After the Lantern Festival in the third year of Chengde, the Queen Mother selected two female officials from the Shanggong Bureau, and asked the two of them to sort out the affairs of the song.

In fact, among the female officials of the six bureaus, a group of talented and excellent people were selected early, and they were on duty in the Penglai Palace, which was to assist Shi Niang and Xie Ying in sorting out affairs such as songs, and these two female officials were among the best - in terms of secretly matching people's hearts.

When these two people are more familiar with which type of performance is the main concern of the Queen Mother, when they are submitted in time, although it seems to be a routine on the surface, but they cannot escape the old approval, and they must also inform the Queen Mother of the decision, if so, etc., Eleven Niang will be able to completely get rid of the clerical position.

Empress Dowager Wei does not want to emulate Empress Wen, allowing women to enter the office, and has always not looked down on the female officials from humble backgrounds who are promoted from the palace maids, and thinks that the people around her who serve the book should have a noble and decent identity, but the nobles of the Great Zhou Dynasty have never sent their daughters into the court as slaves and maids to please the royal family.

Of course, you can choose to enter the palace in the name of the princess, but those who are not as good as cardamom are talented enough to be able to take on the rare role, and the thirteen or fourteen-year-old ladies are also at the age of discussing relatives, and after three or two years in the palace, they have to be released to marry and marry, and they can't take on responsibilities for a long time.

Therefore, Empress Dowager Wei had no choice but to retreat and choose the "successor" of Eleven Niang among the female officials.

So Eleven Niang resumed the ten-day holiday, not than the official every ten days of the holiday, but every ten days of three days, of course, out of the palace or not is not restricted, can be done by the eleven Niang as she likes.

She was "intensifying" with Mrs. Tai at this time, and to maintain this illusion, she couldn't behave like an arrow, even if she looked up, but once she left the palace, there was no reason to "pass through the door", and such a willful faux pas was not the consistent style of Eleven Niang, so Eleven Niang Chengde took the first break in three years, and originally did not plan to go out of the palace and return home.

I didn't know that on this day, He Zhan would be informed: "Tomorrow will be off, you need to go up and see clearly, and you need to make a decision about an accident." ”

"What's the matter?" Eleven Niang was very surprised, over the years, she had actually handed over trivial matters to Shishilang for decision, and there were few emergencies, even the last time Lu Li recognized the new attendant, it can be said that it was critical, He Zhan just informed him, and the specific matter did not need to be deployed by Shi Niang, could it be that there was a more critical incident than that accident, so that He Zhan and Lu Li were undecided?

"One or two sentences are not clear." He Zhan insisted that Eleven Niang go to Shangqingguan to discuss.

Naturally, because Wen Qiao was in a hurry, Jiang and Hong Erzhou assassinated Shi and wanted to frame 5,000 innocent people as thieves and ask for beheading.

On this day, I learned that Eleven Niang was out of the palace, Lu Li and Shao Guang also came to discuss after being on duty, Lu Li first described what happened that day in detail: "According to the self-proclaimed Wen Qiao man, his wife was killed by the Jiangzhou Assassin Shi, he finally escaped, and planned to come to Kyoto to denounce the evil deeds, and met a few people on the way, all of whom were killed by He Shaozu, and they all had no way to ask for help, and they left their hometowns and were outcast, so they followed Wen Qiao into Beijing. Now it is the imperial history, so he came forward to prevent Bo Rong from redressing his grievances. ”

As soon as Lu Li's words fell, Shao Guang couldn't bear it anymore: "Those two dog officials are simply crazy, and those are thousands of innocent lives......"

