There was an incident in the Guozhang Mansion, and there was a fatality, and the wind soon drifted into the palace and reached Zhang Yan's ears.

Xu Shi, the female official in charge of Kunning Palace, hid outside the door, looked at the dim lights inside, and said:

"Recently, the inner court has also criticized, saying that Niangniang wants to protect her relatives, so be careful, the people of Kunning Palace, don't make trouble for Niangniang."

A palace lady said disdainfully: "Zhang Xiaozhu is his mother's brother, isn't it natural to be good to him..."

"That's it, I see, these people, I wish the emperor was abolished, and then what would Concubine Yu and Concubine Chun call to be on the throne!"

"Nonsense-" Xu didn't say anything, slapped it over, and reprimanded:

"Can this be said casually, who doesn't know the love between the emperor and the mother, how can it be easy... That..."

Gong E, who was beaten, covered her face and shed tears when she was wronged, and the rest did not dare to mention it again.

In Kunning Palace, the candles are dim.

After Zhang Yan finished bathing, she pushed away the insiders, and saw that her father was still sitting on the table waiting, sighed heavily, and walked slowly.

"Daddy's good daughter, a good queen of the Ming Dynasty! You're finally here—"

At this time, Zhang Guoji knew that he was in the palace, and when he saw Zhang Yan, he understood some etiquette, although he was in a hurry, he did not lose his temper.

"You also know that I am the queen now..."Zhang Yan sat opposite him, put her hands on her cheeks, looked out the window, and said:

"If you really think about me, you shouldn't wade into this troubled water."

"He's your own brother, how can you say such a thing?" Zhang Guoji was stunned, glanced up and down, and said:

"You are the queen now, it's different, the food and clothing are all given by the emperor, and I look down on you poor family members."

"Dad, why do you talk like that, when did I look down on you?"

Zhang Yan was dumbfounded, and she was helpless, hesitated for a while, raised her voice to say something to Xu, closed the doors and windows, and then began to pour out her thoughts:

"Dad——, don't provoke me with these words, your daughter has become a queen, and you don't know what to do with you."

"Zhang Gongchen forced the people to death and robbed the people's daughters, so he should take his life to die!"

"Besides, did he do this thing, what else did he do, I don't know if I have lived in the deep palace for a long time, and you are the abbot, don't you know."

"Don't you really know how much land you have coveted in Gyeonggi?"

"It's really troublesome, the emperor admits it, our Zhang family, all have to be finished!"

"It's useless for you to look for me!" Zhang Yan said, suddenly realized something, and added:

"It's useless for you to find anyone, the emperor's edict, even he himself will not change it."

"Y-How do you know?" Zhang Guoji got up in fright, looked around, and was sure that no one heard, so he said in a trembling voice:

"You know, the emperor will also..."

"What the emperor knows, I don't necessarily know, but what I know, the emperor must know." Zhang Yan sighed and said bitterly:

"Since the first year, Wei Zhongxian of Dongchang, Xu Xianchun of Jinyi Wei, and Wang Tiqian of the Metropolitan Prison Mansion, which one is not taking people and asking things for the emperor?"

"When I came back to Kunning Palace, the emperor also said that he wanted to set up another mansion, which was to scare me. He's a ghost! ”

"You go back and talk to everyone in our family, don't make any more trouble."

"This matter has already happened, you, as the ruler of the country, must show your attitude, instead of coming to me as a broken mouth, you have brought me in."

"But, this is my own son..."

Zhang Guoji understood this truth, but he still couldn't step over this hurdle and sat back down.

Until today, he didn't know how many hearts he had to keep in this deep palace compound for every step he took and every word he said.

Zhang Yan pulled her old father to the bed and sat down.

"Since I entered the palace, every time the emperor comes to Kunning Palace, he has to tell me a story."

"Once he told me that during the Hongwu Dynasty, when the national system was first established, Taizu once said to the minister: Han has no right of relatives, Tang has no fan to suppress the disaster of Yidi, how can the country be destroyed?" 、

"It's not a disaster for the voice, the ban of the strict palace, the disaster of the relatives, why sit down."

