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The chief minister of the cabinet, Siyuan Ting, the Marquis of Zhen Guo, began to take leave of absence due to illness before the Longevity Festival. After half a month, he did not appear in front of anyone again. Some ministers went to the residence of Zhen Guo Hou to visit, but they were all politely refused. back.

So many memorials were handed over to Chu Yuezhi's imperial case, claiming that Si Yuanting's absence from court for half a month was contempt for Tianwei and should be severely punished.

In addition, many rumors began to flow out. One said that Si Yuanting was seriously ill and died soon, and the other said that Si Yuanting's illness was a false attempt to rebel.

Chu Yuezhi ignored everything.

Half a month later, rumors began to spread in the court and the public that Si Yuanting, who had never shown up, actually lived in the palace all the time, and there were also vaguely discordant voices in the palace, claiming that the eldest son of the emperor, Chu Shen, had a different background. Not Chu Yuezhi's biological son.

It is a felony to confuse the royal family's blood. Many courtiers began to insinuate themselves in the early court, and even began to talk to Chu Yue. Empress Si Zhuxi had nothing to do after giving birth to the eldest son of the emperor. For the sake of Chu Yuezhi and the royal blood, she must be tolerant and would not object to Chu Yuezhi adding a few concubines to the harem.

This time Chu Yuezhi did not attack the courtiers who spoke up in the morning. No matter what the courtiers said, he just sat on the dragon chair and listened expressionlessly, watching these people like jumping clowns underneath. .

And Chu Yuezhi's performance also made some courtiers more daring, and began to criticize Si Yuanting in the early court. It has been a month since he had not participated in the early court, and even the official affairs were piled up and processed very slowly. The chief assistant of the cabinet is an important task, and finally even advised Chu Yuezhi to appoint people on their merits, so that more capable people can take up the important position of the first assistant of the cabinet.

During the month when Si Yuanting disappeared, Fu Xingyun was also chased and beaten in court.

Fu Xingyun is a member of Si Yuanting's faction. He is also an assistant minister of the cabinet and is heavily used by Chu Yuezhi. Over the years, he has received a lot of fat jobs, so he naturally attracts people's envy and jealousy. Now that Si Yuanting has been on leave for a long time, he will become an early court official The target is also expected.

On weekdays, the courtiers couldn't figure out any big problems, because Fu Xingyun was always cautious in handling affairs, so these people pointed their guns at Fu Xingyun's private affairs, and attended Fu Xingyun's visit with General Wei Yunxiaowei, who was guarding the frontier, in the court hall. Very close, the dignified ministers of the cabinet actually went out and went with Wei Yunxiao, a military general, every time he returned to Beijing to report on his duties or returned to Beijing after a short rotation. Not to mention, he even went to the frontier to meet Wei Yunxiao on official business, which is really very strange It's hard to make people think about whether Fu Xingyun is really loyal to His Majesty and the court.

Officials of the Daheng Kingdom stipulated that there should be five days off every month, and festivals such as the Winter Solstice and Lantern Festival would also have a few days off. Fu Xingyun has been saving his rest days for the past few years. When he was in Beijing, he called Chu Yuezhi Bingming for the previously unused holidays. After completing his official duties, he made a low-key detour to the border to meet Wei Yunxiao, and stayed in the border for a few days before returning to Beijing.

This is indeed not in compliance with the regulations, but every time Fu Xingyun goes to the frontier, he is extremely careful to hide his whereabouts and will not show up in the barracks, and he has also received special approval from Chu Yuezhi beforehand. Logically, not many people know about it, but Now that these courtiers used this matter to challenge Fu Xingyun and remonstrate Chu Yuezhi so directly in the early court, it was somewhat embarrassing to Chu Yuezhi.