Before he finished his indignant words, he was interrupted by He Zhan: "Xuanzhi suspected that there was something strange in his heart, and he did not respond to Wen Qiao's request, but only said that this matter was very important and needed to be investigated, and only asked a few people where they were hiding, and told them not to act rashly, I sent someone to keep an eye on them for a few days, and it turned out that I was secretly in contact with Zhu Ziyu." ”

Eleven Niang bowed: "Then it's no wonder that it's so coincidental that the sixth brother and Shao Jiulang were stopped outside the Yuwen Shangshu Mansion to redress their grievances." ”

"Since this matter is not a conspiracy of Mao and Yuan, most of it is instigated by the Urgent Guild, it should not be aimed at us, what Wen Qiao said should be the truth." Lu Li also said.

"Then Wen Qiao claimed that someone had pouted Jiangzhou to assassinate the history and tell Zheng Xiong that he was innocent as a thief?" Eleven Niang sensitively noticed this strangeness.

Lu Li's jaw nodded: "Wen Qiao really said so, I think he mentioned that his liver and gallbladder were broken when he mentioned the murder of his wife and children, when it was not disguised, it was indeed painful." ”

Eleven Niang had already connected a few strange things into a clue, looked at He Zhan, and saw that he was also frowning, so she knew that what she saw was slightly the same, but there was a little suspicious place, and she couldn't figure it out.

"Once the Jiang and Hong Erzhou texts arrive, the Queen Mother will inevitably be allowed to play, and the two states will make this great contribution to eliminating bandits, and maybe they will be able to get the title of marquis, but these thousands of innocent and tragic deaths will be ...... once they are revealed" He Zhan sneered: "It will cause the people to panic and resentment, if the Guild has already planned to do so, wouldn't it have a name to rise up, and there is a Liaopan army pressing the border, and the internal bandits are crusading against the treacherous, Wei Haichi is left and right, and then the Ruyang Wang Party takes advantage of the situation to force it to cede power......"

Eleven Niang raised her eyebrows slightly: "If the situation really deteriorates suddenly, Wei Haichi will be caught off guard, and he can only use force to suppress the Ruyang Royal Party, but it is inevitable that he will lose the support of the people and become the finger of a thousand people!" ”

"Maybe the time that King Jin expects will come early!"

He Zhan and Shi Niang, you come and go to me to analyze, but in Shao Guang's ears, there are five thunderbolts, he stood up, almost knocked over the knee case in front of him, raised his eyebrows, and was furious: "For the sake of power, do you know that thousands of innocent people will die because of grievances and stand by?" If so, how are we different from those traitors? ”

"Jiurou doesn't want to sit idly by, but there is a clever plan to save innocent lives?" Eleven Niang showed He Zhan and Lu Li, so that the two of them could not be impatient for a while, and responded to Shao Guang's question first.

"Of course, it is to advise the Queen Mother to investigate the truth of the two states to arrest thieves, punish adulterous officials, and pardon innocents!"

"Jiulang, don't forget, before Jiang and Hong, there have been several cases of innocent states and counties to invite credit, and the traitorous officials have been rewarded, and the beginning is Zheng Xiong! Can the Queen Mother admit that she has neglected to oversee and admonish the judge?! ”

"Even if the Queen Mother refuses to admit that she is negligent and bent on shielding the party, we can also use the Ruyang Wang Party, if the King of Ruyang knows about this evil thing, he will not miss the opportunity, as long as the King of Ruyang openly questions it, and we secretly incite public opinion to build momentum, we can also promote the Queen Mother's compromise."

"King Ruyang won't do that." Eleven Niang looked at Shao Guang with great calmness: "Even if the King of Ruyang knows about the evil of Jiang and Hong Erzhou at this time, he will sit back and watch the Queen Mother's quasi-performance, and wait for thousands of heads to fall to the ground, and the evil consequences will be exposed, because only in this way can the anger of the people be aroused, and only then can it become a killer blow to destroy the power of the Wei Party!" ”

The most cruel thing in the world is the struggle for power, and the benevolence of compassionate women cannot be tolerated, this is a desperate path that requires blood and death to pave the way, naked life and death, clear deception, a long scroll of history, how many fathers and sons turn against each other, fratricidal, not to mention the life and death of ordinary people who have no relatives and no reason, can not be a bargaining chip for careerists at all.

