When Hunjun begins to make elixirs

Chapter 4: Rage against the Prime Minister
After witnessing everything, Li Shun smiled, but his smile was a little weird, with both happiness and fear in it.Although he mentioned the governor-general of Zhili yesterday, he did not specify whom he would support.Zhao Zhongxiao just wanted to show his kindness to Liu Zheng, or maybe he guessed the emperor's thoughts.

If not?
Yesterday, he mentioned in bed, "Transfer him to a local post." Judging from today's feedback, it was Zhao Zhongxiao who set his sights on the man next to him.

The outer court is full of tigers and wolves, and the inner court is also a nest of snakes and rats.It’s not easy to be the emperor!But then I thought about it, Zhao Zhongxiao really had the ability to make the inner court palace into a monolith, so that Hu Minde could not penetrate with needles or splash with water. For him, it might not be a bad thing.

An eunuch was far less of a threat to his throne than a group of people like Hu Minde.The first thing he wants now is balance, so that he can reflect the importance of his emperor, take back his power, and then find weaknesses and defeat them one by one.It’s true that everyone is the enemy, because in the end, only one person can have the final say in this world!
"Your Majesty, this old slave thinks that Taifu Liu is a veteran of three dynasties and has a very high reputation. Compared with Zhou Guangzheng, he is fully qualified to be the governor of Zhili!"

How can Zhou Guangzheng compare with Liu Zheng's status and reputation?

When Hu Minde saw that Zhao Zhongxiao was determined to go against him, his eyes became more fierce, as if he wanted to eat someone.He thought to himself that no wonder the emperor would attack him today. It turned out that it was this old gelding who was instigating him behind his back.

How could he sit back and wait for death: "Liu Zheng criticized the emperor with ulterior motives! If the emperor does not punish him, but instead entrusts him with the task of enclosing the territory, I am afraid that all the officials will not accept it."

Zhao Zhongxiao said what he should say and did what he should do.Li Shun knew it was time to make his own decision.

"Hu Aiqing, I want to ask you, what rank does Taifu live in?"

"A genuine product."

Li Shun asked again: "What rank does the governor-general of Zhili live in?"

Hu Minde frowned, as if he guessed what he meant, and said truthfully: "From Yipin."

Li Shun spread his hands and said: "The Tutor is the first grade, and the Governor of Zhili was only demoted from the first grade. It was also a lesson. Why not punish him? Besides, I don't care, you can still be my master. ?”

Hu Minde was anxious: "The emperor's words are ridiculous! How can the great appointment of the emperor be compared with the false title of the Taifu! If the emperor insists on doing this, I will have to lead all the officials under Zhongshu to return this decree!" Facing the emperor He directly exposed his sophistry and threatened him.

"Bold!"

Li Shun slapped the table and stood up, and the huanghuali wooden table under his hands broke into pieces.Everyone present was shocked.He kicked away the debris and aggressively approached Hu Minde step by step.Once the elixir brings about the improvement of life level, once it is released, ordinary people will face him like a scourge.

"Your Majesty, what do you want to do?" Hu Minde lost his mind and retreated repeatedly.

"You have been disrespectful to me over and over again! If it had been anyone else, I would have been executed for deceiving you!"

"Taifu Liu advised me that you should punish him. Do you want to punish him for cheating on the emperor? How about this, you resign as Prime Minister of Zhongshu, and I will not allow Taifu Liu to be the governor of Nao Shizi Zhili. How about this?"

Hu Minde was so impressed by Li Shun's momentum that his feet softened and he sat on the ground.

Li Shun knelt down in front of him and whispered: "I'll give you face. Don't push yourself too hard. The surname in this world is still Li."

At this time, facing the emperor, Hu Minde was like facing a hungry tiger descending from the mountain, as if it was going to tear him into pieces in the next second.His face changed several times, no one could stand the emperor's rogue behavior, and finally said in a trembling voice: "I...according to the emperor's words."

Li Shun laughed a few times and stretched out his hand to pull Hu Minde up: "Ai Qing, you need to practice more. You can also wrestle on flat ground."

