826, don't move.
There were bloody knife flashes in the dark and bloodless sword shadows in the open. Feng Qingchen didn't need the Ninth Uncle to remind her that the situation was tense and she couldn't act rashly. At least before the Emperor took action, she couldn't do anything to disrupt the Emperor's plan.
In the study, after listening to the court affairs and learning that Sun Sixing was safe, Feng Qingchen proposed to return to the Feng Mansion. The Ninth Prince disagreed and hugged Feng Qingchen for a long time, but Feng Qingchen was determined to leave.
Sister, if she stayed in the Ninth Prince's Mansion, apart from accompanying the Ninth Prince to do what he loved, she would probably just sleep and restore her strength. She didn't want to do such a stupid thing. No matter how much the Ninth Prince coaxed her, Feng Qingchen would not stay.
The Ninth Prince thought that he had a lot of things to do recently, and Feng Qingchen was determined to leave, so he had to take a step back and let Feng Qingchen take the two secret guard maids with him. During Zuo An's absence, the two maids would protect Feng Qingchen closely.
Feng Qingchen has always attached great importance to her own safety, so of course she would not refuse. That night, she took two maids and returned to Feng Mansion in a low-key manner. When she arrived at Feng Mansion, she did not explain much, and did not even say much about Sun Sixing's affairs. She only told Tong Jue, Tong Yao and others that Sun Sixing was fine.
It must be said that the Ninth Prince's words made Feng Qingchen more alert. All the loyalty was for the betrayal at the last moment. After gaining the master's trust, he struck back at the critical moment. The price...
It's so tragic.
Feng Qingchen knew that she couldn't afford it, so she couldn't give her trust to one person and couldn't let one person monopolize power, so that the entire Feng Mansion would not collapse due to one person's betrayal.
Feng Qingchen decided to find an opportunity to test Chun Hui, Qiu Hua, Xia Wan and Dong Qing. If they were available, he would let them assist Tong Jue and Tong Yao. It is always too dangerous to have all the power.
Feng Qingchen only planned this matter silently in her heart. She couldn't let her uncertainty and suspicion chill the hearts of Tong Jue and Tong Yao. Even if she had worries, she couldn't show them. After all, trust the people you employ, and don't employ them if you don't trust them. The master's distrust is also one of the reasons for subordinates' betrayal.
After returning from the Ninth Prince's Mansion, everyone stared at Feng Qingchen. Thinking of her aggressive posture in the court that day, they thought that she would launch a fierce attack on the Blood-Clothed Guards and Shunning Marquis again with the support of the Ninth Prince's Uncle. However, they did not expect Feng Qingchen to stay indoors, as if the person who complained with red eyes that day was not him.
Marquis Shunning felt something was amiss and sent people to inquire, but they could not get any information. The competition among the upper echelons was not something a marquisate without real power could participate in.
Ever since Feng Qingchen caused such a commotion, the Blood-Clothed Guards have been like an iron barrel. Outsiders can't get in easily, and the people inside can't get out easily.
Five days passed in this dull manner. People are forgetful. Just when everyone thought that Feng Qingchen had chosen to keep quiet under the joint suppression of the Blood-Clothed Guards and the Shunning Marquis' Mansion, something big happened.
"Lu Shaolin was arrested."
Everyone who should know the news knew it within half an hour. Although Feng Qingchen had known for a long time that Lu Shaolin would not have a good ending, he still couldn't help but be surprised after hearing the news.
She didn't expect the emperor to arrest Lu Shaolin so quickly and in such a public manner. She always thought that people from the intelligence agencies should be dealt with secretly. Later she learned that the emperor publicly executed Lu Shaolin in order to pave the way for Dong Ling Ziluo.
