On the first day of the second month of the 48th year of Kangxi, Dorobelle Hongqing connected two copies, one of which impeached Qi Shiwu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and others for favoritism and malpractice in the case of the trial of the emperor's tomb, with the intention of covering up the truth; The other is the impeachment of Shen Tiansheng, the secretary of the household department, on the occasion of the relief of grain in Anhui, wantonly withholding, filling his own pockets, ignoring the disaster and dying, the crime is great, these two books are clearly worshipped, the government and the opposition were suddenly in an uproar, not to turn around, eighth, ninth, tenth, fourteenth and other elder brothers and jointly signed a motion to impeach Qi Shiwu, the secretary of the criminal department, to pervert the law, to explore the prison at night, intending to murder Mu Chun'a, an important suspect in the case of the emperor's tomb, although there is no clear reference in this chapter, but the words imply that Qi Shiwu's move was from the prince's instructions.

The three chapters are so on, the uproar suddenly rises, the world is shaken, the court situation is in chaos, the officials of the various ministries are not interested in government affairs, on this three hot discussions, the prince even issued several edicts, but also unable to stop the turmoil of the court situation, all government affairs have fallen into a state of stagnation, the prince in the East Palace was furious, convened all kinds of important ministers to discuss the matter, trying to reverse the unfavorable situation, good words and bad things were said, but unfortunately no one listened to him, not only that, but also by the nine or eleven lords fiercely ridiculed, not long after the beginning of the court, and the prince went away in anger and ended hastily, so far, the court situation has reached the verge of collapse.

The situation is chaotic, Hongqing doesn't pay attention to it at all, he just sets the fire, as for how far the fire will progress, it is not within the scope of Hongqing's consideration, not only is he indifferent to the hot discussions in Beijing, but he no longer blindly mixes with him, what should he do every day, he is in charge of the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, although the affairs of the Ministry of Industry are also greatly affected, but it is still not too disorderly, compared to the rest of the ministries that are already in chaos, it is definitely a difference between one day and one place.

Of course, to say that you really don't care about the current situation, it is absolutely a lie, like such a big storm that affects the overall situation, who really dares to stay out of the matter, the reason why the surface is no longer to mix, is because there is a "sharp knife" in the hand, the movement in the Beijing division basically can't escape Hongqing's eyes, he himself has no need to personally care about the spread of those boiling rumors, besides, Hongqing knows very well that the chaos in front of him is just a passing cloud, but as soon as the old man arrives in Beijing, everything will return to the right track, The question is when the old man will return to Beijing, but it is difficult to say, not to mention others, that is, even the "sharp knife" with an intelligence system that has become nearly perfect cannot predict the true movements of the old man, only know that the old man's dragon boat has left Jinling a few days ago and headed north, as for whether the old man himself is on the dragon boat, it is unknown.

"Little prince, the holy decree has arrived outside the mansion, and the prince asked you to hurry up."

Hongqing's premonition is extremely correct, no, it was only the sixth day of the second month, just when Hongqing was having breakfast, he saw Gao Dacheng, the head of the palace, running over in a hurry, panting and saying a word.

Divine decree? The old man has arrived in Beijing!

As soon as he heard that the holy decree had arrived, Hongqing's first reaction was that the old man had arrived in Jingshi nine times out of ten, but Hongqing did not say anything about this speculation, just nodded quietly, and responded calmly: "Got it, Ben Belle will go." ”

When Hongqing waited for Qian'er and other maids to change her clothes, and hurried to the door of the house, the third master had already led many subordinate officials in the house to wait outside the door for a long time, and the necessary things for the incense case to receive the order had already been prepared.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Prince Xuancheng Yinzhi and Dorobelle Hongqing, immediately go to Changchun Garden to meet you, admire this!"

After everyone knelt down, Li Dequan, who was standing behind the incense case, had no nonsense, faked coughing twice, cleared his throat, and announced the old man's will in one sentence.

"Ministers thank Lord Longen, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

As soon as he heard such a will, Hongqing had expected it, and he didn't feel strange, but the third master's face turned white in an instant, and he was obviously shocked that the old man had arrived in Beijing so quickly, no side, yesterday's Di newspaper said that the dragon boat had just arrived in Henan, and he had not even been to Kaifeng Mansion, according to the itinerary, he really wanted to arrive in Beijing, and it would take about eight days to say the least, but now the old man has actually arrived in Changchun Garden, there is no doubt that the old man has played a trick to hide from the sky and cross the sea this time, God knows how long the old man has been in Beijing, The third master couldn't help but be a little worried that some of his small actions would be detected by the old man, but no matter how worried he was, the number of thanks gifts he should have was absolutely indispensable, and the third master could only suppress the panic in his heart and thank Tian's grace in the lead.

