Si Kui asked Xun Xianlan for the pulse, Xue was ready to leave with Sima Cheng and Sima Yun, when she got up, Xue asked the Empress Dowager Xun to leave Ning Ying to be her personal maid, and then asked the Empress Dowager Xun for a decree to transfer Jiang Shangyi to her side as a steward eunuch, these two people are old people around Tao Guifei, Empress Dowager Xun felt that there was no one more suitable to take care of Xue than them, so she agreed without asking more.

Before leaving, Xue and Si Kui inadvertently met each other, and both of them had a look of deep meaning in their eyes, and in a moment, they quickly staggered their eyes.

After leaving the queen mother's bedroom, the three of them rushed to the imperial study non-stop, tomorrow morning in the morning, Xue will participate as a prince, before that, she needs to meet with several important ministers in the court, one is to inform them of the news of their secret return to the palace, and the other is to take the opportunity to probe their tone.

The news had already been ordered before lunch, and at this moment, the courtiers should have been waiting outside the imperial study.

Before going to the imperial study, Xue changed into a formal dark palace dress, the previous blue and white was too plain, although she could appear to be as gentle as a jade gentleman, but it was too soft in momentum.

When he was in the palace, Shen Xing and Xue carefully explained Dayu's official position, and Xue recalled while walking.

In the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, in order to favor the lords and nobles, he set up the honorable titles of Dazai, Taiwei, Situ, Sikong, and General, and now these names have been abolished and gone, and many no longer exist, but because Sima Lie falsely passed on the holy decree to establish himself as the emperor's younger brother, he used the guise of a false title to get himself an important position of Situ, in charge of the state and county Zhongzheng to the rank of the scholar and the township, which can be described as a new scholar's power. So that he can cultivate the party henchmen of the DPRK and China.

In addition, there is also a snow emperor uncle in Sima Lie's camp, the fifth prince Sima He, who is currently in charge of water conservancy facilities such as large and small canals, canals, weirs, and embankments across the country.

After Sima entered Luojing, he took over the post of Taiwei from the former Sima Xin and assumed the role of prime minister.

In addition to these three people, there are two major institutions above the Dayu court, Shangshutai and Zhongshutai.

Shangshutai is in charge of Shangshu Ling and Shangshu servants, and is placed under the Ministry of Officials, Dianzhong, Wubing, Tian Cao, Duzhi, Zuomin and Liushangshu, in charge of law, public security, military, agriculture, account office, and household registration, and local officials are acting under the orders of the Central Shangshutai.

And before Shang Shuling was ordered to be executed by Sima Lie, now only Shang Shu servant Li Zhi is in charge, Li Zhi is a big clan in the north, he has been waved under the banner of Sima Lie, and has become one of his staff, but fortunately, more than half of the six Shangshu people under him have not surrendered to Sima Lie, which is also the reason why Sima Lie cannot subvert the court at once.

And another large organization, Zhongshutai, the chief is the Zhongshu supervisor, served by the old Guanzhong clan Zuo Ruhui, Zuo Ruhui has outstanding talent since childhood, when Sima Liao was still the prince, he has entered the court as an official, and now he is also an old minister in the court, quite prestigious, Zhongshutai is not only in charge of the edict, the writing of documents, but also can participate in political affairs. Because of this, Zuo Ruhui has the integrity of a literati, adheres to the principle of impartiality, and the autobiography of Sima Lie has always made Zuo Ruhui angry, so he did not bow to Sima Lie and other powerful people.

This time, Xue General Taiwei Sima, Zhongshu Jian Zuo Ruhui, Shangshu Shot Li Zhi, and the Ministry of Shangshu Du Yu, Duzhi Shangshu Cui Xun, Xun Ting, a total of six people were invited to the imperial study for talks.

Du Yu is the Jingzhao Du clan, is a family that has risen in recent years, the ancestors followed the emperor in his early years, became his senior staff, not only erudite but also can lead troops to fight, Sima Lie monopolized the local to the central government, Du Yu is to check the ability of these people to enter the central government to assign official duties, is the first of the six books.

Cui Xun, the secretary of the Duzhi Shangshu, is the head of the Cui family in Qinghe, the Cui family has been an aristocrat since the previous dynasty, and has produced Wenchen from generation to generation, with both prestige and ability, in charge of the country's accounts and money, and is also the person that Xue desperately hopes to woo.

And Xun Yan is the uncle of the Queen Mother Xun Xianlan, the ancestor of the Xun family is the founding father, and later after the family line was divided, the main line gradually declined, and one of the collateral lines was killed because of the family of Queen Jia, and it was difficult for the younger generation to have a foothold in the court. But Xun Yan is in the same vein, because he is cautious, he has repeatedly strategized when he was an official, and he has also held secrets with other important ministers, and won the heart of the emperor at that time, and later the new emperor succeeded to the throne.

Now that he is old, he is still famous, and Xue and the others are trying their best to invite him out of the mountain, hoping to establish his authority and attract a wave of courtiers to accompany him.

When he walked outside the gate of the Imperial Study, the snow stopped. She looked up at the blue sky in the afternoon, and the melodious chirping of cicadas sounded in her ears, accompanied by the gentle summer breeze.

It was originally a quiet afternoon, Xue turned her head again, looking at the dim and bottomless imperial study not far away, she could vaguely see a few figures at the door, Xue couldn't help but sigh, paused, puffed up her chest, and crossed the threshold of the imperial study.

……

Xue sat on the top of the hall, Sima Cheng and Sima Yun stood behind Xue, and the ministers who came stood on both sides, bowing their eyebrows, but if they looked closely, they could find that the expressions on the faces of the six people were different, each with their own thoughts, you look at me, I look at you.

Xue looked at the six people carefully, then got up and slowly opened her mouth.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please take a seat." Snow is smiling and pretending to be relaxed.

Except for Sima, the other five people are all seeing each other for the first time, Zuo Ruhui and Xun Yan are already over half a hundred years old, Zuo Ruhui is already full of silver hair, big belly, always frowning, eyebrows are high, always superior, giving people an impression that it is not easy to get close.

And Xun Ting in the back is a different style, although his temples are white, but he is energetic, thin and thin, perhaps because he does not ask about the world all year round, although his face is full of folds, but there is always a kind look in his eyes.

The other three were of similar age, slightly older than Sima.

Among them, Cui Xun was born in a famous family since he was a child, and his son Cui Lin is now an official in the court, and he is on an errand under Zuo Minshangshu, and his face is even more calm and relaxed, but he will not have the excessive sense of the old literati, which should be the influence of the Cui family's good family style.

Du Yu led the Du family to become a local clan with his own strength, and he himself was both civil and military, and he was both wise and brave among the civil and military generals, and he was relaxed, and at the same time there was a shrewdness in his eyes, and he would not be too full or insufficient in his words and deeds.

As a scholar and servant of Li Zhi, his status is obviously above the two, but from the expression, he looks more humble, his eyes are slightly sunken, his eyes are uneasy, and he is slightly hunched back, and he wants to meet him left and right, which may also be caused by the fence. Before Snow could speak, his eyes were restlessly looking around, reading what he was saying.

Xue and Sima glanced at each other, and then Xue said:

"I think you already know and have guessed the purpose of my invitation, so in that case, we will not talk darkly......"