Qi Ning didn't have any suspicions, but Mrs. Tian's reaction made him feel that something was wrong, he glanced at the silk cloth, and suddenly reached over to pinch the silk cloth, Tian Xuerong lost his voice and said: "Master Hou, don't ......!" ”

Before she could finish speaking, Qi Ning had already lifted the silk cloth, revealing the things underneath.

When Mrs. Tian saw him open it, she turned around suddenly, turned her back to Qi Ning, raised her hands and held her face, her body trembled slightly, but Qi Ning had already seen clearly at this time that under the silk cloth, it was actually a chair.

Qi Ning saw that Mrs. Tian was nervous, and thought that there was something important underneath it, and when she saw that it was a chair, she smiled dumbly, thinking that this woman was really making a fuss, a chair could make her so nervous, but she soon found that this chair was very special, very different from ordinary chairs.

His mind turned slightly, and he immediately understood something, and then went to look at Mrs. Tian, who had already run away.

Qi Ning was suddenly a little embarrassed, and understood why Mrs. Tian was so embarrassed, who would have thought that in the corner of this piano room, there would be such a chair hidden here, he hurriedly re-covered it with a silk cloth, walked out of the screen, and saw Tian Xuerong standing at the window, the window was slightly open, as if it was breathing, with her back to this side, Qi Ning coughed deliberately and pretended to be fine: "Madam, I'm ...... I still have something to do, and I'll leave it to you here. ”

Mrs. Tian just said "um" and didn't look back.

There was an extremely embarrassing atmosphere in the air, Qi Ning knew that no matter what he said at this time, he would be embarrassed, glanced at Mrs. Tian's back, and then hurriedly went out, walked out of a road, and happened to turn to the road facing the window, glanced back, and just saw that Tian Xuerong was also looking here, Qi Ning turned around for a moment, Tian Xuerong's body shook, and closed the window as fast as possible.

Qi Ning smiled, and then left by himself.

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The administration of the state of Chu continued the system of the previous dynasty, but it was different.

The previous dynasty set up the left and right prime ministers and six ministries, and the left and right prime ministers were directly responsible to the emperor and led the six ministries.

However, although the state of Chu continued the six-ministry system, it did not set up the left and right prime ministers, and at the beginning of the founding of the country, the four candidates who actually took the emperor as the core were above the six ministries.

The so-called four candidates are naturally based on the emperor and the four candidates, because the north is not peaceful, and there is a Qi country in the east, so the state of Chu has always established itself in a wartime state, and the national strategy is often that the emperor summons the four candidates and some close ministers to discuss first, determine the policy and strategy, and then specifically issue a decree to the six departments.

Although the name is the Four Candidates, the members are not just the Four Candidates, and they will convene the relevant ministers for a period of time to enter into deliberations according to the specific situation.

The four candidates also formed the highest power center of the empire, managing the national government affairs, and six ministries, including the Consular Department, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Criminal Department, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Industry.

In addition, there is also the Imperial History Institute and the Supervision Yuan, whose role is to supervise the establishment of the six departments.

However, as early as when the first emperor was alive, the four candidates were different from the early years, the old marquis of Jindao was very old, and he was recuperating in the house all the year round, and Jinyi Hou Qijing was leading the troops on the front line, so the four candidates were often only participated in by Sima Lan and Wuxiang Hou Su Yu, who were loyal and righteous at that time, and Su Yu's talent was mediocre, and the influence of the Su family in the court was also declining, which also led to Su Yu Although he often participated in the four candidates' meetings, he almost never expressed any opinions, even if he said a few words, It's also a trivial matter that has nothing to do with the overall situation.

In fact, on the eve of the death of the first emperor, the four candidates have existed in name only, but whenever there is a major event in the court, the first emperor will gather all the six Shangshu to discuss the court affairs together, in fact, it is also to show the courtiers that when the country is difficult, the monarch and the ministers are united and united.

After the state of Chu, in fact, it has always been in a state of war with the Han state, so the policy of the empire has always been biased towards war.

All the policies of the empire are aimed at the Northern Expedition, and the three hereditary candidates are fighting abroad, and the internal affairs of the empire can only be handled by the loyal and righteous candidate Sima Lan and the emperor, in fact, it has formed a court pattern with the Sima family as the logistics director, although the influence of the Sima family in the military has been very weak, but because it is in charge of internal affairs, it has unique conditions for the appointment and removal of local officials.

In the early days of the Four Candidates, the Sima family, who was in charge of internal affairs, had been very low-key, and was once at the end of the Four Candidates, but with the continuous war all year round, the weight of the loyal and righteous candidates in charge of logistics supply in the court became heavier and heavier.

And the Sima family also firmly controlled the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Industry among the six ministries.

The military department has always been in the sphere of influence of the Golden Dao Tai family, because the king of Huainan once entered the four candidates to discuss politics, and gradually won over the criminal department.

Hubu was once the sphere of influence of the Jinyi Qi family, but because Dou Kui had a grudge with Qi Jing, he threw himself into the power of King Huainan.

Among the ministries, on the contrary, the Ministry of Rites is quite clean, and over the years, the Ministry of Rites can be regarded as the Qingshui Yamen. Because of the perennial war with the Northern Han Dynasty, the two countries consumed huge amounts of manpower and material resources, which also led to the simplification of many ceremonial matters in the Chu State.

The first emperor was a thrifty person, and because of his financial resources, there were very few large-scale ceremonial activities in recent years, and the status of the Ministry of Rites has always been unpopular.

