The first paparazzi in the Red Chamber

"You can't sit still and wait for death," Jia She said.

Prime Minister Wu was stunned for a moment, then gave Jia She a thumbs up, and sighed that he was so powerful, that he was hiding deep enough, that he even fooled him.

"All civil and military officials in the court thought you were a brainless person who couldn't turn a corner, but now, it turns out that they are stupid and don't know it."

"I'm just retaliating with an eye, using other people's methods." Jia Amnesty replied.

"Oh," Prime Minister Wu stared at Jia She, "how do you say that?"

Jia She then briefly told Prime Minister Wu about his assassination and the Liuzhou case, "He probably knew that if I was idle, I would definitely notice the changes in the capital, so he made a few troubles during that time. It was the case of the east and the west, and I was transferred from the capital to facilitate their wanton actions. The second is the case of the third prince, who made meritorious service, was praised by the whole country, and was recognized by the sage, and became the prince as he wished. It is really a good way to kill two birds with one stone !"

Prime Minister Wu twirled his beard and listened carefully, nodding from time to time, indicating that he only recently figured out the whole thing. "This fake prince is extremely scheming, and he hides it very well. Many relatives of the royal family have also been kept in the dark by him, and they have no doubts about his identity. Even the saint and the empress seem to be the same, and they haven't seen it through. "

"The empress is very wise. She should have been able to see through it, but because she lost her son for too long, the feeling of guilt in her heart has been deepening for a long time, and it is difficult to dissipate. She will get dizzy and lost her eyes. Now she is pregnant. She is pregnant, and her mood is even more changeable when she hears that, no one is allowed to say 'no' to the prince. Even when Mu Lin went to see her and mentioned it euphemistically, she immediately showed displeasure, accusing Mu Lin of making wild guesses without evidence, too Being too suspicious also disappointed her a bit," Jia She explained.

Prime Minister Wu was very surprised, "Why, the empress can't listen to Mr. Song's words?"

Jia Amnesty: "She is not in good health, and she is pregnant, which makes it even more difficult. Mu Lin didn't want to skip provoking her, but he just tried to talk it out tactfully, but he was accused as soon as he opened his mouth. I guess it's about this. , I can’t explain it to her in detail, I can only hide it for the time being, and explain it after she recovers after giving birth.”

"The old man has also heard that the empress's body is becoming more and more lazy day by day. She is not in good health at that age, but it is extremely dangerous to conceive this child." Prime Minister Wu frowned slightly. eyebrows, followed by worry.

"But there is no way, since I am pregnant, I can't get rid of the dragon species." Jia She said.

Prime Minister Wu hastily stretched out his hand to signal Jia Amnesty not to talk nonsense, looked outside the carriage, and winked at him, "This may be nonsense. You can't do it in normal times, let alone in extraordinary times, so you should be more careful."

"There are a lot of people trying to trick me, so I'm not afraid of it now, as long as you don't betray me, Prime Minister." Jia She said half-jokingly.

Prime Minister Wu hurriedly shook his head to express his daring.

The two then entered Gyeonggi Prefecture, and Jia Amnesty called Liu Zhizhong and others, questioned with Prime Minister Wu, and then signed and pledged to make the testimonies convincing.Prime Minister Wu nodded after browsing through the testimony, but he also had his own worries.

"That's it, I'm afraid it's still difficult to stop Chen Weinan and the others. You heard it when you were in the East Palace earlier, and he questioned your witness in Gyeonggi Prefecture."

"I'm not afraid. The Ministry of Punishment and the Dali Temple have been notified about this matter yesterday, but the documents are still backlogged. It is estimated that only one or two small officials who received the documents have read them. For the time being, no big shots have noticed. But It's a matter, he can't rely on me anymore."

Prime Minister Wu immediately cheered up when he heard the words, his eyes glowed and he looked at Jia She with some admiration, "As expected of Marquis Jia En, he is thoughtful and prepared for a rainy day. As long as there are people other than the Gyeonggi Province and the Song family to testify about this matter, everything will be done. It's all easy to handle. You, you, if you don't say it, I will make the old man worry for you in vain."

