Empress Dowager Guide

Chapter 138
Yun Zhi thought for a while, then nodded and said in a deep voice, "The Queen Mother is wise, it's because I'm reckless."

"I'll make arrangements now!" Yun Zhi said, leaving only a bleak figure behind.

Ji Wenxuan also stood up and shook off his official robe, saluting, "The minister also retired."

Seeing Ji Wenxuan's surprisingly peaceful demeanor, Sheng Shaoqing asked tentatively, "Could it be that the Prime Minister knew about this a long time ago?"

Ji Wenxuan smiled, "Queen Mother, I am not a fortune teller, so how can I predict a prophet?"

"I just chatted with Master Yun for a few words, and only then did I realize that the numbers in the official newspaper are wrong."

"No, I'm asking about before today."

Ji Wenxuan raised his head in surprise, raised his wrinkled eyelids to look at Sheng Shaoqing, was silent for a moment, and then nodded.

"Master Yun chose Chen Liu at that time, and I had already expected what would happen today. But at that time, Master Yun was full of ambition, and I...it's not good to pour a basin of cold water on it."

"Then since we already knew that this might happen, why didn't you tell him...even if it was just a point or two?"

At least let Yunzhi be a little wary of Wang, so that he won't be immersed in complacency. If she or Yunzhi didn't discover such a mistake in time, and really thought that this policy was perfect and then extended it, then Isn't it going to cause a big disaster? !

Ji Wenxuan shook his head and smiled, "I am just guessing, not to mention that the enemy is in the dark and I am in the open. How can I predict how others will move?"

"It's just that Yun Shangshu went too far smoothly, which arouses suspicion instead."

"What's more, if I had reminded you earlier, would Lord Yun have believed it?"

"It's not like the Empress Dowager has never seen Shangshu Yun's anxious look when he left Beijing."

Seeing Sheng Shaoqing's face, Ji Wenxuan smiled again, "The queen mother probably thinks that the minister is doing things after Zhuge Liang?"

Sheng Shaoqing was shocked: Do you have the system or I have it? !

"I didn't!"

"I say it now, even if others say that this is not an afterthought, I will say it myself, but it doesn't matter if I accept this name, the important thing is not the minister, but Lord Yun."

"He was well-clothed and well-fed since he was a child. He has been an official for several years and has never experienced any big storms. Perhaps for ordinary people, it is a kind of luck to have a branch behind him, but for an official, he has not weathered the wind and frost for a long time. Not a good thing."

"He can only see the opponent in front of him, but he can't see how many invisible opponents are against him behind him. Today he is a relative and friend, but tomorrow he may be an enemy. Now this setback is only minor, and the more violent... I am afraid it is yet to come. .”

"He naturally knew there would be resistance at the beginning, but he only thought it would be Wei Zhen, and he never thought that the Wang family would attack him."

"You mean...." Sheng Shaoqing said in surprise, "Ms. Wang might..."

"Since Mrs. Wang dared to make people report false numbers, they must have made all-out preparations. From the very beginning, they had the idea of ​​taking a step back with Yunzhi, while cooperating with Yunzhi to make a false appearance of blooming flowers. On the other hand, we just wait for Yunzhi to return to the capital after his one-month period expires."

"But once Yunzhi tears off this layer of shame, Wang's will definitely not be soft."

"After all," Ji Wenxuan glanced at Sheng Shaoqing, "How can grandchildren compare to direct grandchildren?"

"What's more, Yun Zhi had already beaten the Wang family for the theft case in the palace before, so they will definitely meet each other one day."

Sheng Shaoqing frowned, "Is there no way to fight without bloodshed?"

Ji Wenxuan looked at Sheng Shaoqing and said, "Since the day Yunzhi chose Chen Liu, this result has been doomed."

"He originally thought that in Chen Liu, he could avoid many disputes by relying on affection, but it was destined that he would be backlashed by this extremely meager connection."

"That's why I said Yun Zhi was too naive."

Sheng Shaoqing pondered for a long time and said, "However, Yun Shangshu may be able to learn a lot of wisdom after experiencing this incident."

Ji Wenxuan also nodded, "This strategy must continue to be implemented in Great Liang, so it is not a big deal to suffer some losses in Chenliu now, I hope Shangshu Yun can learn from it."

"Queen Mother, Prime Minister, Master Yun just sent someone to say that the car is ready."

"Then Weichen will leave first."

"Prime Minister Ji!" Sheng Shaoqing suddenly stopped Ji Wenxuan and said, "Change your clothes, it's too ostentatious to go out like this."

Ji Wenxuan was stunned for a moment, silently glanced at his official robe, understood a little in an instant, turned around and bowed to leave.

