Since Yan Shichong proposed to abolish Zhongshu Province, the emperor's attitude towards Yan Shichong has become ambiguous, which makes Yan Shichong very anxious.

Today, Yan Shichong couldn't help but ask the emperor in the court to consider this matter again.

The emperor's sharp eyes fixed on him for a moment, and then said faintly: "Yan Aiqing, through my careful observation in the past few months, I have found that Zhongshu Province has corrected all the fifty deficiencies you raised earlier. As the saying goes, 'Knowing mistakes can improve a lot', so how can I not even give them a chance? ”

"Your Majesty, the integration of the power of the Zhongshu Province and the cabinet will greatly reduce the intermediate links, which is also the trend of the situation, I hope you will consider it carefully." Yan Tong immediately stepped out to speak.

The emperor smiled slightly: "Yan Aiqing, sometimes it's not a good thing that the process is too streamlined. ”

This is a complete reversal!

Yan Tong was dumbfounded.

However, Zhu Zhi is the emperor, and even if he speaks back, no one can stand him.

Yan Tong glanced at Yan Shichong and found that the latter did not mean to speak for him, so he had to retreat to his position in a huff.

In Zhu Zhi's opinion, Zhongshu Province may not necessarily be abolished, and he is also used to the existence of such a department.

So he wanted to keep it more and more.

Moreover, he also keenly saw during this period of time: Yan Shichong wanted to achieve the goal of expelling Yan Jinxuan from the important political participation institution of the Ming Kingdom by asking him to abolish Zhongshu Province. In this way, a request that appeared to be aimed at streamlining the work process of the confidential department of the Ming Dynasty was actually to report personal grievances.

When he realized this, he naturally wouldn't satisfy Yan Shichong's selfishness so easily.

Moreover, during this time, he also learned about the secret alliance between the three princes and the loyal ministers of the ten ministries. and talked to the third prince and Yan Jinxuan about this matter.

The Three Princes and Yan Jinxuan both asked Zhu Zhi to think carefully about the abolition of Zhongshu Province.

Zhu Zhi originally wanted to punish the three princes who privately united with loyal ministers to deal with the Yan Party, but after thinking about it, he felt that this was the best time to use the three princes to confront Yan Shichong, so he immediately changed the criticism to praise.

Since he agreed with the approach of the three princes, Zhu Zhi naturally had to agree with keeping Zhongshu Province.

Therefore, Zhu Zhi told the three princes and Yan Jinxuan that in these two years, he would try his best to protect Zhongshu Province no matter what.

After the resignation, Du Chenghuan, Yan Jinxuan, Zhou Junpu, Liu Chengze and Long Qingyun gathered in a teahouse on the outskirts of the city.

"Now it seems that we don't need to worry about the abolition of Zhongshu Province in two years." Long Qingyun said.

"Not necessarily." Yan Jinxuan said.

"Even the emperor said so, what are you worried about?" Long Qingyun asked with a smile.

"The situation is ever-changing, and even the emperor can't guarantee that there will be no time when he can't help himself, so we'd better be ready for both at any time." Yan Jinxuan said.

Suddenly, Feng Zichao walked in and whispered a few words in Yan Jinxuan's ear. Yan Jinxuan then whispered to him: "You let Dai Liu, disguise himself as a shopkeeper and go in." Let Shen Zhizhao and Shen Zhigang eavesdrop on the roof. ”

"Yes." Toyoko immediately walked out.

"What's going on?" Liu Chengze asked hurriedly.

"Yan Shichong and his henchmen are having a secret meeting in the box not far from the next door." Yan Jinxuan said.

The crowd then lowered their voices and remained vigilant.

About an hour later, Dai Liu, Shen Zhizhao, Shen Zhigang and Feng Zichao came in to report to Yan Jinxuan.

"It's all about scolding the emperor." Shen Zhizhao said.

"Who's in there?" Yan Jinxuan asked Dai Liu.

"Yan Tong, Feng Yunteng, Situ Yuan and Wei Yuanting." Dai Liu replied.

"Are they all gone?" Yan Jinxuan asked again.

"It's all gone." Dai Liu replied.

So they got up and went out.

When Yan Jinxuan got into the carriage, he suddenly felt that all this was ridiculous, so he couldn't help but snort coldly in his heart.

Autumn nights are cool. As the carriage galloped at a rapid pace, the curtains of the carriage were lifted by the wind from time to time. Yan Jinxuan looked at the dark night outside. I suddenly missed Su Shanyun incomparably in my heart.

In his eyes, she is the most beautiful existence in the world!

It was already mid-September, and he knew he would be able to meet her soon.

However. For him at this time, every moment is a kind of torment.

Yan Jinxuan took out the jade pendant she gave him from the collar and put it to his mouth and kissed it, sighing and pulling down the wind-blown curtains.

………………

On September 28, Yan Dingpei, Yin Shi, two maids, and a servant arrived in the east of the capital together. Yan Yunpei then took her two sons to pick them up.

Yan Dingpei is about fifty-five or sixteen years old, and his facial features are quite similar to Yan Yunpei's, but his figure is much richer than Yan Yunpei's.

Yin is about 50 years old, thin, and has slight crow's feet at the corners of his eyes, but his appearance and posture are still charming.

When the two brothers saw that each other's appearance was not as good as it was back then, they couldn't help but sigh.