Jia She smiled, "Although I don't think the Prime Minister is lying to me, I still have to experiment to see whether you are sincere or not, and whether you will really worry for me. Once you miss it, it will be of great concern to everyone." It is a major event for Zhou Hou to succeed the crown prince."

"Yes, yes, you can see that the anxious look on the old man's face makes sense." Prime Minister Wu said with a helpless smile.

Jia She raised his eyebrows, "Then I have to ask the Prime Minister for help with this case. I hope this matter will end as soon as possible and the situation can be brought under control earlier. In this way, I can continue to publish "Great Zhou Dynasty News", which happens to be the number one in this dynasty. The loyal minister, Prime Minister Wu, came to clear up the previous rumors."

Prime Minister Wu waved his hand, "I dare not trouble Mrs. Jia. Since I thought of this method at the beginning, I was ready to be criticized. Although I didn't expect it to be as serious as it is now, it doesn't matter, I will treat it as a This kind of life experience. In the current situation, I am afraid that the old man will not be able to protect himself. But as long as he can do his best for the country and do something for the saint, the old man will not come to this world in vain."

"Stop talking about such frustrating words. Now that we are planning, we will try our best to minimize the harm and loss. The old man should also think about Madam, if you have something to do, what will she do?" Jia She I know that Prime Minister Wu and his wife are very close, so I made this statement.

Prime Minister Wu nodded and sighed, expressing that he couldn't let go of his wife the most.This old lady has been pampered by him since she married into their Wu family, "She likes to beat me up on weekdays, and always looks down on me for doing things. I guess if I'm gone, she will dance and be happy Terrific."

Jia Amnesty: "Nonsense."

Prime Minister Wu looked at Jia She in doubt, and asked him amusedly: "You are not my wife, how do you know that I am talking nonsense?"

"It's not her, but the emotional ties between people are similar. You husband and wife have been together for decades, how can she let you go. In this world, the love between husband and wife can compare to the two of you Not much. Once you leave, she will not think about tea or food, and she will not have a few days to live." Jia Amnesty said bluntly.

"Marquis Jia En!" Prime Minister Wu shouted, glaring at him annoyedly, he certainly didn't want his wife to be 'cursed' by Jia She.

"The Prime Minister doesn't like to listen to the truth, so that's all, you can lie to yourself."

Prime Minister Wu was so angry that he coughed, beat his chest, and pointed at Jia She, "You yellow-mouthed boy, you are really angry with me."

"At any time, you can't give up your life lightly." Jia She sent Prime Minister Wu to leave quickly, and he didn't bother to listen to him lament the tragic ending of his life.

Prime Minister Wu made no show on his face, and bid farewell to Jia Amnesty in disgust.But until he walked out of Gyeonggi Prefecture, he remained in a daze in his heart, and was already overwhelmed by what Jia She said just now.What Jia She said is true, the matter is still being planned, he shouldn't give up lightly, thinking about the result of death.

Prime Minister Wu didn't react right, so he immediately turned around and came back to look for Jia Amnesty.

Jia Amnesty was drinking tea, put down his cup, raised his eyebrows and asked, as if looking at Prime Minister Wu.

"What's the matter with your 'West' as you said earlier?" Prime Minister Wu asked.

"Naturally, it's a plan to eradicate the bad guys. It's better to say less when the time is not right. It's not that I don't believe in the prime minister, but I heard that the prime minister is not in a good spirit recently and always suffers from insomnia, so I don't want you to worry too much."

Prime Minister Wu stared, "Well, you Jia Enhou, even my house has your eyeliner!"

"But it wasn't intentional. Someone around you joined voluntarily." Jia She glanced at Prime Minister Wu, "Don't do anything when you go back. Even if you want to change people, you have to wait until the matter is over. With you, there are still people around you." Prince, if you do something unreasonable, you will definitely startle the snake."

