The life of a man on the road of film and television

Chapter 236 Ruyi 33

Inside the hall, Yongzheng, who had been awakened by the noise outside the hall, opened his eyes tiredly and sat up after hearing the sound of someone entering the inner hall.

"I heard the cry of a peregrine falcon. Did Qi'er send a letter?"

Seeing that the emperor not only woke up but also knew what was going on outside, Li Dequan was panicked for a few seconds, but when he saw that Yongzheng did not look angry, Li Dequan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and walked forward.

"Yes, Your Majesty, please have a look."

After putting the things in Yongzheng's hands, Li Dequan squatted down to help him put on his boots. After standing up, he clapped his hands twice. The palace maids who had been waiting outside came in in an orderly manner and stood there waiting for Yongzheng to wash and dress.

However, Yongzheng on the bed no longer had the expectant expression he had when he received the letter just now. The more he read, the deeper his brows furrowed. After finishing reading, he snorted coldly and slammed the letter on the edge of the bed without taking it.

Yongzheng's sudden anger frightened Li Dequan and others so much that they immediately knelt down subconsciously.

Even though their knees hurt, none of the palace servants dared to cry out in pain. They all forced themselves not to get into trouble and be punished at this moment.

Fortunately, Yongzheng's mind was not on them at the moment. He stood up and put Yinqi's letter into a box in a storage compartment beside the bed.

With a grim look on his face, Yongzheng came to the palace maid holding the hand-washing basin and asked Li Dequan while washing his hands.

"Whose people are stationed in Guzhou now?"

Seeing this, Li Dequan, who was being questioned, quickly stood up and handed Yongzheng a cotton towel to wipe his hands. His mind was racing. Fortunately, he had a good memory and he quickly figured out who it was and answered.

"Your Majesty, it is Zheng Yanfu, Lord Zheng from the Zheng family of the Zhenglan Banner."

"Zheng Yanfu?"

Yongzheng seemed to have some impression of this person, but not a deep impression. The only thing that was certain was that he had heard of this name, but he really couldn't remember where he had heard it.

Fortunately, Li Dequan had already remembered some information about this person by then.

"It's the husband's family of Concubine Xi's younger sister" (the people are real, but the story is made up)

Now Yongzheng also remembered this person. He had indeed heard Concubine Xi mention him before.

Just thinking of the letter sent back by Yinqi, Yongzheng frowned even more, because this person was actually a relative of Nianhulu.

Upon hearing the news, Yongzheng's first reaction was whether this person was a pawn of the Niuhuru clan.

Thinking of this, Yongzheng became even more angry. After all, he had doted on Concubine Xi for many years, and he even made an exception and promoted Concubine Xi's father Ling Zhu to the position of Dianyi.

If this matter really involved the Nianhulu family, Yongzheng would really have to doubt his own judgment of people.

What went wrong that made him keep making mistakes with the woman he trusted?

Thinking of this, Yongzheng smashed the cotton handkerchief in his hand into the basin with a "pa" sound.

The palace maid holding the basin of water had her face splashed with water, but she could only close her eyes tightly and try to control herself from falling down, while the palace maids beside her didn't even dare to breathe.

Fortunately, Yongzheng's anger came quickly but was quickly suppressed by himself. After all, the truth of the matter had not been clarified yet. Yongzheng decided to believe Concubine Xi once. Even if he wanted to convict her, he would at least wait until he got the evidence before making a decision.

But Yongzheng was even more puzzled about this person whom he had no impression of. He opened his arms and waited for the palace servants to dress him in court robes, then turned his head and continued to ask Li Dequan.

"What position did he hold before he took up his post in Guzhou?"

Yongzheng's question really stumped Li Dequan. After all, no matter how good his memory was, he couldn't remember everything in his mind, so Li Dequan quickly knelt down and apologized.

"Your Majesty, calm down. I will check it out right away."

Not getting the answer he wanted, Yongzheng's face became even uglier and he turned away, but he also knew that Li Dequan's fault was not his, so he just said "um" softly and gave the order.

"Go ahead and hand it in after the morning court session."

"Yes"

Since Yongzheng had set a time for the investigation, Li Dequan was afraid that sending his subordinates to investigate would waste time, so he went to investigate the matter himself.

Yongzheng, who was still thinking about what happened this morning, kept his expressionless face as usual throughout the morning court session.

Anyone who knew him could tell at a glance that Yongzheng was in a bad mood.

Among the court officials, Zhang Tingyu and Ortai, who were standing in the front, were the first to notice something was wrong with Yongzheng. They exchanged glances secretly, and when they saw that everyone looked confused, they became even more curious.

However, although everyone was curious, they were not in a hurry. After all, the only things that could worry Yongzheng were the previous dynasty and the harem.

If it is something about the harem, then it has nothing to do with them. Of course, the premise is that it does not involve the previous dynasty, otherwise no one would care. (This does not include a certain Mr. Zhang)

If it is related to the previous dynasty, they don’t have to worry about it for the time being. After all, if the emperor doesn’t say anything now, it means that the matter is not urgent or cannot be leaked for the time being.

And they knew in their hearts that with their emperor's temper, after today's morning court session, if the matter concerned the previous dynasty, Yongzheng would definitely look for some of them to discuss it.

And things turned out exactly as they had thought. After the morning court session, Yongzheng really kept several of their trusted ministers.

But along the way, they saw Ling Zhu following them suddenly, and he felt a little uneasy, and his curiosity grew even more.

Among them, the one who looked at him with the most ferocious eyes was Nianqin, who was from the same clan as him. After all, how many officials in a high position would be fools? Since Ling Zhu could suddenly appear here today, it must mean that today's events were related to him.

So after Yongzheng showed them part of the letter that Yinqi had sent back, as well as the identity of the person in charge found out by Li Dequan, everyone looked at Ling Zhu, who was stunned by the shock of this incident, with inquiring eyes.

Neqin was the first to kneel down and speak.

"Your Majesty, I can guarantee with my name that Lord Ling Zhu would never do such a thing."

To be honest, Nianqin didn't really want to come out and vouch for Ling Zhu, but after all, they were cousins.

Today he was summoned by the emperor again, although Nianqin didn't understand why Yongzheng wanted him to participate at this time.

But Nianqin could be sure that if he did not speak up to speak for Ling Zhu this time, these people around him would definitely use unknowingly vicious words to taunt him when they returned.

In addition, if Ling Zhu was branded with such a stigma today, as his cousin, his official career would not be completely ruined, but he would certainly no longer be trusted by the emperor.

So he has to ask for this favor even if he doesn't want to.

Of course, Nianqin dared to vouch for Ling Zhu so readily because he knew that his cousin did not have the courage to do such a thing.

After all, if he really had that ability, he wouldn't have been able to rise to his current fourth rank, and he would have to rely on his good daughter for help.

Just for this reason, Neqin really looked down on Ling Zhu in his heart.

Nianqin's action also made Ling Zhu recover from his shock.

Thinking of the evidence he had just seen, Ling Zhu threw himself forward and knelt on the ground without caring about anything else, his words were somewhat incoherent due to his anxiety.