- Her knuckles were raised like loose hands, and she lifted the bucket hat that was low on her head, revealing Shi Jing's well-maintained face that looked like she was in the prime of life. The red light on his face that saw through his strong physique became more vivid in the movement that walked all the way, which made the slight wrinkles at the corners of his eyes and mouth more hidden and difficult to identify.

It's really hard for outsiders to see that he's five out of fifty by now. At first glance, when others looked at the prime minister, they all unconsciously wanted to be ten or eight years old, and only his guards would know how much health care his master was.

And only Shi Jing's henchmen and guards really understand that Master Shi cherishes his body so much, it is not as simple as just liking the way of cultivation. He wanted to live longer, after all, for the great cause he had been planning for many years.

Looking at the current emperor, he is in the prime of life, and his subordinates are full of talents, and there are rookies rising up, and the talent is getting closer. Nowadays, from the perspective of financial and manpower, Nanzhao is obviously being absorbed and gathered by this emperor, and has the sign of being held tightly by him and let his mind make it. Waiting by the side of such a king to cooperate with his governance, Shi Jing knew very well in his heart that his advantages were not enough to meet him head-on, and his biggest disadvantage in age must be protected step by step.

Shi Jing sometimes had the illusion that maybe Wang Chi didn't need to use any means against him, as long as he never let him have a chance to touch the military power, he could kill him in the phase. In another fifteen years, he will be seventy, perhaps from a poor background, and his health is not very good, he will not live to that age. But on the other hand, Wang Chi will be in his early fifties in another fifteen years, and with the physical background he has trained in his military career, it may be enough to be an emperor for another ten years.

Looking at the hundreds of years of history of the previous dynasty, there are many heroes who lost to Shouyuan and died of sudden illness on the road to the officialdom, and even on the road to the territory of the country. Although this kind of defeat may make onlookers feel a little unwilling, this is a fact that cannot be ignored.

Shi Jing, who can only be on the defensive at present, will not ignore this point, and the catastrophe of Shouyuan may not be solved.

Taking care of himself is the heaviest preparation he has always made for his spring and autumn cause. Only by doing this step can he have enough energy to deal with the heavy business he faces every day, and at the same time take care of many extremely troublesome changes in private affairs.

Just like the incident that Concubine De made today, and asked him to clean up the aftermath, if he is not careful, this may become a big bad move that will set fire to himself.

He was almost buried alive by a pile of folds all day today. The emperor suddenly left the palace this afternoon, and after a long delay outside and did not see him back, the ministers of the six ministries put on his desk the folds handed over by dozens of counties in the three subordinate prefectures.

As the prime minister of a dynasty, the emperor gave Shi Jing the special power to read the folds first, but Shi Jing understood it very well. This decentralization of the emperor is half-baked. Don't think that you have the opportunity to monopolize power and overthrow the emperor in this way.

When he was exercising the power of first reading. The small chapter that made the decision was definitely not there, and he could only use a blue pen to read it. And when the emperor comes back, no matter how busy he is, he will quickly glance at the recitals that have been reviewed by the prime minister. If he thinks it's inappropriate, he has to find a reason to overhaul it. Such a potential rule has existed for more than ten years, and the ministers below have also been transparent in their hearts, and they do not regard this blue character as an iron law.

This is the only bit of real power that the emperor has in the civil service after quietly hollowing out the prime minister and losing his hands on the military.

In addition, if the prime minister first looks at the folds and leaves the handwriting of the approval, instead of seconding the approval in a more fixed mode after the emperor's approval, some of the prime minister's words are between the lines. may leak some true intentions to the emperor and let them see.

In Shi Jing's view, this right to read for the first time is sometimes like a single-plank bridge, and the scenery above is not good. And every time you walk by, you have to be very careful. Don't stumble and slip out of that canoe.

Therefore, Shi Jing, who had been busy at the desk for most of the day, already felt that his brain was a little cloudy, and he almost ignored a major event.

Fortunately, he had been away from the study where the important state books were kept for a while in the afternoon for a break from tea, and one of his guards took the opportunity to quietly approach and say goodbye, and he finally seized the opportunity to save the day.

During his office, the interval between being able to leave the Prime Minister's Mansion was very short, and he had already run two places in a row in half an hour to make the next arrangements. But for him, the most important place is still here with Concubine De.

Only one step into the hall, Shi Jing was about to be stopped by the woman in front of him, but soon the woman recognized his identity and immediately knelt down to confess...... And in the face of the ups and downs of this qiē situation, Shi Jing didn't look at this woman at all, for him, this person was not enough to occupy an inch in his eyes.

