"In this way, she was outside the palace, so she was probably woven a big net!" Su Li frowned.

"It's just that she's in prison now. Will these people really serve her? Will they be driven by her?" Li Rufeng asked.

"According to common sense, it won't..." Xiao Lin pondered, "Just..."

"It's just this Shufei, who is very human!" Su Li thought, suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Your Highness, have you sent someone to Shufei's palace to see it? Have you found the dark room that Zhang Mingxuan mentioned?"

"I found the dark room, but it collapsed before I could enter!" Xiao Lin replied, "I think it was a mechanism inside! I'm sending people to dig it out for a while, I'm afraid it's hard to find anything!"

"I don't know who the concubine Shu is trying to win over..." Li Rufeng murmured, "Who is Zhang Chu seeing after leaving the palace? Unfortunately, we were slower and broke the thread!"

"I am the one who can help her reach the top!" Xiao Lin's eyes flashed slightly.

If you want to seize the throne, you never rely on the words of the civil servants in the court, but the iron fist of the military officers...z.br

The iron teeth of civil servants have never been better than the iron and iron horses of military officers.

And it may be used by Concubine Shu...

Xiao Lin held the pen and wrote a long list of names and handed them to Li Rufeng.

"Let the secret guards keep a close eye on these people. If you find any abnormal movement, you will be killed without mercy!"

Li Rufeng nodded and made arrangements quickly.

Su Li's thoughts remained on Concubine Shu, and her words kept echoing in her mind.

"What kind of instructions do Zhang Chu want to convey when he comes out of the palace with these words from Concubine Shu?" She was puzzled. "What kind of punishment is the heavenly punishment. Before she was imprisoned, she kept repeating the old things. Now that the old things have been brought up again, why are the people blocking disasters and hiding a thousand miles away? What exactly do she want to do?"

Xiao Lin was also confused and thought for a moment, saying, "The thoughts of people like her are beyond the reach of normal people! Since she wants to send a message, then the king will give her some convenience and let her pass on it enough!"

That night, he relaxed the control of the Shenzheng Department intentionally or unintentionally, and ordered people to stare at him secretly.

However, Shufei seemed to be unable to see it at all and never said a word again.

Compared with her calmness, Jiang Fei and others who were locked in another place jumped up and down, expressing the virtue of the fence-bearing man to the fullest.

Since they entered the Shenzheng Department, several people scolded Concubine Shu in unison, praised the prince, took off their clothes, bit their fingers and wrote blood letters, expressed their loyalty to the prince, and repented and blamed themselves. Whenever they were moved, they burst into tears, and their voices were hoarse and their kowtowed, and their heads were broken. The guards' heads were buzzing, and they almost vomited out the overnight meal.

Su Li was amazed, "After all, he was an important official in the dynasty, a military marquis, and a prime minister and a war god, why didn't he have any character?"

Li Rufeng laughed: "One of the favorite ministers around the emperor is counted as one, all of them are verbal insects! What do you think they will do except eat, drink, play and have fun on weekdays?"

"When dirty becomes the norm, innocence is a sin!" Chengying lamented, "How can such a dirty stream tolerate a clean and upright minister? Before, your highness always stood up for a capable minister, but was suppressed by the emperor. Until now, all the civil and military officials in the court are soft and incompetent! Your Highness, you will take charge of the world in the future, and you are afraid that no one will be available! Those people before were almost killed by the emperor..."

Li Rufeng recalled the past and felt sad and desolate, "Your Highness tried his best to protect him, so he tried to kill him. In fact, it was time to see his sinister intentions!"

Xiao Lin couldn't hide the pain in his eyes when he thought of the people who had lost their hands.

In fact, he also realized that Emperor Xiao was afraid of him, and gradually he no longer had contact with those outstanding ministers.

He hopes to use this method to protect those people from being implicated by himself.

But later he discovered that even though he was strangers to those people, they still could not escape the fate of being excluded and killed.

Birds of a feather flock together.

For an arrogant and elegant emperor, a minister who pleads for the people and compassionately owes his orders to the world is his natural enemy, a thorn in his eyes, and a thorn in his flesh, and he must be pulled out quickly!

Unfortunately, he was too stupid and filial before. Even though he knew that Emperor Xiao was such a person, he did not dare to make any disobedient words because he was his father, but he was often confused and depressed in his heart.

Now that I abandon those meaningless thoughts of loyalty and filial piety, I feel relaxed!

"I am a great country with many talents. Planting a paulownia tree will lead to the phoenix!" He said, "The autumn examination is approaching, and it is a great opportunity to select talents! This time, I will break the old system of poor families and illegitimate children and surrender talents without any restrictions!"

He wrote quickly and handled the case and submitted memorials all night. The next morning, the prince's handwriting was frequently issued from the East Palace, causing another earthquake in Kyoto.

This time, the people who were in the epicenter were naturally the four families of Jiang, Li, Wen and Xiao.

Jiang Fei and his daughter rebelled, and their crimes were unforgivable, and their homes were confiscated and imprisoned were inevitable.

The Li family and the Wen family were also doomed. The property was confiscated and all of them were confiscated. Their children were all put into prison and were exiled to a wilderness for a date.

Xiao Yun's situation is quite special. Because Princess Yun had the idea of ​​separation before, the prince pardoned him and only seized Xiao Yun's title, and the mansion and property were not moved as it was.

In addition to Princess Yun's children, Wen Jin'an of the Wen family was also pardoned.

Of course, these are all trivial matters, and the crown prince didn't care much. What he really cared about was the upcoming autumn examination.

To express the court's sincerity to seek talent, all poor scholars can apply for a certain amount of scholarship.

All talented men of the Great Xiao can take the exam, regardless of gender, no matter whether they are noble or low, no matter whether they are legitimate or illegitimate, no matter whether they are rich or poor, and as long as their family background is innocent, they are qualified to participate.

As soon as this warrant was released, the entire Great Depression was in full bloom. Everyone ran around and cheered!

Compared with the death of the four ministers in the court, this news is what the people really want to see and is also news that concerns their own interests.

Over the years, it has only been a status and has cut off the dreams of many scholars. However, poor students have even more difficulties and their lives are not easy, let alone others.

For these people, the Crown King's handwriting is simply a timely help. Although the autumn cold is rising, their hearts are like the first spring flowers blooming.

For the Su family, this day was the real spring.

With the orders issued to search the four families, the Su family's *** excavated decree was also issued.

Su Ziyan, the third son of the Su family, was restored to his post and was still the General of Huaihua.

When the old general Su passed away, his first-rank military marquis was inherited by Su Ziyan, and he was responsible for rectifying the old subordinates of the Tieying Army and revitalizing the situation. The Su Mansion, which was originally seized, also returned to the original owner.

In order to compensate the Su family, the Ministry of Revenue issued another 50,000 taels of silver for the Hou Mansion to return to the capital.
Chapter completed!