Back in the house, Ye Ling'er and the county lord of Roujia had already returned, Fan Xian returned to the room, called Siqi to pour tea, and then broke away from the big girl who was like Sisi, but had been complaining about herself in the autumn, and took advantage of the fact that there was only herself and her wife in the room, and asked softly: "Is there any news in the palace recently?"

Lin Wan'er was sitting by the window, embroidering something in the skylight outside, listening to his question, she raised her head in surprise: "What's wrong?"

It was almost dusk, and the light of the sky was scattered into a large area of light that was not very bright, Fan Xian looked at Wan'er's frowning eyebrows, walked forward distressedly, rubbed her smooth eyebrows, and said, "This light is not good, what are you embroidering?"

Wan'er's face was a little white, maybe because she didn't have a good rest last night, she lowered her head to eat and smile, put the embroidered dong xīzàng in her hand behind her, and said, "I'll show you after the embroidery." ”

Fan Xian looked at his wife's weak appearance, long eyelashes, and couldn't help but feel a little guilty in his heart, since he left Kyoto at the beginning of Chūn, his care for his wife has been weaker than last year, this is not to say that he is a person who likes the new and hates the old - after all, the dignified little Fan is now not even a concubine - but there are too many things that bind his mind and make him rarely take care of family affairs.

Lin Wan'er thought of his previous question, and after a little hesitation, she said, "The palace has been quiet recently, there is nothing special, how did you think of asking this?"

Fan Xian smiled bitterly and said: "Your ruthless uncle asked me to take care of one place, I don't know how many officials I have to offend, the real masters of those officials are all living in the palace, I naturally have to care more." ”

Lin Wan'er's identity is special, she has the grace of the emperor's grandmother, and her blue eyes are regarded by Her Majesty, and her status in the palace is even higher than Fan Xian imagined.

After thinking about it, she said with a smile: "Don't worry, you all know that Your Majesty spoils you, and of course those ladies will only say good things about you in front of you." ”

Fan Xian smiled and said: "I have only been a saint a few times, and I don't know where this pet word comes from, if it is possible for His Majesty to spoil you, for me...... It's just a house of love and a black house. ”

A hint of admiration flashed in Lin Wan'er's eyes, and she said softly: "Xianggong is always like ......this" She continued: "Concubine Shu is really full of praise for you these days, Yigui Concubine, you also know that you are relatives of our family, so why do you have to talk to you, but the queen is still as light as usual, as for the other concubines, they don't even have the qualifications to speak in the palace, so I didn't remember it." ”

Fan Xian believes in his wife's judgment very much, even if he is in charge of the Supervision Yuan in the future, the palace is also a place where his fingers can't reach, and Wan'er is his most reliable eyes, ears and secret agent, and Concubine Shu said good things about herself, it is nothing more than selling her a small favor, and a few words don't cost any money.

"What do Ning Cairen say?" Fan Xian asked curiously, "The matter of my dispute with your eldest brother should have been spread to the palace a long time ago." ”

Lin Wan'er covered her mouth and smiled: "Aunt Ning is too lazy to pay attention to you, she has always loved me the most, saying that you and Your Highness are two little rabbit cubs messing around, and in the future, she will play fifty boards on the side." ”

Fan Xian pretended to be panicked: "Lady, the board in this palace is not comfortable, you have to help your husband say a few good words." ”

Lin Wan'er was too lazy to take his naughty jokes, and after taking a sip, she said: "You love to offend people, and you always let me clean up the aftermath for you for no reason." She took out the tightly wrapped embroidered bottom from behind her, and said with a grin, "Master Tisi has nothing to ask, then please step down, don't delay me in doing things." ”

Fan Xian withdrew the hand that was about to go up and grab the little hand, and said depressedly: "I don't know what the matter is." He was about to leave, but he remembered the big man he had forgotten before, and asked with a little hesitation: "Have you seen the Queen Mother?"

Lin Wan'er's hand paused slightly, and after a while, she raised her head, her eyes were also a little puzzled and gloomy, and she nodded and said, "See, nǎinǎi didn't say anything." ”

The queen mother, who has been living in the palace, is actually the real ruler of the entire palace, and it is very strange that Fan Xian has entered the palace several times, but unfortunately he did not have the opportunity to meet, and even the last two times the husband and wife entered the palace, the queen mother also said that she was sick. And Wan'er entered the palace by herself, but the old lady liked her ruthlessly, holding her in her arms and screaming. The Queen Mother's obvious estrangement from Fan Xian made Wan'er a little faintly uneasy and puzzled.

Fan Xian sneered in his heart, knowing that the old man had guessed something after all, but he was not too afraid.

