Minglan is reborn, this time with no regrets!

Back at Chengyuan, Minglan took Gu Tingye into the study.

Now the study room belongs to the couple in half. Since Gu Tingye often handles official business in the military camp, Minglan's things are more than Gu Tingye's in the study room.

Minglan poured Gu Tingye a cup of tea, and then took out a loose-leaf booklet made of cowhide belts from the cabinet. Gu Tingye opened it and saw that it contained records of anecdotes and interesting things about the homes of several important officials.

Gu Tingye looked at Minglan in confusion: "Didn't you compile all of these into a book for the emperor?"

Minglan: "All the information I gave to the emperor has been verified by many sources. These are either from weak sources or too absurd. Without verification, it is difficult to present it to the emperor, but since the news can be passed on, it is probably interesting."

Gu Tingye looked carefully and indeed saw something unusual.

In order to curry favor with Prince Yong, the third and fourth branches of the Gu family bought beautiful concubines and beautiful children from Jiangnan, all of which came by water. Although they had tried their best to be covert, how could so many graceful figures appearing at the dock not attract the attention of the porters?

At that time, the communication channel had already been established, and these records were kept by the managers of the eight departments. When Minglan was personally entrusted by the emperor with the responsibility of collecting wild news, these historical information were sent to Chengyuan.

Gu Tingye: "I remember when I went to the Prince Yong's Mansion to count the survivors, the third and fourth rooms didn't send so many people."

Minglan: "Yes, I heard you mention it, so I remembered this note. Can you guess where the missing beauties went?"

Gu Tingye thought and said, "If the fourth and fifth rooms kept them for themselves, I would not have been unaware of it. Since I did not receive any news, the person must not be in their hands. But each of these beauties is very valuable. Apart from Prince Yong, who else can they give them to?"

Minglan looked at him with a smile.

Gu Tingye frowned and thought for a while. Suddenly, he grabbed Minglan's hand and said, "Rebel King?"

Minglan smiled and nodded: "I asked Langya to kidnap a capable manager of the Fourth House and got him to confirm this matter."

Gu Tingye: "The one with the surname Tong?"

Minglan: "That's right."

Gu Tingye: "Where is he? Where did he go after the interrogation?"

Minglan showed a look of regret: "Langya stuffed him into a ship ready to go to sea. I guess in a few months, he will be in a foreign country, right?"

Gu Tingye laughed loudly: "You are such a black-hearted lady Gu!"

Minglan sighed: "Ah, I learned all this from you, Master..."

Gu Tingye put his arm around Minglan's head and gave her a big kiss: "Good job learning!"

He picked up the loose-leaf book with his other hand, stared at the note for a while, and said, "The people from the fourth and fifth rooms are trying to please both sides. They flatter Prince Yong openly, but secretly collude with Prince Ni."

Minglan rested her head on his iron arm and said, "This way, no matter who gets the position in the end, they will all benefit."

Gu Tingye: "I was wondering how the Fourth and Fifth Houses dared to be pawns for Prince Yong in such a high-profile manner. So this is their plan! Let me guess again. If they want to convince Prince Ni, they will definitely say that they are pretending to surrender to Prince Yong in order to gather information for Prince Ni."

Minglan: "I can't say anything about these. But you can go back and look through the files to see if the Jiangnan Enchantress was found when the Ni Wang's mansion was searched."

Gu Tingye snorted, "Do I still need to guess? After more than 20 years, what kind of people are my uncles? Don't I understand? I'm afraid they are not very good at doing things like this."

Minglan: "There are many more like this. You can take this book back and read it yourself. But one thing, this thing can only be used as a reference. After all, most of the connections are based on guesses. If it's not good, you can't take it to the emperor to complain."

"Of course!" Gu Tingye grabbed Minglan and kissed her again, "Madam, you are really my good military advisor!"

An hour later, Gu Tingye took these papers to find Han Qi.

Now that Han Qi is in charge of the center, retrieving files related to the Rebel King is the most efficient way to find him.

