I just like the Prime Minister

"What field?" Li Chengzuo casually tossed up the jade Ruyi, which he had played with with his hands so warm and shiny, and caught it firmly, as if it was some kind of skillful object for practicing hands. How can you hang around in front of the courtiers if you don't look for it after sweeping face, when Han Rusong catches that trickster, I will definitely take off his pants and parade in the street."

Jiang Xizhu: "..."

Li Chengzuo's nonsense always comes so unexpectedly.

Jiang Xizhu can probably guess the reason for Li Chengzuo's nonsense—it is because he does not want to read when he is reading, and it is because he is too lazy to practice.And as for the nonsense in the usual chats, it was mostly because he didn't want to talk about it.

As for why he didn't want to say it?Prime Minister Jiang pondered over it, and then his face darkened in a graceful manner.

The day before, he had caused a mess in the harem, and the empress dowager almost flooded the imperial city with tears; the day after that, he was about to leave the palace, but turned around and was assassinated.

It was a coincidence at this time that Li Chengzuo was a grown-up leader of right and wrong, and right and wrong thought he was right and wrong when they saw him, so he might have to go around, but who can guarantee that this ancestor will not provoke right and wrong?

Jiang Xizhu didn't know whether to say that he was highly skilled and daring, or that he was an incomprehensible fool.

Before Prime Minister Jiang could say a word to run on the emperor who suddenly felt good about himself, the sound of footsteps outside approached.

The person who came here obviously knew how to measure, and stood outside the warm pavilion in a well-mannered manner, and did not lift the curtain to come in, completely considering the belated discomfort of the thin-skinned Prime Minister Jiang.

"Your Majesty." The voice was very familiar, soft and thin, and one could tell it was Zhang Deying, "The Empress Dowager has got up and is waiting for you to pass."

Li Chengzuo curled his lips, replied "Got it", and then there was no further text, and the sound of footsteps outside immediately became far away.

"Qian told Wan to tell these things not to let the news out, especially from the Queen Mother." Li Chengzuo hummed in a low voice, "It's only been a while, and the sky is still dark. Her old man will know."

Prime Minister Jiang looked at the sun rising outside and felt that Li Chengzuo was probably a little blind.

"It's impossible to hide it from the queen mother." Jiang Xizhu said, but he couldn't help gloating, "The emperor has been hiding his power for more than ten years, and he must be waiting for that blockbuster day. Are you afraid that the queen mother will know about such a small matter?"

Li Chengzuo picked him up with a pair of peach blossom eyes. He couldn't tell whether he was happy or unhappy. He didn't say anything for a while, but he and Jiang Xizhu looked at each other for a while, and finally saw the secret in the prime minister's eyes. Unhappy, he was taken aback for a moment, thought about it carefully, and then smiled.

"Thank you, Ai Qing." He walked up to Jiang Xizhu in a chattering voice, opened his palm, and put the Ruyi that he had licked all morning into his palm with a smile, "I want you to save me." Congratulations, I wish you good health and all the best.”

Any good words that come out of his mouth sound like "I'm going to kill your whole family", and getting a blessing from him is more unbearable than losing one's life.

Prime Minister Jiang was too lazy to haggle over every detail with the emperor who couldn't spit out ivory, so he just held his hands round.

What came from Bai Yu was the temperature of his palms that had been ironed repeatedly, holding it in his hands was warm and heavy.

Jiang Xizhu smiled and bowed, "Thank you, Lord Long."

It is an inescapable royal etiquette to make peace in the morning and evening, and the queen mother is still waiting for him in the palace, no matter what, this hour cannot be delayed.

Li Chengzuo stood up, smiled to himself, but the words he said got off to something unknown: "That cousin of your uncle's family, named Song Yingluo, I heard that she has a bad temper?"

What is this with what?

Jiang Xizhu was confused by his completely jumping topic, but subconsciously answered in his heart, yes, it's more than bad, my sister's hobby is probably to pull out weeping willows when nothing happens, or tell her to pull out weeping willows when she enters the palace. see?

Li Chengzuo asked her what to do?Is there a shortage of tree fellers in the palace?

