The emperor and Wan Ning entered the inner room one after the other, and Wan Ning asked, "The slave dares to ask the emperor, why are you here?" ”

"Isn't that welcome to hear from you!"

"How so? Emperor. Since the last time I made you angry, the slave maid thinks that maybe you don't deal with the side hall, the slave and maid are worried about the emperor's dragon body and can't afford to damage the dragon body. ”

The emperor smiled: "You also know that I don't deal with your side hall?" ”

"Whether you are right or not, the slave still welcomes you. Everyone is here, Your Majesty, please sit down, and the slave and maid will make you good tea. ”

The emperor sat down on the couch, facing the small square table, and looked at this posture and wanted to play chess again. Wan Ning understood his thoughts, and after serving tea, she took the chessboard and chess pieces without waiting for the emperor's orders.

The Emperor glared at her, a smile on his face.

After Wan Ning put the chess pieces on the table, she said unprecedentedly: "Your Majesty, you come first." ”

The emperor was even more taken aback: "So confident! ”

In fact, Wanning is not confident, she just doesn't want the emperor to be humble, and she has a fearless expression.

"Okay, I'll come first, don't regret it."

Wanning's chess skills are indeed getting better and better, and he was able to fight with the emperor for a few rounds, which attracted his constant admiration. But I have to say that the emperor's chess skills are not covered, and she doesn't know how many lifetimes it will take to catch up with the battle-hardened and scheming emperor in front of her.

After a while, she began to sweat profusely, and when she was pondering carefully, the emperor felt that she should not be so struggling, so it was better to speak. He suddenly asked, "Recently, people often say in my ear that your Uncle Gao is not, it won't have anything to do with you, right?" ”

Wan Ning said very calmly: "Uncle made a fortune, but he did not forget others, and gave gifts to many people, and those people gathered comfortably under his banner. If not, who will be willing to wave the flag for him? Or even work for the court? It's just that there are a few people who don't want to go along with the dirt and dare to speak. Your Majesty, don't you need such a mutual containment? That's all I have to say. The slave and maid remembered that as soon as Uncle Gao was mentioned in the past, you were furious, but it was better for the slave and maid not to mention it, and did not dare to interfere in the government again. The things of the past have accumulated, and the slave and maid are afraid that a few more heads will not be enough to cut off. ”

"Wanning, you remember it so clearly, how can it be like remembering my hatred when you hear this?"

"Slaves don't dare."

"Wan Ning, have you ever thought that when a person from the harem exposes a trusted minister in front of me, are you accusing me? And the harem is indeed not allowed to interfere in court affairs. So far, only the Queen, Concubine Yan and you can say something related to you, and I have been very lenient with you. ”

When the emperor said this, Wan Ning understood that it must be Concubine Yan who fulfilled her promise and said her uncle's in front of the emperor. The emperor also said that "there are often people", and it seems that there is more than one person, and that person is Master Meng. The master said that the emperor will take Lord Meng's words to heart and consider them carefully.

"I used to offend the emperor because the slaves missed their father too much." Wan Ning got up and knelt down on the bed, "Your Majesty, you feel uncomfortable, you can punish the slave and maid." ”

"The denunciator wants evidence. Take it. The Emperor said again.

"What?"

"You hate your Uncle Gao so much, you must have collected a lot of evidence about his crimes, right? Do you just know how to shout all day long? ”

"The emperor is wise. The slave doesn't dare to hide it from you, there is indeed evidence. Wan Ning hesitated for a moment and took the account book she had taken from her sister.

The emperor casually flipped through the ledger and pretended to be surprised, "There is such a thing? ”

"The general ledger is still in Gaofu."

The emperor pondered for a long time and said: "The tall man is in a high position, knows the law and violates the law, accepts bribes, sells official positions, forms parties for personal gain, and wantonly accumulates money. I ordered the Gao family to be copied, the tall man was beheaded, and everyone was reduced to commoners, what do you think? ”

With only the account book in front of him, he could not convict his uncle of so many crimes. This punishment is too severe, Wan Ning originally wanted to return the Li family's property, her father would no longer be slandered, let her uncle stay in prison for a few days, and hope that he could go to his father's grave to apologize to him. She didn't want to affect the entire Gao family. The Gao family no longer exists, how can she marry Brother Ang? Won't the people of the Gao family hate her to death?

Wan Ning immediately knelt down in fright and said, "Your Majesty, the slave and maid really hate your uncle. The slave hated him and fanned the flames to cause his father to be demoted. I also hate that my uncle plundered the property of the Li family after his father died, these properties were all obtained by his father's struggle, but his uncle took it for himself, and the Gao family is still the quasi-in-law of the Li family. But these are personal vendettas. Yu Gong, uncle's contribution to the court is obvious to all, and the slave and maid don't want the emperor to lose a right-hand man. No matter how powerful his uncle was, he never rebelled. As long as the uncle can return the property of the Li family and restore his father's reputation, let him feel the disaster of a few days in prison and punish him a little. Please also ask the emperor to let go of the Gao family, and the slave begs you. ”

"You are the one who will be punished, and you will be the one who will let people go. You hate your Uncle Gao so much, and you have mercy on his subordinates. It can't be for anyone, right? The two families really have a good relationship, or Wan Ning's feelings for the young master of the Gao family are really not shallow! ”

The emperor's temptation, Wan Ning was hit at once.

"Uncle has made a mistake, you will decide what to do with it. The slave is just a little woman, and she just wants to take revenge. You said that you were merciful to his subordinates, but the slave maid wanted to ask the emperor, did you listen to your uncle's slander back then? Or did he have an idea a long time ago and was determined to demote his father? The slave dared to ask the emperor, his father was loyal to the court all his life, what mistake did he make? Tears instantly oozed from Wan Ning's eyes, "Because of being degraded, some people have a chance to do it." If my father had stayed in the capital, he would not have died at all! ”

"Li Wanning, you have to pay attention to proportions when you speak! The government and politics are important, and you can't be allowed to intervene as a little girl. The emperor calmed down a bit, and added, "Speaking of which, I still complain that I have belittled your father." ”

The slave said frankly that she didn't dare to deceive the emperor. Losing your father and mother, how can you call your slave and maid without complaining? I knew that it was so dangerous to have glory and wealth, so it was better for you to dismiss your father at that time, and our family would live in peace. ”

The emperor only stared at her and said nothing. He sat for a while, then took the ledger that Wan Ning presented to him as evidence.

Wan Ning couldn't imagine how many pairs of eyes there would be in the harem. The emperor took the ledger, and the matter suddenly ceased to be a secret.