Chang'an is good

Chang Suining followed the palace servants into the Ganlu Hall, and first saw Ming Luo who was wearing a female official's robe.

"Follow me." Ming Luo walked ahead, not looking at Chang Suining much.

Chang Suining followed her into the inner hall.

There is an ice basin in the hall, and there are maids holding curtain fans to cool off. After entering it for a while, people can relieve most of the scorching heat.

Chang Suining saw the saint sitting on the dragon chair, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, with gray hair in a bun.

Like in this palace city countless times before, she bowed to the other party, but changed the title——

"My daughter, Chang Sui Ning, has met His Majesty."

The voice of the Holy Book Emperor sounded from above, and it was quite casual: "Let's get down."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Chang Suining got up and stood still with lowered eyes.

"Although I have seen it several times in Dayun Temple before, I haven't had time to take a closer look at the lady of the Chang family." Emperor Shengji looked at the girl and said, "Raise your head and let me take a good look—"

The girl looked up at her, her fair face was slightly reddened by the sun, the broken hair on her forehead had traces of sweat soaking, and her eyes, which seemed to have been washed by spring water, were particularly black and bright.

But the expression on that face was calm and calm, without any emotion.

Sitting condescendingly on the dragon chair, the Holy Book Emperor looked into those eyes and asked slowly, "Are you not afraid of me?"

"The sage is just, but the courtier is innocent." The girl's tone was also very calm: "So the courtier treats the saint with respect and not fear."

"It's a good one who only respects and doesn't fear." There seems to be a slight smile in the eyes of the Emperor Shengji, "It's a good one that I am just, and you have no faults—it seems that you guessed that I called you into the palace to climb the Tailou gone."

Chang Suining did not deny it: "Yes."

Emperor Shengji was not in a hurry to talk about climbing Tailou, but looked at Chang Suining, nodded and said: "It is worthy of the name of the most beautiful woman in the capital... It is really rare to have such a talent and beauty."

"Your Majesty is wrong."

The Emperor Shengji had a panoramic view of her unfazed reaction, "I heard that you were saved by the former prince Li Xiao when you were young."

"Return to Your Majesty, that's right."

"Ah Xiao came from me personally..." The empress's voice seemed to be a little softer: "In this way, you and I also have some kind of fate."

Chang Suining lowered his eyes again: "My daughter was just accidentally rescued by His Highness the First Prince, and she regards His Highness the First Prince as a benefactor, so I dare not presumptuously refer to fate."

Ming Luo looked up at her.

The Sacred Heart is unpredictable, and it is a great honor for a sage to say the word fate, but if the other party takes the opportunity to respond and eagerly flatters him, it is impossible to be highly regarded by the sage.

This Chang Suining knows how to advance and retreat.

In the past, she was deceived by the appearance of the other party's frequent fighting with others, but now she gradually realizes that the other party may have a very deep mind.

"You are a gracious man." Emperor Shengji praised, and did not say any more about the so-called fate, but said: "Sit down and answer."

Chang Sui Ning stepped back to the drum stool beside him and sat down.

But I heard Emperor Shengji ask: "What do you think about Mrs. Xie's matter?"

Chang Sui calmly said: "Mrs. Xie is a first-rank madam appointed by the sage, and it is really not her turn to dispose of the word."

When the saint asked this question, it was absolutely impossible that he really wanted to hand it over to her.

Listen to what he said, if you only listen to the surface, you may not even know how he died later.

"She has lost her face, lost her prestige, and is irretrievable. In fact, for her, this is not a small punishment." Emperor Shengji said with unclear meaning.

Chang Suining: "But my daughter thinks it doesn't count."

The Holy Book Emperor looked at her.

"My courtier believes that the loss of her face and prestige is the inevitable result of her sinister intentions being exposed. At best, it can only be called acceptance of the truth, not punishment."

The Holy Book Emperor looked at her: "According to this, do you think it's not enough?"

"It's not enough." Chang Sui Ning said: "But it's not that the court lady thinks it's not enough, it should be that His Majesty thinks it's not enough."

The corner of the Emperor's eyebrows moved slightly.

I just heard the girl continue to say: "Everyone knows about this matter now, the sage is wise, and this wisdom should not be damaged by Xie's fault."

The servant who bowed his head at the side had already changed his expression slightly - this lady from the Chang family...why did she speak so boldly?At first glance, it sounded like he was using this to blackmail the saint to deal with his wife!
Chang Suining didn't realize that what he said was bold.

Whether it is a threat or not, the Emperor Shengji will not fail to hear it.

This topic was brought up by the other party, and it was obvious that he wanted to hear her answer. If the other party was someone who would be displeased by her mere words, then someone else would be sitting on the dragon chair at this time.

