This was Zhao Hao's first time entering the palace. He followed the eldest princess' phoenix sedan chair and entered the Forbidden City from Donghua Gate.

Walk a distance forward and you will reach the cabinet where Lord Xu and Prime Minister Zhang are.

Zhao Hao couldn't help but take a quick glance, and just in time he saw Xu Fan escorting Left Censor-in-Chief Wang Ting out of Wenhua Gate.

He quickly retracted his gaze and silently greeted the young elder's ancestors in his heart...

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Xu Fan also saw the princess and her entourage, so he and Wang Ting stopped and watched the phoenix sedan chair turn north, bypass the first three halls, and head towards the Qianqing Palace.

"Haha, our Princess is really well-informed." The young minister retracted his gaze and smiled at Wang Zongxian beside him, "Is it because of grief over the death of the rabbit, or are you worried about her Xishan Coal Industry?"

"I think it should be the latter." Wang Ting smiled and said without any pretense in front of the young minister: "I guess Your Highness has already expected that the court will close down Xishan Coal Industry."

"I heard that His Highness has already invested more than 200,000 taels of silver." Xu Fan said gloatingly.

"No wonder he's so anxious." It's no wonder that the young cabinet minister would become so arrogant since the ones who support him all day long are at the level of the Chief Censor and the Minister.

"You must withstand the pressure. Do not respond even if it is an imperial decree." Xu Fan ordered in a cold voice, "Wait until I tell you that it is over."

"I understand, your humble servant." Wang Ting nodded, but couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart, isn't this bullying an orphan and a widow?

Just now in the cabinet, he had heard Xu Fan's plan, which was to have the Censorate crack down on science while putting pressure on the eldest princess.

When the princess had no other choice but to ask the young minister for help, Xu Fan would pretend to help her out. Of course, the prerequisite was to change the partner's name from the boy surnamed Zhao to Xu Yuanchun.

This way, you can get both money and people, and you can also vent your anger, it really kills three birds with one stone...

But the Censorate is going to be the bad guy for the young cabinet minister again.

Alas, Benxian is a good person, why can't he escape the fate of being an accomplice to the evil?

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Palace of Heavenly Purity.

The eldest princess asked Zhao Hao to wait outside for a while while she went in to inform him first.

When she entered the East Warm Pavilion, she saw Emperor Longqing standing at the door with an apologetic look on his face, saying awkwardly:

"I don't know how to tell my sister yet, but you know it first."

"Hmph." Ning An went in through the partition and sneered twice, "Brother really knows how to play. First he gave the number one scholar to make people happy for nothing, and then he arrested him. Are you playing cat and mouse?"

"Oh, sister, you have wronged me." Long Qing waved his hand, signaling Teng Xiang to close the door and leave quickly.

Emperor Longqing thought to himself, "Is it easy for me? I am bullied by the ministers outside, and when I come back, I am not only a punching bag for my sister, but I also have to help her cover up the affair...

I'm so hard on myself.

When there were no one around, he apologized with a smile, "Sister, what do you think of my brother? I'll give it to that karmic champion myself. Don't you know what I think of him?"

"Who? Not sure." Ning An said with a straight face.

"Brother-in-law." Longqing said in a mosquito-like voice.

"I didn't hear it clearly." Ning An looked at Long Qing, his phoenix eyes narrowed into fox eyes.

"Brother-in-law, that's enough." Long Qing rolled his eyes and added the prefix "cheap" in his mind.

"That's more like it." Ning An immediately broke down and laughed so hard that he couldn't close his mouth. "That's a good word. Royal brother, call him that in private from now on. Don't call him 'karma' all the time. It sounds weird."

"I feel awkward when I call you that." Long Qing scolded with a smile, and sat next to Ning An and said, "Do you believe now that I didn't do it?"

"I believe it." Ning An nodded with a smile, but asked in confusion: "Brother, if you see someone impeaching Zhao Lang, just keep it in the palace and pretend it doesn't exist."

