[Ancient Style] The notorious minister turned out to be beautiful, strong and miserable

At that time, Zhao Changning had been forced to the edge of the cliff, and one step back was the abyss.

The papers he handed over were returned one after another.

The emperor let go of the rumors, looking at Zhao Changning with darker eyes day by day, just waiting for his prey to collapse and throw himself into the trap.

In the 16th year of Jian'an, Lu Zehai, the chief assistant of the cabinet at that time, embezzled several million taels of gold, all of which were disaster relief funds from the imperial court. The determination to deal with the cabinet, but dealing with Lu Zehai is a small matter, and banning the cabinet is not something that can be done overnight, or even a generation of kings.

So Lin Fen, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy at that time, played to the emperor, "Your Majesty, serious illness does not require strong medicine, only a dose of poison."

The emperor then understood.

"There may be a suitable candidate."

Lin Fen recommended his students from the Hanlin Academy.

"Zhao Changning."

The emperor's face darkened.

"Changning is one of the young scholars. He has no faction or affiliation. You really promoted him. Lu Zehai worshiped under the old governor of the Cui family in his early years and was deeply favored. Although this person is vicious, he also remembers his kindness. If others If he didn't step into the cabinet, he would have died." Lin Fen bowed his body for a long time before he heard His Majesty's voice, unable to distinguish between emotions and anger, "Is this what you mean, or what your students mean?"

Lin Fen knelt down, "Your Majesty is wise."

Since it was Zhao Changning's idea, the emperor announced that Zhao Changning would come to see him.

The young man was dressed in a blue official robe. Standing at the bottom of the long steps, he looked like a green bamboo coming out of its joints. His back was straight and his appearance was handsome. His only pair of beautiful eyes had lost the brilliance they had shown at the beginning, making him look silent and quiet. , Dead silence.

The emperor glanced at Zhao Changning.

"Is this the answer you gave me?"

Zhao Changning knelt down, "I am willing to share your majesty's worries."

"Zhao Changning! Are you forcing me to make a choice?"

The emperor's voice suddenly became louder above the high temple, and he looked at Zhao Changning at the bottom of the stairs with gloomy eyes.

"I dare not. Whether it is a plaything between the beds or a minister who has made contributions to the country, it all depends on your Majesty."

Zhao Changning raised his head and looked directly at the emperor, speaking word by word, his gray eyes faintly revealed a bit of stubbornness.

No one knew what the emperor was thinking at the moment, he just seemed to be careless and said, "Do you know what happened to the lonely ministers throughout the ages?"

"The Sima family in the former dynasty was sentenced to crack the car and shatter the bones."

The emperor's eyes finally wandered over the young man inch by inch, as if he had never known Zhao Changning before.

Zhao Changning knelt until he was dizzy before his eyes, and the top book fell down, "Go away, I don't lack for toys."

Zhao Changning kowtowed respectfully, kowtowed down one by one, but couldn't get up.

The emperor only saw that the people under the steps were silent, and called Chang Ping. Chang Ping approached, only to see the new champion Lang kneeling at the bottom of the steps, his forehead was wet with sweat, he knelt down and passed out.

When Zhao Changning woke up, he was already in the Zhao residence.

At that time, Mrs. Zhao's wife was still in her hometown, and Zhao Ming was the only one who didn't know anything. She lived with Zhao Ming in the capital, her soft little hand touched Zhao Changning's forehead, and said in a low voice, "Brother was carried back, I'm afraid. "

Zhao Changning hugged Zhao Ming tightly, Zhao Ming felt that his shoulders were wet, and then looked at Zhao Changning, but he couldn't see anything from that handsome face.

In the 17th year of Jian'an, Zhao Changning entered the cabinet.In the same year, Lin Fen, his teacher at the Imperial Academy, resigned and returned to his hometown.Since then, Zhao Changning has belonged to Lu Zehai's faction, the chief assistant of the cabinet.

After eight years in the cabinet, he finally turned the once clean boy into a traitor with bloody hands.