Prime Minister Jiang paused, stunned to find two not-so-absurd answers from his absurd heart, but it sounded like a bully: "Chen's mother said that Chen's sister is a calm and determined girl. "

As soon as the words came out, Jiang Xizhu blocked his own heart, because he finally remembered where the words came from—Marquis Fengcheng wanted to send his prostitute daughter to the palace, so he asked his mother to ask him to speak guest.

As soon as this thought came out, he suddenly fell like falling into the clouds, and even the warm jade that had been held in his palm for a long time seemed to reveal its own coldness.

Li Chengzuo was told by this comment that he couldn't bear to look directly at him. When he turned his eyes, he just missed Jiang Xizhu's slightly changed face in an instant.

"Who doesn't know who else is the same." He snorted, "Mrs. Jiang Ge's mouth can really describe evildoers as pure ladies."

Jiang Xizhu didn't say a word.

"Okay, it's your cousin anyway." Li Chengzuo said angrily, "I have to arrange a suitable place for her... Junchi, I haven't been out of the Empress Dowager's Palace for half a day, don't wait, let Zhang Deying send her off later. You go home."

After he finished speaking, he lifted the curtain and left, not seeing Jiang Xizhu's pale face behind him at all, and he didn't realize that other meanings could be deciphered from his words.

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The empress dowager's palace is filled with the fragrance of sinking sandalwood all the year round, and the dawn light enters through the window, and the light beam illuminates the green smoke curling upwards, and a long phantom shadow is reflected in a trance between the gold brick floor.

The phantom was ethereal and unreal, and was covered by Li Chengzuo's tall figure in an instant.

The Empress Dowager sat in the center of the front hall, and the maids and eunuchs stood silently in two rows, standing aside.

Li Chengzuo stepped into the hall, and after only two steps forward, he felt that this was not a warm posture, his peach blossom eyes trembled almost without arc, and he did not move forward, and bowed to the Queen Mother from a distance: "My son sees the Queen Mother. "

The Empress Dowager's voice came down from the top of Li Chengzuo's head, gentle but cold: "The emperor is free, and I will grant you a seat."

The palace staff quickly placed the seat beside the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager patted her side: "Come."

Li Chengzuo looked up, and walked over with a low eyebrow.

The queen mother's surname is Qin, and she is a lady from the Duke's Mansion.

In the past, Duke Qin had a pair of sisters, all of whom entered the palace when they reached the appropriate age. The eldest daughter was the mother of the former Emperor Yuanhou and Li Chengzuo, and the second daughter was the adoptive mother and aunt of the current Empress Dowager Li Chengzuo.

E Huang Nv Ying, can be called a good story in Beijing back then.

The Empress Dowager and the First Emperor and the Empress Yuan are sisters, and they have a gentle and gentle appearance. In the past, when the late Emperor saw the sisters smile, he couldn't help but lower his voice when walking, for fear that his behavior would disturb their innate softness and tranquility.

Li Chengzuo is still more like the first emperor. After all, he is handsome and leisurely but flamboyant. From top to bottom, he can't find any place that can be stained with the word "gentle and good".

The Empress Dowager has now passed her forty years, wearing a purple phoenix gown, her girlish grace has been honed to a unique solemnity by the years, under her full attire, she still looks very young, a few rays of morning light happen to avoid her The lines between her brows and eyes brought about by her age make her look more and more quiet - she is still beautiful, and she only looks like a person in her thirties.

"The queen mother looks very good, and she is getting younger and younger as she lives." Li Chengzuo smiled, "With the queen mother as the master of the harem, no matter how many people you lead into the harem, the children will be compared to fish eyes."

The queen mother glared at him: "You nonsense! Don't use those nonsense words to coax the mourning family..." The queen mother paused, "I heard that the emperor was assassinated in Beijing last night, who is so bold?!"

Li Chengzuo listened, the perfunctory smile on his face was still hanging on his face, but now it slowly faded away, and the slapstick that came from his mouth drifted away with the green smoke in the incense cauldron, and then changed to a casual one The many sitting postures show off his signature sloppy manner.

