At this critical moment, I saw a crossbow arrow "whoosh", shooting with the sound of wind and thunder. The big man fell to the ground in response, and the crossbow arrows stuck in his back had already reached the end of the arrow, and the man was already dead of rage.

Everyone else was startled and took a step back.

Outside the prison, a whip sounded, as if the whole night had been split.

A eunuch shouted at a high pitch: "Your Majesty has arrived!" ”

The four guards took the lead in rushing in with crossbows in their hands and scimitars on their waists, followed by Cao Cong, the commander of the guard division, and Chen Zhongyi, the chief manager of the inner house.

Cao Cong said sharply: "Your Majesty arrived, everyone put down their weapons, and the violators were shot on the spot!" ”

Everyone in the prison was amazed, including Zhou Jingting, all of them put down their weapons and fell to their knees.

Zhou Jingting said: "Zhou Jingting, the secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, welcomes! ”

At this time, the official Zhao Zhen walked out of the crowd and said angrily: "Zhou Jingting, you are so bold, if I hadn't arrived in time, what else would you have done out of the ordinary?" ”

When Ye Pei saw Zhao Zhen coming, she was moved to tears, and she unloaded her strength and sat down on the ground.

Zhou Jingting quibbled: "Official, someone wanted to rob the criminal Di Qing, but he was caught red-handed by the minister. ”

Zhao Zhen glared at Zhou Jingting and said, "You set a trap and deliberately framed the county lord of Le'an and the secret envoy of Di, do you think I don't know?" ”

Zhou Jingting pointed at Ye Pei and said, "You said this man in black? ”

Zhao Zhen walked to Ye Pei's side in a few steps, untied the scarlet cloak he was wearing and put it on for Ye Pei, wrapped her tightly in his arms and said, "What did you say?!" ”

Zhou Jingting's eyes widened, and he knelt on the ground in fright and kowtowed: "The minister didn't say anything!" ”

"If you dare to go out and talk nonsense, I will take the lives of your whole family!"

"Don't dare!"

Zhao Zhen didn't have time to say more to Zhou Jingting, just hugged Ye Pei and strode out. Later, Cao Cong instructed: "Escort Di Qing back to the command envoy and wait for the delivery." ”

It turned out that Zhao Zhen went straight to Qifeng Pavilion, but when he arrived at Qifeng Pavilion, he learned that Ye Pei had gone to the prison of the Criminal Department. Although Zhao Zhen blamed Ye Pei for being reckless, he couldn't see death without help, so he came to the criminal department without stopping.

Chen Zhongyi was afraid that things would change, so he quickly notified the guards and soldiers to command Cao Cong, and Cao Cong ordered fifty soldiers to quickly surround the prison of the Criminal Department.

Ye Pei was in Zhao Zhen's arms at the moment, there was a black cloud in front of him, and he only called "Sixth Brother" and fainted.

I don't know how much time passed before Ye Pei woke up leisurely.

Miao Jinhe was staying by Ye Pei's side, and when she opened her eyes, she was so happy that she almost cried, "The county lord can be regarded as awake, Imperial Doctor Liu said that the county lord injured his lungs and almost died." ”

Ye Pei stroked Miao Jinhe's head and said weakly: "Isn't it okay to see me, don't worry." ”

"Next time, I'll definitely hold your legs and won't let you go."

Ye Pei smiled slightly and said, "Silly girl, there won't be a next time." ”

Ye Pei looked at the still dark sky outside and asked, "What time is it?" ”

Miao Jinhe looked at Ye Pei and said, "You have been asleep for two days, but you scared the slaves to death." ”

"Oh?" Ye Pei sighed: "I've been asleep for two days? ”

Miao Jinhe said again: "The official family brought you back and stayed here for half a night, we were afraid that the official family would not be able to bear it, so we forced him to go back to Funing Palace." Yesterday and today, the official family came to visit, and when they saw that you were not awake, they went back again. ”

Ye Pei thought of what happened that night, sat up and asked, "How is Di Qing?" ”

Miao Jinhe has been helping Zhao Zhen speak, and the first thing Ye Pei did when he woke up was to ask Di Qing about it, and a little sour felt in his heart.

Knowing that he shouldn't show this kind of thought, he said: "Privy Envoy Di was dismissed, transferred to a civilian position, and went out of Beijing to know Chenzhou. The Shi Yu who implicated him was sentenced to death. ”

Ye Pei didn't know whether to be happy or worried when he heard this result, "Whose idea is this?" ”

"I heard that it was Lu Yijian who suggested the official family, and the official family approved it, and asked Fan Zhongyan to temporarily act as the privy deputy envoy

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Location. ”

Ye Pei nodded, knowing that the controversy in the court could be temporarily stopped.

