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Chapter 756 Chapter 775: Conspiring
Regarding Concubine Xiao Shu's method, Queen Wang is actually very clear, it is nothing more than pretending to be weak, deceiving Li Zhi to care about, changing tricks to complain to Li Zhi, usually giving some gifts to those concubines, and rewarding those servants and maids more, don't underestimate These servants and maidservants are the eyeliners of the palace, and the information transmission and information collection in the palace all depend on them.

Empress Wang knew that she could not use the trick of pretending to be weak. All she could do was buy people's hearts with money. Small favors and small benefits should not be ignored, so he sent a letter from his family to his father, asking him to come to Chang'an to see Looking at himself, he actually wanted his father to send him some money.

These concubines in the harem seem to have no place to spend money in the imperial palace, but they are very expensive to manage and generally cannot make ends meet. Concubine Xiao Shu has a prominent family background and comes from the famous Xiao family in Lanling, so she is generous.

Originally, Queen Wang's family background was stronger than hers, and the Taiyuan Wang family was definitely above the Lanling Xiao family. However, because of the assassination of the Nanzhao envoys, the Taiyuan Wang family plummeted, and now it is basically in a dying situation. Asking for money from the family only cost more than 1000 guan, and more than 1000 guan were used in the harem without any response. She roughly calculated that since Concubine Xiao Shu married Li Zhi, the gifts she gave to the concubines plus The rewards for the servants and maids in the house are more than 6000 guan, how can her [-] guan be comparable.

Xu Jingzong secretly gave a thousand coins to Xilai, a servant in the palace, and Liujuan, a maidservant in the palace. These two were only the lowest ranks in the palace. When had they seen so much money? It was said that it was given to them by Wu Meiniang. He was even more surprised, but Xu Jingzong's request was very simple, to tell him all about the rivalry between Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao, and whenever there was news in the future, let Xilai take the opportunity of going out to buy vegetables to send the letter.

On the spot, Xilai told Xu Jingzong the news that Concubine Xiao Shu had another quarrel with Queen Wang. Although it was only a trivial matter, Queen Wang had already sent someone to send a letter to Taiyuan.

When Xu Jingzong heard the news, he suddenly felt that the opportunity was coming, so he began to wait silently. Ten days later, Wang Renyou, the father of Queen Wang, came to Chang'an and asked to enter the palace to see the queen.

Wang Renyou's official position is very low. He is currently the Luoshan Ling. How big is the Luoshan Ling? He is the county magistrate of Luoshan, the seventh rank. It stands to reason that such a person should not even know where the gate of Taiji Palace is, but he He can enter the palace, because his daughter is the current empress. He is invited by his daughter to enter the palace. Who dares to stop him. Li Zhi will not be able to stop him if he doesn't have a valid reason.

Wang Renyou saw his daughter in the queen's bedroom, and saluted his daughter. There was no way. The order of ancient etiquette was heaven, earth, emperor, relatives, and teachers. The emperor was second only to heaven and earth. The emperor here represented the royal family, including the prince and the empress. So Wang Renyou wanted to salute his daughter.

After the two sat down as host and guest, they began to chat. First, they chatted about the household chores. When they chatted about the household chores, the queen was too embarrassed to ask her father for money. Why, because the family had no money. When talking about household chores, Wang Renyou It is said that the situation of the family is getting more and more difficult now, because last time they assassinated the Nanzhao envoy and framed Li Hao, and now the people are boycotting their Wang's goods, and their Wang's business has plummeted since then. To pay a huge fine, they borrowed a lot of money from Li Hao's bank. At the beginning, they overestimated their ability to repay the loan. They only borrowed for five years and had to pay back [-] guan every month. However, their business is so difficult now, and the food The price has plummeted, and the land and business are no longer profitable. How can they have money to repay the loan? Up to now, they have been in arrears with the bank for two months. If they delay for another month, the bank will close their mortgaged shop. If the repayment is not made within half a year, Li's Bank will take the mortgaged shops as their own. If they lose those shops, their Wang family will be completely finished.

Hearing these tragic experiences of the family, how could Queen Wang have the heart to ask her father for money? When she thought of being bullied in the palace and her family being bullied by Li Hao, Queen Wang suddenly felt so sad that she even started to cry. After all, Wang Renyou loves his daughter dearly. When he saw her crying, he hurriedly inquired. Then he learned that even though his daughter was a queen, she was not happy in the palace. There was a concubine Xiao Shu who had been competing with her for favor, and her daughter was always at a disadvantage.

Wang Renyou couldn't bear to watch his daughter suffer, so he comforted her not to cry. After a while, he said firmly, "Don't worry, I can't let you be bullied as a father. I'll go find your uncle after I get out later, and let her see you." He gives you advice, he is now a Zhongshuling, so he can't ignore you."

Empress Wang said with concern: "Father, I'm afraid that uncle won't be able to intervene in matters in the harem. If he refuses to help, don't make things difficult for him."

Wang Renyou nodded: "Don't worry, Dad knows the seriousness, so Dad is leaving now to find your uncle."

"Send the daughter off to the father."

"No, you stay here, don't send it off." Wang Renyou said and walked out of the palace under the guidance of the servants.

After Wang Renyou left the imperial city, he went straight to Zhongshuling Liu Xi's house. Liuxi was the uncle of Queen Wang. Pu She, this is a promotion, and You Pu She is in this position, and Changsun Wuji has also done it.

