fast and ferocious

Chapter 486 Persuading by Order ([-]) One more

"What I said to you today, will you be like Marquis Wu Ding who keeps his father's secret, killing anyone and not telling anyone?"

When the emperor suddenly asked this question, Qin Wubing reacted with his eyes wide open, and replied honestly:

"will not!"

Just when the emperor was about to get angry, Qin Wubing explained:

"I had the following conversation with the emperor's little aunt. She asked me 'are you hiding something from me?' I said 'never!' I asked her again 'are you hiding something from me?' She replied "Except what the emperor forbids to say, I will say it." I asked again, "If I said something, would it be a secret between us?" .' So, if the emperor wants me to keep my mouth shut, you must first ask your little aunt not to ask!"

The emperor laughed out loud twice, then suddenly restrained his smile and asked: "You once said that Song Fu, governor of Xining Prefecture, is a capable official?"

"Yes!"

"You said he was transferred to the household department, so he might be competent?"

"Ah? It should be okay. I think Song Fu is very capable of coordinating the battle of Xining. Does the Ministry of Households need such skills? It is really unnecessary for the emperor to ask me. You should ask Brother Nine what do I do with the Six Departments?" I don’t even understand, how to give the emperor an opinion? I can only tell whether it’s good or bad through my contacts, such as Gu Qinghe, the county magistrate of Yongning, that’s really a good official! And Chen Haonan, the prefect of Wuzhou, Mr. Xie Yuxie won’t say anything , These people are good officials, capable officials! I think that being an official is not good enough for mere people, you must have ability..."

"I'm just asking. What do you mean by saying that you can't give me an opinion, and then you name these people?"

Just as Qin Wubing was about to explain, the emperor waved his hand and said, "You should hurry up and save little aunt and Prince Rui!"

"Ok?"

"The Empress Dowager was on a hunger strike because Cheng County Prince's Mansion was surrounded by officers and soldiers that day. The little aunt went to talk about it yesterday. It didn't work. Today, Prince Rui and the little aunt went to read Buddhist scriptures, but the queen mother still refused to eat. ..."

"There must always be a purpose. What does she want the emperor to do before she is willing to eat?"

"Unseal the seal of Chengjun Prince's Mansion, and make Chengjun Prince his prince."

"Or let her go hungry for two meals!"

After Qin Wubing finished speaking, he received a sharp look from the emperor, he hurriedly said: "I'm going now, but I have to explain first, if my method is a little rough, the emperor can't..."

"What do you want to do?"

"It's okay, I'll persuade you!"

……

The emperor asked Dequan to take Qin Wubing to meet the queen mother, and the two walked quietly under the red wall. Suddenly, Dequan said softly: "The great kindness of Captain Qin, this old slave will remember it."

Qin Wubing raised his eyebrows, and after thinking about it, he understood what Dequan meant, but what he didn't understand was that when he was interceding for Dequan, there was no outsider present, how could Dequan know?

"Prince Rui told the old slave when he saw him today, and the old slave was thinking about how to thank him..."

"Don't think so much, be your job well, don't thank me, I'm just discussing the matter."

Dequan responded with a 'yes' and the two stopped talking.

……

In the Empress Dowager's bedroom, the old monk lay on the bed with his head resting on his arms and gave up. The Eldest Princess was still preaching to the Empress Dowager on the bed. The Empress Dowager only closed her eyes and listened, but remained motionless.

Dequan stopped the little eunuch who wanted to report, and brought Qin Wubing into the hall. The old monk sat up when he saw Qin Wubing twitch, and said happily:

"It's fine if you come here. They say that the wicked still needs to be tortured by the wicked. Hurry up and let her eat. I'm really starving to death. The emperor will leave her name forever!"

"Speak if you can, shut up if you don't!" Qin Wubing glanced at the old monk with disgust, and went straight to the room, but was stopped by an old nun.

"It's against the rules for a foreigner to enter the Empress Dowager's bedroom, how can..."

"Qin Duwei is here to persuade the queen mother to eat, Xu mama should get out of the way."

Madam Xu kept her face livid.

Qin Wubing stepped forward and asked earnestly, "Mother Xu has a grudge against the Empress Dowager?"

Mother Xu suddenly panicked: "Please Qin Duwei be careful!"

"Yinggu, pull Nanny Xu out!" The eldest princess's cold voice came out.

Ying Gu appeared out of nowhere, pulled Nanny Xu up and walked outside, just as Nanny Xu was about to shout, Gu Ying immediately stopped her mouth.

Qin Wubing shook his head and walked into the inner room. The eldest princess stood by the bed with her lips pouted and looked at Qin Wubing. Qin Wubing raised her hand and stroked the eldest princess' forehead and said, "I'm here, you can rest. .”

After finishing speaking, Qin Wubing looked at the queen mother on the bed.

The Empress Dowager just heard the order from the Eldest Princess, her body couldn't help moving, her eyes were about to open but they were tightly closed, when she heard Qin Wubing's voice, her originally peaceful face immediately tensed up.

"I've seen people who died of starvation before. How should I put it? Most of the people who died of starvation didn't really want to die. They died of starvation without food. They were skinny, with their mouths open and their teeth bared. They looked terrible! They wanted to commit suicide Yes, few people will use the method of starving to death, it is too uncomfortable, some want to eat at the end, want to live, but they don’t even have the strength to open their mouths, and even if they come back to life later, the body will suffer from the root cause of the disease, live Just a few years."

Qin Wubing was just like talking homely, and he said it very easily, but the Queen Mother was lying on the bed, but she couldn't hear it easily. She didn't have any doubts about Qin Wubing's words. Obviously hastened up.

Qin Wubing sat on the chair where the Eldest Princess was sitting just now, raised his legs, and continued:

"Will think of using hunger strike, most of them want to coerce, really want to die, there are many ways, the empress dowager wants to coerce the emperor, to say the same, there is no empress dowager in history who was starved to death, if this happened in this dynasty... ...So the queen mother thinks that this can be done, but it is just a matter of suffering. Now that the ministers of the court are saving their lives, no one will speak up for the queen mother at this time. I was hungry for a day yesterday, and I will be hungry for another day today. By the way, don’t drink Water, if you drink water, you won't die for a while, if you don't drink water, you can die for three days, and even if the gods come, you can't save your life."

The queen mother clenched her teeth, closed her eyes, and pursed her lips tightly, still not saying a word.

"Really?" The old monk came over and asked.

Qin Wubing asked, "Why don't you see the queen? Mother-in-law is sick, shouldn't the daughter-in-law be by her side?"

The eldest princess pouted and said: "I didn't let her come, not only for this kind of thing, but as long as I could meet the queen mother, I didn't let her come. The queen was chosen by the emperor for the emperor." , with a gentle temperament, knowledgeable and reasonable...but the queen mother doesn't like it, as long as she sees her..."

"I understand, the queen mother's survival is a big trouble for many people!" Qin Wubing said with a sullen face.

The queen mother couldn't help shaking in bed.

Qin Wubing put away his legs, glanced at the old monk, then at the eldest princess and said, "I just went to Wudinghou's mansion."

(End of this chapter)