In the depths of the Nine-Fold Palace, there is a splendid palace.

In the northeast corner of the palace, there is a small lake carved by man. On one side of the small lake, a pavilion built on the waterfront stands majestically.

It is a clear day, the sun is bright and not dazzling, it is a good time to fish in the hanging water.

Outside the pavilion, near the water, is a small pavilion with a roof dozens of squares. This pavilion is made of gold, and the white jade is the column.

At this time, there was a drooping old man sitting in the pavilion, staring intently at the lake. In front of him, a dark green fishing rod stretched out of the white jade fence and stood quietly above the water.

Suddenly, the rod fluttered slightly, and the buoy made of goose feathers floating on the water was suddenly submerged in the water and then resurfaced. The old man's brows moved slightly, but he was not in a hurry. Sure enough, immediately afterward, the buoy sank into the water more urgently and more sharply.

The corner of the old man's mouth showed a confident look, he reached out to pick up the fishing rod, and with a slight pull, a fiery red fish struggled to jump out of the water, and then rose up, shining in the sunlight.

"Congratulations, it's a koi."

The old eunuch who had been standing next to him saw the fish coming ashore, and hurriedly stepped forward to catch it, and while taking the fish down, he said happily, as if the fish had been caught by him.

This angler is none other than the current Emperor Taishang, Emperor Wanlong. He smiled and looked at the red carp that was swimming away quickly by his big eunuch who had taken off the hook and put it into the golden basin, and suddenly asked, "Dequan, how long have you been following me?" ”

Wu Dequan suddenly raised his head proudly and said with a smile: "If you go back to the Long Live Lord, the slave has been following the Long Live Lord for fifty-five years, six months and nineteen days, and after today, it will be exactly twenty thousand days." ”

Emperor Wanlong was stunned for a moment, and then sighed: "Yes, in the blink of an eye, fifty-five years have passed, and I still remember that when I first ascended the throne, Da Chu had just been spared from war, the court was depressed, and the whole country was in ruins." At that time, there were so many things that I was in a hurry to do, so many things that had to be done, and now, we are all old. ”

Wu Dequan heard the emotion of Emperor Wanlong, and he was also excited to remember, and said: "Now the slave is already old, but Long Live Lord is not old at all, and he is still the same as back then, with high spirits and coercion......

Emperor Wanlong smiled and said: "What is the coercion of the hundred worlds, just pulling such a big fish is already laborious, in the future, I don't know when I should go to meet the first emperor......"

Wu Dequan hung his head and stood still. Although he can pat himself on the back, he knows very well that this kind of talk cannot be accepted. The life and death of the emperor is said by the emperor himself, but they can't say it.

Emperor Wanlong didn't think that Wu Dequan would answer him, so after saying a word, he said: "It's okay, but I don't know how many of the old courtiers who accompanied me to rule the world are still alive today." ”

Wu Dequan listened to Emperor Wanlong's words, his eyebrows rolled, and he suddenly said: "The slave heard about something, I wonder if the master is interested in listening to the slave's gossip?" ”

"What's the matter, you can tell me."

"It's about Ho-sama's ......"

Emperor Wanlong frowned and thought for a while, and said, "He Shanbao? ”

Seeing Wu Dequan nodding, he was really interested. When people get old, it is easiest to remember, and then the more they cherish the memories of the past.

"Say it quickly, he should be old now, what new stories can he not do?"

Wu Dequan smiled: "It's not Lord He's business to go...... That's the case, and the servants also heard the eunuchs who went out to comprador occasionally talk about it, saying that Lord He's youngest grandson was arrested by Qiu Liang and put in the prison of the Five Cities Terracotta Division. ”

Emperor Wanlong wondered: "Isn't He Shanbao the current Shoufu, what did his grandson do and was arrested?" ”

Wu Dequan said with a smile: "Speaking of which, it is also strange that Lord He is not strict in teaching his grandson, yesterday his little grandson returned home from the holiday of the Guozijian, because he was happy, he galloped on the street, who knew that if he was not careful, he would hurt a passerby."

Coincidentally, this incident was bumped into by Qiu Liang again, and he was escorted back to the prison of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division on the spot. I heard that Lord He is really angry because of this......"

Wu Dequan regarded this as a new thing, but he didn't see the already frowning brows of Emperor Wanlong.

He has been in the court for many years and knows everything about the affairs of the court. As soon as he heard this, he knew that it would not be simple.

"I heard that the emperor raided another mansion not long ago?" Emperor Zhengqing suddenly asked.

