The palace maid who was closing the door was startled and hurriedly opened it again and let Zhu Xu in.

After Zhu Xu came in, he first glanced at the person inside, and then slapped the snow on his clothes.

When Zhu Huiti saw Zhu Xu, she quickly stood up and saluted: "Le'an has met the emperor."

Zhu Xu walked over, waved his hand with a smile, "Sister Ba, don't be polite, sit down."

Zhu Huiti saluted in restraint and said, "Thank you, the Emperor."

Zhu Xu shook his head, sat down in front of the stove where Queen Mother Zhang, Xiao Yongning and Li Xiangjun were burning, and also stretched out his hand and sniffed.

Empress Dowager Zhang hugged Xiao Yongning in her arms, rubbing her hands in front of the stove, looking at her little hands that were red in cold, which was her own daughter. Empress Dowager Zhang raised her head and frowned at Zhu Xu, and said dissatisfiedly: "So, you must take her out in such a cold day, look at them frozen..."

Zhu Xu looked at Yongning, who was huddled in Queen Mother Zhang's arms and had a pale face, and smiled and said, "It's okay, if you don't go through the wind and rain, how can there be a rainbow..."

Empress Dowager Zhang immediately hummed lightly and on the other side, Huaner hurriedly brought two cups of hot tea and said, "Empress, let the princess drink it quickly and warm up your body..."

Empress Dowager Zhang reached out to take it, and gave it to Xiao Yongning and Li Xiangjun one cup.

Zhu Xu coughed, looked up at Huan'er and said with a pretentious attitude: "Where is mine?"

Just as Huan'er was about to speak, Empress Dowager Zhang said, "You go out to see Rainbow..."

Zhu Xu immediately laughed and bent down and said, "Don't worry, sister-in-law, getting sick is not a bad thing..."

Empress Dowager Zhang looked at Zhu Xu again in anger, looked down at the little girl drinking hot tea, and waited until her face became a little rosy.

"By the way, Le'an is here, do you know what happened?" Empress Dowager Zhang felt relieved and immediately remembered Zhu Huiti's incident again.

Zhu Xu turned his head and looked at Zhu Huiti who was standing not far away, and said, "Well, I understand, I came for this."

Zhu Huiti was not surprised that Zhu Xu and Empress Dowager Zhang's family were in harmony. She was in the palace since she was a child and knew how Empress Dowager Zhang adopted Zhu Xu and protected him. It can be said that without Empress Dowager Zhang, Zhu Xu would have died long ago.

She walked forward with red eyes and bent down to Zhu Xu, "Please make the decision for Le'an."

Zhu Xu looked at her, nodded, and said, "Sit down, the cabinet is already dealing with it. I just ordered someone to inquire. If there is any news, I will report it immediately. If the emperor is not satisfied, I will punish you again."

Although the emperor was not furious and dealt with it directly, Zhu Huiti felt relieved with such an attitude and said, "Thank you, the emperor."

After a while, Huan'er brought another cup of hot tea to Zhu Xu. He took a sip and a warm current spread throughout his body. He felt a lot more comfortable. He turned his head to look at Zhu Huiti and said, "I remember that Gong Yonggu has been in the Royal Court for many years, why haven't he come out to do things?"

Zhu Huiti looked slightly tight and hesitated: "Because he is a clan, there is no suitable place to go."

Zhu Xu blinked, and the current regulations on the royal family and relatives were very deadly, or in a general way, and had no flexibility at all.

The Ming Dynasty is now a critical moment of change. It is constantly sorting out the chaos of the past, and at the same time creating new and more messy things that require time to digest and sort them out in an orderly manner.

For the royal family, the relatives of the outside world obviously cannot be blindly banned, otherwise new problems will definitely evolve in a hundred years.

Zhu Xu pondered for a moment and said, "Gong Yonggu, well, I have read his information, and the Zhengyuan has a good evaluation of him. Let's do this, there are two ways. One is within the Royal Court, which can be promoted to a teacher, professor, etc., and the other is to come out. The cabinet now has a Foreign Affairs Department, and he can be the vice-chairman. From the sixth rank, which one is suitable for the Emperor?"

In recent years, the clan relatives have been severely suppressed. Not only Zhu Xu, but also the outer court has also deliberately weakened them vigorously, so their treatment is considered "so different" from before. Zhu Huiti was not born well, so the treatment is naturally worse. Now, listening to Zhu Xu's words, I feel quite surprised, but I don't know what to do. I looked at Zhu Xu at a loss, and then looked at Empress Dowager Zhang again.

Empress Dowager Zhang didn't understand these things. She frowned slightly and looked at Zhu Xu with dissatisfaction and said, "Of course it's the best."

