Li Lifang finally walked out of the Ye Mansion with some helplessness, looked at the streets and alleys that were already full of officials, and sighed silently, feeling somewhat glad that he was still in the relationship with Ye Qing now, at least, he didn't have to worry about Ye Qing being unfavorable to him.

After seeing Zhao Ruyu from Dali Temple, Han Yanxuan and Zhong Qing passed by, and the two just glanced at each other lightly, and then went forward.

In the palace, Li Fengniang took the document handed over by Han Cheng, and watched Han Cheng's slightly rickety back leave, with a sneer faintly appearing on the corner of her mouth.

Han Cheng, who walked out of the vertical arch hall, passed by Li Xiang, the waiter of the Criminal Department, Han Cheng just nodded silently, and then sighed a little melancholy when he was wrong.

When Li Xiang entered the Vertical Arch Hall under the guidance of the eunuchs, Han Cheng's slightly clumsy body began to slowly become straight, quietly looking at the guards and eunuchs at the door of the Vertical Arch Palace, and then slowly looked up at the sky.

Since the death of the Empress Dowager last year, he can clearly feel the changes in the current Empress Li Fengniang, as well as the increasing desire for power.

And seeing the queen again today, the queen's body has an extra confident demeanor, which makes him have to think about whether this calm confidence in the queen is related to Ye Qing, who returned to Lin'an yesterday, is it ...... What tacit agreement did they reach?

"What do you think about the fact that the left minister wants to resign and retire on the grounds of his advanced age?" Li Fengniang was in a good mood, and looked at Li Xiang, the servant of the criminal department in the hall, and asked.

"Back to the queen, minister...... I thought that the left minister was a high wind and bright festival....... Li Xiang frowned and said, he entered the palace today completely for the matter of the right minister Zhao Ruyu, but the queen clearly told him that Han Cheng was going to resign as the left minister, is there any connection between the two?

"So in your opinion, is it related to what Zhu Xi and others in Lin'an said? As far as this palace knows, in the past few days, many people of insight in Lin'an City have complained a lot about the Han family's father and son controlling the court, and they all think that it is not beneficial to the court society, what do you think? Li Fengniang held the paperwork that Han Cheng had just handed her in her hand and asked again.

"Back to the queen, the minister asked to see him today, there is something important to play, but it is about the right minister Zhao Ruyu Zhao, who was taken away from the palace by the Imperial City Division last night and imprisoned in Dali Temple." Li Xiang said with a solemn expression.

"The criminal department Shangshu has already reported the events of last night to the palace, so Li Shilang doesn't need to say it anymore." Li Fengniang directly rejected Li Xiang and exonerated Zhao Ruyu.

"Minister...... Thinking that this is very unreasonable, although Lord Ye Qingye is the commander of the Imperial City Division, if he wants to arrest someone, the minister thinks that the criminal department and Dali Temple should do the errand. Moreover, most of the charges that Lord Ye said about Lord Zhao are not true. I also asked the queen to allow the minister to meet the saint and perform truthfully, Ye Qingnai was a foreign minister, and Lord Zhao, as the royal family, was brought into Dali Temple by the Imperial City Division so easily, and the minister thought that there must be a conspiracy in it, and it was Lord Ye Qingye who wanted to frame Lord Zhao to do so. Li Xiang still kept his head down, but his words were extremely firm.

Li Fengniang was not as angry as Li Xiang expected, and the queen sitting at the top still had a light and breezy feeling, without the nervousness and uneasiness that she could feel with a little understanding in the past.

"Does Li Shilang know that the Holy Dragon is not in good health?" Li Fengniang asked lightly.

