The people of Caoyun were ordered to enter Beijing, and they did not dare to delay on the way.

When Xue Nuo intermittently learned some news from Shen Ke, the person sent by Ning Jingshui had already arrived at his side.

With Shen Zhongkang's acquiescence to let him go, Jiang Cheng personally "selected", but Shen didn't suspect much and let people enter Flynn Courtyard, and the person who sent him was named Jin Feng, a slender and tall young man.

Jin Feng doesn't talk much, people are not clever, and they are better than being honest and obedient.

Xue Nuo tried with him in private, Jin Feng has a unique talent in fighting, and he has a strength that others don't have, and he can easily lift the water tank that the three people in the courtyard can't lift.

Ordinary use of him is enough.

Jin Feng brought a lot of news that she urgently needed, and at about this time, Cao Yun and his party finally entered Beijing.

When Xu Lizhen entered the palace to see Emperor Tianqing, he had just finished talking about Cao Yun in a low voice, and sure enough, he was reprimanded.

"In the past two years, you have been in charge of patrolling the salt transportation like this? As the head of the thirteen supervising imperial histories, the matter of private salt is about to break through the sky, but you don't know at all, the great cause and luck have almost become their personal interests, and you don't know at all, what do I want you to do? ”

Xu Lizhen knelt on the ground and touched the ground with his forehead: "It's the minister's negligence, ask Your Majesty for forgiveness." ”

"Neglect, I see you are indeed neglecting!"

Emperor Tianqing is over forty years old, with a yellow robe and a golden crown, and his eyes are not angry and arrogant.

He looked at Xu Lizhen for a moment before he said in a deep voice, "Since you have returned to Beijing, you will hand over the matter of Caoyun to the prince, and this time the case of private salt will be presided over by the prince." ”

"Your Majesty......"

Xu Lizhen was taken aback.

He had long thought that he would be reprimanded after returning to Beijing this time, and he would lose a little bit of his sacred heart, but he never expected that Emperor Tianqing would actually hand over the matter of Caoyun to the prince for trial.

"This matter is related to the Shen family, and the prince's trial is inevitably biased......"

"Is he biased or are you incompetent? If you don't let the prince come, will you still let you come?! ”

Emperor Tianqing's words made Xu Lizhen's color change, "Don't pull the Shen family in everything, if you can judge things clearly in Jiangnan, why don't you make such a fuss now, and I have to clean up this mess for you!" ”

Xu Lizhen's face turned pale, and all his words of defense were blocked.

"Go back and think about it yourself, what are you doing with this imperial history."

After being reprimanded, Xu Lizhen came out of the imperial study in embarrassment.

Emperor Tianqing's voice was not loud, but it was only separated by a palace gate, and the people guarding outside could hear it clearly.

Xu Lizhen looked at several people more and more embarrassed, and was about to leave, when he looked up, he saw a person walking towards him, that person was wearing a flying fish python pattern suit, wearing a beam crown, and when he strode over, he was followed by a little eunuch with low eyebrows and a food box.

Xu Lizhen pulled out a reluctant smile: "Lord Feng." ”

Feng Yuan set his pace: "Lord Xu, are you coming back from Jiangnan?" ”

"It's back, but it's not good, and it's not reprimanded by Your Majesty."

Xu Lizhen said with a wry smile, "Lord Feng has always been in the palace, and he knows His Majesty's mind the best, His Majesty was furious about the matter of Cao Yun, and let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally come to trial, I'm afraid I won't get anything good this time." ”

Feng Yuan smiled when he heard this: "Lord Xu, don't think too much, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince acts fairly, and His Majesty personally asks about the matter of Cao Yun, as long as you don't do anything wrong, who dares to embarrass you?" Besides, Lord Xu has always been valued by His Majesty, and His Majesty reprimanded him for a while, and he will be fine after a while. ”

He glanced into the temple gate,

"The miscellaneous family still has important things to go in and talk to Your Majesty, so I won't talk to Lord Xu more."

"Lord Feng is at his own convenience."

Xu Lizhen bowed slightly and took half a step back, and sent Feng Yuan into the inner hall, and after the door of the hall was closed again, he turned around and walked down the steps under the gaze of the forbidden army in front of the door, and his face became gloomy a little bit.

Feng Yuan, a dead eunuch, is really a gourd with a sawed mouth, and he doesn't reveal any news!

