Wu Qilan is twenty-one years old this year. Although she is not very beautiful, she still has the feeling of Xiaojiabiyu and is generous. She also took a fancy to Zhang Shoujing's talent and personality two years ago and just married him.

Zhang Shoujing's parents still lived in the countryside. After getting the honors, he worked hard in the Ministry of Justice. In three years, he went from a small policeman to the head catcher of the Proposal Department. The Proposal Department Secretary Li at that time is now

The Minister of Punishment, Zheng Peng.

The Ministry of Punishment was widely implicated in Princess Changping's incident two years ago. The former Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment even harmed Xiao Qiang. Zheng Peng came to power. During a heavy mission, Wu Qilan was robbed of her money. Zhang Shoujing came to help, and the two became acquainted.

As time went by, the two of them got together. Wu Qilan was nineteen years old, and he was already quite old. He thought that it would be okay to be a girl in the Gusu family all the time, so he took advantage of the imperial concubine's return home to talk about this.

Gusu Mu had lived with her for five years, and she had deep feelings for him, so she took the initiative in their marriage.

Gusu Mu was involved in this matter. No matter how stupid Zheng Peng was, he knew that Zhang Shoujing's wife was not simple, so he taught some important cases to Zhang Shoujing.

Zhang Shoujing was also very capable. He solved the case and even caught the spy, which was a great contribution. After Zheng Peng left, the proposal department was under his charge. Anyone who wanted to fill the vacancy was fooled by Zheng Peng.

Okay, now the Proposal Department has been given to Zhang Shoujing as the Proposal Department's base. This calculation can be said loud and clear, and everyone with a discerning eye knows it well.

After the two got married, they were considered to be from a well-off family. After all, Wu Qilan came from the Gusu family. This house was the dowry given to Wu Qilan by Gusu Mu. After nineteen years in the Gusu family, Zhang Shoujing also had some savings.

There are also 600 taels of silver in the account every year. I can't say that I am rich, but I have no worries about food and clothing.

It is said that this proposal department is a fat and oily place, but Wu Qilan asked Zhang Shoujing to abide by his duties. All pleas for mercy were passed on to Zheng Peng.

At first, Zhang Shoujing didn't know why Wu Qilan made such a request, until an accident occurred last year where a mortal escaped while escorting a prisoner. Zheng Peng also let him take a look at the memorial submitted by the cabinet. After all, he was the Proposal Secretary.

, if the cabinet summons the matter, it will be difficult to handle.

According to the memorial, they met bandits outside the city and had a conflict. The prisoner took advantage of the chaos and escaped. The person who escaped was not an important prisoner, but a larceny criminal.

But Zhang Shoujing personally arrested and interrogated that man. It was not a theft at all, but a real murder. He was a young man from the capital. It was said that he had some connections with General Tiance's mansion. The original death sentence was changed to exile. Dali

The temple sent the case back to the Ministry of Punishment.

Only then did he know how deep the water above was. After he came back, he personally bought vegetables and set up a table. Thanks to Wu Qilan, from now on he would discuss some things with Wu Qilan and seek her opinion.

When the dishes were served, Zhang Shoujing felt that he was most satisfied at this moment. With a wife like this, what could a husband ask for?

"Who do you think the person I met yesterday was?" Zhang Shoujing was lying on the bed, holding Wu Qilan in his arms. The two of them were sweating profusely, and Wu Qilan slowly moved his hair across Zhang Shoujing's chest.

"Who is it? I saw that you didn't think about food and tea yesterday, so I didn't ask any questions. Could it be that you saved some royal relative?" Wu Qilan was joking, but now Zhang Shoujing took the initiative to say that this was not the case.

It's over.

Zhang Shoujing chuckled: "You really guessed it right, she is the current eldest princess."

Wu Qilan's smiling face froze in an instant, and she got up from Zhang Shoujing's chest: "Who do you think you are?"

