"He's not a good guy?"

Zhao Xu blinked his big eyes and stared at Kou Ji in a blink of an eye, his face full of doubts.

Concubine Du shook her head and did not explain in detail.

Kou Ji understood the meaning of Concubine Du's words, and did not explain in detail.

Marrying a princess, in the eyes of others, is a matter of one step.

But no one who wants to make a difference in the court wants to marry a princess.

When Taizu Taizong was in the court, he married a princess and awarded a horse captain, and he could make a difference, and the gold content was also high.

After the current official family ascended the throne, the status of the commander of the horse plummeted.

The status of the ministers is getting higher and higher, and they naturally put people who climb up by nepotism, such as the captain of the horse, into the list of relatives of the emperor.

They are not allowed to interfere in the major affairs of the court at all.

If any of them intervenes, they will be impeached en masse by the civilian officials.

With Kou Ji's background, coupled with his relationship with Zhao Yingying, and his status as the only student of the official family, he is destined to make a difference in the court.

As long as he is not having a cerebral convulsion, he will never marry a princess and cut off his career.

Concubine Du saw this, so she said that Kou Ji was not a good person.

Concubine Du's thoughts, Kou Ji understands.

But Koji thinks differently than she does.

Marrying a princess will cut off his career, and he doesn't care too much.

He just didn't have any idea about Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu is only six years old this year, and she is still a little Lori.

For him, a man with an adult soul, she is more like a daughter than a marriage partner.

"The two of them will be handed over to you, one of them bumps into each other, but you ask."

Concubine Yang dropped this cruel sentence and left with Concubine Du.

Zhao Yingfu and Zhao Xu's eyes fell on Kou Ji together, staring straight at him.

Kou Ji smiled dryly: "What are you looking at me for? ”

Zhao Ying snorted angrily and said, "Kou Ji, just now in front of the little lady, why did you behave so badly. I'm sorry for you praising you in front of the little lady......"

Zhao Xu tilted his little head and nodded vigorously.

Kou Ji opened his mouth to explain.

But when the words came to his lips, he found that he could not explain them.

Because any conversation is easy to lead to last night's events.

Concubine Yang specially came over and gave him a gag order, if he still told what happened last night, it would be inevitable to suffer a lot of flesh and skin.

It is impossible to be beheaded.

Just because of a small mistake, he killed the grandson of the prime minister and the official of the imperial court, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty had to fry the pot.

When the time comes, don't say it's Concubine Yang, even if Zhao Heng is in the court, he has to give an explanation to the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

Don't look at the ferocity of Zhao Heng's previous killing, no one stopped him.

That's because those people deserve to die.

They not only murdered Zhao Heng, but also indirectly murdered most of the important ministers in the court.

Zhao Heng was not the only one who ate the elixir, and most of the important ministers in the court had more or less received the elixir rewarded by Zhao Heng.

In this matter, the important ministers in the court are all victims, so there is no mercy for those people.

But if you want to kill Koji, it's different.

Although Kou Ji was not born as a Jinshi, he has made up for this by being the only student of the official family.

He can be regarded as a serious 800 into the official system.

Without a reasonable charge of killing the head, just move Koji's words.

The Manchu civil and military forces would not agree.

Kou Ji pondered for a moment, glanced at Zhao Ying, and sighed, "Can you blame me for this?" You went to Concubine Yang's palace yesterday, and you stayed for half a day and a night. If you are not in the palace, those dead eunuchs will not bring food to the East Palace.

If I don't go out and steal something, I'll starve to death. ”

Zhao Yingfu and Zhao Xu were stunned when they heard this.

Among the eunuchs left by Concubine Yang, someone interjected: "Even if our family doesn't eat for three days, they won't starve to death." Kou Shi is exaggerating a bit of a way to read this, right? ”

Kou Ji glanced at him and sneered, "According to your meaning, I am deceiving the prince?" Tell me, I didn't go to the Imperial Dining Room last night, where did I go? ”

The eunuch opened his mouth, but did not dare to tell the truth.

He obviously knew the inside story.

Kou Ji told the truth and would not die.

But if he tells the truth, he will die.

And they will die a terrible death.

"It's our family who lost their words......"

Kou Ji pursed his lips and snorted coldly.

Zhao Ying said guiltily: "It's my fault that made you hungry." ”

"Then what are you waiting for, let someone pass the meal...... Hungry ......."

Kou Ji is really hungry, since he left the East Palace with Chen Lin yesterday, until now, the grain of rice has not been eaten, and he is hungry and panicked.

His body was in the growth period, and he couldn't go hungry for a meal.

"Let's pass the meal......"

Zhao Yingfu turned around and ordered the eunuch.

The eunuch said with a bitter face: "Your Highness, you just had dinner in Concubine Yang's palace......

Zhao Yingying glared, "If you want to pass the meal, you will pass the meal, where is there so much nonsense." Is this a sign that you will not be moved? ”

When the eunuch heard this, he was startled, "The slave and maid are guilty, and the slave and maid are guilty......"

