Zhang Qian, who was carrying two teapots in his arms, held his hands in front of his chest, swaggering on the royal road of the palace, seeing the heart of the big eunuch behind him, he stepped forward and said: "I said Lord Zhang, you should leave the teapot, our family will not ask you for this tea." ”

When Zhang Qian heard this, he slowed down and asked curiously: "The prince is not by His Majesty's side, why did he come out? I don't need the prince to see me off?" As he spoke, he took out two tea jars, and then said: "Aren't you here to recover this tea, I don't want to tell the prince, this tea is given by His Majesty, if you really want to go back, I will go to see Your Majesty?"

The big eunuch looked at Master Zhang with a smile, you Shoufu, a handful of old people, don't blink your eyes, Neiku Mansion knows that half of the tea in this imperial study is prepared for His Majesty and the person who has been in the imperial study all the year round, and the other half goes into your Shoufu's pocket, if it is really a fair and honest imperial gift, Neiku will still send it to the palace with trouble? Isn't it enough to send someone to the Shoufu Mansion early, besides, looking for Your Majesty?

Zhang Qian looked at the eyes of the big eunuch and knew what he was thinking, so he laughed dryly and said: "I said Wang Gonggong, how can I go back here, besides, you have to go back to this tea jar, and I have no place to put the tea, right?"

"Lord Zhang, this tea is small, but this tea jar is troublesome to make, the materials are not good, the inner library can tell our family, and then 'lose' again, and replace the tea jar in the palace with wood, if this is the case, if Your Majesty asks, isn't the adult miserable to our family?" After speaking, he took out a silk pocket from his arms, shook it in front of Zhang Qian and said, "Hey, isn't this a pocket prepared for adults?"

Zhang Qian looked at the pocket taken out by the great eunuch, and said with a smile: "Oh, the prince took it out earlier, didn't I give you this teapot earlier?"

The big eunuch shook his pocket with a smile and opened the mouth of the bag, while Zhang Qian opened the lid, poured the tea into the pocket, and carefully shook the tea clean, for fear of missing a little tea. Then one took the silk bag, the other took the white jade tea jar, and then walked side by side to the palace gate.

Zhang Qian watched the big eunuch also walk towards the palace gate, and asked, "Didn't the prince chase this tea?

The chief eunuch shook his head, held the two tea jars to his chest, and said, "What are we doing when we leave the palace at an age? Your Majesty is ordering our family to send a message to His Royal Highness the King of the County." As he spoke, he bowed his head slightly in the direction of the palace gate.

When Zhang Qian heard this, he looked at the palace gate, saw a figure from a distance, and only saw it clearly when he got closer, and said: "I said, such two pots of tea will not be chased out by the prince himself." ”

The prince suddenly cried and laughed and said: "Don't say it, my lord, just this tea, our family really has to come out, but my lord, next time you have this 'royal gift' of tea, please leave the tea jar, our family will prepare pockets for the adults, how about it?"

"Don't bother the princess, I'll take this pocket with me, I don't pay attention to it, I don't pay attention to it. Zhang Qian said with a smile.

The great eunuch breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said with a smile as if he had won a big bargain: "Then our family will thank Master Zhang for understanding our family, haha!" Rao is Zhang Qian, who was carrying the teapot in his arms in front of His Majesty before, also had a secret red on his old face when he heard this, and smiled embarrassedly.

And waiting at the palace gate Zhao Simin is uneasy in his heart, since his father went crazy, the situation in the DPRK and China has taken a sharp turn for the worse, and many officials who were originally leaning on the door of the Jin Wangfu began to be unpredictable, earlier when the Chunlin case broke out, Zhao Zheng also secretly continued to woo, and now after his father is crazy, he actually has a fair and honest banquet, Zhao Simin, who originally had an advantage and was favored by hundreds of officials, became struggling in an instant.

But why did my father enter the palace in a dignified manner, and suddenly went crazy after seeing the emperor's grandfather?

Zhao Simin, who couldn't figure out the reason, rubbed his swollen head vigorously with his left hand, and saw Zhang Qian and the big eunuch walking towards the palace gate from a distance, talking and laughing, and his heart suddenly had mixed tastes.

There are not many people who know that the initiator of this series of events is Zhang Qian, but he happens to be one of them, if there is no Zhang Qian's hand, he should hold the hundred officials of the court firmly in his hands, I really can't figure out why Zhang Qian suddenly made a fuss, is he towards Zhao Zheng or Zhao Xian?

"Ahem" There was a small cough sound in his ears, and Zhao Simin came back from his contemplation, put away his cranky emotions, and then saw that the two people who were talking and laughing had walked in front of him.

