Zhang Ning and Ma Shun said a few words, and Jia Xiaosi came out and said, "Master Zhang, go quickly, Your Majesty is looking for you." ”

Zhu Qizhen entered the Zhaoren Hall of the side hall, turned around and saw that Zhang Ning did not follow up, and hurriedly asked Jia Xiaosi to come out to find it. He had a lot to say to Zhang Ning.

Zhang Ning entered the hall to salute and see the end, concentrating on being a listener, listening to Zhu Qizhen's story and Wang Zhen's teacher-student relationship, in the middle Jia Xiaosi asked for instructions to serve the imperial meal, but Zhu Qizhen refused on the grounds that he couldn't eat.

By the time he had finished speaking, two hours had passed, and the sun was setting in the west, and the sun was about to twilight.

Zhang Ning was so hungry that his stomach growled, and said, "Your Majesty, do you feel better?" ”

"Much better." Zhu Qizhen's face didn't look as ugly as before, nor did he feel sad before, but his expression was a little melancholy.

"What does Your Majesty want to do with this?" After talking, the matter has to be settled.

Zhu Qizhen pursed his lips and looked up at the left side of the imperial table, where the official hat chair was empty. Zhang Ning sat on the right side of the lower head.

Retracting his gaze, Zhu Qizhen said in a deep voice: "Let Hu Tong find out about this matter." ”

Zhang Ning was surprised. You told Wang Zhen all kinds of benefits, and in the end you actually wanted to investigate? So what do you say so much? He complained silently, glanced at Zhu Qizhen's gradually calm face, and somewhat understood how deep his feelings were before, and how hateful the betrayal was at this time.

Then, Zhu Qizhen announced that Hu Wen had entered the palace and asked him to investigate the impeachment of Wang Zhen by Chief Hu. Hu Tong was very surprised by this result, and in addition to receiving the order, he glanced at Zhang Ning meaningfully.

I'm just a good spectator. Zhang Ning muttered to himself silently.

Seeing that the palace gate was about to be locked, Zhang Ning said goodbye and left the palace, and the moment he walked out of the palace gate, he felt exhausted. To start today's battle, I have been preparing for two months, not to mention, there is luck. When Chief Wang's recital was about to finish, Zhang Ning quietly put the jade on. The reason why I didn't wear it at the beginning was because I was worried that such a long piece of music would be read for more than a quarter of an hour, but I didn't want Chief Wang to finish reading it and turn bad luck.

As for why you don't put it on when you start reading it, and take it off and put it back on after a quarter of an hour, you can't accurately calculate a quarter of an hour. At a critical juncture, for the sake of prudence, Zhang Ning did not dare to take risks.

After Chief Wang finished reading the chapter, Zhu Qizhen ordered Wang Zhen to submit it for the first time, and a large reason was the blessing of luck with the jade pendant.

However, Chief Wang insisted on reading the chapter in the palace, and Zhu Qizhen did not interrupt when he heard the impeachment of Wang Zhen, it was Zhang Ning's previous words that imprinted Zhu Qizhen's heart, otherwise he would not have quietly gone to Taimiao to worship the first emperor.

After the dispute in Cishou Palace, it seemed that there was nothing to do with Zhang Ning, but in fact, Zhang Ning expected that the minister would definitely reveal the news to the Empress Dowager when discussing politics, in order to prevent the Empress Dowager from being soft-hearted for a while, so he asked Youyou to enter the palace in advance to ask the Empress Dowager for peace. Coincidentally, in the past two days, the Empress Dowager had a leg attack, and Yoyo entered the palace in advance to ask for peace and beat her legs, which in the eyes of the Empress Dowager was filial piety.

What Zhang Ning didn't expect was that the Empress Dowager was not soft-hearted towards Wang Zhen, and she wanted to kill the matter directly on the grounds of domestic slaves.

Zhu Qizhen's performance is intriguing, everyone can see that he wants to protect Wang Zhen, and even said that he does not want the throne, which makes the Empress Dowager faint.

But after only talking for two hours, recalling how many years he had known and accompanied Wang Zhen and how deep the teacher-student relationship was, Zhu Qizhen's attitude changed.

