I don't want to be born again

It took a moment to speak.

"Everyone from Tai Hospital has gone?"

Shu Yi replied: "Yes, Yuan Liu is taking Imperial Physician Xu and Imperial Physician Zhang there."

Chu Qing nodded: "Where is the maid who brought the tea?"

"After the incident, the person disappeared, and it was later discovered that he committed suicide by hanging himself."

"Ok?"

"Your Majesty, murdering the Empress is a serious crime." Shu Yi pondered for a moment, then said, "I think it's better to ask Mr. Yu from Jin Yiwei to investigate."

Chu Qing shook his head: "It's not appropriate to be a foreign minister after all. Forget it, you go and wait outside. I'll go to Kunning Palace to have a look."

With the sound of footsteps, Xie Lang hurriedly lay down, pretending to take a nap.

Chu Qing entered the door and saw him like that, couldn't help smiling, and moved closer to kiss his eyes again.

Xie Lang's eyelids were wet and itchy, and he raised his hand to cover his mouth: "Your Majesty, you are being naughty again."

Chu Qing grabbed his hand, put his finger in his mouth, and raised his hand to cover his eyes: "I really want to dig out these eyes and keep them by my side all the time."

Xie Lang frowned, turned his head and said: "If you really like it, you can poach it now. But, there is one thing..."

"Ok?"

"It really has to be with you all the time."

"...haha!" Chu Qing laughed, leaned over and hugged him, "You idiot!"

Xie Lang stretched out his hand to hug him back: "Your Majesty, what's the matter with Manager Shu?"

Chu Qing just got up, and his expression was already indifferent: "Come help me change clothes, I'm going to Kunning Palace. The queen drank the tea sent by the maid, and her stomach hurts unbearably, and she has passed out twice."

Xie Lang was startled, and tentatively asked: "How could this happen? Has the imperial doctor gone to see it?"

"Look, he said he was poisoned." Chu Qing opened his arms, and when Xie Lang helped him get dressed, he lowered his head to tie his waist again.

Xie Lang took it and knelt on the couch to help him tie the knot.

"What kind of poison?"

Chu Qing shook his head: "It should be heartbroken grass, but I'm not sure yet. Are you ready?"

Xie Lang pulled him to sit down: "Okay, I'm going to get the boots."

"Hey, you look like this, don't get out of bed, I wear the boots myself."

Xie Lang smiled: "There is no one else in this room, so what are you afraid of?" After saying that, she got out of bed straight away, took her shoes and socks and still knelt on the ground for Chu Qing to wear.

Chu Qing watched him lower his head, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared. It wasn't until Xie Lang looked up at him that both feet had put on the boots that he smiled with the corners of his lips pulled.

"Ah Lang, come."

He leaned slightly and stretched out his hand towards Xie Lang.

Xie Lang smiled and rested his head on his lap: "Your Majesty, what's the matter?"

Chu Qing's hand gently caressed his blue hair, and said leisurely: "It's nothing, I just want to hide you suddenly, and it's best to hide you forever."

"Your Majesty, should I also go to Kunning Palace to see the empress?"

Chu Qing paused: "What are you going to do? She wasn't poisoned to death. I'm afraid she will be pissed off when she sees you."

"What is the emperor talking about?" Xie Lang poked him, "The other concubines must have gone to wait on the sick, so I must go through the motions."

"Don't go anywhere, just stay in this room and wait for me to come back."

Chu Qing stood up as he spoke, and walked straight out. When he reached the door, he turned his head uneasy. Seeing that Xie Lang was still kneeling and leaning against the couch just now, looking at him nonchalantly, he couldn't help feeling a little soft-hearted.

"Hey, get up and get dressed, it's cold on the ground. Wait for me to come back."

Chu Qing entered the dragon carriage and saw Long Shiqi already waiting inside.

"how?"

Long Shiqi raised his eyes to take a look at him, and said, "Your Majesty, the cause of the maid's death has been found out, and someone broke her neck before hanging on the beam."

"Well, who moved the hand?"

"This, I'm afraid he is a master." Long Shiqi hesitated, "Your Majesty, the heartbroken grass is ground into powder and mixed with tea powder. The technique is extremely clever, but the amount is not large. Obviously, the poisoner did not Thinking of taking the queen's life in one fell swoop."

"Poisoning, if you don't want human life, what is that for?" Chu Qing sneered, "Is it for fun?"

Long Shiqi pursed his lower lips, thinking of what Cheng Wenyue reminded him, but he still didn't say anything else.

Chu Qing waved his hand: "I see, you step back."

"Your Majesty, do you need to investigate this matter again?"

Chu Qing suddenly raised his eyes, and glanced coldly at Long Shiqi: "Shiqi, you talk too much today."

Long Shiqi was shocked, and immediately lowered his head to hide his emotions: "Your Majesty, forgive me."

Long Shiqi was extremely fast, and when he jumped off the dragon chariot, no one noticed at all.

