Seeing that the little princess was furious, Yan Shi hurriedly comforted him: "Ming Ting, Shifang Gate let Qu Liushang lurk in the palace. Although we haven't found out yet. But the agreement between us and Shifang Gate is still in place. This and that are two different things. The A Furong case is about to be shut down, and there is no room for mistakes at this time, and it is undoubtedly the best choice to choose people from Shifangmen to work for us."
Looking at the puzzled look of the little princess, Yan Shi patiently explained: "As we all know, people from the Shifangmen have always been independent and have never had any contact with the imperial court. Therefore, they leaked the drug case to King Zhao. It is a good thing for us that King Zhao will not be able to find out who we are. After this matter is over, I promise that I will never have anything to do with people from Shifangmen. As for Qu Liushang, I still have to settle accounts with them."
Hua Ling nodded reluctantly: "Brother is right, so let's forget it this time, and you are not allowed to have any contact with people from Shifangmen in the future."
Yan Shi smiled and couldn't help stroking his hair, then looked at Jiang Qingyue and said, "Qingyue, have you prepared all the things I asked you to prepare?"
Jiang Qingyue took out a few letters from her sleeve: "It's ready."
Yan Shi nodded and only left one letter for Hua Ling to read: "The rest will be shared between Mr. Zhang and Mr. Shen."
Mrs. Zhang Shen opened the letter, glanced at it quickly, with a look of surprise on her face: "This... this is?"
Yan Shi took a sip of tea slowly, and said calmly, "These letters can make Master Shen the Minister of Punishment."
The letters that Jiang Qingyue brought were all letters between Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Zhao Wenju, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Zhang You, and King Ding about A Furong, but everyone knew that Minister of the Ministry of Justice belonged to King Zhao.
Zhang Yuxin looked at the letter in his hand with some doubts: "This letter?" He wanted to ask, did Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment really betray King Zhao
Yan Shi smiled slightly, not hiding it: "These letters are all from Qingyue's hands, and Qingyue is good at imitating human handwriting."
Shen Chenbi carefully looked at the letter in his hand again, and after a while, clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "It's wonderful, it's wonderful, my lord, your trick is really wonderful."
Yan Shi's strategy is very simple. Years ago, he wanted to replace Shen Chenbi with Zhao Wenju. Although Zhao Wenju is not clean, and many crimes will be found out if he is investigated, he is a member of King Zhao. As long as it does not involve the interests of King Zhao himself, King Zhao will definitely try to protect him.
But if he had an affair with other princes, the first one who wanted him to die would be King Zhao.
Yan Shi went on to say, "When I found out about the Imperial Hospital, Zhao Wenju hastily brought someone to replace me. At that time, this move could be understood as an eagerness to ask for credit, but if he had these letters, would King Zhao think that at that time? Zhao Wenju is actually helping King Ding to cover up the drug issue?"
Hua Ling will always be Yan Shi's most loyal believer: "My brother is so smart, he came up with such a good idea."
Shen Chenbi collected the letter and handed it to Yan Shi: "Then how can others discover this letter?"
Yan Shi said: "People from the Shifang Gate have already found the place where King Ding hid letters from court officials and wealthy businessmen. They just need to put these letters together with theirs the day before the government inspection. Zhao Wenju and Zhang You It's the same there."
After Yan Shi had a detailed discussion with Mrs. Zhang and Chen, the two left hand in hand.
The second day of the first lunar month is the "Welcome Son-in-law Day" in the Dayuan Dynasty. On this day, married daughters will return to their natal homes with their husbands, and male wives are naturally included.
Qingji had already prepared gifts for the Duke of Kangle's mansion, and when the first day of the second day arrived, Yan Shi and Hua Ling got into the carriage and went to the Duke of Kangle's mansion.
Almost as soon as he arrived at the gate of Duke Kangle's mansion, he saw a person rushing out of it, rushing towards Hua Ling: "Brother—"
Hua Xu threw himself into Hua Ling's arms and shouted excitedly. After a few breaths, he found Yan Shi who was standing beside him. He let Hua Ling go in embarrassment, and touched his nose: "My lord, my lord."
"Where's dad?" Hua Ling walked inside while talking.
"The servants are going to notify dad. He will be here soon. I was waiting at the door early in the morning, so I will see you when you come." Hua Xu said
The tone of the words was full of pride, "Brother, do you miss me? Long time no see, I miss you so much."
"I haven't seen you for several months, so I naturally want to."
"Hey, brother, you've grown taller!" Hua Xu's eyes suddenly became brighter, "You were about the same height as the prince before, but now the prince has reached your eyebrows."
Hearing this, Hua Ling was very happy: "Really? Have I grown so tall now?"