Zhang Guoji was born in a small country, so he naturally didn't understand, and he was speechless, but his face became more and more pale.

He also said that since the Hongwu Dynasty, the concubines have been selected from good families to strictly prevent relatives from interfering in politics.

"It's just that once the common people become the royal relatives, ascend to the clouds and follow the dragon, there are occasionally some battles, corruption and impostority, and it is inevitable that they will live together."

Speaking of which, Zhang Yan handed him a bowl of Jiangnan tribute tea.

Zhang Guoji took the bowl and drank it in small sips, during which Zhang Yan also looked at him with a smile, and the father and daughter looked at each other, feeling terrible in their hearts.

This emperor, although he is young, seems to have expected everything.

Zhang Yan raised her head again, and there was a decision in her phoenix eyes.

"In the past few months, the imperial court has been in prison several times, and there has been blood everywhere, and I have only been born for a few days, but I didn't expect that it was my younger brother who made trouble and embarrassed the emperor and the court."

"Dad, go back and persuade the clansmen, don't spread rumors or make trouble, it's best to press it down like this, if it really makes a big fuss, I can't protect myself..."

"Daughter, it was my father who hurt you."

The tea bowl in Zhang Guoji's hand fell to the ground suddenly, the wall was shattered, he couldn't speak anymore with shaking hands, struggled to get up, and said:

"I'll go back and tell them."

Zhang Yan watched her father leave Kunning Palace, her eyes sparkling.

In the middle of the night, Zhang Yan didn't know how long she had been asleep, and the former pastoral paradise suddenly appeared in front of her, with mountains, rivers, jungles, and verdant greenery.

The scene in this dream dispersed, and Zhang Gongchen lay in front of her with a faint breath, his flesh and blood were blurred, like a nightmare, and he accused her bitterly, why didn't she save herself.

The next moment, Zhang Yan suddenly woke up and realized that it was just a nightmare.

Her eyes sparkled, and she curled up helplessly in the corner, if her brother really died because of this, I am afraid that it will become a nightmare that will linger in her life.

......

On the second day, the sun poured down into the West Warm Pavilion.

On Zhu Youxiao's imperial case, there were two secret recitals, and after reading them one by one, he was also surprised and asked:

"That's what the queen said?"

"Word for word." Wang Tiqian said with conviction:

"After the national abbot went back, he summoned the Zhang family, denounced Zhang Gongchen's crimes, said that he supported the emperor's decision, and asked to move back to his hometown in Henan."

When Zhu Youxiao heard this, his eyes became gloomy, and he threw the secret music into the Xuande furnace, and said, "Go to Kunning Palace tonight, and don't call me if you have anything." ”

Wang Tiqian bowed slightly, naturally understood the emperor's intentions, and suddenly asked again:

"That Zhang Gongchen was imprisoned by the Jinyi guard, and he was still speaking out in prison, Xu Xianchun killed all the people who heard these words, and not a word was passed out."

"Do you know these words?"

Zhu Youxiao's question completely made Wang Tiqian terrified, and he hurriedly knelt down to prove himself:

"The slave just listened to him say that there was such a thing, how dare she ask what he said! The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life..."

"Alright, get up."

Zhu Youxiao smiled, leaned lazily on the recliner, and lowered his voice a little:

"Zhang Gongchen's matter stops at Zhang Gongchen, let Xu Xianchun watch it!"

"The stolen silver is recovered by the brocade guard, and the humiliated people remember to compensate for it, find a good family for the robbed girl, and ask Zhang Guoji to come forward to be a matchmaker."

"As for Zhang Guoji... The queen knows the general situation in this matter, and when she is called the mother of the world, he is the queen's own father, and he does not do evil in person, so I will spare him once. ”

"As for repatriation, it's still forgiven! It's good for him to stay in Jingshi, and the queen can find someone to talk to..."