"Is Lao Baming'er trying to turn the court upside down..."

Yinqi murmured, his eyes couldn't stop dimming, he pondered for a moment before saying: "Lao Ba always takes two steps forward and three steps back when doing things, he shouldn't be so aggressive and decisive. That old man has a problem, you guys Find a way to sneak into Lao Ba's mansion and find out the details of that Taoist priest."

"Yes." Tanlang nodded, hesitated for a while before saying: "Master, the prince's side—"

"Selling an official is such an honorable thing? Even if you want to mess around, you should have a sense of proportion. Back then, Mingzhu sold an official and caused floods and people to live in poverty. After a few years, you have forgotten it?"

Yinqi responded with a slightly cold voice, and some sharp indifference flashed in his eyes: "If you want to fight, fight, everyone is either framed by their own brothers, or they are playing tricks with the country and society as chips, and they expect me to help you." Which one won't work?"

Although Concubine Yi is in the harem, she is more or less aware of the special position of her son.I didn't feel surprised when I heard him say such words. I just poured a cup of tea and handed it to him, and then said softly: "Since ancient times, brothers in the royal family have been like this, so it's not worth getting angry with them. Huh Huoer, don't make yourself angry because of them... I heard that Xiao Jiu'er is also close to Lao Ba and the others. He listens to you the most. If you have time, talk about him, don't call him Let's join in the fun. No one in our family is involved in this, as long as we can live our lives in peace, it doesn't matter who is the prince."

"Emiang, don't worry, Xiao Jiu'er is more sensible than anyone else, so he won't cause trouble."

Yinqi suppressed the suffocation in his chest, eased his expression and replied with a smile, and said in a gentle voice: "Lao Ba's methods this time are a bit evil, and neither Liangfei nor Bafujin are good at it. Er Niang, be more careful, if they make moves in the front court, the harem will inevitably cooperate. You try to hide as far away as possible, as long as no one hurts them, everything else will be left to my son to deal with."

"Don't worry, Er Niang won't be able to make excuses for her illness from tomorrow onwards, so they can't find anyone even if they want to find someone. When your boss has dealt with everything you want to do, send a letter to Er Niang."

Concubine Yi smiled and nodded in response, and took the trouble to tell her sickly son several times not to get angry and hurt her body. Yin Qi also knew that she had caused the elders to worry a lot these years, so she listened honestly and patiently, solemnly He assured himself that he would pay more attention to his body, even the greedy wolf who was on the side was brought in to testify, and then he withdrew from Yikun Palace and went all the way back to Qianqing Palace.

"Master, you didn't hear what Elder Brother Ten said—he really treated him like Brother Eighth. He obviously did it for Brother Eighth, but now it's just one person doing things and one person being the other. , Eighth Brother's helping him turned into charity..."

Accompanying Yinqi all the way, Tanlang finally couldn't hold back the depression in his chest, lowered his voice and sighed softly: "Although I also understand the thoughts of Eighth Brother doing these things, it still makes people feel panicked— ——In his heart, is it true that the only value left between the brothers is the use and calculation?"

Yinqi walked forward in silence for a while, but after all, he still didn't answer his question, but lowered his eyes slightly and said in a deep voice: "When you go to court tomorrow, you go to Xinzheku to check if there is any People who died unexpectedly, especially in the area where Concubine Liang was in the past—don’t say anything if you find out, just ask your grandfather to register it immediately, I’m afraid it will be useful in the future.”

"Yes." Tanlang's expression couldn't help changing slightly, and he nodded in response, but his heart couldn't stop sinking, "Master, could it be—"

"The most important thing now is to find out the identity of the old Taoist priest as soon as possible - when this link is closed, I can probably figure out what he is singing."

The night wind in late autumn was already very cold, Yin Qi subconsciously tightened his cloak, took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, but still felt a faint blockage in his chest.

