Chapter 126: One Thing Descends One Thing

Longyou Palace.

After the gold screen, the crane's beak drifted away with a faint light smoke, outside the hall is in the season of dripping water into ice, but the hall is warm as spring, Xiang Queen Mother looks lazy, leaning on the Luo bed to close her eyes and recuperate, the two palace maids are on and down, are carefully helping her to hold her shoulders and calves.

Empress Meng was abolished because of the witch Gu case, this matter touched the Empress Dowager Xiang very much, in the final analysis, Meng is always the queen designated by Zhao Xu, and the Empress Dowager Xiang is of the same vein, and Meng's abolition inevitably makes her feel sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox;

And through this incident, the Empress Dowager Xiang realized more deeply that she couldn't control Zhao Xu, and Zhao Xu had the final say, at least for now.

So, the Empress Dowager Xiang suddenly faded out of everyone's sight, Longyou Palace seemed unusually quiet, she was like a snake, began to carefully coil her body, and waited quietly, Zhao Xu's physical condition she couldn't be clearer, maybe tomorrow, maybe next year, in short, the Empress Dowager Xiang believed that she could wait for that day.

Wen Jifu was imprisoned in the Tongwen Museum, and the Empress Dowager Xiang could not care at all, but this is a new round of liquidation of the old party by the new party, no big deal.

On the contrary, Zhang Shiliang, a eunuch, was escorted to Beijing, which aroused a high degree of vigilance for the Empress Dowager Xiang.

Zhang Shiliang was the eunuch next to Gao Taotao at the beginning, and Zhang Dian escorted him all the way into Beijing, and it is not difficult to guess the intention, except for wanting to deal with Gao Taotao, Zhang Dian could not have put so much effort into a eunuch.

And she and Gao Taotao are two sides of one, inseparable, Zhang Dian wants to deal with Gao Taotao, which is equivalent to dealing with her, just like in the officialdom, a high-ranking official falls off the horse, if you are the henchman of this high-ranking official, you must also be unlucky, and you can even be degraded to the ends of the earth without any reason.

Therefore, the Empress Dowager Xiang was extremely irritable these days, and repeatedly asked Shang Qingren to go out to inquire about the news, but the Tongwen Pavilion was guarded extremely tightly by Zhang Dan, and unless there was a holy decree, no one else wanted to take a step.

Shang Qingren tried his best, but he couldn't find a trace of information inside, the more this happened, the more the Empress Dowager Xiang felt that the situation was serious, and it could be said that she didn't know how to eat and couldn't sleep these days.

When he was sighing to the Queen Mother, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the hall, and as soon as Shang Qingren turned the screen, he immediately asked the two palace maids to withdraw from the palace door and guard.

"Qingren, but there's news?" Empress Dowager Xiang couldn't help but sit up straight, staring at Shang Qingren and asked.

"The Queen Mother is not in a hurry, listen to the minions carefully!"

"Well, let's talk about it!"

Empress Dowager Xiang realized that her demeanor was too impetuous, so she picked up the Buddha beads on the small table, lowered her eyelids and plucked them one by one, and her face returned to the demeanor of Gujing Bubo.

"Queen Mother, the slave got two pieces of news, one happy and one worried; They coerced and lured Zhang Shiliang, tortured him, and tried to force Zhang Shiliang to perjury that the Empress Dowager had wanted to abolish the official family, so as to anger the official family and let the official family pursue the abolition of the Empress Dowager......

Hearing this, Empress Dowager Xiang's hand couldn't help but tremble slightly, a Buddha bead did not pass over, and fell back to the original side, but she quickly calmed down again and said lightly: "How is the situation now?" ”

"Back to the Queen Mother, fortunately, Zhang Shiliang still knows that the Queen Mother cannot be falsely accused, and the gods of heaven and earth can only not be bullied.

Now Wen Jifu has been released for cooperating with the thief to falsely accuse Liu Zhi and others, but Zhang Shiliang is still locked up in the Tongwen Museum, and he is punished every day, and the slave is afraid that he will not be able to survive in the end and will eventually commit perjury! ”

"Qingren, where did you find out about this?"

