Hua Rui said: "What did those ministers promise?" Whatever the officials wanted to do, they didn't agree. ”

"Ai Fei is right!" Zhao Guangyi squinted his drunken eyes and said: "These ministers, none of them are united, they always feel that the way I come from this throne is not right, and they always think that the first emperor was killed by me, - Ai Fei, you were present that night, you said, did I kill the first emperor?" Have I ever moved a finger from the Emperor? ”

Hua Rui said: "The words and deeds of the official family are above board, and people are not afraid of crooked shadows!" Ignore them. ”

"Ignore it!" Zhao Guangyi shook his head, pointed to the tent on Zhao Dezhao's side and said, "He! He pointed to the tent of Prime Minister Xue Juzheng and others and said, "And him!" He! None of these people have the same heart as me, I know it very well! One day, I will settle accounts with them one by one......! ”

At this time, there was singing and dancing outside the bonfire, the sound of silk and bamboo, and the laughter of everyone, which covered up Zhao Guangyi's words, that is, the people in the tent couldn't hear it clearly, let alone the people in the other tents. But Leng Yi still carefully exchanged a look with Wang Jien, and the two got up and looked outside the accounts on both sides.

When he came back, Wang Jien looked at Leng Yi and shook his head. Leng Yi said in a low voice: "It seems that there is a figure behind our tent, seeing me come out, and running into the woods." ”

Wang Jien was taken aback and asked, "Who is it?" Have you ever seen it? ”

"I didn't see my face clearly, but I was dressed like a warden."

The only people who followed this time were Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wugong County, with his subordinates. Their clothing is a standard dress that is different from the official robes, and it is easy to recognize.

Zhao Guangyi was furious when he heard this, and stood up with a snort: "This guy Dezhao dares to send someone to eavesdrop on my corner, and I will ask him to ...... face to face!" ”

"Official!" Hua Rui hurriedly got up and grabbed him, "We didn't catch anyone, he didn't admit it to death, and there was nothing to do, besides, the official family had a dispute with the prince, and it was rumored to go out, what did the people outside say?" ”

Zhao Guangyi was also drunk, as soon as he heard this, he was like a slap in the face, and he suddenly sobered up, indeed, the government and the opposition had already talked about robbing Zhao Dezhao of the throne, if he quarreled with him in public again, he was afraid that there would be more discussions. And also hot jokes. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but stay on the spot.

Hua Rui helped him sit down, and said softly: "The official family is angry, there is no need to fight for this moment, let's think long-term!" ”

This "we" soothed Zhao Guangyi's heart at once, and he suddenly smiled again, grabbed the soft widle of the stamen, and gently stroked it: "What Concubine Ai said is very true!" Think long-term! What is the best plan for the concubine? ”

Hua Rui's eyes flowed, and she said delicately: "The concubine doesn't understand the government politics, and she can't participate in the government politics. ”

"Where, where!" Zhao Guangyi smiled and said: "Hua Rui knows my mind very well, and she is dedicated to me, and the idea she came up with is really for my sake!" I'm very willing to listen to Concubine Ai's idea, I'm sure I'm smart! ”

"When the official said this, Hua Rui became more and more afraid to speak."

Hua Rui's coquettish appearance made Zhao Guangyi even more fascinated, and his saliva almost flowed, and said: "Although the concubine said, it's okay!" I will definitely listen to the idea of the concubine! ”

Leng Yi and Wang Jien exchanged glances again, and each got up and walked outside the account to investigate.

Hua Rui said softly: "Hua Rui actually doesn't have any ideas, but I just want to think that since the official family thinks that most of these important ministers of the court are not oriented to the official family, then send them to remote places that are not important, and reuse people who have the same heart as the official family." Auxiliary officials, isn't that enough? ”

"Well, Concubine Ai's words really won my heart! That's what I thought, too. It's just that when I first ascended to the throne, people's hearts were not stable, especially the old ministers in the court, they were intertwined and interrelated, and many of them were also married to the royal family. I also have a lot of cronies, and it turns out that the staff of the palace, such as Cheng Yu, Jia Yan, Chen Congxin, and Zhang Ping, have also been reused, but I can't be promoted too high, otherwise there will be discussions in the DPRK and China......"

"The official family is afraid of wolves and tigers!"

Zhao Guangyi was a little embarrassed: "I'm not afraid." ”

"According to the concubines, as long as the official family has heavy troops, if you want to do it, you can do it, whoever says it, you can say it, there is no way to turn the sky upside down! Otherwise, if he goes on the Northern Expedition again and fights him in a few big victories, the prestige of the official family will naturally come out, and at that time, who dares not to listen? Whoever dares to make irresponsible remarks, all click! ”

"Hahahaha!" Zhao Guangyi looked up to the sky and laughed: "The concubine is more magnificent than me!" Sure enough, women don't let them shave their eyebrows! ””

"The official family laughed, and the woman of the stamen saw it."

