At the end of the spring of the 13th year of Tiande, the emperor issued an edict in public, ordering the immediate arrest of Zhou Jing, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and the closure of the Zhou Mansion in the west of the city and his hometown of Gongchang.He also ordered Gao Yu, the chief minister of the Ministry of Punishment, the three divisions of the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to interrogate, focusing on investigating whether there are such villains in the Ministry of Officials who ignore the law.

The eunuch who recited the decree read every word clearly, and the tone dragged on for a long time. When it matched the content of the decree, everyone in the court panicked.Ning An's body under the cover of court clothes was trembling with anger, but he couldn't show the slightest bit on his face.

After finally going back to the mansion, Ning An dropped the porcelain vase by the door as soon as he entered the front room, smashing the broken porcelain and running water all over the floor, making the whole house tremble and afraid to make a sound.

Ning An's face was ferocious, a strand of hair was scattered around his ear, he leaned back and threw himself on the armchair, panting heavily.The three divisions will interrogate, Gao Yu, the chief of the criminal department, and the official department will definitely not be guaranteed, and even more people may be involved, which will cause serious troubles.

His birth mother's status is not high, Ning An spent the boss's efforts, planning from the beginning of the establishment of the mansion, and managed to get the Ministry of Officials into his pocket with great difficulty.Now that the Minister of the Ministry of Officials has fallen, without the Ministry of Officials, what is the difference between him and those maggot princes who are drunk all day long? !Even the old ninth in the etiquette department who picked up the omissions and begged for an empty shelf is not as good as it!

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, the whites of Ning An's eyes burst into red blood, and he took several sips of the warm herbal tea brought by the maid to calm down.

Perhaps the tea was refreshing, Ning An took a few deep breaths, then thought about it, at least it was lucky that the situation did not develop as Ning Zhi said in the carriage that day.Ning Zhi is cunning and unpredictable, although he still can't see any loopholes in the method Ning Zhi said that day, but this person will definitely not help him sincerely, there must be a hidden secret in that method.

Wanting to treat him like a fool, Ning An sneered, no way.

Besides, in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, no one knew that Gao Yu, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, was the uncle of the second prince Ning Zhi, so if Gao Yu had to investigate, it would be best to find him at the fifth prince's residence.The deeper Gao Yu investigated, the more his father would characterize the matter as a dispute between the princes instructed by Ning Zhi, and the less punishment he and the officials would receive.

Squinting his eyes slightly, Ning An's mouth curled into a smile, his tense back relaxed, and the bitter tea in his mouth tasted much sweeter.

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Compared with the fifth prince's mansion, which is full of grass and trees, other prince's mansions on the same street or different streets are full of joy and encouragement. That's it.

Especially the Fourth Prince's Mansion did not shy away from it at all, directly announcing that there will be a banquet in the Empress Mansion at night, regardless of master and servant.

In contrast, the adjacent Second Prince's Mansion was much quieter, not to mention a banquet, Ning Zhi still had to eat and sleep after the next court, just like in the past, as if this morning's court affairs had nothing to do with it.And because the princes live next to each other and avoid each other, the always neglected family is as usual, and only Mr. Zhao from the prime minister's mansion visits.

In the afternoon, when the sun was scorching and there were few people on the street, a gray cloth sedan chair dangled in front of the second prince's mansion, which was the same style as the long row of sedan chairs waiting for pedestrians to rent at the south gate of the city.

A middle-aged man with head held high and gray hair and beard came out of the sedan chair, and entered the mansion through the corner gate in no time.

This person is Gao Yu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Ning Zhi's biological mother's eldest brother, who was on the "thief ship" of the Second Prince's Party a few years ago, and this time he came here on behalf of the Ministry of Officials, to ask for Ning Zhi's attitude.

Gao Yu followed the boy who came back from the report into the study room, Fang walked around the barrier of the entrance, and raised his eyes to see the shadow of January Bai flashing into the screen behind Ning Zhi.A trace of doubt flashed in Gao Yu's heart, and finally he frowned slightly, looking a little worried.

