Of course, the queen mother didn't say it so bluntly, after all, the harem does not participate in politics, this is the rule left by the ancestors, so she said very implicitly, although she criticized Zhu, but not to seize power, but to use the ancestors used to participate in the construction method, that is, the cabinet will sort out the folds handed by various places in Dasheng one by one, write the suggestions after collective research on paper, attach them to the back of the folds, and then hand them to the palace, so that Emperor Sheng can see that he can know the affairs of the world without spending so much time looking at the folds. Then tell the Queen Mother about his decision, and then the Queen Mother will approve Zhu for him, so that he will have more time to recuperate.

What the Queen Mother said was reasonable, completely a loving mother's posture of loving her son, but Emperor Sheng was not a fool, and naturally understood that this was a roundabout way for the Queen Mother to meddle in the imperial power, so she put back a big hat that couldn't bear the hard work of the Queen Mother, and directly pulled out the living note, that is, Mu Yuanshan, and he criticized Zhu on his behalf.

This decision undoubtedly pushed Mu Yuanshan to the forefront.

"Xiaoshan, what are you doing?" Huo Mingzhao walked in, picked up a brush on the table, and used it to tease Mu Yuanshan.

"......" Mu Yuanshan was speechless for a while, compared with Huo Mingzhao's age, it is true that he is a few years younger, but if he says that he is much younger, it is not right, but Huo Mingzhao always talks to him in the tone of an elder, it is really ...... It's annoying. "Huo Xiangye is in trouble?"

"Why, can't you come looking for it if it's okay?" Huo Mingzhao leaned on the table like a boneless, if it weren't for the fact that there were some folds on the table, and it was easy not to blaspheme, he was afraid that he would have to sit on it.

"......" Mu Yuanshan looked at Huo Mingzhao's actions and had a headache.

Huo Mingzhao saw that Mu Yuanshan obviously didn't treat him very well, and he was not annoyed, but his eyes rolled for a while, and then he pointed around and said, "I can't see it, it's quite magnificent here." ”

"This is the side hall of the Holy One, and it is naturally magnificent." Mu Yuanshan said lightly.

Although he was the appraiser of Zhu, he did not have a separate office mansion, and was still in the side hall of Emperor Sheng's palace.

Actually, it is said that he should be very quiet here, but the relationship between Huo Mingzhao and Emperor Sheng is weird, and it is not at all like the model that should exist between monarchs and ministers, so it is also a common thing for Huo Mingzhao to appear here, which makes him very distressed.

Huo Mingzhao listened to Mu Yuanshan's words, and smiled: "Xiaoshan, don't tell me, I don't know." ”

"Know what?"

"Do you really think that the Holy Lord just asked Zhu to approve Zhu on his behalf?" Huo Mingzhao lowered his voice and said in a deep voice.

Mu Yuanshan's eyes flickered: "What does Xiangye Zuo mean by this?" ”

"Ming people don't say dark words, why should Xiaoshan pretend to be confused?" Huo Mingzhao smiled.

Mu Yuanshan sank his face: "What Zuo Xiangye meant, the lower officials really don't understand." ”

Huo Mingzhao narrowed his eyes and saw that Mu Yuanshan was really annoyed, so he patted Mu Yuanshan's shoulder: "Don't be annoyed, don't be annoyed, this is just joking." ”

"This joke is not funny at all, I hope Zuo Xiangye will not make such jokes in the future." Mu Yuanshan said.

Huo Mingzhao touched his nose, and looked a little stupid: "If you don't open it, you won't open it, look at this temper, I don't know how people say that Mu Yuanshan has a good temper." ”

"It's just a compliment." Mu Yuanshan is still a little angry, so this humble word still sounds a little negative.

Huo Mingzhao was even more embarrassed when he heard this, and after saying a few more words, he found a reason to leave.

After Huo Mingzhao left, Mu Yuanshan slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, Huo Mingzhao's meaning, he didn't understand, he also understood that Emperor Sheng supported himself as the so-called "criticizing Zhu on behalf of him", but it was just a disguise, Emperor Sheng actually wanted to try the reaction of hundreds of civil and military officials, and even Emperor Sheng's "accumulated hard work" this time, I am afraid it was also intentional, the purpose was to protect the prince Xiao Jingxuan, after all, Emperor Sheng was not sick, and those civil and military officials still had reason to hold on to the matter of Prince Xiao Jingxuan, on the contrary, Emperor Sheng fell ill, and those civil and military officials were not good enough to force him to abolish the prince again, right?

Of course, if this is just the case, it is not a long-term thing for Emperor Sheng to pretend to be sick, after all, the illness will always be cured, so Emperor Sheng took the opportunity to propose the matter of letting him be the living note on behalf of Zhu.

It seems that he criticized Zhu on his behalf, and it seems that it is only because he is the person in front of Emperor Sheng, which is convenient for ghostwriting, but in fact, what Emperor Sheng values is a string of forces behind him.

To put it bluntly, Emperor Sheng has found that after fighting wits and courage with the civil and military officials for a long time, he has found that he can't suppress these civil and military officials with his own dragon power alone, so he decided to support a group of people to fight wits and courage with these civil and military officials to maintain the so-called balance.

He Mu Yuanshan is just a beginning, or the first chess piece.

It's just that Mu Yuanshan doesn't understand a little, if it is replaced by someone else, it will be just replaced by him, can it be said that Emperor Sheng values the Mu family?

If I am not mistaken, the Mu family seems to be the party of the Six Princes, and Emperor Sheng supports him at this time, does he really care about the Six Princes Xiao Jingrui?

Mu Yuanshan felt that this possibility was very small, because he had been by Emperor Sheng's side for so long, and it could be seen that Emperor Sheng seemed to be very serious to the sixth prince Xiao Jingrui, but in fact, he was more vigilant, and even the smile never really spread to the bottom of his eyes, so it was almost impossible to say that Emperor Sheng liked the sixth prince Xiao Jingrui.

Moreover, Emperor Sheng should also understand that at this time, a new force will be supported, and it would be good if the two could contain each other, if not, it would be like drinking a donkey to quench thirst, which is no different from what the first emperor did, and Emperor Sheng should have had enough of this sequelae after drinking a donkey to quench his thirst over the years, so he shouldn't be so hasty.

Of course, these things are not what he should think, the only thing he has to do now is to show his neutral attitude and tell Emperor Sheng that he is loyal to only the Great Monarch, that is, Emperor Sheng, and in addition, he will not be involved in any party, otherwise, he will not know how he died.

Just when Mu Yuanshan was worried about how to clear himself, Huo Mingzhao had already made a big circle and came to the palace of Emperor Sheng.

Emperor Sheng was wearing a thin shirt, sitting there looking at the scroll, and when he saw Huo Mingzhao coming in, he was not surprised, but said lightly: "It's here." ”

"Holy."

"But what do you want to tell me?" Emperor Sheng looked at Huo Mingzhao, his eyes were a little anxious, in the past few days, although he was "lingering on the sickbed", he had been worried about the situation outside.

Huo Mingzhao nodded: "There are indeed some things, but basically, it's not a big deal." ”