Winter is always dark early, seeing that the sky is dark, Xin Xiran walked out of the half-mountain residence and called Fushimi who was standing by the pavilion. When he came, he didn't let Fushimi enter the pavilion, but waited outside the pavilion.

Fushimi lowered his head slightly, there was a bit of loss in his eyes, he was the young master's personal attendant, it stands to reason that the young master has nothing to hide from himself, but this time he arranged himself outside the pavilion, which was obviously to alienate him.

Xin Xiran walked and walked, and suddenly said: "Go back and ask the old man what you want, and you will answer truthfully." ”

Fushimi was stunned for a moment, "Young master-----"

"I know, the old man will find you back, must have said some cruel things to you, you have served me since childhood, and I don't want you to be embarrassed, if there is anything after that, just tell the old man, just on important occasions, I will not take you with me. ”

Fushimi lowered his head slightly, and couldn't help but reddened his eyes, he came back this time, and he was indeed taught and threatened by the old man, because with the experience of the past, the old man told him that anything, as long as the young master participated, he had to report it truthfully.

On the one hand, he was embarrassed, and on the other hand, he didn't dare to resist the master's words, and he didn't know what to do.

But it turned out that the young master also guessed it, no wonder he didn't let him enter the pavilion just now, he just reported it truthfully, but the young master didn't allow him to enter the pavilion, and he really didn't hear anything, only that the son of the Qiu family asked the young master to drink in the middle of the mountain.

Wei Za saw that Xin Xiran was gone, so he stepped forward and put down the wine jug and said, "Young Master, do you really think that the young master of the Xin family is available? ”

Qiu Ji slowly drank the wine in the cup, tasting the mellow flavor of the wine, although a pot of wine was almost drunk by him, but he didn't see his face blushing for half a minute, and the clarity in his eyes was not diminished.

"Don't underestimate him, he's a smart man. ”

Wei Za was a little relieved at this time, and said with a slight smile: "It's okay to be so small, it's not in vain for half a month's work." ”

"Let's go. Qiu Ji drank the last bit of wine, put down the wine glass and got up and walked out of the pavilion.

Qiu Ji was about to return to Qiu Mansion, and he saw Liu Gan, the household servant, walking out, the two of them saw each other, Qiu Ji bowed his hand slightly, Liu Gan also stood still, and greeted a few politely before hurriedly leaving the mansion again.

These days, Liu Gan often comes to the house to see Qiu Wanao, and what he said is nothing more than the affairs of the court, at this time Qiu Wanao is still "sick in bed", although the emperor sent an envoy to see him in person, and even looked at the ministers who were "sick in bed" one by one. However, this still failed to make Qiu Wanao "good".

The emperor withdrew the soldiers stationed outside the palace only a few days ago, and Qiu Ji naturally knew the reason.

He casually walked into the east wing and into his own room, completely ignoring the situation in the other main house.

At this time, in the main house, the charcoal fire was burning, the house was warm, and there was the fragrance of food, Qiu Wanao was sitting on the bed, and the maid was waiting for him to eat.

Qiu Luhou, who was on the other side, waited for Qiu Wanao to finish gnawing the chicken leg in his hand before he stepped forward and said, "Master, although King Huaixiang convened this Huiyang banquet, the result was a little unexpected." The little one is worried, that one won't send someone over, do you want the little one to go to the capital of Yushi?"

Although the emperor withdrew the soldiers of the Criminal Department, Qiu Wanao still claimed that he was ill and refused to go to court.

As for the other ministers, they were successively looked at by the envoys of the Imperial Hospital, and the illness gradually recovered, and in a few days, the ministers of the upper court were almost all together.

No matter how complete it is, without the first assistant, even if there was no strike in the Hanlin Academy, Zhuang Yan even asked the second assistant Li Xiangda to temporarily act as the agent of the cabinet, but the cabinet still made many mistakes.

It must be known that the excerpts that Zhuang Yan reads on weekdays are all passed by Qiu Wanao, the first assistant of the cabinet, and then the cabinet ministers discuss the votes before submitting them to Zhuang Yan for a final decision.

The cabinet is headed by Qiu Wanao, and although Li Xiangda is the second assistant, he has been pressed by Qiu Wanao for more than ten years and has not been able to turn over.

As the saying goes, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, and since there is the first assistant, the existence of the second auxiliary is not so important. Especially in the past ten years, Qiu Wanao has controlled the government, and the cabinet has long been subordinate, and it is naturally more difficult for Li Xiangda to show his strength.

This time Qiu Wanao is sick, everyone knows what it means, everyone is a clear-eyed person, Qiu Wanao is clearly not giving face to the little emperor.

He knew that if he didn't go to the court for a day, the court would not be able to turn around, even if Li Xiangda was there, he also knew that the cabinet ministers would not take Li Xiangda in their eyes.

And what he thought was true, Li Xiangda was secretly happy that his first day was coming, but he didn't expect that even if Qiu Wanao was not in the cabinet, this group of ministers also looked at Qiu Wanao's face and didn't give themselves face at all.

Any opinions put forward will be opposed, but he thinks it is inappropriate, and the ministers are full of praise, this situation of one enemy and many enemies makes Li Xiangda helpless although he is angry.

Whether his status is noble or not is given by the emperor, but now that the emperor is obviously suppressed by Qiu Wanao, even if he is a second assistant, he does not have much right to speak.

It is precisely because he knows this relationship that Qiu Wanao will be so unscrupulous, he took the hot towel handed over by the maid, wiped his hand and threw it in the tray, and sneered: "The little emperor thinks that when he grows up and has a future, he can face the old man, but he doesn't know that in this court, without the old man, he can't take a step."

Although the rebellion of the vassal king was unexpected by the old man, but this matter was not without benefit to the old man, hehe----- the old man wanted the little emperor to come and invite him personally, and he wanted to carry the sedan chair to the court. Otherwise, the old man will not be able to go on this day. ”

Although Qiu Lu knew his master's temper, when he heard this, he couldn't help but be startled, and asked the emperor to carry a sedan chair to the court, but there was no such precedent in the past.

He said secretly, only his own master has this temper, but he slapped himself with a smile on his face: "The little one is too worried, the master is far-sighted, everything is under control, and the small one is too talkative." ”

At that time, in the palace, Zhuang Yan looked at a few innocuous folds in front of him, knowing that the group of old things in the cabinet were all about to be detained, but there was no way, the cabinet and his party were all Qiu Wanao's people, and Li Xiangda was single-handed, and it was difficult to mix in it.

Not long ago, he learned about the five vassal kings including the King of Guangping and the righteous march, and in the past few days, the ministers of the court and the central government must have also learned about it.

Since ancient times, it has not been uncommon for vassal kings to rebel, especially now that rebels are rampant on all sides, this matter is even less surprising.

It's just that the vassal kings are all local monarchs, powerful, powerful, military and wealthy, and everyone should not be underestimated, not to mention that there are five people in a row with the king of Guangping this time, whether the news is true or not, he must deal with it.

But Qiu Wanao quit the court, and none of the ministers in the DPRK and China mentioned this matter in the past few days, Zhuang Yan knew what they meant, and Qiu Wanao's influence in the court was even greater than him.

Liu De saw Zhuang Yan sneering on his face, he had also heard about the vassal kings to some extent, thinking that when the first emperor was young, he had a good relationship with the vassal kings, how could it have developed into what it is now in just one or two decades.