The Submissive Emperor

The sun was high, and the two who slept late last night couldn't get up. The officials of Fujian Province saw that King Min hadn't come after the hour, so they dispersed separately as usual.

Because the war broke out again, Xiao Chengjun had to deal with more affairs.

"Go back to sleep, I have to go to the study." Xiao Chengjun supported his limp body and rubbed his dizzy forehead.

Lou Jing yawned, curled up and circled the sitting people, "I'll go with you."

After a simple breakfast, Lou Jing took the lead in sitting on the bench in the study, patted his thighs and signaled Xiao Chengjun to lie down, "I'll read it first, and pick out the important ones for you."

These officials in Fujian are few capable, and Xiao Chengjun has not been able to find a satisfactory candidate for the position of Prime Minister of Fujian, so he has to do everything by himself, which is very tiring.

It's not the first time that this kind of thing has happened, besides, he was really uncomfortable today, so Xiao Chengjun didn't insist much, leaned on the chair, and rested on Lou Jing's leg.

Lou Jing flipped through the documents with one hand, and kneaded her sweetheart's waist with the other.

"Don't hide it secretly anymore." The hand on the waist was light and heavy, which relieved the soreness very well. Xiao Chengjun closed his eyes comfortably and said him with a smile.

"Hmph." Lou Jing snorted, thinking that if someone mentioned Na Fei again, he would just tear it up.

It would be great if there is a prime minister, Xiao Chengjun sighed, although Lou Jing can help him, but he can only do some simple classification, after all, he is not good at civil servants.

The Japanese pirates who invaded from the south were basically wiped out by Xu Che. Xiao Chengjun sent people to watch those people, find out who they were hired by, and then kill them as an example.

In the capital, the conversation between the left and right prime ministers in the restaurant ended without a problem, Zhao Duan didn't make any statement, and played Tai Chi with Chen Shichang procrastinatingly.

"The old man surnamed Chen can even do this kind of thing!" The fifth master of the Zhao family was furious. Their Zhao family was just taking advantage of loopholes to do business. "Is our house right, their house is clean?"

"He has the evidence given by the Northwest Salt Officials." Zhao Duan frowned and sighed long.

Originally, the northwest salt official was Zhao Duan's disciple, and it was a matter of course for him to resell salt from Jinzhou to Yuezhou. However, a few years ago, he was framed by Chen Shichang and killed Jinzhou Governor Wang Jian on trumped-up charges. Northwest salt officials, and now almost all officials in the Jinzhou area are right ministers.

It stands to reason that this business cannot be done, but who would have thought that Lou Jing would have the means to get Yan Yin again.

"Brother, last year the princess got Yanyin so quickly, could it be Chen Shichang's trick?" The third master of the Zhao family was in charge of the Yanyin business, and after hearing what his elder brother and younger brother said, he suddenly remembered that Lou Jing only It took a few days to exchange so much salt, such a good business, why didn't the Prime Minister do it himself, and let the fat out?

Obviously, this is the bait thrown by the right minister, waiting for them to take the bait, so as to collect evidence and choke their throats at the critical moment.

"Alas..." Zhao Duan sighed, he also has the Chen family's handle in his hand, but it's not the time to show it now.However, Chen Shichang has already jumped the wall in a hurry. If the matter of Yan Yin is brought to Emperor Chunde, his position as left minister may be lost.

"Lou Jing is also doing business with us, so His Royal Highness the King of Min must know that when the King of Min ascends the throne, he will not do anything to us." Zhao Xi sat aside, listening to the arguments of his uncles, and pointed it out sharply , They said so much, it was nothing more than hesitation to protect themselves first, or to protect the King of Min, and worried that the wise man would turn over the old score if he ascended the throne.

Zhao Duan looked at his nephew, "How do you know that the King of Min will not care about the son of Duke An?"

"Lou Jing will definitely be a queen in the future." Zhao Xi said confidently, those two people are as good as one person, it's no wonder that Xiao Chengjun will marry someone else in the end.In the end, all the money from Yanyin was used to recruit soldiers and horses for Xiao Chengjun, and the Zhao family also made a big effort.

From the very beginning, Zhao Duan was optimistic about Xiao Chengjun, but Zhao's family had a great career, so he didn't dare to put all his money on Xiao Chengjun, and kept in touch secretly. Fortunately, Xiao Chengjun didn't force him much, which made Zhao Duan admire him even more.It's just that the battle for the crown prince can never be two-footed. The Zhao family has no way out when things have reached this point.

They must stand on the side of King Min, but now that Xiao Chengjun is not in the capital, if the Chen family makes trouble, who will speak for them?Selling Yanyin is a serious crime of robbing the family and exterminating the family. Everyone does this kind of thing, but no one comes out to say that it is really not worthwhile to fight the Chen family to the death.

"Master—" Everyone was discussing, when the servant suddenly stumbled in.

"What's the matter?" Seeing the person who came, several people suddenly stood up. This person is not from the Jingzhong Mansion, but from the hometown of Yuezhou. It is getting late and they are in such a hurry. Something must have happened at home .

The servant knelt on the ground with a mournful face, "Old Master, the Old Master has gone..."

"What?" Everyone couldn't help but exclaimed.

The old man of the Zhao family, that is, Zhao Duan's father, an old birthday man in his 80s, who had always been in good health, passed away suddenly, which caught the Zhao family by surprise.

