Liu Ru took the prepared food and spent a tael of silver into the cell to visit Qian Qianyi.

For this husband, who is almost forty years older than herself, Liu Ru did not feel humiliated in her heart, but was grateful, thinking that she was just a lowly courtesan, Qian Qianyi, as a generation of Confucianism and one of the leaders of Donglin, not only did not dislike her, but she has always been good friends with her since she met, and later she was willing to marry her as a stepfamily regardless of her reputation, and she was able to never abandon Qian Qianyi by virtue of this.

"This is it, go in, there is only a quarter of an hour to visit, and you must leave when it is over." The jailer opened the door of Qian Qianyi's cell and let Liu Ru in.

"Master, you, have suffered." Liu Ru shouted at Qian Qianyi with tears in her eyes.

At this time, Qian Qianyi was imprisoned for more than ten days, his half-white hair was messy, his expression was shrunk, and his whole person looked very embarrassed.

Liu Ru didn't dislike it at all, and stepped forward to sort out Qian Qianyi's messy hair, the two looked at each other, one was in his twenties, the other was in his sixties, and the difference between the two was forty years old, this was a very discordant scene, but it couldn't lose the friendship between the two.

"Madame, why are you here?" Suffering from this catastrophe, Qian Qianyi's heart was almost like ashes, facing Liu Ruyi, Qian Qianyi felt guilty, Liu Ruyi had just married him for less than three years, if he was punished, I was afraid that he would be exiled again.

Qian Qianyi ate the food sent by Liu Ruyi, and was silent for a while before he spoke.

"If so, I won't say more superfluous words, now that my situation should be punished sooner or later, I'm afraid that it will affect you at that time, and I'm uneasy." Qian Qianyi said.

The officials who were born in the Donglin Party, except for those who were released to other places, were all arrested and put in prison, and he could see that the emperor was planning to uproot the Donglin Party, and as one of the leaders of the Donglin Party, he would definitely not be let go.

"Master, where do you say, if you are married to the master, you are born to be the master's person, and you are the master's ghost when you die, if you don't regret it." Liu Ru said firmly, she is not a woman who tends to be inflammatory, since she has chosen, she has no regrets and will never give up.

"If so, you're stupid." Qian Qianyi sighed, she also fell in love with Liu Ru's resolute character back then, so she made up her mind to marry her.

"Master, no matter what, I will spend it with my lord." Liu Ru smiled, where is she stupid, she is a woman with a hard life, and it was Qian Qianyi who gave her a stable support.

Qian Qianyi sighed deeply, looking at this dim cell, his heart was full of emotions.

Liu Ru lowered her head and muttered for a moment, watching Qian Qianyi say what she thought in her heart.

"Master, now more than 200 officials in Donglin, most of them have been convicted, only the master and dozens of others are still in prison, the emperor has neither the intention of letting go, nor the intention of convicting, doesn't the lord think it's strange?"

Qian Qianyi frowned and was silent, he wanted to say something, but in the end he sighed and didn't say anything, this is what he has been thinking about these days, but the emperor's heart is unpredictable, before the incident, no one could have imagined that the emperor could be so crazy and suddenly exterminate the Xu family of Wei Guogong, and also involved all the Donglin officials, this is the rhythm of pulling up the Donglin Party as a whole.

"Master, if I have heard that after the emperor destroyed the Xu family, he once said in the early dynasty that the emperor hated the most was the friends, and the emperor did not convict the lord for a long time, nor did he mean to release the master, it should be related to this reason." Liu Ru analyzed to himself.

"You mean" was mentioned by Liu Ruyi, and Qian Qianyi suddenly thought of something.

"The emperor doesn't want another Donglin Party to appear." Liu said with certainty.

Qian Qianyi was completely silent, she didn't say anything for a long time, Liu Ru didn't bother, she had already said everything she thought, let the master decide what he would do.

Zhu Cihong was reviewing the recitals in the imperial study, and Ma Shiying and Zhang Zongyi's recitals made him feel quite interesting.

Ma Shiying actually participated in Zhang Zongyi's identity as an important minister of the imperial court to go to the Qinglou to drink flower wine, and did not return all night, Zhang Zongyi participated in Ma Shiying's son to flirt with the people's daughter, saying that Ma Shiying couldn't even teach his son well, and he was not worthy of being the first assistant, and the two of them actually pinched up like this.

Although Zhu Cihong knew that they were acting, it was at least certain that both of them listened to his warning in the court.

"Your Majesty, Lord Qian Qianyi in the prison said that he wanted to see the emperor." Zhao Dequan came in to report.

Qian Qianyi?

"Announce it." Zhu Cihong said lightly.

After a while, Qian Qianyi was taken from the prison to the imperial study.

"Criminal minister Qian Qianyi, see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live!" Qian Qianyi paid homage.

"Qian Qianyi, you don't stay in the prison well, why do you want to come to see me?" Zhu Cihong said with a smile.

"Back to the emperor, the guilty minister is guilty, and I have come to ask the emperor for his guilt."

Zhu Cihong smiled a little coldly, his eyes flashed fiercely, and said: "You are indeed guilty, as the Donglin Party, you are all guilty, as a Ming official, I don't want to serve the Ming Dynasty, serve me, I think about forming a party for personal gain, attacking and extorting places, and what I hate the most is the friend." ”

The reason why Zhu Cihong did not let go of the remaining dozens of Donglin parties was that he was afraid that they would not repent and resurgence after they came out.

"The minister is guilty." Qian Qianyi kowtowed and confessed. He had to compromise, not only for himself, but also for the dozens of Donglin Party members who were still in prison, many of them were real Qingliu and could assist the emperor, and they couldn't just be ruined.

"So you know what to do?" Zhu Cihong asked.

"The minister will not disappoint the emperor." Qian Qianyi gritted his teeth and said, as one of the leaders of the Donglin Party, he may have to bury this party that has been inherited for hundreds of years with his own hands.

"Now that you've figured it out, you don't have to go back to the prison, you don't need me to teach you what to do, I will let the Jinyi Guard assist you." Zhu Cihong said with a smile.

"The minister retired." Qian Qianyi's heart was like ashes, and he retreated after kowtowing.

A day later, Jinyiwei came with the news that Qian Qianyi, one of the leaders of Donglin, personally burned the Donglin Academy, the spiritual pillar of the Donglin Party, and the Donglin Party was completely wiped out.

When the news reached the prison, the remaining dozens of Donglin Party members all looked up to the sky and cried, some did not say a word, and some scolded Qian Qianyi, but after all, they couldn't change the fact that Donglin Academy no longer existed.

Three days later, Zhu Cihong released the remaining dozens of Donglin Party and reinstated their officials, and many of them were slightly promoted, but no one was happy, and some of them were particularly backbone, and resigned, but most of them still stayed in the court, although there were nearly two hundred fewer officials, but as long as there were still people in various departments, Zhu Cihong could barely maintain the operation of the court.

In order to inject some fresh blood into the imperial court, Zhu Cihong issued an order to open a branch in a month, and countless students from various prefectures were pleasantly surprised.

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