Chiwuxing

Chapter [-] and [-] - Occasionally, a servant shoots Jiang Hua and is humiliated, to hide the emperor's noble concubine's words

In the afternoon, Shang Shusheng's rich family was concealed, and the wide mouths of the two majestic stone lions at the door were slightly opened, revealing neat and sharp fangs.

A group of people in brocade sedan chairs came from the street, and the sedan chairs stopped outside the door. A young eunuch in blue robes with red tassels on the top bowed and raised the curtain of the sedan chair, and helped the people in the sedan chair out.

The person who came out was dressed in purple with golden patterns, with plump lips and a smile in the corner of his eyes, and walked out slowly.

"Grandpa," Zhang Rui asked, "do you need the servants to follow today?"

Jiang Hua turned around and raised his orchid finger to the people behind him: "Follow, the people behind will wait outside first."

Then he asked the little eunuch, "Did you take all the memorials I asked you to prepare before you came?"

Zhang Rui smiled: "Naturally, my servant dare not neglect."

He bowed and helped Jiang Hua into Shangshu Province. Although he lowered his head, his eyes couldn't help but look around. Although there were many eunuchs from the inner academy who were working in it, he felt that they were Confucian scholars after all. The location of the officials is enviable.

With sharp eyes, Jiang Hua inadvertently noticed Zhang Rui's glances, and said with a smile, "What's the matter, do you like this side?"

Zhang Rui closed his eyes and replied respectfully: "I dare not, I am illiterate, I just want to serve beside Grandpa."

Jiang Hua was born in the Neishutang. After the emperor ascended the throne, he was registered as the head of the eunuchs, and later took over the power of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.It was also because he knew how to read and write well, and knew how to speak appropriately, so he won the emperor's favor just now, and even later, many people who wanted to follow his old path emerged, all of whom were golden and jade ahead of each other.It's just that among the attendants serving him now are all illiterate people. From the original He and Zhuang to Zhang Rui, who is close to him now, he has a bright head, but he didn't get involved in his original literature. thing.

Jiang Hua knew how much he was thinking, so he smiled nonchalantly: "When our family was approved three years ago, which one of the officials who passed the examination in this government office didn't come to salute me respectfully. Dog-like, what sages and sages, aren't they all crouching dogs in the face of power and desire! Why should you look down on them."

Zhang Rui could hear the resentment in Jiang Hua's usual smiling voice, and quickly said: "What Grandfather said is that even now they dare not provoke you. In the eyes of His Majesty, they are just foreign ministers."

"Hmph," Jiang Hua said with a sarcasm, with a fleeting moment of weakness flashing through his smile, "I'll follow our family to see their faces in a while."

"Deng Deng."

"Go in." Feng Ru said without stopping his pen.

The concierge came to report: "My lord, Director Jiang from the Ministry of Internal Affairs is here."

The pen stopped suddenly, and Feng Ru frowned: "Why don't you look for Mr. Shao?"

The porter replied: "Master Shao has something to go out this afternoon, so I will inform you."

"Okay, I see." Feng Ru stood up with a tired look on his face.

He walked out of the study and into the foyer, and saw the visitor sitting on a chair, sipping tea, leisurely, the gorgeous purple robe was incompatible with the slightly quaint old wood beside him.

Feng Ru couldn't stop thinking about Feng Yuanshan when he saw him at the first sight. At this time, he couldn't even express his politeness, and said coldly, "Why is Director Jiang so interested in coming here today?"

Jiang Hua raised his head and said with a smile: "I was looking for Master Shao, but I heard that he happened to be away, so I came to find you, Master Shao."

Jiang Hua gestured to the side, Zhang Rui leaned over and presented the memorial in his hands, Feng Ru took it, and said: "Just let the people below deliver this memorial, why bother the chief executive to come here in person?"

Jiang Hua smiled: "Our family has nothing to do, so we came for a walk. This memorial is for Mr. Shao. Since he is not here, please ask Mr. Feng to submit it for you."

Feng Ru snorted secretly, and was about to open the memorial when he changed hands, Jiang Hua immediately stopped him: "Hey, Mr. Feng has always been polite, why do you still have this weird habit of revealing people's privacy in public?"

"I don't know yet, when did this memorial that talked about political affairs become a personal matter? Since it is a minister of public affairs, how can I not look down on it?" It is rare for this scribe to show a seldom aggressive side, Feng Ru turned and said, " ... Or is there something in it that the manager wants to hide deliberately so that others can't see it?"

