As night falls, the days of melting snow always have a bone-broken coldness. Zhu Youjiao's imperial guards and guards advanced rapidly on the official road. The torches lit along the way are like long snakes, reflecting on the white snow on the roadside, changing into indescribable colors.

The spacious carriage was a different kind of luxury. A purple gold copper stove emitted wisps of light smoke, the fragrance was so strong. Zhu Youxiao lay obliquely on a seat covered with thick satin. In front of him was a fixed coffee table with a bright palace lantern, a cup of brewed tea, a few plates of pastries, and some memorials.

Zhu Youxiao stretched out his waist gently and lifted the curtain beside the carriage. It was pitch black. He could only see the Jinyiwei near him and shouted to the front of the carriage: "Wei Chao, now you are there, how long will it take to return to the palace?"

The curtain in front of the carriage was lifted up, and Wei Chao's head stuck in, and replied: "Your Majesty, you'll be at the gate of the capital in front of you. You won't be able to return to the palace soon."

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said, "Okay, call me!"

After saying that, he reached out to pick up a piece of exquisite and small pastry from a pastry plate on the coffee table. He swallowed it and lay down again, staring at the light smoke that was constantly dissipating in the air, and his thoughts flew to the new army again. Today, Zhu Youxiao looked at the new army in Tongzhou and felt that he still had some hope. Li Zhizao looked like an ordinary person on the surface, but he was actually very smart. He quickly understood what he meant. Even so, Zhu Youxiao still didn't know what would happen to implement this thing. However, the book given to Li Zhizao today was a great thing. It was compiled by Zhu Youxiao in combination with the work guide of the People's Liberation Army instructors in combination with the three major disciplines and eight points of attention. Although it was a bit out of place with this era, it would have some effect.

Zhu Youxiaozheng was thinking about the Tongzhou New Army's appearance for a few days. His eyes drooped after working hard for a day and fell asleep.

Zhu Youxiao looked at the lake in front of him, hesitated and stepped on the lake gently. The soft water surface was like a green floor at this time. Although you could see the undulating waves, it was extremely flat. Zhu Youxiao was still hesitant at the beginning. After a while, he saw that there was no problem, so he ran quickly on the green lake surface, with a faint water pattern appearing behind him.

Quan Xiaoyun was dancing gracefully in the center of the lake, and her soft body kept making many moves. The colorful skirt on her body danced rapidly in the air, and the snow-white sleeves kept bringing silver bead-like water droplets from the water. The sun shone on the water droplets and transformed into a beautiful rainbow. Zhu Youxiao felt that there was a sudden endless force on his body, and he ran rapidly and ran in front of Quan Xiaoyun in an instant.

Zhu Youxiao was confused by Quan Xiaoyun's wonderful dance, and finally couldn't bear it. He rushed over and hugged Quan Xiaoyun like crazy. Quan Xiaoyun's soft skin was like water. Zhu Youxiao's hand couldn't help but tremble. Quan Xiaoyun in her arms was already delicate and as if it was fire, a blush appeared on her white face. Zhu Youxiao pouted her lips and went to Quan Xiaoyun's seal......

Suddenly Quan Xiaoyun in her arms turned into a bed of smooth silk.

"Emperor, Your Majesty..." Zhu Youxiao suddenly opened his eyes, and the familiar face that Wei Chao could not be more familiar, and he couldn't help but retching. The person he was holding in his arms just now was still in the beauty of the country, the fish and geese were falling, and the moon was ashamed to be ashamed of the flowers. In an instant, it turned into the face of Wei Chao, which was a human-like figure, even if he was a powerful person, he could not stand it.

"Your Majesty, you have returned to the palace. Please go back to the palace to rest!" Wei Chao was frightened by Zhu Youxiao, and couldn't help feeling guilty.

"Okay, it'll be here so soon!" After that, he lifted the quilt on his body and stood up. He was a little annoyed. He just dreamed of a beauty in his arms, but he didn't expect this slave to interrupt him. How could he not be angry? But even though he was angry, he would not have done anything to fight for such a thing.

Zhu Youxiao got off the carriage and returned to the Ganqing Palace. He wanted to go to bed, and then he finished his dream of kissing the beauty. Unexpectedly, Wei Chao came in and said:

"Emperor, just now, the eunuch Wang An came over and said that Zhou Yingqiu, the Minister of Works, asked to see the emperor, and now he is waiting for the emperor!"

"No, no, let Zhou Yingqiu go back. It's so late. I've been tired for a day and don't want to summon ministers anymore. Let Wang An take care of this matter. You servants are not understanding at all!" Zhu Youxiao was a little angry and spoke quickly, but he scared the eunuch around him. The eunuch who was changing clothes for the emperor was already trembling.

"Emperor... Just now, Eunuch Wang said that Zhou Yingqiu had been kneeling in the snow outside the palace gate for three or four hours. Zhou Yingqiu still said that if the emperor did not summon him, he would not be able to get up. I will look at this..." Although Wei Chao saw that Zhu Youxiao was already angry, he was still an upright person and said with a tough bullet.

"Well... it's interesting!" Zhu Youxiao heard that Zhou Yingqiu had been kneeling in the snow in such a cold weather for several hours, and couldn't help but be curious about Zhou Yingqiu, thinking that if you can do this Zhou Yingqiu like this, it seems that it's better to meet him. He said:

"Let's go, I want to see Zhou Yingqiu." After that, he put on his clothes and went out again.

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The snow outside the palace gate was swept away by the eunuchs in the palace. There was a little water accumulation on the ground. Zhou Yingqiu knelt on a thick mat, which was placed by Wang An forbidden to Zhou Yingqiu. In addition, Wang An also provided Zhou Yingqiu's supper and ginger soup to keep warm, and even specially placed several warm charcoal stoves around Zhou Yingqiu. In this way, Zhou Yingqiu suffered less, but for an official who was pampered and generous, this was also a great thing.

