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The Imperial Study Room is not far from Xihe Palace, Jiang Zhao and Xie Jin walked side by side, but they still feel that they are too close.

Yuan Xiang had already been waiting in the imperial study room. Seeing His Majesty coming on foot, he didn't dare to show his surprise on his face. He sorted out the memorials as usual and moved them to the imperial case one by one.

Since changing his identity, Xie Jin was on duty for the first time, washing pens and ink for Jiang Zhao beside the case.

Jiang Zhao doesn't like people around when dealing with political affairs. Generally, except for Gao Sheng'an and Yuan Xiang, no one will be kept in the palace. Xie Jin is the third one, and because there are no outsiders, Xie Jin doesn't feel nervous, so he does things. Come is also handy.

Washing pens and grinding ink is not a difficult task at all, let alone Yuan Xiang telling her what kind of brush to use and what kind of ink to sharpen. Anyway, Jiang Zhao would not be picky when it came out of her hands.

Jiang Zhao approved a few booklets, and Gao Shengan brought hot tea. Jiang Zhao glanced at him, wanted to say something, but couldn't hold back his face, so he looked at Xie Jin again, trying to make her understand what he meant.

Sure enough, Xie Jin did not disappoint her, poured an extra cup of hot tea, and brought it to Gao Sheng'an.

Gao Sheng'an took it with his hand, thanked him repeatedly, and carefully raised his eyes to look at Jiang Zhao. Seeing that she was holding a vermilion pen and was concentrating on writing notes on the memorial, he turned around and hid while drinking hot tea.

Jiang Zhao has always been very serious in dealing with political affairs. Both Gao Sheng'an and Yuan Xiang are used to not disturbing her. Although Xie Jin is on duty for the first time, she is as careful as she is, so she naturally knows to follow suit.

So the imperial study room was quiet, only the occasional sound of Jiang Zhao turning over the memorial, or Xie Jin refilling tea for her.

Until Yuan Xiang went out and came in again, followed by three people, Xie Jin glanced at them calmly, the three were all wearing official uniforms, one of them had a short beard and looked a little older, the other two were younger.

Yuan Xiang stood aside and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, Xueshi Han and the others are here."

Jiang Zhao raised his eyes and looked over, and put down the ink brush. The three people wanted to kneel down to pay their respects, but she waved them away.

"Xiao Yuanzi, make tea."

The wind and rain did not stop outside, and the three of them entered the hall with moisture on their bodies.

Yuan Xiang was ordered to make new tea. Han Xuan knew that His Majesty was sympathetic to his subjects, and the new hot tea must be prepared for the three of them. While the other two were dumbfounded, they had already handed over their hands and thanked God for his kindness.

Jiang Zhao said with a smile: "Don't thank me first, I asked you to come today because I have some errands for you to do."

Han Xuan also said with a smile: "Eating the king's salary will relieve the king's worries. If your majesty has something to do, just order it, and I will naturally die."

"You are used to saying these things to show your loyalty. I don't need you to die, as long as you can get things done for me, I will reward you a lot." Jiang Zhao glanced at him, and then turned his eyes on Tan Yuan Sheng and Fang Chong.

She reached out to touch the belt, slowly reached for the sachet, and slowly played with it in the palm of her hand under the cover of the table case. Have you ever been wooed by nobles from aristocratic families?"

Han Xuan cupped his hands and was about to speak, but was interrupted by Jiang Zhao: "I didn't ask you."

Han Xuan was dismissed with this sound, Tan Yuansheng and Fang Chong looked at each other, lifted up the hem of the official uniform and knelt on the ground.

"Your Majesty asked me, I dare not lie, since I was hand-picked by Shengen Yubi, I have indeed been wooed by nobles from aristocratic families.

However, although I am dull, I am not a person who is complacent. I am appointed by His Majesty, a disciple of the Son of Heaven, so I will be loyal to His Majesty and serve the imperial court wholeheartedly.My heart is like a bright moon, and I hope His Majesty will see clearly. "

Tan Yuansheng kowtowed to the end, his words were clear, and he was not even half nervous because of the king's suspicion.

Although Fang Chong's writing is good, he is not as good at talking about scenes as he is, so he can only follow up: "The same is true for Weichen."

"Tan Qing has deep pockets, and he has a lot of knowledge. I choose you to be the leader to bring blessings to the common people. Don't want to learn righteous and awe-inspiring scenes from Han Xuan. I don't like to hear these things. I just want to see how you do it."

Han Xuan was called out, but he didn't feel ashamed, and followed with a smile: "I am ashamed."

