In the dimly lit hall, candles lit and wisps of green smoke rose from the incense burner.

Guo Dongtai lowered his eyebrows and stood motionless, raising his eyes from time to time to glance upwards.

Concubine Yang sat on the main seat, holding an emerald tea cup in her palm, and she lowered her head and took a sip of tea.

Although Yang is a concubine, she is less than forty years old, and her skin is firm and smooth, without half wrinkles.

Even if she is wrapped in a thick winter coat, her bumpy figure is still unmistakable, and when she was young, she must have been a great beauty who captivated the country and the city.

"Master Guo, this palace heard that the prince has been to the palace today, right?"

Yang's tone was easy-going, and he said it lightly, as if he really just asked casually.

Guo Dongtai nodded again and again when he heard the sound and replied yes.

"And what were you guys up to?"

Yang then asked, his tone was still so calm, he didn't even look at Guo Dongtai from beginning to end.

Guo Dongtai was stunned, muttering in his heart, he couldn't say that they were drunk and crazy at the time, and immediately replied:

Xia Guan and other colleagues were busy sorting out the reports sent by various counties at that time, and this year there were a lot of folds handed over, piled up with several tables, and Xia Guan was busy for several days without closing his eyes. ”

Guo Dongtai said sincerely, and wanted to cover up the past by selling miserably.

The Yang family can control the Xinwang Mansion, and they have some means, how could Guo Dongtai's little trick deceive her.

Hearing this, she slowly raised her head and glanced at Guo Dongtai, her expression was cold and her eyes were sharp.

Guo Dongtai's heart was cold, and he knew that the lie he had made up had been revealed.

Yang's voice gradually became louder, and there was an inexplicable majesty in his words.

"I'm afraid you're busy drinking and having fun, if the palace doesn't say it, it doesn't mean that the palace allows you to get drunk in the palace, Master Guo, do you understand?"

The sound came into Guo Dongtai's ears, like thunder.

Guo Dongtai was so frightened that he knelt down instantly, and his forehead slammed heavily on the cold ground. After being in the Xinwang Mansion for so long, he knows very well how powerful the woman in front of him is, and he has always stayed away.

I'm afraid it's a catastrophe this time.

Just when Guo Dongtai thought that he was dead, Yang did not show that he wanted to ask him for guilt.

Yang's expression returned to her previous calmness, and she asked with interest:

"Did the prince say anything?"

As soon as he heard this, Guo Dongtai's tense nerves finally relaxed, and he said secretly: If you don't die in a big disaster, you will have a blessing in the future.

He carefully recalled what Meng Jing said in the mansion, carefully sifted through it, and finally found a sentence that was okay, and said:

"The prince said, we believe that the palace is full of talents. ”

When Yang heard this, he smiled and didn't ask any more.

At this time, a few voices came from outside the hall, and then three or four family members carried a "bloody man" to the hall.

Yang's eyes narrowed slightly, and he saw that the "blood man" was actually the king's steward.

I saw that Wang Guan was mottled with blood all over his body, and there were still a few blood marks on his face, not to mention how embarrassed he was.

"How did you get this way, who is so bold as to dare to do something to the people who believe in the palace. ”

Yang's tone was a little more angry than before.

Steward Wang was overjoyed when he saw this, and after being taught a lesson by Meng Jing, he specially smeared some red dye on his clothes and face, pretending to be tortured.

He understood that the worse he was bullied, the more he could arouse the anger of the concubine.

The servant was bullied by outsiders, which was an insult to the master, and the royal steward expected that the concubine would not swallow this breath.

"Concubine, today the old slave just borrowed the stove in the prince's bedroom, and was ordered by the prince to be beaten, the old slave begged the prince to put the old slave on the face of the concubine, but the prince didn't pay attention to it at all, but he started harder, and asked the concubine to be the master of the old slave. ”

As he spoke, Steward Wang was actually in pain, and his old tears were full of tears, as if he had been greatly wronged.

Yang's face darkened, gritted his teeth, and shouted word by word:

"What a guts!"

The sound was like thunder, and Guo Dongtai, who had just relaxed, trembled for a while, and instinctively slammed his head on the ground, causing his body to twitch in pain.

Seeing that his plan had been half successful, Steward Wang was overjoyed: Little cub, you want to fight with Lao Tzu, you are still too tender, and it will be up to the concubine to clean you up later.

He began to fantasize about the scene of Meng Jing being tortured, and his heart was dark.

Unexpectedly, Yang glared at him and scolded:

"Who gave you the courage to take away the prince's things without authorization, the prince is the lord of the palace, no one in the palace can disobey his orders, how many rods did the prince beat you?"

Steward Wang was stunned after hearing this, this was not the scene he expected, he felt faintly uneasy, and replied in a low voice:

"One hundred and thirty rods, but according to the rules of the palace, this crime will be punished with a maximum of one hundred rods, and the prince beat the old slave with thirty rods without authorization. ”

"It's only thirty rods, it's less, someone came to drag him out, beat him with another hundred rods, and then expelled him from the house. ”

The steward didn't even have time to beg for mercy, but was dragged out by several family members in a daze, and soon his pig-like howl came from outside the palace.

Yang took a sip of tea, got up and said:

"From now on, if there is something that is not long-sighted and dares to snub the prince, this is his fate, you go to the prince's dormitory, and say, the palace is waiting for him in the Moon Tower tonight. ”

Guo Dongtai produced an extremely important message from it: the concubine should fully support King Xin.

In that case, standing on the side of King Shin now will definitely make a lot of money.

At night, the palace of King Xin is brightly lit.

Meng Jing looked at the attic in front of him with a spire that had disappeared into the starry sky, and his mood was complicated.

He punished Steward Wang today, thinking that it would anger the Yang family and cause a dispute, but he didn't expect such a result.

He understood the purpose of the Yang family's appointment with him tonight, and the Yang family was going to hand over the Xinwang Mansion to him.

However, he couldn't understand the Yang family more and more, this woman took the risk to support the Xinwang Mansion, but she was not greedy for these powers, what did she want?

Meng Jing couldn't figure it out, so he stepped into the Moon Tower, and walked up the quaint and exquisite stairs one by one.

It wasn't until he reached the top that he found the figure that made him unpredictable.

Yang stood in front of the windowsill, looking through the window at the crescent moon hanging high in the night sky.

In the bright moonlight, her graceful figure cast on the floor, and her shadow was narrow and long.

She's a little melancholy tonight.

"You're here. ”

Yang found Meng Jing, and she said to herself:

"This building was built for me by your father back then, when he was only nineteen years old, but he had already made a lot of achievements, a battle armor, a silver spear, what a hero, how chic, he married me, brought me to Pingzhou, I heard that I like the moon, and even built a large number of buildings to build the Moon Tower, this is his first and last extravagant move. ”

"However, your father and king have not been able to complete the wish of governing Pingzhou until his death, and can only end up with hatred, I see hope in you, a qualified king, not only to be able to forbear, but also to have the temper of the king, the majesty of the king, today I saw your temper, you are more like a king than your father. ”

Yang pointed to the bamboo case next to him and said, "This is the key to the treasury and your small treasury, as well as the tax account books of Pingzhou in the past few years, you have to remember that this is your Pingzhou." ”

After saying that, Yang turned around and prepared to go downstairs.

"Mother. ”

This is the first time Meng Jing has called Yang's mother.

Yang Shi paused for a moment, then nodded lightly and walked downstairs.