Zhu Houzhao said angrily: "I don't need your guarantee, and I don't believe it! In the future, the guards of the palace will be handed over to Xichang and Jinyiwei. As for Dongchang, just do your best!"

  "The servant obeys the order." After hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Cao Zhengchun breathed a sigh of relief. Although the job of guarding the palace fell into the hands of Xichang and Jinyiwei, Jinyiwei basically obeyed him completely.

  Moreover, Zhu Houzhao did not seem to have any intention of taking off his position as the director of the East Factory.

  Zhu Houzhao seemed to see through Cao Zhengchun's thoughts, and said lightly: "Don't be too happy too early, from today onwards, Dongchang must not have any involvement in Jinyiwei, otherwise I will never forgive me!"

  Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Cao Zhengchun's heart suddenly throbbed. Although his flesh was painful, he did not dare to refute it, so he respectfully said, "This servant will obey the holy decree!"

  Zhu Houzhao said lightly: "It was the disposal of the East Factory just now. Naturally, you, the director of the East Factory, can't easily expose it."

  "The slave is convicted, please punish the emperor." At this moment, Cao Zhengchun had no choice at all.

  Zhu Houzhao said in a cold voice: "I should have dismissed you as the director of the East Factory, but there is currently no suitable person to lead the East Factory. In addition, you have been loyal to the late emperor and me all these years, so I will give you another chance. I will only punish you with a hundred court sticks as an example! If you commit the crime again in the future, you will be punished for several crimes!"

  "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

  When Cao Zhengchun heard Zhu Houzhao's words, he quickly said respectfully, and kowtowed heavily at Zhu Houzhao again.

  Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said indifferently: "Immediately go outside the hall to execute the execution! Bu Jingyun, you go to supervise!"

  "According to the order," Bu Jingyun heard the words, respectfully responded to Zhu Houzhao, and then left the Cining Palace with Cao Zhengchun.

  After arriving outside the palace, Cao Zhengchun directly ordered two Dongchang factory guards to execute the court staff on him.

  Hearing the snapping sound from outside the palace, Yunluo said with a smile: "If you fight well, you should teach Cao Yigou a lesson and let him be arrogant and domineering in the palace all day!"

  The Empress Dowager said at this time: "Although Cao Zhengchun is also at fault in this incident, the envoys of the Izumo Kingdom are even more abhorrent. You can't let them go, Your Majesty."

  Zhu Houzhao nodded and said, "Don't worry, Queen Mother, I have already asked Xichang, Shenhou Mansion, and Hulong Villa to act together to detain the envoys from the Cloud Kingdom. They dare to go to the palace to commit murder and disrespect the Queen Mother, and I will definitely not forgive them. Their!"

  The Empress Dowager nodded slightly and said, "Your Majesty, just look at it and deal with it. Ai's family just mentioned it incidentally. The Ai's family is all right, and the emperor is busy."

  When Zhu Houzhao heard the words, he bowed slightly towards the Queen Mother and said, "The boy will retire first."

  After speaking, Zhu Houzhao turned around and walked outside the Cining Palace.

  "Congratulations to the emperor!"

  Seeing that Zhu Houzhao was about to leave, the maids and eunuchs in the Cining Palace hurriedly spoke to Zhu Houzhao respectfully.

  After leaving the Cining Palace, Zhu Houzhao walked to Bu Jingyun's side, gave a low voice to Bu Jingyun, and then walked towards the Hall of Mental Cultivation under the escort of Nie Feng. .

Chapter 15

  Under the escort of Nie Feng, Zhu Houzhao returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and while practicing, he waited for the return of Bu Jingyun and Yu Huatian.

  A quarter of an hour later, Bu Jingyun returned first, holding a sachet in Bu Jingyun's hand.

  "Your Majesty, this is the cardamom you want." Bu Jingyun handed the sachet to Zhu Houzhao with both hands, and said respectfully.

  When Zhu Houzhao heard the words, his eyes suddenly showed joy, he reached out and took the sachet, opened it and saw that there was a crystal of Tianxiang cardamom in the sachet.

  Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly and said, "Well done, Cao Zhengchun didn't play any tricks, did he?"

  This Tianxiang cardamom was exactly what Zhu Houzhao asked Bu Jingyun to ask for Cao Zhengchun when he left the Cining Palace.

  Bu Jingyun said: "Cao Zhengchun wanted to deny it at first, but when he knew that everything was within the emperor's expectations, he chose to give in and offered this Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom."

  Hearing Bu Jingyun's words, Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly in his heart.

  To be honest, Zhu Houzhao still quite likes Cao Zhengchun in the original play.