The monarch and his ministers sang together, Jiang Zhao seemed to be mocking Han Xuan, but he clearly did not intend to blame him, while Han Xuan seemed to be admitting his mistake, but with a smile on his face, let alone any "ashamedness".

Tan Yuansheng and Fang Chong couldn't tell which play they were singing, and they knelt on the ground without daring to breathe.

They didn't dare to look at the king, but only dared to look at Han Xuan who had been together for a while and became more familiar with each other, trying to understand some holy meaning from him, so as not to touch the emperor's brow.

But Han Xuan had just been warned by Jiang Zhao, so he didn't dare to talk too much, so he could only shake his head to express his helplessness.

Fortunately, although Jiang Zhao played some tricks and tossed people's hearts up and down, he didn't mean to embarrass them.

"Okay, let's get up and talk."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Tanfang and Fang got up, stood with lowered eyebrows, waiting to listen to the emperor's instruction.

"I went out to the palace gate yesterday."

Jiang Zhao started a conversation, habitually kowtowed, but got no response.

She turned her head to look, and saw Xie Jin standing half a step behind her with a serious face, but obviously failed to understand her needs.

Seeing her looking at him, Xie Jin didn't know why, and slowly showed a puzzled expression.

Jiang Zhao moved the corners of his mouth, wanting to laugh, but felt it was inappropriate.

She waved away Gao Sheng'an, who was about to come and serve her, and she took rice paper from the side, and wrote with a pen.

Xie Jinfang realized that she was asking for papers, presumably because she was used to ordering Gao Sheng'an in the past, but Xie Jin turned back to work and didn't know the tacit understanding between them, so she felt a little ashamed.

While writing, Jiang Zhao said, "Eunuch Gao is confused again."

She blamed Gao Sheng'an for not informing Xie Jin of her habits in advance, and Gao Sheng'an also followed suit, saying repeatedly: "It's the fault of the slave, the slave is too careless, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Unforgiveness, of course, is out of the question, Jiang Zhao just excused Xie Jin casually.

She wrote a few lines and then stopped.

It was just an episode, a few courtiers were still waiting for her to speak, Jiang Zhao turned back and continued: "I never thought that in the important place of the capital, at the foot of the emperor, there would be people who bully peasant households by enclosing land to buy houses."

Tan Yuansheng and Fang Chong haven't been able to go to court to discuss matters yet, but they also vaguely understand that what Jiang Zhao said is not a trivial matter, but with their qualifications, they should not have access to these major matters.

I don't know why Jiang Zhao mentioned it.

Han Xuan also said: "This matter should be handed over to Jingzhao Yin's House. If His Majesty attaches great importance to it, he will order Dali Temple to conduct a joint trial."

"I have asked someone to investigate." Jiang Zhao said calmly, "But some things can be found out, but some things cannot be found out. Han Qing thinks what should I do?"

Han Xuandao: "If you can't find out, continue to investigate. If people don't know, unless they do nothing, there can be no traces, and if you want to plead for justice for the people, you must have evidence."

Hearing what he said was righteous, Jiang Zhao glanced at him and asked again: "Then what if there is no evidence?"

Han Xuan was stunned for a moment, and understood what she meant in a trance.

He tentatively asked: "Who offended His Majesty, is this the only way to settle the matter?"

As a king, it is too easy to find trouble with his subjects. If he has to make a high-sounding show, or the other party's status is too high to act rashly, or there are too many personal grievances, small fights are not enough.

Jiang Zhao didn't answer Han Xuan's question, but just took a deep look at him.

As Jiang Zhao's absolute supporter and her number one think tank, no matter what Han Xuan thinks, since His Majesty asked him, it is impossible for him not to come up with a plan.

So he frowned and pondered, not knowing whether his mind was thinking of ideas, or convincing himself.

In the end, he still said what Jiang Zhao wanted to hear.

"Your Majesty, I just said that if you want others to know, you have to do nothing yourself.

The so-called clues and evidence are all man-made. If they can't be found or found, then they will be made. "

As soon as the words finished, Tan Yuansheng and Fang Chongqi took a breath, but Jiang Zhao smiled, obviously very satisfied.

She folded the words she just wrote. Gao Sheng'an had sharp eyes and watched her movements all the time. He hurriedly stepped forward to take the note from her hand, then went down and handed it to Han Xuan.

Han Xuan didn't shy away from it, he opened it on the spot, and was dazzled by the name beginning with Zhao.

However, Jiang Zhao also specially instructed: "Leave this matter to the three lovers."

"Is Your Majesty joking?" Han Xuan was dumbfounded, his hand holding the note trembled slightly, and said in disbelief, "Your Majesty wants to punish the left minister and use us as vanguard officials?"

