Reincarnation of the powerful minister

"—Going back to Beijing again?"

In the Palace of Compassion and Ning, the Empress Dowager used the wrong strength in her hands, and the golden scissors clicked, and the marigold branch that was being inserted in the vase was severed.

The fingers painted with red Kodan crushed the flowers, and the queen mother slapped the golden scissors on the table: "He has the face to go back to Beijing after having such a scandal with the prince!"

Grand Palace Lady Qionggu hurriedly picked up the golden scissors, fearing that they would accidentally fall off the table and prick the Empress Dowager's feet, and said: "The Empress Dowager calm down, take care of the phoenix's body."

The queen mother gritted her teeth in resentment: "This person really doesn't know what is good and what is bad! It's fine to let him out far away, he has to come back to disgust me. Because the prince was demoted to Nanjing, what else does he want to do, continue to seduce the emperor, or Chenger? "

Aunt Qiong said: "If there is no emperor's order, how dare he return to the capital without permission? But as far as I know, the emperor has not summoned him these two days, and he has not been allowed to speak at the court meeting."

The Empress Dowager looked a little better: "It seems that the emperor has not been fascinated by him to the point of insanity. However, this Su Twelve is still not allowed to stay. If he doesn't move on the surface, find someone to clean him up secretly. .”

Aunt Qiong nodded and asked, "Do you want to be decent or not?"

The queen mother sneered: "I don't care whether he died decently or not, as long as he is gone, I feel at ease."

Aunt Qiong knew that the Empress Dowager had directed all the anger brought about by the incident in the East Palace on Su Yan.

Three months ago, on the night of Qixi Festival, the crown prince confronted the emperor in the East Palace, during which time he accidentally broke a big vase.The Empress Dowager knew about this on the same day, and heard that the reason was that the Crown Prince was determined not to accept a concubine, so he set fire to the portrait of the candidate woman presented by the inner eunuch.

Although the Empress Dowager didn't like Zhu Helin, setting up the Crown Princess involved important matters of heirs, and it was her job to take care of them, so she wanted to make a deal with the Emperor and pick an innocent girl for marriage, and the Crown Prince would not agree.

Who would have thought that there was another mystery in the big vase in the East Palace Study Room, the emperor was furious when he saw Long Yan, and after severely admonishing the crown prince, he cleaned up the contents of the vase with his own hands, as if he didn't want others to know about it.

After the emperor and the crown prince left, a servant named "Yongnian" who was accompanying the holy driver secretly stayed behind. He searched carefully in the corner of the East Palace study room and found two missing pages, so he hid them and went to find them. The Compassionate Palace was presented to the Queen Mother.

Only then did the queen mother know what the emperor was angry with and what he was covering up—it was actually a erotic picture drawn by the prince himself!In the picture, the prince and Su Yan are doing their best in the secret drama of Longyang, and the scenes are filled with obscene words from the market, all kinds of obscenities are simply unsightly!When the queen mother saw her, she almost lost her temper on the spot.

From the Empress Dowager's point of view, Zhu Helin is stubborn and immoral, and really unworthy to be the crown prince of a country. If the emperor hadn't defended him, he should have been abolished as the crown prince long ago.Now that he is even more firm in this idea, he wants to take this opportunity to shake off the matter and cause criticism from the government and the public, thereby forcing the emperor to make a statement.

Before she had time to make a move, the emperor personally went to her palace and asked for the two pictures, but the queen mother refused to give them.

"That Yongnian, since he is the empress's side, let him return to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to take care of him, instead of returning to the Palace of Mental Cultivation." The emperor said.

The queen mother replied: "What does the emperor mean by this? Do you think the queen mother is planting eyes and ears by your side? Yongnian is not from my palace."

The emperor smiled: "I'm not from the Palace of Compassion and Ning, but my heart is only for my mother, and I risked being killed by my staff to report to my mother. Doesn't my mother think it's strange?"

The queen mother has been immersed in the harem for many years, and she immediately sensed something was wrong: "Which palace dog is this? Could it be Wei Lan?"

