Li Fengniang doesn't remember how many nights she has been able to sleep peacefully like last night in the past two years, and she slept very steadily, and when she opened her eyes, it was already bright.

Putting aside the faint melancholy before getting up in the morning, Li Fengniang, who was standing in Yujin Garden facing the rising sun, still couldn't help but look for answers, obviously the main reason why she was able to sleep so peacefully and steadily was completely related to Ye Qing's return to Lin'an.

I don't know why, since I saw Ye Qing last night, Li Fengniang's whole person feels like she has finally stepped on the ground, no longer like before, it will make her feel like a floating marionette, it seems that her feet are standing on the ground, but she is very vain.

Zuo Yu played the affairs of the Yiguo Mansion last night like Li Fengniang word for word, naturally including the details of his defeat by Zhong Silkworm, which he truthfully played to Li Fengniang.

"Don't be discouraged if you lose to Zhong Silkworm, those people have all survived from the pile of dead on the battlefield, if you can easily deal with it, Ye Qing is afraid that there will be no bones left in Guanshan." The faint melancholy in Li Fengniang's heart still lingers, but the steadfastness in her heart makes her feel the beauty of life.

"The last general is not discouraged, losing to Zhong Silkworm, the last general is very convinced." Zuo Yu stood respectfully behind Li Fengniang and continued: "Lord Ye went to Dali Temple early this morning, and then after coming out of Dali Temple, he returned to his mansion. ”

"Remove all those eyeliners, don't provoke him again, it's good to come back now, if you provoke that minister, no one wants to have good fruit to eat." Walking into the pavilion and looking at the white elephants not far away, Li Fengniang said a little distractedly: "Send someone to tidy up the apricot orchard, there are ...... If Ye Qing went out of the city to Lonely Mountain, it would be enough to play the palace. ”

Zhu Ye'er nodded, and after responding yes, she lowered her head and left, Zuo Yu was still standing outside the pavilion, waiting for the queen's will.

"Let Han Cheng wait in the Vertical Arch Hall for a while, let's just say that the palace had a nightmare last night, and his heart is a little restless." Under the service of the palace maid, Li Fengniang, who was enjoying the refreshments, said lightly.

After Zuo Yu also left, Li Fengniang, who didn't have much appetite, slowly put down the refreshments in her hand, and then continued to look at the scenery in the distance in a daze.

At Tonghuifang, the ruffian Tao Qian, who is a porter and a coachman, is now walking in Tonghuifang with a straight waist and full of spirit, and whoever sees him has to nod and greet him, which can be said to be the essence of the seven officials in front of the prime minister's door to the extreme.

Tao Qian, who had been walking around the alley, already had a thick pile of documents in his hand, and all of these were delivered to him by the owner of the mansion in the neighborhood, and asked him to show the documents to Lord Ye.

In the study, Ye Qing looked at Tao Qian's ruffian virtue, then looked at the thick stack of documents on the table, and said with a smile: "If you are really idle and have nothing to do, it is better to go to the criminal department for a while." ”

"The Criminal Department?" Tao Qian was a little surprised.

Ye Qing nodded: "Li Lifang has coveted the dispatch of the Criminal Department Shangshu for many years, and now that the dispatch of the right minister is empty, there will naturally be some changes in the court in a short period of time, but he can be allowed to communicate with Liuzheng to see if it is possible...... After all, this kind of thing, the relationship between us and Liuzheng is not very suitable for coming forward. ”

"Can Qian Xiangzu be qualified to be the right minister?" Tao Qian was even more surprised, how could it be possible, now above the court, even if he was Liuzheng, he would have the opportunity to serve as the right minister than him.

"You'll know when you go, don't think about it, it's too stupid, it's just enough for a fox and a fake tiger." Ye Qing smiled in front of Zhong Qing, who had just entered the study, and mercilessly attacked Tao Qian, who was obviously a porter, but wanted to dress up all day long.

Tao Qian had a bad attack in front of Zhong Qing, as a pure eunuch, there was a kind of awe in his bones for people who were stained with nobility and royal clan bearing, so even for so many years, Tao Qian has always been in awe of Zhong Qing, and rarely has a little presumptuous in front of the original princess Xin.

Shrugging his shoulders, he still couldn't help pouting at Ye Qing, walked out of the study and closed the door with his hand, and began to walk out elegantly with a look of extraneous momentum.

Without waiting for Zhong Qing to ask Ye Qing, Ye Qing took the initiative to say: "In about half a month, even if this matter can be settled, after all, it is a clan, even if it is a crime, it will be much more complicated than ordinary officials in terms of procedures." Once the matter is settled, I will accompany you to Jiankang to comfort the old man's soul in heaven. ”

Zhong Qing nodded silently, and then asked, "Aren't you going to go to Gushan?" ”

"Go, but I haven't figured out how to go for the time being, for what reason, whether the Emperor will see me or not, it's still unknown." Ye Qing smiled and said.

