At the end of autumn, the fast horses that rushed to the capital from the distant countryside stopped at the Guanfu Street and stayed overnight. The next morning, the minister replied to the harem of Concubine Xu Xi, but the emperor has been upset recently when he heard it, and finally couldn't bear it, and angrily reprimanded the royal family affairs for not being discussed, and whoever mentions the matter of Concubine Xi in the future will be dismissed! This remark came out, and the officials who dared to admonish all bowed their heads, and in order to suppress Xu Shi, they threw away the black gauze hat, which was too uneconomical.

Later, no one really mentioned it again, Xu Mansion was favored by the emperor, and it was more favored than the Empress Dowager Shen Mansion and Queen Xiao Mansion. The ministers of power have attracted forces left and right, and the turmoil has not been settled, which can be called a small troubled era. The Empress Dowager in charge of Changle Palace connived at the emperor, but the courtiers were □□ cruel and affected the pond fish.

Five days later, the emperor heard that an old minister asked to see him with someone, although he didn't want to see him, he finally gave the old minister enough face. The person who came in was a friend of the minister, about thirty years old, but his face was full of vicissitudes of life, and he looked quite learned. When someone came to bow down, the emperor asked, "Who are you?" ”

"The minister is Ji Mu, who joined Anyang, Jingzhou two years ago."

"You're not young, why are you so slow to be an official?"

The confidant replied earnestly: "Your Majesty, because after the death of the first emperor two years ago, he was demoted to Jingzhou by the queen mother. ”

The emperor was in his heart, "So you are still a subordinate of the first emperor?" ”

"The minister has served the Son of Heaven all his life, trembling, and he dare not slack off, and being degraded is actually because the Queen Mother misunderstands the loyalty of the minister, and it has nothing to do with what the minister does."

Misunderstand? That's interesting. He was loyal to the Son of Heaven, but after the death of the first emperor, he was immediately demoted by the empress dowager in power, and his grievances were overflowing. Shen Shuzhao listened with great interest in the cabinet.

"What are you doing today?"

"Your Majesty, something strange happened in Jingzhou, and the people around him were puzzled, so they went to Beijing to ask the Son of Heaven for a solution."

"What's wrong with Jingzhou?"

"There is a spiritual mountain in the east of Jingzhou, there is a big fish in the spiritual pond, the fish body is as wide as four cars, the length is more than eight people, and it is rumored to be a thousand-year-old divine fish. Jingzhou people regard it as a treasure, it will always dew once every other year, and passers-by must visit if they bump into it. But in the next few years, the trace of the divine fish disappeared, and no one could see it, Wei Chen came here for two years, and only had a relationship with it last year, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and wanted to ask His Majesty, why did the divine fish sink to the bottom of the pond, silent, and unwilling to come out to see the people who prayed for it to treat it kindly? ”

Good guys, alluding to something.

Shen Shuzhao looked at it carefully, and saw that this person was fearless, and he was not afraid that the emperor would criticize him.

"The reason why the divine fish sank to the bottom of the pond...... It is because not all the people on the shore have good intentions, if there are hunters who come to Lingshan when no one is there to plot against them, the divine fish can only use the water of the pond to block themselves and not see the world. ”

Expectation flashed in Lord Ji Mu's eyes, but he still said cautiously: "If it is sealed for too long, everyone will only treat the divine fish as dead and replace it with another spiritual object, how unfortunate it is!" ”

"I understand what Qing said, but the time has not yet come, so Qing Ke retreated."

Ji Mu didn't know if the emperor really understood, but the emperor was no longer interested in talking, so he had to retreat. Shen Shuzhao walked out from behind the scenes, "This person was loyal to the first emperor, and then he was degraded by the queen mother, and now he is risking life and death to admonish the new emperor, it is worth observing." ”

"Well, I can't just say yes just because of his experience."

"Your Majesty, a true good minister will not be admonished only once."

Since then, the emperor has continued to do his own thing, and the Xu family has gradually become bigger, but the emperor's letting go has increased the difficulty for the queen mother. Hearing that the courtiers were still fighting, Lord Ji Mu, who was staying in a friend's mansion, felt deceived, and the emperor did not have any improvement, so he swore to the death this time not to persuade him to enter the road of no return, and ran to the palace gate with the coffin he had customized for himself from Jingzhou, and he wanted to make a death advice.

After grinding with the guards for a long time, he was finally summoned. Lord Ji Mu was angry with the emperor and walked over without arguing about his misfortune, and first blamed him for why he went back on his word, the emperor was so angry when he was questioned like this, where did he suffer from this kind of anger? He immediately ordered his guards to rush forward and take it, Ji Mu did not relent, and shouted loudly: "There is no Ming monarch in the country, and the rebellious ministers are in charge!" My guard is almost dead! If the first emperor saw the monarch like this in the sky, he would be disappointed, and the ministers would have no shame to see him! ”

During the dispute and pushing, the emperor suddenly ordered someone to stop, and before Ji Mu could figure out the situation at first, the emperor stepped forward and held his hand, "Wei Chao is indeed in danger!" The powerful ministers of the DPRK and China were born in a family, and they all worked for the benefit of the family, and the monarch was mediocre, but they played a □□ game, and they were unlucky! Only the doctor who is so outspoken and dares to die is the good official I seek, but unfortunately the court is full of those who are mediocre and ambitious, and I feel helpless! ”

Ji Mu was stunned at first, and then understood the emperor's painstaking intentions, and immediately expressed his willingness to serve His Majesty and change the rot within the Wei Dynasty. The emperor nodded, and this person was in the bag. Later, some people risked death three times and twice, and the emperor used them one by one, among which there were a few folk talents that Zhen Shangze inquired about, and Shen Shuzhao didn't know anything about them in his previous life. It seems that the bitter cold mountains and unscrupulous ministers have stimulated many strategists with lofty ambitions, and the emperor has privately changed the appearance of ignoring the world in the court, and has been courteous and courteous, and has won the hearts of the people.

