Gu Qingci

"Princess?" Why did the emperor summon her here? It's in the way.Once people's prejudice is formed, it is difficult to change, and it is still impossible to treat her as a little girl who is not familiar with the world.Even though she is only three years younger than me, she still feels much immature, and cannot be compared with Liu Yueying at all.

"Why do you keep staring at this princess? You have been in the palace for more than a year, and you have learned these rules so badly. I don't know how Miss Huang can tolerate you." She said that she was dissatisfied with me.Heh, who is afraid of you, you brat with no hair yet.

"I haven't seen the eldest princess for a long time, and I miss you very much." First give her a compliment, and her tail is about to go up to the sky. "Who knew that the eldest princess seems to be much rounder."

The corners of her raised mouth froze on her face, and turned into a very creepy smile: "Yang Li, you are finished, I want to tell Sister Huang that you are the next one! Don't let the people from the Punishment Department beat you into a cripple today." , don’t even think about getting out of the palace.” She tried her best to restrain her volume, but it was still very loud.Really noisy.

"What's the noise here?"

The people in the hall suddenly appeared at the door, with their hands behind their backs and their faces sullen.

"Emperor Sister!" Liu Yuehua showed joy, and ran up to the man in small steps, wrapped her arms around Liu Yueying's arms, lowered her head and turned a bitter face for a moment, comparable to the face changing in Sichuan opera.

"Yang Li has repeatedly committed crimes, and Miss Huang must make the decision for Yuehua." Her voice was also cautious, for fear that the emperor would think that she had too many things to do.

The emperor didn't stop the eldest princess's small movements, and looked at me expressionlessly.

The inky eyes slid down, and the eyes moved to my waist, and found that there was nothing there.The cold eyes instantly became sharper.

"Yang Li, Yuehua is the eldest princess, you are too presumptuous." She spoke in a neutral tone, and Liu Yuehua's brows were filled with joy when she heard the words, her whole face was filled with joy, her head held up like a peacock.

"My minister offended the eldest princess, please forgive me." Even though I haven't seen her for a long time, she is still so naive, and she will only hide behind Liu Yueying and nothing will happen.But the emperor spoke up, and no matter how reluctant I was, I had to apologize to her.

Liu Yuehua was even more proud, and shook the emperor's arm: "Sister Huang, since she is so talkative, why don't you cut off her tongue, if you have any political opinions in the future, just write them down."

There was no reaction from that perfect face. "Okay, don't waste time here, talk about water conservancy matters quickly." The emperor turned his head and entered the room as if he hadn't heard Liu Yuehua's words.

Liu Yuehua was ignored like this, seeing that the emperor just scolded me, his expression changed.She gave me a look of disbelief, and followed me in.

==

Master Zhang Yi is also there.They were amazed when they heard me say that the four rivers in the north can be dug from east to west into one big river.Liu Yuehua looked disbelieving and wanted to dismiss my idea.But when they saw the detailed topographic map I drew and the clearly marked river conditions, they were all silent.

"Your Majesty, I think it's feasible." Zhang Yi broke the silence, her eyes sparkled, her face was startled, and she said excitedly to the emperor.

"The amount of this project is too large, labor-intensive and time-consuming, and it is really inappropriate to recklessly modify the natural terrain." Liu Yuehua objected.

"In fact, connecting the four rivers in the north into one river is only the first step of my idea. I think that after the northern route is completely connected, we can dig south and merge with the main rivers of Qilu County and Jiangnan County." Liu Yuehua did it on purpose. Find fault with me, and don't want to talk to her.

"In this way, a complete Grand Canal can be built, which will ensure my great prosperity for a century. This is a major event that will benefit the present and benefit the future." There is no need to say too much about the benefits of the completion of the route.They all know it in their hearts.

There are many mountains in Daxing, and it is very inconvenient to travel long distances, and the transportation of materials is extremely difficult.The rich places in the south cannot get things out, and the remote mountainous areas lack supplies and things cannot get in. Because of this kind of national conditions, many natural and man-made disasters have occurred.

"Zhang Yi, do you also think it's feasible?" the emperor asked him.

"That's true. Now the Northern Qiangs are watching. We don't know when they will go south. We should dig a natural moat in time. We can advance to attack the city to transport military supplies, and retreat to defend the land to prevent floods. This is a rare strategy." Master Zhang Yi said. His words are sincere, he really understands me!Liu Yuehua was completely ignored.

"Since that's the case, I will announce this to all the ministers in the early court tomorrow." The emperor made a final decision and let us break up.

She acted as if nothing happened yesterday, and she left me alone for a long time, suffering alone, alas.

When he came out of the government affairs hall, he saw the supervisor of ceremonies standing at the door.

"Master Zhang, Lord Yang, please follow the slaves to Xuanli Hall. Today there will be a banquet to welcome the two of you."

I even forgot about it, and hurried back yesterday, it turned out that there was a welcome banquet to celebrate the successful resolution of the northern river flood problem by Master Zhang Yi and I.In addition to me and Zhang Yi, the protagonist also has a group of officials who went to the north with us.

Moreover, the eldest princess is also there.

Therefore, the banquet was quite grand, and all the dignified officials in the imperial court came.Although Liu Yuehua is nominally in charge of the overall situation, she is too young, and everyone doesn't care much after drinking too much.She didn't have fun herself, so she left early.

