After the rebirth, the queen took the Meiqiang tragedy script

Chapter 36 Out of Control
The next morning, the Hall of Supreme Harmony went to court early.

Sure enough, Chen Yuansi took leave of absence.At the head of all the officials, only Gu Shihai was standing as his second assistant.When Ye Qinghuai stepped onto the Hall of Supreme Harmony, his eyes intersected with Gu Shihai's for a moment.

Both of them had icy sharpness in their eyes.

As Ye Qinghuai expected, as soon as he went to court today, Jiang Gancheng, Yin of the Jingzhao Mansion, reported the joint letter of the Wen School students questioning Chunwei's fraud.

She had read this letter in her previous life, but this time, she had to go through the process that should be followed.

Ye Qinghuai signaled Li Baoquan to present the letter in Jiang Qiancheng's hand, but before Li Baoquan walked down the jade steps, Gu Shihai had already taken the letter from Jiang Gancheng's hand and began to read it.

Standing on the jade steps, Li Baoquan was a little embarrassed for a while, neither going up nor down.

"You don't need to stain the eyes of the Holy One with dirty words." Gu Shihai said to Li Baoquan.

The atmosphere in the hall was tense for a while.

Gu Shihai didn't check at all, he flipped through the letter, put it away and held it in his hand, and ordered: "Master Jiang, seal up the literary school immediately, and find out who initiated this letter. Control the leader and don't let the public opinion spread. Wen Xinzhong, take out Yijia's Chunwei answer sheet and the Chunwei exam papers of the students on this list, and seal them separately, and no one is allowed to tamper with."

After speaking, he handed the letter to Wen Xinzhong.

Then, Gu Shihai turned to Du Jing, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment: "Du Jing, send some capable people to cooperate with Jiang Fu Yin to find out the matter."

Du Jing immediately took orders.

Finally, he said to He Qing, Shangshu of the Ministry of War: "Let the whole city of Jingjiwei be under martial law. If anyone spreads rumors, they will be taken down in the street and handed over to the Ministry of Punishment for review."

He arranged a series of instructions swiftly and vigorously. Ye Qinghuai sat in the hall and watched him lash out at Fang Qiu, but couldn't get in a word.

She is like an outsider.

Everything seems to have returned to those days when she was not in charge.She sits in the hall, she only needs to wear her ears, not her mouth.

Sometimes you don't even need to wear your ears.
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Ye Qinghuai didn't know how she got through this short and silent morning.

When she returned to Jingshou Palace, there were several boxes piled up in the courtyard. Inside the opened boxes were neatly arranged red and pink flat peaches, each as big as a palm, looking plump and attractive.

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

"In the morning, a few people came from the Youyawei side, and carried these boxes to the palace, saying that Mr. Gu Ge honored His Majesty. They put down the boxes and left, and the slaves really couldn't stop them." Aunt Fanghua replied. Be careful, for fear of making Ye Qinghuai unhappy.

Ye Qinghuai's expression was flat, and she couldn't see any changes.She opened the boxes in the yard one by one, there were six boxes of flat peaches in total, and there was a smaller box containing Cao Yin's set of four scenes of early summer.

"He did what he said." Ye Qinghuai said to himself.

She stretched out her hand and slowly touched the scroll of the Four Scenes of Early Summer.

Cao Yinnai was a great talent in the former dynasty. He had never been an official in his life, but he was a master of both calligraphy and painting. Ye Qinghuai liked the natural and unrestrained elegance in his calligraphy and painting very much. Many of his works were collected in the palace, but this set of hard-to-find ones was missing Four Scenes of Early Summer.

"Li Baoquan, have someone carry these boxes back to the Youyawei Gate intact." Ye Qinghuai ordered with a cold expression.

Li Baoquan responded, and asked again: "Your Majesty, if there is no acceptance, what should we do?"

Ye Qinghuai looked up at him and said, "You don't need to greet 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.

A group of people left in a noisy manner, leaving Ye Qinghuai standing where she was.

After standing for a while, Ye Qinghuai suddenly asked Aunt Fanghua: "Auntie, is there anything unusual about Li Baoquan recently?"

Aunt Fanghua was startled, and replied: "My servant has recently seen him as a errand, and there is nothing unusual about it."

She raised her eyes and saw that Ye Qinghuai was still looking in the direction of Li Baoquan's departure, with the coldness of early spring in her eyes.
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In Wenxuan Hall, Ye Qinghuai was holding a book in his hand, but his eyes didn't move for a long time, apparently in a daze.

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

Ye Qinghuai suddenly came back to his senses, lowered his head and said, "I'm not professional in studies, please punish me sir."

"Your Majesty is thinking about Chunwei?"

Ye Qinghuai looked up at Lu Yanchen, saw that he didn't intend to punish herself, sighed, and said: "Yes. I didn't expect that nearly half of the entire Ministry of Rites would be dismissed, and even the ministers had been replaced. It can become like this. I am afraid, even if Wen Xinzhong is replaced, it will be futile. 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 to change."