As soon as Ji Wenxuan went out, Sheng Shaoqing immediately said to Cui Yun, "Quick! Take out the casual clothes I prepared earlier!"

Cui Yun couldn't help laughing, and turned back to the yard to pick it up. Fortunately, he prepared a few more sets of ordinary people's dresses before leaving Beijing. Otherwise, when he arrived in Chenliu, where would he go to find suitable dresses for the Queen Mother?

Ah Ning and Lian Qiao who were tidying up in the inner room saw Cui Yun going straight towards the box, they looked at each other, put down the rags in their hands, and surrounded Cui Yun together.

"Miss Cui..."

As soon as Ah Ning called out, the rest of the words were choked back into her stomach. When she remembered that she told the Queen Mother about Cui Yun's abnormality last night, she regretted it for a while.

What she hates the most on weekdays is the behavior of a villain who sues people behind her back, but she never thought that one day she would turn into the person she hates the most!
So when she saw Cui Yun again today, she felt a little guilty.

And Cui Yun seemed to be back to normal after listening to her words. She didn't see her sighing this morning, and even her temper restrained a lot, and she was even more talkative than before.

In contrast, she is like the villain who stabs people in the back with a black knife, while Cui Yun is the real gentleman who is good at listening to advice.

Lian Qiao didn't know what quarrel happened between the two, so she bravely followed Aning's words and asked Cui Yun, "Miss Cui, what are you doing with this box?"

Cui Yun looked at the two people staring at the box in her hand, the nervous and expectant eyes had written the words they wanted to ask clearly on their faces, and deliberately frightened them, saying, "Why, what should I do?" What else do I need to report to you?"

Ah Ning was immediately disappointed, she really thought that the Queen Mother had persuaded Mistress Cui, but she didn't expect it to be like this!

Lianqiao stuck her tongue out because of being pissed off, she finally mustered up the courage to ask Cui, but she didn't expect to get another hard nail.

Ah Ning and Lian Qiao had no choice but to turn around and pick up what they were doing just now, but they heard Cui Mistress laugh out loud, "You two are really ghost spirits!"

"The Empress Dowager will go on a visit in modest clothes, so she ordered me to come pick up the clothes."

Forsythia still had lingering fears about Cui Yun who was so fierce just now, she didn't dare to respond, she just nodded and continued to work.

"Why, you don't want to go?"

Before Aning and Lianqiao could reply, Cui Yun pretended to say, "It seems that you don't want to go, so I'll go to Chunzhu. She also told me before that she wants to get closer to the Queen Mother."

"Hey!"

"do not!"

Lianqiao and Aning screamed, and they came back and grabbed Cui Yun's arm and said, "Ms. Cui! Good sister! How can I leave this kind of errand to Chunzhu? She came to the Eternal Light Palace in the old days. Qian, how can I serve the Queen Mother well!"

Cui Yun pulled the hands of the two of them apart, "Then—"

"Aren't you going to change your clothes soon?!"

Aning and Lian Qiaoxi threw the rags on the table and ran out, finally they can go out to let the wind go!

Cui Yun smiled helplessly at the backs of the two hurriedly running out, and took the clothes in his hand to let the Queen Mother choose.

Sheng Shaoqing waited in Dongnuange for a long time but did not see Cui Yun's figure, so he had to get up and walk out again, watching the spring in the garden getting stronger, the sun shining brightly, and the water waves in the pool sparkling.

"Spring is coming soon."

Cui Yun's voice suddenly sounded from behind Sheng Shaoqing, "Queen Mother, I have brought some sets of clothes. I wonder which one the Queen Mother wants to wear?"

"Help me choose, you have a good eye."

Cui Yun looked at the material and color of the clothes in his hand, and pulled out a set of blue flying fairy skirt, with a layer of moon-white tulle wrapped around it, "Why don't you wear this?"

"The empress dowager has fair skin. This set of blue color suits the empress dowager's skin even more. The courtyard is full of spring, and it's even more so outside. The blue color is more suitable for the occasion."

Sheng Shaoqing nodded and let Cui Yun change her clothes.

Cui Yun is extremely confident in her own vision and aesthetics, and she nodded in satisfaction as soon as she finished tidying Sheng Shaoqing's skirt, "Sure enough, the queen mother is like a flying fairy from the sky, but she accidentally entered this world of mortals by mistake. among."

Sheng Shaoqing scratched the tip of Cui Yun's nose, wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, "Your mouth is sweet!"

"Queen! Mistress Cui! When are we going to leave!"

Aning and Forsythia ran in happily, Sheng Shaoqing looked at the two of them with doubts, "Do you think this is a spring outing?"

Forsythia just waved a small flag and shouted: "Everyone, go this way, our spring outing will start soon!"

