In this way, several masters who are usually used to extravagance will definitely not be able to stand it, and they are all thrifty in food and clothing, not to mention the palace people, who began to complain for a while.

Su Yuxian is pregnant now, the crown prince and the princess let the kitchen hold on to her first, and it is important to raise the fetus in her belly, and Jiang Duyan was not from a good background, she used to live a hard life, and she can still bear this difficulty.

The most unbearable thing is the crown princess, she grew up in fine clothes and fine food, where has she lived such a tight life, although she doesn't show it on her face all day, she is bitter in her heart.

After a long time, the prince was also resentful in his heart, and his temper became irritable, because a trivial matter actually killed a few palace people, he was afraid that the matter would be big, so he let the people around him hide the matter, and the people around him saw him so violent, and they did not dare to disobey his orders.

The crown princess also knew, she was very scared, and summoned her mother into the palace, but she didn't dare to tell her about it, and only complained that the East Palace was having a hard time now.

The prime minister's wife looked at her daughter's clothes and did not have the brilliance at home again, and then looked at the food, in order to entertain her, although it was not too ugly, there were fresh vegetables, chicken, duck and fish, but it was very shabby compared to before.

When she went home, she told the prime minister about Qiu Yulin's situation here, and the prime minister felt very sorry for her daughter, so she asked her to bring money to help her daughter when she entered the palace.

This matter let the prince know, the prince specially came to thank his father-in-law, and cried again, Qiu Chengxiang thought about his daughter, and in order to give the prince face, he took a large sum of silver out to the East Palace, and more than once, the life of the East Palace finally improved.

But there is no impermeable wall in the world, Qin Qingfeng originally suspected that there was something wrong with the prime minister, so he paid attention to his movements, and found that he had received a large amount of silver from the East Palace, and the East Palace has now begun to appear extravagant.

He let people secretly investigate, and found that he was corrupt and bribed, and every year the imperial court will allocate a sum of money to repair the Yanhe River, and all dynasties attach great importance to the Yanhe River, because as long as the rainy year is abundant, the Yanhe River has become a sword hanging over the heads of the people on both sides of the river, and it is also the heart disease of the imperial court, so as long as it is not a too mediocre emperor, or no one supervises in troubled times, the imperial court will let the important ministers in the court take the responsibility of repairing.

For many years, Prime Minister Qiu Cheng was the highest-ranking official in charge of this matter, but in recent years, the river embankment has been collapsing, and many people on both sides of the river have been affected.

Qin Qingfeng has been paying attention to this matter, and recently finally found the problem, that is, starting from Prime Minister Qiu Cheng, the silver for repairing the river embankment was stripped from top to bottom, and in the end, the river embankment could only be perfunctory.

Just this item will bring a large amount of silver to Prime Minister Qiu every year, and he is not much money for repairing the river, but the people below want to be greedy and have to get some connections from him, so the officials at all levels sent him endless bribes.

Not only this river repair money, but also said that some time ago Su Sui was going to go to the border pass to go on an expedition, and before leaving, he had to take away a large amount of grain and grass, and Prime Minister Qiu Cheng did something from this silver, but fortunately, he still thought that if he lost the war, he would also be unlucky, so he was not too greedy.

Qin Qingfeng contacted some upright local officials, some of whom were his protégés, and collected evidence together to prepare to give Prime Minister Qiu Cheng a heavy blow above the main hall, but since Prime Minister Qiu Cheng dared to do these things, he was on guard, and the people below also told him to inform, he knew Qin Qingfeng's intentions, so he destroyed all the evidence at home, including the letters that contacted the people below, as well as the rare antiques sent by others, and the silver was also transferred out in the middle of the night, and soon a luxurious mansion became an empty shell.

Qin Qingfeng didn't know anything about these things, and according to the original plan, he participated in a copy of Prime Minister Qiu Cheng in the court, and handed over an excerpt, which was full of evidence, writing who and who gave Prime Minister Qiu how much silver and how many jade antiques in which year.

