The cherry-like lips were already in front of him. He only needed to lower his head a little more to touch them.

Who would have thought that he would hear her say this at this moment?

Yuwen Lan was stunned and asked, "What?"

Yan Shu repeated, "That is, if someone has associated me with Master Xiaoyao in the past few days, please help me to block it."

Yuwen Lan frowned and asked her, "Why would someone associate you with Master Xiaoyao?"

Did something happen that he didn't know?

Sure enough, she coughed and said, "It's just... a while ago, I found someone secretly stealing the waste paper thrown out of my palace. I guess he wanted to find out what I was writing."

Yuwen Lan frowned again and said, "Someone stole your waste paper? Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Yan Shu thought, how fun would it be if she told me earlier?

If she had told me earlier, at most he would have sent someone to catch the servant who caught the waste paper.

However, even if it could be found out that the man was from Anpin's palace, Anpin could completely say that she didn't know to clear herself of suspicion. After all, stealing some garbage in the palace is not a serious crime.

How could it be as satisfying as it is now, first messing up the other party's camp, and then watching the other party panic, doubt life, and collapse of faith?

Of course, with Concubine An's intelligence, after seeing the little tidbits she had deliberately released before, and after seeing the official masterpiece today, it is very likely that she would link her with Young Master Xiaoyao.

She was not afraid of what Concubine An would do, she just wanted to make preparations with the emperor first.

After all, as she wrote more and more stories in the future, it would inevitably lead to more speculation. Only the identity of the emperor could perfectly quell all doubts and make people lose their temper and be convinced.

Hehe, fortunately, I had already thought of a male pen name, so that it would be more suitable for the emperor to use.

Yuwen Lan, who was listening silently, "???"

So this pit had been dug for him a long time ago?

At the moment, she was still making excuses as if nothing had happened, "Because I don't know who stole the garbage, and I can't report it to His Majesty even if I want to."

Yuwen Lan snorted and laughed, "Then why do you want to tell me now?"

Yan Shu said with a clear conscience, "Because His Majesty just said that he would protect me. Didn't I tell you that?"

[Why are you talking so much nonsense? Anyway, it's time to use you now. Anyway, you had half the idea of ​​writing the script, so you have to do it anyway! ]

Yuwen Lan, "..."

Is she being so self-righteous?

However, it's rare for her to come to him for help. Besides, she's his own woman, who else can help her if he doesn't help her?

So he said, "Of course I keep my word, and you should have come to me earlier about this matter. But it's late now, let's arrange it tomorrow morning."

Yan Shu hurriedly replied, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

[Tomorrow morning is not too late, I guess Concubine An and her family will definitely not be able to sleep tonight... Hehe...]

Just as she was quietly happy, she saw Yuwen Lan pulling her into his arms and said, "I am right in front of you, don't think about the mess."

Yan Shu was stunned and said stubbornly, "I didn't..."

Before she finished speaking, her lower back was gently pinched.

Yan Shu shu was startled, but saw him raise his eyebrows and say, "The price of lying."

Yan Shu was startled and hurriedly said, "I dare not..."

Tsk, why does this man seem to have the ability to read minds...

But the thought just came to her mind, but was drowned in a kiss.

~~

Just as Yan Shu expected, the lights in the Minister of Rites' Mansion were on tonight.

And in the Lanlin Palace, Concubine An almost didn't sleep all night.

Concubine An thought a lot -

the story about grandfather and second aunt was probably true. Achang might really be their flesh and blood...

Although she didn't want to face it, it was already a fact. But

the most important thing now is - what happened to Li Yanshu's waste paper?

And what is her relationship with Master Xiaoyao?

Why did her waste paper talk about the same thing as Master Xiaoyao's storybook?

Why do they both know grandfather's secrets! ! !

The more she thought about these things, the more she shuddered.

Could it be that... Li Yanshu is actually Master Xiaoyao?

But how could she have such ability to know the secrets of so many ministers?

After tossing and turning for a long time, she finally got up from the tent and called Liu Di, saying, "Go tell Shuangxi to wait outside Ganlu Hall now, and don't miss anything thrown out from inside, and bring it all to me."

Liu Di hurriedly agreed and went out to pass the message.

Shuangxi had no choice but to hurry to the outside of Ganlu Hall.

After waiting from early morning to dawn, and from dawn to noon, he finally saw someone from Ganlu Hall carrying a paper basket out.

He immediately followed quietly, and when the other party emptied the garbage in the paper basket, he hurriedly picked it up and ran to Lanlin Hall.

But before he had taken a few steps, several people suddenly rushed out from the side of the road and shouted at him, "Stop! What are you doing so sneakily?"

