Lord Shoufu, your wife has escaped!

"emperor!"

Zhang Li tremblingly supported the table: "Gu Mingzhou's treason is real, but the veteran is innocent, how can we confuse it?"

Li Hongyuan squinted his eyes: "Didn't Master Shoufu make it very clear before, as long as the holy decree is required, why do you need to play it? What evidence is needed?"

"Your Majesty, how will you explain to the civil and military officials after killing the old minister? There must be a reason!"

"Reason?" Li Hongyuan sneered, "Alright, I will give you a reason!"

After finishing speaking, the wine glass in his hand suddenly fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.

Hearing the sound outside the door, a group of imperial guards rushed in, and surrounded the imperial study room.

At the end of the crowd, another figure slowly approached and knelt down on the ground.

"Your Majesty, this humble minister has fulfilled his mission. We found a hundred catties of ironware, a thousand pieces of armor, and a letter of communication with the enemy in the Zhang residence." Xiao Yu raised his hands above his head, "Please have a look!"

Zhang Li opened his eyes in disbelief: "Xiao Yu, is it you? You betrayed me?"

"Lord Shoufu, this statement is wrong. The lower official is a courtier of the emperor. Although he has some friendship with him, it is not indifferent to right and wrong. How can he tolerate such wolfish ambition?" Xiao Yu said lightly.

"You fart!" Zhang Li's eyes widened, and he shouted angrily, "This official is already under one person and above ten thousand, so why bother to rebel? Ironware, armor, and letters are all false accusations! Your Majesty, do you really think this Can the trumped-up charges convince all the officials?"

Li Hongyuan laughed, but there was no smile in his eyes: "Is it important to have any evidence?"

"You have committed many crimes, and the heavens are angry with others. It is not too much for me to kill your head ten times, but I will not reveal any of them."

"Didn't you just love to use unreasonable things to eliminate dissidents? Today, I will use unrealistic things to take your head!"

Zhang Li's eyes darkened, and he almost passed out.

"Now, Mr. Zhang, should we go to the sky prison for a while, or..." Li Hongyuan turned around, sweeping away his previous cowardly appearance, "Have you drank this glass of wine?"

Countless eyes fell on the wine glass on the table.

Linglong cup from official kiln, a century-old flower carving.

But it was a glass of poisoned wine that he poured down with his own hands.

The trembling hand held the cup, but suddenly stopped.

Zhang Li opened his eyes, looked at the people in the room, and suddenly looked up to the sky and smiled.

"Okay, okay, okay! I, Zhang Li, was born magnanimously and died gracefully. This life is worth it!"

The empty wine glass fell to the ground, Zhang Li's wild laughter stopped, black blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth, and his body twitched uncontrollably.

Eunuch Zheng hurriedly said: "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you take him down quickly, and dirty the ground carefully!"

Gu Mingzhou still couldn't react, and the way he looked at Li Hongyuan changed a little.

When he first entered the officialdom, Li Hongyuan was not so young, and Zhang Li was also older than now. Their struggle tended to be an undercurrent and turbulent power struggle. He never knew that Li Hongyuan was so domineering.

As for Bianjiang and Xiao Yu's move, they were completely covered up, and they didn't know until this time when the attack was officially launched...

This is the end of a vicissitudes.

Li Hongyuan looked at Gu Mingzhou, and helped him up with his own hands: "Aiqing is frightened."

"Thunder, rain and dew, is it due to the grace of the king, the minister has no complaints, let alone this is the credit for eliminating harm for the people?" Gu Mingzhou hurriedly cupped his hands, "It is the emperor's hard work."

"If you hadn't been busy and muddied the water, how would I have the chance to do it?" Li Hongyuan let out a long breath, although he was a little tired, but he couldn't hide his excitement, "Everyone in the household department has a reward."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Xiao Yu again: "There are fewer people in the cabinet, so you will be the top in the future."

Xiao Yu felt a surge of excitement in his heart, suppressed the joy on his face, knelt down and said loudly: "Thank you, Lord Long En!"

On the next day in the court hall, the news of Zhang Li's death was only heard by civil and military officials, and everyone was too shocked to speak.

However, there is still a wave of purges waiting for them, and the court has changed a wave of blood.

Officials who can be named by the household department will be promoted to rank, Yu Taiqing will reward gold and silver, and Gu Mingzhou will serve as the servant of the household department.

And Zhang Li's original remnants belonged to Xiao Yu's subordinates.

Even from Gu Mingzhou's eyes, this matter was done extremely beautifully.

Even though most of the people in Zhang Li's party were behind Zhang Li, and Xiao Yu was his confidant, once Zhang Li died, how could they not tremble?Over time, when fear turns into dissatisfaction, it is easy to change.

Li Hongyuan can kill all those who are disobedient, but it is easy to kill people, but it is difficult to keep people alive and willingly serve him.

The suppression has been severe, and the officials of Zhang Li's old party will inevitably feel hopeless in his official career and feel neglected; the two parties have disliked each other for a long time, and now the strength is reversed, and there will inevitably be another vigorous scolding fight; if Qingliu is too supportive With a party, no one knows if there will be another Zhang Li.

The promotion of Xiao Yu to the cabinet is a fight with Yu Taiqing, balancing the power in the court, and it is a clear signal - to abandon Zhang Li and be loyal, there are great benefits!

After such a commotion, the affairs of the cabinet piled up like a mountain, and even Gu Mingzhou was so busy that he devoted himself to dealing with the backlog of political affairs all day long.

However, everyone knows that there is another war that is ready to go.

That is the position of chief assistant.

There are a total of four cabinet members, and one of them is usually promoted to be the chief assistant of the cabinet. It stands to reason that Zhang Li has just died, so the Qingliu party should feel proud.

But at this time, the emperor deliberately played such a balance technique, and how the situation will change is somewhat uncertain.

Is it Yu Taiqing, or Xiao Yu?

The opportunity to stand in line again determines the direction of his future career, and the people in the court are in turmoil for a while.

In the next court, Xiao Yu stopped Gu Mingzhou and found a secluded place to talk.

"Unexpectedly, what I said in the past has become true," Xiao Yu showed a slight smile, "If you hadn't persuaded me last time, how could I have the current glory? It's all thanks to you, Mingzhou."

"Don't dare," Gu Mingzhou smiled faintly, "What does Xiao Ge want to say?"

"Why, you don't call me teacher anymore?" Xiao Yu pretended to be displeased, "We didn't have such a relationship before."

Is he trying to get close?

Gu Mingzhou immediately called out to the teacher with a smile, knowing that he was poaching.

After all, Gu Mingzhou also has some sympathy in front of the emperor, so naturally he has to fight for it.

Xiao Yu said: "It doesn't matter if you don't call me a teacher, it's still too much. If you can become a family, you don't have to worry about anything."

Gu Mingzhou suddenly raised his head and found that Xiao Yu was also looking at him.

"This old man has a daughter who is in full bloom, so it's not a loss to ration you, right?"

Although Xiao Yu was smiling when he said this, there was coercion and temptation in his eyes.

"That day you personally said that you would help me, you wouldn't refuse me, would you?"