Although Yongwang, Gao Taiji, Dai Yuanzhi and other Yongdang backbones have been imprisoned, the Yongdang is large after all, accounting for more than half of the court officials. For the sake of political stability, we must not sweep them all out of the house.

Although Gao Taiji was aggressive on the rooftop, the loss of the jade seal was not confirmed. If it is done too much, it will seem that Zhu Sheng's heart is weak.

Therefore, Zhu Sheng did not kill the Yongdang.

At the temporary court meeting, Zhu Sheng gave up a pair of grace and power to the leaderless Yongdang, and naturally let them give up some key positions that held actual power, and then backhanded these vacated positions as a reward to Baolong.

Although Qin Feng, Cai Jian and other gossip officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate did not get actual benefits, judging from the change in Zhu Sheng's attitude towards him, the Metropolitan Procuratorate raised its eyebrows and puffed up just around the corner, and the days when they were oppressed by the Yongdang and did not dare to speak out are gone forever.

It was already the end of the court, and Zhu Sheng, who had been busy for a whole day, did not see the slightest tiredness, and walked briskly towards the imperial study in high spirits and high spirits.

With the collapse of the Yongdang Party, the original pattern of the court was broken, and a new balance must be established as soon as possible.

The rise of the Baolong lineage led by Liu Chuanfang, the old first assistant, is inevitable, but there must be other forces to balance it, otherwise it is difficult to guarantee that it will not become the second Yongdang in the future.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate is the most suitable candidate, but although they have a super fighting spirit, they still seem to be a little lonely, if you add the Yongdang who is still breathing, it should be about the same.

Leaving the Yong Party to balance and protect the dragon, this is also the reason why Zhu Sheng did not rush to kill everything.

In the eyes of the emperor, there is no so-called good and evil, right and wrong, loyalty and treachery, he only cares about whether the courtiers below have the value of their existence.

Maintaining the balance of forces among all parties in the imperial court is a very meticulous task, and time is running out, and Zhu Sheng has already begun to think of specific operation methods in his mind on the way to the imperial study.

The imperial study was in sight, and Zhu Sheng couldn't help but speed up his pace, and at this time, a sudden change occurred.

In the blink of an eye, the night sky turned into day.

Zhu Sheng looked up and looked around, and soon found that a golden pillar of light rose not far from the south of the palace.

Seeing that the pillar of light rose higher and higher, it gradually broke through the sky, but for some reason, it suddenly disappeared in an instant.

The light around them receded, and darkness returned, and the moon and stars in the night were unaffected, still working tirelessly to emit a faint glow.

"In that direction... It's the Immortal Division. ”

Zhu Sheng looked at the direction in which the pillar of light appeared and disappeared, and muttered in his mouth.

"Your Majesty, the old slave has just received news from outside the palace. In the afternoon, the holy daughter of Qiankun Guan Murong Qiushui smashed the signboard of the Immortal Division, and happened to be caught by Xiao Rong, who slapped Murong Qiushui and sent him to prison. The Qingyang Dao people entered the Immortal Hunting Division, and they didn't know what was going on inside, and when they left, the Qingyang Dao people and Murong Qiushui looked quite flustered. It is said that Murong Qiushui also cried on the street. ”

Wei Lin whispered next to Zhu Sheng's ear.

"Rong Fei captured Murong Qiushui? Do you suspect that the pillar of light just now was made by Rong Fei? Rong Fei is also a monk? ”

Zhu Sheng frowned and asked.

"It's not clear what happened in the afternoon, but Rong Fei is an ordinary person and has not practiced, but this old slave can be confirmed."

Wei Lin affirmed with convincing words.

"It's not Rong Fei, then it must be Mr. Yu's arrest. With such a huge difference, I think it should be a further step in the cultivation of Mr. Yu. Congratulations. ”

Zhu Sheng's eyes flickered and he whispered.

Back in the imperial study, the first thing Zhu Sheng did was to let Wei Lin polish the ink.