But what she didn't know was that because she had trespassed into the prison of the Ministry of Execution, another controversy in the court had already revolved around her. Later, even Ye Pei's kneeling and begging outside the arch hall was revealed, and the matter of her previous impeachment caused a lot of trouble, and Zhao Zhen had to punish Ye Pei.

"The lord of Le'an County left the palace without permission, suspected of interfering in politics, fined for one year, and banned from the Feng Pavilion."

Ye Pei understood that this was already the lightest punishment for her, and it was also a kind of protection for her.

And Zhao Zhen really intended to snub Ye Pei and let her suffer a little, so as to restrain her arrogance and willfulness, so that she would not be so bold and reckless in the future.

Zhao Zhen sat alone in front of the coffee table in the Funing Hall and ordered tea, halfway through but in a daze, he recalled the words of the ministers in the court today, together with the words of Wen Yanbo, Fan Zhongyan and others before.

"A woman has martial arts no less than that of a privy envoy, but she puts the official family in danger, which is tantamount to feeding a tiger next to the couch, so that the official family has no day to sleep peacefully!"

"Harem politics, a taboo in ancient times, today she can kneel outside the vertical arch hall for her brother-in-law, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not do more drastic things in the future, and the official family will inevitably be embarrassed at that time."

"The county lord is the adopted daughter of the queen mother, and now that the queen mother is dead, the county lord has no reason to stay in the palace anymore. The county lord has reached the age of surrender, and since he should leave the palace, he asked the official family to quickly assign him a marriage and order him to leave the palace. ”

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Zhao Zhen held the partridge spotted Jianzhan that he had drunk with Ye Pei, frowned and said to himself:

"Pei'er, are you really going to rebel against me for the sake of others, or even turn your back on me for the sake of gaining power? If you can't get what you want, will you be like the Empress Dowager Zhang Xian, step by step to the throne of power? ”

A chill appeared in Zhao Zhen's heart, he knew Ye Pei's ability, so he was even more afraid in his heart, he was afraid that she would leave, afraid that she would turn her back on him, afraid that she would become the second Liu E!

Zhao Zhen's hand shook, and the hot tea spilled on his hand, which made him come back to his senses suddenly, threw the tea cup in his hand into the tea tray, shivered himself, and sighed.

After many days, Ye Pei's injuries were almost healed, but she didn't see Zhao Zhen come to visit her again, and she didn't receive a reply from Zhao Zhen from the purse she sent, and she felt a little unhappy in her heart.

"Hmph, I'm not going to embroider anything for the sixth brother anymore."

Miao Jinhe said with a smile: "If the county lord cares about the official family, then the slave maid will go and secretly tell Chen Duzhi and ask him to help convey it to the official family." ”

"Don't go."

"Since the county lord knows that he is wrong, he is still not convinced. There are so many things in the court, it's enough for the officials to worry about, and we can't make any more trouble for him. ”

"If you want to go, I won't go." Ye Pei said willfully.

Miao Jinhe said with a smile: "The county lord said to let me go, then I will go and invite the official family to come over for dinner!" ”

Ye Pei laughed and said coquettishly: "It's my sister who can say." ”

Before going to the court in the morning, Chen Zhongyi said while putting on a big hat for Zhao Zhen: "The official family, I haven't been to Qifeng Pavilion for many days, and the county lord said that I made the official's favorite honey crisp food today, why don't you go there to taste it?" ”

Zhao Zhen raised his eyebrows and asked, "Pei'er asked you to lobby me?" ”

Chen Zhongyi smiled: "Since the county lord knows that she has softened, you also give her a chance to apologize." ”

Zhao Zhen smiled proudly, "Women are like this, if you chase her, she will make a tone, and if you are cold to her, she will come over again." Or the saint said, 'Only women and villains are difficult to raise.' Since she knew that she was soft, she would go to Qifeng Pavilion at noon to sit down and give her a chance to explain. ”

Chen Zhongyi smiled: "What the official family said is true." ”

It's a pity that when the court meeting ended, the newly promoted superintendent Bao Zheng stayed with Zhao Zhen to participate in the officials endlessly.

Zhao Zhen looked at the young man in front of him with a face as white as jade, and said in his heart: "No wonder there are rumors that he is a black-faced Bao Gong, I didn't understand it before, but today I have seen it." ”

Bao Zheng didn't realize the official's attitude towards him at all, and still said unrelentingly

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"Official, Huainan transshipment envoy Zhang Kejiu sold illicit salt for profit, and the minister asked him to be questioned. During his tenure, Ren Ben, the governor of Fenzhou, instructed the soldiers to weave more than 1,600 camel hair satin for himself, and asked the officials to punish him as well! ”

"I have always thought that Bao Yushi's law enforcement is strict, and he is not afraid of the powerful, I know all these things you said, you only leave the report, and I will deal with it tomorrow." Zhao Zhen said, and wanted to get up and go into the harem.

