Funing Hall

Last night, both of them drank wine, drew the curtains, and when they were lying in bed together, the tents were filled with the lingering sweet aroma of sweet-scented osmanthus.In this lingering fragrance, the two naturally lingered for a long time.

Until the middle of the night, Zhao Cong fell into a deep sleep, and Zhao Shiqi lay beside him, staring at him again.

His eyes stared at every inch of his face little by little, glued together, unable to leave him no matter what.

Zhao Shiqi stretched out his hand and held Zhao Cong's hand in his, suddenly knowing how to draw this year's birthday painting.

After daybreak, Zhao Shiqi accompanied Zhao Cong to get up and insisted on dressing Zhao Cong himself.

The court clothes were easy to wear, Zhao Cong let him wear them with a smile, all the maids in the room were laughing, Zhao Shiqi didn't feel ashamed, and put a jade pendant on Zhao Cong's belt with a smile.Before Zhao Cong left, he said to him: "Remember to wear the one I chose."

"Okay." Zhao Shiqi obediently agreed.

"It's the moment to do things well outside, and there's no rush in these few days."

"it is good."

"Good." Zhao Cong reached out to pat his head.

Zhao Shiqi was sitting, and immediately stretched out his arms to wrap his arms around his waist: "You are so obedient, what can your Majesty reward you?"

The maids laughed again, Zhao Cong laughed too, and said with a smile, "Success, look up."

Zhao Shiqi raised his head, Zhao Cong lowered his head, and pressed a kiss on his brow lightly, very lightly and quickly.

The maids smiled and lowered their heads, not daring to look.

Zhao Cong smiled and asked, "Are you satisfied?"

"Not satisfied!"

Zhao Cong smiled again: "There is nothing you can do if you are not satisfied, the time for the court meeting is coming."

"Your Majesty, will you make up for it?"

"Okay." Zhao Cong stretched out his hand and tapped his forehead again, "Let go, I'm going to Chui Gong Palace."

Zhao Shiqi hugged Zhao Cong again, let go of Zhao Cong, and got up to send him out.

Zhao Cong walked out of the door of Funing Hall, looked back at him again, and went to Chui Gong Hall.

Zhao Shiqi watched him go, looked up at Dongfang Chaoyang, and heaved a sigh of relief. After a few days of busy work, he didn't have to be hard to see each other.

Zhao Shiqi went out of the palace and continued to work in the ritual courtyard.

Zhao Cong received a very special request in the palace.

He asked in disbelief, "Who are you talking about?"

"Mr. Sun Family."

"Sun Zhuyun?"

Fu Lu nodded: "Exactly."

It's strange, why did Sun Zhuyun come to the palace to find him?According to Zhao Cong's knowledge and observation, Sun Zhuyun is a very sensible person, what is it that attracts him into the palace?

He had just finished meeting Master Li, who was an official of Honglu Temple and was very talented.This time, when Jurchen became a minister, he specially transferred Mr. Li to take charge of it.After the birthday is over, these matters need to be arranged one by one. He is still waiting for Yeluqin's letter these days.

The attitude of the Empress Dowager of Liao directly determines how he will negotiate with Wan Yanliang.

These are major issues, and Zhao Cong felt a little headache again after discussing them, so it would be good to have a talk with Sun Zhuyun at this moment.

He closed his eyes for a moment, and when he heard footsteps, he opened his eyes and saw Sun Zhuyun walking in like before.

"Student Sun Zhuyun, I have met His Majesty." Sun Zhuyun saluted him.

This is his brother-in-law-to-be, Zhao Cong smiled kindly: "Get up, sit down." He pointed to the first high chair on the left.

Sun Zhuyun thanked again, stepped forward and sat down.

Zhao Cong was curious, and didn't treat him as an outsider, and asked directly, "Why did you come here?"

Although Sun Zhuyun didn't know that His Majesty was going to call him a son-in-law, after all no one had ever told him about it, but he felt it vaguely.He is a person who lives and counts every day, and is very contented.He also likes Zhao Zongning very much, since His Majesty has this idea, he will accept it calmly.

