Ming Dynasty: At the beginning, the house was ransacked and the ancestral temple was burned down.

Chapter 168 Angry old father! The emperor actually took action!
"What on earth have you done to my daughter!?"

Zhu Yijun shook the shoulders of the young man in front of him like crazy. He was so angry that he didn't even realize that his feet were healed.

However, facing His Majesty the Emperor's excited questioning, Zhang Chonghui seemed to be mute and just looked at the other person quietly without saying a word.

Zhu Yijun became even more angry. In his opinion, Zhang Chonghui's reaction was completely provoking him as the emperor. He was so angry that he immediately raised his fist, preparing to punch this shameless guy!
But just at this critical moment, a voice stopped him!

"Father, he and I truly love each other, you can't break us up!"

Looking along the sudden sound, Zhu Yijun saw his daughter Zhu Xuanyu with tears in her eyes.

"Huh? Why are you here, my dear?"

Zhu Yijun was a little confused. He clearly didn't ask his daughter to come, so why was she here?
Before he could react, Zhu Yijun was interrupted by his daughter's cry.

"Oh, oh, oh, father, I like him, can you help us?"

Zhu Xuanyu was crying while protecting Zhang Chonghui behind him, fearing that his little lover would be bullied by his unreasonable old father.

However, such an ambiguous answer did not satisfy Zhu Yijun. He finally got angry and asked:
"It's been a few days, but the person behind the demon book hasn't been found yet?"

Facts have proved that Zhu Yijun was overly worried and his daughter was indeed innocent.

Among them, those led by Shen Guanyin, the Second Assistant to the Cabinet, all believed that because the handwriting on the demon book was too consistent with Zhao Shizhen's handwriting,...

Zhu Yijun suddenly shouted, and when he opened his eyes and woke up from the 'nightmare', he was already sweating profusely!
"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" Chen Ju hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Have you had another nightmare?"

You still have to take a breath even if you hang yourself. Your Majesty, isn’t this forcing someone to do something difficult...

"Ask some old ladies to see if the princess is still intact."

Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the eventuality. Zhu Yijun is also afraid of that eventuality.

"Not yet!" Zhu Yijun interrupted Chen Ju, and after a brief thought, he ordered:

"Returning to your Majesty, last night you said you wanted to see Zhang Chonghui, so your servant took advantage of him and took him into the palace overnight." Chen Ju replied with distressed eyes:
"Later, I saw that you were so tired that you fell asleep on the dragon chair, and I really couldn't bear to wake you up...

"No! You can't be together! I would rather you become a monk and become a sister-in-law! You can never be with him!"

"Go back to your Majesty." Chen Ju said with a nervous look on his face: "The gangsters who spread the news are really cunning, and we don't have any people yet... But I guess! This gang of gangsters must be the same people as the initiators of this demon book case! "

"Why?" Zhu Xuanyu asked his old father unwillingly.

Besides, Shuntian Mansion is so big and chaotic, how can we find out the mastermind behind the demon book so quickly...

"Back to your lord, the princess is fine in Kunning Palace." Chen Ju was also a little surprised. Why did His Majesty the Emperor suddenly care so much about the princess?

However, just when Zhu Yijun was about to directly order people to deal with Zhang Chonghui's 'scourge' to prevent him from causing damage to the entire royal family, an accident happened again!

Under the service of the palace people, Zhu Yijun washed himself and prepared for breakfast.

Now that the queen and princess have been found, it has only been one night.

The slave took it upon himself to lock him up in the side hall next door. Do you want to meet now..."

Seeing his daughter's worthless look, he was so angry that he quickly stepped forward and pulled her away, saying angrily:

At this time, the sky was already slightly bright, and Zhu Yijun, who had just calmed down, realized that he had actually been sitting on the dragon chair waiting for Zhang Chonghui last night, and when he fell asleep...

Zhu Yijun was also shocked. Who was seeking death and leaked this disgraceful secret? ?

Chen Ju was miserable in his heart, but on his face he could only try to change the subject and replied:
"Returning to your Majesty, the ministers in the DPRK and China have quite different opinions regarding the identity of the person behind the 'continuation of the demon book case'.

……

After hearing this answer, Zhu Yijun was so angry that he almost fainted...