Hu Minde was worthy of being a powerful traitor. After adjusting his mentality, he also laughed awkwardly: "The emperor is so powerful that I must learn from the emperor."

Li Shun patted Hu Minde's shoulder. It didn't take much force, but the pain made him grit his teeth.Li Shun returned to his seat and said to Fang Zhi, the great scholar beside him: "Okay, the Prime Minister has no objection. You should immediately send the decree to Liu Zheng's house and tell him to go directly to Longdu Mansion to take office without any preparation."

"Yes!" Fang staggered back as if running away, not even having time to wipe the cold sweat on his head.

Li Shun looked at Fang Zhi's leaving figure and stretched his back: "Let's end the discussion today. You are all frightened. I will hold a banquet in the palace to apologize to you. Especially Hu Aiqing, you must drink a few more drinks to calm down your shock. "

Hu Minde and others looked at each other, knowing in their hearts that this was a delaying tactic to prevent them from going back to prevent the edict from being issued.Now that things have come to this, what else do they have to say? They all bowed and saluted: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

The banquet was held in the side hall of Qianqing Palace. Li Shun personally accompanied them there. They lingered along the way, looking at flowers and grass. When they arrived at the place, it was already noon. After taking their seats, Li Shun took the lead in raising a glass and pretending to be a In high spirits.

I don't know whether they were really hungry or just venting their anger. Hu Minde and others actually ate and drank a lot. When they left the palace, they were all a little confused.

On the way back, Hu Minde was sitting in the sedan with a livid face and no sign of drunkenness.Today, he suffered the greatest shame and humiliation he had ever experienced in his life, and the target was Li Shun, whom he had always looked down on and held the throne of God with one hand.He wanted to roar and kill, but his reason told him that the time had not come yet.

"Damn eunuch! Dog Emperor! I will make you repay this humiliation a hundred times!"

"puff!"

Hu Minde was so angry that he spit out a mouthful of old blood!

In the royal garden of the palace, after the banquet, Li Shunzheng happily led a group of concubines to play hide-and-seek.

Li Shun pointed to a rockery and shouted: "Concubine Li, I'm looking at the hem of your skirt. Come out quickly."

Concubine Li, the queen of the rockery, came out sideways, with delicate eyebrows and a small mouth and nose. She said delicately: "Well... it was a mistake. I am not able to support you. Can you please give me another chance, Your Majesty?"

Li Shun walked up to her, held her slender waist and said, "Okay, but you have to punish her first and give her a scent." He stretched out his face, and Li Fei looked around, shyly using her red lips to kiss There is a seal and a few marks on it, making others envious.

"Go and hide, it won't be so easy next time." Li Shun patted her peach gently and said teasingly.

"Your Majesty, please don't peek." Concubine Li lifted up her skirt and ran away in small steps.After she hid, Li Shun looked around but found nothing.With his mind in mind, he jumped up to the rockery and said condescendingly: "Concubine Chu behind the flower bed, Concubine Wan behind the pavilion, and Zhao Guiren hiding in the flowers, please come out."

Three women with beautiful looks and good figures came out: "The emperor is cheating."

The Royal Garden, or even the entire palace, is not suitable for Tibetans. Playing hide-and-seek is purely for fun.Li Shun hugged her from left to right, enjoying the blessing of being together: "Concubine Li, your headdress is exposed again."

Concubine Li appeared from behind the pillar in the corridor: "Your Majesty, it doesn't count."

Li Shun dusted her body off and said, "Who told you to show off your flaws every time?"

Li Fei stuck out her tongue, squeezed in front of him, and said coquettishly, "I'm worried that the emperor won't find him."

Li Shun chuckled: "You little goblin. Okay, that's it for today. I have something to deal with." When he saw Zhao Zhongxiao waiting at the entrance of the Royal Garden, he stopped the game.

The concubines bowed and left without anyone bothering them.Li Shun went to the imperial garden pavilion and waved to Zhao Zhongxiao.

Zhao Zhongxiao walked over quickly.

Li Shun asked: "How did things go?"

Zhao Zhongxiao replied: "Jin Wuwei has caught up with Liu Zheng for secret protection."

