The atmosphere in the Qinzheng Hall is changing subtly, the ministers were silent at first, often asking three questions, seemingly incompetent, but in fact, they were giving the Queen Mother a dismount, so that she understood that the court could not do without the ministers, and when the defeat of the King of Qi was decided, the ministers became active and competed to offer ideas to show that they were not really incompetent, and now, they began to be vigilant and wary of each other, and spoke more and more carefully, so as not to become the next companion of the King of Qi.

Those in power have always had no tolerance for rebellion, and have no mercy in their retaliation, as has been the case throughout the dynasties, and some emperors have even gone so far as to slaughter budding rebellion, which is acceptable to ministers, and sometimes takes the opportunity to eradicate dissidents.

The Empress Dowager's ambitions surpassed most of the previous emperors, and after issuing a superficially lenient edict, her supervision over the capture of the remnants of the Qi Dynasty has not been relaxed, and there is a trend of becoming stricter and stricter, even the most stringent cool officials can not satisfy the Empress Dowager, she keeps asking for details, issuing new decrees, requiring that everyone involved in the rebellion be dug up, and that everyone who participates in the rebellion be dug up, and that people be seen in life and corpses in death, from princes and ministers, down to ordinary people, no one can be exempted.

What disturbed the ministers the most was that a new person was ushered in in the Qinzheng Palace.

The Qinzheng Hall is a place to discuss politics and draft decrees, and to be able to come here to work means to enter the inner circle of power, and there is no quota for the number of people, as little as one person, as many as a dozen people, usually the prime minister must be one of them, and then other ministers appointed by the emperor.

Since the day Emperor Huan ascended the throne, the pattern in the Qinzheng Palace has not changed much, and the five ministers selected by Emperor Wu have become frequent visitors here, and sometimes other ministers will be summoned, all in order to solve a certain matter, and they will be dismissed after the matter is completed.

Shangguan Xuan is the elder brother of the Queen Mother, and he became the Great Sima of the Southern Army in one step, and he only stayed in the Qinzheng Palace for a few days before going to the permanent military camp.

The Queen Mother broke the old pattern and attracted a newcomer.

Han Ruzi didn't know many ministers, this person was one, Yuan Jiuding, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, once personally demonstrated the enthronement ceremony to the emperor, and accepted the emperor's first "secret edict" - he turned his head and handed the note to the eunuch Yang Feng.

Yuan Jiuding disappeared for a while, and Han Ruzi thought that he was suppressed, but he didn't expect to rise to prominence and become the trusted minister of the Queen Mother.

As a newcomer, Yuan Jiuding rarely spoke, and most of the time he just nodded, but several other ministers felt like a mang's back, and they knew very well in their hearts that if a new person came in, I was afraid that an old person would have to go out.

Han Ruzi only sat symbolically in the Qinzheng Hall for a while, usually no more than two quarters of an hour, and in this short time, he could also feel the tension and suspicion among the ministers.

The queen mother oppressed too tightly, maybe there were really many ministers who supported the emperor, he thought, his heart was more steady.

The imperial concubine was also there, and often came out of the listening cabinet, asked a few details for the queen mother, and sent a stack of edicts to Jing Yao, the central supervisor. Jing Yao's position was at the door of the Tingzheng Pavilion, guarding a table, and the treasure seal was placed on it.

Han Ruzi's heartbeat accelerated a little, and she couldn't help but admire the imperial concubine, she didn't show any nervousness, she put down the edict casually, waited for Jing Yao to cover the seal, picked it up casually, checked it roughly, and handed it over to different eunuchs, and the eunuchs then transferred it to the minister, and the minister also had to check it, and then the scribe continued to check, and only after there was no problem did it send it to the relevant yamen outside the palace.

Except for listening to the queen mother in the political cabinet, everyone's actions in the palace were carried out in full view, and Han Ruzi couldn't figure out how the imperial concubine could hide from the world.

Soon, Han Ruzi no longer cared about the imperial concubine and Yuan Jiuding, and today, he had his own things to do.

