After leaving the Xuanzheng Palace, Zhuge Liang told Queen He Ning about this matter, and said worriedly: "Since ancient times, the fox has been flattering and harming the country, it has never been an empty word, Your Majesty is now in the prime of life, and will be able to follow the example of the first emperor to rule the world. ”

He Ning's attitude towards this matter is not very clear, on the one hand, she has already received the emperor's flying pigeon message, and knows that there is now a woman by his side, who is a fox spirit, on the other hand, she also feels that what Zhuge Liang said is very right.

She could only say like this: "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, the most honorable person in the world, and no one can interfere with whoever he likes." Could it be that the prime minister wants to be the lord of His Majesty?"

Zhuge Liang said: "The minister doesn't dare, the minister is just worried that the great cause of the Wei State for thousands of years will collapse because of that fox demon." ”

He Ning said: "Prime Minister Zhuge is completely overthinking about this. This palace once heard His Majesty say that throughout the ages, there is no man who has not made mistakes because of women, but there is no man who has not made things because of women. ”

These words were originally said by Zhao Changqing from the perspective of the sentence 'Behind every successful man, there must be a great woman'.

But He Ning listened to it in her heart, and she felt that what she said made sense.

Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly: "Queen Mother, no matter what, you must be careful of that fox demon." After all, the demon is a demon, different from people, Weichen remembers that when His Majesty conquered the Chu State, he also said a sentence, called 'If it is not my race, its heart will be different', the fox demon is not human, how is the heart, we can't handle it yet. It's just that a Renjun fell in love with a fox, this kind of thing, no matter how you look at it, it's a little wrong. ”

He Ning smiled and said: "Prime Minister Zhuge doesn't have to worry too much, if that fox girl really comes, and there is this palace in town, as long as this palace is in the harem for a day, that fox demon will not be able to turn over any storms, if she really does something that will harm the country and the people, this palace will make a ruling." ”

Zhuge Liang was stunned when he heard this, and then retired.

The Queen's words are already clear.

The fox demon is His Majesty's woman, that is, the person in the harem.

No matter whether this fox demon has done anything to harm the country and the people, the outside world has no right to criticize or punish her, and only His Majesty and her, the queen, can adjudicate on her.

After Zhuge Liang left the harem, he said in his heart: "After all, he is a foreign minister, or not, if that fox demon really dares to mess around, he doesn't mind laying a net and ambushing her on the premise of offending the queen." ”

In Zhao Changqing's dynasty, it is estimated that it is impossible for Daji to do such a thing as in the god list.

The reason is the same, in the first dynasty, there were too many loyal ministers.

I can't kill them all!

The key is that these loyal ministers are all very capable people.

After Zhuge Liang returned home, he summoned Lu Bing, the deputy commander of Jinyiwei, and discussed a matter with him.

That is to investigate the Qingqiu Fox Clan.

Lu Bingchu was extremely surprised when he heard this, "Prime Minister, this Qingqiu is no better than other places, have you forgotten that the ancestor sister of the fox demon back then was happy?"

Zhuge Liang naturally did not forget that investigating Qingqiu would inevitably lead to a series of reactions, and even anger the old ancestor of the fox demon, but at this moment, he had no other way.

All this is really just for the sake of Dawei.

"Commander Lu, after you have been the deputy commander for so many years, don't you hope that one day you will be able to turn positive?" Zhuge Liang said with a smile.

Lu Bing was taken aback and said: "Prime Minister, this sentence is not a joke, Your Majesty has a goal first, in the future, Jinyi Wei will be a hereditary system, and the commander will be Lord Jia Xu in the prime of life, and he will have an heir in the future, how can I have my share?"

Zhuge Liang opened his mouth and said: "As for how to do it, Lord Lu doesn't have to worry about it, in short, Liang has a way to let you succeed to the position of commander." But the premise is that you have to help Liang investigate this Qingqiu. ”

Lu Bing was stunned, hesitated for a long time, and finally decided: "Okay, I also want to know what kind of existence this Qingqiu is." ”

Zhuge Liang smiled but said nothing.

In the harem.

A disciple of the Sword Pavilion reported to He Ning, saying that after Zhuge Liang returned home, he called Lu Bing, the deputy commander of the Jinyi Guard, to his home.

This incident made He Ning a little angry.

After she asked the disciples of the Sword Pavilion to retreat, she said to the few maids beside her: "When you leave the palace these days, pay more attention to the movements of Lu Bing and Zhuge Liang." ”

These handmaidens are all masters trained by He Ning over the years, and they are extremely loyal.

They were a little puzzled, and one of the maidservants asked, "Niangniang, do you think Prime Minister Zhuge has a heart of disobedience?"

He Ning shook his head and said, "That's not the case, don't ask about superfluous things." In short, Zhuge Liang has been a little too presumptuous recently. Your Majesty is okay in the palace and can suppress Zhuge Liang, but as soon as Your Majesty leaves, he will call and drink the three members of the court at will, which is really unreassuring, and Lu Bing is still in control of Jinyiwei. ”

She now felt more and more that it was an extremely important thing for His Majesty to choose to weaken Zhuge Liang's power in the first place.

As a foreign minister, the most important thing is to be able to handle the affairs of the court.

But now Zhuge Liang's hand is stretched too long, and he still wants to ask about the family affairs of the Son of Heaven.

This is decisively intolerable.

The crown prince Zhao Hongqing was beside He Ning at the moment, and he said: "Mother, now the child has a concern in his heart. ”、

"What concerns?" asked Hening.

Zhao Hongqing said: "If my father passes the throne to me in the future, then how can I suppress these meritorious ministers? For example, the five tiger generals and the teacher Zhuge Prime Minister? According to the children's knowledge, they are all dragons and phoenixes in the world, will they listen to the children in the future?"

He Ning took the prince's little hand, looked at the blue sky in the distance, and said: "Your father said that one day in the future, all your roadblocks will be cleared, and anyone in this world is a chess piece for your father, can you understand?"

Zhao Hongqing yearned for his father a little, he said: "I hope that one day, I can also become a king like my father, able to firmly control the country, not afraid that those powerful ministers will threaten their status, and there is no need to worry about corrupt officials or unsubordinate ministers." ”

When He Ning heard this, he said lightly: "An emperor like your father has only appeared in a thousand years. ”

"Is it the First Emperor?" Zhao Hongqing asked in a milky voice.

He Ning nodded, "Your father's country will surpass the First Emperor, and the history books of later generations will record that your father will conquer the First Emperor and become the true Emperor of the ages." ”

(End of chapter)