My queen does not compete for favor

Chapter 71

"As soon as this winter is over, spring plowing will be busy immediately. After the sowing is completed, the summer flood will come! If you don't start now, it will be too late! Hundreds of thousands of people, your majesty!" Huang Taishi and several other high-level ministers took the lead. Kowtowing their heads, all the ministers behind who supported the early fight against the flood and appease the hearts of the people knelt down and begged in unison.Immediately, most of them knelt down in unison in front of the hall.

Qin Xian, who was sitting at the top, nodded and said: "Everyone, please stand up. I will definitely think twice."

"Your Majesty, I have the courage to ask Ying to lead the army for reinforcements..." Qin Chenyong was overjoyed, and just about to ask for orders to lead troops to reinforce Marshal Yuchi who was stationed in the north, but was stopped by Qin Xian with a wave of his hand.

Qin Xian said calmly: "I have thought about this matter myself."

Qin Chenyong still wanted to speak, but was kicked by Zhao Shangshu next to him, so he had to go back to the queue and wait for the emperor's decision with his head bowed.

Qin Xian didn't make a decision right away, but looked at Hu Qingying who had been watching coldly at the front: "Does Prime Minister Zuo have any ideas?"

"Yes." Hu Qingying cupped her hands and stood up.He acted neatly and capable, and he was always clear about black and white in dealing with affairs. Some people in the court hated him while others respected him. He was backed by Qin Xian's power, so everyone had to admire him.He is indeed a rigorous legalist executor, a good prime minister who assists the king and the world.When Qin Xian asked him at the end, he also wanted to hear his opinion.In this world, it is difficult to find a more insightful talent than Hu Qingying.

Just when the whole court was silent and waiting for Mr. Aofeng to express his opinion on solving the dilemma, Hu Qingying straightened her back and asked in a straight voice, "What's the matter with the emperor's mouth?"

Qin Xian suddenly became embarrassed.Unexpectedly, Hu Qingying mentioned this in public.In fact, it's no wonder that Hu Qingying and Wan Qixiao are at odds. In Hu Qingying's eyes, Wan Qixiao is a concubine who serves the emperor with seductiveness, corrupts the emperor, and destroys the chaotic government. After Xian's swollen lips, Hu Qingying remained cold and displeased.A sage king should not be so indulging in beauty and enjoy it to his heart's content.Qin Xian's move made him very disappointed.

Now with Hu Qingying's suggestion, all the courtiers secretly raised their heads and glanced at the emperor from the corner of their eyes, then quickly lowered their heads to pretend to be serious.One by one thought about it in their hearts: Why did the emperor's lips become so swollen?What is the meaning of Mr. Zuo Xiang's harsh questioning?Is there any deep meaning in this?
Naturally, it was impossible for Qin Xian to let those courtiers think wildly, and replied without changing his face: "Yesterday, I ate too much chili. The imperial chef is very skilled. I am greedy for a while, ashamed, ashamed."

"Oh." All the courtiers suddenly realized, with such expressions.

But this can't be hidden from Hu Qingying.Although Hu Qingying has the courtesy of a monarch and a minister to Qin Xian, he pays great attention to the virtue of a monarch. Regarding this matter, he has a lot of opinions on Qin Xian's obvious favoritism for a certain empress. Blame yourself. The sages still say that the meat is not neat and not eating. The emperor is the king of a country, so it is understandable that he prefers spicy food. Just now, the ministers cared about it for a while, and rashly lost their manners. Please let the emperor be lenient. In fact, I will not lie to the emperor, the ministers themselves He is also very partial to chili peppers, and the government has been buying a large amount of chili peppers from Chili City all year round. If the emperor does not dislike it, the servants will send a car every month as an apology. Please accept it with a smile."

Hu Qingying's move was too ruthless, Qin Xian just told a little lie to cover up, but he caught the key point and made Qin Xian eat chili every day as punishment.

But Qin Xian couldn't refuse, so he could only accept it with a smirk, and he had to be polite: "The Prime Minister Zuo also cares about me, so why blame him? As for Prime Minister Zuo's chili... I, thank you in advance."

After the morning court, Qin Xian went to Wan Chengxiao's middle palace.

At that time, Wan Qixiao was sitting upright in Lingxuan, holding a cup and drinking tea.After hearing the ins and outs of the incident, Wan Qixiao didn't say a word, but just smiled and asked Qin Xian to sit down, and stretched out his plain hand to make a cup of needle tea for Qin Xian.Yunxia was waiting on the sidelines, lowering her eyebrows and closing her eyes, pretending she didn't exist.After brewing the tea, he pushed the blue and white porcelain cup in front of Qin Xian, and the rising mist engulfed Wan Qixiao's bottomless indifferent smile: "Since the emperor is so angry with Mr. Zuoxiang, why don't you let him go back to the mountain, and why don't you let him go back to the mountain?" Is he clean and at ease?"

Qin Xian lifted the lid of the teacup and stroked the tea lightly, without saying a word.The curling water mist is misty and misty, separating the real faces of the two people, making it difficult for them to see each other's expressions clearly.Qin Xian kept silent, didn't even look up at Wan Chengxiao, just stroked the floating tea leaves with the lid of the cup.

Wan Chengxiao's heart sank slowly.She was just testing Qin Xian just now.She did have a quarrel with Hu Qingying and wanted to erase him, but she wasn't going to just bewitch the king to exile Zhongliang so openly, she just put forward this intention tentatively this time to see Qin Xian's reaction.See who Qin Xian prefers to her or to Hu Qingying.But she didn't get Qin Xian's clear answer of "yes" or "no", only an unfathomable silence.

silence.Damn silence!

Wan Qixiao gritted his teeth in resentment, but there was nothing he could do.I can only comfort myself, at least Qin Xian didn't fool her with nonsense, which is pretty good.Besides, Qin Xian didn't immediately drag her out and behead her in the name of a queen, which shows that at least she still has a place in Qin Xian's heart, at least she can be compared with Hu Qingying.After thinking about this, Wan Qixiao immediately returned to his calm and calm smile.

She raised her hand and pinned the broken hair on her sideburns behind her ears, then she turned the subject and said with a light smile, "Isn't that enough? No matter how angry the emperor is, it is impossible for him to be sent back to the field, so why bother to worry about it?" What about some small frictions? It only increases the estrangement between the monarch and his ministers. Besides, when I am employing people, the emperor broke the rules and used the left prime minister. It would be chilling for the emperor to let go of the left side because of a moment of anger. If the future of Daqin is ruined because of a moment of loyalty, then it is absolutely wrong." Wan Qixiao looked like a virtuous queen persuading the emperor.

Yunxia lowered her head and lowered her eyes, pretending to be dead, but secretly praised her in her heart.Empress is always so shrewd and can turn crisis into invisible at any time.The tentative words just now were turned around by her words, as if they were deliberately asking questions, to help the king better think about right and wrong.Sure enough, she is still far behind the empress, and she has to study hard.

Qin Xian didn't seem to be as calm as before, and the oppressive aura condensed around him melted away.He picked up his cup and sipped his tea.There was also a faint smile on his face: "Yeah, why bother with mediocrity. Isn't it just a carload of peppers a month!"

(End of this chapter)