Zhu Yijun did not answer Chen Ju, but asked anxiously: "Where is the princess?"

"Have you found out who spread the news?" Zhu Yijun asked.

"Father, I just like older people! Older people love others!"

The key is that the Queen Mother has never even gone out of the palace, so why is she involved in this? ?

In fact, Zhu Yijun was still a little sleepy, but when he thought of that person in the side hall, he couldn't sleep.

Chen Ju was also helpless. This time, His Majesty the Emperor left everything to the Jin Yiwei to handle. The number of Jin Yiwei was limited, and they had to find the missing queen and princess, as well as the person behind the demon book case.

Facing the emperor's father's angry opposition, Zhu Xuanyu suddenly calmed down, turned to touch his belly, and said quietly:
"But Father, I am already pregnant with his child..."

"Because of him..." Zhu Yijun choked, and in an instant he said angrily: "No way! Unless I die! No! Not even if I die!"

However, such 'threats' did not seem to scare Zhu Xuanyu, and she even replied seriously:

Chen Ju didn't dare to ask any more questions and was busy passing on the order.

"What? There are rumors everywhere that the queen mother, queen, and princess have been kidnapped by Japanese pirates?"

"what!"

Zhu Yijun was so angry at this scene that he pointed at Zhang Chonghui behind his daughter and explained loudly to his daughter:
"My dear, are you stupid? Don't look at him because he looks young! In fact, he is actually older than my father!"

"What about Zhang Chonghui?" Zhu Yijun asked anxiously again.

Therefore, they all seem to think that...the mastermind of the demon book case...is actually Zhao Shizhen. "

As for the person in the side hall, let's just leave it alone. How to deal with it depends on whether his daughter is innocent.

What if...

For a moment, Zhu Yijun was also speechless towards Shen Yiguan...

"Shen Yiguan, this idiot!" Zhu Yijun said with a headache:
"If you want to use Zhao Shizhen as an excuse to drag Zhang Chonghui and Shen Li into trouble, you shouldn't be so hasty! Who would be stupid enough to use their own handwriting to engrave the demon book!"

At this time, Zhu Yijun thought that Shen Yiguan was too eager to eliminate enemies like Zhang Chonghui and Shen Li, and he was completely unaware of the seriousness of the problem!
……

at the same time.

Shen Yiguan, the Second Assistant to the Cabinet, who had just arrived at Wenyuan Pavilion and was about to start working, learned that the queen and princess had been recovered last night.

It is worth mentioning that before this, Shen Yiguan had only known that Zhang Chonghui had been kidnapped by Japanese pirates.

But now, Shen Yiguan knew that the kidnapped people actually included the queen and princess!

After hearing the news, Shen Yiguan immediately realized that something was wrong. After a short period of thinking, he hurriedly found his confidant Shen Zimu, who was the right minister of the Ministry of Justice at the time, and made hurried arrangements:
"Quick! Go and find the evidence that Zhang Chonghui is colluding with the Japanese! I'm sure he is colluding with the Japanese! We must find the evidence that he is colluding with the Japanese as soon as possible! Otherwise we will be in trouble!"

Shen Zimu looked confused: "Zhang Chonghui communicated with the Japanese? That shouldn't be the case. He offended the Japanese slaves to death."

"We have all been tricked by him!" Shen Guangyi's face was full of panic, and when he opened his mouth, he gave an unexpected answer:

"I was wondering how Song Yingchang could take the initiative to resign! It turns out that he had already discovered that this was a deadly game!
In short, Zhang Chonghui must have other accomplices in the capital! This demon book case must have been caused by him, his accomplices, and Shen Li!
We must find Zhang Chonghui’s accomplice! Otherwise, it will be a serious crime to communicate with Japan this time! It’s up to us to carry it! "

At this time, Shen Zimu was even more confused. He didn't understand the situation at all, so he was urged by Shen Guangui to find evidence of Zhang Chonghui's Japanese affair!
Shen Zimu left, and Shen Yiguan returned to the Wenyuan Pavilion office feeling a little dejected.

However, not long after returning to Wenyuan Pavilion, Shen Yiguan saw several memorials from Yingtian Mansion, another capital of the Ming Dynasty.

