When the guards entered, Mei Xiaoren slowly stood up, took off his official hat with his own hands, and followed the guards to turn around and walk towards the palace gate. Every step she took, her ears were filled with the sighing voices of the ministers.

In the eyes of everyone, she should have been promoted to Mansion Yin today, but who knew that the situation had changed, and the joy of promotion had turned into a prison sentence. Sadly, she didn't even know who was behind her back to reverse her life.

Wu Xian was sent by Chu Yu on a business trip and has been confined in the outer circle until now. She thought that they had intercepted this secret, but now they would be told in front of His Majesty, and no one would be caught off guard.

Mei Xiaoren walked out of the hall, the sun was dazzling, and he couldn't see clearly in front of him at that moment, and he didn't know if there was a way forward.

Her figure was gone, and the hall gradually fell silent.

Emperor Tianhong still looked extremely angry, looked at the side of the hall, and told again: "Gu Qing, you don't let me trust you. ”

Gu Chuyu responded indifferently.

A minister came out and said: "Your Majesty, Mei Xiaoren relied on the fame he bought, this year's double ten has been official to the fourth grade, it is really a shame for the court, detrimental to His Majesty's heavenly prestige, the minister thinks that this matter is not an isolated case, there are many officials with unknown official positions in Daningding, this is the fault of the ministry, whether the Lord Shangshu knows it or not, for the sake of avoiding suspicion, the minister thinks that the Lord Shangshu should not participate in this matter." ”

Emperor Tianhong asked rhetorically: "If the Ministry of Officials does not participate, how can the Ministry of Officials check itself?" ”

The minister also said: "The minister recommended the Lord Guogong and the Prime Minister to conduct a thorough investigation together, and the Lord Guogong once served as the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and is familiar with all the appointments and promotions of the Ministry of Officials, and will definitely be able to uncover the truth of this case as soon as possible." ”

Several ministers bowed their heads, "The ministers seconded the proposal." ”

Emperor Tianhong looked at Wei Guogong, who had never spoken, "This proposal is very good, Ji Heng, Mei Xiaoren is the person you recommended to Beijing, you don't know people clearly, so I have become a joke in the world, you should clean up this matter, you and Gu Xiang will investigate this case together and save face." ”

Wei Guogong's expression was solemn, and he bowed his hand, "The minister obeys the order." ”

The celebration banquet came to naught, Emperor Tianhong left, and the court meeting dispersed, and the hall was full of whispering voices.

Someone sighed: "Mei Fucheng is afraid that he will be in a catastrophe this time......"

Someone sighed: "I really didn't expect that his fame and official position were obtained in this way, it's a pity." ”

Wei Shuying and Gu Chuyu left the hall together, and said as they walked: "Xiao Yu'er, Your Majesty knows that you just snatched Brother Mei from Ji Heng, and now you are forced to dispose of him, and let Ji Heng also intervene, it seems that you want to force you to comply, if you don't comply, I guess Your Majesty will personally issue an order to deal with Brother Mei." ”

Gu Chuyu glanced at Wei Shuying lightly, "Just what?" ”

"Either give up fighting Xia Guo, or listen to Your Majesty's words and deal with the people involved in the case."

Wei Shuying shook his head, feeling that this matter was difficult to do, and sighed: "But even if you don't fight the Xia Kingdom, you can't please it, Ji Heng has always been good at winning the hearts of the people, the war of the Xia Kingdom, he was already conforming to the people's will, and then look at this matter, the imperial examination is the only way for the people to enter the government, and now that there is such a mess, the people must be unhappy in their hearts, and they all want to see the imperial court severely punish those who disturb the imperial examination, and give them an explanation, Brother Mei has just offended Ji Heng, so Ji Heng will not be soft, but if you compromise for favoritism, you are going against the will of the people and fulfilling Ji Heng." He continued, "So unless you deal with it impartially, even if you don't care about the people's hearts, you will help the Wei Mansion make a wedding dress." ”

Gu Chuyu didn't say a word, and walked forward slowly in silence.

