Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

"You really think so in your heart?"

"My words come from the bottom of my heart."

"It's not too bad." Empress Changsun nodded with satisfaction, and suddenly felt that her words were a bit inappropriate, and said, "Even if Princess Shanhua's beauty is not as good as this palace, she must be an outstanding beauty. Don't you He favors her exclusively, and neglects his old friend."

An old friend?

Guo Ye's heart moved, and he said: "Your so-called old man refers to..."

"Of course it's the one wife and two concubines in your family. Could it be someone else? Who do you think?" Empress Changsun said angrily.

"Uh..." Guo Ye wanted to say in his heart, of course he was referring to you, but he really had a wicked heart and no guts, and he didn't dare to really tease the eldest grandson empress, so he could only reply vaguely: "I thought there was another woman , thinking about this little minister day and night... Alas, it seems that this little minister is just being self-indulgent."

Empress Changsun blushed, and said, "You bastard, you have a lot of romantic debts, who knows which girl's family you have provoked? I... I..."

She opened her mouth, but in the end she didn't say what she said. She sighed and said, "I'm exhausted, Qin Guogong, you..."

Guo Ye hurriedly said: "Empress Empress, I still have something to say."

"Qin Guogong, please speak."

"My minister has a saying, I don't know whether to ask it or not."

"Since you don't know whether to ask or not, then don't ask!" Empress Changsun's pretty face darkened, and said, "Qin Guogong, there are some things that you don't say, and there is still room for change. But if you say it, you will... Embarrassing for both parties."

"Weichen's words are really stuck in his throat, and he can't spit them out quickly."

"You want to say, I don't want to hear it yet!"

"No, the matter is very important, I must ask. Have you felt that His Majesty has been... unusual recently?"

Only then did Empress Changsun realize that her thinking was wrong, and said, "Your Majesty... abnormal? Guo Ye, what do you mean by that?"

"That is to say... uh... do you know which empress Your Majesty likes to favor recently?"

Empress Changsun's face suddenly changed, and said: "So, you know everything? Who told you? How can such a secret be spread out!"

She paused, softened her tone a little, and said, "Actually, it's nothing to tell you about it. Yes, since the Tianfu monk's treason case, His Majesty's health has been deteriorating, and he has seldom favored concubines."

I heard that Empress Changsun means... His Majesty Li Er is dead, this news is really exciting, but obviously, what Guo Ye wants to know is not this, he asked: "What I mean is... have you heard of it?" I heard...there is an extra girl in the palace."

"Folk girl?" Empress Changsun shook her head and said, "How could there be any folk girl?"

"Perhaps His Majesty let it in secretly."

"That's impossible. As the lord of the harem, it's hard for me to hide the changes of every plant and tree in the palace. What's more, there is an extra living person? Guo Ye, have you heard what?"

Guo Yedao: "Up to now, I have been telling the truth. I have heard people say that not long ago, His Majesty robbed a civilian girl in Chang'an City. If there is such a thing, I would like to ask the empress to show her mercy and let her go." Poor girl go home."

"There is no such thing at all. Let me ask you, where does that girl live, and who is her name? When did she meet His Majesty, and what year, month, and day did His Majesty bring her into the palace?" "

"This... Weichen just heard about this matter, but the specific details are not quite clear yet."

Empress Changsun said: "In this way, this matter is nothing more than a rumor. Duke Qin, how can you say that you are also the Duke of the Tang Dynasty, how can you believe those rumors in the market? I tell you, don't spread rumors to corrupt His Majesty's integrity. reputation."

"You mean, there is nothing like this?"

"That's natural. If you said this a few years ago, I still have to ponder whether His Majesty didn't bring the woman into the palace, but raised him elsewhere. But now, I'm afraid His Majesty has that kind of thought, and I don't know what to do." It doesn't have that power anymore."

Empress Changsun must have the most say on His Majesty Li Er's physical condition. Guo Ye nodded and said: "It seems that I have misunderstood the rumors. If so, I will resign!"

