After personally sending the little emperor to the study to attend classes, Fang Qiuyan went back to the harem to discuss with the queen mother.

"Qiu Yan, it's really hard for you to go to court and coax the child again, come and rest." The Queen Mother sat on the phoenix chair, smiling kindly and beckoning the palace maid to bring hot tea and fresh fruit cakes, very enthusiastic.

After saluting, Fang Qiuyan sat on the chair and glanced at the refreshments but did not move, and said directly: "The minister has been gone for more than half a year, and the queen mother is in good health?" ”

"It's fine, I'm fine except for this headache. Your mother will occasionally come to the palace to accompany me, and we are very worried about you, you are running around for the war these days, and it is very difficult to live outside, right? ”

Looking at the small mask on his face worriedly, the mask only covered his right eye, and it fit the skin tightly, and he couldn't see how serious the injury was, which showed how dangerous and difficult it was for Qiu Yan to lead the troops to fight alone.

Tilted his head slightly and deliberately turned the intact half of his face to the Queen Mother, so that she would not see her mask. Qiu Yan smiled and said softly: "Fortunately, the march and war are for the imperial court, and personal sacrifice is inevitable. ”

"Queen Mother, in addition to greetings, the minister came today to know what movements the court and China have been in the past half a year since I was away? If you encounter difficulties when listening to the government, you can tell the minister, and the minister will solve it when dealing with the backlog of government affairs. ”

He said it so sincerely that the Queen Mother almost believed it for a moment, and in a trance, she seemed to see the calm and confident smile of the emperor in the young man in his early twenties in front of her.

The Queen Mother quickly came back to her senses, and sighed again Fortunately, Qiu Yan's child was not born in the royal family, and King Ping also allowed him to follow his mother's surname Fang very early, otherwise it would not be her own son sitting on the dragon chair now.

"The Queen Mother has something on her mind?" Fang Qiuyan condensed his gaze and observed carefully, and said seriously, "Shu Chen's bold guess, is it related to Master Shi?" ”

When it came to Shi Tianming, the Queen Mother paused when she raised her hand to hold the teacup, and then leveled off the palace maids serving in the hall, and waited for the door to close before she said slowly: "Qiu Yan, Shi Tianming is the brother and sister of the mourning family, if it is really as you said in the court, what are you going to do?" ”

Shi Tianming is her own brother, in order to help her sit on the throne of the queen, she never expected that the emperor died in the second year of her ascension to the throne, she listened to the government in just half a year of chaos, and finally was suddenly killed by Fang Qiuyan who suddenly broke the siege, two years later, he became the regent and controlled the government with one hand. The relatives led by Shi Tianming were suppressed by him many times, and she, as the queen mother, had to restrain herself and act as his deputy on behalf of the royal family to deal with daily chores.

There were only the two of them here, and Fang Qiuyan staggered his gaze and did not respond.

The Queen Mother continued: "Qiu Yan, I know that you have always tolerated Shi Tianming in my face, but he is my brother, I know his bottom line very well, it is absolutely impossible to collude with foreign enemies in order to deal with you, he can't do this kind of treason." You must find out and think twice! ”

"Queen Mother, please rest assured, if there is already conclusive evidence in the hands of the ministers, what you saw in the court just now will be a different scene." Fang Qiuyan didn't want to say much about this matter, but said, "The so-called clean person is self-purifying, and the ministers will not be biased and will not be wronged by the court when they act impartially, and no one will be wronged. Therefore, the Queen Mother does not have to worry about the teacher, and the minister has not been determined, and the reputation of the teacher will not be damaged, you can rest assured. ”

His answer was very official, and the Queen Mother couldn't help it. On the one hand, she was worried that her brother would be caught as a traitor, and on the other hand, she was afraid that she would become more and more black, so she attracted the attention of the regent and would especially investigate Shi Tianming.

Few of the ministers of the imperial court are truly innocent, everyone will have some ulterior secrets hidden behind them, and if Fang Qiuyan wants to find out whomever he wants, as long as he sends someone to investigate, he will be able to send the other party to prison.

"That's all it says, today's royal family is no longer as good as it was back then, it all depends on the prince to preside over the overall situation, and it is inconvenient for the mourning family to interfere too much. Please investigate this matter carefully and make a fair decision. ”

"Obey."

