When the new scholars heard Kou Ji's words, they were in an uproar.
Han Qi stepped forward and asked with a solemn face: "Teacher, are we not revising the history books this time?"
Kou Ji did not show off, and nodded: "That's right... This time we are revising books, not historical records."
When the new scholars heard this, they exploded one by one.
Kou Ji frowned and shouted, "Quiet!"
The new scholars were startled and quickly shut up.
Kou Ji said solemnly: "Although what we are revising this time is not a history book, its importance is no less than that of a history book. The credit you have received will not be less.
If you are dissatisfied, you can withdraw from this revision.
But I must remind you that when you enter this door, you are Jinshi, and when you leave this door, you are just common people.
Now, who wants to quit?"
When Kou Ji said these words, the new scholars looked stern, and they all stood still, and no one dared to move.
Kou Ji had talked to them in a pleasant manner before, and they subconsciously felt that Kou Ji was very close to them, and they could act arrogantly in front of Kou Ji.
But when Kou Ji showed his majesty, they realized that Kou Ji was a superior to them, an absolute superior.
Kou Ji wants to crush them to death, which is no different from crushing ants to death. They need to be more respectful in front of Kou Ji.
Kou Ji looked around at all the new scholars and continued: "Since no one has quit, let's stop making trouble in the future. You are not qualified to study now, what you have to do now is study.
What to study?
Learn great food literature.
Because the book you want to study is related to Dashiwen."
The new scholars have countless questions in their minds, and their eyes are spinning wildly.
But all of them stood there, not daring to move, and no one made a sound.
Kou Ji was very satisfied with the attitude of the new scholars. He introduced to the new scholars several officials who taught Dashiwen.
After the new Jinshi met several officials who knew a lot about food culture.
Kou Ji selected a few more people from among the new Jinshi to manage all the Jinshi, and then handed over all relevant matters to Fan Zhongyan, and then left the garden. When leaving the garden, Kou Ji also specifically asked the guards guarding the garden to order them.
They guarded the garden and no one was allowed in or out.
After explaining everything, Kou Ji left Ruisheng Garden completely.
It will take a long time for new scholars to learn about food culture.
During this period, Kou Ji did not need to accompany them all the time.
As soon as Kou Ji left Ruisheng Garden, he was stopped by someone without waiting for Kou Ji to ask questions.
Chen Lin hurriedly said: "Privy Minister Kou, come with our family to the palace quickly..."
When Kou Ji saw Chen Lin's nervous expression, he knew something big was going on in the palace. He didn't ask any more questions and took the lead in boarding the carriage.
After Kou Ji boarded the carriage, Chen Lin immediately followed him, quickly urged the eunuch who was driving the carriage, and drove the carriage all the way to the palace.
In the carriage.
Kou Ji stared at the nervous Chen Lin and said, "Something important happened in the palace?"
Chen Lin said with a sad face: "It's such a big thing..."
Kou Ji frowned and said, "What's the matter?"
Chen Lin gritted her teeth and said: "The child in Han Mei's belly...is gone..."
Kou Ji's heart skipped a beat.
"No more?!"
Chen Lin nodded heavily.
Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "Why is it gone?"
Chen Lin whispered: "The imperial doctor diagnosed that he had taken safflower by mistake..."
Kou Ji's brows wrinkled for a moment.
Safflower is an abortion medicine.
Any pregnant concubine in the palace would be accompanied by an imperial doctor, so how could she accidentally take safflower?
Kou Ji looked at Chen Lin. Chen Lin seemed to have guessed the question in Kou Ji's mind, and said sadly: "The imperial doctor who was serving Han Meiren was taken away."
Kou Ji looked slightly cold and asked: "According to your statement, this matter is man-made?"
Chen Lin nodded sadly.
Kou Ji asked coldly: "What clues can we find out?"
Chen Lin whispered: "It was Chen Meiren who dismissed the imperial doctor. Chen Meiren said after the incident that she had no knowledge of the matter. She just felt uncomfortable and asked the imperial doctor to give her acupuncture treatment.
"
Kou Ji snorted coldly: "What happened to Han Meiren only happened after she dismissed the imperial doctor. How can she explain this?"
