Chu Dingguo left the Wenxuan Hall with a question mark on his head and an unclear admiration for Ye Tian.

After he left, Ye Tianhuai sat in front of the desk with his head propped up and closed his eyes for a while, so that Li Baoquan thought she was asleep.

"Your Majesty......" Li Baoquan called tentatively.

"Li Baoquan, you send someone out of the palace." Ye Tianhuai suddenly spoke, and Li Baoquan realized that she was not asleep, but just thought about things.

Ye Tianhuai raised his head and looked at him, and said, "Send a reliable person, go out of the palace to find He Qingchang, the secretary of the military department, and say...... Concubine Xi missed him and let him enter the palace to talk. ”

Li Baoquan glanced at Ye Qianhuai, and the moment the master and servant looked at each other, Li Baoquan immediately understood what Ye Tianhuai was going to do.

Sure enough, Ye Tianhuai smiled at him and said, "Bring him directly to the Wenxuan Palace, don't let people see it." ”

"Minions understand." Li Baoquan answered.

Ye Tianhuai stood up, slowly pacing back and forth in the room with his hands in his hands.

Directly above her head, there is a plaque hanging high on the rafter beam of the Wenxuan Palace, on which are the four big characters inscribed by Emperor Xingrui himself--Wen Yidao.

The penmanship is vigorous and high-spirited.

It is said that these four words were inscribed by Emperor Xingrui when he first ascended to the great treasure.

He was only twenty-two years old that year.

In the past 100 years, this small Wenxuan Hall has cultivated six emperors, including the eloquent Emperor Longde and the hard-working Emperor Xingrui.

But no emperor faced a more difficult situation than Ye Tianhuai.

Right now, she must stabilize the forbidden army.

According to what Chu Dingguo said today, the Criminal Department did not take him away for the crime of abusing lynching, and it had already given Ye Tianhuai a thin face.

The meaning of the Criminal Department's move has been very clear, that is, both sides take a step back, and the matter is over.

Chu Dingguo has no family background and is upright, so he can't shake the young masters of these families in the forbidden army. Unless he can have someone who is well-known in the military and can speak well in the court, he can be a supporter.

Ye Tianhuai thought of someone.

He Qingchang, the secretary of the military department.

In the previous life, on the eve of the Chengtianmen Change, it was Luo Zichang who brought He Qingchang to the palace to ask Ye Tianhuai for an order to transfer the forbidden army, but this time there was only Luo Zichang, and He Qingchang did not accompany him. Even in the entire Chengtianmen incident, Ye Tianhuai never saw He Qingchang's figure from beginning to end.

There must be something different from the previous life.

Among the six important ministers, the most powerful one used by Gu Shihai was Du Jing, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and the other was He Qingchang, the secretary of the Ministry of War.

However, Chengtianmen made such a big commotion, and even the forbidden army went out of the palace in violation of the order, but He Qingchang didn't even show his face.

It's so perverse.

Ye Qianhuai decided to test it.

So she borrowed the name of Concubine Xi to invite He Qingchang.

Concubine Xi is the concubine of the first emperor and the sister of He Qingchang, she has no children under her knees, and after the first emperor left, she became more and more lonely in this deep palace. Therefore, every year during the New Year's holidays, He Qingchang will come to the palace to catch up with her.

In Ye Tianhuai's memory, He Qingchang is a person who does not smile. Unlike Du Jing's arrogance and arrogance, and also different from the eight-sided exquisiteness in Wenxin, He Qingchang is silent and rarely takes the initiative to speak at court meetings. But whenever something was asked to him, he was able to answer it fluently, and he never panicked.

If Du Jing is the spear in Gu Shihai's hand, then He Qingchang is the shield in his hand.

Ye Tianhuai paced in the Wenxuan Hall for a long time, and she was a little panicked in her heart.

After all, she wasn't sure what He Qingchang was thinking.

He Qingchang has been an official in the court for many years, and he is very familiar with the routines of officialdom and the palace.

At this point in time when the New Year's Festival was not clear and the Qingming Festival was not in place, the eunuch in the palace suddenly spread the word that Concubine Xi wanted to find him to enter the palace to reminisce about the old days. With a little brain, he could guess who was going to see him.

Ye Tianhuai was a little worried that he would excuse himself, and he refused to even see her.

Fortunately, Li Baoquan still brought He Qingchang to the Wenxuan Palace.

"Dust knocks on Your Majesty."

He Qing Changsheng has triangular eyes, and he always looks extra serious when he is not smiling.

"He Qing doesn't have to be polite, please get up." After Ye Tianhuai finished speaking, he said to Li Baoquan, "Show tea to Lord He." ”

He Qingchang stood up, lifted the hem of his silk shirt, and said, "I am in a hurry to go out, I have time to change my clothes in the future, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive the sin of disrespect." ”

As he spoke, he kept looking at the bookcase in front of Ye Tianhuai, and did not raise his eyes to look at the emperor.

"No problem. It happened suddenly, and there was not much time, so I didn't catch up with He Qing. Ye Tianhuai got straight to the point, "Do you have any opinion on the personnel changes in the forbidden army recently?" ”

He Qingchang still lowered his eyes and replied: "The forbidden army is directly under His Majesty, not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, and the subordinate officials have no opinion. ”

His reply was short and forceful, very stiff, and the atmosphere became stiff for a moment.

Ye Tianhuai was not angry and did not rush to ask, He Qingchang could take the risk to come to see her, it must not be a waste of time to come to her with nothing to do.

She glanced He Qingchang up and down, he was wearing an indigo silk shirt, his eyes were firmly fixed on the empty bookcase in front of Ye Tianhuai, the corners of his mouth were tense like a falling thin line, and his eyes were like a calm sea, without a trace of waves.

He's nervous.

Although Ye Tianhuai couldn't see what he was nervous about, maybe he was worried that Ye Tianhuai would make things difficult, maybe he was worried that this trip would be exposed, or maybe he was worried that Gu Shihai would be suspicious of him.

But Ye Qianhuai could see that he was nervous, and he was trying to maintain the immovable demeanor on his face.

So she chuckled and said, "I remember that He Qing was a jinshi in the twenty-second year of Xingrui, and he has been an official in Beijing since then. After all, the year I was born happened to be the time when He Qing entered the court. In court affairs, I am still a child, you are my senior, you have to teach me. ”

Ye Tianhuai said sincerely, and he was also serious, He Qingchang's expression moved slightly, and said, "Your Majesty is serious." In the eyes of the lower officials, His Majesty is the posture of a real dragon, and the humble opinion of the lower officials is really unacceptable, and it is unsightly in front of His Majesty. ”

"The sage said, the sea is tolerant of all rivers, and the good is like a stream, which is what Mingjun did. He Qing doesn't have to be presumptuous, you have been in power for the longest time among the six current Shangshu, and I admire you very much for your ability to handle things and use people. I might as well tell you bluntly that today's ministers of the court questioned the matter of banning the army, although I suppressed it, I also had this concern in my heart. ”

She sighed lightly and said, "What kind of character Chu Dingguo is, what kind of seat is suitable for sitting, I don't know?" But He Qing, I have no one available. What I need now is not a loyal and brave soldier, nor a good argumentative minister, what I need most now is you. ”

She looked at He Qingchang with blazing eyes.

(End of chapter)