The courtiers were even more nervous when they saw Zhao Duqi behaving so calmly.

Especially those officials who are close to Liu Qingshan on weekdays, one by one they are even more panicked, and a little cold sweat has broken out on their foreheads, for fear that the next unlucky person will be themselves.

"Your Majesty." The father-in-law stood aside, carefully put the fold in his hand in front of Zhao Duqi, and then immediately stepped aside.

Zhao Duqi picked up the fold on the table with a gloomy face, and only felt that today's fold was really thick, only opened the first page, and saw a string of amounts densely written on it, only read two pages, and saw that Zhao Duqi was already angry, and then closed the fold in his hand vigorously, and threw it on the face of Liu Qingshan, who was kneeling below.

"Look at the good things you have done for yourself, and now you still dare to beg me to believe in you, is it really in vain that I trusted you so much before, and let you hold the position of the head of the household department for many years, and you have managed the treasury for this country for me for so many years?

If I let you serve for more than ten years, I am afraid that my treasury will become the treasury of your Liu family. Zhao Duqi was full of anger at this time, and the roar frightened all the ministers present immediately lowered their heads, and everyone did not dare to make a sound.

And Liu Qingshan, who was kneeling on the ground, was already dumbfounded, and he had no scruples about letting the book hit his face hard, only to see that his eyes were blank and just mechanically opened the fold, and there was still a little luck in his heart, but when he looked at the account numbers above, the whole heart instantly fell to the bottom.

On that thick notebook, everything was recorded in detail of the silver taels that he had deducted from various appropriations from the imperial court as the head of the household department over the years, and what was even more terrifying was that he actually recorded in detail all the bribes he had received over the years.

That Liu Qingshan had no love on his face at this time, and at this time he didn't remember kowtowing to Zhao Duqi and begging for mercy, and now he only begged Zhao Duqi not to send him to prison, and directly gave him death.

"Look, you're out of things to say now? The book of the criminal department! Zhao Duqi sneered, and didn't bother to look at Liu Qingshan again.

Then he immediately looked at Hong Liyuan and said fiercely: "Immediately dismiss and investigate the case of corruption and bribery of Liu Qingshan, the former secretary of the household department, all related officials will be dismissed, those who are close to them and those who are seriously bribed and greedy will be beheaded for public display, the female dependents of the family will be demoted to lowly status, and all adult men will be assigned to the frontier!" ”

Hong Liyuan received the order and said in a deep voice: "The minister obeys the order, and the minister will never let go of a fish that slips through the net." ”

After finishing speaking, Hong Liyuan and Liu Qingshan dragged it down.

"Father, Liu Qingshan has now been dismissed, and the post of the head of the household department is now idle, and the son thinks that the head of the household department, Wen Yanke, is respectful of his duties, cautious and cautious, and can be qualified for the post of the head of the household department." The eldest prince, who had been silent, spoke.

Hearing this, Zhao Duqi's eyes turned to the eldest prince at this time, but he saw that he always had a cold face, although he couldn't see what the purpose of the eldest prince was in this matter, but he opened his mouth at this sensitive moment, which had to be reminiscent.

"Oh? The eldest prince now has a candidate so quickly. Gu Jinshu, who had been silent just now, also spoke.

As usual, he had an unpredictable smile on his face from beginning to end, only the deep coldness hidden in those eyes made people dare not look directly at him.

The eldest prince's gaze was withdrawn from Zhao Duqi, and then he looked at Gu Jinshu, his gloomy eyes and Gu Jinshu's smiling black eyes touched in the hall, which can be said to be a stone that stirred up a thousand waves, but the two of them were cold and indifferent.

"Second brother, as far as you can see, is there a suitable candidate now?" And Zhao Duqi did not answer the question of the eldest prince Fang Cai, nor did he look at the dark tide surging between the eldest prince and Gu Jinshu, but looked at the second prince who was standing aside and had never spoken.

The second prince glanced at the ministers above the main hall, and secretly weighed in his heart what the words the eldest prince said just now would have in Zhao Duqi's heart, and then spoke rigorously: "Presumably, the father and emperor have already made a conclusion in their hearts, and I ask the emperor to make it clear, and the ministers dare not speak falsely." ”

"In this case, then let Wen Yan, the former head of the household department, replace Liu Qingshan as the secretary of the household department." Zhao Duqi pondered for a moment, and then spoke loudly.

Wen Yan didn't see the slightest joy when he heard the news of his promotion, but solemnly kowtowed three times to Zhao Duqi, and then said with a serious face: "Emperor Xie, Wechen will definitely do his best to serve the court and live up to his mission, but Wechen still has something to do." ”

"Say." didn't want to be this Wen Yan, Zhao Duqi saw that his expression was even more serious than just now, so he patiently agreed.

"Back to the emperor, Wen Chuyun, the marquis of the Fuguo Mansion, was seriously injured by a sneak attack yesterday night, and now he is in a coma, and his eldest son is not in Beijing at this time, but the Fuguo Mansion cannot be without a person in charge for a day, and the emperor can reformulate the candidate for the Marquis of the Fuguo Mansion."

