Eight years of orthodoxy, the first day of the new year.

Li Yuntian and the civil and military ministers of the capital entered the palace to pay New Year's greetings to the orthodox emperor and the empress dowager Sun, and as the new master of the harem, the empress dowager Sun set up a luncheon to entertain Li Yuntian and others.

Since replacing Empress Hu as the empress of Emperor Xuande, Empress Dowager Sun knew that the civil and military ministers in the court were very dissatisfied with this, coupled with the strength of the Empress Dowager Zhang, so her actions have been very low-key.

Now that the Empress Dowager Zhang has passed away, the Empress Dowager Sun naturally has to assume the responsibility of assisting the orthodox emperor, and she wants to ensure the stability of the court situation before the orthodox emperor takes power.

However, Empress Dowager Sun was not the Empress Dowager of the Zhang family after all, and her influence among the courtiers was limited, which made her more dependent on the eunuchs in the inner court, which in turn contributed to the growth of the eunuchs' power.

After the luncheon, Li Yuntian rushed to Yang Shiqi's mansion as soon as possible to visit the sick Yang Shiqi.

After Yang Ji was escorted into the capital, Yang Shiqi couldn't bear the rumors on the market anymore, and became seriously ill after exhaustion, so he recuperated at home.

Like what happened to Yang Rong after his death, Yang Shiqi's mansion, which should have been in the city, was deserted, and since Yang Ji's evidence of guilt was ascertained by the imperial history sent by the orthodox emperor, there have been fewer and fewer guests coming to Yang's mansion.

There are no secrets in the capital, everyone knows that Yang Shiqi is going to be implicated in Yang Ji's case this time, and his career is worrying, so at this time, who is full of food and supports to make up.

The world is hot and cold, and the people are warm and cold, nothing more than this.

Li Yuntian's arrival made the deserted Yang Mansion suddenly lively, from the point of view of the title, Li Yuntian is the head of the hundred military officials of the Chinese dynasty, and Li Yuntian's ability to come to the Yang Mansion is enough for the people of the Yang family.

Others can not come to Yang's mansion, but Li Yuntian must come, no matter what, Yang Shiqi is his mentor, although he is now a prince, but this can never be changed.

"Lord Wang!" In the living room of the Yang Mansion, more than 20 civil officials who came to pay New Year's greetings to Yang Shiqi saw Li Yuntian come in, and hurriedly bowed to him, they were all Yang Shiqi's protégés, and now they belonged to Yang Shiqi's descendants in the major ministries and institutes in the capital, and they were also Li Yuntian's junior disciples.

After Li Yuntian exchanged a few words with everyone, he was invited to the backyard by the subordinates of the Yang Mansion, and Yang Shiqiqiang, who had a haggard face, greeted him in front of a small courtyard in the backyard with high spirits, and the two talked and laughed and entered a side room.

"Teacher, Brother Yang's matter has come to this point, the teacher is still relieved, don't hurt your body." After sitting down in the house, Li Yuntian took a sip of the fragrant tea brought by the maid, smiled and persuaded Yang Shiqi.

Now there are no outsiders in the house, so Li Yuntian calls himself Yang Shiqi's protégé, and the big brother Yang in his mouth naturally refers to Yang Ji.

"Alas, I am sorry for the people who suffered, and if I had not been overlooked, those people would not have suffered so much calamity." Yang Shiqi sighed when he heard this, he now blamed himself for not fulfilling his duties as a father, which made Yang Ji break into a catastrophe.

"Teacher, the court can't do without you, for the emperor, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, you have to survive this hurdle." Li Yuntian could understand Yang Shiqi's mood and couldn't help but comfort.

"I'm old, and I don't have the energy to do those government affairs anymore." Yang Shiqi smiled bitterly and waved his hand to Li Yuntian, after Yang Ji's incident, he was already disheartened at this time and had the idea of retreating.

"Teacher, if you leave, then only Lord Yang Pu will be left to support the cabinet." Li Yuntian groaned for a moment when he heard this, and looked at Yang Shiqi solemnly, in that case, Yang Pu would have a very hard time, not to mention that the cabinet would compete with the inner court, and even the six ministries would not be able to fight.

"There are talented people from generation to generation, and a generation of new people replaces the old, if I want to rely on the cabinet again, then the cabinet will inevitably be affected by me." Yang Shiqi's eyes flashed a trace of gloom, and after smiling self-deprecatingly, he said, "After decades of ups and downs, it's time for me to return to my hometown and retire." ”

"Teacher, are you leaving the capital?" Although he had been prepared in his heart, Li Yuntian was still surprised after hearing Yang Shiqi say his words of retirement, after all, Yang Shiqi is the mainstay of the cabinet, although his reputation will be affected by Yang Ji's incident, but his governance ability is still excellent.

