It stands to reason that no one saw where the emperor had gone, but the subordinates of Longxi Pavilion seemed to have guessed it, and they unanimously agreed to it. When the emperor returned to the main hall, Wang Zhi greeted him as usual and waited for him to wash his hands and rinse his mouth, and no longer persuaded him to eat dinner as before, as if he knew it in his chest.

"Send someone to call Fang Kui over." The emperor commanded when he entered the Ming Hall.

He is a pragmatic person, so he will not disdain to use this ready-made stubble just because he said that he would not interfere with Qiwen. Cui Zhen's old fox is on top and down, and the defense is all about those aspects that Jinyiwei and Dongchang can touch, but he didn't think that his mother-in-law could get into trouble if she was sour in the circle of girlfriends. The sin of misappropriation of tribute can be large or small, and it is very applicable.

Sitting on the Luohan chair under the south window of the imperial study, the images coiled in her mind were her white and slender hands, and the village women in the countryside still had a silver bracelet.

The emperor put the teacup to his lips and suddenly asked, "Show girls are not allowed to bring their belongings when they enter the palace, so where do the jewelry of the rest of the palace maids come from?" ”

Wang Zhiping replied peacefully: "If you go back to the master, it will be rewarded by the masters of each palace." In addition to the usual rewards for the palace maids who have faces, there will be big rewards during the New Year's holidays, and even the rough palace maids in the court will get some of them. However, now that the palace is thrifty, and there are few harem masters, I am afraid that there will not be much reward. ”

The emperor groaned, he is a master without jewelry, and now he is saving money and strictly prohibiting extravagance, and it is not like to openly make jewelry for her alone, so where can he get it? You can't go to the rest of the concubines, can you?

"Master," Wang Zhi took his teacup, "The slave maid heard that a while ago, the queen was in charge, and collected the jewelry and utensils left by some old masters in the front palace, and sent them to the silver bureau to be cleaned and recast, ready to be distributed to Master Ning and them." Now that this batch of jewelry has been completed, it has been sent to the royal prison, and it has not been distributed yet. ”

Old things are recycled, and the queen is trying to take care of the sisters' face and affection while saving money.

The emperor raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Wang Zhi, revealing a sarcastic smile. With such a roundworm in the stomach by his side, it is really worry-free.

Wang Zhi looked like a Buddha on his face, but he smiled secretly in his stomach, he didn't know, in fact, the masters in the palace also used jewelry to reward the inner servants, and they had a few women's jewelry in the hands of the inner servants who had not yet been exchanged for money, not long ago, Qian Yuanhe also consulted his opinion, saying that looking at Qiwen's jewelry was not too shabby, should she give her a few, was vetoed by Wang Zhi on the spot.

This matter should obviously be left to the master to discover and solve by himself, so as to be more interesting. No, it's finally time.

Not long after, the little waiter reported that Fang Kui had arrived. The emperor immediately told him about Cui Zhen's suspicion of engulfing the imperial offering Nanzhu, and Rao is a cold-faced person like Fang Kui also showed surprise.

"The slave and maid will let someone investigate this matter, if they can get the evidence, they will eradicate Cui Zhen in one fell swoop." Fang Kui said, "It's just that the matter has been assigned, I'm afraid that the results have not yet been ascertained, and the rumors have already leaked." ”

Dongchang used to belong to Qiao Anguo, and Qiao Anguo had a close past with King Tan, and he was colluded with Cui Zhen's sons.

The emperor was not worried, and said indifferently: "It's okay, let them go." ”

He is accustomed to being silent, although he trusts the three attendants in front of him, he is not endless, and he has a plan in his heart, so there is no need to explain them clearly. Fang Kui replied yes and said no more.

Recalling the past events that he heard Qiwen talk about in the duty room, the emperor's heart moved, and he ordered: "You go to check Qiwen's past for me." ”

Fang Kui and Wang Zhi, who was standing aside, were stunned. Fang Kui asked, "What does the master mean ......?"