Wang Renyou didn't hand over the greeting card, but he still entered Liu Xi's mansion smoothly. After all, Liu Xi was his uncle.

The two sat down in the living room divided into host and guest, and began to greet each other. Anyway, they were talking about some routine. After a long time, the routine was almost done. Wang Renyou brought the topic to Queen Wang. There was something in his words, It is said that Liu Xun's ability to become a Zhongshu Ling is more or less in the light of his daughter.

Liu Xun did not deny this point, he was able to sit in the position of Zhongshuling, and he was indeed honored by the queen, and then Wang Renyou began to say how difficult it is for the queen to be in the palace now, how deceitful Concubine Xiao Shu is, etc. After all, Liu Shi is the uncle of the queen. After listening to it, I feel very uncomfortable. There is a saying that is good. Others would look at the queen's face and give him some face by the way. If the queen fell, he probably wouldn't be able to hold on as Zhongshu Ling for long.

Wang Renyou saw that the groundwork was almost done, so he begged Liu Shi to come up with an idea for help. Although Liu Shi had already guessed the purpose of his visit, when Wang Renyou said it, he still sighed silently. He is a foreign official, no matter how long his hand is, it is impossible to reach into the inner courtyard of the palace. Liu Shi said that he was helpless.

Wang Renyou didn't agree, he only had such a daughter, how could he bear to watch his daughter fall out of favor in the palace day by day, even if Liu Shi said that he could do nothing, he still asked for it, because since the last incident, the Wang family in Taiyuan was in court. Almost all his connections have been wiped out, and now Changsun Wuji doesn't care about their family anymore. The biggest official he knows now is Liu Shi. This is his last life-saving straw. How can he let go, seeing himself suffering If he can't beg, he is ready to kneel down.

Liu Shi was taken aback when he saw this, he hurriedly supported him, and tried to dissuade him repeatedly, but Wang Renyou refused, as long as he refused, he would kneel down, Liu Shi felt a terrible headache, so he had no choice but to agree to try to think about it first Method.

At this moment, the concierge came to report, and Xu Jingzong handed over a letter asking to see him, and he also sent a gift list. The gift he gave was a bit shabby, a jade ruyi, but it was gone. People always give jade ruyi in pairs, One of these goods is given away, if it is not too poor, it is too stingy.

Xu Jingzong is a small servant of the Shangshu Province, and he came to ask to see his Zhongshu Ling. customers, they avoided it first.

After Xu Jingzong saluted, Liu Shi invited him to take a seat, Xu Jingzong thanked him and sat down, and said with a dry smile: "My lord Liu, in fact, I have been waiting outside your mansion for a long time."

"Oh?" Liu Xi asked suspiciously, "Then why didn't you hand in the greeting card earlier, and wait outside the door, today's day is very poisonous."

Xu Jingzong said with a smile on his face: "The next official saw the queen's father, Wang Renyou, the county magistrate, entering your mansion. I was afraid of disturbing your Excellency's reception of Wang Daxian magistrate, so I waited outside the door for an hour. I guess Mr. Liu is about the same. After waiting for the guests, I handed over the invitation to see you."

"Ah, it's so." Liu Xi was slightly moved when he heard the words, and said, "Xu Shilang has a heart."

"Your Majesty Liu is too polite, you should be a lower official." Xu Jingzong asked seemingly casually, "I don't know why County Magistrate Wang came to find Master Liu?"

"This..." Liu Xi frowned slightly when he heard the words, not very happy, and felt that he was a little too lenient, so he said perfunctorily, "It's been a long time since we saw each other, and we talked about some family matters."

"Oh." Xu Jingzong nodded, and suddenly sighed, "It's not easy for the county magistrate Wang. It's hard for a good thing to happen. My daughter became a queen, but I didn't think... oh..." He wanted to speak again Stopped, and sighed and shook his head, looking like a standard trick.

Liu Xi frowned again when he heard this, and asked, "Did Shi Lang hear any news?"

Xu Jingzong laughed twice, and said: "It's all gossip, so it's not accurate."

Liu Xun raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and said, "It doesn't matter whether it's accurate or not, I'm curious if Shi Lang Xu can share some gossip."

"Since Mrs. Liu is interested, how dare I be stingy." Xu Jingzong smiled and said, "I heard that Queen Wang and Empress are falling out of favor in the harem day by day. With all the concubines, the servants and servants only recognize Concubine Shu, not the Empress!"

"There is such a thing!" Although Liu Shi had just heard Wang Renyou said it, he still had to pretend to be surprised.

"Exactly!" Xu Jingzong said, "Master Liu, the Empress Wang is your niece. We are all people in the officialdom, so naturally we know that it is a wonderful thing to have a niece of the Empress. Sir Liu, forgive me for talking too much. In a word, for your official career, you have to help the queen."

Wang Renyou, who had been hiding outside the living room and eavesdropping, immediately felt close to Xu Jingzong when he heard this. This is a good man, a very good man.

Liu Xi laughed awkwardly when he heard this, "Xu Shilang was joking, how can I intervene in matters in the palace with my little ability."

"That's true." Xu Jingzong nodded thoughtfully, "Unless we can find that person's help, there is really nothing we can do."

"Which person?" Liu Xi and Wang Renyou asked in unison, and Wang Renyou had already appeared at the door of the living room.

(End of this chapter)