[Comprehensive] The five elements are short of money

"Officials, the matter involves the harem, and it is inconvenient for me to stay for a long time. Please leave." Zhuge An hurriedly said.

"No!" Zhe Zong suddenly stopped him sharply, and Zhuge Anren looked at his flushed face in surprise, but did not see Zhang Min's knowing expression. "I said no need, it's not a big deal, Ah An will accompany me to have a look."

Zhe Zong regained his composure and told Liu Min, "Call me in."

The noisy maid outside the palace bowed her head and walked in small steps. She bowed her head and said, "Officials, servants want to expose the empress's practice of witchcraft in the central palace. Our empress has chest fatigue and dizziness recently, but the imperial doctor has been unable to find her." When it came to the cause of the disease, today a young eunuch in the Queen's Palace couldn't see it and reported it, so I realized that it was the Queen Mother who cursed our Mother. The official family, the Queen Mother was so frightened that she was so frightened that she was sick in bed, but she couldn't bear to tell the empress. The slaves are loyal to the Lord. , but couldn’t see it, and came to report to the officials behind his mother’s back. The official’s family is seriously ill, so how can we know that it’s not because of the empress’s curse.”

"Presumptuous! How dare the little maid frame the middle palace?" Liu Min yelled. The concubine Xian always disrespected the queen. She never thought that in order to compete for favor, she would even talk about witchcraft. The matter of one person and one family, the whole court is facing cleansing!

"I don't dare, my servant is true. I implore the officials to investigate thoroughly. I am willing to risk my life!" The maid yelled the last sentence, and she suddenly rushed towards the pillar next to her.

The Zhuge'an man stripped off the jade from his belt, and threw it on the maid's calf. The maid threw herself to the ground, and she fell to the ground, yelling, "Your maidservant is loyal to the official family!"

Zhuge Anren held Zhe Zong's hand, slowly channeled his inner strength to him, and commanded him to breathe softly: "Exhale—inhale...yes, take your time, slow~slow~"

Zhezong was so angry that his trembling arms stopped trembling unnaturally, Zhuge An said: "The officials are relieved, but you will be able to see through the harem dispute at a glance, so don't be upset."

"The harem struggle?" Zhe Zong asked, his head was full of blood just after hearing the word "witch gu", and he didn't know what he was doing.

"The court lady said that she came here behind the back of the concubine Xian, and she was the one who betrayed the master. She made up her words smoothly, and she didn't change her face when she faced the official Longwei and her father-in-law. Fantastic idea. If you really have the guts, you shouldn’t be just a second-class court lady. If you read it correctly, this second-class court lady should be dressed as a court lady.” Zhuge An said gently: “You are an official, and the lives of the harem women are honored. It's all your words, don't bother to get angry."

"Official, official!" The court lady who fell to the ground was still screaming with blood on her mouth. Seeing the official frown, Liu Min made a decisive decision and slashed the court lady unconscious with a knife.

"Official family, the position of four concubines, eight first-class maids, 16 second-class court ladies, such second-class court ladies are not qualified to serve in the inner palace." Liu Min bowed and said, implying that even if it is really the empress's behavior The art of witchcraft happened to be reported by a young eunuch, so it is impossible for a second-class court lady to know about it.

Liu Min has served Zhe Zong for many years. In recent years, Liu has climbed from a court lady to the position of a virtuous concubine, and gave birth to a son and two daughters for Zhe Zong.Facing the accusation of the virtuous concubine, the emperor sometimes does not need evidence, the personal eunuch thinks what the emperor thinks, and is anxious about what the emperor wants.But this time Liu Min is on the side of Zhuge Anren. It can only be said that Liu Min, who lives by guessing people's hearts, knows who is more important.

"The battle in the harem... the battle in the harem..." Zhe Zong's face was ashen, and he muttered to himself, exhaustedly: "Take the maid into custody, let the empress and concubine Xian be notified, and we will discuss this matter later. Let's all step down, I think Quiet."

The people in the hall came out one after another, Zhuge An wanted to retreat but Zhe Zong grabbed his arm tightly.

"A'an, you believe the queen is innocent, right?" Zhe Zong asked quietly after a long silence.

"The body of the official family is not caused by the curse of witchcraft." The implication is that the queen's innocence has nothing to do with him, he only cares about the body of the official family.

Zhezong sighed: "Tell me your opinion. I know you have always been beautiful, so you don't have to be scruples, just speak freely." Zhezong lay weakly on the soft couch, exhausted.

"Your liege, the dispute in the harem is not only a dispute in the harem. The empress dowager was appointed by the empress dowager, and she is the representative of the old party. The officials have restarted the new party over the years, determined to reform the law, and the national power has further improved. However, the DPRK and the Chinese party are fierce. And the level of opposition. When the Empress Dowager was in power, as long as the new party’s methods were wrong, there were many injustice cases. When the officials were in charge, you sought new ideas and changes, but the new party thought it was a turnaround and retaliated against the old party. The fact that the Chinese party is united against differences has reached the point where it affects the foundation of the country. Now the empress is the signboard of the old party, and she lives deep in the harem without any heirs. She is not hindered by her family, country, and government. If your majesty cannot accommodate the representatives of the old party, the old party will see If there is no hope, the new party thinks it has seen the intentions of the officials, and pursues the victory. In this way, the party struggle will only intensify, which will not benefit the country."

Zhe Zong gently rubbed the center of his brows, and sighed: "You are still so bold, you can't stop talking if you don't startle."

"The minister is lying."

"It's not nonsense, it's telling the truth. There are not many people in the court who dare to tell the truth, dare to speak from their hearts, and do not fight for the party." Zhe Zong sighed, "Continue talking."

