In the south study, the emperor's face was cloudy, and he sat alone on a chair.

"Wang Xian?"

"The minions are here!"

"Go and call Master Yuan, the head of the Hanlin Academy, to come in!"

"Yes!"

Wang Xian went out, while thinking in his heart, the emperor is going to draft a holy decree, it is estimated that it is related to that big case, looking at the emperor's appearance these days, he is really angry, and he can't help but think of the horse at the horse race two months ago, Princess Jiying's concubine is the son of Guo Fu, thinking about it, I feel that at this critical moment, I can't help but send a letter, so I beckoned to call a confidant little eunuch.

"Go to the Yunyi Palace, and ask the Queen Mother and Princess Jiying to come over."

Yuan Kefan, the head of the Hanlin Academy, is the first scholar of this dynasty, he got the news and rushed to the south study as soon as possible, about half a pillar of incense, Wang Xian finally waited for the queen mother's sedan chair at the palace gate, and it was Princess Jiying walking next to her, in fact, the queen mother's health has not been good, if it is not a major event, she will never go out of the palace, that is, Ji Ying's matter can work her master.

Wang Xian greeted him and knelt down to say goodbye.

"That's it, you're also an old person, and your status is decent, what are you kneeling for?"

"That bit of decency is also rewarded by the Queen Mother, others don't kneel, the emperor and the Queen Mother don't kneel, the slave is too rebellious......"

"Well, now is not the time for you to show your loyalty, you call someone to come and ask for the mourning family, saying that there is something big, what is the matter?"

Wang Xian stepped forward to help the Queen Mother get off the sedan chair, walked to the inner room next to the study, and then said in a low voice: "The emperor invited Yuan Kefan to come, it is estimated that he wants to draft a decree, and the emperor may have a grudge against the Guo family...... Once this decree is pronounced, it cannot be changed......"

"Well, you're right, that is, you still dare to come to report a letter, the mourning family will go in, according to the emperor's temper, the Guo family will definitely not end well! Ji Ying, let's go in ......"

Wang Xian hurriedly reported that the Queen Mother had arrived, the emperor raised his head suddenly, the Queen Mother had already slowly crossed the threshold and came in, Yuan Kefan knelt down to say goodbye, and the Queen Mother sat down and said, "Why did Lord Yuan come?" ”

Yuan Kefan didn't know how to answer, and the emperor said, "I sent him to draft a holy decree."

"The emperor just asked Lord Yuan to prepare, there is no other meaning for the mourning family to come, I just want to take a look at it first, Ji Ying, let's sit and wait, Lord Yuan's article is the first in the court, or it will be finished in a while"

"The minister didn't dare to ......," Yuan Kefan said goodbye.

The emperor's gaze swept to Wang Xian, which was already quite fierce, and finally said: "Yuan Aiqing, please go back first, and he will discuss today's matter later."

Then Yuan Kefan had no choice but to retreat.

"What does the emperor plan to do with the Guo family?" The Queen Mother looked at the emperor and asked.

The emperor's face sank like water, and he replied: "The queen mother cares about the Guo family, and the son knows that the son is not not allowed to let the Guo family go, but he can't let go of the ...... in vain."

Shinyanagi's body is getting heavier and heavier, and the day of labor is just around the corner.

Ling Tong guarded her inch by inch, firstly, she was worried that she would give birth at any time, and secondly, she was worried that her mother was depressed, so she told some jokes to comfort her.

The days were so difficult, and one day a few days later, it was extremely hot, and I saw that it was going to rain heavily, and suddenly Wu's mother ran in to report: "Mrs., my father-in-law came to the palace, saying that he wanted to see the master!" ”

"Hurry up and please come in!" Shinyanagi greeted the door with a big belly.

I saw that it was Wang Xian who came in, Xinliu had never seen him, but he also knew that he was a very important eunuch by looking at the grade of clothing, and he was busy following Guo Xiangkang to come forward to salute.

Wang Xian looked him up and down, and said unconsciously: "What's wrong with Lord Guo, but I haven't seen him for more than half a month, how can I lose weight like this?" ”

Guo Xiangkang didn't answer, only led him into the study, and after closing the door, Xinliu Lingfang and the others were anxiously waiting in the hall.

"Fang'er, do you see that this father-in-law comes to the door, is it auspicious or fierce?"

Ling Fang said: "According to the child's view, it should not be a bad thing, if you don't ask and make a holy decree, that is the emperor's arbitrary move, and now send your father-in-law to the door, it is the meaning of communication first, mother rest assured, after the father-in-law leaves, there will be good news from the father." ”

When Shinyanagi heard this, he was a little relieved.

The two talked for a quarter of an hour, and then Wang Xian went out leisurely, he glanced at Xinliu's stomach and said, "Lord Guo is so blessed, Madame's belly, I'm afraid it's about to give birth, right?" Looking at it like this, I'm afraid it's another son! This house is full of children, even if he is wronged, what does it matter? If you give me such a large family of relatives, it will be happy, even if I am willing to fold my life for ten years, do you think that's the case...... After speaking, he went out, Guo Xiangkang only stood at the door, and did not go out to send him, Ling Fang sent him out of the gate instead of his father, Wang Xian glanced at him and said: "It's hard work, the son has such an outstanding character!" It's a good match for the princess, and now, it's up to your father what he thinks......" After saying that, he got into the carriage and went back to the palace.

After going back, Ling Fang and Xinliu came to Guo Xiangkang's study, only to see him sitting in the house.

"Father, what's going on?"

Guo Xiangkang's face was pale, and he said with anger: "The emperor wants me to make a deal with the principles of life that I have pursued all my life......"

Ling Fang couldn't help but be stunned: "What kind of deal?" ”

"The last letter of the excerpt of the petition, saying that the impeachment of the original official department of Shangshu Chengzhi, too impatient, has not been verified, is insufficient evidence, now it has been ascertained, he took bribes belongs to the villain framed, so I feel ashamed and uneasy, I specially play the guilt, and especially ask the emperor to reinstate his officials, these, I need to read to the hundred officials in the court, so that I can let go of my Guo family in the case of Lingzi, Lingzi can also save his life, only need to return the silver obtained from his share of the spoils, and I, only do the punishment of demotion, demoted to the five products of the political secretary Senator, If he has merit in the future, he still has a chance to advance......" Guo Xiangkang said word by word.

"What if my father doesn't do that?" Ling Fang asked, he understood his father's personality, and he would never refuse to do such a thing that reversed black and white and violated principles.

He didn't wait for his father's answer, but what he waited for was a mouthful of blood that his father spat on the ground!

The house immediately became busy, and the imperial doctor was urgently recruited into the house, and after checking it, he said: "My lord has been mourning and depressed for many days, and today he has been stimulated again, and the poisonous fire is caused by the heart."

He also said that it was not a very important disease, so he prescribed a prescription, so that he would be fine after five days, and then come back for a follow-up visit after five days, so that everyone could barely feel at ease.

After taking the decoction, Guo Xiangkang said that he wanted to stay alone, although Xinliu and the others were not at ease, they also knew his usual temper, so they all withdrew.

At night, when he saw that the light was always on in the study, he thought he was writing an excerpt, and everyone didn't dare to disturb him, so another night passed.

Early in the morning of the second day, Guo Xiangkang's personal servant Cai Song found that the lights in the room were still on, so he called the order to knock on the door together, shouted a few times and did not respond, the two glanced at each other, but they were not very relieved, so they slammed open the door and went in.