The emperor originally wanted to confuse this matter, and he also wanted to learn Wuzong's method of dealing with Qiu Shiliang.

Why bother with needle-tip wheat mangs?

He still has that patience.

But the little eunuch who came from nowhere made the matter known to the whole court, he couldn't pretend to be stupid anymore, he really wanted to kill that little guy immediately!

But now he can't take care of these, he needs to express his position immediately, the ministers are waiting outside the palace and refuse to disperse, if he doesn't ask and let Ma Zhi go, he will be majestic and sweep the ground, the image of the fortunate business in the past few years has been ruined, and the ministers will lose their awe, and when the time comes, they will blatantly make friends with the eunuchs, where is there room for him to speak?

Since the Middle Tang Dynasty, the emperor has relied on the inner eunuchs to suppress the outer courts, and then used the outer courts to contain the inner courts, which has always put the two sides on opposite sides, and then balanced the relationship between the two in the middle.

The North Division is in charge of military power, and the South Ya manipulates the public opinion of the world, except for the four towns in Hebei, the other towns are all from the South Ya, and they check and balance each other.

Many court officials also made friends with eunuchs, but after all, they didn't dare to say it on the surface, and there were factions within the Southern and Northern Divisions, so even if there was some traffic, it was still within the scope of the emperor's tolerance.

Ma Zhi and Ma Yuanzhen agreed with Zong, and the emperor knew about it, so he didn't say anything at the time.

But this time the matter was a bit excessive, as soon as he gave the rhino belt to Ma Yuanzhen, he appeared on Ma Zhi's waist when he changed hands, which was clearly a temptation.

But this matter was also called by an ignorant little eunuch, this kid didn't know where he dared to fake the holy decree, the emperor heard the report from Wang Zongshi, and immediately asked him to get someone, who knew that he couldn't find it when he turned his head.

This must be because the other factions in the palace are dissatisfied with Ma Yuanzhen's arbitrariness and want to give him a good look.

The Emperor looked suspiciously at the privy envoy Song Shukang and the flying dragon envoy Yang Qinyi, who were the most suspicious.

But now is not the time to investigate, Ma Zhi has already entered the temple.

The emperor snorted coldly and shouted, "Ma Zhi, where did the belt around your waist come from?" ”

Ma Zhi's face was sweating, and he saluted and said, "Back to Your Majesty, it was given to Weichen by Lieutenant Ma, and the minister didn't dare to accept it." After speaking, he peeked at Ma Yuanzhen.

Ma Yuanzhen didn't blame Ma Zhi, although it was the other party's suggestion, but at this time he could only answer like this, he also wanted to see the emperor's reaction, so he bowed down and said: "Ma Zhi likes this belt, I wanted to ask Your Majesty for it before, but I didn't dare to speak, the day before yesterday, His Majesty gave it to the old slave, and the old slave gave it to him on his own initiative, and also let him know that the emperor's grace is vast, and he is touched by the joy of His Majesty's birthday." ”

The emperor nodded and said, "Ma Xiang, go back first." ”

Ma Zhi glanced at Ma Yuanzhen and bowed and retired.

As soon as he left, the emperor said to Ma Yuanzhen: "Today, this matter is known to the whole dynasty, what does Lieutenant Ma think I should do?" ”

Ma Yuanzhen saw him staring at him, thinking that he would soon retire and that his son would have to work under the emperor, so he paused for a moment and had to say, "Your Majesty will deal with it according to your own wishes." ”

Emperor Dazhong nodded with satisfaction and said, "I will give you another jade belt, don't spoil your relationship with me because of this matter." ”

Ma Yuanzhen hurriedly thanked him.

The next day, the emperor issued an order to remove Ma Zhi from the position and release him as the envoy of the Tianping Army.

The Imperial History Observatory imprisoned Ma Zhi's cronies Dong Yu again, and obtained the crime of internal and external traffic between Ma Zhi and Ma Yuanzhen, and the emperor once again issued an order to demote Ma Zhi as the assassin of Changzhou.