Jiang Zhao said disapprovingly, "I value you all."

Han Xuan suppressed his dissatisfaction, and argued with reason: "Since it is important, we should find a better whetstone, not such a hard nut to crack!"

Tan Yuansheng and Fang Chongneng stood out among the thousands of students, so they were naturally not idiots, and they were speechless when they found out the errands that His Majesty would order them today from the mouths of the two monarchs and ministers.

Fang Chong was young and couldn't hold his breath, so he said directly: "Your Majesty is pushing us into the fire pit."

"True gold is not afraid of fire."

Seeing their resistance, Jiang Zhao did not intend to change his mind, but instead said: "The three of you are people I value, so naturally you want to do things that others cannot do.

And if you do things for me, I will naturally not really push you into the fire pit. The court has been hiding filth for a long time, and I have long wanted to start rectifying it, but because of the power of the aristocratic family, I have not been able to do it.

Now I feel that the fire is coming, and I will hand over the cattail fan to you. Whether the fire can be burned vigorously depends on you. "

Jiang Zhao stood up, bypassed the case and walked to Han Xuan.

She is not low in stature, and is already considered top-notch in her daughter's family, but after all, Han Xuan is a man and wears an official hat, so he is much taller than her.So he bowed his waist and nodded, lowered his eyebrows and looked down, and made a respectful gesture.

Jiang Zhao put his hand on Han Xuan's shoulder, and said in a loud voice: "When I first became the throne, you recommended yourself to me, saying that Han Xuan had nothing else to ask for in his life, but only wished to have a wise king, a holy lord, and Haiyan and Heqing. remember?"

Han Xuan took a deep breath slowly, and said in a deep voice: "Return to Your Majesty, I remember, I dare not forget each other for a moment."

Jiang Zhao asked him, "What did I say then?"

It was only three years ago, Han Xuan remembered it clearly, and said truthfully: "Your Majesty said, you will have to clean up the mess left by the late emperor sooner or later, and I come from a family with various interests involved, so you dare not trust me. "

"Then how did you do it?" Jiang Zhao asked again.

Han Xuan replied: "The humble minister moved out of the house, set up his own family, and set a boundary with the family, breaking it completely."

Jiang Zhao nodded, patted her on the shoulder a few times, and took his hand back.

She paced back and forth with her hands behind her back, and said as she walked: "Everyone thinks that you are showing your loyalty to me, of course, it is true.

But you have not been reused because of this. I put you in the Hanlin Academy for three years and edited books, but you couldn't go to the court, and you couldn't discuss political affairs. Even today, there are still children from aristocratic families who read your jokes and take you as a warning. "

Han Xuan lowered his eyes and remained silent.

Jiang Zhao continued: "But they don't know that you have seen all the people I mentioned later.

Those people later climbed higher than you, and when you meet each other, you have to raise your hands and respectfully call out to your lord. "

Yuan Xiang came in with freshly brewed hot tea, and felt that the atmosphere in the hall was not right, so he relaxed his hands and feet even more.

Jiang Zhao temporarily stopped talking, and ordered Yuanxiang to pour tea.

When the tea bowl was held in Han Xuan's hands, Jiang Zhao spoke again, and asked slowly, "Han Xuan, have you ever regretted it?"

Han Xuan's hands trembled, and his fingertips were scalded by the hot tea, but he still held the tea bowl tightly, not daring to relax a bit, his finger bones turned white from the force, just like his face.

No one in the hall spoke, Xie Jin was still standing behind the case, Gao Sheng'an and Yuan Xiang stood together like a statue, while Tan Yuansheng and Fang Chong held a cup of hot tea and looked at Han Xuan , as if waiting for his response.

Jiang Zhao was not in a hurry, walked a few steps in the hall, and walked to the window to look at the flowers.

Outside the window is a garden, with pink and white peonies planted. It is the flowering period at this time, and the blooming is particularly lively.

I don't know when the rain stopped outside, she leaned forward and stretched out her hand to wipe off the rain and dew, picked a flower, and put it to the tip of her nose to smell it lightly.

It was a bit pungent when I first smelled it, but I thought it was too close, so Jiang Zhao took it a little farther away and smelled it again. It was really fragrant and elegant.

"His Majesty."

Han Xuan finally opened his mouth, and Jiang Zhao looked back at him with a calm expression on his face.

Han Xuan put the tea bowl aside, knelt down and kowtowed, and said in a muffled voice: "Han Xuan has nothing else to ask for in his life, Ming Jun, Holy Lord, Hai Yan He Qing, and Chen Gu also wishes."

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Transition two chapters, take a little plot