Xie Raoping returned to the capital to serve as the prime minister again, and Eleven Niang did not make a special trip to Baqiao to "greet" like Xuanji, but she saw the Queen Mother's top confidant in the Hanxiang Palace, and was fortunate to be left by the Queen Mother to listen - Xie Raoping asked to see him alone, although at the moment the Queen Mother did not move out of the etiquette to drink even if she had a private meeting with her, but as a last resort, of course, the Empress Dowager Wei did not want to be disgraced because of her words and deeds, so she must avoid suspicion to show her innocence.

It is absolutely impossible for a "lover" to hold hands and pour out the bloody scene of affection because of a long-term reunion, although the Queen Mother will inevitably ask for warmth, and the proportions are just right - just enough to make Xie Daxiangguo full of comfort, but not to surprise others.

It's just that Eleven Niang still heard a trace of disapproval from the Queen Mother's "affectionate" condolences, but what is certain is that Xie Raoping, who has been "poisoned into the viscera", is completely unaware.

One is intentionally used, the other is obsessed, and Eleven Niang is becoming more and more a bystander.

Of course, she heard about Yuan Dezhi's upcoming transfer to Beijing officials for the first time, especially when Xie Raoping said that "he can be a scholar", the Empress Dowager did not hesitate to allow it, but she raised her eyebrows slightly, which was almost an unconscious move, but it showed that Empress Dowager Wei had a clear understanding of the purpose of Xie Raoping's advice.

I'm afraid that Lingnuma Gong will be idle again in the near future!

Eleven Niang was sure in her heart, of course, she didn't show anything.

It was only when she discussed with He Zhan afterwards that Eleven Niang expressed her opinion: "Since the Xue Feng case, there have been many vacancies in the court, resulting in endless competition between Wei and Mao, Mao Wei was implicated in some ways because of the imperial examination, and the Queen Mother was obviously dissatisfied with him, so she seemed to favor Wei Yuanping, but in the post of Wannian Ling, the successor is still Xie Dang." ”

Eleven Niang looked at He Zhan: "What does this mean?" It shows that the Queen Mother is very sober, and the checks and balances are not affected by intimacy, Chang'an Lingyu Wensheng is the Wei Party, and the Wannian Order must be the Xie Party, and then there is a transfer of Yuan Dezhi, and the Queen Mother also understands that Xie Raoping intends to regain control of Shangshu Province, and almost without hesitation, she will allow it, which is also for checks and balances. ”

"Then Wang Xiangguo ......"

"Shangshu Province was originally in Xie Raoping's hands, when the incident happened suddenly, He Yan intended to appoint Xue Shifu as Shangshu Ling, and the Queen Mother had no choice but to use Lingnuma Gong, but Lingnuma Gong's impartiality was too fair, which made the Queen Mother not satisfied, since Xie Raoping returned to the dynasty, Lingnuma Gong let Xian only sooner or later, but Xie Raoping is so impatient, the Queen Mother may not be unreasonable in her heart." Eleven Niang said confidently.

He Zhan obviously disagreed with this view: "In my opinion, although Empress Dowager Wei only used Xie Raoping to be hypocritical, her trust and reliance are not weaker than Wei Yuanping's, and it is unlikely that she will be dissatisfied with Xie Raoping's selfishness." ”

Eleven Niang raised her eyebrows: "I don't think Wei Haichi will mind Xie Raoping's selfish desires, let alone think that we can use this little thing to provoke Wei Haichi and Xie Raoping to become enemies, but I firmly believe that no matter what, Xie Raoping will not betray Wei Haichi, I just think that Xie Raoping can't wait to fight for power and profit this time, and will let Wei Haichi marry Mao Wei, with Xie Daxiangguo's loyalty, if there is no one behind him, he will never be in a hurry to get power and consolidate power, Wei Haichi is bound to understand this." ”

"What do you mean...... Remove Mao Wei first? ”

"Back then, Pei Zheng's old case, Mao Wei was bound to grasp the hidden secrets, compared to Xie Raoping, his loyalty to Wei Haichi was very limited." Eleven Niang chuckled: "Between Mao Wei and Xie Raoping, it doesn't seem to be so indestructible. ”

"I think so." He Zhan bowed his hand with a happy heart, and then turned to another thing that had been investigated for a long time and had only made some slight progress recently: "Regarding the pusher behind He Shaozu, there has been no eyebrows, and among the people who have dealings with him, it seems that only Yu Wensheng is slightly suspicious, but because He Shao's father-in-law is a member of Chang'an County, it is not certain that Yu Wensheng is the one who advises him, as for Pei Zijian's brother and sister, I have not detected anything suspicious, but recently, I have inadvertently discovered Yu Wensheng and his concubine Xuanji, It seems that he deliberately went to Baqiao on the day Xie Raoping returned to Beijing. ”

"Xuanji?" When Eleven Niang heard this name for the first time, she looked at He Zhan with questions.

