Your Majesty, she doesn't want to flip the brand

Zhou Xingzhi's gaze naturally fell on Prince Jia. As soon as her words came out, most of the civil and military officials in the hall followed suit, sizing him up secretly.

Prince Jia himself was very calm, ignoring these gazes and looking at Zhou Xingzhi, "Why is Your Majesty looking at me like this? Does Your Majesty mean that I am the one who instigated these assassins?"

Zhou Xingzhi smiled, "Uncle Huang was joking, I just want to ask Uncle Huang if there is anyone he suspects, after all, the person behind the scenes is in the hall."

Although there was a slight smile on the corner of Prince Jia's mouth, his inner emotions had already begun to surge.Why did this plan fail again? The last poisoning was nothing but Zhou Xingzhi didn’t drink it, but how did Zhou Xingzhi find out that this operation was so secretive?

As long as things like Gu worms enter the human body, no matter how superb your medical skills are, as long as you are not a Gu master, you will not notice any abnormalities.Prince Jia has already investigated, not to mention the imperial palace, even the capital does not have any famous Gu masters, it is impossible for anyone to discover his plan.

Could it be that Li Zhaoyun told the little emperor?This is not right, she has no idea that her body is being used as a carrier of Gu insects.

Prince Jia suppressed the turbulent thoughts in his heart, and maintained a calm expression on his face, "Your Majesty is joking, I have been recuperating in the palace for a while, and today is the first day I go out. How do I know who is behind the scenes."

Zhou Xingzhi chuckled, "That's it. If the emperor's uncle is not in good health, why not go to the palace to recuperate? I asked the imperial physician to treat you, the emperor?"

"I appreciate your majesty's kindness. It's just an old problem. There's no need to bother the imperial physician." Prince Jia said with a smile on his face, but his eyes had already removed the disguise, and his cold eyes fell on Zhou Xingzhi.

"Come here, drag Li Shilang from the Ministry of Officials." Zhou Xingzhi said calmly, and looked at him with great determination.

Although Zhou Xingzhi really wanted to chop off Prince Jia on the spot, but considering the overall situation, she could only endure it.No matter what, Prince Jia has been in business for so many years. No matter whether it is the court, the local area or the border, the power in his hands cannot be underestimated.If I act rashly, the clan will come to make trouble for me, and those people may also rebel.

Time, what I need is time.In another year or two, I won't have so much to worry about.

"Your Majesty, I have been wronged. I have nothing to do with these assassins." The Minister of the Ministry of Officials was really confused. He was going to watch Zhou Xingzhi compete with Prince Jia just now, but suddenly the blame turned on himself.

"Li Shilang, you said you didn't know?" Zhou Xingzhi sneered, and threw the wine glass in his hand towards him, "If you didn't instigate, where would Li Zhaoyun find those disgusting bugs?"

"The palace people who were taken down just now, the disgusting bugs in their bodies were planted by Li Zhaoyun. Don't you, father, know nothing about it?" bright.

Li Shilang was stunned for a moment when he heard Zhou Xingzhi's words. He understood every word His Majesty said, but why couldn't he understand anything together?What disgusting bug?What does it mean that Li Zhaoyun planted it?What does this matter have to do with him?

"Drag him down and put him in the dungeon." Zhou Xingzhi said coldly, "This case will be interrogated by the Shaoqing of Dali Temple. If you have any clues, please let me know."

"I obey the order." The Shaoqing of Dali Temple stepped forward to receive the order.

Shaoqing of Dali Temple is a person with a bottom line. After finding out that the Jiangnan officialdom is related to Prince Jia, his firm thoughts have begun to waver.

After returning to the capital, Dali Temple Shaoqing was in charge of the case of the smashing of Zhong Qingyi's shop. From the moment the servant of the official department was investigated, he had already joined the team again. This time he chose to side with Zhou Xingzhi.

After seeing Shaoqing of Dali Temple's answer without any excuse, Prince Jia almost crushed the wine glass in his hand.

The little emperor has not been in power for a year, and those ministers who originally followed him are planning to switch to the camp?If Shaoqing of Dali Temple is the first one, is there a second and third secretly?

Prince Jia is suspicious and cautious by nature. He doesn't like to take risks. No matter what the arrangements are, he will find someone who will take the blame in advance, and he will never let himself take any risks.

This kind of personality caused Prince Jia to miss many opportunities to kill the former little emperor, but it also made Zhou Xingzhi unable to catch him, so he could only build forces to fight against him little by little.