"It seems that the person who exposed Brother Mei is hoping for nothing else, or wants you to be ruthless in dealing with your newly recruited staff, so that you and the Wei State Mansion will only lose at most, and no one will be pleased." Wei Shuying smiled, "Did you say he was taking revenge on you for having such a helper as Brother Mei?" ”

He still didn't speak, Wei Shuying patted him on the shoulder, "Alas, for the sake of you leaving me a wild goose, I'll go find my father to see if he can talk to His Majesty and the Queen Mother, if you can't keep Brother Mei's official position, you have to save his life." ”

"No, you don't." Gu Chuyu said.

Wei Shuying was surprised when he heard this, he looked at Gu Chuyu, and found that he still couldn't understand his boss's thoughts, the boss's "no", is it to save or not?

The prison of the Criminal Department is divided into death row and live prison, the last time I went out of the water was death row, and Mei Xiaoren's live prison this time is often used to imprison criminals. The cells here are better than those in other places, but a prison is a prison, and no matter how well furnished, it is a dark place.

Two days passed, Mei Xiaoren was dressed in a fairly clean prison uniform, sitting on the bed board with his knees crossed, depressed from morning to night.

There are many people who buy officials in Daning, but she is undoubtedly the fastest rising one, and now that the matter is revealed, as His Majesty said, the good story has become a joke, making the court lose face.

Her Majesty punished her severely, and she was undoubtedly the first to bear the brunt, and the adults who helped her would also be implicated......

What she was worried about was not her own safety, but what would happen to Lao Li and them.

If the person who denounced her didn't know everything, he wouldn't be able to find Lao Li from the ministry alone, at most he could only find out that there was a problem with her fame or appointment, how could he say Lao Li in front of His Majesty?

Mei Xiaoren often remembered the scene in the main hall that day, she liked to see him wearing court clothes, and she came to this place before she had time to look at him a few more times, and she stayed for two days.

The jailer passed by the railing and said casually, "Master Mei, someone has come to see you." ”

Mei Xiaoren raised his head and looked, and what caught his eye was Lao Ye, who was dressed in a blue official uniform, and it was dusk outside, and he should have just dispersed.

Ye Zhi stood outside the railing and slowly called, "Your Excellency......"

This is a friend she has seen since she was imprisoned, Mei Xiaoren was very happy, but she didn't get up, still sat on the bed board, and said lightly: "Lao Ye, this place is unlucky, you shouldn't come, and besides, you must stay away from me now, so as not to get involved." ”

"My lord, I brought you bird's nest crisp and bird's nest porridge." Ye Zhi squatted down and handed the contents of the food box into the cage, "I begged the lord of the country to get the opportunity to visit the lord for two days, don't drive me away." ”

Mei Xiaoren smiled and said, "Lao Ye, I'm not an adult now, this dismissal is considered light, if it's heavy, it's ......" She paused when she said this, if it was heavy, she might be in a catastrophe.

"Gu Xiang has been investigating for two days, and a total of 26 Beijing officials, including Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials, are involved, some are officials who accept bribes, some are bribe-givers, and as for the local ...... Gu Xiang has sent Yu Shitai to the place to conduct a thorough investigation, and he has also brought the forbidden army, and I am afraid that hundreds of people will inevitably be imprisoned. Ye Zhi was extremely worried, "My lord, everyone outside is saying that Gu Xiang is afraid that he will be serious this time." ”

Mei Xiaoren lowered his eyes, "It's okay, this is an errand given to him by His Majesty, and he should do it." ”

"What about the adults?"

Mei Xiaoren got out of bed and walked to the edge of the cage, picked up the food that Ye Zhi had prepared for her, and said, "Old Ye, if it's convenient for you, help me bring a message to Xiangye, and it's okay to give it to a scholar, just say that I want to meet Xiangye." ”

Ye Zhi nodded, "Okay." ”