As dinner was approaching, Li Zhong walked into the main hall with a food box.

Liu Sixi was waiting by Emperor Huiren's side, when he saw Li Zhong, he secretly gritted his teeth, as soon as this old thing appeared, he would have to stand aside.

"Okay, you go down first." Emperor Huiren raised his hand to stop Liu Sixi who was grinding ink.

Look, you really come up with whatever you want.

Even though he was unwilling in his heart, Liu Sixi did not hesitate for a moment, and bowed to leave after saluting.

The palace door was opened and closed. Although Emperor Huiren didn't say anything, he could tell from his expression that he was very satisfied with Liu Sixi's sense of humor.

Li Zhong stepped forward to take out the meals from the food box one by one and put them on the table.

In terms of meals, Emperor Huiren didn't like extravagance and waste. Compared with the previous emperors who often had hundreds of dishes in their meals, Emperor Huiren's meal with more than a dozen dishes was completely simple.

But things are fine but not many.

Let’s just talk about the most inconspicuous dish of peach pistil and pea yellow on the corner of the table. Not to mention the high-quality peas from Yun County, it takes seven or eight hours to make a few pieces of sweet snacks.

After Li Zhong took the silver needle to test the poison, he scooped up soup for Emperor Huiren and presented him with ivory chopsticks, and then stood aside and waited.

"This Liu Si likes to exploit a bit, but fortunately he is quite clever." Emperor Huiren said suddenly.

"What the emperor said is true." Li Zhong responded with a smile.

Don't think about the truth of "speaking without eating and sleeping".

Today's people are naturally different from officials and ministers. What they do is to serve their masters, and the masters are the rules.

"It's a pity, not everyone in this palace is like Liu Si, who knows what to do and what not to do." Emperor Huiren sighed.

Li Zhong stood aside, silent.

He knew exactly who Liu Sixi was, and he only acted a lot in private, and Emperor Huiren didn't notice it, thanks to his usual caution.

"I thought that a virtuous king would be more stable when he became a queen, but I didn't expect that even a member of the Ministry of Rites, Wailang, couldn't win over." Hearing that Emperor Huiren seemed to hate iron and steel, how could Li Zhong fail to hear the words? sound.

Li Zhong excused himself and said: "Your Majesty is lenient, after a long time, the people below will inevitably develop other thoughts."

"You will make excuses for him."

"Your maidservant is just telling the truth." Li Zhong was not as glib as Liu Sixi, and when he spoke, it sounded sincere.

Emperor Huiren gave a dispensable "hmm", as he agreed with what Li Zhong said.

The hall became quiet again, except for the slight clash of bowls and chopsticks.

Li Zhong knew that this was just a start, and the eyeliners of the various palaces sent back the news. If it was inconvenient to report directly to Emperor Huiren, he would pass on the message.Thinking of the maid who sneaked into the palace of Concubine De, Li Zhong thought about it secretly, thinking about it.

After Emperor Huiren finished his dinner in a leisurely manner, Li Zhong handed over a clear cup of tea.

"The national teacher has visited the third prince." Emperor Huiren asked casually after wiping his hands with a wet towel.

Li Zhong hurriedly replied: "These few days coincided with the pharmacist's examination, the national teacher set off for Bailu Mountain yesterday, and it will take seven days at the earliest to return to the palace."

"I forgot about this." The displeasure flashed across Emperor Huiren's face, "Since the national teacher is not here, let Young Master Mi take care of the Third Prince."

"Hey, this servant will send someone to tell Young Master Mi later."

Emperor Huiren was satisfied, and his expression relaxed a bit, but what he said immediately made people's hearts rise, "How about Concubine De? I heard that all the maids in my palace miss her so much. I'm a little unkind."

Li Zhong hurriedly knelt down, "The emperor calm down."

"Concubine De snooped on the emperor's tracks without permission, fined her salary for half a year, and banned her feet for three months. Since she has nothing to do, let her copy more scriptures when she is grounded, so as to cultivate her health. It happens to be the Queen Mother's birthday after three months, so it's a good thing." Nice birthday gift."

