Yingxi felt that this matter was very strange, he looked at Emperor Xuanwu and sent a distress signal.

Emperor Xuanwu looked at him and nodded slightly.

Yingxi said, "Then bring him to the imperial study to meet him." ”

He Zhen knelt down, then got up and left.

Yingxi asked: "Is this Dong Fang unable to stand it and is ready to speak?" ”

Emperor Xuanwu shook his head: "This matter itself is strange, even if you want to embezzle military salaries, it is not much to replace those impostors, the key is that this winter coat, there is such a big mistake, not only because of Dong Fang." ”

Yingxi's eyes widened: "Didn't Dong Fang embezzle the money, and then moved away Yulu, so that the money for the soldiers to buy winter clothes was much less?" ”

Emperor Xuanwu: "There is an impact, but there should be other reasons." ”

Yingxi looked at Emperor Xuanwu who was frowning and thinking, and thought to himself that your court is really full of holes.

In the imperial study room of Qianqing Palace, Yingxi and Emperor Xuanwu were watching the performance, ambergris rose, and the room was very quiet.

Zhang Zhong was waiting beside him, and suddenly the little apprentice behind him whispered a few words to him, Mr. Zhang nodded, waved the dust, walked to Yingxi's side, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Dong Fang is here." ”

Yingxi nodded: "Well, bring him up." ”

Zhang Zhong should have said yes, and after going out for a while, he came in with a person wearing shackles and prison clothes, and this person was Dong Fang.

He was a little uneasy to walk, so he could only slowly move to Yingxi, knelt down and said, "Guilty Minister Dong Fang, see the emperor." “

Yingxi's face was expressionless: "What do you have to say?" ”

Dong Fang raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, it is really a big crime for me to embezzle military salaries, but compared to you, I also know that this stolen money is not enough to fill the hole, and the criminal minister came here to confess to you the whereabouts of this batch of stolen money, by the way, ask for the truth." ”

Yingxi narrowed her eyes and asked, "What truth do you want?" “

Dong Fang: "When the emperor was dying, was there an edict?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Yingxi's pupils contracted suddenly, and with a direct bang in his head, he exploded. She didn't even dare to look at Emperor Xuanwu next to her, God, why did you let her know such a terrible thing!

Yingxi was shocked and almost failed to manage his expression, and could only be expressionless, but fortunately this was the imperial study, and the place where he sat was in the shadows, so the panic could be well concealed.

The brain is spinning wildly, what should I do, this situation can't be done, the emperor, the concubines need help.

Suddenly a layer of temperature was covered in his hand, and Ying Xi glanced at it, and sure enough, it was Emperor Xuanwu, and it seemed that he had received my brain waves.

I saw Emperor Xuanwu ask nonchalantly: "Dong Fang, is it, is the emperor too gentle to give you an illusion?" Dare to question the emperor's legitimacy? ”

Dong Fang arched his hand: "Queen Mother, the minister doesn't want to question the legitimacy of the emperor, no matter whether there is an edict or not, the emperor is already the emperor, and he will only be the emperor." Wechen had no intention of rebelling, he just wanted to know if there was an edict. ”

This time, there is no need to teach Emperor Xuanwu, Yingxi himself will be scared: "The royal matter, how can you be allowed to put your beak in the court?" ”

Dong Fang smiled: "If I am only a criminal minister, I am indeed not qualified enough, but the former emperor and concubine Wang are my aunt." ”

This sentence has a lot of content.

Yingxi remembered that back then, the princess Wang and the queen Zhang fought to the death, and even the prince with the two of them was suspected several times, but the first emperor was simply a copy of He Shuhuan.

For his wife, the queen thinks that the love is deep and meaningful, and she is the favorite in her heart; For the concubine, I felt that she had a deep affection for herself and could not be disappointed, and in the end, both sides were disappointed.

For the queen, he didn't keep the promise of the year, and he couldn't respond to this enthusiasm for the concubine.

Even not a good father for his children.

The concubine Wang family comes from the Qinghe Wang family, is a famous family that has been inherited for hundreds of years, to this generation, it is already a big tail, not as good as before, but the heritage is still there, in order to seek family glory, the Wang family cultivated a Wang family, beautiful and incomprehensible, completely in accordance with the emperor's preferences, the emperor really can't hold it, bring the Wang family back to the palace, how much happened here for the time being, the follow-up impact is that the Wang family, as a family, once again stood on the officialdom, and installed a lot of henchmen.

However, the emperor is still sober, and he knows that the next emperor must not be the son of the Wang family, so he has never moved the intention of changing the crown prince. But the Wang family has already regarded this plan as a lifesaver, how can they give up easily.

As a result, Emperor Xuanwu's own brother, the first crown prince, died young.

