Emperor Phoenix Policy: Feng Qingtian

Chapter 137 The Son of the First Emperor

Mengpo soup?
Pei Zhong thought for a while, "I heard that when this person dies, his soul will be taken away by the messengers of the underworld and sent to the underworld. He will walk through Huangquan Road and cross the Naihe Bridge along the way. Everyone drinks Mengpo soup and forgets the memory of the previous life, so that they can go to reincarnation."

"Pei Zhong, are you saying that there really is a underworld, such as Meng Po soup?"

Pei Zhong smiled apologetically, "This old slave doesn't know, maybe there is, maybe not, why did Xiangye mention this all of a sudden?"

Pei Xiu didn't answer, but changed the topic, "How is the morning?"

"Everything was as usual in the early court. Wu Shangshu and Li Shangshu sent the most important official documents to the prime minister's mansion as soon as they came to the court, waiting for the prime minister's approval."

Li Shangshu is Li Yi, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Pei Xiu's confidant.

Wu Shangshu, that is, Wu Qingshan, is the newly appointed Minister of the Ministry of Officials. He was promoted from a third-rank doctor to a first-rank minister. Wu Qingshan's official career has made many people jealous.

And all of this was because he was chosen by Pei Xiu.

Among the four third-rank doctors, two were promoted to second-rank servants, and Wu Qingshan was the most enviable one, directly promoted to first-rank minister.

The reason why Pei Xiu chose him was because he loved to gamble and lost all his money. Officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty were not allowed to gamble. This trick could ruin Wu Qingshan's official career. Helping Wu Qingshan pay off his gambling debts, Wu Qingshan is grateful to him.

But even if the Queen knew about gambling, it would not be impossible to recover from it.

It's just gambling. Many officials like to gamble in private. If the empress really wants to take Wu Qingshan down with this, the Great Zhou court will have to replace half of the officials.

Of course, he supported Wu Qingshan to take the position, and the queen also resisted. The old fox Qi kept running on him. In the end, Pei Xiu took a step back and gave up the positions of the two servants of the official department to the queen. Be obedient, get those two people down sooner or later, and hold the official department firmly in your hands.

"Let's put it aside for now, and we'll see the truth later."

Pei Xiu closed her eyes, seeming a little tired, Pei Zhong respectfully stood by.

Suddenly there was a light knock on the door, and a clear and gentle voice said, "My lord, Xiangye's soup is ready."

"Come in."

A pretty and clever maidservant, fifteen or sixteen years old, came in carrying soup and walked straight to the bed.

Pei Zhong took the white porcelain soup bowl, his sharp eyes swept across the servant girl's face, "Who are you? I've never seen you before."

"The maidservant is the servant girl sent by the madam to serve the Prime Minister, named Zi'er."

The madam in her mouth refers to Pei Xiu's mother, Mrs. Pei.

Pei Xiu didn't even look at her, and said coldly, "I don't need a maid, you go back to Madam."

Zi'er's complexion changed, and she knelt on the ground with a thud, her knee slamming heavily on the carpet, the sound made Pei Zhong feel pain.

"The servants can't go back, Madam said, if the Lord Xiang is not satisfied with the servants' service, he will call Ren Yazi to sell the servants, and beg the Lord to accept the servants, serve tea and water, and the servants can do laundry and cooking, please. It's my lord..."

Zi'er kowtowed non-stop, and her forehead was soon bloody.

Pei Xiu's expression was cold, as if he couldn't see the tragic situation of this young girl, but Pei Zhong could not bear it, and said respectfully, "It's true that there is no maid in Xiangye's yard. The old slave is getting old, and there are many things If you can’t do what you want, why don’t you just keep her, and don’t let her serve Xiangye personally, and just do some chores like laundry, mending, cooking soup and medicine?”

Pei Xiu glanced at Zi'er coldly, her thin lips parted slightly, "Back off!"

Zi'er raised her head and stared blankly at Pei Xiu. Pei Zhong secretly pushed her, "Why are you still standing there stupidly? Why don't you back down? Master Xiang is leaving you behind!"

Only then did Zi'er understand, she happily thanked Pei Xiu and Pei Zhong, and withdrew.

Pei Xiu looked at her slender back, "Keep an eye on her, don't let her get close to the truth's bedroom and study."

"Don't worry, Mr. Xiang."

"Also, the truth is that I hate those girls who think about climbing the master's bed all day long, and only focus on climbing high branches. Look at her, if this girl shows any thoughts that shouldn't be there, don't look for someone to sell, and immediately break her leg Throw it out!"

Pei Zhong's heart trembled, and he respectfully agreed.

"Prince has been in a coma for a day and a night, what news is there in the palace?"