Ye Qing was caught in the battle of Guanshan at the beginning, and it seemed that there was no shadow of the Emperor, but now that it has almost come to light, it can still be vaguely seen, and there is also the shadow of the Emperor Zhao Yan, so at this time, the monarch and the minister

system, it has become subtle.

If you want to go to Gushan, then Ye Qing must see the Emperor Taishang, which is equivalent to releasing it to the court, and the Emperor Zhao Yan acquiesced to Ye Qing's punishment of Zhao Ruyu, which can be regarded as a signal that Zhao Ruyu secretly communicated with the Jin State.

On the contrary, if Ye Qing goes to Gushan, but he can't see the Emperor Zhao Yan, or is turned away, then Ye Qing will be under more pressure for Zhao Ruyu's first cut and then play, and even if it is not handled properly, it will usher in the attack of all the officials above the court, and at that time, Ye Qing will become the target of the public again, and the fight with Zhao Ruyu can be said to be a lose-lose situation, and no one can be regarded as the final winner.

"The Empress Dowager passed away last year." Zhong Qing lowered her eyes, as if telling Ye Qing that she was powerless in this matter.

Ye Qing nodded: "It's okay, it's time." ”

"I want to ...... I want to go and see Zhao Ruyu. Zhong Qing raised her head, her bright eyes with a hint of expectation.

"Let Zhong Silkworm accompany you in a while, and let him rest for a while." Ye Qing nodded with a smile and said.

Zhong Qing nodded, and then there was silence, on the table was the document that Tao Qian had just placed here, and almost every one of them had the words "vindication for King Xin" written on it.

So now, even though Zhao Ruyu has been imprisoned in Dali Temple by Ye Qing, Zhong Qing's mood does not have any joy and relief after the revenge is avenged, but there has always been an indescribable melancholy and sadness in his heart.

Zhong Silkworm followed Zhong Qing's front foot and just left, the carriage of Li Lifang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, drove to Ye Qing's door openly, and without waiting for the maid to report, Li Lifang walked into Ye Qing's study with a loud laugh.

On the table, Ye Qing turned to the last copy, and Li Li consciously sat down on the opposite side.

Just like the reaction of anyone Ye Qing saw after returning to Lin'an, Li Lifang was also startled by Ye Qing's white temples, and almost didn't recognize that the man who still had an easy-going smile on the corner of his mouth was the dignified Northland hero Ye Qing.

"How...... In just two years, how did you get old like this? The girls in the Northland are so hungry and dissatisfied? Li Lifang's mouth opened wide, and the words that came out were completely inversely proportional to his shocked expression.

"The nose is quite smart, I just returned to Lin'an yesterday, and today you ran to the door." Ye Qing put down the paperwork in his hand and leaned back in the chair.

"It's not my nose spirit, it's you Ye Qing's ......." Li Lifang thought about the wording for a long time before he said: "I have never seen a courtier like you, I will do it when I say it, and I don't care that this is Lin'an, there was such a big movement last night, I just want to pretend that I don't know that you can't come back." I'm afraid that all the officials in Lin'an today know that you Ye Qing is back, and you have a grudge against you back then, or is it ...... Yes, you know, anyway, it was because of the events of some time ago that fell into the well for you, I'm afraid that since last night, you have been living in trembling, and until now, the back of your neck must have been cold all the time. ”

I haven't seen him for more than two years, at least Li Lifang, who is a little calm on the surface, has now begun to grow a beard, although the beard is not very dense, but at least under the backdrop of that glamorous appearance, Li Lifang at this time is also calm and elegant.

"Then are you one of the fallen stones?" Ye Qing watched the maid put the tea in front of Li Lifang and asked.

"I ...... It doesn't count or not. Li Lifang seemed to have something on his mind, and leaned back in the chair and said: "You Ye Qing have no hostility towards me, it is not good for me to die, what about living, the benefit is not great, it has been all these years?" Until now, the matter of the book of the criminal department that I have coveted for a long time, after listening to your plan, it is still unsettled. ”

"Isn't this an opportunity? That's why you're here to come to my house? Ye Qing asked.

"I knew there was an opportunity in front of me." Li Lifang's attitude, I couldn't tell if I didn't care anymore, or if he was already confident, he diverted his topic about the book of the Criminal Department, and suddenly lowered his voice and said: "You have to be careful with this neighbor, you look at it clearly, it seems that you want to find a smooth career path under your Ye Qingmen, but I can't say, they were the ones who fell above the court at the beginning." ”

"Since you're not here for the Criminal Department, you won't just come here with good intentions and tell me about it, right?" Ye Qing looked at Li Lifang's eyes, kept staring at his face tightly, and asked a little strangely.

Li Lifang did not answer, but continued to stare directly at Ye Qing, the white temples were like a painting in Li Lifang's eyes, making Li Lifang, who was looking carefully, sometimes shake his head and sometimes sigh.

"What the hell do you want to do, fart! I'm still busy here! Ye Qing was looked at as a monkey for a while, and his face sank with some dissatisfaction.

