Xuanzheng Hall, early morning.
Wen Qingzhu was sitting behind the curtain. The hall that should have been full of people was now missing many people.
Wei Ziying is not here, Lei Xiao is not here, and Pei Yu is not here.
Among the several ministers, only the Minister of Rites is still standing here.
In the past, Zhu You was not qualified to stand at the front. If the ministers in front were not there, he actually became the one standing at the front.
There was no one on the dragon chair. He raised his eyes and looked behind the curtain. The woman was sitting there without saying a word.
Zhu You felt a little flustered inexplicably.
Lu Tao came out, glanced at the people below, and said seriously: "If there is something going on, go back to the court if there is nothing!"
Hearing this, many people couldn't help but look up at her.
"Master Zhu, what's going on?" Lu Tao naturally grabbed the person at the front.
Zhu You's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly raised his hand and replied: "I'm fine, I'm fine! Master Ye has misunderstood."
"Where are the others?" Lu Tao glanced over, passing over everyone's head.
Everyone replied one after another: "Nothing has happened to me!"
Lu Tao said coldly: "Then withdraw from the court!"
"I respectfully send you off to the princess!" Everyone knelt down one after another, with a more respectful attitude than when the emperor was here before.
After the courtiers retreated, the curtain in front of Wen Qingzhu was opened, and she slowly walked out.
Watching people in the square keep passing through Xuanwumen quickly.
At this time, Bai Di came out of the side hall, nodded and said: "Princess, Dean Kang wants to see you."
Wen Qingzhu frowned. He actually invited Dean Kang
Back at Qianyuan Palace, Wen Qingzhu hadn't walked in yet when he saw the bachelors of the Hanlin Academy.
This time Fu Yu and Wan Hongyu are both here.
Wen Qingzhu walked in, and everyone turned around and bowed: "See you, Princess."
When he arrived at the main seat of the main hall, Wen Qingzhu sat down calmly and then raised his hand: "No courtesy."
In the front on the right hand side, Dean Kang has snow-white beard and hair, his face is covered with folds, and his eyelids are almost covering his cloudy eyes.
The hall was very quiet, and nothing could be heard except Dean Kang's short and heavy breathing.
Wen Qingzhu looked at the bachelors behind Dean Kang: "Dean Kang is over ninety years old and is not in good health. You actually brought him into the palace?"
"King, princess, yes, I want to enter the palace." Dean Kang gasped for air and spoke for a long time before he finally understood the sentence.
"I understand the purpose of the dean's visit, but now that the new emperor is in power, you people from the Hanlin Academy directly squeeze out the number one scholar. I only want to ask, if the late emperor is still here, do these people from the Hanlin Academy dare!"
At the end of his speech, Wen Qingzhu was extremely angry, and his voice suddenly rose to a pitch that made several bachelors tremble.
Dean Kang's skinny hand trembled and finally let it go.
Several bachelors behind him suddenly panicked, and one of them couldn't help but said: "Dean! Did the two of them die in vain? They are the mainstay of our Hanlin Academy!"
"Haha." Wen Qingzhu sneered.
The Hanlin bachelor who had refuted her earlier raised his head angrily, staring at Wen Qingzhu with a heroic look on his face.
Seeing that he was the only one like this, he looked like he was only thirty years old and spoke with a local accent. It seemed that he had been in the capital not long ago and had only passed the first two imperial examinations.
The few Hanlin bachelors next to him, all of whom were in their thirties but not fifty, all lowered their heads and did not dare to come forward to help.
At this glance, Wen Qingzhu could clearly see that this young bachelor was being pushed out as a target.
"Fu Yu, where is Master Lei?" Wen Qingzhu turned his head and looked to the other side.
Fu Yu cupped his hands and replied: "Master Lei, Shuntian Mansion, is interrogating the students arrested last night with Master Jin."
Wen Qingzhu thought for a while and realized that Lei Xiao did not come to court today.
Dean Kang was waiting for her here after the court. It seemed that Dean Kang had already met Lei Xiao before coming.
While she was silent, someone outside announced that it was Lei Xiao who wanted to see her.
