Eagle-eyed and wolf-watching

Chapter 1634: An Miaoyi is in trouble, and Pei Zhixiu is fine!

An Miaoyi, whose injury had not yet healed, sat on the bed somewhat bored. Just when the Queen of Daqian was thinking about doing something interesting, Qiqige walked over quickly and whispered:
"Something happened to the Queen! Xuan Yifeng and more than 30 other imperial censors have gone to block the gate of the General Coordination Office!"

After hearing this, An Miaoyi, who had just been a little bored, immediately became alert and asked Qiqige:
'What's going on?'

"I heard that after Censor Zeng Yang was arrested and taken to the Coordination Office, he was subjected to inhuman torture by the Coordination Office. Censor Zeng could not bear the humiliation and committed suicide in the Coordination Office prison!"

"After receiving the news, the imperial censors Xuan Yifeng and others went to the Coordination Office on their own initiative to bring back the imperial censor Zeng. Currently, the two sides are confronting each other outside the Coordination Office!"

An Miaoyi was also a little surprised when this was said. After digesting the news, she continued to ask:
"Does His Majesty know about this?"

Qiqige hesitated for a moment and said:
"Your Majesty, this is still unclear at the moment, but just half an hour ago, His Majesty summoned Ji Xian! But we don't know what they discussed specifically yet!"

An Miaoyi didn't say anything when she heard that, but thought about Zeng Yang in her mind. An Miaoyi still had some impression of this Zeng Yang. If An Miaoyi remembered correctly, this Zeng Yang was a prefect of Qi and Lu at that time. He wanted to be promoted to the governor, so he wanted to give her two thousand taels of silver through some channels, asking her to do him a favor!

In addition to the two thousand taels of silver, Zeng Yang also expressed his willingness to be loyal to An Miaoyi. As long as your Majesty has a request, he will definitely do his best to complete the task...
Zeng Yang's loyalty was quite attractive to An Miaoyi at the time, and the Governor of Qilu was also a very important position. If the person in this position was one of her own, it could indeed be said to be a great help, and it would also be convenient to do anything in the future!

So An Miaoyi did not reject Zeng Yang outright, but she did not agree to Zeng Yang's conditions either. She conducted an investigation on Zeng Yang!
The result of An Miaoyi's investigation was that Zeng Yang had passed the imperial examination of the Great Zhou Dynasty and served as a minor official in the Liaoyang Provincial Government in his early years. He had always been unknown, but after Ye Mingsheng took over Liaoyang, he carried out a major purge of the G-spots in Liaoyang.

Therefore, a minor official like Zeng Yang, who had no power, no background, no connections, and no one to respect him, and who was relatively clean at the time, was able to be appointed as the county magistrate. To be honest, Zeng Yang did not achieve much after becoming the county magistrate, but he did not make any mistakes either!
Although his performance was average, Zeng Yang, who served as a county magistrate, had access to the Gongsun family. At that time, Ye Mingsheng had successfully led the Fengwu Army into the pass and continued to capture cities in Hebei, Henan, Qi and Lu. Therefore, Zeng Yang was eventually transferred to Qingzhou, Qi and Lu as the prefect by relying on the Gongsun family's relationship!

Zeng Yang's true nature was completely exposed in Qingzhou, but due to Ye Mingsheng's orders, he did not dare to be too presumptuous, so some of his actions were relatively low-key, but he still made a fortune!
After investigating Zeng Yang, An Miaoyi was somewhat disappointed with Zeng Yang. Although she intended to recruit and cultivate some people in case of emergency, the people she wanted to recruit and cultivate were all talented people, not those good-for-nothings like Zeng Yang who only wanted to climb up the social ladder...
An Miaoyi, who has lived in a circle of power and wealth since childhood, met people like Zeng Yang. She knew very well that Zeng Yang was a parasite, a fence-sitter who would change with the wind. Don't be fooled by his nice words, such as sacrificing his life for the sake of his loyalty and willingness to die for his country!
But these words are all to deceive fools. If you really believe him, you will definitely suffer a great loss!
People like Zeng Yang would be eager to lick your ass when you are powerful, but once you lose power, he will definitely abandon you and even add insult to injury to please his new master!
Not to mention that she, An Miaoyi, cannot help you become the governor of Qilu, even if she has the ability, she, An Miaoyi's political resources will not be wasted on such a person!
So in the end, An Miaoyi ignored Zeng Yang and didn't pay any attention to this person since then. But she didn't expect to hear Zeng Yang's name from Qiqige again. Zeng Yang had already died in the prison of the Coordination Office!
Because she had no good feelings towards Zeng Yang, An Miaoyi had no thoughts about his death. However, when she heard that Xuan Yifeng led the censors of the Censorate to block the door of the United Mediation Office and challenge them to a fight, An Miaoyi was very happy to see it happen!
An Miaoyi had long been fed up with this bastard Xuan Yifeng. Before, when An Miaoyi ordered the killing of those young eunuchs, Xuan Yifeng had impeached himself in a memorial to Ye Mingsheng, saying that his behavior was too cruel and asked Ye Mingsheng to persuade him to do good deeds...
An Miaoyi therefore bore a grudge against this censor. If Xuan Yifeng had not been innocent and had no evidence against him, An Miaoyi would have taught him a lesson long ago, letting this old man know the power of her, the Queen!

