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  Although the harem was not allowed to interfere in politics, the emperor's decrees and treatment of those high-ranking officials during the morning court session were like a spring breeze that quickly spread throughout the entire harem, causing the concubines to suspect each other and making the empress dowager anxious.

  After all, changing the early morning system is not only moving the rules passed down by our ancestors, but also may allow those literati to take advantage of it and make a big deal out of it, saying that the emperor is lazy about government affairs and indulges in pleasure and so on, which would damage the reputation of the emperor.

  At this point, the Empress Dowager could no longer sit still, she heavily slapped the table and somewhat flusteredly ordered the eunuch to go invite the Emperor to come to Cining Palace for a conversation, after speaking she was still panting.

  Qing'er, who was standing beside her, immediately stepped forward to help the Empress Dowager calm down and comforted her in a gentle tone: "Your Majesty, please don't get angry, the Emperor must have his reasons for doing this. It's not too late to wait until you've asked him clearly before saying anything."

  The empress dowager let out a deep sigh, and after a while, she spoke in a tone of bitter resentment: "Qing'er, you're still young and don't understand the pros and cons. How can I, as a member of the imperial family, just watch the emperor make mistakes without reminding him? Moreover, the foundation laid by our ancestors cannot be destroyed like this; otherwise, how would I face our ancestors after I die, and how would I face Emperor Yongzheng?"

  Qing'er listened to the Empress Dowager say this, and she understood that this matter was probably not trivial. Although she still didn't understand what was going on in the palace, she wisely didn't say anything else, and quietly helped the Empress Dowager massage her legs and shoulders, trying to improve her mood a bit.

  These things that happened in the harem, Long Yitian does not know about them now, because after finishing his morning court session, he directly came to the imperial study, dismissed all the servants, closed the door and ordered that no one was allowed to come in and disturb him. Even Gao Wuyong could only stand outside the door waiting.

  At this moment in the imperial study, apart from Long Yitian, there was only one imperial guard kneeling on the ground with his head bowed and remaining silent.

  And this guard was the sticky guard on duty at Yu Jing Ting today, whose alias is Ilaji, and he was also one of the older members of the Sticky Guard.

  Previously, Qianlong disliked the existence of this organization, considering it a stain on his political achievements, so he put it away for many years and dispersed those outside the palace, leaving only a few people inside.

  Long Yintian sized up Ilaji for a moment, feeling that this person should be reliable, and only then spoke: "Ilaji, can you still contact those people who were dissolved from the Glue Factory before?"

  Yilachi was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect Long Yintian to call him over just to ask about this matter. However, as he thought deeper, his heart suddenly cooled down by half.

  Because he knew that the emperor had always been disgusted with the existence of the sticky stick, although it was said that in the early years, the outer part had already been dispersed, but who knows when the emperor would take their lives. After all, only the dead are safest, and he didn't expect this day to come so soon.

  Although there were countless thoughts in her mind, Iraji still adhered to the duties that a subject should do and respectfully replied: "In response to Your Majesty's words, this humble servant can still get in touch with them."

  Long Hanyan nodded slightly, he knew that Ilaji was telling the truth. Because any special agency would have their own special way of communication, even if they were disbanded, it wouldn't be difficult to gather again. He asked this question as a preliminary test, just to see if Ilaji was trustworthy.

  He then gave Ira Chi a task: "Since that's the case, I'll give you three days to gather all the people who used to be at the Glue Stick Place. I plan to rebuild the Glue Stick Place."

  "What... what!? I... I didn't mishear, did I?"

  Long Yitian's words were like a thunderbolt, causing Iraji's originally calm heart to instantly stir up huge waves.

  He watched as Qianlong dispersed the Sticky Pole Bureau and filled in the secret rooms of the Yonghe Palace, he was heartbroken, after all, the Sticky Pole Bureau was his Ama's blood and sweat built up from following Emperor Yongzheng, but Qianlong was the emperor, when the ruler wants the minister to die, the minister cannot not die.

  If it weren't for his mother's great contributions to Emperor Yongzheng, he would probably have been dismissed as well.

  He thought he would spend the rest of his life like this, and at worst, he would be granted death, but unexpectedly, he received such an edict today, which suddenly made him tear up and feel a mix of emotions.

  Because Yilachi had always hung his head low, Longyin Tian couldn't see his expression either, so he naturally couldn't guess what he was thinking.

  After a while, Long Yitian still didn't hear any response, so he asked again with some doubt: "Yiluqi, why aren't you responding to me?"

  Yelü Chi was shocked and only then realized that he had been rude in the emperor's presence, so he hastily knocked his head on the ground to plead for forgiveness: "Your servant deserves ten thousand deaths, please forgive your servant."

  Long Hui couldn't help but chuckle, it seemed that his previous words had intimidated this interesting little guard: "Alright, I'm not so petty. Can you handle the task I've entrusted to you?"

  Yilachi suddenly straightened up, took a slight deep breath, looked up at Longyintian's eyes and said firmly: "I will definitely get it done."

