C280 inner city metamorphosis(5)

The plague crisis in the inner city soon caused all the officials in the imperial court to become restless. In the morning assembly, all of them looked as if someone owed them a hundred coins. All of them were anxious and terrified.

The emperor's expression was also very ugly. He stared at the imperial court for a long time before heavily patting the armrest of the dragon throne.

If the matter had only been treated seriously at the beginning, it was already urgent. Since the disease had already spread to the capital's inner city, wouldn't it mean that it would spread to the imperial city? How could the Emperor not feel threatened?

As such, when he sat on the Dragon Throne in the middle of the imperial court, his face was slightly green, and he wasn't interested in being held accountable by Xiao Yi Jin, who was in charge. Instead, he looked around and asked, "What is the best suggestion you have for an outbreak in the inner city?"

After a moment of silence, Xiao Yijin took a step forward and explained the reason for the temporary closure of the inner and outer city, "... The reason why I'm doing this is not to stop the officials of the inner city from leaving the capital, but for several reasons. Firstly, the epidemic disease of the inner city and the outer city seem the same on the surface, but the disease is not the same. Second, for people to move between the inner city and outer city, it can't help but cause panic. Please understand my decision first, and don't be impatient. "

With regards to the safety of his family, the court officials were not very polite. Even as a prince, there were still people who spoke impolitely. In the history of Imperial Court, Minister Han Yi Fei was the first to speak sarcastically: "Prince Yan speaks so lightly, and the lives of his family are threatened, who can remain calm? "He can't compare to Prince Yan …"

As a prince, Xiao Yijin's closest parents were still in the Imperial City, so he naturally didn't need to worry about the plague. As for his main wife, for men, women were just clothes. No matter how luxurious the clothes were, for someone like the Yan King, they were easily abandoned.

Of course Xiao Yi Jin understood what he meant. The other party was still an official, so he sneered, "Sir Han, are you saying that you don't view me as a human being? "That's right. My royal father and imperial concubine are both in the Imperial City, but my second concubine is the same as you, in the inner city as well. My main concubine is still two months pregnant, how can I not be worried like you?" Could it be that only Sir Han's wife and children are human, and this king's wife and children are not? "

Han Yi Fei was startled. He didn't expect Xiao Yi Jin's main wife to be pregnant. He couldn't say anything for a while.

This was actually the first time the emperor had heard of this. If it was any other time, he would naturally be happy, but before this joy could rise, it was washed away by the clouds in the city. He only nodded slightly and said, "It's only temporarily sealed off."

Upon hearing the emperor agree to his decision, Xiao Yijin cast a glance at Xiao Yixiu and said, "But someone forced their way through the inner city gates. Not only did they let the people from the outer city enter, they even let the people from the inner city exit …"

The emperor frowned as he listened. When he heard that Fei Lian, the Minister of Revenue, and the other female servants of Minister Lin Zhihan had been sent out of the city, he asked Fei Lian first, "Fei Aiqing, is this true?"

Fei Lian didn't deny it at all. "That's right, this subject did have my son-in-law escort the family out of the city. At that time, I didn't hear about Prince Yan's secret order to seal the city gates, and all I thought about was the safety of my family. I didn't think anything was amiss."

"Mm …" It's just that when someone from the imperial camp intercepted me at the city gate, why would my beloved minister still insist on letting me pass? "

Lin Zhihan took a step forward, "Reporting to your majesty, Minister Fei was not present at the time. At that time, neither the imperial edict nor the matter had been heard, so how could it not have been perverted by someone? "

The emperor was silent for a moment before nodding and said, "Since it's a misunderstanding, I shall let this matter go."

Xiao Yijin was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses. The Emperor had actually changed from his usual tough style and started to stir up trouble in the imperial court? Was this because he didn't want to offend Fei Lian, or because he didn't want to hold Xiao Yixiu accountable? Could it be that the Emperor had taken care of the epidemic area a few days ago, and admired Xiao Yi Xiu more and more.

Xiao Yixiu didn't say a word from the beginning until the end. His expression was calm and gentle, to the point that he didn't even refute his words. It was as if he had already predicted that Fei Lian and Lin Zhihan would be convicted of such a crime.

Lin Zhihan had not seen the imperial edict, so he was worried that his subordinates would misunderstand his orders, so forcing him to say something like that was reasonable. Furthermore, Xiao Yijin had handled the situation in the inner city as a matter of urgency, so he didn't have the time to ask for the imperial edict. As a Prince, Xiao Yixiu was against his decision, so he didn't disobey the imperial edict.

Xiao Yixiu would at most be reprimanded, but it was inevitable that he would offend Fei Lian's son-in-law. For a moment, a complicated feeling arose in Xiao Yi Jin's heart. He gritted his teeth and hated Xiao Yi Xiu even more.

However, Wu Teng did not know what was going on, so he went up to report the matter. He said that Gu Qing Li had prepared a prescription and ordered someone to fry the medicine. A yamen official sent the medicine to every place where the plague broke out, and the matter was carried out.

The Emperor asked a few questions, and after hearing that the medicinal formula's effects were not bad when treated in the outer city, his expression eased up slightly.

Xiao Yijin almost vomited blood. He wanted to drag Wu Teng over and ask him whether Wu Teng was from the same family as him or Xiao Yixiu.

After retreating from the imperial court, Xiao Yi Jin walked back to his mansion with a face full of scolding clouds. The coldness in his eyes made Wu Ru Feng's heart tremble. She didn't understand what she had done wrong.

Fortunately, Dong Yu Feng came over to try to persuade her, and then pulled Xiao Yi Jin away. Only then did Wu Ru Feng return to her own courtyard crying.

Dong Yu Feng knew that Wu Teng didn't give Xiao Yi Jin much face last time, so he thought for a moment and said: "This can't be blamed on Sir Wu, as the King originally gave him no leeway, as Jing Zhao Yin, this matter should be handled by him, but you completely ignored him. He doesn't even know what the Prince is doing, and is being questioned by Prince Mo, so of course he has to protect himself first."

If Dong Yu Feng hadn't given him a few ideas before, and if she wasn't pregnant now, Xiao Yi Jin would probably have reprimanded her as well. But in the end, she only glared at her for a while before saying, "Don't try to help him argue. That old man clearly knows that this duke and Xiao Yi Xiu are sworn enemies, but he still gave him some gold on his face last time. He obviously doesn't want to be a family with me."

"He is only speaking the truth. Could he really hide this matter?" You don't have to be angry, your highness. You have to know that the higher you fly, the heavier you fall. First, he would allow Li Yue to obtain a few more merits, and then, when the time came, it would cause everyone to hope for the wondrous formula of Li Yue … Keep in mind that you have wiped out all his achievements from before, and instead brought about a great success in the end by giving him an image of fighting with you over everything. "

Xiao Yi Jin's expression relaxed a little and asked, "Your method has already been implemented?"

Dong Yu Feng nodded with a smile.