After dinner, Ye Tianhuai stayed in the Wenxuan Hall until late at night.

At this time, she is either painting or playing chess, and the palace people know that the emperor is happy and quiet when he paints and plays chess, so there is only Li Baoquan, the chief eunuch in front of the palace, waiting for him.

Today, Ye Qianhuai also sent Li Baoquan out, and when he was about to go out, Ye Qianhuai also instructed him to extinguish the incense in the three-legged porcelain incense burner.

The smell of agarwood soon faded, and even the lethargic warmth dissipated. Ye Qianhuai looked at the drawing paper spread out on the bookcase, and was fascinated. The ink on the paper was not stained, and Li Baoquan's polished ink was placed on the side of the paperweight, and the ink dried quickly in the winter chill, but she still had no intention of lifting the pen.

Ye Tianhuai had no intention of painting today, she repeatedly recalled in her mind what she had said to Lu Yanchen during the day, and carefully considered every word, trying to read some clues of rebellion from it. But no matter how much she recalled, she felt that Lu Yanchen was a loyal minister through and through from words to deeds, especially the expectation and trust he had in Ye Tianhuai, it really didn't look like he was pretending. If he had to say that there was something unusual about him, Ye Tianhuai thought about it and thought about it, and only thought of two points.

First, Lu Yanchen was dissatisfied with the atmosphere of the court.

Second, Lu Yanchen's friendship with Wenxiao Sacrificial Wine is probably not as shallow as he said.

But these two points alone are far from enough for him to raise the flag of rebellion.

In all fairness, Lu Yanchen has been loyal to Ye Tianhuai in the past three years since he entered the Wenxuan Palace. It is precisely because of this that in his previous life, when Ye Qianhuai saw the name of Lu Yanchen on the paper, he refused to believe it.

What did I do to make him hold such a grudge? Is it the change of Chengtianmen? But with Lu Yanchen's understanding of me, how could he not guess what I didn't do? Or is there something I've overlooked?

Ye Tianhuai was puzzled.

"Your Majesty, it's late at night. Please also ask Your Majesty to give priority to the dragon body. Li Baoquan's voice came from outside the door, and it sounded a little far away from the palace gate.

Ye Qianhuai rubbed the corners of his forehead, sighed, stood up, pulled out the blank piece of drawing paper, frowned and looked at it again, and then threw it aside.

She pushed open the door, and Li Baoquan, who was waiting outside, immediately stepped forward and quickly tied her cloak with his hands and feet. Ye Tianhuai stepped onto the court, and heard Li Baoquan's sharp voice sounding behind him.

"Let's drive back to the palace—"

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The next morning, Ye Tinghuai asked about the trial of Wang Lisong, and the Criminal Department said that Dali Temple had been arranged, and handed Ye Tinghuai the agenda of the meeting and the list of jurors as usual.

Ye Tianhuai glanced at the list and wondered, "Why isn't Li Wenqing listed?" ”

An old minister with a white beard came out of the column and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, Li Wenqing contracted the wind and cold, and he took leave yesterday, so he cannot attend this trial." ”

He walked slowly, spoke slowly, and his body trembled a little, as if he was about to fall headlong at any moment.

Ye Tianhuai narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at him and asked, "Then who will be the judge of the Imperial Historical Observatory?" ”

"The old minister is appointed." The old man paused, as if he remembered something, and saluted Ye Tianhuai, "The old minister is the imperial historian Jiang Zongwen." ”

"I know. Jiang Lao has been on leave...... It's been more than a year, why did you come to the court today? ”

"By the grace of God, the old minister was already well a few days ago, but the imperial doctor instructed him not to see the wind, so it was delayed for a few more days."

Ye Qianhuai looked at the old minister with gray sideburns, laughed briefly, and said, "Old Jiang is well, Li Wenqing has fallen again." This Yushitai is a little interesting, and even getting sick is rotated. ”

After Ye Tianhuai finished speaking, he glanced at the ministers, and the black gauze hat hung his head motionless, silent as a cicada.

Ye Qianhuai swept the silent faces of the ministers and said, "If there is no script, let's disperse today." ”

"Congratulations to Your Majesty." Ye Tianhuai left the Taihe Hall quickly in the weak greetings of the courtiers.

As soon as she got out of the Taihe Palace, she instructed Li Baoquan, who was trotting to follow: "You go to the Tai Hospital to find Zhou Shouyi, and ask him to go to Li Wenqing's mansion to see him immediately." Just go! ”

Li Baoquan agreed, turned around and trotted again.

Ye Tianhuai looked at Li Baoquan's back, and a bad premonition rose in his heart.

"I hope I'm sensitive......" she muttered to herself.

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Jingshou Palace, Qinxian Palace.

Ye Tianhuai half-leaned on the small case on the couch, flipping through a few folds in his hand.

Although she is already in power, there are only a dozen excerpts sent from the cabinet every day that need her imperial pen to approve them, and most of them are discussed and handled by the cabinet.