As for the Coordination Office, that is even more sad for An Miaoyi!
When the Coordination Office was under the charge of Huo San, An Miaoyi would just give Huo San a call and everything would be taken care of, so she didn't need to worry about anything.

After Huo San died, Wang Xuecheng became the director of the Coordination Office. Although Wang Xuecheng did not dare to have any contact with An Miaoyi in public due to Huo San's ending, if An Miaoyi asked him about something in private, Wang Xuecheng would be very obedient and help An Miaoyi get it done!
But when Ji Xian became the director of the Coordination Office, things were completely different!

Ji Xian was from the Internal Guard, and the Internal Guard was directly under Ye Mingsheng and was only responsible to Ye Mingsheng!

And after Ji Xian became the director of the Coordination Office, he also adhered to this ZZ red line and refused to give An Miaoyi any convenience!

An Miaoyi, who had been accustomed to the convenience of the Coordination Office, lost the support of the Coordination Office after Ji Xian became its director. This made An Miaoyi a little angry with Ji Xian, so when Xuan Yifeng and Ji Xian confronted each other at this time, An Miaoyi was very happy to see it happen!
In An Miaoyi's view, Xuan Yifeng is just an old dog, and Ji Xian is Ye Mingsheng's lackey. If the two of them fight each other, it will be a dog-eat-dog fight!
An Miaoyi was happy to see these two dogs biting each other, but Ye Mingsheng would definitely be extremely anxious. Thinking of this, An Miaoyi became more and more excited!
At this moment, a palace maid came over and reported to An Miaoyi:

"Your Highness, Nanny Huang is here. She said she has something important to discuss..."

After these words came out, An Miaoyi and Qiqige looked at each other, and An Miaoyi nodded slightly and said:

"Let her come here!"

"Yes!"

After the palace maid left, An Miaoyi glanced at Qiqige. As two women who grew up together, there was no need for them to say much. Qiqige understood what An Miaoyi meant and immediately walked into the inner hall.

Half a cup of tea later, Madam Huang came to An Miaoyi and said:
"Your Majesty, I just received some news from the Attendant Department, so I specially reported it to you!"

"Go ahead!"

"Your Majesty, the first piece of news is that His Majesty has ordered all the people who are monitoring Jiang Dongjia at Rishengchang Bank to be withdrawn. In addition, His Majesty has also sent a message to Jiang Dongjia, telling her to do business well and wishing her all the best in her future life!"

An Miaoyi frowned slightly when she heard this and asked in confusion:
"Your Majesty really said so?"

"Yes!"

An Miaoyi seemed to be thinking about what he said. After a moment's silence, he continued to instruct:

"Keep talking!"

"The second piece of news is that His Majesty sent a message to Manager Ren of Dadongsheng Bank, increasing the amount of bonds issued from 700,000 to 1 million!"

"The third piece of news is that His Majesty has just summoned Ji Xian. I don't know what His Majesty said to Ji Xian, but when Ji Xian came out of the imperial study, there was a wound on his cheek and he was bleeding a lot. After Ji Xian left, the Imperial Guard reported to His Majesty that the Imperial Censor Xuan Yifeng led the Imperial Censorate to deal with the affairs of the government office!"

"In addition, the Attendant Department also sent a message saying that His Majesty will come to your place tonight..."

An Miaoyi snorted coldly:

"It's really An Miaoyi who has something to do and Pei Zhixiu who has nothing to do!"

"Tell the Attendant Department that my injuries have not healed yet and I am unable to serve His Majesty!"

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, Nanny Huang turned around and was about to leave, but just as she was about to walk out of the room, An Miaoyi's voice came from behind her again.

"Forget it! Let His Majesty come down!"

"Yes!"

After Huang Ma Ma walked out of the room, Qi Qi Ge also walked out from the inner hall. An Miaoyi hesitated for a moment and asked:
"Qiqige, how much do you know about Zeng Yang being in prison at the Coordination Office?" "My queen, because it happened so suddenly, I don't know much!"