Fang Qiuyan stopped talking, and the Queen Mother felt that the atmosphere was a little awkward, so she changed the topic, squeezed out a smile and said: "I wanted to catch up with the prince, why did I talk about these things again." That's it, the mourning family heard that the prince brought a woman when he came back, and it happened that ten days later it was the plum banquet in the palace, and the prince could take the time to bring that girl over to play, so that the mourning family could see which mortal immortal this woman who could make me fascinated by the regent. ”

Speaking of Wen Tiantian, the Queen Mother was surprised to find that the frozen expression on Fang Qiuyan's face showed a hint of warmth, and the aura of the whole person was also a little softer. I can't help but secretly say that this woman is very capable, and she can handle the regent who is quite deep in the city government to such an extent, and her skills are really terrifying.

Qiu Yan inadvertently glanced at the Queen Mother who looked at her with a smile, and felt inexplicably funny in her heart. She must have thought that Wen Tiantian had used a trick to hook him, and if she really knew his status in the family, she would have been surprised.

"Thanks to the invitation of the Queen Mother, the matter of enjoying the plum banquet will be decided after the king goes back to discuss with her. After all, she has just entered the capital and is not familiar with all parties, and this king also plans to concentrate on following up on the situation of the southeast locust plague after dealing with the fallen government affairs. If you happen to be free at that time, the minister will definitely bring her to the palace to accompany the Queen Mother to enjoy the flowers and tea. ”

"Okay, the mourning family knows that you are busy, and you can rest for a while when you come back to take over the government. Approaching the end of the year, you don't have to run out again, next year's government affairs arrangements still need to be distributed before the Spring Festival, but you are busy! ”

Fang Qiuyan respectfully responded, thinking that the time was almost the same, so he chatted with the Queen Mother a few more words and prepared to get up and go to the imperial study.

"Qiu Yan!"

Before leaving, the Queen Mother suddenly stood up and looked at his back and shouted.

Turning to look back, Fang Qiuyan raised her eyebrows and asked, "What else does the Queen Mother command?" ”

"Shi Tianming's matter, please look at my face and raise your noble hand, don't embarrass him."

"......" Qiu Yan was speechless for a while, "Yes, the minister will remember the teachings of the Queen Mother, and he will definitely find out the truth, please rest assured that the Queen Mother will not worry." ”

didn't say yes, mainly because he couldn't afford it.

The regent wearing a dark black robe and big sleeves walked in the harem, passing through the palace corridors, and countless palace maids and eunuchs on the road avoided saluting when they saw him coming, Fang Qiuyan walked quickly towards the imperial study with a cold face.

As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw Su Zihe, who was already waiting outside the study, nodded his head and signaled that he had something to say inside.

"Childe, your face is not very good, is your body okay?" Su Zihe saw that he seemed to be frowning, worried that his old injury would recur and refused to speak, so he asked.

Leaning back in the chair, Fang Qiuyan exhaled, "It's okay, my injuries have healed early, don't worry." Why did you come to the morning morning? I'm going to go home after I've finished these two stacks of folds, so are you going to bring me another job?" ”

Su Zihe was amused by his vigilant tone, pulled over the chair and sat down opposite, placing an envelope in his hand on the table.

"This is a copy of Shi Tianming's correspondence with Dongshengguo, and I just thought I would take it to you as soon as I got it."

"Found it so soon?" Fang Qiuyan took the envelope suspiciously, there were a few pieces of paper scattered inside, opened it and took a closer look. If what was written on the paper was true, it was enough to send Shi Tianming to the prison pending trial.

However, he always felt that something was not quite right.

"Where did this news come from? I only announced the investigation in the morning, and the ironclad evidence was delivered to you so quickly, and it was too easy for it to come. ”

Sure enough, Su Zihe also bowed his head and said: "This was sent to my house this morning, and the next person wanted to wait for me to go back and then hand over the letter to me, but the messenger said that he wanted me to see the letter as soon as possible, and the people were afraid of delaying important things, so they waited for me at the gate of the palace with things." ”

"Where's the messenger?"

