Agent Abandoned Concubine: Tyrant, beg for favor

Chapter 422
At this moment, the emperor accepted the order in the face of danger, and all the political affairs handled by the empress dowager fell on him.Seeing the table cases piled up in front of me gives me a headache, but I have to deal with it.Because it is unavoidable that there are some urgent matters to be dealt with urgently, if you don’t review them today, you will attract a lot of complaints tomorrow.

It was already pitch black outside the window, only the emperor's side was still lit with candles.The red candle on the candlestick had been burned to the point where there was only a short section left, the maid at the side saw it and quickly lit a new one to replace it.

Not to mention the emperor, even the maidservants who were waiting on the side had already become confused, standing at the entrance of the hall with their heads lowered and about to fall asleep.There are two maidservants guarding outside the palace, they are all serving people in this palace, as long as the emperor does not sleep, they have to guard here.

The two maids stood outside the door, blowing the cold wind, but they didn't feel sleepy. They leaned against the pillar on one side and chatted one after another.The taller one moved his neck and opened his mouth slightly. "The emperor has really put his heart into it recently. It's so late and we still don't rest. We have to blow the air here."

The shorter maid looked around cautiously, as if she was afraid that someone would overhear their conversation. "Just think about it, but don't complain anymore. Don't you know? The queen mother is ill recently, and if the emperor doesn't care, who will take care of the daily affairs."

The tall womb woman nodded in response. "That's right, apart from the queen mother, only the emperor has to worry about it."

The two were talking, when the emperor opened his mouth. "This tea is cold, why is there no one to change it?"

The palace maid was startled by the sound, she hurried over to pick up the teacup, stretched out her hand to test the temperature, and it turned out to be completely cold.He bowed his head and quickly backed away. "I'm going to change my maidservant now. It's just that the emperor is already very late. You have to go to court tomorrow, why don't you go to bed earlier?"

The emperor put down the folder in his hand and raised his hand to massage his forehead and shook his head. "It has to be dealt with. If you don't approve you today, you will only pile up more tomorrow."

The court lady didn't dare to persuade any more, she just withdrew her teacup.

The emperor was grading papers, but no one dared to make a sound. The hall was so quiet that only the sound of paper rubbing against each other could be heard.Finally, when the tea was completely cool, he finally finished approving all the memorials.

The maids were also relieved to see the emperor get up, and after serving the emperor to bed, they each went back to rest, returned to the classroom and complained that their legs would be broken if they stood like this.

Early the next morning, the emperor changed his clothes and went up to court, sitting on the dragon chair and looking down at the ministers.Although he was sitting here, the ministers were still discussing among themselves, as if they didn't take the emperor seriously.

The emperor patted the table in front of him and said loudly. "I've arrived, ready to go to court."

A civil servant under the seat said confidently after saluting. "Return to Your Majesty, Prime Minister Li has not yet arrived, so it is better to postpone the time of the court."

Hearing this, the emperor felt a sudden block in his heart, as if the court was ruled by the prime minister, and if he didn't come, he wouldn't be able to attend the court.He just waited for a quarter of an hour before the prime minister walked into the hall unhurriedly. "Your Majesty, I'm not feeling well today, that's why I came late, please don't be offended by Your Majesty."

The emperor nodded, but couldn't say anything.At this time, the civil servant on the side spoke again. "Your Majesty, the prime minister has arrived and you can go to court."

All the ministers saluted and kowtowed together.After getting up, the prime minister stood in the middle and played to the emperor. "Your Majesty, I have something to tell you about the construction of dams. Many dams in the city have been in disrepair for a long time. Please Your Majesty allocate money to repair the dams."

The matter of the dam was mentioned last night during the review, but the dam was clearly built the year before last, but now it is said that it has been in disrepair for a long time, and it is really unreasonable to pay such a large amount of money.

Knowing that this was the case, he couldn't say it clearly, the emperor thought about it, but calmed down and opened his mouth. "Prime Minister Li, I saw the brochure about this matter last night, but as far as I know, it was repaired once the year before last, so I don't think it needs to be repaired anymore?"

Prime Minister Li began to refute as soon as he heard it. "Your Majesty, the repairs the year before last were hastily done. I went to see it myself, and there were already many damages. On the contrary, Your Majesty, who was in the palace all day, probably didn't know about these things. Besides, the money, apart from the purchase of materials, is still worth the money." It needs to be paid to the people who help to repair it, and this repair requires hundreds or even thousands of people, if you don’t give some money, I’m afraid it won’t make sense.”

The meaning inside and outside the words is that the current emperor does not understand the people's sentiments and knows nothing.When the emperor heard this, he was even more annoyed, as if he could find a thorn in anything.

The rest of the ministers were also with the prime minister, and one by one they all started to agree, saying that the repair of the dam was a major event, and it could not be delayed for a day, so he asked him to make a decision as soon as possible.Or let him go to the embankment to check the situation himself.

Hearing that he was one head and two big, he found an excuse to retreat in a hurry.

Back in the inner hall, I happened to see Su Chenxing, sitting there leisurely drinking tea, the emperor sighed when he walked in, and talked to her about what happened just now. "Just now when I went to court, I have learned how powerful the prime minister is. When I told me about repairing the dam, several people followed suit. It was obviously repaired the year before last, and now it is going to be repaired again. I think he just wants to make money."

After several years of training, Su Chenxing is no longer a problem in handling these matters, and she helped the emperor review many memorials.Seeing him so distressed, she pulled him to sit down and spoke. "Now Prime Minister Li seems to have a lot of power, and several ministers in the court are all from his side."

The emperor nodded. "Yeah, but knowing that he is using tricks, I can't do anything about it. It's really annoying."

Su Chenxing poured him a cup of tea with a smile and said with a smile. "I have a solution for the dam. You send a trusted person to check the situation. If you really need repairs, find some young and middle-aged people. They say that they will help repair the dam without giving money, but food. Then call the local ministers to donate For food, those who donate it will contribute to the community, and those who don’t donate, don’t need me to say more?”

Sure enough, my sister was smart enough to solve the tricky matter in one go. The emperor smiled and rubbed Su Chenxing's hair. "Sure enough, she is my good sister, but after this matter is over, the prime minister will definitely find fault again."

Su Chenxing still smiled and looked at the emperor. "The prime minister is very powerful. If we want to deal with him, we must first strengthen ourselves and endure it first. It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge. In a few years, the prime minister will probably have to retire and return home."

Indeed, even if he endured it, he could survive it. When Su Chenxing said this, the emperor immediately burst into a smile. "You, this mouth is really powerful."

(End of this chapter)