Zhu Xu laughed and said, "Okay, then go to the Foreign Affairs Department. He just injured a few ribs and he would be fine after a while. He would go to office after the New Year. Sister, go back and tell him to do it well and don't let me down."

Zhu Huiti was overjoyed, hurriedly stood up, saluted and said, "Thank you, the Emperor!"

Zhu Xu waved his hand and looked at Empress Dowager Zhang and said, "Sister-in-law, there will be no result in the cabinet for a while. Let's have a meal first, I'm already hungry."

Xiao Yongning finally recovered at this moment, raised his little face and said pitifully: "My mother, I want to eat fish and drink fish soup."

Empress Dowager Zhang felt a little distressed and touched her little face, then glared at Zhu Xu, and said, "Well, Huan'er, go and prepare."

Zhu Xu rubbed his face and sighed in his heart that it is important to be a biological daughter...

A group of people from the Cining Palace were waiting for dinner, and the cabinet now convened six ministers to discuss.

The three auxiliary ministers in the cabinet, plus the six ministers, had a total of nine people sitting in sequence, with different expressions.

Bi Ziyan looked calm and his tone was relatively calm. He said lightly: "I think you all know the matter. The emperor has just returned to the palace. He must take out the rules before the emperor surrenders. Let's talk about it."

Everyone looked at me, and I looked at you, and their eyes finally fell on Zhou Yingqiu and King Jing. These two families were the dominant ones.

King Jing had just entered the cabinet and was like walking on thin ice. He had a headache when he encountered this. Looking at everyone's eyes, he said with a thorn in his mouth: "Wei Xuelian is the emperor's chosen person. Although he was a little impulsive this time, he was young... I mean, a small punishment and a big warning, suspended for one month, and a salary of half a year."

Everyone immediately frowned. What King Jing said was light, but the two major imperial yamen had already lost face in a group fight, and they even beat the prince consort who was persuading the fight together. How could it be so easy to fool it?

Zhou Yingqiu glanced at Prince Jing and frowned secretly, and had to continue, "The lower official talked with Yuan Renxiao. He felt deeply ashamed and decided to resign. If the court judged the crime, he would bear it and confess."

The group of people heard Zhou Yingqiu's words and their hearts were thunderous. Is this a hero cutting off his arm?

King Jing was also a little surprised. He didn't expect that Zhou Yingqiu was so unrespectful to care about his feathers? Or should he retreat as a step forward?

Bi Ziyan seemed to have not heard the words of the two of them and said, "The Eighth Princess is in Cining Palace. I believe the Emperor has passed. Do you think the Eighth Princess can agree to this kind of deal? Will the Empress Dowager be satisfied? Can the Emperor approve it?"

A group of officials slapped Gong Yonggu in public, which was to slap the royal family in the face. It would not be so easy to pass. If it were placed in Taizu, I wonder how many people would have to land!

The emperors are not easy to mess with today. Although these two yamen are the emperor's confidants, there is no possibility of being careless.

Everyone frowned and felt annoyed. At this moment, something happened, which made them uneasy.

Zhang Wenda's Ministry of Justice is also one of the cases involved. He was silent for a long time and looked up at Bi Ziyan and Sun Chengzong and said, "If you don't work, just put a group of people in prison and be punished. We will go to the palace to apologize to the Eighth Princess!"

"This is a solution." Xu Dahua immediately continued. He was a little transparent and needed to show his presence from time to time.

Chen Xun shook his head decisively and said, "Yuan Renxiao is a doctor of the fourth rank, and Wei Xuelian is also a chief of the anti-corruption bureau of the fifth rank. It is not high or low. Even if the Eighth Princess doesn't pursue it, the criticism from the court and the public will not be small."

Everyone's expressions were slightly dark when they heard this. Chen Xun's words made sense. Neither of these two were ordinary officials, and they could not explain them even if they were taken. Even the two cabinet masters in front of them might be let go easily.

Fu Changzong was like an old monk who sat down, turned a blind eye to these things and never interrupted.

Bi Ziyan took all the expressions of the people. Yu Guang glanced at Sun Chengzong and said directly, "This matter cannot be settled so easily. Yuan Renxiao was suspended, and all affairs of the Ministry of Personnel's Wenxuan Department were suspended. After the cabinet was checked, then make plans. The government affairs of the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Supervisor's Court were also suspended. After internal investigation, Wei Xuelian was suspended. In addition, for the Ministry of Personnel and the Supervisor's Court's handling, this official will request the emperor to make a decision."

Zhou Yingqiu glanced at Bi Ziyan, and the cabinet was clearly trying to reach the Ministry of Personnel directly.

He looked expressionless and thought for a moment, but he still felt that the cabinet could not be too smooth. Otherwise, his team and the people he trained over the years would probably be suppressed. In addition, he would leave Beijing next year and lose protection, so his people would have to be tossed and messed up.
Chapter completed!