The voice in the Jinluan Hall gradually faded away, and Wu Kui slowly walked in, holding his letters with Wu Kui in his hand, and presented them to Emperor Xia.

"Minister, ashamed of the grace of God, willing to die!"

Wu Kui confessed his plan with Ma Dongyang, including his first recital being intercepted by Ma Dongyang, and then cooperating with the Assassins and later preparing to enter Beijing to commit perjury.

With the appearance of Wu Kui, Ma Dongyang deceived his superiors and subordinates, and even intercepted the secret letters of the secret guards, the dust settled, Emperor Xia had nothing to say, and Ma Dongyang did not have too much quibbling.

Putting the letter on the case, Emperor Xia was silent for a moment, and said slowly: "Ma Dongyang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, deceived the superiors and subordinates, privately intercepted the secret letters of the royal secret guards, and used his power to seek personal gain, and even sent people to assassinate meritorious ministers, in a vain attempt to cover up the truth, first entered the prison, handed over to the Criminal Department for review, and the results were made known to the world within three days." ”

"Ma Zhibai, an academician of the Hanlin Academy, did not report his knowledge, cooperated with greedy ink, read that he knew unknown, and took the initiative to admit his guilt, sentenced lightly, exiled, and handed over to the Criminal Department for review. ”

The emperor made a final decision, this time no one refuted, he gave this clear order, and a soldier came in and took the three of them down, Ma Dongyang arched his hand towards Gu Qingci, and Ma Zhibai looked very depressed, and left with him.

Only the last Wu Kui, looking at Gu Qingci, there was some relaxation in his eyes, and some sincerity, after seeing Gu Qingci bow slightly, he let out a long breath.

With Ma Dongyang being taken away, all the ministers in the court and the central government set their eyes on Gu Qingci, because, at this time, at this moment, it means that a new giant in the capital has appeared, and with such a credit as a ladder of advancement, it means that it will be prosperous from now on.

Emperor Xia also looked at Gu Qingci thoughtfully, and after a while, he said, "What does the Gu Qing family think of my move?"

Gu Qingci heard Emperor Xia's complaints, but he didn't have much to worry about, this was a qualified emperor, and it was impossible for him to really remember it and find a way to kill himself just because he had just done something wrong with him.

Gu Qingci bowed slightly, and said, "Your Majesty Shengming!"

"Yes, I have just become what you call a faint monarch!" Emperor Xia looked at Gu Qingci with interest, with a little banter in his eyes.

Gu Qingci was slightly stunned and said, "If a person is not a sage, he can do nothing." ”

Emperor Xia said angrily: "You will follow the vine and touch the melon, and you will educate me." ”

"Minister, don't dare!" Gu Qingci hurriedly said.

"Forget it," Emperor Xia waved his hand and said, "Now, the justice you want has been recovered, and the credit has been recovered, what reward do you want?"

The highlight is coming, this is what everyone expected, Ma Zhibai entered the Hanlin Academy with that merit at the beginning, and now Gu Qingci obviously can't just be rewarded with this point, after all, this time things are too twists and turns, and even Shangshu has come down.

Everyone looked at Gu Qingci quietly, but some people shook their heads slightly, Emperor Xia seemed to give Gu Qingci his own choice, but it was actually a trap, if Gu Qingci opened his mouth, his end would be like this, it was not appropriate to say that it was small, this kind of thing originally had a fixed procedure, and the result was the same whether it was said or not, and it was just the emperor's mood within a certain range.

However, to everyone's surprise, Gu Qingci actually arched his hand and said: "The minister has three requirements, first, exchange all the rewards of the minister into cash and distribute them equally to those comrades who died on the battlefield, second, the minister requests that in the name of the imperial court add the name of Jinshi to the Changling County Temporary Dai County Chengma Shilian who died on the battlefield, and third, allow the minister to go home, and never ask about the affairs of the court." ”

As soon as Gu Qingci's third request was said, it immediately caused an uproar, the first and second points are acceptable to everyone, after all, Gu Qingci has always shown that he is a clean breeze and a strong sense of righteousness, and it is normal to take the reward to subsidize the martyrs, and it is normal to ask the court for a reward for his friends, and it is not a big deal to take Ma Shilian's credit, but the third point is to catch everyone, including Emperor Xia, off guard.

Emperor Xia was stunned for a moment, and said: "I think the first two points are very good, but the third point I don't understand, you are young now, you are the pillar of the imperial court, why are you a scholar, is it because you are dissatisfied with me?"

Gu Qingci shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has no other meaning, but I feel that the court is not suitable for the minister, when I was in Changling County, I had already thought about it, and I would resign when I came back, if it wasn't for this incident, I wanted to open it, and the minister should now go back to his hometown to live under the east fence of picking chrysanthemums, and leisurely see the life of Nanshan, or a lonely boat, fishing alone in the cold river and snow, this is what the minister yearns for!"

Emperor Xia and the ministers of the court all looked at Gu Qingci with a smile, a little shocked, they all thought that the reason why Gu Qingci was so desperate to fight the Ma family to the end was because his merits were robbed, and he couldn't accept it on anyone, but now in this situation, it seems that Gu Qingci is really purely for the martyrs who died on the battlefield.

At this time, there was an old minister who looked at Gu Qingci leisurely and said: "Picking chrysanthemums under the east fence, leisurely seeing Nanshan, lonely boats, fishing alone in the cold river and snow, your casual words, but it is enough to pass down the eternal, such talent, and such meritorious ability, not to be an official in the court, for the welfare of the people in the world, inappropriate, inappropriate!"

Gu Qingci knew this person, or he knew it from his predecessor, Zeng Tong, a second-grade scholar in the court, was a highly respected person, although he was not as good as Mr. Wuji, but he was also a very high-status person among scholars.

Gu Qingci hurriedly saluted and said: "Zeng University, Xia Guan is indeed not in the imperial court, if it weren't for the hope of so many people on Xia Guan, Xia Guan would not have come to this capital for a while, I have already thought about it, after returning to my hometown Shuzhong, I will be a teacher, and I can be regarded as being able to do something for the country!"

After speaking, Gu Qingci bowed deeply towards Emperor Xia and said, "Your Majesty, please allow the ministers to resign for the people." ”

Emperor Xia was really silent, he realized at this time that he had not mistaken Gu Qingci's potential, but he had mistaken Gu Qingci's character, smiled slightly, and said: "Gu Aiqing, this matter, I need to think about it carefully, let's stop here today, let's talk about it later, retreat from the dynasty!"

Gu Qingci's eyes widened, and he said, "Your Majesty, your move is inappropriate, aren't you helpless?"

An inexplicable smile actually appeared on Emperor Xia's face, and said, "I'm helpless today, what can you do?"

Gu Qingci arched his hand towards the ministers of the Imperial Historical Observatory and said, "A few old-timers of the Imperial Historical Observatory are here, how could they let His Majesty do such an unseemly thing?"

Emperor Xia looked at the ministers of the Imperial Historical Observatory with a smile and said, "What did the Aiqing say?"

As if they were discussing, several ministers of the Imperial Historical Observatory actually said in unison: "Your Majesty Shengming, for the sake of the imperial court to leave a pillar of talent, such a trivial matter, not enough to worry about!"

Gu Qingci: "......"