Chapter 152(1/2)
As soon as the Changping Hou fell, the eyeliners hidden in the court were all eliminated silently. Since Zhao Sansi ascended the throne, the biggest crisis in the court has been resolved like this.
To this day, there are still many people in the court who are still unaware of this secret battle that has been in secret for more than two years. The more sensitive court officials have also guessed some clues from the strange court situation in the past two years and the ending of the Changping Marquis' Mansion, but only those clues are limited. As for more and deeper things, they do not know about them and will not try them out.
The secret that the emperor wants to keep will not end well if the seeker has.
One of the rules of survival for officials is a rare thing to be confused. Even if you are not confused, you must pretend to be confused.
The court today has become stable except for the Lin family.
According to the original plan, when the Changping Hou fell, Concubine Jia from Changning Palace should also fall out of favor.
Zhao Sansi was right. She used to go to Changle Palace to show others how to show her. Now she doesn't have to show her anymore. She really ran to Changle Palace for no reason.
Not only Lin Wanqing was puzzled, but even Gu Xizhao couldn't understand what she was going to make a fuss. But she was so calm, and what happened in the Changping Marquis's Mansion made her a little exhausted, and she felt a little aggrieved by Zhao Sansi's behavior, and she didn't want to rush to please others.
Zhao Sansi originally thought that her queen had a tendency to "do fake plays really", so she should be anxious, but her queen was very calm and did not like to touch her feet when she was sleeping in the same bed. She rushed over and gave her back, and her queen looked like "Don't be beaten by me".
I'm out of favor???
Zhao Sansi thought angrily and decided to show his charm to his queen, so the harem fell into a very strange atmosphere.
The little emperor who said he was not as obsessed with women now takes turns in the four palaces, and he doesn't like anyone alone.
Not only that, the little emperor, who was addicted to women, lost his passion for government affairs, and he also spent three days on the Internet and fished for two days, and looked lazy all day long. When the court officials saw it, they became anxious. The emperor obviously looked like a foolish emperor who was very lazy and arrogant, extravagant and lewd.
Oh, what should I do?
For three consecutive days, Zhao Sansi came to court late. The court officials looked at the little emperor sitting on the dragon throne, covering his mouth and yawning without any image. Especially the outspoken censors such as the right censor Li Chunqiu, endured it and finally couldn't stand it anymore. After the important matters of the court were discussed, they couldn't help but tactfully advised:
"The emperor is now at a young age. Once he is enlightened and obsessed with some things, it is understandable. But the emperor needs to have a certain degree. He can't feel that he is energetic now and just toss and struggle hard..."
Zhao Sansi listened to these inexplicable words, and his head was confused and as if he hadn't slept for a few days. He stared at Li Chunqiu for a long time, but still couldn't figure out what he meant, "What did I do toss?"
Li Chunqiu: "..." Isn't he straightforward enough???
Cai Jun looked at Li Chunqiu with an awkward look. He couldn't figure out whether the little emperor really didn't understand or pretended not to understand. He looked around and saw that no one wanted to speak up. In addition, the little emperor's recent actions were indeed a bit unreasonable, so he felt that it was time to advise him.
"The emperor has been late or left early in the morning. In the past half month, you have asked for three holidays. I heard that the memorials have accumulated like mountains and the emperor doesn't like to criticize them. Then I will go to the harem to diligently. Lord Li means that the emperor should focus on the government."
When Zhao Sansi heard this, he yawned lazily, "I'm going to the harem for only three or five times a day. Is this called to make a lot of effort?"
Cai Jun: "..." Is this the point?
Sun Yan, a big fool who has a lot of intestines, saw that they had been talking for half a day, but they didn't mention electronic ideas. Because he paid half a tael of silver to his wife this month, he was sleeping in the room for half a month. "You guys just talked unhappy. Look, they didn't mention electronic ideas after talking for half a day."
Sun Yan complained to Cai Jun, then looked at Zhao Sansi, "I have told you clearly. Lord Li means that the emperor is indeed young and energetic now. Ye Yu’s five girls are fine, but it’s a pleasure to make trouble this year, but this kind of trouble will hurt your body too much. Of course, your dragon body is indeed worried about, but more importantly, the emperor cannot indulge in women and delay state affairs."
Ye Yu’s five girls’ words came out...
Cai Jun and other elegant civil officials listened to Sun Yan's stunning words and wanted Sun Yan to be mute on the spot.
However, although this is a bit rough, it is not rough.
Although Li Chunqiu frowned at Sun Yan's words so that he could kill the flies, he did not refute them. Instead, he echoed, "That's what I mean."
Yes, in the eyes of the court officials, the young emperor's recent behavior of a fool is either because of other things or because he is too busy at night and spends all his energy on other matters, so he has abandoned the government affairs.
