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These young and important ministers were more murderous than the last, and several elderly civil servants choked with shock.

Pei Zhi lowered his eyes. These old ministers had already earned enough merits, and they became more and more fooling around in the court, saying things that didn't hurt.

"I have sent people to resolve the matter, no need to say anything more." He tapped the table with his finger, "I asked you to stay and draft a will. Have you finished writing it?"

After the emperor's death, the imperial court needed to announce the imperial edict to the world, and most of the edicts were ghostwritten.

The civil servants spent the whole night pondering the words and writing a eloquent article. Pei Zhi took a look at it and half of it was praising Pei's contribution to making the emperor sit in peace in the hall.

He frowned slightly, "There is no need to mention the Pei family. The world has been settled for the first time and the people do not need to mourn for too long. After three days, marriage, sacrifice, drinking and meat can be carried out as usual."

When the edict was finally changed to Pei Zhi's satisfaction, the sky was bright outside.

The King of Wei had to go to the deceased emperor's body to invite the prince to ascend the throne. After Zhao Heng agreed, he could perform the auspicious ceremony of the new emperor Jian Zuo.

All the ministers gathered in front of the spirit. When everything was over, Zhao Heng, who was now the new emperor, had no expression on his face.

The funeral process for the emperor was cumbersome, and King Wei looked respectful and showed no impatience.

Zhao Heng stared at his appearance and sneered in his heart. The ministers turned a blind eye to the late emperor's instructions before his death and followed King Wei pretending to be deaf and dumb.

Pei Zhi noticed Zhao Heng's gaze, but his expression did not change.

On the other hand, Marquis Pingyang returned to the main hall where the meeting was taking place and said to Pei Zhi: "The new emperor has too much hatred in his eyes, so he needs to be careful."

"He doesn't have the guts." Pei Zhi recalled that day when he went to the East Palace, Zhao Heng looked at the blood all over the ground and cried bitterly, "Gu is worried that he will commit suicide. The new emperor's life is now in danger."

He was still waiting for Zhao Heng to write the abdication edict.

Yu Xiuyun's voice was calm, "Prince Zhaoming has a son outside, and the matter is not over yet. Moreover, the change of the throne will inevitably lead to unrest in people's hearts. The son of a rich man cannot sit down in the hall. It is not suitable to enter and leave the palace late at night these two days."

"I have found out the identity of that son." Pei Zhi looked at the evening stars in the distance with a cold expression, "He was born to a prostitute, who can prove that he is of royal blood."

Yu Xiuyun wanted to say something else, but he saw a young man appear out of nowhere and whispered back to King Wei: "My lord, it's settled."

Immediately understanding what was going on, Yu Xiuyun chuckled, "It's so fast. I'm afraid my lord sent someone to Sili as soon as the late emperor mentioned this matter yesterday morning."

"Of course, how can such a disaster be tolerated? Is it possible that we have to wait alone while someone uses the banner of Prince Zhaoming to oust the emperor?"

Pei Zhi's eyebrows were filled with anger. The late king didn't even know about the child born from Prince Zhaoming's one-night affair with a prostitute. Who would have thought that the late emperor suddenly mentioned it and insisted that it was the child of the Zhao family.

Fortunately, Chiying does things neatly and doesn't miss anything that needs to be dealt with.

Pei Zhi thought about returning home later and felt a little better. "Now that this matter is over, I will come back to the palace tomorrow at Yin time."

Yu Xiuyun frowned, but before he said anything, he saw King Wei looking like he was smiling but not smiling. He didn't know if he was being deceived, but there was a hint of showing off.

"I don't want to run around late at night, but the princess misses me so much that she kept someone here last night."

Pei Zhi glanced at Yu Xiuyun and saw the corner of his mouth twitching. He still remembered Yun Danfeng and added softly: "I will ask Wanwan again tonight if I have anything to say to you."

*

After Yu Tingwan had dinner, he looked helplessly at the dense crowd of dragon-slaying guards outside the courtyard.

"Chen Xing, Guan Juyuan is almost surrounded by iron barrels."

She was a little embarrassed because she was afraid of assassins last night. When she woke up early in the morning, there were suddenly so many people there. The Dragon-Slaying Guards came to Guanjuyuan as guards. Isn't it overkill?