Shuangxi was startled and looked up, only to see that it was Yao Shun, the chief eunuch of the inner court.

The inner court eunuchs were a place where people were eaten without leaving any bones. Shuangxi immediately panicked and said, "No, I didn't do anything..."

But before he could finish his words, the other party had already grabbed him and started to search him without saying a word.

The waste paper he had hidden immediately fell down.

But Yao Shun picked up a piece of paper and took a look at it, then suddenly frowned and said, "How dare you steal the handwriting of His Majesty? Catch him and torture him severely!"

...

Concubine An did not sleep all night. At dawn, she received news from her natal family that her grandfather was still unable to get out of bed. Several doctors said he had a stroke.

This news was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue. Once her grandfather had a stroke, it would be equivalent to saying goodbye to the officialdom directly. It would be difficult for the Song family to make a living in the future.

However, before she could come up with a good idea, she saw the palace maid Mei Xue hurried to report, "My master, Shuangxi was arrested by the inner court supervisor!"

"What?"

Anpin was shocked.

- You know, even if Shuangxi was seen picking up the garbage in Ganlu Palace, it would not be a big crime. There are often people in this palace picking up leftovers, rags and the like.

How could it be related to the inner court supervisor?

But Mei Xue said, "It turns out that there is the handwriting of His Majesty in the garbage he picked up in Ganlu Palace."

The handwriting of His Majesty?

Anpin was startled and suddenly had a bad premonition.

However, at this moment, Fu Hai came to the palace and said seriously, "His Majesty is in Ci'an Palace, please go over to question him."

...

Anpin walked all the way, and she kept thinking in her heart, why did His Majesty's handwriting appear in the paper basket?

She suddenly felt vaguely that this matter was probably designed by Li Yanshu to seduce her from the beginning.

When she arrived at Ci'an Palace, she saw that besides the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, Li Yanshu was also standing by the side. Besides them, there was also the Inner Court Supervisor Yao Shun.

After she paid her respects to the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, she heard Yao Shun say, "Just now, I caught a young eunuch outside Ganlu Palace, sneaking around and trying to steal your Majesty's handwriting. After checking, it turned out that he was from Lanlin Palace. May I ask, Madam An, did you ask him to go?"

An said hurriedly, "I just learned about this. Your Majesty, please understand. I have no idea."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yao Shun waved to the side, and saw someone dragging a man with a bruised face and blood over to him. It was none other than Shuangxi.

Concubine An was shocked, but she insisted, "This is indeed a servant in my palace, but I don't know why he did this, and it was definitely not my order." After all, she

had been in the palace for so long, she knew that as long as she didn't plead guilty and Shuangxi didn't confess, no one could force the crime on her. As soon as

she finished speaking, she heard the king say, "Drag her away and continue to torture her."

Yao Shun agreed and asked someone to drag Shuangxi away.

Concubine An looked calm, but she was very nervous.

Stealing garbage is a small matter, but stealing the handwriting of His Majesty is a serious crime.

Once involved, I'm afraid it wouldn't be too much to kill her.

At this moment, the king spoke again, "Even if it wasn't you who ordered it, it was someone in your palace."

Anpin knelt down and bowed her head, saying, "It was me who didn't discipline the palace maids. It was indeed my fault. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

Yuwen Lan looked at the Queen Mother again and said, "This is not a trivial matter. If I bypass it, I don't know how many people in the harem will follow suit. Once it gets out, it will be a joke." The Queen Mother

could only nod and said, "That's true."

Yuwen Lan turned to Anpin again, "You don't have to worry about the Internal Affairs Bureau. Before the truth comes out, you must stay in the palace and don't come out again."

Anpin's heart tightened.

Once she was confined, she would no longer be able to help with her grandfather's affairs!

However, she herself was in danger at this time.

She could only kneel down and answer, "Your concubine obeys your command."

Then she got up and left Ci'an Palace.

——The only thing left now is to wait for Shuangxi to take the blame himself. Once he dies, she will be cleared of suspicion.

But how can she investigate Li Yanshu's matter?

Behind him, the empress dowager suddenly said, "This little eunuch is a piece of trash picked up from the harem. How did he steal your majesty's handwriting?"

Yuwen Lan said calmly, "I noticed that Concubine Yi's handwriting is not good, so I'm asking her to practice calligraphy recently. Sometimes there is no copybook, so I will write something myself and ask her to copy. It's probably because Ganlu Palace has used a lot of paper recently, which has aroused the interest of some people." The empress dowager

already understood and didn't say anything more. After all,

it was she who gave the job of assisting in the Internal Affairs Bureau to Concubine An, and she didn't expect that something would happen so soon.

