Xie Xiang

Because self-examination was too clinging to Xie Yi, which delayed her affairs, Liu Zao restrained a little, and didn't ask to see each other every day, but she must see each other every two days. , Send a handwritten letter, sometimes tell about missing, sometimes just say what you did that day.

Xie Yi would answer every question, but most of them were to persuade her to be diligent in government affairs and stop thinking about other things.

It was a seven-day holiday after Zhengdan, and the two spent two days hanging out in the palace, and two days out for fun, and they went to a place not far from the outskirts of Beijing.But with a lover, the best view is the person in front of you. It doesn't matter what the scenery in the suburbs of Beijing is.

In just seven days, it passed quickly. When the office was held on the eighth day of the eighth day, the ministers found that His Majesty seemed to have no intention of political affairs.Since the prelude was sent to the Xuanshi Hall, there must be an echo on the same day, and occasionally it will be delayed, and it will never be later than the next day.But for a while, His Majesty has repeatedly delayed, and she is not caring about the minister's meeting with the minister.

The bamboo slips and slips of the Xuanshi Hall were piled up for half the room, and for several days in a row, no one was sent out after being reviewed, only the memorials from outside were constantly being presented to the hall.In this way, half a room of bamboo slips and slips increased to a whole room in just five days.

It is no luck that the emperor is lazy. The ministers observed the emperor for a month, but they did not see the emperor improving. Some loyal people were unavoidably worried. They made an appointment to find the prime minister.

"Young people have unstable temperament. If you don't correct it in time, your Majesty will be willful and stubborn, and the country may be harmed."

Xie Yi also knew that something was not right with the emperor in January, she often tried to persuade her when she met, but His Majesty could not accept the advice, and still went her own way.Xie Yi was angry in her heart, but when she heard someone tell His Majesty's stubbornness, she immediately became displeased, and said, "It's human nature to feel tired physically and mentally, and to be lazy for a while, so gentlemen never slack off? Speaking exaggerated words, There is a suspicion of slandering the emperor."

Seeing that she was angry, all the ministers did not dare to say much, but only Wei Wei: "What the prime minister said is true, and the subordinate officials only care about the Lord, and they have no intention of slandering."

After finishing speaking, he quickly retreated and did not mention the matter again.

Xie Yi got more and more angry, and went to the palace to see Liu Zao.

Liu Zao was closing his eyes lightly, playing with a jade ruyi in his hand, and casually listening to Li Lin's recitation, when he first heard that the prime minister was asking for an audience, he had a happy expression on his face.

Li Lin glanced quietly, seeing the smile in her eyes, and felt a little uncomfortable.In the past two days, His Majesty has not been very energetic, and he didn't even want to read the memorial, so she called her to read it to her. She thought that His Majesty was tired and unhappy, and she didn't want the Prime Minister to see her, so she glowed and disappeared. The color of depression.

Liu Zao hurriedly sat up, put Ruyi aside, and called out.

Xie Yi entered the hall, and gave a big gift first.

Liu Zao said happily: "Thank you for the gift, please sit down."

But Xie Yi knelt straight down, bent down and prostrated, and said: "I came here today to admonish the Lord for his diligence."

When she knelt down, the atmosphere in the hall was not right, all the palace people held their breaths, Liu Zao stood up with fear on his face.Seeing this, Li Lin couldn't sit still, so she put down the bamboo slips in her hand and stood up with her sleeves folded.

Liu Zao had long forgotten that there was another Li Lin in the palace, she bypassed the imperial case, stepped in front of Xie Yi in two or three steps, bent over to help her, and said urgently: "If you have anything to say, the Qing family will talk when you get up, don't kneel down .”

Xie Yi refused to get up: "Please allow your Majesty to finish."

Liu Zao showed a helpless attitude, and stood up straight with his hands tied, his face seemed a little awkward, and he said, "That Qing said."