In the 25th year of Jian'an, the Lu family, which once dominated the world, was confiscated, and all four or five hundred people were exiled to Lingnan.

It is said that when the Lu family was raided, treasures were everywhere, and the room was full of luminous pearls shining brightly.

Lu Zehai was handcuffed before leaving, and Zhao Changning went to see him off. The chief assistant, who had been rich and rich for half his life, shook his head and smiled at him, "Young people are awesome, the teacher should be a smile."

The teacher he was talking about was none other than Zhao Changning's grandfather.

Zhao Changning knelt down straight and kowtowed several times to Lu Zehai's back.

Lu Zehai felt sorry for the people of the world, but he did not feel sorry for Zhao Changning.

No one knew that all the evidence presented by Shangda Tianting was presented by Zhao Changning.

In the winter of the 25th year of Jian'an, the emperor was seriously ill and appointed Zhao Changning as the new chief assistant of the cabinet regardless of criticism from the government and the public.

On the day Zhao Changning became the chief assistant, he stepped over the corpses of five speech officials who were killed by the emperor on the spot.

The seriously ill emperor sneered, "Those idiots outside can only see the moment."

Zhao Changning followed behind the emperor without saying a word.

The emperor shook his head.The once handsome emperor also turned white on his temples due to the wear and tear of the years, his expression was cold and deep, and when he turned his head to look at Zhao Changning, he looked a little softer.

The emperor seemed to want to touch the top of Zhao Changning's hair, but Zhao Changning turned slightly to one side, and the emperor's hand fell into the air.

This time the emperor didn't get angry, but squinted his eyes and looked at Zhao Changning carefully, "As long as you still wear this official hat, you can't forget the past, right?"

Chang Ping bowed and held the wine glass, followed by a few Jin Yiwei in flying fish suits with golden scimitars hanging from their waists.

When they approached, Zhao Changning had a premonition.

He saw pity in the kind eunuch's eyes.

The emperor smiled casually, "Your reward."

Zhao Changning knelt down.

The emperor looked at him condescendingly, and slightly curled his lips, "Zhao Qing, I was confused about what happened before, so I can stay in the cabinet with peace of mind from now on."

Kneeling on the ground, Zhao Changning blinked his eyes, lowered his eyelashes, and said with a sarcastic expression, "Your Majesty, have you ever really trusted anyone in your life?"

The emperor rarely spoke, his eyes passed through Zhao Changning, as if he had fallen into the distant past, maybe there was once, but that was many years ago.

Zhao Changning laughed, closed his eyes, and drank it all in one gulp.

Zhao Changning is a poison that the emperor left in the cabinet.

This dose of poison hastened the pace of the cabinet's rot, and when it touched the interests of the conservative faction, the people's support, and everyone's criticism, the abolition of the cabinet by the court was a matter of course.

Therefore, through the decentralization of power by the emperor, the power of the cabinet will reach the peak of all dynasties during Zhao Changning's reign.

The emperor began to worry that this chess piece was no longer willing to be a chess piece.

What's more, this chess piece still has lingering hatred for him.

The emperor saw a lot of human nature exposed in the face of great power.

A person whose life is not long, why should he be afraid of him monopolizing power.

The emperor was seriously ill, and he wanted to arrange everything for the prince of Chu before his death.

He indifferently watched the person at his feet drink it all in one gulp, something surged in his eyes, and soon he calmed down.

He clapped his hands towards Chang Ping, and Chang Ping presented it with an exquisite brocade box.

"Take it, you deserve it." The emperor's voice softened.

It belonged to the confiscated Lu family, worth 50 taels of gold.

The 50 taels of gold was like a sword, which had been bloodied in Zhao Changning's heart for many years.

Until later, the 50 taels of gold saved Cui Shilin's life.

According to medical books, cinnabar is a strange poison, the medicinal properties are extremely slow, and it is tasteless to eat. People suffering from this poison will have red lips, cough up blood from time to time, and their vitality will gradually disappear after about ten years.If one day the red color recedes, the end will come.

Others don't know, they only feel the beauty of her face.