After two days of salvage, Xue Shenzhi was not salvaged, and he did not climb ashore. They all sent people to guard the area within ten miles.

Even if a ship passes by, they will search and there will be no trace of him.

"The lake water is turbulent in the river section, which may have washed away. He was injured, could not swim, and could not be alive."

"There has been a shipwreck in this area. More than a dozen people have caught only two, and they have been swept away by the undercurrent."

"We will return to Beijing to report."

The man in black evacuated.

A foreign ship slowly sailed towards the capital.

——

The news of Xue Shenzhi's death spread in Anyang Prefecture City.

When the prefect Chen received the news, he was very surprised. They all escaped from the ambush and died so easily now?

"The news is accurate?" asked cautiously.

"It's true that it was the prince who took action himself. Xue Shenzhi was careless and did not bring anyone around him, so he was ambushed." Gu Mian felt very happy. He suffered a lot of losses in the hands of Xue Shenzhi!

Once a person dies, he will be cut off from him and can be taken back.

"Sir, that ten thousand acres of land..." Gu Mian's eyes showed greed, "The land hidden by officials and wealthy gentry is now in the hands of Xue Shenzhi. He is dead, and you have no choice but to decide these lands? Then you let them come with silver and redeem their land at the price set by Xue Shenzhi. They will definitely be willing to exempt them from their future taxes."

The prefect Chen glanced at Gu Mian and shook his head, "The emperor already knows that there is land at auction. If we are ignorant, it will probably cause the emperor's dissatisfaction. If we send someone to come, we may even fall a big fuss."

Gu Mian's eyes flashed with ruthlessness, "Sir, Xue Shenzhi is dead, we have the final say on how this land is. Didn't he leave three thousand acres of land for auction? Let's report these three thousand acres. As for the seven thousand acres, it is said that in order to achieve political achievements, he received the emperor's reward, many of them were land with masters. Xue Shenzhi bullied the people and seized the people's land for the sake of his money. As long as we destroy the booklets left by Xue Shenzhi, even if someone suspects, there will be no evidence."

Prefect Chen squinted his eyes slightly and put his hand on Gu Mian's shoulder, "Don't blame you for being valued by the prince. Your flexible mind is also very good at the heart of my official."

"grown ups?"

"Do as you said." Prefect Chen waved and arranged for someone to take Gu Mian to the inn together.

The group immediately went to the inn, unobstructed.

The postmaster followed Gu Mian immediately, "Gu Mian, is there an order from the prefect?"

"Xue Shenzhi threatened the people to seize the land. The prefect wanted to search for evidence and submit the emperor to make a decision." Gu Mian winked at the guards. The guards entered the study and put Xue Shenzhi's registered booklet into a box and carried away a box full of boxes.

"Where is Zhang Yiwen?" Gu Mian inspected the small inn, but Zhang Yiwen was not seen.

"After the first auction, he took leave and went home to take care of his wife who gave birth, and was still asking me to advance the money." Yicheng said this and was dissatisfied with Zhang Yiwen. "The one who hired him was Mr. Xue. I only had a few dollars a month, so how could I pay him a wage?"

Gu Mian frowned, always feeling something was wrong.

He sent someone to Zhang Yiwen's house to investigate. His wife was waiting for childbirth at home, and the child was not very good. The whole family took the child to treat the disease, but was not in the village.

Gu Mian was sure that Zhang Yiwen did not lie, so he stopped caring about him.

A fire burned all the booklets.

He also hinted that Fushen would go to the prefect Chen to get the land back and do things according to the old rules.

Everyone understood it, and that night he used a carriage to pull the box and carry it into the prefect's mansion.

The prefect Chen distributed the land deeds of 7,000 acres to all the rich gentry, and the rest was his filial piety to the important officials in the capital.

Afterwards, he wrote a memorial, reported Xue Shenzhi's death and crimes, the progress of the land inventory, and the silver obtained from the auction of 3,000 acres of land, and sent people to escort them to Beijing.

——

Mrs. Qin was buried.

Shang Zhi sent Qin Yushuang back to Su's house.

Before getting off the carriage, Shang Zhi said to Qin Yushuang: "Mom, the death of grandmother is very sad for us, but it is a relief for her. From now on, she will no longer have to endure the torture of illness."

Qin Yushuang's eyes were red and her whole body was exhausted. Although she had been prepared for a long time, the old lady Qin would die, but it was still difficult to accept when it really happened.

"Mom knows that your grandmother hopes that we don't have to be too sad. People who live always have to go forward." Qin Yushuang's eyebrows were stained with sadness, and she said bitterly: "She probably knows that there is not much time. Every time she goes to see her, she talks about the past, and she has a happy smile on her face. There is no big regret in her life. If she goes one day, she doesn't have to be too sad. She just changes her way of life and enjoys her happiness without any illness."

Tears rose in Shang Zhi's eyes, and he watched Qin Yushuang wipe her tears with a handkerchief and hold the token in his palm.

"You should also pay more attention to your health. Mom is back first." Qin Yushuang told Shang Zhi a few words, then got off the carriage and entered the house.

Shang Zhi watched Qin Yushuang enter the mansion and asked the coachman to drive the carriage to the palace.

Aunt Yun had already been waiting at the door.

"Madam Xue, Empress is waiting for you in the Xiande Hall." Aunt Yun led Shang Zhi to the Xiande Hall.

Shang Zhi smiled and said, "I haven't entered the palace for a long time, so I've been waiting for a long time."

Aunt Yun lowered her head and said, "Mrs. Xue's Day."