"What kind of person she used to be, what she did, no matter how big or small, and what she could find, she came to report it to me." The emperor said lightly, sat down after walking to the Longshu case, and picked up the draft again, "Zhao Shijin and his wife are still in custody, and the people of the Hou Mansion have not all been dismissed, ask them, compare them, and you can confirm the authenticity." ”

Fang Kui answered yes and didn't ask much. Wang Zhi looked at Fang Kui, then at the emperor, and didn't speak—this master was still confident and strategizing most of the time, and he didn't need them to advise anything, let alone discuss with them.

The bell struck the time violently, and it was the first moment......

Only an hour later, at the beginning of Haizheng, the master Cui Zhencui, the secretary of the military department who had embezzled the imperial offering, knelt on the floor of the flower hall of the Tanwang Mansion in panic.

"The prince has already rested, Master Cui has something to talk about tomorrow." Shi Zhongzheng, the governor of the palace, said, and his tone was like his name, peaceful and upright, neither warm nor arrogant.

"Zhong Changshi Mingjian, all blame the negligence of the lower officials, he has long forgotten the matter of the tribute Nanzhu, and he didn't pay attention to it. Xia Guan really can't wait any longer, if the prince doesn't save him as soon as possible, Xia Guan will die without a place to be buried! Master Cui kowtowed again and again, and there was a bang.

Zhong Zheng flashed to the side, so as not to be suspicious of being courteous, and said with a straight face: "Lord Cui said cautiously, the prince is just a vassal king, and he stayed in the capital without going to the emperor but relying on the favor of the old man, Yu Chaozheng has always been unasked, how can he have the ability to save the lord?" Your Excellency should go back quickly, write an excerpt of the guilt, and hand it over to Kinjo as soon as possible. ”

This is what it means to clean up and never want to get your hands dirty. Cui Zhen's face was as earthy as color, he raised his head in a daze, and couldn't say a word for a while......

The Caiwei Hall in the middle and rear of the palace is the center of the entire Tan Wangfu and the residence of the Tan King. Deeper at night, the king of Tan loosely tied a robe with a lake green Shu splendid pine crane outside the green forging middle clothes, and sat on the south kang and slowly tasted the supper.

The sesame seeds in today's sesame silver eel soup are a little too much, and there is a slight hint of concern between Tan Wang Xiuting's eyebrows, and he asked lightly: "Did he really say that?" ”

Zhong Zheng replied: "Back to the prince's words, Lord Cui's original words were: 'If the prince doesn't pay attention to the subordinates today, he won't be afraid of chilling the hearts of his subordinates?'" Everyone is willing to follow the prince, but the monkeys are looking for a big tree, and the prince should always prevent the big tree from falling, but the monkeys disperse first. ’”

King Tan smiled faintly, put down the stew pot in his hand, took the tea bowl offered by the maid and rinsed his mouth, and then said slowly: "Qiao Anguo is really not particular, this kind of stupid material has also become a book of the Ministry of War." In addition to talking nonsense, what else will you order? It was only when he heard a little wind that he dared to make a big fuss in my mansion. If I even have to take care of this kind of person, it will really chill the hearts of my subordinates. ”

Zhong Zheng watched the servants and maids all withdraw, and then said: "But this time, if the post of secretary of the military department falls into the hands of Jinshang, I am afraid that the transfer of Liaodong military will also be implemented, and I am afraid that the military power will also be divided a lot." ”

"I can't let outsiders think that it is he Bai Yuanchen who is fighting corruption and saving the country, but it is I who is the one who brings disaster to the country and the people, right?" King Tan leaned lazily on the pillow, relaxed and at ease.

In fact, he has always been a little entangled, and he sees internal and external troubles in his eyes, these powerful ministers all value self-interest and ignore the overall situation, and it is not good for him to really let them behave indiscriminately. So from time to time, he also has the intention to let the second brother rectify these people a little, lest they become too rampant and lead the situation to completely get out of control in the future.

He is not a fool, and he doesn't want to be the king of a dead country. But things always need to be prioritized, and the second brother can't let the second brother sweep these people all together to stabilize the foundation, and if he wants to take back the imperial power from the second brother, he has to rely on the power of these people.

