Emperor Phoenix Policy: Feng Qingtian

Chapter 24
Following her gaze, in the courtyard, Huang Ying was pinching her waist and toes and admonishing the little maids. She trained the little maids like chickens. In this palace, Huang Ying was more like a palm than Aunt Zhong. matter aunt.

Aunt Zhong turned her head sideways, a gentle and amiable smile appeared on her beautiful and plain face, as if the coldness just now was just an illusion of Lu Yi, she smiled at Lu Yi, "When the medicine is ready, send it to Your Majesty."

For several days in a row, the palace was very peaceful. Since that day, Feng Jin has been recuperating in the bedroom, and Pei Xiu has never appeared again. The two sides are in a stalemate, waiting for the other to bow their heads, instead forming a strange balance.

Before the storm comes, it is often very calm. Under the seemingly calm, there is a huge vortex hitting.

This night, with no stars and no moon, the night was dark and gloomy, the whole palace was quiet, and the painful groans coming from the room of Li Chengying, the head of the House of Internal Affairs, were particularly ear-piercing.

However, the people next to him were used to the sound. Every now and then, Manager Li would grab a little palace lady and toss her hard, refusing to stop until she was dying.

Two little eunuchs sneaked into Director Li's room silently, and rushed towards Director Li who was not aware of it. One of them covered Director Li's mouth from behind, and the other tightly hugged his hands and feet. , the blood-stained dagger in Mr. Li's hand fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

"Not yet?"

The little eunuch shouted in a low voice to the shivering little palace maid curled up in a corner who was covered in blood and bruises all over her body.

Mr. Li struggled desperately, the little maid picked up the dagger, and approached him step by step, Mr. Li's eyes were rounded, and he struggled desperately. The little maid's eyes were full of fierce revenge, and the dagger pierced Mr. Li's chest viciously. .

Manager Li's plump body shook violently. The little palace maid held the dagger tightly and stabbed Manager Li's stomach one after another, leaving more than a dozen bloody holes in Mr. Li's stomach until Mr. Li looked like a dead head. Still motionless as a pig, she continued poking.

"enough!"

The little eunuch threw Director Li's body on the ground and asked in a low voice, "Do you know what to do?"

The little maid nodded with blood all over her face, her eyes were terribly calm.

The little eunuchs gave her a satisfied look, then stooped and backed out, as if they had never been here before.

Early the next morning, when Pei Xiu came to the palace to go to court, the news of Mr. Li's murder reached his ears.

The next step is the interrogation, but a palace official died, even if he was the head of the House of Internal Affairs, he was still an eunuch. Pei Xiu wanted the inner court secretary in the palace to take over. Jin ordered the Ministry of Criminal Affairs Shangshu Song Mingsong to investigate this matter.

Feng Jin agreed, and Pei Xiu hesitated for a moment before agreeing.

The Ministry of Punishment has always remained neutral, neither relying on Feng Jin nor Pei Xiu, Pei Xiu was not worried that he would follow Feng Jin's wishes and bring about unjust, false and wrong cases.

Song Ming was known as the iron-faced King of Yama, who was denied by his relatives and who had first-class abilities. When the Ministry of Criminal Justice began to investigate, it immediately found out a lot of things.

During his tenure, Director Li not only received benefits, but also corrupted a lot of things from the royal treasury, and even killed a lot of people.

What's more, Manager Li's godson also vomited a lot of things. What shocked all civil and military officials the most was that the Queen was murdered by the palace people around him with poisoned wine, and Manager Li seemed to be involved. The maid named Ruyi, in the first few nights before the implementation of the plan, took advantage of the dead of night to sneak in and out of Director Li's room every night.

At this point in the investigation of the matter, Pei Xiu felt that he had fallen into a huge trap. He knew that Li Chengying would definitely receive benefits if he sat in this position, and if he stole things from the royal treasury, he would surely die.

Pei Xiu is not afraid of these things, he can settle them all, except for murdering the queen...

Song Ming's investigation of the case was stern and impartial, and he didn't give anyone face, so he dared to let the Ministry of punishment take over.

Therefore, Director Li is indeed involved with that Ruyi, and the queen must have known about it long ago, and deliberately dug a trap for him to jump into. Maybe the old fox Qi brought Song Ming into it, and it was also the queen's instigation.

With Song Ming's reputation, no one would suspect that Song Ming framed the dead Manager Li, let alone Song Ming would not do so.

This case can no longer be investigated!

If the investigation continues, Ruyi is dead, and Manager Li is also dead. If the investigation continues, the case will not be overturned, and it will become more involved.

Everyone knew that Mr. Li was his man, and everyone would suspect that he was the mastermind behind the poisoning of the Queen.

As a subject, he can exert power over the world, form cliques for private interests, and eliminate dissidents, but the king is against the scales.

To poison the king, as long as there is a little suspicion, it is enough to make him trouble.

"Your Majesty, Li Chengying is dead. He devoted himself to His Majesty's duty. It is embarrassing that he has ended up in such a tragic and desolate end. I implore Your Majesty to let him die in peace!"

In the imperial study room, Pei Xiu said sincerely, those who didn't know thought how much Li Chengying had contributed to Da Zhou.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Feng Jin watched Pei Xiu put on airs with cold eyes, and couldn't help sneering from the bottom of her heart.