"Really, really," Hua Xu nodded fiercely, "Why do you grow so fast? Is there any secret? I want to grow faster too."
Hua Ling shook her head: "There's no secret, it's just that we eat more in the palace than at our house."
"You won't get fat if you eat too much?" Hua Xu expressed doubts, "You won't just grow fatter, but not taller?"
Hua Ling thought for a moment: "Shouldn't it be?"
Maybe it's because Hua Xu and Hua Ling are about the same age, and the two brothers often played together since childhood, so Hua Xu has a deep affection for Hua Ling.
Just as he was talking, Hua Qiancheng came with Hua Wei.
"My lord, my concubine." Hua Qiancheng clasped his fists together.
Yan Shi nodded: "Father-in-law, Happy Chinese New Year!"
Hua Ling secretly tugged at the corner of Yan Shi's clothes and called out to her father.
Hua Qiancheng laughed dryly and let them into the mansion.
Hua Xu pushed Hua Xu: "Third brother, the prince and elder brother are here, don't you see?"
Only then did Hua Wei reluctantly say: "My lord, Happy New Year, big brother!"
Influenced by the Yang family, he has never paid much attention to Hua Ling since he was a child, and now that Yang family has gone to Chanlin nunnery because of Hua Ling, he is even more hostile to Hua Ling. But he still remembered how Yan Shi's beat him with a ruler the day Hua Ling returned to Ning, and now he hated and feared both of them.
After saying this, he grabbed Hua Qiancheng's sleeve and hid, only staring at them viciously with a pair of eyes.
Hua Qiancheng invited the two of them into the mansion, and he naturally heard about Hua Ling being rewarded by the emperor during the Chinese New Year. Originally, he had hoped that he would be able to rescue Yang Shi later, but this kind of thing happened again later, and Yang Shi returned indefinitely.
The current Hua Qiancheng also regrets why he listened to Yang's words and married Hua Ling to Yan Shi? He didn't expect that the son he didn't like was quite loved by the emperor. The previous move was really a mistake.
Hua Qiancheng and Hua Ling had nothing to say, it was just some scene, Yan Shi saw that the little princess was a little depressed, so he left early.
It's just that Hua Xu is somewhat reluctant to part with Hua Ling, and Yan Shi has a good impression of this brother-in-law, so he allows him to go to the palace to look for Hua Ling in the future, and Hua Xu is very moved at the moment.
Before the new year, many students have come to the imperial city one after another. The imperial court attaches great importance to scientific research and has a special residence for the candidates.
When Hua Ling and Yan Shi went back, they happened to pass by that residence, Hua Ling lifted the curtain and looked outside: "Brother, I don't know if they are here or not?"
They, of course, refer to the students they made friends with before.
Yan Shi also wanted to know, but he couldn't go there. In order to avoid suspicion, the four princes would not be so stupid as to go directly to that inn. After all, this is at the foot of the world, if Emperor Chongjin saw it, I don't know what he would think.
Tonight, Yan Shi planned to take the little princess to the biggest restaurant in the imperial city for dinner, but unexpectedly met two people there—Gao Changgeng and Xiao Bailian.
After exchanging pleasantries between the two parties, Gao Changgeng said: "Bai Lian wanted to see how the imperial city celebrates the New Year, so we arrived on the twenty-ninth day. Knowing that the lord is busy recently, we didn't come to see him until now. I hope the lord doesn't blame me. "Gao Changgeng is a smart person, so naturally he wouldn't come to visit him, he could only "meet by chance".
Hua Ling's eyes looked back and forth between the faces of the two, and when he saw the two of them coming together, he instantly understood something: "Gao Jieyuan, you and Bai Lian?"
Gao Changgeng said with a smile: "Bai Lian and I got married on the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, and it is less than a month now."
"That's great." Hua Ling wished sincerely.
Gao Changgeng was talking with Yan Shi, Hua Ling took Xiao Bailian aside to play.
In the next few days, Yan Shi and Hua Ling kept "encountering" with their former friend, Juzi. Feng Yan and Li Wenyi also came, looking very energetic and confident in this year's scientific examination. Yan Jiahe and Fang Xi also got married after they left and lived happily ever after. Xu Jing and his young master also came to look for Yan Shi together, and it seemed that good times were coming.
In addition to these people, Yan Shi also met Jiang Yitang, who seemed to be more haggard than before.
In a blink of an eye, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is here. Once the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is over, this year is considered to be the Chinese New Year.
On the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, at the court, King Zhao revealed the case of A Furong. Emperor Chongjin was furious and ordered King Zhao to thoroughly investigate the case.
On the same day, King Zhao sealed off the nightclub and arrested the person who was taking drugs in the dark.
