"Tao Erlang, speed up a little."

"Yes! Lord"

A powerful coachman shouted a few times, and threw out a few whips, and the whips exploded in the air, which frightened several horses, and accelerated their speed, and the carriage began to gallop away in the direction of Daming Palace.

In the carriage, Li Mian has been meditating with his eyes closed, he is considering the new candidate for Zongzheng Temple, Li Li can no longer hold this extremely important position, he completely betrayed himself and the Queen Mother, and even publicly declared that Zhang Huan is the Book of Yu Taishu in the court, which made the Queen Mother extremely angry.

This unscrupulous and shameless behavior completely upset the fragile balance between the DPRK and China, and tore off the last fig leaf, which not only made the Empress Dowager Party angry, but also the Xiangguo Party and the Zhang Party.

It is true that Li Mian was one of the supporters of Yu Taishu back then, after Yu Taishu was killed in the palace mutiny, a large number of Yu Taishu party members were purged and degraded, especially a large number of veterans who once held military power, such as Guo Shuyi, Ma, Lifei Yuanli, Li Baoyu, Bai Guangyuan, etc., were all removed from the military power and driven back to his hometown to retire, and he Li Mian was also demoted to Lingnan as a small county Sima.

But today he has made a comeback and become the backbone of the Queen Mother's party, and his grandson Li Yan has also become the current emperor, which makes Li Mian and Cui Xiaofu share the same spirit, one is prosperous and the other is lost, therefore, opposing the restoration of Yu Taishu's forces and opposing Zhang Huan's ascension to the throne has also become Li Mian's unswerving goal.

These days, he has conspired with Cui Xiaofu countless times, discussing various countermeasures and steps, it is no longer meaningful to restrain Zhang Huan from the military power, the only way is to restrain him morally and not recognize him as a member of the royal family. So that he did not dare to brazenly usurp the throne, for this reason, Cui Xiaofu specially turned out the edict that the Li family did not recognize Zhang Huan as the imperial family, and at the same time Li Mian was active in various clans, persuading them not to support Zhang Huan, and pointed out that Zhang Huan succeeded by distributing land to the people, once he ascended the throne, he would inevitably deprive the clan of land on a large scale, perhaps it was this that moved many people, so that many royal family members who were ready to support Zhang Huan with the flow began to return. turned to support Cui Xiaofu, but more people maintained a wait-and-see attitude.

After the activities in the sect were somewhat successful, Cui Xiaofu and Li Mian's next step was to take control of Zongzheng Temple and prevent Zongzheng Temple from acknowledging Zhang Huan. At this time, Li Li, the Qing of Zongzheng Temple, jumped out to sing against them.

The contradiction between Li Li and Cui Xiaofu has become irreconcilable, which Li Mian knows very well. So he was not ready to persuade Li Li to turn back, but the plan now was to remove Li Li from his position as Zong Zhengqing, but Li Mian could do it, Pei Jun died suddenly, and the right Xiangguo was represented by him. And Pei You, the servant of the ministry, is not in Chang'an, which gives Li Li a lot of convenience in exercising power. In fact, in the past half a month, Li Mian has bypassed the cabinet and carried out many personnel changes, such as appointing Wang Fei, the younger brother of Wang Ang, as the palace supervisor to control the agenda of the dynasty, and appointing Wei Qing, the secretary of Wei Ge, as the right secretary of Shangshu, pre-interrogating the three departments of officials, households, and soldiers before Zhongshu Province, and then promoting Yang Shunning in the Ministry of Officials to be the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, temporarily exercising the power of the Ministry of Officials on behalf of Pei You, etc., the above appointments were all proposed by Li Mian and approved and promulgated by Cui Xiaofu. A number of personnel changes that must be decided by the Cabinet have also been successfully passed because of their preponderance in the Cabinet.

And he can also remove Li Li and seize the power of Zongzheng Temple. xUC eBook x first x issue x crime is simple. Like last year, Li Yu has not organized a clan to worship the Taimiao for four consecutive years. What makes people feel extremely ironic is that after the Great Dynasty last year, the person who persuaded Li Li to continue to stop worshipping the clan on the grounds of repairing the Taimiao was none other than Li Mian.

The key is to find a loyal and capable successor to Zongzheng Siqing, which is what he entered the palace today to discuss with Cui Xiaofu.

