The bad emperor of Tang Dynasty

Guo Nuan came to Empress Dugu's bedroom. Concubine Dugu had just finished her dinner. Women love beauty, especially when they are in their 40s. As soon as the concubine finished eating, she sat on the dressing table and let the two maids on the left and right serve her. Apply essential oil skin cream.

Concubine Dugu was a little surprised by Guo Nuan's arrival, but she was pleasing to the eyes of this Guo family child who grew up watching him. If the princess loves her very much, the mild-tempered Dugu will not object to Guo Nuan's marriage contract with Shengping.

Otherwise, looking at my daughter Lingxian and Guo Nuan as childhood sweethearts, childhood sweethearts, if Linger hadn't reached the age of marriage when her sister Shengping got married at that time, well, Linger's son-in-law might be the Guo family. The boy is also very good.

Dugu motioned Guo Nuan to find a stool by the wall of the palace to sit down, she did not avoid suspicion, put down her noble and dignified airs, and continued to ask the maid to apply some essential oil on her face, at the moment it was like a family making a facial mask at home women.

Dugu smiled at Guo Nuan, a noble concubine wearing a mask, Guo Nuan felt that she looked quite approachable, at least no matter how noble her status was, she was still an ordinary person.

"Xiao Guo, your essential oil is really good. I have been using lavender essential oil recently. After a month, the crow's feet around the eyes have decreased a lot. Hehe." Dugu opened the situation first and spoke.

It is said that Dugu has always had a good impression of Guo Nuan. First of all, Guo Nuan is good at writing and knowledgeable. This can be seen from the strength of being the number one scholar in the examination.

Second, Guo Nuan, a young man with a flexible mind, can invent weird but useful items, and every invention is eye-catching.For example, when Jing Zhaoyin reformed the gambling house into a regular high-end gaming industry, this underground casino that could not stand on the table has a new look. Not only men love to play a few games, but also noble women like to go there.Dugu also went to the "Tiantianlai" gaming and entertainment city in the west of the city five days ago. Although there are many tricks such as stud, poker, and mahjong, he played very happily and lost thousands of taels of silver. Undoubtedly, like most gamblers, Dugu enjoyed the excitement and freshness.It doesn't matter if you lose money, the focus is on the price of the experience value.

As for the oil explosives, they are so powerful that Dugu still has lingering fears when he heard the explosive explosion, but the fireworks invented by Guo Nuan's chemical workshop are quite good. The fireworks are colorful, and there are various exquisite shapes and patterns projected in the night sky.

There are horse-drawn carriages, waterwheels, automatic cars, hot-air balloons, vehicles, etc., too many to count.I heard that he is tossing a greenhouse again recently.Once completed, the vegetables that are not sold on the market in winter can be picked and eaten fresh in the greenhouse.

Well, Dugu thinks the vegetables in the greenhouse are better, at least compared to the vegetables from the previous year refrigerated in the underground ice cellar in the palace, fresh vegetables undoubtedly have a better taste.She thought about asking Guo Nuan to carve out an open space for her in the garden behind the bedroom and build a greenhouse someday.

"Hehe, as long as you like it when you use it, there is still a lot of essential oils in Shengping. When you run out, you can go to her to get it." Guo Nuan didn't expect Dugu to have so many thoughts in his mind when he glanced at himself with a smile.However, to meet the imperial concubine, at least a few greetings are needed, otherwise it would be impolite and too abrupt to directly mention the request.

"Xiao Guo, you seem to have something to ask Bengong, tell me, maybe I can help." Dugu and Guo Nuan have a good personal relationship, so they are not in public places, and the two people call each other very simply, I come and I go, Xiao Guo and the like are much more cordial than Ben Gong and the imperial concubine.

Seeing Guo Nuan's hesitant appearance, Dugu couldn't help asking curiously.

Seeing that Dugu understood, Guo Nuan put forward his request straight to the point.

It is said that tomorrow Guo Nuan needs to borrow a government office to put on a play.But he can't handle such a big show by himself.So he had to find some supporting actors to cooperate with.These supporting roles all have weight.After much deliberation, only Empress Dugu in the harem has this weight.

Guo Nuan then told Dugu in detail everything from proctoring the imperial examination to being summoned by the emperor to the imperial study to discuss rankings.At this moment, Dugu frowned, she was very displeased with Qiao Yun's behavior that Guo Nuan said.Out of trust in Guo Nuan's long-term contact, she felt the need to help Guo Nuan.Not to mention anything else, let’s just say that the essential oil invented by Guo Nuan has reduced the wrinkles on the face, especially the aging face has gradually regained its suppleness, which undoubtedly stabilized his position among the beauties and concubines in the harem. It stands to reason that he would tie the emperor In addition to talking about the relationship between husband and wife in the past, as a man, if there are many young and beautiful concubines, no one likes to sleep on the same bed with the old face of the eldest wife all day long. All the flames of fun were extinguished.

"Well, Xiao Guo, you want Ben Gong to cooperate in acting. It's easy, and Ben Gong will be there tomorrow." Dugu smiled slightly, which undoubtedly reassured Guo Nuan.