  Although Cao Zhengchun is no different than a big traitor to Baiguan, at least he has no intention of rebelling.

  On the contrary, the traitorous uncle Zhu ignored him, but was thinking of usurping the throne.

  Zhu Houzhao gave in to Jingyun to collect Cao Zhengchun's Tianxiang cardamom, but it was a test for Cao Zhengchun. If Cao Zhengchun didn't know how to praise him, even if Zhu Houzhao had a good impression of Cao Zhengchun in the original play, he didn't mind getting rid of him directly!

  Now that Cao Zhengchun has handed over Tianxiang Cardamom, Zhu Houzhao can let him go.

  As long as Cao Zhengchun is loyal to Zhu Houzhao, even if he uses his power to deal with some Qingliu ministers, it doesn't matter to Zhu Houzhao at all.

  Zhu Houzhao did not have much affection for those Qingliu ministers in the court.

  As for Zhu Houzhao's purpose of collecting Tianxiang cardamom, it was naturally to hold Hou Zhu, the god of iron gall, to ignore.

  Thinking about the relationship between Cao Zhengchun and Dongchang and those Qingliu, Zhu Houzhao suddenly thought of Jin Yiwei again.

  In the eyes of Qingliu, Jinyiwei is also notorious, but if used well, it is definitely a sharp knife in the hands of the emperor!

  Before, Jin Yiwei was controlled by Cao Zhengchun and Dongchang, but now Zhu Houzhao will never allow such a thing to continue.

  Zhu Houzhao's eyes swept back and forth on Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun for a while, and finally stopped his gaze on Bu Jingyun's body, and said lightly: "Bu Jingyun, I will give you another task."

  In Zhu Houzhao's view, Bu Jingyun was obviously more suitable than Nie Feng for this task.

  "Please instruct the emperor." Upon hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Bu Jingyun didn't hesitate and spoke respectfully towards Zhu Houzhao.

  Zhu Houzhao took a gold medal directly from his body and said lightly: "You take my token and go to take over the Jinyiwei. From now on, you will be the commander of the Jinyiwei. All the Jinyiwei are subject to your orders. Anyone who doesn't obey will be killed!"

  "The minister obeys the order!"

  Bu Jingyun took a step forward, took the gold medal from Zhu Houzhao's hands, and said respectfully.

  "Let's go." Zhu Houzhao waved his hand towards Bu Jingyun and said lightly.

  Bu Jingyun bowed towards Zhu Houzhao, then turned around and walked out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, heading towards Beizhen Fusi.

  "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Iron Courage, Marquis Zhuge, and Superintendent of Rain of Xichang, please meet outside the hall." Not long after Bu Jingyun left, the eunuch on duty at the entrance of the hall suddenly hurried in and spoke respectfully towards Zhu Houzhao. .

  Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao raised his brows slightly, and said lightly, "Let them in."

  "Yes", when the eunuch heard the words, he quickly responded respectfully, and then went to spread the word.

  Not long after, the Marquis of Iron Courage, Zhu Ignore, Marquis of Zhuge, Zhuge Zhengwo, and the Governor of the West Factory, Yu Huatian, entered the hall of Yangxin Hall together.

  "See the emperor!"

  After the three arrived at the main hall, they bowed to Zhu Houzhao at the same time, and said respectfully.

  Zhu Houzhao said indifferently: "No gift. You are here now, but you have already taken down the people from the Izumo envoy?"

  Hearing Zhu Houzhao's question, Zhu Ignore, Zhuge Zheng, I, and Yu Huatian looked at each other, and then Zhu Ignore stepped forward and said respectfully, "Back to the emperor, the Izumo envoys have indeed taken all of them, but the leader Karasuma died directly during the battle, and most of the others don't know the details."

  Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao gave Zhu Ignore a deep look, and said lightly: "Hulong Villa, Shenhou Mansion and Xichang were dispatched at the same time, but they returned without success. Is that how you do things? How did Karasuma die? ?"

  Zhu ignored and bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said respectfully, "Your Majesty forgives our sins, we didn't expect that when Karasuma saw us going to round up, he didn't choose to shoot. It's too late."

  "Your Majesty's forgiveness!"

  Immediately afterwards, Zhuge Zheng and Yu Huatian also respectfully spoke to Zhu Houzhao at the same time.

  Zhu Houzhao said angrily: "Then have you found other useful things? Did Izumo eat the gall of a bear's heart and a leopard? How dare you send someone to kidnap the Queen Mother, and even send Princess Yun to assassinate me!"

