The sunset like broken gold is scattered on the roof of Yuxi Palace. The yellow glazed tiles look golden, and there is a bit of sacred color here.

A large group of officials extended from the front of the door to the courtyard, listening to the movements of the delivery room with their ears. Whenever a palace maid came out of it, their hearts would be raised.

Longqing saw that all officials were so nervous, and his prospective father was really not able to continue staying on the jade chariot, so he walked into the yard with his fat belly.

Just after walking around the yard, he looked at the closed delivery room, reached out and touched his nose, and found that he seemed completely unnecessary.

"Our group of men gather here is not conducive to delivery. Why don't we leave the palace first and wait for news!" Chen Yiqin saw that everyone was really helpless and couldn't help but propose.

When Guo Pu heard this proposal, his brows frowned, and then turned his head to look at Lin Weiran.

In fact, not only Guo Pu, but also Lin Xuan and others turned their heads and looked at Lin Qingran. After the dispute just now, they further recognized Lin Qingran's backbone status, but they wanted to listen to Lin Qingran's arrangements.

"Emperor, I want to wait for the queen's production results in Ziguang Pavilion. Please allow it!" Lin Qingran knew that Guo Pu and others would not leave with confidence, so Longqing, who was about to leave, asked.

Longqing was not a person who was used to rejecting others. In addition, this request was quite reasonable, so he nodded gently and agreed: "Authentication!"

The group respectfully sent Longqing away, and then went to Ziguang Pavilion together.

Everyone's faces were filled with a strong look of worry, and some even turned around one step and looked reluctantly at the magnificent Yuxi Palace.

It is all fake to say that it is not nervous. After all, the situation of the queen's childbirth this time is related to the future of the Ming Dynasty and is also closely related to their personal future.

In addition, production in this era is actually an extremely dangerous thing. The queen's face was obviously wrong just now, which undoubtedly increased the risk factor of production.

"Gemaster Lin, what happened to the queen last night?" Lin Feng asked curiously after sitting down in the seat.

Zhu Heng and others turned their heads and looked at Lin Qingran. Fortunately, Lin Qingran informed them that they learned that the queen was trapped in the West Garden, so they also wanted to know more secret matters from Lin Qingran's mouth.

But they obviously care about it and are confused. Not to mention Lin Qingran, it is impossible for him to know everything that happened in the palace last night. Even if he knows the truth, he will not do anything to give him a handle.

Zhang Shouzhi looked at Lin Qingran with hope, hoping that Lin Qingran would say more secret things so that he could find a handle to attack Lin Qingran.

Although Lin Qingran had never targeted him specifically after Xu Jie's fall, he obviously felt that he was already out of power, which made him have a different mindset.

The struggle for power is actually very complicated, but it never leaves its roots, and the most important factor is always the "holy relatives".

Lin Qingran has become the biggest obstacle to the enthronement of the eldest son of the emperor Zhu Yijun. If he can get rid of Lin Qingran, he will not only win the favor of the current emperor, but also become a great hero in supporting the crown prince.

That's why he tried so hard to get rid of Lin Weiran this time, in addition to the fact that he also wanted to engage in a political speculation.

Lin Qingran took the tea from the little eunuch, but turned his head to look at Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Shouzhi, and asked Zhang Juzheng with impoliteness: "Gei Master Zhang, please explain it! Why did the emperor appear so coincidental today? Why did you attack this master with Shangshu Zhang? Do you really don't know the inside story?"

Li Chunfang and other officials turned their heads and looked at Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Shouzhi, their eyes containing anger, and they also realized that the matter might have something to do with them.

Everyone is an old man in the officialdom, but now I heard Lin Weiran’s reminder again, why don’t you know that things are already full of conspiracy?

Longqing's coincidence appeared this morning, and Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Shouzhi joined forces to attack Lin Junran, as if they had already known that Empress Chen would contact Lin's mansion last night.

But they probably didn't expect that Empress Chen contacted Mrs. Lin through a carrier pigeon.

Although this action is also inappropriate, we cannot blame Lin Weiran too much, and we cannot ignore the fact that the queen was trapped in Xiyuan last night and was unable to seek medical treatment.

It is precisely because everyone present realized the problem, not only resented Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Shouzhi's conspiracy, but also wanted to learn the truth from both of them.

"Gemaster Lin, I just discussed the matter. It is indeed inappropriate for you to contact the queen last night!" Zhang Juzheng felt an unprecedented pressure, but he was defending himself.

