In July, the six envoys returned to the eastern capital one after another, and a purge was coming to an end.

The eastern capital is still shrouded in thick clouds, the military queen moved the civil and military officials of the eastern capital, the appointment and dismissal of officials and the dismissal of officials criss-crossed, dazzling, sometimes the order of the dynasty is changed, sometimes the crime is discussed, sometimes the officials go out of Beijing, and before they arrive at the place of office, they are recalled again, tired of running for their lives, and the turbulent atmosphere of drifting and helpless makes the government and the opposition silent and unspeakable.

July 15, Zhongyuan Ghost Day, Meihua Neiwei on this day, brazenly arrested Wu Chenghei's eldest son Wu Yanji, breaking the tradition of the cool officials not being punished by the martial arts, after verification, Wu Yanji did have slander, repeatedly ridiculed Shen Nanmiao and Xue Huaiyi, and committed the same problem as his dead ghost second brother Wu Yanyi, Wu Chengji was terrified, his second son was dead, the third son was uncomfortable in bed for the past two days, and the eldest son was arrested again, wouldn't he want him to be a dead household, and even crawled to the front of the Wu Hou to cry and complain, Empress Wu just didn't say anything.

According to the practice of the vigorous and resolute internal guard of the plum blossom, Wu Yanji was either executed or released, and there should have been an explanation a long time ago, but Quan Ce dragged on and on, and it was not until the end of July that he remembered this matter and went to the palace to ask Empress Wu.

He nominally asked for instructions on how to deal with Wu Yanji, but in fact, he also brought Di Renjie and Doulu Qinwang with him, and the Six Dao Envoys had already settled down, and it was appropriate to let them out at this time.

"Do you think, Yanji, should be pardoned and punished?" Empress Wu asked coldly.

Quan Ce knelt on the ground, "The minister thinks that Yanji is young, and occasionally gaffes, and it is not enough to blame, and the bandits he makes friends with will be dealt with heavily, as a warning, and then watch the after-effects."

"Go south, kill people like hemp, I still think that you have changed your temperament" Empress Wu's voice was obviously brisk, but the words were reprimanding, "But you are still soft-hearted, and it is difficult to achieve great things"

"The minister knows the crime" and bows his head, "The minister is incompetent, and there are two other prisoners, how to deal with it, please ask the queen of heaven to show it"

"Doulu Qinwang is innocent and will be acquitted immediately" Empress Wu didn't wait for him to say clearly, and directly made a decision, "Transfer Di Renjie to Qiuguan Yamen Prison, and I will have my own punishment"

"The queen of heaven is wise, and the ministers are willing" Quan Ce breathed a sigh of relief silently, the most difficult thing to preserve is to keep it all from the beginning to the end, if you accidentally protect people and become harmful, fortunately, the foundation of these two is quite strong, Di Renjie went to the prison of the Criminal Department, at least his life is safe.

"It's August in a few days, what are your plans as the commander with the power of life and death?" Empress Wu didn't look happy or angry, lazily leaned down and lay on her side, pointed to her forehead with one hand, and knocked on the table with the other.

"The queen of heaven forgives the ministers for being presumptuous, August is the normal season of the world, the people and the moon are reunited, and all things are the most peaceful time, the ministers are willing to accumulate blessings for the queen of heaven, and have no intention of raising swords and soldiers" Quan Ce knows that the Wuzhou Revolution in history took place in September, and August is not suitable for everyone to be at risk, but to sing and dance, and he has the courage to test the road.

Empress Wu's fingers stopped beating, stood up solemnly, and stared at him coldly, "Peaceful, hum, but not so easy, the peace of all the people is not a godsend, but man-made, you put Nanshan at this time, can you worry about it a little bit?" His voice was full of anger, and the halberd pointed outside the hall, "Get down, I think about it, I can't figure it out, you will wear this skin for a lifetime."

"The minister is guilty, the minister retires" Quan Ce was afraid of asking for guilt, frowned, and when he retreated and turned around, there was a smile on his face, and there was also a trace of luck, fortunately he was not interested in the so-called power of life and death, if he didn't deal with it properly, he was afraid that he would really be a dark person for a lifetime.

