"The palace gate has been keyed, and we can't find out the news for the time being, but the person who set the fire has been caught."

"Who is it?"

As soon as Ming Lanying raised her head, she felt a soft and moist thing rubbing against her forehead, and then Ye Jielu leaned back violently, blushing and heartbeat to pull away.

Ming Lanying tilted her head suspiciously, "Ye Jielu, your heartbeat is a little abnormal?" ”

Ye Jielu hurriedly let go of her, his eyes were a little uncertain, and his lips moved slightly, "The person has been caught, the emperor will let people interrogate him overnight, you don't have to worry, the East Palace may not be packed up tomorrow, let's go and move the box somewhere." ”

"You—go to bed early."

Ming Lanying looked at Ye Jielu's figure in confusion and fled, "I haven't said who it is, what are you doing in such a hurry......

The study was burned, and it was useless to be in a hurry, so Ming Lanying adjusted her mentality and forced her to sleep, striving to recover some losses tomorrow.

The study of the East Palace was burned, the emperor happened to be in the queen's palace, the lights were turned on in the Changle Palace in the middle of the night, the two of them were awakened and looked not very good, the emperor hurriedly put on a dress and was about to rush out, and was pulled by the queen.

"The emperor is not in a hurry, there are guards fighting the fire, you can only watch when you rush there, let Defu change your clothes first, and then talk about it, if you are disheveled, you will lose royal face."

The queen knows the importance of the study in the East Palace, but she is calmer than the emperor, and the emperor is easy to get on when he is in a hurry, so she has to guard the emperor for him.

The emperor glanced at the placket of his clothes half-open, and the reason that was in a hurry came back, and he turned around and kissed the queen, "Fortunately, Zitong is here."

The queen wiped her face helplessly, pushed the emperor who was hanging Erlang, Defu lowered her eyebrows and pretended not to see, and put clothes on the emperor neatly.

"Zitong is waiting for me here, and I'll be back soon."

"Your Majesty, hurry up, the concubine will send someone to find out who is so bold."

When the emperor rushed to the study of the East Palace in a hurry, there were only a few sporadic fire ideas left, and most of the account books in the palace people in the rescue study were moved out, and some of them could not be saved, so they could only watch them burn to ashes in the sea of fire.

In the chaos, the guards saw the emperor's honor guard, and hurriedly knelt down and saluted, "See the emperor!" ”

One person spoke, and everyone present saw the emperor with a gloomy face, and knelt down in a panic.

"Participate in the emperor, the emperor forgives sins!"

The study was built very large, even if the fire was big and fierce at that time, it was only half burned, the charred black wall and the half-baked ridge were the direction of the wind tonight that saved the other half, delaying the fire that grew wildly at the sight of the wind, but the other half was blackened by the smoke, with a little spark.

The emperor looked at the half-burned palace, his heart was full of mixed feelings, weakness, anger, and irritability pressed him a little chest tightness and shortness of breath, Defu saw that the emperor was panting rapidly, and hurriedly whispered a few words of comfort.

"The emperor is angry, don't be angry, it's important to clean up the things in front of you, the slave didn't see Xue Xia and Biyun here, the sisters are loyal, I'm afraid something happened."

"Come on, go search, find Xuexia and Biyun."

The chief of the guard on the side gave the order and hurried to find someone with a team of people. Ignoring the dissuasion of the palace people, the emperor slowly stepped into the half-burned palace, and looked around, most of the account books that had been piled up on the ground were burned, and the ashes fluttered in the wind, sticking to the corners of his clothes, as if he wanted to keep them.

After asking Gong Zheng*, who was in charge of the fire administration in the palace, Defu walked lightly behind the emperor, "Your Majesty, the fire is burning from outside the house. ”

The Emperor hummed faintly, and caught a glimpse of an unburned corner of the bookshelf on the other side, where an unfamiliar box was pressed low.

The East Palace is where he has lived since he was a child, and the study is also where he used to stay every day, and now he also comes to take a look at it every once in a while, and he has never seen this box.

Suspiciously, he walked over, pushed away the debris on the upper area, dialed the copper lock on the box, and said in a deep voice: "Defu, are you familiar with this box?" ”

Defu stepped forward to check it carefully, and shook his head, his memory was all good practice, and he couldn't say that he would never forget it, but he had an impression after seeing it, "The slave really hasn't seen this box, when did it have this in the study?" ”

The emperor didn't say anything, and with a wave of his hand, he was carried to his imperial study.

Moments later, the guards carried the two unconscious men back.

"Back to the emperor, Xue Xia and Miss Biyun were found next to the imperial pool, they were knocked with a stick, and they were drugged, and there was no big problem, but they couldn't wake up for a while."

The emperor waved his hand, "Carry it down and take care of it, tomorrow will be interrogated, have you caught the arsonist?" ”

"Yes, the arsonist has been caught, and he is a eunuch."

"Interrogation overnight, just don't die."

