Eunuch's Declaration of Loyalty

Chapter 70

In the early morning of this day, an official from the Ministry of Officials stood up and spoke eloquently about "The Empress Dowager was in charge of politics in a hurry, but now the emperor is old and should be in charge, and the Empress Dowager should be a woman." Obey a woman's duty" and so on.

This official looked extremely young. Liu Qingtang looked at it, as if he was the same as his elder brother. He didn't do well in the imperial examination at the time. He opened his mouth just like in the book. He didn't have any practical ideas. He was a typical dead book. The only good thing is that the pen holder is okay.Young and energetic, a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, has not experienced the change of regime at the time, and seems to be extremely disdainful of Liu Qingtang, a queen mother who doesn't know what to do and only knows how to point fingers. When she said this, there was no other official on her face of fear.

Anyone who has been immersed in this court for a long time can tell that this small official was pushed out to explore the way, and if the one above is offended, he will die.But no matter whether he is alive or dead, there will be no good end in the future. This kind of person who doesn't even hide the expression on his face can be seen clearly. How could it be possible to go on for a long time in the court, when he is used up this time, there is no doubt that he will have no future.

But now not many people care about this official, they all pay attention to the expression of the empress dowager, everyone can see that there must be some quarrel between the empress dowager and the emperor after so long, whether they are because of Whether power led to the struggle or other reasons, these officials wanted to see what the queen mother's attitude was towards this matter.

The faction between the queen mother and the first assistant has always been ambiguous. Even if there is a fight, it seems to be harmless on the surface, but more and more frictions in recent years can also make people feel some tension. feel.

At this moment, the entire court was quiet, and it took a long time to hear the empress dowager ask indifferently, "Oh, everyone thinks so?"

The empress dowager's tone and expression were too indifferent, people couldn't tell what she was thinking, and most of the officials were silent.

Although the officials of Liu Qingtang's faction belonged to the Liu family's faction in private, in order to confuse the chief minister and the emperor to let them relax their vigilance, most of them were neutral factions on the surface.Some of these people's background has been revealed to some extent. At the moment, they are all pretending to be wooden men, and they are standing on the hall with a watchful eye, nose, nose, nose, and heart, which is in line with their 'neutral' status.

The military officers all showed some indignation on their faces, but Wei Zheng watched, but no one came out to speak.No matter what you say, at this time, these military generals who are fundamentally related to Liu Qingtang's interests cannot be this early bird.

"The empress dowager has worked so hard for the Southern Dynasty for many years, and the words of that little official just now really went beyond the mark." Feng Shoufu first stood up and bowed: "The empress dowager has worked hard and made great achievements, and the civil and military affairs of the whole dynasty are obvious to all. Whether it is the empress dowager or Liu Guogong, they are all true kings. For the people, no one in the people praises it. Thanks to the assistance of the empress dowager when she was in crisis, there is now such a peaceful and prosperous world. Now the emperor can handle political affairs alone. Today, the world is peaceful and clear, and the empress dowager can rest assured Rest in the harem."

Red faces and white faces sang in turn. As soon as Feng Shoufu stood up, he first reprimanded the officials who had spoken before, and then sang praises.It's just that no matter how beautiful the words are, the meaning inside and outside the words is the same, making her roll down from the hall.No matter how much these people think in their hearts to simply pull her down or let her die, they still have to use such euphemistic terms.The imperial decree given to her by the emperor when she died in her previous life was also very moving and earnest, saying that she and the Liu family conspired to usurp the throne, and she had to be killed for the sake of the peace of the Southern Dynasty.If she had really done that kind of thing in her previous life, she might have been moved by the emperor's nephew's understanding of righteousness and killing relatives after reading the imperial decree.

At that time, she was given the name of treason in vain, and she wanted to carry out this crime in this life.But even if it's a real conspiracy, she still wants a good name, and the Liu family can't be ruined by her.

Seeing that Feng Shoufu had finished speaking, more than a dozen officials stood up one after another, knelt down and said in unison: "Please rest in the harem for the empress dowager." Liu Qingtang smiled instead of anger.

She had already guessed that such a day would come, but she didn't feel any shock and anger, and even felt bored when the sword was supposed to be on the verge of breaking out.

There was no such thing in her previous life, probably because she was still wholeheartedly focused on clearing obstacles for the emperor's nephew and selecting officials and servants for him to use in the future, just because she was worried that he would be taken away by those two old and cunning chief assistants at a young age. control.She is so well-informed, they are naturally happy to see her busy like a fool, and then smile to see her heartily send all the rights and contacts accumulated in her hands to the emperor, and help him control those people. Right to secure his position.

In her previous life, she was only thinking of the emperor's nephew, and she was very 'qualified'. Naturally, she didn't need the two chief assistants to worry so much that they wanted to frighten her in the court.

It was almost the same as Liu Qingtang expected. They were so frightened by her attitude this time that they could only change their strategy. After Xiao Huaixu had a harem, they couldn't wait any longer. First of all, they couldn't hold back and wanted to force her to retreat.

It has been three years since she was reborn, and three years is enough for her to do many things.Even if she regresses at this moment, so what, maybe they think that simply refusing her to go to the court can cut off her influence in the court.Maybe she was caught off guard and placed under house arrest in the palace, and it was possible to reverse the situation.But now not only can they not put her under house arrest, they can't even block her news.In the harem, what the emperor can do is much smaller than her.