This time the emperor's wedding, in order to take care of the prestige of the empire, although the emperor ordered to try his best to be thrifty, but after all, it is still related to the face of the Eastern Qi Dynasty, so the court still prepared a large amount of silver for this wedding, Yuan Laoshangshu is old, and he knows that this is likely to be the last major event he has done in office, so he can't take care of his body, he works day and night, and in recent days he has even taken the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites as his home.

The yamen responsible for handling this matter is mainly the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Household and Honglu Temple are assisting and cooperating, after all, it is the emperor's wedding, and there are many red tapes involved, and there can be no mistakes in every procedure.

The emperor's wedding is bound to be celebrated by the whole world, and the people of the capital will naturally be crowded at that time, so Xue Lingfeng's Tiger God Camp and the Yamen of Kyoto Prefecture must also start arranging as early as possible, and even the Criminal Department must also start planning and preparations, after all, the emperor's wedding will inevitably have to pardon the criminals, so it is natural to prepare many files.

Approaching the big wedding, the whole capital is a busy scene, and all the departments and yamen are also in full swing to prepare.

The prince of Dongqi personally led the team to escort Princess Tianxiang to the Chu State, and there was not enough time left for the Chu State, so the yamen of the various ministries could only prepare day and night.

Although Qi Ning was not as busy as the officials of the Ministry of Rites, he had been waiting for news from the beggars in the past few days.

It was not trivial for the gray crow and other shadow rats to sneak into the capital, and it was Duan Qingchen who had been the Black Lotus Sect's envoy who summoned them, of course Qi Ning knew that this was unusual.

The most important thing is that the gray crow confessed that he would connect with the other party on the night of July 13, and the emperor's wedding was scheduled for July 18, with a gap of only a few days.

If Duan Qingchen's gang wants to take advantage of the emperor's wedding to make trouble in the capital this time, then it is necessary to guard against it.

Although the capital was heavily guarded, and the little emperor was closely protected, it was impossible for the ability of the Shadow Mouse gang to come into contact with the little emperor, but Qi Ning was worried that there were other more terrible conspiracies in this, at least he never wanted anyone to conspire to endanger the little emperor himself.

At the end of the Jinyi Marquis's Mansion, because the emperor gave marriage, the third old lady was very active in discussing with the gods, in fact, although Ximen Wuxian was a person in the officialdom, but his temperament was more inclined to act in the rivers and lakes, and he didn't care about many red tapes, but the third old lady insisted on all etiquette indispensable, Qi Ning considered that this was a big deal for him after all, so he did not object to the attitude of the third old lady on this matter.

As for the 10,000 taels of silver raised by the people of the Qi clan, they were also sent over very happily, and everyone saw that Qi Ning was now valued by the emperor, and the object of marriage was Ximen Shenhou, so naturally he didn't want to be rejected by the Jinyi Marquis Mansion because of a few hundred taels of silver.

Originally, Qi Ning won more than 20,000 taels of silver in the gambling contract with Su Yu and others, and he thought about using this silver as the cost of marrying, but he thought that the Qi clan could solve 10,000 taels of silver, so he happily sent the 20,000 taels of silver to Tianfu to buy shares.

According to the third old lady, 10,000 taels of silver may not be able to stop, Qi Ning doesn't care, he has sent a lot of silver to the Hou Mansion Treasury before, and now that he wants to get married, the Hou Mansion Treasury naturally wants to take out the silver.

In fact, Qi Ning wanted to find an opportunity to meet Ximen Zhan Ying, but according to the customs of Chu State, once there is a marriage contract, it is not appropriate for men and women to meet.

It's just that he knew in his heart that Ximen Zhan Ying would definitely go to the so-called old beggar afterwards, but the place where she was taught to walk away was already empty, and Ximen Zhan Ying was afraid that he would always wonder in his heart.

The imperial court is preparing for the emperor's wedding, and the Jinyi Marquis Mansion is also preparing for Qi Ning's wedding, and the emperor's wedding is approaching, so it is in full swing, but Qi Ning has enough time here, and he is still discussing the date of marriage, so he is not in a hurry.

On the night of July 13, Qi Ning didn't sleep all night, waiting for the beggar gang to send the news, but no one came all night, in the early hours of the morning, vaguely barely fell asleep, but he didn't sleep for long, he was woken up by Qi Feng and sent a letter, Qi Ning took the letter and glanced at it, it was just a simple symbol drawn on it, this is the signal that Qi Ning agreed with Bai Shenghao in advance, as soon as there was news, he sent a signal to meet the appointment.

Since Qi Ning knew that there were people staring at him inside and outside the Jinyi Marquis' Mansion, he was naturally reluctant to have direct contact with the beggars on the bright side, but whenever he wanted to meet with the beggars, he went there in person, and after receiving the letter, he burned the letter first, and then he went out of the mansion, rode around the horse, and no one followed, and then he arrived at the agreed place.

As soon as he entered the house, Bai Shenghao had already greeted him and arched his hand: "Master Hou!" ”

Seeing his solemn expression, Qi Ning guessed that things would not go well, and asked, "Is there no news of the gray crow?" ”

Bai Shenghao explained: "Last night, I personally brought two shrewd brothers to watch near the west street entrance of the temple, and at three o'clock, the gray crow did arrive there as promised. ”

"Can the person on the other side show up?" Qi Ning immediately asked.

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