After explaining the funeral, the emperor's health deteriorated rapidly. He was only weak in his hands and feet, but soon he found that the right half of his body was unconscious. Su Yuan was leading the people in the imperial hospital to try their best, but the emperor was still speechless. The power of state affairs has been handed over to the prince and grandson.

Peng Dan and other ministers also began to deliberately avoid the emperor and report the investigation of the treason case to the prince.

Although the emperor really handed over the case to the Imperial Guards this time, instead of letting the hidden guards take over under the name of the Imperial Guards, the ministers are still frightened, because after all Wanpeng is not good at adjudicating cases.

Fifteen years ago, the biting in the Kaiping case was really frightening, and no one dared to take it lightly. Therefore, although Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice were coordinating the investigation, they intervened very carefully, and the phenomenon of biting must not be allowed to happen.

Wan Peng saw that although they were a little bit chattering, they really found out the people involved, so he turned a blind eye and let them intervene.

Their concerns were not wrong. He was indeed not good at investigating cases. He was good at investigating people. He often knew that the other party was in contact with the Tatars, but it was difficult to obtain tangible evidence. Now that he provided the person, it would be fine for them to conduct a detailed investigation. not good.

Therefore, although the prince has not yet ascended the throne, he has already begun to handle state affairs with full power.

After all, the palace is just a palace, and the court team is still in the capital, so the manpower in the palace is somewhat insufficient when it is busy, so the ministers headed by Peng Dan implored the prince to return to the court to handle state affairs.

The prince went to the main hall to ask the emperor, the emperor looked at him silently for a while, and finally nodded slowly.

He has been the emperor for fifty-three years, and he has tasted the helplessness and fear of losing power for the first time, but compared with losing power, the gradual loss of life is more maddening.

He felt that he was no longer afraid of death, and he could tell from the fact that he had arranged his affairs in an orderly manner, but in the past few days, his body had endured great pain, and except for Director Su who stayed by his side day and night, everyone else came and went. Walking, walking and coming again, they no longer looked up at him cautiously as the emperor, but lowered their heads and went about their own business.

The emperor felt that he was losing his life, and he might as well just die.

At this time, Gu Jingyun and Li Baolu had just returned to their home, and Gu Jingyun called Erlin over without even taking a break, "Go and ask the neighbors on the left, right and behind to see if anyone is willing to sell the house, the price is not a problem."

The excited Erlin was taken aback, "Master, do you want to buy a house?"

The corner of Gu Jingyun's mouth twitched, "Yes, my uncle and the others are going back to Beijing soon. Our family is too small, so we should buy another house to live in."

Erlin is the son of the Gu family, so of course he also knows who the uncle's uncle is. Is this... rehabilitated?

He was agitated, and immediately said: "Young one, let's ask."

Li Baolu had already taken out all the money at home. She sat cross-legged on the blanket, took out a stack of bank notes and put it aside, "This is the budget for buying a house, and this is the cost of furnishing the room..."

Gu Jingyun flipped through the stack of banknotes, and said in astonishment: "The house price in Lingsheng Street is so expensive?"

"I want to buy two buildings," Li Baolu said in a serious and low voice, "and my master."

"..." Gu Jingyun said: "Master, can the old man follow uncle and the others out of Qiongzhou?" He was still thinking about asking for grace after the crown prince ascended the throne.

Li Baolu glanced at him contemptuously, "Of course it's impossible to be aboveboard, but it's not difficult for my master to leave."

Gu Jingyun sat up straight and said: "Death escape? Although it is possible to lose my identity in the end, I should go to His Royal Highness now."

Although it would embarrass the other party, it was better than letting the master escape to death. He originally wanted to wait until the crown prince ascended the throne.

Because enthronement will result in amnesty, and the Ministry of Criminal Justice will submit the scope and list of amnesties. In the past, the Qin family and Bai Yitang were not included in the amnesty, but if he specifically mentioned it, it would not be difficult to add Bai Yitang's name to the amnesty.

Now mentioning it is embarrassing for the prince.

But the crown prince just thought about it for a moment before nodding his head and said: "It's good to pardon and redeem a group of people in advance, and it's just a blessing for His Majesty."

When the emperor ascended the throne, when he prayed to the heavens, apart from offering sacrifices, there was amnesty and redemption, and redemption was to buy slaves and release them, and amnesty mostly pardoned criminals who committed death sentences due to evasion, tax evasion, wounding, theft, and corruption. Most of the prisoners are not listed here.

However, some prisoners will be specifically pointed out that they cannot be pardoned even if they meet the conditions for pardon because of their serious crimes or other reasons.

The Qin family committed treason and was not included in the pardon, while Bai Yitang committed theft, although he was included in the pardon, because he had offended too many people and was taken care of by many people, so he has not been included in the list of pardons.

This time the crown prince spoke in person, and the Ministry of Punishment naturally added it without even thinking about it, and then quickly issued an official document, notifying the county governments of the list of pardons.

And Li Baolu's letter was also handed over to Taisun by Gu Jingyun, and after leaving the back door, it was quickly sent to Guangzhou by carrier pigeons, and then sent to Qiongzhou by people from Guangzhou. She only hoped to arrive before Qin Xinfang and the others left Qiongzhou. The "deceased" master.

The speed of the pigeons is fast, but the tolerance of carrying the emperor's decree is also not slow, because they were specially instructed. After receiving the decree written by Gu Jingyun, they rushed to Qiongzhou at high speed. Arrived in twelve days.

