Xu Ke was "imprisoned" in the edict for ten days in a row, but the Son of Heaven ignored him, neither condemning him nor pardoning him.

No one can know what the Son of Heaven is thinking, and no one can guess what the Son of Heaven's next step is.

As a result, Xu Ke had to stay in the edict prison all the time, unable to leave half a step.

Fortunately, the cat demon killed King Han, and after the news spread, Chang'an City was unexpectedly calm.

Originally, most people in the DPRK and China were worried, they thought that once the common people knew that the cat demon had killed another big prince, they would definitely panic even more, and maybe there would be chaos in the city. Yes, Yin Zhong Xingming of Jingzhao Mansion really hasn't slept well in the past few days, and he ordered his subordinates to wait day and night, in case there is a panic and chaos among the people, and they will be suppressed!

Even, Shen Huan, the governor of Tsing Yi Wei, and Yang Wenyuan, a thousand households of Nan'an Pingsi, have not been idle these days, according to the will of the Son of Heaven, they are responsible for the patrol and defense of the capital, if the people of Chang'an are overly panicked, it is not conducive to the curfew of Chang'an City and the maintenance of order in the market......

What these people didn't expect was that there was such a big case in Chang'an City, a big Han Wang was bewitched by the cat demon and died, and the news was instantly spread to all corners of Chang'an City, however, after the people of Chang'an heard about it, they didn't think it was strange at all, on the street, the shops opened, the merchants of the merchants, the running halls, the delivery of goods, the meals of eating, the drinking of tea...... Everyone seemed indifferent to this.

Zhong Xingming and Shen Huan both coincidentally sent secret agents to investigate everywhere, they were extremely worried before, worried that the news that King Han died at the hands of the cat demon would inevitably lead to a panicked situation in the entire Chang'an City, but the replies of the secret agents made them all unexpected.

According to the report of the secret agent, after the people of Chang'an heard that Cuiyunlou's top brand "Jiaojiao" in the past was actually transformed by a cat demon, people not only panicked, but also felt extremely sorry. Among them, the man who was fortunate enough to sleep with "Jiaojiao" couldn't help but boast and triumphantly that he could sleep with the demon, how fortunate and interesting it was?

The people of Chang'an are more interested in the fact that "Jiaojiao" is a cat demon, how can the cat demon grow so beautiful? Why is her kung fu in bed so powerful? If the demons in the world are so beautiful and so ecstatic, wouldn't it be a great thing? Why be afraid of this?

All the people of Chang'an, no one paid attention, after having sex with "Jiaojiao", will the body be damaged? Will the longevity be reduced? Will the cat demon harm people to death?

Indeed, the cat demon stayed in Cuiyun Tower for more than ten days, and had practiced the "art of harmony" with hundreds of men, and no one died violently.

The spies heard in the restaurant and teahouse in Chang'an City, and most of the people talked about the cat demon being the top brand of Cuiyunlou "Jiaojiao", and few people cared about the cat demon killing King Han, and even, a few people heard that King Han died in the hands of the cat demon, and secretly clapped their hands, saying that the cat demon was "eliminating harm for the people"!

It seems that this famous "King of Fun" has not left a good impression in the minds of the people.

After Zhong Xingming, Shen Huan and others heard this, they couldn't cry or laugh, but they finally felt a little at ease.

In the past 10 days, there have also been considerable changes in the situation of the Great Cadres and the DPRK.

The emperor issued decrees one after another, not only appointing new important positions in the court, such as the secretary of the military department, the squire of the military department, the squire of the household department, and the squire of the criminal department, but also made new arrangements for the docking and jurisdiction of the prince and various ministries.

Ordered the fourth prince, Li Jin, the king of Wei, to be in charge of the Ministry of Officials and supervise the Criminal Department.

Ordered the eighth prince of Jin, King Li to worship the military department and supervise the household department.