The carriage drove into the Danfeng Gate at high speed, until it stopped in front of the Zichen Pavilion, Li Mian got off the carriage, and asked the guards guarding in front of the door to go in and report, and after a while, the steps came from the eunuch's sharp and loud call: "Li Mian, the right Xiangguo of the Shangshu Dynasty of the Xuanli Department, will meet you!" ”

"Obey the order!" Li Mian stabilized his mind and walked up the stairs towards the Zichen Palace.

During this time, Cui Xiaofu has aged significantly, the skin on her chin is very loose, although her face is covered with white powder, it is still difficult to hide the bruised tendons on her neck, and the protruding eye bags show that she has sleepless nights.

The hidden worries of many years ago have finally become a reality today, although Zhang Huan has not yet returned to Beijing, but the hustle and bustle of some well-intentioned people has already revealed his heart of Sima Zhao, how can Cui Xiaofu, who has been planning in the position of power for eight years, be willing to give up power.

At this moment, in front of her eyes, more than a hundred books were piled up like a small mountain, which had been something she had dreamed of, but now these folds were like a mountain pressing on her heart, making her physically exhausted and making her feel irritable.

Crash! With a bang, the piled high folds were violently overturned by Cui Xiaofu and scattered all over the place, just as the eunuch Lu Taiyi hurriedly came in, he saw this situation, and quickly knelt down to pick up the folds one by one, and whispered: "Queen Mother, Li Guogong is asking to see you outside the palace." ”

"When he comes, let him in, do you want to tell you again and again which people will be excused and who must wait? If so, what's the use of mourning your family? ”

Cui Xiaofu's boredom vented to Lu Taiyi's body, and Lu Taiyi was so frightened that he kowtowed again and again: "Queen Mother Mingjian, this is not that the old slave does not do what the Queen Mother wants, but it is really that Li Xiangguo wants to obey the etiquette of Pao Chen, and he must order the old slave to report before he is willing to meet him." ”

Cui Xiaofu suppressed the boredom in her heart, and then stretched her voice and said, "Then let him see him!" ”

Lu Taiyi gave the eunuch next to him a look, ordered them to clean up the folds on the ground, and hurried away, after a while, Li Mian was led in, he knelt forward and bowed, "Minister Li Mian see the Queen Mother." ”

Cui Xiaofu let out a long sigh and said tiredly: "Xiangguo, don't be polite, just be frank if you have anything!" ”

At this time, Lu Taiyi beckoned to the eunuchs in the room, signaled everyone to retreat, and everyone quietly slipped out along the wall, and Lu Taiyi walked last. He closed the door gently, but at the moment when he closed the door, his hand paused, leaving a crack in the door, it was this thin slit that could clearly transmit the sound in the room, Lu Taiyi sat down outside the door in a regular manner, but his ears were erect.

"Congratulations to the Queen Mother, the King of Jiyin Li Zhuo and the King of Beiping Li Kai brothers both expressed their willingness to support the Queen Mother, strongly opposed the usurpation of the throne by the surname Zhang, and Li Shen, the king of Xingyang County, also woke up. said that he no longer supported Li Li. ”

After three consecutive good news, Cui Xiaofu finally showed a smile of relief on her face, and the number of people who supported her has increased day by day. ^^ e-book ^^ Now there are thirty princes, county princes, and princes and other people in the clan who have clearly expressed their support for her, indicating that power is not the only criterion, and Zhang Huan's illegitimate identity is still not recognized by many royal clans.

"Is the candidate for Zong Zhengqing decided?" Cui Xiaofu's tone was obviously light.

"The minister thought that Li Zhuan, the king of Jiyin, was after Jinggong Taishu. Whether it is seniority or blood orthodoxy, he is no less than Li Li, and he has a high prestige in the clan, if he is Zongzheng Siqing, he will be able to block Zhang Huan's return to the royal family. ”

"How are you preparing for Li Li's dismissal?"

In the room, Cui Xiaofu and Li Mian were discussing the details of the removal of Li Li. Lu Taiyi slipped out of the deputy study next to him, and he had a note in his hand. Seeing that the two were still discussing, Lu Taiyi came to the outside to find a confidant eunuch, gave him the note and whispered a few words, and the little eunuch immediately took the order.

