The heavens are kings, starting with Qing Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 116 Test
After Li Chengqian left the capital office, he planned to go back to his own residence of Li Gaoming's identity to take a look.

And not long after he left, Mei Zhili entered the palace with a heavy expression.

In the imperial study room, Mei Zhili kept bowing and stood three meters away from the desk, not daring to move.

Because ever since he entered the palace to see the ceremony, Emperor Qing had never paid attention to him, and just read and reviewed the memorials on the book case by himself.

A quarter of an hour passed.

Mei Zhili's back was so sore, the charcoal burning in the room was very hot, and he was sweating profusely within a short while.

The whole person is just two words, uncomfortable.

And he is not too young, he is over 50, so he really can't hold it.

But Emperor Qing didn't say a word, no matter how difficult he was, he still didn't dare to move.

After a long while, he trembled and almost fainted on the spot, Emperor Qing seemed to find him there suddenly, and said in surprise: "Oh, Lord Mei, why don't you talk when you're here? Are you exhausted? Come, show Mrs. Mei a seat."

Mei Zhili quickly breathed a sigh of relief, stood up straight, but still lowered his head, and said: "Your Majesty has a lot of things to do every day, and I dare not disturb you lightly, so it is right to wait."

As he spoke, he wiped his sweat with his sleeve.

Behind him, Eunuch Hou brought a cushion, he hesitated for a moment, then knelt and sat on it cautiously.

Finally feeling a little more relaxed, he opened his mouth to tell Emperor Qing what happened in the Kyoto government office today.

Of course, my own performance is naturally generalized, mainly focusing on describing Li Gaoming's words and deeds.

Emperor Qing naturally knew about these things a long time ago, and it was much more detailed than what Mei Zhili said.

He looked at Mei Zhili with a half-smile, and said, "I don't seem to be telling you that."

When Mei Zhili heard this, he immediately trembled all over, hurriedly got up from the cushion, and knelt down with a plop.

"The minister deserves death!"

"Thousand deaths? You only have one life, how can you die forever? In the government office of the capital, you are not as fearless as you are now? Do you think I will not kill you?" Emperor Qing smiled coldly.

"Chen, I don't dare!" Mei Zhili said tremblingly, a surge of fear made him almost collapse on the ground.

A touch of disappointment appeared in Emperor Qing's eyes.

"It's human nature to be afraid of death, I can understand it, but one thing in person, one thing in another's back, do you still remember when you wrote in your first memorial, the most important way to be a minister..."

"Loyalty!" Mei Zhili seemed to see some hope, and hastily interjected: "The old minister may be a little bit greedy for life and afraid of death, but the old minister's loyalty to His Majesty can be seen in the sun and the moon!"

However, listening to Mei Zhili's words, Emperor Qing's eyes were full of disgust.

He said coldly: "Enough is enough. As the Governor of Kyoto, you have a great responsibility. Can a word of loyalty offset your incompetence?"

His tone lightened a little, and he said: "Forget it, for the sake of your advanced age, tomorrow will be your last memorial, so you should retire."

Mei Zhili felt a little bitter and dry in his heart, but also a little relieved.

He knelt down on the ground, bowed his head three times deeply, and said tremblingly with a bit of crying: "My lord, thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

Emperor Qing waved his hands impatiently, and looked down at the memorial on the table.

Mei Zhili got up tremblingly, and said: "The old minister will leave."

Seeing that Emperor Qing didn't respond, he bowed and retreated quietly step by step.

After Mei Zhili left, Emperor Qing, while reviewing the memorial, ordered Hou Gonggong: "Let the people from the Inspection Institute keep an eye on this Mei Zhili..."

Speaking of this, the pen in his hand paused slightly, and said: "Forget it, it's not a big deal."

He has already prepared to change the position of Governor of Kyoto.

This matter is just a pretext.

He needed the people below to fight, so it was impossible for Mei Zhili, a well-rounded guy, to continue to sit in this key position.

Now the prince doesn't go out very much in the East Palace all day long, and he rarely went to the poetry meeting, but he was only a spectator, and he seemed lukewarm even when he saw a great master make a move with his own eyes.

Usually do not make friends with officials.

To be honest, he is a little anxious now.

Therefore, he had to find someone who would not deal with the prince to take over the position of governor of the capital, and he had to have the courage to fight against the prince.

The second prince is one, but the power of the second prince in the court has been too out of balance recently.

Naturally, the key position of Governor of Kyoto cannot be allowed to get his hands on it.

He needs a third-party force to balance the second prince, and at the same time to play a role against the prince.

For now, Fan Xian is a good choice.

A book of Red Mansions shows his talent, he did not lose the wind in a short fight with Gong Dian, his martial arts can be seen, recently he has been thinking about breaking up the engagement, and he is not afraid of imperial power, which shows his courage.

Both civil and military, and his temperament is not weak, it is not impossible to be the governor of the capital.

Especially since Fan Xian was trying to mess up his sister Fan Ruoruo's engagement with the prince recently.

It can be said that the natural and the prince stand on the opposite side.

If the other party knew about the relationship between Li Yunrui and the prince, and knew that the matter of sending someone to assassinate him might be related to the prince.

Then, he can say responsibly that Fan Xian is the best candidate for Governor of the capital.

As for age and qualifications.

He knew that Fan Xian was still the commissioner of the Inspection Institute.

As the commissioner of the Overwatch Council, it is not that difficult to act temporarily as governor of Kyoto.

But before that, he had to be sure of the absolute antagonism between Fan Xian and the crown prince.

Thinking of this, he raised his head and said to Eunuch Hou, "Didn't Chen Pingping set up a shop specially for Jianghu people to pass on news? Find a way to let Fan Xian know this news, and will instruct Fujiko Jing to assassinate him behind the scenes." People's messages go out from there."

He thought for a while, and said: "By the way, I remember that the person who delivered the order to Teng Zijing was the guard of the Eastern Palace before?"

Eunuch Hou replied: "Yes, Your Majesty, but after this person joined the four divisions of the Inspection Institute, he still had contacts with the eldest princess. The crown prince doesn't seem to care about him."

"It doesn't matter if you don't care about it, he will make a judgment, so do it better." Emperor Qing said lightly.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Eunuch Hou said, and asked again: "Does Your Majesty want Fan Xian to drag the East Palace into trouble? But if Fan Xian thinks that the crown prince is the one who wants to kill him, then the relationship between them is like nothing." His identity, he will be scared to death."

Emperor Qing casually flipped through a memorial, read it and said: "I don't think he can do it, what's more, if he can't bear this little thing, how can he entrust him with important tasks?"

He said lightly: "The sea of ​​fire is tormenting, this is the test I gave him."

Eunuch Hou bowed his head and said yes, no more words.

……

Li Chengqian walked along the street in the direction of Qingshui Lane, and saw an acquaintance head on.

For the first time, Ye Linger, who was wearing a red dress, did not ride a horse, but led the horse along the street.

It just happened to come together.

"Meet again? This time it's rare to be obedient."

Li Chengqian said hello and joked.

Ye Ling'er was no longer as lively and lively as she used to be. When she saw him, she was a little tense and reserved.

However, there was an unconcealable admiration and admiration in the clear eyes.

She has always respected the strong.

And there is no doubt that the grand master is a figure standing at the top of the strong.

Before this, she never thought that a young man who was about the same age as herself would be as strong as her uncle Ye Liuyun.

(End of this chapter)