After I disguised myself as a man, I became everyone's white moonlight

The cold eyes and calm tone made the maids and guards feel a chill in their backs. The last batch of maids and guards who were replaced were all given fifty strokes of the cane and transferred to the cold palace.

Many palace maids could not survive and died during the beating. Although the guards survived, they were transferred to the cold palace and lost the chance of promotion, so their official careers were over.

Zhou Qingmin's cries were mercilessly shut out by the door. The queen stood outside the palace, watching the door close. She hid the complex look in her eyes and waved her hand with a little tiredness, "Return to the palace."

The nanny beside the queen was three steps behind her and whispered to comfort her, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. The princess is smart and will understand your painstaking efforts in the future."

The queen smiled helplessly, "Your Majesty wants to give Ping An to Chu Qibai, and I want to too, but I don't want to. I have tasted enough of the pain of being disliked by my husband, and I don't want Ping An to follow in his footsteps."

When it comes to this matter, the nanny didn't dare to say anything casually, after all, it was related to His Majesty.

The Queen knew that the nanny didn't dare to answer, so the topic was dropped.

Until she returned to Kunning Palace and saw her son waiting for her outside the door.

Zhou Hanjin, whose courtesy name is Yuanning.

"Greetings, mother. I am here to pay my respects to you." Zhou Hanjin smiled faintly. He inherited Yao's looks and was a bit dull. If he were a girl, he would not be outstanding, but as a man, he had a somewhat otherworldly and cold look.

The Queen raised her hand, "Stand up."

Zhou Hanjin glanced at the other palace servants.

Except for the Queen and Zhou Hanjin, all other palace people went from the inner hall of Kunning Palace to the outer courtyard and waited outside the courtyard.

There were only the mother and son in the inner hall, and no one knew what they said or discussed.

The only thing that was heard by the spy was the Queen's angry words, "Zhou Hanjin, don't you care about the brotherhood? I will never allow you to do this."

Zhou Hanjin only replied, "Mother, please be careful with your words."

She lowered her voice again to say the rest of the words. The palace maids outside were being watched by the entourage brought by the Eighth Prince, so they did not dare to act rashly. Even if they were curious and wanted to know what happened next, they could do nothing about it.

That night, the news spread from the palace and was sent to three different houses.

*

The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

Rong Qingzhu and Tang Yuhuai were able to leave the Yangxin Palace soon after completing their mission. His Majesty even "gently" comforted them with a few words. Knowing that they had encountered bandits and assassinations on the road, he specifically asked them how they were doing and whether they were injured.

Then he praised the two of them for doing an excellent job and said they would be rewarded later.

After saying this, the two were sent out of the Yangxin Palace. Rong Qingzhu tried several times to shift the topic to the suspected collusion between the bandits and the men in black, the corruption and dereliction of duty by Yunzhou officials, and the sudden burst of the dam.

The first two times he mentioned it, His Majesty casually comforted him, saying that these things did need to be investigated thoroughly, and that there was no evidence and that the case needed to be handed over to the Ministry of Justice for verification later.

When Rong Qingzhu wanted to bring it up again, His Majesty was impatient to listen and changed the subject right away. Tang Yuhuai just looked at him cynically, not knowing how to adapt.

In fact, it is Rong Qingzhu who is too upright and inflexible.

If he didn't have Prime Minister Rong to support him.

If Your Majesty knew very well that the Rong family has always been neutral and has not participated in the fight for the throne.

I'm afraid that Your Majesty will become impatient and directly order someone to drag Rong Qingzhu away and give him a beating.

When Rong Qingzhu was still trying to insist, Tang Yuhuai quickly turned around and gave Rong Qingzhu a look that told him to shut up while the emperor was reading the memorials.

Rong Qingzhu...

He was not unaware that his words would displease His Majesty, he just didn't understand why His Majesty always made excuses given the facts right in front of him, and why he was unwilling to give justice to the people of Yunzhou?

Don’t those people who died tragically deserve justice?

Shouldn't the masterminds behind this flood and epidemic be brought forward and punished?

Rong Qingzhu, who was unwilling to leave, looked back at the plaque of the Hall of Mental Cultivation. He, who had always been as gentle as jade, walked away quickly with a cold face.

Tang Yuhuai followed behind, jogging to catch up, "Why are you walking so fast? Let's go together, Master Rong."

When Rong Qingzhu heard this, he walked even faster, wishing he could leave Tang Yuhuai far behind.

Tang Yuhuai found it funny and continued to chase after him, whispering, "Are you going to find Chu Qibai?"

Rong Qingzhu forgot about being angry and looked at Tang Yuhuai in confusion, as if asking, why did you ask him out for no reason?

"I think you really need to listen to a piece of music right now. Why don't you ask Chu Qibai to drink and listen to some music together?"

Rong Qingzhu is a gentleman who observes etiquette, but now he has fallen hard in front of reality. He was actually tempted by Tang Yuhuai's words. I don't know if he was tempted by the song or by going out with Chu Qibai...

"Okay, go and call someone."

Tang Yuhuai, "???"

"I'll call you if I want to. You look so cold now, and I'm afraid that if you call for help, the Marquis' Mansion will think you're here to collect debts."

The Tang family, like the Rong family, has a neutral stance and has never thought of supporting any prince, so the relationship between Tang Yuhuai and Rong Qingzhu has always been pretty good.

Rong Qingzhu, "...I'm not angry with Qi Bai, what's there to collect debts from?"

Tang Yuhuai laughed loudly, "Really? You can give it a try and come to me with your current expression."

Rong Qingzhu...

"That's all."

"Tsk, what are you afraid of? You're backing off before you even get to the door. Rong Qingzhu, you're a tall and strong man after all. How can you keep changing like this?" Tang Yuhuai felt that Rong Qingzhu was too nagging, so he pulled him out of the palace and went to the Mansion of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery.

As for the Yangxin Palace, there was still one person who had not left.

Zhou Yichen had been deliberately ignored by His Majesty until everyone was sent away. Then His Majesty looked up at his son standing below.

"You have done a good job this time." His Majesty does not like to review memorials. When he was young, he was still ambitious and had thought about making the Great Zhou Kingdom more powerful.

However, his ambition did not match his ability. At that time, he had the assistance of Zhou Yichen's maternal family, the Lanling Xiao family. As a prominent family in Lanling, Zhou Yichen's maternal grandfather was the principal of the best Lanhua Academy in the Great Zhou Kingdom.

Nearly half of the officials in the Great Zhou Kingdom came from the Orchid Academy. When it came to the fight for succession, the Xiao family was the best helper, but this was not the case when it came to ascending the throne.

The Xiao family made him unable to sleep day and night. His idea of ​​conquering the world and creating a prosperous era had not yet been realized, but he was already frightened by the person next to him and couldn't sleep.

"If you have nothing else to do, please leave." His Majesty had nothing else to say.

As the emperor, how could he not know about the several assassination attempts on his way back to Beijing? But he just pretended to be deaf and dumb and didn't ask a single question. Who could do anything to him?

I don’t care whether my son was injured on the way. I wonder if he encountered any difficulties during his disaster relief trip to Yunzhou.

Zhou Yichen had long been accustomed to taking his leave slowly after His Majesty spoke.