At this time, a palace in Xiyuan was filled with green smoke, and Zhu Houxi, whose body had almost recovered, continued his great cause of cultivation, and for the court that was becoming stranger, it could only become more and more strange. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Of course, Zhu Houxi will not ignore the government and politics, and he will also review the folds as usual, as a person with a strong desire for power, how can he rest assured that this kind of thing will be faked to others? As for the decree released last time, it was just to test the reaction of the ministers, how could he really rest assured that he would put everything in the hands of a little Yan Song?

Of course, Zhu Houxi also wanted to test Yan Song's reaction by the way, and it turned out that he was quite honest and worthy of his continued appointment. But Zhai Luan's old ministers are different, they usually look quite stable, why can't they hold their breath at a critical moment?

For this situation, Zhu Houxi naturally has his own way of dealing with it, he can still handle political affairs if he does not go to the court, and he can also meet with ministers in private? It's just like this, and I also dodge those nasty officials, so why not? Taoism has always been mysterious, and Zhu Houxi is now well versed in it, and it seems that playing "hide and seek" with many ministers gives people a feeling that "the dragon sees the head but does not see the tail".

"Your Majesty, Zhai Shoufu has already arrived..."

"Announce him in...", at this time, Zhu Houxi was wearing a green leaf crown on his head and a Taoist robe, but three points like an emperor and seven points like a Taoist priest.

It turned out that Zhu Houyu took the initiative to summon him this time, otherwise Zhai Luan, as the first assistant of the cabinet, would really be difficult to see Zhu Houyu.

In fact, Zhu Houxi really didn't want to see Zhai Luan now, because he was really a little resentful of this pedantic little old man. For example, after the last palace change, I was recuperating in the palace, so it is said that it is not normal not to go to the court for ten days and half a month? The old man couldn't hold his breath anymore.

A few days later, Zhai Luan went to the seal, ostensibly wishing himself a speedy recovery. In fact, it implies that he blames himself for neglecting political affairs. Zhu Houxi is so smart, how can he not understand the meaning? Anger is a natural reaction.

As a courtier, you must always be considerate of yourself, how can you just think about letting yourself do things, but you don't want to let yourself rest? You must know that my illness is not cured yet! These arms, legs, and so on, are still uncomfortable! Therefore, for Zhai Luan's inconsiderate behavior of the Sacred Heart. Zhu Houxi really doesn't have a good feeling...

"Chen Zhai Luan see Your Majesty...", Zhai Luan does not have Xia Yan's fierce temperament, at this time, seeing Zhu Houxi such a demeanor, let alone admonishment, he didn't even dare to be angry.

"Zhong Ming... Do you still remember the last time you impeached Yan Song with Zhang Bi and Xu Zan, what did I say to you? Zhu Houxi was still sitting upright, and he didn't even raise his head to look at Zhai Luan.

"Chen remember...", Zhai Luan replied with some trepidation.

"Then why do you still have this fold?" Zhu Houxi picked up a letter at his feet as he spoke, and threw it directly not far from Zhai Luan's side.

"Minister...", Zhai Luan looked at the fold thrown by Zhu Houxi, and was a little at a loss for a while. Of course, he knew what was written on this excerpt, because it was something he had painstakingly figured out, and there were a lot of evidence of corruption and favoritism by him and his son Yan Shifan since Yan Song entered the cabinet.

"Your Majesty. What the minister said is true..."

"I'm not asking if you're telling the truth, I'm asking why you're doing this again?" At this time, Zhu Houxi had already stopped what he was doing, and stared at Zhai Luan in a daze, "Okay, I will ask you in another way, is it because someone played the impeachment and said that your two sons and their teacher Cui Qixun." and Jiao Qing, who cheated on the same Jinshi and the first thing, and his deeds are obvious? ”

"Your Majesty is aware of this... This is pure slander! ”

"Well, it's not slander. Naturally, there will be clear judgment...", Zhu Houxi waved his hand impatiently, "It was originally a few officials who impeached you, and I will never blame you if you write a letter to defend yourself, but why are you talking about Yan Song's father and son at the same time as you are pleading, and talking about their origins?" ”

Zhai Luan originally wanted to say that he knew that these officials were definitely instructed by Yan Song, but this kind of thing couldn't be said clearly, after all, there was no evidence, and Zhu Houxi would never arrest those officials and torture them for this matter.

