Morning face up, all around is silent.
Eunuch Xu handed over a book, but in less than a moment, Emperor Cheng Yuan raised his hand and threw it to the ground.
With a "snack", the Xingbu Shilang, who was already kneeling, couldn't help but nod his forehead on the ground.
"You are the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, but you know the law and break the law, bribe the public and seek personal gain." Emperor Cheng Yuan paused, and then said in a dark voice: "Who gave you the courage!"
"Your Majesty forgives the sin, the sin of the minister deserves ten thousand death, the sin is unforgivable, but the minister just drank too much that day, and it was definitely not deliberately taking the money from the Li family! Heaven and earth are clear!"
The person who cried, surnamed Zhu and named Mao, was originally from the Bibu Lang of the fifth rank, and was in charge of internal and external grants, funds, salaries, honors, military resources, equipment and other income. In the past two years, he has done a lot for the sixth prince. .
Wen Yuan, the former servant of the Ministry of Punishment, was demoted from Beijing because of the bad atmosphere of the fostering room, and the sixth prince took the opportunity to promote Zhu Mao to the position of the servant of the Ministry of Punishment.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Mao was not as honest and honest as he appeared on the surface. He just took office a few days before he openly accepted bribes. As soon as the sixth prince heard the wind, he was caught by the censor station before he could make a move.
"What does King Wei think about this?" Emperor Cheng Yuan glanced at the sixth prince.
The Sixth Prince said: "Zhu Mao was corrupt and took bribes, and he took both the stolen goods. He should have seized officials and raided his home, and tortured him.
For a time, the surrounding temperature seems to have entered the cold winter and twelfth lunar month, where is there still half the warmth of spring,
Emperor Cheng Yuan made a sound of "um", but there was no joy or anger in his eyes, and he turned to the prince and said, "Prince."
"My son is here."
"This case, try it yourself."
As soon as the words fell, everyone peeked at the Sixth Highness who had always been favored, and they didn't dare to let out a single one.
The sage had clearly asked the sixth prince what he meant, but turned his head and handed over the case to the prince, which was tantamount to beating the sixth prince in the face.
However, Emperor Cheng Yuan's technique of checks and balances has always followed the route of the fisherman's profit. With a little bit of lip service, the court can be turned into a pot of muddy water.
At present, most of the imperial court in Dajin has become the possession of the sixth prince. Who would have thought that when everyone thought that the sixth prince would be the next prince sooner or later, the sage actually hired a genius doctor for the East Palace.
Although the power of the crown prince is a little worse than that of the sixth prince, he is still orthodox.
Continue up.
Dajin has been plagued by disasters recently. Last year, the Chengxi Canal collapsed, which hindered water transportation and lost a lot of real money in vain. Immediately, the Marquis of Changping died in battle, losing two battles in a row.
It is well known that if Dajin continues to spend more time with Goguryeo and Liang, the treasury will be exhausted. Otherwise, Emperor Chengyuan will not be investigating corruption all day long. Obviously, this is also a lack of money.
The more he listened, the darker Emperor Cheng Yuan's face became.
At this moment, a scout, holding the battle report high, knocked on the door of the main hall.
Emperor Cheng Yuan looked at him, guessing that there was a message in front of him, he hurriedly said, "Come on quickly!"
Everyone looked at it, for fear that it was the same news as the previous few times.
The scout knelt down and said with tears in his eyes, "Your Majesty, you have won! The Prince of Changping forced Liang Guo and Goguryeo back into the territory at Jiasu Pass, and also cut off General Wuling's head. ."
After speaking, his voice became more and more high-pitched.
After the scout said this, everyone's expressions were different.
Some people showed joy on their faces and sighed that the prince of the Su family was really amazing. In just a few months, he avenged his father with his own hands.
It will be the pillar of the country in the future.
Some people look solemn, such as the sixth prince, the friendship between the Su family and the prince is not shallow...
Right now, Su Heng came back with military merit, but it didn't do him any good.
There were also people whose faces sank suddenly, just like Lu Yan, when they heard the words Su Heng and returning to Beijing...
His right eyelid jumped up inexplicably.
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After going down to court, Lu Yan and the Prince of Xuanping Marquis Sui Yu walked out of Daming Palace side by side, and as soon as they reached the carriage, they heard hurried footsteps behind them.
"Lord Lu."
Lu Yan turned back and took a closer look.
It's Li Di.
Li Di stepped forward and said, "Lord Lu, can I take a step to speak?"
Sui Yu patted Lu Yan's shoulder with a smile, "My wife suffered from a cold yesterday, Shi Yan, I'll go first."
Lu Yan nodded, then turned around and said, "What is the matter with Mr. Li looking for Lu?"
"My wife has been to Jingzhao Mansion a few days ago?" Li Di asked tentatively.
To be honest, Li Di didn't believe that Shen Jiao said that she went to Jingzhao Mansion to form a divorce. He always felt that Shen Jiao still had something to hide from him.
But this kind of temptation is really useless to Lu Yan.
Lu Yan asked back, "Don't Mr. Li know the best about Mrs. Li?"
Hearing this tone, Li Di's heart sank.
Shen Yan, could it be true that you went to Jingzhao Mansion? !
