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Liu Chengfeng immediately stood up and said to the eunuch: "Father-in-law doesn't have a will? ”

The eunuch recognized Liu Chengfeng, immediately showed a smile, and giggled: "Yes, there is a will, it is the will of Niangniangyi, Liu Chengfeng will listen to the will." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

He pulled his throat and said: "The edict said: Jinyiwei commanded the envoy Liu to ride the wind, and returned to Beijing for thousands of miles, which is not easy, and the palace remembers its hard work, and sets up a banquet in the palace, and at noon, it is ...... to catch the wind for the king."

The eunuch passed the edict, but the content of the edict is worth scrutinizing, the emperor did not make a decree, but the queen came down, and the first thing to affirm was not that he worked hard, but first said that it was not easy to go back and forth for thousands of miles, which means that hard work seems to be greater than the credit. Liu Chengfeng was stunned in his heart, he knew in his heart that the current situation might not be favorable to him.

The reason why the palace issued this edict is not only the queen's meaning, but also the queen's meaning, their meaning is the same, they don't want to be left out in the cold.

But the background of this edict is also very strange, the emperor doesn't want people to be snubbed, how could he do such a strange thing, the reason is actually very simple, there are people in the court making trouble, not only making trouble, but even the emperor has to avoid its edge.

In later generations, when it comes to the emperor, the world thinks that in this era of supreme imperial power, the emperor is the same, but after really coming into contact with this era, Liu Chengfeng has already known that although the imperial power in the world is useful, but under this imperial power, there are countless interest groups, some of them use the power of the emperor to curb the imperial power, some use the public opinion of the world to curb the imperial power, and some are assembled into a party to control the imperial power.

And Cheng Fan suddenly mentioned the matter of Lianzhou, in fact, it was also a warning to Liu Chengfeng, Cheng Fan's warning was that the commercial bank recruited so many guards, if you really want to count it, this is also a private soldier, and this group of private soldiers is not only huge, but the weapons and ferocity of the weapons are even far more than the guards and horses in various places, and even more elite than the border army.

Someone is going to make a fuss about these guards.

Now there is still an hour and a half before noon, Liu Chengfeng is not in a hurry to work, so he said a greeting to the eunuch and said: "Father-in-law is not going to sit down and then go back to his life, it is hard to come from such a distance, drink tea and leave." ”

The eunuch shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Grandpa, it's not that the miscellaneous family doesn't accept your affection, and the miscellaneous family will go to the mansion of the major people to spread the edict later." ”

Liu Chengfeng was stunned in his heart, but his face didn't show it at all, and said, "Oh? Didn't you say a family dinner? Why, many adults also want to participate? ”

The eunuch said: "Niangniang means this, not only to invite several scholars from the cabinet, but also to Liu Jian and Liu Gong, in addition, the six departments, as well as the chief officials of various academies and temples, and some relatives of the imperial ......"

Liu Chengfeng let the eunuch go, and a smile couldn't help but appear on his face, and he couldn't help but say to himself: "This queen mother is enthusiastic, but it's a pity ......"

Cheng Fan, the hall official on the side, couldn't sit still, and couldn't help but say: "Niangniang, do you want to be a peacemaker?" Take advantage of this banquet to ease the relationship between adults and Lord Liu? ”

Liu Chengfeng said coldly: "This relationship can't be eased, it will only make everyone meet today, so it's okay, presumably that Liu Ji also knows that if he doesn't do it today, when Niangniang really persuades peace, he just wants to do it." Today is the time when I have a showdown with Liu Ji, if he wants to fight, I will fight. Master Cheng, someone Liu has a tired journey and says goodbye. ”

Cheng Fan thought that Liu Chengfeng was going back to make the final preparations, or to think hard about a good strategy, so he hurriedly said: "My lord is easy to go, and the next official still has official business, so he will not be sent far." ”

The two said goodbye, Liu Chengfeng went out of the Ministry of Rites, neither went home, nor did he go to do any official business, but directly took Gao Qiang and a few directly to find a place to eat, it is still morning, early in the morning Liu Chengfeng and others have already had breakfast, this Gao Qiang and others saw Liu Chengfeng take them to eat, but also felt inexplicable, forced to accompany Liu Chengfeng into a restaurant, waiting for the shopkeeper to serve the food, Gao Qiang couldn't help but ask: "My lord, didn't you say that there was a banquet in the palace at noon?" Are you hungry right now? ”

Liu Chengfeng smiled slightly, and said: "It's not that I'm hungry now, it's a rainy day, I estimate that the palace will give a banquet at noon, and I will definitely not be able to eat anything, now that I am full, I will have energy later." ”

Gao Qiang's eyes became strange when he looked at Liu Chengfeng, and he couldn't help asking: "What else can you do if you don't eat wine and food for a banquet in the palace?" ”

Liu Chengfeng said lightly: "Fight for a high position." ”

When the wine and food were served, Liu Chengfeng was very polite, feasted on it, ate two bowls of rice, and cleaned up the table of dishes, which made these high-ranking people secretly smack their tongues. Touching his belly, Liu Chengfeng asked the hour, it was almost noon, and then his face became serious, and he said, "Let's go to the noon gate." ”

…… The queen's decree was sent, and the invited ministers were stunned at first, but then they understood what was going on.