Wu Dequan said: "There is such a thing, I heard that it is because the Jinyi Army found out that Shoushan Bofu sent people to intercept and kill the messenger who delivered the message for six hundred miles in the Jinling territory half a year ago, and His Majesty was furious, so he made the order." ”

Emperor Wanlong was silent, and said for a while: "Let's go, go back to the palace." ”

"Yes."

......

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Qiu Liang's move is very inappropriate. He Shanbao is also the head of the court no matter what, how can he be humiliated by such a trivial matter? ”

In the Daming Palace, Emperor Zhengqing recruited several of his henchmen to discuss the matter. It is precisely how to take advantage of this opportunity to have a showdown with He Shanbao and take away his position as the first assistant to the cabinet with one sentence.

Who knows, Cui Wenlong was the first to express his opposition.

"Elder Cui Ge is inevitably serious, how can this be considered a humiliation? Could it be that his grandson's arson in the street and hurt people was slandered by others? You can't ignore the law of the country just because he's the first assistant, right?

Could it be that Elder Cui Ge thinks that the imperial court should order Qiu Liang to release him immediately, so that he can be regarded as taking into account the dignity of Shoufu? Where is the law of the land? ”

Zhao Qian, the head of the household, thought differently from Cui Wenlong, and thought that this was an excellent opportunity to break the game.

Regarding Zhao Qian's words on the line, Cui Wenlong couldn't refute it. Unspoken rules can only trump rules if they are mutually agreed, and once they are put on the table, they cannot be enforced.

Therefore, Cui Wenlong did not answer Zhao Qian's words, and turned to Emperor Zhengqing: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that everything is now under our control, and it will not be long before the big case three years ago is revealed in the world. ”

Zhao Qian said: "Cui Ge Lao can't help but know that he is a little stubborn, and those who have become big things should be guided by the situation." Now that there is a ready-made opportunity not to take advantage of it, but to wait for the east wind that does not know when it will come, I think it is completely unnecessary.

If His Majesty agrees, Weichen decides to impeach He Shanbao at the court meeting the day after tomorrow, and His Majesty can take this opportunity to discuss He Shanbao's guilt. ”

To discuss He Shanbao's guilt, only the three law divisions will interrogate, and in addition, any yamen has no such qualifications.

Therefore, none of the evidence in their current control is sufficient to convict Ho Shanbao. It is necessary to go through this procedure in order to justifiably send He Shanbao to prison.

Emperor Zhengqing thought for a while and asked Fang Shoudao, "What does Fang Aiqing think?" ”

He had already expressed his intention in saying this, and he agreed with Zhao Qian's words. Because, there is absolutely no need for him to wait, and take this opportunity to launch an attack on He Shanbao.

Fang Shou replied: "The minister thinks that Lord Cui and Lord Zhao are reasonable, and the minister has no opinion on this, and I implore Your Majesty to cut it." ”

The Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division is subject to the Jingying Festival, and his eldest disciple Sun Da is now the envoy of the Jingying Festival, so Qiu Liang is his person, so he doesn't have much to say.

Emperor Zhengqing glanced at Cui Wenlong, and Cui Wenlong knew his intentions, so he said, "Your Majesty please cut it." ”

Emperor Zhengqing smiled slightly and said, "In this case, let's do what Zhao Aiqing said." ”

......

"Let's go, hurry up, let's take a look!"

In one of the courtyards of Rongqing Hall, several little maids urged each other to rush to the main courtyard.

Ran to the courtyard in front of the main hall of Rongqing Hall, where many maids and wives had gathered, and they all gathered around the middle of the courtyard, and a big tree appeared out of thin air and pointed.

"Those are lychees, there are so many!"

Many of the little maids had never seen what the lychee tree looked like, but they still recognized the fruit hanging on it. After all, with the respect of Jiafu, there are still channels to eat lychees.

It's just that I've never seen anyone directly move the fruit trees in.

"The old lady is out."

As soon as the voices of the maids fell, the curtain in front of the main hall was opened, and Jia Mu walked out surrounded by Mandarin Ducks, Li Kun, Mrs. Wang, etc.

The girls who were originally around hurriedly got out of the way and let Jia Mu come over.

Jia Mu walked down the steps, raised her eyes, and looked at the two or three tall trees standing in the hall. At the bottom was a large wooden frame one or two meters square, filled with earth, and the trunk of the tree was stuck in it.

Along the trunk of the tree, the branches and leaves stretched out, taking up a large place. There are plump red lychees hanging on it, golden and beautiful!

Rao is Jia's mother has enjoyed all the glory and wealth in her life, and she has never let anyone do such a naughty thing. This thing, without seven or eight men, I'm afraid it won't be able to lift it.