Looking at the back of the little eunuch in the distance, Mrs. Lu breathed a sigh of relief, he looked back and saw that the discussion between the two was not over, he couldn't help but shake his head secretly, and muttered: "It's no wonder to me, it's you who don't know the current affairs." ”

In the past two days, there have been a lot fewer officials outside Zhang's mansion. On the one hand, those who want to defect to the Zhang Party have expressed their wishes through various channels. On the other hand, Zhangfu has implemented a registration system, and all land posts are registered on the spot. So in the last dynasty time, there was almost no official in front of the Zhang Mansion to post, it is no wonder that Zhang Shangshu has been purging discipline, if he appears at this time, doesn't it mean that his mind is not on court affairs?

However, the officials themselves can't come, but they can't stop their wife's enthusiasm, once, twice, three times, the more times they come, the thickest personal friendship established with each other, so many ladies with a little bit of rank have become frequent visitors to Zhang's mansion, not only looking for Pei Ying, Zhang Huan's other wives and concubines are also not letting go, at some times wives are not as good as concubines, so not only Pei Ying is overwhelmed, Even the unnamed land Pingping has a few more inexplicable fellows: a few husbands have been official wives in Taiyuan, but they have heard of the reputation of Taiyuan socialite Lin Pingping, and know that childhood sweethearts are a very heavy chess book.

At noon that day, a tired Ping Ping sent away a Shaoqing lady who came to her to talk about fashionable clothes, and turned to Cui Ning's courtyard book, from a certain point of view, Ping Ping has changed a lot more than before, for example, she no longer wanders around with a sword all day long, and no longer acts as a chivalrous woman who sees unevenness on the road and draws a sword to help, although many times good intentions may not be rewarded, in short, she began to restrain herself from whimsical sex books.

However, in many ways, she has not changed from when she was sixteen, for example, Mrs. Shaoqing has been looking for her no less than five times just now, she still can't remember what people's surnames are, as for who their husbands are, she is even more at a loss, and when Mrs. Shaoqing talks to her about the relationship between clothing and status, she almost falls asleep.

For example, although she no longer goes out to hang out, it doesn't prove that her center of the earth is quiet, but she narrowed down the scope of shopping, and she hangs around in the house all day long, or has the opportunity to go out, which is definitely her share, in short, in Pingping's own private words, anyway, Zhang Shibai has agreed to marry her, so there is no need to pretend to be a lady in front of him, why are you so tired!

Ping Ping has always liked Cui Ning very much, not only because Cui Ning has long had a good relationship with her, but more importantly, she can do whatever she wants in front of Cui Ning, Cui Ning also laughed at some of her actions that did not conform to the norms of a lady, unlike the housewife Pei Ying, who saw her walking a little faster, her brows were wrinkled like ostrich skin, who said that her flat heart was not sensitive? As soon as I entered the hospital, I saw Cui Ning going out in a panic, the nurse followed behind with her children's book, and her two twin girls were also carrying large bags of things.

"Where are you going?" Ping Ping was taken aback.

"Just now, someone from the old mansion came to report that Daddy was sick and I wanted to go and see." Cui Ning said. While carefully crossing the threshold, she felt unwell not long ago, but the doctor found out that she was pregnant again, which made her ecstatic, she had always wanted to have a daughter.

Ping Ping hurriedly stepped forward to support her, hesitated and said, "I'll go with you too!" Good to take care of you. ”

"Forget it, next time! You also have to pack your things, and you may not be able to do it in time. Cui Ning stopped and patted her hand lightly, and said apologetically.

"Do I need to pack anything?" Pingping turned around lightly and said with a smile: "Look at me, you don't need makeup." You don't have to think about the color matching of the dress, let alone the hairstyle of the crown flower of the first product and the second product, and there is no maid book to drag down, just leave? ”

Speaking of which. Seeing Cui Ning's eyes with a smile, she took her hand and begged, "You can take me there!" In the past few days, there have been chaotic people coming to look for them every day, and they are annoyed to death. ”

"You! When will I be a little more sophisticated? Cui Ning saw that she insisted on going with her. I had to smile bitterly and shake my head: "Then you go and talk to the eldest sister, I'll wait for you for a while." ”

"She was entangled by a few Yipin ladies, how could she have time to care about such a trivial matter as us."

In fact, Ping Ping was worried that Pei Ying wouldn't let her go, but for some reason, she was always a little afraid of Pei Ying. Pei Ying's rules are very strict, especially for Pingping. She was not allowed to laugh loudly, but she had to laugh without showing her teeth; It is not allowed to talk and laugh with the maid, and you must maintain dignity and humility; You are not allowed to enter Zhang Huan's study casually, it is not a place where women should go, etc., etc., in short, she is particular about food, clothing, and housing, so that she can't even walk.