Li Shilang was quickly gagged and dragged down. Zhou Xingzhi smiled at the ministers below and raised his wine glass, "Everyone is shocked. I offer you a glass as an apology."

"I dare not." The minister below immediately stood up and returned the salute.

With the warm wine down, all the ministers present realized that Zhou Xingzhi was no longer the mascot at that time, and the former cub had grown sharp fangs to defend his territory.

The palace banquet seemed to be over happily, but none of the ministers felt relaxed.They knew in their hearts that the battle between Zhou Xingzhi and Prince Jia was about to be brought to the fore, and those who were vacillating between the two factions might be forced to stand in line.

Zhou Xingzhi is orthodox, and she took over the throne from the late emperor.Coupled with the support of the queen mother's mother, An Guogong, she had a group of royalists behind her before she came to power.And after she came to power, the ability she showed was enough to make some officials change their minds.

In particular, the successful sacrifice to heaven and praying for rain allowed Zhou Xingzhi to successfully win the hearts of the Jiangnan generation, and made her power even stronger.

"My lord, the little emperor must have noticed our actions." Prince Jia's staff was a little anxious. Li Shilang was their hidden stake, and no one except him and the lord knew about it. This time, the little emperor suddenly launched an attack. , must have some evidence.

"Where's the Taoist priest? How's his situation?" Prince Jia's face was neither good nor bad. After returning from the palace banquet, he couldn't help being a little more jealous of Zhou Xingzhi.

Obviously, every word and deed of the little emperor is under my nose, when did she do so many things?When did you attract so many people?

"The Taoist priest has suffered backlash and is taking care of his body." The staff member said, with a stern look in his eyes, "My lord, doesn't the little emperor like to come out on a rest day, why don't we just..."

Prince Jia shook his head, "The little emperor seems to be out to play, but he doesn't know how many guards are around him, so it's very difficult to get things done."

The staff member opened his mouth, wanting to continue persuading Prince Jia, but swallowed his words after thinking of his character.My lord doesn't like to take risks, and I don't like to do things that I'm not sure of, so even if I say it, it's useless.

Forget it, although they lost a person buried in the official department, their most fundamental reliance, the army at the border, was still firmly in the hands of the prince.

"Ning Xuan, did I perform well at the palace banquet?" After the palace banquet was over, the indifference and coldness on Zhou Xingzhi's face were swept away, and he said to Ye Ningxuan with a smile on his face.

"Well, all the ministers in the hall were frightened by you." Seeing the expression on Zhou Xingzhi's face, Ye Ningxuan pinched her ears.She didn't expect Zhou Xingzhi to be so strong in the previous dynasty, so strong that she was a little strange to herself.

"That's the best, so that they will be in awe of me again in their hearts." Zhou Xingzhi leaned his head towards Ye Ningxuan, "Ningxuan, I have already thrown Li Shilang into the prison, do you want to deal with it? Li Zhaoyun?"

Ye Ningxuan thought about it seriously, then shook her head, "The charges against Li Shilang have not been convicted, and Li Zhaoyun is not the mastermind in this matter."

Although Ye Ningxuan doesn't have a smart brain like a plug-in, she also has her own set of logic.Li Zhaoyun was probably being used, she may not even know that she has so many Gu worms on her body.

"Then Ning Xuan, what do you mean?" Zhou Xingzhi didn't care how to deal with Li Zhaoyun, he could do whatever he wanted.

If her original plan had been followed, Li Zhaoyun would have been thrown into the cold palace to raise her until she died.It was unnecessary for Zhou Xingzhi to kill Li Zhaoyun. After all, Li Zhaoyun was her nominal concubine, and her identity was also a kind of deception to her.

Zhou Xingzhi is not the Virgin, but she is not the murderer either.

"When Li Shilang's charges come down, let's be demoted to a commoner and let him out of the palace." Ye Ningxuan leaned her head on Zhou Xingzhi's shoulder, "Killing her seems to be too ruthless, but if you leave her in the cold palace, And we have to prevent her from making trouble."

"Okay, then I will order her not to return to Beijing forever, and throw her far away." Zhou Xingzhi said, reaching out to touch Ye Ningxuan's hair, "It's getting late, let's rest first?"

"Well, go to sleep." Ye Ningxuan relaxed her body and leaned over, "Xingzhi, take me back?"

"Okay." Zhou Xingzhi replied briskly.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, there were two extra days of rest and holidays. Zhou Xing knew that he didn't need to go to bed early, so he just lay down on the bed for a while.He waited until Zhong Qingyi came to the door before getting up to take a shower.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! I have something very important to tell you!" Zhong Qingyi came here in a hurry, and came over after hastily eating breakfast.

