The rain fell like a curtain of beads, falling down the eaves and dripping on the stone steps, wetting the embroidered shoes standing in front of the porch and looking out.

Seeing a figure walking in wearing a hat coat in the rain, Mrs. Fang immediately picked up the oil-paper umbrella leaning on the door and walked down the steps, ready to greet her. Unexpectedly, the other party took three steps and two steps, and immediately rushed over, startling Mrs. Fang.

"Madam, where do you want to go with such heavy rain?" Fang Youxin looked at his wife with a look of annoyance with a smile, and hugged her into the house. I took off my hat and my coat, but my trouser legs were wet with muddy water. "I've only been away for less than a stick of incense, isn't it true that Madame hasn't seen me for a day?"

Being teased by her husband like this, Mrs. Fang's worry immediately turned into annoyance, slapped away his restless hand, and shook off angrily, "You old and unserious, you are embarrassed to say that you are the prime minister of the court, and you will laugh to death when you say it!" ”

Fang Youxin didn't take his wife's words at ease, but said happily: "I didn't say that when the prime minister returned home, he would be serious to his daughter-in-law." ”

Mrs. Fang was so angry at his rogue statement that she wasted her worries.

Just before the heavy rain, Fang Youxin had just stepped into the house and sent him a letter, but when he opened it, his face changed greatly. Without saying a word, he was about to run out, so frightened that Mrs. Fang dragged him straight.

"Madame, it's a big deal, I have to go!"

It was rare for her husband to be so anxious and panicked, and Mrs. Fang naturally didn't dare to stop her, so she had to hand him a hat and coat, telling him not to come back in the rain. Fang Youxin nodded at her, and immediately jumped out, not even bringing an entourage.

Before he could go far, a torrential rain washed the entire capital like a boulder falling, and Mrs. Fang listened to the thunder and rain in the house, so nervous that she couldn't even sit steadily. Finally, the rain turned light, and when her husband returned, he had a hippie smile on his face, as if he had nothing to do.

"Did you just go to hell or, as if you followed the devil, you almost scared me to death." Mrs. Fang handed her husband clean clothes and complained casually.

"Madame is really discerning, you even know what the hell I am?" Fang Youxin was glared at by his wife.

"Look at your smiling eyebrows, it's still a big deal, I think you have a big color heart." Mrs. Fang grabbed her husband's ears and said sharply, "Come on, did you see that little prostitute just now?" ”

Fang Youxin's majesty suddenly turned into a strict wife in front of his wife, he covered his ears and wailed, "Madame, how can I see any little prostitutes, I see a man." ”

Mrs. Fang's eyes were angry, and she pulled harder, "What! Do you want a man too? ”

Fang Youxin's face was flushed with excitement, "How is it possible, I'm here to talk about business, a major matter related to the safety of the society!" After Fang Youxin finished speaking, when he saw his wife, his hand was released, and his eyes looked at him directly. He sighed and didn't hide anything from his wife, "I won't hide it from you, I was taken aback just now, that person said that the Marquis of Xingyong was going to rebel, how could I not chase him out." ”

Mrs. Fang immediately rejected his statement, "Marquis Xingyong is the arm of the Long Live Lord, how can he rebel!" ”

Fang Youxin trusted his wife so much, Yan Kaizhi felt a little sour, and pouted: "The other party has taken evidence, otherwise I wouldn't believe it." Who doesn't know the relationship between Marquis Xingyong and the emperor, he grew up wearing a pair of pants, and if you want to say that he rebelled, it is better to say that the prince has different intentions. Fang Youxin has no taboos when he talks at home, so he doesn't like to sell too many slaves, so he doesn't have to be moved.

Mrs. Fang ignored his nonsense, and only one thought swirled in her mind, "What evidence?" ”

Fang Youxin put away his joke and said solemnly: "Lingjing General Jin Zhaocheng sneaked back to the capital not long ago, and someone saw him go to the Xingyong Marquis Mansion with his own eyes, and then, when he returned to Lingjing, Lingjing began to rectify military discipline and seal the city for military training. At the same time, King Doro reported that he was critically ill, and Pingzhou had another incident. "If it weren't for so much evidence in front of him, Fang Youxin would never believe that Yan Kaizhi had the heart of a rebellious minister and a thief.

"So what, Lingjing is not Yan Su's old city, Jin Zhaocheng is just the son of the old master." Under Fang Youxin's tutelage, Mrs. Fang can also talk about major affairs in the court. "Could it be that King Doro could still be killed by the Marquis of Xingyong?"

