Li Zhenglong and his wife discussed how to try their loyalty, so they began to think about how to implement it in detail. No matter what, this is a big deal and they can't discuss it with outsiders, so they had to think about it themselves...

At the same time, the same is true in the eldest princess's mansion. The eldest princess got the news that her daughter and son-in-law disappeared, somehow, and a group of followers and servants also disappeared, just like the world has evaporated!

The eldest princess was so angry that she felt dizzy that she could not get up while lying on the bed. She originally wanted Princess Yingwei and Dugu Baoqiao to walk slowly, or stay halfway, so she could think of ways to prevent them from going to the south. In fact, the south is still good, the climate is warm and there are many fruits, but the key is that the place they went was too south, and they were afraid that they would not be able to come back after going. How could she, a mother, bear to bear it!

But the daughter and son-in-law suddenly disappeared, but she couldn't make a statement. Otherwise, wouldn't everyone know that Dugu Baoqiao and his wife did not rush to the south? This was a crime of deceiving the emperor and no one could afford it.

The head of the guard was anxious. After all, the eldest princess is not young anymore and is also a little old lady. If something happens, wouldn't it be bad? He came to see the eldest princess, knelt on the bed, and said, "Your Highness, the little princess and the princess are probably taken away. Otherwise, with their personalities, they would not have disappeared suddenly and would not say hello to you."

The eldest princess sighed and said, "Everyone knows this, but who was the question to capture them? They have a lot of followers. If they want to capture them, they must be the major forces in Beijing, but whose family is it? Although Li Zhenglong is very brave, he is not that far."

"Maybe it's a bandit?" The guard leader said hesitantly, but he also felt that it was not reliable. There were no large bandits in the Gyeonggi area. Not to mention the bandits who dared to kidnap the princess and princesses. What a large bandit, at least to the point where they can occupy the mountain and become king. How could such bandits be there in the Gyeonggi area?

The eldest princess shook her head. It was impossible for her to be a bandit, but only a hostile force in the capital.

The head of the guard thought for a while, then hesitated: "Your Highness, the matter between the prince consort and the little princess is a big deal, and you cannot ignore it. I am not flexible enough. I can't think of the reason, so I want to ask Your Highness to invite the ministers and study it together!"

The story of Princess Yingwei and Dugu Baoqiao returning to Beijing is absolutely confidential. Except for the people in the mansion, no other minister knows. Even if the people in the mansion are, only people like the guard leader can know it. Just as he said, this is a big deal, so how can outsiders know it?

The eldest princess closed her eyes and thought for a moment. She felt that if she recruited such a big event, if she recruited a small official or a middle-level official, she would probably not be able to study anything at all. Only important officials in the court were qualified to participate in the research. However, in recent times, the important officials in the court have changed a lot. Many important officials have been cleaned up, and she has not won over the new ranks, so it is quite worrying to discuss with anyone.

Opening her eyes, she said, "It seems that only Shangshu Ling Zheng Ruiqi is more friendly to us, but if he comes to study such things, will he dare to do it?"

In the Dafang Empire, the central institutions were the Secretariat, the Menxia Province, the Secretariat, and the Dugu Empress added a Feng Pavilion to the three provinces. However, the officials in the Feng Pavilion were only equivalent to the secretary, and the work category was equivalent to the Secretariat, which reduced the power of the Secretariat, and the Secretariat was already in name but not real.

The Secretariat was responsible for planning, that is, giving ideas, and the Menxia Province was responsible for review, that is, studying the feasibility of the plan, while the Shangshu Province was responsible for implementation. These three institutions were very important, but because the Secretariat and Menxia Province were located in the palace, in comparison, at least in the Dafang Empire, it was more important than the Shangshu Province, so the title of prime minister was: Tongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi.

The eldest princess could not win over the people from the Secretariat and Fengge, and the Secretariat had not won over. Among the important officials, only the Secretariat Ling Zheng Ruiqi of the Secretariat had a good relationship with her, at least she did not oppose her openly.

The head of the guard said, "It's better to test it out, and you can also use this as a reason to see Zheng Ruiqi's attitude."

After all, talking about such an important thing to Zheng Ruiqi is like being heart-to-heart. If Zheng Ruiqi knew the truth, he would definitely not say it out. At the same time, he could also feel the "kindness" of the eldest princess to him. If he could win him over, he would basically win him over with this incident. Shangshu Ling, an absolute important official in the court.

The eldest princess thought for a long time and felt that Zheng Ruiqi's mouth was quite strict and she shouldn't go to report to Queen Dugu. And she didn't hear that Zheng Ruiqi was on his side. So it would be okay to test him on this grounds.

With a long sigh, the eldest princess said, "Then please come to the mansion and I will have an interview with him. Alas, I don't know what happened recently, everything goes wrong. I really don't know that Ying Gui's child..." She couldn't say anything, so she waved her hand and asked the guard leader to retreat and go to find Zheng Ruiqi.

The guard leader is also worried. He is the person in charge of doing things, so he is the most touched by the recent changes. He found that everything went smoothly before. Although Li Zhenglong tried his best, he could not make any waves. But since Yang Ze entered Beijing again, everything has changed. Although this guy is just a small county magistrate, he is a little dog. The eldest princess has not called him wrong at all. As soon as anything comes to Yang Ze's hands, good things will immediately turn bad things, and bad things will only become worse!