In fact, he already knew how ruthless the battle for the heir apparent would be.When acting in the previous life, there were many more despicable and shady methods than this, with a friendly and gentle smile on his face, but the knives in his hand stabbed as he said, and they dug holes and beat each other endlessly-but After all, those are just jokes, and they are all just things in the story. Even the actors who re-enter the play, the feelings they can experience will never be as good as what they experienced personally.

"Since the prince dared to let Lao Ba know that he was betraying an official, he must have some backhands. This time, the two of them put on the posture of dying together, and I am afraid that they are determined to bring each other to death. I don't know how uncomfortable Huang Ama will be in the court tomorrow..."

After tossing and turning all night, Yinqi got up before the fourth watch in the morning of the next day.For the first time, he solemnly put on the court pearl mending clothes prescribed by the prince, boarded a specially prepared sedan chair, and went all the way to the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Although the location of the imperial gate hearing administration is not fixed on weekdays, there are Qianqing Palace, Changchun Garden Danningju, and even the Qinzheng Palace in the Summer Resort, but generally as long as the emperor is in Beijing, the grand court on the first day of each month is fixed here. It is also the court meeting where the most officials are present every time.Yinqi didn't wake up too late, Qianqing Palace is always much closer to the Hall of Supreme Harmony than outside the palace or even outside the city, but when he arrived at the Hall of Supreme Harmony, there were still many ministers standing outside, surrounded by The dense topwear makes people feel dizzy when they look at it.Yinqi turned around and wanted to go back to the sedan chair to stay for a while, but Gao Shiqi's voice came from behind: "Fifth Master, your scriptures may be a bit awkward, so you should familiarize yourself with them first, so as not to mispronounce them in time. It's..."

"Don't worry, I'm not good at writing notebooks, but I can at least read them."

Reciting lines is the best skill to be a film star, not to mention that you don't need to memorize it, no matter how awkward it is, it is not difficult to read it smoothly.Yinqi smiled confidently, took the booklet and read it through ten lines at a glance, and he already had a rough idea in his heart.Tucking the bag into his sleeves, he smiled and cupped his hands towards Gao Shiqi and said, "Master Lao Gao, did you also come from Qianqing Palace?"

"To tell you the truth, Lord Wu, the sedan chair of the minister came all the way after you..."

Mr. Gao, the backbone of Wu Ye's party who wrote all night's excerpts, gave a wry smile, and led Yinqi to the door: "Today, all the officials who are going up to the fourth rank will come. It coincides with the end of the autumn, and all the provinces will also have to study politics." I’m here to report on the situation of this year’s provincial examination—it’s just that the school administration in Shandong has just asked you to withdraw, so I guess you have to come here in person.”

"..." Yinqi suddenly stopped, turned to look at Gao Shiqi who was beside him, and finally said with great pain after being silent for a long time: "But——I don't know the situation of the provincial examination in Shandong this year..."

He has always just come up with ideas and doesn't do things. He didn't take care of it when he issued an order to search the house. The officials who were abolished were all drafted by Shi Shilun. I just used the seal and handed it over.Thinking about it, Shi Shilun probably felt that he had already become the chief examiner, and naturally he shouldn't be unaware of the situation of the rural examination, so he never specifically mentioned it to him, but when the results were announced, he was still making up for it. Juzi ate a Lu Ming Banquet, and he can't be expected to remember who is who among those people just by relying on this meal...

"This—" Gao Shiqi also felt that his head was a little dizzy for a while, and he was speechless for a long time before he said righteously: "It's okay, I will tell the Lord Long Live for you, the Lord Long Live will definitely not report this today. Anyway. It’s just a formality every year, and the big guys almost fell asleep listening to it.”

"Is it possible to do this?" Yinqi raised his eyebrows curiously, only feeling that the rigor of the Grand Court Meeting had dropped two levels in a row in his heart, "I thought the process of the Great Court Meeting was all set. Yes, no one can change it."

