"Qin Wan! Have you and the third brother entered the palace yet?"
Qin Wan stood up and saluted, "Meet Prince Gong—"
Yan Li laughed out loud immediately, "Get up, you are so serious, it really breaks me!"
Qin Wan also straightened up and laughed, "I came here by myself. I haven't seen His Highness since His Highness was promoted to Prince. Your Highness is completely different when you wear this court dress."
Yan Li let out a loud "ha" laugh, "Aren't we going to catch up with Seventh Brother!"
Qin Wan followed Huatou and said, "It's almost over!"
Yan Li was very excited, stepped forward and hugged Yan Sui, "Xiao Jiu? Why are you still in a daze?"
Yan Sui did not reject Yan Li, and as soon as Yan Li picked him up, he hugged Yan Li's neck subconsciously. Seeing that he didn't speak, Yan Li looked at Qin Wan again, his sad eyes made Qin Wan tremble , "You don't know, I originally thought that the Ministry of Officials was a place to manage people. Among other things, anyone who was promoted or demoted from the middle to the capital had to go through the Ministry of Officials. I thought I would go After entering the yamen of the official department, it's okay to see who gets promoted and who capsizes again, but ah, but, the minister of the official department is a master who doesn't like oil and salt, and I don't know what the emperor said. Looking at the group of small officials, the mountain of scriptures, the kind that can crush me to death, some scriptures I can't even read, but I just followed my old pedant to read the scriptures well, you say I can't just run away, right, and I can't hit people, right, he just reads next to me, and he reads all my thoughts, and I want to become a Buddha and become a monk immediately... "
The more Yan Li said, the more mournful she became, and she wished she could shed a few tears, "How much is this... Ten days? Half a month? I feel that I have read all the books and documents I have read all my life and written them in these few days." It's over, Qin Wan, do you think the emperor and those old pedants are jealous that I am free and easy all day long..."
Qin Wan kept smiling when he heard that, even Yan Sui held his lips, Qin Wan nodded and said, "It's possible, no one in the capital is more comfortable and happy than His Highness in the past. It will be fine if you pass this level, His Highness will put it away later so as not to suffer again."
The corners of Yan Li's lips trembled when he heard this, "Hey, I feel that the Chaotang Yamen is not a place to stay for long, these people are not interesting at all, hey, I would have given up on this prince if I had known about it!"
Qin Wan couldn't help laughing, Yan Li didn't seem to be cheating like that, and he didn't suffer any obvious crimes, but the job he didn't like the most, so he was very tormented, "Your Highness, others heard what he said. How enviable it is, no one wants it yet!"
Yan Li curled her lips, "It's really Zifeiyu who knows Yu's joy, they are not me, and they don't know my joy!"
Lu Yun in the back smiled and said, "Your Highness finally has some free time today, why don't you go to Fengqi Tower later?"
Yan Li's face became even more depressed when he heard the words Fengqilou, "No, no, I can't waste that energy anymore, I see that the emperor's grandmother hastened to go back to rest. I don't see the shadow of my young master Yushu Linfeng again..."
Qin Wan smiled and shook his head, Yan Sui blinked and looked at Yan Li, "Where is Fengqi Tower?"
Yan Li's complexion changed, he stared straight at Lu Yun, then looked back at Yan Sui and said with a smile, "It's just a place to drink tea and eat, are you playing chess with the princess? Didn't you say you're studying with the master? I heard that several elders from the Bai clan of Yizhou have come this time, have you seen it?"
Yan Sui was very confused, obviously didn't know what he was talking about, Yan Li sighed, "How many words have you read?"
Only then did Yan Sui raise his chin slightly, "I recognize it much better!"
Yan Li smiled, "Not bad, not bad, I will bring you some gadgets as a reward when I enter the palace tomorrow!"
Yan Sui's eyes lit up, looking forward to it, Qin Wan smiled and said, "Come in with him, the Empress Dowager is playing chess with Prince Yi's son."
Yan Li smiled deeply, and quickly hugged Yan Sui to go inside. Yan Sui hugged Yan Li's neck, and his eyes fell on Qin Wan who was following behind. After entering the room, the queen mother smiled when she saw Yan Li, " We have heard all the words outside, look at your promise! You dare to cry tired even after going to the Yamen for a few days!"
Yan Li put down Yan Sui and saluted first, and then asked about the condition of the Empress Dowager and Yan Ze. Hearing that Yan Ze's eye disease had progressed, and the Empress Dowager's body only needed to be recuperated, Yan Li was relieved a lot.
The queen mother looked at Yan Li up and down, "It seems to be a little thinner, but you are not allowed to run away halfway, a few more years of experience will be good for you."