  Yu Huatian bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said respectfully, "If you go back to the emperor, after the investigation of Xichang, Shenhou Mansion and Hulong Villa, we found out that Karasuma and Princess Lixiu are likely to be disguised by others. ."

  Zhu Houzhao said indifferently: "How do you see it? If they are fake Izumo envoys, who is behind them? Where is the real Izumo envoys?".

Chapter 16

  Hearing Zhu Houzhao's question, Yu Huatian respectfully said: "Back to the emperor, we interrogated the members of the envoy and learned that there was a change in the middle three days before they arrived in the capital. After that, the envoys Suddenly, some strange members appeared in the middle, and all the people who originally served Princess Izumo and Karasuma died."

  "Therefore, we suspect that Princess Izumo and Karasuma may have been killed three days before the envoy arrived in the capital. In addition, we arrested several Fuso samurai among the envoys. Through interrogation of Fuso samurai and Princess Lixiu, came to the final conclusion."

  Zhu Houzhao raised his brows slightly when he heard the words, and said, "If that's the case, has Princess Lixiu confessed, and who ordered them?"

  While speaking, Zhu Houzhao kept his eyes fixed on Zhu Ignore, wanting to see how Zhu Ignore would react.

  However, I don't know if this matter really has nothing to do with Zhu Ignoring, or if Zhu Ignoring is too good a disguise, Zhu Houzhao didn't see anything in his eyes.

  Hearing this, Yu Huatian shook his head slightly and said, "According to Princess Lixiu, she is only acting on orders. Her contact person is Karasuma, and the only person who knows the whole thing is Karasuma."

  Zhu Houzhao snorted coldly and said angrily: "So, Karasuma is dead, and the clues of this matter are completely cut off?"

  "Your Majesty's forgiveness!"

  Seeing Zhu Houzhao's anger, Yu Huatian, Zhu Mianshi, and Zhuge Zheng and I hurriedly spoke out respectfully.

  Zhu Houzhao said coldly: "I don't want you to be convicted, I want the truth of the matter, the mastermind behind the scenes! Although Karasuma and Princess Lixiu failed in this operation, who knows if they have other secret hands, don't they? Do I and the Empress Dowager have to worry every day?"

  "No matter what the process is, as long as the result is the result, Xichang, Shenhou Mansion, and Hulong Villa will work together to find out who is behind the scenes as soon as possible!"

  "The minister obeys the order!"

  Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Yu Huatian, Zhuge Zhengga and Zhu ignored the three of them and spoke respectfully towards Zhu Houzhao at the same time.

  Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath and said lightly, "I don't want to punish anyone either. I hope you won't let me down."

  "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will do my best to investigate and deal with the behind-the-scenes as soon as possible!"

  The three of Yuhuatian heard the words and bowed to Zhu Houzhao again.

  Zhu Houzhao waved his hand at will, and said lightly: "Yuhuatian stay for a while. If Uncle Huang and Shenhou have nothing else to do, let's go down first."

  "I retire," Zhu Ignore and Zhuge Zhengga heard the words, looked at each other, and then spoke respectfully towards Zhu Houzhao at the same time.

  The sound fell, and the two slowly retreated towards the outside of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

  After Zhu Ignore and Zhuge Zhengga left, Zhu Houzhao looked at Yuhuatian and said indifferently, "During your trip to the Izumo country's envoy, did anything special happen? Is there anything unusual about the uncle? where?"

  Hearing Zhu Houzhao's question, Yu Huatian thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "If you go back to the emperor, I didn't find anything unusual, and the emperor's uncle's behavior was normal."

  "Could it be that it really has nothing to do with Zhu Ignoring?" Zhu Houzhao raised his brows slightly when he heard the words, and thought to himself.

  "Your Majesty, Eunuch Sun is asking for a meeting, and there are two people following Eunuch Sun." At this moment, the eunuch on duty at the entrance of the hall respectfully spoke towards Zhu Houzhao.

  Zhu Houzhao heard the words, a light flashed in his eyes, then nodded and said, "Let them come in."

  "Yes," the eunuch on duty agreed, and then went to lead Eunuch Sun and his party.

  Zhu Houzhao looked at Yu Huatian and said, "You can watch from the side first, and then there is something for you to do."

  "Yes", Yu Huatian had no objection to Zhu Houzhao's words, he respectfully agreed, and then stepped aside.

  Not long after, Eunuch Sun entered the hall.

  On the side of Eunuch Sun, there is a boy and a middle-aged woman.

  The young man was dressed simply and plainly, with loose hair, and with a lively breath in his eyes, he was carefully looking at the environment in the Hall of Mental Cultivation at the moment.

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