They left one person to meet the county magistrate of Qiongzhou Prefecture, and the rest went directly to Sin Village after finding a guide.

Qin Xinfang was unaware of the sudden change in the situation outside. He was sitting in the study reading Gu Jingyun's letter at this moment. He hadn't received a letter from Jingyun and Baolu for two months, and he felt a little worried.

He had already sent a letter to ask Chen Tong, but what was strange was that Chen Tong had not sent any letters in the past month, only parcels.

Qin Xinfang knew that something had happened to Gu Jingyun, but she didn't know what it was, so Chen Tong didn't dare to tell him.

Qin Xinfang flipped through the letters dully, trying to deduce from them what Gu Jingyun would do, what the various forces in the capital would do, and the emperor's attitude...

Niu Niu stumbled over, ignoring the threshold at her waist, and decisively lay on the threshold, raised her legs and climbed up, then turned down quickly, got up and patted the little skirt on her body, and ran towards her father go.

When Qin Xinfang heard the movement, she lowered her head and met the child's big dark eyes.

Niuniu gave her father a flattering smile, hugged his legs and was about to climb up, Qin Xinfang held her in her arms helplessly, nodded her nose and said: "Why did you come here, you are not talking to your aunt Play?"

Niuniu hugged her father's neck and said coquettishly, "I don't want to play with my aunt, I want to play with my uncle."

"What do you want to play with me?"

Niuniu pointed to the channel on the table: "I want to read the letter from my father and mother."

Qin Xinfang picked up the letter and showed it to her, pointing to the simple characters on it to teach her to recognize, the child is forgetful, Qin Xinfang and He Zipei have a heart, and slowly reversed the address of Niu Niu.

Every time she received a letter from Jingyun and Baolu, Qin Xinfang would coax Niuniu to call her parents, and herself and He Zipei would call themselves uncle and uncle every day. I can't remember that she insisted on calling Qin Xinfang and He Zipei to be her parents not long ago.

Qin Xinfang was on the verge of teaching, when Bai Yitang suddenly flew into the courtyard from outside the wall, leaping in through the open window with his toes in the air, Niuniu saw the excited clapping, and shouted: "Feifei, Feifei, I I want it, I want it too."

Bai Yitang, who always cares about Niu Niu, hugged Niu Niu in his arms, looked at Qin Xinfang seriously, and said, "There are officials sent to Sin Village, and they will arrive in less than a quarter of an hour. It seems to have rushed here from outside."

Qin Xinfang's face changed slightly.

"Do you want to go or not? If you go, go immediately. I'll take you into the mountains. There are houses and food prepared by Baolu in the mountains. You won't die of hunger."

Qin Xinfang quickly opened the side drawer, took out the box inside and stuffed it to Bai Yitang, "Take Niuniu and go, we won't go."

Bai Yitang frowned, and was about to persuade him again, Qin Xinfang said: "It may not be a bad thing, you take Niuniu and leave quickly, if there is nothing wrong, I will find a way to inform you, and then you can bring Niuniu out."

Bai Yitang's ear twitched, he heard the sound of horseshoes, he didn't hesitate any longer, after taking a deep look at Qin Xinfang, he went out with Niuniu in his arms, and met Qin Wenyin head-on.

Qin Wenyin waved to him in a friendly manner, "Bai Daxia is taking Niu Niu to play?"

Bai Yitang, who wanted to leave directly, stopped, looked Qin Wenyin up and down, and immediately stepped forward to embrace her, and flew away with her and Niu Niu with a "swoosh".

Qin Wenyin screamed, and hugged Bai Yitang involuntarily, but Niuniu, who was used to Feifei, clapped her hands excitedly and shouted, "Fly, fly, cluck..."

Qin Wenyin glared at him, "What are you doing?"

Bai Yitang didn't explain, and when a team of fast horses entered the village, he flew into the forest with the two of them, and disappeared soon.

The guard sitting on the horse frowned and looked over there, as if he saw a person flying in the air just now, and he heard the child's laughter clearly.

"Let's go, Mr. Qin is still waiting for us to announce the decree."

Only then did the guard put his mind away and quickly followed.

And Qin Wenyin, who was hugged and moved around in the forest, covered Niuniu's mouth with a pale face, and asked tremblingly: "Who were those people just now?"

Bai Yitang said flatly: "I guess it's an official from the capital."

"Why only the two of us, what about my brother and sister-in-law?"

Bai Yitang was silent, but Qin Wenyin had already reacted, tears streaming down her face, it must be because her elder brother was unwilling to leave, that person has always been like this, if he could hide, he would never hide.

"Thank you very much," Qin Wenyin wiped away her tears and said with a forced smile, "I lost my temper just now."

At the same time, the guards escorted an official from the Ministry of Rites into the Qin Mansion, and Qin Xinfang had brought He Zipei to wait.

Seeing Qin Xinfang, everyone's eyes were a little complicated. Is this the well-known Qin cabinet in the capital?

Qin Xinfang scanned the crowd, looked accurately at the officials of the Ministry of Rites who were surrounded in the middle, paused his eyes on the burden behind him, and sighed slightly, he was very familiar with this posture, it was an imperial edict.

But I don't know whether it's good or bad, thinking of Jing Yun and Bao Lu who have been out of contact for two months, Qin Xinfang calmed down and smiled at them: "Who are here to pass the decree?"

Several people were very respectful to Qin Xinfang, bowed and said: "That's right, please Master Qin prepare one or two."

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