Wu Chengsi walked in the inner hall passage of the Secretary's Office with an ugly face. He had just come to know that the King of Nanchang rushed into the Secretary's Office just as the palace door opened, and then acted according to the Queen's instructions. No one could I don’t know what they want to do, but Wu Chengsi has just left Wubenfang at this time.
In front is the inner storage room. Two Jinwu guards are guarding the door with swords. Several recorders are blocked outside the door and cannot enter at all.
However, in front of the densely packed bookshelves inside, you can see at a glance the King of Nanchang standing in the front row, and more Jin Wuwei rummaging inside.
Wu Chengsi's breathing suddenly became heavy.
The Treasury in the Secretariat Province stores the titles and iron certificates granted to meritorious officials, famous generals, and vassal kings by the emperors from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, the Qin, Han, Jin, and the sixteen northern and southern kingdoms, as well as the former Sui Dynasty and the present dynasty. It also stores the titles of imperial officials and foreign officials. The back cover of the imperial edict.
Although there are similar functions, there are also the History Museum, Hongwen Museum, Jixian Museum, Chongwen Museum, Internal Affairs Ministry, Prince's Economic Affairs Bureau and other departments. However, if the departments are useful, they will be kept, and if they are not useful, they will be placed in the Secretariat. The books of each department are vast. , Secretary Province is the most important.
Seeing the King of Nanchang turning his head, Wu Chengsi immediately felt solemn in his heart, and the dissatisfaction in his heart was instantly wiped away.
According to the Queen's instructions, it is absolutely impossible for the King of Nanchang to lie about this kind of thing.
False preaching of the Holy Prophet will cost people's lives.
Wu Chengsi stood in front of the inner treasure house, raised his hands to Li Xuan solemnly and said: "Chengsi has met the King of Nanchang. I don't know why the prince came to the Secretariat. If necessary, I will do my best to help you."
Li Xuan looked at Wu Chengsi with a respectful expression in slight surprise. As far as he knew, although Wu Chengsi was not domineering, he was not a kind person either. It was rare to be like this!
Waving to the Jinwu guards at the door, Li Xuan picked up the hilt of the sword from his waist with his right hand, and then politely raised his hand to Wu Chengsi: "You are polite, Duke Zhou. I am here to find some imperial titles that were left by the emperor. And the back cover of the imperial edict."
Wu Chengsi felt relieved subconsciously, and then he raised his hands and said: "I don't know what kind of title the prince needs. Some of these things exist in the history museum, and some exist in the Hongwen Officials and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. If necessary, I can accompany the prince. Let’s get it together.”
"No need." Li Xuan shook his head, smiled bitterly, and said, "Among all the departments, the Secretariat Department is the easiest to get these things."
It was the easiest. Wu Chengsi couldn't help but be stunned.
Before Wu Chengsi could react, more than a dozen Jinwu guards among the crowd in front had already arrived in front of Li Xuan, holding ancient imperial edicts in their hands. Then they bowed and said, "My lord, we have found them all."
Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, and then quickly gathered it: "Return to the box and enter the palace."
In the blink of an eye, a Jinwu Guard came forward and put all the dozen or so imperial edicts into the box with a black brocade box.
Li Xuan turned around, looked at Wu Chengsi, and said solemnly: "Dong Zhou, according to the rules, you have to go through the formalities, right?"
Wu Chengsi immediately came to his senses, raised his hands to Li Xuan and said, "The prince wants to enter the palace?"
"Yes, this matter is urgent and needs to be reported to His Majesty and the Queen immediately." Li Xuan looked at Wu Chengsi and suddenly understood, and immediately said: "Please come with Duke Zhou, this matter requires Duke Zhou's presence, please! "
Li Xuan turned around and nodded to the many Jinwu guards behind her, then quickly walked out the door.
Li Xuan's steps were very fast. Just as Wu Chengsi was about to ask something, a group of Jin Wu guards had already followed Li Xuan and quickly walked out, suppressing all Wu Chengsi's words.
Wu Chengsi glanced at his master's books and records, waved his hands and said, "Hurry and clean up, see what was taken away."
After saying that, Wu Chengsi quickly followed him, his eyes serious but his expression relaxed.