This sounds reasonable, but the officials present could not believe it. If Zhang Juzheng was so righteous, he would have been unable to survive the era of Yan Song and Xu Jie, and instead of being appointed as the Grand Secretary of the Dongge now.

"Gemaster Lin, don't mess around here! On the contrary, you, even if the queen's pigeon was given to Mrs. Lin, this move is very inappropriate!" Zhang Shouzhi saw that the situation was wrong, so he immediately took the initiative and said.

Lin Weiran's eyes turned to Zhang Shouzhi, but asked coldly: "As a foreign minister, my wife is indeed not suitable to give the pigeon to the queen, but do you know why this pigeon is there?"

"Who knows if you and the queen have it..." Zhang Shouzhi originally wanted to use this to pour dirty water on Lin Qingran's body, but found that Li Chunfang and others were staring at him fiercely, but they swallowed it back.

Lin Qingran now has the most complete intelligence network, but it is impossible for him to fall into a passive situation. He looked at the officials and talked: "I believe you already know the disagreement between the queen and His Majesty. Earlier, the queen actually found a talisman of a child in the crack of the bed in the bedroom. However, the queen was kind and did not make any statement about this matter, but she was also afraid that the people behind her would become more aggressive in conspiring to her and the dragon seed in the fetus, so she was not allowed to prevent it.

I asked for my carrier pigeon!" After a pause, he looked at Zhang Shouzheng and said seriously: "It is related to the safety of the queen and the legitimate son of the emperor. I, Lin Junran, have no guilt! If Zhang Shangshu really thinks that I have done something wrong, you can submit a memorial to me, and I can also bear this crime! But the queen was first given a talisman of a daughter, and then was trapped in the palace. I want to know how to do this behavior than my wife and the queen?

After hearing this reasonable explanation, Zhang Juzheng sighed deeply and found that all their plans were really showing off.

"Mrs. Lin and the Queen are like sisters, and this matter has long been known to everyone! Now that they are in the palace, if Master Lin is guilty of this action, I would like to bear it together!" Lin Xuan immediately expressed his opinion when he saw the reason for the incident.

"Yes! If it weren't for this pigeon, I would still be in the dark today! If I had to bear the blame, I would also be willing to bear it together!" Guo Pu immediately agreed, and then pointed at Zhang Shouzhi and Zhang Juzheng and said: "It's just that who gave birth to a talisman, and who wanted to murder the queen and the dragon seed in the queen's belly. This matter must be investigated clearly, and the person behind the scenes should be broken into pieces!"

For a time, officials, including Li Chunfang, had already made a choice, and everyone expressed their willingness to take responsibility with Lin Xuran.

Although the Lin family's actions were inappropriate, judging from the entire incident, the Lin family was already the "foreign aid" of the queen's belly. If the queen could give birth to the emperor's legitimate son this time, the Lin family would undoubtedly be a hero of the Ming Dynasty.

"This matter is indeed not thoughtful, so please let Mr. Lin let me let you go!" Zhang Juzheng hesitated for a moment, and made a decisive decision.

Although it is not yet true whether the queen gave birth to the emperor's legitimate son, he really has no reason to attack the Lin family's behavior of dealing with the queen's carriers.

Zhang Shouzhi looked at Zhang Juzheng with contempt and said with confidence: "I, Zhang Shouzhi, are loyal to the emperor and have no guilt in doing things. I have nothing to explain to you. Let's say goodbye first!"

"The queen is giving birth, how can she leave at this time as a minister?" Li Chunfang said in a deep voice when she saw that Zhang Shouzhi wanted to grab Lin Weiran's braid.

"This time, it was just the birth of the emperor's legitimate daughter. There is no need for all the important officials in the court to be here, right?" Zhang Shouzhi knew that he had already broken up with the civil servant group led by Lin Junran this time, and he was also a tragic move.

When Lin Feng and other officials heard this, they were immediately angry. When everyone was thinking about the Queen giving birth to the emperor's legitimate son, this guy actually cursed the Queen and gave birth to the emperor's legitimate daughter. This was simply a scum in the officialdom.

Lin Xuran saw Zhang Shouzhi's arrogance in his eyes. Seeing him walking and leaving, he said lightly: "Shangshu Zhang, please stay!"

"Gei Master Lin, the official still has to go home to water the flowers? But I don't know what advice?" Zhang Shouzhi no longer respected Lin Weiran and seemed disdainful.