Who knew that Bao Zheng was bold, took a few steps forward, grabbed Zhao Zhen's wide robe sleeve and said: "Your Majesty stays, Your Majesty doesn't listen to people's words, insists on using cool officials, and blindly procrastinating, which is not the behavior of the Holy Lord of the Ming Monarch!" ”

Zhao Zhen was not angry at first, but he was in a hurry to go inside to see Ye Pei, but he was really angry after listening to Bao Zheng's words. "The ministers called Bao Yushi 'Bao Dan', and it was true when I saw it today!"

Bao Zheng was not afraid when he heard this, and said with a serious face: "The official family has such a high evaluation of the minister, and the minister will definitely live up to expectations!" ”

Zhao Zhen was so angry that he had to sit back on the dragon chair and listen to him again. But then Bao Zheng said a big truth.

"Since the official family came into power, there is a great crisis in front of us now."

Zhao Zhen frowned and said, "What does Bao Yushi mean?" ”

Bao Zheng said: "The minister asked the official family to marry the lord of Le'an and leave the palace. ”

Zhao Zhen's face immediately sank when he heard this, and he said unhappily: "This is the affairs of my family, and the supervision of the imperial history has exceeded his authority, right?" ”

Bao Zheng still said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty's family affairs are also state affairs, and the county lord has entered the clan genealogy, so he is a descendant of the royal family. As an inspector of the imperial history, it is a dereliction of duty if he finds a problem but does not report it. ”

Zhao Zhen glared at Bao Zheng angrily, Bao Zheng seemed to be unaware, and continued: "The lord of Le'an went out of the palace privately to save the former privy deputy envoy Di Qing, this matter has been spread outside, and the official family only gives a punishment of being grounded, which is too light, and when the government and the opposition are shaken, it will definitely affect the reputation of the official family, and the official family will be severely punished." He also quickly asked the county lord to surrender, so as not to attract other criticism. ”

Bao Zheng looked up at Zhao Zhen's face, regardless of his feelings, he still said: "The official family has a deep relationship with the county lord, and I also know that the official family is extremely filial to the Empress Dowager Zhang Xian. ”

Zhao Zhen was so angry that he couldn't speak.

Bao Zheng paused and said reluctantly: "The lord of the county was once deeply favored by the Empress Dowager Zhang Xian, and when the Empress Dowager returned to power, she was immediately favored by the official family. The county lord had a close relationship with Di Qing, the former privy deputy envoy; He also had a lot of dealings with Prime Minister Fan Zhongyan's wife, Li; and rewarded his personal maid to Song Qi, a new science and technology scholar;

The county lord is from the Eight Great Princes' Mansion and has a relationship with Zhao Yunxi, the eldest son of the Eight Kings; also had a marriage contract with the second son of the former governor Wang Qinruo's family. From this point of view, this woman's mind is unfathomable, if she stays by the official's side for a long time, I am afraid that the official's family will suffer from it! ”

Bao Zheng knelt down and kowtowed and said, "The minister asks the official family to quickly marry the lord of Le'an and leave the palace!" ”

At this time, Zhao Zhen's face was already pale, and he said in his heart: "You don't know Ye Pei's character, just look at the surface and draw conclusions and criticize her character." How many times did she save my life, why didn't you mention it? ”

Bao Zheng knelt on the ground and looked at the official family, Zhao Zhen sat on the dragon chair in a daze, his expression was painful, he knew that his words had moved Zhao Zhen, no longer said more, got up and said goodbye: "The minister is all he said today, I hope the official family thinks twice!" ”

Zhao Zhen didn't say anything, Bao Zheng had already retreated for a long time, and he didn't have any intention of getting up and leaving.

Chen Zhongyi, who was standing on the side, listened to what Bao Zheng said, and saw that Zhao Zhen was preoccupied, so he had to call Zhao Zhen and said, "Official! ”

Zhao Zhen came back to his senses, "What's the matter?" ”

Chen Zhongyi said: "Official, Bao Yushi has left. ”

"Oh." Zhao Zhen said slowly: "Let's go, drive back to Funing Palace." ”

Chen Zhongyi asked: "Official, don't you go to Qifeng Pavilion?" ”

Zhao Zhen pondered for a long time, and he had already sat down on the chariot before he said to Chen Zhongyi: "Don't go, go back to Funing Hall directly." ”

Chen Zhongyi was also a little disappointed, so he had to order the palace people to carry the official back to Funing Palace.

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