After going down to the court, Ji Xuanyuan summoned Liu Yumin, the general affairs of the Ministry of Rites, and several officials from the Yushitai.

"Your Majesty, the Zongzheng family has always been one of the five major families in the border pass, and its power is even more entrenched, and it can be regarded as a monopoly in Shanxi. Weichen wanted to ask, were all the local officials in Shanxi personally appointed by the emperor or did the clan have the final say? Liu Yumin was sonorous and powerful, "Although the emperor values the generals, it has always been easy to succeed and difficult to keep!" ”

Ji Xuanyuan pressed the piece at hand and said softly, "Yes, you are right." I have read the recitals that you have presented in the past few days, and there are 32 articles that list the crimes of the clan and the family. As you said, I value the Zongzheng family, but it really makes me sad! ”

Liu Yumin continued, "Your Majesty, forgive the minister, I heard that the emperor intended to give marriage to Lord Zongzheng, and Weichen thought it was not appropriate. This time, the Zongzheng family is a big family at the border after all, and now the queen in the palace is from the Zongzheng family, and the government and the opposition are united inside and outside, which is unfavorable to the court. Second, General Zongzheng has meritorious service in controlling the water, but the merit is not worth it, whether the emperor is too favored, so that the family of the meritorious man forgets his identity, and he bullies others and makes rumors. ”

Ji Xuanyuan was silent, glancing at the screen behind him, and it was An Sui who was standing behind him, "I know what you are talking about." I also know in my heart that the affairs of the Zongzheng family and the affairs of the Zongzheng Yu should not be confused in the end. As for the pieces you sent, I will carefully consider them. If it's settled, I'll tell you, so let's get out of the way! ”

"Yes!"

Xu Mingchang took the tea, put it away and withdrew, the eunuchs were not allowed to interfere in politics, and naturally they could not serve in close quarters when the emperor was dealing with government affairs, so it was also a precedent to prevent the rebellion of the ten permanent servants that year.

Ji Xuanyuan stayed for a long time, and when he saw that An Sui did not move, he somehow remembered that day An Sui heard the news of Zong Zhengyu's disappearance, and he vomited blood in a hurry, and the blood was open on the paper, and it was also open in his heart. Thinking like this, he even scored in a hurry, "Ah Sui? What happened to you? ”

After the screen, there was a little movement, and An walked out gently from behind the screen, looking at Ji Xuanyuan's eyes for a long time.

"Your Majesty, are you deliberately trying to let Weichen hear?" After a long time, An Sui lowered his eyes and bit his lip lightly, "Isn't the emperor afraid that I will tell the emperor everything he said?" ”

"You are the master of ceremonies beside me, these things are the crime of killing the head, once these words of mine are leaked, the first one to be held accountable is you. Ah Sui, you don't dare! When Ji Xuanyuan said this, he really looked like an emperor, just like he should have always been, and became the controller of this world.

"So is the emperor going to test Weichen?" An Sui spoke softly.

"If I want to test you, there is a way that is a thousand times better than this, I can do it without knowing it, but I don't use it." Ji Xuanyuan stretched out his hand and pointed out the door, "What I want to test is how many queens and their people are around me, or the people of the Zongzheng family!" ”

"Why is the emperor so suspicious all of a sudden?"

"I have to be suspicious!" Ji Xuanyuan pointed to the large stack of movements, "Do you know that in these days of my life, no matter what I have done in the palace, there are always some things that will soon be known by some concubines in the harem. I asked Xu Mingchang to fetch some candied fruit on the front foot, and the queen sent someone to deliver it on the back foot. The queen really has a heart! Ji Xuanyuan sneered.

"If there is really anything wrong with the queen, it is mostly for the emperor, not to mention that the queen and the emperor are one ......"

An Sui's words were not finished, but he was interrupted by Ji Xuanyuan, he pointed to the footsteps coming from outside the door, "Ah Sui, believe it or not, the good news outside is coming." ”

Xu Mingchang reported behind the door, "Your Majesty, this person has been brought, does the emperor want to see him immediately?" ”

"Bring it in!"

The two little eunuchs immediately brought in a guard with their hands tied, and the figure An Sui was no stranger, it was Gao Heng, the chief of the guard next to the emperor now.

Gao Heng knelt in the hall, Ji Xuanyuan looked at him coldly, but he didn't say a word, An Sui looked at Gao Heng, he and Zong Zhengyu have always been in contact, this is what she has always known before, when Zong Zhengyu was outside, she and Zong Zhengyu have always communicated with Gao Heng.

The little eunuch reported, "Your Majesty, the slave has been waiting according to your orders, and the Gao Heng people are talking to a bird and have been caught by the slave." The little eunuch took out a black starling again, and the wings were also stained with blood, and he had already injured his wings, and he would not fly again.

Ji Xuanyuan just glanced at it, "Throw it to the Bird Division, and let people study it carefully, I want to know how they spread the word outside the palace." ”

"That tall man ......"

Ji Xuanyuan was stunned and spit out two words, "Die!" ”

An Sui was about to kneel down and plead for mercy, but Ji Xuanyuan's eyes swept away, "Ah Sui, I know very well what happened between you and Gao Heng!" ”

In this way, Gao Heng's back road was cut off, Gao Heng heard such a disposition, but he did not plead, just kowtowed to the emperor, and was taken out by several eunuchs.

An Sui knew that if he dragged it out, there would be no way to live. Don't look at the cane death sounds like a simple punishment, but if a person really wants to be caned alive, it is also a board starting from the neck, and it has to be completely broken and paralyzed first, plus internal and external injuries will make people die painfully. In the past, there were many eunuchs who died because their internal organs were broken and their internal organs were bleeding, which is extremely cruel when you think about it. In order not to make people bite their tongues and commit suicide, they had to stuff a wooden pellet in their mouths, and they couldn't shout, so they could only be tortured to death.

An Sui couldn't get out of the shock in front of her for a long time, she had been by Ji Xuanyuan's side for a long time, but it was the first time she really felt the emperor's wrath. It also made her tremble.

"Xu Mingchang, you ordered me to go down, I will go to the queen's palace today."

Xu Mingchang hurriedly went to prepare, Ji Xuanyuan slowly stepped out of the door of the Qinzheng Palace, and when he arrived at the door, he couldn't resist the unbearable in his heart after all, and turned back and said, "The master of ceremonies is safe, the emperor is out of order, and he is grounded for a month, so he doesn't have to come out to serve me." Ah Sui, I am for your own good, it is not good to take errands in the palace, before the queen mother acts, I must give you some punishment, so as to block the mouth of the harem, and when these things are over, you will be able to understand my intentions, and I will still treat you as before. ”

An Sui had to kneel down and endure the chill in his heart, "Weichen obeys the order." ”