Chapter 177

Xu Jie took Zhang Hao to the study room to ask. Zhang Hao looked at Xu Jie and said helplessly: "How can I tell you these things? I can't go anyway. If I go, you will be in trouble. You should consider it yourself!"

"Are you really going to investigate the case?" Xu Jie stared at Zhang Hao and asked.

"Yes!" Zhang Hao nodded.

"What did you check? What did you find?" Xu Jie asked again.

"I can't say that I don't want to go anyway. You'd better deal with those corrupt officials as soon as possible, otherwise, I'll be in trouble when I come to investigate!" Zhang Hao sat there, drinking with a teacup.

"Then if you don't go, what can I do?" Xu Jie asked again, this is very important.

"Go to the brothel and make a mistake, but the price is a bit too high, the emperor will not let it go!" Zhang Hao said worriedly,

When Xu Jie heard this, he thought to himself, I wouldn’t let him go!

"There is no other way?" Xu Jie looked at Zhang Hao and continued to ask.

"No, what can I do? The emperor knows that there is nothing wrong with Shuntian Mansion. What can I do? Where should I go?" Zhang Hao asked helplessly.

"Come to my mansion!" Xu Jie stared at Zhang Hao and said.

"Come on every day, can it work?" Zhang Hao looked at Xu Jie and asked.

"I have no problem here, it's the emperor's side!"

"Nonsense, I don't know if the emperor doesn't allow him to do so. What's the use of coming here? I'm going to hide now. The matter of the Eastern Palace has not been resolved yet. I'm worried that the emperor will ask me to investigate the affairs of the Eastern Palace. The affairs of the Eastern Palace are quite a bit of affair. At that time, no one of the officials involved will be involved!" Zhang Hao sat there, looking at Xu Jie and said.

"This, we civil officials are involved in the East Palace, right?" Xu Jie looked at Zhang Hao and asked.

"Shao, how could it be less? Let me tell you that there must be many civil officials involved. Without the support of those civil officials, who dares to do such a thing? Mr. Xu, be careful, maybe some ministers below are hiding from you. Also, I asked, can you check for corrupt officials? Don't you check so many corrupt officials?" Zhang Hao looked at Xu Jie and asked.

"Why don't I want to check it? Can I check it now? Most of the people I checked are from Lu Ben and Yan Song. They both oppose it. What can I do?

Besides, if I really keep checking, who dares to work at the officials below? I am now ranked the lowest in the cabinet. I cannot make decisions about many things now. Besides, if I want to defeat Yan Song, I still need the emperor to nod. Now the emperor is obviously favoring Yan Song!

As for Lu Ben, that's nothing. He has been acting as a man for a few years, but some old disciples need his protection! Yan Song is not over, how can the officials below investigate? If it was the Jinyiwei who investigated the case, it would be better. Is it possible for the Ministry of Justice to investigate the case?" Xu Jie sat there and looked at Zhang Hao in embarrassment and said,

Zhang Hao nodded.

"I am always careful in the cabinet now. I have no choice but to enter the cabinet. But I need the support of the ministers. If I keep advocating for investigation, think about it, how many ministers will support me?" Xu Jie continued to look at Zhang Hao and asked.

"I don't believe it anymore. There are no good officials in the Ming Dynasty court?" Zhang Hao sat there and said a little angrily.

"Yes, they are all low-level officials, and they are useless to speak!" Xu Jie looked at Zhang Hao and said. "Then let it go!" Zhang Hao said to Xu Jie.

"The signing of Yan Song and Lu Ben also requires the signing of the officials. Do they dare to make the transfer?" Xu Jie asked Zhang Hao and said.

"So, I still have to go to the Censorate!" Zhang Hao sat there and said leisurely.

"Ah?" Xu Jie asked.

"How much is corruption for you to talk to me?" Zhang Hao asked at Xu Jie.

"You, I am not corrupt. Even those officials who come to give gifts during the holidays are small gifts, and I don't want them for more than 10 taels of silver. I bought all the gifts. Over the years, I have saved less than 80,000 taels of silver, most of which were brought by my shop.

I used to be the Minister of Rites and now I am a minister of the cabinet. I have such a small amount of property now, right? I have various salary and subsidies and rewards a year, and it is more than 1,000 taels, almost 2,000 taels. It is too much to have this little property? Why is I greedy? I am more greedy than this little money?" Xu Jie sat there and said excitedly to Zhang Hao.

"No?" Zhang Hao looked at Xu Jie with some disbelief and asked.

"No, yes, some old subordinates gave me gifts, not too much, only fifty taels, but this is not a silver, but a gift. I was the Minister of Rites before. Is it too much to collect a gift of 50 taels of silver? Can I not accept it? What will my subordinates think of me? Who will dare to follow me in the future?" Xu Jie continued to explain to Zhang Hao.

"But your subordinates are very greedy!" Zhang Hao stared at Xu Jie and continued to ask.

"Hey!" Xu Jie sighed when he heard this.

"You are responsible for this?" Zhang Hao asked staring at Xu Jie.