"They took advantage of a loophole." Long Qing gritted his teeth and said, "According to the regulations, the Imperial Household Department will only report to me the impeachment of officials above the fourth rank. So... although my brother-in-law is the top scholar, he is only the sixth rank. Therefore, Teng Xiang did not even look at it and directly forwarded it to the cabinet."

"Is that so..." Ning An suddenly realized and said to Long Qingfu with a smile: "Then I have wronged my brother."

"Ah, this is also my fault. I didn't explain it clearly to the people below." Longqing touched his forehead with a bitter smile and said, "How can I tell the people below? But after this time, I have an excuse. I will personally read all the memorials related to him."

"What about this time?" Ning An looked at Long Qing eagerly. "Brother, you have to take charge of our family. We are going to be bullied to death by the Xu guy this time!"

Longqing's mouth twitched, and he said bitterly, "We are now a family. As the elder brother, I have become an outsider..."

"They dare to use my sister as an excuse, which is a slap in my face." The emperor complained to his sister angrily, "I have been bullied to death recently."

"When Venus and the moon were in conjunction last time, hundreds of memorials flew in, beating me up like a Buddha, buzz buzz." Longqing complained, "It's really bad luck. It's only been a few days, and another earth dragon has come to turn the tables? Of course, they will take advantage of the victory and beat the fallen dog!"

Ning An heard this, and did not bother to ask what "buzz" meant. He trembled with anger and said:

"Brother, Xishan Coal Industry is still in the preparation stage. I only bought some coal mines there, and I haven't even dug a shovel in yet! Let alone the earth dragon turning over, even if it turns over, it has nothing to do with Zhao Lang and me!"

"Really? That's easier then." Long Qing breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I'll ask General Wang to come over later and send the man home first."

"What about the coal mines?"

"This is quite serious." After more than a year of close combat, Longqing was already very clear about the conduct of the civil servants.

"They would say that even if Xishan Coal Industry had not started construction, other coal mines had been digging for hundreds of years, so the dragon vein would be damaged. Think about it, if the dragon vein is damaged, what is there to dig for?"

"So, all the coal mines in Xishan have to shut down?" Ning An opened her mouth slightly and asked, "What are tens of thousands of people going to eat?"

"Do you understand? This is not just your problem now." The emperor said, scratching his head in worry, "I'm afraid all coal mines will have to stop working, and the people will have to burn firewood instead."

"Beijing has been chopped down, how can there be so much firewood?" Ning An was so angry that he laughed, "Do you think the common people burn charcoal like them?"

"Those censors don't care about that. They have made up their minds and even eight oxen can't pull them back." Long Qing spread his hands and said, "Starving to death is a small matter, but the country is a big matter."

"What does the emperor think?" Ning An looked at Longqing steadily.

"Is it important what I think?" Emperor Longqing said faintly, "Who would care?"

When saying this, the emperor looked like an autistic patient.

"We care about you, Royal Brother!" Ning An hurriedly gave his brother strength.

"Well, you are enough for me." Longqing patted his sister's arm with relief, and sighed: "I can't say for sure now. The country is in turmoil, and the weather is changing frequently. If it is not a warning from heaven as the censors said, who can solve my doubts?"

"There is one person who can." Ning An said.

"Who?" Long Qing looked at Ning An.

"My godson, Zhao Hao." Ning An said apologetically in her heart, Son, mother was busy venting her emotions and kept you waiting for a long time.

"That scientific kid." Long Qing looked at Ning An and laughed, "In fact, I have wanted to ask him for advice for a long time."

"Then why haven't you spoken yet?"

"Because I don't want to drag such a talented young man into this dirty vortex."

Long Qing exhaled a long breath and said, "I don't want those moralistic words to stifle his inspiration. I want to see more new things like telescopes and hot air balloons."

"It doesn't matter now. He has completely offended Elder Xu and Young Elder by promoting science, and he has already fallen into the vortex." Ning An sighed and said, "I think he is also ready to go to war with Yan Lu."

"Then let's meet him." Long Qing nodded and smiled at Ning An, "I am really a little excited when I think about meeting him."

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