Zhu Heng and other officials hated Zhang Shouzhi's arrogance and rudeness in their hearts, and at this time they looked at Lin Weiran curiously.

Lin Qingran took a sip of tea and said in a shocking way: "Shangshu Zhang, if you don't know, don't do it yourself! You were presided over the Xianling Yuen Hall, but you didn't know if you took the initiative to confess to the emperor or if I exposed it to you to the emperor?"

Huh?

When the officials present heard this, they looked at Zhang Shouzhi. However, many officials were not surprised. Although they had no evidence in their hands, they all guessed that Zhang Shouzhi's hands and feet were not clean.

"Lin Ruoyu, don't be so angry!" Zhang Shouzhi pointed at Lin Shiran angrily and said.

Lin Qingran looked up at Zhang Shouzhi, who was furious, but said lightly: "You can get about 88,000 taels of 730,000 taels through various means, but I don't know the amount is right?"

When Zhang Shouzhi heard this amount, his eyes widened, and he realized that Lin Junran was not guessing, but had already grasped the real evidence.

When Zhu Heng and other officials saw Zhang Shouzhi's reaction, they immediately knew that Lin Weiran's words were true.

"You... are using public notices and want to take over power!" Zhang Shouzhi came back from his shock, but accused Lin Qingran.

Lin Qingran knew that some things should not be done too much, especially now that the court is almost all his people, so it is indeed not advisable to "kill all the remaining core members of Xu Jie, otherwise it will attract criticism from the court.

In addition, he is not the kind of person who cannot tolerate sand after all, and greed is the atmosphere of the officialdom in this era, and corruption can easily make him lose points among the lower-level officials.

That's right, although he had already grasped the evidence of Zhang Shouzhi's crimes and even the evidence of other officials' corruption, he had never been exposed.

But this time, the time has come. Not to mention the role Zhang Shouzhi played in this incident, just because of his arrogant just now, no one blamed him for his faults, and there is enough reason to get rid of this black sheep.

Lin Xuran responded calmly in the face of Zhang Shouzhi's accusation: "Whatever you say, I will submit the evidence of greed to the emperor. Please wait for the Holy Punishment!"

Seeing Lin Junran's attitude so resolute, Zhang Shouzhi thought that his dignified Minister of Works might have to confiscate his home and ask for his death, and suddenly he fainted.

Everyone no longer sympathized with such a person, and even felt relieved, so they asked the eunuch to call two imperial guards to carry the person back to his house.

Zhang Juzheng saw this scene, but he was secretly glad that he knew a little bit of measure just now, otherwise he might not be much better than Zhang Shouzhi.

As Zhang Shouzhi was dragged away, the entire Ziguang Pavilion was filled with a tense atmosphere.

An official couldn't help but run to the outer wall of Yuxi Palace to listen, but when he came back he said worriedly: "The queen's voice seems to be inappropriate!"

"The queen is weak today and her fetal water just broke. This matter is really not optimistic!" Lin Xuan said with a sad face in light of the situation.

The fact is the same. Empress Chen is already sweating profusely, and this childbirth is undoubtedly a way to go to the gates of hell.

The eunuchs and palace maids in Yuxi Palace were both very panicked, especially the two stable ladies couldn't sit still, and kept directing the palace maids to get various objects.

Time passed by minute by minute, which had deepened everyone's concerns about the queen's childbirth.

Almost all the officials had no breakfast, and they were already hungry at this time. But they didn't know whether it was Chen Jin's harshness or the emperor's order, but they never brought them food.

However, those who can get to this point have been studying hard for ten years in the past, and even more etiquette have been practiced in the officialdom, so no one complained.

"Queen...Queen!" A little eunuch rushed out, his eyes filled with tears.

Seeing this, Guo Pu and others couldn't help but feel a slap in their hearts. Some officials immediately collapsed on the ground. However, they knew that they had not had a successful childbirth for so long, and Empress Chen was already in danger.

"The queen gave birth smoothly!" After the eunuch changed his breath, he seemed very excited.

Guo Pu and others then breathed a sigh of relief, but asked with concern: "Did the queen give birth to the emperor's legitimate son or the emperor's legitimate daughter?"

Lin Weiran also looked nervously at the little eunuch. This battle to become the crown prince, which originated from the Xu Jie period, was already time to win the victory and defeat in one battle.

For a moment, the entire Ziguang Pavilion seemed to be heard, so people were nervously staring at the sweaty little eunuch. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!