And in the final analysis, these questions and answers are just testing her.

But what about after the trial?

Empress Ming's intentions, she still doesn't know.

Ordinarily, when the other party's intentions are not clear, she should probably pretend to be stupid, and it is wise to not show the slightest sharpness in her words-but everything she has done has long been known to the other party, is she stupid? Silly, how could the other party not have a discernment in mind?

At this time, pretending to be stupid temporarily will only attract suspicion for no reason, and then bring more and more endless temptations and unnecessary unknown troubles.

So she might as well make herself a little smarter and bolder, at least in line with her usual style.

After staring at it for a moment, Emperor Shengji nodded slightly: "You are right, I need to give an explanation to the world, and we cannot make this justice stop at revealing the truth."

The matter of Xie Shi made a lot of noise.

Xie Shi wanted to take advantage of the highly-anticipated poetry meeting to destroy the girl's reputation, but in the end, the influence of the attention was like a knife, and it fell on Xie Shi himself.

The emperor of the holy book said in a solemn voice: "Let people pass on my will--the Xie family has acted out of integrity, and his behavior can no longer be an example for women. Remove the status of the wife of the Yipin country, and think of her old righteous deeds. Temporarily demoted to the fifth-rank county lord , let him meditate on his own past, to see the aftermath.”

"Slave complies with the order." The inner eunuch who waited on the case responded and retreated.

There was a brief silence in the hall.

Ming Luo looked at Chang Suining.

After a while, I finally heard the girl say: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"You don't need to thank me." Emperor Shengji said: "As you said just now, I need to do this."

Ming Luo's heart trembled slightly.

What my aunt said was not to blame the other party for his inappropriate words and deeds, but it was obviously the "honesty" that the emperor only had out of appreciation...

Because you appreciate each other, you no longer need those meaningless superficial words of kindness.

This answer made Ming Luo suddenly have a bad feeling in his heart.

In the next moment, this premonition was confirmed.

"It's true that I grew up with Chang Kuo and the others. After all, it's different from ordinary boudoir daughters... I have more insight and courage, and I also have some rare talents. I like smart girls. If I met a few years ago Seeing you, or like Gu An, will bring you in the palace and educate you."

Chang Suining didn't answer for a while.

Bring him up in the palace?
Fortunately, Ah Li's previous temperament was not eye-catching.

"But it's not too late now." Emperor Shengji looked at the girl sitting on the drum stool, and asked, "There is a shortage of a female official who serves pen and ink next to my imperial case. Would you like to come into the palace?"

Ming Luo was slightly startled.

Maid of Honor?

If you want to become a female officer, you need to go through extremely strict selection, let alone such an important position as a female officer... But my aunt gave it to Chang Suining casually?
Only then did Chang Suining understand.

She then said why there were those words and temptations just now, it turned out to be for this reason.

The emperor is not someone who needs a little girl to relieve boredom in his spare time. The other party invites her into the palace and wastes all this talk on her. There are only two possibilities. One is that he thinks she is harmful, and the other is that he thinks she is useful.

Now it seems to be the latter.

The harmful ones need to be removed as soon as possible, and the useful ones should be used well, and this is the case for all kings.

"You can think about it for a while." Seeing that she was silent for a while, Emperor Shengji said: "Or discuss it with Chang Qing after leaving the palace, and then make a decision."

This little girl is courageous and intelligent.

What's even more rare is that although he is young, his reputation among scribes has become evident after he climbed to Tailou.

If she encounters a woman who is available, she is very willing to use it. The selection of female officials is easier. As long as the number is within the rules, the officials in the previous court have no right to interfere.

However, women are in a difficult situation. It is even more difficult to be an official as a woman, and it is not easy to form a party with hundreds of officials. Therefore, as emperors, they only need to be trusted a little, and they are often more loyal than previous officials. Give birth to a heart of betrayal.

The girl in front of her who is still young but unwilling to settle down in the back house is undoubtedly an excellent candidate.

In sight, the girl got up from the drum stool, saluted and bowed down to her.

Just when everyone in the hall thought that the girl was going to express her thanks in trepidation and eagerness, they heard the voice say——

"Your Majesty loves me so much, and my courtiers are apprehensive and grateful, but my courtiers don't have such great ambitions."

There was not much hesitation in Chang Suining's tone, and the brief hesitation when he was sitting there just now was just pretending.

Wei Shuyi had also talked to her about being a female official before, and it was true that she had no such ambition.

Empress Ming made such a proposal, so naturally it couldn't be out of her so-called love for her. After all, she just thought she was useful, and to put it bluntly, she was nothing more than a pawn.