"Understood," Prime Minister Wu turned to leave, turned his head again, gave Jia She a hard look, and then reluctantly shook his sleeves and left.

Jia Amnesty then went to see Song Xi and asked him how he had been doing in recent days.

Since the two of them had already found out that the identity of the fake prince was suspicious, they naturally planned secretly immediately.On Song Xi's side, he tried his best to persuade trusted acquaintances among the generals to take back more military power, so that he could have the strength to fight against the current prince.Jia Amnesty hopes to minimize the damage caused by the struggle between the two sides, and to minimize the casualties. It is best not to hurt the people.

It's just not easy to resolve this as peacefully as possible.The emperor was probably also anxious about this matter, and the emperor also secretly wrote a lot of handbooks and passed them on to Jia Amnesty, asking him and Song Xi to secretly mobilize those generals who were willing to be loyal to the emperor.

But most of these people are some distance away from the capital, so it will take some time to get in touch.As for the military officers in the capital, most of them have been taken under the command of the prince, and now the prince has absolute control over the military force in the capital.At the beginning, the Imperial Army under the leadership of the Jingying Jiedu Envoy, but now because there is no new leader to take office, the crown prince took action himself, turning all the Imperial Guards guarding the city into his own subordinates.

Jia Amnesty's brother-in-law Zhang Nan led two teams of guards, and he would definitely obey Jia Amnesty's arrangement.But the little force he brought was probably not enough to fit the crown prince's teeth.In the case of Liuzhou earlier, after Wang Tianfang and Tang Tianli's tens of thousands of troops surrendered, they were also put under the crown prince's control.In addition, the emperor sent Zhang Nan to lead an army of 3. Although nearly [-] people have been lost, the rest are not in the minority, and they are all integrated by the prince.These more than [-] soldiers are stationed in four directions outside the capital, the east, the south, and the north, and the east has the largest number of troops, the south is next, the west is the third, and the north is the least.

Jia Amnesty had thought about it carefully, and there was a reason for the distribution of troops like this.The reason why the east is the most is because the Menglan Palace where the emperor lives now is just to the east of the capital.And Nanxi is second, because there will be a small number of garrisons in the places where these two directions lead, and the leaders of these garrisons have either had some relationship with the old Prime Minister Song, or are related to Song Xi or his elder brothers. relation.In short, there is also the possibility of mutiny.As for the north, leading to the desolate land, there is no garrison within a few hundred miles, and the further north you go, the more mountains there are, and the road is not easy to walk.As long as there are a small number of people guarding a place more than a hundred miles north of Gyeonggi, it is basically impossible for soldiers and horses to rush from the north.

Song Xi marked the map with cinnabar and showed it to Jia She, "The distance between Menglan Palace and the garrison is only fifty li. If there is any disturbance, these soldiers and horses will drive over, and this country will change hands in a legitimate way."

"How many people did you find and how many soldiers and horses did you have?" Jia She asked.

Song Xi immediately picked up his pen and drew another picture in the area three or four hundred miles south and west of Gyeonggi, "These six places have scattered troops, and the total is no more than [-] soldiers and horses. Brothers dispatched troops from Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian, but the distance is too far, and my brothers’ actions will definitely make the false prince aware.”

"Far water can't quench near thirst." Jia She sighed.

Song Xi nodded, indicating that it was indeed the case, "Nowadays it is absolutely impossible to fight with soldiers and horses. If you want to win with military power, you can only win by outsmarting."

"Do you have an idea?" Jia Amnesty looked at Song Xi.

Song Xi thought about it for a while, then shook his head, "It would be easy if it was normal, but now the capital is full of his eyeliner, even when I go out, there will always be a tail following me, which is difficult."

"It's simple. If it gets bigger, he won't have a chance to look around at all. You try to find a way, and there will be a way out." Jia She said.

