Li Xiangzhong was upright, and immediately retorted bluntly; "The minister never believes in the river, every word has real evidence, please ask the emperor to put Zhao Baiyu in prison first, investigate carefully, and return justice to the people in Beijing!"

Zhao Baiyu is about the same age as him, and he also has a beard under his chin, and he is so angry that his beard is shaking, "I am a dignified third-class member anyway, do you have any physical evidence?" Why just send me to jail?! He said and bowed to Jiang You: "Please Emperor Mingjian, this is the capital, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, how dare the ministers forcibly occupy the houses of the people and do such a heartbreaking thing, it must be Li Xiangzhong slandering the ministers, please ask the emperor to be the master of the ministers!" ”

Jiang You didn't expect the two old men who were not confused to quarrel and were full of anger, he was stunned, cleared his throat, and was about to speak, Li Xiangzhong preemptively spoke with an angry face: "The abuse of power by relatives has been going on for a long time, and you are clearly bullying others!" With the momentum that can be relied on, this is the only way to dare to act recklessly! He said angrily, "But have you ever thought about the truth that one is prosperous and one is lost?!" Even if you don't know your integrity, you shouldn't be smeared on the royal face! ”

These words almost pointed at his nose and scolded Zhao Baiyu for taking advantage of the power of the Empress Dowager and Concubine Shu Guifei to do evil, Jiang You originally wanted to speak, but he didn't expect Leng Buding to hear the scolding of her heart, and immediately shut up happily and watched the play.

Zhao Bailu was also trembling with anger, but in addition to his anger, he was also a little scared, only he knew that although his real power in the Criminal Department over the years had been almost hollowed out by Xiaozong, but relying on the power of the harem, he really did a lot of evil, even better than what Li Xiangzhong said.

He was shocked and frightened, and immediately dropped his voice, and said loudly to Jiang You: "Your Majesty, Li Xiangzhong kept saying that his relatives were in power, and he was involved in the royal face, and he was obviously talking about the harem and slandering the royal family, and he committed the following crimes, which is a great crime of disrespect and should be beheaded!" ”

Li Xiangzhong is upright and hard, and even to Xiaozong and Jiang You is a bull temper that is a training and training, but he didn't expect to be splashed with a basin of sewage on his body, and in a fit of anger, he raised the wat board in his hand and hit his head and face, Zhao Baiyu was not to be outdone, raised the wat board to parry, and took the time to scold a few words of rebellion.

Jiang You didn't expect the two of them to come to a full martial arts line while talking, and she was stunned for a while, she didn't know that the Great Qi Dynasty had always governed the country with civil officials, and the emperor also boasted of himself as a benevolent monarch. The governance atmosphere is relaxed.

It is not the first time that Xiaozong has done something when he disagrees, and the civil officials standing on the side are still quite interested in appreciating the fists and feet of the two, and the fight between the two civil officials is not very interesting, it is not as good as the fists and feet of the general Liu Yi and the military department Shangshu.

Jiang You was startled for a while, coughed a few times before coming back to his senses, and was about to ask the chamberlain to stop them, when he saw that the two of them didn't know whose wat board took off their hands and flew straight towards Jiang You, who was sitting on the dragon chair.

She 'ah' and hurriedly wanted to hide, but fortunately the wat board was heavy, and the place where the minister was standing was quite far away from the dragon chair, so the wat board flew into the air and fell, which also scared her out of a cold sweat.

Jiang You was so angry that she knocked on the 'Zhenshan River', and the dull sound echoed throughout the hall, and she said angrily: "The front of the palace is out of order, what kind of system is it, separate the two of them and press them down!" ”

Jiang You didn't expect such a thing to come from the last dynasty, got up and said 'retreat from the court', threw up his sleeves and strode away. Now that the show is over, the civil officials below also look at each other a few times, kneel down in front of the empty dragon chair, turn around and retreat.

