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Right Prime Minister Qin Duan went to the palace, and Jiang Zhao issued a new edict the next day.

In the future, the dynasty will be changed to three days and one morning court, five days and one night court, and all memorials will be handed over to Jiuhua Gate.

The courtiers had no objection to this. After all, the court did not have important matters to discuss every day. Every day, the emperor felt tired and the ministers felt even more tired after stepping on the moonlight to catch up with the morning court.

Only Yu Shitai made a few symbolic comments, which were rejected by Jiang Zhao, and no one spoke again.

Not long after the new order was issued, the case of Minister of Rites Qian Chengye's embezzlement of public funds finally came to fruition. The evidence was complete, but Zhao Heng knew he couldn't keep him, so he had to hide away for fear of being covered in ashes.

The account books of the Qian family had been burned to the ground long ago. Even as Qian Chengye's father-in-law and the backer who promoted him to the top, Zhao Heng couldn't get rid of it no matter how he looked at it. Shang Qian Chengye's bones are also tough, and he has not confessed to Zhao Hengze after being interrogated for so long.

So Zhao Xiang is still the Zhao Xiang who killed his relatives righteously.

After dealing with Qian Chengye, Jiang Zhao can take the Ministry of Rites back into his own hands as it should be. The Minister of Rites is raised by Qian Chengye himself. Jiang Zhao can't trust him. Maybe one day he will have to investigate on a whim. Cha, Xie Hui is new here, and Jiang Zhao didn't dare to put all the burden on his shoulders, so Han Xuan picked someone to fill it up.

Among the six ministries in the central court, there are only two ministries with the surname Zhao left. The official ministries are the pit Jiang Zhao dug for Zhao Hengze, and Zhao Zhiyao can be arrested at any time for questioning. As for Xu Wen from the Ministry of Industry, Jiang Zhao still plans to try again. .

But obviously Zhao Heng would not give her a chance to calm down, so he took the initiative to ask about Lu Cangyu again in the court hall one day.

In fact, Lu Cangyu was secretly sent back to the Shuai Mansion by Jiang Zhao's order without staying in prison for a few days. However, in the eyes of outsiders, the Shuai Mansion is now the most watched place in the palace. No one dares to approach it, and no one knows. Lu Cangyu is in the mansion.

Zhao Heng, on the other hand, was righteous and awe-inspiring, advising the emperor to "be late to change", and advised her to put the country and the country first, not to hesitate about the feelings of uncle and nephew. In addition, he also suggested a thorough investigation of the generals of the three armies. After all, the main general Lu Ke who is currently guarding the border , is Lu Cangyu's own son.

Jiang Zhao asked him: "If according to Zhao Xiang's words, Lu Ke is also escorted back to Beijing, and the father and son are convicted together, then the three armies will have no leader, who will lead the army, and who can guard my thousand-mile border?"

Zhao Heng said: "In my vast country, capable people come forth in large numbers. Could it be that besides the Lu family, there is no one who can lead the army?"

"Is someone Zhao Xiang selected?" Jiang Zhao played with the sachet on his waist and glanced at him casually.

"This matter should naturally be decided by His Majesty." Zhao Heng is not a fool, even if he wants to arrange people into the army, he doesn't dare to do it too conspicuously. At this juncture, isn't he bumping into the emperor's suspicion? ?

Jiang Zhao looked a little impatient, "I don't have any suitable candidates either, let's discuss this matter later. After all, Lu Shuai has made great achievements in the war. It is really shocking to convict him with only a few letters of unknown authenticity. Heartbroken."

As soon as she finished speaking, Xu Dingyuan who was standing by the side suddenly became excited and shouted: "Your Majesty is holy!"

Zhao Heng glared at him angrily, gritted his teeth and said, "Isn't His Majesty interrogating Yang Zheng? Now there are all witnesses and evidence."

"Yang Zheng?" Jiang Zhao looked stunned, and said lightly: "Oh, I forgot to tell you, the Ministry of Punishment was too ruthless, and Yang Zheng was beaten to death before confessing. I have to settle this matter with Wei Liang Woolen cloth."

Zhao Heng was taken aback, and said in disbelief, "What? Yang Zheng is dead?"

Wei Liang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, coughed lightly, stood out of the row calmly and dissatisfied, hugged the wat board and knelt down and said: "I am not strict in discipline, and let my subordinates accidentally kill me. It is indeed my fault. Your Majesty forgives."

"You have always been conscientious and conscientious. This is the first time you have made a mistake. Because of your hard work in the past, I will not bother you this time. I will deduct half a year's salary as a warning. Do you have any objections?"

"I thank Your Majesty for being magnanimous, and I dare not have any opinions. From now on, I will definitely fulfill my duties and live up to your Majesty's trust."

