The palace maid who closed the door was startled, and hurriedly opened it again and let Zhu Xu in.

After Zhu Xu came in, he first glanced at the people inside, and then patted the snow on his clothes.

When Zhu Huiyuan saw Zhu Xu, she quickly stood up and saluted: "Le'an has seen the emperor." ”

Zhu Xu walked over, smiled and waved his hand, "Eighth sister, you're welcome, sit down." ”

Zhu Huiyuan saluted in a restrained manner and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Xu shook his head, sat down in front of the stove where Empress Dowager Zhang, Xiao Yongning, and Li Xiangjun were roasting, and also stretched out his hand and sighed.

Empress Dowager Zhang held Xiao Yongning in her arms, rubbing her hands in front of the stove, looking at her frozen red little hands, in the end, it was her daughter, Empress Dowager Zhang raised her head and frowned at Zhu Xu, and said dissatisfiedly: "You too, you have to take her out on such a cold day, you see their frozen ......"

Zhu Xu looked at Yongning, who was shrunk in the arms of the Empress Dowager Zhang, with a pale face, and said with a smile: "It's okay, don't experience wind and rain, where is the rainbow ......?"

Empress Dowager Zhang suddenly hummed lightly, and Huan'er on the other side hurriedly brought two cups of hot tea and said, "Niangniang, let the princess drink it, warm up your body......"

Empress Dowager Zhang stretched out her hand to take it, one cup to Xiao Yongning, and one cup to Li Xiangjun.

Zhu Xu coughed, looked up at Huan'er and pretended to be majestic, "What about me?" ”

As soon as Huan'er was about to speak, Empress Dowager Zhang said, "You go out to see the rainbow ......."

Zhu Xu suddenly laughed, bent down and said, "Don't worry about the imperial sister-in-law, it's not a bad thing to get sick......"

Empress Dowager Zhang looked at Zhu Xu again angrily, looked down at the little girl and drank hot tea, and waited until her face was a little ruddy before she was relieved.

"By the way, Le'an is here, you know what's going on, right?" Empress Dowager Zhang's heart was relieved, and she immediately remembered Zhu Huiyuan's matter again.

Zhu Xu turned his head to look at Zhu Huiyuan, who was standing not far away, and said, "Well, I know, I came here for this matter." ”

Zhu Huiyuan was not surprised by the harmony between Zhu Xu and the Empress Dowager Zhang's family, she was also in the palace when she was young, and knew how the Empress Dowager Zhang adopted Zhu Xu and sheltered him back then, it can be said that without the Empress Dowager Zhang, Zhu Xu would have died a long time ago.

She stepped forward with red eyes, bent down to Zhu Xu and said, "Please also ask the emperor to make the decision for Le'an." ”

Zhu Xu looked at her, nodded, and said, "Sit down, the cabinet is already dealing with it, I just ordered someone to inquire, and if there is news, it will be reported immediately, if the imperial sister is not satisfied, I will punish it severely." ”

Although the emperor was not angry and dealt with it directly, with such an attitude, Zhu Huiyuan still felt a little at ease and said, "Thank you, Emperor." ”

After a while, Huan'er brought another cup of hot tea to Zhu Xu, he took a sip, a warm current spread all over his body, and he suddenly felt a lot more comfortable, looked sideways at Zhu Huiyuan and said: "I remember, Gong Yonggu has been in the Royal Government for many years, why didn't he come out to do things?" ”

Zhu Huiyuan's expression tightened slightly, and he hesitated: "Because he is a clan relative, there is no suitable place to go." ”

Zhu Xu blinked, for the clan, the current regulations of the relatives are very dead, or general, in a word, without the slightest flexibility.

Daming is now a critical moment of change, constantly combing through the chaos of the past, and at the same time creating new, more messy, which needs time to digest and sort out in an orderly manner.

For the clan, it is obvious that all relatives cannot be confined in a blank manner, otherwise new problems will definitely evolve after a hundred years.

Zhu Xu groaned slightly, and said: "Gong Yonggu, well, I have read his information, and the evaluation of him by the Political Yuan is also good, so let's do it, there are two ways, one is within the Royal Political Yuan, you can be promoted to teaching, professor, etc., and the other is to come out, the cabinet now has a foreign affairs department, he can be the deputy director, from the six products, which one does the imperial sister think is appropriate?" ”

In recent years, the clan has been severely suppressed, not only Zhu Xu, but also the outer court has deliberately weakened vigorously, so the treatment can be regarded as 'very different' from before. Zhu Huiyuan's birth was not good, and the treatment was naturally worse, now listening to Zhu Xu's words, I was quite surprised, but I didn't know what to do, I looked at Zhu Xu at a loss, and then looked at the Empress Dowager Zhang.

