Tranquility

At noon the next day, during the lunch break, Tangning took a break and took the food box to the Ministry of Industry to find Fu Jiayan.

"I heard that someone was offended by a case of encroaching on a fertile land, and it has something to do with your Ministry of Industry."

The room Tangning and Fu Jiayan stayed in was a room specially used by the Ministry of Industry for lunch breaks. It was very small, and it was just right for two people to share a table.This kind of room is generally relatively remote and quiet, and it is not a secret, so the two of them don't have much defense when they talk.

"Invasion of fertile land? I've heard of this, it's a big family in Quyang County..."

Tang Ning and Zhao Qian are not proactive people. Even if they have known each other for many years and have a deep relationship, they don't communicate often, and they don't say anything official in their letters.

Fu Jiayan was enthusiastic and proactive. He often wrote letters to Zhao Qian. Fu Jiayan had a more detailed understanding of Zhao Qian's situation than Tangning.

"That's right, it's the nephew's house of Mr. Li, the right servant of the Ministry of Industry. Why didn't I think of it." Fu Jiayan suddenly stopped chopsticks.

"It turned out to be Mr. Li. He is a smooth and shrewd person. There are only dozens of acres of fertile land around. Mr. Li was in a dilemma with Jinhe before. He must have thought that there was no one behind him. Now that we are going to intercede, he will not do it for a few Ten acres of fertile land is against us, and with the guarantee from the Ministry of Officials, Mr. Huang, it will definitely be no problem to keep Jinhe's black hat, and maybe Jinhe won't have to be transferred to a remote place."

Tangning is no longer a brat. In the officialdom, if you don't make it easier for me, I won't make it easier for you. It's okay to have such thoughts, such as Master Li dealing with Zhao Qian; but the premise of this kind of thinking is that my official position is higher than yours. My background is harder than yours.

The first thing Tangning learned in the officialdom was that when encountering a situation, the first thing she thinks about is not the right or wrong of the incident, but the official position, background, and various relationships behind the people involved in the incident; in the officialdom, Right and wrong are never the most important, sometimes even the most secondary.

Of course, Tangning could also take advantage of Lin Qingyu's influence, but it was not right after all, and he didn't want to rely on Lin Qingyu for everything.Although he still relies on a lot of relationships to solve things now, none of those officials are based on human relationships.

It is different for him to rely on Xie Baiyun, Fu Jiayan and Lin Qingyu.Xie Baiyun, Fu Jiayan, and Zhao Qian were all friends that he had made with his own efforts. Their relationship was mutual, but for Lin Qingyu, Tangning only relied on one side.

Besides, Lin Qingyu would help Tangning but not Zhao Qian. Lin Qingyu also had his own standpoint. He would always give people the impression of being cold and unapproachable.

Therefore, without absolute power, even though Tangning was having a hard time getting it right, she could only consider keeping Zhao Qian first.

Tangning understood these truths, and Fu Jiayan knew more than Tangning. However, he was still unwilling. There were only him and Tangning in the left and right rooms, and his mouth started to itch again.

"Hmph, who in the Ministry of Industry is not shrewd? All the court officials are as smart as mice, poaching corners everywhere. I think the wall will collapse sooner or later!"

After Tangning heard this, she didn't pay much attention to it. She thought it was a complaint from Fu Jiayan.But he soon regretted it, regretted it immensely.

It was night, with constant spring thunder, lightning and thunder, and heavy rain.

Tang Ning didn't sleep well all night, and his heart was beating like a drum from the thunder. He was very strange. He was never afraid of thunder before, but he didn't know that this was just a prelude.

The next day, Tangning was struck by the first lightning strike.

The urn has fallen!

Not only Tangning, but all the civil and military officials in the court were shocked when they heard this.

Of course, the most frightened one was Emperor Jing Le.

The emperor fainted as soon as he heard the news.

Now the emperor is in a coma, and people in the court are in a state of panic. It is said that at this point, the matter of the Golden Pagoda should have been filed for investigation, but Gao Pu insisted that the matter should be dealt with after the emperor woke up, so the matter was delayed.

