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After the sacrifice, the emperor replaced the crown, the priest of the Jiaofang went forward to offer a eulogy, the emperor returned to Qingcheng in a chariot, and all the officials wore ordinary clothes to enter the hall to congratulate.

Shengjia returned to the capital, and the guard of honor entered through the Nanxun Gate. The two sides of the royal road were still full of tents, which were crowded with people watching. On the back is the crown prince.

In the afternoon of the same day, the process of offering sacrifices to heaven spread in Beijing, and the emperor held a banquet in Jiying Hall the next day to celebrate the birthday of King Shouchun.

"Mr. said that this is His Majesty's temptation. The winter solstice sacrifice has a two-year-old doll on the altar. Is this a temptation? This is clearly announcing to the world that he wants to abolish the reserve. Now it is rumored all over Tokyo that His Majesty will establish an emperor." Grandson."

"If His Majesty really intends to abolish the reserve, then Ya Xian will not let His Highness go down. His Majesty is old now, and there is only one grandson under his knees. It is human nature."

"Has he thought about the situation of the palace?"

Han Si shook his head, "As far as I know, the deposed prince also experienced this scene."

"So he became a waste prince!" Wei Kai sat on the couch with his knees propped up.

Han Si cupped his hands at him, "The minister made a mistake."

Wei Kai grabbed his clothes, "This time it's an altar sacrifice, what about next time? Next time, do you want him to study in the Chongwen Museum?"

"Instead of thinking about these trifles, Your Highness, why not think more about the Zhengdan Grand Court Meeting. This time we won the battle, and the number of countries that came to envoys is much more. Two months ago, Xi Xia changed a new king, and the Xia king sent the king as soon as he took the throne. Make the next dynasty repair well, and this great court meeting will also come."

"Great Court Meeting..."

"When your highness was still a prince, there was no need to do anything at the court meeting. Now that your highness is the crown prince, it is necessary to negotiate with the countries. When the envoys of the countries come to court, they also have to pay respects to my future emperor. Your highness, do what you should do. How can Your Majesty violate the ancestral etiquette and contend with those scholar-bureaucrats to move Yi Chu's thoughts."

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Bringing the child back from Da Nei, Xiao Youqing exhausted all her strength, forcing her face to laugh all day made her exhausted, and raised her eyebrows when she saw the table full of gift boxes in the middle hall, "What are these?" Xiao Youqing approached, and on the gift box was a Most of the congratulatory posts were written to congratulate King Shouchun on his birthday.

"Girls never like to accept gifts, who asked you to accept them? Return them quickly."

Xiao Youqing opened a congratulatory post, signed it as the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and immediately raised his hand to stop it, "No, I will accept all of them according to the order, and I will make a double copy as a gift in return. Don't make any noise, just send it secretly."

"Yes."

"I'm tired, and Da Lang will leave it to you to take care of me."

"Yes."

"Girl, servant Qi is back."

Little Six hurriedly approached from outside the mansion, cupped his hands and said, "I've seen you."

Seeing his worried look, Xiao Youqing nodded lightly and walked towards the study.

"I saw you so anxious just now, but what happened?"

Little Six nodded, "The eyeliners around Mr. Liu are here to report, he is dead."

Xiao Youqing's clenched hands suddenly tightened, "Dead?"

"From the end of spring to April of this year, a petition was issued on the Yushitai to impeach Liang Wenfu, a political counselor, for prostitution. The Prince Jianguo demoted him to be the servant of the Ministry of Justice. A house let Mrs. Liu live. In the late spring, Mrs. Liu occasionally felt a cold. Impeachment by the imperial censor." Xiao Liuzi frowned, "Because the house is some distance away from the capital, and the Liu family suddenly gave birth prematurely at night, and all the gates of the new city have been locked..."

Seeing Concubine Chu's doubts, Xiao Liuzi said again: "Ah Lang has always acted cautiously, even if he returned his status to her, he did not remove the eyeliner."