At the same time, the emperor specially issued a decree to specially entitle Li Ci, the king of Jin, as the prince of Qizhu!

At this moment, the top and bottom of the court and the ministers of various ministries inevitably chatted and discussed in private, and there was a new speculation about the intentions of the Son of Heaven.

From the appointment and dismissal of the emperor, it is not difficult to see that the emperor's distribution of power to the prince this time is completely biased in favor of the king of Jin.

The military department controls the soldiers and horses of the whole world, and the household department manages the money and grain of the whole world.

Moreover, everyone in the Manchu Dynasty knew that Pan Wenjuan, the new secretary of the ministry, was also a close and important minister of the King of Jin.

In the hands of King Jin, it is equivalent to firmly pinching the three, and they are the three most important parts of Daqian.

And the criminal department supervised by Li Jin, the king of Wei, everyone knows that the Shangshu of the criminal department is a well-known "nemesis" in the dynasty. This person can't get a drop of water, can't insert a needle, almost can't get in the oil and salt, no one can control him, and the Son of Heaven has special respect for him, it is the yamen of the Criminal Department, whether you are "ordered to manage" or "ordered to supervise", it is all in vain, as long as the "Cheng Buxing" is in charge of the Criminal Department for one day, no one will want to use the punishment part of the slightest!

In this way, it is not difficult for a discerning person to see that in the hands of Li Ci, the king of Jin, in addition to the actual management of the military department and the household department of supervision, half of the official department is also in his hands. And Li Jin, the king of Wei, barely counted Qiu Mingli, at most half of the officials and half of the household department, and the criminal department had nothing to do with him.

The real power in the hands of Li Ci, the king of Jin, has far exceeded that of Li Jin, the king of Wei!

In addition, the Son of Heaven deliberately added two Wang Zhu to the King of Jin, and since then, Li Ci, the King of Jin, has become the same Prince of Seven Pearls as Li Yi, the King of Zhao.

As a result, the situation in the DPRK is extremely confusing......

Originally, most of the courtiers saw that Li Jin, the king of Wei, had been crowned the only prince of Jiuzhu, and the emperor had not appointed a prince, and the emperor had always praised the king of Wei.

However, today's ministers, seeing that the emperor's series of wills are all words of praise for the king of Jin! The emperor has added two beads to the crown of the king of Jin, and he has also given the real power of the two departments, so the favor has been unparalleled for a while! The ministers immediately speculated one after another, whether the emperor wanted to pass on the throne to the king of Jin?

There is a saying that since ancient times, it is difficult to ask questions about the will of heaven, but the more this is the case, the more speculators there are. Just because the ministers know that the emperor is already eighty this year, even if he is a prosperous monarch in the Spring and Autumn Period, there will be a day of death. Seeing that the emperor suddenly issued such an important will, how could there be no disagreement and speculation among the ministers?

Naturally, most of the courtiers gambled their future fate on the Jin King Li Ci.

So, in the past few days, in front of the palace of Li Xi, the king of Jin, the cars and horses are noisy, and the door is like a city......

In this way, a few families are happy and a few are sad, and the people of King Jin are naturally happy and inexplicably happy. However, the Wei Wangfu was silent, and Qiu Mingli, the head of the household, couldn't help but worry when he saw the situation in the court. At noon today, after lunch, he had nothing to do, so he simply rushed to Tsing Yi Weizhong and came to visit Xu Ke.

Xu Ke was sitting in his cell, eating with Mingyue, but heard a familiar and old laugh coming:

"No disease, the old man sees you coming!"

"Mr. Qiu!" Xu Ke was overjoyed, and hurriedly got up and went out, greeting him.

Qiu Mingli slowly walked into the No. 11 prison of Jiazi, looked at the cell carefully, and couldn't help nodding frequently, but when he saw the bright moon sitting at the table, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

"Miss Mingyue, this is Xu's mentor, Lord Shangshuqiu of the Household Department!" Xu Ke hurriedly introduced.