"The Fang family often visits Chang'an County, probably to see this Xuanji." He Zhan said: "Because I inquired about Yu Wensheng's wife Wan Shi does not like to socialize, Yu Wensheng has returned to Beijing for nearly a year, Wan family in addition to his mother's relatives, almost never with the prominent female dependents, even in the inner house, but also mostly concubine Xuanji to take care of, what is more suspicious is that Yu Wensheng took Xuanji to Baqiao, after returning to the city, Xuanji went to the West City alone to a Valerian shop, although we sent the eyes and ears did not find out the purpose of her trip, but not long after Xuanji left, but I also came out of the Jiahua shop, which may have some connections, I don't know. ”

"Who is the old man?"

"She was once the western woman of Suzhou, and now she is favored by Wei Rui." He Zhan frowned slightly: "Back then, Xi Yu begged me to help her enter Beijing, close to high-ranking officials and nobles, although I knew that she was by no means an ordinary prostitute, but her identity and origin, but she was poor and desolate and not suspicious, and helping her to succeed was also for the future or helpful, only a few years later, although she was favored by Wei Rui, but she did not find fault with her, not like revenge for personal grudges, but like a very good ear and eye." ”

Eleven Niang bowed: "Find a way to investigate the origin of that Xuanji, pay attention to whether she has any dealings with Xi Yu, and then find a way to find out, whether there is Xi Yan's merit behind Wei Yuanping's promotion of Yu Wensheng, if it can be confirmed, it may be a fact that we infer that there are unknown forces behind Yu Wensheng to help." ”

"I've already done this." He Zhan said with a smile: "Another thing is that He Shaozu had to be released as Yiling Lieutenant, and he began to dig his own grave. ”

"Huh?" Eleven Niang immediately became interested.

"I've been letting people stare at Fang's family, this one doesn't know what evil he has fallen into, since the fall of Feng Bozhang, he began to abuse his mother-in-law, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are incompatible, He Shaozu was released, He Mother originally planned to follow to Yiling, but was forced to stay in Kyoto by Fang's family, after He Shaozu left Beijing, He Mother couldn't afford to be ill, Fang's not only waited in front of the bed, but even ignored the diet and did not ask for a doctor, and recently said that he had set up a garden on the outskirts of the city to send He Mother to recuperate, pretending to follow the sick with him, but he secretly dug a pit at night to bury the body, I guess...... He Mu was only afraid that it was a real illness this time, and she was dying, and the Fang family concealed it and did not report it, because she was afraid that He Shaozu would have to worry immediately if he finally got an official position. ”

Eleven Niang sneered: "Tang Shien will take revenge and want to poison the sixth sister, and he deserves to end up like this, since we can all find out about this matter, the driving force behind it will naturally not be hidden in the dark, and wait for the day when He Shaozu ascends to the top and falls, and see who exposes this unfilial crime." ”

At that time, it was clear who was the mastermind of this matter and wanted to put He Shaozu to death.

Because it was approaching the New Year, this time Eleven Niang did not stay in Shangqingguan for a long time, and returned to her home two days later, just when Xiao Jiu also had to return to the house for the same reason, originally planned to go to Shangqingguan, I heard that Eleven Niang immediately rushed to Xuxiaotang after returning to the house to "say goodbye", cross-kneeled to Eleven Niang in front of her, elbows to the case, fists against the chin, puffing cheeks and complaining: "I heard that from Chinese New Year's Eve to the tenth day of the first month, Eleven Sister will be on duty in the palace, don't you miss the New Year and pay homage to my house?" Fortunately, the eleventh sister of the Shangyuan Festival is on holiday, why not travel with me to the Lantern Festival? Don't shirk this time, Sister Eleven, how long have we not traveled together? That's more than enough! ”

Although Xiao Xiaojiu's eyes revealed the "Chu Chu pitiful" made Eleven Niang a little soft-hearted, but thinking of the "ambition" that became more and more obvious with age, Eleven Niang, who had no interest in her children's private affairs, still refused the invitation with a hard heart: "Sister Ting, in order to prevent Lu Rui's entanglement, will not want to play and enjoy the fun on the Shangyuan Festival next year, in order to avoid Sister Ting's loneliness, I should accompany the family that day, and Brother Jiu also needs to pay attention to the villain's plots, and it is better to go to less noisy places." ”

Xiao Xiaojiu was disappointed, and thought of the grievances that had been almost closed in the past few days, and he was so angry that he went straight to the case: "I don't believe it, Lu Rui really dares to be lawless, dare to kidnap people in public, and can't do it?" Why can't you even enjoy the Lantern Festival in order to avoid this despicable stream? ”

