The emperor vigorously purged the court, and the eldest prince's faction bore the brunt of the key examination target, and the matter of Zuo Weizuo's daughter was the cause, and the second prince's faction took the opportunity to impeach, and the 12 pieces of criminal evidence shocked the government and the opposition, and everyone was in an uproar and faintly spied on the traces of the conspiracy.

Just when the officials of the eldest prince's faction were closed, the second prince's faction tried their best to dig, and the officials involved in the only case of Zuo fell one after another, as the saying goes, pull out the radish and bring out the mud, Zuo Wei is the secretary of the household department, the place of the household department is so fat that the oil flows, the household department controls the treasury of a country, where the appropriation is needed, then you have to ask the household department whether there is any excess money for transfer. Even the emperor has no way to take the household department, even if he knows the truth that the officialdom is clear and there is no fish, but the household department is not easy to move, and if it moves, it will change and hurt itself, plus the background of the household department is based on the eldest prince Mu Zhao, and the emperor has to save some face for his son if he wants to move the household department, right?

If it weren't for the fact that the daughter of the Zuo family angered the emperor, there would not have been the second prince who took advantage of the situation and stepped on the eldest prince fiercely. The emperor was so disappointed in the eldest prince that he didn't say anything about it, and directly ordered the second prince to investigate thoroughly, and for a time everyone was in danger.

There is a gloomy and depressing atmosphere in the court, and the harem is not much better, all the concubines who received a lot of gift lists from the offending officials are so frightened that they are so frightened that they have ordered their henchmen to find the gift list and the few remaining gifts to come out, and check the list of gifts and then seal it up, regardless of whether the emperor has the intention of rectifying the harem, the palace concubines are not willing to anger the emperor, and finally sit in the palace to the current position, who can really be willing to give up, not only themselves but also the family behind them, will not lightly push off the interests in hand.

The concubines were all smart people in the position of the head of each palace, and before the emperor diverted his attention, he communicated with his mother. The plan is to strike first, of course, not to do the act of killing people and destroying mouths, but to confess to the emperor, hoping that the emperor can see the sincerity of their automatic surrender and open the net and be light. Since then, the palace has set off a dark wave, and the second prince has been able to examine the officials with the Criminal Department, and the verification is very smooth.

At this time, he found out a lot of evidence of the corruption and perversion of the law of officials who were most hidden underneath, and presented the twists and turns, recording the incidents committed by officials of all sizes one by one, and the emperor's remaining anger did not subside, which added another fire, and in the end it was who was unlucky and needless to say. In the early dynasty, the emperor reprimanded the ministers under him, and ordered that all officials who committed crimes should be detained for trial, and their family property should be confiscated, and they would all be beheaded for public display after the evidence was conclusive. The family members and relatives of the convict officials and the women were charged into the workshop as the female branch, and the men were branded as slaves and were assigned to the border guards.

Of course, Lord Zuo Weizuo, who is the main person, and a group of 27 people suspected of serious cases, all of whom are Zhu Pi of the Zhujiu clan, and the emperor has made a heavy hand, this is to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, and use the blood of these corrupt officials and corrupt officials to wash away the souls of many innocent people who have died. Another shock to the DPRK.

In the blink of an eye, no one has the heart to do it well this year, but the people are not, praising the saint for killing corrupt officials, clapping their hands and shouting loudly, although the older generation is particular, it is unlucky to see the dead around the New Year's Festival. But no one spoke out to complain.

Mu Hao didn't want to delay the matter until the New Year, so he issued an edict in the first three days before the New Year's Festival and dragged a group of criminals to the vegetable market to behead him.

The one hundred and tenth people knelt down in the dark, and there were twenty people who carried out the beheading man's yacha alone, so he was afraid that there would be too many people to cut it, which was a hard work. If you really want to cut off so many heads by one person, you can't complete the emperor's order for three days in a row, so the Criminal Department specially transferred manpower from various yamen.

At that time, the people who came to watch blocked the entire street, and specially came to see the fate of these corrupt officials and traitors who looted the people's fat and disregarded people's lives.

Children make up a small minority, and the people think that their children need to witness the fate of these corrupt officials. Seeing their ugly faces clearly, and in the future, when studying and taking the examination to gain fame and become an official, we must remember that we must not be corrupt officials and corrupt officials who harm others, we must be upright, think about the people, and be a good and honest official, so that many people can remember that we must not be greedy for small profits and end up with a bad death for 10,000 years.

These children, who were all accompanied by their elders, were quite bold, and had seen the things that were chopped, but they were not as spectacular as they are today, and if they were not brave enough to see the blood, they would definitely be frightened out of their bodies, and it was inevitable to go back and have nightmares and illnesses.

The auspicious time has arrived, only to see the silver glittering knife fall instantly, the sound of fluttering and fluttering one after another, like chopping melons and vegetables, a person's head fell to the ground, and the bloody breath immediately spread, and many of the onlookers turned pale in an instant, and they didn't dare to look at it, so they hurriedly squeezed out of the crowd and fled from the bloody Shura Hell.

