Chapter 249: Everyone's Sleepless Night
Hearing Miss Cheng Saiyu's outrageous method of "repaying gratitude", Li You couldn't cry or laugh, and he didn't know what to say for a while.
"It's not going to work!" Li You straightened out his thoughts and refused. Acceptance is definitely unacceptable, the sixteen or seventeen-year-old lady wants to worship the ten-year-old father-in-law, this is all nonsense ideas that came out of nowhere. She is only a year or two younger than herself, how can she be so naïve?
Li You couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it was only this kind of naïve brain that wanted to lend him to become famous and famous, and then get acquainted with the idea of high-ranking officials and dignitaries to seek revenge on Peng Ge's hometown. If it was placed in the previous life, Li You would definitely think that she had read too much of the heroine's crossing novels and was poisoned.
I have to say that Cheng Xiaoniang is so "cute", Li You can conclude that Xiaozhu, who is younger than her, will not be pure to this extent. When Xiaozhu, who was thirteen years old, first entered the house, he had the consciousness that "the maidservants in the city want to sleep with the lord at night".
While begging Lord Li, who is alone in Beijing and has no one to warm the bed, he is still thinking about reuniting with his old acquaintance Wang Qinian, there are not too many such beautiful things in the world. In fact, similar advanced deeds can't be said to be no, they are all in various books for people to admire, Liu Xia Hui is not messy, Zhao Kuangyin sent Jingniang thousands of miles or something... But Master Li doesn't seem to be a noble person, and he doesn't really want to be famous in this regard, and it is probably very uncomfortable to be pointed at and suspected of incompetence in some aspect by later generations.
From Cheng Saiyu to Wang Qinian, Li You temporarily pressed his lustful heart, and once again wondered, what did Wang Yushi have in mind? The answer was still foggy, and he couldn't guess. From what point do you think about it?
But in the blink of an eye, he had an idea, and said to Cheng Saiyu tentatively: "Did Wang Yushi tell you not to reveal him here in this official?" ”
If Wang Qinian does not intend to hide himself, it is one situation, and if he tries to hide himself, it is another situation.
Cheng Xiaoniang was so surprised that her eyes were round, "This, this, how did Master Li know?" ”
I see... Li You thought about it in his heart, and it was estimated that Wang Qinian had the same instructions to Qin Sile, but he was forced to ask by himself. sighed again, it is always right to be more suspicious in officialdom and think more about why.
Under normal circumstances, Wang Yushi instructed Qin Sile and Miss Cheng to contribute black materials that were useful to Master Li, and they should show favor and ask Li You to thank him, but why hide it?
Doing good deeds without leaving a name, thinking about it in Master Li's impure heart, it can only mean that it is an abnormal situation.
"Since Wang Yushi doesn't want to reveal himself, he naturally has his reasons. But the official has already guessed it, so he has to pretend not to know, and you and your uncle had better pretend not to know, lest Wang Yushi have any displeasure with you. ”
As if Master Li was thinking about her very much, Cheng Xiaoniang nodded movingly: "Okay, the slave family will never say it, and the brother of the Wang family will not know this." ”
Li You resisted the will to stay forcibly overnight and sent the guests off. Although beauty is very attractive, official position is more important, and he has always firmly grasped this principle. Besides, Cheng Xiaoniang can't run out of the palm of his hand, he has this confidence.
The next time, Li You finished his official business in the cabinet, and pinched the 200 salt tickets that Cheng Xiaoniang wanted to use as evidence to study how to make better use of the Cheng family. But I heard the will of the Queen Mother from the palace, and the 23rd morning court was held as usual, and the Wuying Hall was discussed after the court was completed.
This is not a very interesting thing. But you must know that the court meeting has been canceled several times in a row, and in this context, the normal holding of the court meeting seems to have a different meaning, not to mention the Wuying Palace. The implications are worth scrutinizing.
There are a few question marks in everyone's hearts, could it be that Ci Shenggong wants to make a move? If this is the case, the final moment of this war will come. At this juncture, many people suffer from insomnia the night before.
Wu Yingdian University Shi Peng Ge sat in the study and deeply reflected on this court dispute. According to his pre-idea, the joint vertical and horizontal sudden attack, the opponent is just a small seven products, so it should be like Mount Tai pressing the top, the autumn wind and falling leaves, sweeping that Li You is like a sweep, and by the way, he will take Yuan Ge Lao to suppress it.
But now, twenty years have passed, but the momentum is invincible, and Li is still alive and kicking in the cabinet. When you think about it, the main reason is that it underestimates two points.
First, he underestimated the support behind Li You. Although Xu Shangshu and others were silent on the surface except for their initial statements. But the good fighter has no outstanding achievements, but the three-digit bullet on his side cannot overwhelm Li You. Li You does not fall, and Yuan Gelao, who was forcibly tied together, can naturally continue to be free (which makes Lord Li very unhappy and helpless).
The second is to underestimate the thickness of Li You's skin. In the midst of the scolding, he still relied on the love stack and did not leave, without a trace of shame and begging to go.
