Chapter 966

Liu Zhi knew this guy was greedy for money, but this guy was also very smart, eloquent, and looked at his face. Therefore, among the old party, there were quite a lot of people who were very popular and were regarded as the backbone of the old party boss.

Originally, the emperor chose him as his envoy, and the important officials of the old party all celebrated each other. This was not only the old party's victory.

What’s important is that when the new party gradually entered the court, His Majesty gave the old party another opportunity to show its merits.

But everyone was looking forward to Zhu Guangting's victory in a beautiful battle and giving the old party in the court a sigh of relief.

The impeachment memorials of the civil and military officials from Shaanxi Road, led by Su Xueshi, came to the court like snowflakes. At that time, it had already aroused the vigilance of Liu Zhi and others.

At that time, Liu Zhi quickly wrote to Zhu Guangting, explaining the interests of his mission to the current old party, and hoped that he could complete the task successfully.

But as a result, in just a few days of his letter, the emperor received a memorial from Zhu Guangting to impeach Wang Yang and Wang Wushan.

The result was that Wang Yang and Wang Wushan were not only in nothing, but were appointed by Emperor Zhao Xu to serve as deputy envoy to preside over the negotiation work and handed over the negotiation work with full authority to Wang Yang.

This made Liu Zhi and others so angry that they jumped up and wrote letters to express their opposition. Unfortunately, who could oppose the emperor's favor for Wang Yang and Wang Wushan?

Seeing that he could not object, at least everyone was glad that although Zhu Guangting no longer presided over the negotiations, he was still in the process of doing so. In the future, he was still the model of his old party.

However, he never expected that when Zhu Guangting returned to Beijing with the signed letter of state, he brought back such heartbreaking bad news.

At this time, even if Liu Zhi wanted to stand up and speak for Zhu Guangting, he would not dare to do so.

"If it's something else, I can give up my old face and be able to do it for you, but now, what should you do if you ask Mr. Liu?"

"Then, is there no other way to think about it? Brother Liu, you and I have been together for decades. You are the only one who can save me from the water and fire at this moment." Zhu Guangting couldn't help but burst into tears at this moment, and bowed to the ground and cried.

After Liu Zhi stepped forward and helped Zhu Guangting up, his face was full of disappointment and helplessness. "You! Alas, if you had known this, why would you think you could have room for Zhou Shi in these things?"

"Is there really no way to think about it?" Zhu Guangting looked at Liu Zhi with a gaze and asked.

Liu Zhi stroked his long beard and pondered for a long time, and finally shook his head with great difficulty. "Unless Your Majesty let you go, there is probably no room for maneuver in this matter."

"Then, if you go to find the Empress Dowager... can there be a turning point?" Zhu Guangting blinked his eyes and racked his brains and said authentically.

"The Empress Dowager?" Liu Zhi turned his head and looked at Zhu Guangting, looking at this old friend who had reached the edge of the wall. "Forget it, it seems that Guangting, you will not give up until the Yellow River. For the sake of our past friendship, I will help you once in the end. Whether it is successful or not depends on God's will..."

"Thank you, brother, whether it is successful or not, Guangting will definitely remember his kindness in his heart and be touched by his five feelings..." Zhu Guangting was overjoyed and fell to the ground again.

"Then you'd better go to the palace with me today. After the morning court tomorrow, I'm afraid it's too late to say anything. As for whether you can see the Empress, it depends on what the Empress means..." Liu Zhi helped Zhu Guangting up and gritted his teeth.

When the two left Zhu's mansion and arrived at the palace, the sky had just begun to dusk. When they heard that the Prime Minister and Zhu Guangting, who had just returned, invited the Empress Dowager to meet the Empress Dowager, the imperial guards guarding the city naturally did not dare to neglect them, so they quickly sent someone to report to the Empress Dowager Gao Taotao.

At this moment, the Empress Dowager Gao Taotao was with the queen, accompanying the queen to take care of the two great-grandchildren. As for Zhao Xu, the emperor of the Song Dynasty, he was still handling government affairs in the study and had not come back yet.

"Liu Zhi and Zhu Guangting?" Gao Taotao, who was holding a small toy in his hand, was teasing the two kids, couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he heard the eunuch's report.

"That's right, Liu Xiang said that there was something important. No matter what, please give me a meeting..." Xu Degong answered carefully as Gao Taotao's expression changed.

"Liu Zhi, Zhu Guangting... Haha, alas, some people have made such a big mistake and always feel disapproving. When the matter comes to an end, they realize that they have no time to regret it and want to cram the Buddha's feet for the moment." Gao Taotao smiled faintly and said to himself.

"What do you mean by Empress..." Xu Degong's voice asking for instructions became more and more cautious.

After thinking about it, Gao Taotao said, "Forget it, let's meet again. You can't let these officials feel heartbroken. Since Your Majesty has settled, the Ai family must not refuse to express it."

After thinking about it, Gao Taotao chose one from among the countless toys that had been prepared for the two children who were still lying in the crib, and asked a eunuch to pick up a piece of malt, and then returned to his Spring and Autumn Palace.

"My minister Liu Zhi (Zhu Guangting) meets the Empress..." The two important officials in the court who had arrived at the Spring and Autumn Palace were waiting quickly saluted.

"It's better to be polite than two of you. Come and give me a seat..." Gao Taotao's faint smile could not tell anything about his emotions. This made Liu Zhi and Zhu Guangting feel more and more nervous.

"Zhu Qing's family, this time you are on the mission to Xixia, you have worked hard, you have been experiencing a journey. What was the capital you just arrived at today?" Gao Taotao's eyes turned and fell on Zhu Guangting, and he started to behave like usual.

This made Zhu Guangting relax and quickly answer Gao Taotao's inquiry respectfully. Afterwards, Liu Zhi and Zhu Guangting wanted to bring the topic to Zhu Guangting.

However, the scheming Gao Taotao is always not fooled. He always cleverly avoids this topic and continues to talk nonsense, so that the two of them can only bite the bullet and continue to deal with it.

After half an hour passed, Gao Taotao, who had a tired face, raised his hand and yawned in front of him. It was already time to end the meeting.

Seeing that time passed little by little, Zhu Guangting, who would not seize the opportunity, would simply grit his teeth, lifted up his front and fell to the ground.

"The criminal Zhu Guangting, if you have something to do, I will report to the Empress..."

"Sinner, why did the Zhu Qing family say this?..." The Empress Dowager Gao Taotao seemed a little surprised, and he didn't seem to know the inside story at all. It shows that his acting skills are definitely at the level of a master.

Zhu Guangting raised his head, and at this moment, there were tears flowing from the chrysanthemum's old face.

"As an envoy of the Song Dynasty, I have signed a covenant with the Western Xia in the Song Dynasty. I went to Shaanxi Road and dealt with the Western Xia envoys. I used some means to deceive the Western Xia envoys, but I did not expect that I misunderstand the ministers and workers of Shaanxi Road..."
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