"Of course not, but don't forget, his sister is in Doro now!" According to the custom of Dora, when the father died, the concubine could be left to the brother and son. If Yan Kaizhi really has a chaotic heart, let his sister hook up with the new king, plus the strength of Lingjing, although he will not usurp the throne and seek power, it is not impossible to establish himself as the king. Moreover, Yan Su's death was confident, and he didn't dare to guarantee that Yan Kaizhi didn't know about it.

If he really wants to avenge his father, with his strength, coupled with the relationship background of Mrs. Xingyong Hou.

Fang Youxin was shocked, and suddenly understood what he was worried about. Today's Mrs. Xingyong Marquis is not only the granddaughter of Li Ge, but also the righteous daughter of Dingxi Hou, and her feelings for Yan Kaizhi are well known. If Yan Kaizhi uses her to connect northern Sichuan, Luyang and even Liangcheng, the capital will be in danger.

Although he tried to explain that the possibility of Yan Kaizhi's rebellion was very small, no matter how small the possibility was, he could not sit idly by, at least he had to let the emperor know.

Mrs. Fang watched her husband's expression become solemn, and her eyes subconsciously narrowed into a line, and she felt a sigh in her heart, knowing that he must have an idea in his heart. She nervously shook her husband's hand and asked, "Do you want to join him?" Seeing that her husband nodded as if surprised and surprised, Mrs. Fang frowned, "Will Long Live Lord believe you?" So what if you get counterattacked? ”

What Mrs. Fang was worried about at the moment was not that Fang Youxin would sue Yan Kaizhi, but that the emperor would be unhappy and take Fang Youxin to vent his anger.

Fang Youxin knew his wife's worries, patted her hand, and sighed, "The first emperor has a grace to me, I can't watch the country go into danger." As for the Holy Lord's belief or not, I must remind him. In case Xing Yonghou really has a thief's heart, and I sit idly by, I am afraid that I will not even have a chance to regret it at that time. ”

Mrs. Fang wanted to say more, but asked Fang Youxin to stop it, only the couple knew about this matter, and he couldn't reveal too much, just afraid that if something really happened, his wife would take risks together.

"Today's rain is really strange, it actually stopped like this, and I don't know what movement is on the side of Qin Tianjian."

Fang Youxin walked out and found that at some point, the heavy rain had stopped. Although it was dark, the stars in the sky seemed to have never rained, and if it weren't for the dripping water under the eaves, he really suspected that the heavy rain just now was just an illusion.

After such a strange storm and thunderstorm, the stars in the night sky are unsettling.

At dawn the next day, the earth woke up, but no one could find any traces of yesterday's rainstorm on the ground, and all the raindrops seemed to have been erased by the earth. Some people say that this rain comes crazy and goes suddenly, it must be some god in the sky who descended to the world, otherwise it will be the demon in the world who has crossed the catastrophe and ascended.

There are different opinions, but the news that exploded in the palace was not yesterday's wind and rain, but Shaohua's mysterious disappearance.

I don't know who leaked the news, saying that Qingyue Palace carried out the corpse, and it was the clothes of Mrs. Xingyong Marquis. Mrs. Yan was so frightened by the rainstorm that she couldn't sleep all night, and she was even more frightened when she heard the words, regretting that she couldn't stand her own position in front of the Queen Mother. As soon as dawn came, he hurriedly changed his clothes and just passed, but he was stopped by someone, because the emperor and the queen mother were talking, and no one was allowed to disturb them.

"Auntie, what the hell is going on!" Hongyi looked at the Empress Dowager He, who was sitting at the table drinking soup slowly, and the anger was already burning in her eyes.

Although the death of a palace maid in the harem, or even the death of a concubine, is not a big deal, in the heavenly family, it is always easier to get used to these grievances and life and death. But the problem is that Shaohua is not from the harem, if it weren't for the relationship between Rouwan, she would probably be sleeping at home now, raising her body and waiting for childbirth.

As soon as he thought that Yan Kaizhi had entrusted his mother and wife to him in a serious manner before leaving, Hongyi jumped up angrily.

It's just that the careless attitude of the Empress Dowager He has become the main reason for Hongyi's annoyance, and in the face of Hongyi's anger, the Empress Dowager He's calmness makes people have to doubt, "Didn't the emperor already know, why bother to move the crowd to ask me." ”

Hongyi took a deep breath and couldn't help but say coldly: "So, did A-Niang admit to killing Li Wuniang?" ”

Mrs. He was furious, buckled her chopsticks heavily, and reprimanded Hongyi sharply: "Presumptuous, who told you that I killed her." ”

Seeing that his mother was finally moved, Hongyi laughed, "What happened to the corpse of Qingyue Palace?" He specially asked someone, the clothes were Shaohua's favorite one with cuimei and gold thread, and no one in the palace wore the same, or even similar clothes.

