The prince is shameless

In late July of the 26th year of Anlong, Emperor Yuanqing officially ascended the throne, and changed his year name to Yuanqing, which was used together in early August.

Immediately afterwards, the former second prince Xie Lian returned to the court, and Emperor Yuanqing named him the prince.

At the same time, Emperor Yuanqing announced that since the beginning of August in the first year of Yuanqing, Xie Qing, the sixth emperor's younger brother, would come to the court to listen to the government, cancel the rank requirements for Beijing officials to perform affairs in the court, and open Enke widely the next year.

Among the series of actions, Xie Qing's hearing of the government caused a huge wave, and some veteran officials went to the court one after another on the grounds that they did not follow the rules.

However, Emperor Yuanqing resisted all opinions and remained indifferent.

"Oh, those old ministers are so annoying."

When Xie Yi in the imperial study opened the memorial for the third time that he disagreed with Xie Qing's hearing of the government, he sighed again.

According to Wen Xing's statistics, this is the 11th time Xie Yi said this sentence after announcing that Xie Qing was in court.

Wen Xing, who was rubbing ink aside, put down the ink stick helplessly, and once again helped Xie Yi arrange the messy memorials.

Xie Yi took advantage of the situation and leaned on Wen Xing's hand, sighing deeply.

"Ah Xing, why do you think it's so tiring to be an emperor?"

"The greater the power, the greater the responsibility." Wen Xing moved Xie Yi's head away, "Your Majesty is too hasty in this matter."

Long before Xie Yi made the announcement, Wen Xing had persuaded Xie Yi to take pictures slowly, but unfortunately Xie Yi didn't listen, and now most of them are asking for trouble.

Of course, he didn't dare to say such things in front of Xie Yi.

Xie Yi rested his chin on one hand instead, and said, "Even if this is the case, you will inevitably be opposed. In fact, most of the veterans in the court are from the prime minister's side, and I don't know what tricks the prime minister used."

"It just so happened that I also took this opportunity to see how big the prime minister's net is."

While speaking, Xie Yi's eyes flashed a cold light.

In Xie Yi's impression, the prime minister has not changed since he came to the court to listen to the government.The first emperor also told him many times that he was dissatisfied with the prime minister, but he had no reason to do so.

Although in Xie Yi's impression, the prime minister kept his own place, but who knows if he has some bigger conspiracy?

Xie Yi didn't believe that he was really dedicated to serving the country.

"Speaking of which, Fang Liang is also in the prime minister's party, and the prime minister probably knows what he has done."

Wen Xing picked up the ink stick and continued grinding the ink while talking.

Xie Yi's eyes flickered slightly, and said: "It's also possible. It's just that I also sent someone to follow the prime minister, and there is nothing else to gain except knowing that he keeps his own place."

"Wait a little longer, there will always be clues."

Wen Xing replied soothingly, Xie Yi didn't say anything more, and continued to review the memorial.

It's just that neither of them expected at this time that the clues would come so unexpectedly.

In the afternoon of the seventh day of August in the first year of Yuanqing, Xie Yi was busy with government affairs and teaching Xie Qing, Wen Xing went to play with Fei Qing out of boredom.

Fei Qing has relaxed a lot since he was promoted, and went to Yimeng Restaurant together at Wen Xing's appointment.

Because the imperial examination will be held next year, Yun Nian has already resigned from his job as a shopkeeper to study his homework with peace of mind, but Wen Xing, who wanted to meet Yun Nian by the way, was rather disappointed.

This time they did not choose the lobby, but entered a clean wing.

After the two chatted about some topics casually, Fei Qing suddenly looked around and said in a low voice, "Hey, Wen Xing, have you ever doubted the identity of that prime minister?"

Wen Xing was taken aback when he heard the words, and hurriedly asked, "What did you discover?"

Fei Qing nodded heavily, and said: "I once saw a portrait at Tang An's place, there were two people in the portrait, one was Tang An who was about four or five years old, and the other was vaguely similar to that prime minister. "

Hearing this, Wen Xing widened his eyes and asked, "Really?"

"Really!" Fei Qing replied with certainty, "That portrait of Tang An is still with me, and I can go back and get it for you anytime."

According to Fei Qing, this prime minister is very likely to be a member of the Donghu tribe that was exterminated at the beginning.

But if this is the case, many things will be answered.

If the Yunwu tribe is good at bewitching poison, then the Donghu tribe is good at bewitching.

Donghu people have experience passed down from generation to generation in winning people's hearts, and the prime minister probably relied on this step by step to reach this position.

After he and Fei Qing hurriedly finished eating, they went to Fei Qing's house, Fei Qing searched for a while and found the portrait.

Different from the painting method in the Northern Dynasty, the two people in the portrait were so vivid that they seemed to be real. Wen Xing recognized the young Tang An at a glance.

He stared blankly and asked, "Can I bring this painting to Your Majesty?"

Guan Wenxing's expression was so clear that he knew that this matter was very important. He nodded and said, "You can take it, but... remember to take it back, otherwise it will be difficult for me to explain to Tang An."

Wen Xing nodded and said, "It's natural."

After speaking, he took the portrait and bid farewell to Fei Qing, and hurried back to the palace.

In the imperial study room, Xie Yi was still busy with government affairs, Wen Xing was not in a hurry to disturb him, he silently saluted and stood aside, waiting quietly.

Xie Yi couldn't bear to make Wen Xing wait for a long time, so he folded up the memorials and complained: "No approval, take a break. Ah Xing, come here."

Wen Xing smiled helplessly, and said as he walked over, "Then I'm afraid I will disappoint His Majesty."