When Fu Xingyun was played, Chu Yuezhi's face obviously sank, but this was not the most serious thing. What really made Chu Yuezhi walk away in the morning was that Fu Xingyun broke the silence when Wei Yunxiao was questioned In the early court, in front of civil and military officials, he confessed that he had a habit of breaking his sleeves, and Wei Yunxiao was his wife who had worshiped the world with him, and his mansion was Wei Yunxiao's mansion.

The national style of Daheng Kingdom is relatively open to a certain extent, and it is not uncommon for men to fall in love with each other, but most of these Longyang relationships will not be made public, and marriages between men It is unacceptable. In most people's minds, decent people will never agree to their son marrying a male wife or marrying a man.

Fu Xingyun actually confessed in the court that he and a military general worshiped heaven and earth and married him as a man's wife, and all the officials were in an uproar for a while.

The minister who participated in the performance of Fu Xingyun immediately criticized him fiercely, reprimanding him as an important minister of the court, but his personal morality was deficient and he violated the etiquette and law.

However, Fu Xingyun was still very calm, and only calmly asked which laws and regulations of the Daheng Kingdom stipulated that people or officials ordered by the court cannot marry men as wives, and which etiquette law clearly stated that it is a great shame for Longyang to be good and unclean. It is against ethics and nature. In terms of ethics, he has not violated any of the principles of heaven, earth, ruler, relatives, teachers, loyalty, filial piety, forbearance and trust. Moreover, he was born with a broken sleeve, and it is his nature to love men, so what is wrong with him?

The minister was left speechless by Fu Xingyun's question for a while, and angrily accused him of being unreasonable.

Just when the minister was still blushing at Fu Xingyun, Chu Yuezhi had suddenly got up from the dragon chair and left with a flick of his sleeves, leaving a group of ministers kneeling in panic. They knelt in the hall for a full two hours before waiting to come Chu Yue insisted on ordering them to retreat from the imperial court.

There are many more guards outside the Xiefang Hall than before, and it is common to see Imperial Physician Lu coming in and out of the Xiefang Hall in the past month.

Fu Xingyun sneaked into the palace of Xiefang in the middle of the night. Although he was no longer a dead waiter these years, his kung fu has not lost at all. It is not difficult to sneak into the palace without being discovered by his cultivation.

Si Yuanting and Chu Yuezhi had been waiting in the side hall for a long time. Wang Zhong had just sent several memorials to Fu Xingyun. Chu Yuezhi casually flipped through them, then threw them back to Wang Zhong, so that Wang Zhong could read them. Don't stain his eyes with these things.

The candles in the side hall were not bright, and the candles that would have been lit in several corners were half-hidden in the darkness, making the whole side hall much darker than before; The strong but not weak medicinal fragrance is incense made of herbs, and it smells very bitter in the nose.

When Fu Xingyun entered the hall, Si Yuanting was dealing with some urgent business affairs, while Chu Yuezhi was reading scriptures by candlelight, and there were still tea and snacks on the desk.

"Sir, see Your Majesty." Fu Xingyun first saluted Chu Yuezhi, and was about to bow to Si Yuanting again, when Si Yuanting put down the brush in his hand and waved to him.

It is true that there is no need for so many formalities between the two of them.

"Have you found out?" Chu Yuezhi was still looking at the scriptures in his hand, which Si Yuanting told him to start reading recently, saying that he could calm down so that he would not be provoked by those rebellious officials and thieves all day long.

"I found out that the one who leaked the whereabouts of the minister in the barracks was a lieutenant next to my sister. That lieutenant was reprimanded by my sister several times in front of others, so he became resentful and defected to the other party's party." Fu Xingyun replied, eight years After the disbandment of the former East Factory, some of the hidden guards of the East Factory were actually transferred to him, and they have been secretly active all these years.

Although Dongchang and Jinyiwei can no longer exist on the surface, there is a need for their existence in the dark, and many things cannot be directly investigated and handled, and these things are left to the dark guards.

Chu Yuezhi sneered, and said, "It's also capable. I have stretched my hands to the border. It seems that I have been too tolerant of these people in recent years."