When he made this decision, Zhang Ning didn't have time to put on the jade pendant, so it can be said that without any external force, he announced that Hu Tong entered the palace and handed over the investigation of Wang Zhen to Hu Tong.

At this point, the matter seems to have entered the second stage, as long as the evidence is conclusive, Wang Zhen can be convicted.

After Zhang Ning went through what happened today in his mind, he didn't think so. Or Zhu Qizhen just wanted to confirm whether Wang Zhen had done the evil deeds that Chief Wang impeached.

When the carriage was about to arrive at Anxiang Bo's Mansion, Zhang Ning remembered another thing, on the way back to Qianqing Palace in Cishou Palace, Zhu Qizhen had mentioned all kinds of good things about Wang Zhen, and he pointed out that Wang Zhen relied on his favor and acted recklessly. Could it be that this sentence had a great impact on him, so much so that he decided to find out the truth and see what Wang Zhen had done?

Zhu Qizhen should know that Hu Tong has investigated the case, and after the interrogation is completed, he will not stop there. At that time, how will he protect Wang Zhen?

Zhang Ning frowned and pondered, so much so that he didn't know when he arrived at the house.

Since Zhang Ning entered the palace through the school review, there has been a lot of excitement in front of the Anxiang Uncle's Mansion, and some noble children have visited from time to time. After the opening of the textile factory, many powerful housekeepers came to look for Lao Guan. Some powerful people with high status feel that going to Anxiang Bofu to ask for a meeting will give Lao Guan more face.

As a result, Anxiang Bofu, which used to be full of people, hitchhibled back and forth. The old servant who guarded the door automatically took on the responsibility of ushering in the send-off.

The old servant just sent a housekeeper out, and when he saw Childe's carriage passing by the two of them, he hurriedly saluted and shouted, "Childe." ”

The housekeeper of a certain prefecture hurriedly followed and saluted, and reported that he was the housekeeper of which house.

The old servant was familiar with the temperament of the child, and thought that the son would definitely stop and say a few words to the butler, but he didn't think that the carriage would not stop, so he entered through the side door.

The old servant was stunned for a moment and explained: "The son entered the palace on duty on the fourth watch, which is really too much. It's asleep. ”

As the saying goes, the prime minister's family slave seven-rank official, I am the housekeeper of the Guogong Mansion, how can you do this to me? A housekeeper's face was extremely unsightly, but he asked for help, and it was not good to have a seizure in front of him, so he flicked the sleeves of his robe and said, "Say goodbye." "I walked away without looking back.

The carriage stopped under the dripping eaves. Ren Gao got out of the car, waited for a long time, and saw that Zhang Ning didn't come down, thinking that he was asleep, after all, Zhang Ning was asleep on the way into the palace every day, and it may be the same today, so he didn't bother, and quietly guarded him to prevent the servants from disturbing him.

If I am Zhu Qizhen, how can I protect Wang Zhen? It's definitely not okay to play the emotional card, haven't you seen the queen mother faint? But there is nothing else but the emotional card. Zhang Ning thought that his head hurt, and he didn't have a clue at all.

He rubbed his eyebrows, and when he found that the carriage was not moving, he knocked on the wall of the carriage and said, "What's wrong?" ”

Ren Gao said: "I'm back home, please get off the car." ”

Zhang Ning lifted the curtain and saw that it was really true, and couldn't help laughing, and said, "Fortunately, I took the carriage, otherwise something would have happened." "If you ride a horse like this, don't bump into people.

Ren Gao said with concern: "Is the son okay?" "Childe, will you sleep well on the way back to your house now? That's a lot of sleep.

"I'm fine." Zhang Ning got up and got out of the car as he spoke, and went back to his yard.

After dinner and soaking in hot water, he was still thinking about how Zhu Qizhen would save Wang Zhen. I was so engrossed that I forgot that I was in the tub, and I didn't get up and get dressed until the water was cold, a little cold.