Empress Dowager He regained her composure and said lightly: "It's just the corpse of a palace maid who stole Li Wuniang's clothes." ”

Hongyi was so angry that he laughed at the blunt topic of Empress Dowager He, and asked for a long time: "Okay, what about the corpse?" What about Li Wuniang? ”

was questioned by Hongyi one after another, and Empress Dowager He also felt very dissatisfied, after all, she was the master of this harem, even if the person in front of her was the emperor, she couldn't talk to her like interrogating a prisoner.

Empress Dowager He lowered her eyes, raised her eyebrows and confronted Hongyi, and the contradictions between mother and son were sublimated in the brewing. She frowned, raised her eyes, and said in a very stern tone: "Are you blaming me?" Just for the wife of a courtier, you actually spoke to me in such an arrogant tone! ”

Hongyi pursed her lips, opened her eyes, first softened, and lowered her voice, "Ah Niang, Li Wuniang is Kaizhi's wife, Kaizhi is not just a minister, he is also your nephew, Laneige's brother." ”

Empress Dowager He said sarcastically: "I don't need you to remind me of his identity, in my eyes, except for you, Rouwan and Hongwei, everyone else is the same." ”

Hongyi endured his anger and reasoned with the Empress Dowager He with the last trace of calmness: "A-Niang, I just want to know where Li Wuniang is now, I asked Kaizhi to go out to do errands, but his wife stayed in the palace but disappeared." How do you ask me to explain to him when I arrive, and how do you let me stand up in front of my courtiers. He also joked that Yan Kaizhi was more sensitive than a woman, and he made his wife nervous like this.

Now it seems that it is not that Yan Kaizhi is overnervous, but that he has a premonition. If Yan Kaizhi came back, but Shaohua didn't find it, Hongyi really didn't know what face to face Yan Kaizhi.

"Your Majesty, you came here early in the morning, not to greet me, but to ask me aggressively for someone, dare me to kill her and destroy the friendship between your monarchs and ministers." Empress Dowager He gritted her teeth and insisted on discarding the relationship, resolutely denying that she had detained Shaohua, "I have said many times, after I asked her to come over and talk, I let her go back, maybe she was lost, let people find all the palaces once." ”

Hongyi finally couldn't help but run away, "A pregnant woman with eight or nine months of age, where can she go!" Looking at the surprise in Empress Dowager He's eyes, he was so angry that he ripped his words away, "I know, you are taboo for me to let Kaizhi go to investigate Chengde Lou thoroughly, but even if there is no Kaizhi, I will let others investigate." The more A-Niang is like this, the more I doubt that Pingzhou is hiding something for you to protect like this. Could it be that your son can't compare to a He family? ”

"Your Majesty, please be careful!" Empress Dowager He warned sternly.

"Queen Mother, I know!" Hongyi also refused to back down.

For a while, both of them were red with anger, so that Yingshang Palace, who was hiding outside, couldn't help but worry about whether Hongyi would make some rude moves under his anger.

Empress Dowager He was still weak after all, she sighed deeply, and changed to the line of family affection, "Erlang, as for making trouble for a woman, our mother and son can't turn their faces, is the Yan family more important than my mother." ”

Hongyi sneered again and again, "A-Niang, the relationship between our mother and son is not something that can be shaken by the Yan family or the He family. But I must let you know that this country belongs to my Qin family, and no one wants to interfere, otherwise I will never show any mercy. "If the Empress Dowager He really moved Shaohua, Hongyi really didn't dare to guarantee that she would not directly attack the He family for the sake of Yan Kaizhi.

He knows better than anyone else who this country needs more.

Empress Dowager He suddenly laughed for a while, and sighed repeatedly: "Okay, very good, my son is really promising!" ”

Hongyi asked, "Who is the corpse of Qingyue Palace?" ”

Empress Dowager He no longer denied it, but she didn't admit it either, "Anyway, it's not Li Wuniang, a person who should have died a long time ago." ”

Hongyi felt that his heart was at ease, and asked nervously, "What about her?" ”

Empress Dowager He suddenly laughed proudly, "I don't know about this, probably the only person I know, is dead." ”

Knowing that Concubine Yi was still alive, Empress Dowager He was surprised, and her hatred also increased dramatically. She originally wanted to have someone capture her alive, so that she could ask things clearly, but how did she know that Concubine Yi actually ran into the courtyard in a stormy manner to scold the Empress Dowager He, and even counted her crimes. How dare the waiter let it go, and immediately let people rush over to surround it, but when she came back after catching Concubine Yi, she found that she had already bitten her tongue and committed suicide, and swallowed Shaohua's whereabouts into her stomach.

