In the apse of the Qianming Hall of the Endless Palace, the empress rubbed her eyebrows and picked up another piece of music. Even for a saint who destroyed the country with one hand, the long hours of high-intensity mental work made her a little tired.

"Lu Shixing, isn't this the guy who got his ass smashed during the day?"

The Empress opened the recital, and after only two lines, her beautiful face was twisted into a ball, and she hissed with extremely aching teeth.

"It's disgusting......"

She threw the piece to Shangguan Qing, who was standing beside her: "How can this guy be so disgusting? After receiving thirty boards, he gave me thanks, saying that I was more kind and kind than his grandmother, and that Ma De was scolding me in a corner?"

Shangguan Qing pursed her lips and smiled secretly, the only one who can speak so naturally without affecting her image is Her Majesty the Empress.

The current Shangguan Qing is very happy, she finally let the empress dispel the absurd idea of letting her be the prime minister, and got the position of the chief celebrant of the inner court to help the empress deal with the paperwork. The fact that the celebrant has a female pen is quite absurd, and it is nothing compared to the female Cheng. Moreover, it is the position of the eunuch who is robbed, and there is no conflict with the civil officials, which should be beneficial to the empress to stabilize the court.

"Lu Shilang is showing his sincerity to His Majesty," she understood at a glance, "He is willing to serve as the imperial historian of the right capital." ”

"What's wrong with this man?"

The empress didn't understand, "During the day, I asked him to be his nothing, and I counted me on the spot, this is not right, that is not right." First of all, I will say that I am too casual in my clothes and scornful of my subordinates, and then let my courtiers see my face directly will be contemptuous, and I will be asked to hold a court meeting in the future to listen to the government! If I don't beat him with 30 boards, I am afraid that he will even talk about the foot I stepped on when I entered the palace!"

"He used to be a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, so let's think he was a nerd whose brain was corrupted by bookworms, and he ended up with such a ...... Kneeling and licking movements. This person, hypocritical to this extent, is really an out-and-out gentleman. ”

Shangguan Qing smiled bitterly, the word "gentleman" was only a cut worse than heinous in the empress's dictionary.

She turned to the desk and knelt down: "This person was recommended by the slave maid, and Your Majesty should punish the slave and maid for their crimes." ”

"Get up, I'm just grumbling, and I don't blame anyone," said the empress, waving her hand, "how can a courtier be divided only into villains and gentlemen, it's not ridiculously naïve." ”

The empress's question was still unresolved: "Tell me, what is the matter with this person?"

Shangguan Qing was still kneeling and said eloquently: "Your Majesty should know that the ministers still have a lot of resistance to Your Majesty sitting on the throne, and a lot of them are sick and old, and the rest are also waiting. At this time, whoever is promoted will be looked at sideways by his colleagues, thinking that he is a lucky villain who is greedy for power. ”

Speaking of this, the empress interjected: "Isn't it good to be diligent and diligent, villain......?" You continue. ”

"It's an honor for a person like a slave to serve His Majesty, so why care about fame," Shangguan Qing had to get used to being interrupted by the empress at any time, "but the situation of these civil servants is different, they can enter the court by studying poetry and books for more than ten years, or they are the ancestors of the family." They used poetry, writing, literature and the grace of their fathers and ancestors to exchange fame, fortune, power and wealth for His Majesty, and shepherd the world for His Majesty. They have their own set of ...... If you deviate from this set of principles, you will be ridiculed and excluded by others, and it will be difficult for you to get along with yourself, so how can you do things?"

The empress interrupted her again: "The gentleman is the same as the branch, and his loyalty to me is naturally not so absolute. ”

Shangguan Qing continued to take care of herself: "Lu Shilang has such concerns, so he confronted His Majesty at the court meeting and provoked His Majesty to beat his board, so as to show that he is not a courtier to welcome His Majesty. Later, when he showed his loyalty to His Majesty, he had the confidence to say to others that he accepted the promotion not for the high position of His Majesty's gifts, but for the sake of the society and the people. ”

The empress held her white jade-like chin, and was stunned, and suddenly slapped the table, "Isn't this just a deception staff!"

"The ...... of the deception staff" Shangguan Qing praised from the bottom of his heart, "This statement is both concise and vivid, and it is extremely wonderful." ”

"Of course, it's ......"

The empress's eyebrows flew and she almost said that she had missed something, but fortunately she changed her words in time: "As long as it is a guy who cheats the court staff, it cannot be reused!"

Shangguan Qing sighed secretly, it was not good to say much, and he got up to help the empress prepare for the recovery, but the empress changed her mind again: "Even the people you recommend are not available, and few of the courtiers of the Manchu court can use it." ”

After all, governing the world is not as simple as guarding the Heavenly Temple, you can be selfless. Shangguan Qing sighed, and at the same time was ashamed that he also had some private thoughts.

"Xiaoqing, you're right, I don't have anything to pick at this time, let's pick it up first and use it from me," the empress looked helpless, "The court must stabilize first, otherwise everyone in the world will think that the Ming Dynasty is going to fall." When people's hearts are confused, it will be difficult to lead the team. ”

Without waiting for Shangguan Qing's reaction, the empress jumped out of her mind and thought of the next step. "But everyone is like this Lu Shixing, deceiving me with a court staff and playing with me as a fool, can you bear it?"

"So be it!"

The empress waved her hand and said, "Tomorrow there will be a court meeting, and all those who want to be used will be beaten with thirty boards first, and processed in batches!"