"It's quite expected, first me and then Huangfu, if you want to take off your left and right arm, it's normal to take action against me and Huangfu." Si Yuanting said, he had just finished handling an urgent business and held up his teacup After taking a sip, Chu Yuezhi was already distracted to pick up a piece of coconut milk osmanthus crystal parfait and feed it to his mouth.

Opened his mouth and bit down half a piece, the sweet taste melted in his mouth, Si Yuanting hooked his lips, and said softly to Chu Yuezhi: "You can eat it too." This herbal incense was ordered for him, the taste It didn't smell good, but Chu Yuezhi still endured it with him every day.

Chu Yuezhi didn't refuse, and ate the remaining half of the piece without paying any attention, and then said to Fu Xingyun: "I don't worry about Yunxiao leading the Cangyuan Army, but Liangyu has made a lot of military achievements over the years. A woman, not only arouses jealousy and fear, but also stimulates the nerves of many people. The soldiers she has led in the past few years have been formed and trained by herself, but she is not sensitive enough to court affairs, so Yun Xiao needs to pay more attention."

"I understand." Fu Xingyun replied. Although it was intentional this time, it was not within his expectation to place someone next to his sister. He thought that even if he wanted to place spies, he would arrange them by Wei Yunxiao's side. .

But if you think about it carefully, it makes sense to be placed in Huangfu Liangyu. The Cangyuan Army led by Wei Yunxiao was formed by Chu Yuezhi, and every soldier is extremely loyal to Chu Yuezhi. It is almost impossible for one of the generals of the battalion to plant spies under Wei Yunxiao's nose. Even if he succeeds by luck, he will be exposed soon.

He, Fu Xingyun, is now an important minister of the cabinet, and his younger sister, Huangfu Liangyu, is also an important border guard. Last year, he married Ruan Xing, the Minister of Dali Temple. Seeing that his power is expanding and his bond is getting stronger, now he and another man are revealed. How can the relationship of a frontier defense general not be dreadful.

As long as Chu Yuezhi still has Si Yuanting and Fu Xingyun, he will still control most of the power in the court and the actual military power. Those clans and dignitaries will lose their vitality after the tax reform. If Fu Xingyun continued to sit in the university, he would not let Chu Yuezhi continue to promote the talents selected in the imperial examination and further cultivate his confidantes.

"Huangfu." Chu Yuezhi put down the scriptures in his hand, his calm eyes fell on Fu Xingyun's face, and said: "All these years have kept you and Yunxiao separated, and even Liangyu has been guarding the frontier all the time. Back in Beijing, the two you love the most are living far away under the shadow of swords and blood, and are often threatened with death on the battlefield. I really want to know if you also have any resentment towards me in your heart?"

As an emperor, he is not afraid of being surrounded by wolves. What he is really worried about is that one day he will be betrayed by someone he trusts. Even if he believes in Si Yuanting and Wei Yunxiao, he is always a little uncertain about Fu Xingyun, because He has always known that the reason why Fu Xingyun is willing to stay loyal has never been loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.

The flickering candlelight cast a shadow on the window, and Fu Xingyun's upright figure was also reflected on the window.

Without any hesitation, Fu Xingyun replied: "Defending the territory of the Daheng Kingdom and the people of the Daheng Kingdom is the wish of Yun Xiao and Liang Yu. Since it is what they want to do, I will do my best to fulfill it. Over the years, Your Majesty has asked the ministers to You see, there are indeed emperors worth following in this world, and I can understand the ideals my wife and my sister adhere to, so I have never felt a trace of resentment in my heart in the past eight years."

For the one he loves, Fu Xingyun has always chosen to understand and support rather than restrain him.

Slightly nodding his head, Chu Yuezhi turned his eyes to look at Si Yuanting again, and seeing the reassuring light in Si Yuanting's black eyes, Chu Yuezhi exhaled lightly, and said, "So, I'm relieved. "