When we left Neisi Dongku, it was already dark.
Zhao Mengqi hurried back to the palace. As soon as he entered Donghua Gate, Gu Qing asked to see him and got into the carriage.
"Your Highness, matters in Shaoxing have been arranged. Mrs. Huang is no longer seriously injured. She will fully recover in a few days of rest. In addition, we have strengthened the protection of the wife and the princess to ensure that similar incidents will never happen again in the future. thing."
"Very good! Thank you for your hard work." Zhao Mengqi nodded, "Keep an eye on the movements of all parties in Lin'an City."
"Don't worry, Your Highness, everything is under control." As he said that, a trace of doubt appeared on Gu Qing's face, "It's just that Your Highness suddenly arrested Ding Zhigao and Jia Ji today, and there may be complications. Ding Zhigao is fine, but Jia Ji Ji is a bit tricky. Although Xianggong Jia is not in the center, he has always been trusted by the officials and has a lot of power in his hands. It is better not to offend him at this time. In addition, if the officials issue an order to release someone, the ministers will not be able to resist. "
"Let me think about it..."
Speaking of Jia Sidao, Zhao Mengqi felt a little complicated.
In later generations, Jia Sidao's reputation as a treacherous minister has been sealed, but after getting to know him these days, Zhao Mengqi found that he was actually very capable and talented, and he did a good job in the local area. At least for now, he was a capable minister.
Moreover, this guy comes from a family of officials. His sister Jia Guifei was favored by the Zhao family during her lifetime, so he still has considerable influence in the court.
It's hard to say what will happen in the future, but for Zhao Mengqi, it is really not appropriate to become enemies with him at the moment.
After thinking about it, Zhao Mengqi said, "I will go and tell my father. Don't worry. Let him be kept alone first. If there is a trial, he should be tried. Don't use torture. Just feed him more generously. Then, I will do it later." At that time, I personally revised a book, and you sent someone to deliver it to Jia Sidao as quickly as possible. As for Ding Zhigao, don’t be polite to him and dig out everything you can!"
"Well, Wei Chen understands."
"By the way, there is a monk Juezhen, please pay more attention..."
The two discussed for a long time. When the carriage stopped outside the inner palace gate, Gu Qing stood up and left.
Zhao Mengqi stopped him, "Wait a minute, there is a small matter that I need you to check."
Gu Qing was a little puzzled why His Highness seemed a little embarrassed, "Your Highness, please tell me."
"There is a lady named Wanwan. Go check her situation for me. The more details the better."
After Zhao Mengqi finished speaking, he felt embarrassed in his heart. After all, he couldn't hold it back anymore, and he even used official weapons to check people. It felt a bit unethical.
Gu Qing's expression became strange, "Your Highness... This is unnecessary."
"Huh? What do you mean?" Zhao Mengqi thought that Gu Qing was going to talk to him about principles, so he was a little unhappy.
Gu Qing quickly explained, "Your Highness, please don't get me wrong. In fact, Wei Chen knows Wanwan fairly well..."
"Understood!?" Zhao Mengqi's heart sank, and then looking at Gu Qing's handsome appearance, he had a bad association for some reason, "Could it be that you...or do you have some intention towards her!?"
"No no no!"
Seeing Zhao Mengqi's reaction, Gu Qing did not dare to delay, and said in one breath, "Wanwan is quite famous in Lin'an City. She is good at playing music, chess, calligraphy, painting, singing, dancing, poetry, and articles, etc. She often visits the back houses of wealthy families. , teaching skills to the little lady in their family, but this is not the main reason why Weichen knows her."
"What's that for?"
"Mainly because her family is a military family, both her father and brother are in the military, and her brother used to be from the Imperial City Division."
"before?"
"In the tenth year of Chunyou, that is, five years ago, Yu Jie, then the commander-in-chief of Sichuan, went to Hanzhong in the Northern Expedition. Her father and brother both died in the line of duty..."
Gu Qing briefly introduced Wanwan's life experience.
Zhao Mengqi suddenly realized, "It turns out she is Queen Zhongliang, so why..."
"After her father and brother died in the country, although the court provided a pension and compensation as usual, there were no men in her family to take up the post, and the family had no money left, so she had no choice but to come out and make money for the family."
