Mikago

The top three are established, and the golden palace will pass on the people, so this year's spring event will come to a successful conclusion.

After the high-profile singing on the gold list, from the first step of stepping out of the Zichen Palace, these more than a hundred high-spirited, fresh-clothed and angry horses of the new subjects are destined to become a good scenery in the spring breeze and warm sun in the capital.

At the same time, the spirit of spring also seeped into the high walls of Zichen Palace.Spread vitality along the two palace canals of Longshou and Qingming.

The peaches are red and the willows are green, and the pears and apricots are like the sea.The light rain is like crisp at night, the warm sun shines on the imperial garden during the day, and the fragrance of young leaves comes from the east wind.

However, the Zitong Courtyard of the Ministry of Internal Affairs seems to have been forgotten by the spring, and there is still only a bleak winter scene.

Lu You, the young servant, wrapped his purple robe tightly around his body, walked through the purple orchid pavilion covered by big trees, and hurried to the east.

Unlike usual, he walked through the entire Thousand-step Corridor, passed through the Tongxun Gate, and finally came to the East Palace Guangtian Hall.

At this moment, it has been some time since he left the morning court, and the prince was flipping through a few memorials.A ray of warm sun slanted under the east window, and Liangyuan Ye Yueshan was sitting under the window playing the piano.

The seemingly peaceful and beautiful scene was tainted with a sense of gloom because of Lu You's sudden arrival.

"Your Highness, I have something important to report."

As Lu You walked all the way, his face was slightly flushed, and a thin layer of sweat was still dripping from his forehead.However, there was a trace of chill in his expression, even a little flustered.

Zhao Yun originally disdained to pay attention to the eunuchs from the west, but Lu You was an exception after all.

"What's the matter?"

"This……"

Lu You hesitated to speak, and looked at Ye Yueshan not far away from the corner of her eye.Zhao Yun nodded, and Yueshan retreated obediently.

Lu You seemed relieved, and then said: "Last night, I dreamed about King Xuan."

Zhao Yun's eyelids twitched, but his face remained calm: "So what if you dream? Do you need to come to my king to talk about it?!"

"But there is something unusual about this dream."

Lu You said again: "In the dream last night, King Xuan said loudly to the minister that the bright light was so bright that he couldn't open his eyes, and couldn't sleep day and night. He also said... If no one takes care of him, he will definitely come down. The catastrophe has caused restlessness in Zichen Palace..."

Having said that, he deliberately lowered his voice.

"And just this morning, the ancestral hall of the Xiang Temple came to report that the main hall caught fire last night for no reason. Fortunately, it was discovered in time, so it didn't cause a disaster!"

"...Is there anything else?"

This time, Zhao Yun also began to hesitate - not only because of Lu You's provocative words, but also because Lu You was not the only one who dreamed of Zhao Yang last night.

The Zhao Yang who appeared in Zhao Yun's dream was more terrifying than the one Lu You said.His whole body was scorched black, his head was bleeding, and he kept yelling "Brother, save me" while rushing towards Zhao Yun.

Could it be that Zhao Yang really had something to ask for in the dark?

Zhao Yun collected himself and asked Lu You, "What are you going to do?"

Lu Youdao: "Since ancient times, when the dead entrusted their dreams to the living, there was often something wrong with the Yin Mansion. However, King Xuan entrusted the dream to the minister, and set the Xiangdian on fire, but it is obvious that he is dissatisfied with the Xiangci... I thought, since the Qingming Festival is approaching, it is better to invite people to enjoy the ancestral hall to do a religious service, and then see if there is any offense inside and outside the ancestral hall, which offends King Xuan's spirit in heaven."

"So good."

Zhao Yun nodded in approval, paused and said, "Have you ever told Father about this?"

Lu You shook his head: "The emperor's dragon body is ill, and I can't bear to trouble him. Only you, the crown prince, know about this matter, not even the empress."

Zhao Yun was obviously very satisfied: "The money needed for the Qingming sacrifice can be withdrawn from the king's private treasury. I will send another person from the East Palace to cooperate with you to investigate the cause and effect of this matter."

Lu You nodded in acceptance, then turned and retreated.Leaving Guangtian Hall slowly, he happened to meet Ye Yueshan who was waiting quietly outside the hall.

The two siblings met each other, but they didn't say anything, they just bowed slightly and nodded to each other, even if they had completed the etiquette of alienation.

In the eyes of outsiders, this is nothing more than an ordinary encounter with palace people.But only they themselves can clearly understand that the real meeting between the siblings today took place in the morning, during the court meeting in the Lizheng Hall.

It was at that time that Ye Yueshan told Lu You that the prince had been having nightmares these days, and last night he was talking in his sleep and his shirt was drenched with sweat.

Xuan Wang, Zhao Yang, used Lu You like a cow and horse before he was alive, but he didn't expect that after his death, he would help Lu You a lot.

Early the next morning, the East Palace sent a Zhan Shifu Cheng to discuss with Lu You about enjoying the shrine.Lu You saw that this person was about 30 to [-] years old, and his seniority was still young, so he was secretly very satisfied.

