Chapter 551: Scaring the Minister
Since Liu Fangchen fell ill, the court seems to be a lot quieter, but there are still interested people who always want to cause trouble. An Xiabai didn't plan to do anything at all, but they always held on to themselves, and An Xiabai had no choice but to find a way to make them be honest.
But what to do? An Xiabai sat in the upper study and meditated for an afternoon, and finally thought of a countermeasure.
"Poria, if you go to spread my will, it will mean that after the morning tomorrow, I will invite all the Wenchen to come to the study to drink tea, and all of them must be present." An Xiabai told Poria word by word, telling her to remember that all the staff were there. Poria is also a clever person, and An Xiabai went after telling her.
After hearing about this incident, all the named Wenchen were a little flustered, thinking that the emperor was not there, and it didn't seem very appropriate for An Xiabai and a harem woman to invite them to tea. But why would she do it? The people were puzzled.
"Whatever, a woman from the deep palace, what else can she do?" There are masters who are not afraid of death, and they are not afraid of the walls and ears when they say big things.
"Yes, the queen has commanded, and it will be too embarrassing for us not to go. If the emperor comes back, the wind blows on the pillow of her old man's house, and we will be miserable. The other man chimed in, a wicked smile and a look of disdain in his eyes.
"Poria, come here......" An Xiabai called Poria to her side and whispered something in her ear. Poria snickered after hearing this, and then did what An Xiabai said.
Early the next morning, An Xiabai went to the morning court like Lu Li. Basically, nothing major happened, and the early dynasty was over in two quarters of an hour at most.
"Poria, don't forget to remind the ministers that the palace is waiting for them in the upper study!" After speaking, An Xiabai went back to his dormitory to change clothes with the support of another palace maid.
An Xiabai deliberately rubbed for a while, and said that the courtiers are waiting for the master, how can there be a reason for the master to wait for the courtier? Therefore, An Xiabai deliberately made them wait an extra quarter of an hour before passing.
When An Xiabai passed, he saw the faces of the ministers from the window. Sitting or not sitting, standing or not standing, talking and behaving are no different from those generals.
"The Queen Mother has arrived." The palace maid who followed An Xiabai shouted, deliberately reminding them.
"Ministers, see the queen mother!" The gang immediately knelt down and buckled their heads, as if they were not at all like them.
"Ministers, please get up, it's the palace that invites you to tea today, so don't be restrained, sit down." An Xiabai smiled, with an elegant posture, looking at these ministers one by one, remembering their expressions and appearances in his mind.
"Queen Mother, I don't know what important things the Queen Mother summoned her ministers to come over to discuss today?" A thorn suddenly stood up and asked An Xiabai, he thought to himself, what can a harem woman do, so many people have been found. I have to go home to accompany my wife to push pai gow in a while!
"Didn't I say it when I ordered someone to call you yesterday, and I called you here today just to invite you to tea." An Xiabai smiled, then picked up the hot tea he had just brought in his hand, took a sip, and smiled with satisfaction.
"You don't know, yesterday I went to the back to take a turn, and suddenly found that there was a gray box at the top of the cabinet, and when I opened it, I saw that it was tea inside. I don't know much about tea, so I specially found a person who knows a lot about tea to come here to taste, and guess what, he said that the box of tea turned out to be a rare and good tea, this is not, this palace immediately asked Poria to invite adults. An Xia Bai smiled and took another sip of tea.
"Such a good thing should have been left for the emperor and the queen to enjoy, but the ministers may not be able to enjoy it." Another prick in the pan said.
"Hey, Aiqing's words are not liked by this palace. You said that the emperor and the palace usually enjoy how many good things, but now the emperor is not in the palace, and it all depends on the ministers to help sort out state affairs. Drink it! After An Xiabai finished speaking, he looked at them and stared at them.
The adults picked up their teacups and began to look at each other before they could drink it. Since they had been here for a while, the tea had already cooled. How do you drink this herbal tea? If this was at home, they would have lost their temper a long time ago, but this is in the palace, and in front of the queen mother, how dare they.
"I said you guys are welcome, drink quickly, it will be cold in a while. Besides, you know best, tea doesn't taste good when it's cold. An Xiabai smiled after speaking, lowered his head and took a sip of his tea. The temperature is moderate, and the fragrance fills the mouth.
At that time, every adult present had beads of sweat on their foreheads, and secretly shook their heads and had to drink. But as soon as they drank it, they suddenly felt uncomfortable in their throats, and their mouths were bitter, but they couldn't speak, so they could only smile on their faces and cry bitter in their hearts.
