The season enters May and the summer harvest is ushered in in the north.

For five consecutive days, the early dynasty of the Qinzheng Palace was all about the news of the summer harvest, especially the name Weizhou. Even the most mediocre court officials know that Weizhou is a place with nine droughts in ten years, and barrenness has almost become synonymous with this place, but this year, Weizhou has brought great good news to the imperial court -- all the counties under its jurisdiction have enjoyed a bumper harvest.

Jianhe Emperor was overjoyed, in addition to the ministers who followed the compliments and congratulations, they were even more discussed in private, who doesn't know why Weizhou and other places are impressive this year, this is not all because of Wei Jiqu's contributions, and Wei Jiqu is whose handwriting?

King Heng!

Several important ministers who know the current affairs have reminisced, and they have praised Wei Jiqu in the court, and sang for King Heng, so after the good news of the summer harvest, it was a few days in a row, headed by the Ministry of Household and Industry, and all the dignitaries who were not touched by the edge were on the fold to ask for merit for King Heng.

The emperor thought about the conversation with his third son last autumn, and he felt a lot of emotion in his heart. Even if there is no advice from hundreds of officials, doesn't he know in his heart that this credit should be the greatest of his three sons?

The father sighed, the difference between the second and third is one year old, when the second son was named the prince, the third child was just born, that is to say, this child has lost the title of inheriting the country since he was born, but he has never given up on himself, from small to large, from his early civil and military studies to his achievements after being crowned king, which point is not the best among the princes?

Just this year, when the Wei Ji Canal was completed and opened to water, he thought that he would go back to the capital to ask for credit to himself, but who knew that he only asked the envoy sent by the Ministry of Industry to return to Beijing to convey it, and he silently returned to Yanzhou, and he was not allowed to enter Beijing without a call from the imperial court, but this child was really an obedient child.

Just when the emperor and his old man were secretly sighing alone in the imperial study, the imperial history Chu Lin and the general political history Wang Yu were waiting outside the palace in a hurry and apprehensively. After being passed on by the eunuchs, the two officials met with the holy driver.

As soon as he saw the two of them coming, Emperor Jianhe remembered that the case of enclosure in the suburbs of Beijing a month ago must have had a result, so he asked casually, "You two are here, but the case has an eyebrow?" ”

"Hui Majesty, exactly." The two replied together.

"Say it."

But seeing the solemn faces of the two people standing down, Wang Yu glanced at Chu Lin, and stopped talking, Chu Lin is the leader of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he is used to ginseng, so he only paused, and then knelt down and said: "The ministers dare not deceive the emperor, after the verification of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Department of General Affairs, it was found out that there was another person in the Beijing suburb enclosure case." ”

Seeing Chu Lin so solemn, Emperor Jianhe couldn't help frowning, and said in a deep voice: "Go on." ”

Chu Lin didn't look up, and said word by word, "Back to Your Majesty, I'm afraid it has something to do with the East Palace." ”

"Bold!"

The Ninety-Five Emperor scolded, and the other people standing in the imperial study knelt on the ground one after another, the eunuchs lay on the ground and did not dare to come out, and Wang Yu was even more drenched in cold sweat.

I thought it was just a small Jingzhao Mansion Yin, who would have thought that Shun Teng touched the melon, and actually pulled out the East Palace behind Cao Qian, this shocking discovery really made it difficult for him to ride a tiger as a third-grade official, report it, it will definitely anger the holy driver, just like in front of him; If you don't report it, it will be a crime of deception! Besides, with Chu Lin here, how can he hide it?

Chu Lin is an upright governor of the imperial history, although the official rank is only the second grade, but he can impeach hundreds of officials, he has been in power for many years, although there are not many important ministers who have participated in the performance, but a few years, but it is a quasi, the people who have been impeached by him have been exiled lightly, and those who have been sentenced to capital punishment do not need to be said, so his rights are actually great, so that for so many years, when he sees his face, he can not be empty-hearted, that is basically not afraid of shadows, if he is indeed not right, there is only the royal family of Tianhuang nobles.

But this time, he is on the bar of a royal family, a prince above 10,000 people under one person.

The prince is no longer out of class, and he is also the emperor's own son! The emperor divided the rest of the adult princes into other places, except for letting them guard the border customs and land everywhere and make contributions, is it not to avoid the dispute for succession like the previous dynasty, and to leave a safe and auxiliary environment for the prince?