Song Xi didn't expect Jia Amnesty to be so optimistic. In fact, he could not be sure of the current situation even after seeing it himself.Looking back, it's really ridiculous. The royal relatives and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were all deceived by this fake prince. Fortunately, Jia Shehui saw it through, otherwise the prince would have easily fallen to the throne of the emperor. Dominate the world and let it do its thing.

"I intended to support him, but for some reason, this child was coaxed into a different person by the returned fake prince. He only wanted to be an idle prince and clamored to travel around the mountains and rivers. "Song Xi narrowed his eyes and sighed. He was indeed somewhat disappointed with the passing of the fifteenth prince, Mu Rui, but it was only a little bit, and it wasn't worth thinking that he had used any emotions to show displeasure on his face.

"I know you have always had high hopes for the fifteenth prince. But I heard that the fifteenth prince likes painting and loves landscapes the most." Jia She paused, and continued, "This kid has been pretending, maybe he's pretending to be tired." Now, he feels that he has a 'big brother' he can rely on, so he can indulge himself, and he doesn't have to be cautious. This may be what he has always hoped for."

After Song Xi heard the words, he wiped it off for a while, and only uttered four words to comment on the fifteenth prince, Mu Ruiguo, "It's embarrassing."

"Actually, being an emperor is not as good as I imagined." Jia She laughed.

Song Xi immediately looked at Jia She with very calm eyes, so that Jia She felt a chill rushing up his spine.Jia Amnesty was a little puzzled as to why Song Xi had such a reaction.

"What's wrong with being an emperor, at least you can do whatever you want and do what you want to do most in your heart."

Jia Amnesty turned around and looked at Song Xi, "Could it be that you are..."

"I still need to find a way to deal with the fake prince. I will gather as many trustworthy officials as possible. Liu Zhongliang and Qin Zhonglu will leave it to you. They have a good relationship with you, so they should be trustworthy."

"Well, I've asked someone to investigate before, and the fake prince has no relationship with them. I'll go find them today." Jia She said.

Song Xi nodded and bid farewell to Jia She. Before leaving, he came over, touched Jia She's face, bent down and pressed his cold thin lips on Jia She's forehead, and Fang Fuxiu walked away with a breeze. go.

Prince Murui Liao would always find time to play with his younger brother Murui Guo.The two either visit the garden, or paint and ride horses together.Mu Ruiliao would come to see Murui basically every three or two days, and the two would bow down to the queen together, coaxing the queen to show off her face with joy every day, very happy.She is also very fond of her two sons. Every time they come, she does her best to prepare the best things for their brothers.All the debts owed by the elder son Muriliao, the queen made up for it as soon as she could, and she just wanted to turn the longing and remorse for the elder son that had been blank for seven years into practical actions and make up for it all at once.

Mu Ruiliao also knew the queen's true feelings for him, so he went to see him almost every day, every time he was respectful, and often prepared some new gadgets to honor the queen, which made the queen very happy.

However, Muriliao still felt guilty. On this day, he dragged Murui over to meet the queen.After sending Murui away to paint outside first, he talked to the queen and asked if she missed the emperor.It has been nearly two months since the emperor went to Menglan Palace, and the empress did not go there because of her inconvenient health.It is often heard that the two of them have a good relationship, but now they are separated. A gentle and virtuous woman like the Queen really shouldn't have to suffer like this. She deserves to be loved by a man for a lifetime.Muriliao also felt guilty for this.

The queen thought it was all right, so Muriliao didn't have to think too much, "It's you, don't come to me all the time, but don't go to your father once. He lives alone in Menglan Palace to recuperate, so he must be lonely and panic. "

"How can I be lonely, my son heard that the father is going to the palace, and he specially brought a dozen beauties with him, all of whom were new to the palace last year and were the most outstanding." Muruiliao said in a bad tone.

"Don't talk nonsense, after all, it's your father, and you can't help criticizing it like this." The queen's voice was soft, a little lacking in confidence.Her complexion is not good, but the nausea caused by her pregnancy not only makes it difficult for her to eat, but even drinks water, sometimes she will spit it out.

Muriliao knelt down to the queen.