Jiang You has a short temperament, even if she doesn't like Li Xiangzhong very much, it is also her teacher, she stood in the side hall and thought about it, or let people bring Zhao Baiyu up to ask for the guilt first, Zhao Baiyu didn't go far, I didn't expect the emperor to ask the case in person, and when he was taken to the side hall, he was still a little blind, and he was stunned for a moment before kneeling down and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is wronged!" ”

Jiang You was flipping through the accusations presented by Li Xiangzhong at this time, and the more he looked at it, the more annoyed he became, and threw the accusations at him: "What have you wronged!" You sue sù me, this incident and that thing wronged you? Is it that you set up slaves to occupy people's land, forcibly demolish people's houses in order to build houses, and indulge in your subordinates to oppress the good, forcing people to sell their sons and daughters! ”

Zhao Baiyu knew that this matter could no longer contain the fire, and he was asked for a moment, and then kowtowed to avoid the seriousness and said lightly: "This is all done by the people below, it is definitely not the original intention of the minister, the minister is willing to accept the crime of negligence, please punish the emperor." ”

He is smart, Jiang You is not stupid, and he immediately heard the shirking of responsibility in his words, and patted the arm of the chair hard: "The crime of negligence? If you are not ashamed, I will order the people of Dongchang to bring those people to confront you in court to see if you are just guilty of negligence! ”

Zhao Baiyu's heart was tight, if he confronted him in court, even if he had the Empress Dowager to protect him, he would definitely be demoted and suspended, he fell on the ground and trembled for a while, and even kneeled a few steps, bowing to the east, while his face was full of pain and sorrow: "It's all the minister's fault, the grandfather of the original minister carefully assisted Chengzong, fought against the Tatar Wara, and defended the Beijing Division, the minister's father is also a generation of emperors, teaching the first emperor, diligent and loving the people, and creating countless blessings, is the minister incompetent, has the prestige of the ancestors, and has the trust of the emperor!" ”

Jiang You looked at him with a sinking face, how could she not hear it, Zhao Baiyu was obviously blaming herself, in fact, she was reminding Jiang You of his Zhao family's merits, and wanted to use his merits to compensate.

At this time, he had already talked about filial piety, vaguely alluding to the fact that the empress dowager helped Xiaozong ascend the throne, she couldn't hear anyone say that Xiaozong was not, and her fair face showed blue tendons, smashed a cup on him, and said sharply: "Shut up!" ”

Over there, Xue Yuanzheng walked over to the East Compilation Factory unhurriedly, thinking of Jiang You's stunned appearance when he was facing up, he couldn't help but snort slightly, and saw Ma Cheng running over from behind in a panic, standing in front of him with his waist bent: "Overseer, go and take a look!" ”

Xue Yuan frowned: "What's the matter?" ”

Ma Cheng hurriedly sweated: "The emperor is now going to immediately withdraw Zhao Shilang from the noon gate and behead him!" ”

Xue Yuan said: "Although Zhao Baiyu committed a serious crime, it will not reach the point of beheading, right, the emperor has done this, he is not afraid of losing the reputation of a tyrant?" ”

Ma Cheng couldn't laugh or cry a little: "Zhao Shilang was originally begging for an invitation, but he didn't expect to cry halfway to the emperor, and the emperor was angry for a while, that's it."

Xue Yuan stood in the verandah, wordlessly helped his forehead, he walked towards the side hall, as soon as he entered, he saw a small footprint on Zhao Baiyu's shoulder, and some tea soup was poured on his body. ”

Xue Yuan frowned, turned sideways to avoid, and saw Jiang You rushing straight behind with the prism hammer of the guards in the hall, he couldn't help but chuckle, raised his hand to trap Jiang You in his arms, gently patted her back and comforted: "The emperor is angry, don't be angry." ”

Jiang You was still angry: "He dared to be disrespectful to the emperor, and it would not be an exaggeration for me to kill this thief in the first place!" ”

Zhao Baiyu was so frightened that his face turned pale, his body trembled suddenly, he thought that Jiang You's child was not assertive, that is, he made a mistake, and he didn't dare to punish him again when he brought out Chengzong and Xiaozong to be the gold medal for avoiding death, but he didn't expect that this time he touched the scales, and she started the fire and didn't recognize it.

Xue Yuan glanced at him lightly, and instructed the attendants below: "Come on, press Zhao Shilang down first, and then try later." ”

Jiang You almost jumped up, but he was still angry when he left: "What are the palm prints holding me back?" Shouldn't this man be killed?! ”

The weapon she had just snatched from the warrior in the hall was very heavy, and now she was cold and out of strength, and her hands couldn't stop trembling, and they were even swollen.