No matter how good the other princes are, the emperor has never moved the position of the crown prince, for what? At the beginning of his ascension to the throne, he was concerned about the mother's family behind the queen, but now that it has been thirty years, the power of the Guozhang Mansion has long since declined, and the only thing that the saint cares about in his heart is probably the peace between the name and the palace.

These bends and curves, Wang Yu has long thought about it, but he really can't help it in such a case, Chu Lin is the in-law of King Heng, and his participation in the prince in public and private can be justified, but he is purely dragged into troubled waters! The head of the Secretary of the General Secretary could not be lowered, and he only prayed for hope in his heart, so that the Lord of the Imperial Palace, who had always been relied on, could quickly calm the anger of the saint.

I heard Chu Lin respond respectfully, "Don't dare!" His Majesty has conducted two verifications, and what the ministers say today is based on the results of the verification, and there is nothing false. According to the secret letter found from Cao Qian's home, it can be concluded that Cao Qian's back is attached to His Royal Highness the Prince, and his enclosure behavior is also instructed by the East Palace. ”

"MeMessage?" The emperor suppressed his anger and asked in a deep voice, "Where is the secret letter, show me?" ”

Wang Yu hurriedly took out the secret letter from his sleeve, handed it to the eunuch on the side, and then handed it to the emperor.

As the handwriting on the paper came into view, the emperor's hand trembled slightly.

The word "read" at the end of the paper is clearly the prince's handwriting!

"Why did Donggong get involved in this matter, and why did he enclose the land?"

"The ministers don't know yet, don't dare to say anything, the two ministries will report the current verification results to His Majesty, what should be the next step, the ministers will listen to His Majesty's holy order."

After answering questions with Chu Lin, anger had already come from his heart and was densely covered on the face of the Son of Heaven.

Everyone in the room held their breath.

After a while, I saw the emperor looking at Chu Lin, and suspicion flashed in his eyes, "Regardless of the authenticity of this secret letter for the time being, you should know that impeaching the prince is a felony committed below?" ”

Chu Lin was as firm as Mount Tai, and replied respectfully and steadily, "The minister knows." But the Metropolitan Procuratorate is the Emperor's Imperial Procuratorate, and the Imperial Procuratorate supervises the court for the emperor, and never dares to have anything to hide, in order to eradicate hidden dangers for the emperor as soon as possible, and correct the court. ”

Wang Yu's heart was shocked, and he secretly said that Chu Lin was really Chu Lin, and the Son of Heaven dared to say such solemn words when he was angry, for decades, this position of governor of history really had to be him.

After Chu Lin finished speaking, the emperor was silent, and after a while, he left a sentence, "You two go down, pass on my message, this matter will be tried by the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Three Divisions of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but you must not alarm the East Palace, before the case is revealed, it must be carried out in private, if there is a leak, behead!" ”

"Yes!" Chu Lin and Wang Yu spoke in unison.

Emperor Jianhe waved his hand, and the two retreated.

The heavy vermilion wooden door of the imperial study closed again.

On the way out of the palace, Wang Yu breathed a sigh of relief, the matter came to this point, and the third division took over, and there was nothing to do with his general affairs department, he finally retreated with his whole body, thinking of this, Wang Yu seemed to have escaped from death as easily.

Chu Lin's heart is extremely heavy, this battle has begun, the emperor still minds the original mutiny to ascend the throne, and he doesn't want the princes behind him to repeat the mistakes of the past, so he still cares about the prince, but what about the prince? Once his intention to enclose the land is revealed to the world, his father will be even more sad!

Looking back at the towering palace walls under the clear blue sky, Chu Lin sighed in his heart, after decades of silence, this palace will eventually set off a bloody storm.

That night, Qin Mu, dressed in black, quietly came to Chu Lin's study.

Since the last time Chu Fu had a heart-to-heart meeting, the two had not met privately for half a year, coupled with the recent situation between the DPRK and China, Qin Mu had a faint premonition that something big would happen, so this time Chu Lin quietly contacted him, and he came over overnight. Chu Lin has been on the cusp of Cao Qian's affairs recently, so it is naturally inconvenient to go out, and although he is middle-aged, it is really not difficult for him to sneak into Chu Mansion to meet his old friends secretly.

Because of the daily meeting in the court, Chu Lin did not detour, directly went straight to the point, and solemnly said to Qin Mu: "The position of the East Palace, I am afraid that there will be variables recently, and the old man invited the general to come, just because of this matter." ”

The surprise in Qin Mu's eyes was fleeting, and he nodded, "Qin Mou has also expected that the adults don't have to be polite, the gentleman is difficult to chase after a word, and what Qin Mou said will never regret it." ”

Chu Lin looked at the person in front of him gratefully, "The matter of the royal seizure of the heir has always been tragic, and the general could have stayed out of it, but now it ......"

