Xu Xingchuan was very efficient in handling affairs, and within a few days, he had investigated the list of ministers who had submitted the petition.He took the list and asked Wang Fu to investigate the household registration of these people.Sure enough, the household registrations of these ministers were all forged, and the forgery method was consistent with Sun Hancheng's household registration.

Xu Xingchuan quickly told Pei Ziqi.Pei Ziqi looked at the list, his face turned slightly pale, and he tried to calm down and said, "Master Xu, you have worked hard these days. I have a merciless request. I hope Master Xu will give me some kindness."

Xu Xingchuan quickly clasped his fists and said: "Imperial Concubine, don't say that. I'm a rough person in a humble position. Just say what you want. There's no need to be polite to your subordinates."

Pei Ziqi smiled: "Then I will say it boldly, I hope Mr. Xu will not make this matter public, not even His Royal Highness the Third Prince."

Xu Xingchuan was stunned, and couldn't help frowning.The imperial concubine is the imperial concubine, but he belongs to the third prince after all. If he helps the imperial concubine to hide it from His Highness... he hesitated for a while, and said: "My Royal Highness, if your Highness asks..."

Pei Ziqi took his words: "Of course, tell Your Highness the truth." He paused, and said with a smile: "Master Xu is His Highness's man after all, and I won't make it difficult for Mr. Xu."

Xu Xingchuan heaved a sigh of relief, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Thank you for your understanding, the humble concubine will definitely live up to the concubine's entrustment." He also said: "It's getting late, let the humble concubine retire first."

Pei Ziqi smiled and motioned for you to go at your own pace.Xu Xingchuan resigned and left the hall.Pei Ziqi looked at the disappearing figure, the calmness on his face dissipated little by little.He pinched the list, his fingers trembling.The household registrations of these court officials were all forged, and the forged household registrations were in the same way as Sun Hancheng's forgery.This indirectly shows that the person who helped them forge their household registration is mostly one person.

Sheng Cangui is the Minister of the Household Department, and his origin is unknown.These forged household registrations are most likely from his hands.The purpose of forging household registration is to hide their identities, so are these people all foreigners?If this hypothesis holds, then the whole thing can be linked.

In the name of Qin Guogong, Zhong Jide asked Chen Yonghan for the imperial examination questions.Chen Yonghan is not a fool, if he can believe it, there must be something to convince him.Qin Taijun is Qin Guogong's wife. If she secretly helped Chen Yonghan believe that it was Qin Guogong who asked for the test questions, it would be much easier.

Therefore, Qin Taijun and Zhong Jide have cooperated from beginning to end, rather than a relationship between superiors and subordinates.After Zhong Jide got the test questions, he gave the imperial examination questions to Qin Taijun.The two sides made up their minds, and they both used the imperial examination to deploy their own manpower.These people are not ordinary people, but the disappearing secret guards from the country.

When the self-retained country perished, the Royal Dark Guard disappeared.It is very likely that these hidden guards fell into the hands of two parties, one was in the hands of Qin Taijun, and the other was in the hands of Zhong Jide.These secret guards are a group of people without household registration and identity.Shengcan from the household department forged their household registrations to give them a clean identity.Then inform the imperial examination questions in advance, so that they can enter the imperial court through the imperial examination.Then there is Zhou Xing from the Ministry of Officials to help these people be promoted to crucial positions.Gradually, the imperial court will be lifted slowly...

There are officials large and small on this list, and the position of each official is crucial.They formed a huge network and almost controlled the government in disguise.Their purpose is not difficult to guess, through the way of bloodless, disintegrated the entire court of Jin, and gradually became the court of the people who stayed in the country.

However, Zhong Jide and Qin Taijun have their own ideas.Zhong Jide wants to be the emperor himself, so Qin Taijun wants to be the emperor himself?Or secretly support who?Zhong Jide's assassination of Luo Di, does it mean that he was cornered and Qin Taijun had the upper hand?

Wait... The second prince helped him and instructed the ministers on the list to play to Emperor Luo.These people are all from the second prince, what about Zhong Jide's people?They also entered the imperial court through the imperial examination... Pei Ziqi suddenly opened his eyes wide and his lips turned white.In the past five years, he has dealt with many ministers. Could these ministers be Zhong Jide's people?

The second prince first asked Zhang Nan to return to the capital, and then sent Sun Hancheng to stay by his side.He knew that he would be in danger, so he made such an arrangement.Looking at this danger now, it is the second prince who made up his mind to use his hand to eradicate Zhong Jide...

The second prince regarded him as a pawn, and through him, placed Sun Hancheng in the Ministry of Punishment.The Ministry of Criminal Justice is the place where cases are resolved. Sun Hancheng not only solves some people, but also uses his hands to solve those bones that cannot be chewed.Before he knew it, he had been dragged onto the boat by the second prince and became the second prince's executioner.

He stood up slowly.In the previous five years, the second prince was the layout.Since the second prince returned to Beijing, the whole chess game began.Therefore, Sun Hancheng let him leave the capital because he did not want him to become a pawn in the hands of the second prince...