Things dragged on for a long time, and the emperor still didn't see any improvement. Many officials' minds became lively. The First Prince's Mansion was full of people, and even the Third Prince's Mansion had an extra doorman, but the Second Prince's Mansion was completely silent.

After the emperor's accident, although he didn't want to see his son, his son had to take care of his illness.Since the emperor's fall, the second prince dragged his sick body and greeted him outside the palace every day, but he didn't dare to visit the emperor in person, just because he was afraid that someone would say that he had offended the emperor's dragon spirit.

The eldest prince saw his second brother doing this, even though he looked down on his hypocrisy, he had to do this superficial effort. It's just that he has been busy recently, and relying on his brother-in-law to be by the emperor's side, he is not afraid of someone saying bad things. Three days of fishing and two days of drying the net.

And Gao Run was also under pressure from different forces, among which Gao Pu was the most important. The Gao family kept sending him news, saying between the lines that Mrs. Gao's illness was improving, but in fact they were threatening Gao Run implicitly. After all, Gao Run is different now. In the past, after the emperor fell, many official affairs were actually controlled by Gao Run.

And all kinds of affairs in the palace have already been firmly controlled by Yu Yan.The two teamed up to control everything around the emperor tightly.

Unlike the bright lights of the First Prince's Mansion, the Second Prince's Mansion is completely dark at night.

"Cousin, you are really hard on me. I really can't find out the news. Gao Run's methods have become more and more powerful in recent years."

Xie Baiyun was wearing a gorgeous black robe embroidered with dark gold patterns, and took out a folding fan from the wide sleeve.Now he has long been able to use the folding fan freely, not to mention that in the second prince's mansion, carrying this fan will also provide multiple guarantees.

The second prince, Feng Chu, was still pale, but her lips were not as bloodless as in the daytime.

At this moment, he was reclining on the couch, with his hands resting on his forehead, his eyes were shining brightly, and his usually weak temperament suddenly showed a bit of sharpness.

"It's Gao Run again. I should thank Gao Pu a lot. Such a talented person actually surrendered to others. Don't blame me for being rude."

"You mean..." Xie Baiyun put away the folding fan, he had already guessed what Feng Chu was thinking, but he would not say it out loud.

"Tell Gao Run the news. In addition, we are weak now, and the father must not fall. Let Gao Run find a reason and ask Lu Taiyi to show the father."

Xie Baiyun understands, Imperial Physician Lu is Gao Run's exclusive imperial physician, and his medical skills are not outstanding in the imperial hospital, and his status is not high, so it is not his turn to treat the emperor; but he is the son of Dr. Lu, and he has mastered the magic skills of acupuncture and moxibustion. Maybe it can really cure the emperor.

In the middle of the night, Gao Run turned on the lamp to review the memorial all night, and the emperor lay unconscious on the dragon bed not far away.

Although he hates the Emperor Jingle, Gao Run knows that his only backer is the emperor. If the emperor dies, Gao Run will be useless. It's good, but I'm afraid that there will be no burial place for death.

Therefore, even if he was eager to control the government, he did not dare to leave the emperor for half a step. He wanted the emperor to see him the first time he woke up, and he wanted the emperor to trust him first.

A young eunuch walked quietly before Gao Run's case collapsed, and there was a note on the ground. Gao Run thought it was another message from Gao Pu. Unwrapping it, I don't want to, there is only one line of shocking blood on the note:

"On January [-], my mother died of illness!"

The cinnabar pen fell and knocked over the ink cartridge, and the red cinnabar, like blood, flowed through the memorial and dripped down the edge of the desk...

The next day, Imperial Physician Lu entered the emperor's bedroom, and soon after, Emperor Jingle opened his misty eyes.

The first person he saw was Gao Run, who was sitting in front of the window, haggard and thin, with red eyes.

The first sentence he heard was Gao Run's excited voice: "You're awake!"

When Gao Run saw that the emperor had woken up, he bowed devoutly to the Patriarch of the Three Qing Dynasty, and then praised Imperial Physician Lu, and mentioned the second prince who recommended Imperial Physician Lu. Later, he talked about how anxious the second prince was, and how he greeted him every day, so it was logical up.