Spread out the rice paper on the imperial case, holding the wolf hair soaked in ink, chanting for a moment and splashing ink, and the three vigorous and powerful characters of the Immortal Division were completed in one fell swoop.

Blowing dry the ink, Zhu Sheng handed the rice paper to Wei Lindao.

"Take it and order someone to make a plaque overnight, ask for the best wood and gold paint, and beat the gong and drum early tomorrow morning and send it to the Immortal Division, and you will hang it on my behalf."

Not long after Wei Lin was ordered to leave, an attendant stood outside the door to report.

"Your Majesty, the crown prince and His Royal Highness the King of Qi ask to see you."

"Let the two of them get in."

Zhu Sheng snorted with a cold face.

After a short time, two small figures appeared in front of the door of the imperial study. Zhu Sheng twisted his eyebrows and looked, but he was stunned by the shape of the two small ones.

I saw Zhu Yun and Zhu Yan two villains bare-chested, with two thorns tied with a thin rope on their backs.

After crossing the threshold of the imperial study, the two little ones knelt on one knee and shouted at the top of their voices.

"The son is young and ignorant, and he almost made a big mistake, so please punish his father."

"The younger brother is young and ignorant, and he almost made a big mistake, please punish the imperial brother."

"What does that mean?"

Zhu Sheng pointed to Jing Tiao and asked puzzled.

"This is an allusion, called the guilt of guilt."

Zhu Yun bit his finger and replied in a milky voice, seeing that Zhu Sheng was still full of doubts, Zhu Yan told the story of Xianghe.

"This is the story told by Rong Fei yesterday, this story tells us a truth, we must have the courage to admit our mistakes, don't try to hide or escape, otherwise we will only make mistakes and make bigger mistakes."

When he first heard that the jade seal was taken to play with two little ones and lost, so that a series of almost earth-shaking changes occurred, Zhu Sheng was naturally extremely angry, and even had the idea of abolishing the prince and removing the prince of Qi for a while.

But now that I think about it, it was the ignorance and stubbornness of the two little ones that became the opportunity to successfully get rid of the stubborn disease of the Yongdang, and the two barely offset each other's merits.

One is his sister-in-law, and the other is his beloved younger brother. Seeing that the two little naked upper bodies were trembling slightly, Zhu Sheng, who wanted to be punished heavily, was a little soft-hearted.

The tiger asked with a deep groan on his face.

"Do you two know you're wrong?"

"Son/brother knows his mistake!"

"Seven days of grounding, copying the ten teachings of the Holy Patriarch... Fifty times, but if there is a typo or incorrect handwriting, you will be punished again, can you have any objections? ”

"Son-in-law, thank your father, the emperor for his kindness."

"Brother of the courtiers takes orders."

"Hmph, get out of here. Remember to wear clothes to avoid catching a cold. ”

The pretense of the two little ones made Zhu Sheng feel both angry and funny, so he couldn't hold back his laughter and waved his hand to let the two of them retreat.

Walking out of the imperial study, there were immediately palace maids and attendants who came over to dress the two little ones.

Zhu Yun and Zhu Yan looked at each other silently and grinned at the same time.

Rong Fei's method really worked.

After the anxious queen Tang You'er, who was guarding outside the garden, saw the expressions on the faces of the two little ones, her heart that had been hanging finally fell.

Not long after Tang You'er, Zhu Yun, and Zhu Yan left, a team of forbidden troops with lanterns came this way, and in the middle of the team was a waiter wearing a python robe and a rickety body.

"Your Majesty, Qiao Hui, the chief attendant of Cining Palace, asks to see you."

Soon, there was a small chamberlain standing outside the imperial study to report.

Zhu Sheng, who was holding a brush in his hand and thinking about it, was stunned when he heard this, and said in his heart, why did he come? Could it be that the old witch is going to do something over there?

Soon, Qiao Hui was escorted by two forbidden soldiers to the outside of the imperial study.

"Slaves and maids see Your Majesty."

Qiao Hui knelt and kowtowed outside the threshold of the imperial study.

