"Oh, Your Majesty, you are finally here. Your Majesty..."
When Li Baolin saw Fu Jin'an coming, he hurriedly greeted him as if he had seen a savior. When he saw the slightly swollen lips of His Highness Prince Xuan under the morning light, even a eunuch like him couldn't help but blush.
"Ahem, ahem, please come in, Your Majesty."
Fu Jinan nodded to Li Baolin and whispered: "Eunuch Li, hard work."
Li Baolin was flattered.
When his identity was not disclosed, he often visited the palace as the commander of the Imperial Guard. Although she occasionally nodded to say hello when she saw him, when had she ever been so friendly?
Without any time to think about it, Li Baolin hurriedly followed.
As expected, when he came in, he saw that the emperor's face looked a little bad. He stared at Fu Jinan's neck and turned his head shamelessly: "Li Baolin! Go get some mosquito bite medicine for King Xuan!"
Fu Jinan touched his neck and said with a smile, "No need."
The emperor waved his hand, and Li Baolin silently retreated.
The emperor said angrily: "You are really brave. You returned to the capital privately. After returning to the capital, you did not go to the palace to meet the saint. Instead, you were thinking about women! Do you really think I can't do anything with you?"
In the whole world, there was no one but him who could keep the emperor alone for most of the night.
Fu Jinan's face was not red, his heart was not beating, and his tone was calm: "My son, this is for the sake of the emperor."
The emperor blew his beard and said: "For me? Tell me, how can you think of me? Huh, if you can't say anything, don't think that I am not willing to part with you just after you returned to Beijing. The thirty big boards are waiting for you now!"
Fu Jin'an raised his eyebrows, took out a letter from his arms, presented it with both hands, and said: "Your Majesty has finished reading it, and it's not too late to give him a reward."
The emperor looked at him suspiciously, took the fold and opened it. His face became uglier as he looked at it. Finally, he threw the fold directly on the desk, walked around twice with his hands behind his back, pointed outside and said loudly: "What does King Xisu want to do?" Are you going to rebel? You even reached out to the capital! It seems that I am too kind to them!"
Outside the door, Li Baolin looked at the sky, seeing that it was almost time to go to court. The emperor was so angry, it seemed that someone would suffer again in the morning.
Unexpectedly, after a while, the voices inside became quiet, and Li Baolin thought again: It seems that His Highness Prince Xuan has the ability to easily arouse the emperor's anger and then miraculously calm it down.
In the palace, the emperor finally stopped after scolding enough.
Fu Jinan lowered his eyes, poured a cup of tea and handed it over, saying quietly: "Your Majesty, calm down. I was just worried that you would be too angry, so I didn't dare to disturb you until I came back last night."
The emperor looked at him, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he sat back on the throne with his sleeves rolled up. Although his face was not very good, he was obviously relieved.
He took the tea, took a few sips, and said, "What about the Jiangnan incident? Have you found out everything? Who was involved?"
Fu Jinan moved the hand under his sleeve, handed over another booklet, and said in a deep voice: "I found it out clearly. It was the Hangzhou prefect who made the decision without authorization and misappropriated the silver from building the river embankment in an attempt to bribe officials."
The emperor glanced at him, took the folder and scanned it lightly, then looked into his eyes and asked: "The Liu family was not involved in this matter?"
Fu Jinan shook his head: "It has not been found yet."
After pausing for two breaths, the emperor asked again: "Where is the Minister of Civil Affairs?"
Fu Jinan's eyes flashed slightly, but he just lowered his head. The emperor didn't see it, and he only heard him reply: "According to the investigation by Erchen, the Hangzhou prefect intends to use this money to bribe Mr. Cui, but he hasn't had time yet. So..."
"Ha, so consider him lucky."
The emperor sneered.
Fu Jinan didn't answer.
At this time, the bell outside rang, and it was time for morning service.
Li Baolin came in to help the emperor change his clothes. Before the emperor left, he said: "The Queen Mother has not seen Qingning and her sister for a while. Tomorrow you ask Princess Xuan to take them into the palace, so that the Queen Mother will also be happy."
Fu Jinan: "Yes, I obey your order."
After coming out of the imperial study, Fu Jinan also found a side hall to change clothes. Changying served while saying: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the Liu family has already picked it all, and no one will find out."
Fu Jinan nodded: "Liu Zimo knows?"
Changying: "I know. Originally, Marquis Kangle didn't sleep all night after hearing the news about your return to the capital. It was because Liu Zimo said something to him when he went back this morning that the Liu family became quiet."
Fu Jinan responded softly and said, "Where is that purse? Have you found out its origin?"
Changying shook his head: "The wallet is still in Liu Zimo's hand. When my subordinates saw that he was checking, they didn't dare to interfere easily."
Fu Jinan said: "You did the right thing. Don't worry about this matter for now. Just keep an eye on the crown prince and the third prince. The Liu family doesn't need to keep an eye on them recently. After this incident, they should calm down for a while."
Changying laughed: "It's going to stop now. If the prince hadn't seen Liu Zimo helping the princess, no one from the Liu family or the third prince would be able to get rid of her this time!"
Fu Jinan looked back at him.
Changying knew that he had accidentally spoken too much, so he stopped quickly.
Fu Jinan didn't care and asked instead, "Where's Changyun, how is it?"
Speaking of his companions, Changying couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and said happily: "Thanks to you, the prince, otherwise Changyun would... But now he's fine. I heard he's almost recovered, and he's in a hurry to return to the capital."
Fu Jin'an took the jade pendant in his hand, hung it on his waist himself, and said, "Don't worry, let him recover from his injuries before he comes back. After he comes back, let him go to the backyard to recover from his injuries."
After finishing speaking, he turned his palm upward and said: "List."
Changying hurriedly took out a piece of paper and recorded the names of these people on it: "Your Majesty, these are all people related to the ladies who cooperated with Fu Mingzhu at Fahua Temple that day. Not one of them is missing."
Fu Jinan only glanced at it lightly, then threw it to him casually, saying: "It seems that everyone is too busy, so busy that they don't even have time to take care of the inner house. In this case, let them all have a good rest."
Changying took it and said, "Yes."
After a pause, he asked again: "Where is the Fu family..."
Fu Jinan thought for a moment: "Don't worry, didn't the princess promise that aunt something? It won't be too late to deal with it after the matter is over."
Changying: "Yes!"
In the morning of this day, when everyone saw His Royal Highness Prince Xuan, who had been away from the capital for a long time, appearing in the Jinluan Palace with the Emperor, some were happy and some were worried.
Especially Mr. Cui, the Minister of Civil Affairs, broke out in a cold sweat, but finally found that he was safe and sound. After going to court, my legs were weak.
Of course, no one cares about him now, because many people cannot protect themselves.
They didn't understand where they had offended Mr. Jinyiwei. As soon as he returned to the capital, he attacked everyone, ranging from fines and demotions to severe cases of losing his official position and being demoted from the capital.
When they were full of doubts and trying to find a way to save it, they suddenly received a secret letter with only a few words: The cause of the Fahua Temple.
After careful questioning, I found out that they were all implicated by women.
In anger, he wanted to divorce his wife, but now, it was too late to regret it, so he could only resign himself to fate.
Of course, this is something.
Fu Jinan came out of the palace and went straight to the city gate.
