Lu Fang left Qianqing Palace, immediately went to look for Liu Yidao, and dispatched five hundred imperial guards to follow him out of the palace, Lu Fang almost trotted along the way.

The officials were furious and quarreling, Gao Gong and Xu Jie temporarily put aside their grievances, and the two factions quickly reached an agreement.After the people from House Yi Na faction came over, seeing the situation in front of them, they also felt bad and didn't know what to do for a while.

creak!

The tall palace door opened, and everyone's eyes were focused on the door, kneeling down and waiting for the emperor to come out.

brush!brush!

The five hundred imperial guards marched out of the palace in two neat teams, separated left and right to protect the officials in the middle, and the long spears in their hands clanged and fell to the ground.

Under the deterrence of the Imperial Forest Army, the ministers all fell silent.Lu Fang cleared her throat, held Fuchen in her arms, and said at the top of her voice, "Ministers, the emperor asked the family to deliver the decree, and all the ministers are waiting here. After five o'clock, they will go to court to discuss matters."

Seeing the imperial forest army coming out, the ministers thought the emperor was coming, but they didn't expect it to be nothing.The ministers of House Yi's faction were still guilty just now, but now they are happy. The emperor's gesture shows that he supports Dongchang.

"Eunuch Lu, please go and report again. The old man and the ministers do have something important to report to the emperor." Gao Gong came in front of Lu Fang with a low voice, as if he had aged a lot all of a sudden.

"Lord Gao, it's not that my family doesn't want to help the ministers. It's really that my family can't help it. The emperor has already slept, and my family doesn't dare to disturb you. From my point of view, all ministers are waiting here with peace of mind. What's the matter, I will talk about it tomorrow morning. You guys, don't embarrass your family." Lu Fang said very embarrassingly.

The ministers panicked, they were all frail scholars, they couldn't do anything if they couldn't see the emperor.Even if they could mobilize the army, they wouldn't dare. Without the emperor's order, it was an attempt to rebel.

Could it be that this old man really wants to cut off his own arm and abandon his car to protect his handsome man? Lord Wang, Lord Wang, it’s not that this old man doesn’t save you, there’s really nothing he can do.

Gao Gong is like this, Xu Jie is not happy at all, but rather lonely, the emperor wants to abandon us.

"The traitor is in power, the traitor is in power."

Some people have already looked up to the sky and cried bitterly.Others thanked themselves for being on the right team early.A bright moon is gradually passing away, dark clouds cover the sky, heavy rain is about to come, but no one plans to leave, tonight is a sleepless night, and there is a real game.

Whoa!

The heavy rain came at the right time, and everyone knelt on the ground, probably waiting for the emperor to take pity on them as veterans and come out to meet them, but they muttered about the cold blood of the emperor.The bursts of thunder did not wake up the sleeping emperor at all.

After one night, the streets of the capital were completely washed away.After the fifth watch, the ministers dragged their wet clothes and entered the Golden Luan Hall in a group.

Da da!

When dawn brought the first rays of light, Linghu Que and House Yi rode side by side on the street, and several carriages behind them were guarded by Dongchang and Jinyiwei, which were filled with boxes of all sizes.

Zhu Zaihou went to court a little late, and he was still yawning when he got on the dragon chair.Glancing over, he said displeasedly, "My dearest relatives, why are you in such a mess? What kind of dignity is this?"

"Your Majesty, the old minister knelt outside the palace for a whole night last night, why did the Emperor hide and disappear?" An old minister asked tremblingly, pointing at Zhu Zaihou.

"Liu Aiqing, you are blaming me." Zhu Zaihou stared at the minister who was speaking below.

"Your Majesty, the old minister dare not. The old minister just wanted to ask the emperor why he hastily asked Dongchang and Jin Yiwei to copy Wang Shilang's house without going through the joint trial of the three divisions? I hope the emperor will give the old minister an explanation."

"Hmph, Liu Aiqing, the three divisions will interrogate, do you think I'm a fool? Who is Wang Ye? He is your son-in-law Liu Yushitai, let you investigate, is he still guilty?"

