I was a princess in ancient times

Emperor Changping is different from Emperor Yanguang.

Even if he was furious, he would not insult the courtiers with the common sayings in the market, and beat and kicked the courtiers himself.

In just half a quarter of an hour, nine people including Habayashi Guard General Dingbeihou, Qian Niu Guard General Rong Guang, and Beijing Suburb Day Camp General Deng Hongying were downgraded several grades due to poor supervision.

Dingbeihou and Deng Hongying immediately accepted their punishment, and respectfully handed over their gold seals, not daring to raise any objections.

Rong Guang refuted two sentences, and then downgraded two ranks, from the second rank to the third rank.

Fortunately, Qianniuwei's original third-rank right general was the third-rank general mentioned in Assassin Fifteen's confession, Rong Guang didn't have to leave Qianniuwei because he didn't have a competent official position in Qianniuwei.

With the lessons learned by Rong Guang, the rest of the people who neither had the merit of following the dragon nor were not as powerful as Rong Guang dared to speak up.

No matter how harshly they were demoted, the generals of the Two Guards and One Battalion honestly confessed their crimes and immediately handed over their gold seals.

The generals in Chang'an were demoted by at least half a rank per capita, but the generals and civil servants in Northern Xinjiang did not dare to gloat.

They had already sensed the extraordinary anger of Emperor Changping, and they were afraid that the evil wind would spread to themselves, so they didn't even dare to breathe, and they didn't even dare to think about the official position vacated after the general of Chang'an was demoted.

Ji Xinxue bit the bullet and broke the eerie silence, "I'm afraid the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice cannot interrogate the 220 nine officers involved in the case at the same time. Please Aye set up another yamen and send special personnel to interrogate them."

The fact that the assassin recruited 220 nine people does not mean that only the 220 nine people in the two guards and one battalion have problems.

The most important thing is to interrogate these people and catch all the rats in the two guards and one battalion as soon as possible.

"What Your Highness said is true." Ding Beihou took the initiative to invite Ying, "Please allow me to take the blame and make meritorious service. Within half a month at most, all hidden dangers in the Habayashi Guard will be wiped out."

Before the civil official with a strange expression opened his mouth to object, Ji Xinxue had already spoken out the interrogation method he had discussed with Yu Heng for a long time.

Before he entered the palace yesterday, he specially ordered Fifteen to pretend to be a Jinwu Guard and put him in custody in the Jinwu Guard's yamen.

As soon as the curfew was lifted this morning, the Jinwu Guard who was guarding the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice entered the palace to report.

According to Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng's instructions, Imperial Physician Zhu went to check Shiwu's residence at dawn, and found poison in the copper basin and sweat towel used for washing.

The small officials of the Ministry of Punishment are as pervasive as Ji Xinxue feared.

This made Ji Xinxue more determined not to interrogate the 220 nine officers involved in the case in places where there are minor officials.

Ji Xinxue suggested setting up temporary prisons in the tents of Habayashi Guard, Qian Niu Guard, and Daying in the suburbs of Beijing respectively, and exchange and detain the officers involved in the case.

People from Habayashi Guard were locked up in Qianniuwei, people from Qianniuwei were locked up in the Beijing suburb camp, and people from Beijing suburb camp were locked up in Habayashi Guard.

The presiding judge was the military officer who returned to Chang'an from northern Xinjiang, and he was accompanied by civil servants and people appointed by Emperor Changping.

Compared with fighting for power, courtiers value safety more.

They thought about Ji Xinxue's proposal as quickly as possible. Although they were not completely satisfied, they all felt acceptable and kept silent.

Emperor Changping took advantage of Ji Xinxue's proposal, and first mentioned the generals who returned from northern Xinjiang as the chief judge, and then ordered Ji Jingyu to sit in the Yulin Guard, A Buhan Bing to sit in the Qianniu Guard, and Yu Heng to sit in the suburban camp of Beijing. The civil servants are supplemented.

