Since the files of Rong Bing's crimes could not be retrieved, it is likely that someone with a heart will destroy them.
The light and shadow in the main hall of Dali Temple gradually dimmed. Seeing that the diligent prince still had no intention of returning to the palace, the servants in the hall lit the candles in the hall under the order of Dali Temple Minister Hong Guang.
Seeing his own shadow cast on the sandalwood long head case, Mu Huai recalled that the Zhai clan, the mother's family of the queen in the previous life, had a good death.
Zhai Zhuo was still in good health until his death, and he has been serving as Minister of Rites of Daqi. During his more than ten years in office, Zhai Zhuo, as the royal family, was in charge of etiquette and did not make any mistakes.
The title of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites is different from other official positions in the court. First, he will not be in charge of soldiers and horses, and second, he will not have any intersection with important officials from other states and counties.
However, since the Minister of Rites is the chief official in charge of organizing major royal ceremonies, there are many opportunities to make money.
In the previous life, Rong Xi was kicked out of the palace by the empress.
Although Mu Huai held a grudge against this, before Emperor Zhuang passed away, he specifically told Mu Huai to treat the queen and his concubines well.
Emperor Zhuang knew that Mu Huai had a strong personality and would not marry a woman he didn't like. In his previous life, he said that if he didn't want to marry Zhai Shiyin, he could do as he wanted.
But don't bother the queen, let her sit firmly in the position of queen mother and spend her old age peacefully.
Emperor Zhuang also said that the queen is his aunt after all, so he must not lose his filial piety.
Mu Huai naturally had no feelings for Empress Zhai, but because of Emperor Zhuang's entrustment to him before his death, he still complied.
After he ascended the throne, because of Rong Xi's affairs, he did not show much filial piety to the Empress Dowager Zhai, but he also allowed her to sit in the Empress Dowager's position and provide for her with luxurious clothes.
Mu Huai was in power with an iron fist, and the Empress Dowager Di's mother's family was not considered powerful, and she knew that Mu Huai, the emperor's son, was not close to her.
In the second year after he ascended the throne, the Empress Dowager Zhai finally gave up on letting him marry the daughter of the Zhai family, and betrothed both of them to other families while the Zhai family's twin sisters were still in their youth.
Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Mu Huai was greeted by Hong Guang and Xue Rui, looked at the beautiful scenery of Bianjing in spring evening, and returned to Yongxi Palace in a luxurious car.
Sitting behind Yuxuan's car, his thoughts continued.
Since the case file of the year could not be retrieved, taking advantage of this time, he secretly asked the gang of admonishers and censors to investigate the details of Zhai's family.
If his Zhai family is clean, then he will not harm Zhongliang.
If the Zhai family is not clean, then the old and new grievances will be settled together.
After all, Rong Bing is Rong Xi's father, if he is a folk man, he has to be called father-in-law respectfully.
When he returned to Xuanhua Building, the main entrance of Yongxi Palace, it was already the evening ban time when the palace was locked. As soon as he entered the palace, the eunuchs of the East Palace found him.
After Mu Huai returned to the palace, his expression was still calm, and he asked, "What's the matter?"
The eunuch lowered his head and replied respectfully: "Your Highness, Minister Yan and Cheng Shizhong are already waiting in the Zhengshitang."
When Mu Huai heard the word Yan Shilang, his heart beat slightly.
Still maintaining a flat tone, he replied, "Got it."
Ordinary officials who are forbidden to enter and leave the palace when they are not in the court have to hold the emperor's edict, but the position of the servant of the Huangmen has special privileges. As long as the palace gate is locked, they can freely enter and leave Yongxi Palace with a token.
Because of the special status of Huangmen Shilang as a close minister of the emperor, people in the palace also called him Xilang.
Mu Huai walked on the familiar long palace road leading to the Zhengshitang. The trees in the palace had already sprouted, and the place was full of vitality.
The sun sinks to the west, and the crescent moon is hidden in the sky.
Mu Huai's thoughts drifted back to his previous life, the day when Yan Juxu committed suicide.