The emperor had no doubts about Gao Run, at his weakest moment, Gao Run never left, and Gao Run's status in his heart had already surpassed that of Yu Yan, almost equal to the god in his heart.Besides, Gao Run is Gao Pu's grandson, he did not speak well for his brother-in-law, the eldest prince, but for the second prince, which shows that in his heart, the emperor's safety is the first priority.

Gao Run briefly talked about the situation in the court recently, without mentioning anything about the Golden Pagoda. He fed the emperor with a bowl of porridge, while Yu Yan was beating the drum beside him, saying that Gao Run personally cooked the porridge. It was very warm, the emperor's heart warmed up a lot because of the coldness of the golden pagoda, and he felt that things were not so bad, so he drank the whole bowl of porridge unconsciously.

Gao Run seemed very happy, and cheerfully said that he would make another bowl of porridge.

After Gao Run left, the emperor had been lying down for a few days and was already feeling uncomfortable, so he helped Yu Yan get up and walk around the hall.When he walked to the desk not far away, the emperor suddenly noticed a memorial whose cover was oozing red. He opened it curiously and glanced at the contents.

"Chen Mizuo, when I passed by the lunch break room of the Ministry of Industry the day before yesterday, I heard sporadic words of Fu Jiayan written by the Ministry of Industry in the room. It said, 'the tower will fall sooner or later' and so on. I don't want the golden pagoda to collapse that night..."

The Great Court Meeting is over, and although things are more difficult, Tangning finally doesn't need to write any remonstrance letters. Anyway, this kind of big event has nothing to do with him. Many colleagues who don't want to get involved in it have all complained of illness these days and asked for leave Tangning was no exception.

It was rare for him to be free, and while all eyes were on the palace, he seized the opportunity to write several letters to Zhao Qian, asking him to take care of the aftermath; the Ministry of Officials was very busy, so he randomly found a small county in the south to let Zhao Qian take up the post .

The dust settled on this matter, but there was an even bigger matter that made Tangning worry every day.

During the few days on leave, Tangning thought about what Fu Jiayan said that day, and the more he thought about it, the more wrong it became. Combined with what happened recently, he understood the metaphor in Fu Jiayan's words.

This made him very uneasy, the Ministry of Industry was about to have a major incident, what would Fu Jiayan do.Fortunately, Fu Jiayan was the youngest official in the Ministry of Industry. The sky was falling, and there were second-rank ministers standing on top of him, or even third-rank ministers, and a lot of fourth-rank and fifth-rank officials.

Thinking of this, Tangning felt relieved, and then he received the news that the emperor had woken up and was in good health, and a big stone fell from his heart.

However, immediately after that, he was thrown into the bottom of the valley.

The first imperial decree when the emperor woke up - Fu Jiayan was thrown into the prison and beheaded.

The second imperial decree is to thoroughly investigate the collapse of the golden pagoda in Dali Temple.

At this time, eight days had passed since the golden pagoda collapsed, and these eight days were enough to destroy many evidences.

Although Lin Qingyu has been sending people to pay attention, there are still many troubles in a thorough investigation. These days, he is too busy to go back home, and has been living in Dali Temple.

Tang Ning could understand why Fu Jiayan was sentenced to death from the "monster curse" mentioned in the imperial decree, but this kind of thing is even more difficult to handle. There is no need for any evidence. As long as the emperor believes that the golden pagoda was destroyed by Fu Jiayan's curse, Fu Jiayan will also be sentenced to death. I can only plead guilty obediently.

Fortunately, the emperor had just come out of the gate of hell, and he didn't want to start a big killing spree, so he was sentenced to beheaded after autumn, and there was still half a year left.

Fortunately, Fu Jiayan is not someone without background, the Fu family has a lot of connections at the bottom, and with Tangning's hard work, Fu Jiayan didn't suffer much in the prison.

Seeing that Fu Jiayan's life was decreasing day by day, Tangning felt like a knife was hanging on his head, and it was about to fall when the time came, but there was nothing he could do.

He had tried his best to find everyone, but how could those people not know that this kind of thing was out of the question.

Xie Baiyun is very capable, but he can only let Fu Jiayan visit him once a month. Speaking of which, he can't ask anyone, the key lies with the emperor.

Just as Tangning was thinking hard about what to do, Zhao Qian also returned to the capital to take over his duties.