On March 23, the eighth year of Yong'an, Emperor Yong'an held Zhu Bingping and King Ping in his hands and presented two copies of the folds, and looked at them carefully for a long time.

The second prince, Li Lingfeng, sat on the carved round stool next to the low kang, and looked at Emperor Yong'an with a hint of awe.

King Ning was sick, and the affairs of the previous dynasty fell on the second prince. Although the second prince was dissatisfied with King Ning's approach in his heart, he faintly knew that this was an opportunity.

Emperor Yongan is seriously ill, if he doesn't behave at this time, when will he stay?

But the second prince couldn't get the attitude of Emperor Yong'an in his heart, after all, these two parties are the pillars of the country, and they have a deep foundation, and it is not good to move either side lightly.

Emperor Yong'an clenched his right hand into a fist, put it to his mouth and coughed lightly twice, then asked the second prince, "What do you think?" ”

"Father," the second prince got up, lowered his head and said to Emperor Yong'an, "The retainers have thought about it carefully, Zhu Shilang and the Fifth Emperor Uncle are both at fault, if you want to calm this matter, you can only punish both sides, so as to cover the mouths of the military officials." ”

"Cover?"

Emperor Yong'an frowned, dissatisfied with the second prince's statement. How can we only care about the superficial glamour of national affairs.

The second prince also knew that his words were reckless, and hurriedly said, "Father, the son means that the influence of the Zhu family and the fifth emperor uncle in the court is not small. If only one side is punished, the other side will definitely be dissatisfied, and if it is not punished, it will be difficult to calm the anger of the military officials in the court. Only if both parties are punished......"

"Didn't you think that you were offending both sides by doing this?"

Emperor Yong'an put the fold in his hand on the table beside him, and his eyes swept around the body of the second prince like a knife.

The second prince was asked by Emperor Yong'an, his face was a little pale, and he said, "This, the minister here really hasn't thought about it." ”

"I didn't think about it, so I'll go back and think about it." Emperor Yong'an coughed a few times and said loudly, "Although this matter needs to be dealt with urgently, you can't cut through the mess quickly, otherwise it will shake the roots of Dashun." ”

The second prince replied, "Yes, Erchen understands, and Erchen retires." ”

After the second prince left, Gonggong Feng presented Emperor Yong'an with a cup of throat-moistening tea. Emperor Yong'an took a sip, and the discomfort caused by the dry cough in his throat was suppressed.

Gonggong Feng took the teacup back and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, Wen Jieyu is here, just waiting outside the palace." ”

Emperor Yong'an groaned and nodded, "You let her in." ”

Gonggong Feng went out, and after a while, he brought Wen Jieyu in.

Wen Jieyu wore a water-blue embroidered catkins coat, a cloud bun on her head, and in addition to a few beaded flowers with a novel style, she also wore a mutton fat jade hairpin. Wen Jieyu smiled on her face, Yingying walked in front of Emperor Yong'an, and blessed her body to ask for peace, "The concubine asks the emperor for peace, the emperor is auspicious." ”

Emperor Yong'an nodded slightly and said, "Get up." He pointed to the carved round stool that the second prince had just left and had not removed, "Sit." ”

Wen Jieyu thanked her and walked to the round stool and sat down, bowing her head slightly, with a shyness on her face, and her eyes were full of charm.

Emperor Yong'an asked with a smile, "Wen'er, you didn't speak when you came, you just sat there and laughed, but what is there to be happy about?" ”

Wen Jieyu twisted her handkerchief with both hands, bit her lips lightly, and said to Emperor Yongan with a red face, "Concubine, concubine had a dream." ”

"It must be a dream for you to be happy like this, let's hear it, and make me happy."

Wen Jieyu raised her hands, stroked her red cheeks, and said shyly, "The concubine had a dream last night, and she dreamed that a pink prince was in charge of the concubine and called the concubine...... The grandmother in the palace said that this is a pregnancy dream...... In the belly of the concubine, there is a little prince. ”

Emperor Yong'an laughed out loud by Wen Jieyu's shy appearance, and said heartily, "If you can really give birth to a prince for me, then I will be promoted to your concubine!" ”

Wen Jieyu hurriedly got up and said to Emperor Yong'an, "Concubine thank the emperor for his grace." ”

After Wen Jieyu got up, Emperor Yong'an said to Wen Jieyu, "I have been unwell recently, so don't run to Zichen Hall with your body." Go back and rest. ”

Looking at the background of Wen Jieyu's departure, the smile on Emperor Yong'an's face slowly faded. He called Gonggong Feng in and said, "According to my message, if Wen Jieyu can give birth to a prince, then she will be promoted to the position of concubine." Later, he will call Cao Yi, the secretary of the military department, and he will also follow the celebration and celebration of this matter. ”

Gonggong Feng said yes, turned around and walked out of the Zichen Palace. sighed in my heart, Cao Guifei's grace is over.

On the night of March 23 in the eighth year of Yong'an, the second prince knocked on the door of the palace of the national abbot Zhu Xian against the night.

After a 'squeak', the figure of the second prince disappeared.

On March 25 of the eighth year of Yong'an, Emperor Yong'an, who had been ill for seven days, finally went to the early dynasty.

The first thing in the early dynasty, Emperor Yong'an scolded Zhu Xian and King Ping for being bloody. Subsequently, Zhu Bingping's official position was suspended, and Pan Changfei, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was appointed to preside over the matter.

