The reason why Zhang Yuya said those words in the imperial study was to test Emperor Ning's attitude, but the result was beyond her expectation. She did not expect that His Majesty was so partial to Tang Ji that he even did not hesitate to sacrifice his own son.
Sent to Zongzheng Temple, he clenched his fists in anger.
The maid in purple who was following her asked softly: "Your Majesty, what should we do next?"
"Ze'er is indeed naughty, but there is no need to go to Zongzheng Temple. All this is to blame on that man named Tang!" The queen moved forward slowly, but with a ferocious look on her face, she gritted her teeth and said: "Xi'er,
Go out of the palace and tell your eldest brother to get rid of this damn Tang Ji... No, no, forget it, you can't act rashly at this time, I'll discuss it with Qin'er..."
After saying that, she raised her eyes and looked around, then walked away.
Little did they know that what she just said was overheard by a figure hiding on the top of the nearby corridor.
Watching the queen go away, this short man with a scar on his forehead jumped up and landed outside the royal study room, and said to the eunuch: "Tianquan, the governor of the Star Division, wants to see your majesty."
When the eunuch heard the other party's identity, he first bowed and saluted, then turned and walked towards the palace.
Soon, Tian Quan walked into the palace, bowed and told what he had just seen and heard.
After hearing this, Emperor Ning frowned slightly: "I have been too kind to the Zhang family in recent years, so that they can no longer distinguish priorities!"
He shook his head and kept the matter in his heart, planning to discuss it later. He raised his head and looked at Tianquan and asked, "Is there any news from the south?"
Last year, there was a drought in Yunzhou. The governor of Yunzhou concealed the disaster, which resulted in the court's delay in providing disaster relief. There were complaints among the people. Although Jin Wang Li Xian later personally went south to supervise the disaster relief, it still left hidden dangers. Now this "hidden danger" has grown.
After getting up, he sent Tianquan to inquire about the situation.
Tianquan looked indifferent, raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry, it is just a cult that deceives people's hearts. I have already ordered the Star Guards to suppress it on the spot, and it will be completely eliminated in a month at most."
After hearing this, Ning Huang felt relieved and continued to warn: "Remember, to cut the weed, you must remove the root."
"Your Majesty, don't worry." Tian Quan saluted again, reported the details to Emperor Ning, and then left the palace.
Emperor Ning sat there in a daze for a long time, then he raised his hand to his forehead, pinched his eyebrows with his fingers, and murmured: "I am indeed getting old, and my energy is not as good as before!"
Bai Chang, who was standing behind him, quickly bowed and said: "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and you will surely be as blessed as the East Sea, the sun and the moon will be bright, the pines and cranes will grow in spring, and you will never grow old in the spring and autumn."
"Okay, emperors have been so miserable since ancient times. When one day I can no longer work anymore, but I can still take care of myself for a few years, I will be satisfied!" Emperor Ning sighed in a deep voice, picked up the memorial on the table again, but suddenly remembered something, and asked
Bai Chang ordered: "That boy from Tang Ji has a smooth tongue. The printing skills may not be spread to outsiders, but the court still needs them. In the future, yamen like the Imperial College will be able to print books directly. Go and ask him for them!"
"Old slave, I obey." Bai Chang responded and went down to make preparations.
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An hour later, Prince You's Mansion.
"Why are you back?" Li Yu was sitting at the stone table in the front yard studying his new manuscript. When he saw Tang Ji walking into the house, he rubbed his eyes in confusion. After making sure that he was not dazzled, he put down the rice paper in his hand and walked quickly.
He walked over and said, "You are not really going to resist the decree, are you? Don't think that with your father protecting you, you can do whatever you want. Come on, I'll take you to Gongyuan. Just say hello to Sun Wenyi then!"
Seeing that he was about to grab his sleeve, Tang Ji quickly stepped away, walked to the stone table, picked up the teapot and poured a glass of water to drink.
"Hey, hey, disobeying the emperor's order is a serious crime. Don't take it seriously." Li Yu quickly walked to him and was about to continue persuading him when he heard Tang Ji tell him what had just happened in the palace.
After a moment, Li Yu's eyes widened: "What did you say? Did you beat Li Jiaze again?"
"As I said, I didn't do anything, he fell into the river by himself." Tang Ji stood on the stone bench, shrugged, and added: "However, I beat Zhang Yijun...
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Tang Jigang came out of the palace half an hour ago. Fortunately, he was careful when he entered the city and specifically asked Cheng Tie to wait for a while outside the city, so he did not bother his legs like he did in the morning.
But just as he was passing through a deserted small street, he suddenly heard a cry for help coming from the front. He opened the curtain and found that it was a man in gorgeous clothes chasing a beautiful girl. After taking a closer look, he realized that the woman was wearing a lewd smile.
The wretched man turned out to be Zhang Yijun, and he said quickly: "Lao Cheng, follow me, don't get discovered."
Cheng Tie nodded slightly, slowed down the carriage, and slowly followed Zhang Yijun until he entered a very narrow alley and then stopped.
"Brother Tang, you can't get in."
Tang Ji didn't have any ink marks, so he patted his shoulder, quickly jumped out of the carriage and walked towards the alley.
The two of them searched for Xiao Hui in the alley, and then saw Zhang Yijun, Wang Xinyu and two servants of Duke An Guo in a dead end, surrounding the girl in white. They took half a step back and took a secret look.
"Brother Tang, we can't let these beasts ruin that girl, let me go up and teach them a lesson!" Cheng Tie said softly and was about to step forward to rescue, but was stopped by Tang Ji.
"No, Zhang Yijun knows you, and if you rush up to me like this, it won't be easy to explain afterwards."
After listening to Tang Ji's words, Cheng Tie looked anxious: "What should we do? We can't watch that girl being raped by these beasts, right?"
Tang Ji touched his chin and suddenly remembered that on the way they came just now, there happened to be a black gauze drying outside the door of a house. He turned his head and glanced into the alley and said, "I'll be back as soon as I go. You keep an eye on it first. If it's too late, just go ahead."
Go up."
"Okay." Cheng Tie nodded.
On the other side, Zhang Yijun rubbed shoulders and licked his lips: "Little beauty, why are you running?"
Seeing this, the girl in white was a little scared and desperate, and she backed away, but her back quickly hit the wall. She quickly covered her chest, shook her head and sobbed: "Don't come here, help, help!"
"Hahaha, stop shouting, no one will come to save you, serve me well, I'll give you some money if I have a good time!" Zhang Yijun smiled more and more wildly, and then reached out to take off the girl's clothes.
Seeing that there was no way to retreat, the latter took courage and slapped Zhang Yijun on the face. He then tried to escape from the side, but was pushed back by Wang Xinyu from behind.
"Damn it, you're so shameless!" Wang Xinyu scolded and planned to step forward to care about Zhang Yijun.
An angry look appeared on Zhang Yijun's face, he broke his disguise and pressed towards the girl in front of him: "You dare to hit me, let's see how I deal with you!"
Immediately, he was about to bury his head into the opponent's huge temptations, when suddenly, two screams came from behind him.
"You are so brave to attack weak women in broad daylight. Let's see how I, the Black Silk Man, will teach you a lesson!"