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When the grandson Liyan saw Guo Ye leaving the Ganlu Hall, he hurried over to greet him and said, "Duke Qin, have you won the lottery today?"

"Hey, what a lottery? The empress just asked me to take care of her brother who was exiled in Xunzhou. It's a trivial matter."

The eldest grandson Liyan said in a low voice: "Didn't the Queen tell you anything else?"

"No. Hey, I said Grandpa Changsun, what do you mean by that? Is it because you can't trust Mr. Guo? Or can't you trust the empress?"

"Qin Guogong, you have misunderstood. Didn't I tell you? For the sake of the empress, the old slave can't even give up the thing under the crotch. How could he not trust the empress? The old slave wants to remind Qin Guogong that there are some things that you You can't just look at the surface..."

"what do you mean……"

The eldest grandson Liyan smiled wretchedly, and said, "I can't go into details about this matter, you can figure it out for yourself!"

When Guo Ye asked again, Changsun Liyan refused to joke.

Changsun Liyan is the think tank of Empress Changsun, so what he said was definitely not casual.Guo Ye thought for a long time, and suddenly a flash of light came to his mind.

Taking care of such trivial matters as Changsun Anye, the Empress Changsun can find anyone to do it properly.Even if Empress Changsun trusted Guo Ye very much, there was no need for Guo Ye to summon him as soon as he came back from Silla.

The eldest grandson, Anye, has been exiled for more than ten years, so it's not too short of a few days.Besides, except for a little blood relationship, Changsun Anye has no grudges against Empress Changsun. Does Empress Changsun care so much about him?

His Majesty Li Er knew that Guo Ye hadn't come home for more than a year, so he wanted to give him a period of rest.Empress Changsun is as careful as a hair, it is impossible to understand this truth.

Obviously, Empress Changsun's summoning this time was out of drunkenness.But what was she summoning herself for?It seemed that she hadn't said anything else about it.

No... I still said something, for example... Don't neglect your old friend.This old friend could not be referring to herself.

It's really possible!If this conjecture is true, then Empress Changsun hastily called herself into the palace, which can be explained as she missed herself very much, and as soon as she heard that she was back, she randomly found an excuse to call herself into the palace.The matter of the eldest grandson Anye is just a cover, the real purpose of the eldest grandson empress is to see herself as soon as possible!

Unexpectedly, our little brother Guo still has such a great charm, there is nothing he can do if he is handsome.But isn't that a little too narcissistic?What if the head of the family, Empress Sun, is really the Holy Mother and worried about her brother?

In any case, Guo Ye's trip to the palace has yielded a lot.At least it can be confirmed that the matter of His Majesty Li Er forcibly robbing the civilian women is purely fictional, and in the next few days, you can enjoy family happiness to the fullest.

A few days later, Eunuch Shun came to announce the decree and officially announced the new appointment of Guo Ye.From that day on, Guo Ye's full official title was Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites of the Tang Dynasty and the leader of the Weifu General, and the commander of the Chang'an Order and the Bad People's Congress.

After half a month of vacation, Guo Ye officially took up his new post.

The matter of the Chang'an order can be put on hold for the time being. This is the official government office of the imperial court, and there are rules for everything.Even if the Chang'an Order is not in place, there are still officials responsible for the normal operation of the Yamen.Ma Wenju has been out of office for so long, and there has been no trouble. It doesn't make any difference if Guo Ye goes earlier or later.

The crux of the problem now lies in bad people.

Chapter 1704

The position of leader of the bad people's congress is not so easy to take.Unlike the Chang'an Order, this position is not an official institution of the imperial court at all.Among bad people, Zhang Liang is the sky, without any constraints.It is not so easy for Guo Ye to take over the bad guys from Zhang Liang's hands safely and steadily.

Sure enough, just after Guo Ye's vacation, a handsome young man came to visit with Zhang Liang's name badge.

"Villain Zhang Fangying, join Duke Qin!"

"Get up! Zhang Fangying, Zhang Liang sent you here?"

"That's right, it was Lord Yifu who sent the villain here."