"The sin of the minister deserves death!" Li Xiang was terrified, and then his body also knelt down, but he still lowered his head and said: "But this matter is very important, and it is related to the face of my Great Song Dynasty Jiangshan Sheji and the royal clan, and the ministers ...... The minister asked the queen to allow the minister to face the saint. ”

Li Fengniang quietly looked at Li Xiang who was kneeling in the main hall, and said after a while: "Li Shilang has always been loyal to the monarch and patriotic, and he is worried about the court

Sheji, this palace knows that Li Shilang is thinking about my Great Song Sheji. Allowed, this palace will send someone to take you to meet the saint. ”

"Empress Xie." Li Xiang hurriedly thanked him again, and his heart was immediately replaced by great joy, he originally thought that today he was afraid that unless he died with his will, he was afraid that it would be difficult to see the saint, but he didn't expect that the queen would be so reasonable and so happy to agree to his request.

"But remember, don't disturb the Holy One for too long." Li Fengniang continued with a graceful, elegant and generous smile: "Although the saint's dragon body has improved now, it still needs to prepare for the great court meeting in a few days, so if Li Shilang really has a heart for the Great Song Dynasty, he must remember that everything should be based on the health of the saint's dragon body." ”

"The minister must obey the order, he will not remember what the queen said, and he will never disturb the saint too much." Li Xiang said happily and eagerly.

Later, under the leadership of a eunuch, he went to the Funing Hall where the current saint Zhao Dian is located, and Li Fengniang in the Vertical Arch Hall has always been relaxed and happy, and he was not angry because Li Xiang was just a little waiter, and he dared to be so persecuted today.

Zhu Ye'er stood at the bottom and kept her head down, even if she could ignore it, but when she heard it in her ears, no matter what, it would more or less show on the face of this confidant palace maid who had followed Li Fengniang for many years.

As if she was solving Zhu Ye'er's doubts, Li Fengniang breathed a sigh of relief and said lightly: "Don't worry about Li Xiang's face to the saint, what the saint is thinking now, this palace knows better than anyone else." Since Li Xiang didn't give up, since he still couldn't see the situation clearly, he thought that he was so loyal to Zhao Ruyu that he would definitely be able to get a higher reward, but he didn't know that he was ruining his career with his own hands. ”

In addition to being Zhao Ruyu's confidant, Li Xiang was also the courtier who was closest to the dispatch of Shangshu of the Criminal Department before Zhao Ruyu's incident.

Therefore, as long as Qian Xiangzu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, is not in the position of the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, if it was in the past, then the position of the Shangshu of the Criminal Department will inevitably be Li Xiang's, and now Zhao Ruyu was brought into Dali Temple overnight, and Li Xiang's Shangshu of the Criminal Department is sending to see that he is getting farther and farther away from him, at this time, Li Xiang must come to fight for it.

Similarly, Li Lifang has always been willing to be sent by the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, and the biggest resistance and opponent at the beginning came entirely from Li Xiang, so if Li Fengniang can take this opportunity to help Li Lifang solve a competitor, it will naturally be better.

Zhao Dan, who is dressed in civilian clothes, looks pretty good, but since a noble concubine and a Jieyu, because they annoyed Li Fengniang, one was killed and the other was expelled from the palace, the current saint Zhao Dian has changed from his previous scruples about Li Fengniang to his fear now.

In addition, Li Fengniang informed Zhao Dian of the Emperor's desire to establish the son of King Liqing as the crown prince as soon as possible, which made Zhao Dan, who has now begun to go a little crazy, has always been like a frightened bird, and he is worried that someone will grab the throne with him all day long, which also makes the power gradually fall into the hands of Queen Li Fengniang.

"Who are you?" In the side hall of Funing Palace, surrounded by the palace maid and Huang Guifei, Zhao Dan, who came out, looked at Li Xiang, the servant of the criminal department, who was saluting, and asked.

"Back to the saint, the minister is Li Xiang, the servant of the criminal department." Li Xiang respectfully walked the courtesy of his courtiers.

"What are you doing here, what are you looking for? But my father sent you to convince me? Zhao Dan, who took out the majesty of the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, looked at Li Xiang, who was respectful, and instantly lost the pleasant face just now.

In the second year of Shaoxi, the saint Zhao Dian was already thirty-seven years old, and he had only been the emperor for two years

An important reason for the emperor's dissatisfaction.

