Ming: I am fake, walking on thin ice

Chapter 41 Queen Mother: This child is more vicious than Taizu

Although the garden was full of spring colors, the atmosphere in the mansion of Duke Chengguo was unusually solemn. Duke Chengguo looked gloomy, and his fingers kept tapping on the stone table, making a dull sound. The commander of the Jinyiwei, Sun Xianzhong, looked anxious and restless, and it was obvious that he had something on his mind.

"Today I went to the palace to meet the Queen Mother, but was turned away." Sun Xianzhong snorted, his tone revealing dissatisfaction, "It seems that my sister is really willing to sacrifice her own family for the sake of justice. However, I have asked my eldest brother to plead for her. Since she was a child, she has been more obedient to my eldest brother, and I hope it will work this time."

A cold light flashed in Duke Cheng's eyes. He hesitated for a moment and said, "The Spring Examination is approaching. Your Majesty will not choose to kill people at this time. We still have time. The key is to deal with Shen Gu and not let him talk nonsense."

"He's been locked up in the Jinyiwei prison!" Sun Xianzhong was so angry that he slammed the table, and the sound made the tea sets on the table jump up. "That bastard Shi Biao didn't give us any chances at all. He replaced the people in the prison with his cronies and didn't allow anyone to get close to Shen Gu."

"We can make a feint to the east and attack in the west!" Duke Cheng's mouth showed a hint of coldness, and he said slowly, "We can mess up the Spring Examination, and even make His Majesty look bad in the Spring Examination. Haha, by then, he won't be able to rule the country, let alone take care of this case."

Sun Xianzhong's eyes suddenly became sharp. He stared at Duke Cheng and asked, "Duke, what do you want to do? How do you need my Sun family to cooperate?"

Duke Cheng smiled coldly, with a sinister look in his eyes: "We have trained a lot of people over the years, your Sun family has also trained a lot of people, right? It takes a thousand days to raise soldiers and only a moment to use them. Now it's time for them to repay their kindness."

The two men lowered their heads to discuss and plot their plan.

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Jinyiwei.

Zhu Qizhen came in plain clothes, and Shi Biao, who was standing on the table and scolding people, was so scared that he almost fell down. Shi Biao waved his hand to order the thousand households to leave, and then came up to greet him respectfully: "Your Highness..."

"Alright!" Zhu Qizhen raised his hand, "Let's talk about the matter first."

He sat down on the chair, Shi Biao stood beside him with a hunched back, and bowed, "Your Majesty, Shen Gu still hasn't spoken, he must be waiting for someone to rescue him. I want to torture him and put him in prison, but he still wants to keep it?"

Zhu Qizhen waved his hand: "No hurry! Leave him alone for now, and go get some navy next."

"Navy army?"

Shi Biao was confused and puzzled. "Your Majesty, I am in charge of the Imperial Guards. The navy is under the jurisdiction of the Five Military Commands. Besides, there is no navy in the capital at present."

Zhu Qizhen rubbed his face. After traveling through time for nearly a year, he still hadn't fully adapted to the language habits. The water army he mentioned was actually the Internet water army in his previous life, used to create momentum on the Internet. He decided to create such a "water army" in Jinyiwei, aiming to stir up public opinion in the capital.

He elaborated on his idea, and Shi Biao finally understood: "Oh, it means that everyone spreads rumors together."

Zhu Qizhen was speechless: "No, no! What we need to do is to guide public opinion correctly. For example, in the case of Shen Gu, we need to make their crimes public."

His purpose was to use public opinion to put pressure on the people behind Shen Gu and the Queen Mother. A murderous look flashed in his eyes: "You think I won't kill Shen Gu before the Spring Examination? No! I will kill Shen Gu in front of all the scholars in the world and win their hearts!"

After some explanation, Shi Biao completely understood what he meant and went to do it immediately.

