The Empress Dowager Dou was deeply shocked, but she was not angry, it must be her beloved granddaughter and granddaughter-in-law. She saw Su Ren's little trick clearly, and she didn't stop it at that time, she just wanted to see the result. The Dou family has been like an orphan since she was a child, and she has seen a lot of various things since she entered the palace, those sons who killed each other for profit, and brothers who secretly made bad for power. Even the death of her youngest son, Liu Wu, King of Liang, was inseparable from the eldest daughter, Princess Guantao, Liu Xuan, so she was not angry.

He sat in the house all night, and no one was allowed to come in. She didn't know if there was a light in the house, and she didn't want to see the light. At dawn she figured out that perhaps blindness was a good thing, so that she could not see the ugly faces, nor the blood and sin.

Someone pushed open the door and came in, and when she heard the footsteps, she knew that it was her personal maid. The palace maid stopped behind Dou and saluted: "Empress Dowager, Bai Zhi waits for Prime Minister Xu Chang to see!" ”

Dou Shi didn't speak, still sitting quietly, and the palace maid said again. Dou Shi took a deep breath: "Let him in!" ”

There are no lights in the Hall of Longevity. The doors and windows were closed and dark. Xu Chang adapted for a long time before he recovered, and hurriedly knelt down to give a salute.

Dou Shi turned his face with difficulty, he hadn't slept all night, and he was a little older, and the white hair on his head was more obvious, and he spread it down and covered his face. The window behind him let in the light, so that Xu Chang couldn't see his face clearly. didn't get a response from Dou, so he could only lie on the ground and remain motionless.

"Get up! Sit! ”

"Empress Dowager Xie!" Xu Chang got up from the ground with difficulty, saluted again, and then sat down on the side.

"What are you doing here?"

"The Empress Dowager, Weichen received a letter from Shu County yesterday, and the minister did not dare to deal with it privately, so he came to ask the Empress Dowager."

Dou sneered twice: "You are the prime minister, why don't you dare to deal with it yourself?" There are really enough things in Shu County, Dong Zhongshu went to Shu County, and then he and those Confucian scholars together to pry His Majesty, not to let the mourning family interfere in the government, this matter has not yet been concluded, and the Shu County Taishouwen Party destroyed the Shu County soldiers in one fell swoop, so many things You have not reported to me, a blind old lady, what can you report now? ”

Xu Chang listened quietly and did not express any opinions. Dou Shi said again: "Is there an eyebrow in the matter of Tangyi Hou Gongzi? It's been so many days, Zhuang Qingzhai doesn't have a clue? You didn't ask as a prime minister? ”

Xu Chang hurriedly knelt down: "The Empress Dowager is angry, and Weichen is guilty!" ”

"Hehehe!" Dou laughed dryly: "Guilty, guilty!" How many of you really think you are guilty in the court every day and guilty in front of me? Well, since you say you're guilty, I'll condemn you! As the prime minister, he is unclear, so that the old ministers of the three dynasties are wronged! You think I don't know about the Wen Party? Pavilion Tao is messing around, you are also messing around, do you all think that my wife is blind? ”

Xu Chang lay on the ground and said nothing, he felt that he shouldn't have come today, at least not after hearing Su Ren's diagnosis. Obviously, Dou planted all his disappointment and anger at Liu Concubine on his head. But what can Xuchang say?

There was a violent storm, and Xu Chang trembled and knelt tremblingly. Dou is very able to say today, he has been angry for half an hour, Xu Chang no longer knows what words to use to answer Dou, he can only use one sentence, the empress dowager is angry, and Weichen is guilty to prevaricate. Seeing that Xu Chang couldn't kneel anymore, his whole body was soaked with sweat, and Dou's qi was almost gone.

