Chapter 404: Fang Shao's dilemma

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Fang Shao still remembered that it was after a lecture to Liu Tai that Mrs. Mi kept herself in private and asked her to take care of Liu Tai in earnest language. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

And over the years, Mrs. Mi has also hinted to Fang Shao on different occasions that she should take good care of Liu Tai, and Fang Shao also agreed.

However, at that time, Fang Shao always thought that Liu Tai's position was unbreakable, and it was a sure thing to succeed to the throne as emperor in the future, but even Fang Shao did not expect that the situation would develop to such a point.

Zhuge Liang's words moved Pang Tong, the great Sima of the Great Han Kingdom stroked his short beard, squinted his eyes and turned a few times, and the tendons in his head quickly turned around, and muttered: "In this way, we were obsessed with it before, and the King of Qi succeeded to the throne, anyway, we have to rely on our Jingxiang people to control the government." ā€

The opinions of the two leaders of the Jingxiang Group have begun to agree, and if they don't oppose it at this time, I'm afraid that Fang Shao will live up to Mrs. Mi's trust.

So, Fang Shao hurriedly said: "Having said that, it's just that this first merit was snatched away by Yun Chang, I am only afraid that in the future, when the King of Qi is older, he will remember that we were forced to stand in his hands without reluctance, and there will be a secret resentment in our hearts, so that we have planted a bane." ā€

Fang Shao's words obviously played a role, Pang Tong tapped his forehead with the tip of his hand, and said worriedly: "Zhongzheng's concerns are not unreasonable, Kong Ming, we still need to think carefully, lest we be busy with a fight, but in the end we will only end up being hated by the emperor." ā€

Zhuge Liang sighed: "Now that we have no other choice? This is also a way to do it, as for whether the new monarch will hold a grudge against us in the future, then we can only wait for the future. ā€

Listening to Zhuge Liang's tone, it seemed that he had made up his mind, and there was no room for change, and Pang Tong only shook his head and sighed, Bacheng was going to second.

Fang Shao understood that if the two of them made up their minds, then there would be no room for turning back in this matter, and at this time, Fang Shao couldn't think of the best of both worlds for a while, so he had to say: "The stakes are very high, we shouldn't make a hasty decision, it's better to think about it again." ā€

Zhuge Liang nodded: "Okay, then wait a few more days, everyone go back and think about whether there is a solution, if there is really nothing to do, then we have to support the King of Qi." ā€

This was the end of the discussion, but in Chang'an City, the wider discussion had just begun.

For ordinary people, in fact, it doesn't matter who is the emperor Yanjing, and the most looking forward to the new emperor is the prisoners in the prison, because according to the convention, the new emperor will inevitably give amnesty to the world, so those prisoners will have a future.

Relative to the people, officials at all levels are twelve points concerned about this, and the officials of the Jingxiang family, who originally supported the king of Chu, began to worry that if the central core group compromised with Guan Yu and the king of Qi succeeded to the throne smoothly, they would be blacklisted, and they would probably live a fearful life from now on.

As for those Qin Yishi people, they are secretly gloating, happy to watch the Jingxiang faction fight, and whether it is the king of Qi or the king of Chu succeeding to the throne in the future, there will be cracks within the Jingxiang faction, which is of course beneficial to their Qin Yi faction.

Time passed day by day, and the central core group still did not make any response, and the people below became more and more panicked, and many people had a premonition that it seemed that the prime minister and the great Sima were ready to give in to the general. All kinds of rumors quickly spread everywhere, and even the palace was affected.

Four days have passed since the secret discussion, these days Fang Shao has been thinking and meditating, but there is still no good way to resolve it, this early in the morning, Fang Shao just got up, and the palace quietly sent someone to say that Mrs. Mi urgently summoned him to the palace to meet.

Fang Shao estimated that most of the rumors outside could not be concealed from the eyes and ears of the palace, if Mrs. Mi heard the news, she would have to summon herself to go, and now it seems that it is really not what he expected.

Fang Shao had to hurriedly go out and rush to the palace, when he entered the Shou Immortal Palace, Mrs. Mi had been waiting for a long time, and when she saw Fang Shao, a sad face Fang Shao turned into a smile and hurriedly stepped forward.

"The minister has seen the lady." Fang Shao respectfully performed the courtesy of the monarch and the minister.

"Fang Sima, hurry up and be polite, what else is polite between you and me." Mrs. Mi hurriedly helped Fang Shao up.

After entering the inner room, the two sat down, and Mrs. Mi asked the maid to serve tea, and then brushed her sleeves and said, "It's none of your business here, let's go and wait outside." ā€

Such a move is obviously something important to say.

Fang Shao was silent at the moment, just bowing his head and enjoying the tea.

The maidservants retreated, and only the two of them were left in the hall of Nuoda.

Since Liu Bei became emperor, Fang Shao has not been alone with Mrs. Mi for a long time due to his identity, and he feels a little uncomfortable at this time.

Mrs. Mi was very natural, and when she saw that Fang Shao had drunk all a cup of tea, she personally got up and poured another cup for him.

"How dare the minister let his wife pour tea, the minister will come by himself." Fang Shao looked flattered, covered the teacup with one hand, and hurriedly picked up the teapot with the other.