Zhao Sansi really didn't expect that the court officials who were well-dressed and gentlemen were all so shameless and vulgar. She was stunned for a long time before she realized from these ridiculous words.
Since she had some trouble with her queen for no reason, she was full of energy and had no place to use it at night. Even if she had the energy, the queen would have tormented her to death alone, and she would have five girls...
Zhao Sansi couldn't help but look at her ministers in a lewd manner, "All my dear ministers are so sexy, can you still control the five girls at night?"
Court officials: "..." Is this the point?
Besides, how can they answer such an awkward and shameful question? If you say no, you will be laughed at by others. If you say yes, the little emperor said they are too sexy.
For a moment, the ministers who were speechless were asked looked at Sun Yan with hatred.
Sun Yan, a simple-minded and well-developed fool, looked innocent in the face of everyone's eyes, "What are you doing when you look at the officials like this?" As he said that, Sun Yan looked at Zhao Sansi again and replied seriously, "Your Majesty, you don't know that my family is a tigress. Even if I have this ability, I will not have the chance to be sexy."
Zhao Sansi was amused, and endured it again and again, and then pretended to be serious and skipped the topic. With Sun Yan, this topic will continue, if the topic continues, I am afraid that today's court will also change. "You are advised that I don't favor anyone alone, and that I will divert the rain and dew in the harem. Now I will divert the rain and dew. Today I will devour the Concubine Jia, and I will naturally devour Xiangpin tomorrow. I will inevitably go to Yipin's palace in the future. Look, how even the rain and dew in the ground is?"
The court officials were once again criticized and even felt relieved. Fortunately, there were only these women in the harem now. If there were really three thousand beauties, it would be even worse to be the same as people's true and impartial attitude. I felt a little regretful when I was so desperate to persuade people to accept the harem. Look, when there was only the queen, the emperor was so diligent and there was no trouble in the court harem.
I miss the little emperor who was not late to leave early in the court, but could be suppressed by the Queen once he was willing to go to court. Even if the little emperor went to court every day to show off how good the Queen was, it would be better than yawning now when he sat on the dragon throne.
Sure enough, it's better for the Empress.
This battle of words between the monarch and the ministers naturally made Zhao Sansi win completely again.
After winning, Zhao Sansi became less and less conscientious. He came late and the court officials reported the national affairs seriously. She was like a big man, either dozing off or secretly kneading two melon seeds. Whether those memorials were expedited or not, she ignored them at all. She either accompanied Concubine Jia to raise her baby in the morning or accompanied Concubine Xiang to appreciate the flowers in the afternoon.
She looks like a foolish monarch who is addicted to women.
However, even though she did so excessively, Zhao Sansi did not notice that her queen was blowing her ears or scolding her. She was angry and sad. She originally wanted to use the women in the harem to teach her a long lesson and let her remember the consequences of squeezing her women. As a result, her play became less and less successful.
Seeing that it was about to get sick again, the queen of Guishui was still as stable as Mount Tai, but Zhao Sansi was the first to be unable to hold on, but she could not hold her face to please her, so she had to spread resentment on the court officials: "You are stupid, but you don't believe it. What's the use of going to the court to persuade me not to be addicted to women? If you want to persuade me, you should persuade the queen, let her take care of the women in the harem, and don't lure me all day long..."
Li Chunqiu, who was admonishing him, was startled by the little emperor who suddenly interrupted him. When he heard her words, he felt like he had seen a ghost and had not come back to his senses for a long time.
However, Cai Jun suddenly remembered what Li Zhongxian advised him to help the young emperor bring Mrs. Gu into the harem a long time ago, and he vaguely understood something.
The little emperor was furious, and the courtier who had not figured out the situation at all immediately became timid, and took all the prepared admonitions into his stomach and pretended to be dead.
So, it was another morning court where the king and his ministers parted ways.
Seeing that his emperor was about to go back on the road to a fool, those loyal and righteous ministers were worried, "What should we do? If the emperor continues like this, the government will be completely abandoned. I heard from the Grand Tutor Su that the emperor's studies have been suspended for half a month."
"Yes, how diligent the emperor was in the past? Which one can change at any time?"
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"Who is blamed now? At that time, I tried my best to persuade the emperor to accept the harem? Now I know that the harem is lively and well, right?"
"Mr. Zhou, what sarcastic words are you saying, as if you didn't persuade the emperor to accept the harem at that time?"
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Seeing that they became more and more quarrels, they tended to roll up their sleeves and fight. Cai Jun quickly became a peacemaker. "It's meaningless for everyone to fight verbally here. Isn't the most important thing now that should work together to persuade the emperor?"
"The Prime Minister is very light, and the emperor is right every word, not only favors him, but also accepts the harem. We all propose it. How do we persuade him?"
Cai Jun did not show off his verbal slap with them, but instead discussed the matter. "We can't compete with the emperor, but didn't the emperor say that today? It's useless for us to persuade her, but we should ask the Queen."