Before Chen Lin could speak, Kou Ji continued: "The officials should put him in jail, arrest all his family members, and interrogate him properly."
"Can't be caught..."
Chen Lin said painfully.
Kou Ji frowned and said, "Why? Is it possible that in the Song Dynasty, there are still people who dare to disobey official orders?"
Chen Lin glanced at Kou Ji and said with a complicated expression: "The imperial doctor diagnosed that Beauty Chen is also pregnant."
"Ms. Chen is also pregnant?!"
Kou Ji's brows furrowed even more for a moment.
Beauty Chen is pregnant, which is really hard to deal with.
After all, she was pregnant with a dragon in her belly, and with this layer of protection, even if she made a big mistake, it would be difficult to hold her accountable.
Zhao Zhen was probably in a dilemma, so he invited him into the palace.
Now the only person who can deal with Chen Meiren is Zhao Zhen.
Zhao Zhen was probably worried about the child in Chen Meiren's belly, so he couldn't be cruel.
He probably wanted to invite him to the palace to help him come up with an idea.
While thinking about this matter, Kou Ji followed Chen Lin into the palace in a carriage.
Once entering the palace.
Go straight to the palace where the Korean beauty is.
As soon as we arrived at the door of the palace, we heard a wailing sound.
Kou Ji and Chen Lin's expressions both changed.
The two hurriedly entered the palace and saw Zhao Zhen standing at the door of the palace with a pale face. The eunuchs and eunuchs in the palace knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.
All the concubines stood aside and secretly wept.
Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, and Zhang Zhibai stood beside Zhao Zhen with pale faces.
Kou Ji hurriedly stepped forward. Zhao Zhen saw Kou Ji and walked over with staggering steps. He stared at Kou Ji and said in a trembling voice: "Fourth brother... another corpse and two lives... another baby boy...
…”
The Korean beauty is already eight months pregnant, and the baby in her belly has taken shape.
It was not surprising at all to be able to tell that it was a baby boy.
Zhao Zhen was obviously severely hit, and his whole body was trembling as he stood in front of Kou Ji.
He didn't act violently in anger, he was probably holding back.
Kou Ji grabbed Zhao Zhen's arm and said in a deep voice: "Leave this matter to me, and I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer. You go down and rest now."
After Kou Ji said this, before Zhao Zhen could speak, he called to Empress Cao who was standing not far away and was crying.
"Empress, please take the officials down to rest first. The matters here will be left to the ministers to handle."
Queen Cao wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, nodded slightly, stepped forward to help Zhao Zhen, and left the place.
After Zhao Zhen left, Kou Ji invited the concubines from all the palaces to leave together.
Then, he walked up to Lu Yijian and the others.
Lu Yijian and the other three met Kou Ji, and Lu Yijian was the first to speak: "This matter is definitely not that simple! Previously, the late Zhang Guifei had one body and two lives, which was doubtful. Now that Han Meiren has one body and two lives, that means that
There must be someone behind this.
Since you have taken on this matter, you must investigate this matter thoroughly.
It is about the blood of the royal family and the unification of the country and the country, which is far more important than anything else."
Wang Zeng had a gloomy face and nodded aside: "I'm afraid the official family won't be able to recover for a while. The three of us will guard the court first to make sure that the state affairs will not be affected.
If you investigate this matter carefully, just ask the three of me if you need anything.
Up and down the government and the public, all the power is at your disposal.
This matter must be investigated thoroughly.”
Although Zhang Zhibai was speechless, his attitude was the same as that of Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng.
Tampering with the emperor's body was something that the entire civil and military dynasties would not tolerate.
Two cases of one corpse and two lives were discovered in the palace. Someone must be at fault. They must be investigated clearly and the people behind them must be dug out one by one.
Once verified, they should be eliminated without any further trouble.
The inheritance of the emperor's heir is a major matter related to the fate of the country, and it cannot cause any disaster.
Lu Yijian and others will never allow similar disasters to happen again.
Kou Ji bowed his hands to Lu Yijian and the others and said, "I understand the importance of this. I will leave matters in the court to the three of you for the time being."
Lu Yijian and three others also bowed their hands to Kou Ji.
The three of them left the palace with gloomy faces.