"Ye Qing, you tell me the truth......

。 Li Lifang's eyes flickered, and he looked at the study where there were only the two of them, and asked with a somewhat hesitant expression: "Let me ask you, is the matter of Guanshan between you and the queen...... What's the contradiction? ”

"What do you mean?" Ye Qing's heart was shocked, and he began to understand why Li Lifang kept staring at him.

Li Lifang had a sinister smile on the corner of his mouth, looking at Ye Qing's expression, he had already guessed a rough idea in his heart, but he still looked at Ye Qing with a gloomy face in a daze, and said without a false heart: "That's what you Lord Ye is thinking about now." ”

"Aren't you afraid that I will kill people and kill people?" Ye Qing asked with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

"Afraid! Of course I'm afraid! So along the way, I struggled for a long time, whether to come to your little mansion or not. But in the end, I couldn't hold back the curiosity in my heart, so I wanted to see if there was anything similar. Li Lifang said.

"And now?" Ye Qing asked with squinted eyes.

Li Lifang moved his lips, looked at Ye Qing's angular face, and suddenly sighed after being silent, and said, "If it weren't for your white temples now...... I'm a little skeptical that you're not deliberately making yourself into this vicissitudes ....... ”

"If you try to feel that I am surrounded by 50,000 people with less than 5,000 troops, and on the premise of losing the initiative, you will know if I have become a heart." Ye Qing rolled his eyelids and said coldly.

"Then your luck is too good, it's just shit luck, how can it be so coincidental!" Li Lifang sighed weakly, and simply said directly: "There is no one in this world who knows better than me, in the past two years, I still didn't understand at first, why the queen would put ...... from time to time Yes...... Just a few days when he was in my house, I felt that something was wrong, some familiar, but I couldn't remember it until yesterday after I knew that you returned to Lin'an, and I suddenly ...... Okay, I'm not going to talk about it...... That's the end of it! ”

Li Lifang watched Ye Qing start wiping the pitch-black dagger, and hurriedly raised his hands to make a surrender gesture.

"It's okay, you keep talking, I still want to hear some royal secrets." Ye Qing lowered his head and wiped the field knife, and continued in his mouth: "This dagger has not seen blood for a long time, since the battle of Guanshan, I am afraid that this dagger will be lonely, you see...... Isn't it unpolished, lifeless, you should find some blood to feed it...... Zhao Ru is stupid, after all, he is a criminal minister of the imperial court...... I'll have to drink some of those long-tongued women....... ”

"You're scaring me? Ye Qing ....... Li Lifang looked at the smile on the corner of Ye Qing's mouth, and suddenly knew that he had been tricked, slapped the table and stood up, ignoring the field knife in Ye Qing's hand, grabbed Ye Qing's neck, and shook it: "I warned you at the beginning, don't beat my sister's idea, but you old boy actually ...... How dare you carry ...... You want to die, don't bother others, okay! Do you know that since I woke up yesterday, I finally understand why you are in the mountains, you ...... You're stripping the royal family and the saint of face at all! ”

Li Lifang was heartbroken, he had warned Ye Qing early on, don't beat Li Fengniang's idea, but he didn't expect that he would warn too late, and now...... It's too late to say anything, and this kind of thing is ...... Who would dare to speak out? After saying it, not only Li Fengniang and Ye Qing were unlucky, but even the Li family with them had to be unlucky!

"It's not all your fault." Ye Qing directly pulled away Li Lifang's hand and said angrily.

"Blame me? Ye Qing, don't be cheap and sell well! Are you at this moment, huh? I still think I'll call you, ah, that! Li Lifang was blamed by Ye Qing's attitude on his head, and walked directly to Ye Qing angrily and asked.

"Fuck off!" Ye Qing pushed Li Lifang away again, sighed and said slowly: "If it weren't for the fact that you used your sister to marry back then and wanted to rectify me, there would be no ...... that happened now." ”

"You mean ......." Li Lifang only felt that it was suddenly dark in front of him, and the whole person suddenly felt that the study seemed to be rotating, and he held on to the table with difficulty and stood firmly, muttering to himself: "At that time...... At that time, you took my sister ...... She...... Before she marries into the prince's mansion, you ...... That's when you get into her attic, right? ”

Li Lifang's heart instantly understood that everything back then quickly appeared in his mind.

At that time, Ye Qing was invited into Li Fengniang's boudoir, but he didn't expect that Ye Qing was not only fine, but Tang Hexi died in Li Fengniang's boudoir, and Ye Qing, the object they were originally going to blame, became a meritorious minister to protect the crown princess.

Even...... He suddenly understood what Li Fengniang meant when he looked at him with a hint of grief when he came out of the pavilion!

Originally...... It turned out that Li Fengniang had already entered Ye Qing's wolf's den before getting on the sedan chair!

"Brother-in-law......."

Ye Qing was shocked: "...... MLGB, shut up! ”