Yu Jiakong was anxious and didn't sleep all night, but he couldn't get the slightest news. Ding Zhao is a good man in the traditional sense, treats Yujia with great respect, respects her like a guest, gives her absolute power in the inner house, never spoils the concubine and kills his wife, let her give birth to their eldest son, and do the duty of a husband, but when the future of the family conflicts with his wife, Ding Zhao chose the former without hesitation.

The relationship between him and Yujia is full of morality, but he lacks the relationship of real heart-to-heart and death.

He forcibly took Yujia back to his room, and personally accompanied Yujia and his son for a whole night. It is called companionship, but in fact it is surveillance, until the next day, the veteran Ding Ge handed the excerpt to the front of the emperor, and the wood has been completed.

Until the end of the day, Ding Zhao had breakfast in the courtyard, everything was cleaned up, and he was ready to go to the household office, and Yujia was still crying in the tent. Ding Zhao had to persuade her: "Father went to the court early in the morning, and now I'm afraid that the fold has already been handed over, and it's useless for you to cry." ”

Yujia only felt disheartened and cried: "How can you tell me to have the face to go back to my parents' house!" Did all the things you did to me before be fake? "Before, Ding Ge Lao was still the proud protégé of Mrs. Yang, and followed the teacher into the cabinet to pay respects, Ding Zhao naturally obeyed her, Qin Se and Ming. But now the times have changed, but they are different from then.

Ding Zhao sighed and said: "The matter has come to this, I won't argue with you, you haven't slept all night, take a good rest, you have your own men to do the things outside, you only manage the housework, raise our children well, I should give you the dignity of a wife!" I'm going to go on a business trip, so I'm going. Hello stay at home, don't make trouble in vain! ”

After saying that, he took the little maid out of the house, but he ordered the chief housekeeper of the Ding Mansion to close the door and thank the guests, especially to take a good look at the young lady, and never let her go to the Yang Mansion.

Because Ding Zhao had just been admitted to the Jinshi, the official position he was awarded was only a "view of government" of the ninth grade, and officials below the fifth rank were not eligible to participate in the court meeting, so although Ding Zhao wanted to know how his father was doing today, he could only go to the Yamen of the Household Department.

At the right time, the emperor held a court meeting in the Qianqing Palace. The orthodox emperor sat on the Sumeru seat, the whip sounded three times, and the ministers knelt three times and bowed nine times, and the emperor asked: "Do you have a play?" ”

Ding Ge Lao was excited, excited and a little scared last night, and as soon as the emperor's voice fell, he went out of class and knelt down: "Ding Qian, a scholar of Chendong Pavilion University, has a book, and respectfully invites the emperor to take a look!" ”

In the cabinet, including Yang Peishi, there are a total of five cabinet elders, Yang Peishi has been an official for decades, and his protégés are all over the world, and his reputation among the ministers is unmatched, so all the scholars in the cabinet are looking forward to him, and what is discussed in advance will be played by the emperor.

Now that Ding Ge Lao suddenly came out to do something alone, Old Lady Yang couldn't help but be stunned. The cabinet scholars are all the first-class officials of the first grade, they are extremely popular ministers, and they are very close to the emperor's position when they are in the position, Yang Peishi gestured to several other scholars with his eyes, and they all shook their heads gently, obviously not knowing what the elder of the Ding Pavilion was playing.

When Yang Peishi saw this scene, his heart couldn't help but sink.

The orthodox emperor on the throne had already spoken: "Present! A little eunuch came over and took the chapter and presented it to the orthodox case.

In recent years, the orthodox emperor has become more and more old, and his energy has become more and more lacking, and he has been a little careless during the court meeting. However, in addition to the great court meeting, ordinary court meetings generally do not discuss specific government affairs, and the purpose of the court meeting is to build a bridge of meeting and communication between the emperor and the ministers, so that the emperor will not not know the ministers, and the ministers will not fail to see the emperor, and the situation is greater than the content.

Orthodox listlessly opened the question book and looked at it twice, and his spirit was greatly lifted when he saw it. He sat up straight and quickly read the book. His face was already beaming with joy. Elder Ding Ge had been secretly observing the emperor's expression, and when he saw this situation, he couldn't help but make up his mind.

Yang Pei's uneasy feeling became even stronger.

After reading the question book, the emperor laughed: "Okay! All right! Aiqing's title book is reasonable, reasonable! But this matter......" He glanced at Yang Peishi and said, "I still need to make a decision after Rong Zhen and the ministers discuss it!" ”

Ding Ge Lao couldn't help but be a little anxious when he heard this, he risked ruining his reputation, and praised Chen Jia in the recital, and asked to reopen the West Factory. This was also an extremely risky political speculation, if the matter came to pass, he would naturally have endless benefits, one was to do what he liked, to please the emperor, and the other was to have a good relationship with the now powerful eunuch Chen Jia, and he would have a smooth road to the position of first assistant.

