The eldest princess is obsessed with rebellion, but there are six male protagonists

Ever since Qiao Gui's downfall and Xue Yu's ascension to power, the Cabinet and the East Factory have reached a delicate balance on major court affairs, and have formed a fixed procedure for reviewing memorials.

Except for secret memorials, all court ministers had to send memorials to the emperor first to the cabinet, where the cabinet ministers would review them, draft a comment, and affix it to the memorial before sending it to the Imperial Household Department.

If the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department has checked and found no problems, he will copy the contents of the note onto the memorial and send them to Xue Yu for stamping. If there are problems, they will be copied or returned to the cabinet after Xue Yu has reviewed them.

After Xue Yu used the seal, he would put the memorial in the study of the Qianqing Palace for a day, regardless of whether the emperor read it or not. For some important memorials, Xue Yu would talk to the emperor when the emperor was in a good mood.

On the second day, the eunuchs of the Imperial Household Department would bring back the sealed memorial from the previous day from the Qianqing Palace, make a copy, archive it in the Imperial Household Department, and then return the original to the Cabinet.

This cycle repeats itself every day.

After Xue Yu came to power, he never looked for Pei Yu, and Pei Yu never gave Xue Yu any gifts, but after the two of them tacitly formed this set of procedures, all parties were very satisfied.

Pei Yu was satisfied because Xue Yu basically never fought back on opinions raised by the cabinet, so there were no conflicts between the two.

Xue Yu was satisfied because Lord Pei was worthy of being the future head of the prime minister's family. He was fair and just in handling the affairs of the court, and he truly served the country and the people, and was beyond reproach.

The emperor was satisfied because, although Qiao Gui was gone, Xue Yu was capable enough and no one bothered him with court affairs. He still enjoyed himself eating, drinking and having fun every day.

Today was also the day when the Imperial Household Department returned the memorials to the Cabinet. Pei Yu was still eating the bland meal when the minister on duty in the Cabinet came running to him in a hurry:

"Master Pei, Eunuch Xue has come personally to deliver the memorial."

It has been four months since Eunuch Xue took office as the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department. This is his first time setting foot in the cabinet. There must be something big going on, so the minister on duty was so anxious and rushed to report it.

As he was speaking, Xue Yu had already walked in.

Pei Yu put down his chopsticks slowly and bowed:

"Eunuch Xue."

Xue Yu also bowed in return:

"Master Pei."

Someone came in specially, cleared away everything on the table, served tea, and then closed the door, leaving space for Lord Pei and Eunuch Xue to talk.

Since Xue Yu came in person, Pei Yu didn't bother to be polite with him and asked directly:

"I wonder what advice Eunuch Xue has for you?"

Xue Yu didn't come here to chat. He had to keep an eye on the emperor and didn't have time to chat with anyone, so he answered directly:

"I heard that Lord Pei angered the princess, and not only was his marriage cancelled, but he also moved out of the princess's mansion?"

Pei Yu had countless thoughts about why Eunuch Xue came, all of which were related to the memorials submitted yesterday. However, he did not expect that Xue Yu would talk about something that had nothing to do with yesterday's memorials.

During the Chinese New Year, Pei Yu's second uncle followed the King of Pingliang to the capital. In order to keep an eye on his second uncle's movements, Pei Yu stayed in the Pei family after the New Year and did not move back to the Princess's Mansion.

After Qiao Gui's downfall, Su Fengyi felt that there was no need to use her marriage with Pei Yu to cover up their cooperation. During the Chinese New Year, she found an opportunity and asked the emperor to order the cancellation of the marriage with the Pei family.

Xue Yu's direct questioning of Pei Yu's personal affairs was too offensive, as if he was specifically mocking him.

Most people might have been annoyed by this time, but Pei Yu believed that Eunuch Xue would not have made this special trip just to make enemies.

So Pei Yu still smiled gently:

"Yes, this is the case. What does Eunuch Xue want to say?"

Xue Yu said again:

"Master Pei, I can help you. I am here to discuss cooperation with you about the eldest princess."

Pei Yu smiled more gently and politely. He did not ask about the content of the cooperation, but asked about the purpose first:

"Oh? Cooperation? Then Master Xue helped me, what does he want to get from me?"

Xue Yu looked at him:

"Someone made her unhappy, and I don't want him to have an easy life. Lord Pei's wish is what I wish. After the matter is accomplished, we will each rely on our own abilities. How do you say it?"