Chu Qing looked at the shaking curtain and rubbed the center of his brows. It seemed that the Dragon Shadow Guard was indeed involved.Just, why?What reason does Long Shiqi have to deal with Xie Lang?

Ah Lang, how are you going to deal with this time?

Chu Qing shook his head, he should come sooner or later, his heart has been softened for two lifetimes, and he can't be cowardly anymore.

Moreover, isn't this the result I have always wanted?

Or, in fact, he himself doesn't know what he wants.

174. Who are they?

Chu Qing's guard of honor went to Kunning Palace in an orderly manner. He sat in the dragon carriage and counted the time, while raising the curtain to look out.

The peach trees near the Kunning Palace are in full bloom. Looking at it from a distance, it is a scorching pink, as if the color of snow is mixed with the rouge. It is charming and enchanting.

Recipe, Shining.

Chu Qing smiled, moved her neck, and was about to sit back when she saw a figure suddenly rushing out of the peach blossom forest, running towards Long Nian.

Chu Qing curled his lips slightly, let go of the curtain, and sat back.

After a while, the dragon chariot came to a stop, and Shuyi shouted outside: "Guard!"

Chu Qing took a deep breath, poked his head out to take a look: "What's going on?"

The Imperial Forest Army escorted a court lady to Long Yu, and one of them said: "My Majesty, this court lady stopped him."

Chu Qing glanced at the court lady, and said, "Shu Yi, what crime should I have for intercepting my guard of honor?"

The palace maid suddenly struggled and shouted: "Your Majesty, I have grievances! I beseech you to learn from me!"

The tree above waved his hand and slapped the palace maid's head to one side.

"presumptuous!"

"Shu Yi, ask her what kind of grievance she has."

Shu responded with a bow, turned his head to signal the Imperial Forest Army to back away, and went forward and asked, "The emperor asked you something, just tell me if you have any grievances. If you talk nonsense, don't blame our family for being merciless."

Chu Qing curled his lips, this tree is also true, if you ask a question, just ask, why scare people.

The palace maid flinched, and looked up tentatively at the dragon carriage, but Chu Qing had already sat back, the curtain was blown by the wind, and only a bright yellow figure was vaguely seen who seemed to be listening.

Although my heart was pounding, but this step has been reached, the emperor is right in front of my eyes, he is dead either sideways or vertically, so I put my heart to the side, raised my head and said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, take a look at the concubine, you threw the concubine in the Crescent Pavilion Poor man! Your Majesty!"

Chu Qing suddenly opened the curtain, and sure enough, she saw Chen Cainu looking over eagerly, crying like a pear blossom with rain, I felt pity for it.

Chu Qing was so angry that she turned around and came out of the dragon carriage, and quickly came to Chen Cainu, looking down at her.

"You are very capable, how do you know you are blocking me here?"

Chen Cainv choked for a moment, who would have thought that the first sentence the emperor opened his mouth was not to ask her any grievances, but to ask how she knew to stop her here.

How does she know?

Of course someone told her, but she didn't know who that person was.She only knew that if she never saw the emperor again, she would really die.

Chen Cainv put her heart to one side, kowtowed without saying a word.

Chu Qing was taken aback, wondering if this person is crazy?

"Pull her up quickly!"

Originally, my brain is not enough, so what if I am stupid again!

As soon as Chu Qing gave an order, the two eunuchs rushed up, pulled Chen Cainu up, and held her shoulders to prevent her from moving.

Chen Cainv's forehead was broken, and the bright red blood flowed down the corner of her eyes, which was very discordant on her pale face.

Chu Qing stopped impatiently: "I'm asking you something, are you deaf? I'm very busy, I don't have time to chat with you here, just talk if you have something to say, and get out if you don't."

"Your Majesty, I beg you to stand back, I only speak to you alone."

Chu Qing raised his foot and left: "Then don't talk about it."

"His Majesty!"

Chen Cainu hugged Chu Qing's leg with a cry: "Your Majesty, I want to say that the concubine's fake pregnancy was framed by Concubine Jin. She is now having an affair with a foreigner and colluding with that person, and she wants to poison the empress." !"

Chu Qing frowned, turned his head and stared at her.

After Chen Cainu finished speaking in one breath, she hugged Chu Qing's leg and couldn't stop crying.

Surrounded by eunuchs and palace maids and accompanying imperial soldiers, all of them lowered their heads as low as they could, wishing they could be deaf.

Chu Qing closed his eyes, why is everything messed up?

"Tree!"

"His Majesty?"

"Tell everyone to step down. If I hear a word of what Chen Cainu said just now, everyone will be implicated by the nine clans!"

Shu Yi shuddered, bowed and said: "Your servant understands, I will take my leave."

Turning around again, Shu Yi had already changed his face, everyone followed Shu Yi and retreated far away, only Chu Qing and Chen Cainu who were holding Chu Qing's thigh were left on the scene.