What will be the result of the Wuying Palace's deliberations tomorrow? Peng Ge Lao repeatedly deduced several possibilities and imagined several countermeasures.
In any case, the dignified prime minister in the eyes of others definitely doesn't want to let a book ride on his head as a prestige! Otherwise, I'd rather not be a scholar.
For some reason, Peng Ge felt a little uneasy, and he couldn't tell where the uneasiness came from. I can't help laughing at myself in my heart, is the old man still afraid of a seven-grade housekeeper? What he didn't expect was that in fact, the biggest crisis came from Wang Qinian and Wang Yushi around him.
Wang Qinian, the supervisor of Henan Province of the Metropolitan Inspection Academy, was also in his study at this time, and his thoughts were flying. As the mastermind, initiator, and renegade of this court dispute, he trembled with excitement.
What scholars, what scholars, are the stepping stones of his royal history! Everything is mastered, and it is clearly said that he is coming out!
Wang Qinian has a deep relationship with Peng Ge Lao, and his teacher is Peng Ge Lao's student, so he is also a member of Peng Ge Lao's disciple. It's a pity that after serving as the imperial historian, due to various reasons, his career was not smooth, and his qualifications were about to become senior. Depression is depression, but there is still a way out.
At the end of last month, it was he who saw the situation and successfully persuaded Peng Ge Lao to initiate this court struggle and acted as the vanguard. His personal goal is very simple, that is, to aim at Li You's current position, and he wants to be the king of the king.
From the imperial history to the middle scholar, it seems to be very embarrassing, but the officials should not laugh at the fact that the royal history does not grow. Although the name of the Zhongshu Sheren is much worse than that of the Qingliu Imperial History, Wang Qinian truly realized the huge development potential of the newly established Zhongshu and the real authority of this position.
Look at how high-spirited Li is now, Lord Wang was stimulated by all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred, and would rather give up the imperial history that had become a chicken rib for him. Peng Gelao, out of some considerations, also promised that as long as Li You was killed, he would join Xu Gelao to recommend him Wang Qinian's re-election as the secretary of the vote.
If it continues like this, the plot will be much simpler.
But on a dark and windy night, the one who hadn't shown up for a long time, who was temporarily forgotten by both sides of the court, seemed to be provoked by Li You to stand by and watch a certain eldest princess secretly sent a message to Wang Qinian's imperial history... It doesn't have to be strange, with a certain Chitose's means and thoughts, how can he really play soy sauce with the opportunity to profit from the chaos?
The few words passed by the eldest princess immediately changed the original trajectory of things, and the script began to develop in a direction that was unpredictable for anyone in the game.
"Lord Wang, after you enter the cabinet, are you willing to be the Li You you you are today, or will you continue to be the lackey of the old Peng Ge who has not been promoted for seven or eight years?" The envoy of the eldest princess said sincerely to Wang Qinian's imperial history.
I have to say that this sentence is very magical, and it opened a dark door in Wang Yushi's heart. But Wang Yushi himself felt that he was enlightened and enlightened, distinguishing between right and wrong, and seeing through the truth... What does Li You look like today? That is an arrogant role that can suppress any scholar, and it is also his goal Wang Qinian.
But what about being cited by Peng Ge Lao as a book in the split vote? Then he entered the cabinet, and after becoming the secretary of the vote, he was still the lackey of Peng Ge's old doorman, and he listened to the call like an official in everything, which was really not interesting. Where can there be such a scenery as Li You today?
In front of the envoy of the eldest princess, Wang Qinian thought carefully and realized something. The reason why Li You is beautiful is because his predecessor is not in the cabinet, so he dares to be unscrupulous in the cabinet. The more he danced, the more his backstage people wanted to protect him.
Smart people can understand it at a glance, and Wang Yushi deeply realized that if he wanted to rely on the university scholar as a book, it was purely uncomfortable to seek skin with a tiger. In order to be the secretary of the division of power in the real power, it is necessary to find strong reinforcements outside the cabinet, and the formation of internal and external echoes is the king... For example, the Son of Heaven represents the future.
After the measurement was understood, Wang Yushi said to the envoy of the eldest princess: "I am willing to serve the saddle horse." There was an old case back then, and it was always in the chest..."
Wang Qinian knew that Peng Ge was always a thorn in the side of Guide Chitose, and in order to express his allegiance, he had to find some votes, and the Cheng family's affairs were a good material. At that time, he carefully inquired about the cause and effect, but he didn't do anything for various selfish reasons.
The envoy of the eldest princess reassured Wang Qinian: "Chitose has a saying, if Lord Wang is sensible, she will definitely recommend you as the new secretary in front of the Holy Mother." ”
Thinking of this, Wang Qinian, who was sitting alone in the study, sneered a few times, then Li You knew the Peng family's crimes, and there was evidence, it would definitely be thrown out tomorrow, and Peng Ge Lao couldn't pass this level.
