At the beginning of the new year, it snowed for three days in a row. However, no matter how cold the weather is, it can't stop the fiery popularity of Chen's house.

Chen's Mansion was ushered in every day before the day, and the BMW carved cars were endless. Some lower-ranking officials had to wait outside the door for a long time in order to send a congratulatory note.

"Why are there so many people this year? I looked like there were still people from the military department. They don't go to Gu Fu, what are they doing here? Among the people queuing at the door, a young man in a brocade jacket, wearing a black and red hood, his hands were still frozen in the cold wind, and he couldn't help but complain to his colleagues.

"You don't know?" The young man beside him, dressed in wealth, approached his ear and said in a low voice, "Elder Gu Ge is about to lose power." ”

"You mean the Ministry of Rites?"

"It's not just the Ministry of Rites. I heard that this Chen Mansion will be the Guozhang Mansion in the future. ”

"You mean?"

"Not really. I heard that the emperor visited Chen's Mansion privately a few years ago, took a fancy to the painting of the eldest lady of Chen's Mansion, and praised her talent for being the best in ancient and modern times, and all of a sudden this family affair was completed. ”

"Heh, in my opinion, the emperor may not be interested in Miss Chen's calligraphy and painting talent, but Lord Shoufu's ability to govern the country."

"It doesn't matter what he likes, anyway, this matter has been spreading in the entire Shengjing City recently, and it is estimated that it is eight or nine times old."

"What about Gu Ge Lao's side? No movement? ”

"How could there be no movement, I must have been unable to sit still for a long time. Look at it, the two sides will definitely fight more fiercely after the year. ”

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Although the rumors in the market are exaggerated, they are by no means groundless.

In fact, a few days after the opening of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Ye Qianhuai's desk had already piled up several excerpts of Chen Yuansi. Several excerpts have different angles and strange ideas, and one of them even lists in detail the ratio of men and women of the descendants of the Chen Mansion, so as to point out that the Yin and Yang of the Chen Mansion are prosperous and the yang is declining, and it is not easy to give birth to men.

For the first time, Ye Tianhuai was grateful to the cabinet for approving the folds for her. I don't know how many outrageous twists and turns the cabinet usually has to watch.

Along with these excerpts of Chen Yuansi, there are also the case files of the Criminal Department.

This time, the Criminal Department acted vigorously and resolutely, and in just one month, the trial of the case of leaking questions in the scientific examination was concluded.

A total of eight people from the Ministry of Rites were involved in the case, the main offender Shi Taiping and a group of accomplices were exiled, and they were dismissed.

Interestingly, Ye Tianhuai saw Wang Lisong's name again in the list of accomplices. And in his punishment, it was also written that he was exiled to the Leizhou coal kiln to serve hard labor, and the result of the triage of the three divisions was the same.

The difference is that this time it is a case handled by the Criminal Department, and it can be ordered to be executed without the approval of Ye Tianhuai's royal pen.

In other words, even if Ye Qianhuai still dragged the official document of the three divisions to be reviewed without stamping the seal and issuing it, Wang Lisong would also be exiled this time.

Not to mention whether Wang Lisong can go to Leizhou alive, even if he can make it to Leizhou alive, with his advanced age of more than 60 years, I am afraid that he will not dig coal for a few days, and the people will be gone first.

Ye Qianhuai had mentioned twice before that he wanted to go to the heavenly prison to inspect, but he was persuaded by the courtiers to retreat on the basis of reason.

It can be seen that this Wang Lisong is indeed unreachable without prison robbery.

Ye Tianhuai then began to think about how to start with Song Zhe.

While she was meditating, an unexpected person appeared.

Li Wenqing returned to the court.

After being "sick" for more than a month, Li Wenqing appeared in the court again.

He lost a lot of weight, and in his early thirties, he looked like a man of nearly half a hundred years old.

Throughout the early dynasty, he didn't say a word, like a still life in the Taihe Palace, where he remained motionless for half an hour.

After going down to the court, Ye Qianhuai asked Li Baoquan to find a reason and called him to the Qinxian Hall to face the saint.

Seeing Ye Qianhuai, Li Wenqing saluted solemnly, and then he was there like a piece of wood.

"Li Qing, you have been sick for more than a month, why are you more haggard today, and your illness is really cured?" Seeing that he didn't speak, Ye Tianhuai first warmly politely became polite.

I didn't want Li Wenqing to remain silent, he lowered his eyes and looked at the ground, his eyes were scattered, and there was a dead silence in his eyes.

Ye Tianhuai glanced at Li Baoquan beside him, Li Baoquan immediately understood, went down with the waiter, and closed the door of the palace firmly before leaving.

"Li Qing, there is no one here, you can say whatever you want, and I will call the shots for you." Ye Qianhuai said solemnly.

Clinker, as soon as she said this, Li Wenqing suddenly knelt down with a thud.

He bowed heavily to the ground and said, "I beg Your Majesty to give your minister a death." ”

What's going on?

Ye Tianhuai was stunned, frowned and asked, "Why did Li Qing say this?" ”

Li Wenqing didn't speak again, he knelt on the ground, his thin figure like a piece of dead wood.