There was a lot of noise from the seats, and the servants of Zhongshusheng, Menxiasheng, and Shangshusheng all came to toast me. Some servants I didn't know told me that the younger generation is awesome.

The colleagues in the cabinet were also there, and Yan Xi rarely gave me face, and praised me like a flower in front of everyone.

Another colleague, Li Quansheng, who had only recently been promoted to the cabinet, showed affection to me.

"I have heard about Mr. Yang's reputation for a long time. Seeing it once is better than hearing it a hundred times. You are worthy of being the number one scholar. You really care about people's livelihood and care about the world." He is only 23 years old, and he is four years older than me. I'm a little embarrassed.

"Master Li is too modest. I have also heard the poems you wrote a few days ago, and they are famous in the capital." I squeezed my nose and racked my brains to think about what Yan Xi told me about him just now.Is this...a gesture?

Li Quansheng is dressed in the robes that scholars love to wear. His appearance is pure and clean, and his manners are elegant and decent, all of which linger with a gentle and jade-like atmosphere.He is obviously a talented poet and prose, but his face is too humble.

Just now Yan Xi secretly told me that he could have gone to the Imperial Academy to become a bachelor, but he insisted on being an ordinary official in the cabinet, saying that he wanted to exercise himself.

"Xiaguan has always admired Mr. Yang's political talent. If there is something I don't understand in the future, I need to ask you for advice." He bowed to me.

"Master Li is polite, let's learn from each other." I toasted him with a wine glass, his upright behavior made it difficult for me, who is usually carefree, to be too casual.

There was a commotion at the door, and the eunuch, the constant attendant beside the emperor, led people in.The whole hall was instantly quiet.

The constant attendant came to announce the decree.This time, the flood problem in the north was handled properly, and the people in the north spread word of mouth, so every official who participated in it was rewarded a lot, and some small officials were moved to the right.

I thought the imperial decree was about these contents, but Chang Shi read it slowly at the end: "Also, Yang Lu has contributed a lot to the river management this time, and the cabinet official Yang Lu was appointed as the chief assistant of the cabinet. I appreciate it."

Everyone received the order and got up one after another, gathered around me to congratulate me, and the banquet became even more lively for a while—I'm afraid we can't drink less wine today.

The attendant said: "Congratulations, my lords, please continue, and the servant will leave first."

For this sudden promotion, Chang Shi was a little confused at the moment when he announced the decree.The chief assistant of the cabinet was originally the position of Mrs. Zhang Yi. The emperor said it was "interim" at the time, but now he has appointed me, so he will have to stay in the Ministry of Industry all the time.

It turns out that when the emperor and I asked for orders a few months ago, and wanted to go north to work with Mr. Zhang Yi, the emperor hesitated for a long time before agreeing, because this was in consideration.

Zhang Yi and I were ordered together in the face of danger. If I do well, I will be promoted along the way, which happens to be Zhang Yi's previous official position. Naturally, no one will have any objections.The emperor has already figured it out.

No wonder she said at the time: "That's fine." She was establishing prestige for me and paving the way for me.I have been an official for more than a year, and I should be more sensible.

Thinking about this, my heart sank even more.Liu Yueying, what virtue and ability am I to make you calculate so clearly, but it's all for me.

How can I respond to this kindness?The crazy admiration I once had did not disappear because of contact with her, but it is precisely because I adore you so much that I am reluctant to repeat the same mistakes.I can only regard this feeling as the kindness of the monarch and his ministers.

Avoid the wheel of history, even if I die for you in the future, you don't have to be sad, what a wonderful thing.

==

There was Yan Xi in the front, and Li Quansheng in the back. Even if I suddenly became the superior of my former colleagues, life was not too difficult.However, something happened recently.

Just two days after I took office, the permanent attendant came to announce the decree, saying that the rotation of the cabinet will be canceled in the future, and you adults can work in the cabinet with peace of mind.As for Mr. Shoufu, while coordinating and managing the affairs of the cabinet, he must go to the imperial court every day to stand by.

After the decree was announced, all eyes from all directions were fixed on me again, stared like a hedgehog.Yan Xi's expression was as usual, looking like he was watching a good show, while Li Quansheng frowned slightly, a little strange and worried.The others... were almost horrified and envious.

Sure enough, it was really hard to offend the emperor.Give a candy for the promotion first, and then give a slap for this move.Not to mention that my current workload has doubled, and I have become the target of public criticism.

Now, I don't understand her attitude even more.If it is true that what happened that day did not happen, it will be better.

A little frustrated, he carefully arranged the cabinet's tasks for today, and then went to the government affairs hall in desperation to stand by the imperial court.

==

Restraining all emotions and thoughts, bowed to her.

"Pingshen." Those eyes were neither sad nor happy.I absolutely love looking into her eyes, knowing it's out of line, but she doesn't seem to mention it anymore, doesn't she.

I can't see through her, and I have never seen through, let alone dare to see through.When I was reading history books, I felt that Emperor Lingkong was astonishing as a heavenly man, perfect and flawless.

Waiting for her order, waiting for a long time, only to hear her say: "Where is the jade pendant I gave you?"