Emperor Phoenix Policy: Feng Qingtian

Chapter 313 Infighting
Shen Wenqing was stunned when he heard the decree, he didn't expect the empress to seal him at this time.

It wasn't until Shen Zhiyuan pushed him secretly that Shen Wenqing came back to his senses, accepted the imperial edict, and rewarded the palace servant who read the imperial edict.

Surrounded by congratulatory sounds, Shen Zhiyuan blushed with excitement, relatively speaking, Shen Wenqing was much calmer, he drank a few glasses of wine perfunctorily, suppressed his doubts, and did not return to the new house until the guests were gone.

Looking at Li Shirong, who was sitting on the head of the bed, wearing a bright red wedding dress and heavy makeup, Shen Wenqing had no intention of admiring Li Shirong.

"Is your husband upset about the imperial decree?"

Shen Wenqing gave her a cold look, but said nothing.

"If your husband has any doubts, you might as well go to Qingluan's other courtyard, maybe there will be an answer when you get there."

Li Shirong said understandingly.

Shen Wenqing looked at her coldly, "What are you planning?"

Li Shirong was taken aback, then smiled, "Shirong doesn't understand what my husband means."

"Before we got married, we had an agreement to respect each other as guests and not interfere with each other."

Li Shirong was stunned, and it took a while before she forced a smile, "Shirong has crossed the line, I hope my husband will forgive me."

Shen Wenqing took a deep look at her, and walked out, "I'm going to the study to spend the night, you should rest first."

"Husband!"

Li Shirong called him to stop, "Tonight is the wedding night in the bridal chamber. If my husband goes to the study, he will definitely be criticized by others. Why don't you just stay."

Shen Wenqing looked at her coldly, could it be another Li Qing?
Seeing his expression, Li Shirong knew that he was thinking wrong, and quickly said, "My husband, don't get me wrong, my husband sleeps on the bed, and I can sleep on the small couch by the window."

Shen Wenqing stared at her for a moment, saw that her eyes were clear and seemed to be sincere, she withdrew her sharp gaze, and said coldly, "You are a woman, you sleep on the bed, and I sleep on the small couch."

"Husband, I am a woman, and a woman is thin, so I should sleep on a small couch..."

Before she finished speaking, Shen Wenqing was already lying on the small couch with her clothes covered, Li Shirong's eyes flickered, and she was also covered with her clothes and lay on the bed without taking off her wedding dress.

As the night darkened and the red candles were burned out, the husband and wife still did not feel sleepy at all.

Shen Wenqing was full of doubts when thinking about Jinfeng, and Li Shirong also had her own concerns.

"Your Majesty likes Her Majesty the Queen very much, right?"

Before the words fell, Li Shirong felt two cold and sharp eyes shooting over, Li Shirong smiled wryly, "Don't worry, Husband, Shirong keeps this secret in her heart and will not tell anyone."

Shen Wenqing sat up abruptly, staring at Li Shirong coldly, "Are you threatening me?"

"I didn't. In fact, my grandmother also knew it. She knew that Her Majesty the Queen came to Shen's house that day. I also saw the affection in my husband's eyes when he looked at the Queen. My grandmother advised me to bear it. You and the Queen are impossible after all. "

Li Shirong's voice was soft and delicate, slipping through Shen Wenqing's heart like gurgling water in this silent night.

"Actually, grandma is overthinking. My goal is Lan Xin and helping the Li family get married. I don't care who my husband likes, and I don't care where my husband goes at night. I will do my duty as Mrs. Shen."

Shen Wenqing remained silent.

Li Shirong paused, and continued, "When my husband doesn't need a Mrs. Shen in the future, I will ask myself to go down."

"Who knows what will happen in the future, what do you want to do in the long run."

Shen Wenqing said lightly, Li Shirong smiled, stopped talking, and closed her eyes.

Silent all night.

Early the next morning, at dawn, Shen Wenqing hurried to Qingluan's other courtyard.

When he arrived at the other courtyard, Feng Jin hadn't got up yet, and was still asleep, but Wuming heard the movement and walked out without a sound.

"You want to ask about Jinfeng?"

Shen Wenqing nodded when Wuming went straight in, "Why does Your Majesty seal me up at this time?"

"Ajin wants to give you a big wedding gift. Last time when you got married, she missed the wedding while she was in a coma. This time, she made up the gift."

Shen Wenqing frowned and said nothing.

Wuming raised his eyelids and glanced at him, "Don't believe me?"

"It's not unbelief, but..."

"But I suspect that Ah Jin has other plans?"

Shen Wenqing acquiesced, Wuming snorted softly, and said with some dissatisfaction, "What intentions does she have? If she has intentions, maybe she wants to use your marriage as a pretext to seal you first, and then seal Lord Qi and Lord Song." , kicked off the prelude to rewarding loyal ministers."