Zhao Simin bowed down and saluted Zhang Qian, but Zhang Qian didn't dare to take it, dodged to the side and said: "Your Highness, don't want to torture this official, if it is transmitted back to Your Majesty this time, this official can't tell clearly." ”

Zhao Simin straightened up when he heard this, put away his demeanor and said: "Don't be arrogant, don't be arrogant, with the ability of adults to govern the world, it is not an exaggeration for Simin to be called a gentleman." ”

"Your Highness is serious, where does this official have any great power, he is just serving as an official and doing his duty. Zhang Qian didn't answer, looked at Zhao Simin, who still wanted to speak, and said first: "The prince brought His Majesty's message, and the official will not bother." After speaking, he carried the rope in his pocket and left directly, not giving Zhao Simin a chance to speak at all.

Looking at Zhang Qian's distant back, Zhao Simin could only swallow back the words that came to his mouth, he should hate Zhang Qian very much, but why can't he hate it at all?

Zhao Simin, who was no longer thinking nonsense, looked back at the big eunuch and said, "Father-in-law brought the emperor's grandfather's message?"

The big eunuch who had turned his back turned his back turned around when he heard this: "Just now, His Royal Highness talked with Lord Zhang, and our family didn't dare to disturb, our family did bring His Majesty's dictation, and I asked His Highness to take it." ”

After hearing the big eunuch's reply, Zhao Simin was about to kneel down when he heard the words, but the big eunuch pulled Zhao Simin, who was about to kneel, and said: "Your Majesty said, don't do this, our family is a messenger." ”

"Please also ask your father-in-law to convey it. When Zhao Simin heard this, he stood up and said.

The chief eunuch cleared his throat, pointed to his body and said, "Pass on Your Majesty's message, 'You don't have to ask about your father's affairs, and rest assured', Your Highness, Your Majesty's message is like this, our family will go back to resume our lives, and retreat first." After speaking, he bowed and hurriedly retreated, leaving only Zhao Simin in place.

When Zhao Simin heard this, his heart finally settled down, but he was still lost, why did his father do this, the emperor's grandfather reassured himself, but can he really feel at ease?

Zhao Simin, who didn't have time to think about it, hurriedly walked to the carriage outside the palace.

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In the imperial study, as soon as Zhang Qian walked out of the door with his front foot, Han Yu rushed out of the inner hall with his back foot, looked at the position where the tea jar was originally placed on the desk, and now it was empty, and a bad feeling rose in his heart.

Zhao Jing looked at Han Yu, who was blushing and thick-necked, and said with a smile: "Mr. doesn't have to be so angry, a few taels of tea, it doesn't hurt to send Zizheng,"

Han Yu said to himself: "In vain, this old man is still investigating the case of the officials, and he has embezzled this little tea, it's really... It's..." Han Yu, who was already on the top, couldn't find a word after thinking for a long time, and shouted in annoyance: "Come on! Come on!" A little eunuch hurriedly walked at the door, and before he knelt down, Han Yu waved his hand and said, "Go get some tea!", the little eunuch hurriedly responded.

Zhao Jing touched the empty teacup with a smile and said, "Sir, Zizheng Fangcai's evaluation, how is Mr."

Han Yu sorted out his thoughts, sat down, and habitually reached out to touch the teapot, as soon as he touched it, he remembered where there was tea, and said angrily: "Hmph! This old boy has only said half of what he has eaten and taken, what else can I say, Your Majesty, let him come to the imperial study in the future, and if it goes on like this, the old man will have to move all these tea cases to the inner hall!" put down the teapot, poured out the tea leaves inside, and then asked, "You found him today, why didn't you ask him?"

Zhao Jing stood up, paced to the stove in the hall, stretched out his hand and dialed the charcoal fire and said, "I originally wanted to ask him today, but when Min'er entered the palace to ask for a meeting, I didn't want to ask, but I wanted to know what Zizheng said about my three sons." This Zizheng, it's not bad, but he doesn't say it all, what does Mr. think?"

Han Yu touched his goatee and said: "You are a king, he is a minister, how can you know everything, but his evaluation is eighty percent, the meaning is almost the same, Your Majesty, don't think too much, what he doesn't say is not bad after all." ”

Zhao Jing heard Han Yu's words, nodded, and saw the figure of the big eunuch standing outside the door, and said, "Tell Min'er?"

The great eunuch, who didn't know how long he had been standing at the door, heard His Majesty's question, and hurriedly responded: "Back to the master, the old slave has already told His Highness." ”

Han Yu saw the two white jade teapots held by the big eunuch in his hands, so he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the teapot, but he could only see the teapot that couldn't even pour out a little tea crumbs. ”

Zhao Jing looked at Han Yu's back with a smile, put away his expression, and ordered: "Prepare for the draft." ”

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This major case involving the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty in less than a month finally came to an end with two holy decrees flying out of the palace.

The thirteen members involved in the case were all beheaded, and the three clans were planted. Evidence of crimes committed by officials in various localities shall be examined by the criminal department and punished according to the crime.

The Ministry of Officials was temporarily managed by Li Si, and all officials of the Ministry were fined for one year, and their grades were reduced by one level.

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