Therefore, as long as he sees the ministers he doesn't know, in the heart of today's saint Zhao Dan, these courtiers must be the courtiers left by the emperor back then, and they are definitely not loyal courtiers who are loyal to the emperor.

Li Xiang was asked two questions one after another, who are you and what are you going to do, he couldn't cry or laugh, mixed tastes, he has been a waiter for a long time, and even followed Qian Shangshu and Zhao Ruyu to see the saint together, at that time, the saint also regarded himself as a minister, but now, he doesn't even know who he is.

"Go back to the Holy ......." Li Xiang stiffened his head, and in Zhao Dan's several impatient chirps, he finally put Zhao Ruyu in Dali Temple with sweaty palms and rapid heartbeat, and explained to Zhao Dan: "Holy Lord, the minister is not here to ask for the right minister, but for the ...... of my Jiangshan Society in the Great Song Dynasty." ”

"I know about this, and I will inform the queen to deal with it as appropriate." Zhao Dan's cold tone was still full of impatience, and he even added a sentence in his heart: I will tell the queen in a while, let the queen remiss your dispatch, and let you, the remnants, disappear from my court one by one, and never let you make waves above the court and covet my throne for others!

"Holy Lord, Your Lordship...... Please ...... for you. Li Xiang's face, which was already about to cry, was a little dazed and confused.

"Holy ......." Huang Guifei, who was next to Zhao Dan, interrupted Li Xiang's words that might force Zhao Dan to be angry in a timely manner, and said in a gentle voice beside her: "Holy Lord, this matter is very important, and the concubine thinks that it is better for you to inquire in person." The right minister Zhao Ruyu Zhao, back then, was one of the courtiers who most supported the throne of the Emperor Taishang and the succession of the saint, and now the right minister was imprisoned in Dali Temple by Ye Qing, and it is a royal clan, this matter is by no means an ordinary thing, and the saint is careless. ”

Zhao Dian frowned, he wanted to blurt out such trouble, in short, he was a person who coveted the throne for others, there was nothing to say, but looking at Li Xiang who was looking at him, and then looking at the gentle Huang Guifei next to him, Zhao Dian nodded cautiously: "Don't worry, I will edict Ye Qing to enter the palace, and I must let him find out the truth about whether Zhao Ruyu wants to rebel, and I will never let the traitor succeed." ”

Huang Guifei's eyes widened in disbelief, Li Xiang's wide mouth forgot to close, and he stared blankly at the "wise and martial arts" of today's saint, completely incomprehensible, how could the saint come up with the idea of edicting Ye Qing to enter the palace and then thoroughly investigate the matter.

"Can Huang Guifei be satisfied with my decision now?" Zhao Dan, who understood Huang Guifei's expression wrongly, looked at Huang Guifei quite proudly, glanced at the ideal of opening his mouth wider, and said proudly: "Ye Qing has been in charge of the Imperial City Division for many years, and since the emperor's grandfather, he has won the trust of the royal family, so I believe that if this matter is handed over to the Imperial City Division to investigate, it will definitely be able to give me a satisfactory answer in the shortest possible time." With him, whether it is my country or my throne, I don't need to worry. Someone comes, immediately edict Ye Qing to enter the palace, and I want to reward him heavily! ”

"Holy ......." Huang Guifei and Ideal speak in unison.

"What? Hasn't Ye Qing returned from the Northland yet? Hasn't the golden man been killed yet? If the Jin people are not removed, I will not be able to feel at ease for a day, so I immediately issued an order, ordering Ye Qing to guard the frontier for me, and not let the Jin people step into Lin'an for half a step! With a wave of his hand, the two holy decrees that were not related to each other were passed down like this.

And Li Xiang stayed alone in the Funing Palace, looking at the surrounded by Huang Guifei and others, Zhao Duan didn't know what to say to Huang Guifei, and then the moment he walked out of the Funing Palace, he let out a laugh.

The laughter made Li Xiang's scalp tingle, and it also made him feel that the laughter was becoming more and more abnormal, as if he was crazy!