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Jiang Zhao didn't plan to stay in the Huguo Temple for too long, apart from worrying Zhao Xiang and reuniting Xie Jin with his family, it was an unexpected joy for her to see Lin Guan, so she was satisfied and ordered people to go back to the palace.

At this time, it has been more than a month since Jiang Zhao said she was sick and left the court. Not long after she returned to the palace, Zhao Xiang took a group of ministers to kneel in front of Xihe Palace, beckoning His Majesty to come to the court, and Jiang Zhao would not obey them. The posture of not leaving.

But Jiang Zhao obviously did not accept such a threat, not to mention obediently ordering the restoration of the morning court, and he never even went out to have a look.

A dozen ministers knelt at the gate of the Xihe Palace all afternoon, and seven of them fainted. Gao Sheng'an came forward and asked people to carry all the fainted ministers to the Imperial Hospital, and made ginseng tea for the rest of them. superior.

In the evening, Gao Sheng'an came forward again, and persuaded them to go back with all kinds of earnest words. Seeing that they were indifferent under Zhao Hengze's coercion, he sighed, went back after a while, and brought back two imperial edicts.

"Your Majesty said that these two edicts are for Prime Minister Zhao. Please choose one of the two. After you make your choice, she will immediately resume her early court." Gao Shengan said, giving both edicts to Zhao Xiang. Zhao Hengze.

Zhao Heng was so old that he couldn't kneel anymore, his face was so pale that he almost sat slumped on the ground.

He took the imperial decree from Yuan Xiang, and opened the first one, which contained the investigation and verdict of the murder case of Zhao Zhiyao and Zhao Chengxu and his son. Zhao Heng felt cold after seeing it, and quickly opened the second imperial decree.

At the beginning of the imperial decree, a person was mentioned, but Zhao Heng vaguely understood what it was, and looking further down, it turned out that Jiang Zhao wanted to re-investigate the case of Xie Yuzhe back then, and to avenge Xie's family.

Zhao Heng understood what she meant completely. It turned out that he knew that he would obstruct the retrial of Xie's case, so he used Zhao Zhiyao and Zhao Chengxu to threaten him and force him to compromise.

Gao Shengan watched Zhao Hengze's face change from side to side, and said calmly: "Your Majesty said, if the Prime Minister really can't make a choice, she won't force you. At worst, I will announce the decree in order. It's just troublesome." some."

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Hengze's expression became even uglier.

If the imperial decree meant that Jiang Zhao was still afraid of him and was willing to give him a chance to choose, then what Gao Sheng'an said later could be understood as a simple threat, forcing him to make that choice.

Zhao Heng was silent for a long time holding the two edicts. Gao Sheng'an was not in a hurry, so he stood in front of him with Fuchen in his arms, quietly waiting for him to give a reply.

Finally, Zhao Heng let out a long sigh, held up the imperial decree and kowtowed, gritted his teeth and said, "The old minister accepts the decree."

Gao Sheng'an smiled slightly, summoned two young eunuchs to help him up from the ground, and said loudly: "Why are you still standing there? Help all the adults up, especially Mr. Xiang, hurry up and set up the car, and take the prime minister to bed." Send me back to have a good rest."

Zhao Heng was helped up by the little eunuch, he cupped his hands at Gao Sheng'an, and took a deep look at the gate of the Xihe Palace, "Director Gao, please send my greetings to His Majesty on behalf of the old man, and the old minister will be waiting for His Majesty's presence in the hall tomorrow. "

Gao Sheng'an responded with a smile, but a trace of disdain quickly flashed in his eyes.

In the early morning of the next day, the Wenzhao Gate, which had been closed for a whole month, reopened. The ministers who received the news the night before entered the palace in an orderly manner, and came to the Xuanzheng Hall to wait for His Majesty to go to court.

From the beginning to the end of this meeting, only one matter was discussed, that is, the former Minister of the Ministry of Officials who was sentenced to exile for several major crimes during the late emperor's period, such as taking bribes privately, buying and selling official positions, deceiving the emperor, and ignoring the laws of the king. Xie Yu folded the case.

Jiang Zhao said that the late emperor entrusted her with a dream, and told her that he was deceived by others during his lifetime, causing the Xie family to suffer innocent injustice, and he did not know the truth until after his death.

Xie Yuzhe wrote an article after the earthquake in Lizhou, which moved people all over the world to help him. He has contributed a lot, but he is still a scapegoat.

