It's night at the Yang family's mansion.

The Yang family is the largest aristocratic family in Qiandu, excluding the royal family, and is also the head of the Qiandu family. Logically speaking, not only the Yang family, but also the Yang family's servants also have the mentality of being superior to others.

However, today's Yang family, both servants and female relatives, are living in panic.

The news of this morning's court meeting has spread. The magistrate of Shouxian County, Yang Chun, was bent on favoritism and perverting the law, and the matter of disregarding human life was shaken off by Duan Qingyan, the imperial censor.

The Holy Emperor was furious and reprimanded the head of the Yang family severely.

The original intention was to remove Mr. Yang's official position, but fortunately half of the courtiers knelt down to plead for mercy, so the black gauze hat was kept and half of the family property was confiscated instead.

As soon as such news came out, the entire Yang family was in panic, fearing that they would not even be able to sleep peacefully.

After all, children from aristocratic families are used to being arrogant and domineering. Who has no clue?

On weekdays, it was okay when the Yang family was favored, but now that the Yang family is not favored, if it were revealed again, I'm afraid...

They are not the heads of the Yang family, and half of the courtiers are begging for mercy.

And people, when they are overly fearful, often choose to vent their emotions.

The channel for them to vent their anger is through insults!

Mainly scolding two people, one Yang Chun.

After all, he is a descendant of the Yang family, how could he do such an unconscionable thing? Even if he wants to do it, can't he do it more cleanly? Let someone find out the reason, causing the entire Yang family to be implicated. Such an incompetent person , not worthy of being a descendant of the Yang family!

The other one is Duan Qingyan. Although he is a censor, he is one of the three princes and has a high position of authority.

But this does not prevent him from being reviled.

When everything is normal, everyone is a gentleman, gentle as jade, humble and polite.

But when core interests are violated, people's bad nature will be exposed.

Abandon authority, abandon morality, and just want to vent anger on those who take away benefits.

After losing your mind, no matter whether you are a censor or not, you will still be scolded.

Fortunately, Duan Qingyan's reputation among the people is very good. His reputation among scholars is even better!

After all, the image of officials who are not afraid of power and fight for reason is often more popular among the people.

Now Duan Qingyan, driven by thoughtful people, has long become a representative of integrity.

What's more, they set up an incense stand at home, shaped a golden body for it, and offered incense to it.

However, what everyone doesn't know is.

In the deepest secret room of Yang Mansion, there were two figures sitting on the floor, drinking wine and making tea.

One of them was Duan Qingyan, who was praised for his virtues.

And the other person is surprisingly the head of the Yang family—Yang Huai!

At this time, the two of them were exchanging cups and cups, chatting and laughing, and there was nothing like the tit-for-tat feeling they had in the courtroom this morning.

"Mr. Yang, your majesty has managed to keep it secret. I just don't know, what are you going to do next?" Duan Qingyan said.

When Yang Huai heard this, he shook his head and said: "Daqian is His Majesty's Daqian, and the court is also His Majesty's court. No one can hide it from him."

"What we have hidden from us is just the civil and military officials in the court."

"This..." Duan Qingyan was dumbfounded, somewhat unbelievable.

He asked himself that his acting skills this morning were at their peak, so superb that they almost deceived himself.

I didn't expect that he would be so miserable in His Majesty's eyes.

"But there is no need to hide it from Your Majesty. As long as the Northern Expedition does not start, the Yang family will always be safe."

"Next I will retreat behind the scenes and let my voice in the court disappear as much as possible."

"As for the Taifu faction, you will take the lead and play against Wei Qing."

Duan Qingyan nodded when he heard this, and couldn't help but look happy on his face.

The Duan family is also a Qiandu family, and Duan Qingyan is the current head of the Duan family with a distinguished background.

Originally it was not easy to join the Yang family, but... Yang Huai gave me too much.

After this battle, it was almost as if Yang Huai was dismissed and Duan Qingyan took over.

Except that his official position is not Taifu, he is probably the same as Yang Huai before him.

After Duan Qingyan left, the secret room fell into darkness again, and Yang Huai seemed to mutter to himself: "Is Shu'er in danger in these three days?"

"Seven kidnappings and two attacks, I blocked them all."

A wisp of green smoke drifted in the darkness, and a faint sound came.

Hearing this, Yang Huai exhaled and his whole body seemed to relax a lot. He nodded and said, "Now that you are tired, you can go to the accounting office and withdraw one hundred thousand taels of silver in my name."

Qingyan was silent for a long time before the faint voice sounded again: "Not enough."

"That's one hundred and fifty thousand taels."

Only then did the green smoke dissipate, and the secret room returned to calm.

Yang Huai looked at the ceiling and sighed, feeling exhausted both physically and mentally.

"Your Majesty, this step of yours was finally prevented by the old man."

"As long as I'm here, the Yang family will always be the Yang family. Even if you say the truth, you can't attack the meritorious officials, right?"

After a long time, as Yang Huai left, the secret room completely fell into silence. In other words, it was dead silence.

…

The next morning, at the Jinluan Hall.

According to Daqian regulations, the court meeting should be held every three days.

But if there are too many things to do, do it once a day.

For example, this time, the emperor disappeared for less than half a month without any reason. There are countless memorials and affairs accumulated in the court.

"Go to court!"

Soon, the shrill voice of the eunuch shouting salutes came from the Qiande Palace. Outside the Jinluan Palace, the Gongun princes filed in.

Some people are excited, while others are worried.

It can be seen that today's court meeting seems a bit unusual.

On the magnificent steps, Emperor Renxuan sat high on a dragon chair.

At the foot of the steps, all the stable officials bowed their heads, bowed their hands, and saluted: "I will see you, Your Majesty."

"No courtesy, stay on your own."

"When there is something to do, start the court, and when there is nothing to do, leave the court."

It was still the high-pitched voice of the eunuch shouting salutes.

"Your Majesty, I have a secret I want to tell you!"

The speaker was a middle-aged man wearing a crimson official uniform. He looked mature and serious, but he was inevitably a bit old-fashioned.

One of the Nine Qings, Dianke—Cao Zhengli.

"What can Qing Cao do?"

"While Your Majesty was away, a report was sent from the border gate a few days ago, saying that the King of Zhenbei was greedy for power and rushed forward, regardless of the safety of Yumen Pass, and led his army to surprise Yayu County. Now he has met with Beiyan's elite troops stationed in Yayu and launched an attack on the city. The war will last forever."

"On the frontal battlefield, the Tianshui County guard heard that King Zhenbei had left the pass and made an immediate decision. He led his army out of Tianshui with the intention of trekking through the Yayu Mountains and attacking Yumen Pass!"

"After hearing this, the Linyi County Guard also sent troops, but instead of attacking Yumen Pass, he cut off the retreat route of the Zhenbei King's army, making it difficult for the Zhenbei Army to attack the city and unable to retreat, putting it in a dilemma."

boom!

As soon as he said this, he did not hesitate to drop a bomb on the court, and the atmosphere suddenly boiled to the top!
Chapter completed!