"You can see it, my lord, of course you can see it," Jiang Hua smiled softly, with cold eyes in his eyes, "Your lord is really joking, Jiang Hua thinks that what he has done in the management affairs for many years is not perfect, but what he did I’ve done it, I haven’t dared to do it yet.”

"My lord, just watch it." The words squeezed out between Jiang Hua's teeth.

Feng Ru didn't give in, looked back, and unfolded the memorial in his hand. Seeing what was said on it, it was the transfer list of officials from the six ministries written by Shang Shuling Shao Qian. He looked down carefully and saw several familiar names. Jumping in front of his eyes, the more he looked back, the greater the horror and anger in his heart.

"Crack!" Feng Ru slapped the memorial on the table, and said sharply, "The six departments are the lifeblood of our Dayan administration. How can we cultivate the eunuchs who were deposed earlier? It's just nonsense!"

Hearing him call the words that he has always tabooed, Jiang Huaqiang suppressed his anger. He has not lost his sense of restraint at this time after years of hard work. He said: "Our family also understands some ancient teachings. It's "knowing mistakes can be corrected, and there is nothing good about it". In the past, they didn't do well in some small things, and our family reprimanded them in private, but their previous abilities are also here. They should make more contributions to the Yan Kingdom. It's their job too."

Feng Ru was even more annoyed: "The Ministry of Officials selects some new talents, how can it be their turn to take office again!"

Jiang Hua said: "The content of this memorial was approved by Master Shao, and the candidates were also decided by Master Shao. Who is qualified must be determined by Master Shao. If you have any objections to this decision, Master Feng, you don't need to ask our family." !"

Feng Ru saw his attitude, so he didn't make any moves, and said bluntly: "I will not reveal the things that Manager Jiang has done secretly, but the manager also knows something in his heart. Adhering to the teachings of our ancestors, and admonishing His Majesty repeatedly, we stopped the disasters of the past, you, the one who started the evil, do you still want to stir up trouble again?"

Jiang Hua sneered in his heart, but still maintained his demeanor: "Master Feng is serious. What our family did was to share the worries of His Majesty. Everything we have is His Majesty's reward. Aren't you talking about Your Majesty...?"

Jiang Hua's voice lowered, but Feng Ru lost all patience: "You eunuch are so rampant, aren't you afraid that I will write a letter to impeach you and expose your faults?"

Jiang Hua took a few steps forward, and his slender fingernails lightly touched Feng Ru's collar. The latter subconsciously avoided, and he laughed more and more: "I don't know what I sent someone to deliver to Mr. Feng last time. Have you read it, my lord? Our family is thinking that Master Xiao Feng still has a capable cousin who can do the funeral ceremony for him, but if you miss the same path in the future, Master Feng, what should you do? Who are you bothering?"

Seeing that he still had the face to mention Feng Yuanshan again, Feng Ru pushed off his arm lying in front of him, and said angrily, "Don't worry about it!"

"If Lord Feng is confident that he can deliver this memorial to His Majesty," Jiang Hua smiled, then paused again, "You think His Majesty is completely ignorant of what I'm doing? Oh, Lord Feng is so naive."

Feng Ru knew that the memorial would first be taken over by the Ministry of Internal Affairs' Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then sorted out and presented to His Majesty's desk.Thinking of this, he became even more annoyed, and said: "How unreasonable! You are just a dog wagging its tail after your master! How dare you be so presumptuous!"

"That's not bad," Jiang Hua laughed back angrily, looking intently at what he was saying, and said, "Our family is a dog raised by His Majesty, and we are waiting for all the sages and gentlemen to come and give me this dog." Be a cow or a horse."

Feng Ru let out a long breath, the blood on his neck faded, and said in a cold voice: "There is no way no one will control you in the court! Although Master Xie has passed away, I and Prime Minister Ni are both students, there will be a day when we will be here , you must not be rampant!"

"Okay, our family is waiting," Jiang Hua raised his eyebrows, and said calmly, "Today I wanted to have a good talk with you adults, but I didn't expect Mrs. Feng to be so popular. It seems that our family should not bother you in the future. Ladies and gentlemen, clean up."

Seeing that he was silent, Jiang Hua continued, "Master Shao is not here today. When he comes back, please ask Mr. Feng to say hello for me."

Feng Ru blushed and was out of breath, a rare symptom of an attack.

Jiang Hua got up and walked slowly to Feng Ru's side.