"What are you doing, get up quickly, I told you earlier that you don't need to kneel down when you come to Queen Mother's place."

"Mother, my son has a question that should not be asked, but it has been held in my heart for a long time. Recently, my son couldn't bear it anymore, so I really wanted to ask my mother."

Queen: "Say it."

Mu Ruiliao: "Does the queen mother still have feelings for the father?"

"What do you mean by that?" The Queen's face was horrified.

"I don't have any other intentions, I just feel that the queen mother is infatuated with the emperor father and single-minded. But looking at how the emperor treats the queen these years, I really feel uneasy in my heart. When I think of the seven years when I was not by your side, my son, How did you and the fifteenth brother endure humiliation, I feel guilty in my heart."

"It's me who should feel guilty! Back then, your father listened to the slander of treacherous ministers and urged you to go to the southwest, but I failed to do my best to stop it. It was really wrong." The queen said, her eyes turned red.Thinking back to when I learned the news that my son was trapped and the entire army was wiped out, my heart still feels convulsed and painful, and it is difficult to calm down.

"It's my son's disobedience!" Muruiliao knelt down, kowtowed to the queen, then paused, then stood up with the support of the queen, and then helped the queen to sit down carefully, asking her to pay attention to her body.

Murui Liao stood beside the empress, his voice was very soft and gentle, "Mother, my son just wanted to..."

"I'm not a fool, so I naturally know what you want to ask." The queen's tone was a bit sonorous, she turned her extremely kind and beautiful eyes, and looked at Muriliao, "You want to do something to the emperor, don't you?"

Muriliao was startled, he never expected that the empress, who was always in front of him, would poke his heart directly and see him thoroughly.This made him admire the queen's Duanhui even more.

"My son..." Muruiliao hesitated for a moment, feeling slightly embarrassed, and then looked at the queen tentatively.

"I have no feelings for him." The queen said directly.

"Mother?" Muruiliao sighed in surprise, then his expression relaxed and his heart sank.

"It's your father after all, but you should let him die well, do you understand what I mean?" The queen's face was always solemn, her eyes were calm but with a powerful calmness, and she fell on Muriliao.

Muriliao felt an inexplicable force, as if a small boat finally found a mountain to rely on.The queen's words made him feel very at ease.

Murui Liao respectfully knelt down to thank the queen, and then took his leave.When he left the Hall of Spring Harmony, he repeatedly asked the eunuchs and maids around the queen to take good care of her and not to neglect her.

After returning to the East Palace, Muruiliao casually asked his subordinates if there was any movement on Jia She Song Xi's side.Knowing that everything was safe, Muriliao felt a little relieved.

Prime Minister Wu asked for an interview, and reported to Muriliao the whole story of the counterfeit book case he was ordered to investigate.

Muriliao opened it and saw that there were witnesses from Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment. Naturally, the case was justifiable.In fact, Muruiliao knew what was going on in his heart. It was clear that Jia Yucun was ordered by Heng Jun to frame Song Xi, in an attempt to wipe out Song Xi through his hands.Murui Liao didn't agree to attack Song Xi lightly, but since Heng Jun couldn't help but act, he wouldn't sing the opposite, so naturally he followed suit.

But it's funny, people have already seen through Heng Jun's strategy and suspected Jia Yucun, so they turned against the army.Now, he can't handle this matter for personal gain. After all, the evidence is so clear that Jia Yucun doesn't take it for granted.

The next day, Jia Yucun was dismissed and investigated, while Chen Weinan was verbally reprimanded by Mu Ruiliao.

That afternoon, when Muruiliao met Heng Jun again and complained about this matter, he sneered coldly and said, "Who are you looking for? This Jia Yucun has been trained by you for half a year, and you are playing such a useless trick?"

Heng Jun: "Shut up, you have today, thanks to whom?"

Murui Liao was stunned, "Could it be that the person who trained him is a master? This is new, his skills have regressed."

"Ah, I forgot to say, your master is in the back room." Heng Junhui glanced at Muriliao.