The more he thought about it, the more proud he became, Wang Qinian couldn't help but get up and walk back and forth a few steps, and said in his heart, Lord Li, Lord Li, I'm afraid you don't know that the Cheng family really offended the Xinning Hou family in the salt matter back then? Fourth Prince Peng just came forward for the Xinning Hou family, and even Father Cheng himself was exiled in a daze because he didn't know this.
The Marquis of Xinning is nothing great, but he is the eldest brother of the Queen Mother, and he is a marquis. The Queen Mother lost her father at a young age, and she and her two brothers depended on each other and had a deep relationship. At that time, the Marquis of Xinning was only made an earl, but the queen mother fought with the ministers to promote the eldest brother to a marquis.
If Li You dragged Xinninghou into the crime, what would be the mood of the Queen Mother? Tomorrow is going to be exciting.
"Bring the wine!" Wang Yushi, or the future Wang Zhongshu, yelled outside the door. Kill two birds with one stone, get what you want, and the beautiful Miss Cheng can get a partial house after restoring her good home, and by the way, with a generous dowry, how to calm the excitement without drinking a few cups? The new high branches of the eldest princess and the Son of Heaven are worth drinking a few big bowls.
At the other end of the Jingshi, the mansion of the eldest princess of Guide, in the shadow of the curtain of the courtyard, His Royal Highness Chitose closed his eyes and sat quietly.
Tomorrow's script, of course, she already knows. Wang Qinian's complete surrender is her biggest gain in recent times, so it is clear that Peng Gelao, who does not deal with her, will definitely be unlucky.
This should be a happy event, but her mood at the moment is not as calm as her face, always fluctuating and fluctuating. It's not just Peng Ge Lao who is unlucky, it is estimated that there is also that hateful person.
There is both a bit of resentment and a bit of unbearable... recalled that when I first met Li You, I saw him soft and charming, and thought that he was an obedient and capable man, but he really looked away, and he dared to wronged himself with a wolf heart!
I finally learned that a man's heart is indeed the most unreliable... Guide Chitose suddenly opened his eyes in the dark, and said to himself firmly: "Zhu Yingrao! How can you waste a great deal because of the personal interests of your children? The most important thing is that the heaven-given opportunity must not be lost! ”
As if she didn't have enough confidence, she forced herself to make up her mind again, "I must teach him a cruel lesson and tell him to cry and beg for mercy!" ”
By the way, I have to warn Yuan Lide and Yuan Ge Lao, who has a bitter enmity with someone, that he is not allowed to beat the water dog to death, and he must stay alive.
In the Wenhuadian University Scholar's Mansion, Yuan Ge Lao had already gone to the concubine's bed, but he tossed and turned, and he didn't sleep for a while.
Guide Chitose had hinted at him before, and it was clear that the two rivals, Peng Ge Lao and Li You, would be unlucky together. Although the details are unknown, the refreshment in my heart is inevitable, and I just hope that it will light up early.
In fact, during this time, although Yuan Ge Lao was tied to Li You and was attacked, he was not so uncomfortable.
Because he found that most of the pressure was on Li You, this guy was too good to attract hatred... It was probably the reason why the other party's sailors saw Li You as Qipin and thought it was easy to bully, and in comparison, they attacked him, and the pavilion elder had more scruples.
Let's go! In the future, there will be no opponent in the cabinet, and life will be as lonely as snow... Yuan Ge Lao sighed with a little emotion and fell asleep.
In the Tianguan Mansion not far from Yuan's Mansion, Xu Shangshu read at night with a lamp, but his face was worried. Of course, it's also for tomorrow's break.
What Xu Tianguan is looking forward to most is that the Queen Mother will play fifty boards to maintain the status quo, which is the best.
Retreating to the second, the Queen Mother beat Li You's board, and the worst was to remove from his post, which is also acceptable.
What he was most worried about was that the Queen Mother deliberately favored Li You, which would not be good.
Li You's combat effectiveness exceeded his expectations, and now he was actually fighting with three university soldiers at the same time. If the Queen Mother deliberately favored Li You for some purpose, then the three scholars of Yuan, Peng, and Xu would definitely have to leave one or two.
In this way, there are too many vacancies in the cabinet, and Xu Shangshu, a heavenly official of the ministry, is afraid that he will be driven into the cabinet... Xu Tianguan didn't want to rush into the cabinet at this time. At the beginning of next year, there will be a grand plan for the Beijing inspection to evaluate all the officials of the Beijing Division, and this work will be presided over by the Ministry of Officials and the Metropolitan Inspection Yuan, and it is a task that Xu Shangshu is bound to achieve.
He planned to join forces with Zhao Zongxian early next year to eliminate dissidents and further consolidate the foundation of foreign dynasties through Jingcha. Later, he resigned from the position of secretary of the ministry and entered the cabinet to pay respects to the prime minister.
At that time, there was the foundation of the ministry outside, and there was the support of the book in the sub-vote, and it was only when he entered the cabinet that he could directly grasp the real power.
Xu Tianguan sighed, Ming said that it was really elusive, so he had to say it while watching it.
(To be continued)