Qin Huaiyuan was still deeply stimulated, as if he didn't notice Li Qitian's anger at all, but knelt on the ground, straightened up for a long time and asked, "What is the prince going to do when he leaves the capital?" Did he leave alone, or did he leave with someone? What about the rest of the king's house? Can you do it in Fuchu? ”

Li Qitian looked at Qin Huaiyuan suspiciously.

His shocked and helpless appearance was not fake, the confusion and stunned in his eyes were also very real, Li Qitian had never seen Qin Huaiyuan look like this, even if he had just come to Da Zhou as a minister, he had never been so flustered when he was harassed and excluded by the ministers in the court.

Maybe Qin Huaiyuan also knew that when Xiao Zhixi left, all the sins and pressures were pressed on the shoulders of his father-in-law, so he panicked, right?

Li Qitian's heart was a little less suspicious.

But that's all, he won't trust Qin Huaiyuan.

"The subordinates of Prince Zhongshun's mansion said that before Xiao Zhixi left with the government soldiers, Xiao Zhixi's family and mother went out with their burdens, saying that they were going to string relatives. As far as I know, the relatives of that family have long since died, except for the Qin family. I ask you, they didn't come to your house? ”

"Holy Lord, the minister does not dare to bully the king, the minister is resting today, and he has not gone out at home, and he has definitely not seen his in-laws come to my house. The Holy One can ask the subordinates in my family at will, or he can order his subordinates to investigate at will. There was no objection from the minister. After expressing his loyalty excitedly, he prostrated heavily.

Li Qitian saw that Qin Huaiyuan was so sincere, and his suspicions were a little less.

It's just a little less.

"Since Aiqing is so sincere, how can I not give you a chance to prove your innocence. If I don't let people thoroughly investigate the mansion, someone will say that there is a problem in the Qin mansion when I turn around. Why don't I sit in town myself today and ask them to check, what does Aiqing think? ”

"The Holy One is merciful, and the ministers are grateful." Qin Huaiyuan continued to kowtow.

Li Qitian chuckled lightly and looked at Li Guanwen.

Even if Li Guanwen turned around and went to the door to pass the edict to the imperial guards, soon the small mansion of the Qin Mansion became noisy.

Because Li Guanwen specially told him that the saint did not come to raid the house this time, and he would continue to reuse Qin Shangshu, so the guards who searched did not dare to go too far, one did not damage the Qin family's belongings, and the other did not dare to collide with the female dependents.

But Rao is like this, and the few female dependents led by the old lady are also frightened, and they stand in the courtyard of the inner house by a few people, watching the search of the imperial guards next to the house.

The ladies didn't know what was going on, but the ladies of the Qin family, who had experienced a lot in the Great Zhou, were cold in their hearts, as if they had returned to the time when they were intercepted and killed and forced to abandon their families and businesses and came to the Great Zhou.

The old lady wiped her tears, sobbed and cried: "What a sin, a sin!" What kind of iniquity have we created, and this has happened to us again! ”

Miss Eight and Qin Huining supported the old lady left and right.

Han Er's grandmother hid in the crowd with the child in her arms, and saw that there were imperial guards coming out of the house, and she didn't take the family's furniture, not like she took the opportunity to rob, so she had the courage to ask: "What are you looking for?" Say it, maybe we can help. ”

Sun, the second lady, and the old lady all turned around and glared at her fiercely.

At this time, to provoke this group of fierce gods and evil, is it because I am afraid that people will not notice the children of this family!

Han's second grandmother was aggrieved, so she rubbed behind her husband Qin Han again.

Qin Han, Qin Yu, and Qin Xian all stepped forward and blocked the female dependents of the family behind them.

Because the imperial guards were advised by Li Guanwen, they didn't want to embarrass the Qin family at this time, so they asked, "Have you ever seen the old lady, the old lady and the old lady of the Prince Zhongshun Mansion?" ”

The old lady was stunned when she heard this: "You are here to search for our mother's family?" ”

The second lady said: "Of course I saw them when I visited relatives in the past, but I haven't seen them for a long time. ”

The guards did not say much to the ladies and went to the front hall to resume their lives.

Seeing the foreign men rushing out, the family breathed a sigh of relief.

Qin Han reprimanded the second grandmother in a low voice: "In the future, you must talk a lot, you are a daughter-in-law who can let go, can the sisters in the family let go?" ”

Han Er's grandmother was reprimanded, her face was red, and she lowered her head and didn't dare to say more.

Seeing that Qin Han had disciplined his wife, the old lady didn't say anything more, and instead whispered to Mama Qin: "You quietly go to the front to find out, what's going on?" Why did you come to our house to find your in-laws, and you still made a fuss. ”

"Yes. Mama Qin responded, and cautiously went to the second door.

In the front hall, Li Qitian listened to the guards reply, and saw that the rest of the Qin Mansion reacted like that, and the suspicion in his heart disappeared a lot, although he was still suspicious, and felt that Qin Huaiyuan would definitely shield his son-in-law, but now that there is no real evidence, it is difficult to set Qin Huaiyuan for any crime.