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

"He is the younger brother of Prince Yu's concubine."

Ye Qinghuai was taken aback for a moment, this relationship was really not close, she had to do the math.

It has been 200 years since the great scene, and the genealogy of the Ye clan cannot be written on one wall, and Ye Qinghuai can't count how many cousins ​​she has, but she still knows King Yu quite well.

Because although there are many clan relatives who conferred kingships, there are only three hereditary vassal princes, and King Yu is one of them, and he is also the most powerful one among them.Even the Zongzheng Temple, which manages the clan, basically has the final say.

King Yu is over [-] years old this year, and his fief is in Qizhou in the east.In terms of seniority, Ye Qinghuai wanted to call him cousin, and Princess Yu was Ye Qinghuai's cousin, so counting relatives and hometowns, Wen Xinzhong could be regarded as Ye Qinghuai's uncle.

"Wen Xinzhong's promotion this time was personally greeted by King Yu. Whether it's Mr. Chen Ge or Mr. Gu Ge, they will sell some of the face of Prince Yu." Lu Yanchen explained.

"No wonder..." Ye Qinghuai murmured while nodding.She said, when Chen Yuansi and Gu Shihai didn't fight over a job vacancy, this time they were surprisingly unanimous, and it turned out that it was because of Prince Yu.

"King Yu is in Qizhou, but he can have such a 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, people from Prince Yu's Mansion are prosperous, and there are many people from Prince Yu's Mansion in all provinces and ministries in the central court. If you have more contacts, you will naturally be able to speak in the court. "

Ye Qinghuai nodded: "This Wen Xinzhong can be regarded as a capable person. When the Ministry of Rites is so chaotic, he can manage the New Year's festival in an orderly manner, and he can mediate properly between Chen Yuansi and Gu Shihai. If it weren't for this time Chun Wei, I think he can be reused. It's a pity that he is working for Gu Shihai now."

The two were silent for a while, and Lu Yanchen said: "I heard that Mr. Gu Ge went to Jingshou Palace the day before yesterday, and it seems to have offended His Majesty."

Ye Qinghuai paused in his heart, an imperceptible light flashed in his eyes, and said: "Mr. is well informed."

After being said by Ye Qinghuai, Lu Yanchen seemed to feel a little slip of the tongue, but he turned to smile and said: "I often walk around in the palace, so the news will inevitably be faster than outside."

Ye Qinghuai glanced at him, didn't make much fuss, and said to Lu Yanchen: "Gu Shihai told me not to interfere in the affairs of the previous court. His attitude is very tough, and he almost put a knife on my neck. If I don't obey, I'm afraid I won't even protect this head."

Hearing her description, Lu Yanchen couldn't help smiling, and said, "Gu Ge will not hurt 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 so will not do him any good." Lu Yanchen said, "Just imagine, Your Majesty, now that Your Majesty has no heirs or brothers, if His Majesty makes any mistakes, who will inherit the throne?"

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

Lu Yanchen nodded: "I dare to speculate, judging from the current situation, it is likely that King Yu or Prince Yu's son will inherit the great rule."

He paused, and then said: "But Gu Ge's relationship with his clan is far less good than Chen Ge's relationship with his clan."

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

Although Gu Shihai led the Ministry of Rites to take care of all the affairs after the clan and clan entered Beijing.However, at several court banquets, Gu Shihai always sat among the courtiers, not next to the clan members.On the contrary, Chen Yuansi always sits among the nobles of the imperial family, chats with them, and is very familiar with them.

"It seems reasonable to hear what Mr. said."

"No matter who is selected by Zongzheng Temple to take the position, for Mr. Gu Ge, it is not as good as His Majesty's position."

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

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

To be honest, just thinking of Gu Shihai's eyes made her feel a little apprehensive.

Lu Yanchen looked at Ye Qinghuai for a long time, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty once asked the ministers not to treat your majesty as a child, which will harm your majesty. Is your majesty afraid now? Your majesty reforms and cleans up the officials. What about the big wish?"

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

She has been a little confused these days.

She always wondered, can she really do it?She couldn't even solve a Chunwei fraud case, and couldn't even suppress a Gu Shihai. Aren't her grand plans and wishes really just a dream?The imperial court already had its own operating mechanism, and there was no need for her, the emperor, to point fingers at all. With her shallow knowledge and ability, she made false claims of reform, can it really be changed?Even if it can be changed, is it really changing in a good direction?
she does not know.

Just like she replaced Shi Taiping with Wen Xinzhong, is it really the right one?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 reform the law, although they have achieved great success in the present age, have rarely ended well. This is an extremely difficult road. It is difficult for those who are not mentally stronger than ordinary people to persevere. Enraged, you can seek for a while, but not for a lifetime. Has Your Majesty really thought about it?"

(End of this chapter)