Chapter 42: Joe's Will
In addition to Pei Xingjian standing up and continuing to support, the other courtiers were still in shock, what Liu Yi said today, from how to place the prisoners at the beginning, to the later military tuntian, stationed officials to strengthen governance, and the strong implementation of sinicization among the Hu people, these things combined, it is not just to discuss how to deal with these 200,000 Turkic prisoners, but a set of means to deal with the Turks and other Hu people, the emperor and the empress asked Liu Yi to put forward it in the palace, let the ministers discuss, the metaphor is somewhat intriguing.
Especially Xue Yuanchao and Pei Yan, the two ministers who had just stood up against Liu Yi, listened to Li Zhi's words in support of Liu Yi, and Liu Yi said a lot of sinicized remarks, although they felt that many of the views Liu Yi said were not approved by them, but they couldn't find a reason to refute them at once, not to mention that there were some that they recognized, and because the emperor and the empress both agreed with what Liu Yi said, they did not stand up again.
There is no very good reason to refute Liu Yi's point of view, it is better not to say it, as long as this matter is not decided on the spot, there is still a chance to discuss it, and they are also ready to carefully study Liu Yi's point of view after going back, and then discuss it.
Liu Yi saw that Li Zhi and Wu Zetian behind the curtain were quietly discussing for a while, and then without waiting for any more courtiers to stand up to express their objections, he announced: "Liu Aiqing's proposal is very fresh, I feel that it is a little urgent to discuss so many things in the court today, why don't you go back and think about it, and discuss it again when the next court meeting... Scatter!"
After Li Zhi announced the dissolution of the court, he immediately started to walk outside the hall, and the other officials who were a little shocked because they heard Liu Yi's remarks today that included several points of view, but ran through them, also walked outside the hall together.
Liu Yi caught up with Pei Xingjian, who was also going out outside the palace gate, and now he said that it was the first time he proposed a recital at the court meeting, and it was a sensational recital, and the other ministers reacted like this, especially Pei Yan, who Liu Yi knew that he was a famous minister in history, such an almost insulting accusation, he wanted to discuss the relevant situation with Pei Xingjian.
Pei Xingjian also seemed to be waiting for Liu Yi there, and when Liu Yi approached him, he immediately greeted him: "General Liu, there are still some things I want to ask the general about, and please go to a certain residence to talk about it!"
Faced with Pei Xingjian's formal title, Liu Yi didn't dare to be rude: "Don't dare to say this when Pei Shangshu says this, it should be the last general to ask Pei Shangshu for advice!"
The two looked at each other and smiled, walked out of the hall together, and saluted the other ministers who came to greet them. But after walking for a while, I saw a eunuch hurriedly running over to Liu Yi and making a salute: "General Liu, the queen of heaven is invited!"
Liu Yi and Pei Xingjian glanced at each other, and they both saw a trace of surprise in each other's eyes, and Pei Xingjian also glanced at Liu Yi: "Yi'an, you go first, when you come back from the mother's place, we will talk again!"
"Yes!" Liu Yi saluted Pei Xingjian and quickly followed the eunuch.
But something unexpected happened to Liu Yi again, the eunuch took Liu Yi to a side room near the Xianju Palace, pushed open the door and signaled to Liu Yi: "General Liu, Niangniang has not returned to the palace yet, please wait here, someone will call you in a while!" Without waiting for Liu Yi to respond, the eunuch stepped back and walked out and brought the door.
Liu Yi was a little surprised, after the eunuch left, he immediately checked the situation of this side room, and did not find any abnormal situation in this small side room, and then leaned to the door to listen to the movement outside, Liu Yi was also on guard, his mind was spinning rapidly, thinking about how to deal with the possible situation, Wu Zetian passed him over, how could this happen, let him wait in a side room not close to the Xianju Palace, is it very unusual.
But Liu Yi didn't hear any movement, and he didn't find anyone walking here, Liu Yi quietly opened the door that was not locked from the outside, looked outside, and still didn't find anything, but he didn't dare to leave without permission, and shrank back.
After about a quarter of an hour, Liu Yi, who was hiding behind the door, heard light footsteps coming outside, according to Liu Yi's judgment, this should be a woman, it may be a palace maid or something, Liu Yi is also upright, standing still in the room, ready to listen to the summons of the comer.
How do you know that when the footsteps were approaching the house, Liu Yi heard a familiar call: "Yi'an, are you inside?" ”
"Wan'er," Liu Yi was very surprised, he had already guessed right away that it was not necessarily Wu Zetian who came to pass on him, it was possible that Shangguan Wan'er Qiao passed Wu Zetian's will and asked him to come over.
Liu Yi quickly opened the door, and it was Shangguan Wan'er, who was dressed as a female official, and after checking that there was nothing outside, she quickly walked into the house and closed the door.
"Wan'er, did you call me over?" Liu Yi asked a little anxiously.
"San Lang, I am afraid that you have some concerns in your heart for such an argument at the court meeting today, so I asked someone to call you over!" Shangguan Wan'er looked nervous and stood facing Liu Yi.
"Wan'er, you are too bold, and you dare to do what Qiao will do?" Liu Yi frowned, Shangguan Wan'er was quite bold during this time, and she dared to do some things that Liu Yi felt were very surprised, which made Liu Yi a little worried. He wanted to find an opportunity to teach this bold woman a good lesson, and asked her to be careful in her actions, so as not to be discovered and killed.