She just wanted to take Xiaobai out to see the plum blossoms in the snow today. As soon as she stepped out of the yard, the Dragon Slayer Guard following behind refused to leave no matter what.

It was because Pei Zhi had ordered that she should be protected at all times.

Chen Xing said: "My lord should come back tonight."

She paused and seemed to understand what the princess was thinking, "Actually, Dragon Slaying Guard likes to take on missions related to the princess, because the reward given by the lord is a lot."

Yu Tingwan planned to chat with her for a few words, but she suddenly closed her mouth and lowered her eyes, and her whole body tensed up, like an arrow ready to be fired, just waiting for the person holding the bow.

Zhanlongwei looked like this when he saw King Wei.

Yu Tingwan turned around and found that it was indeed him.

"Your Majesty, are there too many Dragon-Slaying Guards outside?"

"Not much." Pei Zhi hugged her into his arms and said in a casual tone, "They are very quiet on the left and right, just pretend you can't see them."

"Why do you pretend you can't see it?" Yu Tingwan's ears turned red and she was a little unhappy: "I just went out of the yard, following so many people, it's too much of a fight."

"It's snowing during the day and it's so cold. What are you doing out there?"

"I want to see plum blossoms."

As soon as Yu Tingwan finished speaking, Pei Zhi said, "I'll go with you."

"It's getting late, and if we go together, there will be more people behind us."

"The clouds are clearing and the snow is falling outside, and the moonlight is beautiful." Pei Zhi said with a smile on his lips, "It's just the two of us, there won't be anyone else."

The plum grove in Prince Wei's Mansion is serviced by dedicated personnel, and there are all kinds of plums, the most abundant of which are red plums.

There is a seemingly simple courtyard in the plum forest, which was built specifically for plum blossom appreciation. Walking in it, you can feel the subtle fragrance floating around. The hollow stone bricks form a low wall. Looking from the inside out, you will see a scene at every step. You can see all kinds of plum blossoms in different directions. different.

Unfortunately, it was not daytime. Pei Zhi held a glass lamp in his left hand and walked with Yu Tingwan on the gravel road in the plum forest. He asked, "Wanwan likes red plums?"

"They all like it. I heard that the green calyx tree in the mansion has bloomed, so I wanted to come and take a look."

Pei Zhi laughed and said: "That green-calyx plum was presented to the late king by the governor of Yuzhou. This one is the only one among the six that survives, deep in the plum forest."

Seeing the green calyx, Yu Tingwan let go of the man's hand next to her, stepped forward and looked at it for a moment, then turned her head and said with a smile: "The blue color resembles a bamboo leaf. Plum is the gentleman among flowers, and it is the gentleman among plums."

Hearing this, Pei Zhi glanced at the green calyx, and then his eyes moved to the woman in front of him. Because it was the emperor's mourning period, she was dressed in ivory white today, and her black hair was tied up with a jade hairpin.

He lowered his eyes and looked at her quietly, feeling that the brightness of the moon was not half as bright as the person in front of him.

Seeing that she liked green-calyx plums, he finally took a serious look at the plum tree, broke off the branch with the most flowers, and handed it to Yu Tingwan.

Just after returning to Guanjuyuan, Yu Tingwan took out a white porcelain narrow-necked vase, inserted the plum blossom into it, and placed it on the desk.

The room was warm. She picked up the tea cup and took a sip. The corners of her lips raised slightly. She turned her head and saw Pei Zhi looking at her. She suddenly thought of something and asked, "When did you leave this morning?"

"In front of Yinshi."

It was midnight. Yu Tingwan hesitated and said, "You have official business during the day, so it would be more appropriate to rest in the palace these days."

Pei Zhi said softly: "I will chat with Zhao Heng for a while tomorrow, and I won't have any official business to stay in the palace for a long time."

They talked casually and told Zhao Heng to learn how to stamp the prepared edict and make him an obedient puppet. As for investigating the people serving around him, Pei Shu would do it.

Pei Zhi sighed and brushed his fingers through her temples.

"Wanwan cares about me, but she still doesn't want me to come back."