Sometimes the palace is sunny

"Then what did Mrs. Shen say?"

In the depths of the quiet Buddhist hall, there is a Maitreya towering high above, the candlelight is faint, and the flame will be turbulent with the slightest wind.

The old woman sitting on the futon looked at the flickering candle and asked softly:

"Then what did Mrs. Shen say?"

"Master, the Second Young Madam didn't say anything."

"That's right, she has always been calm."

A smile appeared on the old woman's face: "If she hadn't been so calm, I would have felt bored all these years."

Zhao Fuya, the old lady of Uncle Ning'an's mansion and the head of Huaiyuan County, smiled as she waved to let the maid who carried the message go down.

"There is still no news from An Niannian?"

An old woman dressed as a nun in bamboo brown seemed to come out of the shadows, and she shook her head when she met Zhao Fuya's gaze.

"After all, she is too timid. She showed her timidity as soon as she was manipulated by Mrs. Chen. It was in vain that I had high hopes for her in the past."

After finishing speaking, she picked up the crutch beside her with her hand, and the old woman hurried over to support her.

"Mrs. Chen, as I expected, as soon as Mrs. Shen left Xie's house, she really made some flowers."

Step by step, she moved to the chair and sat down, Zhao Fuya thumped her old and weak legs, and immediately another old woman came over, knelt on the ground and applied a hot herbal wrap to her legs.

She sighed and said with a wry smile: "Old is old, but I can't stand it after kneeling for a while. In the past, I was punished by my father to kneel all night in the palace. The next day I can go to pay my respects to the princess."

The old woman rubbed her legs for her, and the strong medicinal aroma diffused into the extremely thick sandalwood in the Buddhist hall.

Zhao Fuya took a deep breath and let it out slowly.

"For seven years, I have been on guard against Mrs. Chen. I... robbed her of her money, stopped her, and even cut off her relations with her relatives. She can only pretend to be obedient in front of me. It's a pity that Mrs. Sun was greedy and wanted to force her to death to give way to Mrs. Feng. I thought, she would die if she died. Qin Tongxi, Chu Jiyuan, and Shi Wence were all relegated, and Li Congyuan never cared about her. She's a helpless orphan, and she's a bit of a loner, maybe it's better to die than to be ruined by Feng'er."

After finishing speaking, she let out another long sigh.

"Who would have thought that she would still have to fight her way out. Mrs. Sun is also useless. She didn't even notice that her own village was pinched by someone. After a few days of delay, the situation was not in her favor." in hand."

It was quiet all around, and the two old servants were silent.

Only Zhao Fuya, after speaking, she actually laughed.

"Speaking of which, I thought that Mrs. Shen had some ability after being dormant for seven years. I didn't expect that she is the daughter of the number one scholar and the daughter of the co-organizer of the university. She has such a noble background, but in the end she still earns her living by hooking up with men. .”

There seemed to be some regret in the tone, but there was contempt and contempt in the regret.

She never looked down on this kind of women who could only survive by catering to men.

She had been on guard against Shen Shiqing for seven whole years, and Zhao Fuya even felt a little regretful watching the person who was barely regarded as her opponent also degenerate to this point.

"Even if he clings to the emperor, he is still a man after all. He is born with a dirty seed. He can say anything when he is sworn to each other. As soon as he lifts his pants, his heart changes. Mrs. Chen thinks that she has imperial power to rely on, so she becomes arrogant in her actions. I don't know, but it's just the most unpopular person who is proud of being favored. What is pet? A man gives a woman some jewelry to coax her body with sweet words, and throwing a piece of meat to a cat or dog is also a pet. For a long time? How can I rely on it?"

He raised his leg and let the old woman who was wrapping his leg back down.

Zhao Fuya picked up a string of Buddhist beads placed on the "Diamond Sutra".

After closing her eyes and reciting a few scriptures, she opened them again.

"Go and tell Yang'er that since the Shen family regards the emperor as her reliance and the empress is pregnant, she will not just sit idly by. It would be best if she could be persuaded to use her for us. If not, we can take advantage of her to find the emperor. It’s time to do some tricks—as the king of a country, he even conspired to seize his minister’s wife, and imprisoned the dignified Ning Anbo innocently for the sake of convenience..."