Xie Yi then said: "Your Majesty is absurd for more than a month. He doesn't read the memorabilia, doesn't see ministers, specializes in Cuju for fun, plays and jokes, and is completely unruly. Your majesty is worried about the country and often advises, but His Majesty turns a deaf ear to it." , still go its own way. Not accepting advice is immoral, playing in the palace is a sign of a foolish emperor, thinking about the Han Dynasty's ancestral temple, the world is full of people, your Majesty still does not want to repent?"

The words were spoken harshly and quite rudely.Liu Zao's face was red and white, and it was obvious that he couldn't get off the stage.Xie Yi was still kneeling on the ground, as if she would never get up until the emperor said to repent.

Li Lin was terrified, and stood in the corner, looking at Xie Yi for a while, and the emperor for a while, fearing that the prime minister would offend His Majesty and be rejected by the King.It is not an auspicious sign that the emperor is not in harmony, and there may be turmoil in the court.

While worrying, there is also a hint of hope, if His Majesty really despises the prime minister, she may have the hope to take advantage of it.

Swaying like this, for a moment, she was more anxious than the two people in the middle of the hall.

Seeing Xie Yi kneeling, Liu Zao couldn't help but feel distressed. She hesitated for a while, then simply dragged her up from the ground, and said angrily, "Stop kneeling, I'll listen to you."

Xie Yi was no match for the strength she had developed in riding, arching and drawing the bow. Before she could struggle, she was pulled up. Listening to her words, she was extremely perfunctory. She became even angrier at the moment, and said coldly: " Your Majesty thinks that the minister is busy?"

Liu Zao was also not happy, and barely restrained his anger, saying: "The prime minister regards the world as the most important thing, and I am ashamed, how can I be dissatisfied?"

Still perfunctory.Xie Yi looked at her and saw that her expression was suppressed with anger, and there was a little grievance in her eyes that was not easy to detect, so she wanted to soften her heart, she couldn't see Liu Zao being wronged.But thinking of the most important thing, she restrained herself again, and said in a cold tone: "Your Majesty, tell me, what will happen in the future?"

First saying that she is a fool, and then forcing her to promise, Liu Zao looked at Xie Yi gloomily, but Xie Yi did not back down, and looked at her without any shame.

In the end, Liu Zao was defeated, and she was about to promise, when she caught a glimpse of someone standing in the corner from the corner of her eye.She was surprised: "Why are you still here?"

Li Lin was embarrassed and didn't know what to say, so she had to bend over and bow.

Liu Zao frowned and said, "Quickly step back."

The emperor gave the order, Li Lin couldn't stay here, she bowed and retreated, she passed by Xie Yi, couldn't help but glance at her, Prime Minister Xie set his eyes on His Majesty, and didn't pay attention to her at all.

Li Lin walked out quickly, closed the door of the palace, and let out a sigh of relief facing the empty and boundless sky outside the palace.She is small and humble, and in the past she only saw Xiang Xie from a distance, and only saw the majesty of Xiang Xie as an extremely human courtier. Only when she got closer did she realize the softness and delicacy of her as a woman.

It turns out that this is how His Majesty gets along with the Prime Minister.Could it be that His Majesty is interested in the loyalty of the prime minister's outspoken advice?Thinking about Xie Xiang's sense of justice again, she concluded that even if what she thought was not completely right, it was not far off.

As she walked out of the palace, she recalled the tenderness of His Majesty and Xie standing beside the pool that day. Xie Xie was not harsh that day, but gentle and virtuous, leaning on His Majesty and completely entrusting herself to her.

Li Lin suddenly became embarrassed. Yu Gong was able to speak out and speak out, loyal to the country, and was completely sincere, while Yu was able to show the beauty of women in private, bright and charming, and slender.

She originally thought that it was not enough to win with her youth.

Li Lin was immediately worried, thinking that it would be better to draw it slowly, and make plans after she learns more about His Majesty's preferences.But the king doesn't show his likes and dislikes to others, how long will it take for her to understand clearly, and when will she be able to confide her love to His Majesty?