Compared to this, Xiao Youqing was more distressed by Liu's death, "One dead body, two lives?"

"Yes, the eyeliner rushed to find the doctor, but it was still a step too late."

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In the early morning, there was the sound of wailing from a courtyard beside the Gyeonggi River, and a man in a scarlet round collar was crying bitterly while hugging a woman who had just died.

["The impeachment concubine of Yushitai knows, Liang Lang, send me away, as long as the concubine is by your side for a day, this..."

"It's nonsense, it's just that the crown prince wants to find a scapegoat so that Yu Shitai can secretly bring up this old matter."

"So Liang Lang wants to keep me in his body and be under his control? One day my concubine is a prostitute, and this name will be with me for the rest of my life."]

Liang Wenfu held the half piece of jade that the talented woman gave him when she died, and wept bitterly, 【"You hate her because of me, now that she is dead, you should let go of your obsessions, it is better to live with a clear conscience than to live in vain. Die." Immediately, he put the jade into his sleeve, got up and wiped away his tears, and said: "Bury the lady properly."

"Yes."

"Go ask a craftsman to engrave a spirit tablet and enshrine it in the ancestral hall in the house."

The attendant nodded, "How should I write the position of the lady?"

Liang Wenfu lowered his face and clenched his fists, "For the time being, write..." Turning around and leaving, "Concubine's room."

"Yes."

"Prepare the car and go to Chu Palace."

"Yes."

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On the first day of the first month of December in the 11th year of Jianping, Tongshi Sheren took out the imperial edict written on white hemp paper by a scholar of the Imperial Academy for Xuanma.

"Under the door, Liang Wenfu, the servant of the Ministry of punishment...was promoted to be a political advisor."

After listening to the numbness, Tongping Zhangshi Lu Wei stepped forward to take over the edict and hand it over to Liang Wenfu. Lu Weicai knelt down and the officials at Yushitai who had not received the edict stood up.

"Yushitai has an objection and requests to dismiss it."

Instigated by the emperor, the imperial edict drafted by Hanlin scholars and signed by the Zhengshitang was blatantly rejected by Yushitai in the Zichen Hall, and all the officials looked at the rear of the battle.

It was Yushi Zhongcheng who raised the objection, and now there is only one Zhongcheng in Yushitai.

"Release due to faults, how can you be promoted if you have no merit? A while ago, the Ministry of Punishment set fire to the imperial court who sentenced the country to death. How can you be promoted to the Prime Minister before the crime of dereliction of duty is not involved?"

Someone next to Yushi Zhongcheng reminded him in a low voice: "Zhongcheng, this is the part of listening to numbness, why bother to offend His Majesty in front of all the ministers and workers."

Yushi Zhongcheng was indifferent, and some officials stood up and commented: "Liang Shenzheng was demoted to be a servant because of impeachment by Yushitai for some insignificant housework. Now he is going to be promoted back. Is Yushi Zhongcheng afraid of retaliation for participating in politics..."

"Admonish the Son of Heaven, and inspect the officials. I have nothing to be afraid of at Yushitai."

"As far as I know, the woman in Liang Qing's house was given to General Guide by me, and General Guide returned it back because he didn't want to make things difficult for her. Is it true that I am also at fault for Yu Shi Zhongcheng's impeachment?"

"Your Majesty, I dare not." Yu Shi Zhongcheng said in a panic.

Sitting on the throne, the emperor lowered his old face and said in a deep voice, "Master Lu, accept the order."

Lu Wei took over the imperial edict and handed it over to Liang Wenfu. Yushi Zhongcheng wanted to refute something, but Lu Wei saw the emperor's face and took the lead to kneel down, "Your Majesty is holy."

When the ministers saw the prime minister kneeling, they also knelt down and shouted, "Your Majesty is wise."

Liang Wenfu clenched the imperial edict and knelt down, while looking at Yushi Zhongcheng behind him with cold eyes.

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In the East Palace, Zhi Tong Lang brought in a box.

