Amidst the cheers of the mountains and a tsunami, Fang Xiu and Li Yinyue came to the palace in Jinnan.

Under the yellow tiles of the vermilion wall.

Li Yingyue stood quietly, with a flash in her eyes.

After a year, she finally returned to the place she knew best.

In her memory, this is her home, with her beloved father, mother, and brother.

Time has passed, and everything has changed dramatically.

Li Yingyue sighed in her heart and walked towards the palace.

Fang Xiu followed behind Li Yinyue.

On the side was Xie Qian, the head assistant of the cabinet, and said in a respectful tone: "His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has plans to inspect various provinces during his time in Beijing, and the minister has made arrangements as soon as possible. ”

Fang Xiu glanced at him and said, "If you want to do something, the Lonely Club will send someone to inform you." ”

When he arrived in Jinnan City, his self-proclaimed self-proclaimed appearance also changed from his true appearance to loneliness.

When Xie Qian heard this, he was silent for a few breaths, and responded: "The minister understands." ”

Fang Xiu asked casually as he walked, "Is there anyone among the hundred officials who has never gone out of the city to greet Your Majesty this time?" ”

When Xie Qian heard this question, he wanted to answer directly, but after thinking for a few seconds, he decided to tell the truth: "Back to His Royal Highness, as far as the minister knows, there are some people who have not been greeted, and there is Gao Yu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry above the fourth grade, he is old, one year older than the minister, he is sick, and it is snowing heavily today, so he ......"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Fang Xiu:

"Since he is old and in poor health, he will be allowed to return to his hometown and let him retire for the rest of his life."

Xie Qian was stunned, as if he realized something, and his face showed a tangled look.

This time.

Fang Xiu stopped, turned his head to look at him, and said coldly: "Go on, who else has gone out of the city to greet him." ”

Xie Qian hesitated for a few seconds and replied: "There are also the left servants of the household department above the fourth grade, the left and right imperial history of the Metropolitan Inspection Academy, the sacrificial wine of the Guozi, and the Honglu Temple." ”

Fang Xiu said: "What is the reason for them? Is it also a physical illness? ”

Xie Qiandao: "I don't know. ”

When Fang Xiu heard this, he snorted coldly, did not speak, and continued to walk forward.

Seeing this, Xie Qian's heart had sunk to the bottom.

At this moment.

He had already realized that the first thing His Royal Highness the regent had to do when he came to Jinnan was to clear the court of the opposition to Her Majesty the Empress and her hundred officials.

The hundred officials who did not go out of the city to greet them, except for a few special reasons, most of them were dissatisfied with the other party, the prime minister of the Great Cadre and the regent of the Great Zhou.

Therefore, these people will also be the first to be targeted.

Many of them were pillars of the imperial court, and the new Shangshu of the Ministry of Works, who replaced Wei Dongzheng, was a jinshi of the same year as him and was his friend.

Now, it is a pity that he has been sitting in the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Industry for less than half a year and is going to return to his hometown.

It's just that.

From Xie Qian's point of view, even if he wanted to protect these people, he was afraid that he would not be able to do it.

After all, the forces of the first village have already taken over Dongchang and Jinyiwei, and they are all over Jinnan City.

Who came to greet and who didn't, Fang Xiu would know as soon as he asked.

There is no point in him concealing it.

That's it.

Xie Qian sighed in his heart and continued: "Among the officials below the fourth grade, there are six Langzhong, the principals, and the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the ministers can't remember who they are. ”

Fang Xiu nodded and said, "Lone believes what you say. ”

When Xie Qian heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Fang Xiu's cold voice was heard again.

"Your Majesty's return to Beijing, whether it is for the officials or the people, is a first-class event, so many people in the city do not know the news in advance, they can spontaneously go out of the city to greet them, those officials, know the news in advance, why can't they be free?"

"This ......"

Xie Qian opened his mouth, wanting to defend those who didn't come, but when he saw Fang Xiu's eyes that seemed to be about to kill, he finally chose to be silent.

Seeing that Xie Qian didn't speak, Fang Xiu continued: "If they don't come, it's nothing more than dissatisfaction with Your Majesty and dissatisfaction with Gu, what they are thinking in their hearts, Gu knows better than anyone else!" ”

"Since they don't want to be His Majesty's courtiers, I will give them this opportunity, and all the officials who have not gone out of the city to greet them today will be dismissed from their posts from the first rank to the seventh grade!"

"Give them a sum of money and let them go home and farm!"

When Xie Qian heard this, he was stunned, and subconsciously said: "Your Highness, there are some people who are really responsible and can't spare time. ”

Fang Xiu looked at him, his brows furrowed slightly, and he said coldly: "You can tell me, there are a few people among the hundred officials who can't even vacate the space for this hour. ”

"This ......"