Shao Guang didn't understand this, but he couldn't accept it.

His eyes were red with grief and anger at the moment, staring at the ruthless girl in front of him, the turbulent emotions were like waves in the huge sea, but he didn't know how to refute Eleven Niang, he didn't have a better way to save the thousands of innocents, he was desperate and angry, he thought that this world might really be hopeless.

So he smiled miserably and shook his head desolately: "Liu Xiaoniang once advised Bucai, for the future of the society, don't do anything that can't be done, but Shao can't see the future, it turns out that Shao is not the same person as Liu Xiaoniang, it's really difficult to be reluctant and steal peace, Liu Xiaoniang once saved Shao from death, Shao has nothing to repay, only to swear, will not disclose your plans, only from now on like a stranger." ”

He didn't even turn his head and left the table.

"This donkey!" He Zhan couldn't help but be indignant.

Lu Li got up: "I'll go and persuade him." Chasing Shao Guang's back, he also walked out.

He Zhan saw Eleven Niang sitting with his eyes down, and couldn't help but say, "Why rush to convince him? It's not that there is no way to stabilize Borong temporarily. ”

"Fourteen Lang also said that it is temporary, which shows that he knows in his heart that concealment cannot last long, and besides, I don't want to deceive Shao Borong, this road is ruthless, fleeting opportunities, and endless crises, he should personally experience it." Eleven Niang smiled sadly: "Fourteen Lang, I have long known that gradually I will become those extremely disgusted people, despised by righteous men and gentlemen." ”

But this sadness was only for a moment, and Eleven Niang took a long breath: "Shao Jiulang is only afraid that he was really stabbed by me this time, and the sixth brother is afraid that it will be difficult to persuade him to be impatient, and I am afraid that he will act impulsively, so the incident is in danger again, and I have to rely on Shishilang to go around, and I must persuade Shao Jiulang not to act recklessly." ”

She also stood up slowly, looking up at the clouds in the sky, gloomy and covering the sky, until this time, she felt the coolness of her palm in her sleeve, and her fingers twitched.

Father, Aya, if you have a spirit in the sky, you will be like Shao Jiulang, accusing me of being ruthless, but Wu Dan's plan in his heart is too firm, so he can only live up to the elder and earnestly teach, Wu Dan does not ask for the understanding of his father and ancestors, and he does not expect to have a good end in this life, as long as he ...... As long as he can fight to the death, and return Pei Zheng's innocence, even if his hands are covered in blood because of his crimes, he will die without burial and without remorse.

She clenched her fingers tightly, thinking that her heart was as hard as iron, but she could not restrain her thoughts.

Is there really no way to have the best of both worlds, to seize this opportunity and save the lives of thousands of innocent people?

The answer is yes, this accident can undoubtedly be a winning blow if it is used well, but it must come at the cost of a river of blood.

The Urgent Guild and the King of Ruyang will do this, sitting back and watching Wei Haichi fall into a desperate situation, why can't she?

This is a wonderful opportunity she has been waiting for for a lifetime!

Suddenly, a soft voice called behind him: "Fifth sister." ”

Lu Li didn't know when to return, standing in the gloomy sky of this day, he looked at the woman who suddenly looked back, her eyes were still sad that could not be concealed, light as fluffy, but like thistles bound his heart.

He heard her say, "Brother Lu, you are also accusing me of being ruthless, but please stop trying to dissuade me." ”

At this moment, he suddenly had an impulse to take her into his arms and let his arms shield her from all the winds and waves in the world, all the troubles and pains.

But in the end, it was just, standing side by side with her.

"Fifth sister, I will not object to all your decisions, because I understand that this road is difficult and difficult, and I understand what you bear on your shoulders, and even if you and I are in a different situation, I will make the same choice as you, but the fifth sister ......" Lu Li lowered his eyes to the side and looked at Eleven Niang's tired eyes at this time: "I must dissuade today." ”