In the end, he also responded to the request of Beihou, Rong Guang, and Deng Hongying to take part in the interrogation.

It wasn't until the sun was completely westward that the first court meeting in the ninth year of Changping ended.

Before the city gate was closed, the officers involved in the case who had been captured by the Jinwu Guards during the court meeting had already been escorted to various places, and the presiding judges, jurors, and those in charge of the town were also in place one after another, and the candles of the two guards and one battalion remained on all night.

Ji Xinxue didn't want to pay attention to people from the British government and the Yu family when Yu Heng moved to Daying in the suburbs of Beijing.He returned to the palace quietly, only to realize that he had suddenly become an idler.

At present, everyone in the court is focusing on the two guards and one battalion, and they must not be interested in opening a mutual market in northern Xinjiang.

He has already disclosed the hidden dangers of the small official family to the six ministries of the three provinces through the Zhang family, and he only needs to wait for the civil servants to exert their strength.

In a short period of time, there is nothing he needs to worry about?

Ji Xinxue pondered for a while, then went to Ji Mingtong's residence.

What made him sleepless last night was not only worrying about Emperor Changping's forbearance, but also Ji Mingtong's sudden bad mood when he heard that Emperor Changping mentioned his heir.

When Ji Mingtong and Ji Chenggang communicated with each other, they searched for a prescription to exchange fertility for beauty with great fanfare.

Not long after, Ji Minyan and Ji Jingrou heard about Ji Mingtong's search for a prescription, and ruthlessly broke Ji Mingtong's extravagant hopes.

The so-called exchange for youthful beauty at the cost of never being able to have children is just a scam.

Numerous cases recorded in history books have proved that infertility is only the mildest symptom in the process of taking medicine to become beautiful.After two to three years, you will be weak and sickly, lingering in the sick bed... You can live a long life if you can persist for ten years.

When Ji Mingtong heard this, he immediately threw the prescriptions he had found into the brazier, and had to take Anshen Decoction because of continuous nightmares.

However, Ji Xinxue really had no choice but to think about the matter of uniting Ji Cheng with impotence drugs.

After all the palace people in the house had retreated, Ji Xinxue said slowly, "Did you secretly take forbidden drugs like Ji Cheng?"

Ji Mingtong was silent for a moment, and a bright slyness suddenly flashed in his eyes.

She whispered, "It's not a banned drug, it's a 200-year-old colorful vine from the Western Regions."

Ji Xinxue looked bewildered.

The medicinal materials from the Western Regions are too rare, and the efficacy of the medicine is not stable enough for the doctors of the Yu Dynasty.Unless someone's life is on the verge of death and cannot be treated with ordinary medicines, this kind of medicinal material will not be used easily.

The 200-year-old colorful rattan wood is even more unheard of... It is hard for him not to wonder whether Ji Mingtong has been deceived.

Ji Mingtong gently fiddled with the colorful tassels on his waist, and continued to explain, "The colorful rattan wood is a tonic for nourishing the essence of women. Because the medicinal effect is mild, the effect is weak, and it is difficult to support in the Yu Dynasty, so it is rare."

Ji Xinxue nodded thoughtfully.

Expensive and ineffective, full IQ tax.

Such a useless 'weed' can grow up to 200 years, which is probably more difficult than herbal medicine.

"If you don't add supplementary medicine to the colorful vines that are more than a hundred years old..." Ji Mingtong's tone became lighter and lighter, "It will cause infertility due to the effect of the medicine."

When Ji Xinxue actually heard this sentence, he didn't feel the anger he imagined at all. He only cared about one thing, "Will it leave hidden dangers to your body?"

When Ji Mingtong heard this, the seemingly stiff smile at the corner of his mouth suddenly became lively.

"No, Caitengmu's medicinal effect is too mild, it will only accumulate in the body, without any aggressiveness."