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"Have you heard? The Minister of Revenue, Shen Gu, has been imprisoned for stealing and selling government grain."

"This matter has spread throughout the capital. Even Mr. Wu, who sells sesame cakes at the city gate, knows about it. It is said that Shengu tampered with the granary and used a double-layer granary, but in fact the bottom is empty."

"People are starving everywhere, but they are stealing and selling government grain. They deserve to die! But he was only imprisoned in the imperial prison and not beheaded. Obviously, there is someone behind him supporting him."

"My second uncle's son works in the court. He said that if it weren't for your majesty's trick, Shen Gu would still be at large. Can't your majesty kill him? Who is behind him?"

"Humph, who else could it be? Who are the bosses behind the three closed rice shops? My fourth uncle's cousin works for the Imperial Guards and revealed the inside story: the shopkeepers of the three rice shops are actually Duke Chengguo and Sun Xianzhong, the commander of the Imperial Guards."

"Sun Xianzhong, the Queen Mother's brother! This explains everything. Now the Queen Mother is ruling the country from behind the curtain, and Your Majesty cannot make the decision." "Be careful with your words... Be careful with your words... Be careful with the Imperial Guards."

The guests in the restaurant were discussing Shen Gu's case. A middle-aged man sitting by the window looked very unhappy when he heard this. He hurriedly paid the bill, left the restaurant, and headed straight for the palace.

The man was Sun Jizhong, Marquis of Huichang. After he entered the palace, he went directly to Kunning Palace to ask for an audience with the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother was quite respectful to this elder brother.

"Brother, if it's still about Sun Xianzhong, then there's no need to say more." The Queen Mother waved her hand, "I will save his life."

"Empress Dowager, something big has happened." Sun Jizhong frowned.

He repeated in detail what he had just heard in the restaurant to the Queen Mother. After hearing this, the Queen Mother's face changed drastically: "How could it spread all over the capital so quickly?"

"There must be someone behind this, what a vicious plot!" Sun Jizhong snorted coldly, "On the surface, it's about Shen Gu, but in fact, it's directed at you, the Queen Mother."

"Who is behind this?" The Queen Mother's eyes were cold. "Could it be... His Majesty? He doesn't have such great power!"

Sun Jizhong bowed respectfully and said, "I will check right away! Also, I plan to send troops from the rear military governor's office to arrest those who spread rumors and mislead the people."

"No!" The Queen Mother interrupted with a wave of her hand. "If we arrest him, wouldn't that tell the people of the capital that there is something fishy going on? The best way is to find out who is behind this and solve the problem fundamentally."

"Yes!" Sun Jizhong took the order and left.

The Queen Mother was as cold as ice, her chest rising and falling with anger, and she said in a cold voice: "You are trying to roast me on the fire."

……

Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Qizhen was lying like Ge You. He was in a very good mood and was humming a song: "Oh~ oh~ ah~ ah hiss~ ah hiss~ ah hiss clack clack..."

The song "Tentative" made the eunuch chief Jin Ying feel frightened. If it was sung by another young eunuch, he would definitely slap him.

"Your Majesty, Yu Shaobao requests to see you." Jin Ying saw Yu Qian standing at the gate and quickly interrupted the Emperor's humming.

"Please!" Zhu Qizhen sat up straight, "From now on, when Yu Shaobao comes, there is no need to inform him."

Yu Qian came to the palace and bowed respectfully: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Qizhen raised his hand and said, "My dear Yu, please stand up. What do you want to talk to me about?"

Yu Qian did not stand up, but bowed again: "Your Majesty, I would like to transfer someone from the Jinyiwei to serve you."

"Who is it?" Zhu Qizhen asked curiously.

"The new pacification envoy is Ding Xiu." Yu Qian said.

Zhu Qizhen certainly remembered Ding Xiu, who had just returned from Mobei. He was full of murderous intent and was definitely a talent. He looked at Yu Qian and smiled, "I approve!"

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