The once well-established He Mansion has been in a state of decay, and these days, the subordinates ordered by He Furong to be dismissed account for thirty percent of the registered slaves. Except for the original family slaves and some old people, almost all of the people who were recommended by the outsiders and those who sold themselves when they saw the power of the He Mansion were all screened clean. In He Furong's words, those who can only share wealth and prosperity are unreliable, and only those who can survive today's tribulations are the truth. After the rectification, the current He Mansion is much more rigorous.

He Furong stood in the courtyard wearing a wide robe, his eyes were facing a leafy tree in front of him, but he thought of the future of the He family in his heart. Now the title is kept, but almost all the official positions that can be relied on have been lost. There are a lot of nobles who have no position in the capital, except for a little honor, it can be said that it is inconspicuous, and I can't imagine that I will fall to this step. The title of the He family, the third-class Duke of Chengen, is still earned by the queen, and once the queen is really abolished, the family will really have nothing.

"Dad, I've sent a few people at the door outside. But now there is a shortage of manpower, and just now He Guilai reported that some errands could not be sent. He Mobin softly broke his father's contemplation, and his worried appearance made He Furong's heart ache. Although the second son has never been keen on eunuchs, he is just a scholar who loves classics, but after all, he has to use more than the other two sons, and now that a lot of mundane affairs are pressing on him, He Mobin, a nerd who does not know the world, suddenly became much haggard.

"Bin'er, you have to be tough on some things, you don't have to listen to He Gui's slave nonsense." He Furong turned around, his face was deeply tired, "The He family was only thirty or forty subordinates in the early years, and the housework was still well organized, how could anything have gone wrong?" However, after the family became a big business, those people were lazy, and they only thought about making money all day long, and other drudgeries were pushed back one by one. I haven't had time to care about this, so I have to toss with them, He Gui is also happy, and I am afraid that he has received a lot of benefits over the years. Now it's different from the past, you will take out the young master's body later, and reprimand him well, if you prevaricate like this again, he, the manager, will walk as soon as possible. Other people who don't want to take errands will be dismissed, and the He family will not raise idlers! ”

He Mobin glanced at his calm father with admiration, and secretly admired in his heart, although he lost his official position, his father Yu Wei was still there, and if there was a day of recovery, there would be hope for his family again. "What Daddy taught me was that the child wrote it down." He bent down and saluted, and was about to leave, but was stopped again by He Furong.

"The rumors you said last time, can there be a conclusion in the palace?" He Furong asked uneasily. The gossip in the capital has intensified, and it has become a major problem that plagues him, and there must be a reason for the groundlessness, and he doesn't believe that ordinary palace people can spread such news.

"No, it's just that the child vaguely heard that the emperor seems to be cleaning up the palace, and it seems that he has disposed of a lot of people." He Mobin pondered for a long time before he replied cautiously. He has never paid much attention to this kind of thing, so he only knows a rough idea, and a lot of news has been heard from the people in the house.

"Well, this matter should not be taken lightly, you command it to go down, and it is strictly forbidden for the people in the house to talk about these things. If there is a offender, don't blame the family law for being ruthless! He Furong's expression was extremely serious, "Let people never grab the handle of the He family from above!" ”

He Mobin was stunned for a moment, and then bowed down. Although he was a little puzzled, he dared to disobey his father's intentions, and immediately turned around and passed the order. In his heart, it is still the kind of idle clouds and wild cranes that have the most leisurely days, but unfortunately, the current momentum is not up to him to choose, unless he can really let the family be destroyed.

He Furong sighed, he didn't know what those who stayed behind were thinking, but whether there was a day of recovery, he didn't know the bottom of his heart at all. The power of heaven is unpredictable, what is the supreme being thinking in his heart, I am afraid that even the closest concubine Yu Guifei around him may not be able to guess it, and judge them in vain? Trembling every day, like facing the abyss, like walking on thin ice, even so, it is still easy to see the sin, and the catastrophe will never be recovered.

Just as he was sighing, he suddenly saw another figure stumbling in. Looking at He Mobin, who had just left, he saw that his expression had long lost his usual composure, his mouth opened and closed several times before he could barely open it, and his voice trembled a little, this abnormal behavior couldn't help but hang He Furong's already uncalm heart.

"Dad, the emperor, the emperor's micro-service has arrived!"

He Furong couldn't help but be shocked, the emperor came to the He Mansion at such a moment, whether it was a curse or a blessing was only in his thoughts, what was the big deal? "Quick, take me to the driver!" As soon as he urged his son, he thought of what he was wearing, if he went to see the emperor in this dress, a bad one would be a crime of dishonorment. But if you go to change your clothes first, it will take a lot of time to come and go, and you can't leave the emperor behind, the sin of the slow monarch is even greater.

When he was hesitating, the sharp-eyed He Mobin had already seen the emperor's figure appear at the other end of the courtyard, and hurriedly pulled his father a few times, and he knelt on the ground first. He Furong saw that it was definitely too late to change his clothes, so he had to reluctantly dress up and kneel down to greet him, but he was uneasy in his heart. Hearing the footsteps above their heads getting closer and closer, the two of them could already glimpse the emperor's toes, and the fine beads of sweat on their foreheads suddenly seeped out.

