The first corrupt emperor [crossing]

Soon after the next court, Xie Hong went to Changle Palace to visit the Queen Mother.

The queen mother looked at Xie Hong, raised her hand and said, "Sit."

"Empress Dowager Xie," Xie Hong found a chair and sat down, "Today the Marquis of Dingguo has come to court."

Since the new emperor ascended the throne for a few months, Marquis Dingguo said he was sick and closed the door to thank guests, and he did not go to court, and called his youngest son Lu Bai back home.

The Empress Dowager waved her hand to signal the surrounding maids to step back, and then said, "The emperor ordered me to assist the emperor before he came of age. Although I seem to have the power in this court, I am a woman after all, and I have to rely on my elder brother for everything." help."

Xie Hong bowed his head and said, "I dare not be a minister."

The queen mother laughed, "Brother, you don't have to be humble. Some old officials don't like me, and at the same time they don't like our Xie family members. They always feel that we are messing up the court. However, the emperor used to be filial and listened to me in everything, and those old officials couldn't divorce me. And the emperor, so they all went to live in semi-recluse. Now the emperor has listened to someone’s slander, and started to question me, and those old officials are naturally happy to see this situation, so one by one they all come back to confuse the emperor.”

Xie Hong sighed and said, "There are such restless people around the emperor, what is the queen mother going to do?"

The queen mother lowered her eyes and said with a smile, "What can I do as a woman? I just want to survive until the emperor reaches adulthood, and then take care of the harem for the emperor, so that I can have a grandson as soon as possible."

Xie Hong's eyelids twitched, he looked at the queen mother, and thought to himself, is the queen mother planning to abolish the emperor and support the future prince?Not to mention that the prince still has nothing to do, he didn't have the intention to usurp power.

The Empress Dowager looked at Xie Hong, she knew that this eldest brother seemed to have a strong temper, but he was not very courageous, and only wanted to hold on to the rights in front of him.She said unhurriedly, "Things in this world are all about your ups and downs. When the sun comes out, the moon has to be forced to sink. There is no reason to have both."

Xie Hong's hands trembled slightly. Although he and the Empress Dowager were on the same line, the Empress Dowager might not discuss everything with him. He had discovered that the Empress Dowager had been wooing military officials as early as when the First Emperor was alive. Xie Hong just thought that the Empress Dowager was afraid of the future She is not enough to rely on her, and she can't compete with the ambitious prince and tricky old officials... I didn't expect the Queen Mother to think so long-term.

The queen mother picked up the teacup on the table, looked at the tea leaves in it and said, "Don't worry, brother, I don't want to do anything rebellious, but once you set foot in the harem, your fate is like tea leaves, which fluctuate in hot water. My heart is very uneasy, so I can only let myself hold on to the initiative forever. I originally wanted to endure slowly, to kill the prince's ambitions, and to kill the stubborn old ministers, but the emperor is not worried."

Xie Hong gritted his teeth and said, "The minister is under the order of the Queen Mother."

The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "Leave the Prince's affairs aside, and deal with those restless veterans first. You go to win over King Guang who holds the military power. King Guang is ambitious and scheming, but he has a bigger weakness , It is a great help to bring him over. It will be easy to solve him in the future."

Xie Hong hesitated for a moment and asked, "Dare to ask how the queen mother wins?"

"Do whatever you want."

Qin Zheng looked at Lin Changfeng who was playing the piano, and said slowly, "King Guang? Did he ask you about me again?"

Lin Changfeng said with a smile, "Everyone thinks that this minister is a celebrity in front of His Majesty."

Qin Zheng smiled, closed his eyes and said, "Marquis Dingguo has recovered from his illness and finally came to court." I believe other veterans will come back one after another.

Lin Changfeng also smiled. In fact, the situation is not too bad. The invisible power in the hands of the veterans is not low. There are still a lot left. They used to worry about the emperor's incompetence so they didn't go out of the mountain. After all, they didn't know who they were fighting for even if they were desperate. Now... probably put a lot of pressure on the Xie family.

It's just that there might be a big crisis under pressure, Lin Changfeng looked at Qin Zheng and whispered, "Be careful, Your Majesty."

Qin Zheng nodded slightly.

Sun Jin's case is not complicated. He has embezzled a lot of stolen money over the years. As long as he is willing to investigate, it is enough for Sun to go to hell.The Ministry of Punishment received Xie Hong's order and did not interfere with it, so it took three days to convict Sun Jin and all his family property was confiscated.

But Sun Jin himself committed suicide that night as soon as he entered the cell.The account book of Sun Jin’s dealings with people that Dali Temple confiscated in the Sun’s Mansion has also become unconvincing. Unless you take the account book and check whether there is any problem with the people on the list one by one, it is a pity that it is too time-consuming. tail up.

When Qin Zheng heard the news of Sun Jin's death, he almost turned the table over. In the war between the two courts, you can stab each other to death without a reason. If the enemy doesn't show his tail, you can't beat him. After this time, Xie is afraid to keep a low profile Come down, so that Qin Zheng can't catch the tail even if he wants to.

Qin Zheng angrily ran to Gu Mingzhe and scolded him in the middle of the night.

Taking advantage of Qin Zheng's breath, Gu Mingzhe changed the subject and said, "Your Majesty, are you going to visit the imperial concubine soon?"

Qin Zheng looked at him and said, "You don't seem to want me to visit her very much."

Gu Mingzhe sighed, "If you don't bring your minister with you when you are visiting your concubine, I will be very happy to go."

Qin Zheng took a sip of tea in embarrassment. Recently, he went to Huang Zhaoyi's place at night, so Gu Mingzhe followed him through the window, because it would be embarrassing for him to be alone in a room with a woman, but it would be awkward for the three of them to get together. There is no way to sleep, it is not good to let Huang Guihua sleep on the ground with a woman, and it is even worse to let the emperor sleep on the ground, so the three of them stared at each other until dawn every day.

Qin Zheng was silent for a moment and said, "Concubine Xie Guifei writes poems every day until she vomits blood. How dare I bother her again. Let's go to Huang Zhaoyi's. If you feel bored, sir, we can take turns telling stories next time."

Gu Mingzhe thought for a while and said, "I have something refreshing to eat."

"No, Huang Zhaoyi has it."