Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

At this moment, Jiajing was sitting cross-legged on the futon, meditating peacefully, while Lu Fang was waiting beside Jiajing as usual, without making any sound.

Time passed slowly, I don't know how long it was, I saw Jiajing open his eyes and get up from the futon.

Seeing this, Lu Fang hurriedly greeted him, leaned down, and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty! ”

When Jiajing heard this, he replied imperceptibly, and then, he retracted his gaze and asked: "Lu Fang, how did I ask you to investigate the case of the Weaving Bureau?" ”

Seeing Jiajing mention this matter, Lu Fang didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly took out the list previously written by Feng Bao from his sleeve, and handed it to Jiajing, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the slave maid has already found out, and the people on this list are all involved in the case of the Weaving Bureau, do you see ......?"

When Jiajing heard this, he took the list from Lu Fang's hand, and after hastily browsing the names on it, he retracted his gaze and commanded: "Since these people are involved in the case of the Weaving Bureau, let's do it all!" ”

When Lu Fang heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked, and then he came back to his senses and responded respectfully: "Obey, Your Majesty!" ”

Lu Fang's heart knew very well that everyone who was involved with Pang Qian, the chief eunuch of the Weaving Bureau, would all die!

As we all know, the chief eunuch of the Weaving Bureau is a fat shortage, as long as he has been in office for three years and five years, he will not worry about it for a lifetime.

Pang Qian, as the chief eunuch of the Weaving Bureau, as long as he can maintain the daily operation of the Weaving Bureau and bring enough income to the palace, even if there is a little action behind the scenes, His Majesty will treat it as if he didn't see it.

But now, Zhao Zhenji has brought the Weaving Bureau's side of the Weaving Bureau, a clear account, and a dark account to the table.

And this also exposed that Pang Qian, as the chief eunuch of the Weaving Bureau, did not think about His Majesty in his heart, but only thought about himself.

No emperor could tolerate the existence of a courtier who was disloyal to him, so the emperor would kill them even if it was to make an example of them.

Just as Lu Fang's thoughts were flying, I saw Jiajing sitting on the dragon chair again, and after a moment of silence, he said to himself: "Well, Zhao Zhenji did a good job this time, I want to reward him well!" ”

When the words fell, I saw Jiajing looking in the direction where Lu Fang was, and asked: "By the way, Lu Fang, at present, Zhao Zhenji's family and relatives are still in the capital, right?" ”

When Lu Fang heard this, after pondering for a while, he responded: "Your Majesty, Zhao Zhenji's family and relatives, are still in the capital, the original match is the Chen family, the stepfamily is the Guo family and the Li family, and they have three sons, the second son unfortunately died, the eldest son is named Zhao Dingzhu, and the third son is named Zhao Jingzhu!" ”

When Jiajing heard this, after pondering for a while, he immediately instructed: "Reward Zhao Zhenji's family with eight thousand taels of silver, and in addition, after coming down later, pick two gifts from my inner treasury and send them together!" ”

When Jiajing's words fell, I saw Lu Fang forcibly suppress the shock in his heart, lowered his head, and responded in a deep voice: "Obey, Your Majesty!" ”

Lu Fang understood that this was Jiajing's return for Zhao Zhenji's loyalty, which was not only to repay the favor, but also to show it to others.

After all, thunder, rain and dew are all Jun'en!

……

On the other side, the Forbidden City, the Cabinet.

Although Jiajing decided a few days ago that the cabinet would be responsible for investigating Yan Maoqing's case.

However, because the candidate to go to Nanzhili to investigate the case has not been determined for a long time, it has had to be delayed until now.

"Elder Xu Ge, we have been delaying it for several days, we can't continue to drag it on, what do you think of these people going to Nanzhili to investigate Yan Maoqing's case?"

After Yan Song finished speaking, he got up from his seat tremblingly, and handed the drawn list to Xu Jie's hands.

When the words fell, I saw Xu Jie take the list from Yan Song's hand and began to browse carefully.

After Xu Jie browsed all the names on the list, he looked in the direction where Yan Song was, and after bowing his head slightly, he said slowly.

"Since Elder Yan Ge has already decided, then send these people on the list!"

Seeing that Xu Jie agreed to his proposal, Yan Song couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then, I saw him summon the officials and ordered: "Send this list to the celebrant immediately!" ”

In the face of Yan Song's orders, Xu Yan didn't dare to be slack, only to see him take the list quite solemnly, and respectfully responded: "Yes, Yan Ge Lao!" ”

Not long after the official left, he saw Xu Jie's gaze retracted and began to deal with the music in front of him in an orderly manner.