Concubine Yi made such a fuss, and Empress Dowager He naturally didn't dare to take it lightly, and hurriedly asked people to send her body out and dispose of it as soon as possible.

It's a pity that there is no impermeable wall in the world, and Hongyi came to the door the next day to collect debts.

Hongyi, who couldn't get any news from Empress Dowager He, looked very irritable, and as soon as she stepped out of the palace, she was confronted with Mrs. Yan, seeing that she was also worried, Hongyi nodded at her, "Please aunt stay, I will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly, you better go back and wait for my news." Mrs. Yan was a little surprised, Hongyi actually called her aunt.

She knew that Hongyi didn't want her to see the Empress Dowager He, and she must be afraid that she would accidentally provoke the Empress Dowager, which would be unfavorable to Shaohua.

If it weren't for the wind and rain last night that made her uneasy, and she heard such news in the morning, Mrs. Yan still had a good idea of Empress Dowager He's character. After all, they are cousins who grew up together, and she even knows how many roundworms there are in Empress Dowager He's stomach.

However, Hongyi made such a concession, and Mrs. Yan had no choice but to owe him a debt and turn to leave.

Seeing Mrs. Yan go away, Hongyi was about to rush to He Wanru's dormitory, wanting to ask about Concubine Yu, but the attendant of the imperial study hurriedly ran over. "Long live the Lord, the prime minister has been waiting for you in the imperial study for more than an hour, and he said that he had to see you for something important."

Fang Youxin's reputation for being a ghost is well known, so seeing him appear in such a hurry early in the morning, the attendants of the imperial study can't help but feel sympathy for the minister who is about to be impeached by Fang Youxin.

Hongyi also knew that Fang Youxin was a person, after all, he was the minister of the first emperor to Gu, and he was a person who was highly valued by the first emperor like Li Gelao. Even though he is straightforward and often seems to be cunning and eccentric, with his previous political achievements as a guarantee, Hongyi does not dare to despise him. Immediately followed the attendant and hurried back, Fang Youxin didn't say a word, knelt on the ground and presented the fold with both hands.

Hongyi saw him so dignified, cautious and stern, and couldn't help but look serious.

He took the fold, and squinted at Fang Youxin who was not in a hurry to get up, but knelt in place upright, feeling a little puzzled in his heart. But when he finished reading the whole text, he only felt as if an invisible hand was holding his throat, which made him a little breathless. His eyes widened, his voice trembled a little, he looked at the letter with a calm face, and deliberately sneered: "Does the prime minister know what is the crime of falsely accusing the loyal minister?" ”

"Yes." Fang Youxin nodded, this article was specially added by him to the Criminal Department, how could he not know. "The minister did not make false accusations, all of the above are evidenced by human and material evidence, but because the Marquis of Xingyong is meritorious first, it can only be regarded as a precaution. If Marquis Xingyong can come out and explain the matter clearly, proving that everything was framed by someone, the minister is willing to bear the guilt and kowtow to Marquis Xingyong in person to apologize. ”

"Plan ahead?" Hongyi sneered and threw the fold to the ground, "Dare you feel that apart from you, anyone in the whole world who is loyal to me is plotting against me." ”

Fang Youxin had expected that Hongyi would be angry, and he said calmly: "The emperor knows in his heart that all the ministers are treacherous and arrogant, and the ministers are just doing their duty when they receive the favor of the first emperor. ”

"What a good one!" Hongyi was a little trembling with anger.

"Your Majesty, the minister did not want you to immediately cure the crime of Marquis Xingyong, everything must be investigated first, I just hope that the emperor can deal with it impartially and not let you regret it in the future." Fang Youxin had already planned for the worst, if Hongyi really wanted to cover up, he had no choice but to make the matter public to the world.

Hongyi stared at Fang Youxin, who was kneeling for a long time, and finally knew why he didn't get up, which was obviously forcing him to put pressure on Yan Kaizhi.

However, he let Yan Kaizhi out to do errands, his wife disappeared in the palace, and there was no result, and someone participated in his intention to rebel at this time. Yan Su was killed by this crime in the first place, Hongyi resolutely would not believe that Yan Kaizhi would repeat the mistakes of the past, but Fang Youxin is a frank person, and he will never make a fuss about nothing.

Both sides are people he trusts, and Hongyi doesn't know how to decide for a while.

"Your Majesty, please think carefully!" Fang Youxin saw Hongyi closing his eyes and frowning, his expression solemn.

"Lian Qing, go and call the Marquis of Xingyong back to me." Hongyi was silent for a long time, and finally spoke, looking at Fang Youxin's suddenly relaxed expression, and said hatefully: "You'd better prepare thorns, don't break your word and get fat." ”