Although Dayan governs the country with rituals, most of the time it only needs to be done, and only occasionally kneel is used on some major occasions such as worshipping ancestors and worshipping the sky.

Qiao Hui is the chief attendant of Cining Palace, and this kneeling is somewhat on behalf of the queen mother's softness.

It's just that it's not to blame for wanting to take a soft stool, and the old witch is too naïve.

Zhu Sheng had a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth, and he didn't speak, staring coldly at Qiao Hui who was kneeling at the door.

After a stick of incense, Zhu Sheng asked in a deep voice.

"Mr. Joe, what's the matter?"

"The slave maid passed a message to Your Majesty for the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother has recently dreamed of the scene when she was a child, so her homesickness has become more and more urgent, so she wants to go back to her hometown to live for a while before the snow falls, and she hopes that Her Majesty will agree. ”

When Zhu Sheng heard this, his palms clenched together uncontrollably, and his body was even more stiff and trembling slightly. It's not because of anger, it's because of excitement.

Since Zhu Sheng's ascension to the throne, there have been two cancers that have made it difficult for him to sleep. One is Zhu Cheng, the king of Yong, who has been stranded in Kyoto for a long time and has not returned to the fiefdom, and the other is the old witch in Cining Palace.

Now that Zhu Cheng has been imprisoned, whether to be demoted to a vegetarian or killed directly is only in Zhu Sheng's thoughts.

At this time, the old witch took the initiative to ask to leave Kyoto and stay away from the center of power, which was undoubtedly a double happiness for Zhu Sheng.

Although the old witch ordered the rebellious Fei Yuwei to seal off the palace in order to cooperate with her son during the day, this act alone has constituted the crime of complicity. But after all, the old witch's status is too high, and she is Zhu Sheng's nominal mother, how to deal with it, Zhu Sheng is also scratching his head.

At this time, the old witch gave the answer by herself, an answer that made Zhu Sheng ecstatic.

However, Zhu Sheng smelled the smell of the transaction from it.

After a moment's silence, he asked.

"What does the Queen Mother want?"

"The Queen Mother is old and hopes that she can be taken care of by someone close to her. It just so happened that King Yong's fief was not far from the Queen Mother's hometown, and the Queen Mother hoped to go on the road with King Yong. ”

Qiao Hui raised his eyes and secretly glanced at Zhu Sheng's expression before replying.

Zhu Sheng suddenly realized when he heard this, no wonder the old witch was willing to take the initiative to leave Beijing, it turned out that in order to save his son's life and the king, he used it in exchange.

And the old witch is sure of herself, and she will definitely agree to her condition.

But... The old witch still misjudged the situation at this time.

"Zhu Cheng's crime is extremely heinous, and it is not enough to be expelled from Kyoto. But for the sake of the queen mother, who only has such an heir, she will cut off the title of King Yong, demote to the king of Xiude County, and leave Beijing with the queen mother tomorrow. ”

Zhu Sheng's decision was obviously expected by the Queen Mother, so Qiao Hui didn't need to go back to Cining Palace to ask for instructions, and directly agreed.

Heqing Haiyan, from today onwards, it can really be called Heqing Haiyan.

Looking at Qiao Hui's departing back, Zhu Shengzhi thought proudly.

The sudden appearance and disappearance of the pillar of light illuminates almost half of Kyoto as bright as day, which naturally arouses the curiosity of many people.

But the vast majority of people are just curious and it's over, and then it's time to go to bed and sleep, and it's time to drink and drink. After all, the residents of Kyoto are well-informed, and there are very few things that can make a fuss about them.

In the west of the city, the Ministry of Rites arranged a house for people from the Four Absolute Holy Lands.

Qingyang Daoren, Changkong Wuji, Sha Maner, and Zhao Ge, each led the disciples of the sect who came with them, standing on the roof and looking in the direction of the Immortal Division.

Everyone's faces were cloudy and uncertain, and they looked preoccupied.

What's the deal with that massive pillar of light?

Could it really be Yu Qingzhi's breakthrough?