The Prosperous Era of Longwan

Yan Shifan was sitting in the room drinking tea. Yan Song felt a little unwell when he woke up this morning, so he didn't come to the cabinet. However, he was sent here because he was afraid that his subordinates would be troubled and he couldn't find anyone to delay the matter. Son.

Since Yan Song was not here, naturally the memorials collected by the General Administration Department would not be sent to the old duty room of Yan Pavilion. Most of them were sent to Yuan Wei and Xu Jie.

"Dong dong."

At this time, there was a knock on the wooden door of the duty room.

"Come in and talk."

Yan Shifan glanced at the wooden door and said.

As the wooden door was pushed open, a man from Zhongshu House walked into the room. He bowed to Yan Shifan before getting up.

"What's the matter?"

Yan Shifan looked at the visitor and asked.

Although this person is the Secretary of the Communist Party of China, he was arranged to join the cabinet by the Yan family. He has the task of monitoring each room in the cabinet and the responsibility of reporting information.

"Master, we have some clues about what you asked us to investigate last time."

Na Zhongshu whispered to Yan Shifan.

"Close the door and come and say it."

Emperor Jiajing's attitude towards Yan Song quickly turned cold, and Yan Song naturally noticed it. He never knew what was wrong with him, which angered the emperor.

Indeed, when Emperor Jiajing moved to the palace last time, he also reflected on it afterwards, so he also made amends. Judging from the reaction, the emperor did not seem to blame him.

But soon after, Yan Song felt that Emperor Jiajing seemed to dislike him.

Sensing something was wrong, Yan Song told his son, and Yan Shifan sent someone to inform the secret agent planted in Xiyuan to inquire about the news.

After all, it had been a while since the incident, and it was quite time-consuming to inquire about it, so there was no response until now.

"You said it was Lan Daoxing, an old man, who spoke ill of my father to His Majesty?"

After Yan Shifan listened to the man's narrative, he frowned and asked again.

He didn't remember any problems between his family and Lan Daoxing. In fact, the Yan family had always been very polite to the alchemists who were favored by Emperor Jiajing.

As the saying goes, the king of hell is easy to meet, but the devil is difficult to deal with.

Yan Song and Yan Shifan are not ignorant. They know that these alchemists may not be able to do good things, but they can definitely do bad things.

"The news sent over there was that Lan Daoxing told the emperor that a treacherous minister came to see him. After that, the master went to Xiyuan, which was when Hu Zongxian's memorial was handed down."

The bookkeeper replied in a low voice.

He knew the news, but he was also puzzled. Even if Lan Daoxing was deliberately targeting Yan Song, how did he know that Yan Song was going to Xiyuan?

He couldn't figure it out, so he thought it was just an accident.

But Yan Shifan didn't think so.

Hu Zongxian is now the Yan family's strongest outside force, and it is impossible not to attract the attention of other parties.

In fact, Xu Jie's partners in the court and local governments, and the Yan family, were also paying attention.

From this perspective, it seems not surprising that Xu Jie knew about Hu Zongxian's memorial.

As for the General Administration Department, even if Xu Jie deployed people, there would be no time to arrange them in such a short period of time.

Sitting there, he held his chin with one hand and wrote something unconsciously and lightly with the other hand.

I would rather kill Lan Daoxing by mistake than let him go.

Thinking of this, Yan Shifan's eyes became fierce.

However, the stern look disappeared in a flash, and he immediately said to the man: "I know, let them check again to see if there is any other missing information."

After the others left, Yan Shifan thought for a while. Although he already had an idea, he did not dare to make an arbitrary decision.

After Sanya returned home, Yan Shifan hurried to Yan Song's house.

"He really said that?"

Yan Song was furious after hearing Yan Shifan's words.

I didn't offend Lan Daoxing. If I just did it casually before, I accidentally bumped into him, but what happened next?

I didn't know before that it was Yan Song who was causing trouble, and he just said that the treacherous minister was causing trouble. Later, I found out that he was involved, and when Emperor Jiajing asked him, he said, "Why don't you kill me? That's for your majesty to rectify the law." , it was obviously aimed at him.

I have never offended Lan Daoxing. He didn't say this intentionally or anything.

"Those alchemists are just pretenders and deceitful people. I didn't want to provoke them in the past, but I didn't expect that they took the initiative to provoke me. I really thought that when I got old, anyone could step on me."

As Yan Song got older, his temper had already calmed down. Unlike when he was young, he had always been relatively kind, but today he was really pissed off by Lan Daoxing.

He always thought it was because of his old age. Emperor Jiajing knew that he would not stay in his position for a long time, so he gradually began to prepare for Xu Jie to take over his position, but he never expected that those bull noses would dare to scratch the tiger's whiskers.

