The concubine is poisonous

Chapter 53
In the Palace of Qinzheng, Du Wangshan is presenting to Ye Junyan the recent changes in the court: "Your Majesty, Ran Hai has already discovered that those officials who have been demoted are protected inexplicably, and now the officials who are targeted by Ran Hai are not in prison. He was tortured to death. Ran Hai exaggerated his crimes and targeted death row criminals. If this continues, the previous plan may be lost."

At the beginning, the officials that Ran Hai censored or framed, and those who were dismissed or sent to the frontier according to the law, all disappeared halfway. This aroused Ran Hai's suspicion, so when he convicted the officials again, Ran Hai added many unfounded charges Go up or be beaten to death, or sentenced to beheading.

Ye Junyan frowned and pondered. He never thought that Ran Hai would discover his intentions so quickly. It seems that it will not happen overnight to deal with Ran Hai.But if he took it back at this time, wouldn't all the sacrifices he had made before be in vain.

At this time, Gu Xinning came out from the inside and said: "The emperor can take this opportunity to collect evidence of Ran Hai's abuse of power and abuse of power. Wouldn't it be just right to add another crime of bullying to him?"

When Du Wangshan saw that it was Gu Xinning, he quickly cupped his hands and saluted, "I will see you, Concubine Ning."

Gu Xinning returned the salute with a smile: "Master Du is so polite."

But Ye Junyan looked at Gu Xinning coldly and asked, "Who told you to come out? Have you forgotten the rule that the harem can't interfere in politics?"

Gu Xinning chuckled and said, "Haha, I think the emperor forgot."

Ye Junyan asked coldly: "What did I forget?"

Gu Xinning smiled and replied: "The emperor forgot who you asked to obtain those corrupt officials' materials, and who helped you find someone to covertly protect those officials who you sold to Ran Hai as tools."

Originally, only Gu Xinning and Ye Junyan knew about these things. Even Du Wangshan and Ye Junyan didn't tell them. One was because they were afraid that someone would use the excuse that the harem could not interfere in politics to criticize Ye Junyan. With the help of a woman.So to Ye Junyan, these things are secrets.

But now Gu Xinning actually said everything in front of Du Wangshan, which made Ye Junyan extremely furious, but with Du Wangshan around, it was not easy to get angry, so he had to look at Gu Xinning coldly with his eyes full of murderous intent.

After hearing what Gu Xinning said, Du Wangshan knew that Gu Xinning was helping Ye Junyan behind everything, he couldn't help admiring Gu Xinning, and clasped his fists and said, "It's unexpected that the concubine Ning, a concubine, can do so many great things for the emperor. Don't give way to a man, but it's much better than my daughter who doesn't live up to her expectations and can only act coquettishly, Master Zhao is really good at teaching girls."

Hearing Du Wangshan's compliments, and seeing the anger on Ye Junyan's face, Gu Xinning suddenly found it funny, but after all, it wasn't the occasion, Gu Xinning still held back and didn't attack.He just said simply: "Master Du is too modest, and this palace is just trying its best to share the emperor's worries, but Mr. Du is often mentioned by the emperor, saying that Mr. Du is the pillar of the country, like the emperor's right-hand man."

When Du Wangshan heard the words, he laughed and greeted him politely, and then said: "Just now I heard what your mother said, that she wants to continue to encourage Ran Hai? But now most of the officials who are targeted by Ran Hai are tortured to death. The person who has become Ran Hai, even if there is evidence of Ran Hai's crime, can he be defeated?"

Gu Xinning smiled and glanced at Ye Junyan and said, "Oh? Why does Mr. Zhao think that there are so many civil and military matters in the Manchu Dynasty that are finally the emperor's? These days, the officials who are really loyal to the emperor have actually been eliminated by Ran Hai. , I’m afraid there are not many left.”

After listening to Gu Xinning's words, Du Wangshan felt that there was some truth, but he didn't dare to express his opinion without authorization, so he carefully glanced at Ye Junyan who was sitting there,

Ye Junyan pursed his lips and said after a while: "Then what do you think?"

Gu Xinning said with a smile: "From my point of view, Ran Hai is imposing crimes or heavy responsibilities on the officials now, in order to test the emperor."

Ye Junyan looked at Gu Xinning and frowned, but didn't speak, he was waiting for Gu Xinning to continue.

Gu Xinning glanced at Ye Junyan and said: "Ran Hai must have suspected that the emperor asked him to review the six books, there must be a conspiracy, but he didn't know what the emperor had planned, so he deliberately intensified the situation, trying to force the emperor to show his face."

Hearing what Gu Xinning said, Du Wangshan suddenly realized: "Your Majesty is indeed unparalleled in intelligence." Du Wangshan then turned his gaze to Ye Junyan and continued: "Your Majesty, I think your Majesty's words are reasonable. If your Majesty continues to stand still, Ran Hai will be even worse. I can't figure it out, most of the remaining officials in the court are on Ran Hai's side, so why not let him go, he won't have anyone to kill soon."

Ye Junyan nodded silently, did not speak, he was still thinking about Gu Xin's words, although Gu Xinning's words were reasonable, but they were mostly speculations, what if she guessed wrong?
Gu Xinning also looked at Ye Junyan, she found that the expression on Ye Junyan's face was very interesting, frowning for a while, as if there were many things she couldn't understand, and pursing her lips for a while, as if thinking about something incomprehensible , Gu Xinning has never seen so many expressions appear on Ye Junyan's face at the same time.Gu Xinning feels that although Ye Junyan is cold now, he is cute with points.