After he crossed over, he asked the carpenter to create a super large bath bucket, which is the kind of costume drama in the TV series in his previous life, where beautiful women bathed. He came up with an ingenious design of a wooden pillow in which he lay on his side with his head resting just right.

In early summer, there is a large temperature difference between day and night, so hot water is still used for bathing.

With Qing'er waiting to get dressed, Zhang Ning decided that he didn't want to, and would find an opportunity to explore Zhu Qizhen's mouth in the future. As soon as he came out of the bathroom, the maidservant came to report: "Childe, Master Hu asks to see you." ”

Is this pinching over the point? Zhang Ning was very suspicious that there was a secret agent planted by Hu Tong in the courtyard, otherwise Hu Tong would not come early or late, and he would have come as soon as he had taken a bath.

"Please." Zhang Ning said that he changed into a flying fish suit and went to the flower hall to meet the guests.

Hu Tong was dressed in a green shirt, and at first glance he looked like an old scholar. He smiled and said, "Virtuous nephew is exempt." ”

Virtuous nephew? Zhang Ning felt that he had heard it wrong, how could Hu Tong call himself a virtuous nephew?

Hu Tong explained unhurriedly: "I heard that the British Duke treats you as a son and nephew, and the old man and the British Duke are colleagues, and they are the same. ”

Doesn't it mean that the honorable and the civil officials do not get along with each other? You are my nephew, should I call you uncle? Zhang Ning complained silently, laughed kindly, sat down with Hu Tong, and said, "Is there anything wrong with the adults looking for the little nephew so late?" ”

He is not very familiar with Hu Tong, and he can't call him "uncle", but it's still okay to crawl along the pole and call himself a little nephew.

Hu Tong smiled and groaned, and when Qing'er stepped down from tea, he smiled and said, "Do you know why Your Majesty suddenly changed his mind?" ”

When he was in Cishou Palace, he also threatened the throne, why did he pass him into the palace half a day later and let him interrogate Wang Zhen? In his opinion, interrogating Wang Zhenshang is secondary, and speculating on the emperor's intentions is important.

For this reason, he visited Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong respectively, Yang Rong didn't know anything about it, Yang Shiqi vaguely mentioned that he should ask Zhang Ning. So he came.

Jiang is really old and spicy, and he understands where the key is. Hu Tong is the minister of the first emperor, and he is a trustworthy person of the first emperor and the empress dowager, and the empress dowager's attitude towards Wang Zhen is very clear, and he must be killed, does that mean that Hu Tong is also like this?

Zhang Ning's thoughts flashed, and instead of answering, he asked, "How will Lord Hu interrogate?" ”

How to interrogate, there is a lot of knowledge, it depends on who Hu Tong is facing.

This kid is not simple, no wonder Yang Shiqi mentioned him. Hu Tong raised his eyebrows and said: "Wang Zhen has done a lot of evil, and everyone will be punished." As long as His Majesty does not deliberately cover up, this case is not difficult to triage. ”

Zhang Ning said: "My lord is worried that His Majesty has the intention of shielding? ”

"Jun's heart is unpredictable, and he has to guard against it." Hu Tong said calmly: "The old man is entrusted by the first emperor, how can he leave this villain to run rampant in the world?" It's just how to persuade Your Majesty, but the old man is helpless. ”

Not only him, but the five ministers and the Empress Dowager all had nothing to do with the emperor, otherwise the Empress Dowager would not have fainted.

Zhang Ning said: "The heart of the adult can be seen by the sun and the moon, and the little nephew admires it." His Majesty cared about Wang Zhen's companionship and teaching since he was a child, and his heart hurt that Wang Zhen had betrayed his trust, and his sadness was difficult to suppress. ”

Hu Xiao's eyelids moved slightly, and he said, "Your Majesty doesn't want to punish this eunuch?" ”

That's what he's here for tonight, and it needs to be confirmed.

Zhang Ning said: "Or in a few days, Your Majesty will figure it out." ”

That is, I haven't figured it out now.