Concubine Wei Zhao is still locked in the cold palace.The Queen Mother shook her head after she finished speaking, "It's not like that."

The emperor said: "This is intriguing. I even wonder if He Lin has such a great ability to draw these things. I still remember teaching him to draw landscapes before, and he can draw waterfalls as two splits." Big white legs."

The queen mother thought about it carefully: "The emperor means that someone secretly manipulated this matter, and the crown prince is innocent?"

The emperor said: "I'm still investigating secretly. So I ask my mother to keep quiet, so as not to startle the snake. That Yongnian, I just don't know about it, and keep it; after the mother rewards him, let him be your eyes and ears. I'll be by my side, let's see how he reacts. If he agrees, then he intends to provoke our mother and son, and there must be an instigator behind it."

The queen mother felt that what her son said was reasonable, so she nodded and said: "Yes. But the prince is arrogant and self-willed, he doesn't obey the rules, and even offends the emperor, so he must be punished."

The emperor said: "I sent him to Nanjing to worship the mausoleum and sharpen it."

The queen mother felt that the punishment was too light, and it would be best to depose Zhu Helin as the crown prince: "What kind of temper is this? Emperor, haven't you understood that the son of the Zhang family cannot bear the burden of the future king of a country."

"He Lin can't afford it, who can? Zhao'er, who is over one year old?" the emperor asked back.

Seeing that he asked sharply, the queen mother softened her tone and said: "The emperor is still young and in his prime, so why rush to establish a new crown prince so soon, first visit the harem more, give birth to a few more princes, and then choose slowly later."

The emperor knew that he couldn't make sense with the queen mother on this issue, so he got up and left.

When the emperor left the Palace of Compassion and Ning, the Empress Dowager snorted softly and sighed to Qionggu, the maid of honor, "my son, when you talk to me now, I don't know which sentence he says is true and which sentence is false. They all say mother and son." Lianxin, it turned into this situation in the end, it really chills me!"

Aunt Qiong asked: "What does the Empress Dowager think the emperor's words are false? About the servant Yongnian, or about the crown prince?"

The Empress Dowager said: "No matter which ones are false, his purpose is only one, that is to keep me from telling the scandal in the vase. He wants to protect Zhu Helin, and protect... Su Twelve!"

Aunt Qiong was silent for a moment, and finally persuaded softly: "The emperor is always the queen mother's son, so he won't lie to the queen mother."

"...Let's see," said the Queen Mother.

The emperor left the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and returned to the imperial study by car - he did not go to the Hall of Mental Cultivation where he used to live, because it was too close to the Palace of Compassion and Ning.I also didn't go to the Qianqing Palace located in the harem, because the Kunning Palace where the empress lived was being rebuilt and was not clean.The imperial study located in the front court is more comfortable.

The auxiliary halls on both sides of the imperial study were also ordered to be rearranged by the palace staff. From this look, the emperor was planning to stay in the study for the winter.

The emperor took his seat on the Arhat couch in the side hall.Lan Xi looked at his face while serving tea, and asked cautiously: "My lord, the way of that Yonglai is unknown, so he just stays by my side, the servants are afraid that the lord will be safe, so why don't we take him down and interrogate him clearly? "

"If I wanted to get him, I would have started when he was secretly sending letters to Asuka outside the palace."

"Asuka sent a message... Ah, the emperor was talking about the time when you asked your servants to secretly summon Su Shaoqing to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to see Shen Tongzhi reveal his true face?" Lan Xi saw Yongnian's submissive face, if it wasn't on the bridge of his nose. A small black mole, that face can be seen from everyone, people can't remember the appearance at all.

"Also, on the way when Shen Qi escorted Mr. He, the prison car was robbed and Mr. He escaped. Su Yan begged me for Shen Qi's sake, and I let him watch from a distance." The emperor pushed the floating leaf with the lid of the cup, "Since he is so concerned about the matter between me, Su Yan, and Shen Qi, then let him be fulfilled, and see where all this information is sent in the end."