Leaving the palace, Quan Ce rode along the Luo River, and met Deng Huaiyu, a former subordinate of Shaoqing of Gaosheng Honglu Temple, on the way, he smiled and bowed his hand from afar, but Deng Huaiyu turned the horse's head, covered his face with his sleeves, and walked away from the road.

There is no impermeable wall in the world, during the evil work of the plum blossom guard in the south, Quan Ce disappeared in the eastern capital, a little association, the answer is not difficult to guess, his identity at this time, is really disgusted with ghosts.

When he met Li Qiao, the supervisor of Lintai, Quan Ce smiled bitterly and took the initiative to avoid the side, but Li Qiao took the initiative to greet him, took his hand, and talked for a long time, although his expression was complicated, the sincerity in his words was still there, "Da Lang is good at cherishing, if possible, the old man hopes that you will return as soon as possible"

After breaking up with Li Qiao, he met the gloomy face of Lai Junchen, the two used to be officials in the same office, but they couldn't pee in a pot, and they staggered by, unexpectedly, there was a loud spitting from Junchen behind him.

Once upon a time, he and all the courtiers spurned the cool officials, how could he have expected that one day, he himself would become the object of the spurning of the cool officials?

He didn't dare to linger any longer, spurred his horse, and quickly rushed back to Princess Yiyang's Mansion in Shanglinfang, leaving behind the endless embarrassment along the way.

As soon as I entered the door, I got a message from the porter, and my mother, Princess Yiyang, was invited.

"Mother, the child is back, please give you peace" Quan Ce made a relaxed gesture and bowed down.

After not hearing his mother's response for a long time, Quan Ce slowly raised his head, but saw his mother with red eyes, staring at him, his eyes were full of defeat and sorrow, and he was holding a few thin pieces of paper in his hand, trembling a few times from time to time, like a thousand catties.

"My son......" Princess Yiyang shouted, forcibly straightening her expression, her eyebrows frowning, "That person, do you have to be like this?" ”

Quan Ce stretched out his hand and slowly pulled out the few pieces of paper, there was his uncle Yu Wang Li Sujie, he was full of discouragement, and even degraded himself to a concubine, abandoned his ancestors, and asked for peace in his life, every word is full of resentment, humiliation and accusations, they are on the cusp of the storm, and they dare not make a move, so they can only spill their anger on Princess Yiyang's head.

"Mother, children are not filial" Quan Ce knelt on his knees, ashamed, he acted outside as a man, but he even affected the women and children in the family, no matter what thousands of reasons, he was embarrassed.

"I know your temperament, not a person who kills indiscriminately, tell your mother, is it her, she forced you?" Princess Yiyang's face turned from pale to purple, the green tendons around her neck loomed, she suppressed her voice, tears slipped down, and flowed all over her face in a moment, and the monstrous hatred spread around her, that person, who abused and killed her mother and treated the three of them harshly, is she still not satisfied? Not even her son?

Quan Ce saw that she was very excited, and it was difficult to breathe, so he hurriedly stepped forward to hug her and beat her back, "Mother don't worry, everyone who kills the child has a way to die, I dare not forget my mother's teachings, I have lost my conscience, the child spares his life, and he will not let others calculate, as for the reputation, the child can try to turn around, although he can't be innocent, he won't let the world scold him."

"It's hard for my son" Princess Yiyang let out a sad voice, Quan Ce heard her cry, but he was relieved, just vent it, he gently folded the letters and put them in his arms, he is not a person who kills indiscriminately, but he also doesn't want to be a soft persimmon, there are always people who have to pay the price of blood, in order to know that the Buddha also has fire.

"Da Lang, my son" A crying voice sounded outside the door, but it was his aunt Princess Gao'an and cousin Wang Hui who had arrived, and Wang Hui's expression was a little complicated.

"Da Lang my son, the outside speech is really ugly, the errand sent by the court, but it is all blamed on my son, it is really unreasonable, my aunt accompanies you to ask for the grace of the queen of heaven, we will not be this official, An An Shengsheng will be raised at home" Princess Gao'an grabbed Quan Ce and walked out of the door angrily.

Quan Ce used some strength to stabilize her, and smiled bitterly, "Auntie, son, she is already white."

(End of chapter)