They often talk secretly in the Long Live Palace, but it is not appropriate for too many people at a time, otherwise it will arouse the suspicion of Changle Palace. On this day, it was Sun Dan, a young Han scholar in his early twenties, who met with Luo Ji, a second-rank official who carried him and also risked his life to admonish. Shen Shuzhao's impression of this master and apprentice stopped at the Qing official who was praised by the people in his previous life, he was unknown and never stood in line, only did his part, and won the love of the people.

The emperor chatted with them, talked about books, and showed his cabinet collection of books, and the two came to the front, knowing that this was the emperor testing himself. The emperor asked questions, and both of them answered each other with the knowledge in the book, and all the books in the collection were involved, and the emperor showed admiration.

It's just that the emperor pointed to the last yellow book and asked, "Erqing can answer the content of this book?" These words stumped the two, and they looked at each other, not knowing what it was. I have never heard the name "Quanshu Volume".

So the emperor smiled and said: "This is a book written by the four white-eyed elders in Suzhou, which has been passed down to the world for a long time, and no one can see the real body, so it is normal for you to not know." There are many tricks involved in it, and I have read it many times, but if you are interested, you can turn it over. ”

The four elders in Suzhou?

This name is the one that has been heard, and it is like thunder!

The world is said that they are out of the dust immortals, omniscient, literati admire, once the elders were also for the Xiao family general to be wronged and under pressure to come out to the emperor to admonish, it is really a saint's heart and compassion! Thinking of this, the young Gongsun Shan expressed his admiration.

The Son of Heaven can get the true deeds of the saint, he must have been affirmed, so he can't be a faint king, and his heart will not be bad, the two of them have a firm idea, and then resigned from the unique secretary left by the four elders for the Son of Heaven.

A few days later, Xu Guangluxun, who had been leading them into the palace, suddenly said: "You haven't established yourself yet, you should make friends with the celebrities around the emperor." ”

Luo Ji asked in a good voice: "What is Lord Guangluxun's opinion?" ”

"The more new celebrities are approached, the old human rights are high, I am afraid that I have heard too many good words, it is not easy to approach, and only newcomers will be in a hurry to envelop them."

"But the emperor is coming forward this year...... There are no new celebrities. ”

"Doctor Luo is confused, do you see who is in the harem?"

After Xu Guangluxun's click, Luo Ji suddenly realized, and hurriedly replied: "Thank you, Lord Xu." ”

Gongsun Shan listened sullenly, "What kind of good official is it to give a concubine a good gift." ”

Luo Ji slapped him a few times, signaled how he was so open-mouthed, and apologized to Xu Guangluxun, and the other party coughed a few times to hide his embarrassment, "It's okay, Doctor Gongsun is honest and upright, don't go." ”

"Go, go, go." Luo Ji laughed.

"Ahem, the harem belongs to Concubine Shen the most favored, but she has no power, if you show favor to her, she will gladly accept it, maybe she will often say a few good words in front of the emperor, which will also be of great help to the future of the two. The official said casually, it is up to you to listen or not. ”

"What Lord Xu said is very true, we will prepare gifts and send them to Concubine Shen's palace when we go back."

Xu Guangluxun raised his eyebrows in Luo Ji's humble apology and said no more. Gongsun Shan frowned on the side and was dissatisfied, he was very disdainful of his behavior of showing favor to the concubines.

In the sixth palace, Shen Shuzhao waited for their gifts one day, and sat behind the veiled curtain, she entertained them with courtesy, and talked with each other very happily. Luo Ji is nearly half a hundred years old, he is the kind of person who is willing to make friends with anyone, Gongsun Shan is young, and he is not very happy about this, but then an incident changed his opinion.

Shen Shuzhao entertained them to drink tea, and if they had time, they could go and get some books to read. The two looked at the study, only to realize that Shen Concubine was not a simple character, and most of the books they read were in line with what they valued, and the classics throughout the ages were among them. Suddenly, Luo Ji and Gongsun Shan were dumbfounded, and stopped hurriedly browsing, it turned out that the book of the four elders of Suzhou in the emperor's cabinet collection was clearly placed here, which was unbelievable.

"Mother, this book is ......"

"I borrowed it from the emperor. The two of them didn't know that the palace and the emperor often discussed history books, and when they saw this strange book the day before yesterday, they borrowed it. ”

After hearing this, the two looked at each other, and instantly understood.

Concubine Shen was able to borrow the emperor's most important collection of books, and there was also a deal about power techniques, which proved that she was not an ordinary concubine, but one of the emperor's valued strategists. No wonder Xu Guangluxun asked them to give gifts to this lady, it turned out that there was a reason.

After saying goodbye, they quickly left.

Shen Shuzhao leaned on the seat leisurely, the danger of the concubine had been fully utilized, and now most of the newly summoned ministers of the emperor understood her importance, and she wanted to use these people, as well as those who were originally in the palace, to snatch back her fate in the hands of the queen mother step by step.

In the accumulation, she will be the master of her own destiny!