Wei Liang bowed his head and kowtowed, Jiang Zhao told him to stand up, and the matter was over as soon as he saw it, only Zhao Heng had an ugly face.

He still wanted to say something, but when a person dies, he is dead. Judging by Jiang Zhao's reaction, it was clear that it was intentional. Regardless of whether her fear and suspicion of Lu Cangyu were true or not, it was obvious that she did not intend to take Lu Cangyu. life.

Zhao Hengze's wishful thinking was in vain again, his face turned blue and red, and anyone who looked at him could tell that he was in a complicated mood.

Before going to court, Jiang Zhao added another sentence: "By the way, from tomorrow onwards, I plan to go to Fengzhou to escape the summer heat, tentatively for a month, so I won't invite all the ministers to accompany me.

Zhe Zizhen will deal with it as usual in the palace. If there are some trivial matters, I will leave it to Prime Minister Qin. Fengzhou is not far from the capital. If there is a major event, I will rush back overnight. "

After she finished speaking, she left, regardless of the ministers' advice.

After all, it is already autumn now, and the clothes have been added a few more layers, but any emperor with a normal mind would not choose to go to Fengzhou to escape the summer heat at this time. Jiang Zhao was also afraid that Yushitai would jump out and scold her, so he hurried away slipped away.

Not to mention the astonishment of the officials, when Jiang Zhao ordered the palace people to pack up after returning to Xihe Palace, Xie Jin was also puzzled.

"Why do you suddenly remember that you are going to Fengzhou Palace?"

"Just hide and be clean."

"to be frank."

Xie Jincai didn't believe her whim, it was not easy to hide from her, the palace couldn't hide her, so she had to go to Fengzhou.

"It seems that I can't hide anything from you from now on."

Jiang Zhao smiled lightly, stared at her with his face in his hands, and confessed honestly: "My cousin, uncle's son Lu Ke sent a secret letter from the border. It's inconvenient for uncle to come out now, he's idle in the commander's mansion, I plan to let him go back to the border to sit in secret."

And the so-called summer escape this time was just a pretext to take Lu Cangyu out of the capital.

Jiang Zhao has never experienced war since he ascended the throne, but she also knows that when the war drums sound, blood will flow into rivers and people will die. Although Lu Ke was brought up by Lu Cangyu and Jiang Zhao also trusted him, he has never been a coach and When the enemy army was fighting, Jiang Zhao was unavoidably a little uneasy. After much deliberation, he decided to let Lu Cangyu pass.

Even though Lu Cangyu intends to train Lu Ke and does not go to the battlefield himself, as long as he is at the border, he is the god of the army.

"Is there going to be a war?" Xie Jin really didn't expect such a reason.

Jiang Zhao shook his head and sighed: "I don't know either, but if they are not of my race, their hearts must be different, even if peace can be maintained for a while, sooner or later they will fight each other.

Dameng has a vast territory, vast land and abundant food. In their eyes, it has always been a big piece of fat. Thinking about the past few years of dormancy and forbearance, it is already the maximum limit. "

Seeing that she was about to frown again, Xie Jin said in relief: "Don't worry, Shuai Lu is here. He has the legend of being invincible in all battles. Even if there is a real war, we will not suffer under the hands of barbarians."

Seeing that Jiang Zhao was still looking gloomy, Xie Jin knew that what she was worried about was not just about not winning the battle, just like what she said just now, when the drums sounded, there would be rivers of blood, even if it was the victor, it was unavoidable Casualties.

Because of war, people are destined to die.

Xie Jin walked up to Jiang Zhao and touched her hair, and said softly: "Some things have been unavoidable since ancient times. Tai-zu died in Jin and founded the country, Taizong expanded thousands of miles, hundreds of thousands of casualties, hundreds of thousands of people involved Thousands of people are just a matter of one generation.

I know you don't like laboring the people and hurting wealth, and you don't like killing wars, but when foreigners invade, guarding the rivers and mountains and protecting the people is the bounden duty of a soldier. To die for the country and the people is a well-deserved death. "

Her soft voice gradually calmed down Jiang Zhao's entanglements. In fact, Jiang Zhao may not understand these things, but she is young after all, and she is inevitably somewhat idealistic when dealing with some things. She still needs someone to convince herself for her.

There is no doubt that Xie Jin is this person.

She raised her head, let Xie Jin's palm fall on her cheek, squinted her eyes and rubbed it affectionately.

This trip to the Fengzhou Palace was rushed, and the ceremonies were relatively simple. Aunt Qingshi still did not accompany her, and stayed in the palace to take care of Jiang Han. Ruthlessly refused.

Xie Jin couldn't see it, and was softened by Jiang Han's crying, so she suggested to Jiang Zhao to take her with her, because she was too young now, and it didn't have much impact if she missed a few days of class. You can teach Jiang Han.