"I have lived in the frontier fortress for a long time, and I also heard that the virtuous concubine in the palace is favored, and your majesty is neglected in the palace. A queen who is not favored will never curse your majesty. The empress only needs to guard her own status to be invincible. "Zhuge An speaks for the queen, not because he has any relationship with the queen, nor because of the moral concept of the first wife in his heart, but just to quell the party disputes, for the sake of the overall situation, the court cannot afford another disturbance.

"Really? This reminds me of the story I heard when I was a child and secretly went to the street and heard a storyteller. Didn't Wu Zetian also use witchcraft to frame the king and queen, so that she ascended to the throne. I was also confused in the past."

Zhuge Anxin thought, I'm sorry, but the story you heard all those years ago reflected the regent Empress Dowager Gao, I didn't expect you to use it here.

"I don't know." Zhuge Anren said dully.

"You don't know, but I know that Mrs. Liu is indeed too bold."

Listening to Zhe Zong's sudden bold comment on Concubine Xian, it seemed that with a few words from Zhuge Anren, the person who was so favored in the past and who could lead Zhe Zong by the nose suddenly fell out of favor. The emperor didn't even have the procedure to confront her, Immediately convict Concubine Xian.Zhuge An was puzzled, but after thinking about it, Zhezong must have been awakened by his own words about party disputes. He also realized that in the face of major national affairs, the private affairs of children can only be put behind, let alone for the emperor who is full of concubines. It is still unknown how much "female affection" Zhezong had for the concubine Xian.

Zhe Zong glanced at Zhuge Anren's puzzled face, smiled wryly, and closed his eyes again.

"Officials, it's late today, I'll take my leave first, and I'll see you tomorrow." The relationship between a man and a woman is the saddest thing, Zhuge An is a man who judges others by himself, if he encounters such troublesome things, he also wants to be quiet.

"Help me to the couch." Zhe Zong answered irrelevantly, he is now lying on the imperial concubine's couch next to the bed, and the couch he was talking about should be the dragon bed.

Zhuge'an didn't ask why, but came forward to help him.It's just that Zhezong had been ill for a long time, and he was so angry that he really didn't have the strength to walk, so he fell down with the help of limp.Zhuge'an, a martial arts practitioner, immediately hugged Zhezong and strode away to the inner bedroom.

Gentle put Zhezong on the bed, covered him with a quilt, Zhuge Anren frowned and said: "The official is too thin, you need to eat more."

Zhezong didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Just like you, I'm full of tendons, it hurts me so much."

"Then I'll use the internal force to separate it from now on." The external force can form a soft insulating layer, which is very comfortable to lean against.

"Sure enough, you are still with Mu Mu, can't you hear the joke?"

Zhuge Anren tilted his head, and his expressions all said: Everything the officials say is correct, no matter whether it is a joke or not.

"Oh, that's all. I wanted to sleep with you. I have a lot of things to do today, so you go first. Rest for a few days first. You don't have to go to court. I will wait for you tomorrow." Zhe Zong ordered.

"Yes." Zhuge Anren clasped his fists and retreated.

Zhezong watched Zhuge An go away, but he didn't feel sleepy at all. He lay on the dragon bed and meditated for a while, calling out: "Liu Min."

"The servant is here, what orders do the officials have?" Liu Min approached silently with small steps.

"Go to the Hall of Renming, pass on the virtuous concubine." Liu Min nodded, helped the emperor up, called the little eunuch to change the emperor's clothes, and went out by himself to arrange the chariot, feeling puzzled.Based on Liu Min's understanding of the official family, he thought there were only two outcomes for this matter, either Concubine Xian won the championship in one fell swoop and ascended to the throne of queen, or the matter was shelved. You must know that the official family has not liked the queen for a long time, so it is not so easy changed.Liu Min silently raised the importance of Zhuge Anren in his heart, this is a person who cannot be offended.

When Zhezong arrived at the Empress's Hall of Renming, Empress Meng took off her hairpin in plain clothes and pleaded guilty, and knelt in the atrium. Concubine Liu Xian had already arrived. Although she had always disrespected the empress, today's affairs did not develop according to her plan, and she had already aroused vigilance.The queen was kneeling in the hall, and she could only kneel together when she entered. In order not to lose momentum, Concubine Liu Xian led people to wait outside the Hall of Renming.Compared with the Queen taking off her hairpin to plead guilty, Concubine Liu Xian's dress is not gorgeous, mostly jade ornaments, gentle and pleasant.

"Officials..." Concubine Liu Xian called softly, bowing gracefully.

Zhe Zong didn't help her, he just nodded and was helped into the hall by Liu Min.

Zhezong sat down at the head of the court, Concubine Liu Xian entered the main hall, knelt beside the queen without waiting for the queen to plead guilty, and wept: "The official family has learned from it, and the ministers and concubines have served you respectfully since they served the official family. Love the palace people, the empress dowager, the empress dowager The concubine and empress have never been punished. The ministers and concubines think that they have never done anything unethical, so I don't know why they have suffered such an unexpected disaster."

There was a moment of silence in the hall.The queen is not good at arguing with words, which is why she and Concubine Liu Xian have been at a disadvantage in many confrontations.Why is Ke Zhezong silent?Concubine Liu Xian thumped in her heart, she went through the plan again and again, she felt that there was nothing wrong with it, and said softly: "Maybe the concubine misunderstood the empress, she is not such a person, please ask the officials to investigate strictly, and restore the empress's innocence .”

Zhezong still didn't speak, and looked at Concubine Liu Xian silently. Her profile with her head bowed most resembled that of Zhuge Anren.