The emperor is just an ornament in the palace of Qinzheng, and he rarely receives attention, and only newcomers can't help but glance at the emperor occasionally.

In a quick glance, Yuan Jiuding of the Ministry of Rites found an abnormality, he didn't dare to squeak, immediately retracted his gaze, and continued to nod, but the doubts and curiosity in his heart had taken root, so he couldn't help but be indifferent, so he looked at the second and third glances, and felt that he could no longer pretend to be confused.

Yuan Jiuding poked Feng Ju, the official next to him, with his finger, "Your Majesty ......"

Feng Ju was very impatient, but after glancing in the direction of the throne, he couldn't keep his composure, so he poked Han Xing, the capital of soldiers and horses on the other side, and Han Xing immediately reached out to poke Prime Minister Yin harmlessly.

Yin Wuwu was deeply determined, as if he didn't feel it, and he was still muttering the difference between the two words, until he was poked three times, he slowly turned around, looked up, squinted his eyes, and didn't react for a long time.

The ministers were silent, but their strange behavior attracted the attention of the eunuchs.

There were once many eunuchs in the Qinzheng Palace, surrounding the emperor, and the ministers were not allowed to approach, but now there are many fewer, only seven or eight people left, and there are not as many scribes in the palace, and they are still responsible for taking care of the emperor.

Zuo Ji rarely entered the Qinzheng Palace, and the closest to the emperor was a middle-aged eunuch, who looked back, was startled, his legs were weak, and he almost sat down on the ground, and then let out a childlike cry: "Ah...... Jing Gong, Jing Gong. ”

Finally, all eyes were on the Emperor.

The emperor was sweating, although it was summer, the hall was still cool, and the beads of sweat on the emperor's face the size of beans were definitely not caused by the heat.

The minister can pretend to be confused, but Jing Yao can't, so he first waved his hand and ordered a eunuch to inform the queen mother, and he hurried to the emperor's side and asked in a strange tone: "Your Majesty...... Uncomfortable? ”

Han Ruzi covered his abdomen and said in a dumb voice: "My stomach hurts." ”

"Belly...... How can it hurt? Jing Yao's voice trembled, in case the emperor's pain was caused by someone on purpose, it would be a huge mistake for him to be so close, in case the emperor really fell in this palace of diligence, it would set off a bloody storm, I don't know if I can still avoid it.

"It's fine." Han Ruzi squeezed out a smile, his pain was real, since he took the pill given by Meng E, he often had abdominal pain, hiccups and other symptoms, only the first two were more serious, and after he mastered the method of reverse breathing, the symptoms would hardly be revealed, but since last night, he stopped breathing backwards, deliberately triggering abdominal pain, which reached its peak after entering the Qinzheng Palace.

He didn't look like "okay" at all.

Jing Yao didn't know how to deal with it, standing there at a loss, not daring to ask more, for fear that the emperor would say something he shouldn't know.

The imperial concubine walked out of the Tingzheng Pavilion quickly, came to the emperor, and asked eagerly, "What's the matter?" ”

The imperial concubine did not understand the emperor's tricks, and the concern revealed was real.

Han Ruzi frowned, "My stomach hurts, it's okay, this is not the first time, it will be fine later." ”

"Not for the first time? When was the last time? The Imperial Concubine's voice was raised a little.

"A little over a month ago, it should have been...... A few days before the queen entered the palace. Han Ruzi bent over and curled up, and the pain was so painful that it was difficult to even speak.

The imperial concubine's eyebrows gradually raised, and she turned to Jing Yao, "Such a big event, why didn't anyone inform the queen mother?" ”

Jing Yao was dazed, "The old slave doesn't know about this, but the minions in the dormitory don't report it, right?" ”

Han Ruzi shook his head effortlessly, "It's not the dormitory, it's in the Lingyun Pavilion...... Oops...... I don't blame them, it's because I don't want the Queen Mother to worry, hey......"

The pain was so unbearable that Han Ruzi had to start breathing backwards, but her mouth screamed even more miserably.