This series of resolute actions made the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty feel unpredictable and vigilant. The phase left by Ma Zhi caused various factions to fight, Bai Minzhong, Wei Fu's faction, Choi Xuan's faction, Liu Gongquan, Pei Xiu's brothers, and the three parties quarreled endlessly.

In the end, the emperor chose Cui Guicong, the secretary of the household department that can be accepted by all three parties, as the prime minister, this is not a group or a party, and Cui Xuan is of the same clan, but the relationship is relatively distant, he has a good relationship with Liu Gongquan, and he is in the household department with Wei Fu.

Bai Minzhong and Cui Xuan were both stepping up to win over Cui Guicong, but before the result came, Wei Fu suddenly died.

This matter is rather strange, the emperor sent someone to investigate, and the final result made people smile bitterly, and the problem was actually with Wei Fu's concubine Xu.

Xu is a native of Yangzhou, and her childhood sweetheart's cousin is Dong Yu who was captured by Yu Shitai, and the two are in love, and Yu Shitai was ordered by Wei Fu to torture Dong Yu, and finally beat his life to death.

Xu knew that the emperor did not order his cousin to be executed, and that Wei Fu was the mastermind behind him, so he poisoned him and then committed suicide.

She left a suicide note to explain the reason, and the emperor ordered Wei Fu to be sealed for the sake of Wei Fu's dignity, saying that Wei Fu had a heart disease and died.

At this moment, there are only three of the four prime ministers who have just been filled.

And Bai Minzhong wooed Cui Guicong through Wei Fu, and as soon as Wei Fu died, the connection was naturally not smooth, and soon Cui Xuan had the upper hand with the friendship of the same clan, so the two Cui formed an alliance, but Bai Minzhong was isolated.

Bai Minzhong was anxious to choose another prime minister, but Er Cui was not in a hurry and deliberately delayed.

The emperor is not in a hurry, Bai Minzhong has been in power for a long time, and he is a little slack, he is happy to make the other party feel a little crisis.

In this way, before you know it, it's July, and it's going to be Tanabata soon.

The emperor suddenly remembered Concubine Wang Shu, who had been concerned about this concubine of the Martial Sect for a long time.

He is going to go to Xingqing Palace on the Qixi Festival, and this time he will definitely include Concubine Shu in his harem.

Of course, he won't learn from the rogue to be a bully, so this time he will send Chao Meiren to dredge it first.

Guo Hong has been hiding in Xingqing Palace for the past few days, with Wang Shufei.

When he had time, he went to the Hall of Eternal Life to ponder.

The Qixi Festival has finally arrived, and the emperor really came in the evening, and Wang Shufei can only take over.

The two haven't seen each other for a long time, and they are embarrassed to each other, but fortunately, there are Chao Meiren talking non-stop next to them, and they are not too cold.

Guo Hong stayed in Xingqing Palace as Wang Congyi, which came through formal channels, and he was not afraid of being recognized.

Because the emperor was coming, the guards were heavily guarded, and the inner servants who were waiting for the emperor were replaced here, and Wang Shufei's own maids and eunuchs were all called outside.

Guo Hong could only go out with him, he just didn't want to stay with the emperor.

There are also big things in the evening.

He sneaked into the Hall of Eternal Life and looked at the winged bird on the ground again.

Waiting until the moon was in the middle of the sky, a beam of light suddenly shot from the top of the temple and hit one of the winged birds' eyes!

Guo Hong studied for a long time, but he didn't expect this kind of result, he didn't care about exploring the principle, and hurriedly approached the stone carving.

He looked at it for a moment, then suddenly pressed his finger to the other eye of the winged bird.

He had pressed these two eyes with his hands before, but they couldn't press them, but today a small hole had appeared in the illuminated eye, and the one he pressed also sank downward.

Only a slight click is heard, and two connecting branches rise upwards to form two handles.

Guo Hong held it and pulled it hard, and the ground opened along the gap in the middle of the pattern, and a dark grid appeared.

