In the end, the news of the fire in Jingren Palace still came out, but because the matter was covered quickly, it did not have any particularly big impact.

As early as the two cases of Wu Fangfei and Zhao Jun's arson, Yang Ji lost two minions inside and outside, and once again fell into passivity.

And the Gu family did not say anything, allowing the emperor to severely reprimand the East Palace in court.

Yang Ji's face was gloomy and gloomy when he went down to court, and he didn't say a word except for the reprimand.

Gu Lian looked at his back behind him and went straight back to the house.

Changying rearranged her post in the morning, and heard the news of Concubine Wu's death before noon, when Guan Su came to deliver food.

In addition, there is also the news that Zhao Jun, Hu Wang and others were killed with a cane.

After dinner, she went to patrol the palace, and met Wang Jin, the eunuch of the guard, who had come to the guard, and asked her about the cause and effect of the incident last night.

Wang Jin doesn't care about the affairs of the health office in his daily life, but when he asks, Changying can't tell the truth.

Wang Jin never interjected, only asked when Zhao Jun was killed by the rod after Changying finished speaking, and a bright light flashed in his eyes, it seems that there are some unspeakable grievances between the eunuchs.

After the emperor announced the matter in court, the ins and outs of last night's incident were also known.

Jin Fu Ji was seized after the early dynasty, Wu Concubine mourned in a low-key manner, Wu Zhang listened to the fate, Gao Suming was sent to the prison, and he was beheaded in a few days, because the evidence was conclusive, and the emperor disposed of these people this time, as neat and crisp as cutting vegetables.

The outside world doesn't know much about the matter, but they only know that the prince of the East Palace is not strict with his subordinates, and he connived at the side concubine to disturb the law and order, and the bad comments that were just suppressed a while ago are now menacing again, and even many people blame the fire in Jingren Palace as the prince's incompetence.

Gu Lian returned to the mansion and entered Shouning Hall, where his father Gu Zhe was leaning on the bedside to take medicine.

Gu Lian took it and raised a spoon to serve him.

After the sound of the bowl and spoon touching completely stopped, Gu Zhe raised his head: "Concubine Wu is dead?" ”

Gu Lian put the bowl down and nodded, "He knows that Wu Zhang has switched to us." ”

Gu Zhe snorted, raised the corner of his lips, and said, "It looks like he will do it." ”

"I always had a bad premonition. Although it is a grasshopper tied to a thread, I am also afraid that with Yang Ji's reckless temperament, I will turn around and jump to the Qianqing Palace. ”

Gu Lian was hesitant. "If Yang Ji is willing to leave the Gu family, the emperor will definitely not accept it. At that time, the three of them, father and son, will join forces to deal with our Gu family, but I am afraid that it will not be impossible. ”

Gu Zhe smiled.

"What are you laughing at?"

"Laugh at you, this is unfounded." Gu Zhe said.

Gu Lianwei spoke.

Gu Zhe continued: "Not to mention that Yang Ji is as suspicious as Cao Cao, just say that he is really in the past, do you think the emperor can tolerate him?"

"If Yang Ji wants to surrender to sincerity, he must first unload this storage position as sincerity, otherwise where is the emperor's prestige? But without a storage position, what else does he Yang Ji have?

"The emperor wants to cut off his relatives, and he, the eldest son of the queen, is a ready-made roadblocker, abandoning the Gu family, without the support of the Gu family, he will only die faster."

Speaking of this, he looked over: "Hold him firmly, don't let the emperor take advantage of it."

"It has been many years since my father took off the crown and begged to go, and there have been no measures against the Gu family in the palace over the years, a king who is good at forbearance often deliberately makes his opponents ignore him.

"Don't ignore him, a companion is like a tiger, and there is no tiger without fangs."

Gu Lian looked up at his father and nodded after a long time.

……

It was days before the snow had cleared.

Immediately after that, the number of foreign officials going to Beijing to report on their work increased one after another, and the matter of the East Palace gradually faded out of hearing.

As the construction period of the Jin Wangfu is getting closer and closer, Yang Su's concern for the marriage is becoming more and more revealed. After asking Song Xiao a few times, he finally got the letter on this day, and the emperor promised to let Qin Tianjian go back and pick the day, which was an agreement.

Yang Su was relieved and told the news to Changying, because Changying knew that he would do it sooner or later, he was not surprised, but he was sure that his mood was turbulent.

The emperor really passed her into the palace, first asked a few errands, and then asked her about her acquaintance with Yang Su.

Since he didn't mention the matter of being trapped four years ago, and he didn't know if Yang Su had told him, Changying naturally wouldn't take the initiative to mention it, and briefly talked about a few old things in Huzhou, because there were officials from the Ministry of Rites who wanted to meet him, and then ended the conversation and withdrew.

Changying felt that it was time to ventilate the matter with Mrs. Ling, and looked at the good weather on the steps, and went to Mrs. Ling with Zi Xuan when she returned home, and asked her to go to Fuqing Temple the next day to enjoy incense and plum blossoms.

Mu Xiuxiu heard that she and Yang Su were close to each other, and she was happy and worried, and she was naturally happy that Changying finally had someone who loved her, and she was worried that the court situation was so complicated, Yang Su had Yang Ji, a strong rival, and Changying married the princess of Jin, I don't know what kind of difficulties and challenges should be ushered in.

In addition to her, in fact, Wu's mother is also very concerned, but over the years, she has followed Changying to make a living outside, and she has seen a lot, because of her confidence in Changying, she quickly calmed down.

Yang Su came to the mansion in the next day, and also brought Xie Peng, and the people who went to Liaodong had already turned around.

"Wu Zhang's tenure in Liao'an has mineral deposits, since he took office, relying on minerals for a lot of personal gains, in addition to Liao'an quite a lot of good reputation, made a lot of people in the rivers and lakes, it can be said that there are many people who are familiar with black and white.

"I suspect that in addition to making profits, he is also secretly monitoring the movements of the Liao Wangfu in Liaodong."

Changying took the file he handed over and flipped through it, only to see that what he said was true.

The Liao Wangfu has been guarding the border for many years, and the Liao King is like a wolf and a tiger, if she didn't know it because of her previous life, she might not have been able to warn of Liaodong until now. So Yang Ji should guard against him. But why did Concubine Wu collect money for him?

"Didn't you find out about Wu Zhang's finances?"

"Nope." Xie Peng said, "But there is one thing that you may be interested in knowing. Xu Lan's father, Xu Yao, has been to Liao'an several times since he went to Liaodong, and he has also had contact with Wu Zhang.

"Counting the time, the time when Xu Yao arrived in office seems to be close to the time when Concubine Wu frequently sells officials to make money."

Although Concubine Wu has been on this road for a long time, it was only later that the shopkeeper of Jin Fu Ji was suspicious.

According to the account he gave, it can be found that before one of the points, the number of times was not obvious, and after that point, the number of times became more frequent, and this point was about the time of this year's spring and summer communication.

But Xie Peng said that Xu Yao had contact with Wu Zhang......

"Xu Yao went to Liaodong, I thought he was just following the emperor's orders to maintain peace in Liaodong."

She remembered that Xu Yao went north about the time when the princess of Liao passed away, and there was turmoil in the Liao Palace.

"If Xu Yao is really ordered to touch the side, then Xu Yao's contact with Wu Zhang will be intriguing." Xie Peng provoked the doubts in her heart.

It's very simple, if Xu Yao is going by order, then after he left, he had frequent contact with Wu Zhang, wouldn't it be like a target?

And those things that Wu Zhang did, including the matter of Concubine Wu's betrayal of officials, isn't it very likely that the emperor will know?