Qin Mu waved his hand, "My lord's words are serious, Qin was confused and mediocre in the past, and he will not be like that in the future, I know what to do, my lord can rest assured." ”

The lights in the study under the night flickered, and after carefully discussing important matters, an hour later, Qin Mu returned to his general's mansion.

After dinner on the second day, Qin Yuan came to his father's study.

"Dad, are you looking for me?"

Qin Mu stood with his hands behind his back, and when he heard the words, Fang turned around.

Looking at the handsome Qin Yuan, Qin Mu seemed to have returned to his young years in an instant, when he followed his eldest brother Yue Lan on the frontier battlefield and returned bloodily, killing the invading alien races again and again, and winning many tough battles for the imperial court......

Turning his thoughts back, Qin Mu said simply: "There is going to be a big event in the DPRK recently, Dad knows that you are a good boy with clear ears and eyes, and now Dad wants to sue you is, no matter what happens outside, our Qin family is going to support the third son of the emperor this time, King Heng, do you understand?" ”

Father rarely mentions serious matters at home, but now he suddenly told himself such a solemn matter, which surprised Qin Yuan, he was stunned for a while, and then asked, "Dad, why did you say this today?" If it is orthodox, the right one should be the prince? ”

Qin Mu shook his head, "Orthodoxy is not important, it is not important to be justifiable, the important thing is the common people in the world, you have been in the yamen for some days, the court and the world, you should have some knowledge, in your opinion, if you don't matter the identity, the prince or the king of Heng, which one is worthy of the great responsibility?" ”

Qin Yuan didn't think for long, and said bluntly: "King Heng." ”

"That's right!" Qin Mu patted his son on the shoulder, "Dad said these words to you today so that you can prepare early, maybe it will involve Jing Weisi, maybe not, but you have to know in your heart." ”

Since the accident of the Yue family, how many years, it is rare to see his father take the initiative to participate in the affairs of the DPRK and China, Qin Yuan is not a pedantic person, of course he has his own opinions, and he also agrees with his father's opinion, after a while, he nodded, looked at his father resolutely and said, "Okay." The child knows. ”

~~

East Palace.

Xue Yuesheng entered the study, the prince's deep gaze showed eagerness, and before anyone came to salute, he had already opened his mouth to ask, "Have you found out, how is Cao Qian's case now?" ”

Since the deep talk on that day, Xue Yuesheng has already surpassed Zhan Shi Hu Jinxing and has become the first confidant in the prince's heart. Although he was deeply trusted by the crown prince at the moment, Xue Yuesheng still saluted according to the rules, and then replied: "At present, there is no news from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the General Administration, and there is no specific movement, so Your Highness can rest assured for the time being." ”

The prince nodded, and after coming back to his senses, he asked eagerly: "You said that you can rest assured for the time being, what does this mean, that old thing Cao Qian can really betray the palace?" ”

Xue Yuesheng paused and explained: "Please forgive Weichen for saying bluntly, this matter is about the importance of the court, what kind of place is the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and what kind of person is Chu Lin, this time, it is hard to guarantee that they will not find out!" ”

Hearing Chu Lin's name, the prince suddenly became irritable, smashed his fist directly on the rosewood bookcase, and said angrily: "It's only been half a year since I married the third child, Chu Lin, the old fox, really returned to that side, if the person who did the work was not so useless, his daughter would have fallen off the cliff and died, where could he still marry the third child!" ”

When he was upset, Xue Yuesheng stepped forward and persuaded: "Your Highness, this is not the time to turn over old accounts, you also saw the court a few days ago, the hall is full of voices for King Heng, I expect that in a few days, the emperor will summon King Heng into Beijing, once King Heng enters Beijing, if there is any accident in Cao Qian's case, our East Palace will be attacked by the enemy, you must take advantage of the present to make plans as soon as possible!" ”

That's right, the third!

According to the shape in front of him, his father will summon the third child back to Beijing in less than half a month, and no matter what reward he receives, the third child is the most proud, but what about himself, there is still a bad debt that has not been calculated clearly, once the Metropolitan Procuratorate bites himself, once his intention to enclose the land is revealed to the world......

The prince closed his eyes, and finally gritted his teeth and said a word.

"Kill!"