In early August, Cining Palace.

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Li Yuntian walked quickly into the main hall of Cining Palace under the guidance of an attendant, and after Emperor Xuande ascended the throne, Empress Zhang moved from Kunning Palace, where the queen lived, to Cining Palace, where the queen mother lived.

In the hall, Empress Dowager Zhang sat on the soft couch with an angry face, and Chief Manager Wu bowed and stood aside.

It was the first time Li Yuntian saw Empress Dowager Zhang angry, and he didn't know what was going on, and it wasn't until Chief Manager Wu sued him that he knew that Chief Manager Wu had found out the person who had leaked Emperor Hongxi's change in food and taste during fasting and praying for blessings.

After the cabinet and the five governments and six ministries tried Zhang Wang's case, Empress Dowager Zhang began to suspect that the person who leaked the change in the taste of Emperor Hongxi's diet was not Zhang Wang, but someone else.

Although he had some doubts in his heart, it was the time when Emperor Hongxi was in mourning, and it was not appropriate to make a big move, so he endured it.

After Emperor Hongxi's funeral, Empress Dowager Zhang asked Chief Wu to secretly investigate the matter, and as a result, two chamberlains confessed that they had privately discussed the change of Emperor Hongxi's dietary tastes because they couldn't stand the torture, and were bumped into by an imperial historian who was on duty in the imperial garden.

Although the two of them didn't know the name of the imperial historian, it was not difficult for Chief Wu, he checked the relevant records, and then found out the identity of the imperial historian - Cui Hui, the imperial historian of the Guizhou Provincial Supervision of the Metropolitan Procuratorate!

From the inadvertent disclosure of Emperor Hong Xi's diet secrets by the chamberlain to Zhang Wang's sudden attack on the Venerable Master Yuanxia, the timing coincides, which shows that Cui Hui is very seriously suspicious.

So, Manager Wu secretly investigated Cui Hui, and it was a coincidence that after Manager Wu made arrangements, Cui Hui and Lu Tianxing secretly met once.

Because of Cui Hui's informant, Lu Tianxing had become a good friend with him at this time, and at the same time regarded Cui Hui as a think tank for him, so he privately discussed with him how to win over the courtiers.

Although the King of Han failed to prevent Emperor Xuande from ascending the throne, this does not mean that the King of Han was defeated, the King of Han is now accumulating strength, ready to take advantage of Emperor Xuande's unstable foothold to attack him, after all, Emperor Xuande is not Emperor Hongxi, both strategy and prestige are far inferior, and the King of Han still has a very big chance of winning against Emperor Xuande.

It's just that neither of them thought that Empress Dowager Zhang had already set her sights on Cui Hui with a careful mind, and the meeting between the two undoubtedly confirmed Cui Hui's guilt.

Empress Dowager Zhang was furious when she learned of this, if it wasn't for Zhou Yuting's proper response, then the capital might not be the world of the Han King now, so she hated Cui Hui to the core.

However, to the disappointment of Empress Dowager Zhang, Manager Wu checked Cui Hui's details and found that this person was not corrupt, which made her want to attack Cui Hui and became unknown.

Although Empress Dowager Zhang can let Jinyiwei arrest Chief Wu and send him to prison, if there is no evidence, it will inevitably trigger protests from court officials, especially the imperial history of the Imperial Procuratorate, after all, everyone knows the truth of cold lips and teeth.

Besides, now that Emperor Xuande has just ascended the throne, Empress Dowager Zhang doesn't want to make trouble, but she can't swallow this breath, so she summoned Li Yuntian and wanted to hear his ideas.

"The Queen Mother, in the opinion of the ministers, can transfer Cui Yushi to Yangzhou Mansion to serve." Li Yuntian never expected that Cui Hui would tell the truth, which violated the royal taboo, and after a while, he said to the Empress Dowager Zhang in an orderly manner.

"Li Yushi, Yangzhou Mansion is the richest place in the world, wouldn't it be cheaper for this traitor to go there to serve him?" Empress Dowager Zhang didn't understand what Li Yuntian meant, her brows couldn't help frowning slightly, and Manager Wu hurriedly asked suspiciously when she saw this.

"It is precisely because Yangzhou Mansion is prosperous and rich that he was transferred there." Li Yuntian smiled slightly, and explained to Empress Dowager Zhang in a deep voice, "As the saying goes, those who are close to Zhu are red, and those who are close to ink are black, throwing Cui Yushi into such a colorful big dye vat, how can he be alone!" ”

"If you want to take it first, you must give it first!" Empress Dowager Zhang's eyes couldn't help but light up when she heard this, and she nodded thoughtfully, looking at Li Yuntian's eyes full of approval.

