The mistress of the Hou family went crazy after doting on concubines and killing their wives.

Chapter 117 The crime of deceiving the emperor
During a wedding in the Marquis of Wu'an Mansion, Yan Yunhe, who was the deputy envoy of the Imperial City Department, supported the young girl Lu Wan and led the imperial guardsmen to break into the Marquis of Wu'an Mansion, offending the eldest prince, the Lu family, and the Lu family. and the three great Xie families.

This morning at court, the imperial concubine's party rose up to attack him, criticizing him verbally and writing, saying that he acted arbitrarily by relying on the emperor's power.

Emperor Heng looked solemnly: "Not only did you leave your post without permission, you were missing for three months, and you didn't go to the palace to report it for more than a month after you came back. It was a pleasure to offend someone. You tore off the fig leaf of the Marquis Wu'an Mansion in one go, and destroyed the three princes' mansions. Your face is trampled under your feet. I want to think carefully about touching these noble families, but it would be better for you to just barge into their wedding banquet without even replying, and then publicly bring up the case of Xu Guogong, what exactly do you want!"

Xie Zhiyan lowered his head and said nothing.

Yan Yunhe was meticulous in his work. Although Xie Zhiyan discovered that he was colluding with Lu, there was no real evidence.

Emperor Heng has always been suspicious. If there is no way to kill Yan Yunhe immediately, he and the prince will be put into a passive situation.

After thinking about it for four months, Xie Zhiyan decided to hide it from Emperor Heng and appear as Yan Yunhe.

Once the evidence is obtained, he can just let Yan Yunhe die and then reappear.

But in this way, he has a weakness, and once discovered, he will be guilty of deceiving the emperor.

If you don't enter a tiger's den, you can't get a tiger's son!

Emperor Heng saw that he was not afraid of killing a pig when boiling water. He was very angry: "You have learned not to speak. You also saw it in the court today. How many people are impeaching you Yan Yunhe for your rampage. I trust you." You handed over the Imperial City Department not to let you take care of those robbers and thieves, let alone to let you, a bastard, abuse your power and act lawlessly!"

As he spoke, Emperor Heng was so angry that he threw the inkstone in front of him at him.

Xie Zhiyan, who was kneeling on the ground, raised his eyes and turned slightly. The inkstone flew out after grazing his face. It hit the screen with a loud thud. With a pop, a hole was made in the double-sided embroidered dragon screen, and the screen shook. Almost fell over.

The eunuch who came out after hearing the sound quickly supported him. He didn't even dare to look at the inner room and evacuated quickly.

"Wei Chen knows that Your Majesty will protect Wei Chen."

Emperor Heng laughed angrily when he heard this: "Am I protecting you? I should chop off your head and use it as a kick for those aristocratic families who are eyeing you!"

"Your Majesty still needs Weichen's sword." Xie Zhiyan's voice was gentle.

"The Imperial City Division has always only obeyed His Majesty's orders. No one can try to bribe me. Over the years, those people in the aristocratic family have hated and resented Wei Chen for being cruel and ruthless. No matter what Wei Chen did, they would always nag."

Emperor Heng glared at him: "Then you will give them the words directly? Give them a reason to impeach you?"

Xie Zhiyan raised his eyes: "Your Majesty, your teacup is empty."

Emperor Heng: "..."

Xie Zhiyan didn't wait for Emperor Heng to speak, stood up and walked to the tea table to make tea.

Hengdi stared at him and raised his eyebrows: "You are becoming more and more proficient in making tea, and your tone of voice is also different from before."

Xie Zhiyan paused his hand slightly and said respectfully: "Wei Chen only knew how to run errands for His Majesty before, and only knew how to fight and kill. It was too cold. After three months of training, Wei Chen reflected on it and decided to become His Majesty's best weapon." Dao, in addition to learning how to serve His Majesty, you also have to learn to adjust your temper. After all, you have to deal with the snakes, insects, rats and ants in the court. "

The anger in Emperor Heng's heart dissipated a little, and he snorted: "You never do unnecessary things, but suddenly you are spending so much money on a little girl from the Lu family. There must be a reason, right?"