"The queen went to the door of death for a person named Fu Yu."

"Fragrant?"

Pei Xiu frowned, "Isn't it the truth about the assassination last time, who was rescued by Wuming again?"

"It should be her."

"go on!"

Pei Zhong cleared his throat, and continued, "Fu Yu seems to have offended the master of the door of death, and was punished. The queen went to the door of death to ask for someone, and set up a life-and-death situation with the head of the door."

"What life and death situation?"

Pei Zhong explained the news received in detail, the more Pei Xiu listened, the more gloomy his face became, and he sneered, "She is so courageous, she really thinks that she is the Son of Heaven, and that she will be protected by God without any damage? She is so naive as to be ridiculous!"

Having said that, Pei Xiu was silent for a moment, then asked again, "What's the result?"

"The result is that the empress won. Our people can only get general information, and the specifics are not very clear. In short, the result is that the empress won. Death Gate handed over Fu Yu and let Shen Wenqing bring it back to the palace."

Pei Xiu fell into silence, Pei Zhong observed his expression, and asked cautiously, "Is Xiangye thinking that it would be fine if the queen lost..."

Pei Xiu remained silent, and Pei Zhong continued to test, "If the queen loses and dies of poison, then this big week..."

"Stupid! If she dies at this time, she has no heirs, and she has no will to establish a crown prince. King Jiangdong is the most qualified person to inherit the throne. At that time, even if the truth wants to stop King Jiangdong, he will kill the enemy for a while." Thousands of self-defeating eight hundred!"

Pei Xiu sternly said, Pei Zhong thought for a while, and said, "If the queen is dead, we might as well support the young son of the Zhongshan Palace to be the emperor. The General's Palace and the Zhongshan Palace are brothers-in-law. The person who is most qualified to inherit the throne, he can't hold back the hundreds of thousands of troops of the General and Li Shangshu."

Pei Xiu shook his head and disagreed with Pei Zhong's words, "At least half of Zhong Mo's troops must stay in the northern border, otherwise the Xiongnu will take advantage of the gap and enter, and by then, the entire Great Zhou will be caught in the flames of war."

"Even if only half of it can be used, plus Li Shangshu's 10,000+ troops, and an army of more than 20, how can King Jiangdong hold it?"

Pei Xiu took a deep look at Pei Zhong, his eyes flickered, and he fell into silence.

After a long silence, Pei Xiu said slowly, "She's not dead yet! It's useless to think so much. Besides, King Zhongshan has been playing Tai Chi with the truth, and he just refuses to give an accurate answer. The truth knows." What is that old man planning, isn't he just trying to have a good relationship between the truth and the queen, to please both sides? It's really disgusting!"

After Pei Xiu cursed fiercely, he sighed softly again, "If the prime minister has the late emperor's heir in his hands, why would he care about that old thing?"

"The empress dowager is ruthless. She controlled the harem back then. The late emperor had always had few heirs. The only prince also fell off the rockery and died. Only the one in Concubine Hui's stomach was left. I don't know if he was born or not. Even if he was born Well, that’s just a rumor, I don’t know if it’s true or not.”

Pei Xiu's eyes darkened, and his expression was a little gloomy, "Is there any news about the person sent to watch over Wang Quan recently?"

Pei Zhong shook his head, "Wang Quan is not unusual at all. He is busy with the internal affairs of the palace all day long, and he didn't go anywhere. Except for Her Majesty and the people under his command, he didn't see anyone, and he didn't leave the palace."

Speaking of this, Pei Zhong glanced at Pei Xiu cautiously, and tentatively said, "Could the Lord Xiang be mistaken? Maybe Wang Quan has nothing to do with what happened to Concubine Hui back then? Maybe the child in Concubine Hui's belly, She was killed by the queen mother a long time ago, and she was never born at all."

"Perhaps the truth is wrong, but..."

Pei Xiu was silent for a moment, "But Wang Quan is not a simple person. If you continue to keep people watching him closely, the fox will always show its tail."

"Yes, Mr. Xiang."

"Go on, I want to rest for a while."

"Yes."

Pei Zhong retreated respectfully, the door creaked open and closed again.

Pei Xiu looked at the empty room, which was as warm as spring with burning charcoal pots, but he felt very cold.

He thought of the empress who actually put her life and death on the line for a Fu Yu. Is she too naive and too self-righteous, or is her sincerity so strong for a mere Fu Yu?

What about him?Who will treat him sincerely?Pei Zhong?Pei Zhong is just his servant, he respects and fears him more than his sincerity.

biological mother?No, his mother's sincerity towards him was also mixed with other things.

Pei Xiu suddenly felt a little sad. He has all the power in the world, but he can't even get a person's sincerity.

(End of this chapter)