"Yes, but what can I do? This is the atmosphere in the whole court. I am calling them up. They are corrupt and I have never persuaded me. But it is not that easy to be an official." Xu Jie said with emotion.

"Don't you check those officials?" Zhang Hao looked at Xu Jie and asked.

"Can I check? I check my own people?" Xu Jie asked Zhang Hao and said.

"Hey, I suddenly thought of a solution. You three will investigate each other so that no one will offend the people below, but you three need to agree to be OK!" Zhang Hao looked at Xu Jie and said with a smile.

Xu Jie glanced at him and didn't say anything. He wanted such a stupid idea, as he was foolish.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!" At this moment, a knock on the door came from outside.

"Master, someone from the palace said he was looking for a son-in-law!" At this time, Liang's voice came from outside. When Xu Jie heard it, he looked at Zhang Hao. Zhang Hao felt bad, so he left the study and saw that it was Yang Jinshui.

"Marty, the emperor is looking for you and said he wants you to go to the Danfang immediately!" Yang Jinshui saw Wei Hao and immediately bowed with a smile.

"Now? What's wrong? What happened?" Zhang Hao looked at Yang Jinshui with incomprehension.

"This!" Yang Jinshui looked at Xu Jie behind him and said nothing.

"Okay, go!" Zhang Hao immediately knew what was going on, and followed Yang Jinshui and left.

When they got outside, Zhang Hao rode a horse, and Yang Jinshui also rode a horse.

"Justice Wang came to the Danfang to cry. The concubine in the harem has not been to the Danfang for eight years. Concubine Wang was the first in eight years. The emperor was very sad. The prince's affairs have a great blow to the emperor. As for why the emperor came to you, I don't know. I originally wanted to ask my godfather what he meant, but the emperor urged me to come and find you immediately!" Yang Jinshui looked at Zhang Hao and said in a low voice.

"Concubine Wang has arrived at the alchemy room?" Zhang Hao was also worried at this moment.

"Yes, the emperor would not see the concubines no matter how they asked for them, but this time, the emperor did not stop them, and he hugged the concubine Wang and cried!" Yang Jinshui nodded and said.

"Hey!" Zhang Hao heard it, sighed, and then went to the Danfang.

At this moment, Jiajing was sitting alone by the greenhouse, and Lu Fang was standing there, with no one else serving him.

"Emperor?" Zhang Hao quickly walked over and arrived at Jiajing's side. When he approached, he found that Jiajing's eyes were red, and he obviously had cried.

"Lu Bing is not good at doing things, you go and do things in the East Palace!" Jiajing said to Zhang Hao. Zhang Hao looked at Lu Fang, and Lu Fang nodded slightly in sigh.

"Okay, but, I'll let me take over him the first day? I'm afraid it's not good? Otherwise, I'll help him?" Zhang Hao asked carefully as he looked at Jiajing.

"Okay, ask the imperial physicians for confession, are you allowed to show the confession to others. Ask Lu Bing's record, take it to the alchemy room!" Jiajing explained to Zhang Hao.

"Yes, then, I'll go there now?" Zhang Hao asked looking at Jiajing.

"Okay!" Jiajing nodded.

"Your Majesty, you, hey, I don't know how to persuade you!" Zhang Hao stood there, looking at Jiajing like this, and was helpless.

"Don't advise me. I know your intentions. You can help Lu Bing find out. In addition, on the east factory, Lu Fang, you should keep an eye on it. You must find out. My prince, my prince, you can't just be confused like this. Even if you want to leave, you have to leave clearly!" Jiajing sat there, closing his eyes and said.

"Yes, the emperor!" Zhang Hao left helplessly when he heard this, and then Lu Fang left too, asking Huang Jin to come in to serve.

"What should I do?" Zhang Hao looked at Lu Fang and asked.

"Oh, it's too much. Check it out. I've been working with the emperor for decades. This is the first time I've seen the emperor like this. Blood is dissolved in water. Although the emperor doesn't see His Royal Highness very much, he can't be indifferent to letting the emperor have white hair and black hair, even the person with a sarcastic heart. What's more, the emperor's smart person has few descendants, so he was killed by them!" Lu Fang said sighing.

"Aren't you afraid of what's going on?" Zhang Hao stared at Lu Fang and continued to ask.

"I guess no matter who it is, it will be troublesome. Even Concubine Kang will probably enter the cold palace! If the prince leaves, Concubine Kang will probably follow him!" Lu Fang said in a low voice at Zhang Hao.

"Ah?" Zhang Hao heard this and looked at Lu Fang in shock. Concubine Kang is the mother of King Yu. Concubine Kang has a good relationship with his mother. His mother will basically go to the palace several times a year and sit with Concubine Kang. Is this going to die?

"Let's go, no one can suppress this matter. The emperor is determined to clean up the harem!" Lu Fang said to Zhang Hao.

"The emperor is not going to the harem now!" Zhang Hao said in discomfortably as he looked at Lu Fang.
Chapter completed!