Regarding whether the first emperor entrusted him with a dream, only Jiang Zhao knew it in his heart, but no one dared to really question it.

Therefore, even though this matter was doubtful, no one dared to offend the emperor in public, and Marshal Lu Cangyu also stood up and said: The first emperor was also deceived by others, and misunderstood that Xie Yuzhe was a treacherous minister, which caused Xie's family to suffer grievances.

Now, to overturn the case for the Xie family is not only to repay Xie Yuzhe's innocence, but also to rectify the name of the late emperor.

After Lu Cangyu made his statement, Qin Duan, the chancellor on the right, also stood up to speak for Xie Yuzhe, and the court officials were divided into two factions, one group seconded to overturn the case, and the other remained silent, waiting for Zhao Heng to speak.

"What do you think of Zhao Xiang?" Jiang Zhaogao sat on the head, his eyes scanned the whole situation indifferently, and he asked Zhao Hengze's opinion in a calm voice, but there was a deep threat clearly in his eyes.

Zhao Heng only felt as if he had been slapped in the face, and his spine felt a chill, and he didn't dare to look at him.

He raised the wat board, bowed his waist, opened his mouth obediently, and clearly said what Jiang Zhao wanted to hear.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, since it was entrusted by the late emperor, the old minister dared not disobey, and agreed to reverse the case for the Xie family."

With his words, there will be no more objections from the court, Jiang Zhao smiled and said: "Okay, today I will follow the entrustment of the late emperor, and I will have a second opinion of all officials, and decide to re-examine Xie Yuzhe." case."

Baiguanshan shouted: "My emperor is holy!"

Jiang Zhao also ordered: "Since the matter is serious, we will order the three divisions to interrogate. Wei Liang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, will be the presiding judge. Tang Jinshan, Minister of Dali Temple, and Shen Xiuyan, Yin of Jingzhao Mansion, will be the deputy judges. The case will be cleared and closed within one month. During the investigation, all officials give way."

"I will obey your orders!"

Before going down to the court, Jiang Zhao leaned on the dragon chair and looked at the ministers one by one, and said earnestly: "After all, the virtuous king is old, and I can't bear him to be too tired. Since my body is no longer in serious condition, I will give up my son in the future." If you still hand it to the imperial study, you don't have to go through Neizhangsi.

But after this period of reviewing on behalf of me, I want to come to a few assistants to understand how much time I waste every day screening memorials. Today I will say it again for the last time. If you can’t write a memorial, don’t write it, or ask someone to write it for you. Let me see some nonsense, nonsense, messy handwriting and frequent typos, it's not as simple as tearing it up, just take off your heads as well, it's really useless as a minister! "

After training the ministers, Jiang Zhao got up and left the Xuanzheng Hall, leaving a group of ministers to kneel down one after another, shouting long live.

After leaving the court, Jiang Zhao didn't go to the imperial study, but went back to Xihe Palace.

Now everything is back to normal, Xie Jin has also been released from the ground. Jiang Zhao thought that he would not see her when he went back, but he did not expect that she did not go to Qingyuan Hall to coax Jiang Han, but waited in her bedroom for a long time.

Jiang Zhao changed clothes behind the screen, Xie Jin stood outside and waited, waited for her to get changed and waved away the palace guards before going up to pour a cup of warm tea for her and handing it to her.

"What do you need from me?" Jiang Zhao asked after taking two sips of tea to save face.

Xie Jin asked: "What does your majesty mean? Could it be that you can't come to your majesty if you have nothing to ask for?"

Jiang Zhao gave a low laugh, and looked up at her, "I really hope that you can come to me for anything, but in all fairness, if there is really nothing, will you come?"

Seeing that Xie Jin stopped talking, Jiang Zhao exhaled lightly, and said lightly, "Speak, I'll listen."

"In a few days, it will be my aunt's birthday." Xie Jin bit her lower lip, rubbed it lightly with the tip of her teeth a few times, looked up to see that Jiang Zhao didn't have any special reaction, and then tentatively said: "I want to leave the palace for a while." Come on, congratulate A Niang on her birthday, and ask for your majesty's grace."

Jiang Zhao put the teacup aside, found a chair and sat down, nodded and said, "Yes."

She was a little lazy, she relaxed and leaned on the back of the chair, her peach blossom eyes drooped slightly, and she didn't know where they fell.

Just as Xie Jin wanted to thank you, she heard her continue: "That day at the Huguo Temple, I have already made it very clear, you are not kidding, you are now free, you can go wherever you want, you don't need to ask me for instructions."