As soon as Wen Qingzhu raised his hand, the eunuch summoned Lei Xiao to appear.
After a while, Lei Xiao and Jin Long appeared here together.
The two knelt down and saluted: "I see you, Princess."
Wen Qingzhu raised his hand and told them to get up without ceremony. Lei Xiao then reported: "I have interrogated the students Fu Yu arrested in Baiwei Tower last night and found out that they gathered in Baiwei Tower to prepare a eulogy for the late emperor."
"Oh?" Wen Qingzhu trailed off, obviously not believing it.
Jin Long took out the confession from his sleeve, and there were also several unfinished eulogies.
Give it to Lu Tao and present it to Wen Qingzhu.
Wen Qingzhu finished scanning quickly and couldn't help but look up at Dean Kang: "Are they really writing a eulogy for the late emperor?"
"Yes." Dean Kang's cloudy eyes trembled and he agreed with this statement.
Several Hanlin bachelors behind him suddenly raised their heads.
Dean Kang raised his hand gently, and then they lowered their heads again.
Wen Qingzhu looked at Lei Xiao and then at Dean Kang, whose name she had borrowed before.
So Dean Kang was kind to her.
At this time, Dean Kang personally came forward to protect the people in their Hanlin Academy. Wen Qingzhu actually had no choice.
Lei Xiao did not go to court and still committed perjury with Jin Long at this time. In fact, he also hoped that the matter would be settled.
After much deliberation, Wen Qingzhu finally nodded: "Since I am writing a eulogy for the late emperor, there is indeed no problem. But isn't there a shortage of space in the Hanlin Academy? You actually want to go to Baiwei Tower. During the national mourning period, drinking and having fun are not allowed. People in the Hanlin Academy knowingly committed the crime. For Dean Kang’s sake, I’ll impose seven days of confinement as punishment!”
"Thank you, Princess." Dean Kang had to lower his head, and everyone behind him also lowered his head.
Only the person who had refuted Wen Qingzhu before had a confused look on his face.
Wen Qingzhu turned around and told Fu Yu: "Since there is not enough space in the Hanlin Academy, go to the Ministry of Household Affairs and allocate ten thousand taels to the Hanlin Academy to build a Siguo Building. In the future, anything that is inconvenient to do in the Hanlin Academy can be done in the Siguo Building. !”
"I obey the order!" Fu Yu bowed his hands in agreement, admiring Wen Qingzhu's methods more and more in his heart.
Able to advance and retreat, with clear rewards and punishments, and excellent control of measurement.
Wen Qingzhu stood up and told Lu Tao to invite people from Taiyuan Hospital to come over and send Dean Kang back in person.
After they left, Wen Qingzhu went to the study.
The table was filled with evidence of collusion between the Hanlin Academy and Pei Yu.
She couldn't help but laugh, praising Lei Xiao even more in her heart, he was indeed a loyal minister!
I thought there would be a bloody storm with the Hanlin Academy, but I didn't expect it to be resolved silently by Lei Xiao so quickly.
After a while, Fu Yu came back to resume his life.
"Princess Qi, the matter has been given. The Ministry of Revenue has arranged for Wanze to be responsible for the construction of Siguo Building this time."
Wen Qingzhu frowned slightly, turned around and asked, "Has the Ministry of Revenue arranged for Wanze?"
Fu Yu looked at her expression and was slightly curious: "Does the princess think there is something wrong with Wan Ze? Recently, Wan Ze has been quite prudent in handling affairs. He Shangshu praised him very much. Previously, all the dignitaries from the capital's aristocratic families and anyone who had some relationship with him went there. I found him in order to avoid this investigation. Wanze was indeed a little confused at first, but things were gradually sorted out later."
"Wanze's ability currently only matches the position I gave him before, but now he is appreciated by He Zhuan. Do you think He Zhuan is the kind of person who easily hurts others?"
Wen Qingzhu's tone became solemn. He hadn't figured out what happened before, but this time He Zhuan pushed Wan Ze up without stopping.
This is to drink poison to quench thirst.
Fu Yu thought for a moment, understood what Wen Qingzhu meant, and resigned.
On this day, a war without gunpowder was staged in the palace.