Mingyue got up and saluted:

"Mingyue, the folk girl, meet Lord Qiu!"

"You are the Mingyue of Cuiyun Tower?" Qiu Mingli saw that the other party was actually Mingyue, the top brand of Cuiyun Tower in the past, and his face was immediately full of questions and displeasure.

"The folk girl is Mingyue!"

"That's it, you go out for a while, the old man has something to talk about with Wuxi!"

"Yes!"

Mingyue didn't care about eating two bites of lunch, so she hurriedly got up and hurriedly walked out of the cell, and closed the cell door by the way.

"No disease, you can live in the edict prison by yourself!, how can you live with a prostitute in a green house?!"

Mingyue had just left, and Qiu Mingli's face was pale, and he immediately said to Xu Ke.

"Teacher, you sit down first!" Xu Ke smiled and pulled Qiu Mingli to the square table and sat down. Yoyo Book League

Xu Ke scratched his forehead and said in his heart, how should I explain this matter? I'm afraid, the more I explain, the more I can't explain it!

"Teacher, the students haven't eaten yet, why don't the teachers accompany the students, let's talk while eating?" The only way Xu Ke could come up with was naturally to take care of him......

Qiu Mingli saw that Xu Ke was unwilling to answer, so he had to shake his head, sighed a few more times, put on a look of hatred that iron could not become steel, and sat down opposite Xu Ke helplessly. He took an empty bowl and poured himself a bowl of warm water, which was supposed to be water instead of wine, so he accompanied Xu Ke and had lunch in the prison.

After Xu Ke ate for a while, Qiu Mingli said:

"No disease, do you know what changes have taken place in the court in the past few days?"

"Sir, please speak, the students are listening!"

Therefore, Qiu Mingli brought Xu Ke together with Xu Ke the various wills of the Son of Heaven and the various reactions of the courtiers to it in the past ten days.

Xu Ke still only ate by himself, he ate with relish, and seemed to be deaf to Mr. Qiu's words.

Tyumen said with an unhappy face:

"No disease, the situation has changed so much, don't you have anything to say?"

"Sir, is it nothing more than the Son of Heaven adding two beads to the crown of King Jin?

"You!" Qiu Mingli sighed, stood up, walked a few steps in the cell, and then walked to Xu Ke, and asked:

"Where is this matter of the two royal pearls?!Don't you see that the power in the hands of King Jin is no longer stronger than before?"

"Sir, the student still doesn't know much......" Xu Ke said casually while still eating.

Qiu Mingli sat down in front of Xu Ke again and said:

"No disease, you have been an official for some days, and now you are still a four-grade thousand households in Tsing Yiwei! Can't you still see the deep meaning of this holy decree of the Son of Heaven? Although you are young, you must use your brain, think more, and speculate more in the future! Don't spend all your time on the girl in the Qinglou!"

"Mr. Qiu......" Xu Ke couldn't help but look embarrassed, and he had to explain to himself right now.

"Okay, okay, you don't have to explain! It's better for the old man to talk to you......" Qiu Mingli waved his hand, and then, he carefully analyzed the behind-the-scenes intentions of the emperor's appointment and dismissal for Xu Kezai.

Qiu Mingli analyzed that the emperor crowned the King of Jin as the Prince of Qizhu, and gave him the real power of the two ministries, on the surface, it was a special honor for the King of Jin, but in fact, it should be an opportunity to beat the King of Wei.

Before this, most of the people in the court thought that King Wei would be crowned the crown prince, at least, even if King Wei did not ascend to the throne of the crown prince, he would take over as emperor every year, and he would be the king of Wei.

And now, the emperor's move is to clearly tell the Manchu Dynasty civil and military that the person who took over the throne in his year may not be the King of Wei!

At least, the eighth prince Li Ci is now winning the heart of the emperor, and the future crown prince will fall on whose head it will be, everything depends on the performance of the two of them!