At this time, several parties are simply endless, especially on the eve of Emperor Xuanwu's accession to the throne, the position of the crown prince has not yet been decided, and the entire dynasty is in turmoil, it is simply darkness before dawn.

But in the end, it was Emperor Xuanwu who ascended the throne and succeeded to the throne, and the Wang family fled to the clouds and retreated to the bitter cold land for shelter.

These are the things that Yingxi knows, but according to what Dong Fang said today, is there really any royal secrets that outsiders can't know?

Yingxi asked: "The concubine is the daughter of the Wang family, so your mother is also the Wang family?" ”

Emperor Xuanwu then asked: "How do I remember that your mother came to Beijing alone and had no relatives, and it was your teacher who took you in, so that you could enter the court as an official." ”

Dong Fang thought of his mother, and inevitably felt a little sad, and said: "The Wang family had a lot of plans back then, and they didn't want to implicate the family, so they simply found my aunt from the branch, recognized her as a concubine, and cultivated it carefully. My mother also learned later that my aunt had entered the palace and became a concubine. ”

"My mother was weak by nature, when my father died, and my aunt was sent to the palace, she didn't want to stay in that sad place anymore, so she took me to the capital, and wanted to go to the concubine, the concubine was benevolent, and asked the teacher to take care of it, so that we had a place to live."

After speaking, he felt that it was wrong and added: "The teacher has nothing to do with the Wang family, and the concubine has also thought of a lot of ways to ask for a teacher who is not the Wang family." “

Emperor Xuanwu nodded: "Okay, you talk too much nonsense, since you are not from the Wang family, why do you want to do things for the Wang family?" “

Dong Fang shook his head: "I'm not doing things for them, I'm forced, Your Majesty, the matter of the edict was also revealed by the Wang family." The Wang family seems to have obtained some evidence, thinking that the edict of the first emperor was passed down to the fifth prince, and then there was another move. “

Emperor Xuanwu: "Hehe, it's really wishful thinking. "If it hadn't been for my father's obstruction, I would have cut these people down and eradicated them a long time ago, allowing them to be so presumptuous.

Yingxi patted Emperor Xuanwu's hand, and then asked, "Who found you?" You still haven't said why you're doing things for them. ”

Dong Fang knew that he would have to break the kettle when he came today, he gritted his teeth and said: "It was the housekeeper of the Ping Wangfu who came to find me, but I don't have any evidence, the other party is very careful, he didn't leave any letters or tokens, and he can't prove his identity." It was also through special means that I found out the identity of the other party. ”

Yingxi: "How did that man coerce you?" ”

Dong Fang: "That person took my aunt's relics and found my mother first, and my mother suddenly insisted on avenging my aunt for some reason, and asked me to cooperate with that person, and also dragged my teacher into the water." ”

At the end, his tone was a little excited, he paused to calm down and then said: "I can't let the teacher sink into the mud, the teacher is already criticized because of me, and I don't want him to be attacked again." So I ......"

Yingxi: "What did you do?" Where is the stolen money? ”

Dong Fang: "At that time, the man ordered me to try to move the salary to another place, but I prevaricated on the grounds that the action was too big and easy to find, and then the other party ordered me to use the way of this case to transfer property, I couldn't shirk it, I could only do it." They put this batch of belongings in the Keyunlai Restaurant in the capital, but the specific location is very secret, and they are also putting me. ”

After getting the most important news, Emperor Xuanwu felt troublesome even to take a look at Dong Fang, and wanted to leave with Yingxi, but was stopped by Yingxi.

She looked at Zhang Zhong: "Take him back to the Imperial Prison." ”

He beckoned to Emperor Xuanwu again, led him to the inner room, and said: "I know that you are angry in your heart, and you feel that Dong Fang has not fulfilled his duties loyally, and it is really stupid to put the safety of the soldiers behind his mind for the sake of his mother. But you must also see that this person still has a country in his heart and knows how to take the initiative to surrender. ”

Emperor Xuanwu couldn't understand such an approach: "It is the duty of these courtiers to be loyal to the country, if he really fell into the mud, he would have been beheaded a long time ago." ”

These courtiers, eat the king, solve the king's worries, and if they make mistakes, they will be removed from their posts and investigated, and if they violate the national law, they will be demoted to the common people, and they will be raided and exterminated, and this will be the case for generations.

Yingxi knows that it doesn't make sense, the feudal dynasty can definitely be called a must in terms of execution, and the courtiers basically accept the idea of loyalty and patriotism, and it is understandable for Emperor Xuanwu to think so.