The beads turning in the hand suddenly stopped

The corners of Zhao Fuya's old lips curled up slowly:

"At that time, I want to see how the Shen family will deal with the world's rumors."

"Your Majesty doesn't even care about my face, and doesn't have the slightest intention to keep me. You say, the old man has returned to his hometown like this, how should he deal with himself in the future?"

The high-quality silver charcoal in the room was burning hot, and Liu Kangyong, who had already resigned from office, was sitting on a grand teacher's chair in a Taoist robe, with an unconcealable resentment on his face.

"Then why didn't Chang Shengning die early when he was old and dead? These years, he looked very old, but he was still able to lay a poisonous hand on this old man."

Sitting opposite him was a middle-aged man, wearing a soap-colored round-neck gown, with a diagonal square scarf on his head, and a standard scribe's attire.

"Ge Lao, the matter has come to this point, complaining is useless, we still have to find a way to restore the decline."

"Restore the decline? How to restore it? The snow disaster in Liaodong, the old man wrote to Wei Xuan to let him stand by and watch the snow disaster, and he refused to listen! It was a waste of me to promote him because he was born in the same province. Guo Yu is incompetent, let him Instead, His Majesty took advantage of Wei Xuan's borrowing of food to help the disaster and beat all the officials. Wei Xuan's case was the first, and we can't challenge the New Deal for the snow disaster relief."

Speaking of anger, Liu Kangyong almost smashed the Ru Kiln tea bucket in his hand.

Back then, before the late Emperor died of illness, he was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Rites, which was a pity. Your Majesty who ascended the throne at the age of 15 was just a naughty boy.

But besides His Majesty, there are former chief assistant Liu Shen and great eunuch Zhang Wan on his head.

When Zhang Wan died and Liu Shen was demoted, he was afraid that Chang Shengning, who was the secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, would climb on top of him, but Chang Shengning fell ill.

Just when he felt that he should be regarded as No. 1 in the cabinet in terms of qualifications and talents, Li Congyuan, who used to be quiet and had only a little talent, suddenly emerged. He was named Minister of the Ministry of Officials by His Majesty when he was less than [-] years old. crushed him on the head.

Now, the ailing Chang Shengning has won the holy family, and Li Congyuan, who came from behind, has a stable position. He is the only one who has been forced to sue his old age and return home? !

How can Liu Kangyong not complain!How not to hate!

When Liu Kangyong was in his 40s, the top of his hair was already sparse, and now his full head of hair is no more than the thickness of a finger. Because of this, he even wears a net scarf on his head that is denser than others. Wearing a hat, there is only a net scarf on top of his head. Because of his scratching his head, a few scattered white hairs stick out from the net scarf and stand alone.

"Elder Ge, you don't have to worry, there are always opportunities. Your Majesty arrested the son of the Duke of England for the matter of the Taipu Temple. We can make a fuss about this matter..."

"Ying Sheng died because he was a thief. He has always been a slippery guy, and now he stays behind closed doors. If he wants to use the Taipusi incident to make a fuss about him, he still has to send someone to the south of the Yangtze River."

Liu Kangyong didn't want to wait that long.

Now that he is still in Yanjing, he can rely on his years of prestige to act. When he leaves Yanjing and returns to his hometown, how many people will be able to listen to him?

Just like the Qian Zhaojing in front of him, he can still do his best to plan for him at this time, and when he leaves, Qian Zhaojing may soon forget him.

"Dahui (Qian Zhaojing's words), the old man still thinks that we can make some moves in the selection of female officials. Those women are mostly ignorant people. As long as we can encourage them to cause some troubles, we will take the opportunity to create momentum and send the female officials away. It is not impossible to abolish one thing.”

Now it was Qian Zhaojing's turn to be unwilling.

This is not because Qian Zhaojing is happy to see female officials standing in the court, but because he is the one who is in charge of the selection of female officials.

Liu Kangyong resigned, and now the Ministry of Rites is headed by him.

