After the rebirth, the empress took the tragic script of Meiqiang

Chapter 36 Losing control

The next morning, the Hall of Supreme Harmony went to court early.

As expected, Chen Yuansi took leave of absence one after another. At the head of the list of officials was Gu Shihai, a deputy assistant. When Ye Qinghuai stepped onto the Palace of Supreme Harmony, her eyes met with Gu Shihai's for a moment.

Both of them had a cold edge in their eyes.

As Ye Qinghuai expected, when the court went to court today, Jiang Qiancheng, the Yin of the Jingzhao Prefecture, reported a joint petition from students from the liberal arts school questioning Chunwei's fraud.

She had read this petition in her previous life, but if she had to do it again this time, she still had to go through the necessary procedures.

Ye Qinghuai signaled Li Baoquan to hand over the petition in Jiang Gancheng's hand. However, before Li Baoquan walked down the jade steps, Gu Shihai had already taken the petition from Jiang Gancheng's hand and started to read it.

Li Baoquan stood on the jade steps, feeling a little embarrassed for a moment, neither going up nor down.

"There is no need to stain the eyes of the Holy Emperor with your filthy words." Gu Shihai said to Li Baoquan.

The atmosphere in the courtroom was a little tense for a while.

Gu Shihai didn't check it at all. He flipped through the petition in twos and twos, put it away and held it in his hand, and said directly: "Chiang Fu Yin, seal the literary school immediately and find out who started this petition. Control the leaders and don't let public opinion spread. Wen Xinzhong, take out the Spring Examination Papers of the First Class A and the Spring Examination Papers of the students on this list, and seal them separately, and no one is allowed to tamper with them."

After speaking, he handed the petition to Wen Xinzhong.

Then, Gu Shihai turned to Du Jing, the Minister of Punishment: "Du Jing, send a few capable people to cooperate with Jiang Fuyin to find out the matter."

Du Jing immediately took the order.

Finally, he said to He Qingchang, Minister of War, "Let the entire city of Gyeonggi Guard be under martial law. If anyone spreads rumors, he will be captured on the street and handed over to the Ministry of Punishments for review."

He made arrangements with a series of instructions vigorously and resolutely. Ye Qinghuai sat in the hall and watched him scold Fang Qiu, unable to say a word.

She is like an outsider.

Everything seemed to be back to the days before she took charge. She sat in the hall, only wearing her ears, not her mouth.

Sometimes you don't even need to wear ears.

——

Ye Qinghuai didn't know how he spent this short and silent morning.

When she returned to Gyeongsugong Palace, there were several boxes piled up in the courtyard. In the opened boxes, there were neatly arranged red and pink peaches, each of which was as big as a palm and looked plump and attractive.

"What's going on?" Ye Qinghuai asked Aunt Fanghua.

"A few people came from the right yamen guard this morning and carried these boxes to the palace. They said that Mr. Gu Ge was here to honor Your Majesty. They put down the boxes and left. The servants really couldn't stop them," Aunt Fanghua answered. Be careful, for fear of making Ye Qinghuai unhappy.

Ye Qinghuai's expression was dull, and no change could be seen. She opened the boxes in the courtyard one by one. There were six boxes of peaches in total, and a smaller box containing a complete set of Cao Yin's Four Scenes of Early Summer.

"He actually does what he says." Ye Qinghuai said to himself.

She reached out and slowly touched the scroll of the Four Scenes of Early Summer.

Cao Yin was a great talent in the previous dynasty. He had never been an official in his life, but he was an expert in calligraphy and painting. Ye Qinghuai liked the natural and natural elegance in his calligraphy and painting very much. Many of his works were collected in the palace, but this set of hard-to-find works was missing. Four scenes in early summer.

"Li Baoquan, ask someone to carry these boxes back to the Youya Guard Gate intact." Ye Qinghuai ordered with a cold look on his face.

Li Baoquan responded and asked: "Your Majesty, if they don't accept it over there, what should we do?"

Ye Qinghuai raised his eyes to look at him and said, "No need to say hello to them, just leave them in front of the door and leave."

Li Baoquan responded again and immediately called for people to come in and carry the box.

The crowd left in a noisy manner, leaving Ye Qinghuai still standing there.

After standing for a while, Ye Qinghuai suddenly asked Aunt Fanghua: "Aunt, has Li Baoquan been acting strange recently?"

Aunt Fanghua was shocked and replied: "I have seen him doing his job recently, and there is nothing strange about him."

She raised her eyes and saw Ye Qinghuai still looking in the direction where Li Baoquan left, with a hint of the coldness of early spring in his eyes.

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In the Wenxuan Hall, Ye Qinghuai held a book in his hand, but his eyes did not move for a long time. He was obviously lost in thought.

"That's it for today's lessons. Your Majesty has something on his mind." Lu Yanchen, who was sitting at the side table, said and packed up the books on the table.

Ye Qinghuai suddenly came to his senses, lowered his head and said, "I am not good at studying, please punish me sir."

"Your Majesty, are you thinking about Chun Wei?"

Ye Qinghuai raised his eyes and glanced at Lu Yanchen. Seeing that he had no intention of punishing her, he sighed and said, "That's right. I didn't expect that nearly half of the people in the entire Ministry of Etiquette would be laid off, and even the ministers would be replaced. Chun Wei was still

If it can lead to such a mess, I'm afraid that even if we replace it with Wen Xinzhong, it will be in vain. This is no longer a problem of the Ministry of Rites, but a problem of the entire court."

Hearing Wen Xinzhong's name, Lu Yanchen said: "Even if Your Majesty wants to abolish Wen Xinzhong, I'm afraid it won't be so easy."

"Why?" Ye Qinghuai frowned, "What is the origin of this person?"