Xue Yuan was very distressed when he touched it, ordered someone to take the medicine, and said while rolling up his sleeves to apply medicine to her: "If you talk about the guilt, the charges given by Mrs. Li are all fatal, you say that he is talking about the emperor in vain, but on the surface, he just recalls a few words of the past and sighs at the merits of the ancestors, both of which are big mistakes, how can you say that you will kill them?" ”

Jiang You said unconvinced: "Can't you cure him?" ”

Xue Yuan said lightly: "There is no problem with punishing the crime, it's just that the relationship between the Zhao family is intertwined in the court, and if the emperor uses lynching in the palace, it will be a stab in the nest." ”

It's not been a day or two since the civil officials held the emperor hostage, Jiang You felt his scalp tingle when he thought about it, and he held his chin with a headache and said, "What can I do then?" ”

Xue Yuan had already applied the medicine at this time, and still rubbed it on her arm quietly: "It's good to leave the matter of finding evidence to the minister, but there is no need to cure him immediately, it is best to use this matter to ask for some benefits in front of the Empress Dowager." ”

Jiang You's anger had disappeared a lot at this time, and he thought about it sideways: "The palm print means that I want to use this to blackmail the imperial grandmother?" ”

Xue Yuan's fingertips moved up and down her arm: "The emperor and the empress dowager are a family, where is the need to say that coercion is so ugly?" It's just to let her old man feel at ease early and take care of her old age. ”

Jiang You was a little tickled by him, shrunk his arms, put down his sleeves and said, "What benefits should I ask for to come back?" ”

Xue Yuan remembered what the Queen Mother told him the day before yesterday, and couldn't help but squint, looking at Jiang You with a smile: "The Queen Mother is in a hurry to come back this time, firstly, to gather power when the new monarch is established, and secondly, to find a good family for the emperor, she is the emperor's grandmother, as long as the other party's character and family background are passable, I am afraid that the ministers will not object." ”

Jiang You looked at him in surprise with his mouth open, and thought for a moment: "She wants to marry me?" Is it the Zhao family? The face of the empress dowager, who looks like a younger man, appeared in her mind, her body trembled, and she shook her head again and again: "I don't want it, I don't want it to be surnamed Zhao." ”

Xue Yuan hooked his lips: "If the emperor doesn't want it, just take the matter of Lord Zhao today and tell the queen mother." ”

Jiang You was about to nod, when he suddenly heard a report from an attendant outside: "The Empress Dowager invites the emperor to go to Shouchang Palace!" ”

Jiang You couldn't help but snort coldly when he heard this: "She came quickly." ”

Xue Yuan smiled slightly: "The emperor has a way to hold it, are you still afraid that the queen mother will not succeed?" He turned his head sideways and saw Jiang You straighten his back, snorted slightly, took her into his arms, rubbed his head and chin on the top of her hair, and said faintly: "A few days ago, the queen mother forced the minister, and asked the minister to join forces with her to send the Zhao family into the palace, and let the minister give it back, and now she is only afraid of hating the minister in her heart, she is the queen mother's respect, and the minister is only afraid that the future life will be difficult." ”

In fact, even the Empress Dowager can't hinder him with anything, so what if he is rejected? The means of power are not as good as him, so he can only pinch his nose and admit it.

Jiang You originally wanted to hide, but when he heard this, he didn't think through it for a while, thinking that the Empress Dowager couldn't bear to bully even such a good palm print, he suddenly had the same hatred of the enemy, and patted his back with his backhand: "Don't be afraid of the palm print, I am in charge of you, and the imperial grandmother doesn't dare to do anything to you!" ”

Xue Yuan paused, and said with a smile: "That minister depends on the emperor." He stroked her shoulder through his robe: "The minister is the emperor's person, the emperor must take pity on the minister, and he can't let people bully the minister." ”

The gentle breath was blowing on her sideburns, and she was a little tired of her scalp tingling, or how to say that the eunuch was girly? It's so greasy to show loyalty.

Only then did she realize that what Xue Yuan said was suspected of exaggeration, but the bold words were released, so she could only smile wryly, and suddenly stood up and put down the sentence: "I went to see the Queen Mother." Then he pulled the dragon robe and hurried away.