Hu Tong's white eyebrows rose again, and said: "The virtuous nephew thinks that if the old man finds out the evil things done by Wang Zhen clearly, His Majesty will be punished according to the law under the pressure of the old man and others?" ”

Zhang Ning secretly rolled his eyes, it was already a great rebellion to force the king with his ministers, not to mention that you witnessed a scene that happened in Cishou Palace, and you said this, it was really in vain.

Although Zhang Ning and Zhu Qizhen have known each other for a short time, they can see that he is soft on the outside and rigid on the inside, looking easy-going and has no shelf, but in fact, he is strong when he is strong, and the more he is forced to him, the more he rebounds. Conversely, respecting him and reasoning with him can often achieve unexpected results.

Probably this is the reason why in history, he was captured in Mengbei for a year, and finally sent an envoy to beg the Ming court to send someone to take him back. No matter how much he coercions, he will not give in, and if he doesn't want to bring silver, daily necessities and other things, can he only let him back?

If it is found out and the facts are used to force him to kill Wang Zhen, I am afraid that he will fight hard to protect this traitor. If the method is wrong, it will only backfire, Zhang Ning sighed secretly and said, "Only betrayal can make Your Majesty chill." ”

Hu Tong was thoughtful, and after a while, he said, "Does the virtuous nephew have a clever plan?" ”

Naturally, there are clever solutions. Zhang Ning said: "I heard that Wang Zhen built a house in the east of the city, and brought living water into the house from outside the city. If you raid this house, you may be able to find something amazing. ”

"The virtuous nephew said yes. Because this mansion has not yet been completed, no one has paid attention to it, and it is unknown whether it is necessary to collect some prohibited items. Hu Tong was thorough at one point, got up and said goodbye: "The old man still has to try the case, so he won't bother the virtuous nephew." ”

"Well said." Zhang Ning sent it to the gate of the mansion and watched Hu Tong get into the carriage and leave.

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In the next two days, Zhu Qizhen was listless and ate less. Jia Xiaosi saw that he was haggard, and repeatedly persuaded him to eat more, and every time he asked Zhang Ning to come over to accompany him to dinner, his appetite was opened.

Zhang Ning thought about the TV series he watched in his previous life, and did not say that Zhu Qizhen was as good as Longyang, and it was estimated that he had no hobby in this area, so he was relieved. However, he could not be allowed to go on like this.

"Your Majesty, do you want to visit the prince?"

Go to see Mr.? Zhu Qizhen's eyes lit up suddenly, then dimmed, and he was silent for a few breaths before he said, "Okay." ”

Do you want to see it but are afraid to see it? What are you doing so entangled? He said: "Your Majesty asked him in person if he had done those things, isn't it better than being found out by Lord Hu?" ”

"That's right." Zhu Qizhen came to the spirit and said, "Xiaosi changes clothes, and I and Zhang Qing go to the edict prison." ”

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Wang Zhen was in the edict, but he was not in the cell, but in the hut where the jailer lived, there was wine and meat in front of him, and he was taking a sip of wine and meat, scolding Zhang Ning while eating.

Zhu Qizhen stood at the door and watched silently for a long time, then turned around and left.

After getting out of prison and coming to the street, Zhang Ning said: "With Your Majesty here, the prince is very determined." ”

"Humph!" Zhu Qizhen said angrily: "I am so worried about him that I can't eat, and I can't sleep well." ”

Where are you worried about him, you are worried that he will really do those things. Zhang Ning didn't debunk it, and said, "It's not." Your Majesty's dragon body is important, don't let the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother worry. ”

After the Empress Dowager fainted, Empress Dowager Sun moved to Cishou Palace, but the daily service of decoction was still leisurely.

Zhu Qizhen glanced up at the cloudy sky and said, "Go back to the palace." When he arrived at the Qianqing Palace, he announced that Hu Tong entered the palace to inquire about the case.

Hu Tong saw that he was angry, and he couldn't tell why he was angry for a while, so he had to submit the thirteen charges that had been verified, and said: "The minister, please raid Wang Zhen's mansion in the east of the city, and ask Your Majesty for permission." ”

He didn't think that Zhu Qizhen would agree, but as soon as the words fell, Zhu Qizhen said, "Yes." ”