Yan Li rubbed his nose, "Don't worry, the monk can't run away from the temple, I'm not a child anymore."
"I think you are about the same as a child, not as good as Xiao Jiu. Xiao Jiu already knows how to read and write."
Yan Li took a look at Yan Sui, pulled Yan Sui into his arms and kneaded, "Are you secretly happy, the imperial grandmother said that I am not as good as you..."
Yan Sui was rubbed by Yan Li and laughed straight away, finally seeing a bit of childishness, the queen mother pointed at Yan Li helplessly, "Look, you are just a naughty one, you are not to blame if you say you are not as good as Xiao Jiu!"
Yan Suixiao's little face was flushed, and she held onto Yanli's shoulders tightly. Yue Ning and Nanny Chen also laughed loudly in the room. Once the fight broke out, it was impossible to play chess. Yanli glanced at the chessboard and looked at the chessboard. Yue Ning said, "I didn't see it, you are really good. The emperor's grandmother was very good at chess when she was young."
Yue Ning pointed at Yan Ze, "Here's the awesomeness. The third brother said where to go and I'll just help him settle!"
Yan Li's eyes widened, and the Queen Mother said, "I got two books about Zhenlong Chess Game from the Emperor, and it was brought by Yan Ze's father, do you want to read it?"
Yan Li quickly waved his hand, "Grandmother, please forgive me, I think it is similar to reading a heavenly book."
Yan Ze casually said, "Emperor Grandmother, why don't we end this game of chess today and let's continue tomorrow?"
Yan Li is here, and the Queen Mother is currently being suppressed by Yan Ze and can't find a breakthrough, but she looked at the whole board of black and white, "Do you remember tomorrow?"
Yan Ze bent his lips, "It's probably not far from ten—"
The queen mother immediately sighed, "In this generation, no one is as smart as you. If you can become an official, you will be famous in history at least."
Yan Ze just smiled and said nothing, the eyes of Yan Li and the others changed, as if they were saying in unison—what a pity!
Yan Ze suddenly said to Yan Li, "Are you still going to the Yamen tomorrow?"
Yan Li sighed for a long time, "Go, why don't you go... Those old school... old officials in the official department are watching closely, and the crown prince is also in charge of the official department. The copy of the Western Army Food Case has been sent back!"
When Yan Li said this, the atmosphere in the room suddenly changed. They were laughing and joking just now, but now that the affairs of the court were involved, everyone's expressions suddenly became serious.
Qin Wan frowned, and his mind turned to the military ration case.
It has been several months since the military ration case. Because of the military ration case, the emperor sent imperial envoys to Liangzhou. First, they checked several transfer envoys on the Northwest Road, and even Dingzhou, Yunzhou and Cangzhou. An accident happened halfway because of the military ration case. Yan Lin had an accident, and the military ration case fell into a standstill. While finishing the funeral, the Shuoxi army camp, which had lost its commander, had to be stabilized. The case was put on hold for the time being, and it has been delayed for a long time until now, and no one knows what news Lin Xugui and Yu Wenxian will send back.
The smile on the Empress Dowager's face also faded, "What did you say in the notebook you sent back?"
Yan Li looked at the Queen Mother, then at Qin Wan, and said, "It's a deputy transfer envoy named Huang Xinghe on the Northwest Road and a deputy general in the Shuoxi Army who is in charge of ration supplies. It was taken down, and they all confessed. The Shuoxi Army was not involved too much. The highest position involved was a third-rank Xuanwu general named Chu. Huang Xinghe and other people on Dingzhou Road were involved..."
After a pause, Yan Li said, "It seems to have something to do with Zhang Qide."
As soon as the words came out, the Empress Dowager's hand on the edge of the chessboard shook slightly, "Who are you talking about!? Zhang Qide?!"
Yan Li nodded and sighed, "Yes, I should have heard correctly. When I just came out of the yamen, I heard Yang Han and Yuan Qing, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, talking. It seems that Zhang Qide is going to be imprisoned. This matter has nothing to do with it. It's important, and Zhang Qide's position is also special, so we have to investigate further."
The Empress Dowager's complexion suddenly turned cold. Zhang Qide is the Jiedu Envoy of Dingxi Road. In the entire Northwest, Yan Lin is the number one in terms of military power, but Zhang Qide is the boss in terms of government and people's livelihood. Dingxi Road covers the border between Dingzhou and Liangzhou. There are several prefectures and counties, dozens of counties, large and small. Although the military rations are not under the control of Zhang Qide, Zhang Qide can always get his hands on anything that needs to come from the border of Dingzhou and Liangzhou, and Zhang Qide also came out of the army. He knows all about the tricks on the military rations, but the Queen Mother and everyone else understand that Zhang Qide came from the Beifu Army—
When the military ration case broke out, it had already shocked the government and the public, and now it also involves the chief general in the position of deputy commander in the Shuoxi Army and the most important official of Dingxi Road, but this important official has a close relationship with the crown prince. Could it be that this matter is still related to the crown prince? Has something to do with the Beifu Army? !