"I said it, what is polite between you and me, Zhongzheng you are my benefactor, what do I have to pour you a cup of tea." Madame Mi stretched out her hand and pushed Fang Shao's palm away.

The moment the skin on his hands touched, Fang Shao's heart moved slightly, and he couldn't help but look sideways at Mrs. Mi, who was close at hand.

Now more than ten years have passed, and Mrs. Mi is nearly middle-aged, with a few strands of white silk faintly between her sideburns, and crow's feet on the side of her eyes. However, perhaps because of Zhang Zhongjing's secret recipe, Mrs. Mi's whole person is still very well maintained, and to this day, there is still some charm.

So close, the faint fragrance on her body soaked into her nose, which actually made Fang Shao's heart ripple slightly.

However, after only being stunned for a moment, Fang Shao quickly took his eyes off her, coughed lightly and said, "That minister thanked Madame for her kindness." As he spoke, he picked up the tea again and lowered his head to taste it slowly, in order to hide his momentary distraction.

"Zhongzheng, yesterday I dreamed, and I dreamed about the incident of Nagasaka Slope back then. I dreamed that you were treating me by the pond, and I fell asleep in pain, but when I came to sleep, you were gone, and I was so frightened that I called your name loudly, but you were gone, and I woke up in shock. Now that I think about it, I feel scared. ā€

Mrs. Mi used reminiscence to make the opening remarks, which is obviously a very clever means.

Fang Shao smiled: "That's just a dream, why should Madam take it seriously." ā€

Mrs. Mi sighed: "People say that dreams are a harbinger of the future, I was thinking, I must encounter something bad again, the last time you rescued me, this time you ignored it." ā€

Fang Shao hurriedly relieved: "A dream is a dream, don't care about it, madam." Besides, if the lady is in trouble, how can Shao, a courtier, ignore it. ā€

Mrs. Mi's eyes lit up, but then they dimmed again, and she sighed faintly: "I'm afraid you're just talking, now you are in a high position, and you have to think about everything for your own interests, where can you take care of me." ā€

Mrs. Mi's tone seemed to be a little coquettish and complaining.

Fang Shao knew what he was alluding to, but he couldn't avoid it, so he had to follow her topic and ask: "Madame's words can kill Weichen, what kind of person is the minister, Madame knows best, how can the minister only care about himself and ignore Madame." ā€

Mrs. Mi raised her head, looked him directly into the eyes, and said with a straight face: "Well, since that's the case, then I'll ask you." I heard that Prime Minister Zhuge and they are already planning to give in to the general and want to support the king of Qi to succeed to the throne, why don't you stop it. ā€

Going around and around, it's really for this matter.

Fang Shao's face was embarrassed, and he explained: "The general has military power in his hands, and his prestige is prominent, and all the authority in the country must be clear to his wife. If we insist on working against the generals, it will inevitably cause a major rift within the Great Han Kingdom, and in this way, it will not give foreign enemies an opportunity to take advantage of. ā€

After Fang Shao finished speaking, he found that his thoughts were actually tilted to Kong Ming's side, but he felt that these words were a little inappropriate, so he added: "Actually, the ministers also raised objections at that time, but the prime ministers should focus on the overall situation, and the ministers can't say anything more." ā€

Mrs. Mi is also a person who understands etiquette, and Fang Shao doesn't understand it, but she thinks about her son, even if she can understand it intellectually, she can't accept it emotionally, and she doesn't know what to say for a while, and her eyes burst out like beads with broken threads.

Seeing Mrs. Mi's sad state, Fang Shao couldn't bear it, but he could only comfort: "Madame don't have to be too sad, think that the mother of the King of Qi died early, over the years, the King of Qi has always been an adult raised by Madame, and the King of Qi is not like his own to Madame, if he becomes the emperor, Madame will be the Queen Mother, and the status of Madame and the King of Chu will still be extremely noble." ā€

Fang Shao is not unreasonable, however, although the King of Qi was raised by Mrs. Mi, after all, it is not her own flesh and blood, if Mrs. Mi does not have her own son, she will naturally think about King Qi wholeheartedly, but since there is a King of Chu, with her mother's surname, of course she will tend to think about her own flesh and blood.

After listening to Fang Shao's persuasion, Mrs. Mi suddenly raised her head, stared at Fang Shao with a very strange look, gritted her teeth and said, "Zhongzheng, you must help Atai succeed to the throne, because he ...... He ......"

Mrs. Mi "he" for a long time, but the words behind her were never able to be spoken, Fang Shao thought that Mrs. Mi was emotional, and her words were not good, so she said self-righteously: "Madam, I know that the King of Chu is my student, but the King of Qi is also my student, and I am really very ...... now."

Before Fang Shao's words fell, Mrs. Mi suddenly knelt down in front of Fang Shao.

Fang Shao was taken aback, hurriedly stepped forward to help her, and exclaimed: "Madam, what are you doing, get up quickly, the minister can't afford it." ā€

Mrs. Mi fell to the ground and couldn't stand it, and sobbed: "The concubine begs the big Sima to help Atai succeed to the throne, if the big Sima you don't agree, the concubine is willing to kneel and die in front of you." ā€

Mrs. Mi's unexpected move really surprised Fang Shao.

(To be continued)