Wen Yan said this matter with a serious face at this time, which made the eyes of the second prince can't help but look at him, and at this time, Gu Jinshu and the eldest prince's eyes also ended, but the eldest prince did not look at Wen Yan.

At this time, Gu Jinshu glanced at Wen Yan lightly with half-squinted eyes, and there was a measure in his heart.

Zhao Duqi obviously expected that Wen Yan would not let go of the title of Marquis at this time, and was about to open his mouth to refuse, but he heard Hong Liyuan come out and say: "Your Majesty, the Auxiliary Mansion is the meritorious minister of the country, and the emperor's grace is vast, so naturally it is impossible to let the Auxiliary Mansion be left without an owner for a day, and now that the Marquis of Wen is seriously injured and sick in bed, it is better to choose another talent for the time being, so that the Hou Ye can recuperate with peace of mind, and it shows the concern of our emperor for the courtiers." ”

"The minister seconded the proposal."

"The minister seconded the proposal."

"The minister also seconded the proposal."

As soon as Hong Liyuan's words fell, he saw that more than half of the ministers in the main hall knelt down and asked for orders, and they all agreed to Wen Yan and Hong Liyuan's proposal.

"The eldest princess has arrived!" At this moment, the shrill voice of Gonggong Chun sounded outside the Jinluan Palace.

Zhao Duqi immediately sat on the dragon chair and looked at the eldest princess who walked into the main hall.

"The eldest princess, Chitose Chitose, Chitose." When the ministers saw the eldest princess, they knelt down and shouted Chitose to her.

"How come the eldest sister has time to come to this Jinluan Hall today?" Zhao Duqi looked at the eldest princess with a smile on her face.

It's just that the eldest princess's face sank like water at this time, and her eyes were full of faint anger, she stopped when she walked in front of Wen Yan, and then said in a tone mixed with coldness and anger: "When the palace passed by this hall, I heard Lord Wen's proposal, and I was curious like coming in to have a look. I don't want Lord Wen to curse Lord Hou like this in front of everyone. ”

As soon as the eldest princess said this, the ministers who seconded the proposal fell to the ground in fear, and one by one they did not dare to say more.

Today's Wen Yan is already a scholar of the household department, and there is also the eldest prince and others behind him, and he is no longer the concubine who lived in the Fuguo Mansion at the beginning.

Now seeing that the eldest princess actually broke into the main hall in the early dynasty regardless of her identity, Wen Yan immediately sneered: "The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, the eldest princess should go back." ”

When the eldest princess saw that Wen Yan was so tough today, her sharp eyes immediately swept towards the half of the ministers kneeling in the main hall, and then looked at the eldest prince with gloomy eyes.

Seeing his demeanor at this time, his face was calm, and his eyes were full of sarcasm, the eldest princess had the answer in her heart, it must be the eldest prince who manipulated today's affairs.

Otherwise, with Wen Yan, a small household servant, how could he dare to bring down Liu Qingshan, who has deep roots?

Looking at today's situation, this Wen Yan found a big tree that was good to enjoy the shade, and on the second day of Chu Yun's injury, he joined forces with the eldest prince to force Chu Yun to give up the position of the Hou Ye, and also made half of the officials in the court kneel down and ask the emperor to agree to re-elect the candidate for the Hou Ye of the Fuguo Mansion.

It's just that no matter how powerful the eldest prince is, he is not an emperor now.

Seeing that Wen Yan wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob now, the anger in the eldest princess's heart disappeared without a trace, and even her complexion was much more relaxed than when she first entered the main hall, and her tone also returned to her usual peace: "The difference between what Lord Wen said, this palace has been raised in the Fuguo Mansion since he was a child, and he was brought up by Hua Lao Taijun, and Marquis Wen is like the real brother of this palace, and it is human nature for this palace to care about him. It's just that Lord Wen, as the younger brother of Lord Hou, is now taking advantage of the fire to rob Lord Hou when he was seriously injured, and wants to force Lord Hou to give up his title, I don't know how Lord Wen can be a loyal and patriotic minister with such intentions? ”

The words of the eldest princess poked Wen Yan's backbone, and the words not only implied that he was ruthless, but now he doubted his loyalty to the court in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

Wen Yan was angry for a while, but he also firmly remembered where he was now, so he desperately suppressed the anger that erupted in his body at any time, and then turned his anger into a smile: "Weichen is here to thank the eldest princess for her advice." It's just that it is precisely because Weichen is the younger brother of the Hou Ye, so he has to plan for the future of the Fuguo Mansion. Now there are only the old lady and a woman in the house, if there is no one in charge, I am afraid that even those subordinates will use this to bully the master's head, so please don't doubt the good intentions of Weichen, everything Weichen is doing now is just for the sake of the future of the Fuguo Mansion. ”

"Eldest princess, the minister thinks that Lord Wen's brotherhood is really moving." At this time, Gu Jinshu, who had been silent, said idlely.

His opening caused the eldest prince and Wen Yan to be suspicious, and at this time, a deep anger flashed in the eldest princess's eyes.