If he took enough cold decoction to exhaust the medicinal effect of Caitengmu, Ji Mingtong's body could return to normal.

However, the degree of injury of the cold medicine is far from that of Cai Fujiki.

She takes 200-year-old Caitengmu. Without harming her body, she needs to drink two bowls of cold medicine every day for 30 years to exhaust the medicinal effect of Caitengmu.

After Ji Xinxue listened to Ji Mingtong's explanation quietly, the complexity in the depths of her eyes became more and more intense.

He already understood the choice of Ji Mingtong and Ji Cheng.

Cut off all escape routes first and let nature take its course.

Like two clumsy and innocent children.

They want candy, but are not willing to give it all.

So they parted willingly, offered what they were willing to give without reservation, and then played with each other, occasionally stopping to look carefully at each other who happened to be standing not far away.

Waiting wholeheartedly for sugar rain.

Maybe they will never get the sugar they want.

Maybe one day in the future, they can step on the bridge made of candy to go to each other's side, and share with each other the interesting things they encountered when playing alone.

The joy in Ji Mingtong will always last longer than the depression.

After talking about Caitengmu, she took Ji Xinxue to the Tranquility Palace to pay respects to Empress Dowager Su and Concubine Su, and made the younger brothers and sisters happy. The entire Tranquility Palace echoed with her innocent laughter.

After only half a day, the melancholy in Ji Xinxue's heart completely dissipated.

Forget it, as long as Ji Mingtong is happy.

Even if Ji Mingtong regrets it in the future, it's just that he can no longer have a biological child.

Even if the brothers and sisters only have an only child in their family and are reluctant to adopt Ji Mingtong, there are countless people in the clan who are willing to adopt their children to Ji Mingtong.

What's more, Ji Mingtong was happy to amuse his younger brothers and sisters with "Tranquility Palace". ' Judging from the situation, at least in a short period of time, Ji Mingtong, who is still a child, is not suitable for raising younger children.

Ji Xinxue only sneaked in for half a day before being arrested again.

A total of sixteen courtiers from three provinces and six ministries joined forces to ask Emperor Changping to change the rules for selecting minor officials.

The unprecedented efficiency not only made Ji Xinxue look sideways, but even Ji Minyan specifically asked Ji Xinxue whether there was something inside the three provinces and six departments suddenly attacking the small official's family.

Ji Xinxue didn't know.

He just wrote down the hidden dangers of the small official family and the painstaking efforts of the family in the small official family, and provided them to the three provinces and six ministries free of charge.

It never occurred to me that the usual procrastination and calmness of the three provinces and six departments, this time it only took half a day to think, and immediately struck hard.

Could it be that there is an old grievance between the civil servant and the aristocratic family that he has never understood?

After military generals, civil servants were too busy to touch the ground.

Ji Xinxue deliberately recommended Ji Minyan to sit in the Ministry of Punishment to supervise the courtiers to investigate the criminal evidence of the small official's family.

He carried the bag he had packed from the Ministry of Punishments, and rushed to the Ministry of Officials with all the money, and worked with the officials of the Ministry of Officials to formulate new standards for the selection of small officials.

It's a pity that until February, the investigation of the two guards and one battalion was coming to an end, the family of the petty official was almost uprooted, and there was still no movement from the British government.

It seems that the aristocratic family is as innocent as the stone lion at the door, so it can still be as stable as Mount Tai in the case of everyone talking about it.

On the tenth day of February, the results of two major cases presided over by generals and civil servants came to fruition.

According to the confessions of 220 officers involved in the assassin case, the process of arrest and interrogation continued, and a total of 380 criminals who were bewitched by the remnants of the previous dynasty were captured in the Two Guards and One Battalion.

Only a very small number of them were only bewitched by the remnants of the previous dynasty. Most of them were first caught and threatened for gambling and doing evil, and then they knew that the person who threatened him was following the orders of the remnants of the previous dynasty.

