Mikago

The new policy of "flowing from outside to flowing in" began to be implemented soon.Of the more than [-] people in the Third Academy of Yushitai, [-]% of them were replaced by new officials overnight.

Most of these officials did not take office in Zhaojing City, but scattered in various states in Daning.At first, the court did not feel any major changes, but after only two months, some news spread into the capital one after another——

The governor of Wuzhou, the east of the south of the Yangtze River, harbored 27 members of the remaining members of the Xiao family.He was reported and sent to prison after being verified; the governor of Jinzhou, Shannan Dongdao, colluded with private salt dealers to embezzle money and pervert the law, and committed suicide in prison for fear of crime; After asking to cut;...

But there are too many such examples.

In just two months, the various cases uncovered by the Yushitai inspection tools exceeded the total number of impeachment cases last year.

After all these cases were submitted to Beijing, they all needed to be verified and approved by the three provinces, so they naturally came into the eyes of Privy Envoy Lu You.

Although at first glance, these cases are all acts of punishing evil and promoting good, promoting advantages and eliminating disadvantages.But Lu You always felt that there seemed to be a deeper conspiracy hidden under the bright and active surface of Yushitai.

At the same time, there were some matters in the harem that had to distract Lu You's mind.

The news of Concubine Shu Ye Yueshan's happiness finally "spread like wildfire" as early as a month ago, and quickly spread throughout the Ye Ting Palace.

The scheming Zhao Jing acted "extremely pleasantly surprised" as if he had just learned of the matter.Not only rewarded Ye Yueshan with a lot of gold and silver, but also moved her bedroom from the Kaijin Pavilion in Yeting to the Crane Feather Palace in the harem of Zichen Palace - that is where Zhao Jing's mother and concubine lived in the past.

Ye Yueshan was five months pregnant at this time, and her lower abdomen was obviously swollen. Although the dresses at the turn of winter and spring were generous, but after all, some rumors leaked out, and the identity of the father of the unborn baby was discussed in private.

As the interim head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Lu You naturally has reason to ban these rumors.But before he could deal with it, Zhao Jing actually gave the order himself, delaying several palace maids who talked about right and wrong.

Such cruel punishment was carried out in the exposure room in front of Ye Ting Chao Prison.Countless court ladies, female officials and even concubines watched the two unarmed maids being sliced ​​into bones by blunt iron pieces bit by bit, and the screams echoed in the palace wall for a long time!

Since then, no one in the palace dared to talk about it.The vicinity of the Crane Feather Hall is even more inaccessible, no one dares to make loud noises, and it has become the default forbidden area of ​​the harem.

For Ye Yueshan, this seems to be a good thing, at least Zhao Jing's love for her is known to the world, and she can safely raise her baby in the Crane Feather Palace.

However, Lu You felt more and more that things didn't seem so simple.

First of all, if Zhao Jing really valued Yueshan so much, why would he send her to the prince's side?Yueshan was indeed pregnant when she was in the East Palace, and according to Zhao Jing's dark personality, how could she have no doubts and decided that it was her own flesh and blood?

Secondly, even if Zhao Jing can use torture to silence the mouths of Youyou, once Ye Yueshan's melons are ripe, anyone will realize what's wrong as long as they count back a little for ten months.At that time, not only will there be rumors in the harem, I am afraid that all kinds of speculation will flood the entire Daning Dynasty.

Furthermore, Rui Lang once said that Empress Tang Manhua accompanied her for more than ten years, and she had nothing to show up to now.Now that Ye Yueshan is pregnant with Liujia easily, does it mean that Zhao Jing really wants to hand over the future position of East Palace to Ye Yueshan's heir?Will the Tang family agree?What will the Tang family do?

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The more Lu You thought about it, the more strange it became, as if he had smelled danger.

Maybe it's because I think about it every day, and I think too much, and even the night is no longer peaceful and quiet.

That night he was resting in the medicine garden, and at midnight he had a nightmare.

In the dream, Lu You found that he was standing in an illusory and dark world.There was nothing around, except for a person standing in front of him a few steps away——his sister Ye Yueshan.

At this time, Ye Yueshan's abdomen seemed to be as big as a full-term moon, and she was supporting her waist with her hands, as if she was standing in pain and difficulty.

Lu You was a little nervous, and he wanted to go over to help her.But before she had time to take half a step, Ye Yueshan's face suddenly convulsed and twisted, she hugged her abdomen with both hands, raised her head to the sky, opened her mouth wide and screamed!