After quickly reading the contents of these memorials, the elderly Shen Yiguan could hardly stand!
Because the contents of these memorials are all about impeaching him, a junior minister in the cabinet...

Moreover, the content of the impeachment, Qing Yishui, is all about Tongwa!
Shen Guanyi panicked. He didn't expect Zhang Chonghui to start so quickly!
It was so close that he predicted in advance that he would send someone to assassinate Zhang Chonghui! Even before this...

He had already asked his "comrades" to put the shit basin of "Tongwa" on his body...

"Damn it! It's so abominable!"

It was only at this moment that Shen Yiguan realized that all this was a conspiracy!

All this conspiracy, from that so-called negotiation! No! It started when the Japanese invaded Korea!

"Song Yingchang, you bastard! You and I have fallen into this kid's scheme! It's better now! You've run away! I have to bear all the responsibilities!"

Shen Yiguan cursed in a low voice while reviewing the memorials from all over the Ming Dynasty in an unhappy mood.

There is no way, the chief assistant Zhao Zhigao doesn't care about things, and he Shen Guanyi is a "manager" person. Can the honest Zhao Zhigao not let him take care of things enough?

Full of worry, Shen Yiguan reviewed the mountain of memorials at a glance.

Among them, in addition to the memorials in which the ministers of the DPRK and China used the "continuation of the demon book case" as an excuse to frantically impeach and eliminate dissidents, there are also many memorials about the "Shangyuan Festival Riot".

What's somewhat funny is that the central ministers in the capital of Shuntian Mansion don't seem to care much about the "Shangyuan Festival Riot" that happened this time. What they care more about is the 'renewal of the demon book'.

It seemed that the capital at the emperor's feet was in such chaos that riots suddenly broke out, and the lives and deaths of the common people in the capital were not important. What matters is the Ming Dynasty of the old Zhu family, and who will be the emperor in the future.

It seems that if the emperor of the Ming Dynasty were replaced by someone else, the Ming Dynasty would collapse because of this!
Direct descendant? Concubine? eldest son? Second son?
Is it important?

Well, it is very important.

Those illusory 'so-called rules' are very important to literati and officials.

Otherwise, the 'rules' they have worked hard to create for thousands of years will be broken!

But if the emperor of the Ming Dynasty were replaced by someone else, would the Ming Dynasty really collapse because of this?
maybe.

The Ming Dynasty was already deeply rooted in its roots. How much could the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty decide and see? Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it. Everyone has learned this truth.

No matter how stupid the emperor is, he still knows that he relies on the support and support of his "subjects".

Any wise emperor knows that his people are the 'foundation' of his dynasty.

Wanli is not a fool, he knows everything, but it is useless.

His ministers seemed to only care about who would sit on the throne of his old Zhu family in the future.

In fact, people no longer have the surname Zhu in this world.

……

Most of the memorials about the "Shangyuan Festival Riot" were sent by Ying Tianfu, another capital of the Ming Dynasty.

It is worth mentioning that among the piles of memorials sent by Yingtian Mansion, there was a "personal letter" specifically addressed to Shen Yiguan.

It is really strange that this private letter is included in the imperial memorial.

What's even more weird is that the person who wrote to Shen Yiguan is not familiar with Shen Yiguan at all.

In other words, this person is actually the one who makes Shen Yiguan dislike him.

"Ye Xianggao?"

Looking at the incomprehensible 'letter of advice' in his hand, and looking at the 'unfamiliar' name Ye Xianggao, Shen Yiguan's face showed a little disdain.

Speaking of which, Ye Xianggao, like Guo Zhengyu, was a Jinshi in the eleventh year of Wanli.

In other words, Ye Xianggao can be regarded as Shen Yiguan's disciple.

However, it turns out that Shen Yiguan is very principled. Even though he has many students all over the world, he only likes students who are also from Zhejiang.

Moreover, in the imperial examination in the eleventh year of Wanli, Shen Yiguan, who was the examiner at the time, originally wanted Ye Xianggao, who was from a low background, to fail.

