Qin Huaiyuan was still deeply stimulated, as if he didn't notice Li Qitian's rage at all, he knelt on the ground, straightened up for a while and asked, "What do you want to do when the lord leaves the capital? With people? What about the rest of the palace? Can they be in the palace?"
Li Qitian looked at Qin Huaiyuan suspiciously.
His shocked and bewildered appearance was not fake, and the confusion and astonishment in his eyes were also very real. Li Qitian had never seen Qin Huaiyuan look like this, even if he had just come to Da Zhou as a surrendered minister, he was in the courtroom. I have never been so flustered when I was harassed and ostracized by the ministers.
Maybe Qin Huaiyuan also knew that when Pang Zhixi left, all the guilt and pressure were on his father-in-law's shoulders, so he panicked
Li Qitian was less suspicious.
But that's all, he wouldn't trust Qin Huaiyuan.
"Prince Zhongshun's servant said that before Pang Zhixi left with the soldiers, Pang Zhixi's family and mother went out with their burdens, saying that they were going with relatives. As far as I know, the relatives of that family have long since died. , except the Qin family. I ask you, they didn't come to your house? "
"Holy Majesty, this minister does not dare to deceive the monarch. This minister is resting today. He has not gone out at home. He has never seen his in-laws come to my house. The sage can freely ask the servants of my family, and he can also order his subordinates to investigate at will. No objection." After expressing his loyalty excitedly, he kowtowed heavily.
Seeing that Qin Huaiyuan was so sincere, Li Qitian had less suspicion.
Only just a little less.
"Since Aiqing is so sincere, how can I not give you a chance to prove your innocence. If I don't let people investigate the mansion thoroughly, then someone will say that there is a problem in the Qin mansion. Why don't I sit in the town today and ask them to check it out? That's all, what does Aiqing think?"
"Your Majesty is merciful, and this minister is grateful." Qin Huaiyuan continued to kowtow.
Li Qitian chuckled lightly and looked at Li Guanwen.
When Li Guanwen turned around and went to the door to pass the order to the imperial guards, soon there was a noise in the small courtyard of the Qin mansion.
Because Li Guanwen had specially warned that the sage was not here to raid the house, and he would continue to reuse Qin Shangshu, the guards who searched did not dare to go too far, one would not damage the Qin family's belongings, and the other would not dare to do so. Clash with women.
But this was the case, and the few female relatives headed by the old lady were also frightened and pale. They were served by a few servants and stood in the courtyard of the inner house, watching the front guards search the house next to each other.
The female relatives don't know what happened, but the female relatives of the Qin family who have experienced many in Da Zhou feel cold in their hearts, as if they had returned to the time when they were intercepted and forced to abandon their family and business. week.
The old lady wiped her tears, choked and cried: "It's really a sin, a sin! What kind of sin have we done, and we have encountered such a thing again!"
Miss Eight and Qin Huining supported the old lady from left to right.
Grandma Han Er hugged her child and hid in the crowd, and when she saw the imperial guards coming out of the house, she didn't take any furniture from the house, as if she took the opportunity to rob, so she dared to ask: "What are you looking for? Say it, maybe we can help."
Mrs Sun, the second lady and the old lady all turned their heads and glared at her.
At this time, to provoke this group of evil spirits, is it because they are afraid that people will not notice this family's children!
Grandma Han Er was wronged by the stare, so she rubbed behind her husband Qin Han again.
Qin Han, Qin Yu, and Qin Xian all stepped forward, keeping their family members behind.
Because of Li Guanwen's advice, the guards in front of the royal family didn't want to embarrass the Qin family, so they asked, "Have you ever met the old grandfather, grandma and old lady of Prince Zhongshun's residence?"
Hearing the words, the old lady said in amazement, "Are you here to search for your relatives and mother's family?"
The second lady said: "Of course I saw them when I visited relatives in the past, but I haven't seen them for a long time."
The guards did not talk to the female relatives, and went to the front hall to return.
Seeing the foreign men file out, the family breathed a sigh of relief.
Qin Han reprimanded the second grandmother in a low voice: "In the future, you must not talk too much. You are a daughter-in-law and you can let go. Could it be that all the sisters in the family can let go?"
Grandma Han Er was reprimanded, her face was red, and she lowered her head and did not dare to say more.
Seeing that Qin Han disciplined his wife, the old lady didn't say anything, and instead whispered to Qin mama: "You go quietly to the front to explore, what's going on? Why did you come to our house to find your in-law's family? It's like a robbery."
"Yes." Qin mama responded, and went to the second door cautiously.
In the front hall, Li Qitian listened to the reply of the guards. Seeing that the rest of the Qin mansion reacted in the same way, his doubts disappeared a lot. Although he still had doubts, he felt that Qin Huaiyuan would definitely cover up his son-in-law, but now he did not Based on real evidence, it is difficult to justify Qin Huaiyuan's crime.
