"Back." As soon as Ling Yun came back, Zixuan greeted him warmly and took the coat he took off.
At the same time, he looked at the maid outside the door and said, "Xiao Man, go and bring the food. We will eat here tonight."
"Yes, Madam." Xiaoman nodded, then turned around and retreated.
"How about entering the palace?"
"Did the Emperor create any difficulties?"
After Xiaoman left, Zixuan began to care and inquire.
The main thing I want to know is whether Ling Yun was embarrassed by Emperor Qianxi this time when he entered the palace, or if anything unpleasant happened.
"There are none of these."
Ling Yun answered truthfully to prevent Zixuan from worrying.
"Huh!" Sure enough, Zixuan breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.
"That's good!"
Zixuan hung up her coat, and then walked to the stove to increase the fire, hoping to make the room warmer, so that Ling Yun could quickly get rid of the cold and avoid freezing. Unexpectedly, when she turned around, she found that Ling Yun was still standing At the door.
So he stood up and pulled Ling Yun closer to the stove, saying with concern, "It's windy outside, let's watch the fire first..."
Ling Yun did not refuse, smiled and let Zixuan drag him away.
Walking to the stove, Zixuan first put her hands on the stove to bake for a while, then held Ling Yun's hands in her hands, hoping to use the temperature of her own hands to warm Ling Yun's hands.
At the same time, he tilted his head and asked, "Is it cold outside?"
"Cold!" Ling Yun blurted out.
In the depths of winter, it's really cold outside.
Even if I wear thick clothes, I still feel cold.
But when he returned to the room, his body quickly warmed up due to the stove.
At this time, Xiaoman started to call for people to bring the food.
"Eat next to the stove." Zixuan moved the small table next to the stove and asked the servants to put the food on it.
Because it is winter, since the food has just been cooked, it gets cold very quickly in this temperature.
Ling Yun glanced at the food on the table and suddenly curled his lips, as if he had no appetite.
"Xuan'er, in this cold weather, the freshly cooked food is not kept warm. How about we eat hot pot?"
Ling Yun's greedy look shows that he has no appetite, but he actually just wants to eat hot pot.
When she heard the word hot pot, Zixuan's eyes suddenly lit up and she agreed without thinking, "Okay, then let's have hot pot!"
Ling Yun had taken Zixuan to eat hot pot before, so Zixuan knew what hot pot was as soon as she heard it, and it was not difficult to see from her eyes that she also very much agreed with the suggestion of eating hot pot.
When Xiaoman heard this, he immediately asked someone to remove the food, and then quickly ran to the kitchen and asked the cook to prepare the ingredients for the hot pot.
Ling Yun doesn't eat hot pot just once or twice, so the servants can quickly prepare hot pot ingredients.
As soon as the hot pot base is put in and the pot is boiling, the heat continues to come out and spread throughout the room.
After rinsing the meat slices, the two of them enjoyed themselves.
The next day, Ling Yun still didn't have to go to court, so he didn't get up in a hurry.
By the time he got up, it was already midnight.
I had just woken up and before I had eaten, San Niu came.
"Master, it's a verdict..." Yang Sanniu's happy voice reached his ears, and Ling Yun probably guessed something.
"Has the matter about Zhou Yunzhong come to an end?" Ling Yun asked calmly, with no trace of emotional fluctuations, as if the matter had nothing to do with him, and he was as calm as a bystander.
"Master, do you know again?" Upon hearing this, Yang Sanniu suddenly seemed to be discouraged, and his initial excitement was instantly gone.
"Tell me, why did you stop?"
Ling Yun looked at him doubtfully.
"Young master, don't you already know?" Yang Sanniu thought to himself, you already know, so what's the point of me saying it or not?
So he squatted down and did not continue talking.
"Who said I knew?"
"I just roughly guessed it. As for the result, I haven't heard yet!" Ling Yun said with a smile.
When Yang Sanniu heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, he stood up from the ground suddenly, his mood became active again, and he talked about the punishment of Zhou Yunzhong and Duan Anyan in detail.
As a result, Zhou Yunzhong submitted a letter of resignation and returned to his hometown, completely leaving Daqian's political loyalty.
As for Duan Anyan, he was only demoted to Dr. Zhongshun.
Looking at it this way, Duan Anyan's situation is better.
But if you look closely, it’s terrible!
The Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Punishment was a third-rank official with a real job, while the Zhongshun doctor was only a fourth-rank official. Not to mention being demoted two levels, he was still a civil servant with a casual job. He was unable to speak and could not do anything.
Duan Anyan fainted on the spot when he received the news.
Because of the impeachment, one of them was forced to resign and the other was demoted several levels in a row. This kind of punishment is unique.
At least so far, nothing more serious than this.
There have been similar impeachments in the past, but no one paid attention to the impeachments submitted, or they found out the situation and issued a verbal warning.
All in all, I have never asked anyone to resign or be demoted...
"Being forced to resign, even to the rank of general, and to be demoted from his actual position to a casual official, this punishment is not a big one." Ling Yun muttered in a low voice, somewhat shocked by the severity of Emperor Qianxi's punishment.
"Haha..." Although Ling Yun was shocked by the punishment result, he just laughed and did not make any comments on the result.
Yang Sanniu was confused, thinking that he was not satisfied with the result, "Master, are you not satisfied with the result?"
Ling Yun smiled and said nothing. He was really tired of being questioned, and in the end he just answered vaguely.
It's not that he doesn't want to express his views, but he can't talk nonsense, because every word he says will most likely reach the ears of Emperor Qianxi, which will cause Emperor Qianxi's dissatisfaction... Just thinking about it gives him a headache.
This feeling of being watched all the time is so uncomfortable.
At this time, the housekeeper Xiao Jiang came in, saluted Ling Yun respectfully and said, "Master Hou, there is a man named He Lushan outside the door asking to see him, claiming that he has something important to ask..."
After hearing the name, Ling Yun didn't know who the person was, but since he had time now, he wanted to meet him since he was here, so he asked Xiao Jiang to take the person to the living room.
When he met the person in the living room and the person explained his intention, Ling Yun suddenly realized what he was doing.
If this person hadn't come to the door, then he had forgotten something important.
This person was sent by He Yushan, and the reason why he came was for He Qirui's matter.
As of today, it is already the fifth day since he returned to Beijing.
It is said that after he returned to Beijing, he didn't care about the Xixia prince or anything serious.
The Prince of Xixia has a dedicated person to receive him, so he doesn't need to worry about it.
But He Qirui is different. That guy is still in the military camp. Without his will, it is absolutely impossible to come out.
He Yushan may have waited too long, so he had to send someone to inquire about He Qirui's whereabouts.
In this way, the purpose of He Lushan's visit this time was simply to get him to release He Qirui.