However, Yan Juxu is a capable minister in governing the world. Like the high-ranking ministers in the past dynasties, he wants to secure his position under one person and above ten thousand people, but also needs to firmly hold power and be good at playing tricks.
Although in the previous life, after the death of Yan Juxu, Mu Huai knew that he had never betrayed him, but since he made Yan Juxu the prime minister of Qi, in order to check and balance him, he also gave him a lot of power to remonstrate.
Mu Huai made the admonishing officials and the censors more aggressive than the other. He couldn't understand any officials, so he secretly ordered these censors to impeach the person he wanted to punish with their eloquence when they were in court.
That day he was sitting alone on the dragon chair in the Jiazheng Hall, staring coldly at Yan Juxu who was scolded and humiliated by the imperial censor.
Those censors were merciless when they impeached officials, and they said all kinds of ugly things.
He was said to be a wolf and ambitious, and he was also said to be a treacherous sycophant who took power.
Finally, he told him, the emperor, that if a minister like Yan Juxu was allowed to be his chancellor, it would definitely bring disaster to Daqi and be detrimental to the fate of the country.
Yan Juxu stood in the hall frowning, his expression was still calm, but his eyes were already red.
He has been an official for many years, so how could he not know that all this was instigated by Mu Huai secretly.
Mu Huai's expression was cold and serious, he was sitting on the luxurious dragon chair, his forehead was drooping, and he asked him in a cold voice: "Yan Juxu, are you guilty?"
The majesty of the emperor makes people fearful.
Yan Juxu looked at the aloof Mu Huai, but his voice was unusually calm, and he replied: "Your Majesty, I don't know."
Mu Huai sneered, threw the memorial on the royal case to the ground, and said angrily: "Since you don't know, go back to the prime minister's mansion to introspect from now on. I want you to ask yourself whether you have those thoughts."
On the night after returning home, Yan Juxu chose to commit suicide.
Mu Huai knew that he committed suicide because he wrongly paid his loyalty to a ruthless and suspicious monarch like him.
He is grateful for his kindness to him, but he is also cold towards his cruelty.
Like him, Yan Juxu has deep feelings for the territory of Daqi, and is willing to recover the Central Plains to restore the mountains and rivers.
I also hope that the great Qi, Haiyan, and rivers will be clean, and the country will be peaceful and the people will be safe.
The year Mu Huai passed away, Yin Cheng died in battle, and he seemed to have lost his siblings.
Yan Juxu committed suicide, and he also lost his important minister.
As the moonlight melted, Mu Huai's thoughts turned back and forth, and he saw a gentle young man in an indigo official uniform standing outside the political affairs hall.
When he stopped, the young man realized that he had reached this point.
That young man was Yan Juxu in this life. After seeing Mu Huai, he respectfully bowed to him and said, "I have met Your Highness."
Mu Huai endured all kinds of complicated emotions in his heart, and let him stand up after nodding his head.
Yan Juxu's face was gentle, his eyes showed determination, but also had the ambition and sincerity of just entering the court as an official.
Mu Huaiguo stepped into the political affairs hall, he thought, in this life, he will never repeat the same mistakes again.
Cheng Song, the servant in the previous life, was already waiting inside, but this year, Cheng Song was just an official, Mu Huai actually forgot, it turns out that Cheng Song, who served him closely in the late period of his administration, was actually at the same time as Yan Juxu.
Speaking of which, although Cheng Song is not as talented as Yan Juxu, he is also an inseparable subject of Mu Huai after he becomes emperor.
In the year Mu Huai passed away, his temperament was particularly surly and withdrawn. Cheng Song was obviously not an eunuch, but he was in charge of the rebuttal office, but he was more like an eunuch serving him.
After living a new life, looking at the young faces of the two ministers, Mu Huai felt somewhat melancholy in his heart.
That night, Mu Huai was going to discuss with these two new imperial examination candidates about the revision of Daqi's new law. When he was working with Yan Juxu, Mu Huai felt a long-lost comfort.
The two have very similar styles. Once they indulge in official business, they are energetic and tireless.
Cheng Song was not the case, although he tried to pretend, but after an hour, Mu Huai could still hear the tiredness from his words.
