After returning to Xiyuan, Zhu Youxiao's face did not become very beautiful.

Sitting on the chair for a long time, Zhu Youxiao could only smile bitterly in the end.

I originally thought I could hold on for at least a while, but who would have thought that I could not hold on for such a short time. In such a short time, the ministers actually divided the factions.

In fact, Zhu Youxiao had long imagined this. He might be surprised that they had divided the factions so early, but they would never be like they are now.

The reason why it is like this is because some things are beyond Zhu Youxiao's control. That is the way these ministers divide their own factions, or the direction of the ministers forming their own party.

In Zhu Youxiao's eyes, Sun Chengzong should have been with Han Du and Xu Guangqi should have been with Yu Maoheng. This is his original arrangement.

Now that they are doing this, they have completely disrupted their arrangements, perhaps they did it on purpose.

However, no matter whether they did it on purpose or did it, Zhu Youxiao had no choice. He needed to recognize this matter. Even if he wanted to adjust it later, he needed to change his direction instead of participating bluntly.

"Emperor, the Empress is here." Chen Hong came to Zhu Youxiao and said, bent and bowed.

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "Let her come in."

After saying that, he rubbed his stiff face, trying to make his whole body feel gentler.

Not long after, Queen Zhang walked in from outside, came straight to Zhu Youxiao, bent down gently and said, "I will meet your Majesty."

After looking at Empress Zhang who was smiling, Zhu Youxiao's sorrow just now had disappeared, and a smile appeared on his face.

He came straight to Queen Zhang, reached out and pulled Queen Zhang's hand, and said with a smile: "Is there anything wrong with Baozhu coming?"

Although Zhu Youxiao and Empress Zhang have a good relationship and are naturally getting along in private, there are rules in the palace after all, not everyone can do it randomly.

Even the emperor cannot do it, let alone the queen.

Under such circumstances, Empress Zhang basically didn't come here very much. Even if she wanted to see Zhu Youxiao, she would wait until Zhu Youxiao came over, or sent someone to send a message, instead of running over to find Zhu Youxiao.

If you come to the bedroom directly, this situation usually occurs when Zhu Youxiao is unwell or has any problems, and Empress Zhang will come to take care of herself.

Or maybe Zhu Youxiao asked Empress Zhang to come by himself; or it was the last one. Empress Zhang might have something urgent to ask Zhu Youxiao to solve.

Judging from the current situation, it should be the last one, because the first two situations do not exist.

It is basically unlikely that he wanted to see Zhu Youxiao, because Zhu Youxiao spent the night with Queen Zhang last night.

Seeing Queen Zhang's insane appearance, Zhu Youxiao knew that she had encountered something difficult, so he pulled her inside and asked with a smile as he walked, "What's the trouble with Baozhu?"

"It's my father's business to you," Queen Zhang came to her senses and said carefully.

Then she asked hesitantly: "Your Majesty, can you give up my father's errand?"

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao was stunned and asked with a little concern on his face: "But is there anything wrong with the father-in-law? Did the people below do anything that made the father-in-law unhappy? Baozhu, tell me that I promise to punish them severely."

Queen Zhang was a little helpless. She didn't know whether the Majesty in front of her was really pretending to be stupid or she really didn't know.

My father's life was not easy during this period. The struggle in the Ministry of Internal Affairs was very fierce, and everyone had their own group of people to support him.

Needless to say, Wang An brought a lot of people from the palace to the Interior Office; another eunuch, Fang Zhenghua, was not a big deal.

Although they are nominally subordinates of their father, they have to give them face. After all, these two people are from the palace.

In addition to Wang An and Fang Zhenghua, there is also Zhu Tongmeng, who comes from the civil servants, who is supported by the entire civil servant group.

This is nothing, mainly because the person in charge of the Inspectorate, and the father cannot offend him.

Moreover, Zhu Tongmeng, the little black old man, looked like he was indifferent to the oil and salt. He stared at this place and there all day, as if he wanted to find out everyone's mistakes anytime and anywhere.

The most important thing is that Zhu Tongmeng was staring at his father very closely, making him seem to have committed a crime.

In addition to Zhu Tongmeng, there is another man named Hu Fei. He didn't know where this man came from, so he inexplicably established an audit department and had already taken over everything he had contacted with the merchants, making his father unable to control anything.

In his father's words, he is now a puppet in the Office of the Interior and has been undermined by everyone.

After his father suffered grievances, he naturally came to himself as the queen, hoping that his daughter could help him.

But in this matter, what kind of voice can Queen Zhang have? She can't just go and say it directly to let them listen to their father, right?

This is not what a queen should do, and Queen Zhang also thinks that this is inappropriate.

From the beginning, Queen Zhang didn't want her father to go to the Interior Office, but her father insisted on going.

Anyway, it was not going well. In Queen Zhang's opinion, her father might as well go home obediently, which is a very good choice.

Zhu Youxiao can be said to be clear about Zhang Guoji's experience in the Office of the Internal Affairs.

But why did he pretend not to know?

Because these things were done by the people under his command, how could others know about them?

For Zhu Youxiao, Zhang Guoji himself is a puppet and there is nothing to say.

When Empress Zhang heard Zhu Youxiao's words, she looked at Zhu Youxiao with some resentment, and felt very helpless.

Queen Zhang knew that His Majesty might not know nothing, but knew something, but there was no way, or he didn't want to care.