He has been secretly investigating this matter for two or three years, so he writes in great detail, as long as he can find the corresponding things in Prime Minister Qiu's mansion, then his charge of corruption and bribery can be confirmed.

The emperor was very shocked, he knew that Qin Qingfeng could not frame Prime Minister Qiu in vain, and the evidence was written in such detail, he believed that this was the truth, so he asked Gonggong Sun to take the black armor guard to search his mansion on the spot, and the result was obvious, he did not find any evidence, but saw a very ordinary, even simple mansion, it can be said that Prime Minister Qiu is very clean.

The emperor was stunned at that time, and if the evidence was not found, the prime minister's crime of corruption and bribery was naturally not established. He reprimanded Qin Qingfeng on the spot: "In vain I have trusted and respected you for so many years, today I will call you a teacher for the last time, you will stop a little in the future, you are not young, you can go home and enjoy Qingfu." ”

It means that he should no longer participate in court politics, which is equivalent to erasing all his past painstaking efforts for the court and the entire society, and he said angrily: "Your Majesty, the minister has not yet reached the time when his old eyes are dizzy, there must be a hidden secret here, please give the emperor time, and the minister must give the emperor an explanation." ”

The emperor snorted coldly, the emperor had long been dissatisfied with the last time he abolished the crown prince on top of the main hall, and now that he had made such a big mistake, the emperor did not pretend to treat him.

The people of Prime Minister Qiu Cheng's faction, seeing this opportunity, how could they not come forward and fall into the ground, so they said a few small mistakes he had made before, such as once in the early court, because he was in a hurry, he went out of the house without wearing shoes, or his wife caught up with him at the palace gate to put on his shoes, and everyone was lined up at that time, and the scene was very joyful and embarrassing.

At that time, it was a joke to say, but now it is suspected of despising the court, and the dignified first-class official actually has untidy shoes and socks, and the lady came, and the two pushed and shoved, making the original solemn and majestic thing become a joke.

There is also the biggest problem that Qin Qingfeng disrespects the emperor, and often confronts the emperor in front of all ministers, etc.

Those who didn't deal with him, the people of Prime Minister Qiu Cheng's faction seemed to have turned this morning into a criticism meeting against him.

Some people even ridiculed him, saying that "Taifu Qin has always been self-defeating, and likes to point fingers in the court, but in fact, he wants to cover the sky with one hand and control the entire government. He didn't take the emperor seriously at all, and wanted to play with the court and the ministers. ”

Qin Qingfeng heard such heart-piercing words, only to feel that his blood was surging, and he was blocked in his heart, and he was dizzy, and said to the emperor: "Minister, the minister's loyalty to Sheji and to the emperor has been slandered to this ......"

Before he finished speaking, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he immediately fainted on the top of the hall, and the ministers all whispered, some gloated, and some were cold and sympathetic, seeing that Prime Minister Qiu Cheng was in power, even the ministers who walked closest to him did not dare to step forward to help him, and the emperor made a gesture for the chamberlain to help people up and send them back to his house.

The wife of the family was shocked and frightened, and quickly wiped her tears and asked the next person to ask the doctor, and after the doctor diagnosed, he said that he was angry and bloody, and prescribed medicine to recuperate at home.

Duanmu Rui will still appear in the early dynasty, this is the emperor's acquiescence, so as not to fall into the hands of others, therefore, he knows the scenes that happened in the court clearly, although he is silent, but he feels a heart-rending pain in his heart like Qin Qingfeng, he is not the same as Qin Qingfeng, Qin Qingfeng can still participate in the government and realize his ideal of revenge, what about him, he can't do anything, and he doesn't dare to do it.

Moreover, he saw that the emperor deliberately indulged Prime Minister Qiu and his gang, just to suppress Qin Qingfeng, Qin Qingfeng is a little reckless as he gets older, but he is not as harmonious as in the past.

