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On this day, Qi Heng came back from the morning and hid in the study with a frown. Minglan entered the study with the tonic soup that was boiled in the small kitchen. Qi Heng saw Minglan carrying the soup and immediately walked over to take it, mouth But Li complained: "Why don't you let the servants bring it?"

Ming Lan followed Qi Heng into the study, and said with a smile, "I won't let others touch you!"

Seeing Minglan pretending to be jealous, Qi Heng felt amused, put down the soup cup and nodded Minglan's nose: "My wife has occupied my heart so much that I can't let others go."

Ming Lan pulled Qi Heng's hand: "I heard from the boy that you have some troubles today, and you will be frowning after the court."

Qi Heng sighed: "Since the new official took office, the queen mother has been in charge of the government behind the scenes. Now the situation is stable, but the queen mother has been unwilling to give up power, and the officials seem to be extremely dissatisfied. Today the queen mother came to me and wanted to win me over to the Duke of Qi to stand On her side, I have a headache."

Minglan frowned: "This is not a good job. The current queen mother has no heirs. The official family saved the palace's predicament at the beginning. In the future, the government will definitely belong to the current official family. The Duke of Qi's mansion is on the side of the queen mother. In the future, the official family will gain power." ,I am afraid……"

Qi Heng nodded: "That's right, but the current Empress Dowager is not easy to fool."

Ming Lan thought for a moment, then looked at Qi Heng: "How about you go to Second Uncle Gu and ask him to help you meet King Heng?"

Qi Heng understood, and finally smiled: "Sixth Sister has an exquisite mind and broad vision. I am so lucky to marry you."

Ming Lan took Qi Heng's hand: "You drink the soup first, I've been cooking it for a long time!"

Qi Heng opened the lid, sniffed it, and teased, "Angelica, ginseng..., does the sixth sister think that I don't work hard enough at night?"

Ming Lan blushed and let go of her hand: "Brother Yuan Ruo, be serious!"

After Qi Heng finished his soup, he went to Chengyuan to look for Gu Tingye without any delay.Gu Tingye was drinking, and when he heard the report from his servants, he waved his hand to let people in. When Qi Heng came in, he saw that there were empty wine jars around Gu Tingye, and frowned: "Second Uncle, you drink so much, it hurts your health!"

Gu Tingye waved his hand indifferently: "Why are you looking for me?"

Qi Heng sat down and said: "The queen mother came to me today and hoped that our Qi family would stand by her side. I just want to be a pure minister. Can you introduce Hengwang for me? I want to be a dark chess player."

Gu Tingye sneered: "Oh, desire, if it wasn't for the official family, she would have been immune to it, but now she refuses to let go of power! Entering the palace overnight today, there is too much movement, why don't we meet in advance before going to court tomorrow morning?" , although Heng Wang and the official family are his own father and son, it is not good to tell Heng Wang everything."

Qi Heng was a little worried: "I'm afraid, the queen mother's eyeliner may have reached the official's place!"

Gu Tingye said: "If you believe me, you don't have to face to face, I will speak for you."

Qi Heng bent slightly: "I trust my second uncle very much!"

In the early morning of the second day, Gu Tingye begged to see Zhao Zongquan. Zhao Zongquan squinted his eyes when he heard what Gu Tingye said, "He really said that?"

Gu Tingye nodded: "It's absolutely true."

Zhao Zongquan snorted and said, "It's a good idea for him. Then let him play a game of dark chess. Don't get close to him next time. I will naturally have a way to contact him. The Queen Mother has a lot of eyeliners now. Since it is a dark chess game, you have to be ignorant." Unconsciously."

After Gu Tingye came out, he looked around Qi Heng, nodded slightly at him, and then pretended to be chatting with Heng Wang, skipping Qi Heng.

Qi Heng understood, looked around and found that no one was paying attention, so he concentrated on waiting in front of the hall, waiting to be summoned.After a while, the eunuch invited Qi Heng to enter the hall, and the queen mother said: "This is a new official. Duke Qi's only son, Qi Heng, had previously advocated a thorough investigation of the rebellion against the king. It is just right to entrust this matter to him."

Qi Heng said respectfully: "I will live up to the Empress Dowager, entrusted by the officials."

Zhao Zongquan pretended to be hesitant and dissatisfied, and the queen mother made a decision: "That's it!"

After Qi Heng received this task, he went to King Yan's mansion to search all night, and every day he would lead people to arrest those who were close to King Yan. After two or three days like this, everyone in Bianjing City was in danger, and Qi Heng But it's not easy, every day he was busy in the study until very late, Ming Lan felt very distressed, every day he brought the soup to the study, and then sat on the other side of the couch to rest, Qi Heng tried to dissuade her several times, Ming Lan He didn't listen, so he had to let the servants come in with a quilt.

Gu Tingye went home from court, but was approached by his fourth and fifth uncles. Gu Tingye pretended to be helpless: "This is the order of the government and the queen mother, and I can't help it!"

At the same time, Ming Lan couldn't be clean in the Qi Mansion. All the rich and noble ladies who were arrested came to the door one after another, wanting to ask for love. Princess Pingning went to Yuqing to stay for a few days in order to be more clean, and only Ming Lan was left. In the past few days, there has been an endless stream of people coming and going at the gate of Qi Guogong's mansion, and the crowd is like a bustle.