Dugu said that on a superficial level, it was just acting as a small favor. In fact, Guo Nuan understood the subtext of Dugu Empress. With the participation of Dugu Empress, it means that once the matter is revealed, or it will cause subsequent troubles, and get rid of Qiao Yun, he will The DPRK-China collusion on the other side will definitely find excuses to make a fuss about this method of framing, and Guo Nuan will inevitably be in trouble.

If Dugu Niangniang also participated, then those colluding officials would have nothing to say, and they would not dare to accuse Guo Nuan, because having trouble with Guo Nuan in this framing scheme means having trouble with Dugu Niangniang who participated in Guo Nuan's plan Who would dare to provoke Empress Nishinomiya who is the most powerful in the harem after eating a leopard?Even Yuan Zaizhong Shuling who was close to Qiao Yun's father did not dare.

After Guo Nuan discussed the process with Dugu, he hurriedly left and prepared to go to the next place.This non-stop work all day really made Guo Nuan a little overwhelmed.But the matter was urgent, he didn't eat, and couldn't care less about eating.

Coming to Yan Zhenqing's house, Guo Nuan paid a visit to Yan Zhenqing, and Yan Ruoshui was also there. I heard that she is learning piano, chess, calligraphy and painting recently, and determined to be a lady of the family.Guo Nuan smiled, imagined that this Yan Ruoshui was a Mulan, holding a knife and sticks and so on, but she was a heroic figure, but Guo Nuan knew that this was still a huge challenge for Yan Ruoshui.He is very much looking forward to the day when a strong woman in the workplace will transform into a gentle and gentle official lady.

After exchanging pleasantries with Yan Ruoshui, Guo Nuan turned to her father's position.Guo Nuan took out Qiao Yun's love letter to Xiaoyao. When Yan Zhenqing saw that the handwriting was completely different from the handwriting of Qiao Yunce's questionnaire in Yushufang, he was undoubtedly shocked and angry.Unexpectedly, there was no incident of successful cheating in the strict examination room, but there were no moles in the examination room.

As one of the three examiners of the Examination Yuan, Yan Zhenqing, who had undoubtedly seen the evidence presented by Guo Nuan, felt that she had neglected her duty and failed to fulfill her duty of supervising the situation in the Yuan.

"You mean to go to Jingzhaoya to act and try the case tomorrow?" Yan Zhenqing felt how crazy Guo Nuan proposed this plan.Borrowing a Jingzhao government office just to put on a play?Find out the evidence of cheating by one of Qiao Yun's candidates.

"Master Yan, think about it. Is it as simple as using a yamen of the Jingzhao Mansion just to catch a candidate? Maybe we can make use of the problem and involve more people behind the scenes. I'm afraid we can brew a small earthquake in the government and the public. Maybe It is possible for officials to reshuffle the cards."

Guo Nuan showed a treacherous smile to seduce this respected old courtier.Speaking of which, Guo Nuan reckons that Qiao Yun's cheating is inevitably related to his father. Although Qiao Lin has never been involved in the matter, but the test papers in the examination house can have such a great energy. Even a fool can understand that this must be Qiao Lin. He used his network to get through the senior officials of the Examination Institute.

Who are these senior officials?Guo Nuan thinks about it, maybe Yang Yan is one of them, so the grasshopper on the same line as Yang Yan, the pillar of the court-Yuan Zai Xianggong, will it also matter? If Yuan Zai participates, Guo Nuan hehe Smile, if you really find evidence, you can trip him severely, even if it doesn't hurt him, at least it will be enough for him to keep a low profile for a while with his tail between his legs.

Yan Zhenqing's deep eyes flickered for a moment, and the room was silent, Guo Nuan was not in a hurry, he stood respectfully and waited for Yan Zhenqing's final decision.

"Okay, let's play a play."

Yan Zhenqing himself thought about it, saying that when Yuan Zaizheng, the prime minister of the right, was 60 years old, compared with the prime minister Liu Yan, who was more than seventy years old, Liu Yan had been ill for nearly a year due to his old age, and he had to ask for leave from time to time to go home to recuperate. .Liu Yan's frailty and aging have led to the decline of power, and he has no energy to make decisions. If he wants to imagine the implementation of grand plans when he was young, first of all, his energy is not allowed.

It is estimated that Liu Yancheng will step down in half a year, and judging from what the emperor means, it seems that no suitable candidate has been found to replace the left minister. This will inevitably create a power vacuum, and the right minister will dominate. Undoubtedly, Yuan Zai will More arrogant, monopolizing power, dictatorship, and suppressing the bureaucrats of Liu Yan's party.This is also a helpless thing. Political disagreements and partisan disputes have always been suppressed and eliminated whenever they find an opportunity.

As a faction of Liu Yan's party, Yan Zhenqing was also one of the leaders of the faction. He saw with concern that after Liu Yan had no choice but to retreat, the power of Yuan Zai's faction would expand, which undoubtedly made life difficult for bureaucrats like Yan Zhenqing.

So when Guo Nuan talked about making use of the topic, he was also moved. At least he could weaken the power of Yuan Zai's faction before Prime Minister Liu Yan retired.