"Just tell me what you know. His Majesty might mention this tonight, so I have to be prepared!"

"Xuan Yifeng said that Zeng Yang committed suicide in prison because he could not bear the humiliation he suffered. However, the information I received was that Zeng Yang was indeed abused in prison, but it is not certain whether he committed suicide or not!"

"You mean he was killed by the Coordination Office? Ji Xian shouldn't be that stupid, right?"

"It is said that this is still under investigation, and we cannot rule out all possibilities! In addition, the day after the Coordination Office took Zeng Yang away, his wife Ma found a lot of people to try to get Zeng Yang out of the Coordination Office!"

"Quite a few people? Who did you find?"

"Left Censor-in-Chief Wang Huaiyi, Right Censor-in-Chief Xuan Yifeng, and the Minister of the Dali Temple Zhu Xiaowen!"

Hearing the name Zhu Xiaowen from Qiqige, An Miaoyi frowned slightly. Zeng Yang had gone in, so it was normal for Ma to find someone to get him out. Such behavior was not uncommon in the G field. It was also normal for Ma to go find Wang Huaiyi and Xuan Yifeng!
After all, Zeng Yang is the censor, and Wang Huaiyi and Xuan Yifeng are Zeng Yang's direct superiors. Now that Zeng Yang is in trouble, it is normal for Ma to go to them for help!

But it was a bit strange that Ma went to find Zhu Xiaowen. If An Miaoyi remembered correctly, when she investigated Zeng Yang, she did not find any connection between Zeng Yang and Zhu Xiaowen!

Thinking of this, An Miaoyi couldn't help but ask:
"Is Zeng Yang related to Zhu Xiaowen?"

"Your Majesty, this is still unclear at the moment. We only know that Ma went to see Zhu Xiaowen! This is all I know for now."

An Miaoyi nodded slightly and instructed:

"Qiqige, continue investigating!"

"Yes!"

An hour later, Ye Mingsheng arrived at An Miaoyi's courtyard. Seeing Ye Mingsheng coming, An Miaoyi, who was sitting on the bed, pretended to get up and salute Ye Mingsheng. Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng waved his hand and said:

"No need to be polite! Miaoyi, just lie down!"

An Miaoyi was just pretending, and when she heard Ye Mingsheng say no need to be polite, she didn't bother to be polite with Ye Mingsheng and just sat back down.

Looking at An Miaoyi who was raising her left leg, Ye Mingsheng felt it was a little funny for some reason. Although he wanted to laugh, he still tried his best to control his expression. Then he pretended to be concerned and asked:

"Miaoyi, how is your ankle injury?"

Although Ye Mingsheng tried his best to pretend to be concerned, what he didn't know was that in An Miaoyi's eyes, his behavior was fake and hypocritical!
Although she felt that Ye Mingsheng was fake, An Miaoyi had no choice but to cooperate with Ye Mingsheng and said:

"Your Majesty, I am fine. I will be able to move freely after a while. Thank you for your concern..."

Ye Mingsheng nodded slightly when he heard that, and then he became concerned about An Miaoyi's recent life and chatted with her briefly. Jingren had also finished his studies, and the family of three ate dinner around the bed.

After dinner, Ye Mingsheng fulfilled his fatherly responsibilities and showed concern for Jingren's studies.

Finally, after all this was over, Ye Mingsheng and An Miaoyi were ready to rest.

When the oil lamp went out, the room became dark and quiet, but An Miaoyi soon took the initiative to break the silence.

"Your Majesty! I am a little tired, so I will rest first!"

Looking at An Miaoyi who was full of energy, Ye Mingsheng knew that his queen wanted him to speak first.

Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng pondered for a moment and said:
"Da Dongsheng is preparing to issue a batch of bonds. Miaoyi, you should know about this, right?"

"Got it! Your Majesty, don't worry, I will definitely buy it!"

"Miaoyi, I hope you can do your best!"

"Do my best? Your Majesty, how many bonds do you want me to buy?"

"The court has been facing a lot of difficulties recently. There are wars on the grasslands, and Qi, Lu, Ji, Yu, and Youyan have first suffered from drought and then floods..."

"How about thirty thousand taels of silver, Your Majesty?"

"Miao Yi! You are the queen. I hope you can actively participate and take the lead. Those people are watching!"

"Your Majesty, you know that a lot of my money has been invested in the expansion of the palace. I don't have much money left now!"

"Miaoyi, you still have so many properties. If you mortgage them to the bank, you can get a lot of money!"

"Your Majesty, are you serious?"