The cicadas in midsummer were perched on the sycamore tree and kept chirping. The little eunuch was working hard with the felt. The little palace maid who was stealing snacks looked curiously at the entrance of the hall not far away. Seeing a blue-clothed eunuch hurried into the inner hall, she couldn't help but stretched her neck a little.

"Hurry up, let's see what you want, be careful that your eyes will be dug out." The little eunuch scared.

The little palace maid was not afraid at all, and she blinked towards Shouren Palace: "I saw the eunuch in blue just now, but he was from the front hall. Do you think you came in such a hurry, is there anything important?"

"You are talking nonsense, do you think you have a long life, right?" The little eunuch raised the bamboo pole in his hand and made a move to silence.

The palace maid smashed her mouth and nodded casually. She suddenly frowned and buzzed in a voice: "I want to express my respect, please wait for me for a while." Then she put a handful of dates in her hand in the eunuch's arms without saying a word, and ran towards Shouren Palace.

Compared to other places, Shouren Palace is obviously much quieter, but the cicadas around them have long been driven away. The old nanny in the inner hall heard the sound outside the curtain, looked at the graceful woman on the rattan chair, put down the fan in her hand, walked out quietly, and soon turned back, whispered in the woman's ear: "Empress Dowager, the man is here."

Although the Empress Dowager Wei is over forty years old, she is well maintained and still looks like she is in her early thirties. She slowly opened her phoenix eyes, sharp and lazy, and nodded slightly.

After a while, the eunuch in blue came to the front of him in a broken step and knelt down and said, "Keep the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother will be blessed with all his blessings."

Wei lying lazily closed his eyes. The eunuch in blue glanced at the old lady beside him and continued: "Today, there is only one important matter in the hall. Liao Weizhang impeached more than 30 ministers, saying that they were wasting extravagant at this critical moment, which made the people feel heartbroken, which led to the refugees causing trouble. The emperor was furious and scolded the ministers. Not only did each person fine 100 gold, but he also ordered the Ministry of Revenue to complete the collection of land within three days. The donation of land is a foregone conclusion."

After the eunuch in blue said, he waited respectfully for the above to speak. After a while, he heard the old maid say "I understand, go down." He got up, took a string of jasper beads from the little palace maid next to him, put them in his arms, and bowed and retreated.

After a long time, Wei opened his eyes slightly, fiddled with the hair on his chest, and said lazily: "Zi Fu, it seems that this prince of the Ai family is getting restless again."

The one who is called Zi Fu is the nanny who has been with Wei for more than 20 years. Although she has silver hair, she is not vague at all and is very energetic.

"The old slave understands that the Empress Dowager and the Emperor have always had a deep affection between mother and son, so they naturally support the Emperor." Zi Fu asked the little palace maid next to him to present a pen and ink paper.

Wei smiled slightly: "It's not in vain that you have been with me for so many years, and you understand me the most." She raised her wrist lightly and dropped four beautiful small characters on the paper.

Zi Fu ordered the palace maid to remove the pen and ink paper, and he carefully folded the written paper. Seeing Wei nodding, he turned around and went to the inner room.

In the blue sky, the sun was swaying brightly, and a white shadow rushed up to the sky, crossing the glazed bricks and tiles, but before they could fly out of the high wall, it fell down like an arrow that had missed.

"You are not as fast as my slingshot." A silver bell-like excitement muttered in a low voice. A few cooing sounds came from the dark alley. After a while, the white shadow rushed up to the sky again, and the speed was so fast that it was only a few blinks and no trace could be seen.

In the outer courtyard of Shouren Palace, the little eunuch had already eaten a handful of dates and was muttering something.

"Here you come, come, what are you muttering? I'll just go and give me a greeting. In a short while, you scolded me?" The little palace maid stretched out her hand: "Where is my date?"

The little eunuch opened his mouth and a piece of red date skin was stuck on his teeth. "Who told you to go for so long? The madam said that we had to do this cicada together. I had to do the work alone, but you were very relaxed. You deserve to have a bad stomach. You will know how to eat in one day. I'll finish it for you, which will save you diarrhea."

The little palace maid pouted unhappily, "I'll finish eating, I'll just go to the kitchen to get it, hum!"

*

Liao Weizhang has been in a good mood since the morning court. Today, he has been speechless by the group of colleagues whom he didn't like. The emperor also ordered the Ministry of Revenue to register the land book that the ministers would like to donate within three days, and also stipulated that the human-shaped fields below the Li-shaped fields should not be taken with the characters. In this way, the ministers have saved the ministers from using barren fields to count the fields.

The carriage stopped with a "whisper", and the follower blew the curtain, Liao Weizhang jumped off the horse, and the Uncle Wu and Dou Guan in front also got off the carriage. The three of them asked each other and led them into the inner courtyard of Dali Temple from Dou Guan.

"Zinning has fought a war today. I see those who are defeated like turtles, so I dare not say a word anymore." Uncle Wu is rough and heroic, and he speaks very cheerfully.

After the three of them sat down, Liao Weizhang frowned, "These are all trivial matters, and it is important to investigate the disaster relief case.

Last night I went back and thought about it. We might as well divide the troops into three groups, one person is responsible for investigating the Ministry of Revenue, one person is responsible for investigating the Ministry of Works, and one person is responsible for interrogating these refugees.

Although I don’t expect to find anything, I can only start from this point, and maybe I can find some clues.”

Uncle Wu nodded in agreement: "The two old foxes Qian Youchen and Cao Wanli are very cunning. They dare to be so arrogant under the noses of the imperial city. It can be seen that what they are doing must be without any leakage. It is difficult to find truly useful clues, but this account book still needs to be checked, if you can really find something unusual."

Dou Guan thought about it, "Since that's the case, I won't be polite to you. How about I checking the Ministry of Revenue?"

Liao Weizhang and Uncle Wu naturally had no objection. They looked at each other again. Uncle Wu waved his hand and said, "I am the Minister of Justice. I am not as careful as you to investigate the case. I have a way of investigating people."

"Since that's the case, I'm more respectful than obedient."

The three of them took the division of labor. Uncle Wu stayed in Dali Temple to interrogate the arrested refugees. Dou Guan and Liao Weizhang went to the six ministries together.

*

A white shadow suddenly fell in the sky, flapping its wings and cooing. The gray-clothed servant stepped forward and saw that the pigeon's feet were red and did not dare to neglect. He hurriedly took the bamboo tube on the pigeon's feet and ran to the inner courtyard.

"Sir, news is coming from the palace." Qiu Bing presented the note.
Chapter completed!