However, Queen Zhang still wants to help her father and said softly: "Your Majesty, my father wants me to ask if the Interior Department can start the assessment? After all, the Interior Department is short of staff now, so you can start the assessment early and be able to supplement the staff early."

This is the reason Queen Zhang found for her father.

In fact, my father's words were very obvious, that is, he had no one to help in the Interior Office, and he could be said to be alone. The most important reason why those people could undermine him was this.

So my father wanted to start the assessment sooner, so that he could recruit a group of his own people. With his talent, he would definitely be able to deal with all those people.

Queen Zhang remained skeptical about her father's statement.

If Your Majesty does not agree to her, he can only do what his father said. I hope his father can recruit some people he wants, or the talents he said.

Zhu Youxiao smiled secretly in his heart.

Zhang Guoji couldn't help it anymore, but it was okay. Anyway, the matter of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has been almost done, so let him start.

I just don’t know if Zhang Guoji can continue to stay in the Office of the Internal Affairs after the exam this time?

However, Zhu Youxiao would not let Zhang Guoji go, because he was the scapegoat of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

You should know that what the Office of the Interior is still very offensive. In this case, a person with a strong head is needed to be the scapegoat.

Zhang Guoji, the father-in-law of the emperor of the dynasty, had a strong head, just like Emperor Wanli's grandfather's family back then.

The key problem is that Zhang Guoji has a very special identity. Even if he makes any mistakes, he will not be severely punished. Even his ministers know this.

How could you let the emperor kill his father-in-law?

Or do you want the queen to destroy her relatives for justice?

In this case, Zhang Guoji is a perfect scapegoat.

Therefore, before Zhang Guoji's use of value was exhausted, Zhu Youxiao could not let him leave the Interior Office.

However, the assessment should indeed begin. Originally, Zhu Youxiao was hesitant whether the Internal Affairs Office would start the assessment first or the Royal Academy would start the exam first.

Since the Office of the Internal Affairs is anxious, let them start first and let Zhang Guoji try it out.

So Zhu Youxiao took Queen Zhang's hand and said, "Since Baozhu has said that, then do it like this. I will ask Chen Hong to go there immediately. This matter will be arranged immediately. It will be carried out as soon as possible and will never delay anything. Baozhu will keep his heart in his stomach."

Listening to Zhu Youxiao's words and looking at his restless hands that touched his stomach, Queen Zhang's face turned slightly red.

She nodded softly, leaned her head in Zhu Youxiao's arms, and said softly: "Your Majesty really loves me. Being able to marry Your Majesty is really a blessing from my ancestors."

Seeing that the emperor and the queen seemed to be fucked, Chen Hong waved quickly and asked everyone to retreat.

While Zhu Youxiao and Empress Zhang were having sex, several people were gathering at Xu Guangqi's house.

It is the three figures who learned the mind in the court, Xu Guangqi, the second assistant to the cabinet, Shen Tingyun, the Minister of Rites, and Li Zhizao, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

The three of them looked very good when they sat together.

Xu Guangqi raised his head, looked at Shen Tingyun, and said with a heavy expression: "Tell Zhenzhi about the situation!"

Zhenzhi is the word "Li Zhizao". His level at today's meeting was not enough, so he was not present.

Xu Guangqi asked Shen Tingyun to tell Li Zhizao what happened at the meeting, and then the three of them could discuss it, otherwise they would not be able to say anything.

Shen Tingjun nodded and said with a heavy expression: "Okay."

After agreeing to this, Shen Tingjun introduced Li Zhizao in detail what happened.

After Shen Tingyun finished speaking, she sighed helplessly and said, "That's what happened, probably it's like this. We really can't understand why it evolved into what it is today."

Li Zhizao's face was not very good either, because the three of them had not discussed this matter, and they were even sure that his Majesty would definitely be inclined to his own sect.

If you win the qualification to take charge this time, you will be destined to make your school take off.

But I didn't expect that things would become like this. The three of them were not in a good mood

At this time, Xu Guangqi, who was sitting on the main seat, said quietly: "When I was in front of the emperor today, I realized that something was wrong. We seemed to have been targeted, and we were not just a group of people, but we just didn't know what was wrong."

"In fact, I don't know what's wrong until now, and I don't know what happened. But now it's useless to worry about this. Your Majesty gave Huang Kezhang the errand, which can be said to have caught us off guard. What should we do next is crucial, and no one knows what Huang Kezhang is going to do."

"In fact, there are traces to follow." Chen Tingyun, who was on the side, said: "If there is any news coming out these days, then you will know what he is going to do, and you don't know when he changed his belief in Xunzi."

When he said the last sentence, Chen Tingyun's face was filled with sarcasm.

The other two people also reacted, and Li Zhizao said calmly: "So that's the case, it makes sense when this comes. But there is one thing I haven't figured out yet, why is Huang Kezhang so sure that Your Majesty will believe Xunzi?"

At that time, we were summoned by His Majesty and Chen Kedao went to give lectures, so that we had the status today. But how did Huang Kezhang know that Your Majesty would be interested in Xunzi? This is what I can't understand. But Huang Kezhang's approach seems to be learning from us. Do you think he will arrange someone to give lectures to His Majesty?"

"Arranging someone?" Xu Guangqi said with some sarcastic words: "Huang Kezhang will go by himself."
To be continued...