Yuan Ming was a fool who didn't know what to ask, but he knew that Chen Yonghan was selling imperial examination questions.Furthermore, Chen Yonghan did not sell the test questions, but leaked the test questions.This is enough to show that someone secretly told Yuan Ming all this.I want to use Yuan Ming's excuse to let him investigate Chen Yonghan, and then lead the suspicion to Zhong Jide.

Of course, Zhong Jide was not idle either.Since five years ago, when he secretly investigated Yun Jin's death, Zhong Jide revealed various clues to him, making him suspect Qin Taijun.He was wary by nature and always skeptical.It wasn't until the queen mother's banquet that he was sure that he was related to Qin Taijun...

Zhong Jide wanted to use his hand to bring disaster to Qin Taijun, and the second prince also wanted to use his hand to get rid of Zhong Jide.Over the years, with his help, the second prince may have eliminated more than half of Zhong Jide's people.So after Zhong Jide was imprisoned, he chose to feign death without doing anything, trying to make the second prince take it lightly.

Zhong Jide was pushed into a hurry by the second prince, so he had no choice but to assassinate Luo Di like a farce.Perhaps, the second prince had already found Zhong Jide who was in fake death, and secretly cleaned up his staff.Zhong Jide had no choice but to go all out and assassinate Luo Di in the Duke's mansion.The second prince took this opportunity to kill Zhong Jide and his subordinates.

It's just that he doesn't understand that Qin Taijun and Zhong Jide are foreigners, and it's reasonable for them to depend on and struggle.They are in a weak state when the country of study is destroyed.If they want to make a difference in Jin, they must be interdependent.But to the extent that one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, they began to struggle again.

But what does all this have to do with the Second Prince and Zhou Xing?Why do they have to get involved?Zhong Jide's purpose is obvious, what about Qin Taijun?If Qin Taijun intends to be emperor, what role will the queen mother and Qin Guogong play?If Qin Taijun is supporting someone, who is that person?Is it the second prince?

Pei Ziqi paced back and forth in the hall, his brows furrowed slightly, feeling that there was still something missing.Suddenly, a young eunuch entered the hall with small steps, knelt down and said, "See Mr. Pei for the younger one. My lord, there is a little eunuch outside the hall asking to see him. He said he is from the Empress Dowager's palace."

"A person in the Empress Dowager's Palace?" Pei Ziqi stopped, loosened his eyebrows and said, "Let him in."

The little eunuch agreed, got up and retreated into the hall.After a while, another little eunuch came forward in small steps, with a bit of chill on his body, knelt down and saluted: "Young one, see..."

Pei Ziqi hurriedly interrupted him, "It's alright, alright, I'll save those rituals. If you have anything to say, just tell me, what did the Queen Mother order you to do?"

The little eunuch raised his head and said with a smile, "That's what happened. The Empress Dowager is thinking about Your Excellency, and wants to invite Your Excellency to sit down. I don't know if Your Excellency will appreciate your face."

Pei Ziqi is more than four months pregnant.My brother will not show his pregnancy until he is about to give birth. At present, he can't see the pregnancy, but he can diagnose the sex of the fetus.Half a month ago, Mr. Zhu diagnosed that he was pregnant with Longfengtai, so Zhang Nan didn't let him worry about political affairs anymore.

He had no choice but to pretend to go back to Pei's mansion, but Zhang Nan flatly rejected his hope of leaving the palace.Don't look at Zhang Nan's obedience to him on weekdays, but when it comes to this matter, he is just a domineering man who doesn't care about anything.After tossing and tossing several times, he had no other choice but to think about it.

Now that the Empress Dowager came to him, did she have something important to talk to him about?Everyone in this palace has a delicate heart, so there is no reason for the Empress Dowager to touch soft nails at this time.He didn't have much affection for the queen mother, and after cheating him once, he was the person Zhang Nan was wary of... However, the queen mother was also the person who was most likely to tell him the truth.

Pei Ziqi smiled, and said to the maid at the side: "Prepare a cloak for me. If His Highness comes down later, you tell him I'm going to the Empress Dowager's Palace."

The court lady bent down and ordered people to put on a cloak.Pei Ziqi wrapped a thick cloak and said, "This father-in-law, please show me the way."

The little eunuch hurriedly got up, smiled and said: "No trouble, no trouble, Mr. Pei, please come with me." Then said: "The queen mother has been talking about you for a long time. If you don't care about your highness, please send the young one to invite you over... ..."

Pei Ziqi smiled and followed behind the little eunuch.He is not a concubine, and he has to bring court ladies and eunuchs with him when he travels. After all, he is still a foreign minister, and a foreign minister should look like a foreign minister.

It is already deep winter, and there is snow in the sky, and the whole palace looks white.The road was a bit slippery, and the two of them walked forward slowly, one behind the other.After walking for a long time, the little eunuch stopped and said with a smile, "Lord Pei is here."

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