Emperor Phoenix Policy: Feng Qingtian

Chapter 87 Rumors
Pei Xiu's long eyebrows were slightly frowned, and seeing the determined expression on Feng Jin's face, she suddenly smiled coldly, "I don't know who gave His Majesty such confidence, is it the old fox Qi, or the Jiangnan gentry behind Shen Wenqing? Or the one who specializes in killing people?" The dead door of business?"

"neither!"

Pei Xiu's eyes flashed, could it be that the queen has powers that he doesn't know about?
"It's me!"

Pei Xiu stared at Feng Jin with a pair of sharp and deep eyes, Feng Jin always had a smile on his lips, letting him watch.

Pei Xiu looked at it for a while, then suddenly smiled mockingly, "Your Majesty is too confident in himself!"

"No matter how incompetent I am, didn't I force Pei Qing to bend her knees? Didn't I also force Pei Qing to make a mistake in a panic, killing Tang Zhongde and his son, putting me on the wrong foot, and coming into the palace in the middle of the night to negotiate terms with me? "

Pei Xiu suppressed her resentment, and stared at Feng Jin coldly, "This is the first and only time I made a mistake, don't worry, Your Majesty, I will be more vigilant in the future to guard against Your Majesty!"

Feng Jin pursed her lips into a smile, her eyes turned, and her eyes slid over Pei Xiu's face like water. She smiled slightly, parted her red lips, and said softly, "If that's the case, then I'll just wait. Don't let me down."

Her charming and smiling appearance, and her soft-spoken demeanor, didn't seem like she was confronting Pei Xiu, but rather when she was making an appointment with her lover.

Pei Xiu looked at her suspiciously, Feng Jin was always smiling, Pei Xiu didn't see anything, he frowned, turned and left.

Just after walking a few steps, I heard Feng Jin's voice with a slight smile, "Pei Qing, Tang Zhongde is dead, does Pei Xiu have any ideas about who should be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials?"

Pei Xiu's heart trembled, His Majesty finally couldn't hold back anymore, is he going to reveal his true intention?
Pei Xiu turned around and looked at Feng Jin with deep eyes, "Who does Your Majesty want?"

Feng Jin took a deep look at him, "Pei Qing chose Chen Shilang, right? Since Pei Qing has already chosen first, then I have no choice but to choose Huang Shilang!"

Pei Xiu stared at Feng Jin with burning eyes, "Your Majesty wants Huang Shilang to be the official secretary?"

Feng Jin smiled without saying a word, acquiescing.

The room was silent, and after an unknown amount of time, Pei Xiu broke the silence with a sneer, "Since His Majesty wants it, I dare not refuse."

After making such a big circle, it turned out that he wanted to help Huang Shilang, then the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. Speaking of which, when did Huang Shilang vote for His Majesty?

In any case, if His Majesty takes this as an exchange, then he will make her 'satisfactory'!

Pei Xiu couldn't help sneering in his heart, he gave Feng Jin a cold look, turned and left.

Looking at his back, Feng Jin's lips slowly rose, revealing an inscrutable smile.

In the early morning of the next day, the affairs of the Tang family reached the ears of civil and military officials. At first, some people talked about Pei Xiang being powerful and eradicating dissidents. Soon, that voice was suppressed, and another voice came out, saying that the empress As the emperor, His Majesty is powerless, empty-handed, and unable to protect the man he likes. After several days of accidents in the Tang family, His Majesty is still heartbroken.

This voice is no different from the previous ones, they all point to Pei Xiang's usurpation of power.

What's even more frightening is that at the beginning, this voice was only passed around among civil and military officials, but when Pei Xiu suppressed it, it actually spread to the streets and alleys, and it became more and more intense.

When Pei Xiu sent someone to investigate, the rumor suddenly disappeared and was nowhere to be found.

Pei Xiu knew that the empress' people must have been playing tricks in the dark, with the purpose of destroying his reputation among the people and building up momentum for the empress to rule in person in the future.

The scary thing about rumors is that they know they are scary, but they are powerless to stop them. Everyone has curiosity, especially the royal family in the deep palace. They are mysterious and noble, and they are mixed with love and hatred, which makes the common people enjoy it. Dao, can't stop.

The more it is suppressed, the more people believe it, and the more rumors spread.

Therefore, we can only investigate and find out the person who spread the rumors, but when Pei Xiu's people tracked down, everything died down, as if the rumors had never happened.

But everyone knows that some things have changed because of the rumors. At least there is a crack in Pei Xiu's originally strong reputation among the people.

The end of the year is approaching, and the imperial capital seems to be calm, but there seems to be a turbulent undercurrent hidden under the calm, waiting to turn the imperial capital upside down.

