Prime Minister, he just refuses to usurp the throne

After Ru Nian came that day, Xie Anshuang remained vigilant for several days, but there seemed to be no movement from the little princess Lian Yuan, and she didn't even continue to check in every day to find him.

As the saying goes, if something goes wrong, there must be a demon, Xie Anshuang still did not relax his vigilance towards her, and at the same time looked for an excuse to send her away.

But also because Lian Yuan hadn't moved at all in the past few days, Xie Anshuang had nothing to do with her for the time being, so Ru Nian could only continue to pay more attention and focus on the court.

Empress Dowager Yuangui will choose to join forces with Lian Yuan, which to a certain extent also shows her current anxiety about taking power.

In the past two years, due to Xie Anshuang's deliberate avoidance and Ru Nian's bewilderment, the Empress Dowager Yuangui only regarded him as temporarily obsessed with power, and gave him some time to breathe because of the small amount of friendship between them.

But since a while ago, Yuan Gui has already made some moves towards him, and he must be worried that if it continues to drag on, he will become more and more out of control.

If they can't be dealt with before the queen mother's faction notices the abnormality, then Xie Anshuang's plan will also fall short.

For this reason, during this period of time, Xie Anshuang would often find excuses to call Ye Zihe to discuss.

According to their original plan, they planned to collect enough criminal evidence little by little in the two years after Xing Wenshu came back to serve as prime minister, and bring down the Yuangui Party at once.

But now that there is an episode of marrying the little princess, Yuangui's action is much earlier than they expected, and they must take precautions at any time, so that the power of Yuangui's party will start to disintegrate from within.

Therefore, the first person Xie Anshuang used for surgery was the head of the Guan family.

The construction of the gardens in the suburbs of Beijing has been started for more than a month, and it has been rainy recently. The whole project has been reduced to a huge mess under the greed of the Guan family son. The people who came to work.All kinds of evil deeds have already aroused public grievances, and there is only one person who will expose him.

Therefore, Xie Anshuang handed over the task of exposing to Xing Wenshu.

He specially found Ye Zi and the No. [-] secret guard Zhusan he trained, and pretended to be people who were crying and complaining about their tragic experiences. He went all the way to the palace to ask for an interview, and told Xing Wenshu the whole story.

Naturally, Xing Wenshu would not let such acts appear under his nose, and immediately sent his own people to investigate secretly, and found that the matter was true, so he reported it to Xie Anshuang.

Xie Anshuang took this opportunity to pretend to be angry, handed over the matter to Xing Wenshu, and at the same time officially restored Xing Wenshu's power as prime minister.

Xing Wenshu, who regained the power of the prime minister, was even more sloppy in his work. Almost on the same day, he collected all the criminal evidence related to the heir of the Guan family from the people who were conscripted.

And the next day, he began to investigate all the relevant officials who concealed the incident.

Xie Anshuang has only been on the throne for more than two years. Most of the ministers in the court served during the reign of Emperor Renchu, thanks to the Yu Wei of the former Prime Minister Xing, the shock of the current General Xing, and the fact that Xing Wenshu served as Minister of the Ministry of War Xing Wenshu hardly encountered any obstacles when investigating the case of the Guan family's eldest son.

In just a few days, he uncovered most of the relevant officials and made it public at the small court meeting he proposed, and the head of the Guan family was the first to bear the brunt.

However, the Guan family is one of the main forces in the Empress Dowager's party. The so-called show must be complete. Xie Anshuang chose to turn a blind eye when Xing Wenshu asked him to be punished. He was only fined for one year's salary. The intensity can be described as the lightest treatment of corrupt officials since the founding of the Northern Dynasties.

Xie Anshuang's actions naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of most officials in the court. He even clearly saw Xing Wenshu frowned when his words fell, but immediately pursed his lips to put away other thoughts, and agreed to his statement.

After that, there were other officials who wanted him to withdraw his order and increase the punishment, but he rejected them all, and finally dismissed the small court meeting in the imperial study room with an order to expel the guests.