After a night of grief, Zhao Duan's eyes were red, but his mind was very clear. He suddenly realized that this might be a good opportunity to get out of the quagmire of the capital.

"The Prime Minister Zuo told Ding You that the Emperor Father wanted to win back his love, but Zhao Duan insisted on leaving, and played repeatedly." Xiao Chengjun held the letter from the capital, thoughtful.

Ding You, you have to go back to your hometown to observe filial piety for three years. Three years is a very long time. This is fatal to the powerful officials in the court, because three years is enough for the opponent to disintegrate the power in the court. Moreover, at Zhao Duan's age, this Ding You , basically retiring from old age and returning home.

Zhao Duan's current official career is at its peak, so it stands to reason that he would not do this. What's more, Zhao Duan wrote a letter to take away Zhao Xi, who had just entered an official position, and let him return to his hometown to observe his filial piety for a year before returning to Beijing.

"Zhao Duan is gone, what about your arrangements in the court?" Lou Jing frowned, the old man of the Zhao family never died sooner or later, but died at this time.

Xiao Chengjun also frowned, now that the emperor's grandson has just been appointed, the court is very unstable, Zhao Duan's withdrawal in this way is giving Chen Jiake an opportunity, his arrangement in the court will appear a big gap.

There was silence in the study room, and after a long time, Xiao Chengjun suddenly said, "How did you get into the Northwest Salt Bureau?"

Lou Jing was taken aback for a moment, not understanding why the salt government was mentioned again, but she answered honestly, "After Wang Jian died, the governor of Jinzhou was replaced, and the former official of the salt government was also changed. He had just taken office and took the initiative to go to Lou Jing Visiting my grandfather at his mansion in Jinju."

After saying this, the two couldn't help but glance at each other. The Northwest salt officials had problems from the very beginning.

"The Zhao family is probably taken by Chen Shichang." Xiao Chengjun took out Zhao Duan's personal letter and read it again carefully.

Lou Jing tapped on the table with one finger, and said in a deep voice, "Cheng Jun, tell me, was my grandfather killed by the right hand?"

What happened on the battlefield at that time is still a mystery to this day, but the death of the fourth prince made Lou Jing very concerned, so he fell into a trap and was shot dead by the Tartars.There were not many Tatars, but Xiao Chengzheng fought for several months, and finally he was still there. If it wasn't for the Chen family, he would be in trouble.

Xiao Chengjun held Lou Jing's hand on the table, "Zhuoyu..."

"Northwest salt officials, before my grandfather went to the battlefield, I met him alone," Lou Jing said calmly, but his fingertips were trembling, "They are for the military power of Jinzhou!"

Jinzhou is only three days away from the capital.

Wang Jian, Old An Guogong, Yanzheng officials, the Zhao family, the fourth prince... everything has been explained.

Zuo Xiang told Ding You that Emperor Chunde was very unhappy. Of course, the most unhappy person was Zhao Xi.

Before the plan to rectify the three princes was implemented, Zhao Xi had to go back to his hometown to observe his filial piety. Zhao Xi was very unhappy, but his grandfather had always treated him well, and he was a grandson, so he wanted to go back anyway.

"Zhao Jiu, you are already an official, so you don't need to go back?" Zhou Song, the second son of Marquis of Guanxi, patted Zhao Xi on the shoulder.

The children of honorable and high-ranking officials on the table came to practice for Zhao Xi today, and because they kept their filial piety and returned home, they couldn't play around, so they prepared vegetarian dishes and light wine to talk.

"The uncles are all gone, how can I stay in the capital alone?" Zhao Xi pouted.

"Is it possible that the third prince still wants to..." Zhou Song lowered his voice, but he had a naturally loud voice and thought he lowered his voice, but in fact everyone at the table could hear it.

"Cut, don't mention it," Zhao Xi shook his head pretending to be depressed, and got up to leave, "I have a filial piety, so I can't stay for a long time. Thank you for practicing for Zhao today. Thank you here."

Everyone's expressions were different, Qingyang Bo Shizi asked Zhou Song in a low voice, "What's the matter? The third prince seems to be clear?"

Zhou Song looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "Before conferring the title of emperor and grandson, the Chen family seemed to intend to make Mingming the wife of the third prince."

"Ah!" Uncle Qingyang exclaimed, and the others who listened with their ears all pretended that they hadn't heard anything.

The next day, there were rumors that the reason why the Zhao family left the capital was because the Chen family forced the Zhao family to conspire with him and insisted on marrying Zhao Sanyuan as the crown princess.

In Fengyi Palace, Empress Ji leaned on the soft couch and dragged the grandson off his back, "Rui'er, it's time for you to take a nap."

"Grandpa..." Xiao Qirui was held down by a big hand and couldn't move, so he twisted his chubby body, trying to break free from the queen's clutches, and continued to play with the golden phoenix on his crown.

Ji Zhuo had no choice but to remove the crown and stuff it into his hand, "Can I sleep now?"

"Hehehe..." Xiao Qirui hugged the gorgeous golden crown, and was finally satisfied.

In the small kitchen of Fengyi Palace, rice noodles were being boiled for the emperor's grandson to eat when he woke up. When the cook saw a little eunuch coming in, she greeted with a smile, "Chunfu, are you on duty today?"

"Yeah," the little eunuch called Chunfu seemed taken aback, saw the person who was asking the question, and then smiled again, "Is the rice porridge ready?"