For Xu Jie, the people sent out to investigate Yan Maoqing's case this time are not like before, most of them are members of the Yan Party.

It is precisely because of this that Xu Jiefang agreed to the list prepared by Yan Song.

At this moment, I heard a rush of footsteps from outside the cabinet, and after a while, I saw a servant hurriedly entering the cabinet.

After entering the cabinet, the official subconsciously looked in the direction where Yan Song and Xu Jie were, leaned down, and respectfully reported: "Elder Yuge, this is the confession of Lord Wang, the prefect of Hangzhou, Ma Ningyuan, who sent someone to send a special trip!" ”

After the official finished speaking, he carefully took out the confession.

When the words of the Xu official fell, I saw Yan Song on the side, with an interested look on his face, looked at the Xu official, and commanded: "Oh, Ma Ningyuan's confession? Take it! ”

"Yes, Yan Ge Lao!"

When the words fell, I saw that the official stepped forward and respectfully handed over the confession in his hand to Yan Song's hands.

At this time, in the room, everyone's eyes were subconsciously attracted by the confession in Yan Song's hand.

And Zhang Juzheng quietly glanced at Hu Zongxian on the side, and a trace of worry flashed on his face, after all, no matter how he said it, Ma Ningyuan was also his student of Hu Zongxian!

Seeing Hu Zongxian's expression as usual, Zhang Juzheng relaxed.

Facing everyone's curious eyes, I saw Yan Song unhurriedly open Ma Ningyuan's confession, and browsed the content on it word by word.

Time passed slowly, and after a long time, I saw Yan Song put down Ma Ningyuan's confession, and he had already browsed all the contents.

The development of things did not surprise him, Ma Ningyuan fulfilled his promise, his confession, from beginning to end, only involved him, all of this is his own opinion, and has nothing to do with anyone!

"In this way, you can also hand over to Your Majesty, Ma Ningyuan, you can go with peace of mind, your family and relatives, I will let Yan Shifan take care of them for you!"

After secretly making a promise in his heart, he saw Yan Song look at Xu Jie on the side with cloudy eyes, and asked, "Elder Xu Ge, do you want to take a look at Ma Ningyuan's confession?" ”

"It's nature!"

After Xu Jie responded, he took Ma Ningyuan's confession from Yan Song's hand expectantly.

However, when he saw the content recorded above, he looked incredulous, because Ma Ningyuan admitted in his confession that everything was his own claim and had nothing to do with anyone!

At this moment, although Xu Jieming was very calm on his face, his heart had already set off turbulent waves.

From the moment he saw what was recorded in the confession, he knew that all his previous plans had come to naught.

"Wang Ting and Yan Maoqing, two wastes, can't even do this little thing!"

Thinking of this, Xu Jie couldn't help gritting his teeth and hating.

Soon, Hu Zongxian also got Ma Ningyuan's confession, and after he finished browsing the above content, he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

"As the teacher said, Ma Ningyuan really took all the blame alone, alas!"

After everyone in the cabinet read Ma Ningyuan's confession, this confession was sent to the celebrant in accordance with the established process, and then handed over to the emperor for inspection.

……

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

"Your Majesty, this is drawn up by the cabinet, the official candidates sent to Nanzhili to investigate Yan Maoqing's case, and the confession of Ma Ningyuan, the prefect of Hangzhou."

After listening to Lu Fang's report, Jiajing's face couldn't help but flash a look of doubt, and then asked: "Why has this matter dragged on back and forth for so long?" ”

When Lu Fang heard this, after hesitating for a moment, he said respectfully: "Your Majesty, according to the news that the slave maid received, it is said that Yan Ge Lao and Xu Ge Lao have many differences in the selection of people sent to Nanzhili to investigate Yan Maoqing's case, and this has only dragged on until now!" ”

When Jiajing heard this, he did not comment on this, but nodded, picked up the list of officials that had been drawn up, and browsed it carefully.

After a while, I saw Jiajing put down the list in his hand and said with emotion: "Well, it seems that these two have made some concessions!" ”

Subsequently, I saw Jiajing put down the list in his hand and picked up Ma Ningyuan's confession.

Regarding Ma Ningyuan's confession, Jiajing just glanced at it twice, and then withdrew his gaze, things were as he expected, Ma Ningyuan carried all the charges alone.

Next, as long as there is this confession, no one will be able to make a fuss about Ma Ningyuan's case.

This case will no longer implicate Hu Zongxian.

After that, I saw Jiajing put the confession in his hand aside, picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, and commented: "This Yan Song, it's not bad to do things, no wonder King Jing was able to suppress King Yu everywhere!" ”

When Lu Fang, who was on the side, heard this, he was horrified, and hurriedly looked at his nose and nose, trying to reduce his sense of existence.