"Reborn, the old man is nearly eighty years old, and his heart is declining, since it is better to let the virtuous as soon as possible and leave the opportunity to the newcomer in the court." Yang Shiqi smiled again when he heard this, his expression resolute.

In fact, as early as a few years ago, Yang Shiqi wanted to return to his hometown, but the Empress Dowager Zhang did not allow it, and now after Yang Ji's accident, he has seen the career of fame and fortune very openly, and is ready to go back to live in his old age, so as not to be criticized in the capital.

Yang Shiqi actually regrets it now, if he could have returned to his hometown earlier, maybe Yang Ji's affairs would not have been so out of control.

Seeing that Yang Shiqi had made up his mind, Li Yuntian knew that it would be useless to persuade him again, and he couldn't help but secretly sigh in his heart, Yang Shiqi's career should have had a perfect ending, but he didn't want to be like this.

"Resurrection, the old man has no worries now, the only thing that can't be relieved is the protégé of Chaozhong, their situation must be worrying after the old man leaves, and I hope you will help me more." After a deep groan, Yang Shiqi looked at Li Yuntian solemnly, ready to find a way out for those who followed him loyally.

"Rest assured, the resurrection is their senior brother, and he will naturally do his best." Li Yuntian did not hesitate at all, and agreed in one bite, after Yang Shiqi left, he invisibly became the leader of Yang Shiqi's family, so he would definitely take care of Yang Shiqi's disciples, these people will be his help in the court in the future.

"In this way, the old man will be relieved." Yang Shiqi's face showed a smile of relief, so that he could leave the capital calmly.

On the way back to the palace of the king of Zhong, in the carriage.

Li Yuntian's brows furrowed slightly, feeling sorry for what happened to Yang Shiqi, Yang Shiqi has served the country for many years and served the emperor of the Five Dynasties, and can be called the patriarch of the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, if it were possible, Li Yuntian would have suppressed Yang Ji's case, but unfortunately this time it was not only the forces of the civilian clique that promoted Yang Ji's case, but also the inner court was also involved, and there was even the shadow of the Xungui group in it, so Yang Ji's case couldn't be covered if he wanted to.

In Yang Ji's case, Li Yuntian had done his best, reminding Yang Shiqi to pay attention to Yang Ji's words and deeds in the township, so Yang Shiqi also deliberately went back to his hometown to investigate, but was blinded by the combination of Yang Ji and local forces, maybe this is the will of God.

"Lord Wang, will Young Master Yang be beheaded by the imperial court?" Lin Xin, who was sitting opposite Li Yuntian, saw Li Yuntian's preoccupied appearance, and couldn't help but ask.

As Li Yuntian's personal adjutant, Lin Xin naturally knows the process of the trial of Yang Ji's case by the Three Law Divisions, and judging from the current situation, Yang Ji will inevitably die this time.

"Sin is unforgivable!" Li Yuntian smiled bitterly when he heard this, and four words slowly burst out of his mouth, because Yang Ji did too much evil, even the orthodox emperor would find it difficult to issue a decree to pardon his guilt.

"Yang Ge is really pitiful, because Yang Ji's affairs are not guaranteed, which is really regrettable." Lin Xin shook her head and couldn't help but sigh.

As the saying goes, it is forgivable to do sins in heaven, but you cannot live if you do sins yourself.

"Although Yang Ji has done a lot of evil, he is the eldest son of his mentor after all, and this king will not let him send a white-haired person to a black-haired person." A gloomy look appeared on Li Yuntian's face, and he said after a deep groan.

Although Li Yuntian could not prevent Yang Ji's execution, he was able to delay Yang Ji's death sentence and drag it out until Yang Shiqi's death before the execution.

After the Lantern Festival, Yang Shiqi dragged his sick body to participate in the first dynasty of the eight years of Ming orthodoxy, and saw Yang Shiqi with a haggard face, and the civil and military officials of the Hou Dynasty in the Thousand Steps Corridor bowed to him one after another, Yang Shiqi nodded with a smile.

Although Yang Ji committed an unforgivable sin, Yang Shiqi was upright and well-known in the government and the opposition, and the ministers in the court were still in awe of him, and they couldn't help but feel sympathy when they saw him end up like this.

In the Taihe Palace, Yang Shiqi knelt down to the orthodox emperor to ask the old man to return to his hometown on the grounds of illness and advanced age.

The orthodox emperor originally refused to allow it, but Yang Shiqi prayed again and again, and after seeing that his mind had been decided, the orthodox emperor was relieved and let this old man go home to recuperate.

For Yang Shiqi's resignation, the civil and military ministers in the hall were not surprised, Yang Shiqi was nearly eighty years old, and he should have returned to his hometown to retire a long time ago, not to mention the blow of Yang Ji's incident.