He then reasoned that he still needed to stay in the palace to serve Emperor Huiming, and he was short of resources for a while, so he directly asked Fu Cheng to visit the Taoist priest who had presided over the opening ceremony of the Shrine.And that Taoist priest had already been trained by Lu You, and he played tricks on the surface, but led the Fu Cheng all the way north out of Pingkangfang, and came to Chongrenfang, which was only one street away.

Sure enough, after a while, I heard the loud and high-pitched cries of fighting cocks.

The two found the Ye family's old house following the sound, and asked the surrounding people about the cause and effect.The Taoist took out another gossip compass to check it pretendingly, and suddenly "suddenly realized".

""Shan Hai Jing" has a cloud: In the sea, there is the mountain of Dushuo, on which there is a big peach tree, which is three thousand miles away, and the northeast of its branches is called the gate of ghosts. It is the gate of ghosts, and it is also the gate of life that reincarnation must pass through. Right now, this chicken coop is built on the northeast side of King Xuan's Shrine. The chicken is the pilgrim of the morning, and it is the most yang thing in the world. This is simply A wall of fire was placed on King Xuan's way to the reincarnation of the Yin Division, no wonder it is so angry!"

The "truth" has been revealed, and the Prime Minister of the Fu also believed it, and hurriedly returned to the East Palace to return to his command.

Coincidentally, the crown prince was tasting tea with Yueshan in the Linshuang Palace at this time, when the prime minister said, "The cockfighting house is originally from Ye's family", Ye Yueshan suddenly cried out, clutching her chest, crying till the tears flowed.

Of course the prince could understand her emotions, and secretly felt sorry for her, so he couldn't help feeling a little sullen.

"This chicken coop...whose family is it?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, this house was originally rewarded by the emperor to the Tang family, and then leased by Ding Yucheng. Ding Yucheng was also the one who built the chicken coop."

"Ding Yucheng... the household servant Ding Yucheng?"

The prince's eyes froze slightly, and he immediately remembered something.

Previously, Jiang Qiguang had written a roster, which recorded all the officials who had shown goodwill to Xuan Wang Zhao Yang, and Ding Yucheng was one of them.

This is true, it's not that enemies don't get together.

If the king wants the minister to die, the minister has to die.

Even though Zhao Yun is still only the crown prince, it is still effortless to deal with a mere official minister.

What's more, Ding Yucheng has always been bad, and finding fault with him is as easy as picking something out of a pocket.

At the court meeting three days later, Prince Si Yilang impeached Shangshu, saying that the plague in the late spring and early summer last year was not good for the officials to relieve the disaster.Zhao Yun immediately swiped his ink pen, and made Ding Yucheng the Sima of Xiazhou, and set off on another day.

It was nearly dusk when the transfer order was issued, and the Ding family was in a hurry.Ding Yucheng was so frightened that his face turned ashen. He hurried to Shengyefang regardless of the imminent curfew.

In the East Hall of the Tang Mansion, Shangshu Zuo Pushe Tang Quan sat on the main seat.He lowered his head, fiddling with the emerald jade ring on his thumb, with a calm expression, as if he couldn't see Ding Yucheng who was on pins and needles in front of him.

"My lord, the prince is a drunkard who doesn't want to drink!"

There is no tea in front of him, Ding Yucheng's mouth is dry, but he is still reluctant to calm down.

"For things like disaster relief, whether it is beneficial or not, what standard is there? Isn't it all based on the crown prince's free testimony? The lower official is just a small servant of the official department. To put it bluntly, killing a chicken and How can you use a sledgehammer? The prince's actions are clearly aimed at you and Xiao, sir, and this is to make an example!"

After all this he said, he finally stopped to catch his breath.It wasn't until this moment that Tang Quan finally raised his head and glanced at him.

"What do you think the crown prince charged you with the crime of 'unfavorable disaster relief'?"

Ding Yucheng replied: "The lower officials think that the crown prince is dismantling the position of the old minister in the court, so as to prepare for the future enthronement and cultivate cronies."

"That's only half true."

Tang Quan chuckled, but his eyes were full of contempt: "A small relegation will scare you to death. But you have done things in the past few years as an official, and you may be punished for whatever you pick up. Going into exile... Do you think the crown prince will not know?"

Ding Yucheng's lips trembled, and his face became even paler: "My lord means—"

Tang Quan gently tapped the armrest with his fingers: "The crown prince said on the surface that he left you a way out, but in fact he bought the face of the Xiao and Tang families. If you want me to brush off this face, go The crown prince is making progress, so what is waiting for you to do, I am afraid it is not a good job for Xiazhou Sima."

Ding Yucheng was horrified when he heard the words, and quickly shrank his neck. Although he still looked depressed, he didn't dare to beg for anything.

Only then did Tang Quan comfort him a little and said: "Don't worry, I have some old friends in several downstates. If you go there, you won't suffer. It's getting late, go back and clean up."

Ding Yucheng nodded with a mournful face, and then asked: "Looking at the current situation, the crown prince's ascension to the throne seems to be a foregone conclusion. The Xiao and Tang families are big trees attracting wind, what is your master's plan?"

Tang Quan still tapped the handrail lightly with his fingertips, calm and relaxed.

"I make my own claims."