Ye Tianhuai laughed briefly: "Heh, if you want to kill you, you have to have a reason." Have you perverted the law for bribes, or have you committed disobedience? What is the most evil sin that is to the death penalty? Raise your head and reply to my words. ”

Li Wenqing raised his head, but he didn't dare to look at Ye Tianhuai, he lowered his eyes and looked at the dark red carpet in front of him, and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen has heard that the sage has clouds, filial piety, and the beginning of virtue; Loyalist, Lourdes is also. Now loyalty and filial piety cannot be both, and Weichen does not want to live in the world, so he begs His Majesty to give his ministers a death. ”

"How can you not have it both ways? Li Qing, I don't understand what you said. ”

Li Wenqing paused for a moment and replied: "Your Majesty, there are sixty old mothers on Weichen, and there are drooping children below, and there is only one seedling left in the lintel of the Li family, and Weichen really can't ignore the Li family's incense." But if the minister is full of filial piety, he will not be able to be loyal to the country, and he will really lose the emperor's grace, and he will no longer have the face to see the saint. ”

As he spoke, tears welled up in his eyes, and his head slammed to the ground again.

Ye Qianhuai's face turned cold, and her voice also cooled: "Someone threatens your family? ”

What answered her was Li Wenqing's motionless figure prostrate on the ground.

She let out a long sigh.

She also expected such a situation.

The person who tied Li Wenqing was able to release him, so he naturally had complete certainty.

After a while, Ye Tianhuai said: "Wang Lisong is going to be exiled to Leizhou. He won't live long."

She seemed to be saying it to Li Wenqing, and it seemed to be saying it to herself.

Ye Qianhuai glanced down at Li Wenqing, and saw that his hands folded on the carpet had clenched into fists at some point.

After a long time, Li Wenqing held back a sentence: "I beg Your Majesty to give your ministers a death." ”

His voice was a little hoarse, as if he was suppressing a cry. This is the third time he has said this today.

A nameless fire ignited in Ye Tianhuai's heart, she has always been most annoyed that these Wenchen put the word "death" on their lips at every turn, looking loyal and fearless, in fact, they can't share her worries, but they are more persecuted.

She grabbed Li Wenqing's shoulders and forced him to look up at her with his court clothes.

"Listen to me, I won't give you death, and you don't want to die." She stared at Li Wenqing's eyes and said word by word, "What's the use of you dead?" If you die, will Wang Lisong be able to live? If you die, will the wicked be able to subdue the law? Can you clear the government and the opposition if you die? I'm telling you, you think too highly of yourself and none of this will happen! When you die, you die. The damned are still inescapable, the greedy are still insatiable, and your death is not even worthy of being their after-dinner conversation. ”

Li Wenqing's tearful eyes were only a few inches away from Ye Qianhuai, and Ye Qianhuai saw that his reddened eyes were full of fear.

"I'm here to tell you what will happen when you die. After you died, your wife and children had no one to take care of, your wife had to work day and night to support your son's education, your old mother fell ill within a few years because she missed you day and night, and the people who used to look after your family on your face were gone, and even thought of ways to distribute the assets you left behind. ”

Maybe Ye Qianhuai said it was too miserable, Li Wenqing's godless eyes were filled with tears, completely helpless, like a frightened and tortured poor man.

Seeing his appearance, Ye Qianhuai also felt that she had spoken heavily, and most of her anger was extinguished. She let go of her grip on Li Wenqing's hand, stood up, turned sideways to stand with her hands in her hands, no longer looked at him, and said, "In this world, death is the most useless. Li Wenqing, don't you want to be loyal and filial? I tell you how to be both loyal and filial. If you live well, you are loyal and filial. When you live, it is a matter of making your relatives happy and your enemies painful. ”

Ye Qianhuai was silent for a long time before he turned his head sideways to look at him, and saw that he was still hanging his head, and he was worried that he would not listen, so he went home and hanged himself with a rope, so he asked, "Do you understand?" ”

Li Wenqing's body lowered a few inches and replied, "Weichen has the order." ”

His voice had regained clarity, and Ye Qianhuai relieved himself a little.

"As for Wang Lisong's side, I will find another way, it's not something you should worry about." After speaking, Ye Tianhuai paused and said, "Go ahead, it's not good to stay here for a long time." ”

Li Wenqing stood up, finished saluting Ye Tianhuai, looked up at her, and was facing the concerned gaze of the emperor looking at him, and his heart jumped.

Ye Tianhuai's voice softened, and said, "I don't want to reward you at this time, it's easy to attract people's eyes." If you go back and take care of your body, the court will be able to use you one day. At that point, you won't come back to me on sick leave. ”

After speaking, she gently patted Li Wenqing's shoulder and showed him an encouraging smile.

Li Wenqing looked at her, his eyes seemed to be resurrected, and a little spark was ignited.

"Weichen respectfully obeys His Majesty's instructions, and will definitely protect himself and be loyal to the country." He kowtowed again before retreating and leaving the Qinxian Palace.

After Li Wenqing left, the room was quiet again.

Ye Tianhuai sat alone in the room, lost in thought.

It seems that Wang Lisong must find Song Zhe to break the situation.

But beyond the walls of the palace, who is available to her, and who can be trusted? The forbidden army and the criminal department are in the hands of Gu Shihai, and looking for someone in the capital is equivalent to looking for someone under Gu Shihai's nose, which is definitely not something that ordinary people can do.

Ye Tianhuai only has two choices at the moment. Either Chen Yuansi or Lu Yanchen.

But these two people made her feel dangerous.

Ye Qianhuai was a little tightened by the stove in the house, she walked to the window, pushed open the wooden window, and the cold wind outside the window rushed in her face.

Ye Qianhuai raised her eyes and saw a red plum blossom in the corner of the courtyard, soaked in a little fragrance in the cold wind, which lifted her spirits.

Ye Tianhuai couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Stay in the soup and let him be bullied by the wind and snow." It has to be plum blossoms. It's a pity that my Dajing Dynasty doesn't even have a virtuous minister with plum and bamboo bones? ”