Lin Wan'er looked at his eyes, sighed and said, "The last time Ling'er entered the palace, she told me about it today...... Xianggong, I know that your official duties are a little difficult now, but in fact, you don't know what kind of person you are, it seems that you are using her, but I am afraid that you will give yourself an excuse to remember her love, what you told me last night, in my opinion, it is very scary, second brother...... Although His Royal Highness looks soft and easy-going at the moment, in fact, he is ruthless, since you have to check him, if you still have too many scruples like now, I am afraid that it will be inappropriate. ”

Fan Xian looked at his wife's worried face, nodded with a smile and said, "I didn't expect that when you were a child, you actually gave His Second Highness a nickname called Stone." ”

"He seems easy-going, but the things he sees will not change. Lin Wan'er said worriedly.

Fan Xian has always believed in the saying that the way of husband and wife lies in sincerity, if he is reborn once, he will have to be more wary of the person next to him, this kind of life will inevitably be miserable, so he did not hide the matter of his investigation of the second prince from his wife, listening to Wan'er's worry, he comforted: "In fact, it is also for the good of the second highness, looking at the current limelight, these courtiers seem to be confused, and they can't understand His Majesty's determination to protect the prince, if no one pulls the second highness now, when he really climbs to the top of the pole, it will not be easy to think about it." ”

Lin Wan'er smiled sweetly, didn't continue the topic, and said: "I don't know how your heart was born, but you have a few more tricks than others, and your brain is twists and turns." ”

Fan Xian almost blurted out, but he knew that he was just an acting actor, and he was really naïve and ruthless in politics, and the only thing he could rely on was his cold-blooded ruthlessness and superficial gentleness, he looked at his wife deeply, and said with a smile: "Where do you dare to compare with Lin Da Strategist, you are a fairy who escaped from the most intriguing palace in the world since childhood." ”

Lin Wan'er smacked him and scolded with a smile: "Are you really so embarrassed in the palace?"

Fan Xian said with a smile: "The former sage once said that this world belongs to the jì courtyard and the palace, and it is a place where people are not staying. ”

Lin Wan'er was stunned when she heard this, and she was a little unhappy in her heart, and lowered her head. Fan Xian then thought that his daughter-in-law was also from the palace, and when he said this, he really didn't take into account her feelings, smiled and apologized, and the two of them returned to the same as before. After being quiet for a while, Lin Wan'er took a closer look, but her heart was a little more moved, although her biological mother was the eldest princess of the dynasty, but how many women in this world could be treated with such respect by their husbands after they got married?

Lin Wan'er said gently: "The palace is indeed not what you imagined, the emperor's uncle is a master who is not greedy for women, and several masters in the palace are also passable in the face, and no one dares to use the means in the novels you said in the rì, the eyes of the queen mother are staring at it, if anyone dares to break the bloodline of the Son of Heaven, the old ancestor will not tolerate it." ”

When Fan Xian heard this, his heart moved, and he felt even more settled.

Lin Wan'er said with a smile: "Your Majesty is extremely strict in the palace, competing for favor? There is no favor, how can you fight? The queen doesn't take care of things, so those girls...... I had to put my mind on the card table, and it was good to fight for breath, in fact, it was no different from the ordinary prince's family. ”

Fan Xian was stunned for a moment, he really didn't expect that there would be such a harmonious scene in the palace, isn't it that the pile of palace grievances he read in his previous life is useless? ”

As soon as she heard the cards, Lin Wan'er's face suddenly exuded a strange brilliance, which frightened Fan Xian and walked forward to take a closer look, only to find that this brilliance was faintly gorgeous, but it was contained inside, a piece of jade, and the name was called: The light of the anti-simple and true master.

............ Lin Wan'er's eyes rolled, she glanced at the indecent Xianggong, and said: "It's just that my hands are itchy, I married Xianggong, but Xianggong is busy seeing no one every day." But luckily, I finally caught the genius of the little uncle at the poker table. ”

She gritted her teeth, choked her wrists, and rubbed her fists: "These days, Fan Sizhen doesn't know where he died, he can't catch anyone at the card table every day, and he is guilty of playing cards with his mother, looking at her respectful and polite appearance, it looks like I'm her mother-in-law." ”

Fan Xian scratched the bridge of her sharp little nose, and scolded with a smile: "How can you talk like this?" He paused and said, "The Liu family is naturally not your mother-in-law, and you should not be too arrogant in the mansion." ”

Lin Wan'er was full of resentment and said: "Am I that kind of person?" The tone changed and said: "I will enjoy the chrysanthemum in a few days, according to the rules of previous years, the nobles in the palace will go to Xishan, but I don't know how we will be arranged this year, we must go, just look at how to go, it is estimated that in a few days there will be a father-in-law in the palace to preach, don't forget this." ”

"Chrysanthemum?" Fan Xian frowned, knowing that when the autumn is crisp, Kyoto people like to go to the garden to enjoy chrysanthemums, but he didn't expect that the royal family also has this hobby, a big gathering of the Li family, he naturally wants to go, but thinking of what he has done in Kyoto recently, he suddenly thought, will those foxes of the older generation, at this time, just like appreciating chrysanthemums, pay attention to their every move?