"Come on, pour you another cup of tea." An Xiabai instructed the palace maid to pour them tea again, this time the tea was hot, but this concentration was as good as the cup of tea just now.
"My lords, you will be more concerned about state affairs. Okay, the tea is also drunk, and the palace will not delay you to do your business, and the palace is also tired and needs to rest. An Xiabai's face was still smiling like a flower just now, but he deliberately added a little tiredness to himself.
"Wait for the resignation!" After saying that, all the ministers who were in the upper study left.
After they left, An Xiabai sat on the chair and laughed for a long time. But Poria who was standing on the side was full of hesitation, she was thinking, will these adults take revenge on themselves in the future?
"Poria cocos, what's wrong with you, are you not feeling well?" An Xiabai looked at Poria's face full of thoughts, and asked her with the joy of just fooling people.
"Niangniang, the tea I gave you all today is ...... They won't deliberately find fault with me in the future, right? Poria honestly said what she was thinking.
"Don't worry, no, won't I protect you?" An Xiabai looked at her with doubts on her face, and asked her to ask if she wanted to ask.
"Queen Mother, why is the tea they drink so strong today? What's more, the first cup of tea is already cold, so why do you still let them drink it? "Poria really doesn't understand, this queen mother is usually the best person to talk to, how could she think of deliberately embarrassing them today. Now that the emperor is not here, will these Wenchen join forces to deal with the queen?
"Silly girl, I deliberately let them drink herbal tea and strong tea, and you will know in a few days for what the specific reason is. But don't worry, I made the tea for you, and if they embarrass you, I won't let them have a good time. An Xiabai only said half of what she said to Poria cocos, and did not say the reason for doing so.
"Poria, I'm a little tired and want to rest for a while. If someone comes to me, you ask him to wait for me for a while. An Xiabai looked at Poria with doubts on her face, but she didn't continue to explain to her, but let her out.
After Poria left, An Xiabai laughed secretly, thinking that this was the beginning, and the show was still to come!
The next day, after An Xiabai got down from the morning court, he ordered Poria to do the same thing, and all the Wenchen also drank a cup of thick herbal tea and a cup of thick hot tea just like on the first day. Cycle after week, this situation lasted for five days, until An Xiabai saw that the Wenchen of the previous dynasty had a pair of big dark circles under their eyes, and the whole person was listless, she knew that the time had come.
After the next dynasty, Poria asked all the ministers to go to the study to drink tea according to the rules, so that their bodies had a natural reaction to resist.
"What does this queen want to do?" The minister who didn't talk much before, but the minister who wilted inside his back asked.
"Who knows what she's going to do?"
"I've been sleeping lately, and sometimes I finally fall asleep, but it's dawn after just a while."
"I am panicking every day, not only can't I sleep at night, but I can't sleep during the day. If I continue like this, I will have to die of palpitations. ”
Hearing the message of the queen mother that Poria said to herself, the first thought of the ministers was to complain and complain. Because they have been going to the study every day to drink strong tea, they can't sleep every night, and they feel very panicked. They don't know how long this will last, they wondered. Could it be that the queen wants to give death to all his ministers in the emperor's absence? But it's too unique.
"Poria cocos, make tea normally today, remember, just make the tea you usually drink." An Xiabai saw that the adults sitting below were listless, and thought that he would take advantage of this time to attack them.
"Ladies and gentlemen, have you been drinking this tea well these days?" An Xiabai asked knowingly, so that the palace maids present almost didn't laugh out loud.
"Back to the queen, everything is fine, all right." An adult replied to An Xiabai, who was very calm on the surface, but in fact there were already 10,000 Cao Nima in his heart.
"Oh? Is that really the case? Then how do I think you are sullen and listless, and even there are sleepy people above the court? Speaking of this, An Xiabai, who was still smiling just now, immediately became very serious, and his eyes were particularly sharp.
There was no one at the bottom who spoke, and they all held their breath, for fear of angering An Xiabai at this time.
"I know, you haven't been sleeping well lately, but why haven't you slept well? It's not because you're thinking too much! An Xiabai stood up and walked into the middle of the crowd.
"Actually, it's not a bad thing to think too much, but if you use all this thought on internal struggles, you will definitely not sleep well. You say, "Oh, don't you?" After speaking, An Xiabai smiled, and when he saw that the faces of the adults present were particularly unsightly, he asked Poria to serve them tea.
When the teacup was brought to the table, these ministers did not dare to open it at all, and the thought of the taste of the tea made them feel disgusting.