Seeing that he was so refreshed, Yao Duran immediately smiled in surprise: "Concubine Xie Your Majesty!" ”

Huo Jingcheng hooked his finger at her: "Come here." ”

Yao Duran got up happily and passed, and sure enough, he was pulled into his arms and sat on his lap.

"It's strange if I'm right!" As soon as she sat down, he suddenly said this.

Yao Duran's smile froze suddenly: "You...... You lied to me? ”

He asked, "Why did you get involved with the Ling family again?" ”

His expression was tepid, and it was difficult to get a glimpse of what kind of mood he was in for a while.

Yao Duran finished looking at it, and said with courage: "It's me who ignored the Ling family, in fact, Your Majesty doesn't know something, and I and the Ling family have long been secretly out of harmony." ”

"Oh?"

Yao Duran said truthfully: "When I was drafted, Mrs. Ling once came to the palace to ask to see me, and she asked me to brag for Ling in front of His Majesty, and the advantage was that their Ling family would be my backing in the previous dynasty, but I refused, and ridiculed their family. Presumably, Mrs. Ling sued Lord Ling after she went back. Later, when Ling Chuimeng was elected in the palace election, the Ling family would definitely think that not only did I not help Ling Chuimeng with good words, but also stepped on Ling Chuimeng to cause her to lose the election. Therefore, it is not surprising that the Ling family hates me because of this, and only blames me for the Empress Dowager's hindsight. ”

Huo Jingcheng said: "So you think that it was the Ling family who wanted to assassinate you, and the Duan family was blamed by the Ling family?" ”

Yao Duran hesitated, but still nodded: "Hmm! The Ling family saw the opportunity when Princess Cheng was killed, and made a decisive move, not only killing me, but also making the Duan family guilty. There is also the arrow, the Duan family's arrow is missing for no reason, and it is precisely because of the word "no reason" that it is even more suspicious, because it may have been stolen by someone, so the Duan family can't say why. ”

Huo Jingcheng listened, lowered his eyes and thought for a while, and said in a casual tone: "It's not impossible to do this. ”

Seeing that there was hope, Yao Duran was busy striking while the iron was hot.

"So Your Majesty, you should first bring this case to Taichang Temple for trial as soon as possible, and don't allow the Criminal Department to ask about it again! The Shangshu of the Criminal Department dared to disobey the holy will and use heavy punishment, and it was not without reason behind it. ”

Huo Jingcheng hit the nail on the head and said: "Do you suspect that the Ling family and the Shangshu of the Criminal Department secretly colluded to stir up this case?" ”

Yao Duran nodded: "Not bad." Also, if Your Majesty is still indifferent, perhaps in the middle of the night, the Lord will succumb to death at the hands of the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and when he dies, all the infamy will be concubines. Because the concubine went to the prison because she was born, everyone will say that Lord Duan will not die sooner or later, but he died after the concubine went once, Your Majesty thinks, can the concubine still be innocent? ”

After Huo Jingcheng heard this, his mood was obviously not good, and his snort was heavier. Obviously, he listened to the strings and listened to the sound, and he already understood the key to this.

"This Liu Wei has calculated on the person next to me, hehe......" After that, he took out a roll of dragon pattern gold scroll and said, "Dye'er, go down, I will write the book." ”

Yao Duran was overjoyed, and hurriedly got up and waited on the side.

He held the pen and landed on the dragon-patterned gold scroll, wrote like a cloud, and finally stamped the seal without hesitation.

"It's done, I'll let Qin An go to the Criminal Department to announce the decree."

Yao Duran asked, "How did Your Majesty show it?" ”

Huo Jingcheng said: "In the holy decree, the Shangshu of the Punishment Department was ineffective in handling the case, and the grinding was fruitless, so I ordered him to immediately transfer the case to Taichang Temple for trial. ”

Yao Duran said: "That's it? ”

Huo Jingcheng looked at her: "What else do you want?" ”

Yao Duran said: "Don't investigate the criminal department's book?" ”

Huo Jingcheng stretched out his hand and flicked it on her forehead: "Stupid! If the Shangshu of the Criminal Department is really secretly colluding with the Ling family, then if the Shangshu of the Criminal Department is clearly investigated, wouldn't it be necessary to startle the snake and make the Ling family vigilant? At that time, what do you still expect Du Yan to find out secretly in the Ling family? ”

Yao Duran suddenly realized: "Your Majesty is wise and wise! ”

Huo Jingcheng said again: "Therefore, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department still has to be handled lightly, so I let him get rid of this case on the grounds that he is not effective in handling the case, so as to prevent him and the Ling family from becoming suspicious of my transfer of the case." ”

Yao Duran nodded like pounded garlic: "Your Majesty is really wise!" Concubines bow down! ”

Huo Jingcheng lowered his eyes and smiled, deep and charming.

"Alright, don't put a high hat on me. What, and the Ling family, are you sure you want to hand it over to Du Yan to investigate? This is inevitably difficult for the strongman, right? Let the son-in-law check the father-in-law's account, you can figure it out. ”

Yao Duran looked at him and smiled deeply: "Your Majesty, don't let me know about it, in fact, Your Majesty made the decision to marry Ling Chuimeng and Master Du, just to let Lord Du get close to the Ling family, so that he could know more about the Ling family." Therefore, Lord Du seems to be Lord Ling's son-in-law, but in fact, it is just His Majesty's eyes and ears. ”

"Oh, nonsense." He didn't admit it, but the smile that couldn't be hidden at the corner of his lips had betrayed him.

Yao Duran stopped at the right time, and naturally did not chase after him anymore.