After the three of them left, Kou Ji told Chen Lin, who was still at the door of the palace: "You and others should collect the body of Han Meiren first. By the way, replace all the palace maids and eunuchs in Chen Meiren's palace.
your people.
After you change them, bring them to me here."
Chen Lin nodded solemnly and immediately led the people to do things according to Kou Ji's instructions.
After Chen Lin left, Kou Ji's eyes kept lingering on the eunuchs and palace maids.
When Han Mei was killed, some of the eunuchs and concubines in her palace must have been involved.
Otherwise, with dozens of people staring at the Korean Americans, how could the Korean Americans take the safflower by mistake?
Is there that bad guy who is so capable that he can make Korean Americans drink red flowers in full view of the public?
The eunuchs and concubines in the palace of the Korean Americans are usually responsible for the food and clothing of the Korean Americans.
If something happens to the Korean Americans, their lives are also involved.
They must always keep an eye on the food and clothing expenses of the Korean Americans and serve them carefully.
Under such circumstances, how could anyone else murder the Korean Americans?
Therefore, those who can murder Korean Americans must be people in her palace.
Only the people in her palace could make her take the red flower without anyone noticing.
After something happened to Han Meiren, Zhao Zhen did not execute all the people in Han Meiren's palace in one go. He probably learned the lesson from the last time Zhang Guifei died and left people behind to investigate the matter.
Chen Lin left quickly and came back quickly. When he came back, his face was a little ugly.
Chen Lin walked to Kou Ji and said quickly without waiting for Kou Ji to ask: "Our family took people to Chen Meiren's palace to change people. Chen Meiren just handed over some irrelevant maids and eunuchs in her palace to us.
She was unwilling to hand over some of her cronies around her.
She has a dragon seed in her belly, and our family doesn't dare to force her."
Kou Ji frowned slightly and snorted coldly, "You lead people to seal off this place first, and I'll go to Chen Meiren's palace to take a look."
Chen Lin hesitated for a moment, then gritted her teeth and said, "She is pregnant with a dragon seed. If she uses the dragon seed as a threat, you will have a harder time than our family."
After all, Chen Lin was a member of the palace and a personal eunuch beside Zhao Zhen.
His voice in the palace is far greater than that of Kou Ji.
His influence in the palace is far greater than that of Kou Ji.
Kou Ji was a foreign minister, and even though he had all the troops in the world, he did not have as much say in the palace as he did.
Things that he couldn't handle were naturally even more difficult for Kou Ji to handle.
Kou Ji heard the voice of Chen Lin's words, but he didn't say much. He just gave an order, "Send some people to follow me. Don't ask any questions about the rest."
Seeing that Kou Ji insisted on going, Chen Lin could only nod her head, picked a young eunuch from behind, and followed Kou Ji with a team of guards.
Kou Ji led the people straight to Chen Meiren's bedroom.
After arriving at the door of Meiren Chen's bedroom, she was stopped by someone.
The one who stopped Kou Ji was a little palace lady.
Gong E was not afraid at all when facing Kou Ji. She stared at Kou Ji with her almond-shaped eyes and said, "Privy Minister Kou, this is the harem. Foreign ministers are not allowed to enter without permission."
"Crack!"
She was answered with a loud slap.
Kou Ji raised his arm and slapped her so hard that she fell to the ground, with blood oozing from the corner of her mouth.
Then, with frightened eyes in her eyes, she led the eunuchs and guards into Chen Meiren's palace.
As soon as Kou Ji entered Chen Meiren's bedroom, he saw Chen Meiren lying on a soft couch, being served and eating fruits.
Kou Ji led people straight into the palace, and Chen Meiren was startled.
She stood up suddenly, stared at Kou Ji and said: "Privy Minister Kou, this is the harem. It is a serious crime for you, a foreign minister, to lead people into the harem without permission."
Kou Ji glanced at her, without saying anything, and ordered the eunuchs and guards behind him: "Take them all away!"
Chen Meiren was angry, "How dare you!"
Kou Ji looked at Chen Meiren and said coldly: "You can stop me from taking people away. I will send someone to chop off the heads of your Chen family and bring them to you."