  As he watched Iraji's response, Long Yitian felt a slight surprise in his heart, because Iraji's approach was the same as that of the ministers of Qinglong Kingdom when responding to their king - they had to look into the king's eyes and could not evade or dodge, otherwise it would be considered deceitful.

  Because the eyes are the windows of the soul, many things can be seen through a person's gaze, especially when Long Hanyan was still carrying the Dragon Seal, he could easily see through the hearts of his subjects through their eyes, only the imperial family members were exceptions.

  A smile finally appeared on his face, and Long Hanyan thought of another thing, just in time to take the opportunity to instruct: "By the way, I plan to replace all the dark guards in Yangxin Hall with Blood Drop. As for those former dark guards, they will be assigned to use by Zhang Gan. Those with unclear backgrounds will be dealt with directly. You are also responsible for this matter, I give you five days, is there any difficulty?"

  Yirachi understood the implied meaning of Longyin's words and replied very solemnly, "To answer Your Majesty, five days is sufficient time. I will definitely complete this task on schedule."

  "All right, you can go now." After saying that, Long Yitian casually picked up the memorial on the table and began to handle today's government affairs.

  "Yes. I'll take my leave." Yiluo very seriously knocked his head on the ground, then got up and left the imperial study, his footsteps much more hurried than when he came.

  One reason is that he was anxious, the other is that there were too many things to do in these few days, and every single one of them could not afford to go wrong. This was also a rare opportunity, if done well, he would naturally be reused by the emperor.

  Just after Yelü Chucai had left, Gao Xun came in to report that the Empress Dowager had sent someone with a message, saying that the Emperor should go to Cining Palace after handling government affairs.

  Long Hui furrowed his brow slightly after hearing Tian Ting, he didn't need to think carefully to guess that someone must have been slandering him in front of the Empress Dowager, and it was probably because of what happened during this morning's court assembly.

  Although the harem is not allowed to interfere with politics, there has always been a subtle connection between the harem and the imperial court. The concubines may not have dared to discuss state affairs openly, but they could still secretly create some small obstacles or curry favor with the empress dowager behind the scenes.

  He raised his hand and gently stroked his lower lip with the palm of his finger, then ordered Gao Wuyong to pass on the message that he would go to Cining Palace to pay his respects after handling government affairs in the afternoon, and also asked the Empress Dowager to summon all the consorts from various palaces, making it a bit lively, as the palace had been quite dull since the funeral of Empress Xiaoxian.

  Gao Wu Yong didn't know what Long Yitian wanted to do, and he also didn't have the nerve to make assumptions about the emperor's intentions. After receiving his orders, he hastily went to deliver the message, but on the way, he kept thinking about how to respond to the various palace ladies.

  After this incident, Long Yitian no longer had the mind to deal with government affairs. He hastily finished reading the memorial and left a vermilion endorsement, then stood up to go out for a walk. At the same time, he was thinking about how to discipline those restless consorts in the harem and how to communicate with the Empress Dowager.

  Unconsciously, Long Yitian had strolled to a not-too-distant place outside the upper study room. He thought of himself being busy with government affairs and hadn't checked on his brothers' studies recently. So he ordered the eunuch beside him to report while he himself directly stepped into the upper study room.

  It seems the Emperor has arrived, these princes dare not be slow, all jumping down from their chairs, kneeling on the ground and saying in unison: "Your sons pay respects to Your Majesty, wishing you good fortune."

  Ji Xiao Lan hastily put down the book in her hand and stepped forward a few steps to pay respects: "Your humble servant pays homage to Your Majesty."

  "Everyone, rise." Long Yitian had never been particular about these empty formalities. He swept his gaze over them lightly, then walked to the main seat and sat down, a faint smile on his face as he said: "Ji Xiaolan, I suddenly felt like it today, didn't I interrupt your lesson?"

  "Hey, look at the emperor's question, how am I supposed to answer this? If I say it won't disturb you, that's obviously impossible. With Your Majesty sitting here, my brothers won't be able to focus on their studies; if I say it will disturb you, you'll definitely be unhappy, and when you're unhappy, who'll suffer but me?"

  Ji Xiao Lan was asked by Long Yitian with a sentence that touched the awkwardness in his heart, but since it was the Emperor who asked, he couldn't not answer. So he had to answer evasively: "Your Majesty's wisdom is evident, all of the princes are very intelligent and studious, and they usually work hard every day, there's no need to mention anything about disturbing others."

  "It's indeed worthy of a university scholar, reacting quite quickly." Long Yitian had just asked that question on purpose to see if Ji Xiaolan was an intelligent person, whether he had some small tricks and thoughts in doing things. If he was really the kind of pedantic and unenlightened person who only knew how to read books, then he wouldn't mind changing teachers for these princes.

  However, Long Yitian didn't let Ji Xiaolan off so easily. With a smile as gentle as spring breeze, he immediately issued an imperial decree: "In that case, you will take the place of Us to test the academic achievements of all the princes present here, and also let Us see how they are doing."

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