Qiao Niang was straightforward, and she said directly without concealment: "Niangniang, don't you think His Majesty the Emperor has been a little weird lately? Rumors spread in the country, he was not in a hurry to return to Jinling, but stayed in Yangzhou for so many days, could it be that His Majesty the Emperor was dissatisfied with us? ”

Ziying smiled lightly and said, "Qiao'er, what are you thinking about?" His Majesty has always paid attention to military affairs, and now Huainan is empty, and His Majesty stayed in Yangzhou, one is to recruit troops and transfer officers to reorganize the Huainan Army; Second, since Zhang Yongde went south, the people of Huainan were terrified, and some places were shocked a day, and many people were under the message. ”

"But......" Qiao Niang didn't know much after all, although she was not convinced, but Zhao Ziying was reasonable, and for a while, she couldn't think of any reason to fight back.

Ziying's eyes rolled and said, "What's the matter, is there any letter sent by Zhao Pu?" ”

Yes, since His Majesty has recovered, the Prime Minister has stopped writing back. Qiao Niang said, maybe it was because Zhao Pu stopped writing that Qiao Niang became uneasy.

Looking at Qiao Niang's stunned appearance, Ziying snorted and said, "What's the matter, does Xiao Nizi miss your father-in-law?" He is an important minister of the country, after His Majesty woke up, there were many government affairs, except for Zhao Aiqing, there were no effective ministers around, presumably Zhao Aiqing was also very busy, so much so that he forgot to write a letter. ”

"Niangniang, as soon as Your Majesty wakes up, how can you hand over the government affairs to Your Majesty again?" Qiao Niang said.

Ziying glanced at Qiao Niang twice, nodded at Qiao Niang, and said, "What do you little Nizi think?" Your Majesty is the lord of the world, and when he wakes up, this state affairs should naturally be called Your Majesty's hand. At most, I can only be regarded as the master of the harem, and this is outside, after all, it is still up to His Majesty to have the final say. ”

"But...... But will Your Majesty be dissatisfied with your ruling state some time ago? I heard that His Majesty met the King of Xiangxiang in Yangzhou, and I was very surprised. Qiao Niang said.

Ziying played with the teacup in her hand, she was different from Zhang Qian, after all, she was the queen of Da Chu, she had cultivated her body and moved her qi over the years, and her demeanor and behavior were quite motherly and graceful, but she did not have the heroic atmosphere of being chivalrous and righteous in the past. She sat there quietly, graceful and luxurious, elegant and generous. Born in troubled times, she was born in an ordinary small eunuch, although she is a woman, she still has a lot of opportunities to contact with society, and her feelings are sophisticated, which is definitely not comparable to Miss Jiao, who does not go out of the door. Ma Yun left the king of Xiangxiang in Jiangnan West Road for two years, in name because Jiangnan West Road was not peaceful in the past two years, Shilin did not agree with Da Chu, and the people were also mediocre to Da Chu because of natural disasters, so he left such an important minister in Jiangnan West Road to guard. However, Ma Guangmeng, as the undefeated god of war and the royal family of Great Chu, even if he had an excellent relationship in his early years, the emperor must have been jealous in his heart. Therefore, in Zhao Ziying's view, Ma Yun put Ma Guangmeng in Jiangnan West Road, but he actually used it in the wrong place, or in other words, he didn't want to use Ma Guangmeng anymore. But Ma Guangmeng is a famous general second to none after all, when the Great Chu crisis, Zhao Ziying thought of Ma Guangmeng's brother at the first moment, and an edict pushed him to the front line. And Ma Guangmeng's luck turned out to be excellent, after he led 10,000 horses to Huainan, he happened to meet Guo Rong's edict to recall Zhang Yongde, and 10,000 horses recovered the lost territory in Huainan without much effort.

Zhao Ziying thought about it, she smiled faintly: "I blame me for this, I didn't ask Xu Zhongya and them to write a recital in time, but I will talk about this matter with Your Majesty, you don't have to worry." Zhao Ziying was not negligent, but she wanted to wait for Ma Yun to explain to him in person, and she wanted to persuade Ma Yun to let go of the measurement and reuse Ma Guangmeng. Moreover, Ma Yunnan returned to Chuzhou, and Ma Guangmeng stayed in Yangzhou in the name of it, but his responsibility was to maintain the safety of Huainan. Zhao Ziying thought that Ma Guangmeng should be stationed in Shouzhou, so that he and Ma Yun should stagger and not meet. Unexpectedly, after Zhu Yuan returned to Huainan, Ma Guangmeng immediately handed over the safety of the Huainan front line to Zhu Yuan, and he led the first division from Jiangxi back to Yangzhou. In this way, he actually happened to hit Ma Yun's dragon chariot.

Qiao Niang said uneasily: "Niangniang, the king of Xiangxiang is great, Your Majesty is afraid that you deliberately put him in Jiangxi, but will it be against Your Majesty's taboo if you entrust him with a heavy responsibility!" ”

Ziying's face sank, she looked around, and said a little angrily: "Qiao'er, don't talk nonsense. Your Majesty naturally has his own plans to employ people, and that's what you can talk about! You, you'd better hurry back. The wife of a court minister runs to the harem every day, what is going on! This also has an impact on Zhao Aiqing. ”

The young lady said. But Zhao Ziying interrupted her: "I know you have good intentions, but, but we women, this national affairs still have to be managed by a man, let Your Majesty handle it." ”

"But Miss, you are not alone, you always have to think about it, the prince always has to take precautions." Qiao Niang said urgently.

Zhao Ziying glared at Qiao Niang, and suddenly sighed faintly: "You." You really don't understand it at all. In the future, I will learn from you Xianggong. The ministers who went to the government hall, the officials of the prefectures and counties, and the commanders of the army were all appointed by His Majesty the Emperor himself, and the whole world was in the hands of the emperor. Plan ahead, you...... Your father-in-law is the steward of the wind catching room, you ask him, what does the wind catching house do? Among His Majesty's many sons, only Wen'er is engaged, and she is married to an important minister of the court, can't you guess the emperor's thoughts? ”

Why didn't Your Majesty make a crown prince? Qiao Niang asked.

"Hehe, Your Majesty has told me many times about this matter, he does not appoint a prince, one is to let these children grow up unrestrained, and the other is to put some pressure on these children so that they can work hard." Ziying said.

Qiao Niang pouted: Who could have known that the eldest prince must be the best among the children? ”

"Huh. This depends on the skills of the masters of the Siqi Palace. Besides, being an emperor is not a matter of learning, so you don't need too much knowledge. Character and measurement are the key. As long as you are good at employing people, you will be considered a good emperor. Zhao Ziying said with a smile. In fact, judging from the current situation, there are only six wives of the emperor, and there is no question of competing for favor at all. Peng Shuang is a native of Southwest Yi, Li Huiwen is a princess of the Southern Tang Dynasty, even if they give birth to a son, it is impossible for them to inherit the throne, one is the issue of blood and nationality, the courtiers can accept a barbarian as the imperial concubine, but it is unlikely to accept her son as the emperor; The other is a historical legacy, Da Chu stood up by stepping on Li Tang's bloody corpse, and it is unlikely that the courtiers will accept a prince who retains the blood of the previous dynasty; And Zhang Qian has never given birth to children over the years, Xueyun gave birth to two daughters one after another, and Jing Niang's son has been lively and active since he was a child, and his favorite thing to do is a general, and he is not the material to be an emperor at all. Looking at it this way, only his own son is the most suitable. Therefore, what you have to do is to be honest and do things. If you do something small in private, you are likely to steal chickens and rice.