Qi Wenfu knelt on the ground, listening to Emperor Ming Xuan's words, which were already obviously reproachful, and hung his head slightly and was silent.

Emperor Xuan of the Ming Dynasty said: "In the past, you never hid it from me. ”

"The ministers of the entire court, everyone will seek advantages and avoid disadvantages because of self-preservation, but you will not, but now even you are the same for me?"

When Qi Wenfu heard this, he was silent for a long time before he spoke:

"What does the emperor think of the ministers?"

He looked up at Emperor Xuan of the Ming Dynasty and said in a quiet voice:

"The minister was indeed different earlier, the minister held his own clear stream, and was willing to speak from the bottom of his heart with the emperor, and was willing to hide nothing from the emperor, but the original end was that he almost lost his life, and he almost affected the house."

"The emperor has taught his ministers, this world is not black and white, and there are always dark places, and there is no room for people who are too frank."

Emperor Xuan's face changed: "Are you blaming me?" ”

Qi Wenfu shook his head: "The minister doesn't dare." ”

"The emperor treats his ministers with affection, and the ministers are grateful, so how can they be resentful."

He told the truth:

"In fact, after the emperor summoned his ministers into the palace today, when he saw King Rui and the second prince, the ministers had vaguely understood the holy will, and the emperor wanted to use the mouth of the ministers to suppress the second prince and King Rui."

"The minister understands what the emperor means, but if the minister says something, will the emperor really have no guilt?"

"King Rui is just that, he has no real power, and he has never done anything that he can't grasp, but the second prince is different, he is your biological son, and he knows his son Mo Ruo's father, do you think he will be without anything wrong over the years?"

"If the minister tells you directly, he has malicious intentions, and intends to take advantage of the mistake of the little prince of Rui Wangfu to get close to the Xuanping Marquis Mansion, and even wants to get something from the hands of the Marquis Xie, what will you do?"

Emperor Ming Xuan listened to his words, and his face suddenly became gloomy.

Xie Yuan......

Jingnan!

"The matter of the household department is related to the second child?"

Qi Wenfu said in a low voice: "It's not certain for the time being, it's just that the minister has found some clues, pointing directly to the Bo family." ”

The Bo family is Concubine Yu's maiden family, and it is also the mother family of the second prince Yuwenyan, and Bo Chong, the secretary of the military department, is Yuwenyan's maternal uncle, who is extremely powerful in the court, and is also one of Yuwenyan's biggest dependents behind him.

If there is a problem with the Bo family, how can the second prince get rid of it?

Qi Wenfu raised his head and looked directly at the holy face, saw the shocked look in Emperor Ming Xuan's eyes clearly, and said:

"The minister has told His Majesty before that it has always been rumored in Beijing that Su Xuanmin had left some evidence before his death, and Marquis Xie was the only person who had contact with him before his death."

"The minister personally went to the Xuanping Marquis Mansion, although he did not get the so-called evidence, but he also deduced some clues from the story of the war in Jingnan from the Marquis Xie, the most puzzling of which is that Su Xuanmin borrowed grain halfway."

"Jingnan has been in drought for several months, and the grain is definitely not the official storage of grain, and if there is really such a kind-hearted person, Su Xuanmin can really borrow food, why didn't he borrow it early, but watched the people under his rule starve all over the field, let alone fall into despair after the disaster relief grain sank into the Nanhe River in the DPRK and China."

Qi Wenfu's voice was heavy, "The minister sent someone to Jingnan to find out where Su Xuanmin had borrowed grain. ”

"Su Xuanmin left Jingnan for three days during that time, and he took people to Suyang, and his so-called grain that was pressed in the official treasury and was unwilling to help the victims was forcibly taken from the hands of Fu Manqiu, the commander of Suzhou County."

"I heard from Marquis Xie that when Su Xuanmin left Jingnan to go out to raise food, he only brought less than twenty people, all of whom were so hungry that they had no combat power, but they were able to take away so much food from the heavily guarded Suyang Yamen."

"The minister noticed that there was something strange in it, and when he went to check the official chronicles, he found out that Fu Manqiu was the son-in-law of the daughter of the Bo family's side branch."

"Su Xuanmin thought that he used something to blackmail the Bo family to get those grains, and when the minister was investigating Chen Anning's death, he learned from a subordinate of the Chen family that Chen Anning had seen a person before he died, and that person was a retainer raised by the second prince in the mansion, and he died suddenly less than three days after Chen Anning's death."

After Qi Wenfu finished speaking, he looked at Emperor Ming Xuan.

"The emperor asked the minister to investigate the corruption of the household department in order to clear the grievances of Lord Nan, but when he found out here, the minister didn't know whether to continue to investigate, and he didn't know if the emperor wanted the minister to continue to investigate."

"Two years ago, when the minister learned about Jingnan, he wanted to redress Su Xuanmin's grievances and Zhaoxue for those soldiers, but the emperor severely reprimanded the minister."

"Now the minister also wants to stand up for them, but the minister is no longer the person who only has a passion and doesn't care about anything."

"Just now, the emperor asked the minister why he didn't speak up, if the minister really said it bluntly, King Rui is not a stupid person, and the second prince has no way out, and the matter can only be traced to the end."

"In such a situation, how can the minister say?"

Emperor Xuan of the Ming Dynasty listened to Qi Wenfu's words, his face kept changing, and he suddenly remembered that two years ago, Qi Wenfu stood in front of him, and asked him why the people who were the kings couldn't protect the good ministers and let the traitors run rampant.

At that time, Xie Yuan knelt outside the hall, saying that Su Xuanmin was wronged, that he was defending Jingnan to lure the enemy with his body, saying that he should not be wronged like that, and Qi Wenfu knelt in front of him like now, telling him that loyal ministers and good generals should not die in vain, and should not be wronged by moths in the court.

But in order to balance the situation and for something, he forcibly stopped the two of them.

Xie Yuan was sent by him to stay in Bei'an for a year, and he was not allowed to inquire about the affairs of Beijing, and Qi Wenfu was relieved of his official position by him, and he was idle in the mansion for three months, and then under the persuasion of Nan Yuanshan, he went to the Guozi Prison to take on the idle post of sacrificial wine.

Emperor Xuan of Ming looked at Qi Wenfu's eyes, as if someone had choked his throat.

Obviously, Qi Wenfu's voice was no longer as loud as it was two years ago, but it was like a bell and drum thundering, full of questioning.

Emperor Ming Xuan violently pushed the chessboard and said angrily: "You are presumptuous! ”

Qi Wenfu's lips pursed into a line, and he knelt straight: "The minister lost his words, please punish Your Majesty." ”

Emperor Ming Xuan looked at his straight back, kneeling there upright, his young face was full of sharp meaning, and his mouth said that he was asked to punish, but there was a hint of ridicule in his eyes.

I don't know if I'm mocking myself or mocking him.

Emperor Xuan of the Ming Dynasty suddenly became a little weak and complicated.

He avoided Qi Wenfu's eyes with a calm face, frowned, and said, "Okay, you get up first." ”

Qi Wenfu didn't move, and said stubbornly: "The minister doesn't dare, and I ask Your Majesty to make it clear, do you want the minister to continue to investigate the affairs of the household department?" ”

Emperor Ming Xuan suddenly became angry, stretched out his hand and smashed a chess piece towards his head: "Qi Wenfu, don't you have to inch in, hurry up and roll me up!" ”

He's the emperor, so he also wants to save face, okay?!