The emperor set the scene in her palace today, wasn't it just to make her speechless?

He is also a fool, that's all.

But she nodded and said, "This is a good habit."

Yuwen Lan hummed, and suddenly said, "I heard that the Minister of Rites is ill."

The Queen Mother sighed, "Yes, Concubine An came to ask for my permission yesterday and asked Doctor Yu to come over to see him. Later, Doctor Yu came to report to me that the Minister of Rites had a stroke. It's pitiful, this disease is very troublesome, and some suffering has been suffered."

Yuwen Lan nodded and said, "After all, he is an old minister, I should ask someone to go and see him

." Everyone in Ci'an Palace heard it, and they all thought that he was taking the initiative to repair the relationship with the Queen Mother.

After all, the Minister of Rites was the Queen Mother's man. If the king sent someone to express his condolences, wouldn't it be equivalent to extending the Queen Mother's face?

The Queen Mother did not think much about it, but nodded and said, "It is an honor for His Majesty to be so considerate."

~~

Soon, Yan Shu followed Yuwen Lan out of Ci'an Palace.

Fortunately, she got a ride on the imperial chariot again. When no one was around, she asked Yuwen Lan, "When does Your

Majesty plan to send someone to the Song family?" Yuwen Lan said, "I'll think of someone first. What's the matter?"

Yan Shu said, "Nothing. I just thought that the Song family might be busy recently, so Your Majesty's people have to go at the right time."

[Tsk, this opportunity must be seized. It would be best to catch up with the mess in their mansion and see the excitement at once! ]

Yuwen Lan, "..."

She said this as if she could go.

But then she sighed with regret, "If only I could go."

- After catching the adulterer on the street last time, she found that eating melons on the spot was different.

For example, if she didn't follow Zhao Chengwen, how would she know that the princess's husband would not last long?

So if you can go to the scene to eat, you still have to go to the scene, details are also very important!

However, she didn't know that the man next to her couldn't help but twitch his eyebrows, and hurriedly said, "I will find a time to ask a trusted minister to go, don't worry. You should go back and think about your storybook."

Tsk, this girl, what is the lasting or not!

~~

The Minister of Rites' Mansion.

Seeing that Yang had been locked up for a day, she still hadn't vented her anger. She smashed bowls and kicked tables and chairs, still clamoring to go out.

After a lot of commotion, a housekeeper finally came outside the door and said to her, "Second Madam, the eldest master has already spoken. It is you who made the old master so upset. Until the old master gets better, you should stay in your room and don't think about coming out again." Yang

immediately scolded, "You really know how to put the blame on others! You bully me for being honest and bully me because no one stands up for me, right? Be careful that you push me too far or we will all be in trouble!!!"

At this time, in the front yard, the couple of the eldest branch of the Song family had just received a letter from the palace, saying that they were their only hope at the moment, and their daughter, Concubine An, was also under house arrest.

The couple was shocked and wanted to ask for the reason, but the messenger just left with a cold word.

Just when the couple was getting anxious like ants on a hot pot, they heard the second wife Yang's scolding.

Tian scolded, "This ignorant thing thinks the house is not messy enough? I wish I could sew her mouth shut!"

As soon as she finished speaking, her husband Song Yuankui paused and suddenly whispered, "Then don't let her yell anymore."

~~

Yang's quarrel lasted until the evening, and she was finally tired.

Dinner happened to be delivered, and she was about to eat when a servant suddenly came into the room and said, "Wait, Madam, be careful, the rice is poisoned."

She was startled and immediately put down her bowl and chopsticks, but looked at the servant in confusion and asked, "How did you know?"

The servant did not answer her, but took some rice and vegetables and threw them into the fish bowl in the room. In a moment, all the fish in the bowl turned upside down.

Yang was shocked and immediately said angrily, "Great! They actually dared to kill people! I will go out and settle the matter with them!"

But the servant stopped her and said, "Second Madam, calm down. They want to kill you. If you go out now, you will alert them. When they come to you, how can you escape?"

Yang came to her senses and said with fear, "Then what should I do? Should I wait to die here?"

But the other party asked her, "Second Madam, do you know why they want to hurt you?"

Yang felt uneasy and stammered, "They are probably afraid that something will happen to the master, and the second branch will compete with them for the family property..."

The servant smiled and said, "You should know it in your heart. It's okay not to tell me, but now there is only one chance to save you."

Yang asked hurriedly, "What chance?"

The other party said, "Your Majesty has sent several adults to visit the master, and they will soon arrive at the mansion. This is your only chance to ask for help. If you miss it, I'm afraid even the gods can't save you."