But if the West Factory can't be opened, then he will become a traitor to the cabinet, and the entire civilian clique will abandon him. As a scholar, he surrendered to the eunuch side, and he would become the public enemy of Shilin for this alone, and at that time he only had to roll up and roll home, and he couldn't stay in the court anymore.

Therefore, when he heard the emperor say this, he couldn't help but feel cold in his whole heart. The emperor didn't pay attention to his expression, and only asked, "Do you have anything to do?" ”

There was silence in the hall, and the emperor said: "Since there is no music, then everyone Aiqing kneel down!" Everyone knelt down one after another, kowtowed, but the emperor said: "Ding Aiqing stay!" ”

When Ding Qian heard this, it was as if he had heard the sound of Jade Zhilun. Ding Qian followed the emperor into the Xinuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, the little eunuch held his inscription, and the emperor rewarded the seat and tea. So he went to the inner room to change his clothes.

Ding Qian was fidgeting there, the little eunuch lifted the curtain, and Chen Jia, who was dressed in a four-grade eunuch uniform, walked in.

According to the regulations of the Great Chu, the eunuchs can only be sealed up to four grades. Although Chen Jia is red and purple, he is very different in the emperor's heart, and he can only be sealed to the fourth grade. When Ding Qian saw Chen Jia coming in, he hurriedly stood up and said with a deep salute: "Gonggong Chen is here!" "He is a dignified first-class official, and he behaves like a subordinate to a eunuch who is younger than his son and is only a fourth-grade eunuch.

Chen Jia smiled slightly when he saw this situation, and his heart was really vicious, this Ding Ge Lao has always had a very good official reputation, quite a backbone, in fact, everything is just pretending, looking at him like this, in order to be promoted, even his parents can not do it, thinking of this, I can't help but feel a trace of disdain in my heart, but I refuse to show it on my face.

"Oh, Elder Ding Ge, you really hurt me by giving us such a big gift! How can I afford it! ”

Ding Qian hurriedly said: "I can afford it!" Afford it! Father of the monarch, the emperor is both a monarch and a father, you wait for the emperor day and night, and solve problems for the monarch's father, you have really done your duty to our courtiers, and this gift is naturally acceptable. Grandpa Chen, please sit down, please sit down! "The attitude is extremely humble.

Chen Jia was dumbfounded! Such shameless words, he can say them. He'd done a lot of hurtful things, but he thought to himself that he couldn't be so cheeky as this old thing. This old thing is for the position of the first assistant, and now he has revealed his true face.

At this point, Chen Jia really didn't be polite to him: "In this case, our family will be disrespectful!" Chen Jia sat down, and the little eunuch brought the tea up.

Chen Jia took a sip of tea and said slowly: "Dare to ask the boss, have you done what our family asked you to do?" ”

Ding Qian said: "It's done!" It's all done! ”

Chen Jia had already guessed this, and when he heard this, he just nodded, and then stopped talking. Ding Qian saw that his scheming was so deep, and his heart was even more stable.

After a while, the emperor changed into a stone blue dragon robe, and came out of the room, Chen Jia hurriedly stepped forward and helped the emperor to rise to the throne, Ding Qian saw that the attitude between the emperor and Chen Jia was very close, and he couldn't help but think of the rumors that were spreading, and his heart was happy again.

The emperor sat down and ate half a cup of tea, and then handed Ding Gan's inscription book to Chen Jiadao casually: "You can also take a look at this notebook, this is the handwriting of Ding Ge Lao." "For Chen Jiazhen, he is not shy about it at all. When Ding Qian saw it, he was even more glad that he had chosen the right object of allegiance.

Chen Jia held it in both hands and looked at it carefully. knelt down and said, "I don't know what the Lord of Long Live thinks?" ”

Orthodox said: "Ding Ge Lao is an important minister in the court, and the humerus I rely on, since Ding Ge Lao said that the West Factory should be reopened, it is categorically not wrong!" It's just that I'm worried that Yang Shoufu will oppose it! "The orthodox emperor still has some scruples about his own teacher.

Chen Jia said sincerely in his voice: "Yang Shoufu has always felt that the slaves advocate the reopening of the West Factory for the sake of the slaves themselves, and the slaves are using the power of the West Factory to make their own power!" The slave doesn't know why Lord Shoufu has such a prejudice against the slave, in fact, the slave does not value the power of the West Factory, as long as the emperor allows the slave to wait by the emperor's side, as long as the slave stays by the emperor's side, it is enough to give the wish, that is, the emperor gives me great power, and the slave is not rare, please also ask the emperor to see it! ”

These words were extremely sincere, and the meaning in those words seemed to be that he was unwilling to open the West Factory again, and Ding Qian couldn't help but be stunned. The emperor was very moved when he heard this: "I naturally know your loyalty. According to your meaning, why don't you open this western factory? ”