And this incident soon spread from the imperial study to the capital. Many laborers who had been harshly treated by the sons of the Guan family were dissatisfied with this light punishment and gathered at the gate of the palace to protest.

Xie Anshuang just pretended he didn't see it, and set up his foolish emperor to sit firmly. Later, Xing Wenshu took the initiative to evacuate at the gate of the palace to calm the emotions of the people.

Before this incident, Xie Anshuang's biggest notoriety was just that he didn't take care of things very much, listened to the villain's words and started construction, and generally speaking, he didn't do too much.

But this time, he shielded the corrupt officials who were obviously guilty of the most heinous crimes, and handed over the mess of gardens in the suburbs of Beijing to Xing Wenshu to take over. There were more and more rumors against him in the capital.

But at the same time, Xing Wenshu, who once solved the masked thief incident and thoroughly investigated the Guan family's corruption case this time, has become more and more popular among the people, and more and more people are fighting for him.

This is also the real purpose of director Xie Anshuang's good show.

After this incident, his reputation was ruined, Xing Wenshu was praised, and Guan's family fell into a slump.

For Xie Anshuang, this is the win-win situation he wants.

But I don't know if it's because of the restoration of the prime minister's position and the addition of a garden mess in the suburbs of Beijing. After the case was known, Xing Wenshu rarely appeared in front of Xie Anshuang.

Every time I come here, I always look less gentle than before, and the smile on my face is so faint that it doesn't even match my eyes.

Perhaps what happened this time completely made Xing Wenshu see that he was hopeless.

On March 27th, the fifth day after the Guan family case was closed, Xie Anshuang sat in the imperial study and sighed deeply.

"Your Majesty, what's the matter with you?" Ru Nian, who was helping him sharpen the ink, couldn't bear it anymore, and asked him about his situation.

Xie Anshuang came back to his senses, and looked a little confused: "Ah? What's wrong with Gu?"

Ru Nian felt helpless in her eyes, and said, "It's the fourth time you've sighed in this quarter of an hour."

"Yes, is it?" Xie An paused, looking rather uncomfortable, "Y-nothing, it's just that there have been a lot of things these days, and it's normal to be a little upset."

Seeing that he didn't want to say anything, Ru Nian actually guessed some of the reasons, but she didn't mention it tactfully, and said instead: "The little princess has been quiet for more than ten days, and now things in the court have temporarily stopped, and your majesty also Pay more attention to your own safety. If it’s not possible, why don’t you let Mr. Ye find someone to come over?”

Ever since Xing Wenshu became busy, Xie Anshuang didn't have a second person to take care of him from time to time. Just in case, when Xing Wenshu was away during the day, Ru Nian was always by his side to take care of him.

But Ru Nian and him are just playing around, and it's impossible to be inseparable, so it's inevitable that they are still a little worried.

Xie Anshuang understood her kindness, but still smiled and said: "Uncle, don't worry too much. Even if uncle doesn't believe in Gu, he should be a master who believes in Gu. Many of Gu's martial arts are learned from his master, and recently Gu has already I have reduced the dosage of Anshenxiang, and if there is any movement at night, I will not be able to hide it from me."

Having known him for nearly two years, Ru Nian also knew that he never liked being around too many idlers, so she still sighed after a while: "Okay, as long as Your Majesty remembers to be careful."

Before Xie Anshuang could read a soothing reply to Ru, there was another movement at the door—it was Xing Wenshu who came in with lunch.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Xian." He saluted slightly as a compliment, with a respectful and gentle attitude, which seemed more alienated than before.

Xie Anshuang pursed his lips lightly, and the mood that he had reluctantly raised had dropped a lot.

Although this way of getting along is what he has always wanted, but when it comes to this kind of time, it is inevitable that he will feel a little lost and not used to it.

Ru Nian glanced in his direction, sighed softly in her heart, and found a reason to leave temporarily.

Soon there were only Xie Anshuang and Xing Wenshu left in the huge Imperial Study Room.

Xing Wenshu took out the meals one by one in silence, and after arranging them, he briefly gestured and left with the food box, leaving only a sentence to come and clean up later.