He always felt that he felt extremely bad after returning to Beijing this time, and since he arrived in Chengzhou, everything has been out of control like a wild horse that has been unleashed.

He originally wanted to clear up the private salt case to make up for the leak after Qi Zhen's mistake, but who knew that he was intervened by Zhu Ying, and before he could come back to his senses, Guo Yueguang was pulled in again.

Things are out of control, like someone is deliberately muddying the waters in the middle, but he can't catch anyone.

Xu Lizhen pursed his lips tightly, and his mood was extremely heavy when he left the palace.

After Feng Yuan entered the imperial study, he first saw the ice basin that was almost melting outside, and he first whispered to the side: "Go and change two basins of ice cubes to come in, put the cool fan farther away, don't directly send the cool air to Your Majesty's side." ”

After the little eunuch withdrew, Emperor Tianqing inside heard the movement and raised his head: "Feng Yuan." ”

"Your Majesty."

Feng Yuan bypassed the partition and entered the inner room, still carrying a food box in his hand, after he first saluted, he stepped forward and took out the contents of the food box and put it in front of Emperor Tianqing.

"I haven't eaten yet, why did you bring food over?"

"This is the white fungus lotus seed soup prepared by the queen's mother, saying that Your Majesty has been a little hot these days, and it just so happened that the slave was coming over, so the queen asked the slave to take it together."

When Emperor Tianqing heard the word empress, he paused for stirring the soup in his hand, and raised his eyes to look at Feng Yuan: "What benefits did you receive?" ”

"Your Majesty is wise."

Feng Yuan smiled and took out a string of fine gems from his sleeve and handed it to Emperor Tianqing, "The queen mother rewarded the slave, saying that it was to let the slave have nothing to play with." ”

Emperor Tianqing glanced at it, and each of the jewels on the bead string was transparent and round, and this kind of color was rare in the palace, so he couldn't help but sneer: "The queen is willing." ”

"The slave will put this string of gems in the storehouse later."

"What to put it, since the queen has rewarded you, you can take it yourself, and you don't have to run for her in vain."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Hearing this, Feng Yuan smiled and tucked the bead string back into his sleeve.

"What else did she ask you to do?" Emperor Tianqing asked while holding a spoon and stirring the contents of the bowl.

Feng Yuan said: "The queen mother wants to find out Your Majesty's attitude towards the matter of Cao Yun, and she also wants to know why Your Majesty handed over this matter to the prince for trial, and the people from the Chengguo Mansion are still in the prison of the Criminal Department, and the queen mother is probably afraid of implicating the three princes, so she wants the servants to probe Your Majesty's bottom." ”

Emperor Tianqing glanced at him: "You dare to say anything." ”

Feng Yuan smiled: "The slave is His Majesty's minion, why don't you dare to say anything?" ”

When Emperor Tianqing heard this, his expression relaxed.

Feng Yuan was personally raised by him, in charge of everything in the master of ceremonies, he was extremely profitable, and he knew very well who the master was and would never hide it, which was also the reason why Emperor Tianqing was at ease with him.

Emperor Tianqing directly threw the spoon in his hand: "The queen and the third child did something that couldn't be put on the table, and Chengguo Gong was also confused." ”

Feng Yuan didn't say anything when he heard this, but respectfully handed the handkerchief to Emperor Tianqing to wipe his hands.

Emperor Tianqing asked, "What did you ask to investigate, how did you investigate?" ”

Feng Yuan said in a low voice: "It has been investigated, Lord Xiao Shen was indeed involved in the Hu family's matter by accident, and the Shen family and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should not have known about it earlier, otherwise they would not have allowed Lord Xiao Shen to be almost eliminated by the Hu family." ”

"It's Lord Xu, he arrived in Chengzhou early, and he also sent someone to contact the Tao County Order, but he never ordered the person who locked the Hu family, and then he and Lord Cui went to Qi Town that night, and the Hu family was wiped out."

"Lord Xiao Shen had to send the account books out in order to save his life, and Lord Xu scolded him to lock people up for several days, and it was not until the people from the Cao Yun Division rushed to rescue Lord Xiao Shen."

Emperor Tianqing squinted slightly: "You mean, Xu Lizhen has long known about private salt?" ”

Feng Yuan nodded.

"He went to the books?"

"It should be."

Emperor Tianqing suddenly sneered, what a Xu Lizhen, he is very good!