The two entered the main house, and the housekeeper and the two maids also followed, instructed the two maids to put breakfast on the table, and quickly disappeared into the main house with the people, and closed the door by the way.

The whole housekeeper smiled, with a smile on his face, and the two little maids who followed behind him looked at him, both puzzled, and asked, "Steward Quan, what happened to you, why are you smiling so full of spring breeze?"

"Really?" Quan Butler stretched out his hand and touched an old face, "The Prince's Mansion is about to enter spring, can I not smile with the spring breeze on my face?"

When the two little maids heard this, they were even more puzzled, and they wanted to ask something, so the whole housekeeper waved his hand at the two: "Let's all go down and get busy, don't disturb the Seventh Prince and Lord Yan for breakfast." ”

The two little maids saluted slightly and left.

The housekeeper turned around and looked at the main room again, listening to Xue Yan's voice of cold and warm greetings coming from the house, and his face smiled even more.

The Seventh Prince and Lord Yan were reconciled, and the entire Prince's Mansion seemed to be in spring.

In the main room, Yan Nanwan and Xue Yan sat opposite each other, and she took a bowl of white rice porridge and handed it to him: "What did you say in the morning?"

Xue Yan picked up the spoon of white jade porcelain and dug up half a spoonful of shallots and tofu: "Father asked you to investigate the matter of Xiao Bei with Qin Zhao. ”

"This idea came from the prince, right?" Yan Nanwan was not surprised, just smiled.

Xue Yan nodded.

Yan Nanwan said: "The prince is really good to me, as long as the emperor attaches importance to me." She took a piece of snack and brought it to his mouth, "Since I entered the court as an official, the prince has openly wooed me and secretly suppressed me everywhere. He saw the emperor's prejudice against me and wanted to follow the emperor to kill me. ”

Xue Yan ate a snack with her chopsticks, her face was gloomy and speechless.

Yan Nanwan looked at him, and was afraid that he would worry, so he was relieved: "The prince doesn't dare to go too far, after all, in the future, his great achievements will be written by the descendants of the Yan family, and if I am unhappy, my brother will not write anything good about him." ”

"If your Yan family is really like this, it will be fine. Xue Yan handed the bowl to her, "It's a pity, it's just too well-behaved." ”

Yan Nanwan smiled, took the bowl, and served another bowl for him: "If you don't behave, where will the Yan family still survive now." It's one thing to be obedient, and it's another thing to keep yourself from being bullied. ”

"How do you say that?"

"In addition to the official history, isn't there a wild history that has been passed down to future generations?" Yan Nanwan blinked and smiled, "The wild history is circulated among the common people, although it is not as good as the official history, but it has some effect after all. ”

A generation of emperors, what he is most afraid of is not the evaluation of him by future generations.

The official history is only for the officials of the DPRK and China, and the wild history is circulated among the common people, and it is the one that has the greatest impact on the people's hearts.

Xue Yan never thought that there would be such a thing, no wonder the Yan family could survive for so long.

With a pen in his hand, he can drive the hearts of the people, no wonder his father wanted to marry the prince in the evening, and it turned out that he had thought of a way back for the prince.

"Why did you refuse the crown prince in the first place?"

"Will it end well for the children of the Yan family to have a relationship with the royal family?" Yan Nanwan pursed his lips.

Xue Yan's hand holding the bowl froze slightly, as if he sighed and laughed at himself: "What you said is also right." ”

Yan Nanwan knew what he had in mind, but her mother's death was also a thorn in her heart, the Yan family couldn't avenge her mother's death, but she was still entangled with Xue Yan unhappily. Although Xue Yan is not the emperor's son, he is a person who grew up in the royal family after all.

Sometimes, she asks herself, is it really the right thing to do?

Xue Yan looked at Yan Nanwan, and his heart sank: "No matter what happens, I will be on your side." ”

Yan Nanwan smiled: "The Yan family is the minister, the royal family is the king, what can happen between the monarch and the minister!"

......

After Qin Zhao returned to the Criminal Department, he kept thinking about what Xue Yan said to him, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, why did the good Seventh Prince tell him about his old mother.

He glanced at the sky and prepared to go back to see his old mother first.

As soon as he got up, the little servant ran in from outside, timidly: "My lord, Tao Gongzi from the Prime Minister's Mansion is here." ”

"Hurry up, please. Qin Zhao said.

Late last night, the emperor let Prime Minister Tao Cheng and Tao Xiaobei return to the house, although he did not explicitly say that the two would be placed under house arrest in the house, but the emperor's meaning was almost the same.

Qin Zhao couldn't figure out what Tao Xiaobei would do when he came to the Criminal Department in person to find him, looked at the people standing in the courtyard, walked over, and said without humility or arrogance: "Master Tao." ”

Tao Xiaobei turned around: "Lord Qin." ”

"I don't know what Tao Gongzi is saying when he comes to the Criminal Department today?"

Tao Xiaobei looked at Qin Zhao who was neither humble nor arrogant, did not fall into the well, and did not mean to cling, and looked at him twice: "There are a few words, I want to say to Lord Qin alone." ”

Qin Zhaoping retreated left and right, and took Tao Xiaobei into the house.

After Yan Nan had breakfast in the evening, he came to the Criminal Department, ready to investigate Hua Chen's matter with Qin Zhao.

After coming to the Criminal Department, she noticed that the atmosphere was not right, the entire Criminal Department was lifeless, and all the officials looked trembling, she stopped one of the officials and asked, "Where is Lord Qin?"

The official pointed to the lobby tremblingly, and quickly slipped away.

Yan Nanwan was puzzled, a little sober, and walked to the lobby.

There was a mess in the hall, there were files thrown on the ground, and broken tea cups, the tea was splashed on the ground, it was already frozen, Qin Zhao was lying on the table in frustration, and faintly heard a low cry.

"Lord Qin?" Yan Nanwan walked over and asked tentatively, "What's wrong?"

Qin Zhao listened to the voice, raised his head from the table, his eyes were hazy with tears, he raised his sleeves and wiped them, and got up, there was still crying in his voice: "Lord Yan is here." ”

"Lord Qin, what's wrong?" Yan Nanwan asked with a frown.

Qin Zhao shook his head, stood up straight, and bent over: "Lord Yan, check the matter of Prime Minister ......"

Yan Nanwan interrupted him, not a question but an affirmation: "Tao Xiaobei is coming to you." ”

"This ......" Qin Zhao was stunned and finally nodded.

"Lord Qin, don't worry, since the emperor has handed over this matter to you and me to investigate, Lord Qin has difficulties, and the lower officials will naturally do their best. Yan Nanwan looked at Qin Zhao, who was depressed, and remembered Qin Zhao's care for her on weekdays, and couldn't help but speak, "If Lord Qin has any difficulties, just ask, if I can help ......."

"Lord Yan is only in charge of investigating the affairs of Prime Minister Tao, as for the affairs of the emperor, ....... Qin Zhao declined, "Don't worry about Lord Yan." ”

Yan Nanwan was not too difficult, nodded, glanced at the messy lobby, and reminded: "Lord Qin is still looking for someone to clean up the lobby, after all, it is in the Criminal Department, if you let someone with a heart see it, I am afraid that it will be a distraction." ”

"Thank you, Lord Yan, for reminding me. Qin Zhao summoned the officials to clean up the messy hall.

Yan Nan left the Criminal Department with a lot of thoughts in the evening and went to the Prime Minister's Mansion.