Xie Xiang

Liu Zao made up his mind to stand up, but the situation was not so good.

Woke up with a hangover, a splitting headache, and a pale and ugly face.Li Wen came to see him and exclaimed, "Is this a hangover, Your Majesty?"

Liu Zao nodded with a stern face, "I made Wei Ting laugh at you."

Li Wen took the warm soup offered by the palace servants, brought it to Liu Zao himself, and said: "Yesterday, I thanked Prime Minister for ordering a banquet, and I still wonder why your Majesty has disappeared."

When Liu Zao heard the words, he paused the hand holding the earcup, and asked in doubt: "Mr. Xie covered it up for me?"

"Mr. Xie only said that it was not early, and the banquet should be over. The minister waited to see His Majesty, and saw that Mr. Xie gave the order, and thought that Mr. Xie offended His Majesty again." Li Wen said carefully.

In short, he thought that the emperor let Xie Yi go away again.

The ministers are not just staring at the official affairs in their hands, and don't listen to foreign things. The little emperor has no power, but as long as she is the emperor, she must be the focus of attention. The ministers also have channels to get news, and they also know that the little emperor and Xie Xiangshi Like water and fire, the prime minister is often so angry that he can't speak.

The little emperor is not in court, but he has been on the throne for one year, and with the addition of various news, the ministers can figure out some clues to some extent.Li Wen knew that His Majesty did not like others to look down on her.

He originally thought that the ministers preconceived that she had been left by Xie Xiangqi, and His Majesty would have to be angry. No, the emperor's expression softened instead.

"Oh? That's a thank you." Liu Zao said slowly, and took another sip of the warm soup with his head down, and heaved a sigh of relief. The warm soup warmed his stomach, and his face turned red.Although Xie Xiang only took one look at her and left, he covered up his drunkenness for her, avoiding the embarrassment of drinking and running away after the first banquet.

Liu Zao immediately forgot the anger of last night, but thought Xie Xiang was very good.

She smiled, the ice and snow melted between her brows and eyes, and said to Li Wen: "What is Qing going to teach me today?"

Li Wen took out two bamboo slips and presented them to the emperor.Liu Zao took it and saw that it was actually two copied memorials. One was sent by the king of Changyi, who asked for money, claiming that he had lost his position and lived in poverty, and wanted the court's mercy.There is also a copy of the impeachment of Liang Sucanmin, the son of Liang Ji and the governor of Handan County.

"The matter of the king of Changyi, the loss of the general, the general entrusted him to Prime Minister Xie's family to seek forgiveness, but the king of Changyi can bring up the old matter again and discuss the crime of the general." Li Wen said.

After the king of Changyi lost his throne, he was abolished as a commoner, but for the convenience of addressing him, except for official documents such as official documents, he was still called the king of Changyi when he was mentioned.

Seeing the Changyi Wang Zouben, Liu Zao couldn't help but think of that beautiful bronze lamp.She returned the lamp to the King of Changyi, but since she found out that she admired Xiang Xie, she had some intentions - she also wanted a beauty lamp, which looked the same as Xiang Xie, and could be placed in the palace where you can always see that lamp. kind.

It's a pity that she never had the chance to ask the king of Changyi who made the copper lamp.

Liu Zao thought for a while, and said: "The general is protected by Xie Xiang. Even if he participates in impeachment, he will be suppressed. Maybe there is a divorce?" It's not that Liang Ji didn't use the matter of King Changyi to express his sorrow to Sun Ciqing, but every time he mentioned it, Xie Yi suppressed them all.

However, Sun Ciqing was also a person who gave orders. After losing the battle, he entrusted him to Xie Xiang's family for protection. He said that he was not unwilling, but Liu Zao did not believe it.

Li Wen sighed: "Your Majesty has got the point. The general also made some actions, but unfortunately they were not very effective, and thanking Prime Minister did not treat him badly." He was indeed unwilling to be inferior to others, but he lacked means and could not compare Xie Yi is cunning, and secondly, Xie Yi did not treat her harshly, so there is nothing wrong with helping her.

Liu Zao was silent for a moment, then looked at another memorial.