Chu tilted his feet back and took two steps back, pulled the leg out of Chen Cainu's arms, and said coldly, "Chen Cainu, do you know that you have committed a capital crime? Besides, the crime is unforgivable?"

"The concubine knows. But the concubine won't tell you today. It's the same as death, and she died for no reason with the infamy of a fake pregnancy." Chen Cainu had gradually calmed down at this time, and said solemnly, "The concubine Can't be so irresponsible, the Chen family can't have a concubine who is despised by the emperor!"

The corners of Chu Qing's mouth twitched: "Then why did you go there earlier? When I punished you with a fake pregnancy, why did you go? I didn't stop you from talking to me at the palace banquets later, did I? Why did you go again? Today, the queen was murdered, so you came out to correct Concubine Jin, if you say that you didn't have a premeditated plan, do you think I will believe it?"

"Your Majesty, the lives of Concubine Chen's parents and family were all controlled by others before, and this concubine dare not tell you!"

"Now your family is saved?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, it is because the concubine's family has been safely hidden, so they have to deal with the concubine and kill the concubine."

"Who are you talking about?"

……

In the Kunning Palace, Chu Qing came out of the empress’s baptism hall, sat in the main hall, looked at the kneeling people at the bottom, and said coldly: “Tell me, how did the tea powder mix with the heartbroken grass powder?” ? Who took care of the maid after the incident?"

After finishing speaking, Guo Shuyi took a sip of the tea cup he handed over, and added: "I can ask you a question now, so hurry up and say something. When my patience is exhausted, you will go to the Imperial Prison to talk to Jin Yiwei." Speak."

The following people were all shocked when they heard this, they all kowtowed and begged for mercy, expressing that they didn't know anything.

Chu Qing glanced lightly, and sneered: "Come here, drag them all out, send them to prison, and give them to Cheng Wenyue."

Said, I want their confession tonight. "

Immediately, a royal guard rushed in, covered the mouths of several people in the hall and dragged them out of the hall.

Chu Qing rubbed the center of his brows, and said, "Shu Yi, you take people to Luanxi Palace, and everyone is only allowed in and not out."

Shu Yi responded, "Your Majesty, what if Concubine Jin wants to see you?"

Chu Qing smiled unabated, raised his eyebrows and said, "What do you think?"

175、One question and three unknowns

"Young Master, it is His Majesty's orders to invite you here today. This matter must be investigated."

The imperial concubine put down the teacup in her hand, raised her eyes and glanced at Xie Lang lightly.

Xie Lang smiled: "Where, His Majesty also mentioned it to me a while ago, saying that you are responsible for the investigation of the empress poisoning."

The noble concubine nodded: "It's my duty, I offended you."

"Where, what does the imperial concubine want to know, please ask."

In the main hall of Yaohua Palace, apart from Concubine Gui and Xie Lang, Shu Yi is also there.

Although Chu Qing ordered the imperial concubine to conduct a thorough investigation, she also called Shu to help.Because he knew that the imperial concubine also disdained Xie Lang a lot, and was worried that they would have a conflict.Xie Lang's temperament is not easy to figure out, if he gets annoyed and secretly gives the imperial concubine a good time, wouldn't it be bad.

So letting Shuyi come over is to protect Xie Lang on the surface, but in fact it is mainly for the noble concubine.

But Xie Lang didn't know Chu Qing's real intentions, he just thought that he should protect himself more.

The noble concubine smiled and said, "Chen Cainu stopped her and told His Majesty that Concubine Jin colluded with others to poison the empress. Has Qing Shaojun heard of it?"

Xie Lang raised his eyebrows: "I've never heard of it."

"Young Master, who do you think would collude with Concubine Jin to do such a rebellious thing?"

"do not know."

"Young Master, do you think Concubine Jin did it?"

"have not thought."

The noble concubine sneered in her heart, quietly looked at Xie Langyan's peach-like face, picked up the teacup and drank tea slowly.

Don't open your mouth if it's none of your business, and shake your head when you ask.This is either really a clear conscience, or pretending to be calm.

Xie Lang has a clear conscience?

The noble concubine shook her head in her heart, although she didn't really believe in Chen Cainu's words, but she still felt that there might be a reason for it.

Besides, it was the emperor who asked her to investigate, which means that the emperor must have trusted Chen Cainu a little bit, otherwise with Xie Lang's great favor, how could the emperor let him intervene?

But to say that Xie Lang and Concubine Jin conspired to kill the Empress, the Concubine felt that it was even more unbelievable.

It's not for any reason, but it's impossible for Xie Lang to cooperate with Concubine Jin. This person was close to Concubine De before, and then gradually drifted away. In the harem, he is an outlier, and he doesn't seem to be colluding with others.

Besides, why did he harm the queen?

The Queen is dead, can he be the Maharaja?It doesn't make sense at all.

