All the officials lowered their eyebrows and followed the etiquette to complete the New Year's ceremony. Next, it is for the emperor to give everyone a simple annual summary.

This process is usually carried out in the palace of support.

Although the inside of the palace is not very warm, it is much stronger than the outside of the house, and there is a wall of fire anyway.

The cold sunlight of the winter morning shone down, and all the ministers walked one after another, and when they walked into the hall, several people seemed to see a large reflection in the corners of their eyes.

Reflective? Or is it the reflection of a blockbuster? It shouldn't be.

Looking closely, the reflection actually came from the window of the Yongzheng Palace.

At this time, almost everyone found out that the four windows on each side of the gate of the Yongzheng Hall had been replaced. And the large reflection is reflected from the middle of the eight windows.

In the middle, there seems to be a calm surface of water, reflecting the winter morning light.

…… However, if it is water, it can't be placed vertically, let alone on a window.

The officials, who were originally in the court and had seven exquisite hearts every day, dealing with their colleagues and political enemies like foxes, had forgotten that they were scheming, that they could not be spied on, that their joys and angers could not be invisible, and their eyes widened.

A few officials, not even in order, walked into the hall of support, but leaned forward and touched the middle of one of the eight windows, wondering what was there.

…… After touching the cold and smooth, he retreated full of confusion.

"What's that?" Someone asked in a low voice.

Then, he saw that the person who had returned was even more confused, "I don't know, what the hell is that?!" "It's a feeling of going crazy.

Immediately afterwards, the person who did not return after touching it was surprised and whispered: "This is actually transparent, from here, you can see the situation in the palace." ”

"What?"

"What!"

"......" This kind of surprise came one after another.

There was also Shangguan who scolded: "Don't hurry back, dignified court officials, peeking out of the window, what kind of system is it?!" ”

Zhan Kangwen's pace was much slower than usual, just to see people's surprise, to hear people's incredulous tone, so that the pride in his heart would be more pleasant.

Today's officials, although they have not yet reached the level of loss of honor in front of the palace, are also very different from the kind of breath-holding and respectful in the past.

Whispers echoed in every corner, and between almost every official.

Not within almost this range are the four ministers of the cabinet.

Working in the same place, He Shouli, Gao Qi and others are very familiar with each other.

As soon as He Shouli and the three of them saw Zhan Kangwen today, they felt that this old fox's calm and cautious mood was hiding extreme sorrow.

He Shouli was the first wave of people to find that the windows of the Yongzheng Hall had been replaced, and when everyone was not paying attention, they found that a piece of hemp paper was missing in the middle of several windows.

Different from other people's doubts and discussions, he immediately thought of the treasure that Shao Yi threatened to offer.

As the first assistant of a country, in order to avoid suspicion, he did not mobilize people to inquire about the glass workshop, but he knew that it was the end of the year and the time when the government was about to be closed, but the carpenter line under the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Industry was gathering manpower and rushing to work day and night, working together to make windows.

Several sizes of the original spare windows in the palace have also been remodeled into a dozen.

What these windows all have in common is that there is a gap in the middle that is more than a foot long and seven or eight inches wide, or has a patterned carved edge, or a straight rectangular shape.

But no matter what he thought, he couldn't figure out what the gaps in the middle of these windows were intended to do.

In the early morning of the 29th day of the lunar month, Gonggong Cao, who was in charge of the internal officials and supervisors, and the apprentices of the chief administrator of the palace, escorted a carriage and entered the palace with a waist plate without any inspection.

Shao Yi and Xia Ke's second sons, who threatened to offer treasures, were also among them, escorting Gonggong Cao and his party to the gate of the palace, and watched Gonggong Cao and others all enter the palace before turning their heads and leaving.

Needless to say, the rare treasure should be in the carriage.

He wondered what kind of treasure needed to be transported in a horse-drawn cart.

Now, seeing the replaced windows of the Yongzheng Hall and the transparent material in the middle of the windows that looked like jade and not jade, like glass and not glass, he instantly understood that this was the treasure that Shao Yi wanted to offer.

At this time, he was already standing at the top of the east side of the Yongzheng Palace, standing in this place and looking at the window, his vision was basically unobstructed, and he could see a large sky outside the hall at a glance.

This is really a treasure, and this treasure was coordinated and supervised by the old fox of Zhan Kangwen.

He Xiangye's heart was extremely depressed at this time.

There are eight windows in the Yongzheng Hall that use treasures, and if you want to come to the place where the emperor often stays, the imperial study and the Renxin Hall must also be used.

He could imagine how bright and cheerful the emperor would be sitting in a warm room for the past two days, bathing in the bright winter sunshine.

In the same way, Shao Yi, who offered treasures, and Zhan Kangwen, who supervised the matter, must have occupied a very important position in the emperor's happy mood.

Especially the old fox, in addition to making the emperor happy, was appreciated by the emperor. Shao Yi, who is about to be valued by the emperor, will also be close relatives of him after this incident.

As the saying goes, it's easy to add the icing on the cake, but it's hard to send charcoal in the snow. Therefore, sending charcoal in the snow and helping when the situation is weak is also easier for people to miss for a lifetime.

Zhan Kangwen deserves to be known as a sleek old fox, a thing that can't see the results and may even get into trouble, he picked up such a big bargain.

Looking at Zhan Kangwen standing beside him, the sour water in He Shouli's heart couldn't stop rising, "Zhan Xiang is really witty and scheming. ”

The indignant Gao Xiangye and Liu Xiangye also saw that the benefits were taken away by this guy, but this guy kept putting on an embarrassed and melancholy look, as if he was using a sword for the three of them.

It's just infuriating.

Zhan Kangwen is well-cultivated, and he doesn't care about people who are anxious because he is jealous of his intelligence, a smile appeared on his calm and kind face, and he arched his hand at a few people: "He Xiangye praised it falsely, and he really didn't dare to be under it." ”

He Shouli almost choked out angrily, this guy is too subtle, what is the difference between what he said and admitting that he has a good plan.

Look at the way his eyebrows are about to bloom, why didn't he turn his back on his anger!

He Xiangye turned his head resolutely, out of sight and out of mind.

Then, he saw that the emperor's mood was really good.

Although there were constant whispers in front of the palace, the eyebrows and eyes of those important ministers of the country flew between the whispers without any solemnity. But His Majesty the Emperor still sat on the throne with a smile, looking down on the important ministers who were talking to each other, and had no intention of reproaching.

After a long while, probably appreciating the shock and disbelief of Zhong Aiqing, the emperor asked with a pleasant face: "You Aiqing don't know what you are talking about, and you can also tell me about it." ”

"It's over," He Shouli's first thought was that the emperor was lowered by these so-called treasures. Look at this terrible thing, it's no different from the old fox next to me.