Li Wen explained to her: "Liang Su's remnant people, someone from Xie Xiang's family has already participated in this matter. Liang Su's son, Liang Bing, is about the same age as His Majesty. Liang Cheqi intends to make this son a good match for His Majesty. Everyone knows. Your Majesty has a good relationship with the Queen Mother. If you want to, you might as well reveal something to the court."

In this way, it can be regarded as repaying the matter of returning to the emperor's teacher last time, and Liang Ji helped each other.

Liu Zao frowned, she didn't say anything about Liang Bing, but said: "The crime of the remnant people cannot be pardoned."

Li Wen's expression froze, he was a little confused about her intentions, the two would form an alliance, the best would be a marriage.If Liang Bing can't be the emperor's husband, the queen mother must have some opinions.

"Liang Ji is not only Liang Bing's grandson." Liu Zao said again.

Li Wen looked slightly relaxed.He didn't think much of Liang Ji, but from the current point of view, the only way to restrain Prime Minister Xie was to join forces with the Queen Mother temporarily.As for the imperial concubine, Li Wen didn't take it seriously, if he didn't like it, he would let it go away in the future.He is only afraid that His Majesty is young and naive when it comes to men and women.

"Liang Ji is not only a grandson, but Liang Bing is the only one who is about the same age as His Majesty. If Liang Bing asks for a crime, he will have to come from a side branch..." Before Li Wen finished speaking, Liu Zao thought again: "Should Have a granddaughter too?"

Li Wen was shocked: "The granddaughter is not worthy of Your Majesty."

Liu Zao couldn't help smiling, and explained: "I want to choose a few companions to read, so I will come from the homes of important officials in the court."

Accompanying reading?Li Wen is inexplicable, aren't they choosing Mrs. Yihuang?

Liu Zao said: "Accompanying students can also show goodwill to the officials. The choice of the queen's wife does not necessarily have to be Liang Bing. The queen mother has her own difficulties. The Liang family was originally a foreign relative, and there is not much benefit in marrying her."

Her thoughts changed quickly, Li Wen didn't keep up for a while, and asked, "Where is the Queen Mother?"

"No problem." Liu Zao said lightly.

She never thought of getting married with the queen mother. If the queen mother doesn't like it, she doesn't like it. If she doesn't like it, she can't do anything to her.Moreover, Liu Zao also felt that the queen mother was very strange that she had hidden a maid in the palace who was so similar to Xie Xiang.Joining forces with her, I am afraid there will be disasters.

But she didn't intend to break up with the Queen Mother directly, and if the Queen Mother wanted to make things difficult for her, she couldn't handle it either.Therefore, Liu Zao still made Li Wen exonerate Liang Su, just to make a show.But Xie Yi was too strong, unless Liang Su was punished, she couldn't control it.

As a result, the Empress Dowager and Liang Ji did not suspect the Emperor, but their hatred for Xie Yi deepened.

Liang Bing became the son of a criminal minister, Liang Ji couldn't be more cheeky, and wanted to pit him against the emperor.There are also young men of the right age in the side branch, but Liang Ji feels that the side branch can't be trusted, and he is worried that the side branch will seize power, so he has to give up for the time being.

But Liang Ji was a bit domineering, he couldn't have an imperial husband in his family, and he didn't want another family to become a foreign relative, obstructing the court.Liu Zao was a bit of a villain, seeing through Liang Ji's thoughts, he insisted on playing tricks on him, showing that he really wanted to have someone to accompany him, which made other ministers in the DPRK and China keep looking at the men of the right age at home, even the general. Interested.

Liang Ji was extremely busy, pressing this one today and that one tomorrow, and he was only busy with this matter for the past few days.Liu Zao showed sadness at the right time, saying that Liang Ji was good at specialization, and he actually pre-empted the emperor's family affairs, which made the officials very dissatisfied with Liang Ji.

Needless to say, the Lu family's relatives in the Han Dynasty, Empress Lu directly ascended the throne, and the Lu family took the opportunity to become the king. The Dou family in the Wen Dynasty, the Wang family in the Jing Dynasty, and even the Wei family in the Wu Emperor's time. Or was it late for a while?Even Liang Ji himself was granted the title of marquis by his relatives, so that the children in the family could enter official positions and advance to the next level.

