At this moment, the entire front and harem were talking about it.

Princess Rongqing Lu Yao goes to the emperor's Qinzheng Hall every day to help the emperor watch the twists and turns, and even sometimes, when the ministers discuss with the emperor again, the emperor also lets Princess Rongqing listen to the side, this treatment, even the prince does not have it.

All the people in the palace began to tie up Princess Rongqing Lu Yao, and the Phi Xiang Hall became lively.

When the ministers started, they were not happy, especially the imperial historians, and they were impeached. However, it was all pressed down by Emperor Longqing. Slowly, the ministers began to discover that Princess Rongqing, Lu Yao was really talented.

This talent is not only good at arithmetic, but also very good at dealing with the government.

The country of Yu is thousands of miles away, there are many mountains and rivers in the whole country, the products are also very rich, and the people are hundreds of millions, and the area is not smaller than the motherland in Lu Yao's previous life. In such a huge country, there are naturally a lot of things to do every day, but Emperor Longqing is not only mediocre in qualifications, but also has average ability to handle government affairs. Even the diligence is far worse than that of the previous emperor.

He likes to enjoy singing and dancing even more, and pampers beauties.

Therefore, in the past 20 years, the government of Yu State has been a little chaotic, all because of Emperor Longqing's laziness, it is difficult to deal with it in time, and the ministers have been having a headache for more than 20 years.

Now, Lu Yao has helped Emperor Longqing deal with the government for just three months, and the entire government has a new situation, not only can the folds be approved as quickly as possible, but also Lu Yao is very shrewd, those ministers with average talents, or ministers who are waiting for death, are unreasonable, and they were discovered by Lu Yao at once, and she immediately told Emperor Longqing.

Emperor Longqing did not mercilessly change a large group of ministers with corpse meals, and used some capable ministers. The whole country is starting to turn around for the better.

However, such a situation made Queen Ling very angry.

Empress Ling felt that if this continued, not only would her own power be affected, but also her son's position as the crown prince in the future.

Empress Ling couldn't sit still, so she called her mother's brother to come over and discuss.

Lord Ling said with a gloomy face: "The queen is anxious about this matter, in fact, I am also anxious about this matter. In just three months, our power has shrunk dramatically. Many of our officials were rectified by Princess Rongqing. These newly promoted officials are all officials who have not stood in line, and they are now being reused, so naturally they are the first to thank the emperor, and the second to thank Princess Rongqing. ”

"Now, in the government and the opposition, among the people, there is a rumor that Princess Rongqing is wise. Because of Princess Rongqing, Princess Rongqing's younger brother, Prince Lu Yuan, was also concerned. If it goes on like this, I am afraid that our Ling family, as well as Niangniang's position as the queen, and the prince's position as the prince, will all be affected. ”

"With the emperor's current favor for Princess Rongqing, I'm afraid that we will abolish our crown prince in the future, and there is a possibility that Lu Yuan will be appointed as the crown prince."

When Empress Ling heard this, she was in a hurry, and hurriedly said, "Brother, hurry up and find a way, our Ling family is so powerful, can't it be destroyed in the hands of a little girl?" ”

Lord Ling sat with a frown.

Empress Ling said angrily: "In the past, although Rongqing was good-looking since he was a child, he was introverted and supple, so he was favored by the emperor. However, she is just an ordinary princess, nothing more than a good dowry, what is this in the palace? She will not affect the succession of the princes. ”

"Concubine Shun is also very quiet, and her son is younger and has no ambitions. The three of them, mother and son, are in the harem, although they are not very good with the main palace, but they do not affect us. ”

"However, you just want Rongqing to marry into our family, which provokes that girl to get angry, first hanged herself, which has made the emperor dissatisfied with our Ling family, and then simply participated in the government by himself, and opposed us everywhere, you say, isn't this us lifting a stone to shoot ourselves in the foot? Now that you've caused trouble, you're silent? ”

Lord Ling was told by the queen like this, and there was no way to do it, so he could only say: "Where did you think that she, a helpless little princess, could still set off such a big storm?" ”

The queen laughed angrily and said, "In the past few years, our Ling family has become more and more powerful because I have become the queen, and you have become more and more arrogant. You've all forgotten about it, how did all these favors come about? Have you all forgotten the ancestral teachings of the Ling family? No matter how small Rongqing's power is, she is also the daughter of the emperor and the princess of Yu Kingdom, can the Ling family bully? ”

Lord Ling was a little embarrassed and said, "Now we have long regretted it, but it is too late to regret it." ”

The queen sulked.

Lord Ling said, "I don't know, can the queen deal with her in the harem?" ”

Empress Ling said: "If she is an ordinary concubine, even if she is the emperor's favorite concubine, I can deal with it." However, she is a princess and a coquette, how can I deal with her? She wasn't born to me, I can only say a few words softly, not even punishment, there is still the emperor in this palace, and there is a sect order outside the palace, I am a queen, how can I deal with my children? ”

Lord Ling frowned and said, "Yes, it's really tricky. If she is a prince, we all have a way to make her wrong. However, she is a woman, and according to the laws of the Yu Kingdom, she cannot become the heir to the throne. She is just helping the emperor, she is still a princess, and she can't interfere in politics in the harem. However, she is not a harem, she is also a member of the royal family, her surname is Lu, she is a royal family, she is a princess. ”

"However, because she is a woman, she can only look at the excerpts in the palace, and she can't walk outside to do errands, so those things that are framed can't be put on her, Niangniang said, isn't it embarrassing for me?"

