"When my father was alive, even if Jiang Nantang was still a withered person, but he was in the prime of life, and after taking over Jiang Nantang from his grandfather, he had lived more than ten years peacefully." Song Yixiao thought like this, "And he has an old relationship with Gu Shao, Gu Shao has no successor, and he looks like a nephew - so if my father is here, even if someone wants to fight the idea of Jiang Nantang, the difficulty can be imagined!" ”

And as soon as Song Yuan died, even if Song Lu did not avenge her husband and killed her mother-in-law, Mrs. Pang, with Song Yixiao's understanding of the two mothers-in-law and daughter-in-law, the two mother-in-law and daughter-in-law combined may not be able to support Jiang Nantang.

Because there are so many industries in Gangnamtang!

The accumulation of several dynasties, the single lineage, and the industry that spreads all over the country are not at all the right for two widows to hold the scene!

If it is said that when Song Yuan was there, although Jiangnan Hall was defeated, it still had the power to protect itself; After Song Yuan went, Jiang Nantang was completely degraded, and there was no power to fight back at all!

In particular, the Song Lu clan also planned to assassinate Wei Mengying - this assassination must be the calculation of the people behind the scenes, in order to catch the handle of the Song Lu clan!

There are only a few people in Jiangnan Hall now, Song Yibao and Song Yiyao are still young, and they are all in charge of their mother Song Lu's family, Song Lu's family has been controlled by others, and Jiang Nantang is not slaughtered by others?

Song Luoyan complained before that Song Lu's family simply didn't take Jiangnantang's things as things, and most of the family property was dispersed in just three or two years, and the family was ruined to this point, even the side branches that had not been in contact with the Yan branch for decades couldn't stand it - now that I think about it, it may not be that Song Lu is willing to lose, maybe she has no choice?

Of course, Song Yixiao doesn't care much about the life or death of this stepmother, what she is thinking about now is: If it was a series of conspiracies and calculations from Song Yuan's murder of Wei Mengying, wouldn't it mean that her biological parents, her two miserable half-sisters Lu Zhuoer and Lu Cuier...... All of them are victimized by the mastermind behind this scene?!

Thinking of this, Song Yixiao only felt that the blood in his whole body was surging up in an instant!

She beat her spirit and left Jiang Muyao and the others perfunctorily - but Song Luoyan insisted on staying, others saw this situation and knew that they were sisters of the same clan, at this time, they probably had something to say, and they didn't ask much.

When everyone else left, sure enough, Song Luoyan asked about Song Yiyao; "Yan Zhi is such a male heir now, how can he keep it!"

"Why wouldn't I?" Song Yixiao said distraughtly, "But you also heard what Sister Jiang said, the Empress Dowager is there...... You also know that my husband was raised by the Empress Dowager, and the eldest princess of the country is the aunt of our couple! I said I was going to try it anyway, but I didn't know where to start! ”

Song Luoyan looked around, and when Ling Zhong and the others had retired with interest, and there were only two sisters left in the room, she whispered: "When I was at home before, I heard people say that there is a secret medicine in Jinxiutang that can make people fall into suspended animation, whether it is true or not, but I don't know. ”

"If the Empress Dowager really cares, how can this hand and foot be easy to do?" Song Yixiao was stunned and sighed, "What's more, after faking his death, Yiyao will definitely not be able to use his previous identity again, so after all, Jiang Nantang is still no one!" ”

Song Luoyan was also silent when she heard this, and sighed after a while: "I really don't know why Grandma Lu can't think about it like this?!" ”

When the sisters of the Song family were relatively worried, in Xuanming Palace, Emperor Duanhua finished approving an excerpt, and felt that his wrist was a little sore, so he put down the red pen and leaned back.

The little chamberlain who was standing beside him and waiting for the pen and ink immediately knelt down smartly and gently pinched his shoulders and arms for him.

Emperor Duanhua closed his eyes and enjoyed it, and after a long time, the hall was still silent, but between the emperor's eyebrows, there was a clear irritability.

After a while, Emperor Duanhua opened his eyes a little unbearably, and flicked his sleeves impatiently at the little chamberlain.

The little chamberlain bowed knowingly and withdrew from the hall.

The emperor rubbed the paperweight on the desk again, and saw that His Highness's people were still quiet, so he sighed silently, and looked at Gu Shao, who had been standing for a while, in frustration - after Gu Shao was summoned to the palace today, he saluted, and Emperor Duanhua said coldly, "Flat", he didn't pay attention to it, and dealt with the government by himself.

At that time, it was still early, and now it was nearly noon, and after such a long period of coldness, the old minister not only did not show a look of melancholy, but still stood up straight and did not speak, and even had the leisure to close his eyes and recuperate.

If it weren't for the fact that every time the emperor's gaze swept over, Gu Shao immediately opened his eyes and put on the appearance of obeying orders, the emperor would have thought that he was really asleep!

This qi-nourishing kung fu is really beyond the reach of Emperor Duanhua.

"Why?" So Gu Shao was stable, but Emperor Duanhua couldn't stand it, so he had to speak first.

The emperor's question was a bit clueless, but Gu Shao understood what he meant: Since Emperor Duanhua ascended the throne, Gu Shao has never meant to share the worries of Emperor Duanhua except for assisting the emperor in court politics.

Even if Emperor Duanhua took the initiative to ask him for advice, he was only perfunctory.

So much so that Emperor Duanhua was already suspecting that Gu Shao looked down on himself and deliberately did not contribute to himself, but yesterday the Empress Dowager killed herself in public, this kind of thing that is destined to cause an uproar, Emperor Duanhua was frightened at that time, but Gu Shao's reaction was surprisingly fast - he almost followed the imperial doctor to the Qingxi Palace, and it only took half a day to let the Empress Dowager rest and not say anything, and even took the initiative to give the Qingxi Palace a gag order!

