When Qu Changlan entered the imperial study, Baizhu had already arrived. Li Luosu, who was sitting in the seat, looked angry, and asked, "Doctor Qu, I sent you to the Jiangnan disaster area for the second time. Did you find out anything new?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, the matter of the Ministry of Industry is indeed as investigated by the admonishing doctor under the door, and there is no mistake."

"Apart from this matter, is there anything else to report? Why don't you speak, are you guilty?"

Li Luosu picked up a booklet and shook it at him, and said: "Someone anonymously reported that the right general Baizhu violently suppressed the victims during the disaster relief period, and you have not reported on your duties after returning to Beijing for three days, and you have not submitted a report. You are trying to cover up him!"

"I never meant that! Although I don't know how the whistleblower described the matter to His Majesty, the violent suppression by General You is just a rumor among the people, and there is no conclusive evidence. The reason why I didn't report it for three days after returning to Beijing , because I asked General Right about the matter.”

"General You, what did you tell me just now, please say it again!"

"Your Majesty, I really didn't let my subordinates violently suppress the victims. It was because a group of local bandits wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of disaster relief to pretend to be the victims to receive food and then sell it to make a fortune. That's why the riot happened. At that time, many people were injured. , but those were all accidental injuries, and that group of rogues have already been sent to the local government."

"If things are true as you said, then tell me what is going on with this joint report letter from the local disaster victims!"

Li Luosu threw out a long scroll, which was densely packed with confessions, followed by hundreds of red fingerprints.

Qu Changlan glanced at the joint letter, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, what you see is not necessarily true. These things can be completely forged. You should also know the character of General You. I don't believe that he will do such a thing."

"So what if you don't believe me? Believe it or not is the most important thing. Not only is there something wrong with him, but you are also reported to protect him in this booklet. Originally, I didn't believe it. Judging by your attitude of protecting him, you probably didn't run away! Supervisor Song, are you You went with Dr. Qu, and you should know best what was going on there."

Supervisor Song, who was named, hesitated and said: "Return to Your Majesty, I went to the disaster area with Master Qu to investigate, and the local victims were indeed discussing the suppression. Master Qu also said that this matter is of great importance, so he did not report it hastily. We need to check again." ..."

"Hmph! I'm afraid your verification is not intended to destroy the evidence!"

"His Majesty!"

Bai Zhu knelt down with a thud, and said: "Although I was qualified to lead the army to relieve the disaster with the help of Prime Minister You, I have never used power for personal gain to advance myself. If Your Majesty does not believe in me, then I will resign and return to my hometown, and my Majesty will be spared." Dilemma."

Dilemma?What dilemma do I have for him?

When Li Luosu thought of what Duanmuyao had said, he became even more angry.

"Please resign, obviously it's an advantage for you. Come here, and pass on my will! The right general Bai Zhu led the army to violently suppress the victims during the disaster relief period, and now he is resigned from his post to go to Dali Temple for a hearing. If you have all the positions, you will be released to the governor of Yangzhou, and you will not be allowed to return to Beijing without transfer order!"

***

"His Majesty!"

Li Luosu raised his head from the pile of memorials in front of him, looked at the person in front of him, and said, "Oh, Prime Minister You, what's the matter?"

"Why did Your Majesty dismiss two important ministers just based on an anonymous note?"

Duanmuyao heard about this incident last night, and stayed up all night in a hurry, her eyes were bloodshot, and hurried to the imperial study to look for Li Luosu early the next morning.

Li Luosu calmly took out a roll of joint letters and placed them in front of him.

"Here's the evidence, and they themselves admitted that they made mistakes, so I'm not impulsive this time, right?"

Duanmu Yao glanced at the joint letter, and said: "This evidence is from an unknown source and is too isolated to be accepted, and Bai Zhu and Qu Changlan's answer is not an admission of error, Your Majesty, you are just taking it out of context!"

"Out of context?"

Li Luosu sneered, and said, "Of course I wouldn't do such a stupid thing. Just relying on an anonymous note to convict them casually. When Qu Changlan went to the second tour, I also sent another person to follow the secret investigation, the victims of the disaster There are indeed rumors of violent suppression among you, and it is indeed Baizhu's army that carried out the suppression, so the words of so many victims can't all be made up to deceive me, right?"

"...Not to mention where these evidences come from, even if they really came from the victims, most of the victims are just peasants, butchers, peddlers, and they don't know the twists and turns in the officialdom. Concerned about the life in front of you, the more you do this, the easier it is to be manipulated and misled by people with a heart. As the emperor, you are in charge of the people of a country. They are a ship, but you are the one at the helm. It must be correct, the most important thing to maintain in governing the country is neutrality and rationality.”

"Then Prime Minister You is accusing me of being irrational!"

Li Luosu slapped the table and stood up.

"If you can't even trust your own people, then why do you still want to be the emperor? What is the meaning of being the emperor!"

He took a breath, and said again: "According to what Prime Minister You said, then I will return all the truth to you. Above the court, you should be the most neutral and rational. Whoever swore to me at the beginning?" Saying that giving Baizhu a chance can balance the forces of the various ministries, but you made such a big mistake? It's not that I don't trust you, it's that you, Prime Minister You, are too nepotistic."