What the King of Nanchang wants are all things from Emperor Gaozu's time. How useful can those things be?
Wu Chengsi had just walked out of the secretarial department when he saw Li Xuan had already mounted his horse and rode away without waiting for him.
At this moment, a servant of the Wu Mansion was walking quickly from one side of the Royal Street.
Wu Chengsi took a look and saw that the servant was the servant who delivered the news in the palace. When he saw Wu Chengsi getting on his horse, the servant immediately stepped aside...
I have something to do, but it can wait.
"Drive!" Wu Chengsi quickly headed towards the Daming Palace with his guards.
…
Wu Chengsi spurred the horse very fast, but Li Xuan didn't wait for him at all. By the time Wu Chengsi caught up with him, they had already arrived at the Danfeng Gate of the Daming Palace. Just in time, Wu Chengsi saw Ming Chongyan already waiting in the palace. outside the door.
Before Wu Chengsi could ask, a white-faced eunuch from the palace had already walked out quickly. When he saw Li Xuan and Ming Chongyan, he immediately leaned forward and said respectfully: "The sage said: King Nanchang, Shiyin Zhenren , see you at Zichen Palace."
"Your Majesty Li Xuan, Ming Chongyan is leading the order." Li Xuan and Ming Chongyan immediately handed over their hands and walked quickly towards the Daming Palace.
Wu Chengsi immediately wanted to follow, but he was stopped by Jin Wuwei guarding the door.
"King Nanchang, Master Shiyin, and Chengsi, wait a minute!" Wu Chengsi immediately shouted loudly to Li Xuan and Ming Chongyan.
Li Xuan suddenly stopped, turned to look at Wu Chengsi, then suddenly came to his senses, and then said a few words to the chamberlain.
The chamberlain understood immediately and waved his hand to the Jin Wu Guard at the door, and Wu Chengsi was immediately let go.
Wu Chengsi hurriedly caught up and was about to ask something, but seeing the solemn expressions on Li Xuan and Ming Chongyan's faces, he couldn't speak.
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In the Zichen Palace, Empress Wu and the Emperor were sitting on the throne on the steps of the palace. Empress Wu was holding a memorial in her hand, frowning and reading it carefully.
Li Xuan, Ming Chongyan, and Wu Chengsi entered, stood in the hall, and at the same time raised their hands and said: "Li Xuan, the young minister of Honglu Temple, and Ming Chongyan, the right minister, and Wu Chengsi, the secretary supervisor, pay homage to your majesty. I wish you all the best, Your Majesty, and the Queen of Heaven."
"Get up." Li Zhi waved his hand slightly, then looked at Wu Chengsi strangely, and asked: "Why is the Secretary Supervisor walking with King Nanchang and Master Shiyin today?"
Wu Chengsi immediately raised his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the King of Nanchang went to the Secretary's Prison under the order of the Queen of Heaven and found more than a dozen imperial letters and the back cover of Emperor Taiwu's period."
"Oh?" Li Zhi immediately looked at Li Xuan and said, "King Nanchang, what happened last night involved the Secretary Supervisor."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Xuan immediately looked at Li Zhi solemnly, and then handed over the black brocade box placed on the ground.
Li Zhi raised his hand, and Wang Fulai immediately stepped forward, took off the black brocade box from Li Xuan's hand, and then quickly returned to Li Zhi's side.
Putting the brocade box in front of Li Zhi, Wang Fulai opened the brocade box directly under the gaze of Li Zhi and Empress Wu.
Inside the brocade box is an old imperial edict and the imperial edict's back page.
Li Zhi looked at Li Xuan in surprise, frowned and asked, "King Nanchang, what is this?"
Although Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan only reigned for nine years, the imperial edicts issued every year in these nine years were overwhelming, let alone nine years. No matter what, it should not only be this little bit.
Li Xuan took a step forward, cupped her hands with a solemn expression and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, Queen of Heaven, these are the emperor's imperial edict issued from Da'an Palace in the eighth year of Zhenguan, as well as the imperial edict's back cover."
"In the eighth year of Zhenguan, Da'an Palace." Li Zhi's face suddenly became solemn, he immediately sat up straight, and then motioned to Empress Wu on the side to help him open the imperial edict.
