Royal Palace.

The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

In the silent hall, Zhu Yuanzhang sat quietly on the couch, looking thoughtful. The expression on his face gradually recovered, and the remaining anger gradually dissipated.

Zhu Biao and Han Jiang were still kneeling on the ground, waiting to hear Zhu Yuanzhang's words.

Hu Fei stood respectfully, with his hands folded, without saying anything, his face full of piety.

Although the atmosphere in the entire hall is no longer as tense as before, it still feels a bit depressing and a little strange.

At this moment, a young eunuch slowly walked into the hall.

"Your Majesty, the Queen has sent a message to ask if your Majesty has finished handling the court affairs. I hope your Majesty will come to Kunning Palace for dinner in the afternoon. Princess Anqing is also there."

The little eunuch bowed respectfully and spoke slowly.

"I understand. Tell Kunning Palace that I will go there later."

After hearing what the little eunuch said, Zhu Yuanzhang came back to his senses, hesitated for a moment, and waved his hand towards the little eunuch.

The little eunuch agreed and slowly stepped back.

Hu Fei, who was standing aside, listened to Zhu Yuanzhang's reply, with a smile flashing in his eyes.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang was not a henpecked person, he was extremely fond of Empress Ma and almost never violated Empress Ma's wishes. Perhaps it was because the two were married.

Back then, Empress Ma had been married to Zhu Yuanzhang before he became emperor, and she followed Zhu Yuanzhang to fight everywhere. Therefore, the relationship between the two of them had always been very good, and they were much closer than the concubines that Zhu Yuanzhang took after he became emperor.

"Okay, I already understand your thoughts. They are all for me and the court. Please get up."

Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated for a moment, glanced at Zhu Biao and Han Jiang who were kneeling on the ground, raised his hand and said.

"Thank you, Father!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Biao and Han Jiang hurriedly bowed respectfully, and then slowly stood up.

"Han Jiang, although you didn't know about this beforehand, Mao Xiang is your subordinate after all. If you have lax control, I will fine you half a year's salary to set an example for others!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Han Jiang and said in a deep voice.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

"Wei Chen, please remember that we will strictly discipline and inspect everyone in the school in the future!"

Han Jiang hurriedly bowed respectfully and said.

"Okay, step back."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said slowly.

Han Jiang agreed, bowed and bowed, and then slowly stepped back.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Yuanzhang turned to look at Zhu Biao again, showing a faint smile.

"Prince, in this matter, you thought carefully and handled it appropriately. You did not let me down. You did a good job."

"As for your responsibility for deception and failure to repay, I will no longer hold you responsible. However, if such a thing happens again in the future, you must report it to me as soon as possible."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Biao and said slowly, with a gentle expression.

"Thank you, father. I will definitely remember it in my heart."

Zhu Biao bowed his hands and said gratefully.

"And you!"

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Hu Fei and said in a deep voice. The gentleness on his face disappeared in an instant and he became serious.

"His Majesty."

Hu Fei responded and bowed.

"You are the main reason why this matter was stopped in time. If you hadn't discovered it in time, their conspiracy would not have been exposed so easily."

"But you killed the inspector and captain without reporting it, which is not a small crime! The merits and demerits are equal to each other. I will neither punish you nor reward you. Are you convinced?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Hu Fei and said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty is a wise man. What I do is to relieve your Majesty's worries. I don't reward you for any merit. It's all at your Majesty's discretion."

Hu Fei smiled, cupped his hands, and said seriously.

"Okay, that's the end of this matter. No one should mention it again in the future, let alone leak a word to the outside world."

"I'm tired and have to go to Kunning Palace. You all should go back too."

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted lightly, and as he spoke, he got up and walked out.

"Show off in Kunning Palace!"

Pang Yuhai hurriedly followed and shouted outside the hall.

"Farewell to my father!"

"Congratulations to Your Majesty!"

Hu Fei and Zhu Biao cupped their hands at the same time and bowed to see each other off.

"Your Highness, since the matter has been successfully resolved, I have resigned."

Immediately afterwards, Hu Fei turned to Zhu Biao with a smile and said slowly.

"good."

Zhu Biao nodded and said nothing more.

What just happened has exhausted most of his energy, and he has no interest in chatting with Hu Fei anymore.

Hu Fei smiled, turned around and left quickly.

Looking at Hu Fei's leaving figure, Zhu Biao frowned slightly.

He had long guessed that his father would discover this matter sooner or later, so he had been worried, but he did not expect that this matter would end so easily.

He didn't know why, but he always felt that Hu Fei had expected this day and had already thought of a countermeasure. He seemed to be just like a chess piece in Hu Fei's hand.

This strange feeling made him feel very uncomfortable.

But after thinking about it, he didn't believe it was true. He knew that Hu Fei was smart, but even if Hu Fei was smart, he didn't believe that Hu Fei could calculate to this point and predict every step.

Thinking of this, Zhu Biao shook his head and smiled bitterly, breathed a long sigh of relief, looked back at the main hall, and then slowly left.

...

Outside the palace gate.

Pei Jie and Xiao Wu, who had been waiting by the carriage, finally breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Hu Fei coming out of it safe and sound.

After sending Princess Anqing off, Chundie also met up with Pei Jie and the others and has been waiting here.

"Master, are you okay?"

Chundie quickly stepped forward and asked with concern.

"never mind."

Hu Fei smiled, nodded to Chun Dian with satisfaction, and slowly got on the carriage.

"Master, where are you going?"

Xiaowu sat on the shaft of the carriage, pulled the reins, and asked loudly.

"Let's go back to the house first and let the old man know that he is safe."

Hu Fei hesitated for a moment and said calmly.

Xiao Wu immediately agreed, turned the direction of the carriage, and headed all the way towards Hu Mansion.

In the carriage, Hu Fei sat in the corner, eyes slightly closed, and breathed a sigh of relief.

For things to end so successfully was exactly what he hoped for.

In the Yangxin Hall just now, the confessions of him, Zhu Biao, and Han Jiang were surprisingly consistent, which made the whole thing seem flawless.

In addition, he deliberately pointed out that Han Jiang was the real mastermind behind Mao Xiang, and he was telling Zhu Yuanzhang on purpose. Zhu Biao and Han Jiang were both smart people, and Zhu Yuanzhang was certainly not stupid.

If this matter is exposed, some people will definitely think so, and things will definitely be out of control by then. Many officials will definitely propose a thorough inspection of the school, or even abolish the school. After all, the school has fallen into the hands of the school over the past few years.

There are many officials.

Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang would not be willing to abolish the inspection school, so the best way was to settle the matter, which is why the matter was settled so easily.

Coupled with Chundie's intelligence, he understood his intentions and immediately sent Princess Anqing back to the palace. He knew that Princess Anqing would definitely seek help from Queen Ma because she was worried about him.

Therefore, the words that Empress Ma sent to the Yangxin Palace successfully brought this matter to a close and gave Zhu Yuanzhang an opportunity to settle the matter.

But even though the matter was over, Hu Fei couldn't be happy because he suddenly realized that everything he saw today seemed to be deliberately made for him to see, just like watching a play.

At that time, the four people in the palace, including Zhu Yuanzhang, were all starring.

Moreover, no matter how you look at it, Zhu Yuanzhang's punishment is too light.
To be continued...