"Hey! Get up! are a lot of age, you can stay in this world for a few days, do your own things in a proper manner, Guantao is no longer like a person who is spoiled by me, I always feel that she is my child, you are also a person with children and grandchildren, to understand the mourning family, which parents do not love their children? Guan Tao did something wrong, the mourning family can only push it on your head, you won't blame the mourning family, right? ”

Xu Chang's head was about to be broken: "The Empress Dowager is benevolent, how can Weichen blame, everything is Weichen's fault, and it has nothing to do with the Empress Dowager!" ”

Dou Shi breathed a sigh of relief: "Just now you said, there is something wrong in Shu County, what's the matter?" ”

Xu Chang's eyes rolled: "The Wen Party has been in Shu County for many years, in addition to governing the place, but also learning and teaching people, since the Wen Party was dismissed and imprisoned, those students in Shu County began to study, most of them are filial piety and honest people, Wei Chen felt that it was difficult to do, so I wanted to ask the Empress Dowager to persuade Princess Guantao, can you ......?"

"Are you scared?" Dou said with a smile: "The land of Bashu is the land of my Han Longxing, the ancestor Emperor Gao came out of Bashu and has the world, Shu County can not be chaotic!" You're pretty well aware of that! ”

"Weichen is also confused for a while, please ask the Queen Mother to surrender!"

"That's it! Since you have done something wrong, you have to change it, pass on the will of the mourning family, pardon the sins of the Wen Party, read the old ministers of the three dynasties, and stay in Chang'an when you are old! ”

"The Empress Dowager Shengming, Weichen Xie Empress Dowager forgiveness!" Xu Chang kowtowed again and again, but he didn't hurry to leave, slowly grew up, glanced at Dou's family, almost wanted to open his mouth but didn't know what to say, and said after a long time: "Let go of the Wen Party, the eldest princess is ...... there."

"Humph! What else would she want? Could it be that the mourning family also has to look at her face? ”

"Don't dare! Wechen is going to release the Wen Party! ”

Dou waved his hand, signaling that Xu Chang could go out. The moment he walked out of the Hall of Longevity, Xu Chang breathed a sigh of relief. Although he is the prime minister, this prime minister is based on the trust of the Empress Dowager Dou. Today he felt it, if the Dou family was really angry, or if there was no Liu Concubine in front of him to block him, he would be doomed by virtue of his prestige in Xuchang.

With cold sweat all over his body, the sun shone warmly on his body. Anyway, what Cui Chengru asked him to do was done, and even the copper coins for atonement were saved, shouldn't Cui Chengru increase his chips and give another million dollars?

Climbing into his own carriage, the housekeeper hurriedly handed Xuchang a glass of light wine, and when he saw Xuchang's smile, he asked, "Master, is it done?" ”

Xu Chang smiled: "I almost got in with me, the Empress Dowager was furious, oops!" However, fortunately, it was done, and told that Cui Chengru that this money is not enough! ”

"No!" The housekeeper also smiled all over his face: "The villain understands that Cui Chengru's backstage is Su Ren, and Su Ren is the biggest businessman in Shu who has money!" The hosts have helped them so much this time, they will definitely thank the host! ”

Xu Chang smiled and nodded. The carriage went east along the palace wall of Changle Palace, where was the Prime Minister's Mansion. On the opposite side of the Prime Minister's Mansion is the residence of the Taiwei and the Imperial Doctor, and the three most powerful people in the Han Dynasty, except for the emperor, actually lived so close. If it is placed now, if one missile goes down, the Han Dynasty will have to be chaotic. Zhuang Qingzhai watched Xuchang's carriage come back from the crack in the door, and saw that Xuchang's pace was very relaxed, and he turned his head and ordered the little guy behind him.

"Go, go to the door of Princess Guantao's mansion and keep an eye on it, if someone from the Prime Minister's Mansion goes, report it immediately!" The little girl turned around to leave, but Zhuang Qingzhai hurriedly grabbed it again: "Also, if Princess Guantao enters the palace, she will also report!" ”

"No!" The little guy agreed, and hurriedly took someone to do it.