After a long time, Ye Junyan finally said, "Then let's look at it first, I really don't want to give up halfway."

After Du Wangshan left, Ye Junyan's face changed back to a cold and heartless look, and he stared at Gu Xinning tightly, as if he wanted to eat people.

Gu Xinning secretly smiled in his heart, he knew that Ye Junyan was pretending to scare him deliberately, so Gu Xinning also pretended to be scared and threw himself into Ye Junyan's arms and said, "Oh, Your Majesty, don't look at your concubine like that. I can see that the concubine is flustered."

Ye Junyan pushed Gu Xinning away from his arms and said, "Stop pretending, you are so courageous, you dare to come out to point out the country when I am discussing with the ministers, will you still panic?"

Ye Junyan felt that if the affairs of the people in the harem were used as a talking point, it might cause an uproar. Fortunately, the other party was Du Wangshan.

Gu Xinning had already seen through Ye Junyan's thoughts, and said with a smile: "I think it is Mrs. Du, but seeing that the emperor is about to fall into Ran Hai's design, my concubine is anxious about the emperor, so I dare to speak out. "

"I don't want the same thing to happen again!" Ye Junyan said still displeased.

"Okay, the concubine has made a note, let the concubine serve the emperor to rest." Gu Xinning said, and she fell into Ye Junyan's arms softly.

In the prime minister's mansion, Ran Hai was looking at the list of officials who had been cleaned up recently, and he said happily in his heart, "Hmph, you people, you pretend to be loyal, and fight against me all day long, what will happen in the end? Isn't it the same as Gu Jingzhou back then? They will all be planted in my hands, Ran Hai."

"Loyal ministers? Shit, in the end, they are all dead and without whole bodies. The only ones who can last for a long time are powerful ministers like me, Ran Hai hahaha."

Suddenly Mo Xiaotang came in, and Ran Hai asked, "Have you found out about Zhao Yuning?"

Mo Luotang smiled and said, "Not yet, but I found some clues, and I'm going to follow the clues to search, so I'm here to say goodbye to the prime minister for a few days."

Ran Hai never let Mo Luotang move during the day because he was afraid that someone would recognize him. He smiled and Mo Luotang was going to leave for a few days. Ran Hai couldn't help but asked worriedly, "How long are you going to be away, and where are you going?"

Mo Luotang knew Ran Hai's worry, and said, "Prime Minister, don't worry, Xiaotang will leave the capital quietly without being seen. Luotang found out that Zhao Zhongran's hometown is in Taiyuan, and I thought that a trip to Taiyuan might be rewarding."

Then Ran Hai nodded reassuringly and said: "Well, this is also a direction, then you go, be careful."

After Mo Luotang left, Ran Hai continued to appreciate the recent masterpieces, but he fell asleep on the table without feeling sleepy.

After Ran Hai fell asleep, a masked man in black floated in like the wind. As soon as the man in black landed, he flipped through the files on Ran Hai's case. Transcribe it.

It wasn't until midnight that the man in black floated away. When Ran Hai woke up, he found that it was almost dawn, and he murmured to himself doubtfully: "The old man is really too tired recently, and he can fall asleep lying on the table?" He casually sorted out the case files in front of him, while tidying up the court clothes and hats, and prepared to go to the court.

One day when Lu Liqi came to play in the garden, she happened to run into Ran Yunmo, and the two exchanged pleasantries.

Lu Liqi asked Ran Yunmo how rarely she came out these days, and Ran Yunmo reasoned that she was not feeling well, so she moved less.

After gossiping for a while, Lu Liqi said again: "I heard that the emperor granted concubine Ning an amnesty to leave the palace at any time. Alas, we don't have such a good life."

Knowing that Lu Liqi is a son, Ran Yunmo made sarcastic remarks, and said casually: "It is well known that the emperor loves Concubine Ning, and it is not surprising that he would give Concubine Ning an amnesty."

Seeing that Ran Yunmo was neither angry nor annoyed, Lu Liqi was a little uncertain whether Ran Yunmo was pretending to be indifferent, or if she had really become generous.So he asked, "Sister, do you still remember that when the emperor was away, my sister wanted my sister to cooperate with my sister?"

Ran Yunmo secretly laughed in her heart: "The bastard can't help it at last." But he deliberately held Lu Liqi's appetite and said: "Oh, don't mention that, look at the way the emperor loves Concubine Ning in your heart, I'm afraid Even if you and I add up, we can't compete with her, unless we can make her disappear from now on."

Lu Liqi was taken aback when she heard the words and said, "Sister means to think."

"Ai, younger sister, please don't think too much about it. My older sister just said it casually. There is no other meaning. My younger sister, please don't misunderstand my elder sister." Ran Yunmo hurriedly interrupted Lu Liqi's words to avoid being caught by Lu Liqi.

Lu Liqi shook her lips and said, "Sister, if my sister has a way to make her disappear, would my sister help me?"

Ran Yunmo's eyes widened, and she pretended to be incredulous and said, "What? You really want to do this? Sister, don't forget the lesson of Zhou Xuemei and Fu Ya, the emperor hates the harem for using extreme methods in order to win favor. of."

Lu Liqi suddenly smiled and said: "Sister, my sister is joking with you, of course my sister knows the emperor's temper, she won't mess around."

Ran Yunmo pretended to be relieved and said: "That's good, that's good, you scared my sister to death." At this moment, Ran Yunmo was secretly laughing in her heart, "Huh, Lu Liqi, it seems that you will be patient soon. Don't hold back, I'll wait to see what you do."

(End of this chapter)