"Yes!"

Tossing for a long time, there was a faint glimmer in the sky, the emperor returned to Changle Palace tiredly, and the queen put on a dress and waited for him at the gate of the palace.

"How did you get out? The dew is heavy outside, and it's almost dawn in the sleeping party. ”

The emperor strode forward and took her hand and walked into the room, and the queen smiled slightly, "Waiting for you." ”

The emperor pressed her on the bed, took off his clothes three or two times, lay down with his arms around her, and rubbed the queen's neck, "Most of the study has been burned, fortunately, I have already moved your portrait to the imperial study." ”

The queen thought that he would be troubled by the account book, but the first sentence said this, and she patted him with some tears and laughter, "The emperor is not in a hurry about the account book?" ”

"It's all burned down, what else can I do, those ministers have ghosts in their hearts and are in a hurry to destroy the evidence......"

Corruption account books have always been a thorn in the emperor's heart, if it weren't for corruption, he would not have been locked up in the East Palace by the first emperor, and the first emperor would not have been killed because he was isolated.

And he knew that the person who killed his father was either Prince Heng or the Ming family, but he couldn't help anyone, because the Ming family was the patriarch of the three dynasties, because Prince Heng was a brother and sister cherished by his father. Only by weakening their rights little by little, taking back his imperial power little by little, and waiting for strong evidence to be revealed to the world, can he deal with his enemies openly.

The queen patted him soothingly, "The concubine found out that the eunuch was from Concubine Ning's palace." ”

"Concubine Ning? The henchmen of the Ming family? ”

"Yes, one of the henchmen of the Ming family, Wei Yanning, the second daughter of the Wei family of Wupinyun Cavalry, has been in the palace for two years."

It's so obvious to find out, this matter is inseparable from the Ming family, there are people in the household who want to protect the Ming family, and it doesn't matter whether Ming Lanying's ability to check the accounts is good or not, this fire is put on first, and then the evidence is gone, I think that the emperor will end the audit here, and the Ming family will let people do it.

"I can't find anything after I look down, that's all." The emperor buried himself deep in the empress's arms, and said in a muffled voice: "Then it is just a matter of dealing with it directly, Concubine Ning has bad intentions, arson in the palace, is bold, degraded to a concubine, confiscated the family, and the family will never be allowed to enter Beijing." ”

The queen is not a simple woman who is stupid and sweet, and she understands the truth in this, and it is the best result for the harem to clear away a troublesome person, and sleep with the emperor on her feet, and sleep shallow for a while.

The morning light is faint, and the sky is white.

Ming Lanying slowly opened her eyes, quickly came to her senses, washed and dressed as fast as she could, and as soon as she opened the door, she crashed into Ye Jielu's arms, covering her nose and taking two steps back.

"Why are you standing here silently?"

Ye Jielu just wanted to knock on the door, but she didn't expect her to suddenly open the door and slam into his arms, "I'm sorry, I'll take a look?" ”

Ye Jielu cautiously raised her chin to check, and was slapped away by Ming Lanying, "The nose can't collapse yet, go to the palace." ”

“…… Good. ”

Ye Jielu found that Ming Lanying's dedication was heavier than him, and in front of her account book, everything had to be sidelined.

The carriage ran into the palace with a kick, and the guards didn't stop it when they saw that it was Ye Juelu, and stopped outside the East Palace all the way unimpeded.

Ming Lanying hurried to the study, after walking for so long, the way to the study was already familiar. I didn't see the unique eaves of the study from afar, and I felt a sigh in my heart, and walked out of the moon gate through the verandah, and my vision suddenly opened up, and the half-collapsed and blackened dilapidated building in front of me made Ming Lanying couldn't believe that this was yesterday's magnificent study.

There were also guards and palace people cleaning up the mess, and when they saw that Ming Lanying and Ye Jielu had arrived, they bowed and continued to work.

The two glanced at each other and walked towards the other side that had not been burned, and it was really difficult to find something all over the ground. Ming Lanying rolled up her sleeves and was about to rummage, but was pulled by Ye Jielu.

"I'll come, just stand far away and watch."

Charcoal and ashes all over the ground, Ming Lanying only came in for a while and her skirt was stained with ashes, how could Ye Jielu be willing to let her do this dirty work, so as to persuade people to go aside, he took a stick and flicked it twice, revealing the place where the box was put yesterday.

Ye Jielu vaguely remembered that the box he specially asked people to hold was a waterproof leather box, plus some things they covered on the box, which could have the effect of slowing down the fire, it stands to reason that this half of the study did not burn down, and most of the things inside were basically just blackened, and the box was at most scorched black on the outside, and it should be fine inside.

But after pulling it for a long time, I didn't see the shadow of the box, so it could only be found and taken away.

Ming Lanying was in a hurry, and Defu hurried over and said to the two of them, "Commander Ye, Mrs. Ye, the emperor's imperial study is invited." ”

The important box was gone, Ming Lanying was upset, Ye Jielu gently took her hand and followed Defu to the imperial study.

