Luo Yi's second secret letter has reached the emperor.

The first letter said that Hu Yanjin had killed Yang Yingneng.

The second letter was several days late, and that was because Huyan Jin Shun Teng touched the melons and swept away the Nanjing officials who accepted bribes from Yan Shukui, and detained four officials awaiting trial.

Yan Shukui bribes, and pretending to increase taxes in the imperial court, filling his own pockets, Hu Yanjin confiscated all his family property, and put him on death row.

After calculation, after Yan Shukui's family property deducted the over-levied taxes, there was a surplus of 20,000 taels, and the tax refund and the remaining silver taels were all requested to the emperor for disposal.

"Huyan...... Always surprise me. ”

The emperor put down the secret letter and sighed. But Xiao Zhong could hear that he breathed a sigh of relief, even with a little appreciation and pride.

"Wang Zhen, according to Lord Huyan's proposal. By the way, Nanjing, how is Xiao Yan's affairs going? If you are not sure, let Hu Yanjin and Luo Yi come back first. ”

"Your Majesty, in fact, no matter whether Lord Huyan or the person Yi Chengjin put next to you or not, he has a kite string tied to him. You just need to pull this thread, collect it or let it go, won't he hold it firmly in your hands? ”

Wang Zhen said with a smile, opened the prepared holy decree and handed it to the emperor for a look.

"Kite line?"

Wang Zhen only nodded and did not speak.

The emperor didn't ask any more questions, only picked up the dragon seal, and stamped a seal on the holy decree.

As soon as the holy decree sent to Nanjing left Beijing, Dongchang and Jinyiwei were called to the emperor.

"Huang Yan and Gao Hongbo, the two of you listen to the order, the officials in the capital will clean up once, and the ministers of the King of Han and the King of Zhao, including the relatives of the emperor, and the ministers who have been instigated and shaken by Yi Chengjin, must all be carefully investigated."

Huang Yan, the prince of Dongchang Factory, was secretly happy in his heart, although Gao Hongbo, the commander of Jinyiwei, was not in the eyes of the emperor, but they had a Zhang Yue, who was the emperor's confidant, and Dongchang couldn't speak for the past two years.

Now taking advantage of the opportunity of the big clearance, Dongchang wants to get back a game anyway.

Gao Hongbo once saved the life of Emperor Taizong, no accident, his position cannot be easily seized even by Zhang Yue, the real power is already in Zhang Yue's hands, and he is just earning a face.

The two responded in unison: "Obey the emperor's orders!" ”

The emperor only agreed on one clause for them: whoever starts first belongs to whom, and the two sides cannot rob, unless there is evidence to prove that the other party is seriously negligent.

When Zhang Yue heard it, where is this persuasion, it is obvious that Dongchang and Jinyiwei will compete, and who will die, speak with evidence.

Your Majesty, this is to settle the accounts owed by Emperor Renzong during the Autumn Festival.

Zhang Yue even suspected that this investigation was also caused by the words that Yi Chengjin left before he died, and he knew that the person Yi Chengjin said was his brother Hu Yanjin.

Walking out of the Wuying Palace, I happened to see a team of palace maids who had just entered the palace, led by my aunt, lined up from the west road to the harem.

In two months, there will be a hot filial piety, although there is no draft this year, but the queen mother still calls the shots, and picks the daughters of many official eunuchs to enter the palace as palace maids.

One is to add some popularity to the harem, and the other is to let his emperor's son have the opportunity to meet some new faces.

Zhang Yue looked at these palace maids who were still wearing plain clothes, and remembered Hua Qiao who was trapped alone in Chonghua Palace.

There is no reason for him to enter the harem again, Hu Yanjin is even more difficult to protect herself, and she, like a bird with long feathers, seems to be noble and free, but she can no longer fly, the sky of real freedom.