"Reporting to Your Highness, Yushi Zhongcheng entrusted someone to send it, saying that it is His Highness who owes you." Zhi Tonglang put the box down.

After Wei Kai opened it, his eyebrows twitched, and the box was filled with a whole box of golden balls.

Zhi Tonglang approached again, "Censor Zhongcheng also said that His Highness is the crown prince, and as a subject, he should serve his life."

Wei Kai put the lid on the box, "Is there any gift to take back the things that are sent out, let him keep them safely."

"Here, the censor is the law enforcement officer..."

Wei Kai raised his head, "Why, even you want to disobey me?"

Zhi Tonglang immediately knelt down, "I don't dare. I have accompanied Your Highness since I was a child, but I just feel that this is inappropriate. After all, if you know the law and break the law..."

Wei Kai stood up, "Officials and officials protect each other, that's forming a party for private gain, and officials give and receive privately, that's bribery, and I'm the king, so what I give is naturally just a reward."

"I understand," Zhi Tonglang got up after kowtowing, and took the box from the table, "I'm going now."

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In mid-December of the 11th year of Jianping, envoys from various countries arrived in Kyoto one after another. The emperor ordered the Ministry of Rites to receive them, and Xixia also sent envoys to bring tribute to the court.

The empress dowager living in Dongzhen Palace was seriously ill, and the crown prince asked for an order to visit and was allowed.

The accompanying imperial doctor came out of the dormitory shaking his head, "Your Highness, forgive me, the ministers are not good at medicine, Master Yuan has accumulated grievances and became sick, and the recent madness is... a return to light."

Wei Kai walked into the dormitory, the woman was lying on the couch, her hair was full of silver hair, her eyes were empty, she was still muttering something incessantly.

Seeing that the person was wearing a red robe, he grabbed the pillow and threw it at him, "Don't come here, don't come here."

"Mother, it's my son, my son is here to see you." Wei Kai quickly approached and took Shen's hand.

Shen quickly withdrew her hand in fear, curled up in the bed and trembled, "Don't kill the concubine, the official..."

Wei Kai held Shen's arm with wet eyes, "Mother, take a good look, my son is Saburo, your Saburo."

"Sanlang?" Shen raised her head, covered Wei Kai's cheek with wrinkled hands, looked weakly, and said with tears, "Is it really you?"

Wei Kai nodded repeatedly.

"San Lang promised that his concubine would take good care of Yun Sheng. The Shen family is guilty, but the crime does not extend to the crown prince, so the official family cannot abolish the prince. He is the only son of the official family now."

His mother mistook him for the Saburo in the Chui Gong Palace, Wei Kai burst into tears, and gritted his teeth: "Mother, don't worry, my son will not let him waste his savings so easily, and my son will not let him be slaughtered."

Coming out of the dormitory, Wei Kai ordered a few female envoys to take care of him and left a few doctors in Dongzhen Palace. On the way back to the East Palace, he still couldn't hold back his tears.

Zhi Tonglang handed over the handkerchief, "His Royal Highness misses Master Yuan, and is so filial, thinking that Master Yuan should be pleased."

"My mother's whole life is only about his little concern. If he still has the affection to think about the past, he won't let her go to Dongzhen Palace to become a Taoist." Wei Kai wiped away the tears from his eyes, " In his eyes, wives and concubines are just things used to fight for power; in his eyes, both wives and sons can be pawns and can be discarded."

"The love for me and the gift to the Shen family are all just what he needs to check and balance the powerful officials. Now the uncle's family has no use value for him. The birds are gone, the good bow is hidden, the cunning rabbit is dead, and the lackeys are cooked."

Wei Kai smiled wryly, "He wanted me to be obedient, but he challenged my bottom line again and again. This is not asking me to bear it, it is forcing me!"

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In the winter of the 11th year of Jianping, the empress died in Dongzhen Palace, and was bestowed with the title of Master Qingxu Jingzhen.