Xie Qian thought for a few seconds, but he couldn't say a name.

Oh, yes!

The officials in the capital division, no matter how busy they are on weekdays, they can always vacate an hour's space.

This time.

Fang Xiudao: "As far as Gu knows, the high hall of Honglu Temple Qing died suddenly because of his advanced age, he was in a sad mood as a filial son, and it was human nature that he did not come to greet him today, so he did not need to be dismissed, just let him return to his hometown according to the rules, and the rest of the people would be dismissed."

I'll leave this matter to you, give you three days, and I hope you can handle it properly. ”

The voice fell.

Xie Qiantong shrunk and was shocked in his heart.

He didn't expect that before Fang Xiu came to Jinnan, he even knew all about the trivial things that happened a day ago.

It seems that the intelligence of the first village is much more powerful than that of Dongchang and Jinyiwei!

"It seems that His Royal Highness the regent is determined to give the hundred officials a dismissal."

"If you disobey him, I am afraid that it will cause even greater turmoil."

That's it.

He no longer hesitated, and said respectfully: "The minister understands." ”

Fang Xiu looked at him and said, "You should know that in the Council of Ministers, you are the only one who is from Zhou, which shows the trust of Gu He and the two Majesties in you, and I hope you can live up to the Gu and the two Majesies, do things steadfastly, and not be influenced by the outside world."

It is not easy to dismiss a hundred officials, but it is related to whether you are reliable or not, and you should understand the meaning of loneliness. ”

The implication is that if this matter is done well, you will still be the head of the cabinet of the Great Zhou, and the only person in the Great Zhou court who can influence the decisions of the two major imperial courts.

If you don't do it well, you have to consider whether it is time for someone else to sit in this position.

Actually, it's not that hard.

Who came to greet and who didn't, just send someone to check it out.

The point is that after doing so, it is tantamount to completely offending this group of officials.

In other words, the dismissal of this group of officials was a letter of nomination handed over to Xie Qian by Fang Xiu.

"I understand."

Xie Qian's face was expressionless, and he bowed respectfully.

Fang Xiu nodded, said no more, and continued to move forward.

Xie Qian followed behind him, looking at his tall back, and there was a flash in his vicissitudes of life.

He remembers, four years ago.

Da Zhou and Da Qian won the war for Yongzhou.

The person who came to negotiate with him at that time and signed the agreement to cede Yongzhou was Fang Xiu in front of him.

At that time, he was the victorious side, standing in front of Fang Xiu, his waist was much harder.

Four years have passed in the blink of an eye, and everything has changed.

This person who once signed the agreement to cede Yongzhou in front of him has become an existence that he needs to look up to, and it is really a trick.

Ahead.

Fang Xiu quickened his pace, walked to Li Yinyue's side, and asked, "Your imperial brother is imprisoned in the Yonghe Palace, do you go back to the palace where you live on weekdays first, or go to see your imperial brother first?" ”

A trace of entanglement appeared in Li Yingyue's eyes, and she quickly regained her composure, and replied surgingly: "Go to Yonghe Hall first." ”

Fang Xiu said: "The true appearance will go with you." ”

When Li Yinyue heard this, she stopped, looked at Fang Xiu with a serious face, and did not speak.

He didn't speak, but he didn't say anything.

She didn't want outsiders to be present when she was talking to the royal brother.

If it had been placed in the past, Fang Xiu would definitely put on the same cold posture and replied: "You are not qualified to bargain with this prime minister." ”

But after getting along for so long, the two are not as-for-tat as before.

He just said: "That imperial brother of yours has suffered from madness since he was forced to meditate, although it may be just a disguise, but if you go alone, if he is really mad, you can't deal with him." ”

Li Yingyue still didn't speak, and stood quietly.

Seeing this, Fang Xiu shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's not impossible for you to go to see him alone, bring the fire gun." ”

As he spoke, he took out a delicate and small firearm from his arms and handed it to Li Yingyue.

Li Yinyue looked at the fire gun in his hand and was slightly stunned.

She knew that Fang Xiu always had two powerful firearms in her arms, and she almost never left her on weekdays.

I didn't expect him to hand over the fire gun to himself!

"Don't look at me with this kind of look, there is no hatred between you and me, I treated you so much before, one is to retaliate against you for using a stand-in lake to make your own appearance, and the other is to worry that you are not good for your appearance, after all, a woman like you, even if she is as resourceful as her true appearance, she doesn't dare to say that she can completely handle it.