In fact, Zhai Luan still wants to say, you don't go to court every day now, I can't see you much, so I finally gave you a play, of course, I have to tell the whole story. But this kind of thing naturally can't be said, unless Zhai Luan doesn't want to live anymore...

"Your Majesty, the minister has no other intentions, but I just feel that Yan Song has indeed gone too far in some things since he entered the cabinet...", Zhai Luan replied calmly with a straight look.

"Okay, you said it well...", Zhu Houxi sneered, "I don't know if it's true about the matter on your fold, but the matter of the official impeachment of you, but I have already asked the Ministry of Officials to investigate clearly, go back to the Ministry of Officials to see the results!" ”

When Zhai Luan heard Zhu Houxi say this, he was shocked, because the matter of being the first of his two sons was indeed not so innocent...

To tell the truth, Zhai Luan's two sons are not too talented, but in this era of "everything is inferior, only reading is high", it is impossible for Zhai Luan to give his two sons a sum of money to let them go into business, and the best ending is to put them in the officialdom.

Zhai Luan didn't dare to do anything before, so he could only let his two sons learn to take the test with real talents, but he had no choice but to fall into the first place, in fact, the two sons still have some real talents, but there will always be such a thing as relying on relationships in officialdom. Now that he is the head of the cabinet, if he doesn't help his two sons, Zhai Luan himself feels unreasonable.

Of course, he is very smart, he will not make his son a champion, a list or something, so he will definitely be suspected of being scolded, he just wants to ensure that his two sons successfully enter the Jinshi, so he and the examiner pulled the relationship and said hello.

It is said that this is not an "illegal act", this time his two sons played well on the spot, and it is said that they can also be hit, but it is too much to give people a grasp.

To say that this matter can be big or small, but now it seems that Zhu Houxi is ready to magnify this matter infinitely. And on the other hand, Zhu Houxi turned a deaf ear to the matter of Yan Song that he had played, and Zhai Luan felt a deep sense of crisis: if the emperor had an opinion about himself, then no matter how much he argued, it would be useless, in fact, it would only make the emperor more bored.

"Zhong Ming, since you are the first assistant, you should have the heart of the first assistant...", at this time, Zhu Houxi's tone seemed calmer, "Because you suspect that Yan Song secretly instructed someone to impeach you, so you immediately ridiculed him, but Yan Song knew that you played to impeach him, but his reaction was very different from you..."

As he spoke, Zhu Houxi took out a copy of the fold from under his feet, and ordered the attendant to hand it to Zhai Luan. It turned out that after Yan Song learned that Zhai Luan had denounced him, he did not lash out, but said how he had been wronged in the recital, and stated the specific facts in more detail, and said that if Zhu Houxi did not believe it, his father and son were willing to leave office and return home to be investigated, and there was no mention of Zhai Luan in the recital.

After reading this letter, Zhai Luan felt a cool breeze to his bones, and he finally realized how stupid he was in dealing with Yan Song, but now it was too late to regret it, and he had no chance to fight him again.

"Zhong Ming... It's not that I don't give you a chance, it's really the anger of the ministers, and there have been a lot of twists and turns in my imperial case to impeach you in the past two days...", Zhu Houxi stopped when he said this, then closed his eyes, and began to refine his Dan and cultivate his Dao.

"The minister is guilty...", even if Zhai Luan can clearly judge now that those excerpts to impeach him must have been played under Yan Song's instructions, but he has no way to do it.

But what Zhai Luan doesn't understand is that although Zhu Houxi is angry, how can he be embarrassed by something that is not "scientific research fraud" at all? Zhu Houxi is a rational person, and he promoted Zhai Luan to the position of the first assistant, which is to take a fancy to him as a humble person, and he can play a great role in the balance of the courtiers after Xia Yan left the court.

But now Zhai Luan has also changed, and he has begun to join forces with Xu Zan and Zhang Bi to deal with Yan Song, this balance is about to be broken, and Zhu Houxi is reluctant to add another person to the cabinet, because he can't determine where the balance of forces will develop after one more person.

Therefore, it is a good way to dismiss Zhai Luan, since he has lost his modest temperament, he will not have his corresponding role, leaving Xu Zan and Zhang Bi to deal with a Yan Song, so it should be able to balance, right? But Zhu Houxi, who had exhausted his calculations, didn't expect that Yan Song's personal energy would be so powerful in a place where he couldn't see the light in private... (To be continued.) )