After hearing his words, Duanmuyao didn't speak for a long time.

There was an atmosphere of silence in the imperial study room, only the sound of Li Luosu's slightly heavy breathing, slowly tightening his neck like a rope.

After a long time, Duanmu Yao sighed and said: "...It's my fault."

***

At the next day's court meeting, Li Luosu's right side was empty, he frowned, and asked the official minister below, "Lian Shangshu, why didn't Prime Minister You go to court today?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, Prime Minister You suddenly fell ill and is temporarily on leave."

"...Well, then Prime Minister Zuo will preside over today's court meeting."

"Yes."

After coming down to court, Li Luosu summoned a chariot and ordered to go to the East Palace.

After pushing open the door of the East Palace bedroom, he went straight to the side hall, but it had been tidied up, as if no one had ever lived there.

"Where is the Prime Minister on the right?"

"Return to Your Majesty, Prime Minister You packed up his things and returned home last night."

Li Luosu felt a little lost suddenly, he walked to the bed where Duanmuyao had slept, then sat down, reached out to caress the pillow, and buried his face in the brocade quilt.

He made a muffled voice: "I will sleep in this bed tonight."

***

Mei Shiliang heard that Duanmu Yao was on leave today and would not go to court, so he went to Prime Minister You's mansion alone.

Although the peony flowers in the garden where Duanmu medicine was planted had faded long ago, the garden was still somewhat lush.

The yellow leaves of ginkgo fell all over the ground one after another. Duanmuyao ordered someone to move a recliner and put it in the garden, holding the cat nest to bask in the sun.

"Well, Duanmu Yurong, you actually hide here by yourself."

Duanmu Yao opened his eyes, glanced at Mei Shiliang, and said, "Then do you want me to get someone to move a chair here so you can bask in the sun with me?"

Mei Shiliang looked at him with a calm face, thinking of His Majesty's expression of wanting to eat people in today's court meeting, he couldn't get angry.

He jumped and said, "Move! Why don't you move! I want to bask in the sun too!"

So Duanmu Yao really asked the housekeeper to bring another recliner, but it was just the old one piled up in the warehouse.

Mei Shiliang didn't dislike it either, and lay down on it without waiting for someone to wipe the dust, the chair creaked loudly.

"Are you in such a hurry to bask in the sun? Don't throw the dirty clothes to me for washing."

"...Hey, let me tell you, aren't you in a hurry? Tianjian is still squatting in the prison of Dali Temple, Zihui has returned to Yangzhou, and Yannian is planting flowers at home every day. There are only two of us left in Chaoshang, but you Are you pretending to be sick and asking for leave, are you trying to exhaust me to death?"

"Oh, really? I think you're in good spirits, aren't you still able to argue with me? You're far from being exhausted, right?"

Seeing his death, Mei Shiliang angrily grabbed a handful of leaves on the ground and threw them at him: "I'm talking to you seriously!"

Duanmu Yao opened his eyes, brushed off the yellow leaves on his body, touched the cat in his arms, and said: "It's useless to be anxious now, His Majesty doesn't trust me, and it's useless to try to argue, it will only make him more bored, simply I stayed at home and kept him out of sight for a while... But the trouble now is that we lose the Ministry of Officials and the Yushitai, so we can't monitor the officials, and we lose the Ministry of War, so we can't grasp the military situation in various places in time. When it comes to internal and external troubles, he will be very passive. The person behind all this is very clever. He has been borrowing his strength from the beginning to the end, and has not directly acted. Apart from the possibility that it will be more difficult in the future, Zihui and Yannian are not in danger of their lives, it might be better to say that they may be safer after leaving the court, but you, you should be more careful in the future."

"how about you?"

"Me? If I can make the other party think that His Majesty is estranged from me, maybe I can catch the fox's tail."

***

Poppy was sitting in front of the window, drinking tea while removing Du Zhijuan's two white seeds, he was in a good mood.

"My lord, the group of Guangling sects has already lost three important leaders. This time, you overthrew two of them in one fell swoop. The remaining two, one can't stand alone, and the other is actually sick at this time. Amazing."

"For this kind of thing, the right time, the right place and the right people are the same. The most important thing is the harmony of people. You have been doing things much more neatly recently."

"Thank you for your compliment."

"By the way, what about the hush money paid by the inspectors of Liangjiang River?"

"Don't worry, my lord, it has been resolved."

"That's good."

"In this world, it is not only in the imperial court that one can grasp the news of the world. Some people are really naive..." Poppy added another cup of tea and said, "Since so many departments have been vacated, let's Find some suitable opportunities to promote your own people."

"Yes."

Saying that, the white stone on the chessboard lost another piece in an instant.

The author has something to say:

Little Peony: You can't quarrel, you can't quarrel in this life

Duanmuyao: Why don't you drag out the author who wrote the quarrel scene and beat him to death with sticks?

Little Peony: OK, OK!

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