Aning and Lianqiao smiled awkwardly, "Queen Mother, the maids and maids are a little excited."

Sheng Shaoqing told them, "You are not allowed to call me the queen mother when you go outside. Also, there will be two adults here later, so you must not be as rude as you were just now."

Aning and Forsythia saluted each other, "Understood, ma'am."

Only then did Sheng Shaoqing nodded in satisfaction, "Let's go!"

After a long time, two carriages without any emblems slowly stopped in front of an inn.

"Tai", Ah Ning was about to call Sheng Shaoqing, who had already fallen asleep, and suddenly felt that she could no longer call the queen mother, but if she picked up another wife now, wouldn't she become the queen mother?
Seeing Ah Ning's embarrassment, Lian Qiao shouted, "Ma'am! We're here!"

Sheng Shaoqing, who was leaning on the carriage with his hands leaning on him, saw Duke Zhou was shocked by the yelling, and his voice became a lot louder when the forsythia was outside.

After getting out of the carriage, Sheng Shaoqing rubbed his tingling calves, looked up at the inn's plaque in front of him, the four big characters in gold were shining brightly in the sun: Tongfu Inn.

...why does this name look so familiar?
At this time, Ji Wenxuan and Yun Zhi had also got out of the carriage and came over, Sheng Shaoqing's attention was instantly attracted by the weird outfits of these two people.

"You two, what kind of look do you have?"

Ji Wenxuan looked at Yunzhi, and Yunzhi looked at Ji Wenxuan, all with embarrassed smiles: "Minister"

"The small one is the cashier."

"The old slave is the housekeeper."

Sheng Shaoqing: ...

It seems that you are right...

"Madam, please come in!"

Sheng Shaoqing saw that Yunzhi was still not quite used to his new identity, but Ji Wenxuan had already familiarized himself with the gesture of invitation and let him in.

And Lin Jin also changed his outfit and became the driver of Mrs. Yuan who came to Qingshiban Township to look for relatives.

As soon as Sheng Shaoqing stepped into the inn with his left foot, the waiter in the waiter greeted him very winkingly.

"Ma'am, are we going to be on the tip, or staying in a hotel?"

Forsythia stood up and replied, "Of course I'm staying at the hotel."

The waiter in the shop carefully looked at the group of people up and down, laughed together and said, "Those who are upstairs please!"

"The Tianzi No. [-] room of our store has a beautiful and elegant environment, and many celebrities have lived there. Even the queen mother of today must praise it!"

Aning held it in for a long time but still didn't hold it back, a smile appeared from the corner of his mouth, but in the eyes of the waiter, it became an ironclad proof of Aning's disdain, and the waiter immediately retorted, "Don't believe this girl, you You'll know when you see it!"

"I believe it, I believe it is not enough."

The waiter saw that Aning's attitude was still sincere, so he gave up, and only concentrated on leading the way.

Sheng Shaoqing suddenly remembered something, and tentatively asked Xiao Er, "Is the surname of your shopkeeper Tong?"

The little girl shook her head, "No."

Only then did Sheng Shaoqing breathe a sigh of relief, and she said, what a coincidence, this is Qingshiban Township, not the Qixia Town she remembered, and it just happened to have the same name as the inn she had seen.

"Our shopkeeper's surname is Bai."

Sheng Shaoqing: ...

What's the difference between this and the surname Tong? !

"Why, this lady knows our shopkeeper?"

"Know?" Sheng Shaoqing didn't know if he knew him or not. She just watched it on TV. She knew him, but he didn't know her. So, Sheng Shaoqing shook his head firmly, "I don't know."

The waiter was stunned, "Hi! I thought you knew our shopkeeper!"

"Our shopkeeper's name is Bai Qing, and everyone in the ten miles and eight villages around here knows her, she's amazing!"

Sheng Shaoqing was also taken aback, it seems that it just happened to have the same name.

After a few words, they walked to the No. [-] upper room in Tianzi that Xiao Er said, and Xiao Er confidently opened the door, "Everyone, please!"

Sheng Shaoqing walked in, and found that this room was not different from the few rooms she passed by just now, except that it was a little more spacious and furnished with a little more care.

The little girl said proudly, "How is it?!"

Sheng Shaoqing couldn't bear to hit this enthusiastic mistress, so he nodded reluctantly.

Cui Yun held back a smile on the sidelines to the point of failure, and hurriedly dismissed Xiaoer and said, "Go get some hot water, madam has driven for a long time, now I need to wash up."

The little girl was about to leave satisfied, and looked at Yunzhi, Ji Wenxuan, and Lin Jin who were still standing at the door, frowned and said, "Guys, the servant room of our inn is down below, just come with me."

(End of this chapter)