"No, we can't sit and wait for the opportunity to get out of the palace. The emperor is suspicious of the people around him, and if we are in the palace, we will become the weakness of the senior brother, so that he has scruples about doing anything. ”

"But for what reason will the emperor let you out of the palace? If you can't get out of the palace wall, all your efforts will be in vain. Xiao Gao asked, and Hua Qiao was speechless.

Can'er suddenly said: "There are a lot of people in the harem today, all of them are in the palaces of the mothers of each palace, maybe the queen mother is in a hurry, and the emperor has no heirs." ”

"The emperor's brother is most anxious, he should want a son!" Hua Qiao clapped her hands and laughed: "You go and inquire, which temple in Beijing is the most spiritual, let's mobilize Niangniang, when the time comes, won't you be able to leave the palace?" ”

With a goal, several people took action, Xiao Gao first asked Wang Huan, Chen Xi, and Tian Le to spread in the palace, and the gossip of "Hongluo Temple is particularly effective for seeking children", as if folk women are pregnant and give birth, all rely on Hongluo Temple.

Soon, even Jiaxing was discussing the issue of Hongluo Temple with the Queen Mother.

"Queen Mother, do you think this Hongluo Temple is really so effective? If so, Jiaxing will also go to worship the Bodhisattva in the future. ”

The Queen Mother laughed: "You don't feel ashamed, you haven't gotten married yet, and you're starting to think about having children?" The one who is anxious is your imperial brother, who is twenty-seven years old and has no children under his knees. ”

"That's right...... If the queen can go to Hongluo Temple to worship Guanyin, maybe there will be one after May! Jiaxing thought about it and said: "The second princess also has to give her a good time, don't go back to her mother's belly." ”

The Queen Mother thought about it, these are still big things. So he asked the emperor to come over and discuss.

The Emperor laughed when he heard this: "I have also heard this rumor. Hongluo Temple was a royal temple in the Yuan Dynasty, but it was only a hundred miles away from the capital, and it was not easy to go to a rejuvenating teacher. What's more, it's not just a matter of time. ”

"Then you can't say that, if you ask for a Buddha, you have to believe sincerely. There are only two months left until May, and the mourning family is thinking about letting these concubines of yours start taking fetal pills to recuperate for a period of time, so that they can start to spread out for you as soon as possible. ”

When the queen mother talked about this heavy topic, the emperor was also helpless, so he had to say: "It's all up to the queen mother." If you want to go, I'll arrange it. The queen and the concubine are going to go, and the rest of the people who go with them will listen to the queen mother. ”

"Brother Huang, I'm going too!"

Jiaxing saw that the imperial brother was relieved, and hurriedly wanted to fight for a seat for himself. It's a rare opportunity to get out of the palace, especially if it's going out to enjoy the mountains and rivers, how can you miss her?

The emperor laughed at her: "They all said that they were going to ask for a son, why are you a big girl in a hurry?" ”

"Hongluo Temple is not only for sending the son Guanyin, but also for the Bodhisattva who asks for marriage and harmony between husband and wife!"

Jiaxing pulled the sleeve of the Queen Mother and shook it left and right, and the Queen Mother was so entangled by her that she couldn't do it, so she said: "Let her go, don't thank you if it's good in the future, it's not good, and you can't complain about us." ”

The emperor saw that the queen mother had made up her mind, so she retreated to Wuying Palace.

Soon, Jin Wuwei and Qiwei were called, and the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Internal Affairs also received tasks.

Zhang Yue was not among the accompanying guards, and he was asked to go in the past because the Empress Dowager was his sister, and it was more convenient to take him with him.

However, he already knew that this was Hua Qiao's idea, and he also knew that she wanted to get out of the palace as soon as possible. I have to help her. So he said:

"Your Majesty, if the eldest princess of Jiaxing can go, won't the other eldest princesses also go with her? Niangniang, the eldest princess, add up to more than a dozen, all of them are female dependents, I'm afraid they will have to send more people. ”

"Well, it's up to them to go if they want to, so they don't have to say that they favor one over the other."

The emperor agreed without thinking about it.