That night, Wu Huaishuo, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and his wife committed suicide in the mansion. The Minister's Mansion of the Ministry of Officials was sealed up, and a group of people were sent to prison. After Lan Fei heard the news, she also took her own life with a glass of poisoned wine.
On the 20th day of the first lunar month, Zhao Wen, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, and Zhang You, Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, were imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, and Shen Chenbi was temporarily in charge of the Ministry of Punishment.
On the twenty-second day of the first lunar month, Prince Ding's mansion was investigated, and King Ding was confined in the mansion.
On the twenty-ninth day of the first lunar month, the trial of the A Furong case was completed. The number of people involved and the extent of the involvement were appalling. The evidence of King Ding leading the A Furong case was solid.
Yan Shi sat in the mansion, poured a cup of tea for himself and the little princess, and said to Jiang Qingyue, "Zhao Wenju is dead, King Zhao killed him."
The reason why King Zhao killed Zhao Wenju was very simple, because the A Furong case was too big, and Emperor Chongjin planned to try it himself. Although Zhao Wenju still refuses to admit to betraying King Zhao, but King Zhao became suspicious, so naturally he would not believe his words. Zhao Wenju has followed him for many years and knows many of his secrets. He was afraid that if Emperor Chongjin interrogated himself, Zhao Wenju would reveal his secret, so he killed Zhao Wenju first, and then acted like he committed suicide in fear of crime.
On the first day of February, Emperor Chongjin tried the A Furong case himself. After all, Emperor Chongjin still wanted to have a fight with Prince Ding and his son, and did not kill him. He took away his title of prince, demoted him to a commoner, and guarded the imperial mausoleum forever. The rest of the people involved in the case were all convicted according to Da Yuan's law.
Once the case was settled, Emperor Chongjin seemed to be ten years older. He couldn't believe that under his nose, someone dared to be so rampant, it was a slap in the face of himself.
Almost half of the officials in the imperial city were involved in this case, and Emperor Chongjin's brows relaxed a little because the Spring Festival was just around the corner. In order to show that the imperial court attached great importance to this spring, Emperor Chongjin planned to choose a prince to preside over the spring.
In the court hall, all parties were arguing non-stop. King Zhao thought that Emperor Chongjin would choose him to manage Chunwei. After all, he had just made a contribution, but what he didn't expect was that Emperor Chongjin actually chose King Mu. However, the prince only acted as a facade, and the real examiner still had to be selected from the Imperial Academy, and Emperor Chongjin chose Zhang Yuxin.
Ruiying Palace.
Yan Shi played chess with Jiang Qingyue, while Hua Ling watched from the sidelines.
Yan Shi made a pawn: "Father has officially appointed Shen Chenbi as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and now Zhang Yuxin is the chief examiner of Chunwei. The scientific examination is in his pocket."
Jiang Qingyue held the black chess in her hand, and did not play immediately: "Now the Ministry of Punishment belongs to the prince, and the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Officials have no leader. I thought that Mr. Zhang Yu Xinzhang could be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials."
Yan Shi smiled and said: "Qingyue's words are in line with my wishes. The six volumes have been in the hands of the other three princes for a long time, and now the father takes this opportunity to take them back. He will choose someone who has nothing to do with any prince as the minister However, my father did not know that Zhang Yuxin belonged to us. The chief examiner of the imperial examination has the ability to select talents for the Dayuan Dynasty, and the official department is the place to decide the appointment and dismissal of officials. The two have something in common, and then we will discuss With a little push, Zhang Yuxin can take this seat. As for the Hubu, although there is no suitable candidate, I will definitely not let him fall into the hands of King Zhao and King Mu."
Just as he was talking, Sang Yu suddenly asked to see him.
Yan Shi let him in, and after saluting, he said, "My lord, King Ding is dead."
"Oh?" Yan Shi signaled him to say,
"What's going on?"
Sang Yu said: "It is said that the horse escorting King Ding's carriage was frightened on the way, and he fell off the cliff with King Ding on his back and fell to his death."
Yan Shi lightly played with the chess piece in his hand: "But is he really dead?"
Sang Yu replied: "It is indeed dead, and my subordinates went to investigate secretly."
Yan Shi rubbed his chin: "The carriage is frightened? Is there such a coincidence?"
Jiang Qingyue said: "It should not be the emperor's person. The emperor will not do such unscrupulous things. Could it be King Zhao or King Mu?"
Yan Shi was thoughtful: "It should be, but no matter who killed it, it has nothing to do with us."
Hua Ling lowered his head slightly and frowned. He had already ordered people to watch the movements of Prince Zhao and Prince Mu's residences, knowing that these two residences had not issued the order to kill Prince Ding. He did indeed order someone to take King Ding's life, but he hadn't done it yet. So, who will kill King Ding