Li Lin felt tormented, but imagined that day, she told His Majesty that she loved him, told her that she had admired His Majesty for many years, and had been trying to get closer to her, His Majesty would definitely show his expression, and she felt that she had to wait a little longer. It will be worth it too.

As soon as Li Lin left, Liu Zao ordered all the palace officials to retreat, leaving only her and Xie Yi.

There was no one in private, so Liu Zao didn't restrain himself, took Xie Yi to sit on the throne, and forced her to hug her, although Xie Yi felt that His Majesty was too out of shape, he still obeyed her.

"Do you have any plans?" Xie Yi asked.

Liu Zao felt aggrieved, and said in a muffled voice, "You know, you still want to accuse me of being a fool."

Xie Yi vaguely guessed something, but Liu Zao didn't say anything, so she couldn't help being anxious.She was already worried that her existence would become a stain on this person, and seeing that she had neglected political affairs since the two fell in love, Xie Yi was naturally afraid that she would spoil His Majesty.

"I'm just in a hurry." Xie Yi said in a low voice.

Liu Zao then smiled: "I dare to abandon political affairs because you are in the court. I haven't read the memorials for many days, but the court is still in order, and the people in the world are still in their positions. You are watching."

Xie Yi glanced at her, but didn't speak.

Liu Zao coaxed her: "If you work harder, after one month, the first batch of talented people will enter Beijing. Among them, there must be those who want to stand out, and they will advise me on good strategies, and there may be some refreshing ideas among them. If there is no policy, I will pretend to accept advice and trust them, and the ministers are already worried, so they will naturally become more anxious when they see this."

"You want to divide power?" Xie Yi said.

"It's not about decentralization, it's about consolidating power." Liu Zao had thought about it a long time ago, "I don't give power to talented people, but only a few dignified positions, so that they only have the way to advise, but not the right to act , can only cling to me tightly. I have them as advisers, so I don’t need the ministers to advise me, and the ministers are ignored, and they will please me if they are important. In this way, it becomes a competition between the two, and I can Gather power and say what you say."

She has a lot of power now, but if there is an edict, the ministers will follow it, but occasionally there is an edict that does not agree with the mind of the subordinates, they dare to delay or refuse, and ask her to take it back.

This is not what Liu Zao wants to see.

It's not that Xie Yi couldn't think of this move, she just didn't think Liu Zao would dare to do it.Whether you favor a talented person or neglect a courtier, there is a limit to it, and if there is a little bit of carelessness that causes a tilt, the consequences will be unimaginable.Ministers can't bear the coldness of the king and see no hope, so maybe they will have a heart, contact the princes, and find another position of power.Once a talented person gains power, they may not be willing to obediently be the sword in the hands of the emperor, they will have other thoughts.

Xie Yi naturally knew why His Majesty was in such a hurry to seize power, she sighed, and wanted to say that there was no need to be so anxious, she could afford to wait, even if she couldn't do it in front of her, she didn't mind if she only had to wait until after death.

But seeing Liu Zao's face that he was determined to win, no matter how much he worried, no matter how much he flinched, he couldn't express it.

"I usually summon you, but you don't come to see me. It's hard to hear that you came to see me, but you came to scold me." Liu Zao whispered dissatisfaction, "You are really bad."

Xie Yi felt a little distressed, and comforted her, "I will come here often in the future."

Satisfied, Liu Zao rubbed against her ear and said softly, "It's been a long time since we..."

Xie Yi immediately stiffened, with an unnatural expression on her face, and said coldly, "It's still daytime, what is Your Majesty thinking!"

No matter how strict she is, she can't hide her nervousness and shyness. Liu Zao knows how to push forward and chase after victory: "It doesn't matter, there is no one else, we will be here..." She said and looked around, Xuan Shidian is the place to meet foreign ministers , no bed.She glanced at the imperial case in front of her, her eyes lit up immediately, she swung her sleeves to brush aside the writing on the case, and said, "It's right here."