The place of the last dynasty is the front hall, the Queen Mother's Shouchang Palace is in the harem, she walked for a long time to the place, the Queen Mother is ordering someone to set the meal, Concubine Shugui stands behind her to serve, she saw Jiang You coming, and said with a kind smile: "The emperor has not come to Shouchang Palace for several days, so don't come and sit quickly." ”

Jiang You sat down as he said, clenched his fists and coughed: "I've been busy these days, I forgot to ask the imperial grandmother for peace, and I hope the imperial grandmother will forgive me." ”

The Empress Dowager ordered someone to break a bowl of sweet soup and serve it to her, sat on the first seat and said with a smile: "Filial piety is in the heart, as long as you are filial in your heart, it is the same whether you come or not." ”

Jiang You heard that her words were thorny, and he let out a long sigh, and couldn't help but wonder a little in his heart, why didn't she mention the matter of Zhao Baiyu? If she didn't know about it, why did she call her over so coincidentally?

On the other hand, Concubine Shu on the side looked a little anxious, as if she wanted to speak, but was hit by the Queen Mother's eyes, so she could only stop her mouth in a sneer. She pointed to the sweet soup of red bean and lotus root on the table; "The mourning family remembers that you loved to drink this when you were a child, so you specially ordered someone to make it with fresh lotus root that was transported from the south, how about you taste it?" She said with her eyes flushed, and pressed the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief: "At the beginning, you could hold it with one hand, a small lump, your father had to hold it wherever he went, and he grew so big in a blink of an eye." ”

Jiang You did like sweets, but after being extracted, his head was not so big, and he was careful, so he only took a shallow sip: "It's still the taste of childhood." When she heard her mention filial piety, her face also darkened, and she lowered her eyes and said nothing.

The Empress Dowager wiped away her tears: "Your father is looking forward to two things the most, one is that you can be a good emperor and manage the Great Qi Dynasty, and now there is peace in the court, which is all your credit; The second thing he looks forward to is that you can find someone who is affectionate and meaningful, like your father and queen mother, who will accompany you all your life and take care of you. ”

Jiang You didn't expect that she mentioned this matter first, and Concubine Shu thought of her brother who was still in charge, and she also froze for a moment, and then raised her eyes and looked at her anxiously, but she didn't dare to speak lightly because of her strict orders.

The Empress Dowager also ignored her, and said in a tone of self-care: "After the selection of the Ministry of Rites, it has always been only based on looks to learn net worth, regardless of temperament, that is, to choose a champion, not intimate or intimate, it is better to find someone who knows the roots, and you can rest assured after getting married." ”

Jiang You was not so ashamed to hear this like ordinary boudoir ladies, but frowned and said, "The granddaughter is still young."

The Empress Dowager said with a smile: "Fourteen years old is not young, let alone the royal wedding, how can it be a casual disdain, just preparing for fear will take more than a year, and then you are only afraid that you will be almost sixteen. ”

Jiang You straightened out his crown: "What the imperial grandmother said is the son of the Zhao family?" ”

The Empress Dowager smiled: "Exactly." She flicked the tea foam with the lid of the bowl: "The emperor can rest assured, the mourning family will not harm you." ”

Jiang You sighed; "Does the imperial grandmother know that today's criminal department servant Zhao Baiyu was imprisoned for encroaching on people's land, but you are talking about his son?"

The Empress Dowager pretended to be surprised and said, "The white pheasant was imprisoned? She shook her head and said, "It is his eldest son Zhao Yunian, the child of Bai Yu, I know, I have always been diligent and diligent, how could I do something to oppress the people?" ”

Jiang You pouted: "The evidence is conclusive, how can there be deviations?" She looked sideways at the Empress Dowager: "From his father's view of his son, it can be seen that his son is not much better." ”

The Empress Dowager sighed abruptly: "At the beginning, your father often praised him for his diligence, how could he do such a thing now, your father has always been very accurate when he came to see people, but I am afraid that some people are jealous of the virtuous and can make false accusations." She saw that Jiang You wanted to refute, and said lightly: "Regardless of the white pheasant's matter for the time being, Yu Nian is now nineteen years old, it is the year of the dancing elephant, and you are also counted as the year, the character and appearance are countable, at the beginning, your father and the emperor once held him on his lap and ate melons, fruits and corn, revealing some meaning of marriage, and now although your father is immortal, we still have to keep his last wish." ”

Jiang You listened to her sentence with filial piety, and her face turned black with anger, she knew what she had in mind, if this family is formed, the emperor's future father-in-law can't be in prison, right? You must not let people out obediently.