"Why do you think, Lan Daoxing, he did this?"

Yan Song asked in a low voice.

"We and this group of people are not in conflict with each other. I think it's weird for Lan Daoxing to do this."

Yan Shifan replied in a low voice, "But it's been so long, so I'm afraid it's difficult to investigate."

Immediately, his tone changed: "Although we can't find out who is behind it, we can still roughly guess it.

Who is in the best interest of squeezing dad away, and who is the one behind it? "

"Who do you think it is?"

Yan Song continued to ask.

"Except for Xu Jie, it's Prince Yu's Mansion."

Yan Shifan replied simply.

"Prince Yu's Mansion, now our Yan family no longer poses a threat to them. Even if there is some grudge, they probably won't take action at this time. But in the future, after Prince Yu comes to power, it will be worth worrying about."

Yan Song said calmly, his previous emotions gradually cooling down.

Although he did not admit the things Yan Shifan did in front of him, it was not important. As long as King Yu thought it was true, it was enough.

As for the person Yan Song didn't mention, Yan Shifan also knew what his father meant, and most likely it was related to Xu Jie.

"What are you going to do?"

Yan Song asked in a low voice at this time.

He knew his son's nature well, and he wouldn't come here without any idea.

"Lan Daoxing must die to scare the monkeys, otherwise anyone can kick his nose in his face and step on my Yan family's head. That's fine."

Yan Shifan said fiercely.

"Tell me more about it."

Yan Song said.

"Lan Daoxing bribes people in the palace to spy on the Sacred Heart so that he can get His Majesty's wishes every time he divines. Isn't one of the people he bribed our secret agent?"

Yan Shifan said, with a fierce look in his eyes, "As long as you put someone in prison, there are many ways to make him bite you, and you won't be afraid that he won't submit."

"Be clean."

Now, it has been a long time since Yan Song personally punished anyone. It was all done by fake Yan Shifan. Even if something goes wrong, he can rely on his old face to make things right behind his back.

Early on the next morning, Yan Shifan followed Yan Song into the cabinet, and Yan Song began to deal with government affairs. Yan Shifan stayed in the duty room for more than an hour, going through the memorials that were sent in, and found that they were all of no importance. After being insensitive and quickly helping Yan Song with the ticket preparation, today's work became much easier.

Not long after Yan Shifan sat down, when he called Zhongshu to move away and processed the official documents, Yan Shifan stood up and said to Yan Song: "Dad, I have something to do at the moment, so I'll go ahead." ’

"Don't fool around with those people and go home early."

Don't talk about your son's temperament, everyone around him knows it.

"My son knows."

Yan Shifan replied, and then said to the bookkeeper: "Be careful and don't mess it up."

After saying that, he walked away.

On that day, Emperor Jiajing unexpectedly received news that someone had bribed his servants.

Since the "Renyin Palace Change", Emperor Jiajing has also become cautious. Not only did he ask Dongchang to set up hidden stakes inside and outside the palace, but he also randomly selected a few lucky ones and picked them up to serve around him. In fact, they were also monitoring the forbidden areas in the palace. of.

As for whether these people are exposed, he has no time to care about these things. Anyway, they are just some random people. They are not subordinate to each other, so they can be considered as checks and balances on each other.

"Huang Jin, have you hired anyone?"

Emperor Jiajing finished his training and called Huang Jin in to ask.

"Your Majesty, that bastard has already said that Lan Daoxing bribed him to tell him what the Emperor said and what he did. Every time before the Emperor summons him, he must secretly pass on the news to him."

Huang Jin naturally wouldn't hide anything for Lan Daoxing. It had nothing to do with him anyway, just follow the emperor's wishes.

"Lan Daoxing?"

Emperor Jiajing's tone became stern.

At first, he thought that this cheating chamberlain was bribed by someone in the court, but he didn't expect it to be him.

"Block the news and check it for me. You are responsible for it yourself. You are not allowed to lie to others."

The absence of a servant in Xiyuan will naturally not attract the attention of others. Neither Prince Yu's Palace nor other ministers in the court will be aware of it.

"Master Wei, your family is looking for you outside."

Wei Guangde sat in the room and read a book. There was still more than an hour before leaving the office, so he read to kill time.

"Where is the person?"

Wei Guangde put down his book and asked.

"Just outside."

The waiter replied.

"Let him in."

Since he was allowed into Prince Yu's Mansion, he must be from his own family, and the guards would not let him into the Prince's Mansion if he didn't know him.

"master."

After the man came in, he first saluted Wei Guangde, and then saluted Yin Shizhen, Zhang Juzheng and others at the table next to him.