Li Shun felt relieved and said, "That's fine. You tell the people below to protect him closely and not to let him have any accidents."

"Old slave understands."

Li Shun took out two teacups and picked up the teapot. Seeing this, Zhao Zhongxiao hurriedly stepped forward and took the teapot: "Your Majesty, you have broken the old slave." Li Shun pressed his hand and poured the teapot himself: "Zhao Zhongxiao, you How many years have you been in the palace?"

Zhao Zhongxiao held up the tea cup with a grateful look on his face: "The old slave of Qi Emperor entered the palace in the first year of Emperor Xizong Hongjia's reign. It has been 71 years."

Li Shun couldn't help but sigh: "People are rare in the seventies. You have also served three or four generations of the Li family. It is not an exaggeration to say that you have watched my father and I grow up. You can be regarded as my elder."

"Your Majesty has shamed this old slave. How dare you be such a slave?" As he said that, Zhao Zhongxiao knelt on the ground and shed tears.

Li Shun helped him up: "From now on, I will give you the privilege of not having to kneel down to salute me."

"emperor!"

Zhao Zhongxiao was about to kneel down again, but Li Shun held it firmly: "I understand what you have done for me over the years. Without you, I probably wouldn't be as comfortable as I am now."

Zhao Zhongxiao felt the power coming from Li Shun's hand and was shocked. He originally thought that going to the study was a trick, but now it seems that this emperor has something magical about him.As the palm seal who is also in charge of the Shenji Manufacturing Office, he naturally knows what this means!
"These are all things that the old slave does."

Li Shun smiled and suddenly asked: "Have you ever left the palace?"

Zhao Zhongxiao was stunned: "I went out when I was working for the emperor."

Li Shun stood up and looked at the horizon beyond the palace walls: "It's great, I have never left the palace. Everyone says that the emperor is rich in the world, but in my opinion, this palace is the only one in the world. If I If you can't even protect your own safety in the palace, how can you protect the safety and well-being of everyone in the world?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, even if this old slave is shattered to pieces, he will definitely protect our Emperor!"

Li Shun was pleased and said with a hint of ridicule: "It's all up to you. This time we pissed off Hu Minde and others. I'm afraid things will be difficult in the future."

Zhao Zhongxiao pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, your decree has been issued. On the surface, they will not cause trouble again. As for what they want to do to the Emperor secretly, Jinwu Guards and Shenji Guards are not vegetarians."

"Okay! I'm relieved now that you have this awareness. However, to be on the safe side, do I want you to do one more thing?"

"The emperor ordered."

"Didn't Hu Minde always want to send his niece to the palace? Go and tell him, I'm sure!"

"This?"

Zhao Zhongxiao couldn't understand that Hu Minde had proposed this matter three years ago when the emperor was drafting for the first time, but the emperor refused because he was "too young."He knew that the emperor was afraid that Hu Minde would place spies in the palace, so why did he agree to it now?Is it to ease conflicts?This is a bit childish. In his opinion, doing this now is more like humiliation.

Li Shun did not explain too much, drank all the tea in the cup, hummed a little tune and left, leaving a sentence intentionally or unintentionally in a voice that Zhao Zhongxiao could just hear: "You will not eat the meat that is brought to your mouth in vain. "

The emperor's back disappeared. Zhao Zhongxiao wiped away his tears and stood alone in the pavilion for a long time. He felt an unprecedented sense of strangeness in his heart towards the current emperor.

In the past three years, apart from the morning court, he had only met with the emperor a handful of times.Although everything that happened in the palace could not escape his eyes and ears, the emperor seemed to deliberately conceal his intentions and only enjoyed eating, drinking and having fun every day.

"Your Majesty, what are you planning?"

Zhao Zhongxiao sighed helplessly, your heart is like the sea and cannot be measured.He is a greedy person. He once cooperated with Hu Minde to suppress Liu Zheng for the sake of power, and now he recommends Liu Zheng for the sake of power.He was afraid of losing the power in his hands and losing his descendants. No one could take away the power he had gained from being a slave all his life!

(End of this chapter)