But the matter of the Tang family was left alone. Tang Zhongde's charges of embezzlement and perverting the law were not prosecuted, but in the same way, Liu Xiaowei, who led troops into the Tang residence and forced Tang Zhongde and his son to death, was not punished either.

Everyone believed that His Majesty was powerless to reverse the case for the man he loved, and could only let Xiang Pei exercise power.

The incident of the Tang family happened within ten days. Huang Shilang was promoted to the post of Minister of the Ministry of Officials because the Minister of the Ministry of Officials could not be vacant for a long time. He never thought that such a big pie would hit his head. He was so excited that he set up several tables. Friends and family drinking.

Chen Shilang originally thought that Shangshu would be easy to catch, but he didn't expect to change people at the end of the day. He looked at Huang Shangshu, who was originally at the same level as him, pointing fingers at him all day long, arrogant, Chen Shilang was holding back In a fit of anger, I finally couldn't help but went to the Prime Minister's mansion in the dead of night one day.

"What are you in a hurry for? What I promised you will definitely be done."

Hearing Chen Shilang's complaint, Pei Xiu said indifferently that his body had recovered, and he was re-handling the government affairs. Now Tang Zhongde is missing from the auxiliary ministers, and there are only three people left. Neutral, Pei Xiu didn't take old fox Qi seriously at all.

His Majesty has no power in his hands, no matter how happy the old fox Qi is, he alone can't accomplish anything.

The power in the court was once again in Pei Xiu's hands, and everything seemed to be back to the original point, but there seemed to be many things that had changed secretly.

For example, in the morning court, Pei Xiu no longer had the final say in the court hall, and no one dared to say anything.

Old Fox Qi was always arguing with Pei Xiu. At the beginning, no one dared to lend a hand. Gradually, some people began to speak for Old Fox Qi, especially the new Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Huang Shangshu. It was because Pei Xiang chose Chen Shilang, and Her Majesty the Queen would definitely not use Pei Xiang's person, so Huang Shangshu tried his best to show his loyalty to the Queen.

Pei Xiu noticed this change and didn't say a word, waiting for the opportunity to make an example of others.

The 25th day of the twelfth lunar month is the last day before the annual holiday. From this day on, all civil and military officials will be on vacation, and they will not return to court until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

When the early court was about to end that day, an official of the Pei Party suddenly jumped out and exposed Huang Shangshu's buying and selling of officials, corrupting the law, allowing his servants to rob the people's land, and even beating people to death.

As soon as the news came out, the court was blown up immediately. The Pei party was obviously prepared. The witnesses and material evidence were all ready, and there was even a blood book written by the victim's family. Every word was bloody and tearful, accusing the Huang family of atrocities. , Huang Shangshu's face was as pale as paper on the spot, and he fell straight back, fainting on the Golden Luan Hall.

Pei Xiu didn't care whether he was dizzy or not, his sharp eyes fell on Liu Zhao, the censor who supervised the official's violation of the law. On the surface, he was a neutral faction like Song Ming, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, but he was secretly targeting Pei Xiu .

"Liu Yushi, with all the witnesses and material evidence, can Huang Shangshu be imprisoned?"

"Of course!"

As soon as Liu Yushi opened his mouth, Pei Xiu said coldly, "Drag on! Torture and torture, we must dig out more things!"

All civil and military officials lowered their heads, shrunk like quails, and all the people present were smart people. They had long seen that this was Pei Xiu trying to scare the chickens and monkeys, because Huang Shangshu helped Lord Qi speak before.

Huang Shangshu is a chicken that was killed. While the civil and military officials were afraid of Pei Xiu, they also felt cold.

First Tang Shangshu, then Huang Shangshu, who is next?
"Wait!"

There was a loud shout, which seemed extremely abrupt in the silent hall.

Pei Xiu looked at Song Ming who spoke, and said coldly, "Master Song, this is about Yushitai, what's the matter? Do you want to intervene too?"

"Officials breaking the law is indeed a matter of Yushitai, but there are cases in it. In addition to Huang Shangshu's corruption and breaking the law, there are also people who beat people to death, involving homicide cases. The criminal department is responsible for all kinds of homicide cases. Where there are homicide cases There is the Criminal Department!"

Pei Xiu stared at Song Ming with sharp eyes, and said in a cold, threatening tone, "Master Song, I advise you not to interfere in this matter!"

Song Ming's dark and upright face showed no expression, and he let Pei Xiu stare at him. His silent posture showed that he would never back down.

The dark tide between the two was raging, and all the officials retreated unconsciously, for fear of being dragged into it.

(End of this chapter)