The enchanting queen of the three realms

Chapter 17

Sure enough, as Qingzhu expected, the prime minister persuaded the frontier fortress within a few days, and the frontier fortress agreed to reconcile with our country. Going against him caused serious divisions in the court and formed a double-faced faction. In this way, it was only bad for him and not good for him. I thought that the eight sage kings didn't care about the government, so he never took him seriously. But now it seems that the eight sage kings have already Seriously threatening his own status and becoming a thorn in his side, the prime minister decided to find out that the Eight Sage Kings would suddenly care about the government, so that he could prescribe the right medicine for his own reasons. He would rather have many friends than enemies. If you understand right and wrong, then you have no choice but to get rid of it and get rid of it quickly.

Soon the prime minister got the news that the eight sage kings only started to target him after they met Qing Huangfei. Presumably Qing Huangfei must have said something to the eight sage kings, which made the eight sage kings change so much. The prime minister decided to meet Qing Huangfei for a while to see what kind of medicine she was selling in her gourd.

Qingzhu sat in the imperial garden, sipping the finest Longjing tea, Qingzhu asked Xiaoyu, "Is everything done?"

Xiaoyu walked to Qingzhu's side and said softly, "It's done."

Qingzhu took a sip of the tea and praised, "It's really the best Longjing tea. The taste is different from ordinary tea, but no matter how good this tea is, it's still tea. If no one tastes it, it's still trash. Are you right? Xiaoyu ?”

Xiaoyu smiled and said, "That's natural."

What Qingzhu asked Xiaoyu to do was to spread the news that he had met the Eight Sage Kings, in order to let the prime minister know so that he could come to him, because he had already dug a trap for him to jump into.Qing Zhu had just finished drinking the tea in the cup when the prime minister came.

"See Imperial Concubine Qing" the prime minister saluted Qing Zhu.

Qingzhu pretended to be difficult and ignored the prime minister.

Seeing that Qingzhu ignored him, the prime minister continued, "See Emperor Qing."

Only then did Qingzhu ask slowly, "Who is coming to see Bengong?"

When the prime minister saw Qingzhu's attitude towards him, he felt a little unhappy. He was a prime minister anyway. Since she didn't give him face so much, he had to salute her twice. No one except the emperor dared to treat him like this. Really What a big shelf. "I am the prime minister of the court." The prime minister did not show any weakness, and said arrogantly.

Qingzhu asked, "Since you are the prime minister, why do you speak so arrogantly to me? Don't you call yourself a minister?"

The prime minister said proudly, "What's wrong with that?"

Qingzhu glanced at the prime minister, and said contemptuously, "Isn't it ridiculous that a prime minister doesn't understand court etiquette?"

The Prime Minister can be considered to understand that this Concubine Qing is deliberately making things difficult for him. I thought that Concubine Qing was just an ordinary weak woman with only beauty and no brains. The prime minister who wields great power, the prime minister thought that he and Concubine Qing had no feud, perhaps because Concubine Qing was a favored concubine, so her attitude, words and deeds were more self-righteous, the prime minister said to Qingzhu, "The minister and concubine should have no feud, right?" ?”

Qing Zhu asked, "Why did the prime minister say that? I don't understand very well?"

The prime minister looked around, looked around the imperial garden, and saw that Qing Huangfei and a court lady were present, and said straight to the point, "Naturally, it refers to the matter of the eight sage kings targeting the old minister."

Qing Zhu knew what the Prime Minister was talking about but pretended not to know and said, "I don't know what the Prime Minister is talking about."

The prime minister said, "Didn't the Qing imperial concubine instruct the eighth prince to do it?"

Qingzhu smiled and said, "Hehe, Mr. Prime Minister, what are you kidding? How could I instruct the Eight Wise Kings to target Mr. Prime Minister? Do you have evidence?"

The prime minister knew that Concubine Qing was asking knowingly, so he said, "Someone saw the concubine with your own eyes. You summoned the Eight Sage Kings, and right after you summoned the Eight Sage Kings, the Eight Sage Kings began to target the old officials everywhere. Qing Huangfei, don't talk about yourself. Unaware?"

Qing Zhu asked, "So what?"

Seeing what Qingzhu said, the prime minister thought that Imperial Concubine Qing must use this method to win him over, so as to help her ascend to the position of queen. Isn't this the purpose of the harem's interference in political affairs?So the prime minister wanted to discuss the conditions with Qing Zhu, "The old minister knows Qing Huangfei's purpose, as long as Qing Huangfei doesn't let the Eight Sage Kings fight against the old minister again, the old minister is willing to help Qing Huangfei."

Qingzhu knows that the prime minister is a person who regards power as everything, and he is such a person that he will definitely think of others as he thinks, so Qingzhu said schemingly, "Since the prime minister said so, I will follow the prime minister's orders." Request, you can rest assured that the Eight Wise Kings will never go against the Prime Minister again."

The prime minister smiled and said, "Thank you, Imperial Concubine Qing."

Seeing that the Prime Minister was slowly taking the bait, Qing Zhu said, "Don't just thank Ben Gong, there is also Xiao Lan."

The prime minister looked at Qingzhu suspiciously.

Qingzhu smiled and said, "Hehe, do you think Xiaolan can go out of the palace to report to the prime minister without my help?"

This time, the prime minister understood the meaning of Qinghuangfei's words, so he laughed and said, "It turns out that Qinghuangfei is the master behind the scenes who helps the old minister."