"Ran away." Su Zihe spread his hand helplessly, shook his head and said, "According to the next person, the messenger is an eight or nine-year-old girl with a candy in her hand, which should be the reward for the person behind the scenes who sent her to deliver the letter." ”

Putting the paper back in the envelope and putting it in, Fang Qiuyan thought and said, "After you go back, immediately send someone to investigate that little girl and see who she has been in contact with recently." Although the person behind the scene of this move must have been on guard, let's check it out and see if we can find some clues. ”

"Okay, I'll arrange it when I get back."

"Zihe, I just went to the harem, and the Queen Mother pleaded with me for Shi Tianming, so this matter must be conclusive in order to close the case. The so-called evidence in this letter is likely to be a trap, you must be more careful when you act recently, someone is luring us to bring down Shi Tianming, and even I suspect that the other party wants to use this matter to push the Queen Mother to stand on our side. ”

Compared with a foreign relative, the queen mother has more power in her hands. Fang Qiuyan knew in his heart that when he stood up to relieve Shi Tianming when everyone was resisting the dictatorship of his relatives, and gave his relatives a certain pacification policy after sitting on the throne of regent, these are the reasons why the Queen Mother did not embarrass him and was willing to honestly act as the government after he left Beijing. If he kills Shi Tianming at this time, the Queen Mother will definitely come up with some means to deal with him while grieving.

"I understand."

Su Zihe suddenly thought that Qiu Yan had said in the court that he would catch the spy within ten days, but after ten days, wouldn't it be the palace's annual plum banquet? Is he going to deal with it openly at the banquet?

If Shi Tianming is convicted, wouldn't he slap the queen mother in the face in public?

"Childe, shouldn't you bring Miss Wen with you to this year's plum banquet? At that time, if something happens in the palace, I am afraid that it will affect Miss Wen's mood. ”

"I know what you're thinking, but it's important to deal with political affairs, and it's also important to help Tiantian gain a foothold in the capital." Fang Qiuyan casually sorted out the neatly stacked folds, and said thoughtfully, "I can't stay in the capital all the time without going out, in case I go to war for a year and a half and can't come back, she will definitely die of boredom at home alone." ”

"That girl has a lively temperament, she can't always let her go to Pingwangfu to wander around, if she can make some little sisters of the same age in the capital, it would be good."

Su Zihe smiled knowingly: "You know Miss Wen's character very well!" However, after all, her identity is different from that of mortals, and it is inevitable that she will be in trouble if she is discovered. ”

"Well, if she is willing to come to this year's plum banquet, I will try my best to accompany her throughout the whole process, but I can't still have the old lady, my mother likes her very much."

"That's right, the old lady is completely in love with the sweet girl as a daughter-in-law, and she must be preparing for the dowry in less than two days!"

The two big men joked with each other in the imperial study, and told Su Zihe not to forget to supervise the situation in the southeast disaster area, and let the relevant departments do a good job in controlling public opinion and transporting materials.

He was struggling to write in the imperial study to get home early, but Wen Tiantian found something interesting in his new home.

"Ah, don't be afraid, little kitten, my sister will help you with medicine and bandage it, and it will not hurt soon."

One of the two little maids helped deliver medicine, water and gauze, and the other squatted next to the kitten to hold down the kitten's body to prevent it from moving, while Wen Tiantian skillfully scratched and disinfected the cat's thighs and bandaged them.

"Girl, the slave has never had a cat, what should I feed it?"

This looks like it's only more than two months old, it's still a small milk cat, Wen Tiantian is also the first time to take care of such a small kitten, she pondered, if you don't have cat food, maybe you can try it with milk, if you don't eat enough, you can make do with some steamed buns in milk.

"Let's use the milk at home, I hope the little one can heal soon."

The two maidservants nodded as if they didn't understand, packed up the medicine box and went to the kitchen to find milk together, leaving Wen Tiantian alone to hold the cat. Gently stroking the fur of the milk cat, the shadow of the bun unconsciously appeared in my mind. I don't know if the child is still alive, and if he is injured, someone will pick it up and take it home to take care of.

The fingertips were placed on the wound of the kitten's thigh, and Wen Tiantian, who was in the fugue, suddenly found that a trace of pale yellow aura flowed from his fingertips. As if she didn't need to do anything at all, the spiritual power in her body naturally flowed out from her fingertips, the breath wrapped the kitten's wounds, and the blood stains oozing from the gauze slowly disappeared......