"Elder Princess..." Zhang Shoujing sighed and said: "Hey, yesterday I thought I would be punished today, ranging from a fine to a demotion, so I was depressed. This morning, I was scolded by Master Shangshu all morning, and at noon,

Liu Xin, the steward of the second prince, went to the Ministry of Justice and said that the eldest princess said that I had done a good job in escorting her. The second prince arranged for the Ministry of Household Affairs to give me a salary. From next month, I will have a salary from the third rank. Although my official position remains unchanged, this

But the salary has been raised a lot, from the third grade to one hundred taels per month, which is fifty taels more than now. Haha, don't you think this is a great joy?"

"Wait, let me think about it..." Wu Qilan seriously began to help Zhang Shoujing recall what happened yesterday.

From Princess Changping's attitude and tone of voice to Liu Xin's original words today, they were all repeated exactly as they were, but then Wu Qilan fell silent.

Zhang Shoujing didn't feel anything was wrong, and immediately patted Wu Qilan on the back and said, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong or..."

Wu Qilan shook his head: "No, no..."

"What's wrong?" Zhang Shoujing stood up, put on a coat, frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"

Wu Qilan frowned, holding her chin with her right hand and said: "According to logic, since Princess Changping said not to spread this matter, how did the second prince know about it? Why did it reach the Holy Emperor overnight?

Mr. Shangshu was scolded early in the morning, so he took you and scolded you when he came back, but he didn't expect that the second prince would reward you. Naturally, this was Princess Changping's intention, to express her gratitude."

"Yes, that's what happened." Zhang Shoujing is also a veteran in handling cases, so he can naturally hear what Wu Qilan means: "Well, so to put it this way, someone must have tipped off the news, so the Second Prince and the Holy One will know about it.

With what happened today, right?"

Wu Qilan nodded and said with a smile: "My husband-in-law finally got some relief. There is only one possibility. Otherwise, there is someone from the second prince in your punishment department. But this possibility is unlikely, because even if he is

As for the second prince, it seems now that the second prince and the Holy Emperor have completely different attitudes towards this matter, which means that the channels for delivering the news are different."

Zhang Shoujing thought for a while: "According to what you said, it is indeed the same thing."

"This shows that the princess is not only surrounded by the Holy Emperor's spies, but also the second prince. If the second prince has spies, what about the other princes? For example, are there the fourth and fifth princes?" Wu Qilan asked: "If so,

So what do their eyeliners do? Why do they go to so much trouble to install them?"

"Of course it is to protect Princess Changping. The incident in Jinling last time caused a storm in the city, and the Queen Mother's attitude towards Princess Changping is obvious to all." Zhang Shoujing replied.

"No... it's definitely not to protect the princess..." Wu Qilan denied flatly: "If it was to protect the princess, when you appeared, did anyone come forward to fight? When you entered the alley, did someone catch up with you?"

"Well, there really isn't..." Zhang Shoujing couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart: "What do you mean..."

"This is because they want to know about Princess Changping and what the second prince has done. The fourth and fifth princes want to know what the fourth and fifth princes have done. The second prince also wants to know that Princess Changping was in charge of the Yushitai before.

and Dali Temple, the two current palaces were single-handedly promoted by her. Wasn’t it the Yushitai and Dali Temple that had the most violent quarrels in Jinling before? Although they were suppressed by the cabinet in the end, several princes were also

I know that the power of Dali Temple and Yushitai cannot be ignored."

"The Holy Lord also has this purpose. He wants to know whose side this sister is on, because Princess Changping can influence the Queen Mother's attitude. The Holy Lord governs the world with benevolence, and Confucianism is prevalent. He will not ignore the Queen Mother's words, so

, Put these things together, sir, your chance will come..." Wu Qilan smiled instead.

"My chance? What chance?" Although Zhang Shoujing is good at arresting people and solving cases, when it comes to matters above the officialdom, he is several levels behind Wu Qilan.

If Wu Qilan became an official, he would probably be at least a third-grade official, much stronger than him.

"My husband, just hold it up..." Wu Qilan turned around and went to sleep.
Chapter completed!