Chapter 42: The Time Has Not Come
"Your Majesty, the concubine greets you. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info "The door opened lightly, and the queen walked in and said goodbye."
"My queen, no need to be polite, just sit down." Qi Lin motioned for her to take a seat.
"Well, Emperor Xie." The queen sat in the lower right seat with a four-out head, her lips closed, her hands clenched into fists.
"Why is the queen's face so ugly, is there something on her mind? Let's talk about it. Qi Lin asked knowingly.
"Your Majesty, please give your concubine to death, the concubine has committed an unforgivable sin and has been entrusted by the emperor." The queen suddenly knelt down and knocked her head hard a few times.
"Queen, what are you doing? Get up quickly, and tell me first, what crime have you committed? Qi Lin pretended to be stunned.
"Your Majesty, don't you know, in recent days, the concubines in the palace have had abdominal pain symptoms one after another, and the concubines can't do anything, but they feel that this matter is a little strange, and they are looking for Langzhong, the general office of the Guangchu Division, and under the inquiry of the concubines, the general office Langzhong actually said a person, but this person, the concubines dare not waver, and can only let the situation develop, Your Majesty, the concubines are not good for managing the harem, please also ask Your Majesty, take off my phoenix crown." The queen sobbed to herself.
"Get up, Queen, I forgive you for your innocence, and tell me who this person is? How dare you be so bold and make a mess of the palace? Qi Lin picked up the queen and helped her into her seat.
"Your Majesty, the concubines don't dare to say it." The queen bowed her head and shook it.
"Queen, I am behind you, and you are the lord of these six palaces, but it doesn't hurt to say it."
"That concubine thanked Your Majesty, this person, this person is that Xiao Guifei, the old man of the Xiao family has been fighting horses all his life, spilling blood for the country, if the concubine moves his precious granddaughter, so that he is not in harmony with the emperor and the ministers, then the concubine has become a sinner through the ages, and the old man of the Xiao family has a heavy army, and it is not something that the concubine alone can contend with." When the queen heard Qi Lin say this, she couldn't help but feel a little touched in her heart, and she was determined to tell the truth.
"Are the queen sure it's Concubine Xiao?"
"Exactly, if Your Majesty doesn't believe it, I still have a confession from the chief office, with his own handwritten collateral on it." The queen took out a letter from her bosom and presented it to Qi Lin, and after Qi Lin took the result, she returned to her seat, opened the envelope, and read it carefully.
"Hmph, this Xiao Guifei is really the opposite, relying on the fact that the old man of her family is the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, she is so rampant in the palace, is there still an emperor like me?" Qi Lin sneered.
"Queen, this time you have assisted me with merit, I will definitely reward you well, you go down first."
"Yes, Your Majesty, the concubine will retire." The queen bowed and withdrew.
"Gonggong Yang, with this letter, I will definitely be able to remove this cancer that has been messing around in the harem for a long time, which is really gratifying." Qi Lin's body and mind suddenly felt refreshed.
"Ah Harrier, the old slave still feels that something is wrong, it is not a suitable and excellent time, the emperor should wait a little longer." Yang Jude's brows tightened, and the feeling of uneasiness in his heart gradually lingered in his heart. “
"Father-in-law Yang, you don't have to be suspicious of the old man, if you don't act immediately at this moment, when will you wait?" Qi Lin obviously didn't take Yang Jude's words to heart.
The next morning.
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Hundreds of officials on the Jinluan Hall made a pilgrimage.
Qi Lin listened absentmindedly to one after another, the reports of officials of different grades, from royal affairs to local governance policies, etc., one by one.
"Is there anything else to do?" Qi Lin intends to cut to the chase.
"Back to the emperor, Xiao Guogong, the world's first generalissimo and An Guogong, recently beheaded two border Tatar princes, one of whom is still the crown prince, Xiao Guogong can be described as full of prestige in the frontier, the emperor, you may not know, now young people from all over the country are vying to go to the border, follow Xiao Guogong, and stabilize the frontier, in recent days, Xiao Guogong can be regarded as indirectly adding more than 200,000 recruits to the country, and the military department has recorded it." At this time, Qi Lin, who had just reached his lips as soon as Li Shangshu's speech of the Ministry of Rites came to his mouth, swallowed it hard.
"Your Majesty, it is indeed as the Ministry of Rites Shangshu said."
"Your Majesty, Xiao Guogong has worked so hard for the country, and I also ask the emperor to allow the Ministry of Rites to reward Xiao Guogong."
"This..." Qi Lin was in a predicament, and he wanted to deal with Xiao Guifei, but now it is not easy to attack.
"Your Majesty, this Xiao Guogong has paid so much for the country, Xiao Guogong's sister is dignified and generous, very deceitful, virtuous and virtuous, serving the emperor wholeheartedly, the Xiao family is already an indispensable person for the royal family, whether it is in the previous dynasty or the harem."
"Then according to what Aiqing said, now this Xiao Guogong is already a very good minister, and I have already rewarded him with a lifetime of glory, I really can't think of anything else to reward Xiao Guogong."
"Your Majesty, since Xiao Guogong is already like this, then please ask the emperor to come up and get close to Xiao Guifei in the future, and stay away from some adulterous concubines, this can be regarded as a gift to Xiao Guogong." Li Shangshu's intention is obvious, obviously to exonerate Concubine Xiao, Qi Lin also knows in his heart, thinking that after coming to the next dynasty, he will secretly order someone to investigate whether this Li Shangshu is secretly colluding with Concubine Xiao.
"Concubine Xiao, this time I have some intersection between you and me, so I will help you, and the old man will no longer want to be involved with you in the future." Li Shangshu knows that although he is now subtle and euphemistic in the imperial court, he is openly pointing at Jiang Mo, but unfortunately, the emperor is not a fool, he will definitely notice something, and he will break off the relationship with this Xiao Guifei in the future.
"Li Shangshu, it is really a great fortune for the country to support the virtuous ministers so much, and I will not be indispensable for you to reward you this time." Qi Lin saw that the general trend had gone, although he was unhappy, it was not good to attack, so he had to force a smile.
"Your Majesty, this Xiao family is still three feet away from the sky, you are inevitably reckless this time." Yang Jude saw that the situation was also a little wrong, and shook his head helplessly.
"If there is something to start, there is nothing to retreat!" Yang Gonggong shouted, and after a while, he was still silent.
As the court left one by one, Qi Lin sat on the dragon chair with a weak body, feeling the weight on his head, and smiled bitterly.
"Gonggong Yang, looking back on the past, I still don't understand why my father is worried all day long, but now I have thought it through, sitting in this position, it is not arbitrary, but everything is suppressed, and now it seems that I am not as happy as those cloth-clothed people outside the palace." Qi Lin said helplessly.
"Ah Harrier, you are still young, this imperial power technique, the relationship between monarchs and ministers, you will know when you grow." Yang Jude looked at the people on the seat, and felt a little emotion in his heart, in the end, it is not as good as those old gingers and spicy, if you want to really tame those wild horse foals, it will take time.