Eunuch's Declaration of Loyalty

Chapter 71

Feng Yunxu, the son of Feng Shoufu, was recommended to join the court, and because of the support of the two chief assistants behind him, and the help of Liu Qingtang, the person behind him, he soon successfully entered the camp of the first assistant.Before he entered the court, Feng Shoufu had already let him get in touch with other officials of the Shoufu faction. Feng Yunxu himself was a very talented person, and in such a good situation, he almost created the record of the fastest promoted official in the Southern Dynasty.

Even Liu Qingrong, the uncle of the country, is still in the six departments, and Feng Yunxu has become a powerful figure in the first auxiliary faction in a short period of time.When he was close to the two chief ministers and trusted veterans, the young Feng Yunxu was more inclined to win over the young people in the chief minister's faction. Two forces.

Coupled with Liu Qingtang's instruction, Feng Yunxu has been slowly influencing Feng Shoufu's thinking, deepening the conflict between him and Wang Shoufu, and there are faint signs of undercurrents in the growing Shoufu faction.

This was the case before. Liu Qingtang's faction of the Liu family was their common greatest enemy. Now this greatest enemy is gradually being defeated. Without an enemy to fight against in unison, it is time for internal strife. The bad roots of human beings have been like this since ancient times.

Under various direct or indirect influences, Feng Shoufu felt more and more that the Liu family faction was nothing to fear, and their victory was now in sight.

At that time, the first emperor handpicked them as chief assistants to assist the emperor. Now, if they succeed, they will naturally be rewarded for their merits. No matter how you look at it, he is the one who takes care of many things. Wang Shoufu mostly just watches from behind, and almost does nothing. However, even so, the emperor valued Wang Shoufu more and relied on him more.

Wang Shuhui is just more good at inviting pets, everything he does has always been Wang Shuhui's for no reason.Feng Shoufu began to feel dissatisfied. Maybe this idea has long been there, but it was suppressed in the past, but now under the provocation of his son and some caring people, Feng Shoufu's dissatisfaction became more and more uncontrollable.

There was a conflict between the two first assistants, which directly led to the split of the first assistant faction.Wang Shoufu is not as optimistic about the current situation as Feng Shoufu. Although it seems that they succeeded in forcing the queen mother to let go of the government and retreat to the harem, Wang Shoufu always feels that things will not be so easy.Moreover, it was not so easy to obtain the power that the Queen Mother had devolved from the Liu family faction.

It seems that since Liu Qingtang stopped intervening in the government affairs, those people have followed the wind and attached themselves to them, but if you really think about it carefully, you can find that they are all small fish and shrimps, and those who really hold the lifeline are those who cannot be wooed. The backbone of the Liu family faction.In other words, although Liu Qingtang is no longer in the court, she still holds at least half of the power in her hands, let alone military power.

Wang Shoufu also suspected at first whether he was suspicious, but after discussing with Xiao Huaixu, both of them felt that the Queen Mother would not retreat so easily, so they became more cautious.Wang Shoufu was originally lacking mental energy because of these things, but now Feng Shoufu was stupid about it, and Wang Shoufu was not willing to bear it for a while.

At the beginning, Feng Shoufu would be appointed as the first assistant with him, and he was willing to be loyal to the emperor, but now seeing his more and more petty thoughts, Wang Shoufu naturally couldn't tolerate him.But the Shoufu faction cannot cause problems because of this, otherwise it would be bad if the Liu family faction took the opportunity to rebound.At this time, Wang Shoufu thought of Feng Yunxu. This young man was smart enough, and he was Feng Shoufu's son. It would be best if he could take over Feng Shoufu's connections in the faction and stabilize them.

Things gradually progressed according to the will of some people, and Wang Shoufu was determined to train Feng Yunxu to replace Feng Shoufu who was becoming more and more useless.

"Feng Shoufu, it's time to step down. Wang Shoufu is not a good person." In the winter of the ninth year of Yuanning, Liu Qingtang said to Qin Shu with such a smile when he was looking at the red camellia in full bloom in Lingxue in the courtyard.

So as she expected, this winter, Feng Shoufu suddenly suffered a stroke at home, paralyzed and unable to speak.

In May, Feng Yunxu married Wang Shoufu's youngest daughter, gained Wang Shoufu's support, and formally replaced Feng Shoufu.

In October, Liu Guojiu Liu Qingrong finally stopped going through the six volumes, and presented a series of shortcomings and innovations he observed during the dormancy of the six volumes.In fact, when he walked through the six parts, he made achievements in several places. Now that this paper is submitted, even Xiao Huaixu has to admit that Liu Qingrong is really an excellent adviser, different from the conservative officials of the old school. Dare to think and dare to do.

But while Xiao Huaixu admired this uncle, he thought more about that no matter how much he could do things for the people and the Southern Dynasty, he couldn't let a Liu family hold great power.There are so many capable courtiers, and there will be no one who can match him in the future.

The emperor didn't want him to ascend to a high position, but Liu Qingtang thought, and then there was a situation where Liu Qingrong was recommended by the half court as a counselor.Shoufu is the closest confidant to the emperor. They are more of a counselor for the emperor, while Shenzhi is more practical.Two chief assistants and three counselors, six divisions and twelve courtyards. From this sentence, we can know that the position of counselors is second only to the chief assistant. First of all, the assistant should be stronger by two points.

