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Chapter 171 Price 2
"Wang Cheng'en, show off to the Renshou Palace!" Speaking of giving eye drops to the courtiers, Hong Tao was full of energy, and he left after giving the order.

Renshou Palace became the residence of the Empress Dowager Li after the death of Emperor Shenzong.This old lady was very powerful when she was young. Even Zhang Juzheng was in awe of her. At the same time, she was also very wise. After her son died and her grandson succeeded to the throne, she stopped paying attention to government affairs and devoted herself to worshiping Buddha.

It is this mentality of being able to take things and put them down that makes her in her 60s refreshed and radiant.On the other hand, the Empress Dowager Wang is a bit more thoughtful and is not willing to take a back seat.The two people stood together with an age difference of 18 years, but they didn't look like mother-in-law and daughter-in-law at all, more like sisters.

"The grandson has met the imperial grandmother, and the sons and ministers have met the mother..." Coincidentally, there was not only the empress dowager but also the empress dowager in the Renshou Palace today. Hong Tao didn't care about the extra salute, let alone the dessert on his lips.

From a public perspective, these two women are relatively virtuous and have not caused much trouble to the country.Privately speaking, they treat themselves well and have always adhered to their principles on the issue of canonizing the prince.A favor should be repaid with a spring of water. If you kill their son and husband, you should have more respect.

"Your Majesty, you don't need to be polite at home. You seem to have lost some weight. Let your mother take a look, right?"

Mrs. Li was not too surprised by the emperor's arrival. On the one hand, she had a peaceful mind while eating fast and chanting Buddha's name. On the other hand, she came to greet him every now and then. The more contact she had, the less polite she became.

"My son has indeed lost weight and is so dark, but is it hard work in the government? Your father didn't worry about it when he was here, and it has been hard on you in the past few years." Wang was not the same. The emperor squeezed his arm as soon as he sat down next to him. Legs, ask for help.

"I've been fishing a lot these days, and the sun is too hot. When the weather turns colder, it will be white." Hong Tao has some instinctive resistance to such overly intimate actions, but he can't show it, so he can only change the topic and ask for Don't like to hear it.

"It's a sin, I don't know how many times I have to recite the scriptures before I can ask for forgiveness from the Buddha!" ​​As soon as she heard that the emperor went fishing again, the Empress Dowager immediately darkened her face, clasped her hands and bowed in the direction of the Buddhist hall, mouth full of words. It's a complaint.

But she can only complain. Her grandson has big ideas, and it is useless for anyone to tell her what she is sure of.The same is true for reducing the treatment of clan members, and the same is true for fishing. If the wings are stiff, it will be difficult to manage!
"It's just that, if you want to eat fish in the wind and sun, why bother to go fishing yourself...Wang Chengen, are you trying to trick the emperor?" Wang doesn't like fishing either, but she is more forceful, so she can just go if he can't persuade the emperor. Trouble with the eunuch.

"I'll chop off their heads if they don't go!" Wang Chengen definitely didn't dare to say yes or no, so he could only lower his head and pretend to be dead.Fortunately, Hong Tao was not really filial and solved the problem with a grin.

"Sigh... The Ai family can't help the emperor, but why is there no movement in the queen's belly?" Wang could only sigh, but she didn't give up and raised the question that was asked almost every time they met.

"Well, it seems that neither my grandmother nor my mother-in-law welcome me very much, so I have to leave..." Hong Tao couldn't care less about this issue. No amount of lies could cover up the fact that he had been childless for 6 years after being married for [-] years.

But he has a trick to resolve it, which is to be shameless and shameless.No matter who raises this issue, he will be immediately slapped with a big hat. If he doesn’t stop talking, he will leave with his legs up.After all, he is the emperor, and his moods and moods are ever-changing, so no one dares to turn against him.The more times you do it, the more you get used to it, and no one will care.

"Does the Emperor have something to say today? If not, I would have gone to the Buddhist temple!" Facing such a shameless emperor, not only the Queen Mother but also the Queen Mother had nothing to do, so they simply stopped talking.

"Hehehe, it's my grandma who knows her grandson well, and I really have something to talk about when I come here today. Nanjing's internal guard Zhou Gui was sued by the Nanjing Ministry of War, which caused unrest in the civil and military affairs of the court. He has been chattering in my ears all day long." Originally Hong Tao was here to cause trouble, so he put on a sad expression and briefly told the old lady what had happened in the court in recent days, focusing on how the courtiers were so excited and deliberately looking for trouble.

"That Zhou Gui did serve me in his early years, but if he really doesn't abide by the law, the emperor doesn't have to be embarrassed, just change it!" The old lady is really stubborn. It's obvious that her heart has been disturbed and she is extremely unhappy, but she still refuses to show it. , with lowered eyelids, Zhou Gui was dismissed with just one word.

"Your Majesty, you must not do this. I know Zhou Guai's family. He is very stable and very loyal to the royal family. Could it be that they have made a mistake?" The Empress Dowager opened her mouth to plead with her grandson because of her shame. At this time, she had to look Does the Queen Mother understand?Mrs. Wang lived up to this trust and immediately took over the message to plead for Zhou Gui.

"Mother, don't worry, I have sent people to investigate, and there is generally no solid evidence. Even if there is, as long as it is not too much, I will find a way to protect Zhou Gui.

In recent years, for the sake of the country and the country, the sons and ministers have reduced the royal family's salary a lot, and the palace has followed closely. The imperial grandmother also used money to support the female officials in the palace. The Zhu family did not let the country of the Ming Dynasty show its loyalty. It’s natural for our own people to do their duty! "

plead?Okay, let me follow suit, express my merits and complain, and first clearly divide the camps.We are a family, and the courtiers are all outsiders. A family must unite and understand each other.

"Did the Emperor have a plan?" To say that this old lady was able to control the government internally and externally with Zhang Juzheng, it was not only her status as the Queen Mother, but her brain that was too good, or her experience.He didn't let Hong Tao's nonsense fool him at all, he just raised his eyelids.

"My grandson thinks that this matter cannot be done hard, as it is easy to break if it is strong; nor can it embarrass the royal family by following their wishes. Sun Que, who is weaving in Hangzhou, is old and overwhelmed, so he asked Zhou Gui to take his place. Not only can he block the courtiers Their mouths will also allow him to continue to serve the royal family."

Since the old lady was so right, Hong Tao stopped beating around the bush and pondered for a moment, as if he was searching hard in his mind, and then tentatively gave a constructive opinion. Whether it was appropriate or not was entirely up to the old lady to decide.

"...That's very good. I will send a letter to Zhou Gui to explain how powerful it is, and let him abide by his duty and continue to serve the emperor!" As soon as he said this, Li's eyelids were raised, and the rosary in his hand was not twisted. , and stared affectionately for a while before resolutely supporting the emperor's suggestion.

There was only a slight discrepancy in the wording of whom they served. The emperor said he served the royal family, while the empress dowager said she served the emperor.One word difference has profound meaning.

From then on, Zhou Gui was no longer just a confidant of the old lady, he had to actively move closer to the emperor, otherwise the case might be brought up again by a certain censor, and the evidence suddenly became conclusive again.

This is politics. Even if they are fathers, sons, or brothers, they cannot rely solely on family ties to maintain each other. At this time, the weaker interest relationship becomes the most suitable.

(End of this chapter)