He is thirty-three this year, and it seems that it is still early to enter the cabinet, but Li Congyuan was only 45 when he entered the cabinet.

Even if he doesn't join the cabinet right away, his personal advantages outweigh the disadvantages if he properly selects female officials.

If something really happened to the selected female officer, with His Majesty's thunderous nature, his black hair would definitely be lost.

He used to look forward to Liu Kangyong's leadership because Liu Kangyong was able to protect him, but now, he has to think for himself.

Seeing Qian Zhaojing hesitate, Liu Kangyong smiled lightly:
"Dahui, you have always been my confidant. This is not only you and me, but everyone in the court knows that Chang Shengning brought me down. Do you think he won't deal with you? It's not just him, our majesty is so merciless to this old man In front of you, how can you just sit back and watch the old man's old department become big in the court?"

Thinking of the secret letter sent during the day, Liu Kangyong's heart tightened.

His Majesty has already sent people to his hometown to investigate his farmland, this is to kill him!

Qian Zhaojing was also terrified.

"Dahui, that Chang Shengning is ruthless. If he targets you, even if you resign and return to your hometown, you will be in danger of your life. Don't forget, he is Chang Shengning. He has killed more officials than we have ever seen. I've had a lot!"

The wind blows outside the house, and the shadows in the house move.

Qian Zhaojing remained silent.

"Dahui..."

"Ge Lao, thunder, rain and dew are the favor of the king after all, what can we do as ministers?"

"How can it be?"

Liu Kangyong lowered his eyes, looking at the tea soup in his cup.

"Naturally, people go to higher places."

For a moment, he said slowly.

At the same time, in the Qianqing Palace, Sanmao leaned down and whispered:

"My lord, the four mice have returned to the palace and are waiting outside the palace."

"Let him in."

"My lord." The four mice walked into the Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace, knelt down and saluted, "My lord, today, Zhao Qinyang, the prince of Yingjun, has a correspondence with old Liu Kangyong of Zhishi Pavilion."

"Good job this time."

Shen Shiqing nodded, and then looked at the book unfolded in front of her.

"This Zhao Qinyang is really impatient. He just got the news the day before, and he's looking for someone everywhere the day after."

The four mice knelt on the ground and remained silent.

Shen Shiqing suddenly thought of something, raised her head and asked him:
"Sishu, if you fell in love with a girl, what would you give her?"

The Four Rats were stunned for a moment, then said in a daze:

"Then, of course, the girl can give whatever she likes."

what do you like?
Shen Shiqing suddenly remembered the elbows that suddenly appeared one by one, and laughed out loud for a moment.

"He likes it. If I give it to him, I'm afraid others will think that I run a butcher shop. They will never think that I gave something to the girl he likes."

As an eunuch, he managed to make His Majesty discuss such matters of love with him.

The four mice only felt that they... suddenly had a place to play.

"Then the emperor might as well send some seasonal and interesting things, for example, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, so go find a plum tree and send it to the girl's courtyard with gold and jade, or get a basket of good oranges and put them in a rattan basket Here, it is beautiful and delicate, or make a beautiful big kite for the girl after spring..."

Shen Shiqing just asked casually, but she didn't expect Sishu to speak clearly and logically. She looked at the manager of the West Factory who seemed to be very experienced for some reason in surprise. After a long while, she said:

"Then follow what you said, you go find a plum tree and send it to Ning Anbo Mansion."

Sure enough, it was for Mrs. Shen!

Sishu stared at his small eyes, feeling very happy in his heart.

"Okay! Don't worry, my lord, I have chosen an excellent plum tree to send to you!"

After arranging this matter, Shen Shiqing lowered her head and continued to critique papers.

This is a trivial matter.

She suddenly wanted to give something away, but it was just to let everyone in the Ning Anbo Mansion know that "Shen Shiqing" had an affair with His Majesty.

Storms from all sides entered her cauldron one by one. She had to use the fire carefully to boil people's hearts through, so that she could live up to her painstaking efforts and exhaustion of all these years.

Siri Zhao: So who is the concubine?

Dahui is Qian Zhaojing's word.