I was embarrassed by his words, and I didn't know what to say, so I could only look at him left and right, "I heard that the lady who knows is also pregnant?" I don't know when it happened? ”

Jiang Hewei shook his head helplessly.

He is now a man with a wife, and his temperament is much calmer than before, otherwise he would not let me go to the emperor like this if he says anything today.

"Hurry up, don't you think it's out of place to talk about these innocent matters?" Jiang Hewei glanced at me and sped up a bit.

I silently closed my mouth and followed.

When I arrived at the door of the imperial study, Jiang Hewei still warned me, "Qingzhi, the emperor's family never talks about love, you must remember this." ”

I looked at him and nodded with a smile, "Don't worry, I won't forget." ”

Jiang Hewei's brows relaxed slightly, and they entered the imperial study with me.

When he met the emperor, he was watering a green plum, which had grown a few green fruits, but it was not big, crumbling, and it would fall down at some point, but its color was extremely lovely, and the crystal water droplets were condensed on it, and it was as transparent as glass.

"I just called Jiang Aiqing to come, why did Shen Qing come too?" Emperor Qin put down the watering spoon and sat behind the imperial case with Li Quan's help.

I arched my hand and said, "Back to the emperor, Weichen came today because he wanted to plead with the emperor for something, and he happened to meet Master Jiang at the door, so he came to meet the emperor together." ”

"Really? Jiang Qing and Shen Xiang really have a tacit understanding. Emperor Qin glanced at me and Jiang Hewei lightly, and lightly picked up the teacup at hand and took a sip.

Jiang Hewei and I didn't dare to speak, so we could only bow our heads and be silent.

After a while, Emperor Qin put down the teacup and looked up at Jiang Hewei, "Jiang Qing has now become a family, and he is about to be the father of a child, and it is time to make contributions, Jingzhou is located in a prosperous area, and the people are rich, but there has been frequent bad news recently, so you can take the troops there to experience and experience, and it is good to establish some prestige in the army. ”

Before coming to the palace, his father had told him some things, but now that the emperor has arranged this, he is not too surprised, and he knelt down and thanked him.

Emperor Qin smiled and nodded, coughed lightly, and then turned his gaze to me, "Shen Qing, what do you want to ask me for today?" ”

I glanced at Jiang Hewei beside me with my spare eyes, and it happened that Jiang Hewei also turned his head to look at me, the warning in his eyes was obvious, I hesitated again and again and opened my mouth, "Your Majesty, Weichen is here to intercede for Du Tingshi, he will leave Qinguo privately, all to help Weichen sweep away the blood alliance, reasoning, the fault is that Weichen is incompetent, Du Tingshi's merits are offset, and he really shouldn't be imprisoned; In terms of love, he is the emperor's favorite descendant, and he is a courtier who does his best for Daqin, who is a saint? Who can be right? ”

Emperor Qin coughed softly a few more times, but in the face of my reasonable words, he didn't react, not even a word, just picked up the teacup and drank the tea again.

Seeing this, Jiang Hewei was also a little anxious, he clenched his fists and said, "Your Majesty, Du Tingshi is young and vigorous, and it is inevitable that he will do ridiculous things. ”

Emperor Qin finally put down the teacup, raised his head and glanced at Jiang Hewei lightly, suddenly, he smiled, "Jiang Qing is now a family person, and he should think a little more about talking and doing things, but he also violated the national law because of his 'strong year'." ”

Jiang Hewei's body suddenly stiffened, and his face turned pale, but even so, he never looked at Du Rong's punishment.

"Your Majesty, what the eldest husband is talking about is to serve the country loyally, although he is still glorious in death, if he is trapped in a place like a prison because of some trivial things, isn't it your loss to the emperor, and the loss of my Daqin? Besides, Qizhou is located in a fortress, and if it is chaotic due to other reasons, it will inevitably be too much to lose. ”

I don't know if it was Jiang Hewei's impassioned statement that moved Emperor Qin, and Emperor Qin's expression was a little hesitant.

However, when I saw this scene, I only felt a lot colder in my heart.

It's not that I didn't think of using Qizhou to "remind" the emperor, but my relationship with Du Rong is already very delicate in the eyes of the emperor, and mentioning such a sensitive word again will definitely arouse the emperor's suspicion, and it will backfire when the time comes, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

Originally, Hewei mentioned this matter, and the effect should be better, but he didn't expect that this would anger the emperor.

That's right, it's anger, and sometimes the king's anger is not expressed by anger, and the killing motive is often hidden inadvertently.

"Aiqing, do you know, before you, how many people came to intercede for Du Rong?" The expression in Emperor Qin's eyes changed for a long time before he slowly opened his mouth.

Jiang Hewei's eyes froze, and he lowered his head and said, "Back to the emperor, the last general doesn't know." ”

Emperor Qin stood up from his seat, took a few folds from the imperial case and handed them to Jiang Hewei.

"Aiqing, let's take a look."

Jiang Hewei didn't dare to disobey the holy order, and immediately reached out to take it.