Moreover, now that the DPRK and China are in turmoil, the family faction and the old ministers of the Northern Ji Kingdom are now watching the fate of Lu Gelao, and they have a wait-and-see attitude towards the government and politics, while the second elder of the Lu family trusts the patriarch, but his appeal and ability are limited. The nobles are staring at Xiao Zhixi and Ji Zeyu, once he wants to attack these two people, the nobles will be vigilant, and it will be even more difficult to act. Since the capture of Yu Chiyan and Gu Shixiong and put them in prison, the subordinate faction is also in turmoil, and now if Qin Huaiyuan is moved, I am afraid that the ministers' side will also be chaotic.

In addition, now the Tatars are still eyeing the intention of waging war.

Li Qitian can be said to have been anxious for a long time.

In the past few days, so much pressure has been pressed on his heart, and he actually took the soldiers with him to say goodbye without saying goodbye. Li Qitian's temper could no longer be controlled.

It's just that now looking at Qin Huaiyuan, who was kneeling on the ground and bowing his head to listen to orders, and then weighing the pros and cons, Li Qitian finally sighed, personally helped the person up, and said with a pleasant face: "A misunderstanding, Qin Aiqing don't mind." ”

Qin Huaiyuan seemed to be very moved, and shook his head again and again: "The saint is really tired, the state affairs are complicated, the minister is incompetent, and he can't share the burden with the saint, everything the saint does is understandable, the minister only hates himself is really useless, the things of the Tatar are troubled, the minister is a useless scholar, and he can't relieve the saint's worries." ”

Qin Huaiyuan's words really entered Li Qitian's heart.

As an emperor, what I most hope for is to be understood, not simply feared.

Removing Qin Huaiyuan's son-in-law is very worry-free, but in fact, Qin Huaiyuan is still very kind to him.

"That's it." Li Qitian let out a long sigh and said, "I'm really angry. It seems that Xiao Zhixi expected that I would ask you, so he didn't dare to tell you his arrangement, let alone where he hid his family to tell you. You have always been smart, you analyzed and analyzed me, Xiao Zhixi traveled with the soldiers, what did he do? Is it possible to contact Long Xiangjun? ”

Qin Huaiyuan muttered silently for a moment before he said: "According to the minister, the prince is not like a person who does such things for no reason, he is young and vigorous. ”

Speaking of this, Qin Huaiyuan's face was a little confused.

Li Qitian raised his eyebrows and asked, "Oh? ”

"The hero is sad to pass the beauty pass, the prince is a man of temperament, he used to obey the words of the saint, and the things he did were all because of the sadness. It's the minister's fault that there is no good student to teach the little girl. Qin Huaiyuan said and knelt down again.

"Aiqing doesn't have to be like this."

Li Qitian gave a handful of hands and ordered Qin Huaiyuan to sit down.

Qin Huaiyuan was grateful for his gratitude, and then turned sideways to make half of the chair and lowered his head to listen to the order.

At this time, Li Qitian's anger disappeared a little, and when he thought about it again, he found that if he didn't listen to him, it was all for the sake of beauty, including the last time he resisted more than 30 times in a row.

Therefore, Xiao Xiao is no longer the person who had no shortcomings and flaws in the past, and now he has a weakness that no one can touch. This is indeed a good thing for him.

After all, with the handle in your hands, the tools are better to use.

Li Qitian sighed: "He is also reckless, with the current situation of Tatar, what is the use of him taking those soldiers to go, really think that his own soldiers are all heavenly soldiers?" For the sake of today's plan, we should think about how to make peace. ”

"What the Holy One has said is very true." Qin Huai saluted from afar: "Now the Tatars are clearly playing on the topic, to invade our borders of the Great Zhou, if there is a war, in vain, if there is silver to support the war, it is better to use it on the people, build bridges and pave roads, trim embankments, or reduce the people's taxes, in short, it is better than wasting the silver in the treasury." ”

Li Qitian nodded again and again when he heard this, "What you said is very true, but the Tatars don't think so." ”

Qin Huaiyuan and Li Qitian discussed court affairs again.

After Mama Qin looked at it from a distance, she went back and told the old lady: "Xu is a colleague of the old man, who came with a fierce momentum, and found that our family was fine, so he talked about the business with the master." ”

The old lady's hanging heart completely fell back into place.

But after thinking about it for a while, I felt that things were still a little weird.

"If you order someone to go to the palace to listen and listen, where is your mother's family? The people who came to search the inner house just now were looking for their mother's family, did something happen? ”

When Mama Qin heard this, she immediately retreated and complied.

And not long after Li Qitian left, Qin Huaiyuan had just returned to the inner house, and the old lady, who was frightened by the news from Mama Qin, stopped her hand and instructed, "Don't pay attention to the group of people in the Xiao family, they live or die, it has nothing to do with our Qin family, the saint is looking for them, if we meddle in this matter, I'm afraid our Qin family will be involved." ”

Qin Huai had already guessed what the old lady would say, and he didn't want to make the old lady think too much, so he responded gently.

The old lady pulled Qin Huaiyuan to discuss the marriage of the two girls in the family.

Qin Yining has been married for so long, and there is no news that she has a son and a half daughter, and the old lady actually still hopes to send the eighth lady to the palace of Prince Zhongshun as a concubine.

It's just that in the current situation, I'm afraid that Qin Huaiyuan will not agree.