The queen was even angrier.

Lord Ling suddenly said, "However, it's not like there's no way. We now have two more ideas. ”

Empress Ling was very happy and hurriedly said, "There are actually as many as two methods. Tell me about it. ”

Lord Ling said: "The first way is for Niangniang to think of a way to get rid of Princess Rongqing's younger brother Lu Yuan. As long as Lu Yuan dies and she is a princess, the mother will let her, and it is not impossible for her to help the emperor for a few years. Even, in the future, if the crown prince succeeds to the throne, if she has the heart of surrender, it is not impossible for her to continue to help the prince, after all, her talent is still obvious to all. If you don't surrender, it's even simpler, and when the time comes, it's not the mother who has the final say? ”

Empress Ling nodded.

Master Ling continued: "The second method is that our current situation is actually not very good. Not only is Rongqing a threat, but Concubine Chen's mother and son, Mei Jieyu's mother and son, aren't they our competitors, and they also force us to be very tight. The emperor was half-hearted, and he also suppressed our Ling family in many ways. In my opinion, it is better to ask for a helper, simply bypass the emperor, and directly let the crown prince succeed to the throne. ”

As soon as she said this, Queen Ling was suddenly frightened: "Brother, what are you doing?" Are you going to usurp the throne? ”

Lord Ling said gloomily: "As long as the crown prince succeeds to the throne, any way will do." ”

The queen hesitated, she thought about it for a long time, and then thought about it in the past few years, the emperor has become more and more unkind to see her, in the harem, even the young water appearance can ride on her head, and if it goes on like this, the situation is really not good. It's better to just do what my brother said, and forget it the other way around.

The queen said in a heart: "Brother, but the army is in the hands of the emperor, how can we succeed?" ”

Lord Ling smiled and said, "Niangniang, with the power of the world, we have no chance of winning at all. However, Xuan'er's child, some time ago, met a Taoist priest from a neighboring country, Shuiyin Country, that is a flying figure, if he is willing to help, he can do it without a single soldier. ”

The queen was shocked and said, "Taoist priest? Or is it from the Water Yin Country? The Water Yin Kingdom is our enemy. It's not from our Shangqing faction, they're from the True Demon faction. That's the demon, the demon? Such a person acts without scruples, how can Xuan'er know such a person? Besides, even if such a person were to be used by us, would we, the worldly silver and gold, be able to enter his eyes? ”

Lord Ling said: "These worldly powers, gold and silver are indeed not in his eyes, but Xuan'er can know him, and he took the initiative to contact Xuan'er. Because he was inquiring about something, it was said to be a treasure of the Yu Kingdom, which was contained in a small box and kept warm in the dragon's lair of the palace. ”

The queen thought for a moment and said, "When the emperor died, he did say this thing, and told us that this thing should not be acted rashly. That was placed here by the Shangqing Sect Immortals. In the future, the immortals of the Shangqing faction will still take it away. How can we move this? ”

Lord Ling said: "This thing has been in the palace for hundreds of years, and the immortals of the Shangqing faction have not come, so it is estimated that it has long been forgotten." It's better to send this Taoist priest of the Shuiyin Kingdom to help us get through the difficulties in front of us. ”

The queen thought again and again and said: "The second method, don't think about it, it's too dangerous." It's the first way. I'm going to lay it out, you go down. ”

Lord Ling's eyes flashed a few times, and finally he didn't speak and retired.

Here, the queen was thinking about how to deal with Princess Rongqing Lu Yao, but Lu Yao didn't know that she was helping the emperor sort out the treasury, the inner treasury, the entire storage of the harem, and the secret vault of the Yu Kingdom. It's busy.

Originally, these stores had to be sorted out every ten years. However, Emperor Longqing was a lazy emperor, and after he succeeded to the throne, he did not tidy it up once. This made many officials, as well as the eunuchs and officials who guarded the treasury, greedy, and many people secretly filled their pockets and stole the treasury.

The emperor also knew something about this phenomenon, but there was no suitable person to sort it out, and he himself was too lazy to send someone to sort it out. During this period of time, he found that his daughter was not only an arithmetic genius, but also a management talent, and the entire government was taken care of by her.

Not only is it well managed, but Lu Yao's speed is also very fast. In the past, it took Emperor Longqing three days to deal with one day's government affairs, which caused a backlog, so the state affairs were getting worse and worse. Now, Lu Yao not only dealt with everything that had accumulated before, but after that, every day's government affairs could be handled in half a day. Therefore, the emperor was very unscrupulous and gave his daughter some more tasks to organize the treasury.

In this sorting, Lu Yao found a problem, every year, the income of the treasury is less than 30%. That's a big number, so what's going on with this unknown expense?