"Oh, is it? Xiao Laizi really reprimanded Liu Taizhen? ”

At the residence of the Empress of Echo Valley, the Empress who had just woken up listened to Lily's report and asked questions.

Lily nodded: "The minister saw it with his own eyes and heard it with his own ears, Liu Junshou was scolded by Lord Wang and didn't even dare to say anything." ”

The empress laughed: "That is, Xiao Laizi, dare to scare anyone for money, no wonder, that Mrs. Liu is really so careless, originally I thought that he had done a good job over the years, and promoted him, but now that this has happened to his nephew, there is no way, let him continue to work for another two years." ”

Lily bowed her head and said nothing.

"What else is there to do?" The Empress asked.

Lily took out a piece of paper from her arms and handed it over, saying, "This is evidence that Zhang Guangai used his authority to smuggle and sell grain to mountain tribes without authorization. ”

The empress took a look and sighed: "This Zhang Guangai, so bold, I have banned it two years ago, and no place in Suiyang is allowed to sell grain to mountain tribes, this guy is bold and dares to exchange grain for tobacco." ”

Lily also followed: "The minister has checked, and after Zhang Guangai exchanged it for tobacco, he sold it to King Guangling in exchange for benefits." ”

"How long has it been?" The empress asked with a gloomy face.

Lily thought for a while: "It's been about half a year, and I used to resell grain to the grassland and Xirong, and it was also half a year ago, after having the contact of the mountain barbarians, Zhang Guangai formed a team to transport grain to the mountain tribes. ”

The empress glanced at the list in her hand, and sneered: "What a Zhang Guangai, but a warehouse official, who dared to buy 500,000 stone grain to the mountain tribes in half a year, and dared to be so rampant under my nose, if he had a higher status, wouldn't he have to send grain to the mountain tribes for five million, fifty million?" ”

As he was talking, there was a sneeze outside without warning, followed by Wang Xiaolai's voice.

"Ahh

The empress took the list in her hand, waved her hand to Lily, motioned for her to go down first, and then said, "Come in, I'm here." ”

Wang Xiaolai pushed the door and entered, and the thief looked at it awkwardly, and after confirming that there was only the empress, he trotted up, holding a tray in his hand, and on the tray, there was a bowl of three fresh soup.

"Your Majesty, this is a soup that Hongxiang has just made, how can you taste it?"

Putting the soup on the table, Wang Xiaolai said with a smile.

The empress sighed: "Little Laizi, when did you become so attentive, say, is there something to hide from me?" ”

"Your Majesty the conscience of heaven and earth, how can I hide anything from you, I am all sincere and sincere, if you don't eat and pull down, I won't give it."

As he spoke, he was about to leave with three fresh soups.

Seeing this, the empress sneered: "Come back, put it down for me, did I say I won't eat it?" ”

Wang Xiaolai pursed his lips and snorted, put down the soup again, followed by a bowl and spoon, and handed over a bowl to the empress.

The empress drank it in her hand, tasted it, and nodded: "Don't say it, this tastes pretty good." ”

Wang Xiaolai grinned: "That's not it, this is an authentic earth three fresh, newly dug by the hammer on the mountain." ”

The empress finished after two sips, flipped the empty bowl over, and smacked her lips: "It's gone." ”

Wang Xiaolai took the bowl and filled it with a full bowl and handed it over.

The empress sat on Wang Xiaolai to follow, crossed Erlang's legs, looked at the attentive Wang Xiaolai, did not take the initiative to pick it up, but asked with a smile: "Xiao Laizi, if you have anything to say, you should just say it, you are doing this, I am very uneasy." ”

Wang Xiaolai sighed: "Look at what you said about Your Majesty, how hurtful it is." ”

"Okay, I don't know what you're thinking, let's go, and I want to help you."

"Your Majesty, look at you, am I so unbearable, isn't this thinking that you are leaving soon, and I am reluctant to let you go." Wang Xiaolai said.

The empress sighed: "Little Laizi, you and I want to go together, and I think so too, so I plan to stay in your Echo Valley for a few more days." ”

"Huh? Your Majesty, you're not kidding? Wang Xiaolai's face suddenly pulled down and said.

The empress looked at Wang Xiaolai's expression: "Looking at your appearance, it seems that you are a little unhappy?" ”

"No, no, I'm happy, I'm very happy." Although he said that, Wang Xiaolai's sad face betrayed his inner thoughts.