All those involved in the case were sent to the mining area to do hard work. Those whose family members enjoyed the convenience of the remnants of the previous dynasty were considered the same crime.

The two guards and the first battalion experienced turmoil again, but all officers involved in the case were demoted several grades.

The vacated official position happened to be taken over by the military attache who returned to Chang'an from northern Xinjiang last year.

Ji Jingyu took over as the left general of Qianniuwei, Abuhan Bingbu, the right general of Daying in the suburbs of Beijing, and Li Jinhuan, the general of Yulin Wei Zhonglang... Yu Heng also officially became the right general of Jinwuwei, and was able to remove the word "temporary generation".

The courtiers were afraid of Emperor Changping's anger. Although they did not agree with Emperor Changping's wantonly promotion of generals in northern Xinjiang and decentralization of power to his son and son-in-law, after weighing the pros and cons, no one was willing to dissuade Emperor Changping.

Ji Xinxue withdrew her gaze and stared at her toes, lost in thought.

He would like to call the past month the quietest month in the court after Emperor Changping ascended the throne.

The general interrogated the officers of the two guards and one battalion overnight.

Wen Chen devoted all his energy to investigating the family of the petty officials.

Both parties are busy with errands, and they don't even have the energy to talk about it.

It can be seen that his previous idea was correct.

As long as the energy of the courtiers can be consumed in time, unnecessary disputes can be reduced.

Compared with the much-anticipated assassin case, the family of petty officials who suddenly appeared in everyone's eyes seemed normal at first sight, but the more in-depth understanding, the more shocking.

In just [-] days, civil servants only had time to investigate the minor officials in the six ministries.

There are a total of 930 people, all of whom are related, but there are no two people who are completely unrelated.

It's a pity that the investigation of the small official's family by the three provinces and six departments was too sudden. Not only was the small official's family unprepared, but the three provinces and six departments were also unprepared.

In a hurry, most of the criminal evidence that can be investigated is accepting bribes, taking advantage of his position to facilitate some businessmen or ordinary people, and no serious crimes have been involved.

All those who have found criminal evidence will be revoked their official status and punished according to the laws of the Yu Dynasty.

If there is a direct blood relative, the official status will also be cancelled.

Such a simple punishment can actually reduce the registered 930 two minor officials to three hundred and two.

There are nearly a thousand small officials in the six departments alone, plus the Nine Temples, the Five Prisons, and various yamen that are not known to the common people. In Chang'an, there are at least nearly [-] small officials.

No matter how great the hidden danger is, it is impossible to find someone to replace them overnight.

Emperor Changping had no intention of causing unrest among the people.

He transferred soldiers from the Daying Camp in the suburbs of Beijing to temporarily replace the lack of minor officials in the Six Departments, and made it clear that according to the new selection criteria for minor officials, no more minor officials would be punished until enough people were selected.

Ji Xinxue rubbed the corner of her stiff mouth calmly.

He secretly rejoiced that he didn't expect to use the small official family to solve the family, otherwise he would only be disappointed now.

Fortunately, Emperor Changping's statement of "not punishing minor officials for the time being" was just "death reprieve", and the vigilant courtiers would never ignore the existence of minor officials as before.

If the aristocratic family did not want to be the target of public criticism, they could only watch helplessly as the Xiaoli family was gradually replaced, and could no longer use the Xiaoli family for anything.

As long as it can weaken the aristocratic family and prevent the other party from jumping over the wall when there is no way out, and causing unexpected losses to Yu Chao, to Ji Xinxue, it is not a white job.

The courtiers were still immersed in the aftermath of the two major cases, and the Ji family had already begun to wholeheartedly prepare for the major event in March.

The eldest princess of the Changping Dynasty will be married in March.

Ji Xinxue took time out of her busy schedule to put forward a proposal to establish a stable mutual market in northern Xinjiang at the Great Court Conference.

