The Favorite of the Court of Joy

"Oh, Eunuch Qi, then you have to go back to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to ask the Empress Dowager what she really means, but don't make the Empress Dowager unhappy by doing something wrong." Eunuch Qi belongs to the Empress Dowager, Xue Yanru can't drag him to the Punishment Department to question him. .Anyway, whether to try or not, everyone knows who deliberately wanted Shi Zheng to get into trouble.

"Yes, the slave is going right now." Eunuch Qi didn't dare to wait for a moment, and ran away.

"Master Shi, get up quickly. I will have someone take you to see the emperor immediately."

"Thank you Queen Empress."

With the queen's people leading the way, the journey went smoothly, and Shi Zheng soon met the emperor.

"Your Majesty, please look at this paper." Shi Zheng held the paper with both hands.

Xiao Anzi brought up the thick stack of papers and spread them out for the emperor to see.At first glance, the pleadings seemed to be full of names, and then they looked at the content of the lawsuit, which was about a thousand words.

Although Zhao Yunxuan had known for a long time that Zhou Bowen had come back to sue, but when he actually saw the content of the pleadings, he still couldn't calm down. Dongyue Kingdom, a group of black sheep who organized parties for personal gain and cheated for personal gain, shook the foundation of Dongyue Kingdom.If they don't get rid of them for a day, it is the people of Dongyue who suffer.

"Little Anzi, bring Shangfang's sword."

Xiao Anzi took Shangfang's sword and handed it to the emperor, then the emperor stepped down from the dragon chair and said to Shi Zheng, "Shi Zheng listens to the order."

Shi Zheng knelt on his knees and listened to the decree piously.

"I have given you Shang Fang's sword as if I were here in person, and I ordered you to thoroughly investigate whether the officials of the Ministry of Rites have engaged in favoritism and fraud. Or interrogate, if there is any non-cooperation, you can be punished first and then played."

"The humble minister leads the decree, and the minister must not be responsible for the holy will."

The eyes of both the monarch and his ministers revealed an urgent attitude towards this matter.

After Shi Zheng left, Zhao Yunxuan issued a notice to the people all over the world, telling all the examinees that an investigation into whether the Ministry of Rites had engaged in favoritism and malpractice had begun, and he would definitely give the people all over the world a fair and just explanation.Then, he also ordered that officials must cooperate with Shi Zheng's investigation.

Zhao Yunxuan's imperial decree was issued very quickly, and Li Taishi's party did not expect that they set up many barriers, and finally let Shi Zheng meet the emperor, invited Shang Fang's sword, and wanted to investigate the matter to the end.

"Teacher, what should we do about this?" Bu Xiangshi was slightly worried.

"How did you do things back then, didn't you promise to be safe?"

"It's safe."

"That's all right, what else do you have?" Grand Master Li took a sip of tea, and continued, "There are so many officials involved this time, I don't believe that the emperor can investigate all of them, and so many people will be hired to fill these vacant official positions. Stop worrying, and quickly erase things that may pose a threat."

"Yes, I will do it now, sir."

Here, not long after Zhao Yunxuan issued the imperial decree, Concubine Ying rushed over and said, "Your Majesty, go to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to rescue Yanru."

"what happened?"

Zheng Yinger pulled him along and said, "Let's go quickly, talk while walking."

It turned out that the matter of Xue Yanru's confinement of Li Mingzhu reached Queen Mother Li, who immediately released Li Mingzhu and called Xue Yanru. According to the news from the Palace of Compassion, the Queen Mother was punished by the Queen Mother to kneel outside the palace gate.

Empress Dowager Li did it on purpose, she had long wanted to deal with Xue Yanru.

When they arrived at Kunning Palace, Xue Yanru was still kneeling, and Zheng Yinger's heart ached, "Empress Empress~~"

"Ying Er, Your Majesty."

"Queen, get up quickly."

"But, Queen Mother..."

"Don't worry, I'm here."

Zhao Yunxuan strode into the bedroom and saw Li Mingzhu and Li Mingshan waiting around the Empress Dowager Li, and the Empress Dowager Li's face was full of joy.

"My son sees my mother."

"Get up."

"Chen and concubine see the emperor."

"Flat body."

"Why does the emperor have time to come to Ai's house? Is it for the queen?"

Zhao Yunxuan didn't mince words with her, and said, "Exactly. Erchen has asked Yinger to escort the queen to Kunning Palace."

"You..." Empress Dowager Li said angrily, "Don't you know that she has contradicted Aijia and is being punished? Isn't the emperor slapping Aijia in the face by doing this? How do you make those servants respect the queen mother of Aijia? "

"The queen mother talked about how Yanru contradicted you and why she contradicted you. If you are reasonable, I will punish her, and if you punish unreasonably, the people outside will also say that you don't know right from wrong. How can the people or servants in the palace respect you from the bottom of their hearts?"

Empress Dowager Li was left speechless, she blushed a little, but she still quibbled and said: "Mingzhu is only twelve or thirteen years old, she is very naive and mischievous, why should the rules in the palace be so strict to her, just teach her slowly, but the queen has to treat her Severely punished, restrained her, and asked Aunt Xi to teach her when it was okay, and when to let her out. How did the Ai family know whether the Aunt Xi invited by the queen was a good one? The Ai family thought it was no big deal, so Let Mingzhu out, and invite the queen, and tell her that this is Aijia's idea. But she is lucky, and said that Aijia's doing is wrong. Why is Aijia wrong? She is a daughter-in-law who contradicts her mother-in-law , It is unreasonable among the people. The Ai family punished her to kneel outside the hall in a fit of anger. The Ai family was also angry and didn't want her to do anything?" Empress Dowager Li felt that Zhao Yunxuan came too early, Otherwise, she would make Xue Yanru kneel for a day and a night.