There was real smoke outside the palace.
The further the investigation goes to the south of the city, the more and more people with problematic household registrations are found.
Slowly, some small merchant officials who had colluded with the Xiongnu surfaced. With the presence of the Criminal Division and the royal secret guards, they were arrested on the spot and sent to the sky prison.
The capital was in turmoil for a while, and ordinary people did not dare to take to the streets unless necessary.
As dusk approached, the Shenxing Division sent the news collected today to Wen Qingzhu.
She took a brief look and found that what she had caught so far were some miscellaneous fish and she had pulled out the Hun Whistle.
Then comes the really hard time.
Huns spies will become more and more hidden and difficult to detect.
But at the same time, their actions will be hindered.
Relatively speaking, Beijing is safer.
What happened before that Qi Moche sneaked into the palace will never happen after this.
After reading the news, Lu Tao came in and said, "Princess, Princess Dejia invites you to go to Fengyang Pavilion and have dinner together."
"Okay." Wen Qingzhu put down what he was holding, turned around and followed Lu Tao out of Qianyuan Palace.
When we arrived at the flower hall of Fengyang Pavilion, dinner was already set.
Wen Qingzhu sat down, and Jiang Dejia waved the palace guests to go down.
Lu Tao was about to retreat, but Jiang Dejia stopped her: "Master Ye, there is no need to retreat. Now that you are Qingzhu's right-hand man, Qingzhu will definitely tell you some things."
Wen Qingzhu looked at her sideways and nodded slightly. Only then did Lu Tao stand still.
Because during pregnancy, Jiang Dejia's diet was very light.
At a glance, there isn't much meat.
Wen Qingzhu suggested: "Although it is still in March, you have to eat some meat. Just eating fruits and vegetables is not enough. If you really have no appetite, ask the imperial kitchen to cook it with fungi sent from the southwest." Thick soup, add some wild dates, very appetizing.”
"It's not that I have no appetite. My father has passed away. As a daughter, I have to honor him." Jiang Dejia's eyes dimmed.
Wen Qingzhu frowned: "But the living are more important than the dead, not to mention you are still pregnant with the child."
Jiang Dejia shook his head and explained: "I know this, I just feel that the mother-in-law chooses to leave at this time, which is always embarrassing for the father. After all, the mother-in-law could also choose not to enter the palace."
When it comes to the grievances between Jiang Yue and Wei Hui, Wen Qingzhu cannot interfere too much.
However, she had secretly made up her mind to ask the imperial kitchen to prepare some food that would eliminate the smell of meat.
The two began to eat, and Jiang Dejia explained the purpose of coming to her this time: "I have asked my uncle to investigate in secret at the military camp. There is still no problem at General Lu's side, but there are people down there with Mr. Chi and Qin Shou. penetration."
"Who?" Wen Qingzhu paused with the chopsticks in his hand.
Jiang Dejia also stopped his chopsticks: "My uncle is still searching, and has also asked Su Huo and the Cui family for help. The search has not been found yet, but as soon as the emperor left yesterday, there was something strange at the camp on the outskirts of Beijing. I suspect that the emperor left the capital. The news has spread."
"Of course, among the generals, I really don't know who is the undercover." Wen Qingzhu changed the spoon and took a piece of tofu for himself.
After finishing the tofu, she continued: "Now that Jingyuanhou's people have been cleared, Fan Rong from the Ministry of War is originally working for the emperor. Lu Chengfei will not have a problem. Fu Lie has also retained people, and Chi Yu's side is I personally controlled it, and I really can’t think of anyone else who might have problems.”
"Have you ever thought about the Wei family?" Jiang Dejia suddenly asked her question.
Wen Qingzhu was startled: "Wei family? Do you mean Wei Yu? Or..."
Jiang Dejia nodded: "Wei Yu is the commander of the imperial army, and he is accused of guarding the palace. During the last enthronement ceremony, Qi Moche successfully sneaked into the palace. Don't you think there is something wrong with Wei Yu?"
"How could the Wei family do this?" Wen Qingzhu couldn't understand.
Wei Ziying is an important minister of the imperial court, and Wei Yu is the commander of the imperial army. The Wei family—