"What does His Majesty want to do?"

"I want to give a signal to the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and I want to win people's hearts."

Shen Wenqing's pupils shrank, "Is there any movement from Prime Minister Pei?"

"He hasn't moved yet, but it's coming soon. Ah Jin has been standing still and letting Li Yi jump around. When Pei Xiang saw Li Yi jumping so hard, Ah Jin didn't respond. He thought she was seriously ill and started to move around. gone."

"Your Majesty is leading the snake out of its hole?"

"Yes!"

Shen Wenqing's heart froze, it seemed that the empress did not intend to let Xiang Pei go.

Now let's see if Pei Xiang will take that step. If he really dares, although the queen is far away in the south of the Yangtze River, the emperor has already arranged everything. Once Pei Xiang takes that step, he will fall into the queen's trap.

At that time, when Prime Minister Pei falls, the Pei Party will follow suit. Therefore, the empress needs to secure the hearts of the people and maintain the stability of the court. She also needs to seal some courtiers, so that the Pei Party can be freed. The important position of the government can also be lifted in time, so as not to confuse the court affairs.

When Shen Wenqing's decree of conferring Qingyang Bo was passed on to the imperial capital, the prime minister's mansion was clouded.

In the study room, Li Yi knocked down a chair with a heavy punch, and said angrily, "What does this mean, Your Majesty? What kind of thing is Shen Wenqing? He is just a third-rank censor. What qualifications does he have to be Qingyang Bo?"

"Yes."

Mr. He, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, echoed, "Even if you want to add a seal, the first one should be the Prime Minister. Shen Wenqing was just His Majesty's male favorite, and later entered the Yushitai relying on His Majesty's favor. From the beginning, he was a third-rank Yushi. I don't know how many people have made red eyes, and now His Majesty no longer cares about making him Uncle Qingyang, what exactly does this mean?"

"Based on Shen Wenqing's popularity, he is now Uncle Qingyang, and soon he will be Marquis of Qingyang, King Qingyang."

Li Yi said angrily, his dark face flushed.

Master He stared wide-eyed, "Is this impossible? Shen Wenqing can't possibly be King Qingyang..."

"How is it impossible? Her Majesty He is not ignorant of the absurdity of our Queen's actions. At the beginning, the male favorites in the harem were dismissed when they said they would be dismissed. Later, they actually allowed Shen Wenqing to marry a wife and have children. That's all. His wife is dead, and he still sleeps in the palace every night, I don’t know how many times he was seen sleeping in the Queen’s bedroom, His Majesty dotes on him, everyone dare not make a sound, but it doesn’t mean everyone is blind.”

Li Yi paused and continued, "Today is Uncle Qingyang, tomorrow is Hou of Qingyang, King Qingyang, as long as Her Majesty the Empress thinks, she can do whatever she wants to seal Shen Wenqing, what is a princely title? It's possible for him!"

Pei Xiu's heart moved, Li Yi's words touched his mind.

But what he was thinking about was not Shen Wenqing, but Wuming. According to the news he got from Jiangnan's spies, Wuming had returned to the empress's side. Although he forgot everything, his relationship with the empress seemed not to be affected.

Although the empress kept saying that she exchanged the position of crown prince for the support of the great general Zhong Mo, but when the court situation is stable in the future and she is in control, who knows if she will find a wrong place to abolish that child?
If the queen had no heirs, she would not be able to give the throne to Shen Wenqing, but she might give the throne to Wuming.

Thinking of this, Pei Xiu felt a little restless.

One of the main reasons why the Empress kept him was because she wanted to stand on top of each other. This was because she had no military power in her hands and had to do so. If she had military power in the future and all the soldiers and horses in the world were in her hands, would she still need the Pei family?

At that time, where will he and the Pei family go?

After listening to Li Yi's words, Master He made an old face, "This, this is impossible, Your Majesty is not such a willful person..."

"Isn't she less self-willed?"

Li Yi looked at Mr. He suspiciously, and said with a sneer, "Mr. He will not be bribed by His Majesty, right? This is why he speaks for her everywhere, just like Wu Qingshan back then!"

When Mr. He heard it, he was immediately annoyed, "Master Li, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense. I have always been loyal to the Prime Minister. The heavens can learn from it, and I have no second thoughts. How can Mr. Li slander me like this?"

"Who knows? When the empress was in the imperial capital, every morning, I saw that Mr. He was very respectful to the empress. Maybe he had already taken refuge in the empress..."

"You spit out blood!"

"You have ulterior motives!"

Pei Xiu jumped up against the table and shouted angrily, "Enough!"

(End of this chapter)