"Uncle, please sit down." Ning Zhi pointed to the seat directly opposite, looked up at Gao Yu and said.

As soon as Ning Zhi opened his mouth, Gao Yu immediately turned his attention to the purpose of coming here, and his expression regained the solemnity before seeing the shadow.

Gao Yu said sternly: "This time, the emperor asked his subordinate to take charge of the case of the Ministry of Officials, and asked to scrape away the three feet of the Ministry of Officials, and must find out all the relevant people. I wonder what the Second Prince thinks?"

Nodding his head, Ning Zhi recalled the conversation with Zhao Bai just now, and said: "Uncle, you can check it as it is." Taking a sip of the tea in hand, he continued, "Just avoid the people in the east of the city, and only check the officials. , don't get too involved, and don't forcibly accuse him of crimes."

Gao Yu frowned, shook his robe sleeves, and looked puzzled.

Regarding this, Ning Zhi smiled lightly and explained: "Official circles are like chains, each link is connected to the next link, if the picketing is too deep, it may not be easy to convict, and the incident will be minimized. And if the prince is involved, it will be rumored that the royal family is openly betraying officials. What's the face of the royal family? Besides, no one in the world knows that you are my uncle. It's a farce, I'm afraid the idea will be different."

Hearing Ningzhi's remarks, Gao Yu was thoughtful, and his fierce face became even more fierce, like the New Year pictures posted on the gate during the New Year's festival.

Ning Zhi raised his head, and said decisively: "We have the same purpose in this matter, to take the official department out of Ning An's hands, and don't pay attention to others."

Gao Yu hesitated for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "I understand."

Gao's family is full of loyal and martyrs. In Gao Yu's generation, his sister-in-law entered the palace as a noble concubine, and she was also named Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.Gao Yu's belief since he was a child is to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country, to act according to the emperor's orders, and dare not deceive him a little bit. It is really embarrassing to ask him not to investigate deeply this time.

However, Gao Yu knows one thing better, his nephew is the most suitable monarch.The fourth prince is arrogant, the fifth prince is suspicious, the ninth prince is obsessed with sensuality, and the rest are just eaters and drinkers. If they are allowed to win the throne, the future of the Great Zhou Dynasty will be unpredictable.

Now that Gao Yu has agreed, Ning Zhi nodded, picked up the white porcelain teacup in front of him, and made a gesture of seeing off the guests.

However, after holding Ning Zhi's teacup for a while, Gao Yu, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, still sat there, motionless.

Reluctantly put down the teacup, Ning Zhi asked, "What else can uncle do?"

Unexpectedly, when Ning Zhi asked such a question, a bit of embarrassment flashed across Gao Yu's face, he hesitated for a long time.It's really weird for a man with the appearance of a tough guy to make such a look.

After hesitating for a long time, Gao Yu simply slapped his thigh, groaned, and said half-heartedly and half-tactfully: "Your Highness is still young, and you should pay more attention to physical cultivation on weekdays. The right way is to reconcile yin and yang! As for the young men, if there is such a thing, It’s fun, playing one or two secretly is not an unforgivable crime, but it’s better not to keep it in the mansion blatantly. Besides, it’s a bright day, and people who come and go, whether they see or hear it, will definitely not be good for His Highness’s reputation.”

The words used are euphemistic, but the content is not euphemistic at all.As soon as the voice fell, needles could be heard in the quiet of the study, the bamboo leaves outside the half-open window were rustling by the wind, the water in the canal in front of the window was tinkling, and the bird in the cage occasionally chirped in unison, loose and tight.

Ning Zhi choked on a mouthful of tea and almost didn't spit it out.There was a muffled sound behind the screen, Ning Zhi glanced casually, and said with a helpless smile: "Uncle misunderstood, my nephew can't act so casually."

When Ning Zhi replied with such an expression, Gao Yu knew that he had misunderstood, and his face became even more ashamed, so he left immediately and refused to stay any longer.