"He Lin, this courtyard is quite elegant, and it is really a good place for self-cultivation!" The emperor looked around with emotion, "Calm down, you are also old, you don't have to be so formal." ”

How dare He Furong make a mistake, if it was in the past, it would have been fine, but now it is still good to follow the rules. "The guilty minister thanks the emperor for his grace, but he has not yet reached old age, and the criminal minister is to treat the guilty body, no official or position, and he never dares to abolish the etiquette, or kneel to reply is the rule." He Mobin was a rare face, he didn't even dare to peek, his body was extremely low, and the beads of sweat on his forehead dripped on the bluestone ground, which suddenly caused a small sound.

The emperor smiled, "I didn't expect you to be the same, but I won't force you." Is this young man your second son, He Mobin? I haven't seen it a few times, I'm not impressed, I heard that I'm a bookworm like Hai Congrui? ”

"It's the dog Mo Bin, his fame was tested by himself, but later he didn't want to go out, and he took an errand from the Hanlin Academy to wander around, how can he compare to the erudition and talent of the eldest prince of Shanghai? The word bookworm praised him falsely. He Furong dotted his sentences, lest there be something wrong in between.

He Mobin was a little unconvinced, the word bookworm was his most desired evaluation, and his father actually pushed this praise outward, which really made him angry. However, with the Supreme in front, his father could only be humble, and he really admired Hai Congrui in his heart, so he just pouted, but fortunately no one saw it with his face facing the ground, otherwise it would be another turmoil.

"Okay, you don't have to be so honest, if you go on like this, what's the difference between it and the Golden Palace?" The emperor waved his hand impatiently, "I just want to talk to you alone when I travel in micro-clothes today, that's all." ”

He Furong keenly felt the emperor's voice, and hurriedly touched his son who was still in a daze. He Mobin is also a smart person, and then kowtowed and retired. In the blink of an eye, apart from the emperor's two personal guards, there was no outsider in the courtyard.

"He Furong, do you know what my purpose is for coming here today?" The Emperor's voice suddenly turned cold, "You should know what will happen if you visit a newly convicted courtier. “

"Your Majesty, the criminal ministers will definitely restrain the size of the family from leaking this matter." Although he knew that this kind of thing would not be hidden for long, He Furong still replied stubbornly, "The criminal knows that the He family can survive now thanks to the emperor's grace. The emperor came to his mind, and the criminal ministers did not dare to speculate without authorization, but only hoped to share the emperor's worries. ”

"It stands to reason that you have committed such a serious crime, and I can completely erase the He family from the capital family, but in the end, I still saved you, so that you still have one thing that I value, and that is your loyalty." The emperor slowly walked in front of He Furong and said condescendingly, "You should know very well what my empress and the five princes have done!" Although you also have times when you are a tiger player, but after all, you were once a minister, and I still have a place to use you, otherwise, you can still be so free now? ”

He Furong suddenly felt drenched in cold sweat, his vest seemed to be soaked, the honor and disgrace of the family, and the lives and future of many clansmen, indeed depended on the emperor's mood and decision. It was the paranoid and crazy woman who harmed them, and the ungrateful white-eyed wolf, if it weren't for his greed and unrighteousness, how could Mo Fei have died thousands of miles away?

"Once I deal with Feng Wuzhao, the queen will never give up, and most of the rumors now come from her handwriting, and I don't want to let her go on like this anymore. He Furong, what I want to ask you now is, how is the He family going to deal with itself? The emperor threw out a sentence fiercely.

There was a turning point in the emperor's words, and He Furong's heart beat rapidly. "The criminal minister is the emperor's courtier, and he naturally takes loyalty to the monarch as his own responsibility, and it is impossible to fall deeper and deeper for the sake of the unworthy children in the family, and please ask the emperor to learn from it!"

"You didn't disappoint me." The emperor seems to be quite satisfied with He Furong's attitude, but such oaths are not binding, and there is only one way to truly solve the power on the empress's side. "However, if I insist on abolishing the queen, are you really sure to restrain the people in the He family's camp?"

This sentence is very serious, He Furong weighed it again and again, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "The queen has lost her benevolence, and her virtuous cannot serve the public, so naturally she should no longer be in charge of the Six Palaces, and the criminal ministers have no opinion." It's just that those who supported the Five Highnesses in the past may not think so, and if they insist on going their own way, the guilty ministers are not very sure that they will be able to persuade them. ”

"I don't really have any plans to abolish the queen, after all, most of the people who say lightly in the history books are faint monarchs and mediocre lords, and I don't want to bear this infamy for thousands of generations." The emperor's expression was a little lighter, if He Furong easily agreed, things would not be normal.

He Furong raised his head strangely, but caught a glimpse of the emperor's brows rising slightly, as if he had made up his mind.