The abandoned wife of the noble family, she is Black Heart Lotus

Chapter 222 Making a Plan
"A group of warriors are resorting to such militancy without caring about the country and the country. If I take charge of the government, I will never allow them to do this again."

The little emperor angrily cursed in his palace. He only hated that he was not in charge yet and his opinions could not be taken seriously. He became irritable when he thought of Xiao Mingzhang, the regent, weighing on him.

"Sooner or later I will kill him so that he cannot bully me or my own mother..."

"Your Majesty, be careful what you say!"

Eunuch Liao on the side hurriedly shook his head and said, as if he was deeply afraid that this little ancestor would talk nonsense and be overheard.

"Your Majesty, be careful that walls have ears. If what you just said reaches the prince's ears, it will be bad..."

"I'm not afraid of him."

The adolescent little emperor was in the period of changing his voice. The duck's voice sounded very harsh, but none of the palace servants dared to cover their ears. They were afraid that if the little emperor was unhappy, they would be sent to the punishment department to be tortured. This was a minor matter. The emperor loved to do it.

"My Majesty, there are people from the regent both inside and outside the palace. If the news really gets out, I'm afraid it will be detrimental to your majesty. Your majesty, a small impatience will ruin a big plan. The queen mother is still in the imperial mausoleum, waiting for your majesty to welcome her. When you return to the palace, even if you don’t think about yourself, you should think about the empress..."

Eunuch Liao's earnest persuasion finally calmed down the little emperor. When he thought that his mother was still suffering in the imperial mausoleum, he wanted to cut Xiao Mingzhang into pieces, otherwise it would be difficult to get rid of the evil spirit in his heart.

As for his mother Qi Meizhi's previous scandals, he has gradually let go of them over the years. After all, Eunuch Liao spared no effort to tell him that it was not his mother who was at fault back then, but that she was framed, and that Eunuch Zhang was really a eunuch. , he no longer hated his mother.

"But I can't watch them destroy my empire. What do you think I should do?"

Eunuch Liao, who was caught by the little emperor and asked, was at a loss for words. After a while, he finally said, "Your Majesty, why don't you put forward your own opinions during the court? Over the years, the empress has been cultivating power in the court to help your majesty. As long as you speak, There will definitely be people who agree, and then the regent will not have his own way..."

The little emperor's eyes brightened as he listened. He clapped his hands and said, "This is a good idea."

Eunuch Liao was let go by the little emperor's collar, and when he saw him turning away happily, he breathed a sigh of relief.

After serving the little emperor and going to sleep, he sent someone to the imperial mausoleum to inform Qi Meizhi of today's events.

It was already early the next morning when Qi Meizhi received the news. After reading it, she applauded, "This is my good son. It's time to show Xiao Mingzhang some of his claws, lest he think he can cover the sky with just one hand." ”

The mere mention of this name made her teeth itch with hatred.

In what way is she inferior to Gu Deyin? Let him be abandoned like a broken shoe.

Xiao Mingzhang was about to lead his troops on a personal expedition, and preparations were being made intensively in all aspects. Unexpectedly, at the last court meeting before the expedition, the little emperor, who had not yet been weaned, actually found out that he was in trouble.

He watched him talk quietly, his expression getting colder and colder.

"Uncle Emperor, peace has been valued since ancient times. I think the reason why the Jin Dynasty went south was because they did not have enough food. Although we have experienced disasters and epidemics, our land is vast and we can breathe a sigh of relief now. I I thought it wouldn’t be wrong to give them some food in exchange for peace being more valuable..."

Such words that undermined others' ambitions and undermined their own prestige were extremely harsh in the ears of the warring officials. They all looked at the little emperor with wide eyes. When did he develop such a cowardly and irresponsible look?
The little emperor let them down. Such a person cannot become a wise king.

But these words were not without an audience. At least the officials who had previously dared not speak out immediately had a backbone, and some people immediately jumped out to echo the little emperor.

"What your Majesty said is true. With the national power of our Great Shang Dynasty, we can get rid of them with just a small amount of money. There is no need to start a war so that the people of the Great Shang Dynasty will be affected by the war and lose their lives..."

"Exactly, they both cost money. One has to bleed and sacrifice, while the other doesn't. It's clear which one is better and which one is worse."

Such voices kept coming, and they finally said all the disapproval in their hearts.

When the main war faction heard these nonsense words, they were immediately furious.

"If we don't fight, the Jin Dynasty will think that we are easy to bully. In the future, they will always harass the border and even try to annex our Shang Dynasty. Instead of having endless troubles, it is better to hit them once and make them unable to go south again. , and secondly, I became afraid and did not dare to covet our land anymore..."

"Exactly, if you don't teach them a lesson, they won't know how to write the word surrender?"

There are even sharp words asking the Lord and the faction.