Shangguan Qing sneered, and the empress laughed too.

It is true that the empress does not understand court politics and has never learned the art of imperial power, but she is not a fool.

"Scold him, tell him to play this little trick with me again, and kill him directly! Let him be a good official for me!" The empress rubbed her eyebrows again, "I will endure it, even if it is this kind of person!"

Shangguan Qing bowed, heard the familiar footsteps from far and near, and took the piece to the desk next to him and got busy.

"Your Majesty!"

Wearing a plain silver phoenix suit, wearing a phoenix hairpin gauze hat, the soft and heroic girl entered the apse, and it was the head of the inner court, Ai Tosaka.

"I just received a secret message saying that someone is going to make trouble at the Royal Gate Ceremony in three days!"

Ai Tosaka whispered to the empress across the desk, Shangguan Qing still heard it, and was so frightened that the brush in his hand was crooked, and all the things he had just written were invalid, but fortunately it was just a draft.

"Trouble?"

The empress's willow eyebrows rose, slowly fell, and said with an indifferent smile: "I thought that no one dared to stand up and rebel against me in this huge Zhongjing, it turned out that I was going to make a big one." ”

Ai Tosaka said in a deep voice: "There may be a devil to promote this matter, Your Majesty will transfer a team of alternate punishment heavens to me, and I will go and take everyone down tonight!"

The empress tilted her head and held her chin for a while, shook her head and said, "Let them jump out, just so that the people of the world can see why their empress can hold Tai'a and sit firmly in Sheji." ”

Shangguan Qing's pen was crooked again, and the newly held paper was invalid again.

Ai Tosaka was not surprised, but just hesitated: "I'm afraid of accidents......"

The empress was extremely confident: "Let's add a piece, and there is still a substitute for the sentence, what accidents will happen?"

Ai Tosaka actually nodded, Shangguan Qing couldn't help it anymore, and knelt down in front of the empress's desk: "Your Majesty, I can't help it! The slave maid heard that Taizu has secret training, don't let the people know about the existence of the supernatural, let alone reveal the threat of the Chaos Demon, otherwise there will be a big disaster!"

The empress and Tosaka Ai glanced at each other, and the latter sighed helplessly: "Shangguan Bingbi, these things have long been not a secret, even you know, what else is there to hide." ”

"Slaves and maids often come into contact with the eunuchs to know these things," Shangguan Qing felt a strong sense of powerlessness, as if she was talking to someone from another world: "Ordinary people don't know about it." ”

"Eunuch...... What is it in this world," the empress spread her hands, "the eunuchs and the people are the same kind of people, that is, mortals. As for Grandpa Taizu's secret training, it has been thousands of years, how could his old man have expected it to happen thousands of years later. If he knew that his forty-fifth generation great-granddaughter would be the emperor, he would definitely add an article to the secret training that the Ming Dynasty would never allow an empress. ”

"But......" Shangguan Qing had a sense of urgency that the world was changing at this moment, so she couldn't even think about what the consequences would be if she annoyed the empress. "But as far as the slave knows, chaos is the convergence of people's hearts. If the affairs of the supernatural and the demons are made public, fear and despair will fill the world, and chaos will inevitably erupt, demons will be numerous, and the world will be in chaos. ”

The empress smiled indifferently: "There will be fear, but the people of the world are desperate, not necessarily, everyone will know that I am here." ”

Ai Tosaka was also a little unsure, and secretly sent a message, "Do you want to be cautious and discuss with someone first?"

"Grandma is secretly visiting that evil demon, and the kitten doesn't care about these mundane things," the empress licked her lips, seemingly silent, but in fact responded with a summons, "He...... It's better for him not to touch these things. I want to settle down the world as soon as possible, otherwise Li won't be able to go home. ”

After whispering in front of Shangguan Qing, the empress spoke, "If you want to say that the world is in chaos, isn't it already chaotic now? What did those courtiers say?

Shangguan Qing was stunned, and then his face turned red, feeling that he was too abrupt. I clearly don't know anything, but I am self-righteous and advise the empress.

When the old prince died on the throne of Sheji, Daming was actually in chaos. If the empress hadn't stepped forward, Tai'a was hanging in the air, and there was no one in the community, I can't imagine what the world would be.

But it was difficult for the empress, all the cabinet scholars were sick and sick, most of the courtiers resisted the empress, those who were willing to be loyal to the empress had to dig out their minds and behave in a cozy manner, and there was only a demon lurking in Zhongjing who would make a big mess at any time. The empress had to rely on her strength to subdue everyone like she had when she sat on the throne of Sheji, and she couldn't care about Taizu's secret training or anything.

was about to kowtow to sin, but a gentle force lifted her up. When he rose into the air, he exclaimed as if he had just woken up from a dream.

"Xiaoqing, you have to understand," the empress said leisurely: "The emperors of the Ming Dynasty are not mortals, your empress is stronger and knows how to deal with demons." So don't worry, you just have to concentrate on the mortal things. ”

The empress slumped into the chair, looked at Ai Tosaka with a serious expression, and sighed deeply: "Then again, apart from such power, I actually have nothing but to use my strength to solve problems." “

"Your Majesty - Your Majesty——!"

Shangguan Qing flew around in the middle of the hall, hunting in clothes, her hair flying, like a flying fairy.

"Put me down, Your Majesty! I'm going to throw up!"

In the south of Xicheng, in the underground secret room of the elephant training house, You Santong was lying on the ground, spitting and spitting.