Her Majesty the Empress secretly plotted after the imperial case, "The coastal county is still short of the post of county magistrate, and the state capital lacks a history of assassination, so who is the most appropriate person for the emperor to take the post?" ”

"Does the mother ask at random, or do you want to hear the true words of her son?" Li Qingqing raised her head to meet the empress's eyes.

The empress's eyes were sharp and uncertain.

Li Qingqing's eyes were calm, clean, and free of impurities, but it made the empress feel unfathomable.

Neither mother nor daughter could see anything in each other's eyes.

The empress tugged at the corners of her mouth and replied with a smile, "Naturally, it is the emperor's true words." ”

Li Qingqing said bluntly, "According to Erchen's opinion, the magistrate of the coastal county should come out of the coastal county." The state and county thorn history should be out of the barracks. ”

"Oh? What do you mean by that? ”

Li Qingqing analyzed them one by one, "There have been many civil uprisings in coastal counties, although they have all been quelled, but the people's hearts are unstable. The people have long lost confidence in the court officials, and if they go out from the court to elect officials, it may be difficult to convince the public, so it is most appropriate to choose from the people.

In addition, although the assassin is a governor, he also holds military power. In the case of the assassination of the previous assassination, there was also a mutiny in the military camp, and the mother emperor almost killed the entire elite soldiers in the military camp.

Therefore, the fear in the hearts of the elite soldiers who were fortunate enough not to be killed still exists. At this time, it may be difficult for you to let someone else sit in charge of the assassination, and it may be more likely to cause another mutiny.

Erchen thought that he would promote suitable candidates from the barracks and make adjustments in the future. ”

Li Qingqing's words were not unreasonable, and the empress had nothing to say for a while.

However, Li Qingqing knew that what the mother emperor wanted to hear was not these, she just wanted to recommend a person from her mouth to replace the county magistrate or assassin from her mouth.

Although the power of appointing and dismissing officials in the imperial court is in the hands of the empress, for the sake of harmony between the monarch and the minister, the vacant official positions are filled by the hands of the ministers who have made meritorious contributions.

This gradually became an unwritten rule.

The mother emperor wanted her to open her mouth to recommend Li Qinglan or the empress dowager, which not only won her favor, but also did not make outsiders think that she had forced her, and everything looked natural and perfect.

But Li Qingqing doesn't, what she can't get, others don't think about it.

After the imperial case, the empress who opened her mouth to ask questions suddenly stopped talking, and the atmosphere cooled down a little.

Li Qingqing knelt so respectfully, and the empress didn't say anything, and she didn't speak.

After a long time, the empress said lazily, "It's getting late, and tomorrow will be early, so you can rest early." ”

It's time to evict customers.

According to the previous etiquette, if she entered the palace for too long, the mother queen would stay with her ministers to eat, but now it seems that she is afraid that she is not in the mood to eat with herself, maybe it will be annoying to even take a second look, and Li Qingqing will not stay much at the moment, bow her head and bow, and then get up and retreat.

The empress looked at the figure that was about to go away, and said as if reminding and threatening, "Above the early dynasty, the civil and military officials may have to bring up the old things again." Regarding the matter of the princess and the concubine, you still need to be confronted in person! ”

Li Qingqing was stunned, not knowing the intention of the mother emperor when she said this, but at the moment, she only took it as a kind reminder, thanked her, and withdrew.

The sky outside the door was already gray, and Gonggong Zhou ordered the palace maid to hold the lamp, and just about to go in, Li Qingqing came out from the inside, and the two took a look.

Gonggong Zhou bowed down to avoid it, and only after Li Qingqing left, did he raise his head, the corners of his mouth raised, and his smile was treacherous.

Li Qingqing got into the carriage when he left the palace gate.

Ren Lingshan saw that her face was solemn as if she was facing a great enemy, and she didn't dare to say much at the moment, for fear that the wall would have ears, so she just waited to go back to the house.

At this time, the house had already set up a banquet with vegetables, and Gongsun Fu and others had already started to eat vegetables.