The imperial concubine felt that her head was about to cramp, and she complained in her heart that Chu Qing threw a hot potato to herself, so she simply put down the teacup and said, "Since Shaojun doesn't know anything, I won't ask any more questions, please go back. Tree Manager, please wait for His Majesty to return to the palace later, and report this to him."

Shu twitched from the corners of his eyes, not understanding why the imperial concubine was so easily persuaded, and she let her go without being able to ask three sentences?How do you tell yourself to tell the emperor?

But before he raised any objection, Xie Lang took his leave and left.

Seeing Xie Langshi walk out of the palace gate, Shu Yi couldn't help but said: "Why don't you ask more questions, the imperial concubine?"

The imperial concubine blinked: "What else do you want to ask?"

Shuyi roared in his heart, but only smiled on his face and said: "The tea powder that the empress drinks is specially made by the imperial dining room in the palace. It needs to be carefully ground the night before. You can ask Qingshaojun, the day before the empress drinks tea. One night, where was he and what did he do. Then follow what he said, and find someone to check."

The imperial concubine stared: "You, why didn't you say it earlier!"

Oh my god, Shu Yi wanted to cry, the emperor asked the imperial concubine to investigate this matter, in fact, he wanted to let Qing Shaojun off.

……

Early this morning, Chu Qing went to court from Zhenwan Pavilion refreshed.

It's just that the atmosphere of today's court meeting is not very good, because many places in the south have been raining continuously for many days, and signs of floods have begun to appear at the dikes along the Yellow River.

King Rong, who hadn't been to the court for a long time, came out and said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, the continuous heavy rain in Zhuzhou, Hukou and other places is really abnormal. I think that Qin Tianjian should be held accountable."

"My minister seconded the proposal." Liu Shaoyuan, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, came out and said, "Qizou Your Majesty, Qin Tianjian did not mention the increase in rain this year in the calendar solar terms calculated last year, which is really a dereliction of duty."

As soon as the words fell, many officials followed suit.

Qin Ming was at a loss as he stood in the queue of civil servants. He obviously told the emperor his calculations last year, but the emperor didn't tell him in the end and just deleted that paragraph.

Seeing that he was about to become the target of public criticism, Qin Ming secretly raised his head and glanced at Chu Qing, "Your Majesty, the deepest road I have traveled is probably your trick!"

But who can tell him what to do now?

Stand up and defend?That's not selling the emperor, no.

Just stand there as a log?Qin Ming blinked, this is possible.

Maybe God heard the wailing in Qin Ming's heart, and suddenly a loud voice helped him speak!

"Master Liu's words are a bit too much." Yu Yibo stood in the same place and said, "The so-called unpredictable situation, if Qin Tianjian can judge everything accurately, then Qin Jianzheng is not a human being, but the Dragon King of the East Sea."

Quite a number of ministers secretly covered their mouths and laughed, Qin Ming was overjoyed, he never thought that Master Yu, whom everyone feared, would help him say ha, really, happiness came so suddenly!

Liu Shaoyuan snorted coldly: "It turns out that in addition to extorting confessions by torture, Mr. Yu also knows how to excuse people every day, but he doesn't know how close his relationship with Qin Jianzheng is?"

Yu Yibo snorted and said, "Master Liu always treats court officials like this in his heart. If you have a good relationship, you can stand up and speak out. If you have a bad relationship, don't you want to make trouble? This doesn't seem to be the way to be a minister!"

Gu Peilun came out and said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, now that the incident has happened, I believe that the most urgent thing is to take precautions before it happens, and urgently deploy supplies to all dikes along the Yellow River, step up reinforcement of the dikes, and at the same time evacuate the people along the banks to safe areas. In this way, losses can be minimized.”

Chu Qing had been listening quietly, and then Fang nodded: "What Gu Qing said is very true, is there a plan?"

Gu Peilun held up a memorial with both hands: "Your Majesty Qi Zuo, the minister and several adults from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs drafted a detailed plan overnight, please have your Majesty have a look."

Chu Qing curled his lips slightly, the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry?Those adults?

Gu Peilun wrote Chu Qing secretly, I wrote it all myself, okay...

Chu Qing rolled his eyes at him, sly.

Gu Peilun lowered his eyes, thinking what can I do, I am also very desperate, okay!

These two Shangshu adults are loyal to King Rong. Although those servants followed suit, can he mention it?That's not the same as putting people on fire.

Chu Qing glanced roughly, closed the memorial and said, "Lu Silin, did you follow Gu Qing to draft the memorial?"

Lu Silin went out and clasped his hands: "Your Majesty, I and Mr. Gu have completed the calculation of the required supplies together, and I have been personally responsible for the reinforcement of the embankment along the coast."

"En." Chu Qing didn't comment, handed the booklet to the tree next to him, and then said, "Since that's the case, tell me, how is the reinforcement of the embankment going?"