As far as Peeping Emperor Trace is concerned, the punishment will not be heavy if there is no demotion.

Li Zhongxin said, or how to say "a skinny camel is bigger than a horse", the emperor obviously didn't intend to involve the eldest prince and concubine De in the assassination, he just gave a little warning and it was over.

It's just that I don't know which prince will be unlucky again.

After all, Emperor Huiren still saved some face for Concubine De, and the sky darkened, so Li Zhong went to Fule Palace with the intention of rectifying Concubine De.

Let's not talk about how heartbroken Concubine De was after receiving the order.

Facing Concubine De's insinuations, Li Zhong just smiled and didn't accept the move, passed on the decree, and didn't stay too long, and didn't even take the usual benefits.

After Zhucui sent Li Zhong away, she hurried back to the hall.

Concubine De has already sent out all the other court ladies and eunuchs, seeing Zhu Cui, she only raised her eyes slightly, and held her forehead, feeling a severe headache.

"Your Majesty, I want to deliver a letter to the prince." Zhu Cui asked uncertainly.

"Impossible." Concubine De finally perked up a little bit, "there is obviously an eyeliner for the emperor in this palace. The emperor has ordered this palace to be grounded. If this palace does anything else at this time, it will not just be like this Gently uncovered."

"But will this be detrimental to the prince, the court will meet tomorrow..." Zhu Cui hesitated to speak.

Concubine De clasped her hands tightly and calmed down after a moment of panic, "The virtuous king has never done anything, if something happened, he would be innocently implicated by people with ulterior motives. The emperor has always been upright, so naturally he will not be deceived by others."

As soon as the words fell, Concubine De's eyes flickered, and a coldness flashed in her gaze as she stared at Zhu Cui, making her hairs stand on end.Zhu Cui held her breath subconsciously, she clearly knew that these words were completely confusing black and white, but since it was said by the empress, it could only be true.

The sharp fingertips slid across Zhu Cui's face, Zhu Cui hurriedly lowered her head, and said softly: "What Your Majesty said is true."

No one knows how many ghosts and ghosts are hidden in this palace, and how many people are tossing and turning with hanging hearts.

The next day, under the instruction of Emperor Huiren, Mi Weirui replaced Dou Zhang as the national teacher.

It's not that no one cares about his appearance, but that there are more important things in today's court meeting than his sitting in the position of national teacher.

Mi Weirui looked at the faces of all kinds.

After learning that Dou Zhang was going to Bailu Mountain, Mi Weirui knew that Yu Su should have made a fuss about it.

Whether it is a person who is a virtuous king in the open, or who works for the third prince secretly, it is obviously unreasonable for Dou Zhang not to be in the palace at this time.

After all, everything is not absolutely perfect, if you accidentally offend Longyan, Dou Zhang, as the national teacher, can make a difference.

It was also because of this that he was suspicious at first, wondering why Yu Su wanted to send Dou Zhang away.

However, sitting in the court hall at this time, watching the begging for mercy and being dragged down, Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Rites, already had a suitable answer in his heart.

After that, Emperor Huiren sent four more people away.

The guards on the side had been prepared for a long time, and when these people slumped on the ground limply, they stepped forward and gagged their mouths and dragged them outside the hall.

Mi Weirui noticed the slightly pale face on King Xian's forehead.

Even though Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Rites, killed him because of the orders of the fourth prince, the Xian Wang still couldn't laugh.Not to mention among the brothers, he was the only one who had a close personal relationship with Yu Zhou, and the few people who were dragged down to deal with were all officials whom he had spent some effort to gather around him.Although it is not the right-hand man, but losing five cronies at once, it is always a bit painful.

"Your Majesty, who is the mastermind behind the assassination? I think you can't just listen to the words of the ceremonial minister Wai Lang, and make a decision after interrogation."

Mi Weirui was a little surprised to see the person who spoke out to persuade Emperor Huiren when he was furious.

Although I have heard about Yu Su's grandfather for a long time, but after all, it is better to see it once.

When Tang Jingsheng opened his mouth, the members of Xianwang's faction secretly cursed that he was indeed an old fox.

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