"Don't worry, the situation is so bad, it's not bad for him to do his best to take care of it for me for the time being. Anyway, there is no conclusion on the people's hearts, even if he carries the people up, how many people can be so loyal to him? Now it's not as good as before, if the civil and military generals are still upright, where did Qiao Anguo get so many godsons? Aren't they all just monkeys clinging to big trees? ”

The candlelight was beautiful, his eyes were deep, and a slight smile appeared on his lips, "Then let them see clearly who is the big tree, and are you afraid that few people will come to join you?" ”

Thinking about the other news he had heard earlier, his smile became a little more playful. That's right, it's time to go out through the wind and let people see who the big tree is.

Having said that, the second brother is really a suspicious person.

……

"Do you think the new hairpin that the master has given me is good-looking?"

"What's the use of looking good? Can't you see that the emperor prefers to be simple and unpretentious, and if he wears more flowers, he will not fall into the emperor's eyes, and it may be annoying. ”

The most decent palace people in the harem all have other places to live in their respective palaces, such as Aunt Yue of Yuhuazhai in the past, such as Mama Song and Aunt Chang in front of the queen, and even Cui Qiao in front of Concubine Ning of Yonghe Palace. The people who live in the lower room of the palace maids are all half-hangers, and most of them are not as good as Cuiqiao and the like.

With the queen's care, since Cuiqiao was scolded by Aunt Chang on the first day, no one dared to speak disrespectfully to Qiwen in person, and the little palace maids could only use this kind of pantothenic acid to occasionally vent their envy and hatred for her.

It stands to reason that the emperor has used the method of punishing Wang Xuanzhi to show his attitude towards Qiwen, and no one should dare to openly find her fault, but after all, there is the shadow of He Cairen being killed by the rod before, and the emperor's image in the hearts of these people is moody, these little girls don't have such a long-term vision, so they don't think that Qiwen can have a good future, so they don't hesitate to pour acid water on her.

At this time, I watched Qiwen walk out of the door, silently straightening the cuffs of her clothes, and Xun'er and Ru'er, who were talking there, pouted their lips together, and their movements were the same.

"Look at what you said, how can we have that blessing? If you want to enter the emperor's eyes, how high is your wrist. ”

"The wrist is still secondary, the key is not to look here......" Ru'er scratched her face, "whether it is thick enough." The two laughed at each other.

Qiwen sighed silently. This kind of thing is like walking on the street and being spit on by two Hanako for no reason, you say you have to worry about them, it's boring and cheap, don't worry about them, it's disgusting, and maybe you will have to spit on them tomorrow......

The emperor and the master and brother are all busy people, and Qiwen is very independent, so she tries not to do the small report for help.

After thinking about it, she still endured it: forget it, what do you care about them? A group of little ants at the bottom of society who want to see but have no knowledge, and who want to have a psychological age and no psychological age, want to spread the word that the emperor's girlfriend has a bad relationship with this kind of person, whether it is quarreling or fighting, it's so embarrassing, isn't it?

Qi Wen was calm and relaxed, pretending not to hear, what should she do. Of course, she remembers who these ants are, and she will have the opportunity to settle accounts with them in the future - the emperor's girlfriend is not a virgin.

In fact, her move is currently a good counterattack, the little girls can't get angry with her, but they are even more angry, more ashamed of themselves, and even more helpless, so they can only use more vicious words behind their backs to arrange her.

Qiwen felt that she couldn't blame them all, she clearly intended to come to the emperor's side, how could this be regarded as a glorious act in the eyes of these ancient people? Not only have you been cheap, but you are also good-natured, so let your family be as fast as your tongue. Thinking about it like this, I don't even feel bored to take revenge afterwards.

The rule of the palace people is to avoid walking alone as much as possible, and to walk together in a line as much as possible. The palace ladies who live in the lower room get up every day with the sound of the bangzi at the beginning of the house, wash and dress, line up in the long courtyard outside the house gate, and then go out together to go to duty.

When it came time for the eldest aunt to direct the procession to set off, no one dared to chew her tongue out loud. A group of palace ladies are different in height, beauty, and ugliness, but they also have a good-looking posture practiced with a bowl, and they slipped away in a long line to the mezzanine, swaying gently, and the footsteps were all stepping on one point. Looking at the past from afar, it becomes a scenery of its own.