Zhou Yingqiu knelt quietly, feeling a little numb. Could it be that the sky was about to destroy me? At this time, a piercing pain came from his legs that had been kneeling for a long time.

At this moment, a staggering figure walked from the palace gate opposite, and Zhou Yingqiu couldn't help but feel a glimmer of hope in his heart.

Wang An walked up to Zhou Yingqiu, looked at Zhou Yingqiu's embarrassing appearance, and said lightly: "Master Zhou, get up, the emperor has summoned Master Zhou. For many years, no minister has knelt outside the palace gate like this to ask for the emperor. It depends on Master Zhou's fortune today. Hi..., follow me in!" After that, he signaled several eunuchs in the palace to come forward to massage Zhou Yingqiu.

Zhou Yingqiu's heart, which was still dead just now, suddenly became alive again. Yes, yesterday I thought that as long as I returned home after I was sick, Yang Lian could let him go. Unexpectedly, Yang Lian had to make up his life this time, but what could he do? Now he had to meet the emperor and see if the emperor could let him go.

Then he smiled bitterly and said to Wang An: "Eunuch Wang, I know that this is a good fortune, but I have thanked Eunuch Wang."

"Mr. Zhou, there is no need to thank you. In fact, if I had known this, why should I have to be there? Not long after the emperor ascended the throne, Lord Zhou asked someone to give me some gifts. I did not accept it at that time, but replied that if I do evil, I will die. Now it seems that Lord Zhou's disaster has arrived. Hi..." Wang An replied lightly. Hey, he has seen many corrupt officials, and the ministers in the court have given him gifts, and there are too many contacts.

Zhou Yingqiu knelt for several hours, and his feet had already lost consciousness. After struggling like this for a long time, he still couldn't walk. However, Wang An was afraid that Zhu Youxiao would be anxious, so he asked a Jinyiwei to carry Zhou Yingqiu in.

Zhu Youxiao was surprised when he saw Zhou Yingqiu being carried in. He turned around and thought that Zhou Yingqiu had been kneeling for several hours, and probably could not recover after a few days of his feet, so he asked someone to bring a stool and let Zhou Yingqiu sit down.

Although Zhou Yingqiu had met Zhu Youxiao several times at the court meeting, he did not expect that Zhu Youxiao was so approachable. He slid down from the stool, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed.

"The emperor, Zhou Yingqiu, the minister of the Ministry of Works, deserves to be killed ten thousand times, so please ask the emperor to deal with it."

Zhu Youxiao was confused. He thought Zhou Yingqiu had something big to report to him, but he didn't expect that Zhou Yingqiu would be like this as soon as he came up, so he asked: "This... Zhou Yingqiu, you have something to tell me, and say it slowly!"

"Report to the emperor, since he was invaded to the court, he has accepted bribes...buying and selling official titles...withdrawing public funds...the above and so on are the actions of the criminals (it's better to be corrupt officials anyway, so no readers want to see these fearless details). Now I'm telling the emperor one by one, and I'm asking the emperor to convict."

Zhu Youxiao was completely stunned now. Is the sun coming out from the west today? Why did someone kneel outside the palace gate for a few hours and ask for a look at him? When he saw him, he immediately belittled himself. It seems that he wished he could kill himself. This is really a strange thing. However, his face is difficult to show.

He smiled and said, "As Yingqiu said, I will be fine if I immediately pulled Yingqiu out and beheaded."

"The criminals know that they are in great danger. If the emperor beheads the criminals, the criminals will have no complaints!" Zhou Yingqiu was considered to be put to death and then he was born. If he said he was innocent, he would only want to be disgusted by the emperor in the end, but there would be a glimmer of hope.

As Zhu Youxiao thought about it, he suddenly remembered the reason why Zhou Yingqiu came to see him this time. It must be that his anti-corruption bureau has started to operate now. Zhou Yingqiu is definitely one of the goals. Since he knew the reason, Zhu Youxiao understood how to deal with this issue.

Then he said, "I understand your thoughts a little. Tell me, if you tell me the reason why I won't kill you, I will spare your life!"

"Thank you to give the criminals this opportunity!" After hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, Zhou Yingqiu began to think carefully. After thinking for a moment, Zhou Yingqiu said: "Your Majesty, the criminals really can't think of the reason why the criminals did not kill the criminals, but the criminals believed that the criminals felt that the criminals were more valuable than death. The criminals begged the emperor to let the criminals go to the Anti-corruption Bureau to serve as ordinary officials, and the criminals were willing to be a new person."

Zhu Youxiao suddenly realized that today seemed to be dreaming. Zhou Yingqiu was really a shameless villain, but he was a little curious. He was curious about what kind of person Zhou Yingqiu was, so he said: "I remember what you said just now. I will issue an order to dismiss your position as Minister of the Ministry of Works tomorrow. Then you will go to the Anti-Corruption Bureau to be a minor official. I will give you a month, and in a month, I will decide your life and death again! How about it?"

Zhou Yingqiu was delighted and immediately kowtowed and replied: "The criminal minister thanked the Lord for his kindness, and thanked the Emperor for not killing him."

Seeing that the problem was solved, Zhu Youxiao said seriously: "I won't kill you because I didn't do anything harmful to the world in the crimes you mentioned. As for corruption and bribery, I know. Who is not like this in the government and the public? Of course, I don't say that you are so innocent. After you go back, you should hand over the stolen money from your home to the Anti-corruption Bureau!"
Chapter completed!