"Don't worry, it's better to be taken away than to be burned, and there can be a turnaround."

Ming Lanying nodded, all she thought about was how to rescue the consequences, but she didn't find that she was being led all the way by Ye Juelu.

When she arrived at the imperial study and saw the familiar scorched black box next to the bookcase, Ming Lanying suddenly came back to her senses.

"Why is this box here?!"

Defu coughed lightly, "Mrs. Ye, the emperor is also here, and the emperor moved over." ”

As soon as Ming Lanying looked up and saw the emperor's unobtrusive smile, she breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly bowed.

When the emperor saw Ye Jielu and Ming Lanying's expressions, he knew that this box was related to them, and it was estimated that it was those important account books, and he was also relieved.

"Excuse me, get up, get up." The emperor kicked the box lightly, "I don't thank you yet, as soon as I took this thing away with my front foot, someone searched the entire study with my back foot and searched some innocuous things." ”

Ye Jielu took out the key from his sleeve and opened the copper lock, Ming Lanying looked at the big box with a smile, "The emperor is wise, thank the emperor." ”

The Emperor glanced at a box full of account books, "The important ones are here?" ”

"Yes, the important thing is here, and the rest will be burned if it is burned, and there will be a backup there in the household department anyway."

The account book, when it is given out, there will be a backup, the household department gives a printed version, and the original is still in the household department, as for whether the household will be given later, then say another thing. This is also what she remembered on the road, after all, the backup in her previous life mostly used the electronic version, and she was not very familiar with the household system here.

When the emperor heard this, he nodded reassuringly, he recognized Ming Lanying's ability, the study of the East Palace could not be used, and the other study rooms in the palace were not suitable to enter at will, the emperor simply waved his hand and asked them to take these accounts home to continue to investigate, and also sent twenty more Janissaries to protect the courtyard.

"The arsonist has been caught, and the main messenger has been confessed, I have already disposed of her, this matter has something to do with the Ming family, there are their people in the household, Ye Juelu, I will give you three months to find out that person."

"Yes."

Since the murderer has been disposed of, then Ming Lanying doesn't care, the Ming family has too deep roots, even if he knows that it has something to do with him, he can't do anything, it's better to stop here first and wait for the opportunity.

"Brother and sister, I limit you to sort out the corruption account books within this year and find out the truth, is it feasible?"

The emperor's younger brothers and sisters shouted, and Ming Lanying was not afraid to look at him, and looked at him with a torch in her eyes, "The emperor can rest assured, there are already clues in the accounts, as long as no one interferes, I will definitely give the emperor an explanation within this year." ”

The emperor nodded with satisfaction, and Yu Guang caught a glimpse of Ye Jielu looking at Ming Lanying stupidly, and scolded with a smile in his heart.

Ming Lanying suddenly remembered the two big palace maids guarding the study, "The courtiers have something to ask the emperor, what about Xuexia and Biyun?" Didn't they stay in the study all night? ”

The emperor furrowed his eyebrows slightly, "I was beaten and drugged, and I have been handed over to the Praetorian Guards for interrogation." ”

Ming Lanying was a little worried in her heart, anyway, they had been together for a while, and they did their best to take care of her during the time she was in the East Palace, so that she would not be depressed because of the boxy palace walls.

But the stakes are so high, she can't plead, she just waits for the Praetorian Guards to interrogate before going to visit, Ye Jielu seems to know what she is thinking, and squeezes her hand.

"Don't worry, the Praetorian Guard's interrogation is not a trick, but it will be a little frightened and painful."

Ming Lanying understood his head, and after the matter was discussed, she returned home with a large box of account books.

There were also a few boxes of gold, silver and jewelry taken away with the account book, which were all rewards to the outside world, and appreciated the hard work of Lan Ying during this time, and when they opened it, they were indeed full of gold and silver jewelry, and no one cared about the box of account books mixed in it.

Ming Lanying touched the chests of gold, silver and jewelry, and her eyes shone like a hungry wolf, the same as the eyes of a snow wolf cub when they hunted.

Ye Jielu heard Ming Lanying remember the value of these boxes of treasures in his hand, and said in pieces: "Fifty taels of imperial gold, one hundred taels of silver, a bucket of white jade pearls, ten high-grade Shu brocades, two pairs of golden hairpins, one pair of jade Ruyi, and one pair of concentric jade pendants...... Coupled with the gifts given by those corrupt officials before, tsk tsk, I made a lot of money, I made a lot of money......"

Ye Juelu: "......"

* Gong Zheng, who is in charge of fire administration in the palace

I remember that there seems to be such a thing.,It's the highest official position of a firefighter in the palace.,If not, I'm talking nonsense_(:з"∠)_

Logic is dead, you can only write a simple and popular one, don't be serious, love you! (ˊˋ*)

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