At every crossing, a few sisters turned around, and when they walked to the last short distance, there was only Qiwen left - there were no female colleagues in Longxi Pavilion.

"Miss Qiwen?" A group of eunuchs on duty walked more than her, and as they passed her, the one who walked at the back slowed down, and opened his mouth at her side in a very low voice.

Qiwen was taken aback in her heart, this eunuch was the leader of the rough eunuch in charge of sprinkling and sweeping in Longxi Pavilion, it seemed that his name was Wan'an, and his accompaniment was just a matter of meeting and saying hello, how could he take advantage of this moment to call her out and use such a mysterious tone?

"The slave maid was ordered by the nobleman to inform the girl, today I sent the East Factory to investigate the girl's past, the girl has a number in her heart, if there is anything afraid that the girl will know, make preparations in advance." Wan An finished speaking in a low voice, and squinted his eyes to watch Qiwen's reaction, as if waiting for her to reply.

Qiwen's surprised look flashed away, and she didn't want to startle the snake for the time being, so she replied in a calm and low voice: "Please tell your father-in-law that Qiwen thanks him for his kindness." ”

Wan An smiled: "The girl Bingxue is smart, and she can see through a little." The prince really didn't misunderstand the girl. After speaking, he quickened his pace and followed the eunuch in front.

Qiwen looked at his back in dark brown with a complicated look in her eyes. A six-grade little long-term follower, King Tan doesn't take it seriously at all, and he must not be afraid of her going to report it to the emperor. If she really went to denounce it, the little eunuch was cleaned up by the emperor, and it just happened to test her position.

Dongchang, the emperor could only give the order after leaving her duty room last night, it was past the hour, and the sky was not yet bright at this moment, and the words reached her ears. The speed is terrifying.

On the surface, the king of Tan sent someone to inform her and show favor to her, but in fact he was also conveying a message to her: as I said last time, this world seems to be his, but in fact it is mine, even if he is surrounded by my people, he still sits on the dragon chair, and I just let him sit on it. Whether you should choose him or me, you have to think clearly.

It's a terrifying situation that sends chills down the spine. The fight between the two brothers is obvious, inevitable, and it seems to be equal, everyone around them, every pair of eyes, maybe they have already chosen to take sides, every move and every word of their own will be interpreted as having its own deep meaning, and they don't know what to believe or what to be sure of.

I knew that King Tan would come to contact her again, but I didn't expect that just a few days had passed, and this would come. However, at this moment, there is more than that.

Qiwen's heart was sour and unspeakable. Last night was so beautiful and so warm, he kept saying that he didn't want her to intervene in political affairs because he felt sorry for her, and he didn't suspect her, but he turned his face back, but ordered Dongchang to check her and confirm the truth of what she said.

A wry smile appeared on his lips unconsciously, fortunately, he didn't make it up last night, he didn't exaggerate, otherwise he would have found out, maybe what he would think of me. When I think of him as a confidant to chat, how can I forget that people have Dongchang in their hands? Sure enough, an emperor is an emperor......

Personality A jumped out and said: Isn't this good, keep a little distance, you won't be so committed to loving him, just to save your life. How many of the predecessors of the palace fight are still sincere to the emperor? You're so stupid.

Personality B said: Correct the mentality, do you know that the intention of the third prince is not to sow discord? There is nothing wrong with him sending someone to check on you, check out the peace of mind, emperor, it's normal to be suspicious of everyone around you, and it's not just for you. In order to check that you have used the East Factory, this shows that you are valued!

The two personalities stood on her left and right shoulders, arguing across her head, A scolded B for being obsessed, and B scolded A for being a villain.

Qiwen listened quietly and did not judge. Neither of these can be regarded as her sincerity, her sincerity is just simple disappointment, simple sadness, simple bitterness and sadness.

A and B, seemingly opposing views, are actually the truth that she uses to comfort herself, which is shallow and cowardly, and the weight is not enough.

The sky is getting brighter and brighter, and the Longxi Gate is close at hand. Qiwen secretly cheered herself up and stepped into the threshold.

Life still has to be lived, when the goal of life is only focused on the standard of "living", why do you want to do so much? Acting is her forte, since she really pays but can't get a sincere return, so why not keep acting?