After Lu Shaolin was imprisoned, Dong Ling Zi Luo entered the Blood-Cloth Guard as the King of Luo and thoroughly investigated the malpractices of the Blood-Cloth Guard. After executing a large number of people, Dong Ling Zi Luo took over the Blood-Cloth Guard, and the Blood-Cloth Guard became an institution to supervise all officials. As for the original secret investigation and intelligence gathering, they were kept in secret and it is unknown who was in charge of them.
The emperor took this opportunity to change the responsibility of secret investigation from open to covert, and at the same time gave Dongling Ziluo an extremely high power - supervising all officials.
After Lu Shaolin was arrested, it was as if a gap had been opened. Under Dong Ling Zi Luo's manipulation, the Blood-Clothed Guards were no longer the corrupt and heavy organization they used to be. For several nights in a row, the Blood-Clothed Guards acted impulsively and arrested dozens of officials in succession.
The scale of this action is second only to the last incident of treason by the Left Prime Minister. Of course, this is only on the surface. How many people were bloodied in secret is something that ordinary people cannot know.
Feng Qingchen had been holding back, waiting for the emperor to vent his anger, but she didn't expect that she would have to wait until the end of the year, leaving her unable to do anything.
The end of the year is approaching, and the emperor originally wanted to leave Xiling Tianlei and Nanling Jinfan and several other princes to celebrate the New Year in Dongling. However, after the emperor cleaned up the spies of the two countries with an ruthless manner, Xiling Tianlei and Nanling Jinfan could no longer sit still. The emperor celebrated the first day of the month, so of course they had to celebrate the fifteenth day. They both found excuses to return home.
The emperor did not obstruct them. He gave a few meaningful words and sent people from the Ministry of Rites to send the people out according to the rules. After all, the two men would come back after the New Year.
Yaohua's wedding was scheduled for after the New Year, and the competition between the Su family and Feng Qingchen had been postponed again and again and could not be postponed any longer. These two things became their reasons for returning to Dongling.
Xiling Tianyu and Nanling Jinxing did not return to the country. They did not want to return at this moment. Although the emperor wanted to see these brothers return to the country to fight, when he thought that this time both Xiling and Nanling were going to attack their own people, the emperor kindly tried to keep the two of them.
With one less opponent, Dongling’s spies in the two countries would be less in danger.
The weather was very good on the day Xiling Tianlei and Nanling Jinfan set out. The prince led all the officials to see them off at the city gate. After seeing them off, the smile on the prince's face faded. Looking at his younger brother and ministers standing below him, the prince covered his heart and lowered his eyes slightly to hide the helplessness in his eyes.
"Go back." The words without any emotion showed the prince's helplessness.
The emperor favors Dongling Ziluo even more. Although Dongling Ziluo is not the crown prince, he has the real power of the crown prince because of the emperor's favor. If the ninth uncle had not asked for it, it would be Dongling Ziluo who came to send Xiling Tianlei and Nanling Jinfan today.
Nanling Jinfan had nothing to say, but Xiling Tianlei was the prince of Xiling, and the person who could send him off must be someone who matched his status. The emperor's move was to tell all the ministers that Dongling Ziluo was the invisible prince.
No matter how many twists and turns there are, Feng Qingchen only knows that the two plague gods are finally gone, and her world is peaceful.
Although she really wanted to take action against the Shunning Marquis' Mansion, Feng Qingchen also knew that the emperor wanted to have a peaceful year and would never allow her to cause trouble before the New Year. No matter how anxious Feng Qingchen was, she could only wait until after the New Year. Fortunately, Sun Sixing was fine and Feng Qingchen could wait.
Feng Qingchen had nothing to do during this period before the New Year, so she prepared to get the information about Shandong Luan. She wanted to think about how to act in Shandong next year. But just as she got the information, a servant came to report: "Miss, Master Yun wants to see you."
"Yun Xiao? He is finally here." Feng Qingchen quickly put down the information in his hand, stood up and walked out.
To her, Yun Xiao was half a friend and half a patient. When they heard Yun Xiao was looking for her, they knew without a doubt that it was related to his illness...
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