"You still need to change the dressing on your head every day, but it's not serious. Just take good care of it for ten days to half a month."
Although Gu Yanfei saved him, it did not prevent her from disliking this person.
He loved his wife deeply, but he did make a mistake.
When the old woman heard that Gu Yanfei wanted to prescribe a prescription, she hurried to prepare pen and ink.
Gu Yanfei wrote out the prescription in no time. Just as he put down his pen, the waiter outside the door came into the courtyard with a wooden box in his hand. He handed it to Censor Lian and said with a smile, "Lord Lian, here are some excellent tonics such as ginseng and ganoderma lucidum. Your Highness gave them to Madam Ling."
"..." Lian Yushi once again widened his eyes in shock, his red old eyes filled with tears again, his heart was moved and felt ashamed.
The eldest prince is kind-hearted, magnanimous, and forgiving. He will definitely be a benevolent king in the future!
Lian Yushi almost knelt down again, and then he saw Chu Yi sighing slightly and gently and politely advised: "Master Lian, it is better not to use the Feng family's things anymore."
After being reminded by Chu Yi, Lian Yushi moved his nose subconsciously. The ginseng smell in the air seemed to become stronger and lingered around his nose.
He immediately thought of the ginseng that the Feng family gave him.
Lian the imperial envoy knew what was good for him. He understood that the eldest prince was doing this for his own good and that the Feng family had evil intentions. The things they gave him were stolen goods. Since he had already turned against the Feng family and testified against them, he should not continue to use the medicinal herbs given by the Feng family with a clear conscience.
"Old Qian's family," Lian Yushi hurriedly ordered the maid, "go and throw away all the ginseng herbs that the Feng family gave us."
The old woman responded hastily and went back into the house.
Soon, she took out the half-eaten ginseng from the house and said to Lian Yushi in a stammering voice: "Master, there is only half left..."
The woman's round face showed a look of distress, and she thought to herself: This is a top-quality century-old ginseng! Lian Yushi waved his hand, signaling her to throw it away quickly.
The old woman agreed, but then she heard a male voice as loud as the sound of jade ringing: "Wait!"
The old woman stopped and looked nervously at the immortal young man in white. The handsome brows on his handsome face were slightly frowned.
Even the censor looked at Chu Yi with a little uneasiness.
"Bring it here for me to see." Chu Yi waved to the old woman, with a graceful and peaceful smile on his face.
Seeing that her master had always been respectful to the immortal young man, the old woman knew that he must be an important person. Without saying a word, she presented the half ginseng with both hands, moving very carefully, for fear of accidentally offending the important person.
Chu Yi picked up the half ginseng, half-closed his eyes and looked at it carefully, his brows furrowed even more, which made even the censor's heart skip a beat.
Lian Yushi asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, is there something wrong with this ginseng?" Is it poisonous? The maid next to him swallowed her saliva. She knew that anyone who could be called "Your Highness" was a noble among nobles.
"This is the tribute ginseng from the inner treasury." Chu Yi's tone remained unhurried, his eyes as deep as the night.
What?! Lian Yushi felt as if he was struck by lightning, his face turned even paler, and he almost fainted from fright.
In other words, this ginseng was stolen from the emperor's inner treasury?
The palace was heavily guarded and well defended, not even a fly could fly out. It was obvious that stealing from the inner treasury was not something that the Feng family alone could do.
Prince Kang, the only one who could do this was Prince Kang behind the Feng family! Prince Kang even dared to use the emperor's inner treasury for private use, and he also helped the tyrant to commit atrocities, almost trapping the emperor and the eldest prince in injustice!
The more Censor Lian thought about it, the more frightened he became, and the more regretful he felt.
Gu Yanfei stood under a magnolia tree with his hands behind his back, looking up at the treetops above. It was early spring, and the magnolia tree had already grown flower buds, the tree was full of fragrance and was breathtakingly beautiful.
He is so cunning. Gu Yanfei sighed silently in his heart, and heard Chu Yi's gentle voice: "Master Lian, I want to take this ginseng away."
"Your Highness, please do as you wish." Censor Lian nodded hastily, his forehead covered in cold sweat and his heart in a state of confusion.
He calmed himself down and explained hastily, "Your Highness, I didn't know this ginseng was a tribute ginseng, otherwise I would never dare to..."
"Don't worry, Master Lian," Chu Yi gently interrupted Censor Lian, who was about to swear to heaven, and comforted him, "I know that the theft of the inner treasury has nothing to do with you, Master."
"The theft in the inner treasury is a serious matter and must be thoroughly investigated. In the next few days, the Royal Guards will temporarily seal off your mansion. I will instruct them not to disturb the daily lives of Lord Lian and Madam Lian."
Chu Yi used both kindness and force to persuade the censor to be grateful. He felt that the eldest prince was not only fair and just, but also kind and benevolent. When he ascended the throne in the future, he would surely be a benevolent monarch with the world in his heart.
"Your Highness is wise." Lian Yushi bowed to Chu Yi with tears of gratitude, wishing he could kneel three times and kowtow nine times to thank him for his kindness.
With the help of Lao Qian, Censor Lian walked tremblingly to the gate and respectfully escorted the two men to the carriage.