"Brother Jiu must not be capricious, even if he is amusement, he needs to bring more followers." Eleven Niang's face was full of solemnity, and she said in a tone of teaching children: "There is a Shangyuan Festival every year, and it is not bad for this amusement, why bother to join in the fun, I really don't have this interest, because I have to enter the palace every half a month, and it is rare to accompany my family. ”

Xiao Xiaojiu knew that since the eleventh sister had made up her mind, it would be extremely difficult to convince, although she was unwilling, but she was not too entangled, she was frustrated and annoyed under the pressure, raised her arm and beckoned two moves, and one of his accompanying maidservants presented a brocade box that was not exquisite, Xiao Xiaojiu opened the lid and smiled at the eleventh sister: "This is the New Year's gift I prepared for the eleventh sister, but it took a lot of thought, it was easy to find the ancient recipe, and I tried it dozens of times, and finally made a few colors of pigments, I thought it was not inferior to the market for sale, and the eleventh sister tried it first, If I feel good, I will be more attentive in the future, and I will definitely mix it completely, and in the future, the eleventh sister will no longer have to rely on outsiders to make Danqing. ”

It turned out that Xiao Xiaojiu had also heard about Fang's flattery and flattery of Eleven Niang, and heard the servants and concubines talking about that He Shaozu was not a righteous gentleman, for fear that Eleven Niang would be used by others, so he wasted a lot of painstaking research materials for Eleven Niang's paintings.

How did he know that Eleven Niang didn't pay attention to the pigment prepared by He Shaozu at all?

And the things prepared by Xiao Jiu's wasted heart, of course, are more cherished by Eleven Niang, how can He Shaozu's dedication be compared?

But at this time, Eleven Niang had to hide her gratitude, and said a serious lecture: "Brother Jiu shoulders the hopes of the elders, and he should be attentive to the epic endowment, and he must not delay his progress because of such idle affairs, otherwise even I will be blamed!" ”

However, seeing Xiao Xiaojiu's enthusiasm suddenly turned into a face full of grievances, Eleven Niang couldn't bear to completely hurt the young man's kindness, although she still had a straight face, she didn't refuse this New Year's gift: "This time it's just that, Eleven Niang received the gift of friendship from Brother Jiu, I just hope that Brother Jiu will remember not to take it as an example, otherwise Eleven Niang is only afraid that she will not have the face to see her grandfather and uncle." ”

Although Eleven Niang accepted the gift, Xiao Xiaojiu was still depressed, almost dejected, and muttered to herself along the way: Eleventh Sister seems to be estranged from me, could it be that I did something bad to cause Eleventh Sister to be bored?

Even the maid was a little unbearable, and gently persuaded her: "Xiao Langjun don't think so, he is sad and doesn't say it, and he blames Liu Shiyi Niang, the little lady's words just now, according to the maid, it is really out of concern for Xiao Langjun, and encourages Xiao Langjun to focus on his studies, if Lang Jun misunderstands, he will live up to Liu Shiniang's kindness." ”

As soon as Xiao Xiaojiu heard this, he turned his sorrow into joy, and consciously derived corroboration: "Yes, the eleventh sister has always taught a lot of lessons to the baboon brother and the Jin sister, it can be seen that it is the closest people who will be so told and cared for, and the eleventh sister will not be so lucky when they are idle." So he happily went back to his home, and he didn't even think that it would be so difficult to see the eleventh sister for a whole month.

However, what Xiao Xiaojiu and Eleven Niang didn't know was that this smart and clever maid turned her head and told the hostess Zhang about this trivial matter, "Aunt Zhang" waited for Xiao's New Year's return, and took her sister-in-law's hand and praised it again and again: "Xiao Jiu's stubborn temperament, my mother has a headache, but I am happy that Yi Yi is often restrained, Eleven Niang is rare to be smart and sensible, and it is even more rare that Xiao Jiu is happy and convinced of her, Ah Xing, although the two children are still young, but in my opinion, it is a match made in heaven, although Yi Yi is a concubine, But Mrs. Tai and Yingyang Zhenren teach, not to mention the talent, the character is also impeccable, and it is even more rare that Xiao Jiu is also a childhood sweetheart, and he will definitely be able to be harmonious in the future. ”

Seeing that the sister-in-law Zhang obviously cherished Shi Niang, Xiao Shi was consciously happy, but when he thought that the Empress Dowager Wei in the palace was also "eyeing Shi Niang", he was inevitably worried, and just sighed: "I hope the two children really have this fate." ”

Zhang's and Xiao's sister-in-law were "secretly talking" about their children's marriage, but they were coincidentally listened to by Xiao Xingzhe, who was too drunk and planned to go back to the room to rest, outside the window.

He overheard the conversation between his wife and his sister, and his expression was not happy at all, but frowned, and after standing for more than ten breaths, he turned to leave.