The dinner was quite rich, but Han Ruzi felt that it was not as delicious as the rice porridge and pickles at breakfast. Zhang Youcai, who was serving the side, also felt the same: "I don't think anything was there when I ate it. Now my nose is full of the taste of that time, which is really strange."

After the meal, Han Ruzi returned to the study room. The bedroom in the main room was still being cleaned, and he still wanted to stay here temporarily.

There were several wooden boxes in the room, full of pens, ink, paper, inkstones, fans, ornaments, etc., but there were no books. It seemed that I would have to buy them myself in the future.

Zhang Youcai came in and lit a candle and asked, "Master, do you really need me to serve?"

Han Ruzi shook his head. He liked to stay alone in the study.

Shortly after nightfall, Cai Xinghai returned. He was not idle for the day and had been running around outside, finally bringing back the crucial information.

"At dusk tomorrow, Mrs. Juanhou will leave the palace from Penglaimen in the north, walk into Huashi Lane, Foyi Lane and Shuying Lane, and send it to Cui's house from the back door." Cai Xinghai let out a sigh, "It's too much. After all, the wife was the queen. Even if she was deposed, she is qualified to leave the palace openly and enter the house from the main door."

Han Ruzi sympathized with Cui Xiaojun and wanted to take her to Juanhou's mansion.

But Yang Feng's thoughts were never on Mrs. Juanhou, and asked, "Is there any news about the establishment of the emperor?"

Cai Xinghai sighed, "The Empress Dowager left the King of East China in Cishun Palace. Jing Yao, the Central Secretary, frequently traveled between the inner palace and the Southern Army these days, and it seemed that he wanted to establish the King of East China."

"The King of East Sea is worthy of his wish." Han Ruzi was still a little jealous. When she thought that she might have to kneel down to the King of East Sea in the future, she felt even more uncomfortable.

Yang Feng sat on a box, thought for a while, and said, "It may not be the King of East China Sea."

Cai Xinghai knew that Yang Feng was a smart man, but he believed in the news he had heard more. "It was spreading outside, saying that Grand Tutor Cui was in charge of the Southern Army and asked the Empress Dowager to make his nephew the emperor, otherwise he would have to slaughter the capital. When I was in the Northern Army, the soldiers there were panic and might even start war."

"But you can still bring a group of people into the city, which means that the Northern Army is not ready to start the war," said Yang Feng.

Cai Xinghai scratched his head, "There is no way. The Northern Army has been scattered in sand. It has been like this for many years. Even if the Empress Dowager wants to confront the Southern Army, she will not use them. Also, I heard that many ministers have gone to please Mr. Cui. If they can't enter the Southern Army camp, they will go to Cui's house in the city to deliver posts and gifts. The front of the Cui family's gate has been busy for several months."

Yang Feng smiled but said nothing, and Cai Xinghai chatted for a while and said a leave.

Yang Feng stood up and said, "What do you think of Juehou?"

"I know too little information to make a judgment."

"Understanding too much information may not be a good thing. Juehou must learn to know the small knowledge."

Han Ruzi thought for a while, "Last night you asked me to think about one thing: being the supreme, how can I clearly express my meaning."

"Well, do you have the answer?"

"Not yet, I'm thinking about the opposite question: being the supreme. How can we understand the true thoughts of the ministers? This is the biggest dilemma for the Queen Mother at the moment."

Yang Feng nodded, "Put yourself in your shoes, this is the key to knowing the details. Please continue to talk about it."

"The Empress Dowager delayed me for five months before abdicating me. During this period, rumors spread everywhere. As Cai Xinghai said, many ministers defected to the Cui family - perhaps this is the way the Empress Dowager understands the minister's true thoughts, observes his actions, and not just listens to his words."

Yang Feng refused to say anything. He raised his hand to signal the resident Hou to continue.

"If you please the Cui family, there are those who avoid the Cui family and even oppose the Cui family. In this way, the Empress Dowager can see who among the ministers can stand on his side." Han Ruzi pondered. Imagine that he is the Empress Dowager, the emperor who holds great power, and things gradually become clearer. "The Empress Dowager will never establish the King of Donghai. The King of Donghai is different from me. He has the Cui family as his backer and establish him as the emperor. He will give the court a wrong message, making the minister think that the Cui family will win and the Queen Mother will be defeated miserably. In that case, she will never have the possibility of turning over again."

Yang Feng finally nodded, "This is exactly my guess."

The confusion in Han Ruzi's heart did not disappear, but became deeper. "Can Taifu Cui see such an obvious fact? The longer he waits, the more unfavorable it is for him. Are those ministers also making the same mistake?"

Yang Feng smiled slightly, "How can things be so easy? Juehou only put himself in his shoes and thought about the Queen Mother, but never thought about the Grand Tutor Cui."

Han Ruzi thought for a while and sighed: "It's too difficult. The Cui family is deeply rooted in the court. The Grand Tutor Cui regained the military power of the Southern Army, and his chances of victory are quite high. Especially when the Queen Mother asked me to abdicate, it was tantamount to showing weakness to the Cui family. Even if the Queen Mother has a clever plan, he may not be able to succeed. No wonder some ministers would surrender to the Cui family."

"So, Juanhou abdicated and stayed away from disputes may not be a good thing."

Han Ruzi smiled. It is easy to abdicate and want to regain his position, but it is difficult to regain his position. He could only sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight and enjoyed his mouth. "Who will the Empress Dowager make the emperor? There are many descendants of the Han family, but the only sons of Emperor Huan, I and the King of Donghai are the King of Donghai. If she makes others the emperor, her position as the Queen Mother is a bit unreasonable. Could she still want to make the King of Donghai, but she thinks of a way to shock the Cui family and the ministers?"