From this point of view, in the early dynasty on the first day of the fourth month, the king of Wei was in front of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and his words really annoyed the emperor......

Of course, most of this is also Qiu Mingli's own thoughts, as for the emperor's plan to crown the king of Jin like this, only the emperor himself knows.

After listening to Qiu Mingli's analysis, Xu Ke couldn't help but ponder for a long time, and then said ashamedly:

"In this way, Wu Sick was indeed reckless in the morning of that day, so that he actually harmed His Royal Highness the King of Wei and was suspicious of the emperor for no reason!"

Qiu Mingli touched the long beard under his chin, and looked at Xu Ke opposite silently, with both disappointment and dissatisfaction in his eyes, and a secret compliment......

He said in his heart, even if you kid still have a little conscience, it is not in vain that His Royal Highness the King of Wei saved you like this!

Xu Ke said: "Sir, what ...... What can I do for His Royal Highness King Wei without illness?"

Qiu Mingli's face softened, he picked up the water bowl, took a sip, and said warmly:

"You don't have to do anything! Right now, you are reading hard in the edict and prison, and you should take this opportunity to cultivate your self-cultivation! Within two or three days, you should be able to get out of prison!"

"Can I get out of prison?" Xu Ke wondered.

Xu Ke still didn't believe it in his heart, he secretly said, according to the prediction of the old diviner, I have eighteen days in prison, how can I get out in these two or three days?

"Hmm......" Qiu Mingli nodded and said:

"The old man has discussed with His Royal Highness King Wei, and His Royal Highness will enter the palace tonight and plead for you again......"

"Your Highness still wants to intercede for the absence of illness......? How does this make ?!" Xu Ke said even more ashamedly.

Qiu Mingli waved his hand and said:

"You don't have to feel guilty, Your Highness's plea for you is not out of selfishness, but out of public will! At present, the country is in an eventful autumn, and there is a drought raging in our great cadres, and there are Xiao and Chu countries outside! The treasury is almost depleted, and there is still a cat demon in Chang'an City that has not been eliminated! The imperial court is employing people, and there are many things waiting for you Xu Wuzhi to do! I believe that the emperor also has a sense ......of proportion in his heart."

After a pause, Qiu Mingli continued:

"No disease, His Royal Highness the King of Wei did not want to entrap you when he came out to do things, but because he took a fancy to your skills! After you were released from prison, the first thing he did was to catch the cat demon! You have to remember that as long as the cat demon is out for a day, the emperor's suspicion and dissatisfaction with His Royal Highness will not be eliminated for a day!"

"Teacher, students get it!"

Xu Ke nodded, and it was only at this moment that he finally understood the biggest purpose of Mr. Qiu's coming to prison.

King Han died in the hands of the cat demon, and the emperor was originally angry with the people in Cuiyun Tower, wanting to give death to all the more than 170 people, but although he was pardoned, he was still angry in his heart after all.

Li Ci, the king of Jin, only handled the funeral of King Han, and the emperor rewarded him so much, which shows that the emperor loves King Han very much!

However, the King of Wei uncovered the scar of King Han opening a brothel in public, although the emperor did not punish him in person, the hatred in his heart must be stronger!

In this case, only Xu Ke captured the cat demon to the front of the emperor as soon as possible, so that he could not only relieve the hatred of the Son of Heaven, but also avenge the King of Han, so that the King of Wei could regain his former grace and trust in the mind of the Son of Heaven!

Xu Ke couldn't help but smile bitterly, it seems that after King Wei has already angered the Son of Heaven, he still has to take the risk of going to the palace to intercede for him, sure enough, it makes sense!

However, even if he can get out of prison, there is a vast sea of people, where will he go to catch the cat demon?

Moreover, the cat demon is Sister Hu's ninth sister after all, even if he can find it, how can he do it?

For some reason, until this moment, in Xu Ke's mind, he still felt that Mao Jiaojiao was not a bad person......