Now, the situation in the Zhou Kingdom has been decided, and you are the Empress of the Great Zhou that I have supported the throne with one hand, and the interests between you and me are tied together, and I don't need to treat you like before. ”

Fang Xiu raised his eyebrows and said casually.

When Li Yingyue heard this, she was silent for a few seconds, and then reached out to take the fire gun.

She knew in her heart that Fang Xiu was right.

There really is no deep hatred between them.

In the final analysis, what Fang Xiu did to her was nothing more than imprison her in Xiangguo's Mansion for a year.

However, the war between the two countries is not over yet, and it seems that it is normal to do so.

If it were her, I would probably do the same in the face of this situation.

Although she thought so in her heart, the obsession of this year still made her unable to change her role in a short period of time.

Therefore, he just nodded lightly and walked towards the Yonghe Palace.

Fang Xiu stood in place, looking at her back and shaking his head.

This time.

After careful investigation by the first villager.

He probably figured out the grievances between Li Yinyue and his imperial brother.

If the information of the first village is correct.

The previous Emperor Zhou had not determined the position of the crown prince, mainly between Li Yingyue and his imperial brother.

No matter how you look at it, Li Yinyue is more suitable to be an emperor than her imperial brother.

The only problem is that she is a daughter.

Although this land does not exclude the existence of the empress.

But the case of passing the throne to a woman is still a minority after all.

And Li Yingyue's imperial brother, that is, Emperor Zhou, although his talent is not as good as Li Yingyue, he has an inexplicable attachment to the throne.

That's why.

In the case that the old emperor has not been able to determine the crown prince.

He gradually developed evil thoughts and used chronic poison to poison the old emperor.

and bribed the eunuchs in the palace, forged the edict, and passed the throne to himself.

Taking advantage of the layout for many years, he sent the Tiger Ben Army to settle in Beijing and stabilized the situation.

Soon after the death of the old emperor, the biological mother of Emperor Zhou and Li Yinyue also died.

No doubt.

With Li Yinyue's intelligence, she can naturally detect something wrong.

For so many years, she has always suspected that her father's death was related to her royal brother.

On the one hand, she can't accept this fact, and on the other hand, she wants to find out the truth behind it.

In the midst of the pain, her personality gradually changed, and she developed the character that came later to be almost cold.

Emperor Zhou, who was in power, once thought of killing people to eliminate his mouth in order to prevent future troubles.

But the only remaining conscience, and Li Yinyue's outstanding business talent, made him unable to start.

In the end, he chose to marry him far away to Chang'an, out of sight and out of mind.

For Li Yinyue, this is an unacceptable tragedy.

His father, who once loved him, was designed by his royal brother who took care of him from childhood to adulthood, and finally lost his life.

The queen mother also died.

The few people she was closest to in this world left her all at once.

Even Fang Xiu felt that she was miserable enough.

"I don't know what Li Yinyue will do with his imperial brother after learning the truth."

Such an idea popped up in Fang Xiu's mind, and after thinking for a few seconds, he opened his mouth and called out to Li Yinyue.

"Wait!"

Li Yingyue stopped and turned her head to look at Fang Xiu, her eyes revealing a trace of doubt.

Fang Xiu took out something that looked like an elixir from his arms, handed it to her, and said, "If he doesn't want to say anything, after feeding him this, ask again." ”

Li Yingyue was silent for a second, nodded, stretched out her hand to take it, and walked away.

Fang Xiu stood in place, watching her drift away.

At this time, there was a rush of footsteps beside him.

Immediately afterwards, a shadow guard appeared beside Fang Xiu, saluted respectfully, and said softly: "The owner has a message ...... this."

Fang Xiu listened to the shadow guard's story, and his brows gradually furrowed.

"The remnants of the Night Country...... If the original appearance is not mistaken, Tang Yixue and Tang Rou are the so-called remnants of the Night Kingdom. ”

The shadow guard nodded and replied, "Yes." ”

Fang Xiu said: "What are they doing in Jinnan?" ”

Ying Wei said: "According to the analysis of the owner, there are several possibilities, one is to assassinate the empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty, provoke a war between the Zhou State and the Qianguo, and bring them an opportunity to fish in troubled waters, and the other is to assassinate the master and provoke a war between the Qianguo and the Zhou State, and the ultimate goal is the same......."

When Fang Xiu heard this, he was a little speechless and a little helpless, and asked, "How many years has it been since the fall of this Night Kingdom?" ”

Ying Wei said: "More than eighty years. ”

For more than 80 years, it has been hard to toss.

What is wrong with the leader of the remnant of the kingdom of night?

Fang Xiu looked helpless, and asked again: "Does Tang Rou know about this matter?" ”