Not noticing Xianggong's sudden silence, Lin Wan'er said seriously: "I haven't played cards recently, and the chrysanthemums haven't bloomed, so I'm always bored, you promised me the book before marriage...... When will it be written and shown to me?"

Fan Xian had a lawsuit in his head, where was there still a jīng god to copy the Dream of Red Mansions, and begged for mercy with a wry smile: "I said nǎinǎi, you will spare the small one." As soon as he saw Lin Wan'er's desperate reminder, he didn't dare to stay in the room anymore, and pushed the door with smoke on his butt and hid.

Fan Xian, who —————————————————————— fled like a ghost, walked through the wide house, until he met a few Yahuan who hid his face and smiled, he felt that something was wrong, coughed twice, and wanted to show the demeanor of a generation of celebrities and a generation of famous ministers, but his body straightened for less than a moment, but he immediately slowed down. He gritted his teeth and thought, since he was a child, he was sure that he wanted to live a beautiful life in this world, so why bother with those people's eyes, he snorted, hummed a small tune, and jumped into his study.

Although the conversation with his wife was commonplace, he got a few useful information, but Fan Sizhe's movements these days were indeed a little strange, Fan Xian frowned, and he was faintly worried. Then I thought about the problem of the Stone Record, and then I thought that the Emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty had blocked the news, and he admitted his feelings, and it seemed that he had to copy a chapter and send it over, but he couldn't hide it for long after all, so he decided not to use the secret letter line of the Supervision Yuan.

After sitting for less than a moment, the sky outside the room had not yet completely dimmed, and Yan Bingyun had already arrived as promised. Fan Xian looked at the case file he handed over, and couldn't help but rub his temples, he first reviewed the file handed over by Mu Tie, set the tone with Shi Xian, and then went to the "old house" to do errands, came back to coax his wife, and at this time he had to talk to Xiao Yan Gongzi - in just one day, doing so many things, it seems that this so-called "cultivation of powerful ministers" is really a very hard work.

"I've already arrested all the people you want me to arrest, and I don't know if it will help you in your work. Fan Xian didn't look at the case file, but asked lightly, the "rat fighting" a while ago didn't seem to touch the officialdom in Kyoto, but in fact, under the cover of a large number of redundant cases, he cautiously approached the secret power of the second prince, and also tentatively detained the two officials, because Yan Bingyun thought that although the two officials were of low rank, they were important people to verify whether there was a relationship between the second prince and the eldest princess.

Yan Bingyun sat on the chair, his face was calm, and pointed to the case file in front of him: "It's already done." ”

Fan Xian was shocked and said, "So fast?" He didn't bother to look at the case file anymore, and asked directly: "Conclusion?"

Yan Bingyun said coldly: "The amount of smuggling in Xinyang to Northern Qi and Dongyi City every year is huge, and the deficit on the surface is caused by the prince of the East Palace, but in fact, the largest amount is handed over to the second prince through the Ming family, which is used to buy officials in the court and befriend the feudal officials from all walks of life, so the judgment of the lord is good, and behind the second highness is the eldest princess." ”

Fan Xian frowned and said, "The Ming family, the in-laws of the Cui family?"

"Exactly. ”

"How did such a large sum of money be transferred from the inner treasury to the hands of the Second Highness?" Fan Xian asked.

"Of course, you can't take the line of Kyoto, it's bypassing from the south of the Yangtze River, and after being handled by a few imperial merchants in the middle, it will be dispersed, from the bottom up, and then under the unified control of the Second Highness. Yan Bingyun glanced at him, "The process is very complicated, it is written in the case file, if there is anything that adults don't understand, just look at it directly, and it is more complicated to use what you say." ”

Fan Xian ignored the doubts about his ability in his tone, and just fell into deep thought-his judgment was correct, he took a deep breath and said, "The man is very handsome?

After it mentioned this, Duan Wuji's mind suddenly flashed with inspiration, and he tried his best to observe the surging nebulae around him, but his current jīng divine power is equal to nothing, can it?"

Fan Xian asked rhetorically: "The eldest princess and the second prince are so secretive, but we found out lightly, do you think the palace doesn't know?

