seeing him facing the distance, his brows were deeply locked, and his face was worried, he felt something was wrong in his heart, so he hurriedly asked. Lu Wenyuan has always been good friends with him, and he has nothing to hide, and he is also depressed, and he wants to vomit with others, so he will tell the truth one by one. Shen Wenbin only felt frightened when he heard this, only to say that this officialdom is sinister, and it is really not something that ordinary people can set foot in lightly, after thinking about it, Fang said: "Lord Lu, now that you have spread your wings and become a second-class official, you should have been able to show your strengths and feet, but you were restrained by others, it can be seen that Fan Zhefu and Liang Youqing have become your obstacles and have to be removed." The subordinate official is lowly and does not dare to stand shoulder to shoulder with the adult, but as long as the adult commands, the subordinate official will support it to the end. ”

Lu Wenyuan was thrilled by what he said, and he also realized that he had to fight against the water. So he strengthened his mind, regrouped, and returned to the court to carefully consider the countermeasures.

Lu Wenyuan settled down and thought about it carefully, and found that if he wanted to change from passive to active at this time, he had to make full use of the power in his hands. At this time, it was the intersection of summer and autumn, and it was time to start the year-end assessment of officials, so Lu Wenyuan issued a document and sent Fu Qian to the local place to carry out the assessment, first, to temporarily relieve his embarrassment of being demoted for no reason, and second, to prevent him from working with Liang Youqing in the same hall, so as to prevent Liang Youqing from further provoking it. He also handed over the book to Fu Qian, hoping that he could understand his intentions.

A few days later, another recital was drafted, requesting the dismissal of Liang Youqing. After thinking about it, he didn't worry about others, so he went to the palace to deliver it. Shen Wenbin read the chapter, but refused to go, and only asked Lu Wenyuan: "My lord, now that you have the power in your hands, you can directly dismiss him, why do you have to ask the emperor." You must know that before the concert is presented to the emperor, it must be reviewed by the cabinet, and once the adult's recital falls into the hands of Fan Zhefu, he will definitely be pressed down by him and turn his head to deal with the adult. ”

Lu Wenyuan sent him to the door with a smile and said, "You just misunderstood Fan Zhefu." He pushed me to the second grade, but he wanted to capture the old people, just to provoke the emperor and use the emperor's hand to bring me down. This time, I dismissed Liang Youqing, which is a handle that he can't wait to grasp, so not only will he not suppress the concert, but will present it to the emperor as soon as possible, so as to cure me for the crime of personal vendetta and abuse of power. ”

"As for why I didn't directly dismiss him, but asked the emperor instead, it was because the imperial court stipulated that the appointment and dismissal of officials above the third grade should be heard by heaven, although it has only been reduced to a formality and is dispensable, but whether to do it or not involves respect for the emperor or not, and you must not be careless. ”

Shen Wenbin suddenly realized, nodded again and again, and then became worried again: "But in this way, the future fate of the adults will be in the hands of the emperor." If the emperor is willing to believe in the adults, the adults will be able to survive in a desperate situation, and if they only blindly anger the adults, then the adults will be in danger. It's really like gambling, making people pinch a cold sweat. ”

Lu Wenyuan smiled bitterly: "Now I can only gamble." If you blindly wait to be killed, you will inevitably be caught by Fan Zhefu with other tricks. I just hope that the emperor can remember my past benefits, and don't blindly be deceived by Fan Zhefu. After that, he looked worriedly in the direction of the Forbidden City, but saw a cloud of smoke curling around the palace wall, which was really treacherous and unpredictable.