At the beginning, Qingzhu only guessed that it was Xiaolan who told the prime minister the reason why Concubine Bai was thrown into the cold palace, but in the end she guessed right. From the very beginning, she felt that it was too strange that Concubine Bai used tricks to frame her. The imperial concubine is also a smart person, so she will definitely not be so obvious that she will use arsenic to frame herself. Anyone with a little brain can see her scheme. The emperor put her in the cold palace, and then sent Xiaolan to find the prime minister. The prime minister has been in charge of foreign affairs and is very sensitive to power. If Concubine Bai becomes the queen, then he will have another backer, which will definitely benefit him It is harmless, so soon the news of Concubine Bai being cast into the cold palace spread to the frontier, so that the frontier could force the emperor to make Concubine Bai the empress on the grounds that the emperor did not fulfill her husband's responsibilities to Concubine Bai. It's so clever, woman, that's it. If you can't get love, you will want power. Only when you become a queen, can she use power to suppress herself, and the biggest loophole in her plan is the reason. One is to ask the frontier to get back for her. For a fair reason, there is a rule in the palace that all men except the eunuchs are not allowed to enter the palace without the emperor's permission. The fear is that the emperor's concubines will use this to expand their power and form cliques, and there is also an affair with officials Using the excuse of being born with a dragon species to raise one's status to a higher level, since the prime minister can't easily enter the palace, where did the rumor come from?Buying the court ladies and eunuchs?This is unlikely, it is normal for a concubine to be sidelined, why would the prime minister care about such a thing?And the only reason is that someone told the Prime Minister that this person must be very close to Concubine Bai and loyal to Concubine Bai. That person is only Xiaolan, who happened to not be there when Concubine Bai was thrown into limbo. This proves that Xiaolan already knew that the White Concubine would be thrown into the cold palace, so she ran out of the palace and passed the news to the prime minister when everyone was focusing on the white princess being thrown into the cold palace. .

Qingzhu said, "Master Prime Minister, do you know the truth that secrets in the palace should not be leaked?"

The prime minister was puzzled, "I don't know what the imperial concubine means?"

Qingzhu then said, "Of course Xiaolan went out of the palace to tell the prime minister about the concubine's affairs."

The prime minister didn't understand even more, "Didn't Imperial Concubine Qing ask Xiaolan to go out of the palace to tell the old minister about Concubine Bai?"

Qingzhu laughed and said, "Are you kidding? How could I help Concubine Bai become a queen? I wouldn't be so stupid to let Concubine Bai ride on her head, would I? Are you right, Prime Minister?"

Only then did the prime minister realize that he had been tricked, and stomped his feet angrily.It seems that I have underestimated this Concubine Qing.

Qingzhu gave Xiaoyu a look, Xiaoyu understood immediately, took out a piece of paper and handed it to Qingzhu, Qingzhu took the paper and said to the prime minister, "Master Prime Minister, now you have only two choices, the first is to draw a bet on this paper. What is written on the paper is that you colluded with the frontier fortress and conspired with the white concubine to make the white concubine the queen. If you hand over the military power in the early morning of tomorrow after you draw the pledge, I will treat it as if nothing happened , and the second is to make you a collusion with the frontier fortress, and this alone will kill your nine clans."

The prime minister looked at Qingzhu's triumphant look, and couldn't help but get angry. This is not a bet, and it would be even worse if he didn't draw a bet. He couldn't even save the lives of himself and his family members. It is too late to give Qingzhu a happy answer.

Qingzhu had already seen the worries in the prime minister's heart and said, "Master prime minister, you can rest assured. As long as you draw a pledge, I will never leak the contents of this paper. If I don't do this, you will regret it." what to do?"

The prime minister hesitated for a long time, but finally compromised, so he had to draw a note on the paper, and then walked away angrily.

After the prime minister left, the emperor came out from behind a tree and said with a smile, "Hehe, my concubine's scheme really impresses me."

Qingzhu handed the paper on which the prime minister had drawn the adjournment to the emperor and asked, "Since we can get back the prime minister's military power, why should the prime minister draw the adjournment on this paper?"

The emperor hugged the green bamboo into his arms and said, "In the future, my concubine will understand my good intentions."

The prime minister has a great influence on the court. If the prime minister is killed, those officials who are afraid of the prime minister will be ready to move, and they will be out of control later. Naturally, the emperor's throne will be affected. The prime minister can suppress those officials, and this piece of paper with the prime minister's handprint is prepared for Qingzhu. The emperor wants to make Qingzhu the queen. Only with the support of the prime minister can Qingzhu become the queen logically. Catch the cicada, the oriole is behind, in fact, the emperor already knew what was going on in Bai Huangfei's mind when she was thrown into the cold palace, so he didn't convict Xiaolan for a long time, so that Xiaolan could be free in the palace and outside the palace. Free access, that day when the prime minister talked about the frontier fortress, the emperor deliberately pretended to care about the frontier fortress in front of Qingzhu, in order to let Qingzhu notice the frontier fortress and intervene in political affairs, unexpectedly Qingzhu's wisdom is really as the emperor said Unexpectedly, Qingzhu soon realized that the matter of the frontier fortress was related to Concubine Bai, and began to investigate. The emperor had two purposes for this. The first was to let the prime minister draw evidence of the crime, so as to help Qingzhu become the empress. Let the prime minister have scruples about Qingzhu, Qing Huangfei is not so easy to bully, his old brain is definitely not Qingzhu's opponent, let him be afraid of Qingzhu, and naturally dare not confront Qingzhu in whatever he does in the future.Pave the way in advance for Qingzhu to be the queen.

(End of this chapter)