He has always wanted to make friends with Qin Qingfeng, but Qin Qingfeng is loyal to the emperor and has no idea of approaching any force, so he has no way to do it once.

In the evening, he went to visit Qin Qingfeng's mansion in disguise, Qin Qingfeng looked very weak, and when he saw that he was coming, he didn't say much.

Duanmu Rui took the opportunity to say: "Taifu, you should also see that the emperor already has a different heart for you, how many years have you been loyal, how can you frame an important minister of the court at will, even if he is not in harmony with you." But the emperor easily made up his mind for you, wanted you to stay away from the court, and let those people attack and ridicule you. Taifu, what are your plans next? ”

Mrs. Qin Qingfeng listened to it outside the door, and only then did she know a rough idea of today's events, and her heart was also cold and bitter. Seeing that Qin Qingfeng didn't react, she came in from outside and said to Duanmu Rui: "Lord Wang, my lord is seriously ill, please come back another day if you have something." ”

Duanmu Rui glanced at the weak Qin Qingfeng and felt that he was too anxious, so he said goodbye to Qin Qingfeng, went out of the inner room, and saw that his home was cold, but with a clean and pure scholarly home temperament, his heart was extremely touched.

Just as he was about to ask Mrs. Qin if there was anything she needed his help with, she heard someone from outside come in to report that the imperial doctor in the palace had come to visit her lord's condition.

Duanmu Rui hid to the side for fear of being seen, and the imperial doctor went into the inner room to see Qin Qingfeng's condition, so he took out a bag of medicine.

He said: "This morning, the news of Lord Qin is boiling, the emperor has already prepared the medicine when he asked the minister to come to visit the patient, so as not to return to the Tai Hospital to prepare it so late, after seeing the adult's condition, it is no different from the minister's judgment according to experience, these medicines can be used." ”

Mrs. Qin didn't doubt him, so she took it, thanked the imperial doctor, and personally sent him out.

Duanmu Rui came out of the shadows, feeling that things were a little strange, how could Qin Qingfeng be a first-class person, even if he was beaten today, he couldn't be treated so slowly, and he prepared the medicine in advance, if the condition was not in harmony with the arrest, it was not necessary to go to the hospital again.

He took out the medicines, opened the paper bag and looked at it, he used to be injured often, he became a doctor for a long time, and he always lived cautiously, for fear of being poisoned unknowingly, so he also knew some medical and medicinal properties.

It was easy for him to see that the medicine was poisonous, and combined with the emperor's attitude towards Qin Qingfeng, it made sense to poison him.

He returned to Qin Qingfeng's hospital bed and told Qin Qingfeng about the poison in the medicine, Qin Qingfeng was silent, and his face was calm.

"Don't Taifu believe the words of this king?" Duanmu Rui didn't expect it at all, but it is understandable that he has been loyal to the emperor for decades, and he has always been valued and trusted by the emperor, and no one wants to believe this truth.

"Taifu doesn't believe it, you can find a trustworthy person to check."

After Duanmu Rui finished speaking, he looked at Qin Qingfeng, "The king will help you with the things that the Taiwei wants to do, and the king believes that the evidence of the Taiwei is true, but someone may tell the prime minister, and the prime minister learned of the Taiwei's plan in advance, so he hid all those things, or dealt with them, and the king will find out those empirical evidence for the Taifu, you just need to recuperate and wait for good news." ”

Duanmu Rui walked out of the inner room, saw Mrs. Qin, and told her not to decoction the medicine brought by the imperial doctor to Qin Qingfeng to drink, turned around and went out, and not long after that, he brought in another bag of medicine and handed it to Mrs. Qin.

Mrs. Qin heard what Duanmu Rui said to Qin Qingfeng just now, so she nodded, agreed to him, and told him again: "My family is stubborn, and I want to ask the prince to bear with him and take care of him." ”

Duanmu Rui said to her gently: "This king can't say anything in the court, so he can only help a little, Taifu is not a person who is so easy to be defeated, don't worry, Madame, it will be fine." ”