Crowned with Pearls

   Chapter 709 One Hundred Eight · Sacrifice

After Xu Shun, who had been in control of the cabinet before, fell from power, the cabinet now has only Yang Bo and Gao Ping, the first assistants. Just need them to appreciate it.

   It's not that she can't believe the sincerity of Yang Bo's alliance with the Song family.

   But in this world, in the final analysis, people are for the sake of money and birds are killed for food. She is afraid that Yang Bo and the others will not stand firm.

   So she said softly, "Should the cabinet be filled with people?"

   Otherwise, the Cabinet will not have enough people to do things.

Xiao Heng and Su Rong both immediately reacted to what she meant, and they looked at each other, but Su Rong said, "It's to make up people, but the selection of cabinet members is decided by the court, and there is also a sage who personally decides. Given the specified situation, which minister dares to have the cheek to accept the order without going through the court?"

   The implication is that this matter has little to do with them.

   is not something they can control.

   Xiao Heng heard something else, he looked at Su Yao quietly, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you worried that this loophole will be exploited by Xu Shun's rest party?"

   The three fell silent for a while.

   This is not impossible.

   After all, the Fenyang Palace is still intact, and Juhai Village is still standing.

  Su invited Xiao Heng and Su Rong to understand what he meant, so he snorted without explaining too much, just said: "Be careful sailing the ship for ten thousand years, be cautious, there is always nothing wrong."

   After talking for a while, Mrs. Su and Su Xingyi sent people over and asked Xiao Heng to stay here for dinner.

   Seeing that it was already time for dinner, Xiao Heng realized it later, stood up and shook his head: "I have to go back to the palace. Today, the palace has invited Master Honghui from Huangjue Temple to teach the scriptures. I have to go back."

   The little princess who died young made Xiao Heng have some tolerance and sympathy for Empress Dowager Tian's meanness, so his relationship with Empress Dowager Tian strangely eased.

  This is a good thing for Xiao Heng. Su Yao thought of the situation of Xiao Heng in the previous life, and couldn't help feeling happy when he heard the words. He smiled and saluted: "Then don't force your Highness to stay."

Xiao Heng stopped halfway through: "By the way, I forgot to mention it. We were in a hurry when we went to Juhaizhuang last time, and we didn't find anything. Otherwise, we can choose another time to go again? Maybe we can get rid of those Are the remnants also found out?"

   It's not reassuring to keep them.

  Su Invitation naturally agreed.

   When Xiao Heng went out, he happened to meet Liu Jie eager to enter the mansion, he stopped and looked at Liu Jie: "What are you doing?"

"Your Highness!" When Liu Jie saw it was him, his eyes lit up with excitement. Hearing Xiao Heng's question, he hurriedly said: "This is something sent by the Fenyang palace, saying it is an apology for the county owner. I happened to be there. From the porter's place, I brought it in."

   Fenyang Palace?

   Xiao Heng raised his eyebrows. Seeing that Su Rong had already followed him, he didn't say anything more. He just asked Su Rong to pay more attention. After Su Rong agreed, he went straight out the door.

When Xiao Heng returned to the palace, he was catching up with the vegetarian food in the Cining Palace. Since the incident with Princess Jingming, the Empress Dowager Tian has been chanting scriptures. Recently, she has been vegetarian and chanting scriptures. She met Xiao Henglai and Empress Dowager Tian. The smile in her eyes deepened a bit. These days, she has some sincere feelings towards Xiao Heng—Xiao Heng really did his best for Princess Jing Ming, and he also gave her an explanation. Take this love.

   Therefore, Empress Dowager Tian asked Xiao Heng a few words with a smile. Hearing that Xiao Heng hadn't eaten, she hurriedly asked Tian Xun: "Quickly order someone to serve more dishes."

   Tian Xun has hurriedly stood up.

   Xiao Heng had already sat down beside the Empress Dowager Tian, ​​and shook his head: "Don't bother, it's already good."

"No trouble!" Tian Xun hurriedly widened his eyes, bit his lower lip somewhat embarrassedly, and said softly: "Su Zhai has already been prepared, I will go to serve mushroom soup, the weather is still cold at this time, A bowl of hot soup is the best!"

Before Xiao Heng could speak, the Empress Dowager Tian had already reacted first and said with a smile: "Yes, this child is the most careful and sensible. These days, the Aijia is all she is serving and taking care of, and her craftsmanship is not much worse than that of the royal chef. , since you're here, it's good to have a taste."

   Xiao Heng was noncommittal, Tian Xun restrained his joy, and hurriedly let people bring the soup that had been warm all the time, looking at Xiao Heng expectantly.

   Xiao Heng took a sip. She was so nervous that she raised her heart. She grabbed the hem of her clothes and asked Xiao Heng as calmly as possible: "How do you feel, Your Highness?"

   Xiao Heng frowned and loosened, and said lightly, "Miss Tian is indeed a good cook, but I can't complain that the Empress likes you."

   It's not that he didn't notice Tian Xun's excessive enthusiasm, but she was just a little too enthusiastic, and he couldn't say anything more.

  The Empress Dowager Tian saw Tian Xun's disappointment and coughed first. After Xiao Heng finished eating, she said to Xiao Heng, "Ah Heng go over first and wait for me, and I will go over later."

   After Xiao Heng left, she looked at Tian Xun and shook her head slightly: "Xiao Xun, you used to say that you are the most calm, but what's wrong now? This is a man."

   She opened her head, frowned and stopped, sighed and said no more, and went to change her clothes.

Tian Xun bit her lip, even her lower lip was bitten, and then she released it. She was angry and felt wronged, and she had already achieved this point, but Xiao Heng still turned a blind eye to her, she could How to do?

   What the Queen Mother said is simple, she also knows whether to welcome or refuse, and let the man take the initiative.

   But is Xiao Heng an ordinary man?

   Sure enough, his mind was not on this, so he refused to help her seriously.

   She turned her head and stared at Mother Tian.

  Master Honghui has read the scriptures for Princess Jingming all morning, and in the afternoon, it is time to place Princess Jingming's spiritual seat.

   It is not a good thing to die at a young age, so the elders cannot place the spiritual position for the younger generation, and even if Emperor Yuanfeng’s identity is respected, he cannot do this. In the end, this spiritual position was decided by Xiao Heng, who was the younger generation.

   However, when Mother Tian came up with the spiritual seat, she stumbled for some reason, and the spiritual seat was about to fall to the ground.

   This change came unexpectedly, and everyone was shocked.

  Princess originally died of an infarction. If there was a problem with the tablet, it would be a bad omen. The Empress Dowager Tian was so shocked that her face turned pale, and even her heart could not help jumping out of her body, and she almost fainted.

  Fortunately, at this time, Tian Xun flew and put his entire body under Mama Tian, ​​giving Mama Tian a buffer time, and Mama Tian managed to protect the spiritual position and did not let the spiritual position fall to the ground.

  Fortunately, there was no problem with the spiritual position. The Queen Mother Tian was so frightened that her voice trembled: "Quick! Let's take a look!"

   (end of this chapter)