But Jiang Zhao still refused after hearing her words.

When getting into the carriage heading for Fengzhou, Xie Jin made it clear that he didn't want to talk to Jiang Zhao, and Jiang Zhao didn't make fun of himself. He waited for the carriage to leave the gate of the capital, thinking that she might have calmed down a bit before trying to talk to her .

"The weather is the best at this time, neither too hot nor too cold. I once went to the Fengzhou Palace with the late emperor. It is indeed a livable place. After staying for three or two days, I don't want to go back to the palace."

After waiting for a while, seeing that Xie Jin had no intention of speaking, he coughed lightly and said: "Although Fengzhou is very close to the capital, the customs and customs are quite different. There are cooks who are good at cooking Fengzhou cuisine in the palace. , when the time comes, you can try it, if it suits your taste, we will bring the cook with you when we return to the palace."

Xie Jin turned the pages of the book, turned her head away, and still ignored her.

Jiang Zhao pursed his lips, leaned closer to her, and stretched his neck to look at the book in her hand, "Why are you so fascinated by reading? The scenery along the way is very beautiful, is it better than your book?"

Xie Jin closed the book and threw it into her arms with his backhand. He sat by the window and lifted the curtain to look out.

He Yuansheng followed on horseback, stepped forward and asked, "Master Xie, do you have something to say?"

"It's nothing, just take a look at the scenery, He Lang won't care about it." Xie Jin replied in a warm voice with a pale face.

He Yuansheng nodded, took the rein and walked a little further, so as not to disturb her.

Jiang Zhao flipped through a few pages of the book in his arms. He had no interest in it at first, so he simply threw it aside and squeezed to Xie Jin's side, apologizing softly: "Can't I be wrong? We're going to live in the palace for a month , are you not going to talk to me?"

"How could His Majesty be wrong?" Xie Jin was still looking out the window, but finally he was willing to talk to her, and said with some yin and yang, "Your Majesty speaks like a golden man, and he says what he says, so what could be wrong?"

Jiang Zhao lowered his eyebrows and coaxed her, "It's my fault for making you angry. Your lord has a lot, please forgive me."

Xie Jin couldn't bear it anymore, and turned to stare at her, "How pitiful is A Yuan in the palace alone? She is well-behaved and doesn't make trouble, so what if you take her with you? A baby who is less than three years old can learn a lot from Han Xuan every day. How many words?"

"I knew you cared about her." Jiang Zhao pulled back his expression, and said sourly, "Why is she alone in the palace? There are not enough people in Qingyuan Palace to serve her, so my aunt also stays here gone?"

"Don't talk about these things, don't think I don't know what you're thinking." Xie Jin stretched out his hand to push Jiang Zhao back, and said harshly: "You majestic king of a country, can you stop being so narrow-minded all the time? "

Jiang Zhao held her hand, and said shamelessly, "I'm narrow-minded, unlike Mrs. Xie who is broad-minded, pretending to be Xie's family, pretending to be Jiang Han, and sometimes pretending to be the world, unlike me, who only pretends to be you alone." .”

"you……"

Xie Jin's face flushed red, he was ashamed and annoyed, his teeth itching with hatred.

Jiang Zhao took the opportunity to pull her into his arms, avoided her injured arm and hugged her tightly, as if he was afraid that Xie Jin would break free, and whispered in her ear: "I confessed my mistake, what is wrong? I recognized it all, and I also recognized it with my narrow eyes."

It wasn't the first time that the two of them had a fight over Jiang Han's affairs. Thinking about the next ten years, the deeper Xie Jin's feelings for Jiang Han, the more unhappy Jiang Zhao would feel. This probably won't be the last time.

"I just want to be alone with you, I don't want to take her with me, and I don't want to take anyone with me."

Jiang Zhao said bluntly: "I know she is young and I shouldn't argue with her, but she can't always pester you, and you can't always spoil her. In the future, she will always stay in the palace by herself, and I will accompany you." The person of your life."

"Since you know you still have a lifetime, why do you care about this month?" Xie Jin gritted his teeth and bit her face lightly.

This mouth is a warning rather than a vent of hatred, and it may not even leave a mark. Jiang Zhao grinned and said forcefully: "This is different. For me, as long as I am with you, my life is in front of me."

"You're talking nonsense again."

Xie Jin said something fierce to her, buried his face in her neck, and his face was hot again.

She didn't want to admit that she was easily coaxed by Jiang Zhao's sweet words, and just now she was angry because of her indifference to Jiang Han, but now the anger disappeared, and the corners of her mouth couldn't stop rising.

Jiang Zhao knew that she was thin-skinned, so he didn't expose her shame, but just muttered: "I'm not talking nonsense."