At this time, she wanted to go back to her parents' house with Cui Ning, and Pei Ying would definitely say when she found out: It doesn't matter if Cui Ning goes back to her parents' house, but how can you go to the foreign mansion to spend the night, if people know about it, they will definitely say that our Zhang Mansion has no rules. I'll go back early tomorrow morning.

Now that I know that this will definitely be the result. How could she ever go into the net again? Pingping pretended to be careless and helped Cui Ning to leave, but Cui Ning shook his head firmly. said to her: "You have to respect the eldest sister, I'll wait for you." ”

Helpless, Ping Ping had to walk to the inner house, and after a while, he saw her running back with infinite joy, and said with a smile: "I heard that Mrs. Yuan Langdi is seriously ill, she specially rushed to visit, and she happened to be not in the house, I have asked Aunt Sun to help me tell me." ”

Cui Ning knew that this was already extremely difficult for her, so he no longer persuaded her, so he took her back to her parents' house to visit her father, and the group walked to the side door, where a wide carriage was already waiting, surrounded by dozens of cavalry.

The women boarded the carriage, the coachman waved his long whip, and the huge wheels of the carriage rolled slowly, galloping in the direction of Xuanyangfang.

Cui Ning has been slightly closed in the carriage, this time she reacted very much to the child's book, especially the feeling of sitting in the car made her dizzy, she silently endured the boredom in her chest, did not want to say a word, Ping Ping pulled the curtain a slit, and watched the people on the street attentively, she is a female book who loves freedom, never likes to bind herself, and there is no scheming of those intriguing women, she is more like a boat riding the wind and waves, yearning for the boundless sea, when she is tired, she will also long to return to the quiet harbor, People are the same as all things in heaven and earth, but also experience the process of youth, maturity and even aging, she is no longer young this year, and the mentality of youth can never replace physical maturity, when holding Pei Ying or Cui Ningdi's children's books, she occasionally has a kind of motherhood, fantasizing about having her own children's books.

She thought very simply, she just wanted to live with Zhang Shiba, fulfill her dream since she was a child, and have a children's book with him, so that their father could eat her fried eggs every day.

Even Zhang Huan's concubine Hua Jinxiu knows that the master is already the number one person in the world, and she often persuades Pingping in private, the identity of the master is extraordinary, and he must be carefully served, he has to look at his face and act according to his temper.

But Ping Ping never thought so, she stubbornly thought that those false identities were all things imposed by others, which had made him tired all day, why did she wear a mask in front of herself? Zhang Huandi's bone book will always be the senior brother who has played with her in the mud and dug out the bird's nest since he was a child, and it is Zhang Eighteen who is willing to eat her fried eggs every day when he grows up, and he can get real ease and happiness when he is with himself.

The carriage turned a corner, entered Xuanyangfang, and walked two miles, the carriage slowly began to slow down, Ping Ping saw that he had arrived at Cui's mansion, so he touched Cui Ning's arm, Cui Ning woke up from the book, rubbed his eyes and asked lazily: "Have you arrived?" ”

"Here, be careful, I'll help you." Ping Ping carefully helped Cui Ning up, and slowly walked off the carriage with her, the big housekeeper of Cui Mansion on the steps had been waiting for a long time, and when he saw that the young lady was back, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet her.

"The master told me to wait here, and he waited for the young lady in the study?"

Cui Ning was slightly stunned, "Isn't Daddy sick?" How is he in the study? ”

The chief butler knew that he had missed his mouth, and quickly explained: "The master is a little better in the afternoon, and he doesn't want to stay in bed for a long time, so he is reading in the study!" ”

At this time, Cui Ning saw that there was a carriage parked on the other side of the steps, which seemed to be her second uncle's carriage, so she asked, "Is my second uncle also there?" ”

"Yes, the second master has been here for a long time." After speaking, the chief housekeeper didn't dare to say anything more, and hurriedly ordered a few maids to take Cui Ning's luggage and go to the house by himself.

At this time, Cui Ning began to faintly feel in her heart that the time of her father's illness this time seemed to be a little strange, and it might not be so simple, but she didn't say anything, so she turned back to Pingping and smiled: "You go to my room first!" I'll go see my father first. "To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, xtcom, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading! )