After all, in Jiajing's words, it involves seizing the heir!

All along, Lu Fang has tried her best to avoid being involved in this kind of thing.

Even King Jing Zhu Zaizhen, who was in the middle of the court at the beginning and had the platform of Yan Song, the first assistant of the cabinet, took the initiative to deign to be friendly with him, but he refused.

After all, this road to winning the heir is dangerous and abnormal, and if you accidentally step into the air, you will lose everything.

Lu Fang didn't want to get involved in these troubles, he just wanted to retire peacefully in the position of the eunuch in charge of the seal after choosing a suitable heir.

And the later development of the matter also made Lu Fang unconsciously relieved, and secretly congratulated himself on his original decision.

King Jing failed to seize the throne and was sent by His Majesty to the fiefdom of De'an, completely losing the opportunity to fight for the throne!

After this, the only remaining Yuwang became the favorite to become the next prince.

After all, he is the eldest son of His Majesty, and he is the only prince in the capital at the moment, once Jiajing dies, then King Yu can logically inherit the unification.

Faced with the co-optation of Yuwang Zhu Zaikun openly and secretly, in the end, after thinking about it for a long time, Lu Fang still chose to refuse.

He has been in the palace all his life, from an obscure little eunuch to the position of the eunuch who holds the seal of the celebrant all the way, and he has seen too many things.

The conditions offered by Yuwang Zhu Zaikun were not attractive to him.

On the contrary, if you are a little careless, it is easy to put yourself in!

Jiajing saw that Lu Fang hadn't responded for a long time, looked thoughtful, raised his eyebrows, and asked, "Lu Fang, what do you think?" ”

When Lu Fang heard this, he suddenly came back to his senses, lowered his head, laughed twice, and said in response: "Yes, yes, what Your Majesty said is true!" ”

Jiajing took in the expression on Lu Fang's face, shook his head imperceptibly, and then ordered: "It's not bad right now, let's go out with me!" ”

When Lu Fang heard Jiajing's words, his expression immediately turned grim, and he responded in a deep voice: "Obey, Your Majesty!" ”

After that, I saw Lu Fang follow Jiajing's steps step by step and leave the Qianqing Palace.

……

Night falls, the capital, Yanfu.

In the room, I saw Yan Song raise his head from the bookcase, and after looking Yan Shifan up and down with cloudy eyes, he followed up and asked, "How is the matter that was given to you?" ”

In the face of Yan Song's inquiry, Yan Shifan didn't dare to hide it in the slightest, and immediately arched his hand to Yan Song, and responded respectfully: "Back to my father's words, those people are very good, and the people sent by the child have just gotten up, and those people patted their chests and said that they will definitely make this case an iron case!" ”

When Yan Shifan said this, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Many of them have a friendship with Yan Maoqing, and now this Yan Maoqing's bones are not cold, and he ...... tsk."

Yan Song took in the expression on Yan Shifan's face, raised his eyebrows, and said unhurriedly: "What's so strange about this, intersect with potential, tilt when you go, intersect with profit, and disperse when you are profitable!" ”

"Things gather people in groups, what kind of virtue is he Yan Maoqing, and what kind of virtue are the friends he makes!"

Yan Song seemed to be quite emotional about this, and then, I saw him looking directly into Yan Shifan's eyes, and said word by word: "Listen, if one day my Yan family loses power, we will also end up like this!" ”

When Yan Shifan heard this, he immediately lowered his head and replied respectfully: "Thank you for your father's teachings, the child understands!" ”

Then, as if he suddenly remembered something, Yan Shifan followed up and added: "By the way, father, the child got the news that His Majesty sent someone to Zhao Zhenji's house with many rewards, do you think it will have something to do with the matter in Zhejiang?" ”

When Yan Song heard this, after pondering for a moment, he responded: "Didn't that subordinate of yours Zheng Michang say that Zhao Zhenji has the right to cut first and then play the game given by His Majesty, and personally led the troops to surround the Weaving Bureau?" ”

"It should be this Zhao Zhenji, who found out something in the Weaving Bureau, and truthfully reported it to His Majesty, so he got this reward!"

Yan Song paused for a moment when he said this, and then continued to add: "Therefore, the next thing you need to do is to see if there is any major movement in the court, and everything will be understood!" ”

After listening to Yan Song's conjecture, Yan Shifan's eyes flashed with an inexplicable look, and he immediately leaned down and responded in a deep voice: "Thank you father for solving the child's doubts!" (End of chapter)