"Who sent this in?"

Fang Cai Li Kun, Mandarin Duck and others only said that they would let her come out to see the rare things, so she didn't know who sent it in.

Li Kun smiled and said, "Guess the old lady? ”

Jia Mu thought for a while and said, "This kind of thing is probably only something that Brother Qing'er can think of!" ”

"Old lady Mingjian, you can guess it!"

Jia Mu also smiled: "Is he really doing it?" It's a shame that he still says all day long that he is a person who does big things, and he doesn't have to do things to make people laugh. In this way, let relatives and friends know, and it is not a joke, and even with us we have become gluttonous cats. ”

Mrs. Wang said: "It doesn't matter, he is a filial old lady, and others will only praise him for his filial piety if others know about it, where will there be other words." ”

As he spoke, the sisters also rushed to hear the news. The first thing I saw was the conspicuous tree in the courtyard, and I looked at it carefully before I walked up to Jia's mother to salute.

Jia Mu said: "It just so happens that you are here, go and pick a few, let's taste them." ”

The sisters used to eat fruits that were ready to be placed on plates, and he had ever done such a thing as picking fruits directly from the tree to eat, and they all rushed forward with interest when they heard the words.

I circled around for a long time, but no one started. It's not that it's not high enough to reach, but looking at the bright fruits hanging on the branches, the sisters feel very neat and bright, and they can't bear to start for a while.

Mrs. Wang said, "Hurry up, the old lady is waiting to taste it." ”

A few people couldn't, so they had to be ruthless, and one person stepped forward and grabbed a branch and plucked two from it.

"Here, Ancestor."

Shi Xiangyun ran the fastest, and took the lead in handing one to Jia's mother, leaving one for himself. In this way, the others are the same, Tanchun was given to Mrs. Wang, Yingchun was given to Mrs. Xing, and Daiyu was given to Li Kun. Xichun gave a mandarin duck, and the mandarin duck hurriedly thanked him, but he didn't shirk and took it.

After Shi Xiangyun handed one to Jia's mother, he couldn't wait to peel the lychee in his hand. It's not that she hasn't eaten this kind of thing, but where is this new and interesting in the past? Besides, at least this is the first time I've eaten it this year.

"Ouch......"

It's just that I don't know if it's because I'm anxious or what, I just peeled off the lychee shell, and was about to put the white and tender flesh exposed in half of the shell into my mouth, but the round flesh jumped out of the shell and fell to the ground due to the force.

Beside them, everyone who was not ready to do it smiled happily when they saw Xiangyun's look of annoyance and remorse.

Jia Mu said: "There are so many on it, you can pick it again, why do you feel sorry for it?" ”

Shi Xiangyun became happy at this time, and walked over to pick another one. This time she was much more careful......

"It's so sweet!"

Although it was the second time, Shi Xiangyun still ate the pulp before everyone. She tasted the smoothness and coolness with the sweetness, which was her favorite feeling, so she ate it.

Mother Jia also ate one carefully, and sure enough, she felt that it was better than what she had eaten in previous years. Seeing that the fruit trees were also clean, it was obvious that they had been pruned in advance, and they couldn't help but feel that Jia Qing was working hard.

So, she walked up to herself and reached out to break one herself.

When Li Kun saw it, he hurriedly pressed down the one that Jia's mother wanted to pull, so that Jia's mother could easily fold it.

Jia's mother was old and avoided eating, so after she broke one off and ate it herself, she withdrew her hand and said, "You should not eat too much, it's not good to eat too much." ”

"Yes."

After Jia's mother entered the house, Tanchun took the lead in pulling Li Kun and said, "Sister-in-law, who sent this, why is it so heartfelt?" ”

Daiyu on the side pouted and said, "Who else, it must have been the second brother who did it!" ”

"Who called me?"

As soon as Daiyu's words fell, a warm voice came from the corner of the eaves.

Everyone turned their heads to look, it was not Jia Qing.

At this time, Jia Qing had just come from Ning Guofu, looked at Daiyu and the others surrounding the big lychee tree, smiled, walked over, and then asked: "Which of you said about me just now, I heard it, but you are talking bad about me?" ”

Li Kun said: "As long as you are careful, everyone will say bad things about you anywhere!" ”

Jia Qing glanced at Li Kun and was very surprised: "Could it be that when they get together, they can still say good things about me?" I absolutely don't believe that! ”

Li Kun was speechless.

The sisters smiled, they were used to Jia Qing's jokes anytime and anywhere.

"Second brother, how did you come up with such a method to send this thing in?"