"No, no, what Concubine Ai said goes to the bottom of my heart! I used to be too timid, so much so that they bullied me to the head and endured it, and gave them my dragon robe to dispose of! Think about it, it's really home! ”

Hua Rui said: "Yes! What are the officials going to do? ”

"You're right, I can't be afraid anymore, I have to do it drastically! In a few days, the palace examination will be held, the number of people in the previous imperial examination and the first is too small, this time I want to expand, so that these new officials will be grateful to me and do things for me! ”

Hua Rui looked disappointed and said, "I'm going to try it in a few days?" ”

"Yes, does Concubine Ai think there is anything wrong?"

"No, which day will the temple be tested?"

"Historically, it has been held at the vernal equinox."

"That's the day after tomorrow?"

"Hmm. What's wrong? ”

"Nothing ......"

Zhao Guangyi said: "If Concubine Ai thinks it's inappropriate, we can change it." ”

"No, no, this is a big deal, it's a routine, those candidates have already prepared according to this sentence, and when it comes to the end, it's not good to change it. There is nothing important about the stamens either. It's just that I finally came out for a trip, and I wanted to play more with the official family, but since the official family is busy with official business, then Hua Rui can't delay the official family's official business. ”

Zhao Guangyi was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "What's the matter! This wish of the concubine is actually my wish! It's better to play him for another month! ”

Hua Rui smiled shyly and said, "The official family accommodates the concubine, what should I do about the palace test?" ”

"Just find a learned scholar to test them for me. In the past, when the first emperor was not available, he also did this. ”

Hua Rui shook her head and said, "That's not right! ”

"Why?"

"The palace test is a very critical step in the selection and employment of officials, what kind of people can be used by officials, how can this be done by a random person? You have to be trustworthy! I'm going to use it in the future. ”

"What Concubine Ai said is extremely true!" Zhao Guangyi looked at Leng Yi with drunken eyes, and said: "Leng Aiqing is my confidant, and his literary talent is excellent for all to see, and the poems he wrote during this year's Lantern Festival have been spread all over the capital, and even the current Hongru is full of praise." Let him try it for my temple! - Leng Aiqing, are you willing? ”

Leng Yi hurriedly came over and bowed down: "Weichen can test the scientific examination for the official palace, which is a supreme honor." It's just that this palace examination is a major event for the official family to select the pillars of the country, and it is not appropriate to fake others, otherwise, the person who is grateful to Dade will not be the official family, but the chief examiner. ”

Zhao Guangyi nodded again and again.

Leng Yi said again: "Therefore, the palace examination can be postponed, but it cannot be allowed to be presided over by others, it must be done by the official family, and the palace examination and the first are all disciples of the official family, that is, the protégé of the Son of Heaven, in this way, the best students in the world are all disciples of the official family, why should the official family worry that there is no one available?" ”

"Well said!" Zhao Guangyi laughed. "Leng Aiqing said it very well, just do it! Wang Jien, just follow what Leng Aiqing said, and pass on the decree! ”

"The old slave commands!"

Hua Rui picked up the wine glass again and drank a few glasses with Zhao Guangyi, who was already so drunk that everyone became two.

Leng Yi whispered to Wang Jien: "I'll go for convenience." Stomach aches, you take it first. ”

"Okay! ――You may not have eaten the game that is undercooked, hehe."

"Who knows, the stomach is not angry."

Leng Yi said, got out of the big tent, got into the woods, pretended to be a small solution, looked left and right to see no one, and immediately disappeared into the dark woods with his waist down.

After about a meal, Leng Yi appeared behind the tent again, and he came to Huang Zhaoyi's big tent, where Huang Zhaoyi was talking to the maid Hai Tao. Seeing Leng Yi coming in, Huang Zhaoyi gave Hai Tao a look, and Hai Tao hurriedly went out.

Leng Yi said loudly: "The official family ordered the ministers to pour wine for the mother!" With that, he stepped forward and poured his glass slowly. At the same time, a few words were whispered.

Huang Zhaoyi nodded.

Leng Yi said: "The official family invites the lady to drink and have fun, and not to be too restrained." ”

"Understood, you went back and thanked the official for the official."

"Wechen obeys."

Leng Yi got out of the big tent and returned to Zhao Guangyi's royal tent. At this moment, Zhao Guangyi was already drunk and was talking inarticulate about Hua Rui.

