The uncle borrowed some merits, and the princess drew the talisman fiercely

Zhou Shiyue couldn't sleep. He had a lot of things to deal with. The prince wanted to get rid of Minister Feng. It was not difficult now because he had the evidence of his crime. The difficult part was that after the matter was revealed, those officials who had interests involved with Minister Feng in the past or present would definitely show up.

Moreover, if this position becomes vacant, many people will want to grab it. Everyone wants to place their own people there.

Even those who are on the side of the prince now must have their own plans since everything is still uncertain.

If no one helps, Lord Qin may not be able to get up.

After all, Lord Qin had never had much desire to climb up the ladder and compete for positions, so he naturally had not put much effort into building his network in this area.

Zhou Shiyue wants to help the prince remove the obstacles on the road and ensure that Lord Qin can take this position.

These princes should have thought of this.

But what Zhou Shiyue is thinking about more than the prince now is to investigate the Qin family's clansmen to see if there are any other talents available.

What kind of students did Qin Yuerong's uncle have? What official positions did they hold now? What was his relationship with the Qin family like over the years?

Once these are investigated and handled, they become complicated and tedious.

Even Qing Xiao had been so busy these past two days that he hadn't been seen the entire day. The information he had uncovered had been turned into numerous ancestral files and secret letters, which were delivered to Zhou Shiyue's desk one by one, even in piles.

Others may think that he is very idle, running around with Lu Zhaoling all day long, but in fact, he stays up late to read the files by lamplight.

It is already quite tiring to read the life biographies of so many people. The more difficult part is to find out their strengths and possible points that can be used, and to sort out some of the things that happened to them to see if they have had any enmity or favor with people from different parties.

Connecting these veins together is also very brain-intensive.

You need to have a good memory.

For example, he saw the file of a seventh-rank official, which mentioned an incident. It said that this person had a poetry competition with Qin's uncle many years ago. At that time, Qin's uncle was very talented in writing. This person lost the competition and immediately picked up a cup of tea and poured it on the poem written by Qin's uncle.

The paper was completely wet, and the handwriting on it, which had not yet dried, became blurred, so the poem written on the spot was not circulated.

Originally, when Qing Xiao found out about this matter, he remembered that the two of them had become enemies.

But when Zhou Shiyue saw this, he immediately remembered a sentence he had heard accidentally a few years ago.

He was having dinner at a restaurant in a nearby city when he overheard the conversation between two scholars at the next table.

One of them said that Master Qin had composed a poem on the spot during the poetry competition. He glanced at two lines from the side and was amazed by them.

Another person said, which poem is it?

The other party shook his head and said that it had not been spread out because it was ruined by the other person who was competing in the poetry competition and threw tea on it. Master Qin also angrily waved his sleeves and left, and never mentioned this poem again.

Another person asked, "Why? Amazing poems should be spread so that students all over the world can read and learn from them."

The other party said in a mysterious tone and low voice, “You don’t understand this. At that time, the poem only had the first two lines, both of which alluded to the prince. Who would dare to spread it?”

If it were someone else, they would not be able to hear the other party's careful conversation at that distance, but Zhou Shiyue's hearing was extremely good, and he actually heard it.

He not only heard it, but also wrote it down.

Of course, that was a small detail from many years ago, but when Zhou Shiyue saw the file of this person now, his mind was able to immediately connect the two things together.

Then he immediately figured out that this person was not angry or jealous because of his failure in the poetry contest, but rather seemed to have saved Qin's uncle.

This incident shows that this person had a sharp eye. He found something wrong with the poem the moment he saw it, and he acted decisively and destroyed the poem immediately.

Uncle Qin must have realized his mistake quickly after he left, so he never mentioned the poem again. Otherwise, if the poem was ruined, wouldn't he have just written it again?

Later, Zhou Shiyue did not find any further acts of revenge between the two of them, which showed that they had no grudge against each other in that incident.

In fact, that person was indebted to Uncle Qin.

This person's name is Lai Yi, and he is now an editor in the Hanlin Academy.

So Zhou Shiyue reviewed it and asked Qing Xiao to investigate Lai Yi again.

From Lai Yi, we can draw many more people from all walks of life...

It is not something that ordinary people can handle in their heads such a huge network of relationships.

Zhou Shiyue had been thinking that while dealing with these things tonight, he would still be able to hear his father bringing news about Youming, but everything was quiet.

Then he thought, it wouldn’t be strange if there was a distinction between day and night in the underworld, after all, the ghost officials might also need to sleep.

Even if ghosts don't sleep, Lu Zhaoling and the others are human beings after all, and humans also need to sleep.

My father probably thought he was asleep too, so he didn't pass on the message.

He was so busy that he worked until dawn.

At this time, the emperor was in good spirits when he went to court.

Today he not only got up early, but also looked good, which was because he slept well last night and didn't dream much.

What made him even happier was that his headache was gone!

Anyone who has been tortured by headaches will know how happy it is to suddenly feel a relaxed and painless head!

"I feel really refreshed today." The emperor said happily to Eunuch Tan as he prepared to go to the main hall. "I even have a good appetite. Now I feel a little hungry."

You know, he had such a headache a few days ago that he even lost his appetite. He felt that no food could arouse his interest. Even chewing something would cause pain in his temples.

I was in pain, hungry, couldn't sleep well, and was extremely sleepy, so naturally I was in a very bad mood.

"Your Majesty is in good health, and I am very happy." said Eunuch Qin.

"Haha. But it's strange. I summoned the imperial physician yesterday, but it didn't work. I took medicine, but it didn't work either. So why did you get better later?"

Eunuch Qin's eyes flashed.

Because of what?

The emperor figured it out on his own without him having to say anything.

"I remembered it because Xiao Ruan came over and massaged my head. After that, I felt better. I slept well last night, so I didn't feel any pain when I woke up."

The emperor thought about it carefully again and felt that it was correct.

Eunuch Qin could only vaguely agree.

The emperor remembered that yesterday Concubine Yu took the fifth princess out of the palace to visit the old assistant doctor. When they returned to the palace, they did not send anyone to report, and no one knew what happened when they met the old assistant doctor.

"After court, I will go to see the mother and daughter," said the emperor.

He had neglected this mother and daughter too much in the past, and he needed to give them more attention.

In fact, the emperor has a young son, the seventh prince, but the seventh prince is only four years old now. He is round, white and fat like a dumpling, and too young, so the emperor has not paid much attention to him for the time being.

He doesn't like ugly children.