Chen Jia said: "Your Majesty, before that, please Rong Chen play one thing first!" ”

The emperor said: "Come on! ”

Chen Jiadao: "There was a case in the palace recently, which was just concluded today, and the slave saw that the emperor was busy with government affairs recently and did not report it to you. But there is a demon in the Beijing division recently, named Chen Zilong, who is famous for his skills in the left side of the door, and is extremely demagogic, he not only recruited many foolish women as believers in the Beijing division, but also bewitched many eunuchs in the palace, this Chen Zilong is not a court official, and the second is not a relative of the emperor, he actually entered and exited the palace at will, no one stopped him at all, and many times sneakily explored the terrain such as Banzai Mountain, and the slave suspected that he was going to plot against the Banzai Lord, so he immediately captured him and wiped out his henchmen! ”

The emperor was also shocked when he heard it: "What, he actually went in and out of the inner palace at will, and regarded the inner palace as his back garden?" He couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when he heard this, "Thanks to you for finding it in time, otherwise it would ......"

Chen Jia took out a notebook from his sleeve: "The beginning and end of Chen Zilong's case are on the notebook, and the interrogation transcript is also attached to the back. It's all the minions who are not doing things well, so that the long live lord is frightened! ”

The emperor sighed and said, "It's none of your business!" ”

Chen Jia kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, the minister feels that at this time, he deeply feels that the strength of the factory is insufficient, and for the safety of the Long Live Lord, it is also imminent to reopen the West Factory!" ”

Ding Qian sat there and was almost stunned. Chen Jiahao is advancing by retreating, and with his recital, and then this "Chen Zilong case" comes out, the emperor will definitely reopen the West Factory with an iron heart. I'm afraid that this Chen Zilong doesn't mean to "kill the king" at all, and it may also be deliberately arranged by Chen Jia, but such a case at this moment is really more effective than what Chen Jia said!

Sure enough, the orthodox emperor pondered for a moment, he thought more deeply than Chen Jia, since the assassination of Heishigou, he had also lost trust in his son, and he even thought, could this Chen Zilong be sent by one of his sons?

The emperor threw Chen Jia's notebook on the desk, and he was indeed too insecure, so he stood up and said, "It seems that this West Factory must be opened." Chen Jia, you have to work harder, and my net worth and life will be all handed over to you! ”

Chen Jia kowtowed again and again: "The slave is full of liver and brains, and it is not a pity to die, so he will do his best to do the errand assigned by the emperor!" ”

The emperor thought of Yang Shoufu, and had another headache: "But there is ...... Shoufu there" and looked at Ding Qian!

Ding Qian was like riding a roller coaster just now, and at this time, seeing that the overall situation was almost decided, his heart was also put back in his stomach, he knelt on the ground and played: "The emperor is the son of heaven, since he is the commander of the gang, the emperor immediately issued a clear decree, ordering Gonggong Chen to reopen the West Factory, which is the first assistant, and can only be implemented in accordance with the order!" ”

The emperor gritted his teeth, and since there were already anti-water people in the cabinet, his heart was slightly settled. "In that case, let Aiqing draw up the will!"

Ding Qian was overjoyed, kowtowed and said, "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Before noon, the news of the emperor's reopening of the West Factory was promulgated to the world. All of a sudden, the court shook, and the officials were boiling.

In the Songfeng Study, the old lady looked at the newspaper containing the emperor's decree with an expressionless face. There was a calm look on his face. Ding Qian was his protégé, and he had worked with him in the cabinet for nearly a year, so he could see at a glance that this holy decree was written by Ding Gan, and what was written in Ding Gan's recital at the court meeting, the old lady guessed a □ that j is not far from ten.

The old lady muttered, "It's him, it's him!" ”

Someone had reminded him to be wary of the people around him before, but he didn't expect that the person who betrayed him would be Ding Qian. Ding Gan has a very heavy heart for fame and fortune, which he has always known, but he is also a good hand at handling government affairs, so he does not avoid suspicion and recommends him to the cabinet.

Although Ding Qian acted in this way to please the emperor and Chen Jia, he would be despised by Shilin and ostracized by the civilian clique. He didn't expect that Ding Ge Lao would choose such a path.

"Lan girl, you grind the ink!" The old lady said to Yulan with a calm expression.

Yulan shouted, "Grandfather! She can understand the pain and helplessness of the old man being betrayed by his cronies.

The old lady smiled and said, "I have been in the position of Shoufu for so many years, but I have never been able to realize my ambitions back then!" Now that I'm older, it's time to leave my hometown! There wasn't much nostalgia in the tone.

Yulan was taken aback: "Grandfather? ”

The old lady smiled: "I can't be this first assistant for the rest of my life, the Yang family has not yet been completely involved in the battle for succession, and now is the time to withdraw at this time, maybe it's the right time!" ”