"What's so urgent?" Before Zhou Xingzhi had time to eat breakfast, he simply picked up a piece of pastry to cushion his stomach.

Zhong Qingyi turned his head and looked around, and after making sure that no attendants were too close, he lowered his voice and said, "Your Majesty, my people found an unmined mine in the outer suburbs, it's an iron mine!"

After hearing Zhong Qingyi's words, the pastry in Zhou Xingzhi's hand was almost crushed by herself, and she asked again with some uncertainty, "What mine?"

"Iron ore, they discovered it the day before yesterday, and they reported it to me after asking the master who mined the mine to confirm it." Zhong Qingyi said a little excitedly, "Your Majesty, I heard from the master that the iron ore discovered can be mined for at least five years." 60 years!!"

Zhou Xingzhi put the pastry in his hand aside, then picked up a handkerchief and wiped off the crumbs of the pastry on his hand.

"Don't disturb other people about this matter, I will send someone to deal with it later." If there is iron ore, the Imperial Forest Army can save a lot of armor money, and they can also store some armor for emergencies.

Zhou Xingzhi has deliberately learned about the armor configuration of soldiers in this era. Except for the imperial guards in the imperial city and individual guards near the capital, the troops in other places are mostly equipped with leather armor, and their combat effectiveness can only be considered average.

If you can build an army with a full set of iron armor, then your combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.It may be a little bit reluctant to fight one against ten, but against the leather armor army, one against five is definitely no problem.

"Then, Your Majesty, can I ask Your Majesty for two rewards?" After seeing Zhou Xingzhi's expression on his face became much happier, Zhong Qingyi climbed up the ladder.

"Of course, discovering iron ore is a great achievement. What reward do you want Tsing Yi?" Zhou Xingzhi was in a good mood, and even called Zhong Tsing Yi a lot more cordial.

Another flattering smile appeared on Zhong Qingyi's face, "Your Majesty, I would like to ask Your Majesty for a Zhuangzi near the palace, and I plan to set up a workshop there."

"Workshop?" Zhou Xingzhi raised his eyebrows, "What is the workshop for? Is your palace not big enough?"

"It's big enough, but some experiments are inconvenient to do in the palace." Zhong Qingyi touched her nose. She planned to tinker with the mirror. During the period, some experiments would inevitably be carried out. It would be bad if the palace was accidentally set on fire. .

"Okay, you've also checked out the Huangzhuang under my name, you can just say hello to the queen after you decide which one you want." Zhou Xingzhi probably knew what Zhong Qingyi was going to mess with, and didn't stop him, "If there are not enough reliable people, you can You can ask the queen for some."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, but I have recently cooperated with the Queen Mother's family, and there is no shortage of manpower for the time being." Zhong Qingyi showed obvious joy on his face.

oh?Zhong Qingyi also collaborated with Qin Ran.But that's right, the two of them went out of the palace together to relax, and there is nothing strange about having an inheritance together, "Where's your second reward."

Zhong Qingyi hesitated for a moment, "Your Majesty, I want a little iron ore for research. I don't need much. I can forge about [-] catties of pig iron!"

After finishing his request, Zhong Qingyi waited anxiously for Zhou Xingzhi's answer.In this era of Yantie official camp, as an individual, it is not allowed to interfere with ironware.

"Okay, if it's not enough, you can continue to ask me." This trust Zhou Xingzhi can still give, after all, this iron mine was discovered by Zhong Qingyi.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhong Qingyi's thanks were more sincere this time.

After Zhong Qingyi left, Zhou Xingzhi ordered someone to pass on the meal, and had breakfast with Ye Ningxuan.

"Ning Xuan, go to the imperial study with me." After eating, Zhou Xingzhi said calmly.

"Huh?" Ye Ningxuan was stunned for a moment, "Xingzhi what did you just say?"

"You go to the imperial study with me. There are still some papers that have not been approved. Please help me to review together." She had already fallen out with Prince Jia, and she was going to start finding faults in an open and aboveboard manner.

"Xingzhi, although there is no rule that the harem should not interfere in politics, it is not appropriate for me to go to the imperial study as my identity." Ye Ningxuan hesitated and refused.

"Is there a rule that queens can't go to the imperial study?" Zhou Xingzhi asked back.

Ye Ningxuan blinked, isn't this the default rule, who would deliberately speak out.