Feng Ru didn't know what he was going to do, so he wanted to back away immediately. Jiang Hua grabbed his sleeve and whispered beside him: "Since you know I have intentions, think about what to do. Look at what Shao Qian did, you scholars all pay attention to 'don't be ashamed to ask', why don't you ask your boss more about how to be an official? He is much more knowledgeable than you."

"Everyone has their own way, Mr. Jiang should be optimistic about his own way, so as not to make another mistake in the future and fall into the hole, but there is no one to rescue him." Feng Ru's face turned cold, from Jiang Hua pulled out his sleeve, and said sarcastically, "During this exchange, I don't think the chief executive got any benefits."

Jiang Hua was poked at the sore spot by him, and saw that he was stubborn, so he stopped talking, stepped back a few steps, and said: "Then our family will leave first, and this memorial personally approved by His Majesty, I would like to ask Mr. Feng to present it to Shao. grown up."

"Our family is not afraid of the adult's hands and feet. After all, our family has a lot of pens and inks, so we don't need to write a few more copies."

Jiang Hua glared at him before leaving, called Zhang Rui and left.

Feng Ru stood where he was, feeling angry and depressed.

Ni Chengzhi received the documents from the Ministry of Officials in the afternoon, and happened to pass by the door of Shangshu Province. He met Jiang Hua who was walking from the hall, and nodded, "Mr. Jiang."

Jiang Hua saw that it was Ni Chengzhi, and the smile that had just fallen rose again: "It turned out to be Mr. Ni. I said goodbye to the Prime Minister's mansion last time. I haven't seen you again. I will hold a banquet in the mansion someday. I would like to invite Mr. Ni and Mr. Ni to show respect." visit."

Ni Chengzhi knew that he was polite, so he also politely said: "That's natural, but the manager has something important to come here today?"

Jiang Huadao: "I was looking for Master Shao, Shang Shuling, but he happened to be away today, so I chatted with You Pushe for a few words."

How could Ni Chengzhi not know Feng Ru's temperament, his uprightness was no better than his teacher's, but it was even worse, and he immediately understood where the hesitation on his face came from.I couldn't help but sneered in my heart, and said with concern: "Master Feng has an upright heart, and he has won the teachings of Mr. Xie, if his words slightly offend, the manager doesn't have to take it to heart."

"Master Ni, what are you thinking? Our family and Lord Feng are both serving His Majesty. There is nothing unpleasant about it. It's just that we have different opinions on some trivial matters just now." Jiang Hua laughed, unwilling to say more here, and turned to The topic changed, "Where did Master Ni come from?"

Ni Chengzhi replied: "I just came from the Ministry of Officials. Recently, there have been a lot of personnel transfers. My father ordered me to wait to discuss the ruling. I'm here to discuss with you adults by the way."

Jiang Hua nodded and said: "It's a matter of newcomers replacing old ones, and the officials of the imperial court come and go, all to better fulfill their duties and responsibilities. Then the adults will be busy first, and our family will not disturb."

Ni Chengzhi smiled: "The manager walks slowly."

After watching Jiang Hua leave, the idea of ​​going to Shao Qian first stopped, and after a moment of hesitation, Ni Chengzhi walked slowly to Feng Ru's study.

"Feng Shibo." Ni Chengzhi cupped his hands in salute.

Feng Ru walked out of the embarrassment just now, and said: "It turns out that the nephew is here, but what is the Ministry of Industry to discuss?"

"The Ministry of Industry has been at ease recently, and there is nothing difficult," Ni Chengzhi replied, "I just heard that Jiang Hua came to look for Shi Bo just now?"

"Exactly," Feng Ru's face sank again, and when he said this, he couldn't help showing resentment in his heart, "Your Majesty allows such people to interfere in government affairs, and sooner or later it will bring disaster to the court."

Ni Chengzhi persuaded: "Shibo needn't be worried or angry. Now that Jiang Hua's authority has been cut, His Majesty has long been indifferent. Sooner or later, he will find an opportunity to punish his crimes."

Feng Ru sighed and didn't want to say anything more.

Ni Chengzhi added: "Your Majesty Feng, you can rest assured that as the leader of all the officials, father has always engraved the stability of the country in his heart, and he will not let Jiang Hua behave as he did back then."

Feng Ru nodded, and when he turned his head, he was automatically attracted to something in the room.