The House of Internal Affairs and the palace prison are already under Qin Shu's control, and they can't catch her when they go in and out of the palace.Now she is holding countless powers in the open and in the dark in her hands, and she will never be like in her previous life, who can only wait for death when she has nowhere to go!
As for now, she really needs to take a step back. After all, rabbits will bite people when they are in a hurry. She wants to give them some hope, and then tighten the thread in her hand a little bit.It will be interesting when they find out that everything is out of control.

Liu Qingtang smiled suddenly, and the scene fell silent again.The queen mother, who has always been serious and dignified, can still laugh at such a time. Could it be that she is extremely angry?All the ministers who thought this way kept their mouths shut. Those who don't want to be implicated in this kind of confrontation can only keep their tails between their legs.

Liu Qingtang looked at Xiao Huaixu who was sitting on the head, and felt ironic at the helplessness on his face. I am afraid that this act was ordered by him, and he was able to show such a real expression. It is strange that others say that most royal people are born actors. . "Emperor, do you think so too?"

"This... I haven't learned the three-point behavior of my mother's mother. I feel uneasy when I hear this, and I am afraid that I am still young and there is something inconsiderate. But thinking that my mother has always expected so much from me, my son and minister also I can only do my best to relieve mother's worries." Xiao Huaixu pretended to be a respectful and filial son, and said something that didn't seem like they were forcing her to retreat to the harem, but that she handed over the power with her own hands just because she was worried about him.

Before Liu Qingtang could speak, the old fox king Shoufu who had been restrained and motionless below finally stood up, "I will definitely assist the emperor with all my heart, and please rest assured the queen mother." After speaking, he knelt down on the spot.

Although Wang Shoufu and Feng Shoufu are both chief assistants, Feng Shoufu's status is still lower than Wang Shoufu's. When Wang Shoufu knelt down like this, a large group of people kneeled behind him.

Thinking of the news from Feng Shoufu's son, Liu Qingtang glanced at the kneeling two chief assistants of King Feng. There was also an internal struggle between the two. After all, they were both veterans and chief assistants. Who would want to He has always been the one with a low status, and since the presented Xuange was favored by the emperor, Feng Shoufu has been more careful.

"In this case, let's do as you wish." Liu Qingtang got up, and left like this. As soon as she walked to a place where no one was outside the hall, the anger on her face disappeared immediately, not only that, but also with some The color of anticipation.

Today's matter was more or less caused by her on purpose, otherwise, if they waited a few years and thought about dealing with her, they could wait, but she couldn't wait.Wouldn't it be nice to make this happen as soon as possible.

When Liu Qingtang stayed behind closed doors in the Ci'an Palace, there was indeed news that the Shoufu faction had begun to buy off officials from the neutral faction and some officials from the Liu family faction.Liu Qingtang smiled, and gave an order to let some people pretend to vote for the Shoufu faction.This part can be the civil servants she has assigned to the faction over the years, as well as some military officers who have been selected from the bottom and have little relationship with the Liu family.Only when these people turn to them after a timely struggle, the people over there will not be suspicious. As for Wei Zheng, the apparently loyal Liu family party, of course this cannot be the case. If they can all be tempted to turn to them, no matter how stupid they are Will doubt it.

With Liu Qingtang's instruction, the faction of the first assistant has gradually risen in the court.Feng Shoufu's son sent a message to the palace saying that Feng Shoufu had relaxed a lot in recent days and began to let him get in touch with many things.It's just that Wang Shoufu wasn't as proud as Feng Shoufu, on the contrary, he became more vigilant and suspicious.From this, we can see why Feng Shoufu could not win against Wang Shoufu. Wang Shuhui is a man of strategy and scheming, calm and cautious enough. It's a pity that he is not young, and the nephews of the next generation of the Wang family have not listened. Say something worthwhile.

In the palace, because the news of the Empress Dowager's loss of power spread, people's hearts fluttered for a while, but they were quickly suppressed by Qin Shu.In the face of interests, more people still cherish their lives.There are Wei Zheng and other counselors outside the palace, plus a brother from the Liu family. Now Liu Qingtang hardly needs to do anything more, and Qin Shu quickly solved the problem inside the palace, which was a little tricky as she expected. It didn't bother her at all.

Ever since one day she secretly went to look around the palace prison described by the palace people as a region, Liu Qingtang often felt that Qin Shu seemed to have another side in a place she couldn't see, different from the indulgence in front of her, different from her previous life. Liu Qingtang thought, maybe if she was in the job, she would definitely not be able to do Qin Shu's... don't care.

For people like Liu Qingtang, it was just a drop of water, but for those lower level, it was a big wave.People who were implicated and died by this wave, a simple number can't touch anything, but seeing it with their own eyes is different. Liu Qingtang never needs to do these things with her own hands, so even if she cares very little, Qin Shu told her that she After hearing it, I won't take it to heart.

Qin Shu was doing all these things for her.Whether in his previous life or in this life, Qin Shu dipped his hands in blood for her, but only let her see the whitewashed peace.Does he feel uncomfortable when he is suffering alone?

(End of this chapter)