"Queen Mother, this is what it looks like!" Shang Qingren leaned down and whispered in the ear of the Queen Mother. …,

"Zengbu?"

When the Empress Dowager Xiang heard this, she couldn't help but blurt out a rhetorical question, Shang Qingren hurriedly nodded and affirmed: "If it weren't for that, the servants wouldn't be able to know the situation in the Tongwen Pavilion." ”

"Zeng Bu may not be reliable! Don't fall into the trap of others, let's try it a few more times! ”

After several setbacks, Empress Dowager Xiang appeared to be extremely cautious and easily stopped believing in others, not to mention Zeng Bu, who was one of the core members of the New Party.

Shang Qingren leaned down, lowered his eyebrows and replied: "The Queen Mother's concerns are not unreasonable, but the slave thinks about it carefully, it shouldn't be fake, and now the official dragon body is not safe, this is a well-known thing, in case ...... At that time, the queen mother will have the final say in this palace, Zeng Bu probably figured this out, so he made this translation;

During the Xining period, he had opposed the Shiyi Law, which shows that he was not a person with a firm will, so the slave thought that it was very possible for Zeng Bu to make another plan at this time. ”

"Well, I hope so! Qingren, you should try to investigate as much as possible at the Tongwen Pavilion, so that you can also confirm whether what Zeng Bu said is true. ”

"Yes, Queen Mother!"

"Is there any movement over there in the Baowen Pavilion?"

"The Queen Mother can rest assured, the minions have been arranged, and if there is any trouble, they will definitely report it in time."

Xiang told the Queen Mother again: "Qingren, I can't help it, now all the loyal and honest ministers in the court have been demoted, we are isolated, Zhang Shiliang is still in the hands of the thief for a day, and the old body can't sleep steadily!" The official family has an extreme and impulsive temperament, and if they are deceived and agitated by Zhang Thief and others, they may not be able to do anything unimaginable. ”

"The minions over there in Baowen Pavilion have explained many times, and there will be no mistakes, if something really goes wrong, the Queen Mother will ask the slaves." Shang Qingren thought for a while and then said cautiously: "Queen Mother, if the official family is really deceived by Zhang Thief and others, and does such a rebellious and unfilial thing as chasing down the Empress Dowager, we can still find a powerful helper. ”

"Huh? Qingren said quickly, who else can help? ”

"Queen Mother, since the case of Yang Yi's rebellion, the official family has become more and more alienated from the Queen Mother, but they have become more and more filial to Concubine Zhu, now even if the dragon body is not safe, but as long as it is a little better one day, the official family will still insist on going to Concubine Zhu to ask for peace, Concubine Zhu has always been in awe of the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother, if the official family really wants to abolish the Queen Mother, then we let Concubine Zhu come forward to dissuade it, it will work."

Xiang Empress Dowager's eyes lit up when she heard this, but no, Concubine Zhu, a woman, has no opinions, even if Zhao Xu is now in power, she is still cautious in the harem, and she does not dare to go beyond the slightest, for fear that people in the world will say that her mother is expensive and immoral, and she dare not disobey herself in the slightest, and she can't control the official family, why not let her go?

Isn't this world just one thing descending from one thing!

Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Xiang was extremely happy, and couldn't help but show a faint smile on her face and said, "Okay! Qingren, good attention! You choose some of the best ones among my head jewelry and send them to Concubine Zhu! ”

"Yes, Queen Mother! The minions are going to do it now! ”

The wind and snow intertwined horizontally, leaving only a faint outline of the ancient Tokyo city wall, and a team of chariots and horses came from the wind and snow, and the two rows of majestic guards were covered with snow on their armor, but they all straightened their backs and looked indifferent, as if what fell on them was not cold snow flakes, but a rain of flowers.

Yang Yi sat in the car, opened the curtain and looked at the towering Tokyo city wall, but his mood was a little complicated, and he felt good at home, but what worried him was that as Tokyo got closer and closer, Qing Niang became more and more silent, but she was not as carefree as she was far away in the Mobei grassland.