The warm laughter from a moment ago was gone, and even Yue Ning felt a chilling aura of turmoil in the government and the opposition.
The corruption case in the salt transport last year had caused panic, but this year there has been corruption in the military rations!
Salt transportation is the financial weapon of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the Shuoxi Army is the barrier against the enemy in the northwest. The two incidents happened repeatedly, and the Queen Mother frowned tightly. What are the inspectors and patrol envoys of the Great Zhou Dynasty doing? of! Is the eyes of the veterans at Yushitai who rely on the old to sell the old are also old and dim...
"It's okay—" After a long silence, the queen mother slowly opened her mouth, "Your majesty knows it well, it's good if you can find out, these cancerous tumors must be found, otherwise they will be completely rotted from the root. That's too late!"
The Queen Mother rubbed the center of her brows, "You don't have to wait for tomorrow, Yan Li, you come and help me finish this game, I'll go and have a rest."
Nanny Chen hurriedly stepped forward to support the queen mother, and Yan Li also stepped forward to help, but when the queen mother's feet landed, her knees were weak, and most of her weight was leaning on the two of them. She walked slowly into the inner room, but her heart was beating. Stop, last year's corruption was finally found in the capital and stopped, but this year's corruption in military rations directly involved Zhang Qide, not others, but Zhang Qide! Second Grade Dingxi Jiedushi! He is also the commander of the Shuoxi army recommended by the prince not long ago!
The Empress Dowager's legs were weak and her hands were trembling, and her heart was a little flustered. She stopped suddenly and asked with a vague memory, "How long has the Empress been grounded?"
Yan Li and Nanny Chen looked at each other, and Nanny Chen hurriedly said, "It should be... almost ten days."
The Empress Dowager's heart beat wildly again. She saw that Yan Huai had been on the throne for twenty years, and she had completely ignored the affairs of the previous dynasty since a few years ago. When Yan Huai was not on the throne, her mood was calm, and sometimes she even seemed too Too gentle, but maybe Prince Gong's rebellion was too stimulating. After ascending to the throne, Yan Huai's temperament has changed a lot, his thoughts have become more elusive, and his methods have become more ruthless and decisive. Even his former frank and straightforward emotions are hidden After going on, for a while, the Queen Mother even felt that Yan Huai was a stranger. He was only afraid that Yan Huai's temperament would become violent and unstable, and he would become a foolish emperor in the future!
Facts have proved that these changes are good things for Yan Huai, who is the emperor. Although his temperament has changed, the queen mother is still unpredictable, but after he ascended the throne, he made great efforts to rule vigorously, and soon established the majesty of the new emperor above the court. , and the queen mother was also silently relieved, she had watched Yanhuai for twenty years, she knew the way Yanhuai was in power so well, the queen mother was stunned for a moment, "tonight, let the prince and princess come over at night."
The queen mother explained something, and then continued to walk into the inner room. When she was lying on the bed, the queen mother's fingers were still trembling slightly. Madam Chen fed the queen mother two pills, and the queen mother slowly closed her eyes , Yan Li guarded for a while, and when he got to the outside room, he saw Yan Ze and Yue Ning were still waiting, but Qin Wan and Yan Sui were gone. Grandma asked us to play chess, so let's finish it, and third brother should be merciful."
Yan Ze smiled, "You haven't liked playing chess since you were a child, and you don't know who you followed. The emperor's grandmother made things difficult for you today."
Yan Li sighed, "Third Brother still understands me. Hey, if I knew it earlier, I wouldn't say it. I just listened to that one sentence, and it made the emperor's grandmother restless."
Yue Ning sighed, she didn't think as much as the queen mother, but she still understood that once Zhang Qide was imprisoned, the prince's lineage would definitely be involved, this was already a very serious matter, seeing the end of the year, it was destined to be a bad year, "Don't tell me that the queen mother will know sooner or later. The queen was grounded a few days ago. The case of the Prince Jin's mansion has not yet been investigated. Now that something happened to Zhang Qide, the crown prince is really..."
Yue Ning didn't know whether to say that Yan Che was unlucky or what, but in such a situation, Dong Gong might have to suffer a little bit, and she had a faint feeling that this shocking change might be more serious. Bring on a bigger storm!