The concubine is poisonous

Chapter 52 Taking office
At night, a black figure suddenly rushed into the prime minister's mansion, and disappeared in a flash. His voice was as soft as a cat jumping, and no one's attention was aroused.

The black figure jumped to the outside of Ran Hai's bedroom before stopping, reached out and knocked on Ran Hai's window three times, then stopped, waited for a while, and knocked twice again.

After Ran Hai received the signal in the room, he coughed lightly twice, the black figure stretched out his hand and lifted the window, and his figure flashed into Ran Hai's room.

After entering the room, the figure folded his hands and knelt down and said, "See the prime minister, I don't know what orders the prime minister has for this summoning."

Ran Hai nodded and said: "The old man wants you to investigate someone, Zhao Zhongran's daughter Zhao Yuning."

The black figure said: "Yes, I don't know what the prime minister wants to check on her?"

Ran Hai said: "During the days when the old man was away, I heard that Zhao Yuning went out of the palace twice in a row. I want to know why she went out of the palace, where she went, and who she met."

"Yes." When the voice fell, the window slammed again, and it had been closed, and there was only Ran Hai left in the room. Ran Hai looked at the fleeting figure, nodded in satisfaction, and began to undress and prepare sleep.

Why did Ran Hai start to doubt Gu Xinning?Did he already know that the emperor's plan was related to Gu Xinning?

Ran Hai had already learned the news that Gu Xinning had left Beijing twice through the eyeliner in the palace.Being allowed to leave Beijing twice in such a short period of time?This is impossible for ordinary concubines.

And not long after Gu Xinning came back from Beijing for the first time, the emperor collected many criminal evidences against the ministers who were killed, and dealt with them severely. When Gu Xinning left Beijing for the second time, Ye Junyan asked him to take charge of the six inspection bureaus. matter.It can't be just a coincidence between the two, Ran Hai thinks there must be some connection between them, if he wants to find the key to the problem, he must start with Gu Xinning.

At the same time that Ran Hai sent someone to investigate Gu Xinning, Gu Xinning had already returned to the Hall of Qinzheng and reported the result of the trip to Ye Junyan.After hearing Gu Xinning's report, Ye Junyan nodded in satisfaction.

The next day, when Ran Hai officially took office, he began to register and register the officials of the six Laughing Departments, and began to strictly check the personnel exchanges and accounts of all officials, and checked them one by one.

In less than ten days, a large number of officials' corruption evidence was cleared up. As expected by Du Wangshan, most of the officials that Ran Hai tracked down were people who opposed Ran Hai on weekdays, and some people who originally opposed Ran Hai, but because of Worried about Ran Hai's retaliation, he either turned to flatter Ran Hai in every possible way, or resigned with an excuse and wanted to go back to his hometown for refuge.

For a moment, everyone in the court was in danger, and there was a chaos that had never been seen in the history of Zhaoxuan Kingdom, but Ye Junyan pretended to be deaf and dumb about it, and ignored it.It's just that every few days, I will give Gu Xinning a list and ask her to pass it on to protect these people from being killed.

On the other hand, Zhao Zhongran, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, was also on the review list, but due to his status as a relative of the emperor, Ran Hai couldn't use torture to interrogate him, so he started with Zhao Zhongran's servants, but most of Zhao Zhongran's servants were newly recruited , I don't know anything about what Ran Hai asked.

This made Ran Hai mutter again, why did Zhao Zhongran's family suddenly change their servants?Judging from the time when these servants were recruited, Zhao Zhongran recruited these servants far earlier than the time when the emperor decided to set up the six inspection bureaus. It was impossible for Zhao Zhongran to make preparations early in the morning.

Then there is only one possibility, Zhao Zhongran wants to hide something else, what does he want to hide?Could it be related to Zhao Yuning again?It seems that these servants were indeed recruited after Zhao Yuning entered the palace. Of course, Ran Hai did not believe such a coincidence, so he began to investigate Zhao Yuning's affairs with all his strength.

Zhao An, the old housekeeper of the Zhao Mansion, is the only old man in the mansion. If there is something wrong with Zhao Yuning, then this old guy must know.When Ran Hai thought of Zhao An, he ordered someone to arrest Zhao An.

But the people sent by Ran Hai were obviously one step too late. When they came to Zhao Mansion to arrest Zhao An, Zhao An had already committed suicide by taking poison.

"What! Suicide by taking poison?" Hearing this news, Ran Hai was very angry. Of course, he didn't believe in a housekeeper. He had no reason to commit suicide. Even if Zhao Zhongran was convicted, Zhao Zhongran was the one who was convicted. What does it have to do with a housekeeper?And this butler is the only person other than Zhao Zhongran who might know Zhao Yuning's secret.But it happened to take poison to commit suicide at this time, everything was too coincidental, the more coincidental, the less Ran Hai would believe it, this is the purpose of Ran Hai's consistent view of things.

Therefore, Ri Hai began to have complete doubts about Gu Xinning, and he thought of Zhao Zhongran's son, Zhao Tianyu, but after searching all over Zhao's house, there was still no whereabouts of Zhao Tianyu.

At this moment, Ran Hai became angry, and came to the prison to personally interrogate Zhao Zhongran, trying to force him to reveal Zhao Yuning's real identity, but Zhao Zhongran refused to admit it, and insisted that Zhao Yuning was his daughter, but Ran Hai couldn't tell the truth, and was afraid that if he was beaten to death Zhao Zhongran couldn't explain to Ye Junyan, so he put Zhao Zhongran back in the prison and no one was allowed to visit him.

When Gu Xinning heard about the change in the Zhao family, she begged Ye Junyan several times for mercy, but Ye Junyan only sent someone to tell Ran Hai not to be too harsh on Zhao Zhongran, and had no intention of releasing him, which made Gu Xinning unhappy.