The reeds are floating all over the ground, who flies next to the swallows in the old home? …,

For Qing Niang, this is indeed a cruel fact that is difficult to accept, Yang Yi picked up her gloomy little face and said: "Qing Niang, don't be like this, the eldest brother said, where the eldest brother is, where is your home!" No matter how big the wind and rain, the eldest brother will help you hold up a piece of the sky......"

Yang Yi suddenly realized that he couldn't go on, no matter how much comfort he had, it seemed so pale and powerless at the moment, it was rare for Qing Niang to give him a smile back, although that smile was so poignant.

"Brother Yang, I know, I know, I ...... I'm just a little uncomfortable in my heart for a while, Brother Yang don't have to worry about me! ”

"Well, Qing Niang, let's go home......"

"Qing Niang! Qing Niang obediently ......" The parrot in the corner of the car suddenly followed and learned to speak, and called "Qing Niang is good" one after another;

Although Yang Yi and Qing Niang felt uncomfortable in their hearts, they couldn't help but be amused, and this heartfelt smile made the melancholy dissipate a lot.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites went out of the city to the west of the ten miles of the long pavilion to greet each other, the specifications were still high, by the Ministry of Rites left waiter Yang Wei came in person, Yang Yi from September last year to the Liao State, a trip to the Liao State, a trip to the four months, the merits, hard work is a large list, by the Ministry of Rites Lang to welcome is not too much.

Before the envoy, Yang Yi had gone to the Ministry of Rites to learn the etiquette of the envoy, and it was Yang Wei who received him at that time, and the two were acquaintances, so naturally they exchanged pleasantries.

"Bachelor Yang overturned Liao, saved Ansu from danger, defeated Xiao Dalin's 40,000 Liao army, and pressed the monarchs and ministers of Liao with their knots, so that they had to agree to reduce the annual coin.

"Yang Shilang praised it falsely, and the lower official believes that if Yang Shilang is the envoy, with your longitude and latitude strategy, you will definitely do better than the lower official!"

The two laughed and got in the car together to go back to the city, Yang Wei is indeed quite talented, and now he is very close to the New Party, but he is good at seeing the wind and steering the rudder, so Yang Yi is reluctant to say anything more to him.

After entering the city, Yang Yi asked Qing Niang to send her back to the house first, and he went to the Ministry of Rites with Yang Wei.

When Song Liao sent envoys to each other, they usually gave gifts, but like Yang Yi, who gave the envoy two large carts, it was really unseen and unheard of, and even Li Qingchen was shocked.

After figuring out the reason for the matter, he called Yang Yi to his signing room and said, "You can hand over all the property given by the Liao lord to the imperial court!" A gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way, don't want these tricky things! ”

According to the usual practice, the reward received by the envoy only needs to be truthfully reported to the court after returning to China, and the property given to the envoy himself is still owned by the envoy, but this time the Liao lord gave Yang Yi too much, and if there is an abnormality, it must be a demon, Li Qingchen was afraid that Yang Yi was young and ignorant, so he specially called him to mention something.

"Thank you Li Shangshu for mentioning it, the lower officials will definitely hand it over in full." Yang Yi shook his body, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Dare to ask Li Shangshu, what is the situation in the DPRK and China now?" ”

Li Qingchen looked at him quietly, shook his head and said: "It's not good, there may be another monstrous wave in the DPRK and China at any time, the old man has been thinking about it for a long time, you are still young, it is better to avoid this storm, if possible, the old man will seek to release you as soon as possible, you should be prepared yourself!" ”

"Why?"

Li Qingchen was good at asserting and almost didn't let Yang Yi jump.

As a result, Li Qingchen saw that he had the intention of resisting, so he slapped the table first and shouted: "Old man, this is all for your good, you don't know the severity!" Moreover, although you are from the top rank, according to the practice of the imperial court, if you do not have external qualifications, it is also difficult to enter the center, even if Your Majesty favors and promotes you in an eclectic manner, it is difficult for you to convince the public, don't you understand? ”

Seeing that although Li Qingchen was stern on the surface, his sincere concern was undoubtedly revealed, Yang Yi was silent!

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