After exchanging opinions with Feng Yongting, and interrogating Feng Lin, a little eunuch who often accompanies the emperor, Zhang Gui guessed that perhaps the emperor went out of the palace three times, and maybe he saw this Miss Zheng by chance, and fell in love at first sight, so the envoy painted a portrait and took it back to the palace.

For the sake of prudence, Zhang Gui even investigated the young lady who painted the deputy envoy of the Ministry of Works.

Compared with Miss Zheng's talent, this one is unknown. When the neighbors talked about it, they only praised him for being sensible and obedient.

If you inquire deeper, these two young ladies are also close to Miss Cousin and Miss Chang of the British Mansion......

Zhang Gui and Feng Yongting, who had experienced the ups and downs of officialdom for a long time, immediately concluded that this matter was by no means simple, so they made it clear to the Empress Dowager Li.

This is the lesson that today's Empress Dowager Li and Shoufu Zhang Gui joined forces to teach the emperor.

"When did Feng Daban see that beautiful picture?" Facing the questioning of Empress Dowager Li and Zhang Shoufu, Qi Yu pondered for a moment, and suddenly attacked Feng Yongting.

Feng Yongting had long expected this, and immediately knelt down to plead guilty when he heard the words: "The minister helped His Majesty take care of the study one day, and accidentally saw the picture of the beauty, and felt that it was somewhat similar to the young lady of the Zheng Siwu family sent by the Ministry of Rites, so he made it clear to the Queen Mother.

"Please also ask Your Majesty to punish you."

As for the investigations that he and Zhang Gui had in private, naturally they did not need and could not be mentioned to the emperor and Empress Dowager Li.

Qi Yu couldn't tell if Feng Yongting's words were true or false.

He has always placed that beautiful picture in a commonly used volume jar, not to be eye-catching, and second, to be easy to take a look at any time.

And Feng Yongting has always assisted him in studying and governing politics, maybe he has seen it by accident, and maybe he can't say it.

It's just that the picture of that beauty turned out to be the young lady of the Tobe Zheng Division......

Empress Dowager Li saw that the emperor was not humbly taught, but accused Feng Yongting of "leaking secrets", and immediately became angry.

Thinking that there were still outsiders, Empress Dowager Li suppressed her temper and said: "Your Majesty has left the palace three times and twice, but now it is unclear that he is involved with the daughter of his subordinates, which is really against the prestige of the king." It seems that the matter of the establishment is urgent. ”

As soon as Qi Yu heard this, he immediately frowned and said, "The queen mother has already allowed the child, and there is no hurry to do anything about the future." ”

"It's not the same time it used to be." When Empress Dowager Li heard this, she became even more angry, and her voice unconsciously rose, and she asked, "If you don't stand up now, do you want to wait for an incident to make trouble and let the people of the world talk about it?" ”

Qi Yu was also angry when he heard this.

Does the queen mother's words imply that he will have a relationship with the daughter of his subordinates?

He even knew who Miss Zheng was from them just now, so how could he do something wrong with her?

Not to mention that he is an emperor, even if he is an ordinary man, can his mother belittle his virtue so much in front of outsiders and subordinates because of a painting?

Zhang Gui saw that the emperor's face was pale, and he knew that he was displeased, but as the first assistant of the dynasty, he commanded hundreds of officials, devoted himself to the king's affairs, and he was also the emperor's teacher who taught the emperor to deal with politics reasonably, and he was not a flattering minister, of course, it was impossible to change the direction of the wind and stand on the emperor's side.

"The Queen Mother is also a motherly feeling, Your Majesty should be more considerate." Seeing that the mother and son were tense, Zhang Gui opened his mouth to persuade.

Qi Yu was so angry that his heart hurt.

Since he sat on the throne, he often listened to Zhang Shoufu teach him to be considerate of the queen mother, the courtiers, and the people......

But who ever understood him?!

Seeing that the emperor's face turned blue, Zhang Gui took a step back and saluted the Empress Dowager Li: "The matter of establishing the future is related to the country, how can you make a conclusion in a hurry?" In addition, His Majesty is still young and married early, and he is afraid that it will be unfavorable for the emperor's heir, so please think twice about the queen mother. ”

Not to mention that the Miss Zheng in the picture is only twelve years old now, and she is still a half-grown child.