After more than two months of refinement, Ji Xinxue believes that even if this proposal is not perfect, he has done his best, and there is no way to come up with a better plan in a short time.

It just happened to be left to the civil servants and military generals who are free to continue to improve, lest they have nothing to do for half a day and want to talk about it.

Yu Heng was busy for several days without touching the ground, and finally found time on the fifth day after returning to Chang'an from Daying in the suburbs of Beijing. In response to Qi Baixuan's miss, he went to the British government to visit him.

The people waiting in the corridor were not only Qi Baizhi with a cold attitude, but also Qi Shisan with a sweet smile.

"Brother?" Qi Shisan bouncing up and down in front of Yu Heng, his gestures and gestures were full of agility and delicacy unique to girls.

Although she tried her best to hide her emotions, the disappointment and resentment deep in her eyes still couldn't hide from Yu Heng.

She thought Ji Xinxue would come too.

Yu Heng took half a step back and asked, "What are you doing here?"

Qi Shisan was stunned, water vapor gradually gathered in his bright peach eyes, and asked in disbelief, "Brother, you don't want to see me?"

Normally, she would not be so presumptuous in front of the 'noble'.

Ever since reaching Jiji, Qi Shisan has suffered a lot from the nurturing lady that Princess Huai'an gave her.

She is the eldest daughter of the eldest son, because she is not very close to the elders on weekdays, and no one cares about her etiquette, so it can only be said that she is so-so.

However, Ji Minyan saw Qi Shisan's ambition and intentionally restrained her, so she specially chose a strict education officer for Qi Shisan.

On the first day, Qi Shisan had a quarrel with the female officer.

The most hateful thing was that she couldn't quarrel with the female officer, and she didn't dare to make a move, so she could only hold back her sulk.

Standing posture is not as simple as holding your chest up and raising your head. Facing elders, peers, juniors, receiving compliments, encountering provocations... There are different details that need to be paid attention to.

hateful!

No matter who comes, Qi Shisan dares to say that this is finding fault!

The British Duchess said it was a good thing.

Princess Huai'an gave her such a strict female officer because she had high hopes for her.

Qi Shisan was silent for a long time. From an emotional point of view, she couldn't believe what the British lady said, but from a rational point of view, she firmly believed that the British lady was right.

She began to remember the most painful days.

During the day, I learned etiquette with the female officials, and at night I listened to the secrets of the British Duchess, and I was thinking about the meaningful teachings of the British Duchess in my sleep.

If it weren't for the hope of becoming a princess or even a queen, it would be really hard for Qi Shisan to persevere.

During this period of time, the Duke and Duchess of England are teaching Qi Shisan meticulously, so naturally she will not conceal the news from outside Qi Shisan.

According to British husbands and wives, maids from aristocratic families marry into petty official families only because the noble families are sympathetic to the maids and are willing to pay a decent dowry. The petty official families cannot find a more decent and practical daughter-in-law than the maids of the noble family.

But because the courtiers wanted to suppress the family, they deliberately said that the family was uneasy and well-intentioned, forming a clique for personal gain.

Qi Shisan didn't doubt the words of the British princess at all.

'The aristocratic family has been passed down for nearly a thousand years. Even if they form a party for personal gain, they will not condescend to work with petty officials. '

Under the guidance of the British princess, Qi Shisan not only hated the courtiers' suppression of the family, but also complained that Yu Heng refused to protect the family and allowed outsiders to slander the Qi family.

If she can become someone who can influence His Highness the Fifth Highness, she will definitely not ignore the family!

At that time, not only the grandmother, but also the grandfather, mother and father, and even the whole family will focus on her.

She will become Qi's pride!

However, awakened from a sweet dream, Qi Shisan could only continue to endure the "torture" from the nurturing female officer, suffering because of her unsatisfied ambition.Hearing all kinds of bad news from the British princess, while complaining about Yu Heng's unwillingness to make her feel at ease, she was also afraid that the relationship between Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue would change, so that she would lose the chance to be a princess.