Empress Wu did not dare to hesitate and took action immediately.
In May of the eighth year of Zhenguan, Emperor Gaozu died in Da'an Palace.
After the Xuanwumen Incident in the 9th year of Takeoku, Emperor Gaozu abdicated and became the Supreme Emperor, and was placed under house arrest in Da'an Palace. Although his life was safe and Emperor Taizong was considered filial, he still had no power.
What he said could not interfere with the running of the court, and the imperial edicts he sent were ignored.
But it was different in the eighth year of Zhenguan. In that year, Emperor Gaozu began to suffer from poor health, and the imperial doctors had already concluded that he would not survive for a few months.
Therefore, in that year, the great ancestor Li Yuan issued many imperial edicts from Da'an Palace to comfort, chat, and even reward former veterans.
There are also many for the young children he left behind. Emperor Taizong looked at them and approved them one by one.
Now is the critical moment to search for the King of the East China Sea, but now something from the eighth year of Wude, the year when the great ancestor passed away, is suddenly pulled out. This is too sensitive.
Could it be that Emperor Gaozu left some unknown legacy?
Empress Wu and the emperor suddenly thought of this problem.
Wu Chengsi and Ming Chongyan also thought of this, especially Wu Chengsi.
You know, these things were originally stored in the Ministry of Secretaries. If there was really any legacy and Wu Chengsi didn't know about it, then he would be in big trouble.
Before Wu Chengsi could think clearly whether this was really the case, the emperor's cold voice sounded from the royal couch in front: "Secretary Superintendent, what on earth is going on?"
With a "crash", an old imperial seal was thrown to Wu Chengsi's feet.
Wu Chengsi lowered his head subconsciously and saw a lot of Gao Zu's imperial edicts. Some were missing a few words, and some were just short of a sentence. Among the dozens of Gao Anzu's imperial edicts, seven or eight were titled "Capital". In this case, Wu Chengsi was dumbfounded when he saw this scene.
"Your Majesty, Queen of Heaven, this... I really don't know about this!" Wu Chengsi fell to his knees in an instant, his face full of pain and guilt.
These are Gaozu's imperial edicts, the Gaozu's imperial edicts from the eighth year of Zhenguan. Let alone now, even in the eighth year of Zhenguan, these things would not be of much use.
Every year, the secretaries sort out these things and just take a look at them to make sure they are still there. Who would have thought that someone would cut words out of them.
Jiezi, King of the East China Sea, Emperor Gaozu’s last edict.
A bolt of lightning instantly exploded in Wu Chengsi's mind. He immediately leaned on the ground and apologized in pain: "Everything is my fault and my negligence in management. Please forgive me, Your Majesty and the Queen."
Li Zhi's eyes were fixed on Wu Chengsi. At this time, Empress Wu gently patted Li Zhi's arm and said softly: "Your Majesty, let alone Chengsi, even I have never thought of this matter. There will be people who do this. Chengsi has been negligent, and His Majesty will punish him. Now we still need to find out whether the King of Donghai took these things?"
Li Zhi nodded silently, then leaned back slightly and closed his eyes slightly.
Empress Wu immediately looked at Li Xuan, frowned and asked, "King Nanchang, how did you think that the traitor would do this?"
"After returning to heaven, I also had the idea of accidentally." Li Xuan cupped his hands and said with a slightly painful expression: "I was outside the secret room at the time, and had just been sent away to the palace to report the memorial of last night's events. However, Suddenly, it felt like someone was watching, staring at Chen with a particularly proud look."
"He deliberately let you discover the secret room enshrining the tablet of Emperor Gaozu." Li Zhi immediately understood what Li Xuan meant, and said immediately: "He is showing off to you, showing off to me, showing off to me. He got the imperial edict from the emperor, but you and I have no idea, King Nanchang, did you think so at the time?"
Li Xuan bowed deeply and said: "I am guilty, but apart from that, I can't think of anything else. But I also know that there will never be any imperial edict of Emperor Gaozu, so it can only be a forgery. In the eighth year of Wude, Emperor Gaozu The emperor's writings are most easily accessible in the Secretary's Prison."
In an instant, everyone's eyes fell on Wu Chengsi.
(End of chapter)