However, Shen Shixing, the chief minister of the cabinet at that time, admired Ye Xianggao's talents very much. Not only did he appreciate it, Shen Shixing even specially greeted Shen Yiguan, saying: I want to protect this person!
Back then, Shen Guanguan was just a Hanlin official. Even the chief minister and assistant ministers of the cabinet had spoken. All he could do was agree and casually gave Ye Xianggao a second-class and twelfth place.

Soon afterwards, for various reasons, Ye Xianggao seemed to have offended Shen Shixing, so he was assigned to be an official in Yingtian Mansion, which had little future.

Many years have passed, Shen Shixing has become an official, and the current cabinet has become Shen Yiguan.

Shen Yiguan didn't like Ye Xianggao to begin with, and now he was still irritated because of Zhang Chonghui's incident.

It just happened that at this annoying juncture, I saw this "letter of advice" that didn't know the heights and heights of the world.

Shen Yiguang was so annoyed that he crumpled the letter into a ball and threw it into the wastebasket beside him.

"Bah! You don't even know where you are from! When will it be your turn to persuade a poor boy like me!"

……

At the same time, another capital of the Ming Dynasty, Ying Tianfu.

Compared with Shuntian Mansion, the real center of the Ming Dynasty, the capital of Yingtian Mansion was simply unremarkable.

It was already three o'clock in the morning, but at this time, the various government offices were still quiet. Occasionally, a few dozing old men would make a few harsh coughing sounds.

The officials of Yingtian Mansion are very leisurely.

However, leisure often means that there is no money to be made, and no money to be made often means that there is almost no hope of 'progress'!

Except for a very few "retired" officials who are not fond of fighting and are willing to stay in Yingtian Mansion, the vast majority of officials still want to climb up.

They studied hard for ten years, and finally got admitted to Jinshi and embarked on an official career. Naturally, they were not willing to stay in Yingtian Mansion with no hope of a future, doing nothing!

Ye Xianggao, who was the right minister of the Ministry of Rites of Yingtian Mansion at that time, was one of the officials in Nanjing who was unwilling to do anything.

As a second-class Jinshi in the eleventh year of Wanli, Ye Xianggao could have stayed in the Hanlin Academy of Shuntian Mansion like Guo Zhengyu and climbed up step by step.

However, Ye Xianggao, who has an eccentric personality, not only inexplicably offended the Hanlin teacher Shen Yiguan with his unique "skills"; he also offended the former Hanlin teacher Shen Yiguan who had admired him a lot with his "skills" that ordinary people could not understand. The chief minister of the cabinet, Shen Shixing.

No one knows how Ye Xianggao did it, beating a good hand of cards to pieces. Even Ye Xianggao himself didn't quite know what was going on.

However, no matter how unclear it is, after so many years, it should be clear.

Zuo is just not tactful enough in life or tactful enough in speech.

Ye Xianggao has stayed in Yingtian Mansion for more than ten years. He is tired of staying in Yingtian Mansion. He is not willing to waste his life. Now he has only one goal, and that is - to return to Shuntian Mansion!
Even if he has to crawl, he will still climb to the 'man-eating' Shuntian Mansion! Climb to the real center of the Ming Dynasty! Show your ambition!
"Qing Jin, I heard that you wrote a letter to your teacher Shen Ge?"

'Li Sancai', who was the political councilor of Yingtian Mansion at that time, had a rather strange tone, as if he was trying to expose Ye Xianggao.

Even though Ye Xianggaodang understood what Li Sancai said, he said it very straightforwardly and said with a magnanimous smile:

"Daofu, are you blaming me for being a coward? Not only did you impeach Mr. Shen Ge together with you, but you also wrote a letter specifically to persuade him?"

It was not the first day that Li Sancai met Ye Xianggao. He quite admired this colleague who always spoke straightforwardly, liked to 'play straight' but had a stable core and was neither arrogant nor impetuous.

However, Li Sancai, a member of the Donglin Party, was still unhappy with Ye Xianggao's consistent show of goodwill to Shen, a member of the Zhejiang Party.

"Yes, I don't understand why you want to please Shen Yiguan." Li Sancai also said directly:

"If he hadn't deliberately targeted you, I'm sure you would have been the No. 1 pick that year. Don't you hate him?"