176、Bold and bold

Lu Silin had already had a draft in mind, and he personally followed up on these matters, picking up the most important ones and reporting them one by one.

After Chu Qing listened quietly, she looked up at the officials and began to give orders: "Where is the Ministry of War?"

Xu Zhinian came out: "The minister is here."

"General?"

Duan Zhanpeng came out: "The minister is here."

"Deploy the garrisons from Shanxi, Shanxi, and Henan to stand by at each embankment. Assist the local government to evacuate the people along the coast and strengthen the embankment."

"The minister obeys the order."

"House Department."

Qian Chengan came out: "The minister is here."

Seeing Qian Chengan open his mouth, Chu Qing couldn't help being taken aback for a moment, and immediately suppressed the doubts in his heart and continued to speak: "30 taels of silver will be allocated, and the Hedao Yamen will be in charge of river engineering, and Lu Silin will be in charge."

Qian Cheng'an said: "I obey the order."

Lu Silin stood still and said, "I obey the order."

Chu Qing nodded: "The torrential rain has only just fallen for a few days now, but we must not take it lightly. All yamen must do their best, and we must not be negligent and slack."

Everyone said in unison: "I obey the order!"

Chu Qing looked at the officials quietly, and said after a while, "Well, is there anything else?"

Cheng Wenyue received Yu Yibo's eyes, thought for a while, and came out and said: "Your Majesty Qi Zuo, I have my own principles."

Cheng Wenyue held a memorial in his hand: "Qian Cheng'an, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, was greedy for nearly a million taels of money for shipbuilding and river control, and borrowed the imperial court to promote the sharing of thousands of acres of fertile land in Gyeonggi, causing public grievances to boil. .”

"Cheng, Cheng Wenyue, don't spitting blood!" Qian Chengan was furious before he could finish speaking, "What crime should you be slandering the imperial court officials by talking nonsense!"

Cheng Wen cast a sideways glance at him coldly, and continued: "Also, Qian Shangshu doesn't cultivate his personal virtues, and he doesn't distinguish between his wife and his concubine. There is no worry, every time I go in and see, I go out to tell the people of the outer court, talking and laughing as usual, but I really have no eyes on the emperor, and I am in vain, which is a serious crime of deceiving the emperor!"

Qian Chengan's head was dizzy with anger, but Chu Qing said quietly: "Is there anything else?"

Cheng Wenyue presented the memorial, and said: "Return to Your Majesty, yes."

"Wang Wei, a farmer in Sanli Village on the outskirts of Beijing, had a son, Wang Wei, who was robbed by Mr. Qian and imprisoned for obscenity because of his outstanding appearance. The Wang family went to the governor's office in Jinxiu City to sue the Qian family. The corpse was replaced, and finally the Wang family was compensated with ten taels of silver, and the old father of the Wang family was pissed off on the spot."

While flipping through the memorial, Chu Qing sneered: "Qian Cheng'an, you are really capable! Temples are being built in Mount Qingcheng, fertile fields in the suburbs of Beijing are occupied, rivers are built and ships are built, and you are greedy for money and money, and you allow your son to play with men. You are really trying to die."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has learned from you, I am wronged!"

Qian Chengan knelt on the ground, shaking like sifting chaff, except for these two sentences, he couldn't say anything else.

Chu Qing turned to the end of the memorial, glanced at it and couldn't help laughing: "Young Master Qian is ambitious, listen, he changed the name of the son of the Wang family to Wang Qing, and he still called him Qing at home. Young Master? Haha, Qian Chengan, your son is about to make you the Supreme Emperor!"

Qian Chengan raised his head with a pale face: "No, no, Your Majesty, wronged, wronged..."

"Qian Cheng'an, shut up!"

Chu Qing's smile suddenly subsided, his face changed suddenly, he threw the memorial to the ground, and suddenly got up and scolded: "Come on, now bring me the money guarantee, I want to see with my own eyes, what kind of a bold person is this?" Virtue!"

"Qizou Your Majesty." King Rong came out and said, "Your Majesty, please appease your anger. Mr. Qian has no respect for the emperor and disregards the law. Naturally, he should be punished. But is it not appropriate for the court to bring someone here?"

Chu Qing slowly shifted his gaze to King Rong, without opening his mouth, just staring at him coldly.

King Rong raised his eyes inexplicably, and was facing Chu Qing's cold and temperatureless eyes. There was a strange light in those eyes, as if something was about to come out, which made people shudder.

"Does the little emperor think that what I say or do is inappropriate?"

King Rong was stunned: "I dare not."

Chu Qing snorted coldly, and was about to speak, but Xu Shiqing came out and said, "Your Majesty, can I hear the old minister say something?"

Chu Qing took a deep breath, and finally sat back on the throne: "What does the prime minister want to say?"

Xu Shiqing said: "Your Majesty Qi Zuo, this matter should not be rushed, it needs to be investigated carefully, and the evidence can be conclusive."