"Oh, I see, she is a virtuous person. By the way, do you know her real name?" Zhao Mengqi asked tentatively.
"Weichen has dealt with her brother's file, so he knows this. Let me think about it, her real name seems to be, Jiang... By the way, Jiang Ruochu."
"No wonder, no wonder..." Zhao Mengqi was stunned for a moment, and then murmured, "If life could only be like the first time we met, Jiang Ruochu... such a good name, it would be great to be able to be like the first time we met in the future..."
Gu Qing is also a scholar, and he still has some hobby of being a scholar and poet in his heart. When he hears a few good words, he is extremely curious in his heart.
However, seeing that Zhao Mengqi seemed to be lost in long thoughts, he refrained from asking or disturbing, quietly got off the carriage, and left alone.
…
In Xinglifang, Ding Da's family was in a commotion because of Ding Zhigao's arrest by the Imperial City Division.
The old wife, son and daughter-in-law were crying and making trouble, all the while asking him to try to save his eldest grandson.
Had it not been for the visit of several colleagues, he would not have been able to escape.
Ding Daquan's power has greatly increased now, but after all, it was not long ago, and he can't be said to be a noble person. In Lin'an, where land is extremely expensive, he can only live in a small house.
There was no flower hall, so he could only entertain guests in the main hall. Ding Daquan had a dark face and was in a bad mood. He drank six or seven cups of tea in a row, but he still couldn't suppress the irritability in his chest and abdomen.
Seeing that he remained silent, one person in the guest seat couldn't help but said, "Ahem, Brother Ziwan, why don't we jointly impeach the Imperial City Division and ask the officials to order his release."
As soon as he finished speaking, he started talking to others.
"Your Majesty, why don't you ask Concubine Yan to tell the officials? I think the officials will definitely obey the concubine's words at this time."
"Oh, I think that Gu Qing has forgotten his roots. He was a dignified scholar, and he just resigned himself to serving in that filthy place. Now he has no character at all as a scholar, and he has done such a thing. In my opinion , why not just bounce him down!"
"What Brother Xiao said is very much what I want. I have long been displeased with that half-faced Rakshasa. He spends all his time spying on people's secrets, which is very annoying. This time we will beat him to the point where he will never be able to recover!"
"Okay!" Ding Daquan finally spoke up when he saw that these people were wrong, "Gu Qing is nothing more than a hawk and a dog, so it's not worth making a fuss about. As for my bad grandson, we can't worry about it for now. We have to deal with the imperial concubine first." The tasks assigned have been done properly!”
When everyone saw it, since Lao Ding himself didn't care about his precious grandson, then why should everyone bother with it? And it was right, whether Concubine Yan's affairs could be handled well or not had a stake in everyone's interests.
"Brother Ziwan is right, let's talk about business first."
"Nowadays, the trend among people is almost the same. I think the timing is about the same."
"Everything is going well with the arrangements here at Xiaguan, and we have arrived in Lin'an."
"Prime Minister Xie has also communicated well. This time, cooperation will benefit both sides. Each will get what it needs. They promised to fully cooperate."
"My bullets are ready, and there is another thing. I just received the news that Ye Mengding's mother has passed away. The family has mourned, and Ding You will be summoned tomorrow."
"Haha! Well... it's really unfortunate. The timing is really coincidental. It saves us a lot of effort. Otherwise, if he, the Minister of Rites and the Imperial Academy's wine minister, is here, it will be very troublesome!"
Ding Daquan twisted his beard and felt happy after listening to it. As long as the loyal king is eliminated, his grandson's crisis will naturally be solved!
"God is really helping me! Once Ye Mengding is gone, King Zhong will lose his arm! If only Yang Dong is left, it will be much easier to handle!"
For this operation, Ye Mengding was stuck in a key position. The original plan was to find some vague charges to impeach him first. Even if he could not be removed from office, he would have to be suspended pending investigation and unable to come out to help. Loyal to the king.
"Brother Ziwan, since everything is ready, is it time to start?"
"Well, we can't let this God-given opportunity go to waste. Let's start taking action tomorrow. Let's do the surgery on Yang Dong first!"