Yan Dingpei was very relieved to see that Yan Jinhao and Yan Jinxuan had grown from young men to mature and stable men.

But after all, everyone is a reserved person, so they got into the carriage without much talk.

When they arrived at Deyan Mansion, Mrs. Lin, Mrs. Lu, and Zhang Hanlin were already dressed and greeted at the door.

Yin first saluted Mrs. Lin, and then saluted Mrs. Lu and Zhang Hanlin.

When saluting each other, Yin found that Mrs. Lin's face was not very good-looking, although Mrs. Lu was smiling, but that smile was more ugly than crying in Yin's eyes, and Zhang Hanlin's face was not smiling at all.

Yin didn't know that Zhang Hanlin was because her body had not recovered.

There really isn't anyone waiting to see us, Yin thought to himself, and his face unconsciously pulled down.

Entering the house, Mrs. Lu hurriedly asked the maids to serve the snacks and tea that had been prepared, and asked people to serve clean water and handkerchiefs.

After cleaning his hands, Yan Dingpei talked to Mrs. Lin.

"I've been busy with the affairs of the yamen all these years, and I rarely come back to see you. Don't be surprised! Then he kowtowed to her.

Seeing this, Yin also hurriedly knelt down.

Old Madam Lin suddenly burst into tears, stretched out her hand and said: "Get up, how can you say that we are all a family, I am almost seventy years old, and I have lived enough, why do I still have so many grievances?" ”

Yan Dingpei was even more ashamed when he heard her say this, and couldn't help but hold her hand and said, "Now that I have returned to the capital to settle down, I will support you in the future." ”

Yin's face sank again when he heard this.

The rest of the room took in Yin's expression, but didn't dare say anything.

Yan Dingpei took out a large bag of silver taels from his duffel bag and handed it to Mrs. Lin, and said respectfully, "When I came back, I didn't buy anything for you because I was too late. Think of these taels as my pocket money for you. ”

Old Madam Lin accepted it unceremoniously.

"Today, since you're back. Let me be fair, Yun Pei and his wife have treated me really well in the past ten years, so I will use these silver taels you give to Yun Pei and his wife. With that, Old Madam Lin handed the bag of silver taels to Yan Yunpei.

Yan Yunpei hurriedly waved his hand and said, "How can this be made?" Take it back. He put the bag back on the table.

Only then did Old Madam Lin put the silver taels into her pocket.

"Are you okay on the road?" Mrs. Lu asked Yan Dingpei.

She should have asked Ind. But for some reason, I just don't want to talk to In's more. Therefore, when he asked, his face unconsciously turned to Yan Dingpei's side.

"It's ok. It's just that your sister-in-law is a little unbearable, so she stayed on the road for one more day. Yan Dingpei replied.

"Then you can rest well these days." Mrs. Lu looked at Yin Shi and said.

Inshi nodded.

A maid trotted in and said, "Dinner is ready." ”

So they went to the dining room.

Although she didn't like them very much, Mrs. Lu still cooked a table full of meals to entertain them. And the cistanche fresh fish soup is boiled to relieve fatigue.

After the meal, Mrs. Lu said to Yan Dingpei and Yin, "I have prepared a few sets of rooms, let's see which one you want to live in." ”

Yin's brow furrowed.

Mrs. Lu hurriedly explained: "I'm not sure which room you like to live in, so I want to leave it for you to choose." ”

Yan Dingpei smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay." Then he looked at Yin and said, "It's up to you to decide." ”

So Yin followed Mrs. Lu to look at the room.

In the end, Inshi chose a room in the back room.

"The old man's waist is not good, I'm afraid I have to sleep on a thicker mat, do you still have a mat?" Yin asked after touching the mattress.

Mrs. Lu hurriedly said, "Yes." ”

So he let Cui'er hug a soft seat from another room. Pad over.

Mrs. Lu personally made the bed soft. The mat is laid.

Yin Shi looked at the wall of the room, and saw a picture of a lady in red hanging on the east wall, so he said: "This lady is so bewitching/beautiful, and the clothes she wears are so fishy/red, won't you be frightened when you look at it at night?" ”

Mrs. Lu knew that she wanted her to remove the painting, and hurriedly said, "Then I'll let Cui'er take it down." ”

Cui'er heard Mrs. Lu's command, and immediately took a stool and climbed up to remove the painting.

She knew that this painting was painted by Su Shanyun, so she didn't dare to dispose of it at will, so she carefully rolled it up and put it in Yan Erye's study.

Yin Shi walked to the Luohan bed by the window and sat down, patted the bamboo mat on the bed, frowned and asked, "This bamboo mat hasn't been taken out to dry for at least a month, right?" You can smell a musty smell from afar. ”

Mrs. Lu asked with a smile on her face, "Is it?" Your nose is so good, I don't smell it at all. ”

"It smells so bad, how about changing the bed?" ”

Mrs. Lu couldn't help but mumble in her heart, but she still said with a smile on her face: "Okay." ”

So let Cui'er go and replace the bamboo mat.

Cui'er approached the bamboo mat and smelled it, but it didn't smell musty, so she thought to herself: I had heard the old women talk about her before, but I didn't expect that it was really difficult to serve, and she didn't know how much the wife should suffer in her life.

Thinking that not only Madame, but even her subordinates had to suffer with it, I was a little dissatisfied with Yin's in my heart. (To be continued......)

PS: Dear friends, the second update is coming, a big fat chapter of 3000 words.