Lu Yan frowned slightly and said, "Is there anything else Mr. Li?" The impatient tone greatly shortened Li Di's thinking time.
Li Di rubbed his forehead with his index finger, and smiled helplessly: "A few days ago, I quarreled with my wife and had some misunderstandings. I didn't want her to go to Jingzhao Mansion. It was a joke."
Look, Li Di's tone is really like a gentleman who loves his wife very much.
Between the eyebrows, I can't see any falsehood,
Lu Yan pondered Li Di's words and understood three points in his heart.
His words seemed to explain, but in fact he still didn't say anything, he was still testing.
This also shows that Li Di did not know what Shen Hao did in Jingzhao Mansion.
Lu Yan's intuition told him that Shen Yan used him as a shield.
Lu Yan's eyes darkened slightly, and he followed his words: "Jingzhao House is responsible for the public security and government affairs of the twenty-two counties in Chang'an, and it really has no time to deal with these 'misunderstandings'. In the future, I will trouble Mrs. Li before going to the yamen after thinking about it."
Hearing such rude words, Li Di was also unhappy.
Since he became the minister of the Ministry of Industry, why has he received such cold treatment
But he couldn't offend the person in front of him, he could only laugh and agree twice.
Lu Yan returned to the carriage, breathing heavily, the word Su Heng filled his mind...
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After Lu Yan left, Shen Zhen stared at the bronze mirror with a blushing face, for an hour without moving at all.
After a while, she picked up a candied fruit and put it in her mouth, disturbed by the messy emotions in her heart, and couldn't taste any sweetness.
Look at the door every now and then.
After eating a bag of candied fruit, Shen Zhen glanced at the bright sunny sky outside, turned back to the couch, grabbed the quilt, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.
Maybe it was because she was thinking too much, Shen Zhen actually dreamed of her childhood.
At that time, she was only nine years old...
Shen Zhen was born unbearable with the hair of those cats and dogs. As soon as they touched it, they would sneeze and cough non-stop, and had a rash all over her body, so Mrs. Yunyang Hou ordered early in the morning that these things should not be kept in the house.
So Shen Zhen's cat was forcibly sent away.
Most of the time, when he was young, his affection for cats and dogs was always more than when he grew up. Because Shen Zhen was really reluctant, he sneaked out of the house and brought those two cats back.
Once she was serious about something, her eyes became more persistent.
If it weren't for the illness, I would still want to keep raising it without telling the crowd.
Mrs. Hou listened to her hoarse voice and looked at the red rash on her neck, and she was imprisoned in the ancestral hall out of anger.
Days and nights passed, and before Madam Hou's heart softened, Shen Zhen fell ill.
Shen Zhen fell asleep, and the Marquis of Yunyang sighed: "It's just such a little thing, as for punishing her to kneel in the ancestral hall? If other children enter the ancestral hall, it is a big mistake, because a cat or dog goes in and kneels, but it is fresh to say it out. already."
Mrs. Hou was silent.
Yunyang Hou said: "If she has no respect for her today, you can punish her whatever you want. I will never speak for her, but she has such a temper..."
Mrs. Hou's eyes were red and she interrupted him, "She just looks good, but she is as stubborn as you, Lord Hou, and she is not as smart as her two sisters. Why am I angry that she keeps these cats and dogs, I am angry that She knows she can't do it, but she wants to do it!"
"If you don't hit the south wall and don't look back, you will get into trouble sooner or later."
Shen Zhen lay flat on the couch, and as soon as he finished speaking, he realized that everything around him seemed to be blurred.
She looked along the candlelight, and saw not far away, each model looked like her mother coming.
The plaque of Yunyang Hou's mansion was crumbling, and it was replaced by the words Chengyuan.
Nine-year-old Shen Zhen has also become a slim girl.
Madam Hou walked towards her with a few strands of white hair on her forehead, and said softly, "Zhen'er, tell A-Niang, where is this? Why are you here?"
Shen Zhen looked away, opened his mouth, and said nothing.
Suddenly, Lu Yan's figure suddenly appeared at the door, and Mrs. Hou said again, "Zhen'er, who is he?"
Shen Zhen shook his head at a loss and said he didn't know.
A girl with a big belly appeared next to Lu Yan, crying and questioning him, "Sanlang, who is she!"
At the same time, Princess Jing'an also walked in and said to her word by word, "Is that the girl Shi Yan is raising outside, is that you?"
Every word, like a thunder, exploded in her mind.
Shen Zhen opened her eyes, sat up suddenly, and gasped heavily.
wake up.
This is Chengyuan and Lanyue Pavilion. There is no one here except her.
She looked out the window, it was gloomy and pouring rain. A rain that wakes her up.
Lu Yan walked to the door, put away the umbrella, and as soon as he looked up, he saw Shen Zhen's pale face, red eyes, and a heart ashes.
He hurried over and said nervously, "What's the matter?"
Shen Zhen was trembling all over, as if a stone was stuck in her throat, preventing her from saying anything.
Lu Yan had never seen her like this before, so he quickly wrapped her body around her and stroked her back: "Did you have a nightmare?"
She seemed to have lost all her strength.
It's not a nightmare.
If it goes on like this, everything will turn into a nightmare.
Lu Yan squeezed her palm, "I'm here, don't be afraid."