Palace scheming: Empress Leng Gong I

Chapter 25
"Qing Ming, what do you think of the king of Ming and Qing's proposal to suppress the Northwest?" The emperor's handsome eyebrows were lightly drawn, and his deep voice was slightly dignified in the imperial study.

"Returning to the emperor, I feel that the prince's proposal is feasible. The emperor of Fenglai country is young and vigorous, and after resisting the enemy three years ago, he has gained a firm foothold among the three kingdoms in one fell swoop, which cannot be ignored. Although the economy of Fenglai country It has not fully recovered yet, but I heard that the emperor of Fenglai Kingdom trained soldiers for his father at the age of nine, and the deployment of military tactics is very amazing, almost as famous as the Seventh Prince of Longyang Kingdom who defeated the enemy at the age of seven. Therefore, if Feng This time I came to the country to test our country’s countermeasures in the name of riots, fearing that wars will be provoked in the future.” There are three people in the study at the moment, and the one who is speaking is Duan Qingming, son of Minister of War Duan Zhengchun.

This man is twenty years old, he has been familiar with the art of war since he was a child, he is proficient in formation, and he has the brave style of his father back then.Another young and handsome man, Li Qinglan, is the son of the Minister of the Ministry of Industry and is now the Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

No matter in terms of talent or resourcefulness, these two people, compared with their father, are better than blue.The emperor believed that in a short time, the two would succeed their fathers.

"En!" Nodding slightly, the emperor knew the strength of the emperor of Fenglai Kingdom, and knew that although he was about the same age as himself, he had been in power for five years.What's more, at the age of nine, this person helped his father to train soldiers and fight like a god. Even a catastrophic natural disaster in Fenglai three years ago did not destroy Fenglai country. Yao country should not be easily shaken: "But now that General Yuan is suffering from a serious illness, and all the generals of our dynasty are at the border, it is very inappropriate to dispatch troops and horses for the western border."

The handsome eyebrows were tightened, and the emperor was a little worried.

In the court recently, some old ministers used the excuse that the New Year just passed, the people were peaceful, and it was the time for farming on the vernal equinox, and they did not approve of delaying agriculture due to trivial matters at the border.

Due to a catastrophic natural disaster in the Fenglai Kingdom, all countries are now paying more attention to farming, even more than in previous years.But according to the views of the ministers, when the two countries are at war in the future, I am afraid that I will regret it.

"If the emperor does not give up, I am willing to go to quell the chaos." Duan Qingming stood up and said.

"You?" The emperor glanced at him silently, then shook his head decisively: "No!"

"Why?" Duan Qingming raised his eyebrows and asked directly.

"It's not that I can't trust you, it's that I can't let you go. I can let others go for small matters at the border, and you are a handsome talent in the future. How can I let you make any mistakes on such trivial matters!" Without even thinking about it Then he waved his hand, the emperor had no room for discussion, Duan Qingming's face turned dark, but there was nothing he could do.

"The emperor..."

"Report to the emperor, the empress is asking to see you outside the study!" Duan Qingming's voice was interrupted by Chang Le's high-pitched voice, causing the three people in the study to have an unexpected light in their eyes at the same time.

"Why is she here?" The emperor frowned handsomely. He didn't expect that woman who had always avoided him would go to the imperial study to ask for an audience today?
"Your Majesty, I will leave for the time being." Duan Qingming and Li Qinglan glanced at each other seeing the annoyed look on the emperor's face. They had also heard about the empress.

The two got up knowingly, but saw the emperor frowned even deeper, and waved his hand coldly: "No need!"

Then he told Chang Le who was still waiting: "Let her in."

The emperor wanted to ask Chang Le to send her away directly, but his mind flashed inexplicably, and he was curious about her purpose in coming here.He wanted to see what this woman, who moved back from Cuiwei Palace and devoted herself to taking care of the harem, was up to.

When Yun Qing entered the imperial study room, which was never accessible to ordinary concubines, the spacious and bright light and the majestic and grand layout made her involuntarily move, thinking to herself that after returning to the palace, she would create a small world dedicated to handling palace affairs alone. .