When the empress saw it, she just snickered, and said in her heart that this guy was in a hurry to take himself away, and she didn't know what tricks she was going to play.

"By the way, Your Majesty, if you don't go back, what will you do with the state affairs these days? If no one deals with it, isn't it messed up? After hesitating for a long time, Wang Xiaolai asked tentatively.

The empress drank the soup in the bowl with a smile, and handed it to Wang Xiaolai: "It's gone." ”

Wang Xiaolai was not angry: "Drink your own sheng, I don't have any kung fu." ”

"Huh?"

Seeing the empress's expression, Wang Xiaolai immediately coaxed: "I'm sheng, I'm sheng." ”

As he spoke, he took the bowl in his hand, muttered a bowl to the empress, and kept muttering: "Drink so much, be careful to hold on." ”

"What are you talking about?"

"No, no, Your Majesty, soup for you."

"Thank you." Saying this sentence with a smile, the empress took it and drank it slowly.

"Your Majesty, how many days are you going to spend in Echo Valley?"

"What, this is going to catch me?"

Wang Xiaolai sighed: "Your Majesty, look at what you said, how dare I, in this world, there is your land everywhere, and this Echo Valley under our feet is no exception, how dare I drive you, isn't this worried that you have accumulated too many folds and delayed state affairs?" ”

The empress pursed her lips and said, "Don't worry, I won't stay here, that is, stay here for a few days, relax, take a look at the scenery of Echo Valley, and then go back." ”

Wang Xiaolai opened his eyes in surprise: "Really? ”

"What do I think of your happy look?"

"No, no, I just want to ask Your Majesty for an accurate date, I'll take you to plan the schedule, so that I can take you to visit Echo Valley in the least amount of time."

The empress snorted: "I can't say for sure, it may be three or five days, or it may be seven or eight days." ”

"Huh?"

"Okay, I'm kidding, I don't have so much free time, I should go back in three days at most." Empress Dao.

Wang Xiaolai patted his chest and said, "It's okay, it's okay." ”

The empress finished drinking the soup again, and Wang Xiaolai stretched out her hand to take the bowl, but the empress stopped him this time: "Okay, let's put it down first, do you want to hold me to death?" ”

Wang Xiaolai muttered in a low voice: "I didn't let you drink it." ”

"Come, boy, take me for a walk, and I'll take a good look at how you've done with this Echo Valley."

Wang Xiaolai sighed, came up and grabbed the empress's arm, except for the room, the narcissus who came over happened to see it and wanted to follow, but was stopped by the empress with her eyes.

In the twilight, the valley of echoes, after a busy day's work, was also quiet, and every family was preparing dinner, and in the fiery twilight, the smoke was curling in the air.

With Hongxia on her back, the empress walked stride and sighed: "How many years have I not been so relaxed." ”

Wang Xiao looked at the empress: "So what are you doing so hard, Your Majesty, can't you just leave everything to the people below?" ”

The empress shook her head: "How can I rest assured that I can do it for outsiders?" ”

Wang Xiaolai shook his head: "When you look at Your Majesty, you don't know how to be a king." ”

In other words, if someone else dares to say this, I am afraid that I will be cut off on the spot, that is, Wang Xiaolai, and the empress will be interested in discussing with Wang Xiaolai.

"Yes, then you teach me, what is the way to be a king, I can listen to it, learn and learn." The empress said with a smile.

Wang Xiaolai said: "It's very simple, even if a person has great ability, after all, he can't manage a country, after all, people's energy is limited, if you are willing to put things to the people below to do, you only need to supervise and remind on the side, this is enough." In addition, there can be a slight spur and beating, and it is only necessary to ensure that the people who work do not dare to be lazy and slack off. This is the same as herding sheep, how can a person manage a flock, so there will be a sheep, as long as the head sheep is managed, he is not afraid of other sheep disobedient. ”

The empress sighed: "I know the truth, but Xiao Laizi, you don't understand the current situation of the court, I am also this year, or since you escorted Suizhu back to the court, my right to speak is only a little enough, not to mention it, just say that on the occasion of the New Year last year, those people in the Senate dared to break into the palace with corpses, which you all see." ”

"So Your Majesty, you didn't know what to think at that time, the military power is in your hands, don't you understand how to cut the mess with a quick knife?"