Xie Yi got up to meet Wen Xing and hugged him, put his chin on Wen Xing's shoulder, and asked lazily: "Why, Ah Xing also has a book to play?"

"There is no book, but there is a secondary painting." After Wen Xing finished speaking, he patted Xie Yi's shoulder lightly, and continued, "Okay, get up and stand up, you are already the emperor, so what if you don't stand up? "

"That's because you're the only one here."

Xie Yi murmured and reluctantly stood up straight, looked at Wen Xing's unfurled picture scroll with a dignified and upright look, and said, "Hiss, isn't this man the prime minister when he was young? Hide his portrait?"

Wen Xing wanted to roll his eyes, but in the end he held back and said seriously: "This painting is from An, and the little girl on the left of this man is An."

"Huh?" Xie Yi was puzzled, "Isn't An a man?"

Wen Xing forgot that Tang An had been appearing in the public eye as a man recently, paused, and explained: "An is a man, but Tang An is a woman. An is one of Tang An's disguised identities."

"I picked her up when Tang An was five years old. Later, she was recognized by the Second Highness as an orphan of the Donghu tribe. I asked her to use a pseudonym. When Fei Qing was imprisoned, he presented evidence of innocence for Fei Qing." She was the maid Qiu Jing, and An An, who came to serve as a servant for some reason, was also her."

Xie Yi didn't realize what a huge secret Wen Xing was hiding from him until now.

He raised his eyebrows and looked at Wen Xing with a half-smile, turning his face faster than turning a book.

Wen Xing knew that he would not give up on Xie Yi unless he gave a suitable reason. He lowered his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, do you still remember being attacked in the previous life? At that time, a man in black jumped out to escort him, and that man was Fei Qing Give it to the minister's shadow guard, Tang An from the previous life."

"In this life, I picked her up with Fei Qing who was only five years old and was living on the street by mistake. Fei Qing's mansion did not allow people with unknown paths to be brought in, so I took her back to Wen's mansion for cultivation. Tang An was young and knew her well. The courtiers didn't have the heart to abandon her because of her identity, so they simply changed her name and surname."

"Later, Yun Nian was let go by the minister, and the minister... also couldn't trust the person you arranged, so in desperation, Tang An was asked to follow the minister in men's clothes. The situation is almost like this."

Once accepted, Wen Xing raised the key point again without waiting for Xie Yi's comment.

"As I said, Tang An is an orphan of the Donghu tribe, so they are in the same portrait, which proves that the prime minister is actually a member of the Donghu tribe."

"A member of the Donghu tribe who was destroyed by the Northern Dynasty has such a wide influence in the court. Your Majesty, do you believe that he has no ambition?"

Wen Xing lowered his voice, the meaning behind his words was obvious.

Xie Yi naturally understood this truth, rubbing his chin with one hand, and murmured: "What you said is not unreasonable, it's just that there were several rebellions in the previous life after your... death, but the prime minister has always been the most law-abiding of."

"Then have you ever thought about whether the rebels had any relationship with the prime minister?" Wen Xing said his other guess.

Xie Yi recalled it from the beginning to the end, and was shocked - those who rebelled in the previous life were all the prime minister's party!

Seeing Xie Yi's reaction, Wen Xing knew that his guess was pretty close.He narrowed his eyes and continued: "Tang An was only five years old, and now he may have almost forgotten about the Donghu tribe. But the prime minister is different. Judging from the portrait, he was already a teenager in those days. Boy People are proud and arrogant, and it is easiest to hold grudges—not to mention the grudge of extermination.”

"However, he ran incognito and became the prime minister of the Northern Dynasty, and there was no sign of rebellion. This shows that he has no intention of being on the throne, but just wants to severely disrupt the entire Northern Dynasty."

"The previous matter about the Yunwu tribe may have been arranged by him alone. He just wanted to take advantage of our feud with the Yunwu tribe and use the hands of the Yunwu tribe to severely damage the Northern Dynasty. Then some high-ranking officials of the Northern Dynasty who instigated rebellion and changed the name of the emperor to Yi. surname."

The more Xie Yi listened, the more startled he became.

In the previous life, the new emperor Xie Qing who came to the throne at the end had never had contact with them in the previous life, and if he thought of his mother and concubine, he might be just a puppet emperor in the end.

Maybe his death in the previous life was also caused by the prime minister and his group.

Xie's country was ruined in his hands unknowingly.

Up to this point, Wen Xing handed the portrait to Xie Yi, intending to let him handle everything.

Xie Yi took it without saying a word, his face gradually gloomy.

And this sinking has even lowered the entire layout of the court.

Half a month later, an unprecedented monstrous wave finally broke out in the turbulent court.

After more than ten days of secret investigations, one after another officials were found to be corrupt, accept bribes, raise soldiers and rebel, and without exception, these officials had close contact with the prime minister.

After extorting confessions through torture, most officials identified the instigator as the current prime minister.

Emperor Yuanqing ordered a search of the prime minister's mansion, and found a portrait in his mansion, which confirmed that he was the orphan of Donghu, and was later detained pending trial for conspiracy.

The rest of the officials were dealt with as crimes.

At the same time, Emperor Yuanqing promoted a group of officials in the name of emptiness in the court, among them Wen Xing was appointed as Minister of Rites, and Fei Qing was appointed as Captain of Zhaowu.

After that, the former prime minister's party forces in the court were uprooted, known in history as the "Donghu Case", also known as the "Yuanqing Great Cleansing".

So far, the status of Emperor Yuanqing has been initially consolidated.