I can't die!I haven't ruled the world yet!

Too many words and too many mistakes, Rong Cen didn't say much.

Ji Ruhou's position is not worthy of the emperor's personal support, and it is also inappropriate for the prime minister to help, so she only slightly raised her chin to signal him to get up.

He spit out a few very soothing words casually, and hastily waved away all the courtiers.

After everyone left, Rong Cen summoned Wan Li and asked him about the movements in the palace of all the officials and clans in the capital.

"Your Majesty, this servant lives deep in the imperial city and has never been out of the palace. How could he know this..." Wan Li knelt down in fear, the corners of his mouth trembling, and his whole body was shaking.

It's fine to ask him about the secret history of the deep palace, at worst, spend some research on his contacts.But things outside the palace, not to mention that he has no access to them, even if he has the ability to find out clearly, he would not dare to let His Majesty know!
Although Wan Li is now the chief eunuch beside Rong Cen, in charge of all matters in the palace, he does not serve His Majesty as closely as the chief eunuch next to Emperor Xiaozhong in the previous dynasty. All the slaves and servants in the whole palace, who would not bow down and call grandpa when they see it?Even the imperial concubine, who was always favored and favored back then, should give Yuan Zhong a little more face.

Wanli, on the other hand, does not have that much face and status.To put it bluntly, he was just luckier than the other slaves, and his master had the highest status in the whole palace.

After all, he couldn't do without his status as a eunuch.Since you are an internal minister, you have to control your sense of proportion, guard your internal affairs, do not exceed the rules, do not interact with courtiers, and do not interfere in the affairs of the previous court.

For example, when His Majesty asks him now, he has to be unable to answer, and he can't be clever, secretly check in order to acknowledge credit, and then report everything in detail.It's good if he can't answer, it shows that he is honest and responsible.If he answered, it would be too late for His Majesty to silence him, so how could he use him with confidence?
"I know what kind of person you are, so there is no need to apologize for unreasonable thoughts, you are innocent, get up quickly."

Today, people knelt down in front of her one after another to plead guilty. Rong Cen was in a bad mood. She frowned and urged Wan Li to get up impatiently.

Wan Li naturally saw that His Majesty was angry, but risking the dragon's anger at this moment, it was better to separate the relationship than to suffer the emperor's suspicion in the future.

But don't annoy His Majesty too much, banging his head on the gold brick floor, saying: "Your Majesty calm down."

Rong Cen saw through his little thoughts, and became angry instead, glaring at him angrily: "Aren't you up yet?"

Seeing this, he used both hands and feet, and quickly climbed up from the cold gold brick floor.

"Even if you are guilty, then..." Rong Cen floated up another hypothesis, but before he could say it, he caught a glimpse of Wan Li's frightened face and was about to kneel down from the corner of his eye, so he stopped it in time, and said earnestly: "As the saying goes, 'Employing people is not enough. Doubts, doubters don't need', since you are someone I can use, don't waste time thinking about these false things. Just remember, what you do is ordered by me, and you can just follow the order, what decision does I have? You have nothing to do."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

There is a faint meaning of "you just have to obey what you say, and you don't have to worry about what you do".

"I don't care if you really don't know or pretend not to know, in short, I want to know the recent movements of the residences of Marquis Changyi, Marquis Chengde and Marquis Jiru. There is nothing big or small. You can report them one by one tomorrow."

Rong Cen casually flipped through the memorial, lightly clasped the dragon case with his fingers, and his tone was a bit embarrassing.

Yes, she was making things difficult for Wanli.

Not only is the success of the superiors inseparable from the mentality of "employing people without doubt, but doubting others without using them", the mentality of the subordinates is also the same.

If you have doubts and fears about the Lord, it is easy to breed retreat and lead to betrayal.

Rong Cen didn't allow Wan Li, who served him half-closely, to have any possibility of betraying her. This kind of mentality must be strangled in the cradle.

Therefore, Wanli can't hide in a shell of fear forever.She can delegate power appropriately, but the premise is that the other party can't have suspicion of herself.

That is infidelity.

There are a lot of secret guards in the imperial city, and there are as many royal spies as a cow. As the emperor, Rong Cen has dragon guards by his side, so there is no shortage of people to collect information.

But this time, Wan Li must be allowed to practice.

Rong Cen looked directly at Wan Li who was standing not far away with his head down, waiting for the emperor's orders at any time, his eyes were sharp, and his eyes flickered slightly, shining with unknown trust.

One time of infidelity, a lifetime of infidelity.

Wanli is a smart man.

Hopefully, he can understand the obvious truth hidden in it.

"Slave complies with the order!" Wan Li lowered his head even lower, only the top of the eunuch's uniform hat could be seen.

"By the way, there is one more Jinliuhou."

Rong Cen suddenly thought of Meng Yang. She hadn't heard anything about him recently, but she didn't believe that he was such a quiet person.

After adding, she waved: "Go down."

"Yes."

As soon as Wan Li left, he saw someone jumping off the beam on his back.

I don't know how long the gentleman on the beam sat on it and eavesdropped.

"Your Majesty! My old Xiao is back!"

I saw Xiao Lian crookedly sitting in the grand master's chair under the dragon case - it was specially prepared for the prime minister, with soft cushions on it, and it felt warm in the cool spring day.

He was holding a handful of peanuts in his hand, his eyes were smiling, and his face was wrinkled. He looked fierce and not easy to mess with, but he was neutralized by his expression into a stupid big man who didn't know much about the world.

Rong Cen is used to it, and he is no stranger to it.

After escorting Meng Yang back from the western region, Xiao Lian was sent by Rong Cen to secretly investigate in Lingzhou on the grounds that his mother was seriously ill and went out of the palace to visit relatives.

Lingzhou has been raining continuously for many months, but the sky has cleared up in recent days.In the palace, the old lady beside An Wang died, Feng Ju also died, and An Wang disappeared, only the queen mother gritted her silver teeth and did not want to die.

Yuan Shu traveled a long distance to Yizhou to set up a layout, but fell into the dead end of others, and finally froze to death in Yangchun March.

Only the Queen Mother, the scourge will remain for thousands of years.

Rong Cen collected his thoughts, looked at Xiao Lian again, and couldn't help but smile.Judging by his appearance, he should have gained a lot.

"Not in shape, how long have you been back?" she asked.

"I just arrived a quarter of an hour ago. I wanted to enter through the main entrance, but when I heard His Majesty admonishing people, I went up and sat down for a while."

Xiao Lian's nature is such that he is unrestrained, and what Rong Cen valued at first was his freedom and ease, being ordered by the imperial power but not afraid of the imperial power.

Fortunately, he is obedient.Well, just listen to Rong Cen's words.

The superior has always been able to give all kinds of instructions without saying a word, with a look and a half-movement.

Rong Cen raised his eyebrows and raised his chin, Xiao Lian understood what she meant.

So he said: "The Empress Dowager is just at the end of her strength, and she relies on hatred to sustain her breath."

It's short, but it conveys a lot of information.

"Then help her raise the hatred to the strongest."

Rong Cen opened his mouth lightly.

"Hatred triggers anger, and it can easily ignite the fighting spirit of a trapped beast. Your Majesty is not afraid of being burned?" Xiao Lian asked unexpectedly.

He is a person who lives by licking blood on the tip of a knife, so naturally he has experienced similar gambles with his life.But His Majesty is different, His Majesty clearly always seeks safety.

Then, he heard the emperor's indifferent voice, with a cruel tone: "I'm waiting to see her set herself on fire."