Empress Dowager Li has always believed in Zhang Gui, and when she saw him say this, she also took a step back and said, "Even if you don't stand up now, the beauty picture must have a plan." ”

is only twelve years old and knows that a girl who plays tricks to seduce men, let alone a queen, is a lady and chooses a waiter, she can't even look down on it.

Qi Yu saw that Empress Dowager Li and Zhang Shoufu had such an attitude, and Feng Yongting was helping on the side, how could he dare to confess Huang Yi'an at this juncture and implicate the innocent again, so he had to endure his dissatisfaction and succumb: "The pure ones are self-purifying, and the turbid ones are self-turbid, if the queen mother and Yuan Fu don't believe it, just burn the beauty picture!" ”

Anyway, he kept the picture of the beauty, not for the beauty on the painting.

Seeing that the emperor's tone was firm and unsparing, Empress Dowager Li and Zhang Shoufu couldn't help but glance at each other, but they were a little unsure whether it was a coincidence, they thought too much.

Then they all looked at the initiator Feng Yongting.

Feng Yongting knew that someone had to take the blame for this matter, and gave both sides a step down, so he consciously knelt down and pleaded guilty: "It's all the ministers who have no form to cause this misunderstanding, and please punish Your Majesty!" ”

Seeing this, Qi Yu only felt full of anger and powerlessness.

If he could punish Feng Yongting from the bottom of his heart, where would there be today's incident?

For the first time in his life, Qi Yu resented such a suffocating discipline.

……

After retiring, Zhang Gui followed Empress Dowager Li to the side hall and told the relationship between Zheng and Huang and the British government.

Empress Dowager Li raised her forehead and said tiredly: "This matter should have nothing to do with the British government." ”

As she spoke, she told the British duchess and Zhang Xi's mother and daughter that she had specially beaten.

Zhang Gui understood it and finally put his mind at ease.

"However, since the election of the Imperial Rites, His Majesty has become more and more arbitrary." Zhang Gui groaned, although he had passed the year of the Mandate of Heaven, he still had a good demeanor and a layer of gloom on his eyebrows.

Empress Dowager Li nodded and said, "Your Majesty is indeed getting more and more ideas. ”

"It's good to have an idea." Zhang Gui said, "However, I'm afraid that this idea is too ridiculous, and it will even be used by villains." ”

Hearing this, Empress Dowager Li said solemnly: "Yuanfu is reasonable! The mourning family will thoroughly investigate the left and right. ”

Zhang Gui nodded, got up and said goodbye: "It is inconvenient for the foreign minister to participate in this matter, so I will retire first." ”

After a pause, he said: "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven after all, and if the Queen Mother wants to investigate thoroughly, she must take care of Your Majesty's face." ”

The Son of Heaven reigns over the world, how can the prestige be lost?

Empress Dowager Li nodded and said, "Don't worry, Yuanfu, the mourning family will be cautious." ”

Zhang Gui nodded and bowed to leave.

……

Compared with the grievances of the emperor in the palace, Huang Yi'an has been doing everything smoothly recently.

Zhang Lan went to the Fifth Military Camp, and the British Duchess was in trouble with Wuzhang Feng because of Mingyi, and she didn't urge the marriage matter recently, so she could be relieved.

And Wang finally persuaded Huang Wei, and the matter of opening a fat powder shop was finally put on the agenda.

Thinking that his family was not proficient in the fashion of the capital and the opening of shops, Huang Yi'an specially invited Zhang Xi as a staff officer.

After the British duchess found out, she told Zhang Xidao: "It's rare that Miss Huang and our family are satisfied, you have to do your best to help Brother Lan marry her daughter-in-law smoothly!" ”

"Mother, don't worry, I promise to be more concerned than my own relatives!" Zhang Xi almost patted his chest to ensure it.

provoked the British duchess to laugh and scold: "You haven't been out of the cabinet, are you ashamed to say this?" ”

As he spoke, he kicked people out: "Go quickly, don't keep people waiting!" ”

Zhang Xi smiled in response and walked briskly.