When Chen Meiren heard this, a flash of horror flashed in her eyes. She yelled at Kou Ji: "Kou Ji, the Chen family is a relative of the emperor. Without the official's order, you are tampering with the Chen family.
That means there is no imperial court and no official family."
Kou Ji narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "The officials have handed over this matter to me, so whoever I kill will not be considered as having no regard for the court or the officials. On the contrary, it is you who clearly harmed Han Mei.
But you can sit here and enjoy the fruits with peace of mind. Don’t you feel any guilt at all?
Or do you think that just because you have a dragon seed in your belly, you can be confident?"
When Chen Meiren heard this, she gritted her teeth and said, "The death of the Han family has nothing to do with me. Why should I feel guilty? Since you know that I have a dragon seed in my belly, you shouldn't offend my bedroom.
I don't care if you bumped into me, but if you disturbed the dragon in my belly, it would be a heinous crime."
Kou Ji said coldly: "I will not touch you, nor will I disturb the dragon seed in your belly. I just want to take away the people in your palace. If you don't let me take away the people in your palace, then I will
We can only send people to take the heads of the Chen family."
"How dare you?!"
"See if I dare!"
There was a dragon seed in Chen Meiren's belly, so naturally Kou Ji couldn't move it.
But people from the Chen family don’t have dragon seeds in their stomachs.
Kou Ji couldn't touch Beauty Chen, but he could touch Beauty Chen's family and tribe.
When Chen Meiren heard Kou Ji's words, her face was very ferocious. She struggled for a long time, stared at Kou Ji and said: "If you really want to touch someone from my Chen family, then I can't guarantee whether the dragon seed in my belly will...
Die because of you.”
Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, stared at Chen Meiren and said, "Is this considered a threat?"
Chen Meiren gritted her teeth and said, "How dare I threaten you!"
Kou Ji nodded slowly and ordered the eunuch behind him: "Go to the Privy Council and tell Zhu Neng to go find Li Zhaoliang and ask Li Zhaoliang to issue a document to the local government and ask the local troops to kill Chen Meiren.
The younger brother’s head is quickly sent to Bianjing City.”
"Kouji?!"
Chen Meiren screamed in horror.
Kou Ji turned around and stared at Chen Meiren calmly.
Chen Meiren uses the dragon seed in her belly to blackmail Kou Ji.
Kou Ji used practical actions to tell Chen Meiren that her threats had no effect on him at all.
Kou Ji knew that she would not dare to joke about the dragon seed in her belly.
The Korean beauty had one body and two lives, which was related to her. She is now living with the dragon seed in her belly.
If something happened to the dragon in her belly, Zhao Zhen would definitely kill her without hesitation.
She cares more about the dragon seed in her belly than anyone else, so she would never dare to bet on the dragon seed.
When Chen Meiren heard Kou Ji's words, she trembled all over, as if she had suffered some great humiliation.
"Kou Ji, you will regret it if you touch one of my Chen family members!"
"Go to one more person and tell Zhu Neng that I also want the head of Chen Meiren's second brother!"
"you!"
"..."
Chen Meiren gritted her teeth and stared at Kou Ji, but did not speak.
Seeing this, Kou Ji narrowed his eyes slightly.
Chen Meiren is not very old, and she has not been in the palace for a long time. Her relationship with her family members is probably not so weak that she can ignore it.
Now he has sent people to take the heads of Chen Meiren's two younger brothers.
However, Chen Meiren still refused to give in and asked him to take away the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace.
Beauty Chen's reaction was too abnormal.
There may be something wrong with the eunuchs and concubines in her palace.
Thought of this.
Kou Ji told the eunuch beside him: "Go and call the imperial doctor, and ask Chen Lin to send some old ladies."
The eunuch obeyed Kou Ji's instructions and quickly left the palace.
Not long after, the eunuch led people to Chen Meiren's palace.
After the eunuch and his men arrived, Kou Ji gave the order decisively.
"You guys take good care of Chen Meiren, and everyone else, arrest them for me, don't let anyone go. If you encounter anyone who resists, break their legs first!"
When Kou Ji finished speaking, the eunuchs behind him hesitated.
But the guards were unambiguous.
One by one, they were ready to go out and arrest people.