The book in her hand was handed over by the county guard of Leizhou, and it was an excerpt to report the flood in Leizhou and ask the court for appropriation, because the silver was beyond the authority of the cabinet, so it was sent.

In fact, sending it to her is just a formality and a red stamp. If the cabinet does not agree to the recital, it will not be sent to her.

Ye Tianhuai flipped and flipped, and there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, gradually approaching.

She closed the fold in her hand and looked towards the door, and sure enough, a thin little old man appeared at the door, with two gray beards at the corners of his mouth, wearing the official uniform of a doctor in the Tai Hospital, and carrying a square medicine box on his shoulder. Li Baoquan followed behind him, and after the person arrived, he saluted Ye Qianhuai, then withdrew from the door and closed the door tightly.

When the imperial doctor saw Ye Qianhuai, he was about to salute, but Ye Qianhuai got up and walked in front of him in two steps and held him up.

"Grandpa Zhou, there are no outsiders here, so you don't have to salute. Is Li Wenqing really sick? ”

Looking at the whole scene, there are only two people who know that Ye Tianhuai is a woman, one is Aunt Fanghua, and the other is the thin old man in front of him - the imperial doctor Zhou Shouyi.

After the death of the Empress Dowager Jingmin, the two of them were the two people Ye Tianhuai trusted the most in this world.

Zhou Shouyi shook his head and said, "The old minister didn't see him. There was not a single man in his house. ”

"Not a single one?" Ye Tianhuai was taken aback.

Zhou Shouyi sighed lightly and said, "There is no one in his house, so the old minister inquired around. Neighbors said that he lived a poor life, married only one wife, and had a son, about five or six years old, and two subordinates. ”

"A family of five, none of them are gone?"

"The neighbor said that he heard that he and his wife had a lot of quarrels last month, and then one day his wife went back to her parents' house with her son."

"Then he is alone in Beijing. Have you heard that he has been sick recently? ”

"The neighbors said that they had seen Li Wenqing until the day before yesterday and did not find anything abnormal."

Ye Qianhuai couldn't help frowning.

"Your Majesty, there is another matter, which the old minister heard from the watchman."

"What's the matter?"

Zhou Shouyi turned around and glanced at the door intentionally or unintentionally, and when he saw that the door was closed, he lowered his voice and said to Ye Tianhuai: "The watchman said that when he was on the third watch the night before yesterday, he saw a carriage stopping in front of the door of the Li Mansion. ”

Ye Tianhuai was shocked and asked, "Can you see who it is?" ”

Zhou Shouyi shook his head: "The car is covered with a black cloth, so I can't see what the way it is." ”

The old and the young fell into silence, and after a while, Ye Tianhuai seemed to return to his usual demeanor, and smiled at Zhou Shouyi: "I'm tired of Grandpa Zhou for this trip." ”

"Don't bother." The old lady knew that the official affairs of her trip had been reported, so she saluted, then stood up straight, looked Ye Tianhuai up and down with a different demeanor, her expression suddenly turned cold, and said, "Why are you wearing so little?" ”

Ye Qianhuai looked down at herself, she was only wearing a bright yellow middle coat. The outer robe of the winter coat is a little hard, and she has never liked to wear it, and she often takes it off as soon as she arrives in the house.

"It's hot in this house, I'm young, I can't wear it." She looked at the reprimand that was ready to be reprimanded in Zhou Shou's eyes, and couldn't help but smile a little weakly.

She has been most afraid of Zhou Shouyi since she was a child, and she will let her drink medicine and prick her with needles at every turn.

"What's the firepower!" Zhou Shouyi said angrily, the beard at the corner of his mouth trembled, and Ye Tianhuai's heart also trembled. The old man frowned and said, "You're coming soon." I'm going to make you a warm soup. ”

Ye Tianhuai's expression changed greatly when he heard this, and he immediately tore off the robe from the hanger, put it on his body, and then smiled at Zhou Shouyi: "Grandpa Zhou, you see that I have already put it on, this ...... The warm palace soup will be exempted this time......"

Since the last time she drank it, she never wanted to drink Narausz warm palace soup again in her life.

Zhou Shouyi restrained his anger, looked at her unexpectedly, and said, "Wait a minute, I'll let Li Baoquan add another brazier in." The house was facing east, and it was still a little cold in the afternoon. ”

Ye Tianhuai complained bitterly in her heart, and when she heard the word brazier, she already felt that she was sweating.

However, there was still a smile on his face: "Let Grandpa Zhou bother." ”

Zhou Shouyi waved his hand, stopped talking to her, and turned around and went out to find Li Baoquan.

Li Baoquan used super actions to show Ye Qianhuai what it means to be the head of the imperial front. Less than half a moment later, a second brazier was lit in the small hall of Qinxian.

In the faint crackling sound of the silver silk charcoal, Ye Tianhuai stared at the red charcoal fire and fell into deep thought.

It seems that Li Wenqing is not only very sick this time, but also very sick. Vaguely, she always felt that in this seemingly calm palace, there was an undercurrent surging that she couldn't see.