Zhao Xu learned from Zhao Yingying's appearance, crossed his hands on his waist, and shouted: "If you want to pass the meal, you will pass the meal, where is there so much nonsense." Am I instructing you not to move? ”

The eunuch was so frightened that he almost fell to the ground, and wailed with a bitter face: "Oh, two little ancestors, the slave and maid will order someone to pass the meal." ”

"Hurry, hurry...... Spread the food, pass the food! ”

He turned his head and gave orders to the other eunuchs behind him.

It didn't take long for a table of delicious food to appear in front of Kou Ji's eyes.

Zhao Yingfu and Zhao Xu had both eaten, so the eunuch specially asked the imperial dining room to prepare two bowls of soup for them.

The eunuch knew that Kou Ji wanted to enjoy the food alone, so he played a trick and didn't let anyone help him taste the poison.

He only let people taste what Zhao Ying and Zhao Su wanted to eat.

Kou Ji finished the food on the table nonchalantly.

The eunuch's bad intentions made Kou Ji eat a hot meal.

As for whether the food would be poisonous, Kou Ji was not worried at all.

Zhao Henggang killed a group of poisoned people, and the means were still so ruthless, if someone committed a crime against the wind at this time, it would be the old birthday star who hanged himself, and he was afraid of a long life.

Although Zhao Heng has fainted, Liu E will never be soft.

After Kou Ji ate it, he asked people to clean up the table.

He accompanied Zhao Ying and Zhao Xu to play in the East Palace for a while, and suddenly remembered something and asked, "That gentleman is teaching today?" ”

Zhao Yingfu turned his head sideways and said, "Don't you know?" ”

"Know what?"

"For three days, no one was taught."

Kou Ji clicked his mouth, "Okay......"

No one taught, which meant that Liu Heng and the others could not enter the palace, and he had no way to learn the news outside the palace.

Zhao Heng killed thousands of Dao people in one go, several Zhao clan relatives, and the turmoil caused by this could not be calmed down in a moment.

The drums on the imperial city have not stopped, which shows that the people in the Yuqing Zhaoying Palace have not yet died, and the fire inside has not been extinguished.

A huge palace complex was set on fire, and thousands of people were in it, and it was not possible to burn it clean overnight.

Before, he thought that the drums on the imperial city were ceremonial music, but now he realized that the drums were probably to cover up the wails in the Yuqing Zhaoying Palace.

used the sound of drums to cover up the tragedy of Yuqing Zhaoying Palace, and at the same time used drums to tell the people outside the city that a grand ceremony was being held in the palace.

As for the sky-high fire, it will probably be interpreted as a sacred fire lit by a sacrifice to the gods.

"While killing people, they also confuse the people, although the means are simple, but they have miraculous effects. I don't know who came up with it. ”

Kou Ji sat on the stone steps in front of the East Palace, muttering.

Zhao Yingli was accompanying Zhao Xu to fold willows in the yard.

A thin figure, dressed in a crimson official uniform, came in from the gate of the East Palace and slowly paced in front of Kou Ji.

He heard Kou Ji's words and whispered, "It's not about confusing the people...... The official's move was too much, and the people still didn't know it. ”

Kou Ji turned his head sideways, saw him, was stunned, got up and arched his hand: "Xiaguan Kou Ji, I've seen my lord." ”

The crimson official uniform can only be worn by officials of the fourth rank and above.

There is no doubt that the person in front of him is a fourth-grade official.

Koji had already guessed his identity.

Those who can appear in the East Palace, except for some gentlemen who are Professor Zhao Benefit, the rest are basically subordinate officials of the East Palace.

And the subordinate officials of the East Palace, Kou Ji has seen most of them.

There was only one person he hadn't seen.

Zuo Shuzi, Yan Shu.

Yan Shu looked at Kou Ji, nodded slowly, and said, "No need to be polite......

After a pause, he sighed again: "If you want to talk about means, your means are far better than mine." You just opened your mouth, and tens of thousands of people died. And I racked my brains to come up with such a way to cover up the killing. ”

Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "You came up with the sound of drums to cover up the wailing sound of Yuqing Zhaoying Palace?" ”

Yan Shu glanced at Kou Ji and said lightly: "Otherwise, how do you think I, the left concubine, came from?" Is it really appreciated by your grandfather? I am less than thirty years, and I have four official residences, if I don't have merit, how can I gain a foothold in the court? ”

Kou Ji nodded slowly, and said, "You have been promoted to the left concubine for many days, why did you only come to the East Palace today?" ”

Yan Shu was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Are you questioning me?" ”

Kou Ji shook his head and said, "It's just curious......"

Yan Shu sighed, groaned for a long time, looked at Kou Ji and said, "I said I was here to avoid trouble, do you believe it?" ”

"Avoiding trouble?"