He stared at the side wall, and there was a handwriting on a six-foot-long life proclamation on the wall, which is both square and round, and can be captured freely. It is exactly the wish written by his teacher Xie Zhi during his lifetime:

The husband's ambition is to govern the country, and he hopes to make the world have a feast.

The sandalwood in Jianzhang Palace is still there, the bright yellow figure is leaning on the couch, and the January white figure is leaning on the side.

"The concubine heard about the wars of the previous dynasty in the inner palace. Your majesty is in the capital to take care of the worries, but you can't get tired." Concubine Ni gently rubbed Zongzhengqiu's temple from the side, and the hall was silent. .

The emperor was bearded, and at this moment he closed his eyes and rested his mind, the faint sandalwood from Ni Guifei's sleeve lingered in his nose, and his restless thoughts were all calmed down, he said: "Every time I come to you, I feel restless Few. You have worshiped the Buddha for many years, and you have been soaked in the Buddha's aura, but the beauty of this aura is incomparable to others."

Seeing the emperor's praise, Concubine Ni did not show complacency, but said softly: "All the sisters in the palace have their own talents, and the concubine is just one of them. His Majesty favors you. I dare not be ashamed of the emperor's favor." .”

"You have been with me for so many years. You are sensible and understand the general situation. This is your greatest advantage. No one in the inner circle can replace you." Zong Zhengqiu heard that she was neither humble nor overbearing, so he inevitably wanted to praise her to show his self-esteem. Embarrassment.

Concubine Ni replied: "The concubine only hopes to pray for the country and His Majesty. A mere woman can't do the same thing as Mr. Jia. It is my concubine's responsibility to help His Majesty solve problems in daily chores." Blessing."

Zong Zhengqiu opened his eyes, held her hand, patted it lightly, and said, "Thanks for your hard work."

Hearing what she just said about Jia Yun, she had a worried look on her face: "The battle in the frontier is fierce. Although it has been a long time since we fought against the barbarians, every time I go to battle, I don't feel at ease, and I don't know what the outcome will be."

Concubine Ni Gui looked at his dejected expression, blamed herself for talking too much just now, and persuaded her gently: "Your Majesty, don't worry too much. The generals who fought in the battle are all experienced people. Our country of Yan is no longer superior to barbarians. Presumably God blesses my country of Yan, and there will be a turning point."

"...I wish I could."

Zong Zhengqiu's brows were still furrowed, and Concubine Ni leaned closer, stroking his brows with slender jade fingers, and said: "Your Majesty has been too tired recently, why don't I order the small kitchen to prepare some supper, Your Majesty tonight I just rested here with my concubine."

Zong Zhengqiu opened his eyes, and the face of the noble concubine in front of him flickered in his sight. The gentle face seemed to span time. When she was newly married into the palace decades ago, the candlelight was dim. It was the same moment when she raised her head like this, which dispelled the resistance in his heart. And conflicts healed.This woman was not the most beautiful he had ever seen, but her eyebrows were moving, and there was no sense of high spirits.Her brows are green, her lotus face is full of spring, after so many years, this face still doesn't look old, on the contrary, it has a more settled charm than other young concubines in the palace.

Zong Zhengqiu slightly raised his hand, but stopped when he was about to touch the imperial concubine's fragrant skin, and murmured softly: "You haven't changed...I feel old."

Concubine Ni gave a rare grin, feeling emotional in her heart.Zong Zhengqiu has never been addicted to female sex, and the few princes rarely entered the harem after they were born.It's rare that today's emotional color is really the result of complicated tasks and suppressed for a long time?

She stroked the corners of her eyes, and she was still able to transmit the fine lines on them through her fingertips: "Your Majesty has raised up your concubine, and this concubine has been with you for almost 30 years. Even if it is nourished by the fairy jade dew in the palace, it will not be too late." It's not like the young Shaoai back then."

"Alas," Zong Zhengqiu closed his eyes and sighed slightly, "When people go far away, who can escape the claws of time, you and I are the same."

The rich and delicate sandalwood sent his thoughts away, and a figure from his back appeared in his mind, but it was fleeting again.

Zong Zhengqiu caressed the back of Concubine Ni Gui's hand for a moment, then grabbed her wrist upwards, and said in a low voice, "...I will stay with you tonight."

The shadow of the moon faded, and the maid guarding the palace couldn't help feeling drowsy, so she leaned against the gate of the palace and took a nap.

Cover the silver screen, hang green foil, spend the spring night.

The emperor intends to pay for everything with his heart hidden.