Zhu Zaihou was furious, and argued several times, but Liu Yushi just hung his head unwillingly.He is a minister of Gao Gong's faction and Wang Ye's father-in-law, so he will try his best to protect Wang Ye.

When the matter came to this point, the monarchs and ministers all pulled their faces away. Gao Gong knelt and moved forward a few steps, shouting: "Your Majesty, if Wang Ye is guilty, he should be convicted by the third division first, and then the house will be searched."

Gao Gong was shaking his beard as he spoke, he didn't care about the rain all over his body, he was very excited.Xu Jie also took a step forward behind him, standing in the same row as Gao Gong, and said: "Your Majesty, there have been precedents in the past dynasties where eunuchs corrupted the country. If the Emperor favors eunuchs so much, my Ming Dynasty may be in danger."

"Xu Jie, what are you talking about? You mean I'm fatuous and incompetent?"

"Your majesty, the old minister dare not, what the old minister said is from the bottom of his heart, I hope the emperor thinks twice."

Xu Jie knocked his head on the ground.

"I hope the emperor will think twice!"

A group of ministers looked forward to Gao Gong and Xu Jie.The emperor was completely angry, the last thing he wanted to see was Gao Gong and Xu Jie standing on the united front, this time he would not give in no matter what.

"Okay, I'll take a look today, is it my fault, or yours?"

Zhu Zaihou threw down the memorial in front of him angrily, and lay down on the dragon chair, ignoring the minister kneeling below.

The ministers were a little old, they were drenched in the rain in the middle of the night, their bodies were a little overwhelmed, and they coughed in the hall.Zhu Zaihou was really angry and ignored these people.

After a stalemate for a while, Lu Fang carefully approached the emperor's ear and whispered, "Your majesty, Eunuch Fang and Lord Linghu have arrived, are they already waiting outside?"

"Xuan!"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Straightening up and walking to the front of the hall, Lu Fang shouted at the top of his voice, "Eunuch Xuanfang, Linghu Que will meet you."

Fang Fangyi and Linghu Que walked into the hall at the same time, knelt down on the ground, "I see the emperor." Hundreds of people followed behind the two of them, and each of them carried a box.

Seeing the people behind the emperor, the emperor also breathed a sigh of relief.When things have come to this point, one of the two parties must make a concession. Who will make the concession?Then it depends on the result of the easy house raid.

"Open the box and let my lovers see if it's me or they are wrong. Is it because I favored my ministers and wronged the country, or there are some moths that are consuming my Ming Dynasty."

In the peaceful hall, all the ministers started to stir, looking worriedly at the boxes in the hall.Jin Yiwei and Dongchang Fanzi opened the box at the same time, and immediately the whole hall was filled with jewels.

"Huh...huh, ministers, what else do you have to say?"

All the ministers were speechless for a while, but the ministers of Fang Fang Yi's faction had just been suppressed and had no chance to speak, but now they were elated, and they all said: "Your Majesty is wise."

The facts were all there, they couldn't argue with each other, and they left the hall with ashen faces.Zhu Zaihou completely destroyed the arrogance of the powerful minister, and he was in a good mood.

In the harem, in the imperial study room, the emperor looked over the entire account book and nodded, "Fang Aiqing, Linghu Aiqing, you have done a good job, I am very pleased, tell me how you want me to reward you?"

"The ministers dare not, it is the duty of the ministers to serve the emperor."

Zhu Zaihou liked such obedient courtiers. Hearing what the two said, he nodded in relief, "Okay, I will remember your achievements. You go down first."

After everyone left, Zhu Zaihou stayed alone in the imperial study and considered how to deal with Wang Ye. In the end, he decided to give Gao Gong and Xu Jie a step down, and decided to demote Wang Ye from the capital.

However, when the imperial decree was issued, Wang Ye and his sons committed suicide in prison.The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty did not believe that Wang Ye committed suicide, but they could only admit the fact.

In the end, the emperor withdrew the decree to demote Wang Ye's family from the capital, and decreed to return Wang Ye's family to the palace, allowing them to continue living in the capital.

However, Wang Ye's family members were not in the mood to live in the capital after this blow, and they moved with their family, and they did not know where they went.

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