Qin An quickly came in and received the holy decree and went to the criminal department to announce the decree. Yao Duran looked at his departing back and breathed a sigh of relief.

If what Master Duan said is true, then for now, she has successfully protected her innocence.

Huo Jingcheng pulled her into his arms and sat down again, and his tone became a little serious: "Dye'er, what are you trying to do?" ”

Yao Duran was stunned suddenly: "Yes, what am I trying to do like this......

Huo Jingcheng sighed softly: "No one in the world knows that I am benevolent and righteous, and I once begged me to send troops to suppress bandits, just to restore the stability of the people." I once asked myself to leave the palace, just to protect my reputation. is now engaged in politics, and in order to protect the loyal and innocent. ”

Yao Duran leaned his head on his shoulder and said softly: "I don't have the luxury of knowing what I do, but I ask Liulang to know my heart." ”

"Rokuro naturally understands your heart." He said this, and kissed her lightly on the forehead.

She asked softly, "Rokuro, why do you fulfill my requests so much?" ”

Huo Jingcheng said: "Because what you said is reasonable." The foundation of the Ming monarch must be willing to listen to advice and be willing to offer advice. Also, the criminal department Shangshu was actually suspicious for a long time. When the officials were all in prison, he first proposed that I treat the Xiao family to prison equally, and later he boldly stated, saying that the Xiao family was not actually without suspicion of assassinating you, and between the lines he wanted to pull the Xiao family in, and the Xiao family and the Ling family have always been hostile, so if you want to get into the Xiao family, you are supporting the Ling family. ”

Yao Duran suddenly realized when he heard this: "Your Majesty is wise. ”

......

After Qin An announced his decree, he immediately went to Du's mansion in person and handed over the matter of secretly investigating the Ling family to Du Yan.

Yao Duran breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and now she is only waiting for the results of the secret investigation.

There was no way to hide things in the palace, and soon the news spread, and the case of the Duan family was unexpectedly varied that day after the imperial concubine went to the heavenly prison and went to the imperial study. It's just that all parties are speculating, what is the imperial concubine's move for? It stands to reason that she shouldn't hate the Duan family, drag the Duan family to death in prison, and then close the case? How could there be a mention of the retrial of Taichang Temple? Doesn't that equate to a good turnaround? Could it be that she has the heart of the Baoduan family?

On the way back to the Wanton Palace, Yao Duran was still thinking, if Lord Duan didn't say anything wrong and she didn't believe it, then this time Liu Wei, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was smart but was mistaken by being smart, thinking that he would be easy to do things after she went to the prison, but she deceived him and took the person away.

It is estimated that at this moment, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department is secretly gritting his teeth and scolding her, scolding her for being a foolish woman. Naturally, it is better to make him think that this is her woman's kindness.

......

In the next few days, the palace began to put up lanterns to welcome the New Year, and Yao Duran was also very busy.

The New Year Festival is approaching, a large number of fresh meat has been sent to Lintian Mountain Garden, chickens, ducks, fish, shrimps, cattle, sheep, pigeons, rabbits, and so on......

Yao Duran wanted to distribute it to each palace and each dining room, so he held the booklet and distributed things all day long. As a result, this division took two days and was not finished, you know, there are too many dining rooms in the huge palace, in addition to the imperial dining room, how many dining rooms for the palace people to eat and drink and the dining room of the cold palace. This is a New Year's holiday, so that the master and his subordinates eat and drink well, and the whole palace cannot be harsh, so there must be no shortage of food rooms.

Yao Duran finally got rid of his annoyance after two days, so he sent Fuquan to call Wei Yanran to help.

Wei Yanran came happily, but after an hour, she lost her patience and muttered: "Sister, this work is too detailed, and it is troublesome!" ”

Yao Duran rested leisurely on the side, listened to her complaints, and secretly smiled in her heart, and coaxed: "Good, help my sister again, there are only a few places left in the palace, and it will be over after dividing it, and I will divide the rest myself." ”

Wei Yanran was puzzled: "The rest? Where will the palace be divided after it is divided? ”

Yao Duran said: "I also want to share it with the hundreds of officials of the previous dynasty, at the end of the year, the ministers have worked hard for a whole year, and Your Majesty has to express it in a small meaning in addition to the year-end bounty, so yesterday I brought a roster, and specially instructed me to match the meat, vegetables, melons, fruits, wine, and tea, and send them to various mansions into gift boxes. ”

Wei Yanran suddenly realized: "I see, it seems that it is still troublesome, sure enough, the master of the harem is not easy to be, and I don't know what the queen does every year." ”

Yao Duran said: "The queen mother is naturally practice makes perfect, and she is handy. And I just took over the harem affairs, so naturally it was more difficult. ”

Wei Yanran cheered up again: "Okay, then I'll help my sister more, and after dividing the harem, I'll help my sister divide the previous dynasty." ”

Yao Twilight smiled and praised her: "Good, when you come to my palace on Chinese New Year's Eve, let's keep the New Year with Your Majesty, lead Shuang'er to make dumplings and set off fireworks." ”

Wei Yanran smiled heartily: "Okay! ”

In the end, these gift boxes were sent to the door of the civil and military officials one by one by the palace people, and the hundred officials knelt down to receive the gift boxes, not to mention, several courtiers also sent their own wives into the palace to return the gift to Yao Duran, which is equivalent to the monarch and ministers worshipping each other in advance, which is really full of human feelings.

Yao Dui did not pull out a hair but got a lot of gifts in return for the light of Huo Jingcheng, and felt that he was ashamed of it, so he borrowed flowers to offer Buddha, and divided the return gifts of the officials and wives to the six palaces evenly, winning a lot of praise.

Next, I waited for the arrival of the New Year in leisure.