The wind moves the curtain.

In the depths of the empty and silent palace sat the old lady Dowager Dou.

This woman who stirred up the storm in the former dynasty and the harem not only has an iron and bloody hand, but also has a strong vitality.

For decades, she survived her husband, son, and daughter-in-law, from a charming young woman to a dying old woman, and still survived tenaciously in this palace.

Enjoy the honor, but also endure the loneliness.

"It's you, isn't it?" Dou's voice was old, and there was a deep and strong tiredness, "When the first emperor was here, I once said to him: The Jin family is a roaring lion, and you are a poisonous snake that eats people. But he's too timid and not vigilant. The lion is on the side, and cannot lie down; The snake swims on the pillow, but it can sleep soundly. ”

"You should say this to the son of the day."

A light and cold male voice came from behind the heavy curtain, the wind blew and moved, and no one was seen behind the curtain.

"yes." The old empress dowager sighed: "It's a pity that it's too late." His eyes are high, and your wings are strong. If you don't do anything, you can still get along well. ”

There was regret in her words. Probably because of her age, she often fell asleep over the years, and she also remembered that she had indeed killed many people by mistake: "I also figured out after you became powerful that the Jin family back then may not have had the intention of rebelling." To be a king of cloth clothes, comfortable in the rivers and lakes, isn't it more enjoyable than being bound in a yellow robe? Like you, the Lord of the Mu League, who do you want to kill, who do you want to destroy, I am the grandmother of the Son of Heaven, I have no honor, is it not the same that you have nothing to do? ”

"I only have two requests."

"You say."

"In the name of the royal family, put pressure on Changjiabao to hand over Mu Dianke; Second, pardon Han Jujun. ”

Dou's eyes suddenly opened.

As she grew older, her mood also stabilized, and she was not surprised when she encountered many things, but Mu Cangping's words still succeeded in provoking her anger.

A few days ago, sitting here, she received the news of the death of her nephew Dou Cunqiao; Two days later, it was Dou Yan.

In order to get out of her control, the little emperor tried his best to suppress the Dou family who could help her. In the past few years, he has been tired of kicking and beating in the court, knowing that his hands and feet are not strong enough, and he thinks of her grandmother again.

"Xingwaijia" is Liu Yuancai's promise to her.

But what's the use? folded Dou Yan and Dou Cunqing, even if the emperor had the intention to help, he couldn't find someone who could convince the public to support.

The atmosphere in the clan is declining, and there are really not a few decent children.

The old sister-in-law Liu came to the palace and cried three times, without it, only asking for severe punishment for the murderer.

But this point, Dou can't do it.

She couldn't catch the evidence that Mu Cangping harmed Dou Yan and Dou Cunmiao, but Mu Cangping had a lot of her handles in his hands - for example, in order to put her son King Kang on the throne, she planned to get rid of her young grandson. This article alone broke down again with the relationship between her and Liu Yuan's newly repaired ancestors and grandchildren.

It's also a shame that the Dou family is all confused, and they can't think too far-reaching. Kill a Han Jujun who threw out the guilt, and then take the opportunity to knock the Wang family who knocked on the Fang family and Langya, and this matter will be over.

But now, Mu Cangping even wants to take Han Jujun out?

Why is he embarrassed to open this mouth? How dare he?!

Dou was really angry, so his voice was fierce: "Mu Cangping, do you think that the mourning family is really afraid of you?" Or do you think you can do whatever you want with the sword in your hand, and no one can cure you? ”

The wind blew harder, and the curtain was pulled to make a hula sound.

A silence correspondingly.

Dou's heart sank.

She knew that this was not a good thing, and Mu Cangping's silence never meant compromise.

"I hope that next time I come, it will be easier to be with the Queen Mother." Mu Cangping still has a light voice, not mixed with a trace of emotion.

But Dou listened to it, but he couldn't calm down.

"Mu Cangping—" she exclaimed.

No one answered behind the curtains. The breath dissipated, and the person was gone.

Dou sat back on the floor, and a silent coldness crept up his skin.

In the past, I always heard people say that there will be reincarnation in the way of heaven, and if you don't report it in this life, you will report it in the next life. She didn't believe it, and only began to feel it when she was old.

In the first half of her life, she had killed too many people and made others fear her; In the second half of his life, when it was time to retire, he was often unsatisfactory, experienced loss of power, bereavement, and even was threatened again today.

Mu Cangping will come again.

Until the next time he shows up, things will definitely change for the worse

***

Liu Yuan has been terrible lately.

The situation of the epidemic in Chuzhou has just improved, and floods have come in four counties.

He finally managed to select the people who would help the disaster, but there was another problem in raising money and food for the disaster.

The four Cao officials held the account books and cried poor in the court, and Chen Yishui, the secretary of the Duzhi Shangshu, scolded Sanmo, and drooped his old face, as if he had died of his own mother.