After everything was done, Wei Guangde asked: "What's the matter?"

When doing business in Prince Yu's Mansion, it is still quite sensitive, and it is not easy to let family members come to the Prince's Mansion to report.

Since I entered the palace today, it must be something urgent.

But it was also because of this that he really couldn't go out and take people to remote places to ask questions.

It’s okay to tell people everything, but it’s not good to hide it.

That family was Xu Jianglan's long-term attendant, and Wei Guangde asked him to come to Prince Yu's Mansion before.

As an official of the palace, he not only receives rewards from the palace, he also has to give gifts when doing things in the palace.

"It's ma'am."

Na Changsui replied, but he looked around while speaking.

Wei Guangde couldn't help but became anxious, thinking that something had happened to Xu Jianglan.

When he came to Prince Yu's Mansion today, he heard Xu Jianglan say that she had gone to Dingguo Gong's Mansion to visit him today, and now that she was here with him, and with that answer, Wei Guangde subconsciously thought that something had happened to Xu Jianglan.

"What's going on? Tell me quickly."

Wei Guangde asked hurriedly, not paying attention to Chang Sui's movements.

The Changsui was also frightened by Wei Guangde's tone. Originally, he came here to announce the good news, or the steward Zhang Ji asked him to come, but he just entered Prince Yu's Mansion, so he had a solemn expression and put away his joyful mood.

Now when I thought about the question and answer just now, I immediately realized that the master had misunderstood.

The words here also attracted the attention of others, who all put down their work and looked over.

"No, sir, you misunderstood. It's a happy event."

Na Changsui hurriedly explained, "Madam is going to Duke Dingguo's mansion today."

When Chang Sui finished speaking, Wei Guangde stood up, rubbed his hands and asked, "Have you seen the doctor?"

"I've seen it. When I was at Duke Dingguo's mansion, I asked the imperial doctor. Later, Butler Zhang asked someone to see it and prescribed a prescription for calming down and nourishing Qi."

Na Changsui said.

"Congratulations to Shandai, congratulations to Shandai, you will be a father this year."

At this time, Zhang Juzheng had already arrived in front of Wei Guangde, holding his hands in his hands and congratulating him.

Then Yin Shizhen and Tang Ruji also came over and congratulated Wei Guangde one after another.

Wei Guangde stood there, no longer rubbing his hands, but rather at a loss.

"Come on, I'm so happy."

Yin Shizhen looked at Wei Guangde's appearance and smiled at Zhang Juzheng and the others.

"Shaloan, it's a great event. I'll go to your place for a drink tonight to celebrate."

Zhang Juzheng also smiled.

"You can't skip this drink, I have to go too."

Several people started chatting, and Wei Guangde gradually came to his senses. He clasped his fists and smiled at them: "It makes sense, but I will take a step ahead today and go home to prepare. I will come in the evening."

Wei Guangde left Prince Yu's Mansion in a hurry, and soon the news reached Li Fang, and naturally it soon reached Prince Yu's ears.

"Oh, it's not easy. The good loan will come to an end."

King Yu was also very happy when he got the news, "He said he was going to treat me tonight, but why didn't he come to inform me? Is it because he didn't want to invite me or something?"

Then he thought about it and said to Li Fang: "Let's make arrangements to go to Shandai's house for a drink tonight. If you don't invite me, I'll come uninvited. Let's see if he still dares to attack me."

"Haha, His Highness is going there to give him great face. If he dares to say anything there, I will make arrangements right now."

Li Fang replied cheerfully.

"You go to the inner treasury to pick out some gifts and bring them with you. You can't just go empty-handed."

King Yu also smiled.

Naturally, after the death of his eldest son, King Yu also worked hard to become stronger, but no good news came.

Mrs. Wei Guangde is pregnant. She went over to have a drink and feel happy.

The ancients were very anxious if they had no queen, let alone King Yu.

After a dark day, Sijiu City was shrouded in darkness, making it impossible to see even one's fingers.

"Dong dong dong."

There was a sudden knock on the door of a house in Nanxunfang. After knocking three times, no one called the door again.

The servant who was keeping watch at night had already walked to the door when he heard the knock on the door, and asked through the wooden door: "Who is outside?"

"My master is visiting Mr. Wei."

As he spoke, a post was slipped into the crack of the door.

The servant caught the post, looked at it with the faint light from the lantern in his hand, and then said: "Wait, I will go in and report."

At this time, the servants did not dare to open the door casually. If they wanted to open the door to let people in, they would have to wait for the master's consent.

Although I knew there must be something serious going on here, otherwise I wouldn't bother him at the door so late.

"Mrs. Master"

Not long after, the voice of a maid calling came from outside Wei Guangde's bedroom.