Where did Empress Dowager Zhang understand this, frowned slightly, looked at Zhu Xu dissatisfied, and said, "Of course it's the best." ”

Zhu Xu laughed and said, "Okay, then let's go to the Foreign Affairs Department." It's just that I hurt a few ribs, and I'll be fine after resting for a while, and I'll go to office after the New Year, Sister Huang, go back and tell him, do it well, don't let me down. ”

Zhu Huiyuan was overjoyed, hurriedly got up, and saluted: "Le An Xie Emperor!" ”

Zhu Xu waved his hand, looked at Empress Dowager Zhang and said, "Sister-in-law, the cabinet will estimate that there will be no results for a while, let's eat first, I have been hungry for a long time." ”

Xiao Yongning finally came to his senses at this time, looked up at his little face, and said pitifully: "Queen Mother, I want to eat fish and drink fish soup." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang was a little distressed, touched her little face, glared at Zhu Xu again, and said, "Well, Huan'er, go and prepare." ”

Zhu Xu rubbed his face, and sighed in his heart, is it important to be his own daughter......

A group of people in Cining Palace are waiting for dinner, and the cabinet has now summoned six Shangshu to hold a meeting.

The three auxiliary ministers of the cabinet, plus the six Shangshu, a total of nine people, sat in turn, with different expressions.

Bi Ziyan's expression was calm, his tone was relatively calm, and he said lightly: "I think you all know about it, the emperor has just returned to the palace, and he must come up with the charter before the emperor is angry, and talk about it." ”

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and their eyes finally fell on Zhou Yingqiu and King Jing, this matter, these two are the leader.

King Jing had just entered the cabinet, and he was already walking on thin ice, and he was also a headache when he encountered this matter, looking at everyone's eyes, he said stubbornly: "Wei Xuelian is a person appointed by the emperor, although he is a little impulsive this time, he is young in the end...... I mean, a small punishment is a big commandment, a one-month suspension and a fine of half a year. ”

Everyone immediately frowned, what King Jing said was light, but the two imperial court yamen had already lost face in the group fight, and they also beat the horses who persuaded them to fight, how could it be so easy to fool the past?

Zhou Yingqiu glanced at King Jing, frowned secretly, and had to follow: "The lower official talked to Yuan Renxiao, he was deeply ashamed, and decided to resign. ”

A group of people listened to Zhou Yingqiu's words, and their hearts jumped, this is a strong man's broken wrist?

King Jing was also a little surprised, he didn't expect Zhou Yingqiu to be so uncaring for feathers? Or is it a retreat?

Bi Ziyan didn't seem to hear the words of the two of them, and said: "The eighth princess is in Cining Palace, presumably the emperor has already passed, do you think that the eighth princess can agree to such a disposition?" Will the Queen Mother be satisfied? Can the emperor approve it? ”

A group of officials slapped Gong Yonggu in public, that is, slapping the royal family in the face, which is so easy to pass, if it is placed in the time of Taizu, I don't know how many people will fall to the ground!

The current emperor is not easy to mess with, although these two yamen are the emperor's henchmen, but there is no possibility of mercy.

Everyone frowned, annoyed, and had an accident at this juncture, which made them all uneasy.

Zhang Wenda's criminal department was also one of the cases involved, he was silent for a long time, looked up at Bi Ziyan and Sun Chengzong and said: "If you can't do it, you will directly put a group of people in prison for the crime, and I will enter the palace to make amends to the eighth princess!" ”

"That's a way to go." Xu Dahua immediately continued. He's a little transparent, and he needs to show his presence from time to time.

Shen Xun shook his head decisively and said: "Yuan Renxiao is from the fourth grade, and Wei Xuelian is also from the fifth grade of the anti-corruption bureau, which is not high or low, even if the eighth princess is not investigated, the criticism of the government and the opposition will not be small." ”

When everyone heard this, their faces were slightly gloomy, what Shen Xun said made sense, these two people were not ordinary officials, and they couldn't explain it if they took it, and even the two pavilion elders in front of them might not let it go easily.

Fu Changzong sat down like an old monk, turned a deaf ear to these things, and never intervened.

Bi Ziyan took in the expressions of a group of people, glanced at Sun Chengzong, and said directly, "This matter really can't be ended so easily, Yuan Renxiao is suspended, and all affairs of the Ministry of Literature and Literature are suspended, and we will make plans after the cabinet verifies." The government affairs of the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Governor's Yuan were also suspended, and Wei Xuelian was suspended from his post after an internal investigation. In addition, for the disposition of the Ministry of Officials and the Governor's Yuan, the official must ask the emperor to make a decision. ”

Zhou Yingqiu glanced at Bi Ziyan, the cabinet was clearly about to reach out directly into the ministry.

He was expressionless, thinking a little in his heart, he still felt that he couldn't let the cabinet go too smoothly, otherwise his team and the people he had cultivated over the years were estimated to be suppressed, plus he would leave Beijing next year and lose his asylum, and his people would have to be tossed and scattered.

"Xia Guan thinks that Yuan Renxiao can be suspended, but the government affairs of the Wenxuan Division cannot be stopped, now is the most critical moment for the year-end assessment, a lot of things have to be decided, and he is too busy to be busy, how can he stop?" Zhou Yingqiu straightened up, looked at Bi Ziyan in a calm tone and said.