The treasury could not get any money, so it borrowed from the officials.

Now it's okay, the ministers who were still fighting for the red face and thick neck, and couldn't wait to lift their sleeves and jump up to fight, suddenly all wilted, and all of them stood on the court like frost.

There is even a shameless one, who directly called himself sick and took leave.

The most exaggerated thing is that Si Cao went to the various prefectures to urge the silver to supervise the grain, only to know that from the royal family and nobles to the officials in Beijing, everyone drank gruel together and chewed old vegetable stalks.

Liu Yuan was so angry that he almost fainted.

Of course, it's not really exhaustive. There was no silver in the treasury, and the emperor still had a private treasury, but it was used to reward officials and concubines. At present, the princes and princesses are also landing one after another, and there are many places to use money, how can the king of a country do without any turnover of silver money?

What's more, how can there be a reason for the master to dig out all the family funds, but the courtier is not a dime?

The Son of Heaven jumped and scolded in the palace, and the courtiers were silent and stiff at home.

After two days of stalemate, Rong Guo Hou Fang Zhidong went to the study to ask for a meeting, bringing a long list of 800,000 taels of disaster relief silver raised by the righteous businessmen on the list.

Another 800,000 taels were taken out by Chang Qianfo. It is clear that it is to alleviate the urgent need of the saint and relieve the suffering of the people without food and clothing, not to sell fame and reputation. If the saint can hide it, he will be grateful to avoid the risk of Changjiabao being exposed.

Liu Yuan believed that he had a ghost.

Changjiabao's financial wealth has long been a well-known thing, what do you care about whether it is white or not?

However, Chang Qianfo did this thing really in line with Liu Yuan's wishes.

At present, the first batch of silver allocated for disaster relief cannot be used so much. The donation handed over by Chang Qianfo was not cash, but two vouchers for silver, sealed with fire paint, and Fang Zhidong did not know the amount.

Liu Yuan left the one with 600,000 taels.

He spent nearly ten years of hard work to train a fierce and fierce Qinwang divine soldier, and he was completely wiped out in the battle to clear the Ming Palace. In the future, if you want to rebuild, you must not invest a large amount of money.

When Fang Zhidong left, he also said that Chang Qianfo entrusted him to speak to the saint, and as a subject of the Southern Dynasty, he had been protected by the emperor's grace for a long time, and he thought about retribution day and night. In the future, if there is a need, he will be obligated to do it with all his might.

This surprised Liu Yuan.

Changjiabao is a gold and silver nest, and when the imperial court is short of silver, I don't think much of them. But it was never given until it was asked. I've never heard anyone in the Chang family take the initiative to say decent words.

But it doesn't matter anymore.

The biggest headache at the moment was solved, and he was finally able to sleep peacefully.

Liu Yuan didn't know that after solving this trouble, there were more and more headaches waiting for him in the future.

First, the correspondence between Dou Yan and Jin Yanchen flew to the Yanguan's desk, and before they arrived in the imperial front, they were widely known among the people of the scholar clan.

At this time, the official just wanted to retreat, and he had to stand up.

The two factions of pro-Dou and hateful Dou quarreled fiercely, and Liu Yuan was forced to immediately verify and give an explanation to the people. In view of Dou Yanpin's high rank, he invited his own uncle King De to preside over the case, and the assistant officials selected two from each of the two factions of pro-Dou and Dou to show justice.

Once it comes to the distribution and tilt of power in the court, the officials' ability to do things is still worth seeing. The handwriting on the letter was found to be correct.

And after Dou Yan received the right to act cheaply granted by the holy decree, he did not execute on the spot, but ran around to the place where the accident occurred, which really left a big excuse for people.

The case is still under further trial, but the charges of Dou Yan colluding with the Ming Palace to rob people and blow up mountains and flood waters are basically confirmed.

Just when the people's grievances were surging, and they demanded that Dou Yan be severely punished, a case of the disappearance of a girl in Dali Temple who had been investigated for several years suddenly had clues, and the spearhead was also pointed at the Dou family.

And that's not all. On the third day, the Wen family of Yingshuibei, who had never been on good terms with the Dou family, escorted the noble family to Beijing to sue the royal court, suing the uncle Dou Yan for covering up the truth about his nephew's rape of the people's daughter, and leading Lei to kill the daughter of the noble family, Guiqian, to extinguish the mouth.

After Dou Yan was swept into the torrent, no one has found it so far, and it stands to reason that it is more than lucky.

The imperial court also planned to wait for this incident to settle down and posthumously seal it, but who would have expected such a big reversal to suddenly come: Dou Yan was not a hero who died in the line of duty, but the culprit of the disaster to the country and the people?

And according to this statement, there is another hidden story in the previous case of the shoulder homicide that has been sealed and the coffin has been sealed and the emperor has issued an edict?