Chu Qing curled his lips slightly: "Qian Cheng'an was taken into prison and was thoroughly investigated by Jin Yiwei. Qian's house was ransacked, and the Qian family was imprisoned in the mansion up and down. He will release him after the case is clarified."

Qian Chengan rolled his eyes and fell to the ground with a bang, the guards in front of the hall quickly dragged him out.

Yu Yibo came out and said in unison with Cheng Wenyue: "I obey the order."

"Uncle Uncle." Chu Qing turned his head slightly, "During this time, please take the trouble to help me take care of the affairs of the Ministry of Industry, especially the rebuilding of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests. You should pay more attention to it."

King Rong cupped his hands: "I obey the order, please rest assured, Your Majesty."

Chu Qing nodded, and when he looked up, he saw the guards outside the hall escorting a person to the hall, and kneeling him from a distance, followed closely by another thin figure, also kneeling behind him with his head down.

"Report to the emperor, Qian Baobao and Wang did not bring it."

Chu Qing squinted his eyes, the sun was shining outside the hall, both of them had their heads down, he couldn't see clearly for a moment, but that Wang Wei was too thin, as if a gust of wind could blow them away.

"Qian Baobao? Are you convicted?"

Chu Qing's cold and serious voice was full of coercion, Qian Baobao shook his whole body, and raised his head subconsciously, but he didn't dare to look at Chu Qing halfway, and quickly lowered his head and lay down on the ground.

"Your Majesty, I know my mistake, I just really like Wang Wei, please forgive me."

Chu Qing raised his head, and Wang Weizheng knelt on the hall shrunkenly, his body was thin, like a leaf falling in the wind.He kept his head down so that people could not see his face clearly, his hands were hidden in his sleeves, but his slender fingers were exposed.

"Well, Wang...you come closer."

The tree made a wink, and the guards in front of the palace stepped forward to set up Wang Wei, and half dragged and half dragged him to the front of the imperial steps.

"Head up."

Chu Qing slowed down his voice as much as possible, but in Wang Wei's ears, it was still like beating a drum.

His whole body was trembling uncontrollably. He never thought that he could enter the palace and see the emperor in this life.Ever since he was imprisoned by Qian Baobao, his heart felt ashamed, but he couldn't wish for death.

At this moment, his mind was in chaos, and he raised his head when he heard someone tell him to raise his head.

Chu Qing was also curious at first, what kind of person is this person, to make Qian Baobao call him "Young Young Master", although it is outrageous, doesn't it also mean that this person is very special?

177、Ling Chi

The four eyes met, and Chu Qing couldn't help sneering.

"Qian Baobao's crime of bullying the emperor is unforgivable. Just, Ling Chi."

The wrath of the emperor is comparable to a thunderbolt.

All the officials of the court immediately knelt down, shouted long live according to the ancestral mountain, and repeated it again and again.However, the holy will has been decided, and it is difficult to change it.

After everyone stood up again, Chu Qing waved: "Let's retreat."

Then he turned his head and whispered to the tree: "What is that king, take it to Shufangzhai. It's a good thing to arrange it, and no one is allowed to approach it."

Shu Yi glanced at Wang Wei's panic-stricken face, couldn't help but shudder in his heart, immediately bowed in response, and followed Chu Qing out of the Tai Chi Hall.

=========

Half a month later, the Queen's body basically recovered.

Chu Qing went to Kunning Palace to visit, just in time for the prince to be there, and the family of three had dinner happily.

Just halfway through the meal, Shu Yi came over in a hurry and whispered something to Chu Qing, and Chu Qing changed color instantly.

"Queen and Rui'er can continue to eat, I will go to the imperial study."

"Your Majesty." The queen chased him out, "but what's the matter?"

Chu Qing frowned slightly, and only said: "The Yellow River has burst its embankment."

After saying that, he hurriedly left Kunning Palace with his people.

The prince was about to chase after Chu Qing to speak, but was held by the queen and hugged him behind him. The queen watched Chu Qing's guard of honor outside the Kunning Palace drifting away, unable to hide her contemplation.

That night, the imperial study was ablaze and brightly lit all night.

In the early morning of the second day, Lu Silin left the palace, and before he could go home, he took a team of Jinyi Wei Tiqi out of Jinxiu City, and headed straight to the Yellow River's breach in Shandong Province to conduct a thorough investigation.

Three days later, the big exam in Chunwei.

Lu Silin was far away in Shandong, and Chu Qing temporarily ordered Gu Peilun and Wen Linyuan to co-chair the scientific examination.

Half a month later, Chu Qing presided over the palace examination in person, and hand-picked the champion, second place, and third place with a question of "wartime strategy".

The test paper was unsealed, Chu Xiu, the eldest son of King Rong, and Ming Le, the eldest son of Duke Anguo, were Tanhua and second place respectively.The number one scholar was from a poor family named Wen Gu.