Xie Anshuang looked at his estranged back, and wanted to stop him several times, but in the end reason overwhelmed emotion and swallowed back the voice that was about to come out.

Looking at the assortment of delicacies in front of him, he lost most of his appetite, sighed again, and managed to finish his lunch. After Xing Wenshu came to clean it up, he continued to focus on solving the current matter.

Now that the Guan family's power exists in name only, the next step to deal with is Gong Shilang or another important faction in the Yuangui faction - Yu Shifu Fu Shiyu.

Gong Shilang and Yuangui are the closest relatives, and they have the most eyes, so it's not easy to do it.

But Fu Shiyu, as a royal censor, rarely showed up on weekdays. Xie Anshuang had been on the throne for two years, and he hadn't even seen him except during the small court meeting, and the memorials he presented were only ordinary memorials.

In addition, the Patriarch of the Guan family and Gong Shilang were all single-handedly promoted by him after he ascended the throne, according to Yuan Gui's suggestion. Only this Fu Shiyu was the doctor of the royal family before he ascended the throne.

The so-called know yourself and the enemy and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles. You must also be cautious when dealing with this kind of enemy that you don't understand at all.

Xie Anshuang couldn't make up his mind about who to mess with next, but finally decided to find some time to discuss it with Ye Zihe.

He put these things aside for the time being, and couldn't help thinking about Xing Wenshu as soon as his mind was free. After a long while, he sighed again, found a volume of books for himself to pass the time, and spent the rest of his life back to Chang'an Palace.

In the middle of the imperial study, Xing Wenshu also came several times, and every time he left after eating or drinking, and never stayed for a while.And when he returned to Chang'an Hall after dinner, Xing Wenshu stopped following him completely.

After a whole day, Xie Anshuang couldn't even see Xing Wenshu's face many times.

So this is the feeling of being alienated by Xing Wenshu.

Xie Anshuang sat on the edge of the bed and looked at the incense burner not far away, and heaved a long sigh for the first time.

A few days ago, no matter how alienated Xing Wenshu was from him, he would more or less come to his routine duties before he went to bed, and he didn't even come today.

Maybe it won't come in the morning until tomorrow.

Xie Anshuang leaned against the end of the bed, always feeling more like a resentful woman in the harem who guards the vacant room alone and cannot wait for the emperor to see her.

He pulled his lips into a self-deprecating smile, and simply picked up his coat and went out for a walk.

"Your Majesty." Seeing him coming out, Fu Yuan, who was guarding the door, quickly saluted and asked, "Where is Your Majesty going?"

Xie Anshuang shook his head: "Gu is just walking around, there is no need to follow."

Fuyuan replied "Yes" and continued to stand in his position.

Xie Anshuang didn't say any more, put on his coat and walked outside a few steps.

The moonlight is just right tonight, and the eyes in front of Chang'an Hall are covered with frost and white, like a clear pool of water, falling on the peacefully resting flowers and plants in the courtyard.

Quiet and elegant, it is a good time for relaxation.

Xie Anshuang walked to a bush, looked up following the cold white moonlight falling on the bush, and saw the bright crescent moon in the night at a glance.

After several spring rains, the crescent moon seems to have become much clearer and brighter.

His eyes were immersed in some pleasant enjoyment, but suddenly he seemed to feel something, and he turned his eyes and glanced behind him.

——Then he saw Xing Wenshu sitting on the roof.

Xing Wenshu changed into a black outfit which was rare, and sat on the roof of Chang'an Hall with one knee bent, with one hand resting on the bent knee and the other propped on the brick, as if he was holding a sword.

The pure white moonlight poured down on his side, coating him with a layer of soft silver, and he seemed to be the only dazzling existence in the night.

Xie Anshuang suddenly froze in place.

——Why is Xing Wenshu here?

The author has something to say:

Thinking about it, it seems that the back row has not reminded me that a certain stupid author is a waste of the plot, so the content related to the pure plot is the same as this chapter. If there is anything to worry about, the suggestion is not to use your brain to read~

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I wish the little cuties a happy New Year's Eve mua in advance!

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