Chapter Two Hundred and Eight: Bribery

According to what the master said, there are not many people who can still live after being poisoned by the ice cocoon, if it weren't for the fact that the master happens to have the mental method of "Falling Flower Sword Spectrum", it is estimated that she would have died a long time ago.

Whether it is the ice silkworm cocoon or the "Falling Flower Sword Spectrum", no matter what it is, some people may not be able to see it in their lives, and she is gentle and spiritual, and she doesn't know if she is lucky, she has seen both things.

There is also a fatal one, and one is a life-saving one.

Wen Ling was a little anxious to know about the news outside, but she also knew that it was impossible for her to get any news in the palace, so she had to recover as soon as possible, and she had to find a way to persuade Qi Hongxin to let her go back to the palace.

Thinking of some messy things, Wen Ling fell asleep, and in the past six months, Wen Ling would fall ill from time to time, so Wen Ling's whole person was a little weaker than she had shown.

If it weren't for the peace of mind of others, she wouldn't have had that much strength to do it again.

Wen Ling fell asleep here, but Qi Hongxin was busy sitting at the desk, he was going to do something for the future of himself and Ling'er, taking advantage of the fact that his third emperor brother was grounded and no one came to cause trouble, he had to do something.

The ministers of the court, since the death of the eldest brother and the grounding of the third emperor, there have been many people who have tried their best to slap him, among them, only three people have not come to him, the first is the king of the household department, the second is an official who was admitted from a small place, and the third is Mu Sheng, the master of the horse.

Generally, the people in charge of the household are people close to the emperor and are all the emperor's people, and because of this, as long as the suggestions put forward by the household department, most of the time they will be adopted, because the household department represents the emperor, and they represent the emperor's will.

They are the mouths arranged by the emperor to speak for him in the court, so once he can win over this person, it will be more effective than the twenty wallgrasses who greet the horses.

But the reason why this kind of person can become the confidant of every emperor is that the first is loyalty, the second is that he only recognizes the imperial power, and the third is that he absolutely defends the upper position.

This kind of person is said to be loyal, but in fact, he is only loyal to the superior, so if you want to say who they are really loyal to, it is the favor of the superior and the right to be given to them.

They are loyal only to those who are superior, and it doesn't matter who they are.

Qi Hongxin thought about it, this Lord Wang, was a scholar who followed his father when he was still a small commander, and often gave advice to his father, and he also made a lot of efforts in the battle between his father and the Xia Kingdom, so he was rewarded by his father with the official position of a household scholar.

If other household books are only loyal to the imperial power, then this person is really just loyal to the emperor, this kind of person is extremely difficult to buy, but Qi Hongxin wants to give it a try.

Qi Hongxin took out pen and ink, wrote a few lines, walked to the window, pushed open the window, whistled, and the gray carrier pigeon stayed in front of the windowsill, Qi Hongxin rolled the letter paper, put it on the letter tube tied to the carrier pigeon, gave the carrier pigeon a piece of meat, and let it go.

Closed the window and turned around, although this Lord Wang was loyal to his father, he did not believe that this Lord Wang's family was as loyal to his father as Lord Wang.

Even if he doesn't know much about the court, he also knows that among the several sons in Lord Wang's family, only one second son, Wang Hao, is on an errand in the household department, and he went in because of Lord Wang's face, and he has been idle all the time, and the other two sons are even drunk all day long, and they can't do anything else except eat, drink and have fun, typical gentlemen.

Although this Lord Wang is loyal to his father, as long as he can hold on to the handle of this Lord Wang's son, he does not believe that this Lord Wang will abandon his family for the sake of his father.

It is said that the companion is like a tiger, if the king swears to the death, he can arrange for people to go to the king every day to participate in this king's book, this kind of official who relies on the favor of the superior and endures to survive, the most afraid is to lose the emperor's favor.

Once they lose the emperor's favor, they will be useless, especially when they have to speak for the emperor on weekdays, they must have offended many adults and affected the interests of many people.

Of course, it's okay to be in power all the time, but once you lose power, then there will be no place to die.

As long as he can find the handle, he is not afraid that this king will swear to death, the king is the most suspicious, and if he does not submit to him, he can always join his book, and when the time comes, his good father will doubt him in his heart.

So in the end, whether the king agrees to submit to the throne or is loyal to the superior and is suspected by his father and loses power, both of these results are beneficial.

This Lord Wang is not the most difficult to do, the most difficult one, Qi Hongxin has a headache when he thinks about it, he is not as superficial as Lord Wang, he has knowledge and his own opinions, this kind of person, without the emperor's favor, they are naturally on the side of the superior.

And he has no relatives and no reason, the only two relatives are his royal sister, and the other is the woman he loves, both of which he doesn't want to use.

When he was a child, although the imperial sister also bullied him with others, but it was only when he was a child, since the queen passed away, the imperial sister was sent to the name of the mother concubine to raise, so although the two of them are not the same father and mother, at least they are called Ye Zixi's mother concubine.