And now that the court is in turmoil, the aristocratic faction and the old officials of Beiji are now watching the fate of Lu Gelao, and they have a wait-and-see attitude towards the government, while the second child of the Lu family trusts the patriarch, but his appeal and ability are limited. The honorable people are staring at Pang Zhixi and Ji Zeyu. Once he wants to attack these two people, the honorable people will be alert, so it is even more difficult to act. The subordinate faction has already followed Qin Huaiyuan's lead. Ever since Yuchiyan and Gu Shixiong were arrested and brought back to the Heavenly Prison, the submissive faction is also in turmoil.
In addition, the Tartars are still eyeing the intention to wage war.
It can be said that Li Qitian has already been overwhelmed.
With so much pressure on his heart for the past few days, Jintian Pangxiao actually left without saying goodbye with the government soldiers. Li Qitian's temper could no longer be controlled.
But now, looking at Qin Huaiyuan, who was kneeling on the ground and listening to the order, and after weighing the pros and cons, Li Qitian finally sighed, helped him up, and said pleasantly, "Qin Aiqing don't mind a misunderstanding. "
Qin Huaiyuan seemed very moved, and shook his head again and again: "The sage is in charge of every day, it is really hard work, the affairs of the state are complicated, the minister is incompetent, and he can't share the burden with the sage. Everything the sage does is understandable, but it is useless for the minister to hate himself. , the affairs of the Tartar are disturbed, and the minister is a useless scholar, unable to relieve the sage's worries."
Qin Huaiyuan's words really entered Li Qitian's heart.
The heights are very cold. As an emperor, what I most hope for is to be understood by others, not simply to be feared.
Apart from the fact that Qin Huaiyuan's son-in-law is very uneasy, in fact, Qin Huaiyuan is still very friendly to him.
"Forget it." Li Qitian sighed and said, "I am really impatient. It seems that Pang Zhixi expected that I would ask you, so I did not dare to tell you his arrangements, let alone tell where the family was hidden. You. You are always smart, you analyzed and analyzed it. Pang Zhixi took the government soldiers to travel, what did you do? Is it possible to contact the Longxiang army? "
Qin Huaiyuan pondered for a moment calmly, before saying: "Yichen, Wangye doesn't seem to be someone who does such things for no reason. I think he is young and energetic."
Speaking of this, Qin Huaiyuan's face was a little embarrassed.
Li Qitian raised his eyebrows and asked, "Oh?"
"The hero is sad about the beauty, and the prince is a man of temperament. He used to obey the sage's advice, and all the extraordinary things he did were because he was sad. Kneel down again.
"Aiqing doesn't have to be like this."
Li Qitian gave a hand and told Qin Huaiyuan to sit down.
Only then did Qin Huaiyuan feel grateful and thankful, and then he turned to half of the chair and listened to the order with his head down.
At this time, Li Qitian's anger subsided a little, and when he thought about it again, he found that whenever Pang Xiao did not listen to him, it was for the sake of beauty, including the last time he resisted the decree more than 30 times in a row.
Therefore, Pang Xiao is no longer the person without flaws and flaws in the past, and now he has a weakness that no one can touch. This is indeed a good thing for him.
After all, with the handle in hand, the tool is better to use.
Li Qitian sighed: "He is also reckless. With the current situation of the Tartars, what is the use of him taking those soldiers from the government? Does he really think that his soldiers are all heavenly soldiers? Think about how to make peace."
"What the sage said is very true." Qin Huai salutes far away and said, "Now the Tartars are clearly using the theme to invade my surrounding area. If a war is waged, life will be in vain, and if there is money to support the war, it is better to spend it on the common people. Building bridges, paving roads, trimming dams, or reducing taxes on the people also make it better than wasting money in the treasury.”
Li Qitian nodded repeatedly, "What you said is very true, but the Tatars don't think so."
Qin Huaiyuan and Li Qitian discussed court affairs again.
After she saw it from a distance outside, she went back and told the old lady: "Xu is a colleague of the master. He was aggressive when he came, and found that our family was fine, so I talked with the master about business."
The old lady's dangling heart completely fell back to its original position.
But after thinking about it for a while, I felt that things were still a little weird.
"If you order someone to go to the palace to scan and listen, where is the in-laws' family? The people who just came to search the inner house just wanted to find the in-laws' family. Did something big happen?"
Mother Qin heard the words and immediately retreated to follow suit.
Not long after Li Qitian left, Qin Huaiyuan had just returned to the inner house, when the old lady who was terrified when she learned about the news from Qin mama, held her hand and ordered, "Don't pay attention to the Pang family. People, their life and death have nothing to do with our Qin family, the Sage is looking for them, if we intervene in this matter, I am afraid our Qin family will be implicated."
Qin Huaiyuan had long guessed what the old lady would say, and he did not want to provoke the old lady to think too much, so he gently responded.
The old lady took Qin Huaiyuan to discuss the marriage of the two girls in the family.
Qin Yining has been married for so long, and there is no news that they have a son and a half daughter. In fact, the old lady still hopes to send Miss Eight to Prince Zhongshun's residence as a concubine.
It's just the current situation, I'm afraid Qin Huaiyuan will not agree.