"Lord Wang, you are invited, the old slave has to go elsewhere to pass the duty, so he doesn't dare to delay."

Li Dequan was obviously reluctant to talk to the third master more, and as soon as everyone got up, he handed the holy decree to the third master, and at the same time, he didn't give the third master a chance to speak, and hurriedly blocked the possibility of the third master's set.

"There is Lao Li's father-in-law, and I don't know when Huang Ama arrived in Beijing? Xiao Wang was in charge of the Ministry of Rites, but he failed to arrange a greeting, which was a dereliction of duty. ”

The third master was very empty in his heart, although Li Dequan had clearly stated that he didn't want to say more, but the third master refused to miss such an opportunity to listen to the truth, and took advantage of the holy decree to quietly flick a folded silver ticket into Li Dequan's sleeve, and then smiled and said tentatively.

"The old slave doesn't know, His Majesty is already waiting in the garden, please stop it, prince."

Li Dequan's tone was very tight, even if he received the silver ticket, he categorically refused to disclose the old man's itinerary, just said a perfunctory sentence, and then turned around and left, not giving the third master a chance to say more.

"Prepare the car, go to Changchun Garden!"

Seeing Li Dequan leave in a hurry, the third master's face changed red and white for a while, and after a long period of daze, he squeezed out a sentence from his teeth.

"Wow!"

The words of the third master were orders, and the people did not dare to disobey the slightest, and after answering the promise in unison, they immediately drove away in a chaotic manner, and after a while, the two luxury carriages were each equipped with four horses, and the grooms, guards, etc. were all ready.

"Qing'er, you can get into a car with Amma."

When everyone was busy, the third master was always in a fugue, until he was about to get into the car, but he suddenly woke up, turned his head to look at Hongqing who was standing behind him, raised his eyebrows, and ordered in a slightly anxious tone.

"Yes, the boy obeys."

There is no need to guess, Hongqing also knows that the third master is weak-hearted, and plans to discuss with himself about the countermeasures, and he can't help but feel a little slanderous about the third master's uncontrollable breath, but for the sake of the safety of his little buttocks, Hongqing didn't dare to bring such emotions to his face, just respectfully agreed, followed behind the third master, and got into the carriage together, not long after, with Li Minxing's order, the team of Prince Cheng's mansion had already turned out of the wall in front of the mansion, and rushed along the street to Changchun Garden outside the west gate.

"Qing'er, in your opinion, when did Huang Ama arrive in Beijing?"

Sure enough, as Hongqing expected, the carriage had only been running for a while, and the third master couldn't help but ask, and this question went straight to the point, and even the slightest cover was owed, showing how empty the third master was in his heart.

"Back to his father's words, the child really doesn't dare to speculate, however, since Huang Mafa has issued an edict to gather the ministers, he must have a complete grasp."

Although Hongqing is not sure about the return date of the old man, he knows that the old man has always acted very spicy, and if he does not have the certainty of pacifying the chaos, he will definitely not show up.

"Well, the court situation really can't go down any longer, and it's time for an end, but it's hard to say what Huang Ama will do.

The third master was very confused, and he didn't know how to deal with the old man's accountability for a while, but there was one thing he knew, that is, Hongqing, who was the initiator of this chaos, would definitely not have any good fruit to eat, I was really afraid that Hongqing would go wrong in dealing with it, in case he was heavily blamed by the old man, the third master himself would have to follow the food, and if the father and son were unlucky together, the consequences would not be played, in view of this, the third master had to hurry up and tell Hongqing.

"Rest assured, father, the child knows what to do."

Hongqing knows what the third master is worried about, in fact, there is no need for the third master to explain, Hongqing categorically did not dare to be careless, no side, this matter has reached such a serious situation, it can be said that Hongqing's responsibility is very great, whether it is the trial of the Emperor's Tomb case or the first series of hooks, there is Hongqing's responsibility, if the old man really wants to be held accountable, the first person to be punished is him Hongqing, this point, as early as the time of the overall plan, Hongqing was already expected, but it was expected to come, At the moment, what Hongqing is asking for is just to reduce the number of boards to be beaten, as for whether it can be completely unharmed, Hongqing himself is not very sure, of course, such thoughts, Hongqing will not say that he knows with the third master, not that he can't say it, but he doesn't want to let the third master mess up the chaos, at this time, in the face of the third master's earnest lesson, Hongqing can only respectfully perfunctory a sentence.

"Well, that's good."

For Hongqing's ability, the third master is still very relieved, at this time I heard Hongqing answer like this, and there is no dissatisfaction, plus the third master's own thoughts are very chaotic, and he has no intention of talking more, after speaking, he fell silently into contemplation, and Hongqing has no intention of saying more, the father and son did not talk again, each thinking about their own thoughts, only the sound of the carriage echoed softly in the carriage......