In addition, Shen Qingyuan, who met at the Shangyuan Festival, also passed the No. 7 exam this time, which made Chu Qing a little surprised.

In my memory, the Shen brothers and sisters are the kind of people who are good at making money. Compared with his answer to this question, they seem to be completely two people.

He couldn't help smiling, and called someone to announce the ranking on the spot, and personally came forward to persuade him at the Qujiang Banquet three days later.

The Qujiang Banquet was held in the Qujiang Pond, a royal garden in the suburbs of Beijing. On this day, first-class and first-ranked Jinshi paraded across the street, and Tanhua Lang went to Qujiang Pond to personally pick a flower and present it to the number one scholar. .

But all the way through the street, you have to choose the most beautiful flower from the hands of the onlookers and take it to Qujiang Pond.

Therefore, Tanhualang has always been the youngest and most handsome Jinshi selected in the palace examination.

This time, in the three-point examination paper selected by Chu Qing, the three of them were all young and handsome young men. Among them, Ming Le was a slender young man.Wen Gu was older, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, but dark skin.

Only Chu Xiu was handsome and extravagant, his figure was not too thin, his face was fair and vivid, and he stood out the most among all the people.

So it was wise for Chu Qing to choose him as Tanhua among the three.

Along the way, Chu Xiu was thrown around by many women's flowers, and he was almost overwhelmed, causing the champion to laugh at him: "It's hardest to bear the grace of a beauty, Brother Nian must have understood it deeply this time."

Chu Xiu smiled wryly, and cupped his hands at Wen Gu and Ming Le: "You two, I'll see you at the Qujiang Banquet."

After saying that, Chu Xiu urged his horse to gallop away, and disappeared after a while.

Looking at the crowds on the street, Wen Gu couldn't help sighing: "I didn't expect this young brother to be so skilled at riding. Really, really amazing."

Ming Le smiled: "Brother Wen, don't you know who he is?"

"Who?"

"Our Tanhua Lang is named Chu Xiu, think about it, which family is named Chu in the world?"

Wen Gu was shocked: "He can't be a royal?"

Ming Le nodded: "Prince Rong's eldest son, he will be the cousin of today's son."

"Hiss!" Wen Gu gasped, thinking that he was joking with Chu Xiu just now, and couldn't help feeling a little annoyed.

Ming Le patted him on the shoulder: "Brother Wen, don't worry, Brother Xiu is a very nice person. He used to be in poor health and lived in seclusion, but his temper was extremely gentle, and he never had any quarrels with others."

"Do you know him well?"

Ming Le gave a "hmm" and said, "I don't know him very well. As I said, he used to live in reclusive life, and I rarely saw him a few times. I only went to the palace for banquets when I was a child, and played a few times."

Wen Gu looked at Ming Le in surprise: "You, you probably also..."

"My father is An Guogong, but he is just an idle clan." Ming Le explained with a smile.

Wen Gu nodded, thinking that he has no roots and no leaves, and the emperor can actually choose him as the number one scholar. He should be really thirsty for talents, and he can't help being full of confidence in his future career.

The parade team walked slowly, but Chu Xiu walked all the way quickly, and arrived at Qujiang Pond early.

The brigade from the palace hadn't arrived yet, and Chu Xiu was walking by the Qujiang Lake alone.

Footsteps sounded, and a figure flashed across the forest ahead.

Seeing that there was no one around, Chu Xiu pretended to be novelty and went straight into the woods.

The vegetation in the forest was dense, and Chu Xiu stood still behind a tree. In front of him was the man in black who lured him over just now. At this moment, the man touched the ground with one knee and held a bamboo tube in his hand.

"My lord, this is a secret letter from Lu Silin to the emperor from Shandong."

178. Qujiang Banquet

Chu Xiu narrowed his eyes slightly, and poured out a letter from the bamboo tube.

The envelope was sealed with wax oil. After thinking about it, he tapped the wax oil lightly and took out the letter paper.

After quickly reading the letter, Chu Xiu said, "It mentions that there is evidence that the Shandong Governor and Qian Cheng'an colluded to embezzle Mozhihe's money. Where is it?"

The man in black was taken aback for a moment, and then his tone was firm: "My lord, this subordinate has only got this memorial. Now the whole of Shandong is under the control of the prince, and not a single fly can fly out, even if there is a second memorial." , and it is absolutely impossible to send it out."

Chu Xiu nodded, put the letter away, and handed the bamboo tube back to the man in black: "Go back first, I have a reason."

"Yes, my subordinates retire."

With the letter in his arms, Chu Xiu pretended to be nonchalant and wandered around the woods, not forgetting to pick a crabapple, fold it, and go to Qujiang Lake with it.

Not far away, the sound of drums and music, is that Chu Qing has already arrived.

Today, besides the emperor will come, all civil and military officials will also come, so the Qujiang Banquet has the nature of welcoming the new year after all, it can be regarded as a gathering of monarchs and ministers in disguise.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, the emperor does not bring concubines in the harem.