Zhuang Qingzhai kept watching Xuchang enter the mansion gate, and the door of the prime minister's mansion was closed again, and then he slowly got up. As he walked back, he lowered his head in contemplation. Many things exceeded his expectations, when Cui Chengru went to the Prime Minister's Mansion yesterday, Zhuang Qingzhai was also lying at the door and watching, but he didn't see Cui Chengru enter. This morning, when Xuchang entered the palace, Zhuang Qingzhai was still lying in the crack of the door and watching.

It's not that Zhuang Qingzhai likes this, he was also forced. The prime minister, the Taiwei, and the imperial historian are the three important ministers of the Han Dynasty who ruled the world, although they have the same status, but everyone knows that the things in charge are different. The prime minister is almost half an emperor, he also has the rights that the emperor has, and he still has the rights that the emperor does not have. And the imperial historian is different, supervising the officials of the world sounds very powerful, but in fact, whether to deal with the officials they supervise depends on the prime minister and the emperor.

Ji Di was sitting in the side hall of Zhuang Qingzhai's mansion, he was not alone, and Wang Hui was also there. Neither of them spoke, waiting for Zhuang Qingzhai. As soon as Zhuang Qingzhai entered the door, Ji Di couldn't wait to ask, "How is it?" What do you see? ”

Zhuang Qingzhai shook his head: "No! It's because I don't have it that I feel weird! ”

Wang Hui smiled bitterly: "What's strange, Cui Chengru gave Xuchang one million dollars, which is enough for Xuchang to sell his old life!" ”

"I'm not saying that Xuchang loves money, but that Xuchang dares not to care about Princess Guantao!" Ji Di hurriedly explained: "You must know that the crime of the Zhiwen Party was instructed by Princess Guantao, how can Princess Guantao's character be so good?" ”

Wang Hui smiled: "This time and that time? The Empress Dowager has bad eyes now, how can she have so much time to deal with these things? The problems between her and His Majesty are enough for her old man to be busy. ”

Zhuang Qingzhai raised his hand and stopped the discussion between the two: "There are indeed some problems in this matter, with Princess Guantao's personality and character, she will never be so lenient to Su Ren, even if there is no matter of Wen Taishou, the matter of Chen Xu breaking his arm is enough for Su Ren to die a few times, the old man has let Su Ren go back for three days, and Princess Guantao's mansion is silent, don't you think it's strange?" ”

"Maybe it's really because of the queen's slip of the tongue that there is a gap between the Empress Dowager and Princess Guantao?"

Zhuang Qingzhai shook his head: "No matter how there is a gap, it is also a mother and daughter, how much energy can Su Ren have as an outsider?" In my opinion, Princess Guantao must have big plans! ”

Ji Di nodded: "By the way, I heard yesterday that Tangyi was sick, and so far I can't speak or move, I sent someone to inquire, it seems that the matter of Princess Guantao and Mianshou was broken by Tangyi Hou, and the next one who is angry and can't afford to be sick." ”

"Hahahaha......" Wang Hui laughed loudly: "There is a good show to watch now, the royal face is about to be ruined by this woman!" ”

Zhuang Qingzhai glared at Wang Hui: "This is Princess Guantao's private matter, not to mention that she is married to Tangyi Hou and has nothing to do with the royal family, this matter cannot be publicized, just when we don't know." ”

Ji Di nodded, and Wang Hui nodded embarrassedly: "What about what His Majesty asked?" If Princess Guantao has more powerful means, how can we deal with it? ”

"What else can I do? Now that we are on His Majesty's ship, do you think it is possible to disembark? Ay! Zhuang Qingzhai sighed: "I can only go down in one breath, I hope the Empress Dowager won't last long!" ”

The three of them fell silent at the same time, and no one answered. Zhuang Qingzhai coughed embarrassedly twice, picked up the wine glass next to him, and took a sip silently.