Golden Hairpin

Zhu Zhongjun has been busy interrogating Tan You for the emperor these days.

He doesn't want to help with other court affairs.

What worries the emperor now is not only the turmoil in the world, but also the inexplicably empty national treasury. The emperor and the prince knew about this, Gu Yantao, the minister of the Ministry of Revenue and the minister of the Ministry of Revenue who is in charge of the money and grain of the world, know that others are not

clear.

The court officials only knew that the emperor had frequently summoned the Minister of Revenue in the past two days.

A few days later, the Minister of Revenue lost weight.

A few days later, the Minister of Revenue took his leave and did not have morning court.

The Minister of Revenue is sick.

No one can understand what disease is. The ministers who went to visit the disease were stopped outside the door.

Zhu Zhongjun came back and told Gu Jinzhi: "Wang Luxiang failed to commit suicide..."

Wang Luxiang is the Minister of Revenue.

When Gu Jinzhi got married, he served as the official envoy, and both Gu Jinzhi and Zhu Zhongjun remembered him.

"…..Because of the treasury?" Gu Jinzhi asked.

Zhu Zhongjun nodded.

"Your method is effective?" Gu Jinzhi asked again. Zhu Zhongjun used money to cover silver and raised the price of coins, making money more expensive than the market price, and hollowed out the national treasury.

In just half a year, the effect has been revealed.

"Yes." Zhu Zhongjun said, "The court has been investigating recently. I asked Uncle Zhang to leak the secret of this matter to some money houses and the governments in Huguang and Sichuan. No one has noticed the profits in the past. Maybe someone should pay attention.

But I dare not. Now I asked Uncle Zhang to send someone to say that they must want to make this money. When the court found out how the treasury was lost, countless people shared the responsibility for us, but we took it clean...

….”

After he finished speaking, he sighed unknowingly.

This sigh is meaningful.

Gu Jinzhi also remained silent.

Then, she said, "Okay, pick it up as soon as possible and transfer the profits is equivalent to transferring the risks." After a pause, Gu Jinzhi asked again, "How is the prison in the imperial prison? Have the evidence been created?"

It is too difficult to ask for evidence, so I can just fabricate the evidence by myself.

This is Zhu Zhongjun’s idea.

He didn't tell the emperor, but just told Gu Jinzhi.

Gu Jinzhi agreed.

"It's almost done." Zhu Zhongjun said, "You have to do enough acting. This time, I want to pull the prince in. The emperor wanted to replace the prince in his heart, so he could take the opportunity to do something..."

But Gu Jinzhi suddenly fell silent.

She clearly agreed to something, but suddenly she remained silent again...

She glanced at her husband.

The words were turned around in my heart and almost blurted out, but I couldn't find the right words to express them.

This made Gu Jinzhi stunned for a moment.

When she was so stunned, Zhu Zhongjun had several guesses in his heart.

"What?" he asked Gu Jinzhi.

Gu Jinzhi came back to his senses and shook his head.

She bit her lip gently.

Zhu Zhongjun stood up, held her in his arms, bit her earlobe lightly, and said, "If you have anything, just say it. We don't need to carefully consider it. If you have something, tell me..."

Gu Jinzhi laughed.

She avoided his lips and turned around and climbed up to his neck.

With eyes facing each other, Gu Jinzhi's eyes were bright: "I am not disappointing your thoughts. I just think that the prince is abolished and absent, and you cannot come forward. Otherwise, the emperor will definitely suspect that you already have foreign power in the capital.

Fraudulent business for private purposes is not good for you. It's just….”

But it is not easy to make Tan You die so happily without mixing the prince in it.

If you need to find a crime that Tan You must die, plotting against rebellion is the best choice.

Tan You's plan to rebel must involve the prince.

The emperor himself can destroy his son, but he may not be happy to let outsiders intervene.

This matter can be said by the emperor's other close ministers and favorite ministers, but Zhu Zhongjun cannot.

"...The emperor came back this time and doubted this and that, have you discovered it?" Gu Jinzhi said, "If you are arrogant, we will sooner or later doubt your false charges, we cannot afford it."

Zhu Zhongjun said nothing after hearing this.

His eyes were quiet and he could not see his emotions.

Zhu Zhongjun thought about what Gu Jinzhi said.

But at the critical moment, how could he let Tan You go?

He wants to avenge Gu Jinzhi.

Hearing Gu Jinzhi's words, it shows that she has become much more open-minded. She no longer struggles with the grudges in front of her, but instead focuses on her eyes for a long time.

Zhu Zhongjun was relieved.

But I feel sorry for her.

If a person can learn foresight and need to block his grudges, she will be much less happy. Zhu Zhongjun would rather Gu Jinzhi be the woman he used to be.

He hugged Gu Jinzhi's waist, which was a little tight.

He was like a child, burying his head in Gu Jinzhi's chest.

"Then we can't kill Tan You this time." Zhu Zhongjun said muffled.

"It's okay, it's okay." Gu Jinzhi gently brushed his black hair, "and he couldn't cut down the big tree he hugged with with an axe. This time he took off all his skin and killed him next time."

After a pause, she said again, "It's too cheap for him to behead him. When he falls into our hands, he will ask him to live and die. Make him into a human pig..."

Her voice was cruel.

Zhu Zhongjun hugged her waist tightly, almost making her feel breathless.

Finally, he looked up and kissed her lips gently, and his voice murmured from between his lips and teeth: "I will do the revenge, you are still you, you are the mother of Yanshan and theirs, my wife, you are not the executioner."

Gu Jinzhi just responded, kissed him, but did not answer his words.

As she has come to this day, she no longer minds being a charlatan.

——*—*——

It was March 15th in a blink of an eye, and it had been half a month since the emperor returned to Beijing.

Zhu Zhongjun interrogated Tan You for half a month.

The prince and Yuan Yuye acted in the hope of clearing Tan You and the prince so as not to be implicated. The prince and Yuan Yuye's behavior disappointed the hearts of the ministers of the Tan clan.

Everyone had no hope for the prince.

Everyone is speculating on what will happen to Tan You.

When Zhu Zhongjun was preparing for the morning court, he handed over his memorial.

On March 15th, he got up early.

Gu Jinzhi also stood up and changed his clothes for him.

After breakfast, she went from Zhu Zhongjun to the gate of the yard, gently tidied up his clothes, and said softly: "Come back early today."

She said this every day when she sent Zhu Zhongjun out.

Zhu Zhongjun nodded.

In the early morning of March, mist lingers, like a veil to wrap your shoulders.

Zhu Zhongjun walked out in a big way. After walking a few steps, he seemed to be unable to let go of anything in his heart, so he looked back. Gu Jinzhi did not enter the house, but was still standing at the door.

In the dim dawn, she is painted with golden hairpins, and is elegant and gentle.

Seeing Zhu Zhongjun turn around, she waved her hand gently.

Zhu Zhongjun smiled and turned around and continued walking out.

When we arrived at the palace gate, after the morning court, the emperor did not attend the court and the prince did not arrive.

Zhu Zhongjun was confused. After waiting for about half an hour, Zhu Zhongjun knew that something was wrong. He turned around and headed towards Qianqing Palace.

Sure enough, in the Ganqing Palace, the Empress Dowager, the Empress, the Crown Prince, the King of Jin and all the concubines were all there. Everyone had either a worried or tired look on their faces.
To be continued...