After retiring from the dynasty, the Yang Mansion became uncharacteristically lively, and the civil and military officials in the capital came to visit Yang Shiqi one after another, which could be regarded as a friendship between colleagues.

Yang Shiqi did not stay in the capital for a long time, and soon completed the procedures for handing over the affairs at hand, and in the early morning of early February, he took advantage of the opportunity of the capital dynasty to quietly leave the capital with his family, and no one in the Manchu Dynasty was notified.

Not long after Yang Shiqi's family left the capital, a puff of dust suddenly rose on the official road behind them, and dozens of fast horses were seen galloping over.

"Master, Lord Zhong is here." After glancing at the approaching knights, the butler hurriedly walked to the carriage that Yang Shiqi was riding, and said in a deep voice through the window.

"Stop!" Yang Shiqi was sitting in the car with his eyes closed, and was taken aback when he suddenly heard the news, you must know that today is the middle of the court, and the civil and military officials in the capital have entered the palace to see the driver, and then thought of one thing, and hurriedly asked the coachman to stop.

Li Yuntian was different from ordinary courtiers, because he was busy with official business, so the Empress Dowager Zhang asked the orthodox emperor to issue a decree allowing Li Yuntian to participate in the court only when the court encountered major affairs, which gave Li Yuntian more time to deal with the affairs at hand, and also enabled him to chase after the Empress Dowager Zhang to see him off.

For the grace of the Empress Dowager Zhang and the Orthodox Emperor to Li Yuntian, although the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu was jealous in his heart, he had nothing to say.

"Teacher, why didn't you notify the student when you left, the student almost couldn't see you off." After coming to Yang Shiqi, who was standing next to the carriage, Li Yuntian turned over and dismounted, saluted Yang Shiqi and said.

"The prince is busy with official business, how can the old man disturb the prince." Li Yuntian was very happy to come, and Yang Shiqi was very happy in his heart, and smiled and bowed to Li Yuntian in return.

"Teacher, you must take care of your health when you return to your hometown, and if you have the opportunity, the student union will come to visit you." Li Yuntian brought a jar of imperial wine rewarded by the orthodox emperor to Yang Shiqi this time, and asked his guards to pour two glasses of wine before Yang Shiqi raised his head and said loudly, "I wish the teacher a smooth journey." ”

"Present the king's auspicious words." Yang Shiqi smiled and took the wine glass from the guard's hand, touched it with Li Yuntian, and the two drank it all.

"The teacher taught the students, and the students remembered it in their hearts, and they did not feel unforgettable, and they are grateful for the teacher's cultivation over the years." Then, Li Yuntian asked the guards to pour a second glass of wine, and bowed to Yang Shiqi with both hands.

"The prince is serious, the old man has only done his meager strength, and he really doesn't dare to be greedy." Yang Shiqi laughed again when he heard this, laughed happily, and then raised his head and drank the second glass of wine.

"Teacher, the teacher of the capital can rest assured that the teacher will be handed over to the students, and the students will do their best." As he approached, Li Yuntian asked the guards to pour a third glass of wine, and said solemnly to Yang Shiqi.

"Thank you, Lord Wang!" Yang Shiqi was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then with an excited look on his face, he drank the wine in the cup in one gulp.

Yang Shiqi has fallen to this point, there is nothing worth worrying about in the capital, if you have to say something that can't be relieved, then it is Yang Ji, how can he not hear Li Yuntian's pun, wanting to intervene in Yang Ji's case, which makes Yang Shiqi feel very much in his heart.

To be honest, Yang Shiqi did not expect Yang Ji to be spared death, as long as he could let Yang Ji live a few more days, he would be satisfied.

"Alas!" After saying goodbye to Li Yuntian, Yang Shiqi got into the carriage and left, looking at the carriage in the distance, Li Yuntian couldn't help but sigh, feeling a little unwilling for Yang Shiqi's situation.

He fulfilled his promise to Yang Shiqi and suppressed Yang Ji's case on the grounds of thorough investigation of the case, Yang Ji has committed so many cases, it is not easy to find out every case, and it takes a lot of time.

Li Yuntian's move is understandable to the outside world, and Yang Shiqi is usually an official and famous, so no one in the Manchu Dynasty pays attention to Yang Ji's case.

In the third year after Yang Shiqi's death, Yang Ji died of illness in the prison of the Criminal Department, and Li Yuntian also gave Yang Shiqi an explanation, and did not let Yang Ji's head be different.

After Yang Ji's death, the body was transported back to Jiangxi by Li Yuntian and buried in the ancestral grave of the Yang family, fulfilling one of Yang Shiqi's wishes.