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Behind the screen, Zhao Bai heard that Gao Yu, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, identified himself as Ning Zhi's face, and was so angry that he wanted to slap him with a shoehorn.However, the cooperative relationship between the original owner and the second prince has always been kept secret, and has never been known to a third person. He had to wait for Gao Yu to leave before he could come out from behind the screen.

Hearing the sound of clothes rubbing against the screen fading away, Zhao Bai turned out from behind the screen, the hem of the moon-white clothes drew a semi-circular arc, and his pale and feminine face was now bluish-black, and the color was very ugly.

Ning Zhi sent Gao Yu back, saw Zhao Bai's complexion, hurriedly took a step forward, grasped Zhao Bai's hand and apologized: "Uncle doesn't know the reason, and he made offensive words, don't take it to heart, if you are not angry, you can vent it on me. "

Looking down at Ning Zhi's hand that was suddenly grabbed, Zhao Bai's brows were slightly frowned, and his anger became a little less because of this, and turned into doubt.

Hearing Ning Zhi's coaxing tone, Zhao Bai remembered that on the boat a few months ago, the second prince had inexplicably cared too much for him, and some behaviors were really out of order from the perspective of friends alone. .I also remembered that in the original story line, after the original owner's crimes were exposed, it was impossible for the second prince not to see that they were all related to the fifth prince's life-saving incidents, but he still took risks to intercede for the original owner.From a friendship point of view, it's really not normal.

With a thump in his heart, a somewhat bold idea popped up in Zhao Bai's mind. Could it be that the second prince regarded the original owner as another role besides a friend.

Although Zhao Bai took over the original owner's body, he also secretly agreed to help the original owner take revenge and fulfill his wish while completing the task, but he didn't want to take over the original owner's peach blossom misfortune at all.Moreover, in Zhao Bai's own opinion, he is now a family man, and he can't do things like two boats.

After a little deliberation, Zhao Bai planned to pretend to be angry, and hint to the second prince that he was not as good as Long Yang.The breath was raised to the throat, and he was about to speak, when he couldn't hold his breath, and the angry reprimand he had planned turned into a dry cough.

Being weak was really a mistake, Zhao Bai rolled his eyes like a dead fish, never wanting to be embraced by Ning Zhi.

Almost at that moment, Zhao Bai recognized the person in front of him as his sweetheart, not the so-called telepathy, but the movement and demeanor, which was exactly the same as Robert's demeanor when he was tired and dizzy on the set in the last world.He coughed until his eyes were covered with mist, and the surrounding scenery and Ning Zhi's clothes all became hazy. Ning Zhi's figure perfectly overlapped with Robert's.

Zhao Bai was suddenly blessed, and he was sure that he would never admit his mistake.Maybe two people in two worlds alone may indeed have a chance of overlapping habits, but combined with all the abnormal things happening around them, this chance is reduced to almost zero.

At the same time when he got this answer, Zhao Bai knew that Ning Zhi probably recognized him long ago, but he kept his mouth shut. In addition to the fact that he seemed to have been deceived by this person all his life in the world, Zhao Bai had a brain turn. , Just pretend to be stupid.

Seeing Zhao Baiping's breathing and heart beating after recovering from a ruthless cough, he pushed Ning Zhi away with a cold face and even a little displeasure, and said, "The second prince respects himself."

After all, Zhao Bai walked a few steps away, don't look over at Ning Zhi.

At any rate, Ning Zhi, who had been pushed away by him for 50 years in her previous life, knew at a glance that Zhao Bai had recognized her, so she had no choice but to smile at the person in front of her helplessly and dotingly, without revealing it.

That night, Ning Zhi stayed for a meal, Zhao Bai did not refuse, the meal was very strange, sometimes ambiguous as if a river is dense with water, sometimes indifferent and respectful like ice.

During this meal, Ning Zhi could only smile helplessly, while cooperating, while Zhao Bai was happy, and after being sent to the carriage by Ning Zhi, he couldn't help but chuckle.

The carriage circled half of Jinling City and stopped in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion in the west of the city. As soon as he lifted the curtain, Zhao Bai caught a glimpse of an apricot-yellow figure in front of the mansion gate, looking very anxious.

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