"You will probably know the result tomorrow night." Yang Feng did not say his own judgment. "The struggle between the Empress Dowager and the Cui family is likely to last for a while, but tomorrow's battle is crucial and is also important to Juehou."

"If the King of Donghai is normal to be emperor, the power of the Cui family will increase greatly, and the Queen Mother's influence in the court will decline. When someone comes to kill me, it will not be to please the Queen Mother, but to please the Cui family and the King of Donghai."

"Let's rest, we're just talking about the general trend here, and we don't have to come to a conclusion. The emperor's skills are both right and strange, and the general trend is right, and the fight between you and me is strange. The Empress Dowager and Grand Tutor Cui might use strange tricks to win, and this is impossible to guess."

Han Ruzi couldn't immediately feel calm and said no, thinking in her mind. Seeing that Yang Feng had already walked to the door, he said, "The officials of the Ministry of Rites saw me like a tiger. Did they know what they had learned in advance?"

Yang Feng stopped, "The Empress Dowager promoted Yuan Jiuding, the Minister of Rites half a year ago and introduced him to the Qinzheng Hall. It would be impossible for no reason."

"At that time, the palace transformation had not happened yet. Did the Queen Mother want me to abdicate? My mother just happened to say that the Queen Mother's heart was right?"

"Don't think too much. Some things may never have an answer. Some things will only be understood if you get to that position." Yang Feng pushed the door out, leaving a lot of doubts for Juanhou.

Han Ruzi took off her clothes, blew out the candles, and lay on the bed for a long time and couldn't fall asleep.

"Cui Family..." When Han Ruzi thought that the Cui Family might marry several daughters to the King of Donghai as queen and concubines, he felt that he had to take his wife back.

But Yang Feng's relaxed attitude surprised Han Ruzi. Does he think that the Cui family will definitely lose in the battle with the Empress Dowager, so he doesn't care about offending the Cui family?

Yang Feng wanted to use twenty cavalry guards to directly connect Mrs. Juanhou to the mansion. The plan was very simple, but it was not easy to implement.

The next morning, when Zhang Youcai came to serve Juehou, he said, "It was really effective to go to the Ministry of Rites yesterday. There were all officers and soldiers outside our mansion, and there must be hundreds of people from the street to the end of the street."

Not only that, the prefecture chief and prefecture sent by Zongzheng's mansion also began to perform their duties formally, and did not care much about other matters, but they were very strict about the people entering and leaving the Juanhou's mansion. The names, appearances, reasons, time, etc. were all registered in detail.

The Juanhou Mansion was indeed safe, but he also lost the freedom at the beginning. Han Ruzi felt it was difficult for him to go out, not to mention robbing people halfway through, and couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

Yang Feng had no urgency at all. He seemed to have forgotten about the big thing today. He was entangled with two officials throughout the morning. These two were appointed by the court and wanted to serve Juenhou and be openly monitored. Yang Feng was the chief supervisor of the Hou Mansion. Although he had no grade, he was in charge of more things.

In order to argue about the scope of responsibilities of both parties and who has a higher status, Yang Feng fought a battle with the officials of the government, and the other party did not show weakness. It was the arrangement of Zong Zheng's mansion, which was a practice for many years.

Seeing that noon had passed, Han Ruzi began to restlessly. Cai Xinghai ran in and out, constantly winking at Juanhou.

Shortly after the afternoon, Cai Xinghai was expelled from the Marquis' Mansion. He was not on the designated eunuch list and was not an official slave. He stayed in the mansion for too long and was not a decent person.

Yang Feng fought hard, but in the end he surrendered and sent Cai Xinghai out of the mansion. The grandson of Du was expelled together. These two people had unknown origins and could not stay in the mansion.

On the surface, Yang Feng lost more than he won in a series of battles, but as the general manager, he could manage less and less. He kept shook his head and stamping his feet, looking very angry.

One hour in the afternoon, Yang Feng finally won a small victory. With the consent of the officials, he wanted to hire a teacher for Juanhou.

After a morning of fighting, the Chief of the Mansion and the Chief of the Mansion were already exhausted. I heard that the man who was invited was Guo Cong, the master of Juanhou in the palace. I reluctantly agreed that Guo Cong had been an official in the court for decades and was trustworthy.

Yang Feng took advantage of the victory to pursue the army and was about to invite the teacher, and Juanhou went there personally. "You know Mr. Guo's identity. He was a meritorious in killing the rebels a few months ago and was highly rewarded by the court. If he was not too old, he would definitely refuse to enter the court. Now he is at least a minister..."

The officials were already dizzy and had to nod, but asked that the two officials, twenty cavalry guards and the officers and soldiers sent by several major departments should follow, and that the lords of Juanhou could not be allowed to ride alone in the market.

Yang Feng fought for a while and reluctantly accepted the conditions.

Han Ruzi traveled in a carriage, not a canopy carriage with air-opening, but a closed carriage like a sedan, probably specially made for him, because after sitting in, he found that the curtains on both sides were sewn to death, and he could not look out, and people outside could not see him.

Seeing that it was not long before dusk, Han Ruzi felt that it was too late no matter how much he calculated. Guo Cong was a very etiquette gentleman, and just meeting him would take a lot of time.

As a result, Guo Cong was not at home at all. Perhaps because he wanted to stay away from the turmoil in the court, the old man had retired and returned to his hometown in Guandong in a month.

Yang Feng was very regretful, but the two officials who followed him were very calm. Obviously, he had known for a long time that this trip would definitely return without success.

Han Ruzi only had the word "admiration" for Yang Feng. They finally squeezed out time to pick up Cui Xiaojun, but they didn't know how to get rid of the two officials.

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