Confused the world

Mu Qingcheng, Wei Shuang'er, and Li Yan walked together on the path of the meeting room.September is approaching late autumn, and there are fallen leaves that have not been cleaned in the future on the stone path.The gentle sunlight shines on the path, adding a lot of warmth.

His Majesty's identity was exposed, and Mu Qingcheng was also a little surprised to see the two of them acting so calmly.That's all for Wei Shuang'er, why is Li Yan like this, has she never liked His Majesty, or never expected His Majesty's favor?

"Elder sister Guifei and Yan'er thought about going out of the palace?"

Mu Qingcheng's seemingly casual question had another meaning in the ears of the two of them.

Both of them turned their heads to look at Mu Qingcheng, completely unable to understand what she meant.

"Life in the palace is not bad. It may not be better than in the palace after leaving the palace."

Wei Shuang'er looked at the infinitely extending stone path in front of her, with a smile on her lips, but this smile looked very bitter.

"Freedom outside the palace and confinement inside the palace walls, who can know which is good and which is bad? Come as you want, then go as you want."

Li Yan picked up the yellow leaf that was still hanging on the treetop, stretched out her hand, and blew gently, and it fell on the long-withered grass.

"It turns out that this year is an eventful one. The concubine's sister and Yan'er take good care of themselves."

Mu Qingcheng glanced at the two of them and let out a long breath of relief.They don't want to leave, and I can't force them to leave.A woman married into the palace can't change her fate no matter where she goes.

"Cheng'er is weak, it's almost winter, add more clothes, this winter will not be very easy."

Li Yan always had a premonition in her heart, a very bad premonition.Sometimes in dreams, I would dream that Mu Qingcheng was standing alone on the edge of a cliff, and after running desperately over there, I would reach out to touch her, and she would disappear into a puff of smoke.

I have always been concerned about this in my heart, will she really disappear?After the Chinese New Year, she will be twenty.Is that rumor just a rumor?

"Well, thank you Yan'er. You also take care of yourself."

Mu Qingcheng's heart is warmed by Li Yan's concern, but how much of the world is complete?

Leaning slightly, he looked at Wei Shuang'er.

"Sister Concubine, does the princess often come to the palace recently? I haven't seen her for a long time."

"Recently, the palace has been under strict control, and the number of people entering the palace has decreased."

Speaking of Huangfu Pingting, Wei Shuang'er didn't know how to describe her feelings.Today, I heard that His Majesty is a woman, but I feel a heavy weight in my heart.Still a little fortunate, why is this so?

"Well, Sister Concubine, you have to meet a lot of people in life. Some people are missed, it is a lifetime, some people are by your side every day, and her role is only outside the heart."

A cool breeze brushed against Mu Qingcheng's cheeks, she shrank her neck reflexively, stretched out her hand and quickly tightened her collar.

"Thank you, sister Chenger, for your concern."

Although Wei Shuang'er felt that Mu Qingcheng's words were somewhat inexplicable, she also knew that they were words of concern for herself.

"Let's go here first today, my sister is going back to Sydney Palace. Yan'er and sister Guifei go slowly."

Mu Qingcheng said goodbye to the two of them, turned around and left with Dongxue, and walked towards Sydney Palace.

Mu Qingcheng returned to Sydney Palace, sent someone to Mu Mansion, and sent a letter.The morning of the second day was still the same, but Huangfu Jingyan put on women's clothes openly and aboveboard.

Civil and military officials from all dynasties looked at this emperor in female attire, and were all overwhelmed by her peerless beauty.

Mu Qingcheng was still sitting next to Huangfu Jingyan. After hearing the government, Huangfu Jingyan handed over most of the affairs in the court to Mu Qingcheng.Knowing that the minister was dissatisfied, she didn't pay much attention to it, or in other words, she just pretended not to care.

Mu Qingcheng looked at the ministers standing in the hall, all of them lowered their heads and remained silent.It is estimated that they were frightened by what happened yesterday.

"Don't all my lovers have anything to play?"

The civil and military officials standing on the main hall still lowered their heads and did not speak.If they don't speak, it doesn't mean that Mu Qingcheng has nothing to say.

She stood up, stood in front of the steps, looked down at the ministers standing in the hall, and said with a smile: "Seeing that someone will come to the court today, is this planning to resign?"

Mu Qingcheng could tell at a glance that there were hundreds of people here, and who didn't come.

She turned her head to look at Qin Huai, her eyes beckoning him to come forward.

"Eunuch Qin, go and count how many ministers are missing?"

"promise."

Qin Huai leaned down and began counting the people in the hall, and then compared them with the characters in his mind.

After a stick of incense, Qin Huai came up and saluted with both hands.

"Return to your mother, Prime Minister Mu, Han Yushi, and Feng Shangshu will come to the early court in the future."

"Oh, is there any leave?"

"Never."

"Humph……"

Mu Qingcheng snorted coldly, and sat back on her chair with her hands shaken.Then he said coldly to the civil and military officials of the court: "Yesterday, my palace has already told you what the result will be if you don't come to the court early. Since you don't want to do things for the court, the court will not support idlers. Qin Huai ordered it to go down. People go to the residence of the three of them and give the official seal to the palace to collect."

"This... this... Prime Minister Mu may be unwell. So..."

Mu Wei is Mu Qingcheng's father, no matter how courageous Qin Huai is, he would never dare to send someone to confiscate his official seal.The Mu family was a hero in the founding of the country, how could they be kicked out of the court just because it was not early in the morning.