"Did the empress ever hear Yan Ru explain why you were wrong?" Zhao Yunxuan asked.

Empress Dowager Li was at a loss for words again, and after a while, she finally said: "No, but just because she contradicts Aijia, can't Aijia punish her?"

"Empress, death row prisoners can explain one or two things. Yan Rugui is a queen, not an ordinary woman. Apart from managing the harem, she properly advises me and serves you filially. She respects you, so she dares to say that you are wrong. , but also to maintain your majesty, even a sage makes mistakes, why don't you listen to her reasons for your mistakes, and then think about whether it is unreasonable. If it is unreasonable, it is reasonable for you to punish her, if she It's reasonable, but you punished her and let the servants think of you? How do you think of her? The palace is a place full of people talking, and if you don't keep it right, something that happened in the palace has long been spread outside the palace, and it has evolved into various A version that is not good for the mother."

Empress Dowager Li was speechless for the third time. Everyone in the world wants to have a good reputation, not to mention that when she was a concubine, she was virtuous and generous and made many palace people follow her. "The emperor must investigate carefully and stop the rumors."

"My son understands." Zhao Yunxuan continued, "As for Li Cairen's absurd behavior of not abiding by the palace rules, I have already heard what happened. Leaving aside Li Cairen's faults, I think the empress should put Eunuch Qi Sent it."

Empress Dowager Li looked at him in surprise.

"Eunuch Qi didn't understand the Queen Mother's order, so he led Shi Zheng to wander around the harem privately, and Li Cairen almost bumped into Shi Zheng because of his unruly temperament. Fortunately, Yanru asked the maid to hold Li Cairen in time, Only then did they avoid their physical contact. If they really contacted, Li Cairen's reputation would be lost. Will the queen mother send her back to the Li family or in the cold palace? As for Shi Zheng, he will also be unnecessarily involved because of this. , this Shi is a stern and honest official, if he is implicated in this incident, it will be a loss to Dongyue Kingdom to lose such a good official. The empress has made a great contribution in saving a capable minister for me. What do you think, empress?"

"Oh, so there is such a meaning, the Ai family really blamed the wrong queen." Empress Dowager Li suppressed her anger and said.

"That's right, Queen Mother. So Li Cairen deserves to be punished. Just follow what the Queen said and let her be taught by Aunt Xi. She will be released after Aunt Xi is satisfied."

"In that case, let's do it this way." Empress Dowager Li was speechless to refute. Looking at Li Mingzhu next to her, she felt even more annoyed. A concubine who failed to achieve enough and failed should not have let her perform this task in the first place. "Why are you still standing there? Why don't you go back to Chuxiu Palace and teach your aunt etiquette?"

"Yes, Empress Dowager, the concubine will go back now." Li Mingzhu showed a weak expression, and her face became gloomy when she left the palace.She hated the queen mother, the emperor and the queen, and even more hated the Li family who was born in a mercenary family.Originally thought that she would have support and status when she was taken into the palace, but it turned out that she was also the fate of an ant.The Empress Dowager deliberately asked her to go against Shi Zheng. Fortunately, she had no real contact with Shi Zheng, otherwise her innocence would not be guaranteed, and at worst, she would lose her life.Let's stop, let's see the development situation in the palace.When she came out, she caught a glimpse of Li Mingshan's smug smile, and thought that without her, she would be able to stand out. Look, Li Mingshan's fate may not be better than her.

"The queen mother distinguishes right from wrong, and I believe that the people will not spread rumors." Zhao Yunxuan said.If you slap someone, you have to give a candy.Zhao Yunxuan doesn't mind saying more flattering words at this moment.

"Your Majesty, go back, Ai's family is tired." Empress Dowager Li also wanted less and less to see Zhao Yunxuan, an unfamiliar "white-eyed wolf", thinking that King Guangping or King Guangkang would be better.

"Yes, the queen mother has a good rest, and the son will leave." However, in the blink of an eye, Zhao Yunxuan asked people to spread the news that the Queen Mother Li punished the emperor without asking whether she was young or not. Time to hype.

Shi Zheng began to investigate the scientific examination with Shang Fang's sword in his hand.First of all, he felt that some of his test papers had been swapped by candidates who wrote down the content written in the test at that time. Then, Shi Zheng asked someone to check whether it was suitable for the content of the test that day.

As a result, it proved once again that this exam is indeed a major problem.For example, the test papers of those who are on the list are exactly the same as those written by these candidates.Zhou Bowen even wrote the article posted by Cao Bingwen, the No. 1 exam.Because Cao Bingwen is No.1, it is customary to post it for people to visit, so there are many people who can memorize this article, so Zhou Bowen has to prove that it is really difficult for the Ministry of Rites to replace his own article.The list is except for the No.1 test paper, which will be published, and everyone else's will not. The Ministry of Rites seals up the test papers of other people, and it is difficult for anyone except the emperor and the Minister of Rites to see them.Therefore, the content written by these "lost Sun Shan" candidates is the same as those on the list, which is enough to prove that the Ministry of Rites cheated in the scientific examination.

Author's gossip: Our little Qianqian and little Zier will disappear for a few more chapters.