On this day, a strange thing happened in Ningguo Mansion. While Xichun's nanny was having wine with several old women in the mansion, her head suddenly exploded like a watermelon.
The red and white stuff splashed all over the old women who were drinking. This was really exciting. Two of the old women present were so frightened that there were several middle-aged women who were cooking.
When the hem of her skirt got wet, she collapsed on the ground, and her screams almost lifted the roof off.
There is a saying that "good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles."
In just one morning, there was a lot of excitement in the Ning Mansion. Fortunately, Jia Mu of the West Mansion was well-informed and she killed two talkative maids with a stick, thus suppressing the matter in the mansion and not spreading it out.
Dai Quan, the internal minister of the Daming Palace, received a secret report and almost choked himself with a sip of tea.
"Do you think the Ze family is a fool? You dare to send this kind of information here, making a joke on the Ze family. The Ze family thinks you have had enough life!!"
"Your Excellency, there is something really fishy about this matter. If my subordinates were not really unsure, I would never dare to trouble Your Majesty with this matter!"
Dai Quan listened to his subordinate's report, touched his hairless chin, and let out a sigh.
"Why, you are not sure about even a small thing. What does the emperor keep you for? Are you waiting for the thieves to rebel and come to the palace tomorrow? You are still not sure. I don't think you, the commander of the internal guards, want to
Got it!!”
Hearing Dai Quan's heart-wrenching words, the man in black turned pale and shook his head.
"Forgive me, Prime Minister! I am determined not to do this. Your Majesty has given me the grace to take charge of the internal defense and defend the imperial city. I do not dare to be careless. If there is any disturbance in the city, I will be informed of it as soon as possible.
We were prepared to prepare for the enquiry, but this time it was really different. The place where the incident occurred was the Ningguo Duke's Mansion, and there were secret guards present..."
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Hearing this person's answer, Dai Quan raised his eyebrows, reached out to pick up the tea cup, used the tea lid to fiddle with the tea leaves in the tea twice, took a sip, and then asked again.
"Ningguo Gong's Mansion? Is it the family on Ningrong Street?"
On weekdays, Jia Zhen and Jia Zheng gave him a lot of benefits, but now that this happened, he wanted to pay Jia Zhen some filial piety, so he no longer ignored her.
“Exactly!!”
When the visitor heard that Dai Quan was planning to take over, he hurriedly replied.
"Where is the secret guard? Bring him here and ask the family in person!!"
Dai Quan chuckled, his eyes a little distracted, but he did not notice the strange color on the face of the inner guard commander in front of him. Otherwise, with his shrewdness, how could he be willing to take care of this matter anymore!
The commander of the inner guard waved his hand and shouted to the door: "Come here, bring Nightingale up!!"
After a while, a woman was brought in. Her hair was disheveled, her eyes were dull, saliva was dripping from the corner of her mouth, and a large piece of her chest was wet.
If there is a wife from Duke Ning's house here, he will definitely recognize that this person is none other than Fang Er's family who specializes in cold dishes in the kitchen of Ning's house.
As soon as he saw this man, Dai Quan's face darkened, and he already felt bad. Looking at this man's condition, there was obviously something wrong with him. He was either crazy or stupid.
There was a hint of coldness in his drake-like voice, "What's going on with her??"
The commander of the inner guard stepped forward and replied: "Sir, Nightingale is crazy!!"
Dai Quan's face rose and he slapped the table, "Xu Yuantu, you little brat, you are so brave, how dare you scheme against me!!"
Hearing Xu Yuantu's answer, Dai Quan's face turned gloomy. Now he suddenly understood what was going on. As an internal guard, Nightingale generally has very good mental qualities, but what happened before
It drove people crazy. It is absolutely impossible to say that what happened that day was okay.
The place where the incident occurred was the Ningguo Duke's Mansion. How could he, a small fourth-rank internal guard commander, have the guts to provoke the Jia Mansion, a family of two dukes? The matter of the internal guards was not bright to begin with. Once exposed,
The nobles in the court would not let him go, not to mention that in order to solve the matter, they had to go to Jia's mansion to search for clues.
As the supervisor of the Daming Palace, Dai Quan has great power, but he also has heavy responsibilities. It would be fine if he didn't know about this matter. He would have a way to sit back and relax, but he happened to know it. If he didn't care about it anymore, it would be fine.
If he doesn't ask, if the emperor asks in the future, he will be doomed.
He could even imagine what Emperor Mingkang said when he was being held accountable, "Okay! That's great! As a prisoner in charge of the palace, he clearly knew that there was a problem, but he turned a blind eye to it, covered it up at every turn, and did not want to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country.
All I care about is enriching my own pockets and receiving filial piety from others! Do you want to give my head to others tomorrow? What do I want from you? If someone comes, fork it out and be executed in Lingchi!!"
Of course, this was just Dai Quan's own imagination, but after spending a long time with the emperor, he understood the words "Being with the emperor is like being with a tiger" deeply rooted in his bones, so he had some persecution paranoia.
Xu Yuantu laughed and said, "Why did the Internal Minister say this? We are all working for the emperor. Didn't this person also ask me to bring him in?"
Hearing Xu Yuantu's words, Dai Quan was so angry! No wonder this old guy kept himself low and acted like a child before, even though he scolded him like that, he didn't retaliate. His feelings were waiting for him here!
Although he could go to Ning Mansion to search for clues, the relationship he had finally established was gone. You know, he received a lot of filial piety from the nobles every year!
Next is the matter of the inner guard. If this matter is investigated, it will be a sure thing that the inner guard is exposed. Facing the four kings and a group of nobles and causing public outrage, Emperor Mingkang will definitely send him out to take the shot.
So even if he could investigate this matter, he didn't want to and didn't dare to investigate. Looking at Xu Yuantu with an innocent look on his face, Dai Quan slapped the tea cup away from the table and fell to the ground.
valve.
"Commander Xu! Did you remember this? Let's ride on the donkey and read the songbook in the future, we'll see!!"
"Also! I also took this internal guard away. There are still a few good people in the hospital to see if they can rescue the person. Waiting for the saint to ask, I just don't know who the saint will send when he sends someone to investigate.
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Hearing Dai Quan's words, Xu Yuantu narrowed his eyes, and his murderous intention was ready to come out. Even if the saint had a purpose for this matter, it would still be an offending job. Once this matter was searched by order, it would be a matter of time before the internal guard's affairs were exposed.
Son, if you are targeted by that group of distinguished nobles, you will not get any good results.
Looking at Dai Quan holding the orchid finger and leaving, Xu Yuantu sighed helplessly, showing a bit of relief on his face, as if he had finally been relieved of a heavy burden. This matter would be much better now than before, if not for his own calculations.
, I’m afraid I have my head tied to my belt now.
In fact, he knew in his heart that this matter would probably go unsolved in the end. It was not like what Dai Quan said. It involved four princes and eight princes and other nobles, as well as the internal guards installed. No matter how bad the brain of Emperor Mingkang was,
Even if they do, they won’t investigate it with great fanfare.
Even if he really wanted to investigate, he could take the opportunity to ask for an imperial edict, and he would no longer be as passive as before.
Another day, as the sun rose in the east, a ship from Suzhou docked at the pier in the capital.