Seeing Ye Junyan's indifference, Gu Xinning was worried that Ran Hai would force her to find out her identity, so she took the opportunity of the palace to send the list, quietly went to Zhao's mansion to poison Zhao An, and then transferred Zhao Tianyu to Zuo Haobai's sub-helm Guard, lest he fall into the hands of Ran Hai.

Ran Hai sent out to find out what Gu Xinning had done twice and where she had gone. After repeated investigations to no avail, the mysterious man set his sights on Nian Se who had been serving Gu Xinning and was inseparable from him.But Nian Se has been living in the palace, and it is difficult to do anything. Seeing that this incident has been involved in the palace, Ran Hai asked the mysterious person to suspend the investigation of this incident and instead investigate Zhao Tianyu's whereabouts.

Mo Luotang discusses the current situation and development with Ran Hai in the secret room every day.

"Prime Minister Ran, most of the people who oppose you in the court have been eliminated, so our next move."

Hearing what Mo Luotang said, Ran Hai waved his hands and said, "Now is not the time yet."

"Oh? Isn't it the right time?" Mo Luotang asked with a frown.

Ran Hai frowned and nodded and said: "Well, the old man recently discovered that many officials were dispatched or on the way back to their hometowns. I sent people to stop and kill them halfway, but they always failed. It seemed that all the people who wanted to kill It seems like it disappeared out of thin air, this incident made the old man feel a little restless."

Mo Luotang asked: "Could it be that Ye Junyan is playing tricks in the dark?"

Ran Hai shook his head and said: "I thought it was true when I asked, but I checked all the troops and defenses in the capital, including the guards and eunuchs in the palace, and there was no change in them all, that's why I am worried."

After thinking for a while, Mo Luotang said, "Why don't you let me visit the palace at night, it's too late."

Ran Hai shook his head to dissuade him and said: "The guards in the palace are strictly guarded, and there are so many masters. In addition, Ye Junyan is a master of masters, and his martial arts are unfathomable. Once he finds out, it may be difficult for you to escape."

Mo Luotang said disdainfully: "No matter how deep and unfathomable it is, it's no match for poison."

Ran Hai smiled lightly and said, "What about last time? Didn't you say that no one can cure your poison?"

Embarrassed, Mo Luotang said, "Maybe he had some adventure last time."

Ran Hai shook his head and said: "I have a lot of doubts about that Concubine Ning now, if you can help me find out the doubts about her, it will be of great help to us."

Mo Luotang said with a sly smile, "No problem, I'll investigate tomorrow."

In the Hall of Qinzheng, Nian Se asked Gu Xinning worriedly: "Mother, Ran Hai has already become suspicious of you, and Mr. Zhao has also been arrested. Sooner or later, your real identity will be found out. I think you can come out freely now." Let’s leave the palace, we can think of other ways to get revenge in the future.”

Gu Xinning has been in deep thought, ignoring Nian Se's words, Nian Se looked at Gu Xinning's pensive face, a little anxious, pulled Gu Xinning's clothes, Gu Xinning felt the clothes being pulled, and came back to look at Nian Se Say, "What did you just say?"

Nian Se said anxiously: "Your Majesty, leave the palace. You can think of other ways to get revenge. If the Emperor knows the real identity of your empress, he will definitely not let her go."

Gu Xinning smiled and said: "It's okay, Zhao Zhongran won't say anything for the sake of his children, I've already transferred Zhao Tianyu, so don't even try to find Ran Hai."

Nian Se still frowned and said: "But Ran Hai sent people to arrest Zhao An and Zhao Tianyu, which is enough to prove that he has begun to doubt your empress."

Gu Xinning said with a smile: "He has no evidence, it's useless to rely on suspicion."

"But." Nian Se seemed to have something to say.

"Okay Se'er, I know you are worried about me and for my own good, but I don't want to give up halfway, you can rest assured that I will protect myself." Gu Xinning interrupted Nian Se's words to comfort, but in fact she knew in her heart that even he himself It's not sure how much Ran Hai knows about her.But it's not easy for her to get to where she is today, and she really doesn't want to just give up.

She thinks that she just needs to wait patiently for a while until Ran Hai has a clear idea of ​​Ye Junyan's power, when Ye Junyan finally decides to confront Ran Hai head-on, when Ye Junyan and Ran Hai are both defeated That day was the time for her, Gu Xinning, to avenge the entire Gu family.

She wants Ye Junyan to be defeated and regret all his life, and she wants Ran Hai to have nothing and life is better than death.

In Gu Xinning's eyes, Ye Junyan's indulgence in Ran Hai's game is based on risky chess, and Ran Hai's plan to eliminate dissidents is also digging his own grave. Gu Xinning believes that only he is the only one who holds the key to this game of chess. people.

Ye Junyan wants to get rid of Ran Hai, but pampering Ran Hai weakens Ye Junyan's power, but Ye Junyan is the lord of a country after all, and Ran Hai's confrontation with Ye Junyan is not right.But even if Ye Junyan gained the upper hand after drinking, Ye Junyan was at the end of his strength at that time, and Gu Xinning could defeat Ye Junyan with just a little movement.

"Ye Junyan, Ran Hai, you all think you can win? You all think that the other party has entered into your scheme, but you will all enter into my scheme in the end." Gu Xinning was thinking in her heart.

However, what seems to be a smooth plan will often have unpredictable changes in the follow-up. Gu Xinning never thought that Mo Luotang, whom she had been planning to find, had already entered Beijing, and Mo Luotang's arrival would give Gu Xinning What kind of variables will the plan bring?

(End of this chapter)