After seeing Pei Xiu's face enough, Feng Jin said sarcastically, "Pei Qing is absolutely right, Li Chengying died, and I lost a dedicated, shrewd and capable head of the House of Internal Affairs. After thinking about it, if this palace There is no dedicated, shrewd and capable head of the House of Internal Affairs like him, I really can't even sleep soundly!"

Every time Feng Jin said 'dedicated to duty', it seemed to be mocking Pei Xiu, and Pei Xiu's face was not good from the moment she spoke.

After hearing her finish speaking, Pei Xiu's pupils shrank suddenly, the empress had put forward a condition.

If you want to terminate the investigation, you can!The queen wants her own person to be the head of the House of Internal Affairs!

Pei Xiu stared at Feng Jin coldly, Feng Jin looked at him with a smile on his lips, a spot of blood was red on his neck, which was where the sword stabbed him last time.

The two looked at each other, sparks flew everywhere, and the undercurrent was raging, neither of them would back down.

Should the empress get a head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, or continue to suffer from the trouble caused by that trash Li Chengying?
Pei Xiu was troubled in his heart. After a long time, his eyes darkened, and he lowered his head slowly, "Your Majesty's words are very true."

Three people become tigers!It was hard for him to gain the support of the people, and he couldn't let his efforts fall short!It would be even more troublesome if the empress secretly pushed people to fuel the flames!

Therefore, he can only compromise and agree to the queen's conditions!
Feng Jin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and slowly let go of the hand that was tightly gripping the armrest of the dragon chair. Because of too much force, the knuckles of her fingers were faintly white.

Feng Jin looked at Song Ming, and said calmly, "Song Aiqing, is there any evidence for Li Chengying's involvement in poisoning me?"

Song Ming thought for a while, with a guilty expression on his resolute dark face, "Return to Your Majesty, there is no evidence."

"According to Song Aiqing's estimate, how long will it take to find out the evidence?"

"This, the minister is not sure."

Feng Jin thought for a while, "Since this is the case, this matter has already caused unrest in the court, and everyone is in danger, why not terminate the investigation!"

Song Ming hesitated for a moment, and said in a deep voice, "I obey the order!"

"As for the things that Li Chengying has done, you can't lightly expose them just because he dedicated himself to me and fulfilled his duties. What should be liquidated must be liquidated. Pei Qing has no objection to this matter, right?"

Pei Xiu's face was livid, and it took a while before he said coldly, "I dare not object."

"By the way, I happen to have an excellent candidate for the new head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it happens that the three love ministers are all there. Why don't you give me a staff officer."

Pei Xiu's complexion sank. It seems that the empress had planned this time, and even chose someone to replace Li Chengying.

Who is it?

Feng Jin clapped his hands, Wang Quan lowered his head, walked in respectfully, first greeted Feng Jin, then folded his hands in front of his lower abdomen, standing respectfully and humblely beside Feng Jin.

Seeing Wang Quan, Pei Xiu's eyes were piercingly cold, when did this old thing join forces with the Queen?
Seeing Feng Jin with a smile on his lips and deep eyes on the dragon chair, a thought suddenly flashed in Pei Xiu's mind, the empress in front of him was extremely strange, she was not the empress he had raised in the deep palace for six years at all!

Pei Xiu was taken aback by this thought, he stared straight at Feng Jin above him, the more he looked, the more frightened he was.

"Pei Qing, do you think Wang Quan is qualified for the position of chief executive of the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

Feng Jin's words with a slight smile interrupted Pei Xiu's thoughts. He restrained his thoughts and said calmly, "Your Majesty's vision is of course very good."

Pei Xiu knew well that the empress had already made up her mind. No matter what he said, the empress would push Wang Quan to the position of chief executive. Why should he have a conflict with the empress based on the fact that it had already been done?

Feng Jin stared straight at him, the light in those phoenix eyes was faint, making it impossible to understand.

Pei Xiu let her watch, and he was also watching her secretly, wanting to verify his guess, Feng Jin looked at him for a moment, then smiled with some meaningful meaning, "I used to be blind, blind, and mistakenly believed. Man, you must keep your eyes open now."

After hearing this, Pei Xiu was a little uncertain about her previous thoughts.

He felt that the Queen seemed to be angry with him as before, but this time it was a little bigger.

Could it be that he didn't protect her well and let the palace servants almost kill her?

On the way back to Prime Minister's Mansion, Pei Xiu kept thinking about this question.

If it's about anger, is it because the empress dotes on Wuming because she is angry with herself?

Thinking of this, Pei Xiu felt much happier, and the depression that had been suffocating dissipated a lot.

It doesn't matter if Li Chengying is dead, it doesn't matter if the position of chief executive is pinched in the hands of the empress, he still has people in the palace, and the empress' every move is still in his eyes.

As long as the empress does not register as her husband and does not take charge of the government, Da Zhou will still be in his hands.

If the empress insists on registering the imperial husband, then the imperial husband must come from Pei's family!
The heir born to the queen must be his!

Thinking of his heirs, Pei Xiu suddenly had an excellent idea.

He couldn't help hooking the corners of his lips, revealing a confident smile.

(End of this chapter)