entered the palace for two days in a row, and I didn't even see the emperor's face.

On the contrary, all the ministers were tired enough, the old ones lay down in the mansion and said that they couldn't get sick, and the young ones didn't want to go to the sun all day long, so they asked for a replacement.

If this continues, before the emperor is forced to punish Su Zhiming, everyone will collapse first.

The ministers gathered at Su Qing's mansion and asked him to come up with an idea, "Old Master Su, I really can't wait." I don't know who taught the emperor such an idea, just let us drink tea in the palace when the sun is too dry, and we won't see us at all. ”

"Don't worry."

Su Qingwen persuaded everyone in words, "No matter who gave the emperor the idea, it was nothing more than wanting to drag it out." But this matter can't drag on at all, and in a few days, the people of the old county will only die more. ”

He was confident.

There is his arrangement in the old county, and Su Zhiming has retreated around him, but I am afraid that Su Zhiming still doesn't know what happened in the old county, and he is still complacent and thinks that everything is going well for his disaster relief.

He smiled and said, "Didn't the emperor already send someone to check on the old county?" When the report comes back, the situation is getting worse and worse, and I see how the emperor and the queen mother will protect Su Zhiming. ”

All the ministers thought so, "What Old Master Su said is true. Since this is the case, we will work hard for two days to ask for a meeting in the palace, and we must let the emperor know our determination, so that he will not be able to protect Su Zhiming! ”

Su Qing smiled slightly, and a trace of strangeness flashed in his eyes.

He quickly sighed, "Alas, Zhiming, a junior who has grown up since he entered the dynasty, I didn't expect him to fall to this point." I, Su Qing, am an honest official, and I will never favor my own children and nephews, and if I am wrong, I will be punished, which is as it should be. ”

The ministers were in awe of him, and some said: "Old Master Su is really fair and strict!" Unlike the Queen Mother, she shielded Su Zhiming so favoritism, isn't it because Su Zhiming is her cousin? I'll just say, what's the good thing about a woman in court? ”

"Exactly, since Master Su is so fair, we are not afraid to tell the truth. After Su Zhiming's matter was resolved, I also asked the old Master Su not to stop us from letting the Queen Mother retreat to the harem and no longer interfere in court politics. ”

Su Qing frowned slightly, Su Youyi was Su Zhiming's big backer, and he was also his big backer.

can be his current strength and prestige in the court, even if he does not have Su Youyi as a backer, he can still rise to the top.

He was embarrassed, and nodded heavily after a while, "That's it, this is also for the justice of the court's law and order, and this official is willing to cooperate with you." ”

……

"Your Majesty, people are here again, are you still inviting in for tea today?"

Xiao Kizi saw the old ministers coming from a distance outside the palace, and without waiting for the little eunuch to report, he directly entered the palace to pay homage to Yuanzhi.

"What's the hurry?"

After two days, Motoji had changed from the panic at the beginning to the old-fashioned, and he casually said while looking at the excerpts: "Let them bask in the sun, and let them in when they can't look at it." I always want them to know that there is no good fruit to eat when I rely on my status as an old minister to persecute the young master. ”

Xiao Kiko snickered, just when Genji raised his head and saw it, he glared at him, "Are you smiling?" ”

"The minions don't dare."

Xiao Jizi hurriedly said: "The slave is not a joke to the emperor, the slave is a joke to those adults." They still thought that they could go to the Qianqing Palace to spread wild at their own age, who knew that our emperor was so powerful at a young age, and he didn't buy their accounts at all! ”

This sycophant is comfortable, and Yuanzhi gladly accepts it.

Xiao Kizi went out as usual and told the ministers, "The emperor is a little unwell, and it is not suitable to see guests, so please go back." ”

Well, today is not to go to the harem to do filial piety, but to be unwell.

The ministers were not surprised, anyway, it was just an excuse, and everyone knew that any excuse was the same.

The ministers said: "The emperor is not feeling well, so I should go in to visit." There is a general gift from the father-in-law, let us go in and say goodbye to the emperor. ”

Xiao Jizi's face did not change, "The emperor has already fallen asleep, all the adults are kind enough to go in and say goodbye, wouldn't it be beautiful if you wake up the emperor?" If the emperor wakes up in a while, the slaves will convey the kindness of your lords. ”

The ministers and he stared wide-eyed.

……

Outside the Kunning Palace, Duofu braved the scorching sun and slipped back to the palace along the root of the wall.

Seeing him come back, the little eunuch hurriedly handed over a chilled sour plum soup, "Father-in-law Duofu has worked hard, drink a cup of sour plum soup to get rid of the heat." ”

Duofu stood under the shade of the tree in the courtyard and poured a full cup, and then stretched out his tongue and handed the cup over, "Is there anything else?" Another drink. ”

"Yes, yes!"

The little eunuch hurriedly turned around and poured it, and said as he poured, "The iced sour plum soup that the Queen Mother just appreciated, everyone in Kunning Palace has a share, but Father-in-law is not here." ”

Duofu poured another cup and waved his hand, "I can't drink it anymore, if I get into trouble for a while, it will be bad to make a fool of myself in front of the Queen Mother." I still have important things to go back to, so let's go. ”

With that, he hurried towards the temple.

Hearing that Duofu was back, Su Youyi got up from the couch and looked at Duofu expectantly.

He came in and called Qian'er, and said with a smile: "The Queen Mother can rest assured, everything is fine in the Qianqing Palace, and the emperor is more comfortable than we imagined." ”

Su Youyi was relieved when she heard this, she was worried that Yuanzhi was too young to resist the threat of those old ministers.

"Has Dolu come back?"

"Not yet."

Su Youyi waved her hand, "You've worked hard, go down and rest." When Duolu came back, he asked him to come to see me immediately, I cared more about the situation outside the palace than the situation in the Qianqing Palace. ”

Duolu came back very late, and the Kunning Palace was already preparing dinner.

Su Youyi waited for a day, and when she saw that he was so tired when he came back, she couldn't breathe, and she couldn't ask questions in a hurry, so she only asked people to pour water for him to drink first.

Duolu poured a big cup and said busily: "The slave is incompetent, and he only came back after a day, but the queen mother has asked about something." ”

"How?"

Duo Lu said: "Most of the ministers who asked to see outside the Qianqing Palace had indeed been to the old Su Lord's mansion. The slave was afraid that he would not find out clearly and spoil the relationship between the Queen Mother and Lao Su, so he sent people to each mansion to investigate. I heard that it was not Lord Su who instructed them to persecute the emperor, but those adults wanted to find a backer. ”

"Now it is rumored in the mansions of all the adults that it is said that the old Su is fair and strict, and this time he will kill his relatives with righteousness. That's why these adults climbed up to him and tried to use his power in the court to deal with Lord Xiao Su. ”

Su Youyi noticed the flaw as soon as she heard it.

"That's not right. If Lao Su had to kill his relatives in righteousness, that is to say, he believed that Zhiming had really embezzled the disaster relief money. But that's not what he said in the court. ”