Although because there were many people who saw this scene at that time, it was inevitable that a single word would circulate it, as long as the Empress Dowager herself did not admit it, she could turn a big thing into a small thing after all.

And Emperor Duanhua was happy, but he also didn't understand Gu Shao's intentions more and more: if you want to say that this old minister is concerned about himself, why has the Empress Dowager been making trouble for the past few months, he only said, "Your Majesty can just endure it", and there is no word of construction; To say that this old minister is just prevaricating to himself, why did he suddenly make a move this time?

The emperor didn't think it was because he had scolded Gu Shao before, because if Gu Shao was so worried about offending the emperor, why didn't he come forward to settle the empress dowager as early as when the empress dowager had just started to make trouble?

In this way, the emperor will not only not be suspicious and disgusted with him, but will also rely on him more, right?

Now that Emperor Duanhua has become bored with him, he will remedy it...... Cracks are always going to remain.

How could Gu Shao not even see such a simple thing?

Therefore, Emperor Duanhua summoned Gu Shao into the palace early in the morning, in order to ask for an understanding - originally he thought that if Gu Shao was hung out fiercely, Gu Shao might not be able to hold his breath and reveal his tone.

Behold......

Emperor Duanhua tried to brush away the powerlessness in his heart, concealed his frustration, and asked in the most majestic tone possible, "Why?!" ”

"Because Your Majesty is in the prime of life, although the minister still has the strength to spare, in terms of age, he is already dying of old age after all!" Gu Shao was silent for a short time, then raised his head, looked directly at Emperor Duanhua's incomprehensible gaze, and sighed deeply, "Even if Your Majesty has been using ministers, I am afraid that the ministers themselves will not be able to serve Your Majesty for too long!" ”

"Since you think that you can't serve me for too long, shouldn't you seize the opportunity to serve me so that you can leave a good impression on me, and even if your descendants don't fight in the future, I will take care of you for your face?!" This sentence almost burst out of Emperor Duanhua's mouth - just as he was about to say this, he suddenly thought of something, subconsciously pursed his lips, and looked at Gu Shao in disbelief.

Sure enough, Gu Shao continued: "Your Majesty is the first emperor to train him by hand, the first emperor is wise and martial, and Your Majesty is talented and intelligent, why is it not as light as the first emperor when dealing with everything?" When the first emperor was there, he discussed this issue privately with his ministers, and the ministers thought that it was because His Majesty was young and had experienced too few things. The so-called people are not born to know, and the so-called practice makes perfect, nothing more than that! ”

"And the first emperor also agrees with the minister's opinion."

"Since the first emperor was seriously ill and entrusted his ministers to assist His Majesty, the ministers have been panicking, and they have been thinking, what should they do to live up to the trust of the first emperor?"

"The minister thought about it for a long time, and finally felt that instead of relying on his old age and relying on his experience and qualifications to remove all obstacles for His Majesty, it was better to let His Majesty practice his own hands!"

"After all, ministers always have to go ahead of His Majesty!"

"The minister does not mean that the princes of the court and the central government are not as loyal and capable as the ministers. So much so that after the ministers are gone, Your Majesty has no credible and available people! ”

"But the Lord of the world is Your Majesty, not the ministers, nor the counselors!"

"Thunder and rain dew, it should be from above!"

"No, from the will of the ministers or the princes!"

"Therefore, since Your Majesty ascended the throne, except for state affairs, which are important matters related to the livelihood of the society and the people, and cannot be neglected, the rest of the ministers have only made perfunctory remarks whenever they ask the ministers."

"This is not to despise Your Majesty, let alone to deceive the king, I really hope that Your Majesty will deal with it himself!"

"But this time the Empress Dowager's move, Your Majesty, as a grandchild, is not easy to admonish, and the ministers naturally have to rely on their age to come forward to help!"

Emperor Duanhua looked at him in a daze, and his mind was in chaos.

The emperor is just mediocre in qualifications, not stupid, of course he knows the meaning of Gu Shao's words, in fact, he hopes that he can get rid of the dependence he cultivated when Emperor Xianjia was alive, personally provoke the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains of Darui, and be like Emperor Xianjia, so as to be dictatorial.

Therefore, since Emperor Duanhua ascended the throne, Gu Shao has never taken the initiative to share his worries about the problems he has encountered.

But Gu Shao's ultimate goal is to sharpen the Duanhua Emperor after all, rather than really stand by and watch the excitement.

Therefore, yesterday the Empress Dowager made a fuss to the point of killing herself, and Gu Shao immediately took action.

After all, if Gu Shao didn't care about this matter, Emperor Duanhua's reputation would definitely be ruined!

This old minister deliberately left by the first emperor really wanted to assist Emperor Duanhua, so he was not afraid of making Emperor Duanhua unhappy, in order to give Emperor Duanhua a chance to grow into the Holy Lord Mingjun; Instead, take the opportunity to monopolize power and reap benefits for yourself, your family, and your protégés!

"Since Gu Xiang is a hard worker, why ......" Emperor Duanhua was stunned for a long time before muttering, "Why didn't you explain to me earlier?!" Gu Xiang has insight into people's hearts, and he should know that if you had made such a purpose clear to me earlier, I would probably not object! ”

His qualifications are not as good as Emperor Xianjia, but he is definitely not a person who is rigid and self-serving.

However, Gu Shao smiled faintly: "Please forgive your majesty for the crime of being disrespectful and rude: first, the minister hopes that your majesty can understand the minister's wishes by himself; Second, it is...... For fishing! ”