Therefore, His Majesty's attitude towards him made him clearer.But he entered the palace today, not for himself, but——

"Your Majesty, are you familiar with Yi Yu, the magistrate of Baoying County?"

Zhao Cong raised his eyebrows unconsciously, why is it Yi Yu again?Why even Sun Zhuyun is mentioning this person?He looked at Sun Zhuyun and motioned for him to continue.

Sun Zhuyun told the story of Yi Yu's meeting outside the princess mansion: "At that time, the students thought it was strange, and His Majesty knew that no one would go outside the princess mansion easily. The student was returning from buying books with the servant, so he sent He followed to see."

"Where did he go?"

"In the Jiaxing Teahouse on the East Street, I didn't meet anyone, but I just sat alone for a long time. After drinking tea, he went home. The students felt that this was a bit weird, and it was related to the princess after all. They were afraid of getting in the way, so they went Decided to enter the palace to report to His Majesty."

Zhao Cong thought to himself, he doesn't know what bad things this Yi Yu is going to do again.

He thought for a moment, then said to Sun Zhuyun: "You are very good to Ningning."

Sun Zhuyun immediately said shamelessly: "Your Majesty's absurd praise."

"I praise you because you are worth it. I know about this. Don't worry about it. I will send someone to investigate at this time, and don't tell Ningning."

Sun Zhuyun responded one by one, Zhao Cong was very satisfied, and asked Fu Lu to take him to Funing Palace to get some snacks: "It's all Ning Ning's favorite food, you take some back. If Ning Ning asks why he entered the palace, you just say I have something to do." Pass you."

"Yes." Sun Zhuyun finished speaking, stayed for a while, turned around and left.

After he left, Zhao Cong thought for a moment, and asked Fu Lu to order Shao Yi to send someone to keep an eye on Yi Yu.

In the past, I really didn't think Yi Yu was a character, although I was wary.

Now it's good, this person is getting more and more excessive.

And just a few days after he had his eye on Yi Yu, something serious happened to him.

"Really?" Zhao Cong asked Shao Yi.

Shao Yi nodded: "His family is a wealthy businessman in Yangzhou, and he has done a lot of business in the sea. This time his merchant ship was robbed, causing countless casualties."

"Is it an accident, or—"

Shao Yi immediately understood, and said: "Your Majesty and I have the same thoughts, this happened too coincidentally, the waters around Yangzhou have always been calm, there has never been such a thing in decades, why did it happen to his family? Got it? After the merchant ship was robbed, those people didn’t want their belongings, but they were picked up by other people. But I’m incompetent, so far I haven’t found out what’s wrong.”

"It's not your fault. If someone really did it deliberately, how would you know in advance? But since you know about it, you should send someone to investigate it. Yi Yu is abominable, but his family is innocent. It was indeed deliberate. In other words, this person has the ability to do such a thing, so it is truly dreadful."

"I know!"

"Does Yi Yu know about this?"

"He doesn't know yet. Our people rushed back, but it is estimated that Yi Yu will find out in a few days."

"We'll see how he behaves then, I won't let him leave Tokyo City."

Shao Yi nodded again, Zhao Cong discussed with him for a while, and ordered him many things.

Not long after Shao Yi entered the palace, Zhao Shiqi also met his people in the carriage outside the ceremony courtyard.

"Is the ending clean?" Zhao Shiqi asked lazily.

"Your Majesty, don't worry!"

"How about his goods?"

"They were all distributed, that Zhao Ting, he envied others to get rich by doing business, he also bought a boat, and searched a lot."

Zhao Shiqi disdained: "Your Majesty has already sent someone to arrest him and bring him back, let him be proud for a few more days."

"Do you want to let Yi Yu know now?"

"Wait a minute, Beijing is very busy these days, so don't make troubles. When the news comes from Yi Yu's house, the scientific research has just come to an end, so it's easy to handle things."