The Empress Dowager looked at her and said with a faint smile: "According to the words of the parents, now that the emperor's father and queen mother are gone, only I, as a grandmother, can take care of this matter." ”

Concubine Shu finally saw some ways at this time, covered her mouth with a silk and said: "It is said that the matter of family affairs should not be discussed with the juniors, the emperor is only afraid that he is ashamed at this time, you should go directly to the Ministry of Rites to plan this matter." ”

In fact, the Empress Dowager didn't think about mentioning family affairs so quickly, but she didn't expect Zhao Baiyu to make trouble first, so she had to step up her actions.

Jiang You said with a cold face: "I don't agree. ”

The Empress Dowager was shocked by her blunt words, and said with a sinking face: "The emperor is going to rebel against the meaning of the mourning family, and it will not be possible to disobey the emperor's last wishes?" ”

Jiang Youcai didn't believe that Xiaozong would be willing to marry her to the Zhao family, she paused, and said lightly: "Grandmother doesn't mention my father, I can't remember, after Zhao Baiyu's oppression of the people today was shaken out, not only did he not repent, but he also insulted his father and grandfather, and he should be punished for the crime of disrespect, not to mention beheading, it is possible to destroy the family, is the imperial grandmother planning to let me welcome a dead person into the palace?" ”

Jiang You deliberately said that the Empress Dowager only knew that Zhao Baiyu had committed a crime, but she really didn't know that he was disrespectful to the two emperors, and she was a little stunned for a while, and the silk in her hand tightened: "A bunch of nonsense!" Did anyone hear that?! ”

Jiang You learned her ability to open her eyes and say nonsense: "Naturally, I heard it with my own ears, could it be that I am a dignified son of heaven, will I still slander the three rank masters?" She shook her head and said, "As my grandfather's wife, the imperial grandmother should have the same hatred as me, how can she speak to outsiders?" ”

The Empress Dowager's expression changed, knowing that even if she was talking nonsense, this matter could not be good, she took a few sips of the teacup, suppressed the anger in her heart, and said with a relieved expression: "The white bird has always been unintentional, and it can't be provoked, and it is not really disrespectful to the emperor." ”

Jiang You turned his face to look at her: "Even so, this person has a problem with being open-mouthed, how can he become a relative, do you think about marriage?" ”

Although the Empress Dowager didn't believe that she really dared to destroy the Zhao family, she was afraid that she would be forced to kill Zhao Baiyu directly, so she could only secretly curse a few words in her heart for the uncompetitive nephew, and said with a relaxed expression: "What the emperor said is that the royal marriage does not have to be an ordinary family, and it must be carefully examined the character, and it is the mourning family who neglects it." ”

Jiang You came here for this purpose, and he didn't bother to entangle her anymore when he heard the words, so he got up and was about to leave, but he was suddenly stopped by her.

At this time, the Empress Dowager had already recovered her face full of kindness, and said to Jiang Youwen: "Although you are the emperor, you should be solemn on weekdays, but you are still young, and you don't have to make yourself old, so you should dress up well." She raised her hand and beckoned, and immediately a palace maid came up with a delicate sandalwood box: "I specially ordered someone to make it for you, take a look, do you like it?" ”

Jiang You casually opened the box and found that there was a pair of jade rabbit earrings inside, she nodded casually and said, "The imperial grandmother bothered." After she finished speaking, she casually handed the box to the attendant on the side, and turned to go.

The Empress Dowager looked at her far away, her face showed a little tiredness, she changed the ginseng soup and drank two sips, only to feel a little better, Concubine Shu Guifei hurriedly lowered her head and said in surprise: "Isn't it impossible to conclude the family affair, and you still give this to the emperor?" ”

The Empress Dowager reprimanded in a low voice: "Fool, you can't refer to marriage on the surface, if the emperor himself looks at Yu Nian, can he still complain about his family?!" She smiled faintly again: "But your nephew will also like women, I don't know where to inquire about the emperor's rabbit, and I went to great lengths to make a pair by myself." ”

Concubine Shu was a little complacent when she heard this, and tucked her nose with a silk: "Yu'er has always been smart. She didn't know what to think, and whispered nervously: "What if the emperor throws it away at will and doesn't open the box?" ”

The Empress Dowager lowered her eyes and said lightly: "Since it was given to the emperor, the mourning family naturally has a way for her to open it and take a look, if this still doesn't work, it means that he doesn't have this life, or he is dead." ”