"According to the emperor's words, they are just verbally annoying words that make us laugh."
"That's right, if the emperor really listens to the queen so much, can the queen still let the emperor go so far?"
"But now there is no way to go, so I will ask the queen to take charge of the emperor and have a way to do so."
Everyone with no choice, look at me, look at you, no one spoke again, just as they agreed to Cai Jun's words.
Although the queen is the lord of the central palace, the harem cannot interfere in politics. Generally speaking, she cannot summon ministers in the court, and she must also ask Li Zhongxian who can walk in the harem.
Li Zhongxian is not fully aware of the matter about Changping Hou in the past two years, but as someone around Zhao Sansi, he can guess some of it every day. He saw the emperor and empress come to this day with his own eyes, and he still hopes that the queen is the first person in the harem.
"When the emperor wanted to make people the queen, you tried every means to stop him; the emperor favored the queen alone, you didn't want to. Well, now the emperor came to follow your request, and you were unhappy again. If you can't tell the emperor, you will make things difficult for the Empress. Prime Minister, you are also a heartless person."
It is true that Li Zhongxian had to help him deliver this, but the courtier's attitude of remembering the queen only when he had something to do, really made him feel a little disgusted.
Cai Jun wanted to refute, but his mind turned around and found that this was indeed the case over the years. He had to touch his nose and smiled and said, "Look at what Mr. Li said. The Empress is the most wise man. Isn't this a thing of the past? Mr. Li mentioned these things?"
Li Zhongxian snorted softly, "The Prime Minister will cleanse himself. Will you know that the Empress is the most wise person?"
The person was under the eaves and had to bow his head. Cai Jun continued to laugh, "Yes, yes, yes, I know now. The Empress is the most virtuous person in the world. I was blinded by it at the beginning."
Li Zhongxian felt that this was quite satisfactory, "Come on, our family will go to Changning Palace later."
Cai Jun looked very grateful, "That's how hard Mr. Li is in charge."
Li Zhongxian sneered at him and stopped talking to him anymore.
While Zhao Sansi was having lunch break, Li Zhongxian went to Changning Palace and reposted Cai Jun's words. Seeing Gu Xizhao lying lazily on the imperial concubine's couch, he thought about it and added: "Even if the Empress does not think about the government, she should think about it for herself. The Emperor now treats those people in no different ways. After a long time, he will inevitably be sincere. At that time, the Empress will have to suffer some grievances."
Hearing this, Gu Xizhao lifted her eyelids and glanced at him, "Do you know that the emperor is doing a show now?"
Li Zhongxian hurriedly said, "The emperor's feelings for the Empress must be something that others can't compare to."
Gu Xizhao sat up and said, "The emperor is big now, his wings are hard, and he can play very well."
"Empress, don't say that, you don't know. Today, the emperor is still in the morning court. It's useless to advise her, and ask them to come and ask her to ask her. It can be seen that the emperor is having a big time this time, and he is afraid that he will wait for the empress to come down to the steps. Look at the emperor's temper, he is still like a child, and he is waiting for the empress to coax her."
The little fan in Gu Xizhao opened and closed, looking at Li Zhongxian, smiling, "You know her."
"That's natural. The slave has served the emperor for so long."
Gu Xizhao pointed his chin, "Then tell me, why is she making such a fuss this time?"
Li Zhongxian did not dare to figure out the holy intention casually. After hesitating for a moment, he said carefully: "The emperor has always been difficult to guess, but I can't figure it out."
Gu Xizhao didn't make things difficult for him, "Okay, I'll go over and talk to her if I have nothing to do. However, if I listen or not, I can't guarantee it."
"Hey hey hey." Li Zhongxian nodded quickly, "The emperor will definitely listen. As long as the empress opens her mouth, the emperor will definitely listen."
Gu Xizhao raised her eyebrows and counted as an answer.
Although he was willing to accept it, Gu Xizhao did not intend to persuade him kindly. He had been inexplicably awkward for nearly a month, and Gu Xizhao was upset.
Of course, since the court officials begged her, she still had to give her face. When she went to bed that night, she turned her back to Zhao Sansi, and thought about it for a long time in her stomach, then she spoke expressionlessly, "Today, the emperor told all officials in the court that it was because I did not take care of these concubines well, so that the emperor had abandoned the government affairs. Since that is the case, then from tomorrow, I will go and talk to all my sisters about the rules. Don't let them bother the emperor tightly."
"Queen..." Zhao Sansi was anxious when he heard that his queen had taken the wrong ones on him, "I don't mean that. I just wanted to wake up these courtiers. I listened to the queen the most..."
Gu Xizhao brushed away her hand on her back and turned her head to look at her, "The emperor really wants to listen to me, and he will not do these ridiculous things these days..."
To be continued...