You retreat to a position where you can't hear the voice. Shi Jing casually raised his hand and waved away the woman who was kneeling at his feet, and when he did this, his gaze went straight forward, and he never took his eyes off the face of the noble lady in the main seat in the hall.

He finally looked at the face of this noble lady, and did not call his personal guard entourage to take Qingxia out directly, but opened his mouth and said a word, telling her to go out by herself.

Qing Xia is gone. All the people in front of and behind the house also retreated.

It's so quiet here that there are only two of them.

For his kind of dismissal, Concubine De had actually foreseen it in her heart, and this was almost his usual practice, so she was not surprised.

However, the environment of this meeting was not in the palace, and he did not come out of the secret passage under her bed, and did not lift her bed into two sections, which made her feel a little novel.

Looking at Concubine De's face with a hint of a smile slipping by, Shi Jing suddenly said in an indifferent tone: You seem to be a little happy today?

Thinking of today's sudden change in events, it can be vaguely seen that Shi Jinghui's purpose for suddenly appearing here, the smile on Concubine De's face quickly became cold, and she sneered and said: No one stipulates that laughter has to be caused by happiness.

Shi Jing didn't continue the topic with her, he would have asked such a sentence just now, not only because he really caught a smile on Concubine De's face, but also because it could be regarded as a greeting that old friends should have saved when they met.

This is the end of the words, and when Shi Jing spoke again, he directly clarified the purpose of his coming here today in front of Concubine De.

I'm here to persuade you to stop. Shi Jing had a cold face when he spoke, if you don't want to listen to persuasion, then I can only stop it directly.

Words that are too straightforward are always easy to cause displeasure, not to mention that what Shi Jing said in this tone was to prevent Concubine De from waiting for three years and preparing for three years. He still refused to be tactful, which made her heart grow more and more angry.

Why?! Concubine De's still beautiful face quickly formed a board, and her clear voice became a little hard, Now you just use one sentence, you are going to dissolve me It took three years to prepare? You'll have to give me a convincing reason, but I guess it's hard because you lied to me again three years ago!

Because of the growing anger of the affection, Concubine De even threw aside the self-proclaimed two words that could improve her status, but always seemed a little cumbersome when she said it, and said three words in a row to Shi Jing. Although she could still sit upright in her chair, her restlessness had already been exposed between her words.

Shi Jing was not moved in the slightest by her anger, he just repeated what he had just said with a calm expression on his face: What you are doing now must be stopped.

Concubine De finally couldn't sit still, she stood up from the round chair with two armrests, and poof... Xiang Shi Jing took three quick steps, stood still within a stone's throw in front of him, and then stared at his eyes and shouted in a slightly sharp voice: Didn't you say that it would be enough to wait for another three years? But what now? Do you want to change it again? Why do I have to listen to your words forever?

Shi Jing suddenly smiled. In the smile on his face at this moment, there was nothing warm in it, it was obviously full of mockery. However, with such a mocking smile, he didn't intend to show it to the woman in front of him for a long time.

When the mockery and laughter disappeared, Shi Jing ignored Concubine De's questioning that was almost like a stone splitting her head and covering her face, but raised her eyebrows and asked: What you just said, I lied to you three years ago, is that this three-year period?

Concubine De couldn't guess Shi Jing's intention to ask such a rhetorical question, and she vaguely felt that he was going to draw a circle for her to drill, so she didn't say anything more, but just asked for it in a hateful voice: Isn't it?

Oh...... Shi Jing groaned, then he put his hands behind his back, moved a few steps away from Concubine De's gaze that almost wanted to see through him, and walked to the side, leaving only the side face to her. After a moment of silence, he spoke again and said slowly: Do you remember clearly, what else is in the words I said to you three years ago, except for the word 'three years'?

Concubine De was slightly stunned when she heard this.

Three years, for ordinary women, life can be a little hard and tedious, so you have to forget something from your brain in order to accept and remember something new. But for her, a royal lady who lives in the palace, three years may be a thrilling life-and-death disaster, or it may be as plain as water, and she clearly belongs to the latter.

Living a noble life in the palace that often repeats the pattern and thus seems dull, many things do not need to be bothered, but it is also because of this, as long as there is a slight wave, it will leave traces in the heart lake that are not easy to fade away.

Of course, Concubine De remembered every word she had said in that night conversation with Shi Jing three years ago, but she quickly came back to her senses and realized that this was still Shi Jing drawing circles, trying to use her own mouth to admit what he had said.

And of course she was not willing to listen to him like this-