Kou Ji frowned and asked, "What happened in the court?" ”

Yan Shu said in surprise: "Why do you think that it is what happened in the court, not that the poisonous matter of the elixir is implicating me?" ”

Kou Ji rolled his eyes.

Yan Shu smiled and said: "Yes, yes, I really want to be involved in the poisonous matter of the elixir, and it is impossible to live now." Since you guessed that something was going on in the court, then I'll tell you. ”

Yan Shu put away his smile and said lightly: "The queen is officially in charge of the Shishitang......

Kou Ji was stunned and said, "This can't be, right?" ”

Yan Shu sighed: "After Concubine Yang and Concubine Du entered the official dormitory, the queen appeared in the Shishitang. Your grandfather and Li Xianggong immediately asked to play and let the prince supervise the country.

The queen shirked the past on the grounds that the crown prince was young and the official family allowed her to govern on her behalf.

Your grandfather and the queen quarreled......"

Kou Ji was stunned and asked, "The queen won?" ”

The reason why Kou Ji asked this was not because he didn't believe Kou Zhun.

Instead, Yan Shu said that Liu E officially sat in the Shishitang.

With this sentence in front, Kou Zhun and Liu E had a dispute, and it is very likely that Liu E won.

If Liu E hadn't won, Yan Shu wouldn't have said this.

However, what Kou Ji didn't expect was that Yan Shu actually shook his head and said, "Ding Wei won......"

"Ding?"

This answer surprised Koji.

Yan Shu sighed: "Yes! Ding Wei won. I thought that Ding Wei would be implicated in the poisonous matter of the elixir, but in the end, I found that Ding Wei did not know about it, but just intersected with the Taoists.

The official family acquiesced to your grandfather's power to confiscate Ding Wei and purge Ding Wei's henchmen, which can be regarded as a lesson for him.

Ding Wei is about to withdraw from the court under the pressure of your grandfather.

Unexpectedly, he actually joined forces with Cao Yong behind his back.

Today, in the court today, during the quarrel between your grandfather and the queen, he opened his mouth to help the queen speak, and Cao Yu also followed suit.

Instead of getting a bargain, your grandfather was robbed of a squire by Ding Wei. ”

Kou Ji frowned and said, "Now that the life and death of the official family are uncertain, they have begun to fight for power?" ”

Yan Shu said seriously: "If you don't fight now, when will you fight?" Once the official family ...... In short, after the dust falls, it will be too late to fight for power. ”

Yan Shu really wanted to say that once Zhao Heng died and Zhao benefited from the throne, everything would be a foregone conclusion, and it would be too late to fight for power.

But bluntly said that Zhao Heng died, he didn't dare to say it, and he couldn't say it.

"Hey......"

Yan Shu sighed and said, "This is the court, this is the officialdom ......"

Kou Ji frowned and said in a deep voice: "I guessed that after the official family was seriously ill, there would be a struggle for power, but I didn't expect it to appear so quickly and so early." ”

Yan Shu nodded and said, "It's because it's too early, I can't see through who will lose and who will win, so I came to the East Palace to avoid trouble." ”

Kou Ji's brows furrowed even tighter, "You're not going to help my grandfather?" ”

Yan Shu was stunned when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "I stayed in the East Palace to help my grandfather." Even though the queen shirks left and right, it is only a matter of time before the prince is in charge of the country. I must stay in the East Palace and help the crown prince, and I can't let the prince be controlled by the queen or Ding Wei and become their tongue. ”

"I believe you're a ghost!"

Kou Ji hesitated for a while, and after carefully looking at Yan Shu, he cursed in his heart, eager to smack Yan Shu's face.

When others heard Yan Shu's words, they might believe it.

But Koji didn't believe it.

Why?

Because it is recorded in the history books that after Zhao Heng's death, Liu E was able to listen to the government and walk to the front of the stage step by step, which has the credit of Yan Shu.

If it weren't for Yan Shu's suggestion that Liu E listen to politics and help Liu E build a step, how could Liu E come to the front of the stage?

It was precisely because Kou Ji knew what Yan Shu would do in the future that he didn't believe Yan Shu's words.

He thought about it carefully and guessed the true meaning of Yan Shu's arrival in the East Palace.

What he said just now was true.

But thinking about it the other way, isn't he helping Liu E and Ding Wei?

He can help the prince and prevent him from becoming the tongue of Liu E and Ding Wei; He can also help the prince and prevent him from becoming the tongue of Kou Zhun and Ding Wei; He can also help the prince and prevent him from becoming the tongue of Kou Zhun and Liu E.

Three parties bet, and one party is not offended.

Whoever wins the game, he has the credit.

What a calculation!

Yan Shu, Yan Shu, I misread you.

Your words are good, but your people are too bad!

Originally, Kou Ji still wanted to get acquainted with Yan Shu, but after knowing Yan Shu's plans, he didn't want to deal with Yan Shu anymore, and even wanted to stay away from him.