Although she knew that the emperor was scheming, Lan Xi was still not at ease: "But if this information leaks out, will it be a bad thing? For example, this time, if the emperor didn't find out in time, tomorrow the things in the vase will be passed on through the mouth of the queen mother." The ruling and opposition parties are in an uproar."

The emperor took a sip of tea and said, "If not, how can I rule out the possibility that 'Yongnian is the Empress Dowager'?"

Lan Xi suddenly realized.The emperor said again: "Don't worry, the information he passed on is exactly what I want him to pass on."

Lan Xi smiled and said: "I understand now, I won't ask any more questions in the future."

Seeing the end of time, the emperor said to Lan Xi: "You are getting older, your energy is low, and you have been serving for several nights in a row. Let's go to rest tonight and call someone who is smarter to grind for me."

Lan Xi thanked the emperor for his sympathy, and recommended: "The servant's apprentice, Duo Guier, has been trained well, let him take care of you."

The emperor nodded.

Lan Xi exited the imperial study and came to the side room where she lived, and scolded Duo Guier who was eating melon seeds: "Stop eating melon seeds, you bastard! Wash yourself up and go to the study to serve the emperor! Remember, The emperor doesn’t like the sound when he’s writing the book, you’re obediently grinding by the side, and you’re not allowed to fart too much! Got it?”

Duo Gui'er shivered, and the melon seeds in his hand spilled all over the table: "I know, I know, grandpa!"

Lan Xi sighed, feeling that he had taken in the wrong grandson who would end up in retirement for him, no matter how he trained him, he was not as calm and intelligent as Su Yan, a cheap nephew.But already like this, I can only pinch my nose and admit it.

Duo Guier waited on him a few times, but he didn't make any mistakes. Lan Xi gradually relaxed, and in the next two or three months, he would be sent to the Imperial Study Room to serve the pen and ink more at night, so that he could rest.

But what Lan Xiwan didn't expect was that on the second night after Su Yan returned to Beijing, he, a godson who was not clever enough, was being targeted by King Yu.

As twilight fell outside the window, a servant quietly walked into the imperial study and lit the lamps.

Emperor Jing Long sat on the imperial chair behind the desk and ordered without raising his head: "Come and grind."

The servant bowed his head and walked over, poured a spoonful of cold spring water into the Sheshi inkstone, grasped the sleeve with one hand, and grinded the lacquer, smoke and emblem ink evenly with the other hand, the movements were gentle and elegant.

The emperor wrote a few words, and suddenly smelled a faint fragrance, a refreshing familiarity, mixed with the smell of paper and ink, almost inaudible.

He suddenly stopped writing, grabbed the servant's wrist with his backhand, and said sharply: "You are not Duoguier!"

When the emperor turned his head to look, the servant raised his face when he heard the sound, and the two sides met each other.

"..."

"..."

Both of them moved their lips and were unable to speak for a while.

After a brief silence, the emperor sighed helplessly: "You..."

Su Yan said with a straight face: "The servant is ordered to grind, and I ask the emperor to let go."

The emperor let go of his fingers, and seeing red marks from being strangled quickly appeared on his wrist, he sighed again.

Su Yan continued to grind the grinder, pursing his lips in silence.

The emperor asked: "How did you enter the palace?"

Su Yan's voice was cold: "He entered the palace cleanly."

emperor:"……"

The ink was almost overflowing the inkstone, and Su Yan was still grinding it.The emperor pinched his hand, took the ink stick from his fingers, and said in a deep voice, "You are so courageous! If the Imperial Forest Army discovers that someone pretends to be a servant and sneaks into the palace, he can be killed on the spot when he is caught!"

Su Yan said: "The minister shouted loudly before he died, 'I am pregnant with a dragon fetus, who dares to touch me', to see if the emperor can see me."

The emperor's expression at this moment is simply indescribable.

Su Yan looked at the petrified face of the emperor, which was rarely seen in a thousand years, and twitched the corners of his mouth teasingly: "Don't worry, even if you are really pregnant, it doesn't necessarily belong to the emperor."

The emperor's fingers trembled, and the ink stick fell on the gold brick floor, breaking into two pieces with a clanging sound.