At this moment, a voice slowly sounded.
"Who dares?!"
The sound came from outside the palace. Kou Ji and others followed the sound and saw Mrs. Li slowly entering the palace with the help of others, along with Mrs. Yang and Mrs. Du.
After Mrs. Li entered the palace, she scolded with a sullen face: "Kou Ji, you are so bold. You dare to lead people to commit murder in the palace? Who gave you the courage?"
Kou Ji bowed to the three concubines, stared at Concubine Li and said: "Concubine, one of the Han Americans died and two of them died. The emperor's heir was killed, and the officials ordered officials to investigate the matter thoroughly. This matter is inseparable from Chen Meiren.
I will naturally invite people from Chen Meiren's palace to come over and ask questions."
Concubine Li snorted coldly and said: "Is this how you invite people? The Han family lost two lives and lost the emperor's heir, and the Ai family felt uncomfortable. The officials have handed over this matter to you for verification, so you can just investigate.
.
But Chen's belly is pregnant with a dragon seed, so it must not be damaged at all.
If you lead people to commit murder in Chen's palace, if you disturb the dragon species, can you bear the penalty?"
Kou Ji said bluntly: "I don't want to commit murder, but Chen Meiren refuses to hand over the people in her palace, so I can only use force."
"snort!"
Concubine Li snorted coldly: "Is this the place where you can be violent in the palace?"
Kou Ji frowned and said in a deep voice: "What does Mrs. Li mean by asking the minister to violate the official order and stop pursuing this matter?"
"presumptuous!"
Concubine Li roared angrily and shouted: "Others say that you Kou Ji are domineering, but the Ai family still doesn't believe it. Now it seems that you Kou Ji are really domineering. Even if the officials continue to favor you, you are still a minister of the Zhao family."
Even if you are a minister of the Zhao family, you must be careful when dealing with the official biological mother of the Ai family.
Now that you are contradicting the Ai family, do you still have the official family in your eyes?
Do you still think that you are a minister of the Zhao family?
But do you still have the duty to be a minister?"
When Kou Ji heard this, he said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "I am just discussing the matter!"
Concubine Li said angrily: "Are you talking about things as they happen, just to contradict the Ai family?"
Kou Ji said bluntly: "I have no intention of contradicting the concubine. I just feel that since Chen Meiren is deeply involved in this matter, a thorough investigation must be carried out. This matter is related to the inheritance of the emperor's heir, and there is no room for any mistakes."
If this matter is not investigated clearly, one person and two people will die again in the future.
The officials are afraid that they will be heartbroken and painful.
Since the concubine is the official's biological mother, she naturally doesn't want to see the official's heart broken."
When Mrs. Li heard this, her expression changed slightly. She gritted her teeth and said, "The official family is the meat that fell off the body of the Ai family. If he is in pain, the Ai family will not feel better either.
Although you are domineering, what you say makes some sense.
Since the officials have left this matter to you to investigate, then you just have to investigate.
But you should not commit murder in the palace."
Although Mrs. Li was dissatisfied with Kou Ji's attitude, she was worried about Zhao Zhen after all.
When she came here just now, she went to Zhao Zhen's palace to take a look. Zhao Zhen was nestled in the palace and saw no one. She felt uncomfortable watching it.
She also didn't want Zhao Zhen to spend the rest of his life in pain.
Concubine Li glanced at Kou Ji, looked at Chen Meiren, and said: "Ms. Chen, when Kou Ji forcibly took someone in your palace, he was doing so under the orders of an official. Just hand over the people in your palace to him.
If the people in your palace are fine and he dares to hurt them at all, the Ai family will definitely not let him go."
When Chen Meiren heard this, she looked hesitant.
Concubine Li's face changed slightly, and she said in a deep voice: "Could it be that Han's death is really related to you?"
When Chen Meiren heard this, she hurriedly defended herself: "My dearest concubine, even if I am very brave, I would not dare to have any idea of an official heir. The death of Sister Han really has nothing to do with me.
The people in Chen Concubine's palace are all Chen Concubine's confidants.
I am worried that if someone else replaces me, the dragon seed in my belly will not be safe.
Sister Zhang was killed before, and now Sister Han is also killed. I am really scared."