When Han Qi heard this, he pointed out sharply: "I have never heard of the rebellious king coveting beauty before?"

Gu Tingye nodded firmly: "It is precisely because he is not good at this that many so-called upright officials have joined his team."

Han Qi: "Haha, if he was truly upright, how could he help the tyrant to commit atrocities and rebel against his superiors?"

Gu Tingye: "If we follow the clues and where these beauties are going, can we find some more rebels hiding in the dark?"

Han Qi: "That's natural."

Gu Tingye: "Then, Mr. Han, how many of these rebels do you think have already surrendered to the current Queen Mother?"

Han Qi thought about it, laughed and said, "Then let's check it out first!"

……

Three days later, Wende Hall.

Han Qi: "Your Majesty, today the world is at peace, the government is gradually stabilizing, and although most of the rebel king's followers have been executed, I'm afraid the remnants are still there. We must not tolerate them, we must purge them and investigate thoroughly."

Zhao Zongquan had already discussed this matter with the Crown Prince, Han Qi, and Gu Tingye the night before, and now he said, "What Mr. Han said makes sense. Why don't you nominate someone to take charge of this matter?"

Han Qi: "I recommend..."

The Empress Dowager, who was sitting behind the Emperor, interrupted Han Qi and said, "Qi Heng, the newly promoted Imperial Censor of the Imperial Court, has a memorial advocating a method to eliminate the rebels. Emperor, don't you want to hear what he has to say?"

Zhao Zongquan paused, how could it be such a coincidence?

But in front of all the civil and military officials, he couldn't show anything unusual, so he said, "Then announce it."

Qi Heng came to the palace and made an impassioned speech. In the end, as expected, he was appreciated by the Queen Mother and was assigned to investigate the rebels. However, in addition to Qi Heng, the Queen Mother also assigned Qi Heng several helpers, including Gu Tingye's cousins ​​Gu Tingbing and Gu Tingdi.

Zhao Zongquan and the others were all very surprised - how come Qi Heng came at such a good time? They had just agreed to thoroughly investigate the rebel king's party the day before, and today the queen mother took out Qi Heng to cut them off. Later, if they really found out that there were people who rebelled against the king in the queen mother's party, wouldn't they be covered up by the queen mother's people? Wouldn't this matter be in vain?

After the court session, Zhao Zongquan had a splitting headache. He went to the queen, lay in her arms, and asked her to massage his head.

The queen knew that Zhao Zongquan must have had a bad time at the court meeting today, but she was not in a position to ask about state affairs, so she suggested washing Zhao Zongquan's hair and using a comb to loosen his scalp.

After the palace servants prepared hot water, the empress dismissed everyone and washed the emperor's hair herself.

With the sound of splashing water, the emperor whispered in the queen's ear: "I'm afraid the queen mother has eyes and ears around me."

The queen was slightly shocked and whispered, "Now that we have already replaced a group of people, if we use the excuse of dismissing the palace servants again, I am afraid it won't work."

The emperor sighed: "I feel so tired. My headaches have become more and more frequent recently. I don't know how long I will have to fight with the Empress Dowager..."

The queen said nothing, but just pressed the emperor's head with heartache.

……

In Chengyuan, Gu Tingye and Minglan closed the door and asked, "Have you mentioned the matter we talked about the day before yesterday to anyone else?"

Minglan: "No, how could I possibly mention this to anyone else?"

Gu Tingye: "That's strange. We agreed on a plan to thoroughly investigate the rebel king and his party that day, but we didn't expect that the empress would intercept it today and put Qi Heng in charge. Moreover, she actually gave official titles to the two sons of the fourth and fifth wives. This time, they will assist Qi Heng in investigating the rebel king."

Minglan frowned: "The Empress Dowager gave Ting Bing and Ting Di official titles? Doesn't the Empress Dowager have anyone else to use those two useless people?"

Gu Tingye: "Is there any need to think too much about this? It must be directed at me."