Regarding this lamentable past event, Ye Xianggao just smiled softly and said:
"You can't look back on the past, and whether you were the number one scholar or not is in the past. If you hate it, it's just a waste of time and energy.

Since the past creates the present, and people can only live in the present, so now, I just want to live in the present and plan for the future. "

Saying that, Ye Xianggao stopped, looked at Li Sancai, and said solemnly and without any concealment:

"Daofu, you know that I have no position at all. I just want to go back to Shuntian now. Whoever can help me go back will be whose side I will stand in the future."

Li Sancai was silent for a moment and then said: "Then you shouldn't put your hope in Shen Yiguan. You should believe in Gu Uncle."

"Uncle Gu..." Ye Xianggao said with a helpless smile: "A few years ago, he said he would let me return to Shuntian, but how long has it been..."

"Soon." Li Sancai said with certainty: "Uncle Gu promised me that once the demon book case is over, you and I can both return to Shuntian."

Looking at his leisurely colleagues practicing Tai Chi not far from the door, Ye Xianggao looked melancholy.

"hope so."

……

at the same time.

Emperor Wanli, who was far away in Shuntian Mansion, the Forbidden City, and the Qianqing Palace, finally realized something belatedly.

However, it seems it's too late.

Nowadays, the city is full of storms outside. The news that the queen and others were kidnapped by Japanese pirates has spread throughout the streets and alleys at an incredible speed!

Obviously, someone did this on purpose!
However, this is nothing.

What makes Zhu Yijun find it most unacceptable is that someone actually spread the news that Zhang Chonghui and the Queen mother and daughter lived together for two days and two nights!
At this time, Zhu Yijun finally couldn't sit still!
……

Qianqing Palace, side hall.

It was approaching noon when Zhu Yijun came to the side hall full of anger.

Zhu Yijun thought he would see Zhang Chonghui fidgeting in embarrassment. After all, he had already ignored him for a long time.

However, what Zhu Yijun saw was Zhang Chonghui sitting on a chair and sleeping soundly!
Zhu Yijun was also shocked. How long had it been? He actually still wanted to sleep?
"You! Get up!"

Zhu Yijun threw away Chen Ju who was supporting him, and grabbed Zhang Chonghui's collar in a very 'domineering' manner just like in his dream!

Zhang Chonghui was so dazed in his sleep that he was pulled up by Emperor Wanli.

As if he was unprepared, the tall boy was grabbed by the emperor, who was more than a head shorter than him and not very strong, and was thrown to the ground!

Zhu Yijun was stunned for a moment when he saw Zhang Chonghui being thrown to the ground as lightly as 'tofu'...

No... He doesn't seem to be trying too hard...

Could it be that... his strength has increased?
Or...Zhang Chonghui has been hungry for too long, too hungry?

Zhu Yijun was filled with confusion, but his confusion was soon replaced by a new emotion!

This new emotion is called anger!
With this not very hard throw, Zhu Yijun saw Zhang Chonghui being thrown to the ground, and something was thrown out of his sleeve!
It was a lotus hairpin inlaid with gold wire!
The moment he saw the hairpin fall out, Zhang Chonghui seemed to be extremely panicked!
He picked up the hairpin in a hurry and hurriedly hid it in his sleeve!
For fear of being seen by Zhu Yijun!
Zhu Yijun was still surprised. Why was Zhang Chonghui so nervous about a hairpin?
However, next, Zhang Chonghui gave his answer very proactively!

"Your Majesty, please do not misunderstand Your Highness the Princess!" Zhang Chonghui said with a guilty look on his face:

"This hairpin was... obtained by the grassroots and Her Royal Highness the Princess... on their own initiative! It was not given to the grassroots by Her Royal Highness the Princess 'on her own initiative'!"

Zhang Chonghui's stuttering answer, which was tantamount to "surrendering," fell into the ears of outsiders and was obviously telling lies.

As soon as he heard that the hairpin was "voluntarily given" to Zhang Chonghui by his daughter, the old father Zhu Yijun's scalp went numb instantly!

hairpin! That is the girl’s private jewelry! How could it be given to a random man!
She is still a married man!
Recalling that ridiculous dream, old father Zhu Yijun, he exploded!

(End of this chapter)