The Ministry of Rites has always been responsible for tribute, sacrifices, and ceremonies.

Let a scholar in charge of etiquette go to the affairs of the military department and the criminal department, this time made the military officials of the Manchu Dynasty unable to figure out what routine Emperor Yong'an was playing.

However, some of them have sensitive noses, but they also smell a bit of unusual smell.

First, this Pan Changfei does not belong to the Zhu family, nor does he belong to King Ping. belongs to the kind of people who don't form gangs and don't talk about salt.

Two, this person is a little confused.

This confusion does not mean that there are not enough brains. If you really don't have enough brains, you won't be able to sit in the position of secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

said that he was confused, because this person is used to making mud when doing things, and what he is particularly good at is making things out of nothing, and small things become big. Dead button on the details, he won't give up if he doesn't deduct a result.

The reason why Emperor Yong'an mentioned him as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites at the beginning also has something to do with his character.

Third, Concubine Ying's real name is Pan Xuening, this Pan Changfei is Concubine Ying's uncle.

When the news came back to the harem, Concubine Ying laughed with a snort. Her uncle, no one knows her better.

Let Pan Changfei go to interrogate the dispute between the Zhu family and King Ping, isn't that afraid that things won't get up?

However, this is exactly what Concubine Ying wants, and you can only fish in mixed water.

Sure enough, in less than two days, this Pan Changfei and Master Pan were found to be staying in Huajie with Zhu Bingping's brother Zhu Bingren, and they made an appointment to find out about the situation with the person concerned, that is, the Yao'er girl of Wangjiang Pavilion.

Knowing the situation, why don't you take it to the yamen for trial? What kind of trick is it to go to Huajie to try the case?

The next day, Master Pan took Liu Xu, a cousin of Concubine Liu's mother's family, to Wangjiang Pavilion for another trial.

The Yao'er girl who had directly interrogated Wangjiang Pavilion shook her head gently, her red lips bit lightly, and she couldn't stop panting. The old bao of Wangjiang Pavilion was directly judged, his eyebrows were smiling, his eyes were shining, and his saliva was dripping.

When Master Pan left, the old bao shook the handkerchief and laughed loudly, "Will Master Pan still come to try the case tomorrow?" If it is a trial, the slave family will leave two rooms for the adults in the upper wing of the Wangjiang Pavilion. In fact, not only Miss Yao'er was there that day, but Miss Yao'er's own sister, Miss Li'er was also there~"

On March 26, the eighth year of Yong'an, the second prince impeached Pan Changfei, saying that during the trial of the case, he pretended to be public and private, and stayed in Liuxiang of Lianhua Street, which really damaged the reputation of Dashun officials.

When the Second Emperor impeached Pan Changfei, Pan Changfei stood in the court, neither angry nor justified, with his head down and squinting, the old god was there, as if he was reminiscing about something.

As soon as the second prince's voice fell, Zhu Bingren, who went to Wangjiang Pavilion with Pan Changfei, stood up.

He replied to Emperor Yong'an with righteous words, "Your Majesty, Weichen did go to the willow alley of Nahua Street with Master Pan, but it was indeed for the trial of the case, and he did not do anything that damaged the reputation of the officials, and I hope that the emperor will investigate it clearly." ”

As soon as Zhu Bingren's words came out, the ministers of the Zhu family's party all stood up their eyes. This is why the elderly Zhu Xian was unable to come to the early dynasty due to illness, otherwise he would be so angry that he would return to the west.

Pan Changfei's squinting eyes opened slightly, and he looked at Zhu Bingren, with two points of irony in his eyes. The Oiran made Zhu Bingren defect overnight, what kind of big thing can this kind of person do?

Zhu Bingren seemed to feel the eyes of the Zhu family's party that could knock him a thousand times, and added, "As for what Master Pan and the Liu family are doing, Weichen doesn't know." ”

The officials above the court looked at Zhu Bingren with even more disdain.

Emperor Yong'an didn't care about the discussion above the court, but asked Pan Changfei directly, "Pan Shangshu, I ordered you to investigate the case, why did you take the bitter masters of both sides to Huajie Liuxiang?" ”

Pan Changfei raised his head, his small eyes like refined beans flickered, and he replied, "Weichen is panicking." The minister really took Lord Zhu and the Liu family to investigate the case. The cause of this incident is the Oiran Yao'er of Wangjiang Pavilion, if you really want to find out about this matter, of course you have to ask her. ”

The second prince said angrily, "This matter is related to the Oiran, then bring the Oiran back to the Yamen, bring it back to the Criminal Department, you are a dignified minister of the court and the third grade, what kind of system is this kind of trial law!" ”

Pan Changfei bowed to the second prince, turned around and said to Emperor Yongan helplessly, "The old minister also wants to arrest the Oiran, but the old man won't let him?" ”

Above the court, there were already people laughing. Even Emperor Yong'an couldn't help but pull the corners of his mouth, and he could only cover it up with a light cough.

The second prince glared angrily, "Ridiculous! You're ......."

"I'm a dignified minister of the imperial court, but I'm afraid of even an old bao?" Pan Changfei asked after the words of the second prince.

The second prince snorted coldly.

Pan Changfei knelt down in front of Emperor Yong'an, kowtowed, and said, "The minister is frightened, and the minister is incompetent." According to the minister's investigation in the past few days, the owner behind the Wangjiang Pavilion is the Zhu family! ”