Finding that the emperor's pain seemed to have nothing to do with the conspiracy, the ministers all gathered around, knelt in a half-circle under the throne, and offered condolences.

"Call the Imperial Doctor." The imperial concubine ordered, and everyone's reaction became normal from this moment on, and immediately two eunuchs rushed out of the hall.

"Why does Your Majesty endure abdominal pain alone?" The Queen Mother came out of the Listening Cabinet, and the ministers and eunuchs kneeling on the ground separated on their knees to make way for a passage.

Han Ruzi looked up at the Queen Mother, and really wanted to rush over and ask where his mother was taken to, but he just said in a weak voice: "The child is still ...... endured it, thinking that it was just a temporary pain, and was unwilling and unwilling to let the Queen Mother worry...... Oops. ”

The Queen Mother walked to the foot of the throne steps, stared at the emperor for a while, and then turned around and said, "Chuan Zuoji." ”

Zuo Ji had already heard what was happening in the hall, and was guarding the door, when he heard the voice of the Queen Mother, he immediately pounced in, got on all fours, crawled a few steps, kowtowed again and again, and said vigorously: "The slave is guilty." ”

The hearts of the ministers and eunuchs in the palace were raised again, everyone knew that Zuo Ji was the confidant of the Queen Mother, and he deliberately concealed the emperor's first abdominal pain, which seemed to have a bit of a conspiracy.

"Such a bold minion, you know that you are guilty, why did you hide it in the first place?" The Queen Mother was really angry, and the ministers and eunuchs kneeling on both sides hung their heads lower, and their bodies shrank even more bent than the emperor.

"I really don't blame Zuo Gong, it's me...... insisted on ......" Han Ruzi defended Zuo Ji.

Zuo Ji himself didn't dare to defend himself, this is the Qinzheng Palace, there are ministers present, and putting the responsibility on the emperor will only make it even more evil, "The slave knows the crime, the slave is confused for a while, and the slave thinks that His Majesty is only occasionally ......"

"What do you think? Are you the Imperial Doctor? "The Queen Mother was even more angry, she finally managed to firmly grasp the situation in her hands, and never allowed a little thing to arouse many suspicions," slapped her mouth, and hit hard. ”

In the palace, few people dared to touch Zuo Ji's hair, but in the Qinzheng Palace, he was just a eunuch with a complicated background, and immediately two eunuchs stepped forward, one pressed his shoulder, and the other slapped his mouth.

After a while, Zuo Ji's face was already dripping with blood, and he shouted "should be beaten" in his mouth, knowing in his heart that the Queen Mother had to clean him up in front of everyone in order to block the mouths of Youyou.

But he just didn't understand, how could the emperor's temporary abdominal pain recur, and it was in the palace of diligence?

The imperial doctor soon arrived, first kowtowed to the Queen Mother, and then knelt in front of the emperor to check his pulse, "What did Your Majesty eat for breakfast?" ”

Han Ruzi's abdominal pain was not so serious, and his voice was still weak, "I don't remember, it seems to be the same as usual." ”

"Well, Your Majesty's internal breath is a little disordered, it may be caused by poor food and overwork, in the next few days, it is advisable to eat light things, rest in bed more, and Weichen will prescribe a few more pairs of medicines, and it should not recur after eating."

"Isn't it a problem with food?" The Imperial Concubine asked, she cared more about the Emperor's safety than anyone else.

The imperial doctor didn't dare to say dead, "It shouldn't be, but Weichen may have to go to the imperial food supervisor to ask before he can confirm it." His Majesty should not stay here for a long time, and should go back to the palace to rest. ”

Several eunuchs carried the emperor out of the Qinzheng Palace, and soon a sedan chair came, Han Ruzi usually walked back to the palace, and today took the sedan chair for the first time.

The emperor's abdominal pain will cause a small turmoil, but what Han Ruzi cares about most is the reaction of the people around him.

That night, Zhang Youcai and Tong Qing'e knelt down to the emperor sincerely for the first time, showing a look of awe.

Han Ruzi finally had two available people.

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