Wang Shoufu and the emperor naturally didn't want Liu Qingrong to take the position of counselor, not to mention that Liu Qingrong, who was in the top position, was bound to replace the next counselor.Among the original three advisors, two were members of the Shoufu faction, and the other was from the Liu family faction.I also know that Liu Qingrong will not replace the young and vigorous counselor of the Liu family faction, but will replace a counselor from the chief auxiliary faction.The most unfavorable thing for Wang Shoufu and the others is that one of the two counselors is not young, and it is time to step down. At this time, Liu Qingrong has made political achievements, and his promotion to that position is worthy of the name.

Regardless of whether it is worthy of the name or not, Wang Shoufu and Xiao Huaixu were unwilling to see this happen. However, what they did not expect was that Feng Yunxu, who had won over Shoufu's faction and secured his position, also supported Liu Qingrong. The factional disputes in the court began to darken again.

Liu Qingtang, who hadn't participated in political affairs for a year, also came to participate at this time, forcing Xiao Huaixu to send Liu Qingrong to that position.

It wasn't until this time that Wang Shoufu and Xiao Huaixu realized that the Queen Mother retreated at that time in order to advance.

In a dynasty, although the imperial power is supreme, there are many times when the emperor is not as bright as outsiders imagined.Before he has all the power, when he has not enough military power, when he is not enough to deter most of the courtiers, he can only bear it until the day when he no longer has to bear it.

Xiao Huaixu thought he had a tough heart, but even so, when he saw that the situation in the court was going well, he found that it had been subverted in an instant, and his heart was extremely depressed.

On the second day Liu Qingrong became a counselor, Xiao Huaixu vomited blood and fell ill in Chang'an Palace.Wang Shoufu thought that he couldn't bear the previous gap, so he became anxious for a while, even the imperial doctor said that his mental depression is not a serious problem, as long as he takes good care of him.

But only Liu Qingtang knew that Xiao Huaixu might have been poisoned.When she sent Xuange to the palace, she didn't mean that Xiao Huaixu's body would gradually weaken and die. If she didn't know the reason, the imperial physician would not be able to guess the cause of the disease, let alone cure it. There is no cure for this poison. Xiao Huaixu, at most It can only last a few years, and it is not obvious now, but in the future he will gradually become weaker and more vulnerable to illness.

Sure enough, after this time, neither Xiao Huaixu nor Wang Shoufu paid much attention to it. Instead, they started to regroup again. The first failure made them learn a lesson and act more cautiously.

It's just that no matter how cautious they are, it's useless, Liu Qingtang has blocked all their paths, no matter what they do, there will only be one end.Liu Qingtang rejoiced countless times that the timing of her rebirth was still early, allowing her to seize the opportunity early. Now she has the chance to win, and she just waits for the right time, and waits for the day when the other party has nowhere to go.

Liu Qingtang knew so much, but Xiao Huaixu and Wang Shoufu didn't. They all thought they still had time, Liu Qingtang just watched coldly and waited patiently.

Another year, Xuange is pregnant.This was a surprise for Liu Qingtang. If Xuan Ge gave birth to a boy, he would be the legitimate heir. With this child, many things could be solved more easily.What's more, if possible, she didn't want to let her godson enter the palace when he was still young, and train him to be an emperor, and she couldn't bear to separate her good friend, mother and son.Therefore, she paid more and more attention to Xuan Ge.

In fact, the harem has never stopped, and there are always women who are fighting for favor. No matter what tricks they play, since knowing that they can't have children because Xiao Huaixu made them drink the avoidance soup, Liu Qingtang has never stopped. I love these concubines.Except for Xuange, who she specially arranged to be beside the emperor, she was well protected by others.These years, Xuange was able to live freely and comfortably in her own palace, mostly because Liu Qingtang took care of her.

Now, Liu Qingtang is paying more and more attention to Xuange. Those concubines who tried to jump up when they heard that Xuange was pregnant were all punished by Liu Qingtang with rare thunderous means.At this time, the concubines who had been in the palace for several years realized that the queen mother was still the thunderous queen mother they had heard about when they were still in their boudoirs.

These years of Liu Qingtang's indifference caused most of them to forget these things. Now that they have regained these memories, the harem has become much calmer for a while.As for whether the secret is still so peaceful, it is unknown, but the masters and slaves who entered the palace prison and never came out have never stopped.

The concubine is pregnant, and Wang Shoufu is the other one who is happy. He has always been most worried about the emperor's lack of heirs, and now he has a guarantee.

As for Xiao Huaixu, what he thought more about was how to use this unborn child to blackmail Liu Qingtang.He had been guessing what Liu Qingtang needed most now, and after some testing now, seeing Liu Qingtang protecting an unborn child like this, Xiao Huaixu knew that he had guessed right.He made Xuan Ge pregnant, naturally not for other reasons, but for other reasons. This child is probably the heaviest bargaining chip in his hand.

(End of this chapter)