Turning over the fold, Jiang Hewei hurriedly glanced at it a few times, then immediately closed the fold and respectfully handed it back to Emperor Qin.

"What do you see?" Emperor Qin asked out loud.

Jiang Hewei pursed his lips, and suddenly knelt down and said, "It's the last general who failed to take the overall situation into account, and implored the emperor to surrender." ”

His attitude changed so obviously that even if I wanted to deliberately ignore it, the doubts in my heart were still entangled, and I couldn't restrain it at all.

But fortunately, Emperor Qin didn't want to hide it from me, so he handed me the fold again: "Aiqing, take a good look." ”

I tightened my eyes and reached out to take the fold.

But at this moment, I suddenly didn't dare to look at it.

Emperor Qin looked at me, and the light in his eyes flickered, and gradually dissipated. He put his hand under his nose and coughed softly, and when the palace maid on the side saw this, she hurriedly sent a handkerchief and water, and Li Quan went directly out of the imperial study and hurriedly went to bring the boiled medicine.

After just a while, Emperor Qin was supported by the eunuch and sat on the soft collapse on the side and drank the medicine.

When I saw that the emperor was so sick, my heart sank and sank.

"Aiqing, let's take a look quickly, I'm getting older, and I'm already a little tired after standing for a while." Emperor Qin drank half of the medicine, and when he saw that I still didn't move, he couldn't help frowning slightly and reminded me.

With a pause, I didn't dare to delay any longer, and immediately opened the folds.

"Do you know all these people?" After looking at it for a while, Emperor Qin put down the medicine bowl and asked me.

I nodded with a complicated expression, "Most of them have been quite one-sided. ”

"Nowadays, there are many parties in the DPRK and China, and there are all kinds of people, can Aiqing tell which party they belong to?"

Jiang Hewei was shocked, and hurriedly grabbed ahead of me and said, "Your Majesty, Shen Xiang has always been the mainstay of the court, whether it is in government affairs or loyalty to you, Shen Xiang has always done his best, and he dare not slack off......"

Before he could finish his words, Emperor Qin had already raised his hand to stop him.

"You go down and prepare to go to Jingzhou, I want to talk to Shen Qing alone."

Jiang Hewei knew that his behavior was offensive to the emperor, but he also knew my temperament, for the emperor, I always relied more on than defensive, he was really afraid that I would be straightforward and say something rebellious, then he not only failed to rescue Du Rong, but also had to watch me being imprisoned.

But now that the emperor has spoken, he can't resist the decree and disrespect, so he can only look at me one more time before leaving, and his eyebrows and eyes are full of worry.

"Back to the emperor, Weichen is the head of a hundred officials, and he also has a deep understanding of the partisan dispute between the DPRK and China, and almost all of these people are supporters of the Neutral Party and the Pei Party, but most of them are not high-ranking officials, but they are not sesame petty officials, such a high-level, low-level and low-level official likes to do the most, is to find their own backers in the court."

I arched my hand, my thinking was clear, neither humble nor arrogant, my expression was not in a hurry, and I was calm and calm.

"In fact, these partisan disputes began as early as two hundred years ago, although the holy lords of all dynasties have had reforms and efforts to abolish the evils of the times, but they have always had little effect, in the final analysis, it is that some officials in the DPRK and China rely on their own family power or the power they hold in their hands to wantonly recruit those poor officials who have no roots and no basis and have strong ambitions for the upper position, so as to strengthen their own power in the DPRK, which will inevitably form a situation that affects the whole body."

Emperor Qin looked at me, and there was a sense of appreciation in his eyes.

A long, long time ago, he knew that this young man in front of him would definitely do something extraordinary, she was not like her father, her whole life was devoted to a woman, even if she was full of talent, it was only in vain.

She knows what she wants, and she also knows who she should be loyal to, her family and country, although she doesn't want to admit it, but she still pretends to be in her heart.

Although sometimes, she will appear to be a woman's kindness, but she will never be merciful when she should be killed or removed.

She's almost a perfect courtier, if she doesn't think about her former classmates and refuses to do it.

"Pei Party and the people of the Neutral Party are so interceding for Du Rong, doesn't Shen Qing think it's very strange? I remember that Du Rong was the young city lord of Qizhou City, and he couldn't leave Qizhou casually without my order, so how did he make friends with these people? ”

Emperor Qin looked at me with a gloomy expression, and every word was suspicious of Du Rong.

In fact, there is nothing strange about this, although the city of Qizhou belongs to the state of Qin, but the affairs in the city are not under the jurisdiction of the state of Qin, which has undoubtedly become a thorn in the heart of Emperor Qin.

But even so, I won't watch Du Rong being executed by Emperor Qin, even if it is at the expense of my own life.

"Your Majesty, a thing can be viewed positively or backwards." I said, "From a positive point of view, Du Tingshi is indeed suspected of colluding with friends, but from the negative side, how can this not be a civil and military official squeezing out Du Tingshi?" ”