"Even if it is my father, I can't have special care. Is it different from others because I am a relative of the state? I tell you that the surname is Huangfu, and other people have no privileges. Even my father can't do it."

Mu Qingcheng slapped the armrest with one hand, and there was a "snap" like thunder, and even the timid people standing in the hall trembled.They thought that the queen dared to touch her father, they little people, how dare they be arrogant.

"Prime Minister Mu is old, and it's time to go back to his hometown in Suzhou for the elderly. As for Han Yushi, he is an old man from the previous dynasty. Compared with him, he should go home to take care of him for a thousand years and enjoy the blessings of his children and grandchildren. He is almost [-] years old. It is too hard to run around for the imperial court. Feng Shangshu doesn’t like poetry and songs, so let’s send him to Liuzhou Huairen Academy as a teacher. Do you still want to come to the early court?”

When the ministers heard the empress' arrangement, it sounded like a good thing, but these were obviously dismissal and exile.In a place like Liuzhou, where the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, if there is no one who wants to be transferred back, who will take care of it?

The prime minister said it was for the elderly, so he rushed back to his hometown directly. A large part of the power of the Mu family is in the imperial capital, and the old man drove everyone to Suzhou.Really cruel.

"Your Majesty, if the prime minister goes back and resigns, the court will definitely be unstable. Please think again."

Wei Shangshu is half of Muwei's student, and they have a good relationship on weekdays.Moreover, there are two factions in the court, the Mu Family faction and the Yixin King faction.As soon as Mu Wei leaves, the situation in the court will definitely fall to King Yixin, so that the country will not be far away from chaos.

"Wei Shangshu, it's not that the imperial court will cease to be an imperial court without Prime Minister Mu. Since Prime Minister Mu returns to his hometown for the elderly, you will take the place of Prime Minister for the time being."

Mu Qingcheng changed her cold temper just now, and spoke a little softer to Wei Shangshu.

"I am terrified. I know that I have little talent and learning, and I am not qualified for the post of prime minister. I hope that my mother will take back her order."

When Wei Shangshu saw that Mu Qingcheng was going to make him prime minister, he fell to his knees in fright.He also knew that he didn't have much ability to fight against King Yixin, and he was even more afraid that his two daughters would be harmed because of his own fault.The high places are extremely cold, and that position is not something that ordinary people can do.

"I think you can do it. Wei Shangshu, don't be too self-effacing. You are upright and rigorous. The position of prime minister belongs to you. The court's unhealthy tendencies should be punished. In the future, the court will continue to punish you." It's up to you to take care of this rotten meat."

Mu Qingcheng also gave him too many opportunities to refute. She let him sit in this seat because she saw that he was full of righteousness and not attached to others.

"My lady..."

"Okay, I have said everything that needs to be said, so today we should also talk about serious business."

Mu Qingcheng sat on the chair with a chuckle, put his hands on the edge of the armrest, looked at the people standing in the hall with deep meaning, and then slowly said: "Do you still like the account book I gave you yesterday?"

When the ministers heard what happened yesterday, some of their legs trembled in fright, some of their faces turned pale, and they kept wiping cold sweat from their foreheads behind them.Mu Qingcheng looked at the people below, feeling amused.

"Everyone knows that the border wars are tense this year. The government has just established the country for decades, and the treasury's silver has been unable to make ends meet. As officials of the Huangfu Dynasty, shouldn't you also contribute some?"

Mu Qingcheng beckoned Qin Huai to come over, and Fu continued: "Now is the time for you to do your best for the sake of the imperial court. Here are pens, ink, paper and inkstones. Come forward and write down the money you want to donate. I don't have any other intentions." , you don’t have to worry about losing your head, this palace and His Majesty don’t pursue it, it means that those things are over, if His Majesty treats you like this, then you should let His Majesty see your sincerity.”

Qin Huai sent someone to bring a table and set up pens, ink, paper and inkstone.

Looking at this donation, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty more or less understood that the books of yesterday were not obtained out of thin air, but for today's affairs.

Since His Majesty doesn't pursue it, they can't pretend to be honest, they just donate a few taels of silver.Everyone knows the family property, and those things they did have probably already entered the book.No matter how ignorant you are, you can't joke about the lives of the whole family.So most of them became very honest. This trick allowed Mu Qingcheng to solve the shortage of funds at the border.

After the ministers finished writing, Mu Qingcheng said a few words of comfort, and then retreated.Mu Qingcheng and Huangfu Jingyan went back to the imperial study room, looking at the words on the stack of paper.Qin Huai stood aside and sighed.

"Niang Niang, this trick is really effective. There are several million taels, which is enough for the border to use for a year."

"They have so much corruption, of course they have to spit it out. It's really hard for the people all over the world. Corrupt officials have been severely punished since ancient times. Only in this way can they be more honest."

Mu Qingcheng sat on a chair beside her and looked at the memorial in her hand, while Huangfu Jingyan looked at her stupidly from the side.She felt that she had married an incredible daughter-in-law who was too good at making money.

"Your Majesty has nothing to do?"

"Not yet."

"Really?"

"..."

Do you have to be busy again? My daughter-in-law has already taken care of it. What else am I busy with?

"So many pieces of paper, if you don't cash them out, aren't they all waste paper?"

After hearing Mu Qingcheng's words, Huangfu Jingyan came to his senses, sat up straight and said to Qin Huai: "Qin Huai takes these, you take someone to collect the bill."

"promise."

Qin Huai took the stack of papers and left with a smile.