It's not deep, it's small, and it's filled with a wooden box, so there won't be a hollow sound even if you hit it.

Guo Hong took out the wooden box and opened it to see that there was an edict inside.

After reading it carefully, this edict was left by Tang Xuanzong, saying that he did not guard against the prince, and finally made a big mistake, but fortunately, Concubine Yang escaped by fraud and took away the Kunlun immortal stone, so that the prince did not kill him. The prince always wanted to get the whereabouts of the fairy stone, and kept asking, and later Concubine Yang returned the two Kunlun fairy stones, and Xuanzong asked Gao Lishi to collect a piece, and sent the piece handed down from the Northern Wei Dynasty back to Hedong and buried it in a secret place.

In addition to this edict, there is also a map and a key to unlock the hidden place.

The map marked the location, more than 200 miles north of Taiyuan Mansion, which seems to be a royal mausoleum.

Guo Hong really couldn't think of any emperor's mausoleum there.

However, back then, Gaozu raised troops from Taiyuan, and it was also the mausoleum of the princess.

It's just that he still has a little doubt in his heart, why didn't Xuanzong choose the mausoleum when he hid treasures?

It's not good to open the mausoleum of the previous generation.

Guo Hong put away the things, and then restored the mechanism, so that no one would find out that he had hidden things like this in the future.

He climbed to the top of the temple again, but he saw a sunken bronze mirror that drew the starlight down.

Guo Hong knew that it was not moonlight, and there was a seventh day every month, so it would not be possible to use moonlight once a year.

Guo Hong looked up and couldn't tell that it was the star, so he had to shake his head and leave.

From this point of view, he had to go to Hedong, and it happened that Yun Xuansu also invited him to go, and he happened to meet Xie Ling'er, the little master of the Wang House.

There is also the half of the Xuanbi that Senior Sister Xuanji has to take out.

He is now like glue with Jiao Fengming, naturally he is a little biased in his heart, and he no longer fully trusts Yun Xuansu, and this matter is going to be discussed after planning with his lover.

Guo Hong returned to Wang Shufei, and the emperor had already left.

When he saw his adoptive mother, Concubine Wang Shu retreated and said, "I have promised the emperor as you said, and I will move into Daming Palace tomorrow." ”

"I've wronged my mother." Guo Hong sat next to his adoptive mother, thinking that she had to deal with the emperor because of her own plan, and he felt a little uncomfortable.

"Don't think about it, I have a bad relationship with him, I'm sorry for the first emperor, I didn't have the face to see him after I died, if I can help you avenge the first emperor, maybe he can forgive his mother under Jiuquan."

The next day, Guo Hong came to say goodbye to his adoptive mother, and Concubine Wang Shufei was in a mess here, and she was busy moving to Daming Palace.

Guo Hong said quietly: "Mother, I'm going to leave the palace, and the emperor will ask for it." ”

"Go ahead, be careful, and don't come if you can't take revenge!"

Guo Hong nodded, he left Xingqing Palace and went straight to Ma Yuanzhen's mansion.

These ten days have not been in vain, during which he has been out of the palace many times, and he has already planned the path, and he has also figured out the situation in Ma Yuanzhen's mansion.

Although the emperor was dissatisfied with Ma Yuanzhen, he would slowly wait for him to retire.

Of course, Guo Hong didn't want to let the old thief retreat, he just wanted to stir the emperor's tight string again, and this time he would repeat the old trick.

He mixed into the Ma Mansion, today he rested, the eldest son Ma Gongru went to the palace to be on duty, and Ma Yuanzhen and the second son Ma Gongdu were still in the house.

Guo Hong went to check first, and saw that Ma Yuanzhen and Ma Gongdu were not in the same place, so he pretended to be Ma Yuanzhen and went directly to Ma Gongdu, and said after meeting: "Da Lang, the emperor is dissatisfied with my family, and after thinking about it, it is better to prepare for my father, you go to the sixteenth house and invite Li Han to the banquet." ”