Shang Zhi's smile faded.

Aunt Yun secretly blamed herself for saying the wrong thing, which made Shang Zhi sad. Along the way, she remained silent and went to Xiande Hall, "Madam Xue, please come in."

Shang Zhi entered the hall, and Concubine Wen was wearing palace clothes and stood in front of the window. Her face was not as delicate as before, and her expression was slightly haggard.

"The Imperial Concubine." Shang Zhi's blessing body.

Concubine Wen turned around and her eyes fell on Shang Zhi, "Your ninth lady's friend has great methods. Since she entered the palace, the emperor has not been to another palace for a long time. Even on the fifth day of every month, he stayed in the Qianqing Palace to greet her."

"Empress, many things cannot be looked at on the surface. Everyone has their own will, and these are not what she wants." Shang Zhi sighed when he thought of Ninth Lady.

Concubine Wen sneered, "I don't envy her, but I sympathize with her!"

Shang Zhi was stunned.

"The emperor's temper has become more and more violent recently, and he has completely lost control. He himself cannot control it. How good can the person be by his pillow?" Concubine Wen's eyes flashed coldly, and she did not want to say more to Shang Zhi, "Okay, you will go to the Three Treasures Hall without any trouble, and let Yong'an take you to the garden for a walk."

Shang Zhi bent his knees and thanked Concubine Wen.

Yong'an was waiting at the door and saw Shang Zhi coming out of the hall. She explained: "After the queen took King Yu into the palace and took the phoenix seal from her mother's hand, she completely put it down. She no longer put on heavy makeup every day, cared for and dressed up carefully, and occasionally went to accompany Queen Wei to recite scriptures."

Shang Zhi just felt that everyone had too much helplessness and too much to help themselves.

"Where do you want to go?" Yongan asked.

Shang Zhi touched the token in his hand, "I want to see the chrysanthemum."

Yong'an did not doubt that Shang Zhi experienced the pain of bereavement, and he could relax after looking at the scenery.

The chrysanthemum is very close to the Queen's palace. Yong'an took Shangzhi to take a detour and walked around the chrysanthemum garden from the back door of the Queen's palace.

When passing by the Queen's Palace, Shang Zhi looked up and thought about how to meet the guards. According to past calculations, today the Queen called the guards around King Yu to come over to ask questions. Juyuan is the only way to come from King Yu's palace. She can compare the characteristics she said from Mrs. Wen to the guards.

Suddenly, her eyes paused. Through the half-closed back door, she saw the guard supporting the queen down the stone steps, whispering something in the queen's ear. The queen covered her mouth with a squint, chuckled, and stared at the guard with a squinted eyes.

Shang Zhi grabbed Yong'an suddenly, covered her mouth, and pulled her away from the queen's palace quickly.

"What's wrong?" Shang Zhi's hand loosened, and Yong'an asked quickly.

Shang Zhi shook his head, but felt that there was an unusual feeling between the queen and the guards, and the guards' behavior was overwhelming.

Her heart beat, and her intuition told her not to be discovered by the queen. Subconsciously, she pulled Yong'an and ran away.

"I saw that clump of chrysanthemums and thought it was not very good. I had a holiday with the queen, and I was worried that she would make things difficult for me if she saw it." Shang Zhi made an excuse and said to Yong'an: "The chrysanthemums in the palace are not as good as the plum garden. If you like chrysanthemums, I will take you to the plum garden. After you look at it, you will feel that the chrysanthemums in the palace are nothing but a word."

"You haven't seen the chrysanthemum garden in the palace, how can you know that it's not as good as the plum garden?" Yong'an asked Shang Zhi back.

"I saw it. I looked at it from a distance and lost my interest." Shang Zhi felt that the Queen's Palace was too dangerous and could not speak too bluntly, so he had to persuade Yong'an not to go to Juyuan. "The imperial concubine now ignores the affairs of the harem. She had a holiday with the Queen at the beginning, so the princess would better avoid going to the Queen's bedroom."

"I understand." Yong'an responded, looked at the token that fell from Shangzhi's sleeve, and picked it up, "Hey, I seem to have seen this somewhere."

Shang Zhi said calmly: "Do you remember where the princess is?"

In the moment of glance, Shang Zhi had already eliminated the guard's height.

Not him.

But it does not mean that it is not a queen.

"Have you seen anyone around the queen?" Shang Zhi asked.

Yongan thought about it carefully for a long time, and she shook her head and said confidently: "I didn't see it on the person next to the queen, but suddenly it got stuck, I can't remember it."

Not the queen?

Who could that be?

Shang Zhi sat in the carriage returning home and sorted out the details again.

Except for Mrs. Wei’s death, the rumor that Wei Ningzi was the nemesis was circulating outside, and it seemed that there was no other impact.

The purpose is Wei Ningzi and Qin Jingxiao?

But it was just some rumors that didn't seem to hurt the two of them.

wrong!

Shang Zhi suddenly remembered what Wang Xianru said, and the person behind her told her that: The Empress Dowager gave the marriage to Wei Ningzi and married Qin Jingxiao, and Wei Ningzi would cause the Qin family to suffer a catastrophe.

The people behind this want the Wei family to oppose the Qin family, and they do not want to see the Wei family and the Qin family marry and form an alliance.

But they mistakenly thought about the hearts of the people. The Qin family remained rational and did not take their anger on Wei Ningzi because of the death of Mrs. Qin.

The Qin and Wei families are in opposition, who is the capable person?
To be continued...