Yang was startled, frowned and thought for a while, and finally nodded.

Not long after, the king's personal envoy arrived at the Song Mansion.

The visitor did not say hello, so Song Yuankui, the head of the Song Mansion, could only rush out to greet him.

When he saw the people, he was surprised to find that there were three special envoys -

Li Hongsheng, the Minister of Personnel, Ji Wenchi, the newly appointed Minister of Revenue. And Xun Fei, the commander of the Jinyiwei.

Song Yuankui was stunned .

This lineup was really unexpected.

The other two were court officials of the same level as his father, but what about the commander of the Jinyiwei?

Although he was puzzled, he still welcomed the three people to his mansion.

The three naturally went to see the Minister of Rites first.

But seeing that he could not speak or move his hands and could only lie on the bed, he had to express his condolences and leave.

Song Yuankui accompanied him all the way, but he heard the Minister of Personnel say, "Lord Song has always been in good health

. I didn't hear that he was feeling unwell a few days ago. How come he suddenly became like this?" Song Yuankui could only say, "It's probably because there have been too many trivial matters at home recently, and we, the younger generation, have neglected to care for our father... After all, it's still my fault."

The three people didn't say anything else, just comforted him a few words and left.

Song Yuankui sent them out.

However, just after leaving the room, a violent howling sounded, and a woman with disheveled hair rushed to the few people and cried, "Please save me, the Song family is going to kill people to silence them!"

...

The next day, a piece of news shocked the court and the people inside and outside, leaving the people of the whole city dumbfounded.

——Song Zhirong, the Minister of Rites, was morally corrupt and disregarded human relations. He even occupied and humiliated his daughter-in-law for nearly twenty years.

After the shock, officials and people from top to bottom all despised this man.

However, soon after, another jaw-dropping news came out-it turned out that

even the son born to his second daughter-in-law Yang was the flesh and blood of this old man.

The son of the second branch of the Song family, Song Yunchang, was his grandson in name, but actually his son.

People didn't know what to say anymore, they could only spit and shake their heads, and all scolded the old man for being ridiculous.

——In fact, Yang didn't mention the son at first.

But unexpectedly, at the critical moment, her frail husband Song Yuanwei, who was out of breath when walking, stood up and pointed out that the son was not his.

It turned out that Song Yuanwei knew everything a long time ago.

After getting married, he only had sex with Yang twice, and each time the date did not match the date of the child's birth.

Because of this incident, he was depressed for many years, which made his condition worse. However, he did not have the courage to break free from the shackles of family affection. He could only numb himself and let the two do whatever they wanted. It was not

until he saw the new work of Xiaoyao Gongzi a few days ago that

he remembered that there might be another possibility in his life.

Once this matter was exposed, the king immediately dismissed all the official positions and reputations of the old man Song Zhilang and demoted him to a commoner.

Immediately afterwards, his eldest son Song Yuankui, the biological father of Concubine An, was also dismissed and held accountable for crimes such as attempted murder and openly bullying civilians. In the end, he was punished for multiple crimes and exiled to the border. Concubine

An was also removed from her position because she ordered the palace maids to steal the emperor's handwriting. She was sent to Yuzhen Palace, which was specially used to imprison the royal family's criminal women, and she never saw the light of day again.

Fortunately, the king was clear about rewards and punishments. Considering that Song Yuanwei, the second son of the Song family, was a victim, he was brave enough to expose his father's evil deeds and saved him from being implicated by his family.

After thanking the emperor, Song Yuanwei packed his bags and left the capital, disappearing from everyone's sight.

Maybe he can really achieve the ending in the story.

~~

Although the incident has come to an end, it has still been discussed for a long time inside and outside the palace, on the streets and alleys, after dinner.

When Ren Dong was free and had nothing to do, she also sighed to Yan Shu, "I never thought that the richer the family, the more filth they can harbor. Look at what kind of people are in this family? Fortunately, the second master of the Song family left the capital. How would they survive if they stayed?"

"But then again, where did the Yang mother and daughter go?"

Yan Shu said while eating melon seeds, "Didn't they go to serve the old man? Anyway, the two of them had already done what they wanted, and there was no one left in the Song family. Who would she care about? Her son is still the old man's, so it can be regarded as sending the old man to his end."

Thinking of this, Ren Dong couldn't help but spit, "It's so disgusting, and they deserve it to be disgusted by themselves in the end."

Then she asked her curiously, "Why haven't you written the storybook these two days, master?"

Yan Shu sighed, "I'm tired and want to rest."

——Well, actually she is avoiding the limelight.