"San Lang, don't worry, I'm fine, I'm worried about you, I'm afraid you have any grievances!" Shangguan Wan'er reciprocated with a comfortable smile, "I'm afraid that Pei Yan will accuse you like this today, you will be angry, and your heart will not be used..."
"Wan'er, at my age, if I put forward so many things that others didn't think of at the court meeting, I will definitely be blamed, and it's not an exaggeration to ridicule each other at a young age, I won't take such a thing to heart!" Liu Yi shook his head, his brows already relaxed.
Shangguan Wan'er approached Liu Yi's side, stretched out her hand to grab Liu Yi's hand, and asked softly, "San Lang, are there something you haven't told me?" What did the queen of heaven command you? And what you consulted with other courtiers? ”
Hearing Shangguan Wan'er ask like this, Liu Yi was a little puzzled and alert, why did Shangguan Wan'er ask like this, did she want to know everything she had done? immediately asked, "Why did Wan'er say that?" "It's just that the tone hasn't changed!
"San Lang, you misunderstood!" Shangguan Wan'er seemed to know the doubts in Liu Yi's heart, and hurriedly explained, "Wan'er is afraid that you don't understand how to deal with some things, I know what you want to say today is that there is an ingredient in it that is instructed by the queen of heaven, but the two prime ministers of the dynasty are clearly opposed, this is not a good thing, presumably after this court meeting, you will make more people pay attention, and it will also make people jealous of you for a while, which is the last thing Wan'er wants to see... I don't want anything unexpected to happen to you, and I don't want anyone to accuse you of anything else... Do you know that after arriving in Luoyang, Wan'er has already heard some rumors that are attacking you!"
"What are the words? Who said that? Liu Yi asked with a frown.
"It's about you and me, who said I don't know," Shangguan Wan'er said softly, "However, Pei Yan and Wu Sansi, you have to be more careful!"
"Wan'er is suspicious of what one of them said?" Liu Yi frowned slightly, the performance of these two people was a little abnormal, especially Wu Sansi.
"I'm not sure about some things," Shangguan Wan'er raised her head, looked at Liu Yi, leaned her head on Liu Yi's chest, and said softly: "These two people often go to the Queen of Heaven to ask for a meeting, as for what Wan'er doesn't know, Niangniang sent Wan'er out when they asked to see..."
Liu Yi frowned when he heard this, he was not afraid of this, even if there were such rumors, he could eliminate it through other key people, even if it was said by Wu Sansi, Pei Yan He was sure that this person would not take these boring things as an example, the most likely thing was Wu Sansi, who was showing favor to him in the court today, but Liu Yi didn't want Shangguan Wan'er to be jealous and worried because of such a thing, so he comforted at the moment: "Wan'er, no one knows about us, don't be afraid, as long as you don't be seen!"
Hearing Liu Yi say this, Shangguan Wan'er's face flushed, and she said shyly: "Wan'er will not be seen by others, but people are terrible, if someone is jealous because you have the favor of His Majesty and Niangniang, then many things can be spread without evidence!"
"The last general is on duty in the palace, and there are more intersections with the celebrity lawsuit in front of the queen of heaven, who dares to talk nonsense?" Liu Yi had a somewhat ambiguous smile on his face, "Unless someone falls in love with the lawsuit Bo, and I am afraid that Liu Yi can have so many opportunities to talk to the lawsuit Bo and do things together, otherwise it won't..."
"I hate it, talk nonsense," Shangguan Wan'er said coquettishly, clenched her little fist and beat Liu Yi's chest, "Now you still use these jokes to make fun of me, and you said that you can't call me a lawsuit!"
Liu Yi grabbed Shangguan Wan'er's pink fist, pinched it in his hand and played with it, and said with a smile: "Wan'er, I miss you, when do you want to be alone with you for a while, when will you come to me!" The purpose of letting her come here was to teach this daring woman a good lesson, and make her more careful.
Shangguan Wan'er's face was flushed again, don't look away, "You... Do you want to be... I want to do evil again!" Shangguan Wan'er's voice was like a mosquito calling, and her heart was trembling violently, the scene of love with Liu Yi often appeared in her mind, and the extremely comfortable feeling that Liu Yi brought to her was very reminiscent of her, and it was also a temptation, Liu Yi was now so openly invited, it was natural for her to think that Liu Yi wanted to do bad things again, she also had this impulse, but she had scruples, "You have a maid from Princess Taiping in your house, how can I come?" ”
"Wan'er, I rented a house in the north of the city, if you come over, you can go over there, and when you come, I will teach you the masquerade technique, so that you can come in handy if you want to sneak out of the palace in the future!"
"Really?" Shangguan Wan'er was overjoyed, Liu Yi was quite thoughtful, she understood that Liu Yi deliberately rented a house because of her, just like in Chang'an.
"Of course it's true!" Liu Yi nodded.
"Then I have a day to leave the palace, I'll tell you!" Shangguan Wan'er said shyly, looked out the window again, and urged Liu Yidao: "San Lang, you go first, Niangniang may call me in a while, I will talk about it later, remember my words, you have to be careful in doing things..."
"I see, then I'll go first..."
(To be continued)