After finishing speaking, he touched his cuffs, but he didn't find what he was looking for, so he called Gao Sheng'an loudly.

Gao Sheng'an came in from outside the hall, walked up to her respectfully, saw Jiang Zhao stretching out his hand, he knew what she wanted, took out a gold medal tied with a red tassel thread from his waist, and carefully placed it in her hand.

After handing over the gold medal, Gao Sheng'an consciously withdrew and returned the space to the two of them.

"You hold this sign, as if I were here in person, from now on you can enter and exit the gate of the palace.

Of course, if you want to leave forever, this brand is just a thought, and it can be used in case of emergencies, after all... I said I will protect you well. "

Jiang Zhao gently rubbed the embossed pattern on the gold medal with his thumb, stretched out his arm and handed it to Xie Jin.

Xie Jin didn't answer, just looked at Jiang Zhao quietly, as if trying to find out what she was really thinking at the moment through her expression.

But after all, Jiang Zhao has been the emperor for three years, and she has practiced her composure to the extreme. As long as she wants to, Xie Jin will never be able to tell her true thoughts just from her expression, so it is just futile.

After hanging his arm in the air for a while, Xie Jin still didn't take the gold medal. Jiang Zhao sighed softly, got up and walked in front of her, broke her hand and put the gold medal on it.

"Does Your Majesty mean to drive me away?" Seeing her familiar face close at hand, Xie Jin suddenly asked.

Jiang Zhao paused and raised his eyes to look at her. Because he was too close, Jiang Zhao could almost see himself reflected in her eyes. Feeling a little amused, he reached out to touch her eyes.

Xie Jin closed her eyes subconsciously, and heard Jiang Zhao whispering in her ear: "Who drives who away, don't you understand?"

When Xie Jin opened his eyes again, Jiang Zhao had already left in front of her and sat back on the chair.

"What does Your Majesty mean?" Xie Jin followed and stood in front of her with a complicated but firm expression, as if he wanted to find an answer to that sentence that he didn't understand.

Jiang Zhao lowered his eyelids wearily, touched the sachet hanging on his waist with his fingertips, and drew circles, "You clearly know how much I love you, but why do you think I want to drive you away?

Xie Jin, why should I hide my identity, why am I not willing to let you go, isn't it the day of parting that I am afraid of? "

She chuckled lightly, grabbed the whole sachet in the palm of her hand, and raised her eyes to stare at Xie Jin.

"It's you who want to go home, it's you who don't want to love me, and you don't want me anymore, it's you who want to drive me out of your world completely, so that I can never see you again, and kill all my delusions, And warned me: Jiang Zhao, your dream has woken up, don't pester me any more."

"His Majesty……"

"Don't call me Your Majesty anymore!"

Xie Jin originally wanted to explain something, but was frightened by Jiang Zhao's sudden ferocity. She forcibly tore off the sachet hanging from her waist which she regarded as a treasure, pulled Xie Jin over and stuffed it into her. the other hand.

"I'll give you everything back." Jiang Zhao suddenly became very calm again, even parting his mouth and laughing.

"Your family, your father's position, your freedom, your sachet, I will return it all to you.

Xie Jin, you don't have to feel embarrassed or guilty for me. From then on, we will never owe each other. You have your Saibei Jiangnan, and I have my blue bricks and red tiles. If you take away my sister, I will take away too. Your photo, we're even. "

"You stop!"

Just as Jiang Zhao took a step, Xie Jin roared and stopped him in place.

She turned her back to Xie Jin, her expression was calm, but her eyes were obscure, and she heard Xie Jin suppressed her anger and said: "Jiang Zhao, how do you look at me, think that I got everything I want from you, and you want to give me everything you want?" Turn around and throw you away?"

Jiang Zhao remained silent, Xie Jin gradually approached her, hugged her from behind, and whispered: "I never said that I don't want you, I have no choice at all.

Azhao, if I love you, it is more than risking the disgrace of the world, you are a clean king, do you want to bear the reputation of being a pet girl for me? "

"Keeping a female pet?" Jiang Zhao broke away from her embrace and looked back at her, "Jin Niang, you asked me how I think of you, so how do you think of me? How can you think that I do it for you?" Everything you do is just to support female pets?"

She pressed Xie Jin's shoulder, leaned closer to look into her eyes, her expression was unconcealable excitement.

"I want you to be the queen of the palace and my only wife!"