"Which bastard is so talkative, he came to alarm the queen early in the morning." He smiled, his expression seemed to be inadvertent, and there seemed to be a blunt knife ready to cut flesh hidden in his peach eyes, "If the son knows, the son really He should be skinned and cramped."

The queen mother was stunned for a moment when she heard the words, her eyes flickered briefly, and then she realized that Li Chengzuo didn't take it seriously, and then quickly regained the compassion and gentleness that had been in the top position for a long time: "Nonsense again! The Ai family is old, and I can't listen to you Those young people who fight and kill...but the assassins chased them to the capital. Emperor, you are the Ninth Five-Year Honor, born precious. If you make any mistakes, how can the Ai family have the face to meet the late emperor and sister under Jiuquan? ?”

When it comes to the deceased, the topic always becomes inexplicably heavy, and the Queen Mother's soft voice unintentionally adds to the already deep topic.

Li Chengzuo took advantage of the moment when he lowered his head to laugh silently - it seemed to others that he was only ashamed because he had listened to the queen mother's questioning, but where no one could see, the corners of his mouth were curved.

"Chasing?" Li Chengzuo asked, "How does my mother know that this enemy came from somewhere else, not in the capital?"

As soon as this remark came out, the Empress Dowager's face immediately changed.

Before the Queen Mother could say anything, Li Chengzuo took the opportunity to speak.

"I will order a thorough investigation of this matter. Don't listen to those monkey bastards. In fact, I just met a few small thieves by chance. I told them to spread the word, so don't worry about it."

The meaning of comfort and perfunctory in his words was too obvious, as if he wanted to completely cover up the unintentional question just now.

The Queen Mother was silent for a moment, the momentary tightness of her fingertips seemed to have exhausted her whole life of self-cultivation to hide it, the movement of clenching her fists was slowly relaxed, she turned slightly sideways, and stretched out those jade hands that had been pampered for many years, gently For Li Chengzuo, he smoothed out an unobtrusive wrinkle on the dragon robe.

"On the day my sister died, the palace was in chaos. King Qi's mother and concubine had the right to assist the sixth palace at that time, and her words were far more useful than Aijia, the 'sister of the former queen'. Old friends and loyal servants around my sister are available, and during the period before the late emperor returned, even if the Ai family had a heart, they were unable to protect the emperor." The queen mother's eyebrows were lowered, and she spoke eloquently, every word and sentence was an old story, After finishing speaking, the corners of her lips curled up, as if she was smiling, "In a blink of an eye, the emperor is so old... Your son, you will be the crown prince a few months after you were born. For so many years, I have devoted myself to raising the emperor's son and did not ask for anything else, I just hope that the emperor can be a Taiping emperor, and take good care of the late emperor, guarding the land of Dayu."

Li Chengzuo's expression was calm, he naturally understood what the queen mother wanted to convey, and he could naturally pick out the empress dowager's tortuous sincerity from it.

He should have been indifferent at first, but the coldness in Taohua's eyes finally dissipated little by little with the temperature of the Queen Mother's fingertips.

He originally thought that the power exerted by blood on him was negligible, but looking at the woman who raised him and who was also his adoptive mother and aunt, he felt that his previous assumptions were still wrong.

In any case, he didn't want her to be disturbed.

"Keep in mind your mother's teachings." Li Chengzuo sighed in his heart, as if he was not reconciled to his own compromise, but there was a little smile on his face, "The son was absurd before, and he didn't understand the mother's painstaking efforts. Those beauties are purely ignorant Use it to get angry with the queen mother, please forgive me if I am wrong."

The queen mother smiled dispensably, her resentment was still heavy, but her words were light: "The emperor is messing around."

"Yes, it's my nonsense." Li Chengzuo smiled, "My queen, I have taken a fancy to a girl from an official and rich family. She is beautiful and intelligent. How about calling her into the palace and making her a noble concubine first?"

The Empress Dowager looked happy: "Whose girl is it?"

Li Chengzuo said: "The eldest daughter of Marquis Fengcheng, Junchi's cousin, Song Yingluo."