The bell of Zirui Hall rang suddenly and the chime was melodious. This was the last time the officials of the Taishi Bureau rang the bell after nightfall.
When Mu Huai heard the bell, he realized that it was already late.
He actually forgot to send someone to the East Palace to let Xiao Liangdi and the cub in her stomach have some dinner first.
Mu Huai raised his voice, and was about to call for someone, but saw the eunuch of the Eastern Palace carrying two food boxes, and was ushered in by the guards stationed in the Political Affairs Hall.
Mu Huai frowned, and asked puzzledly, "What's going on?"
Yan Juxu and Cheng Song were sitting in armchairs, and when they looked at each other, the eunuch of the East Palace respectfully replied: "...Go back to Your Highness, Rong Liangdi sent servants to bring you some supper for Your Highness."
Mu Huai didn't lift his eyes, he was still looking at the "Law of Great Qi" on the desk, his brows tightened a bit, and he scolded displeasedly: "What kind of supper are you giving, Gu has never had the habit of eating supper. "
The little eunuch stood there, at a loss, when Mu Huai recalled that the eunuch seemed to have mentioned the word Rong Liangdi.
He raised his eyes, looked at the eunuch, and asked: "From Rong Liangdi?"
The little eunuch nodded respectfully, and replied: "It is... from Rong Liangdi."
Mu Huai's voice calmed down a little, and ordered: "Bring it in."
The little eunuch should be.
After opening the exquisite pear wood food box, Mu Huai saw that there were three small plates of identical snacks in it, all of which were filled with glutinous rice cakes, crab powder Bi Luo and golden balls respectively.
As far as a man's appetite is concerned, these three pieces of snacks are one piece at a time, and he can consume them in a short time. He doesn't have to worry about eating badly, and he won't take up time for official business due to too much supper.
That little Liangdi was careful, she probably found out in advance that there were two courtiers in the Zhengshitang, so she prepared three servings of food, and asked the Eastern Palace eunuch to bring three cups of warm fetal chrysanthemum and wolfberry tea.
Mu Huai sniffed the sweet and greasy smell of dim sum, and his heart gradually warmed up.
The formulation and promulgation of the new order was not a short-term success, so Yan Juxu and Cheng Song were asked to return home to have a good rest after finishing their snacks.
*****
On the crested mahogany platforms standing all around in the East Palace, candles were flickering.
Just now Rong Xi took a shower and washed his hair under Dan Xiang's careful service. After being ironed by hot water, his body became limp and weak.
She knelt on the bed with loose half-wet black hair, curled up her petite body, leaned her head sideways and pressed one cheek on the pile of quilts, closed her eyes and concentrated on her thoughts.
After Zhai Shihua returned to the palace at sunrise, Zhai Shiyin also returned to Shangshu's residence that night, and he has not been summoned into the palace by the queen until now.
Seeing Zhai Shihua's angry expressions that day, she knew that she had successfully provoked the relationship between the two sisters, but if Zhai Shiyin did not enter the palace, she would not have the opportunity to provoke troubles and lure Zhai Shiyin into her trap.
Thinking like this, but unexpectedly, Mu Huai has already returned to the palace.
As soon as he entered the bedroom, Mu Huai saw the woman curled up in that seductive posture that made his throat dry.
Mu Huai couldn't help but think that before Rong Xi was pregnant, he liked her to use this posture the most.
The squeamish woman is often reluctant, often tense her body, and finally overflows with a broken and sweet cry.
Such an attitude made him not only feel pity, but also have evil thoughts of ruthless destruction.
Really a little grinder.
Thinking about it, Mu Huai immediately pulled the woman up on the bed, so she couldn't be so seductive again without knowing it.
Rong Xi didn't realize that Mu Huai had come here, so she was startled. After recovering, she was already sitting on the man's strong legs.
Mu Huai wrapped his arms around her waist, and his hands were already lightly covering her lower abdomen.
He smelled the fresh and pleasant scent of acacia on Xiao Liang Di's body, and saw that her cheeks, which were as beautiful as peaches and plums, were glowing with pink.
Mu Huai's stern eyebrows gradually became darker, and he asked in a low voice: "You really think of Gu as a monk, huh?"