The storytelling that night seemed to be just the beginning. Rumors about the Queen Mother Xuan were rampant among the people, and had even reached the ears of many officials.

Many people also planted the seeds of doubt in their hearts.

Yes, His Majesty's faction and the Empress Dowager's faction had been arguing for less than half a month over the handling of the Xuanjia matter.

Some related officials in the palace only found out the truth after inquiring about it.

It turned out that the Empress Dowager called His Majesty to Changle Palace, and when the discussion failed, she was so angry that she forced her to die, so Her Majesty agreed.

Rumors spread from the people to the court, and from the court to the people, and they have changed a lot.

The common people only thought that the Empress Dowager ordered her family members to embezzle the disaster relief funds, which led to the flood of disaster victims. Her Majesty wanted to punish them, but was stopped by the Empress Dowager's death.

The bandits in the outskirts of Beijing have been rioting recently. Those are the victims who fled from Sendai County. There are also many people who were robbed of their property by the bandits.

In addition, the death of Prince Rong's side concubine was spread by someone with a heart, and it became the direct evidence that the Empress Dowager Xuan had an adulterous relationship with Prince Rong, and because of jealousy with the side concubine, she intentionally murdered her and killed her twice.

So now that a minister dies with a wife and children, the common people think it was the Empress Dowager Xuan.

The rumors naturally reached the Queen Mother Xuan's ears, she was so angry that she wanted to vomit blood, and was about to send armored soldiers to kill the restaurant storytellers and those who spread the rumors, but was stopped by Kang Ze at the side.

"Your Majesty, no. If you sent people to kill those people in an upright manner, wouldn't you be convicted of those crimes?"

After he finished speaking, the Queen Mother also calmed down.

She carefully asked her subordinates the ins and outs, and then thought about Qin Sui's greeting to her half a month ago, and then she understood his unexpected move at that time.

"No wonder, no wonder!" The Empress Dowager Xuan flicked her sleeves heavily, and ordered with a sneer: "Kang Ze, you go, these few days, kill those people who spread rumors and make them die accidentally. In addition, send someone to arrange porridge outside the palace. Shed, I want to distribute the porridge myself."

However, it was too late after all. With the spread of rumors, no one would go to the porridge shed of the Queen Mother. In the end, only some beggars went to beg for food.

The Empress Dowager Xuan was so angry that she disliked those dirty beggars very much, she insisted on distributing porridge for three days, then gave up, and only sent a special person to take care of the matter.

However, just a few days after she left, something happened to the porridge shed. Two beggars fought over food, and one beggar was killed.

Rumors spread that the Queen Mother beat the beggar who came to beg for porridge to death with her own hands.

When Yu Ning heard about this, he laughed so much that he spit out the tea in his mouth.

"Your Majesty, is that beggar really dead?" Yu Ning asked curiously.

Since it was arranged by Qin Sui, he shouldn't have died.

"What do you think?" Qin Sui asked him back, with a slight smile on his lips.

He let the man eat the broken spirit grass he dug from the mountain when he was in Jiutang Village, and he was rescued the same day he was dragged to the mass grave.

"Your Majesty, what will you do next?" Yu Ning became more and more curious about his arrangement.

Destroying the Empress Dowager Xuan's reputation should only be Qin Sui's first step. Getting her to hand over the regency and not recover in recent years should be his ultimate goal.

But all of this is just Yuning's speculation, and he doesn't know exactly what Qin Sui will do.

However, Qin Sui seemed to be addicted to trickery, and when Yu Ning pressed him, he just laughed and didn't answer.

Fortunately, Yu Ning didn't have to wait for long. Within a few days, a man whose family was ruined by bandits directly rang the Dengwen Drum of the Kyoto Prefecture, suing the current empress dowager for conniving and corrupting the government, causing floods of disaster victims, and people living in dire straits. .

In the previous dynasty, common people were not allowed to sue the royal family. Regardless of whether the lawsuit was accepted or not, the common people who sued would be executed.

When the founding emperor established the Great Xia, he spoke widely. In order to win the trust of the people and restrain the royal family, he personally abolished this regulation and stipulated that future generations are not allowed to restore it.

Even so, it was the first case to sue the empress dowager of the current dynasty, not to mention Daxia, which was unheard of in the previous dynasty.

When the governor of Kyoto received the pleading paper, he only glanced at it, then went into the palace himself, and handed it directly to Qin Sui.

However, when Qin Sui saw the pleadings, he just suppressed it, and sent someone to detain the governor of the capital, and those who knew about it were locked in the capital, and asked to invite the sufferer to the palace for protection.

When the Queen Mother Xuan heard the news, it was already the morning of the next day.

Above the court, the admonishers headed by Yu Huai'an took the lead in attacking the Queen Mother over the recent rumors.

The Empress Dowager Xuan never expected that Yu Huai'an, whom she had invited to oppose Qin Sui, would end up being the first spear Qin Sui stabbed at her.

Before the officials of the Empress Dowager Xuan's faction stood up to argue, the governor of Kyoto, who had been terrified by Qin Sui's detention all night, stood up and took out the pleading paper tremblingly and read it out.

The man who was robbed of his wealth and ruined his family used to be a scholar, the writing was profound, and every word wept blood.

"Presumptuous!" Behind the curtain, the Empress Dowager Xuan couldn't bear it anymore, and finally couldn't help but let out a stern voice.