There are some things that the emperor is not easy to speak, but the mother is easy to speak, for example, isn't Liu Chengfeng that Liu Ji making a lot of trouble recently? This banquet is mostly used to appease Liu Chengfeng, but also to persuade peace, this is to tell Liu Ji, don't make trouble, if you make trouble, the queen will also turn her face.

Things have come to this point, but it is also a little surprising, who would have thought that even Queen Zhang, who has never been able to come out, is involved in this right and wrong.

Many people are now waiting for Liu Ji's attitude and want to see what method Liu Ji will use to deal with it.

In fact, when Liu Ji received the edict, he immediately called Zhou Cheng, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, to discuss in the study.

You must know that the feudal officials in various places, the governors who advocate one side, most of them have hung up the part-time job of the right deputy imperial history in the metropolitan inspection institute at the same time, so there are many officials in the metropolitan procuratorate, the left imperial history to the right imperial history, and then to the right deputy imperial history, all of them should not be underestimated, Zhou Cheng is not very smooth in his official career, he has been in the Nanjing Imperial Procuratorate for more than ten years, a handful of snot and tears, I thought that there was no hope of returning to Beijing, but I was supported by Liu Ji, Now it has become a powerful party.

This Zhou Cheng is clear in his heart, without Liu Ji, there would be no him today, Liu Ji has fallen, he also has to be finished, let him go back to Nanjing? That's absolutely impossible, rather than this, it is better to follow Liu Ji with all his heart.

It is precisely because Liu Ji knows Zhou Cheng's thoughts, so Liu Ji is very relieved of Zhou Cheng and takes him as a confidant, in this study, Liu Ji frowned.

Zhou Cheng looked at Liu Ji's eyes and was silent for a long time before he said, "Gong Liu, are you worried about Empress Zhang's banquet?" ”

Liu Ji said lightly: "Niangniang prefers Liu Chengfeng, this is a well-known thing, this is nominally a family banquet, but it is to persuade peace, and it is also to warn the old man, don't make trouble again." Later, if it is at the banquet, the mother persuades the old man to let the old man stop, and the old man does not agree, he will offend the mother, but if he agrees, you and I will be busy with everything in the past few days. In the old man's opinion, to be able to eradicate Liu Chengfeng, only today, must not be delayed, the more time is delayed, the longer the other is eliminated, the old man will definitely die, Zicheng, what do you think the old man should do? ”

Zhou Cheng glanced at Liu Ji, but quickly understood Liu Ji's intentions, and said: "Since Liu Gong said so, he must have a plan in his heart, so why bother to ask the lower officials." He said with a straight face: "Xiaguan is thanks to Liu Gong's support, and the grace of reinvention cannot be repaid, and he is willing to take Liu Gong's horse as the leader, no matter what Liu Gong is, Xiaguan is willing to go to the soup and fire." ”

Liu Ji's words were originally to test Zhou Cheng's attitude, but now seeing that Zhou Cheng expressed his attitude, his face suddenly became serious, and said: "Okay, since that's the case, then let's ask for a showdown with that Liu Chengfeng today, I only ask you, I'll explain what you went to investigate, how is it now?" ”

Zhou Chengdao: "Time is in a hurry, if there is any evidence, I'm afraid it's too late, but there are a lot of crimes, Liu Gong ......"

Liu Ji waved his hand and said gently: "You don't have to tell the old man one by one, when you go to the banquet later, you go to the truth and play it, and the old man will naturally cheer for you at that time." ”

Zhou Cheng complained bitterly in his heart, of course he knew that Liu Ji had made himself a pawn, whether this thing was successful or not, it was his bad luck, if it was done, the emperor and Niangniang were quite fond of Liu Chengfeng, he criticized Liu Chengfeng here, even if he forced the emperor to dispose of Liu Chengfeng, and finally in the emperor's heart, I was afraid that he also had a grudge against him. But if it doesn't work, then Liu Chengfeng will definitely retaliate, so no matter what, he will inevitably suffer. But if he doesn't obey Liu Ji's orders, Liu Ji can not only promote him, but also make him lose everything.

Zhou Cheng had no choice but to say: "The lower officials obey the order." ”

Liu Ji was in a happy mood, stood up, touched Zhou Cheng's shoulder, and said earnestly: "You don't have to worry about anything, the old man will plan for you when the time comes, you just have to rest assured that the bold impeachment is." It's not too early, you and I should start our journey quickly. ”

Zhou Cheng said yes, but he stood up with a complicated mind, he always felt in his heart that this Liu Ji was not too reliable, once something happened, maybe he would have to break up the relationship with himself, and he sighed secretly, and then gritted his teeth again, knowing that he was going to fight hard today.

(To be continued)