"Since there is no such rule, Ning Xuan, you can go with me, and no one will gossip." Zhou Xingzhi said, Ning Xuan has all the talents and strategies, and it is really too wasteful to just use it to deal with palace affairs. Ability should be used in a more appropriate place.

"But..." Ye Ningxuan still felt that something was wrong, and wanted to continue to decline.

"Okay, today is a holiday, no ministers will come, you can go with me, no one will know." Zhou Xingzhi didn't give Ye Ningxuan a chance to refuse, and directly held her hand and pulled her away stand up.

Ye Ningxuan couldn't resist Zhou Xingzhi, so she could only be dragged by her to sit on Yu Huan, and then entered the imperial study with Zhou Xingzhi with the surprised eyes of a group of people.

"Here are all the memorials for peace. Ning Xuan, if there is no problem, you can just write back." Zhou Xingzhi put more than a dozen memorials for peace in front of Ye Ningxuan.

"Okay." Ye Ningxuan nodded in response. Generally, there would be no major issues on the note from Please An, so it's okay to handle it for me.

After seeing Ye Ningxuan started to read the memorial, Zhou Xingzhi smiled.There is nothing wrong with most of this pile of papers being greetings, but there are also two report papers sent by local officials.

Ye Ningxuan is a capable person, and she couldn't be more troubled by those meticulous memorials. She basically knew what was written on it with a few glances, and replied a sentence or two directly imitating Zhou Xingzhi's handwriting.

When she saw the fifth book, Ye Ningxuan frowned slightly, "Your Majesty, this is a copy from the prefect of Hangzhou."

"Well, what did it say?" Zhou Xingzhi asked.

Ye Ningxuan read the memorial carefully, "I reported on the growth of the surrounding crops, and the use of the silver taels I raised earlier."

"Ning Xuan, take a look. If there is no problem, you can just give a few words of encouragement." Zhou Xingzhi said, continuing to read the memorial in his hand.

Ye Ningxuan hesitated for a while, and finally followed Zhou Xingzhi's instructions and reviewed a few sentences on it.

When she saw the ninth book, the expression on Ye Ningxuan's face became a little strange again, and after reading it carefully, she said, "This is the scripture of the prefect of Jiaxing's plea. The two acquaintances collected taxes indiscriminately..."

"Ning Xuan, do you think Jiaxing magistrate should be fined?" Zhou Xingzhi asked.

"Lack of strict governance is indeed a crime, but the magistrate of Jiaxing has also dealt with it fairly. Maybe he can make up for the crime and pay half a year's salary?"

"Okay, Ning Xuan, you can deal with it like this." The magistrate of Jiaxing was regarded as a relatively clean person in the Jiangnan officialdom, and after he was fined for half a year's salary, it was considered that the wrong things he did in the past were exposed.As long as he works hard in the future, Zhou Xingzhi will not pursue it.

During the mid-autumn palace banquet, Zhou Xingzhi took the opportunity to clear out many people. Not to mention other places, but there must be no eyeliner in the palace.No one dared to speak out about the news that Zhou Xingzhi didn't want to spread.

Ye Ningxuan wrote a reply on the memorial, making sure that the handwriting on it was dry before carefully closing it and putting it aside.

From the corner of his eye, Zhou Xingzhi saw that the paperwork for Please An was processed, and with a smile, Zhou Xingzhi pushed the paperwork sent by the local government to Ye Ningxuan's eyes, "Ningxuan, please take a look for me first, and I will listen to you when the time comes. content, and then tell you how to review the memorial.”

"..." Ye Ningxuan really couldn't refuse this way of handling it.

Zhou Xingzhi can slow down the speed of reviewing the memorial. When Ye Ningxuan reads the content of the memorial and asks her opinion, she will ask Ye Ningxuan what she thinks. If there is no problem, let Ye Ningxuan write it according to her own ideas. If it is right, she will modify it a little bit and tell Ye Ningxuan why.

After a lot of times, Ye Ningxuan also saw that Zhou Xingzhi wanted to cultivate her ability to review memorials alone, and her thoughts were very complicated for a while.

Regardless of whether Zhou Xingzhi is disguised as a man or not, she is now the monarch of a country, and she holds the supreme power in her hands. Many people have lost their lives for this right throughout the ages.

But now, Zhou Xingzhi not only shared the monarch's rights with her, but also taught her how to use them.

Ye Ningxuan wanted to say that it was wrong to do so.

But after seeing the memorial in his hand, he suddenly had a new idea.

Maybe, you can try it yourself?

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