As soon as Gu Yanfei got on the carriage, he leaned lazily against the wall and muttered, "Gong Shen?"
No matter how poor the Feng family is, they should not be so poor that they cannot even produce a century-old ginseng and have to steal from the inner treasury.
Only someone as stupid as Yu Shi, who read so much, would believe Chu Yi's words.
She raised her eyebrows at Chu Yi, smiling like a blooming spring flower, her shoulders shaking slightly, and her pupils unusually bright.
This smile was considered as a tacit agreement.
Chu Yi raised his hand and opened the curtain on one side, threw the half ginseng to the picker outside, and ordered: "Order Qin He to thoroughly investigate the case of the internal official supervisor stealing from the inner treasury."
Xiao Shi responded respectfully and jumped on his horse.
Chu Yi lowered the curtains again and took out a red lacquered wooden box from the secret compartment of the carriage. The box was divided into nine compartments, each containing different candied fruits, dried fruits, nuts, crispy candies, etc.
He pushed the wooden box towards her and chatted with her, "The Internal Affairs Supervisor is not only in charge of all matters in the inner court, but also in charge of all documents transferred between the inner court and the outer court. For the past twenty years, the Internal Affairs Supervisor has always been in the hands of the Empress Dowager."
The most important things in the inner court are the appointment and transfer of personnel and the delivery of internal and external information, both of which are controlled by the Internal Affairs Supervisor.
This means that the emperor is not only cut off from the outside world in the palace, but also the Queen Mother and Prince Kang may place people around him at any time, making him hard to guard against.
Gu Yanfei was used to Chu Yi telling her about things in the court and the palace from time to time, but she listened to him in one ear and out the other, and casually picked up a candied fruit from the box and put it between her lips.
So sour!
Her eyes narrowed into an arc that looked like she was about to cry but not yet.
Chu Yi took two walnuts from the box, held them in his palms, and squeezed them gently.
“Crack.”
The shells of the two walnuts broke into pieces.
Gu Yanfei swallowed the candied fruit in his mouth and silently shed tears of sympathy for the people in the Internal Affairs Bureau.
Chu Yi half-lowered his eyelashes, and slowly peeled off the walnut shell with his cold white fingers, taking out the intact walnut kernel. He ate one himself and fed the other to Gu Yanfei.
The walnut kernels are crispy and quite suit Gu Yanfei's appetite.
The carriage moved slowly and drove out of the alley.
Outside the carriage, Xiao Shi rode his horse ahead of them and galloped towards the palace.
An incense stick later, the eunuch Qin He, the chief supervisor of the Imperial Household Department, received the "evidence" handed over by Xiao Shi and the eldest prince's order. He immediately led a team of people to arrest and interrogate all the eunuchs in the inner treasury in a lightning speed.
All the palace servants were in a state of trepidation, fearing that they would be implicated.
There was a panic in the palace, and rumors were spreading:
"I heard that the inner treasury was robbed. Stealing and selling items from the inner treasury without permission is a capital crime. These people are really too bold."
"It's been a turbulent time recently. Last time the emperor fell into the water on the pleasure boat, even Eunuch Li was punished. I don't know how many people will be implicated this time."
"Eunuch Li is the confidant of the Empress Dowager, and he is the eunuch who holds the seal of the Imperial Household Department. He has been captured by Eunuch Qin. I think the person who falls into the hands of Eunuch Qin is in great danger..."
“…”
All the looks of surprise and anxiety were cast towards the Internal Affairs Bureau. In less than an hour, all the captured eunuchs confessed under the severe punishment.
The palace servants watched Qin He, his robe stained with blood, walk out of the Imperial Household Department and go to the Yangxin Palace to ask to see the eldest prince.
Another half hour later, the eldest prince Chu Yi issued a swift and resolute order to reorganize the Internal Affairs Bureau on the grounds that "the internal affairs of the Internal Affairs Bureau are not in good order, which is why problems keep occurring". The entire inner court was shocked.
Some of Li Han's confidants also raised questions about this, but they were immediately "interrogated" by Qin He and found out of crimes such as corruption or collusion with foreign courts. The miserable plight of these people made everyone in the palace feel insecure and panic-stricken.
In just three days, under the leadership of Chu Yi, the Internal Affairs Bureau was split into twelve bureaus of the Inner Court. Although the name of the Internal Affairs Bureau was retained, its responsibilities were greatly reduced. From then on, it was only responsible for the construction of palaces, tombs, utensils, ice cellars, etc., which was only equivalent to the Ministry of Works of the Inner Court.
The Imperial Household Officials' Office, a giant entity that had absolute power over the inner court, collapsed in an instant and could never be saved.
This rectification in the inner court was carried out with great fanfare, but to the outside world, no one was aware of what was happening in the inner court.
It was not until the 19th day of the first lunar month that Prince Kang Chuyou noticed something was wrong in the inner court.
"Your Highness, there is still no news from the palace today." Chu You's personal eunuch said cautiously, unable to hide his uneasiness.
Usually someone from the palace would deliver news every three or four days, but since the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the news suddenly stopped.
A dark cloud rose over Chu You's forehead. He paced back and forth irritably, his tall and straight figure tense.
Not being able to get any news from the palace made Chu You feel like a headless fly, as if something was out of his control.
(End of this chapter)
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