Eunuch Gao nodded respectfully.
After a pause, he asked: "Your Majesty, the Fan family has more than 20 marriages now. According to the information found by the newspaper department, the Fan family has been involved in many lives over the years..."
The emperor looked at Gao Ming and said calmly: "Do you have any news from the Di Reporting Department?"
Gao Ming smiled and said: "The intelligence of the Di Reporting Department was trained by the people of the inner guard. I can know some of it..."
The little emperor nodded and was too lazy to ask about these trivial matters. He said indifferently: "Don't talk about the Fan family, the so-called Gonggun princes in the court, most of the families behind them are from the hometown, and they are also from the hometown. So arrogant and arrogant, if the Fan family has committed a crime, why didn't they report it to the police a few years ago, and then after Fan Tong was transferred to the position of inspector, so many things came out at once?"
He sat cross-legged on the soft couch and said lazily: "The civil servants in this court are all people who bully the weak and fear the strong."
At this point, the emperor paused and said in a low voice: "The Shen family in Jiangdu behind Shen Yi may not do evil in the future, it's just that the time has not come yet."
The high eunuch lowered his head with a respectful expression: "Your Majesty is discerning and discerning, and I admire you."
"What a wise person but not a wise person."
His Majesty the Emperor lay directly on the soft couch and said lazily: "I just read these memorials every day and have seen too much..."
"As for the Fan family..."
His Majesty the Emperor said calmly: "Let Zhou Fu send people from the Ministry of Punishment to investigate. However, the Ministry of Punishment still has many disciples and former officials of Fan Tong. They may be biased. Then send someone from Dali Temple to investigate the Fan family from beginning to end." Let’s check again, before the end of this year…”
"Give me a result."
It can be seen from the emperor's words that the reason why he investigated the Fan family was not because the Fan family had made mistakes or simply because of good or evil, but because he hated the Fan family himself.
This can be seen from his relegation to Fan You.
For the emperor, or for all politicians, good and evil are often not important. What is important is interests, situations, balance, likes and dislikes.
Gao Ming bowed his head respectfully: "I understand, slave."
The eunuch lowered his head, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother sent someone to deliver a message today, saying that you should take the time to go to the Imperial Concubine. She said that it has been almost a month since the Imperial Concubine entered the palace. It’s not appropriate for you to not go all the time…”
There are only two empresses in the palace now, one is Empress Sun, and the other concubine is naturally the princess of Northern Qi, Concubine Sun.
"What's inappropriate?"
The emperor glanced sideways at Gao Ming and grunted: "What? If I don't go to her place, her family will send troops to attack me, right?"
Gao Ming lowered his head again: "I dare not..."
His Majesty the Emperor vented his inner anger with a few strange words about Gao Ming, but when he thought of the Queen Mother in Kunde Palace, he was silent for a while and then said slowly: "You go to Kunde Palace in person to reply to your mother, and just say I am I’ve been going to the imperial concubine in the past few days.”
Gao Ming lowered his head and said, "I obey your orders."
After saying this, Gao Ming lowered his hands and exited the Manna Hall.
After Gao Ming left, the emperor sat alone on the soft couch and was in a daze for a while. He took out the brass key from the drawer and subconsciously played with it in his hand.
At his age, he is somewhat rebellious.
Deep down, he resented the marriage arranged by the Queen Mother for him. Instead, he liked excitement, and the pitiful famous Qinhuai prostitute with a pipa in her arms made him feel very excited.
Unfortunately…
His Majesty the Emperor silently put away the brass key and sighed softly.
He knew his mother's temper very well.
As long as the Empress Dowager Sun is around, it will be difficult for him to arrange for a prostitute to come to the palace, and he can only keep her outside as an outhouse.
"The Sword Comes"
Not even if Gu Hengbo gave birth to a son for him.
If a son was born, given Queen Mother Sun's temper, the child might be brought back to recognize his ancestor, but Gu Hengbo would probably disappear without a trace from then on.
After putting away the brass key, His Majesty the Emperor lay down directly on the soft couch, feeling secretly in his heart.
"The emperor doesn't do whatever he wants..."
………………
Jiangdu.
After the steward of the Shen family was beaten half to death, he was sent to the county government. Because the context of the incident was clear and the prisoner confessed, he was quickly put on death row for murdering an imperial official. The county government then reported it to the Ministry of Punishments as usual. , after waiting for the approval of the Ministry of Punishment, the beheading will be carried out next autumn.
After this incident, the Shen family became nervous.
Shen Yi and his wife also moved out of the Shen family's mansion and returned to live in their small courtyard. The food, clothing, housing and transportation were provided by Qing'er Ping'er, and they together with the three maids Lian'er took care of it themselves and no longer relied on others.
On the third day after the wedding, Shen Yi led Lu Ruoxi and two people back home to visit Master Lu.
In just two days, Mr. Lu became visibly haggard. This was probably because the father and daughter had been dependent on each other for many years and suddenly separated. He couldn't accept it for a while.
Seeing her father's appearance, Lu Ruoxi hugged her father and cried bitterly, and then went down with Lian'er to prepare meals for Master Lu.
After the master and servant left, only the master and the apprentice were left in the study...or rather, the father-in-law and the son-in-law.
Master Lu reached out and poured a cup of tea for Shen Yi, and then said, "I heard... something happened to you on the night of your wedding?"
Shen Yi was a little surprised.
He took the tea with both hands and lowered his head slightly: "How does father-in-law know?"
"Yi An sent someone to send a text message explaining the matter."
Master Lu took a deep breath with no expression on his face: "Is there any concrete evidence?"
Shen Yi shook his head.
"There is no evidence. The thread was cut off when it reached the rogue Qian Si. The county government interrogated Qian Si for a long time. Qian Si didn't know anything. He only knew that someone with a foreign accent came over and promised to give him 1,500 taels of silver. Hou Ping, the steward, drugged the Hexin wine."
"The county government found the packet of medicinal powder. It is a chronic medicine. It will take three or four days after taking it to cause symptoms, and you will either die or become disabled..."
At this point, Shen Yi paused and said in a low voice: "My son-in-law is in Jiangdu, and his only enemies are the Fan family. They are almost the same in this matter."
Master Lu's face showed anger.
"This Fan family really dares to do anything!"
"They are determined that this matter cannot be traced to them."
"As for whether we can guess it was them... they don't care."
"We have broken up with each other a long time ago, and we are fighting to the death. As long as my son-in-law is dead, even if my father-in-law wants to trouble them, you won't have any clue for a while."
"It's too much!"
Lu Anshi, with his good temper, also rarely got angry. He patted the table angrily and said in a low voice: "The Fan family is really a cancer in our Jiangdu. Sooner or later, we must pull them out and get rid of the harm to Jiangdu!"
"Don't worry, father-in-law, the person to remove the poison is almost here."
Shen Yi took out a letter from his sleeve, handed it to Mr. Lu with a smile, and said: "The urgent letter sent by the Jiankang Di Reporting Department to my son-in-law was delivered last night. The letter said that the Ministry of Punishment sent We have found a supervisor, and Dali Temple has sent a temple official here, and we estimate that we will be able to reach Jiangdu this afternoon."
This letter was indeed sent by the Di Newspaper Division, but it was sent by Sun Jin, the eunuch of the Di Newspaper Division.
In short, this is the palace's reply to Shen Yi.
Master Lu opened the envelope, read it carefully, and clapped his hands.
"Okay, let's make it clear!"
He patted Shen Yi's shoulder heavily and smiled heartily.
"I'll let Qingque go buy some wine later, and our son-in-law will have a good drink today!"