"According to your words, we can't afford war this year. Do we have to spend money to buy peace next year, the year after, and the year after that?" "We have given up on the Jin Dynasty. Do the small surrounding countries think we are good?" Bullying, everyone wants to blackmail us? How much money will we have at that time? "

Princess Yuanjia, as the Minister of Household Affairs, has long been dissatisfied with the remarks of the little emperor sitting on the dragon throne. With such a coward, how can she be worthy of being the king of a country?
"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue has recently conducted an inventory. Due to previous disasters and epidemics, the Ministry of Revenue has no surplus food. Now it is still waiting for this year's new grain to fill the national treasury. I dare to ask Your Majesty, what grain should we trade with the Jin Dynasty? Are they withdrawing and making peace?"

The little emperor was forced back by the words of these warring factions. He was annoyed and angry but also a little scared and said, "You don't have food, and you don't know how to spend money to buy it? I heard that Gu's Trading Company has food. Asking them to contribute some money and grain to bring peace to the world is also a sign of respect for them..."

He despised Gu Deyin, the royal aunt, from the bottom of his heart. How could a merchant girl be worthy of marrying into the royal family?
It was because he, the imperial uncle, was so blind that by marrying such a woman, he lowered the bloodline of the royal family.

Hearing this, Xiao Mingzhang became angry. Before, he was just disappointed that this little emperor did not take responsibility. Now, hearing him use such contemptuous words to angrily insult his beloved wife, how can he bear it?
He placed the teacup in his hand heavily back into the eunuch's tray. The loud noise made everyone immediately silence, and they all saw the regent's ugly expression.

The little emperor froze directly on the dragon chair. Even though he was shouting behind his back that he was not afraid of Xiao Mingzhang, in fact, he was terribly afraid in his heart.

He used to be quite close to Xiao Mingzhang, but after Xiao Mingzhang drove his mother to the imperial mausoleum, he began to be afraid of this uncle. He was afraid that one day he would drive him to the imperial mausoleum. He didn't want to follow in his mother's footsteps. .

This was the most fundamental reason why he wanted to go against Xiao Mingzhang. He was unwilling to be controlled by him.

"Uncle Huang..."

When nervous, he would stutter.

Xiao Mingzhang looked at the little emperor coldly. This nephew really disappointed him. How could this be what an emperor should be like?

"After years of disasters and epidemics, the national treasury is already empty, and where is the extra money? Your Majesty's words are the same as why not eat minced meat? It is ridiculous, ignorant and stupid."

After receiving this last comment, the little emperor's face turned red, feeling both ashamed and angry.

But seeing Xiao Mingzhang like this, he didn't dare to refute, so he could only sit there and didn't dare to say a word.

Both cowardly and incompetent, Xiao Mingzhang was even more disappointed with his nephew.

No one in the civil or military court dared to say anything. Xiao Mingzhang did not talk nonsense to them and directly announced that Princess Yuanjia and a highly respected auxiliary minister would supervise the country. This matter was settled and no one dared to disagree. meaning.

The little emperor was dissatisfied in his heart, but he did not dare to say anything on his face. He secretly swore in his heart that Xiao Mingzhang must be executed Lingchi in the future, otherwise he would not be able to swallow this breath.

About what happened in Dachao here, someone who wanted to do something good soon reached Gu Deyin's ears. After hearing this, she just raised her eyebrows slightly and looked at the flattering person in a funny way.

"What is the crime for instigating discord between the Tian family's flesh and blood?"

The man was stunned when he heard this. He came to inform him out of kindness, but he didn't expect that Gu Deyin actually wanted to punish him?
He was so frightened that he knelt down and said, "Princess, I don't dare to have such intentions. I just don't want the princess to be kept in the dark..."

Gu Deyin didn't talk nonsense to him and directly ordered Eunuch Zhou who came over.

"Eunuch Zhou, take this man down and interrogate him carefully to see who is behind him, instigating him to say these divisive words? If today's incident spreads, it doesn't matter if my reputation is slandered, I'm afraid the prince's reputation will also be damaged. If he suffers from it, he will be guilty of a serious crime."

Eunuch Zhou first broke out in a cold sweat, and then his face turned cold. He glanced hard at the little eunuch kneeling on the ground. If the princess hadn't taken the words seriously, he wouldn't have thought of this.

It really hurt the reputation of the prince and princess, even if he peeled off this person's skin, he still couldn't understand his hatred.

"Princess, don't worry, I will pry his tongue out to find out who is behind it."

Seeing that Eunuch Zhou was taking this matter seriously, Gu Deyin nodded and asked him to take the person down for interrogation.

In fact, it's not that she thinks too much, but as the little emperor grows up day by day, the relationship between him and Xiao Mingzhang will become very subtle. As long as something bad comes from her today, I am afraid that Xiao Mingzhang will be slapped directly. Arrogant and domineering hat.

At this critical moment, she didn't want someone to spread such rumors to slander Xiao Mingzhang.

As for the little emperor's disdain for her, she just treated it like a dog barking. She would wait until he had the ability to bark in front of her before dealing with it, just to see if he could do it.

She will wait and see.