Ming Lan accepted it, but said that she was either pretending to be stupid or being dumbfounded when she said that she was pleading. She looked like she was reticent, and she didn't see the restrained look of a small family and a concubine at all.

Even Qi Heng's Yue family's Sheng Mansion was trampled by those people. Sheng Hong simply claimed to be sick and thanked guests behind closed doors.

After Qi Heng found out, he felt extremely guilty, hugged Minglan, and said tenderly, "Sixth sister, thank you for your hard work!"

Ming Lan hugged Qi Heng's waist, looking quite dependent: "It's just rejecting people, it's not hard. But those gifts, I ordered someone to pack them up alone, drew up a list, and after the matter is over, I'll find a chance to talk to the officer. Let's talk!"

Qi Heng kissed Ming Lan on the top of her hair: "If you have a wife like this, what more can a husband ask for?"

The fourth and fifth members of the Gu family also came to Qi Mansion to beg Minglan, but they did not know where they found out that she had been engaged to He Hongwen, a medical family. Seeing Minglan's refusal to agree, the fourth lady threatened: " If you refuse to agree, I will publicize your scandal."

Minglan was taken aback: "Scandalous thing? I don't know what scandalous thing I have."

The eldest lady of the fourth room sneered and said: "Before you married the young master, you were almost engaged to the He family's son-in-law. You said that if I spread the word, will the young master Qi divorce you?"

Ming Lan was in a hurry, she kept abiding by the rules, but she never expected that someone would try to throw dirty water on her: "You...!"

"I'd like to see, who dares to bully my eldest lady?" Qi Heng's voice came from the door, Minglan looked over and saw Qi Heng striding in, she suddenly became less angry, and others said What has anything to do with her, now she is with Brother Yuan Ruo.

Qi Heng came over, hugged Minglan, looked at the two people who were shocked and stood restlessly, and sneered, "I really don't know where the two of you have the courage to go to our country's mansion to act wildly. What is our country's mansion?" You dare to slander my eldest lady openly, come here, tie her up and send her to the officials for investigation."

The fourth lady and the fifth lady hurriedly knelt down, and the fourth lady said tremblingly: "Young master, I didn't mean to insult the eldest lady, I just heard..."

Qi Heng said angrily: "You dare to shout out when you hear about it? If I'm not here, wouldn't you want to spread the word and ruin the reputation of our government? You are so brave, come and tie me away!"

Regardless of their shouts, several mothers-in-law tied them up and took them out.Qi Heng turned around and held Ming Lan's shoulder: "Sixth Sister, I have wronged you!"

Minglan has been suffering from all kinds of grievances since she was a child, and no one has ever stood in front of her to protect her. However, today, there is a man who does not ask anything but protects her wholeheartedly. Entering Qi Heng's arms, he said aggrievedly: "They are talking nonsense. Grandma wanted to find someone to rely on for me because she saw that I had lost her heart. The grandma of the He family and my grandmother are good friends in the boudoir. I have met the elder brother of the He family several times. , and it is true that there is almost a marriage contract, but the elder brother of the He family has a cousin, and I think she is pitiful, so I declined this matter. He Hongwen and I have always done our duty, and there is absolutely no room for excess , but the man said... but said..." Minglan couldn't continue, her eyes were red, which made Qi Heng feel distressed.

Qi Heng hugged her tightly: "Sixth sister, believe me, they will never say anything!"

Then Qi Heng went to the prison, saw the four-bedroom lady and the fifth-bedroom lady who were a little embarrassed after being beaten by the stick, raised her eyebrows and said: "Originally, I wanted to take care of the second uncle Gu's face, and to blame the second son of Chen Gu's family." It’s time to speak at your own discretion, but obviously you two don’t need my discretion.”

The eldest lady of the fourth room knelt down and kowtowed: "My lord, the woman is just in a hurry, and didn't do it on purpose. Please forgive me, my lord."

Qi Heng laughed angrily: "My eldest lady abides by women's morals, but she was almost splashed with dirty water by you, causing the city of Bianjing to watch the jokes of my Duke of Qi's mansion. Why do you think I forgive you?"

The eldest lady of the fourth room kept kowtowing: "The folk woman has eyes but no pearls, the folk woman knows she is wrong!"

The eldest lady of the fifth room was implicated in walking, and her son might suffer because of it. She had long regretted instigating the eldest lady of the fourth room to threaten the young master's eldest lady. Seeing Qi Heng looking at herself, she understood that the young man had checked it out. , gritted his teeth and said: "We two swear, we will never reveal anything that is not good for the eldest lady."

Qi Heng smiled, but the smile didn't reach his eyes: "How can I trust you?"

The eldest lady of Wufang gritted her teeth and said, "What advice does the young master have?"

Qi Heng said: "How about this, you sign a statement of guilt, if there is any leak, I will publicize this statement of guilt. In order to prevent you from accidentally leaking, you each write a family secret, and I naturally have a way to verify the authenticity , don’t get lucky, understand?”

The two nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, yes, I dare not hide it."