"Yes."

"When he returned to Yangzhou, you—"

"Don't worry, Mr. Lang, this subordinate understands. Sister Yanmo told me. If Uncle Mu finds that scholar, I will kill him without anyone noticing."

Zhao Shiqi nodded in satisfaction, and did not forget to tell him: "If you don't find it, you will also interrogate him. As long as you get his medicine prescription, you can still kill him."

"My subordinate understands."

Three days later, Yi Yu was shocked when he learned that his family's merchant ship had been robbed, everyone had died, and the goods had been divided up.

His father's housekeeper came here in person. Such a capable old man burst into tears: "Erlang, we have never encountered such a thing in the past hundred years of the Yi family. When Mr. Lang heard about this, he immediately fainted." It's too scary! Our Yijia firm is famous for thousands of miles, and no matter who is at sea, we have to give way. But we were robbed suddenly, and everyone died! Erlang didn't know, his blood turned red The people on board are all capable members of our family, trained for many years, and now—" He wiped his tears with his sleeve.

Yi Yu gritted his teeth and said, "Can you report to the government?"

"Reported, Master Zhizhou also sent someone to investigate, but nothing was found."

Yi Yu patted the table: "I send so much money to their house every year, and they just do business like this?!"

"Speaking of this matter, Erlang is afraid that he doesn't know yet, and the Master Zhizhou has changed again. In the case of the salt field, the original Master Zhizhou was ordered to be executed, and the new Master Zhizhou was only a substitute. At the beginning of the month, the new Master Zhizhou After taking office, he is no longer a substitute, but he is an exceptionally upright person. He didn’t want to accept gifts from our family, and sent them secretly, but he was also thrown out. It’s very shameless. He treats everyone equally.”

Yi Yu was taken aback for a moment, he was in Tokyo, and he didn't know that the prefect of Yangzhou had changed!

What's the use of his hard work for the number one scholar?What's the use of working so hard to acquire this skill?

Isn't it just that they can only stay in Baoying County and do the craftsman's work all day long!It seemed like a good thing to finally stay in Beijing, but in the end, he was still working as a craftsman!He can't get into that circle no matter what, even if he has a lot of money, even if he is familiar with hundreds of books and is the number one scholar, he is still blind!

The housekeeper asked again: "Lang Jun sent a young man here to ask Erlang to think of a way. Is there any relationship between Beijing and China to leave? I don't want to get back the lost property, I just want to give an explanation! Who is it that hurt us so much?" Yi family?!"

"Since the new magistrate is so upright, why not check it out?"

"Your Majesty Zhizhou really did the investigation, but he couldn't find anything! That's why Mr. Lang is in such a hurry. The person who came is secretly and has clever means. What should we do?"

Yi Yu stretched out his hand to grab the wooden handle, feeling both humiliation and Taotao's anger in his heart.

He said in a deep voice, "I'll go and investigate first."

He is the only scholar in their family, he is also the number one scholar, and he is also an official. Everyone believes in him.When he said that, the housekeeper heaved a sigh of relief.

But what could Yi Yu find out.

In Kaifeng Mansion, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, His Majesty's attitude is the attitude of everyone.

His Majesty has always been indifferent to this number one scholar, and everyone is naturally indifferent to him, especially since he and Princess Baoning have something to say, no one dares to approach him.

Yi Yu couldn't find his way at all, thought for a while, and decided to go home.

He went to find Yangzhou Zhizhou in person, and he couldn't handle this matter if he didn't believe it!As the richest man in Yangzhou, their Yi family, if they can't even find out such a thing, what face will they have?In the future, who will take their Yi family seriously?Businessman, businessman, mercenary.

He knows this truth.

If it is not profitable to deal with them, who will deal with them?

Their Yi family's standing still depends on the close ties with officials from all parties. If this is cut off, what should they do in the future?

But here comes the problem.

His upper peak—for the time being, it is the upper peak, and he is not allowed to return to Yangzhou.