Li Yuntian really did not disappoint her, and paved a road for Cui Hui to never recover, at that time, not only can Cui Hui be killed, but also will make him ruined, since Cui Hui is good friends with Lu Tianxing, then he must be an ambitious person, and then Yangzhou's flower world will make his ambition and Yankuai extremely inflated, and finally put him to death.

"I heard Yu Ting say, your concubine is about to give birth, if you give birth to a boy, then the mourning family is in charge, and the head of your three-room concubine room will be awarded to the martial arts officer from the fifth grade." Then, Empress Dowager Zhang remembered something and said to Li Yuntian with a smile.

"Thank you for the grace of the Queen Mother." Li Yuntian couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly knelt down to thank him, so that the first son born to Lu Cao, Chen Ningning and Zheng Wanrou was the same as the eldest son Li Anbang, and he had the rank of military attache since he was a child, which was a great honor.

Speaking of which, this honor was earned by him for his sons, and if it weren't for his great achievements, how could Empress Zhang have given him such a great grace.

As the saying goes, double happiness comes to the door, on the night when Li Yuntian was summoned to the palace by Empress Dowager Zhang, Lu Cao gave birth to a son, Li Yuntian named him Li Anming, the fourth son of the Li family.

Empress Dowager Zhang did not break her promise, and then fulfilled her promise, and gave Li Anguo, Li Anmin and Li Anming a grace to grant the three of them the dismissal of General Wupin, which made Lu Cao, Chen Ningning and Zheng Wanrou surprised and delighted, which means that their sons will also have official bodies in the future, and no one will be underestimated because they are concubines.

After Li Anming was born, the Li Mansion was suddenly full of people again, and many dignitaries and nobles in the capital sent people to congratulate him.

Although Li Anming is only the concubine of the Li family, he was given a military position by the Queen Mother, which is also a thing worth congratulating, and he can also get closer to Li Yuntian at this opportunity: he can let the Queen Mother send him to Nanjing City to deliver a decree to Emperor Xuande, which shows Li Yuntian's status in the heart of the Queen Mother.

After all, it is normal for people to be inflammatory, and to be red and white, since Li Yuntian has won the favor of the emperor and the queen mother, then people will naturally come up.

There is a good saying, stretch out your hand and don't hit the smiling person, after all, it is a happy thing to be happy with your son, and Li Yuntian didn't want to ruin everyone's interest, so he didn't close the door to thank the guests, but he didn't come forward, but asked Zhou Yuting to entertain him and avoid the limelight as much as possible.

Zhou Yuting is the lord of the county, and his appearance has already given enough face to those high-ranking officials and nobles, and Li Yuntian, in some of the capital's interpersonal circles, must also intervene appropriately.

In Li Yuntian's view, this "Dao" not only refers to morality, because he is in the officialdom, this "Dao" also refers to the support of those colleagues in the officialdom.

"Master, Shi Hu Yongxing, the head of King Zhao's mansion, came to pay a visit." That night, when Li Yuntian was at home and couldn't put it down, he couldn't put down Li Anming, who was sleeping in swaddling clothes, when a maid walked in with a name tag in her hand.

"Zhao Wangfu?" Li Yuntian was slightly stunned when he heard this, he and Zhu Gaosui, the king of Zhao, did not have any friendship, and now Hu Yongxing suddenly visited, and there was something unusual in it.

"Master, do you see it?" Green Calyx took Li Anming from Li Yuntian's arms and asked with a concerned expression.

Although the prestige and power of King Zhao are not as good as those of King Han, he is by no means a lonely person, if his Wei commander made Meng Xian successfully poison Emperor Yongle, then now the Son of Heaven of the Ming Dynasty is King Zhao's.

Therefore, King Zhao and King Han have the same heart as they are unwilling to live under others for a long time.

Although Emperor Xuande, like Emperor Hongxi, treated the two uncles very preferentially, and the rewards given to the two after ascending the throne were much higher than those of the other kings, how could this small gift extinguish the burning yankuai in the hearts of the two?

"Sue sù Hu Yongxing, the old man is too strong to drink, and he has already fallen asleep." After a deep groan, Li Yuntian quickly made a decision and instructed the maid in a deep voice.