"He is the younger brother of Crown Princess Yu."

Ye Qinghuai was startled for a moment. This relationship was really not close, so she had to do the math.

It has been two hundred years since the Great Scene, and the genealogy of the Ye family cannot be written on a single wall. Ye Qinghuai cannot count how many cousins ​​she has, but she still knows King Yu quite well.

Because although these clans have many princes and nobility, there are only three hereditary feudal kings. King Yu is one of them, and he is also the most powerful among them. Even Zongzheng Temple, which manages the clans, basically has

It's up to him.

King Yu is over fifty this year, and his fiefdom is in Qizhou in the east. In terms of seniority, Ye Qinghuai would call him uncle, and the princess of King Yu is Ye Qinghuai's cousin. In this way, Wen Xin

He can actually be regarded as Ye Qinghuai's uncle.

"Prince Yu personally greeted Wen Xinzhong's promotion this time. Whether it's Mr. Chen Ge's place or Mr. Gu Ge's place, they all have to sell Prince Yu's thin noodles." Lu Yanchen explained.

"No wonder..." Ye Qinghuai nodded and murmured. She said that Chen Yuansi and Gu Shihai had never fought hard over a job vacancy, but this time they were surprisingly unanimous. It turned out to be because of Prince Yu.

"King Yu lives in Qizhou, but he has such great influence in the court. He deserves to be the first vassal king."

Lu Yanchen's expression seemed to darken, and he said: "Qizhou is rich and prosperous, and the people in Prince Yu's Palace are prosperous. There are many people from Prince Yu's Palace in all provinces and ministries in the court. If you have more connections, you will naturally be able to speak in the court.

"

Ye Qinghuai nodded: "This Wen Xinzhong can be considered a capable person. When the Ministry of Rites was in such chaos, he could manage the New Year's Eve in an orderly manner, and he could also mediate between Chen Yuansi and Gu Shihai properly. If it hadn't been for this time

In Chunwei, I thought he was worthy of reuse. Unfortunately, he is now working for Gu Shihai."

The two of them were silent for a while, and Lu Yanchen said: "I heard that Mr. Gu Ge visited Jingshou Palace the day before yesterday, and it seems that he made His Majesty unhappy."

Ye Qinghuai paused in his heart, an imperceptible light flashed in his eyes, and said: "Sir, the information is quite good."

When Ye Qinghuai said this, Lu Yanchen seemed to feel that he had made a mistake, but he smiled and said, "I often move around the palace, so news will inevitably arrive faster than outside."

Ye Qinghuai glanced at him and said to Lu Yanchen without fussing: "Gu Shihai asked me not to interfere in the affairs of the previous dynasty. His attitude was very tough, and he almost put a knife on my neck. If I don't obey,

I'm afraid even this head will not be saved."

When Lu Yanchen heard her description, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Mr. Gu will not harm His Majesty's life. At least now, he will never do that."

Hearing Lu Yanchen speak for Gu Shihai, Ye Qinghuai was a little unhappy: "Why are you so sure, sir?"

"Because doing this will not do him any good." Lu Yanchen said, "Your Majesty, just imagine, now that your Majesty has neither heirs nor brothers, if something happens to your Majesty, who will inherit the throne?"

Ye Qinghuai thought: "The clan and Zongzheng Temple should recommend someone."

Lu Yanchen nodded: "I would venture to speculate that judging from the current situation, it is probably King Yu or his son who will inherit the throne."

He paused and then said: "But the relationship between Mr. Gu Ge and his clan members is far less good than the relationship between Mr. Chen Ge and his clan members."

When Lu Yanchen said this, Ye Qinghuai couldn't help but recall the details of the New Year's Eve.

Although Gu Shihai and the Ministry of Etiquette were responsible for handling all matters after the clan entered the capital. However, at several court banquets, Gu Shihai sat among the courtiers, not next to the clan members. On the contrary, Chen Yuansi always

Sitting among the royal family and nobles, drinking and drinking with them, and becoming very familiar with them.

"What Mr. said seems to make sense."

"No matter who Zongzheng Temple recommends to the throne, it will not be as good for Mr. Gu Ge as if His Majesty were in office."

What he said made sense, and Ye Qinghuai was unable to refute it, but thinking of Gu Shihai, she couldn't help but sigh.

"But he really looks like he can kill me." Ye Qinghuai said dejectedly.

To be honest, she felt a little frightened just thinking about Gu Shihai's eyes.

Lu Yanchen looked at Ye Qinghuai for a long time and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty once asked me not to treat you as a child anymore, as that would harm your Majesty. Are you afraid now? Your Majesty has reformed and promoted integrity, and rectified the administration of officials.

Where is your great wish?”

His words were very serious and shocking. Ye Qinghuai subconsciously wanted to refute him, but when the words came to her lips, she couldn't say them out.

She was a little confused these days.

She always wonders, can she really do it? She can't even solve the Chunwei fraud case, and she can't even restrain Gu Shihai. Are her grandiose dreams really just wishful thinking? The imperial court already has its own way of running things.

The mechanism does not need her as an emperor to dictate. With her shallow knowledge and ability, can she really change the reform she claims? Even if it can be changed, is it really a change for the better?

she does not know.

Just like when she replaced Shi Taiping with Wen Xinzhong, was she really right? Is Wen Xinzhong really more upright and honest than Shi Taiping?

she does not know.

"Your Majesty, since ancient times, reformers who have worked hard to implement reforms, although their achievements are beneficial to the present day, rarely end well. This is an extremely difficult road to walk, and it is difficult for those who are not mentally stronger than ordinary people to persevere. Just rely on one word.

Being angry can only be used for a short time, but not for a lifetime. Has Your Majesty really thought about it?"

(End of chapter)