About half an hour later, Prime Minister Fu returned to the study, closed the door and came in to ask Ling Xuan to sit down.

Ling Xuan looked at Fu Chengxiang's expression, and saw that his expression relaxed a little, and he felt a little drunk in his heart. This time the matter might not be as serious as he thought.

But for the sake of safety, Ling Xuan still asked a question tentatively.

"Prime Minister, why is the empress returning to Beijing at this time?"

Fu Chengxiang smiled indifferently: "She said that the paddock is nothing interesting, and she missed her mother, so she specially brought the guards back to take a look, and told the emperor before coming back, the emperor allowed it. This daughter of mine ah……"

Fu Chengxiang's eyes were full of helpless and doting smiles: "She has been used to being free and easy since she was a child, and she didn't learn many rules after entering the palace. She can do whatever she wants."

"So that's how it is..."

Ling Xuan was completely relieved, lowered his eyes, smiled lightly, and then remembered that he hadn't finished talking to Prime Minister Fu before, and he said again: "Prime Minister, the relationship between the emperor and the empress is good, this is a good thing , and the current emperor is willing to be tolerant when doing things, as long as he doesn't touch Ni Lin, what you think is also reasonable, but I think... the emperor should divide the prime minister's power after you retire."

Fu Chengxiang nodded, and said again: "But in fact, these years, the Queen Mother has supported the forces, and the Six Departments often directly ask for instructions. In addition, there is also a minister who is the head of Nanshufang. The position of the prime minister does not have much power in itself, so I think Find a suitable time to quit the officialdom, also..."

Prime Minister Fu sighed inwardly.

It's also for my daughter's sake.

The emperor supported Li Rong, and he has reached the military department in a short time, and he will only go higher in the future.

Under such circumstances, it is the best choice for him to retreat.

No matter how kind the emperor is, he is the emperor after all, and there have always been many tragedies caused by the empress's mother's powerful family.

It was as if Marquis Rong En didn't know what happened in the paddock this time, and was suddenly escorted to Huijing and detained. He is still guarded in the Hou's mansion, and the officials staying in the court can't find out a thing or two.

In the end... the holy will is unpredictable.

Seeing that Prime Minister Fu's expression was a little more solemn, Ling Xuan said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about this, Prime Minister. These things will be done slowly. The night is already deep, so I will take my leave first."

"I'll ask someone to prepare the car and take you home."

"Thank you, Prime Minister."

Ling Xuan cupped his hands and came out of the study.

It wasn't until he left the prime minister's mansion that he let out a sigh of relief. As soon as he got into the carriage and returned home, he saw the Lingtai official who was supposed to be on duty at the Qin Tianjian found his home.

Ling Xuan invited him to the study.

"You are not on duty at Qin Tianjian, why are you here?"

The Lingtai official took out a booklet of about ten pages from his pocket, and handed it to Ling Xuan: "You seemed to be looking for this thing before, but I was on duty today, and I suddenly came across it in the Qintianjian library. I seemed to be in a hurry when I was looking for it, so I sent it to you overnight."

Ling Xuan's eyes fell on the brochure handed over by the Lingtai official, he raised his hand to take it and opened a page, his brows were stained with joy.

"I'm in a hurry, thank you very much."

"Zheng Shi is serious, but it's just a matter of raising one's hand. It's just that I see Zheng Shi coming back from outside?"

When the Lingtai official asked, Ling Xuan immediately closed the booklet, and said casually: "I can't sleep at night, I went out for a walk, and you still have to be on duty, so I won't keep you. Be careful when you go back, and I will thank you tomorrow."

"Goodbye."

After the Lingtai official left, Ling Xuan opened the brochure to check. When he saw the last page, Ling Xuan's expression changed suddenly.

It was he who took it lightly.

It seems that it is right to let Prime Minister Fu leave the court, at least this will ensure that the emperor will not be suspicious of her because of officialdom.

But the human heart has been the most unpredictable since ancient times, let alone sitting in the highest position, the mind is even more unpredictable.

she……

Will it wither in the deep palace?

After closing the booklet, Ling Xuan got up and walked to the door, thought for a moment, then returned, put the booklet on the table, put his hands on the edge of the table, and slowly calmed down.

Early the next morning, Ling Xuan went to the Prime Minister's Mansion again.

"I want to see the empress."

When Ling Xuan was brought in front of Fu Yao, Fu Yao's expression was indifferent, and no emotion could be seen in his eyes, as if the sparkling water in his eyes had suddenly lost its brilliance and became dull.

Ling Xuan lowered his eyes and saluted.

"Don't be too polite, do you see anything I want to say?"

"I heard that Empress Empress returned to Beijing last night, I specially prepared something and wanted to present it to Empress Empress."

Hearing this, Fu Yao gestured like Biyu.

Biyu walked up to Ling Xuan, but Ling Xuan spread out his palm, revealing a straw grasshopper the size of a thumb in his palm.

Biyu was stunned for a moment, then carefully took it and held it in front of Fu Yao: "Your Majesty, this is it."

When Fu Yao saw the straw weaving grasshopper, she glanced at it in surprise, and couldn't help but reached out to pick it up, looked at the sunlight, and looked sideways at Ling Xuan.

"Is this what you're talking about?"

"Your Majesty... I really don't remember at all."

Fu Yao put down the grasshopper, and looked at Ling Xuan suspiciously: "You have always made me feel very strange, and now you are using such a thing to coax me."

She lowered her head and turned the grasshopper in her hand, and said sarcastically, "Do you also like to keep me in the dark? Seeing that I don't know anything, you are very happy?"

Fu Yao saw Ling Xuan's surprised look from the corner of her eye, and she turned her head to give Biyu a few words.

"My lady..."

"Go."

Biyu glanced at Ling Xuan worriedly, nodded to Fu Yao before leaving, sent everyone in the yard away, and went outside by herself.

There was no one else in the yard, so Fu Yao walked up to Ling Xuan with the straw grasshopper, held it up and shook it in front of his eyes.

"You knew me before, and you also know that I liked these gadgets when I was a child. Now you come to me with this, what do you want to do?"

"We did meet once when we were young, when you saved me once, when you had a straw grasshopper in your hand, you saw me staring at it, and you said it was your favorite thing, you can't give it to me. I."

Speaking of this, Ling Xuan looked at Fu Yao: "Your Majesty seems to have forgotten something from the past?"

Fu Yao thought about it seriously, but she couldn't remember this relationship.

She looked at Ling Xuan hesitantly: "Then why did you come to me today?"

"You're unhappy, and you've hit a wall."

"..."

Fu Yao looked at Ling Xuan silently, and the spinning grasshopper also slowly stopped. She suddenly remembered what Li Wei said when she came back yesterday.

He said that he was special to Lu Xiyao only because Lu Xiyao had helped him when he was young.

Now it's a different person, and it's because of the so-called childhood kindness.

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