Gao Shiqi shook his head hastily, and couldn't help but chuckled again: "No, no, theoretically we have made a decision and can't change it—but who called out the situation? You have never been In theory..."

While the two were talking, officials recognized Yin Qi one after another and came up to greet him.Yinqi politely returned the salute, while teasing Gao Shiqi indiscriminately, lowered his voice and said: "It's just that I haven't been in Beijing all the time in the past few years, and there is one in Beijing." Are there so many officials that I can’t even call famous?”

"Most of our officials from the second rank to the top are rotated every few years. Just looking at the official name has been changing, but you can see that it is always those old faces. Most of the people who came to pay homage to you just now are three or four. It’s normal that you don’t recognize the officials of the Ministry of Commerce, but when you come back and walk around your house, you will know them all.”

Gao Shiqi responded with a smile, but what he said made Yinqi uncontrollably vigilant: "What do you mean walking around my house--could those people just now be 'tossing around with nothing to do'? "

Mr. Gao, the mainstay of the party, nodded sincerely, looked at Yin Qi's expression of shock and despair, but couldn't help laughing and said: "Master, don't worry, there is someone running errands for you No, it’s still pretty good? You don’t have to think about raising them, Long Live God has already helped you to raise them——Look at the official, isn’t it just using Long Live God’s salary to write books for you, and it’s good when it’s useful convenient……"

What he said was serious and affectionate, but Yinqi didn't buy his account at all. He folded his arms and shook his head dissatisfiedly: "I asked you to write a booklet twice in total. See what you're talking about—I'll find all of them." How many times has Mr. Li written it, and Mr. Li has never said anything. Brother also helped me write, and sometimes he handed it in for me after finishing it, saving me from reading it."

"But you just asked the lower officials to write it twice, one is a letter of gratitude to Prince Feng, and the other is a letter of petition for this fraud case, both of which can be considered qualified if you can read it for at least two quarters of an hour..."

Gao Shiqi, who had just spent the night fighting at night, felt like crying but had nowhere to cry, and felt the pain in his heart for the first time. The nonsense of the daily accounts in the booklet really left too deep a shadow on Fifth Master's heart, and now it's not his turn to write the booklet even if it takes a turn...

But after talking for a while, the sky was already dimly lit, Gao Shiqi went to meet the Luanjia of the Long Live Lord, and Yin Qi soon fell into the siege of a group of brothers involuntarily.With one hand, he pressed the old thirteen who was about to jump on him in a Baylor suit, and with the other he pushed away Xiao Jiu, who wanted to stick to him. Yin Qi endured and endured, and finally couldn't help but rush My fourth brother, who was watching with his sleeves on the sidelines, made a strong protest: "Fourth brother, you don't even help me!"

"Okay, okay, so many people, what are they like?"

Yinzhen graciously helped, holding the old thirteen in place, and glanced at the old nine who was still playing tricks.He didn't speak, just put his hand on Yinqi's back and gave him a slight push, and rescued him from the surrounding of the two brats, and walked towards the gate of the Hall of Supreme Harmony together.

Yinzhen watched her brother being abducted by the fourth brother just like that, and was so angry that she gritted her teeth and tried to make gestures, but she still didn't have the guts to rush up and punch her twice.When he was a child, he was very displeased with his fourth brother, not because of his personality or because he played well with the eighth brother, but simply resented the fourth brother who often snatched the fifth brother away. Just deep.It's just that since the fourth brother beat up his second nephew last time, he has escalated from being jealous of this fourth brother who is always very close to his brother to trembling legs when he sees this fourth brother Cowardly and weak - after all, it is a deep fear that is directly branded on the buttocks, and it is not so easy to overcome.

"You're so embarrassing, if the fourth brother turns around, you still have to squat on the ground with your head in your arms."

The old thirteen curled his lips and pushed him down, pulled him aside again, and said in a low voice: "How have you been lurking these days, have you figured out what happened to the old Taoist priest?"