Pei Yu also looked at him and understood what he meant by his wish.

Princess, Pei has no idea how many people you have offended.

Perhaps it was because it had happened too many times, so many times that Pei Yu couldn't even feel the pain in his heart anymore.

Facing a powerful enemy, we should unite to face the enemy. Everything else is just a small matter. Xue Yu's words really pleased Pei Yu.

Pei Yu poured a cup of tea for Xue Yu. He did not show any sign of heartache, and continued to smile:

"Eunuch Xue, Mr. Pei, I would like to hear the details."

……

By the end of the month, just as Su Fengyi had expected, the Prince of Pingliang had sorted out all the clues, and neither Zhu Qi nor Lu Hong found any new clues in a short period of time.

But it was a foregone conclusion that those bandits who died were indeed members of the Imperial Guard.

Although there were tens of thousands of imperial guards, it was inevitable that there would be one or two bad apples among them, but Lu Hong, as the commander of the imperial guards, could not escape blame.

There were more and more memorials in the court impeaching Lu Hong, asking him to divorce his family to avoid suspicion and reinstated him after the facts were fully investigated.

Pei Yu did this every day. He did not keep any of them, nor did he send any of them back. He sent them all to the Imperial Household Department. The cabinet also had a unanimous opinion, suggesting that Lord Lu should divorce his family first to avoid suspicion.

Xue Yu did not hide anything and dutifully reported to the emperor every day:

"Your Majesty, there are many people in the court scolding Lord Lu again."

The emperor thought that those ministers were just bored. Lu Hong was his sword. Without the sword, who would guarantee his safety? Anyway, Lu Hong couldn't leave.

So the emperor said to Xue Yu:

"Don't worry about them. They can only write memorials to curse you. What else can they do? Just let them be."

But soon, the ministers let the emperor know that they were not only capable, but also very capable.

The emperor was in high spirits when he got his concubine Chen Fei, and he often summoned her to the Qianqing Palace to accompany him. However, this time he was blocked in the Qianqing Palace by court officials.

The court officials knelt outside the gate of the Qianqing Palace and requested the emperor to give an explanation for the murder of Prince Qingyang and his wife by the imperial guards.

After all, the fact that Concubine Chen was the Princess of Qingyang had not been made public. If it really came to light, the Emperor would feel embarrassed. He was worried that some fearless minister might rush in and run into them, so he asked Xue Yu to take Concubine Chen out through the corner gate first.

As a result, the court officials were very well prepared this time. They divided their troops into several groups and not only blocked the main gate, but also had people kneeling at the corner gates.

And unfortunately, the person assigned to guard the corner gate was an official from the Ministry of Rites.

Xue Yu took the Concubine Chen out through the corner gate and bumped into the officials from the Ministry of Rites on the spot.

On the day when Concubine Chen presented the jade disc to her ancestors, everyone from the Ministry of Rites had seen Concubine Chen and recognized her on the spot.

Before the body of Prince Qingyang was cold, the Emperor had already taken Princess Qingyang as his concubine!

No wonder the imperial guards wanted to kill Prince Qingyang.

No wonder the emperor wants to protect Commander Lu.

As an emperor, he actually murdered his uncle and raped his aunt, doing things that go against the moral code of human ethics!

The ministers outside the Qianqing Palace were immediately outraged and made the emperor unable to rest.

The emperor ordered the ministers to withdraw and not to kneel to make remonstrations again. Anyone who knelt to make remonstrations again would be beaten with a stick. The imperial guards dragged the people out of the team and started beating them without saying a word. More than a dozen people were beaten with a stick in a row.

As a result, the emperor's move really stirred up a hornet's nest.

More and more people came to the Qianqing Palace to kneel and ask the emperor for an explanation. Almost all the ministers in Beijing who were qualified to enter the palace came.

When things got out of hand, Xue Yu gave the emperor an idea:

"After all, the palace is small and we can't avoid quarrels. The Leopard Room is spacious and others can't go there to quarrel. Your Majesty, do you want to hide in the Leopard Room? After a few days, the ministers will naturally disperse when they can't see your Majesty."

The emperor thought it was a great kindness, so he immediately ordered the imperial guards to clear the way and took the concubine to hide in the Leopard Room. He also ordered the imperial guards to guard the entrances and exits of the Leopard Room and issued an order:

Anyone who trespasses into the Leopard Room will be executed immediately. No one is allowed to come in. I will not see anyone!