However, Yingxi mocked: "Yes, yes, it is their duty, but every year there are still corrupt officials and corrupt officials, dare to ask His Majesty the Emperor, what do you think of these courtiers who do not do their duty?" ”

Emperor Xuanwu knew that Yingxi was deliberately scolding him, so he blinked and said: "There are corrupt officials and corrupt officials, killing them can also make the people more convinced of the royal family." ”

"I still know the truth that when the water is clear, there are no fish, and some things cannot disappear completely."

Yingxi was shocked, sure enough, he was an emperor trained by elite education, and his way of looking at problems was different from ordinary people like her. That's right, for him, these officials are like wheat in the field, where it doesn't grow well, just pull it out and plant another one, and there will be no shortage of officials if they lack anything.

Ying Xi was speechless, and the dialogue was terminated.

In the afternoon, He Zhenlai reported that the Keyunlai Restaurant had been emptied, and only the silver taels that had not had time to be transferred were placed in the cellar of the back kitchen.

Yingxi's first reaction when he knew the news was that fortunately this was ancient times, and there was no transfer, otherwise there would be no place to cry if he looked for a needle in a haystack.

Yingxi: "This money was embezzled by Dong Fang?" ”

Emperor Xuanwu nodded: "Dong Fang holds the power of the household department, even if it is not a military salary, there are other places where you can get money." “

Yingxi: "But he deliberately didn't use military pay?" This person has a bottom line in his heart. “

Emperor Xuanwu was dissatisfied: "Why do you always look at him!" This man is deceitful, disloyal and unjust, and it is not too much to kill him! "The whole person revealed a sense that I was angry and wanted to kill.

Yingxi was not afraid of him: "Of course, in my heart, the wise and martial Majesty is the most powerful, I just think that this person is still available, and Your Majesty can naturally ignore it, but I feel in my heart that this person will be beneficial to Your Majesty in the future." However, His Majesty is so heroic and has many capable people under his command, and Dong Fang is just the icing on the cake. ”

Emperor Xuanwu's mood changed when he said this, and he was very comfortable.

He said, "Well, dinner is done to your liking." ”

Ying Xi smiled.

During dinner, Zhang Zhong looked at the emperor who could be described as flattering, but he really didn't see it.

The queen mother died early, and the emperor and the concubines did not interfere with the river water, and there was no one in the palace who could speak. finally got married, but the emperor didn't dare to see the queen!

Father-in-law Zhang's heart was simply broken into eight petals, but he had followed him since the emperor was not a prince, how could he not know her thoughts about the queen, and finally married back, but he didn't go to see him? He was so anxious that his mouth was bubbling, but fortunately, the queen didn't care about this, and took the initiative to chat with the emperor, and she could see the little prince at a glance, and the two fell out again for some reason, and now the mother didn't come to the emperor.

The emperor has never been very happy since then, and after a long time, even Zhang Zhong did not confirm whether there was a queen in the emperor's heart, whether the two broke up unhappily, and the emperor was angry with the queen.

But no matter what happened before, the emperor must be happy now, the emperor is happy, he is happy.

Hey, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent him to the emperor's side in the hope that the emperor would be happy. Thinking of the former prince, Zhang Zhong quietly wiped his eyes, but the corners of his mouth raised a smile, Your Highness, you see, the little prince is finally happy now, although there are some changes, but after all, he is happy.

Outside the palace, in Dong Fang's mansion, Mrs. Dong is nearly forty years old, but she is very young, but there is some lingering gloom on her face, and people who look at it feel cold in their hearts.

At this moment, she was kneeling on the futon, chanting scriptures in front of the tablet, with a pious face.

Behind him, a maid leaned in the door, cautiously approached Mrs. Dong, and said, "Madam, there is news." ”

Mrs. Dong opened her eyes, looked at the tablet, there was no sadness or joy in her eyes, and said, "He betrayed me." ”

The maid trembled, and her voice trembled: "Madam, the young master is in the edict prison, Ke Yunlai was sealed, and I saw an officer and soldier carrying a box out of the restaurant." ”

Mrs. Dong: "What's the panic, I can't find your head." She sighed, "That's fine, my son and I will be inseparable from now on, and it can be regarded as leaving blood for my husband." ”

She got up slowly, put the Buddhist beads in her hand in front of the ranks, put her hands together and said, "Sister, I'll go see my nephew, he is so smart, he will definitely be able to fulfill your wish." ”

The house is full of smoke, the furnishings are simple, and the incense table is very simple and elegant. There are two rankings in the incense case, one is the deceased husband Dong Yuqing, and the other is the deceased sister Wang Shu.

Mrs. Dong looked at her sister's ranking and muttered, "I don't know if that nephew has given me a tablet." ”

The first emperor was ruthless, and after the concubine hanged herself, she was not even allowed to worship, pitiful for a lonely soul, and I don't know if I had crossed the Nai He Bridge and voted for a good person.

It's okay, sister, you can go with peace of mind, I will seek justice for you.