"The person that Marquis Lu wants to take as his equal wife is an old friend of Duke Xu. We are worried that someone from a noble family in the capital will collude with Duke Xu."

"You never worry, you just kill him. Why are you pretending?" Hengdi glanced at him. This guy changed his temper after falling off a cliff once.

It's like losing two of the most powerful souls.

More than ten years have passed since Xu Guogong's case, and Jiang Furong is not directly related to the Xu family. Even if Lu Shanyuan secretly changed her to a good family, it would still be regarded as a romantic debt if he really wanted to pursue it.

And Yan Yunhe has been investigating Lu Wan for so long, and even led the Imperial City Department to turn Lu Shanyuan's wedding upside down. This is completely unlike what he would have done before.

Xie Zhiyan said calmly: "I wonder if Your Majesty knows that Xu Yun, the eldest son of Xu Guogong, and his second daughter have been arranged to be transferred to the Bianjing Jiaofang Division in recent days. It just so happened that Xu Yun was sent to the eldest princess."

Emperor Heng's expression changed slightly: "Did Yu Yi see Xu Yun?"

"Yes. Judging from this incident, Wei Chen suspects that someone wants to use the matter of Xu Guogong to provoke a dispute, or perhaps use this matter to divert the attention of Wei Chen and His Majesty. Recently, the emperor has taken a series of measures to suppress the meritorious family. They have already Wei Chen also found out that Lu Hou and Lu Shizi had close contacts recently, and the grain and grass accounted for the most part in the military supplies fraud case, and Lu Shizi happened to be in charge of Cao Liang in the Ministry of Household Affairs. , Marquis Lu married the legitimate daughter of the new Sinong Temple Shaoqing who was in charge of grain transportation. "

Xie Zhiyan spoke slowly, poured soup into the tea pot, and slowly whisked it.

The mist filled the air, making it difficult to see the coldness on his face.

"There are three noble families in our dynasty, including three nobles and four nobles. Xu Guogong, who followed His Majesty in the Southern and Northern Wars, was imprisoned for corruption. The remaining Qin Guogong and Yongcheng Hou are no longer relevant. The old dynasty's noble family has always been headed by Sun Guogong and Wenxin Hou. After more than 20 years of management, the power of these aristocratic families left behind by the old dynasty is at its peak. Sun Guogong even relies on the head of the gentry family to repeatedly intimidate His Majesty in the court. Now the most profitable departments of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works are with them. Once the financial power is in their hands, there is no guarantee that they will not secretly collude with the remnants of the old dynasty in an attempt to overthrow our dynasty! "

Emperor Heng frowned when he heard this: "Is there any evidence?"

Imperial power is what Emperor Heng cares about most.

"Wei Chen followed Prince Xie to check the grain supply and found several witnesses. One of them was an old official from the old dynasty. Unfortunately, they were killed by assassins. Those assassins were all masters. He must be a high-ranking person who can support such a person. ”

"Who dares to support a master!" Emperor Heng's eyes suddenly became sharp.

If you dare to raise killers, you may raise private soldiers.

There may even be rebellion!
Yes, these former ministers may be surrendered on the surface, but secretly they may not be convinced.

Just in case, there are still remnants of the old royal family...

Emperor Heng was always uneasy while sitting on the throne.

After all, the power of the noble family is indeed growing.

He regretted that he had prematurely allowed the Queen's mother's family to fall into the Yongcheng Hou Mansion, and had prematurely eradicated the lineage of Xu Guogong and Qin Guogong, resulting in no one to compete with the noble family.

Xie Zhiyan poured the ordered tea into the cup, held it with both hands, and placed it in front of Emperor Heng.

Emperor Heng was silent for a long time, "Has the Imperial City Department found out the whereabouts of Yongcheng Hou's second son?"

Xie Zhiyan was slightly shocked.

Emperor Heng actually let people secretly investigate Yongchenghou's second son?

(End of this chapter)