"Even if there is something in the palace, there must be no real evidence in hand. Yan Bingyun slowly lowered his eyes, "Don't forget, my lord, a dead leader, Zhu Ge, has always been the eldest princess's person. This case, if it weren't for the fact that the adults are now in one place, and the rest of the departments are fully cooperating, it would have been impossible to find out...... So the situation now is that if the adults really uncover this case...... Kyoto is bound to be in turmoil. ”

He said it very calmly, but Fan Xian heard a hint of coldness from behind the words - to be able to find out so quickly, in addition to the terrifying resources of the Supervision Yuan, there is a lot of Cheng Dù who relies on Yan Bingyun's superb ability - and it is obvious that Yan Bingyun is not willing to investigate the case by himself to cause chaos in the Qingguo Imperial Court, which has always been peaceful on the surface.

In the final analysis, Yan Bingyun is not loyal to Fan Xian, but loyal to His Majesty, loyal to Qingguo, and loyal to the Supervision Yuan.

Fan Xian glanced at him and said, "Do you know what it means to suppress this matter?"

Yan Bingyun shook his head: "I only know that if this matter is lifted, your wife must be the most difficult one." ”

In fact, most of the upper-class people know that Fan Xian's wife is the daughter of the eldest princess, but no one has said it. If Fan Xian was determined to break this matter, there was no doubt that no matter what aspect it was, the emperor in the palace would have to react extremely strongly, and Lin Wan'er's situation would inevitably become embarrassing.

What Fan Xian did after returning to Beijing was actually just to make up for the mistake of forcing the eldest princess away with words and paper to alleviate the contradictions in the palace. The result he wanted was to force the emperor, who might have other plans, to deprive the eldest princess of the power in the shortest possible time.

"I respect my wife. Fan Xian stared at Yan Bingyun with a cold chill, "However, I won't slow down my pace because of her embarrassment." ”

Yan Bingyun slowly raised his head, and there seemed to be some confusion in his eyes: "This is exactly what Xia Guan doesn't understand, my lord, what do you want to do?"

"Two reasons. Fan Xian stood up, walked to the window of the study, looked at the slowly sinking sunset, in a corner of the courtyard, a woman was tending to the branches and leaves of the shrubs, "The first one is very simple, the imperial court is now short of silver, the great river in the south has been in disrepair for many years, and this year the embankment is lacking and bursting, drowning hundreds of thousands of people, although I haven't seen it in person, but I want to come...... It's miserable, buddy. ”

My father has been worrying about this problem these days, the financial situation of this dynasty is different from that of all dynasties in history, and a large amount of money and grain has been wasted by using troops for many years, not to mention, the source is also very strange, and a huge share of the national treasury in one year must be transferred from the inner treasury. The inner library is the treasury of His Majesty...... In fact, you and I both know that it was the legacy of the hostess of the Ye family back then, that is, with the continuous supply of silver generated by these industries, it was able to support Qingguo. ”

Fan Xian looked back and squinted at Yan Bingyun: "And the eldest princess is a person who loves to play tricks, and over the years, the silver of the inner treasury has gradually scattered into the hands of officials, in exchange for allegiance and power for her and him. To put it mildly, this is using the silver of His Majesty to dig up His Majesty's courtiers. The silver is all spent on internal friction and officials, where do you go to ask for silver where you need it in the world?"

"Silver is just silver, but how to use it is a big problem, and instead of putting it in the officials' houses to get moldy, we should force it out and fill it in the river to scare the water ghosts. ”

"Therefore, I am anxious to check the Cui family and the Second Highness, lest our eldest princess and the Second Highness who only seem to like to read...... Generously gave away all the silver of our Qingguo. Fan Xian lowered his head slightly, seemed to be a little emotional, and said with a wry smile: "Of course, after this matter is revealed, His Majesty will probably not severely punish his own sister, but just like the last time she was driven out of the palace, His Majesty will always get in the way of discussion, check the inner library well, and also wake up the second prince...... But I ...... Probably, when His Majesty was furious, he would think I was nosy, kick me out of the supervision yard, and degrade me far away. ”

He stretched, with a pure and innocent smile on his face: "No way...... I hope that His Majesty can let me go back to Shanzhou. ”

Yan Bingyun tilted his head slightly, his face stiffened, as if he had never known the Lord Tisi in front of him, and muttered: "But my lord, you will take over the inner library next year, and then check it again, isn't it justified?"

Fan Xian smiled, as if talking about other people's affairs: "We Qingguo don't have any surplus food, if we can block the outflow of silver from the inner treasury one day earlier, those people in the south who have suffered from the disaster will be able to drink a few more bowls of porridge, and the things on the side can wait, but if you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry and panic." ”

Yan Bingyun stared at him deadly, as if he wanted to see clearly whether the person in front of him was the yīn dangerous minister he originally thought, or a great sage who was merciful and compassionate, who did not spare his own life and was not afraid of material discussions.