Unless, the concubine brought here is Sheng Chong, such as the current young gentleman Xie Lang.

Xie Lang wore a moon white wide-sleeved gown today, with light pink gauze on the outside, a peach red waist and a jade pendant around his waist.

Walking beside Chu Qing, he attracted everyone's attention as soon as he appeared.

Especially the twenty or so Jinshi who were newly promoted, not only saw the emperor, but also saw the legendary young gentleman who was so beautiful and alluring, they were all stunned.

For them, the emperor will often see him in the future, but Shaojun is different. I am afraid that there is only such a chance to see him once in his life. Whoever is not secretive but can't help peeking.

Knowing Xie Lang's eye-catching eyes, Chu Qing wished he could hide him in his sleeves and take him directly into the house, so that when he got off the dragon chariot, there would be wind under his feet, and he would rush up Ziyun Tower like going to a market.

But Xie Lang himself didn't seem to notice it, he only held Chu Qing's arm all the way, and followed every step obediently.

Feeling that Chu Qing was leaving too quickly, he pulled him strangely: "Your Majesty, walk slowly, many people are watching."

Chu Qing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, the reason why he left in a hurry was because he was afraid of people staring at you!

There are two connected stone boats beside Qujiang Yanhu Lake, both of which have two floors, especially the open-air second floor has a large area.

The banquet was held in the stone boat, 27 new scholars sat at the head, civil and military officials lined up in turn, and those whose ranks were not enough, they all sat on the first floor.

The emperor is on the top floor of Ziyun Tower by the lake, and he can see the situation on the stone boat from a distance.Xinke Jinshi has never been an official, and the monarch and his ministers have fun together, this is the limit.

Chu Qing stood on the edge of the railing and toasted, and everyone in the stone boat got up and shouted long live.

After drinking, Chu Qing still walked back, Xie Lang held a sweet apricot and brought it directly to his mouth.

"Well, I don't like to eat this." Chu Qing turned his head away with his mouth closed, "Eat it yourself."

Xie Lang was taken aback for a moment, he clearly remembered that Chu Qing liked to eat apricots, why didn't he like them in this life.

Chu Qing squeezed his palm with a smile, and lay on his side on the soft couch.

"Why, why are you startled?"

Xie Lang shook his head, put down the sweet apricot and wiped his hands, and said: "Your Majesty is so tired today, are you tired?"

Chu Qing raised his eyelids: "I'm a little sleepy, I squint for a while, when you come down, call me."

Xie Lang nodded, helped him lay the pillow flat, and pulled the brocade quilt to cover him, then sat beside him, watching him quietly.

Chu Qing held Xie Lang's hand on his chest, stared at him for a while, then closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Xie Lang sighed inwardly, why bother.

Gently pulling out his hand, Xie Lang got up and walked to the door, looked down at the intertwined cups on the stone boat, and nodded slightly after finding that person's gaze.

Chu Xiu made an excuse to change clothes, turned around and exited the stone boat, thanked the guards who wanted to lead the way, walked through flowers and willows all the way, and walked to the bamboo forest to the west, seemingly admiring the scenery but actually avoiding people's eyes and ears.

From a distance, Xie Lang's white back was seen in the bamboo forest, his long black hair was loosely blown by the breeze.

Chu Xiu's heart moved, he couldn't help but quicken his pace, and walked into the bamboo forest.

"Master Xiu, you are here."

Xie Lang turned around slowly, his peach blossom eyes seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and he was naturally charming.

Chu Xiu forced himself to look away, and said softly, "Look for me, what's the matter?"

Xie Lang hooked the corners of his lips: "After the Shangyuan Festival, I haven't had the chance to thank you face to face. I heard that you won the Tanhua prize, so I wanted to congratulate you. The future is boundless, and Mr. Xiu can make great achievements."

Showing off your ambitions is just to have more chances to see you.

Chu Xiu cupped his hands: "Young Master, you are being polite. Xiu is just lucky, and His Majesty prefers it."

"Anything is fine."

Xie Lang looked indifferent, turned around and walked into the bamboo forest.

Chu Xiu thought for a while, and followed.

"I know you are worried, but recently the emperor is busy with disaster relief in Shandong, and Chun Wei, so he won't take care of the harem for the time being."

Xie Lang glanced at him: "Jin Yiwei is still digging into the matter of Mount Qingcheng, you remember to tell King Rong, don't go overboard with some things."

Chu Xiu sneered: "His business has never been related to me."

"Oh, if that's the case, then why did you intercept Lu Silin's secret?"

Chu Xiu was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "Sure enough, Shaojun doesn't even worry about me."

As he spoke, he took out the letter from his pocket and handed it over.

"Young Master, take it."

Xie Lang raised his eyebrows and snorted softly: "Mr. Xiu, why do you do this? I'm standing