The ear-piercing howling sound even surpassed the limit of human beings, turning into black wind blades clashing and echoing in the darkness of nothingness!

Lu You had to stop and cover his ears.Immediately afterwards, he suddenly saw a strange shape emerging from Ye Yueshan's protruding abdomen, which soon turned into a protruding human face.

The human face became more and more obvious, and finally bit Ye Yueshan's belly, and rushed out.

Even though the light was dim and the face was bloody and bloody, Lu You was convinced for no reason—that was Zhao Jing... The bloody one was Zhao Jing's head!

Seeing Zhao Jing's head rushing towards him, Lu You was startled, and ran backwards in a stumbling manner.

Just at this moment, the surrounding scenery changed.

The darkness and cold remained, but in the darkness, there were countless huge red lacquer pillars that towered from the sky to the ground, and there were golden dragons coiled around the pillars, dancing their claws and teeth.

This is... the Zichen Palace of Zichen Palace?

Zhao Jing's pursuit was no longer seen behind him, and the familiar place made Lu You calm down slowly.Panting heavily, he slowly slowed down, and started to walk forward along those large columns of coiling dragons.

This Zichen Palace seems to be astonishingly large, walking and walking, but there is no end in sight.

Just when Lu You's doubts arose again, he finally saw a few rays of moonlight cast in front of him, and a cool evening breeze, blowing the plum blossom petals to his feet.

Lu You raised his hand to pick up the petals, and looked at the direction the wind was blowing from.

He saw a tall and straight figure standing under the hazy moonlight, which was very familiar to him.

"Swiss!"

Like a lost person seeing the Ziwei star in the night sky, Lu You turned from worry to joy, letting go of hesitation and panic.

He quickly ran towards Tang Ruilang, and soon he was close enough to see each other's faces clearly.

It wasn't until then that he realized that Rui Lang's expression was unprecedentedly blank.No sadness or joy, silent as if dead.

There was another gust of wind blowing, which was piercingly cold.

Lu You stepped forward in a hurry, wanting to hug Tang Ruilang tightly, but the moment the body that was supposed to be tightly hugged was touched, it all turned into countless red plum petals, flying all over the sky.

Lu You looked up in astonishment, and saw those petals flying into the air, and suddenly turned into a rain of blood, pouring down on his head and face.

Even before Lu You came back to his senses, the dark and cold palace began to burn, filled with frantic golden-red flames...

Amidst all kinds of panic and astonishment, Lu You finally broke free from the shackles of the nightmare, and sat up suddenly.

He found that he was still lying on the warm and comfortable bed in the medicine garden, and the guy who disappeared in a shower of blood in his dream was sleeping peacefully beside him at this moment.Even in his sleep, he still put one arm around his waist, refusing to let go.

Fantasy and reality are intertwined, and the huge gap makes Lu You both satisfied and deeply disturbed.

He leaned over and secretly kissed Tang Ruilang on the corner of his mouth.And in his heart, he has already started planning some important things that must be arranged after returning to the palace tomorrow.

At dawn the next day, the two washed up and headed north together.

Tang Ruilang went to the Zichen Palace to go to court, while Lu You went all the way back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and immediately secretly summoned the important officials from the Yeting Bureau, the monk's restaurant and other places to discuss important matters behind closed doors.

From this day on, inside and outside the Crane Feather Palace, from the sweeping maids to the maids serving soup and medicine, and even the person who cooks the meals, all have been replaced by reliable confidants of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It depends on whether Zhao Jing will take the opportunity to do it Something strange happened.

Seeing Ye Yueshan's belly swell day by day, everything in the Crane Feather Hall was as usual, and life seemed to be going smoothly.However, Lu You was still puzzled and still did not dare to relax his vigilance, so let's put this matter aside for the time being.

But on the Yushitai side, there has been an important case of impeachment in recent days.

The Zongzheng Temple in the Daning Dynasty was the official office that managed the genealogy of the Zhao family's clan and foreign relatives, guarded the imperial mausoleum and temple, and also managed the Taoist temples and monk temples in the world.The head of Zongzheng Temple is Zongzhengsi Qing, who is often held by a highly respected elder in the clan.

The Minister of Zongzheng Temple this time is named Zhao Cheng.He was the half-brother of the first emperor, the uncle of Zhao Jing, Emperor Jinghui.Such a highly respected person was unexpectedly impeached by Yushitai.