Zhao Dezhao of the other tent was also drunk. His wine was drunk with joy and sorrow.

After the bonfire dinner began, Zhao Dezhao was always uneasy, and he didn't know why, he always felt that something would happen. When the official family disappeared, the prime minister didn't know why, and told him that there must be a perfect strategy, and the country should not be without a king. He was very nervous, for fear that the official family would know about it. However, he was very excited, and to be honest, he often thought about the throne in the dead of night. When his father died, if he was in the inner court of the palace, maybe the imperial power would be his own. If he becomes the emperor, it should be Zhao Guangyi, the uncle of the Third Emperor, who looks at his face, not himself.

Now, he is cautious everywhere, lest he do something wrong and make the official family unhappy, and he is even more afraid that the official family will be jealous of him, and he is worried that he will fight for the throne and deal with him. Now it seems that the official family has not relaxed their vigilance because of their own carefulness everywhere.

When did such a cautious life with his tail between his legs become a head?

Just when he thought of the bitterness and kept drinking, Prime Minister Xue Juzheng, Second Minister Shen Lun, as well as the privy envoy Chu Zhaofu and the deputy envoy Cao Bin came over. They and Lu Lu Duoxun were originally drinking with the official family in the official tent, but the official family only cared about talking to the flower stamen and currying favor with the flower stamen, and they were not interested, so they slipped out by toasting. Ludosun went to the tent to toast. The four of them arrived at Zhao Dezhao's tent.

Zhao Dezhao was very surprised and a little scared when he saw them come in, because the official family was most afraid of the prince and the court's ministers, for fear of forming a small gang in private, which was not conducive to the imperial power. He was usually very careful, but at the moment, he was trying to ask them about the previous matter, so he invited them to sit down.

Xue Juzheng and the four of them originally wanted to toast and then go back to their own tent to eat, but Zhao Dezhao left them to sit down, and they couldn't refuse, so they sat on the chair. While eating the barbecued game brought by the servants, he drank wine and did not speak.

Plainly, Cao Bin's words are the most, and now he has also become a stuffy gourd.

Shen Lun smiled first: "What's the matter, you two?" You didn't speak at the official house just now, and now at Lord Zhao, you don't speak either, what's going on? ”

Cao Bin tilted his neck, poured a glass of wine into his stomach, and then slammed the wine glass on the table, and said, "What else do you say?" How else to say? -- For the sake of a woman, he put aside the great cause of dominating the world, and used all the military funds accumulated by the first emperor for more than ten years to repair some birds and things for that woman! After such a thing has been done, how is he, the emperor, going to be the emperor? Lao Tzu can't figure it out, he can't figure it out! ”

Shen Lun hurriedly raised his fingers to signal not to be loud, and then came out and ordered the maids waiting at the door of the tent to go away, so that the person in charge of the barbecue did not need to bring in game for the time being.

Cao Bin also drank too much, and the wine strengthened the bear's guts, patted his chest, and said, "I'm afraid of a bird!" Lao Tzu fought on the battlefield back then, and he had already hung his head on his waist. The great deeds of the first emperor cannot be lost in the hands of a woman! Lao Tzu went to the official family, killed the fox spirit in front of him, and let the official family order the Northern Expedition! Lao Tzu was still a pawn, entered the Liao State and went to Beijing, and arrested the Queen Mother of the Liao State to compensate the official family! None of you shall stop me! Whoever stops me, I'm in a hurry with him! ”

Cao Bin said, rolled up his sleeves and staggered up, grabbed the sharp knife on the table to cut meat and walked towards Zhao Guangyi's tent. He walked to the door and turned around to see Xue Juzheng and the others sitting on chairs, and no one got up to stop him. "Hey! What's going on with a few of you? I'm going to kill the concubine, didn't you hear? ”

Chu Zhaofu and the others all knew that he was this surname, and he had a powerful mouth. smiled and said, "Okay, come back and sit down, eat meat and drink wine." Isn't it enough to kill people on the battlefield? ”

"Lao Tzu just kills too many people, and he is not afraid of anything!" Cao Bin said, walked back, cut a piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth and chewed, "You're right, eat meat and drink wine first, don't be in a hurry about killing." "Sit on a chair.

Xue Juzheng said: "This matter can't just let the officials mess around at will and ruin the great cause of the first emperor." He looked at Zhao Dezhao: "Lord Wang, you are the third envoy, you should tell the official family that this Jinmingchi can't be repaired, even if it is to be repaired, it must not be repaired so big, at most it is enough to cover an area of five hundred acres!" Moreover, it was built a place closer to the Bianhe River, so that the Northern Expedition could not be delayed. ”

(To be continued)