This time, this book "Real Men Stand Up" once again mentioned the affairs of the Minister of Rites' Mansion, which shocked the outside world and once again speculated about her identity.

Some people even said that she was a god who came to the world to punish evil people.

Of course, there are also smart people who guess that her identity is not ordinary - she

is so fearless and dares to expose the scandals of officials, and she is so accurate. It is very likely that she is the emperor's confidant, an important official in the court.

In short...she has to cool down.

It is better to ask the people to focus on production and life first. It is not good to read storybooks all day long.

Focus, focus.

Of course, the most important thing is that the storybooks she wrote recently are not suitable for publication.

For example, the one about the consort Zhao Chengwen. Since the emperor hadn't told the princess yet, he must have his own plan. If she published the storybook rashly and let the princess know that she was cuckolded, it would be bad if it caused bloodshed. She

did have a few more books in stock, but they were all a bit erotic, and the emperor didn't allow it.

It was really boring.

She was eating melon seeds and thinking about what to write next, but she saw Lian Xin come in to report, "Master, the queen mother sent an order saying that Ci'an Palace made some cakes and asked you to try them."

Yan Shu was stunned. The queen mother asked him to have some snacks?

Tsk, what was she selling?

Of course she couldn't refuse, so she had to change her clothes and go to Ci'an Palace.

When she arrived, she found that the emperor was there, wearing a dark blue dragon robe, listening to the queen mother.

"I really misjudged her. I thought she was a lady from a famous family, well-educated and well-mannered. However, I didn't expect that she was not a famous family, but she was also vicious. They were really in cahoots with each other and were extremely filthy."

Yan Shu heard that the Queen Mother was talking about Concubine An.

Tsk, in fact, think about it, the Queen Mother is also very tired.

——Seeing that her niece is hopeless, she finally found someone with a little IQ, but she didn't expect that the family is still so disappointing.

But Yuwen Lan said, "This is their fault, and it has nothing to do with the Queen Mother."

The Queen Mother hummed, then turned her eyes to Yan Shu and said, "Hurry up and sit down. Today, I asked them to make some taro cakes and double bean cakes. I heard that you like them, so I asked you to try them."

Yan Shu knelt down and saluted, "Thank you Queen Mother for your concern."

Then she sat down aside.

The palace maid brought the snacks, which looked good.

Although Yan Shu was a little greedy, she still knew how to treat them, knowing that the Queen Mother didn't just want to treat her to a snack.

However, she still had to do something. So

she took a piece of double bean cake.

Before she put it in her mouth, she heard the Queen Mother said, "By the way, I heard that there is a very powerful writer of storybooks on the market recently. His name seems to be... Young Master? It is said that what he writes is exactly the same as the real thing. Even the matter of Xie Pei and the Song family was exaggerated by him. I wonder who has such a great ability. Can he predict the future?"

Yan Shu was stunned and thought to herself that he had come as expected.

But it doesn't matter, anyway, the emperor is here today.

It's time for him to take the stage.

Sure enough, Yuwen Lan said to the empress dowager, "I asked someone to write it." The

empress dowager was surprised, "What? Your Majesty asked someone to write it? Why is Your Majesty like this?"

Yuwen Lan remained calm and said, "Actually, I had heard about their affairs a long time ago, so I asked someone to check it out. I wrote it as a storybook, on the one hand, to warn the world and prevent people from following their footsteps; on the other hand, I also wanted to save their face. If they can take the initiative to turn themselves in, I can deal with them leniently."

"But I didn't expect that not only did they not repent, but they became even worse. It's really disappointing."

After the empress dowager finished speaking, she paused, then nodded and said, "This method is indeed good, but it's a pity that they are so unreasonable. I hope that after these times, others can be warned."

As she spoke, she said in her heart, "Sure enough, it was not Li Yanshu, but the emperor. I was saying, how could this girl have such great ability? 】

【But... is the emperor so powerful? 】

Yuwen Lan listened silently and said nothing.

But Yan Shu was silently sighing beside her -

as far as she knew, although Concubine An had some doubts, she was locked up in Lanlin Palace before the truth was confirmed, and she had no way to communicate with the outside world.

So the Queen Mother's question today was completely her own judgment.

Today, she and the emperor were summoned, and she suddenly asked this question. The Queen Mother probably wanted to see if she would reveal any flaws. Damn, the

Queen Mother is really powerful. Fortunately, she was not born in this generation, otherwise she didn't know how many times she would die at the hands of the Queen Mother!

At this moment, she heard a ding from the system, [Hey, the Queen Mother used to be a simple, innocent and cute little girl. 】