Now he is afraid that others will divide his power, so he actually prevents the emperor from choosing a son-in-law, which has caused public anger.

Until the emperor returned to Beijing with his ministers in October, the matter had not subsided.The little emperor acted decently, even Li Wen didn't know her real plan.If His Majesty hadn't been drunk that day, Xie Yi would have taken it seriously.But she knew, so in her eyes, the little emperor really had a bad stomach.

It was the second day back to Beijing that Liu Zao summoned Xie Yi with a bad stomach.

It took four months to go to Ganquan this time, and when I came to Weiyang Palace again, I felt that the palace was strange.Liu Zao took advantage of his rest and went to Jiaofang hall early in the morning without having to go to class.

She led Liang Ji to make a fuss, and she benefited a lot from it. She was in a good mood for the past few days, and she also wanted to think about Xie Yi.When thinking of Xie Yi, one can't help but think of the residence of Prime Minister Xie after entering the palace in the future.

The Jiaofang Hall has been vacant for more than a year, Liu Zao wants to go and have a look first, and change the furnishings that need to be changed as soon as possible, so as not to be in a hurry when Prime Minister Xie moves in.

She also knew that it was still very early for Prime Minister Xie to enter the palace, but for her, Prime Minister Xie was too far away, and even thinking about it felt powerless.Only by doing something related to her in her spare time can she relieve her powerlessness and anxiety.

The Jiaofang hall is locked, and every three to five days, someone will come in to sweep it, so the hall is not polluted by dust.It's just that the jade steps in front of the palace are already overgrown with weeds, which makes people feel desolate for no reason.

A vine climbed up the jade steps along the gap, Liu Zao bent over and pulled it out, without paying attention, a small opening was cut by the vine, bleeding oozes out.Hu Ao exclaimed and hurriedly wanted to call the medical officer.

Liu Zao waved his hand and said, "It's just a small hole, it's okay." He took out a handkerchief from his sleeve, wiped off the blood, and walked into the hall.

No matter how gorgeous a palace is, it must be desolate.The autumn wind was blowing, the bead curtains were crisp, and the furnishings in the palace were empty, presumably the Empress Dowager took them all away when she moved to the palace.

After standing in the hall for a while, Liu Zao felt a sense of loneliness—she hadn't spoken a few words to Xie Xianghao for some days.

They often see each other, but they are separated by outsiders or obstructed by government affairs, so they rarely even meet their eyes.

Liu Zao sat under the window, looked out, and saw the weeds growing on the jade steps.She wanted to see Xie Yi.She thought in her heart, and then said it in her mouth: "Go and call for thank you."

Xie Xiang came very quickly, and within an hour, he was already in front of Liu Zao.As soon as Liu Zao saw her, all loneliness disappeared, and even the weeds on the steps didn't feel barren, but full of life and very cute.

Without waiting for Xie Yi to salute, she smiled and waved at her: "Mr. Xie, come quickly."

Seeing that she was happy, Xie Yi smiled along with her, and walked to her side without saluting as she wanted.

Liu Zao looked at her, and felt that no matter how much benefit he got from Liang Ji, he was not as happy as seeing Xie Xiang at this moment.Xie Yi sat down beside her, and smiled with her, "What is your majesty doing?"

I can't tell you what to be happy about.Liu Zao glanced at her and smiled shyly.However, Xie Yi caught a glimpse of the wound on her palm, frowned, grabbed her finger, and asked anxiously, "Why is Your Majesty injured?"

Liu Zao was suddenly nervous, and didn't dare to move her hand. She let Xie Yi hold it in her hand. She licked her lips and forgot what to say: "Zhen, Zhen..."

Xie Yi stared at the wound on her palm, the wound wasn't too deep, but it still bled a lot. The wound hadn't healed yet, and the side was stained with dried blood, which looked very serious.

Xie Yi couldn't help being distressed, but she couldn't show it, so she tried her best to keep her tone down and reprimanded, "How can His Majesty's holy body be damaged? It's too careless!"

But even such an indifferent tone made Liu Zao's heart flutter. She was at a loss for a moment, and said in a panic, "I, I have sent people to Changyi to inquire about the craftsman who is good at making copper lamps." .”