After more than a month, finally when Yu Heng came to the house again, Qi Shisan, with the help of the British wife-in-law, temporarily got rid of the entanglement of the nurturing female officer, put all his heart into dressing up, and waited until now in the cold wind that has not yet recovered.

Did not wait for His Highness the fifth prince who was thinking about it.

The cousin actually asked her.

what to do here?

Qi Shisan was aggrieved and wanted to kick Yu Heng's indifferent face.

She silently clenched her hands under the wide sleeves, her shoulders trembling uncontrollably with anger, and she could only cover up her anger with sobs.

Yu Heng could easily see through Qi Shisan's disguise and see through her malice.

Thinking of Qi Shisan's overt covetousness towards Ji Xinxue when they met last time, Yu Heng suddenly showed appreciation, "You're right, I don't want to see you."

"Brother!" Qi Shisan's eyes widened suddenly, and the jealousy and hatred that he thought was perfectly hidden almost turned into reality, "Don't make such a joke with me, okay? I will get angry."

Yu Heng smiled, and slowly raised his hand, putting it on the dagger inlaid with gems at his waist.

Don't do excessive things, Axue will get angry.

The last time Jin Ming accidentally said that he wanted to pick off the top of the bald raccoon's head, Axue seemed to find it very interesting.

Then pluck her hair, a small punishment and a big punishment.

Qi Shisan suddenly felt a chill on the top of his head, and then had difficulty breathing. He clearly wanted to run away immediately, but his legs felt heavy like lead, as if he was suddenly locked into a cage.

It wasn't until her face turned red that she was startled. She didn't know when, the disgusting indifference in Yu Heng's eyes had turned into something she couldn't understand, and she just wanted to escape.

Don't look at her like that!

do not come!

do not!

Qi Baizhi shook his head.

He didn't understand why the youngest daughter had been taught by her mother for a long time, why instead of learning her mother's calmness, she was smarter than before.

Although he was completely disappointed with his youngest daughter, Qi Baizhi didn't want to see her making ugly appearances in front of outsiders.

He stood between Yu Heng and Qi Shisan, and reminded him coldly, "Feng Lang, the sixth brother is waiting for you."

Yu Heng lightly stroked the gem on the dagger, calmly withdrew his gaze from Qi Shisan's head, turned and walked towards the Sixth Courtyard.

If Qi Shisan calls him...

It's a pity that Qi Shisan was collapsing on the ground with tears streaming down his face, he was full of joy and fear for the rest of his life after the catastrophe, and he had completely forgotten Yu Heng.

The servant in the corner quietly left along the secret path, followed the corner door to the main courtyard.

"She was scared to cry by Feng Lang? Trash." The British lady shook her head slowly, her indifferent tone was different from her usual indifference and kindness when teaching Qi Shisan, like two completely different people. "

The British Duke also shook his head, but did not delay the movement of his hands.

He scooped up another spoonful of medicine and brought it to the mouth of the pale-faced old wife, his eyes were full of pity, "I knew that Feng Lang and His Highness Fifth Highness didn't mean that, so why waste your energy because of that waste."

The British Duchess swallowed the decoction with difficulty, and said angrily, "We were wrong."

She rested for a while before she had the strength to say the last part of the sentence, "If, if I could have discovered Feng Lang's concern for Liu Lang earlier, how could the British government fall into this situation today."

"It's okay, it's not too late." The British Duke silently squeezed the hand holding the medicine spoon, but his tone was relaxed and free, "Feng Lang can make the trash become the most beautiful girl in Chang'an because of Liu Lang's words, and he can also help Qi's life." Get over it."

He squeezed his old wife's hand tightly as if encouraging, and said with a smile, "It is our good fortune to find out that Feng Lang cares about Liu Lang at the most critical moment."

The British princess nodded, and finally raised the corners of her mouth.