The execution took two full hours, and immediately officials stepped forward to disperse the onlookers, they wanted to dispose of these corpses, and the bright red blood stains scattered on the ground had to be cleaned up, and then they had to ask the monks to chant sutras to drive away the evil spirits, and now this year can be considered safe.

Now is the new New Year, this year in addition to the people, many people have not put their hearts down, sleep and eat night and night, they are afraid that the next will be their turn, among which the heart of the weak official You Sheng, at this juncture is not good to ask for help, after all, everyone is scared, how can anyone dare to help, not falling into the well is already burning high incense.

During the New Year's Festival, the banquet in the palace is still the same, and officials above the sixth grade can bring their families into the palace to receive the banquet and welcome the arrival of the new year with the emperor.

After this battle, the great prince's faction can be said to have suffered heavy losses, it can be seen from the vacant positions on the banquet that in this sensitive period, everyone has to hold their tails and be people, and they dare not have a trace of delusion, this year's banquet is particularly cold than in previous years, there is no New Year's atmosphere at all, there is no longer even talk, and no one appreciates the singing and dancing at the banquet.

Whether it is the minister or the palace concubine, they put away their past contempt, sit in their positions in a proper manner, and dare to focus on the delicacies in front of them, and dare not have the slightest mind to look at them.

In addition to being cautious, the courtiers are left with the people on the other side who can look at each other, mainly because of the emperor, who is afraid that the emperor will be a little displeased, and just frowning slightly can be frightened to make the hairs of the ministers standing on end, for fear that the emperor will turn his face and ruthlessly rectify the officials.

followed by the eldest prince and the second prince, and now everyone can see that the second prince has won the sacred heart. It was when the spring breeze was proud, and the emperor rewarded him a lot from the second prince for supervising the only case of Zuo, and he could see the current situation. Although the eldest prince could not see a little sadness on his face, he could see the blue and black under the eldest prince. It can be seen that the consequences of the only thing on the left are very troublesome to the eldest prince, who was originally more powerful than the second prince, but now he has been suppressed by the second prince, and the loss of half of the power is not as great as the current second prince.

There are some officials who have always been on the wall and the grass falling in the wind, seeing the situation and wanting to take refuge in the powerful second prince, according to the judgment, the second prince is capable at the moment, and even has more hope of ascending to the position of the Ninth Five-Year Emperor.

Some shrewd officials suddenly discovered that there was one less prince present, and the missing one was the third prince Mu Jinming, which surprised some people. The New Year's Festival has always been a festival for families to reunite together, but this year I haven't seen the three princes, what does this mean?

The third prince was exiled to the palace before, and some people had expressed their worries in their hearts, and many people were sent out to keep an eye on them. And now this scene has made more people completely relieved, especially the eldest prince and the second prince.

Even the family banquet was not allowed to participate, which shows how weak the three princes have been at the moment, and they have strengthened their thoughts, and the smile on their faces is more meaningful.

Ouyang Ye's heart was quite uneasy, seeing the absence of the third prince, the excitement in the eyes of the eldest prince and the second prince could not be hidden. There is no way for him to guess the purpose of the emperor's move.

originally thought that the emperor vigorously cleared the power of the eldest prince in order to pave the way for the three princes, but where would he have thought that the three princes, who were supposed to attend and win over the courtiers, did not show up, which made Ouyang Ye even more suspicious.

The eldest prince is now weak, the second prince has not lost a single soldier, and the balance of power between the two sides has been broken, and it should be the best time for the third prince to return to the palace. Those vacated positions can be put on their own people, so that the three forces can reach a perfect balance, the eldest prince and the three princes can definitely suppress the arrogance of the second prince, why doesn't the emperor do this?

Ouyang Ye's gaze turned to the eldest prince, casually observing the eldest prince's appearance. But I secretly guessed in my heart, could it be that the eldest prince left a back hand and wanted to fight back?

It's not impossible, the eldest prince is already bigger than the second prince, but there is not much revealed on the surface, only faintly pressing the second prince to achieve the balance that the emperor wants, and then looking at the second prince's complacent appearance at this time, I can't help but pinch a cold sweat for it.

The dinner party ended hastily under the fact that everyone had their own thoughts and did not know the taste, and when they heard the sound that they could go home, all the officials seemed to hear the heavenly sound, and Qi Qi breathed a sigh of relief, so he narrowly avoided this pass, and they all accelerated their pace and hurriedly went out of the palace gate to return to the house, and the colleagues did not even have to say a word and a half of the auspicious words to congratulate the New Year, perhaps because they forgot, or maybe they were afraid of trouble, and they accidentally said something that aroused suspicion for a while, and there was nowhere to redress their grievances on Chinese New Year's Eve.

