After the villain was defeated, she still had power in the government

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Fu Yutang looked at the piles of case files in front of him, took a few deep breaths, tried hard to suppress the unhappiness in his heart, and calmed down to continue reading.

Just after reading half of it, Qi Shang suddenly came back.

She raised her eyes and looked at him in confusion.

Qi Shang raised the food box in his hand, with a faint smile on his gentle face, and said: "No matter how urgent it is, it doesn't need to be rushed for a moment. Let's eat first."

After he finished speaking, he asked the yamen runners outside to bring in tables and chairs, and took out the food from the lunch boxes one by one. After placing them in place, he turned around and came to Fu Yutang, took the case file from Fu Yutang's hand, and persuaded him kindly: "Just think of it as eating with your brother?"

Having said that, what else could Fu Yutang say? He could only swallow the refusal that was on the tip of his tongue, stand up as he was told, walk to the table, and sit down to eat with Qi Shang.

The two had just sat down and hadn't started eating when Yan Zhen strode in carrying a food box.

Seeing the two, he was startled at first, then the corners of his mouth curled up and he shouted, "Oh, today is really rare. Brother Tang didn't skip work during the lunch break, but stayed in Mingjing Hall to handle the chores. I have to go and see if the sun rises from the west."

After he finished speaking, he stretched his neck and pretended to look outside.

Fu Yutang glanced at him sideways, pointed at the food box in his hand and said, "If you throw this thing away and then act surprised, it will probably be more convincing."

Yan Zhen laughed, the dimple on her right cheek was faintly visible, she walked forward, put the food box on the table, and said jokingly: "I just went to the dining hall and saw that you and Ah Shang were not there, so I asked Jiang Yueming where you were and why you didn't come to eat. Jiang Yueming said that you were all in Mingjing Hall handling chores, and was worried that you were hungry, so I acted as a servant and personally brought food to you two who are busy with all kinds of things every day."

Qi Shang glared at him and said in feigned anger, "If you want to mock Brother Tang for being lazy, I have no objection at all. Why do you have to include me in this?"

As he spoke, he stood up and unceremoniously opened the food box that Yan Zhen had brought. When he saw the dishes inside, his anger instantly turned into a smile, and he praised: "You are thoughtful. You picked out the ones that Tang Ge and I like to eat."

"Of course." Yan Zhen looked at him proudly, helped him get the food out and set it up, put a hand on his shoulder, and said with a smile: "As a brother, if I don't even know your preferences, then what kind of brother am I."

Hearing this, the two couldn't help but smile at each other.

Fu Yutang was an amnesiac and didn't know what she liked to eat. Anyway, she wasn't a picky eater, she would eat whatever was given to her. She smiled and said, "Ah Zhen shouldn't have eaten yet, right? Sit down and eat together."

After Yan Zhen sat down, he seemed to have thought of something and asked casually, "Have all the people in the Prince of Xiang's Mansion been settled?"

Because he was concerned about the affairs of Renkang Hall, as soon as he returned to the Ministry of Justice, Fu Yutang handed Prince Xiang and others over to Yan Zhen for disposal.

When Fu Yutang asked this, Yan Zhen nodded immediately and said, "Yes. They are all in prison." After a pause, he asked curiously, "Brother Tang, what did the King of Xiang do that made him so outrageous that he was suddenly thrown into prison?"

After all, he is the emperor's uncle. He intended to become regent before, but the emperor didn't do anything to him. How come he ended up in jail this time?

"He forged the imperial edict and committed treason."

Fu Yutang briefly explained the whole story, and while inviting the two to start eating, he concluded, "He is an old man who has committed suicide by hanging himself. There is no need to sympathize with him."

"Then...what about Shi Yi?" Yan Zhen glanced at her, pursed her lips, and hesitated: "Will you help him? After all, he is your most valued brother."