A usable chess piece, where to use it and how to use it, are all in the master's words and thoughts.

And as female officials, they are different from the previous officials. Their attachment to the empress will only become stronger, which also means that they have almost no room to say "no".

How could she rush to be this bird in a cage if she failed to accomplish her great cause of revenge?

Although the world is nothing more than ruled by emperors, this world is a huge cage, but it is better to stay in the big cage first.

Then there is——

If she gets along day and night, she is afraid that she will accidentally reveal some flaws and be caught by the queen.

At that time, she doesn't need to be a sparrow in a cage, I'm afraid it will soon become a dead sparrow.

"Are you rejecting me just like that?" There was no anger in the voice of Emperor Shengji.

Angry because of a little girl's rejection, this kind of thing shouldn't have happened to the emperor.

"Your servant just reached Ji last year." Chang Suining said, "Besides, I have worshiped wine as my teacher for the first time, and I haven't had time to read a few books in the future. My mind is impetuous and I feel that I need to improve a lot. If I enter the palace at this time, I will really It is difficult to be qualified for this position, and it is destined to disappoint His Majesty's love."

The Holy Book Emperor smiled slightly.

It is impossible for her to believe all these humble words.

This little girl has a feeling of dislike of restraint, and she can't hide it completely...

Don't you want to be restrained when you enter the palace, and you don't want to be restricted everywhere?
It is human nature to want to be a free bird.

"It's a good thing for you to be humble and self-motivated." She said leniently, "I shouldn't force you. You just have to wait until the day when you feel that you are good enough to take on the task, and then come to me."

If at that time, she still needs this little girl who is too flexible.

After all, the situation in this world is changing rapidly.

"Yes, thank you Your Majesty."

"Get up."

Chang Sui Ning Ying stood up.

The Holy Book Emperor asked people to take the rewards prepared in advance to appease the girl who was frightened by the climbing to the Tailou.

Ming Luo stepped forward and handed the box containing the rewards to Chang Suining.

Chang Sui Ning took over after Xie En.

After passing each other, Ming Luo's eyes seemed to stay calmly on Chang Suining's face for a moment.

Her aunt was willing to use Chang Suining as the female officer of the case, which surprised her.

Chang Suining rejected the matter, which surprised her even more.

What exactly does the other party want to do?
Didn't he spend so much time trying to imitate Princess Chongyue just to attract the attention of the sage?

If you don't want to be a female officer, what is the purpose?
At this moment, she just felt that she couldn't see through the other party's plan at all.

At this time, there was a message from the internal supervisor: "Report to Your Majesty, His Royal Highness is seeking to see you outside."

Emperor Shengji nodded, and then looked at Chang Suining.

Chang Sui Ning understands, salutes and leaves.

The Holy Book Emperor looked at the figure of the girl who had retreated.

If you don't have the power to protect yourself, and you don't want to accept the constraints brought about by being sheltered by others... It's not easy to be a free bird with a loud and clear singing voice.

Chang Suining met a young boy who walked in accompanied by the inner eunuch in the outer hall.

The robe that the young man was wearing was the one she was used to wearing in the past.

Chang Suining stepped aside.

The young boy's eyes seemed to stay on her for a moment out of curiosity, but he entered the inner hall without stopping.

Only then did Chang Suining raise his eyes to look at the boy's back.

This is Prince Li Zhi.

Although he was only 13 years old, he was thin and tall, not much different from her, a 16-year-old girl.

The appearance is not too clear, but the complexion is fair, and there are few ugly people in the royal family of the Li family.

Chang Suining didn't stay long, and left the Ganlu Hall accompanied by the eunuch.

Halfway up the palace road, he saw a chariot approaching head-on, so Chang Suining and the inner guard took refuge to one side.

"Stop."

When the chariot passed by Chang Suining, the person on it suddenly said.

It was the voice of a young man.

Moreover, Chang Suining had heard this voice before, so she raised her eyes and saluted, "Your Majesty, Prince Rong."

"Sure enough, it's Mrs. Chang. I thought I was mistaken just now... Mrs. Chang still remembers me." Prince Rong's son on the chariot showed a slight smile. He seemed to want to get off the chariot to talk to Chang Suining, but after seeing Looking at the palace people who were carrying the chariot, they seemed to be afraid that they would trouble them by going up and down repeatedly, so they stopped their movements again.

So he sat on the chariot and said: "I also heard about the climbing to the Tailou the day before yesterday. I went to see the picture of the tiger walking in the mountains and forests last night. It really looks like a godsend. It really makes people... "

While he was speaking in a gentle voice, Chang Suining suddenly raised his eyes to look at the palace road behind him.

The next moment, there was a rush of horseshoes approaching suddenly.

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