This year is the first time, it is boring and cold. Mu Haoyu in the palace did not stay in the palace of Yuan Guifei as in previous years, because the matter of the eldest prince was angry, Yuan Guifei also lost her favor and deprived of the power to govern the six palaces, and the phoenix seal was temporarily handed over to the concubine who was not involved, rather than the mother concubine of the second prince.

The emperor's move touched the tight string of the harem concubines, and he guessed that it would be Concubine Chen's dominance in the morning, and those palace concubines who looked at Concubine Chen was not pleasing to the eye, and who had not fallen into the well before, and who had stumbled all day long, were afraid that Concubine Chen would turn her head and come to them to settle the account.

Fortunately, the emperor has other arrangements, and the concubines who offended Concubine Chen in the harem can finally sleep peacefully, as for the concubine who leads the harem, she is a soft-faced and gentle person, and she is the most easy to deal with, so you don't have to worry about superfluous things at all.

Concubine Shu also didn't think that she really had such a day, the phoenix seal, that is a symbol of dignity in the harem, the head of the six palaces is in charge of all the affairs of the six palaces, it is simply a big pie falling from the sky, no, no, it should be gold, even though he is holding a phoenix seal made of jade in his hand, his hands are unconsciously trembling, excited, and he really wants to scream, in order to vent his inner excitement.

Concubine Shu couldn't put it down and played with the palm-sized phoenix seal in her hand, her eyes were full of joy that was about to overflow, and she said in her heart: "It's really thanks to my good daughter, but it is myself who makes the final profit from poking out such a big basket." "It felt like a dream.

Yuan Guifei fell out of favor, Concubine Chen was no longer treated by the emperor before, and Concubine Shu was an indisputable, and the concubines in the harem saw this scene, and they sprouted a glimmer of hope, and they had the idea of competing for favor.

Mu Haoyu himself didn't know that his concubines had other thoughts, even if he knew, what could he do, he didn't care about it for a long time, those concubines were probably forgotten, he had not set foot in the harem for many years, except for Yuan Guifei and Concubine Chen, who went symbolically a few times, and would not stay in the harem concubines every time, even if the concubines tried to compete for favor, it was in vain.

Without the emperor's luck, where can it be regarded as the emperor's favor, the word favor contains two meanings, that is, favor and love, and if you lose either of them, you can't get the emperor's favor.

Mu Haoyu doesn't have the heart to worry about other things now, and there are already people waiting in the Longhua Hall to spend the Spring Festival with him.

What Mu Haoyu wanted to see was Mu Jinming, the third prince who had not appeared in front of people, and saw his youngest son sitting at the table, with his favorite meals on the table, not to mention ironing in his heart, but unfortunately the youngest daughter could not return to the palace to celebrate the New Year with his father and son.

The father and son chatted while using it, most of them were Mu Jinming talking, and the content was nothing more than those things in Wenchang Academy, as well as the few poor children who were more optimistic about him.

"We'll have to wait and see." Mu Jinming said some things about these people, and said that he had the measure to handle this matter, after all, those people would be his right-hand men in the future, and he had to observe for a few years to consider whether to contact them.

"Well, it's up to you." Mu Haoyu completely let go of Mu Jinming to do it, and the young eagle should spread its wings and fly high, instead of being protected under its wings.

"Xi'er didn't come back, I don't know if there is someone around?" Mu Jinming misses it, and he can't really rest assured just by the letters from a few days, and he can only be truly relieved after seeing me.

Mu Haoyu was silent, alone in the thoughts of missing his daughter, and the room was very quiet for a while, and it became more and more deserted.

Li Desheng, who served on the side for a while, spoke softly: "Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness, Your Royal Highness has prepared many New Year's gifts and sent them over, among which the gifts for the Emperor and His Royal Highness have been ordered to be taken. ”

"Oh? Take a look at it. Mu Haoyu was very happy when he heard that it was a New Year's gift specially prepared for himself by his youngest daughter.

When Mu Jinming heard that she was still sad and depressed, she immediately came to her senses, and guessed in her heart what kind of New Year's gift her little sister would give her.

The things sent this time include the exquisite waist seal embroidered for Mu Haoyu, which is carefully embroidered according to the emperor's pattern, although it is not as good as the embroidery girl who specializes in embroidering dragon robes in the palace, but it is not rough and can not be seen.

Mu Haoyu took it in his hand and stroked it gently, as if he saw his daughter from this waist band, his eyes were not moist.

What was given to Mu Jinming was a two-finger-wide forehead, which was also embroidered according to the prince's specifications, which was not as difficult as the waist seal in Mu Haoyu's hand, but it was also extremely time-consuming.

She wished her father and brother a safe, joyful, long and healthy new year, and finally attached a long letter describing the observations of the places she had visited these days, and by the way, there were three peace charms that she had asked for in Buddhist temples, packed in hand-embroidered blessing bags.