Accompanied by this scolding, the half-month-long wrangling began. In the past, the party of the Queen Mother Xuan and the party of Prince Rong were always together in the court, and most of the decisions were more in favor of them.

But this time is different, not to mention that Qin Sui's side has made enough preparations, Prince Rong's faction alone have all shut up this time and didn't say a word.

But it's not surprising when you think about it carefully, Prince Rong just lost a son because of her a while ago, no matter how good his temper is, he can't bear it.

"It's not just that." Qin Sui said with a half-smile, "Didn't you realize that compared to other royal families, Prince Rong has very few heirs?"

"Could it be all done by the Queen Mother..." Yu Ning tentatively guessed, feeling astonished.

This woman is too cruel.

Fortunately, everything was as Qin Sui had expected. Due to public grievances and unanimous opposition from the government and the opposition, the Queen Mother finally gave up listening to politics behind the curtain.

Not only that, she directly invited herself out of the palace and went to the other courtyard of the imperial city to lead her hair to practice.

After listening to it, Yuning still felt strange, it didn't seem like the queen mother's style.

"The queen mother is planning to use a trick to get rid of the salary from the bottom of the pot."

Qin Sui explained lightly: "If she is still in the palace and doesn't care about world affairs, the public opinion will still be biased towards me, but if she takes the initiative to go out of the palace to practice, then there is something to be said."

"How to say?" Yu Ning still didn't understand.

"For example, my son is unfilial and forced his mother here. If she does some good deeds and gradually spreads her reputation among the people, all the old news of the past will be washed away. The people are the most forgetful, they can see what is in front of them. With real profits, I will naturally forget the unhappiness of the past. At that time, she will also use public opinion to force me to welcome her back to the palace, and her reputation will be wiped out?"

There are too many twists and turns in this, and there are more places to make a fuss about.

Yu Ning reacted for a while, and her relaxed mood became tense again: "Then do we need to do anything to stop her?"

"No, she can do whatever she wants."

Qin Sui didn't seem to care much, and asked Yu Ning instead: "Do you think that even if the mother returns to the palace, will she still have the power she has today?"

Yu Ning was speechless in a daze.

Qin Sui glanced at him: "Men are always crueler than women, and the queen mother has not left the palace yet, Prince Rong is already cutting off her power in the court."

"So fast?" Yu Ning said anxiously: "Your Majesty, should we also take this opportunity to recruit people?"

"No need."

Qin Sui shook his head, explaining as if teaching: "If you want to kill him, let's let him go. Let's avoid the front for a while. General Nie is coming back soon. He is worried about General Nie and dare not be too presumptuous." .”

Yu Ning somewhat understood the meaning of Qin Sui's words, but he always felt that his tone seemed to be pleading for Gu, and couldn't help but said: "The concubine is not afraid, His Majesty is here."

Qin Sui was silent for a moment, and asked him back: "Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"

"Not afraid." Yuning bent her lips and looked straight into Qin Sui's eyes: "Because I know Your Majesty won't."

It was rare for him to stare at himself so boldly, Qin Sui was instead stunned by his bright eyes.

"……Fool."

Qin Sui looked away, gave a low laugh, and asked, "What if I sell you?"

Yu Ning smiled with crooked eyebrows: "The concubine will count the money for His Majesty."

Qin Sui: "..."

After solving the big obstacle of the Empress Dowager Xuan, Qin Sui put those corrupt descendants of the Xuan family into prison again, and sentenced her to be executed after the fall.

This matter spread among the people, and successfully earned him a wave of word of mouth, and also washed away the reputation of the former tyrant a lot.

Afterwards, his affairs in the court became much easier, and there were not many conflicts with Prince Rong's faction, as if he had reached a silent understanding with him.

The days of the two of them were so idle, and as early summer came day by day, General Nie's team finally arrived in the capital.

Qin Sui gave him full respect and took Yu Ning out of the palace to greet him in person.

General Nie came back this time with [-] elite soldiers. The ranks were not impressive, but all the soldiers had a killing spirit that had been immersed in the battlefield for a long time, which was not comparable to the soldiers of the patrol battalions in the capital.

The soldiers were assigned to a large camp on the outskirts of the city, and temporarily lived and trained with the soldiers from the patrol battalion in the capital. General Nie and a group of cronies went to the palace to report on their duties. Neither will be found.

The General's Mansion is on the second street outside the main entrance of the Imperial Palace. Because the female family members of the General's Mansion live in the city near the northwest frontier, the General's Mansion is always empty.

Qin Sui sent people to clean it frequently, but it was not messy.

The two waited for a while in the general's mansion before hearing the transmission.

Yuning and Qin Sui were waiting in the middle hall of the mansion, and after a while, they saw a middle-aged Confucian scholar with an elegant appearance, fair face and handsome appearance, walked in first.

Seeing this, Yuning was a little bit taken aback, and couldn't help turning to look at Qin Sui who was at the side.

Qin Sui's eyes flashed, and then he tilted his body, and his voice was a bit gloating: "Yes, this is the General Nie you have been waiting for for a long time, are you happy?"

"..." Yu Ning was silent for a moment, and praised against his will: "As expected of General Nie, this temperament is different from others."

"The concubine... likes this kind of..."

"Really?" Qin Sui smiled at him, then strode forward, crossed the team of more than a dozen people, and kindly patted the bearded man in armor who lowered his head in deep thought.

"General Nie, welcome back!"

Yuning: "..."

He knew it was definitely not that person!

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