The leader of the guard suddenly thought that the person who should be attracted to the most is Yang Ze. Even if Yang Ze's demands are too high and he cannot win over, he should become an ally, not an enemy. Like Li Zhenglong, he did a good job and was brother to Yang Ze. As a result, Yang Ze helped him. See how good Li Zhenglong is now and even got the military power.

The leader of the guard sighed in his heart, but he did not dare to persuade the eldest princess, so he could only go to the Secretariat and find Zheng Ruiqi.

The Shangshu Province is right next to the palace. In fact, the six departments, officials, households, rituals, soldiers, punishments, and labor are all under the jurisdiction of the Shangshu Province. The Shangshu Province was originally very powerful, but Empress Dugu was too strict with this mechanism, so when the power was sunset, if there was anything in the palace, they would just look for the officials of the Six Ministry instead of the Shangshu Ling. The Six Ministry of Shangshu has a tendency to replace the Shangshu Ling.

At this time, Zheng Ruiqi was sitting in the flower hall and was looking at a warrant. The warrant was issued by Fengge, and the order was very simple. It was just to ask Yang Ze, the county magistrate of Wannian County to study in the Imperial College. Of course, his job cannot be delayed, so he did not need to live in the Imperial College, which was just a day study.

Zheng Ruiqi is just over 60 this year. He is considered an old man when he is in the homes of ordinary people. But among the important officials, even if he is young and strong, even though he has been appointed as the Minister of the Shangshu, it is probably difficult to get promoted. But he still wants to be granted a title. If he doesn't have a title, he will be able to get a marquis!

He looked at the warrant several times, thinking to himself: "Yang Ze, I have seen this person. Last time in the palace, the emperor asked him about something, and I am right next to him! Isn't he very good to Princess Chengqian? He is about the same age. Maybe he can be a prince consort in the future! Well, if he becomes a prince consort, he will be finished and can only be raised in the prince consort's mansion like a pig. He can't participate in any political affairs, but it may not be necessary. Didn't Dugu Baoqiao become the Minister of Rites..."

Zheng Ruiqi was full of random thoughts, thinking about whether to sell Yang Ze’s favor. When the warrant was given to him, if he personally sent Yang Ze to the Imperial College, then such a favor. Yang Ze would not refuse, but Yang Ze is also from the Grand Prince of Zhenxi, so he stood firmly. If he got closer to him, would it arouse others’ disgust?

After thinking for a long time, he thought about why the palace sent this handwritten to him. It would be like an official going to the Imperial College to study and get a diploma. Isn’t it enough to send it directly to the Imperial College? Why should I send it to him? He is the Shangshu Order. How can he let such a small matter be managed? He can’t even take care of it!

Zheng Ruiqi didn't know that Empress Dugu decided to let Yang Ze go to the Imperial College to study in the Imperial College because she wanted Yang Ze to fight with the students in the Imperial College. Aren't those students annoying? I'll find someone who is even more annoying to make you disgust each other and scold each other hard.

When the Queen Dugu told Caicai about this, Caicai thought it was very important, which was related to whether Yang Ze could become the prime minister in the future, so she went to order Liang Dazhong and gave it a special instruction. After Liang Dazhong heard this, he felt even more important. He found a small eunuch and said it. The small eunuch felt even more important. He even thought that this was a test for the chief supervisor. If such a small matter could not be done well, what else could he use? So he sent the warrant to Zheng Ruiqi.

Zheng Ruiqi could only think about it randomly. The handwritten warrant was sent to her. Is this a hint? But what are the deep meanings that cannot be expressed?

Someone came outside to report that the eldest princess had been sent over and said that she wanted to ask the Minister of the Shangshu Ling to go through the mansion and discuss with her if she had something to do.

As soon as he heard that the eldest princess had sent someone, Zheng Ruiqi began to guess again. What was the matter with the eldest princess who asked him? It was daytime now, so I sent someone to invite him, which means I was not afraid of others seeing him. It should be a serious matter, not a private relationship. I don’t want to take a sideline yet, so there should be no problem when I go there, and there will be no future troubles!

He first came out of the flower hall and met the guard Daocheng in the main hall. This was to let everyone in the yamen see him. He was open and honest and did not talk to the eldest princess in private. Then he asked the guard leader what the eldest princess had to ask him for something. Of course, the guard would not tell the truth, but only said that the eldest princess was unwell. He heard that the Shangshu Ling was proficient in medical skills, so he wanted to ask Zheng Ruiqi to go to the mansion to help him see a doctor.

Zheng Ruiqi started to guess again. He didn't feel tired after guessing. He thought his medical skills were not very good, and he must be much worse than the imperial physician. Why did the eldest princess not look for the imperial physician but looked for him? This is a bit too difficult to guess.

It's not a business, but a private matter, this is too difficult to deal with! If the eldest princess uses other reasons, he can ignore it at all. He is a second-rank Shangshu Ling, and he will not go if he doesn't go. What else can the eldest princess do to him? It can be said that he is going to see a doctor. If he doesn't go, it will be unkind!

Zheng Ruiqi had to bite the bullet and his deputy, the left and right servants, called in together, and arranged the work solemnly, to prove to others that it was completely public to meet the princess. Don’t think too much, don’t make random guesses like me.

Both of them were from the second-rank high-ranking officials. They were puzzled and thought to themselves: "You just go, why do you have to arrange your work so seriously? Could it be that you will never return?"

Zheng Ruiqi made everything public, and then followed the guard leader to the eldest princess's mansion. He kept guessing along the way, but he couldn't guess anything. He only felt a headache and couldn't think too much, so he couldn't do it. He was too tired! (To be continued...)
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