"Don't mention it. I don't know if Lao Ba is suspicious of me or what. Recently, I have been secretly pulling Lao Ten to talk with that old Taoist with a strong nose, and he doesn't take me with me. I don't even see the old Taoist's face." After that time, let alone figure out his origin."

Yinzhen waved his hands helplessly, then shook his head somewhat dumbfoundingly, and said, "You said I was idle, but I actually sent someone to ask Seventh Brother if there were any obvious characteristics of the old Taoist he met. I waited for half a day The monthly letter was sent back, but people told me that the characteristic is that there is a ring on the nose..."

Although he knew it was a serious matter, Yinxiang still couldn't hold back his laughter, and laughed until he squatted down covering his stomach.At any rate, Yinzhen still had a sense of responsibility as an older brother, so she hurriedly pulled him up from the ground, looked around and saw that no one was looking at him, then coughed and nodded solemnly on his shoulder, pretending to be tiger-faced and said in a deep voice: "So many people are watching, what does it look like!"

"Pfft... Ninth brother, no—don't tease me, the Yushitai will be in front of me again in a while..."

Yinxiang rubbed his eyes while laughing, and finally calmed down after clearing his throat several times.He was trying his best to calm down, when he suddenly saw Yinzhen's gaze fell behind him, and subconsciously followed him to look over, only to realize that the old fourteen had approached him silently at some point.

Since the few of them were beaten together at the beginning of the year, the old fourteen has settled down a lot, and at least he hasn't had any troubles with his brothers.It's just that a while ago I heard that I had a fierce quarrel with the concubine De, and that the elder brother and the concubine Hui were implicated. In the end, it was the fourth brother who rushed over in person to calm down. Fourteen had his feet grounded and was not released until two days ago.

Yinxiang has always treated me well, and I treat others very well. This year, seeing the old fourteen, I haven't competed with him much, and I feel really happy in my heart, and I always pull him when I do any errands. .The first few times the old fourteen was a little bit awkward, and then he finally let go, but some of them still couldn't get down to fight with them, but the conversations of the previous years had long since disappeared. It's annoying to stab someone.

Seeing them all looking over, Yinzhen nodded towards the two of them, and didn't go over, but just stood behind with his sleeves folded and his lips pursed.Seeing that he seemed to have something to say, Yinxiang hurried over and pulled him by the wrist, and whispered with concern: "Fourteen—what's wrong?"

"When I came out today, I saw a Taoist priest on the street. I don't know if it is the one you mentioned."

Yinzhen pondered for a while before opening his mouth in a low voice, and then continued after a moment of pause: "I asked the sedan chair to go on, and followed him for a while, wanting to see where he would go, but followed him all the way to a dead end. I didn't dare to go in, I just stared outside, but when he came out again, he turned into an ordinary middle-aged literati, at most in his early 40s."

"The one Seventh Brother met, and the one I met at Lao Ba's Mansion, are all white-bearded old men who look about 80 or [-] years old... If it is really the person Fourteen met, could it be him? Not only is he a fake Taoist priest, but even his age, face and name—are they all fake?"

Yinzhen groaned and touched his chin, frowned slightly, then shook his head and said in a low voice: "Who is this person, who needs to change his face to hide his head and show his tail..."

"There is one."

Yinzhen replied in a low voice, and then looked at Yinxiang who was beside him, but the latter also nodded slightly, and thoughtfully said: "There is one."

"What kind of charades are you two playing here—what's one?"

Yinzhen was baffled when he heard it, and was about to interject to ask a few more questions, but the old thirteen shook his head again, and said in a thoughtful and slow voice: "But it may not be that one... After all, if he really lives until now, at least You must be in your seventies, right?"

"It's not him, and it's not necessarily his subordinate."

Yinzhen nodded, looking at Yinzhen's bewildered expression, his eyes were becoming more and more indifferent to match his brother's eyes, and there was a little imperceptible faint smile: "Okay, I've finished what I have to say .You go to line up, it will be called in a while."

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