Wen Ling's side, he doesn't want to use it anymore, if there is anything else that is his bottom line, it is Wen Ling, only Wen Ling, when he needs someone to accompany him the most, more than ten years as a day.

They are carefree, there is no deceit in officialdom, or the pros and cons to please, only the purest feelings, he doesn't want to, even the last beauty is lost, that will make him lose his heart.

Qi Hongxin's side, sitting at the desk and thinking for a while, Qingping walked in with the food box, Qingping put the food box on the table, and then came to salute Qi Hongxin.

Qingping looked at Qi Hongxin's haggard appearance, a little distressed, and asked, "Lord Wang, haven't you rested?" Now that the county lord has woken up, why don't you go and rest? Your body has just recovered, but you can't get through it. ”

Qi Hongxin was helpless, "Qingping, when I had an illness before, didn't Ling'er accompany me for several days and didn't dare to sleep?" Why, now that Ling'er is sick, you think I can't stand it for a day? Could it be that this king is worse than Ling'er, a weak woman? ”

Qingping hurriedly knelt on the ground and confessed: "The prince atoned for his sins, but the slaves didn't dare." ”

Qi Hongxin waved his hand: "Okay, get up, is the county lord's pigeon soup back?" ”

Qingping hurriedly got up and replied: "Back to the prince's words, the slave has already bought it, the slave went to see it just now, and the county lord has already rested, so the slave put the pigeon soup in the kitchen to warm it." ”

Qi Hongxin nodded to indicate that he understood, and Qingping continued: "Lord Wang, where are you going to eat?" The minions also bought you pigeon soup. ”

Qi Hongxin didn't raise his head and asked, "When did the county lord rest there?" ”

Qingping wiped his sweat, glad that he really knew Qi Hongxin, and had already asked: "Back to the prince's words, Xiaolian said that the county lord slept again soon after you left. ”

"Huh? So what time is it? ”

Qingping replied respectfully: "Lord Wang, it's noon, the sun is just right outside, Lord Wang, do you want to go out for a walk?" ”

Qi Hongxin raised his head at this time, walked out of the desk, and said to Qingping: "Let's go, bring food, let's go to the county lord's side to eat, and prepare a few more dishes that are in line with the county lord's appetite." ”

Wen Ling likes sweet and sour, and this matter is known to the people in the entire Wenwang Mansion, so Qingping directly took the order and left, Qingping had no choice but to go to the kitchen again.

As soon as Qi Hongxin walked to the door of the master bedroom, he heard a cough from inside, and the sound of Xiaolian asking Wen Ling if she needed to drink water.

Qi Hongxin strode in, and saw Wen Ling sitting against the bed rail, still holding a glass of water in his hand.

Qi Hongxin walked over with a smile, Xiaolian saw that the prince was coming, and she consciously retreated after saluting, she wanted to give the two of them a chance to be alone.

Qi Hongxin sat on the low stool and asked Wen Ling: "Why do you sit up, just lie down if you are uncomfortable." ”

Wen Ling smiled and shook his head: "Brother Xin, you can't just think of me as a weak woman raised in the boudoir just because I'm sick, I'm good at martial arts, okay, where can I be so weak, and it's not comfortable to lie down for a long time." ”

While speaking, Wen Ling took a few more sips of water, and seeing that Wen Ling finished drinking, Qi Hongxin took the water cup, "Do you still need to drink some?" ”

Wen Ling shook his head, Qi Hongxin walked to the table, put down the water glass, and then turned around and continued to sit on the low stool next to the bed.

"Okay, okay, I know, Ling'er can be literate and martial, since you feel uncomfortable lying down for a long time, wait a minute, I've asked Qingping to prepare for food, wait until we're done eating, let's go outside for a walk, okay?" Today's sunshine is very good, you can go and bask in the sun more, it just so happens that we haven't been to the lotus pond for a long time, so let's go somewhere to see. ”

Wen Ling nodded, and after a while, he saw a group of people, led by Qingping, more than a dozen people came in one after another, all holding dishes in their hands.

After the maids put down the dishes and left, Qi Hongxin took the white robe and put it on for Wen Ling, and then helped Wen Ling up.

Wen Ling was helped by Qi Hongxin and walked to the front of the table, and saw that the table was full of dishes, all of which were vegetarian dishes, and more than a dozen dishes were all Wen Ling's favorite dishes.

Wen Ling's eyes were a little warm, he sat down, and said to Qi Hongxin: "This is too much, I can't eat it, isn't it a waste?" ”

Qi Hongxin also smiled: "What are you afraid of, as long as you like to eat, you can cook as much as you want, you are the princess of this king, don't worry, with your appetite, you can't eat the king's." ”

Wen Ling didn't answer, Qi Hongxin also sat down, Qingping had already left with his subordinates, Qi Hongxin took the chopsticks to Wen Ling, took the bowl and spoon himself, served the pigeon soup for Wen Ling, and put it in front of Wen Ling.