Now that Emperor Xuande first ascended to the throne, it was an extraordinary period, and he was Emperor Xuande's person, so he naturally had to keep a distance from the people of King Han or King Zhao, so as not to attract criticism, and this kind of private contact was avoided.

"Master, what should I do with the congratulatory gift he sent?" After the maid left, Lu Cao couldn't help but ask with some embarrassment, Hu Yongxing definitely wouldn't come empty-handed.

"You send someone to donate those things to the Yicang of the household department tomorrow." Li Yuntian also felt a little headache, Hu Yongxing is gone, the congratulatory gift must be left, he said after thinking about it.

Yicang is a place used by the household department to accept donations from all parties in the capital to help the victims of disasters in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, and Li Yuntian donated the congratulatory gifts sent by Hu Yongxing to Yicang, which is equivalent to removing a hot potato in his hand.

"Hmm." Hearing this, Green Calyx nodded, "The concubine will let someone do this tomorrow." ”

"This Hu Yongxing came to the capital to stay honestly, visit everywhere, and he is not afraid of people gossiping." Li Yuntian shook his head a little helplessly, sighed and said.

Hu Yongxing came to the capital more than ten days ago, on behalf of King Zhao to thank Emperor Xuande, as soon as he came to Li Yuntian, he knew that he was very active in the capital, and had met many dignitaries.

In Li Yuntian's view, this is not a good sign, which means that King Zhao, who has been in obscurity since Emperor Xuande ascended the throne, finally can't sit still, and wants to join this complicated dispute between King Han and Emperor Xuande.

With the sudden death of Emperor Hongxi, the first tricky thing that the young Emperor Xuande had to face after ascending the throne was the challenge of the two uncles, especially the Han king, who was famous and had many old names, which would bring him huge trouble.

The current situation of the Ming Dynasty did not stabilize because of Emperor Xuande's succession to the unification, but became more complicated because of the loss of Emperor Hongxi's deterrence.

At the end of August, Cui Hui, the Guizhou Provincial Inspector of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, suddenly received an official document from the Ministry of Officials and transferred him to Yangzhou Mansion to serve as the general judge of the sixth grade, and his grade was suddenly raised by two levels.

Cui Hui's friends and colleagues immediately came to congratulate after hearing the news, Yangzhou Mansion is the most prosperous state capital in the Ming Dynasty, and the general judgment is not only an out-and-out fat difference, but also the speed of promotion in the future is also very fast.

Cui Hui, who was not mentally prepared at all, was confused by this sudden order, and he didn't know what was going on, he never thought of going to Yangzhou Mansion to take up a post, where the competition for positions was fierce.

It wasn't until he asked his fellow department, who was an official in the Ministry of Officials, to inquire that he was surprised to know that it was Shangshu Jianyi of the Ministry of Officials who ordered him to serve in Yangzhou Mansion, and got the approval of Emperor Xuande.

Cui Hui couldn't help but be overjoyed about this, Jianyi was a veteran of the Five Dynasties and a heavenly official of the Ming Dynasty, and his appreciation would undoubtedly be of great benefit to his future career, so he went to Jianyi's house to thank him, and then learned the reason why Jianyi asked him to go to Yangzhou Mansion to serve.

It turned out that the imperial court had recently received a lot of reports related to the corruption of Yangzhou officials, and Jian Yi hoped that after he went to Yangzhou, he could secretly investigate the affairs of Yangzhou officialdom and find out the authenticity of those reports.

At this moment, Cui Hui suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, because this transfer was very abnormal, he thought there was some conspiracy, so it seemed that he was too careful, and swore to Jian Yi that he would definitely find out about the officialdom of Yangzhou Mansion and give Jian Yi a satisfactory explanation.

In fact, Cui Hui didn't want to stay in the capital for a long time, he was a smart person who knew the truth of Mingzhe's self-preservation, and was not optimistic about the dispute between the King of Han and Emperor Xuande, no matter how Emperor Xuande also followed Emperor Yongle for many years, and was not comparable to Emperor Jianwen back then, so he took this opportunity to stay away from the whirlpool of right and wrong in the capital.

What Cui Hui never imagined was that although he left the capital, he fell into a Vanity Fair trap set for him by Li Yuntian.

In Li Yuntian's view, Cui Hui's fate is actually in his own hands, and whether he can escape from Yangzhou Mansion depends on whether he can withstand the ** of Yangzhou Flower World. One