Mama Zhang came later.

She is the housekeeper in the house, and she is half the master, this time the main Li Qingqing is not there, she will come forward to entertain the guests, but the guests have already eaten more than half, and she is late.

Mama Zhang straightened her sleeves and came up to make amends, "I'm really sorry, the newly bought beast didn't recognize the master, let me teach me a lesson, it's late, I punished myself three cups!" ”

As she spoke, she happily picked up her glass and drank three glasses of her own.

Although this is said to everyone, only the brothers Gongsun Fu and Ji Chengwen are outsiders.

Moreover, Ji Chengwen's brothers are children, so these words are naturally said to Gongsun Fu, and the crime is also to be compensated to him.

Gongsun Fu smiled lightly and raised his glass in return.

Mama Zhang shook her sleeves and sat down.

Gongsun Fu only glanced at it, and saw the city government from her gestures, "The beast that can recognize the lord as soon as you enter the door is not a beast, it's a human, right?" ”

Mama Zhang's face changed, and she seemed to be smiling, "Sir, you ......" She hesitated whether to say or not, after all, Mr. Gongsun was a guest invited by His Royal Highness, and there seemed to be no need to hide it.

However, she suddenly decided not to say anything, and tested this gentleman.

Mama Zhang hid her stunned look and smiled, "I'm afraid that Mr. is laughing, how can there be such a thing." ”

"Mama, this is going to test me?"

Mama Zhang was vague.

Gongsun Fu was respectful and obedient, and guessed, "Your Highness's return from repairing the pond was a great achievement, but there was a homicide in the coastal county, and the casualties were heavy, and the civil and military officials will definitely bite this matter."

Fortunately, His Royal Highness has made meritorious contributions to the treatment of the plague, and the sea pond is solid, and the ministers have no way to refute it.

Therefore, they can only attack His Highness from the quarrel between the queen and the concubine.

Because from beginning to end, His Royal Highness has never confronted the Empress Dowager in person, and the ministers have bitten His Highness to death as the one who spreads rumors.

At this time, if you want to prove your innocence, in addition to confrontation, you must find out who really spreads rumors.

If I guessed correctly, the man is already in the palace at this moment. ”

When Mama Zhang heard this, she praised her, "Sir, you are really a god!"

To tell you the truth, this person is in the house. This guy has a very hard mouth, and it took the old man a lot of effort to pry his mouth open. Tomorrow, when His Royal Highness enters the court to confront him, he will have a grasp of one side. I hope that after this catastrophe, His Royal Highness can really gain a firm foothold in the court. ”

"I'm afraid it's not that easy!"

Gongsun Fu spoke, and Wei Li also thought at the same time, and the two spoke in unison.

Shen Huwei and Ren Fei originally intended to listen, but when they heard this, they stopped at the same time and turned to look at the two of them.

"What do you mean by that?"

The two Ji Chengwen brothers stopped eating anymore and also looked over.

Gongsun Fu didn't want to steal Mr. Wei Li's limelight and make the two unhappy, so he motioned to Mr. Wei Li to speak first.

Mr. Wei Li is not a stingy person, and he also retreated, letting Gongsun Fu speak first.

The two of them discussed, one spoke first, and the other added.

So, Mr. Wei Li first said, "More than a dozen officials in coastal counties have been beheaded, and there is a huge vacancy in official positions at this moment.

His Royal Highness has no connections in the court, and this vacancy is likely to be taken away by others, which indirectly becomes a threat to hinder His Highness's right to develop!

Gongsun Fu added, "At this time, the people of the imperial princess and the third princess are probably already secretly competing for talents who are expected to become the magistrates of coastal counties." ”

Ren Fei hurriedly stood up, his eyes wide, "If that's the case, then Lao Tzu has to rush to grab people before them!" ”

"No need!" Gongsun Fu stretched out his hand to grab Ren Fei and motioned for him to sit down.

Ren Fei didn't know, "Why?" ”