She didn't expect that the Imperial Study Room, which she imagined should be similar to the court hall, not only does not have the austere feeling of the main hall, but it is more like a leisurely place for reading and painting. would be too restrictive.

Originally, Yun Qing was thinking that she might be waved back by him and be summoned by Zhun Jin when she came here this time, which was unexpected to her.

Speaking of which, she came here because she couldn't find him.I heard from the people in the palace that the emperor was so busy with government affairs these days that he almost forgot to eat and sleep, so he even seldom went to Concubine Hua's place.

So, after she begged twice outside his Longgan Palace but failed to meet anyone, she came here to beg.

"The concubine sees the emperor, long live the emperor!" As soon as Yunqing entered the palace, three sharp eyes from inside shot at her, which made her unexpectedly discover that in the imperial study room, at this moment There are others.

After a brief moment of surprise, she saluted the emperor respectfully, then lowered her eyes and waited quietly for his flat body.

Silently staring at the calm and elegant woman, the emperor found that, except for the day of the wedding and the first time to greet the mother, she had cut off any relationship with red.

She should be dignified and red, but she is so plain and calm that he can't see through whether her state of mind is also consistent and calm.

He only knew that the moment he saw her, he would inexplicably feel a little irritated, and it was so unreasonable that he wanted to break the calmness on her face, and see how she would react when she was angry or angry. How wonderful it is.

"Excuse me." He waved his hand casually, and when Duan Qingming and Li Qinglan got up to salute Yun Qing at the right time, the emperor lightly signaled them to excuse him, and then said: "Quickly play if the queen has something to do. Political matters need to be discussed, and there is not much time to delay."

"Yes!" Yun Qing just flattened his body, but he didn't look at the emperor, but nodded to the other two sitting in front of the emperor, and said: "My lords are polite."

Then, she took out a brochure that she had drafted when she came from her sleeve, handed it lightly, and said: "It is really offensive for my concubine to interfere with the emperor's government affairs, and I ask the emperor to forgive me. It's just the day after tomorrow." On the Qingming Festival of Ancestor Worship, the Queen Mother asks the concubines to ask the emperor, who will be arranged to participate in the sacrifice? Here is a list that the concubines copied from the royal heirs, as well as the chariots and horses prepared by the day. Above, please take a look at the emperor."

Chang Le hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the name list, and handed it to the emperor respectfully.

Yun Qingjing stood in front of the case, seeing the impatience that flashed in the emperor's eyes when he took the watch, and knew that he was angry because she bothered him with such trivial matters.

Sure enough, Xuanyuan Ze only casually opened it for a glance, then threw the booklet to Yun Qing with a "snap", and said coldly: "I ask the queen to deal with such a trivial matter in the future. I still have something to do, the queen please go back Bar."

"Yes! The concubine is guilty." With a deep sigh in his heart, Yun Qing knew that the person in front of him was tired of him, and sneered at him if he were changed to Concubine Hua at this moment, how could he be so humiliated?

Silently picking up the booklet that fell on the floor, she gently put away the embarrassment on her face, and without getting angry, she left lightly.

When she was about to leave, she saw the man in Tsing Yi beside the emperor cast a sympathetic look at her, she couldn't help but smiled wryly, turned and left.

Xuanyuanze noticed her sweet smile, and his originally troubled heart became even more troubled, and his handsome eyes immediately darkened: "Wait a minute."

Yun Qing paused, wondering if he was calling her.

But after waiting for a while, he didn't hear the following, so he didn't pay any attention to it, and moved on.

"I tell you to stop!" With a sudden roar, Li Qinglan who was at the side was startled, but when she turned her head, she saw that the emperor's face was livid, as if he wanted to eat people.

"Excuse me, is the emperor calling for his concubines?" Yun Qing turned around in surprise, just in time to meet a pair of fire-breathing eyes, and frown slightly for a while, really not sure what he wants to do?
It was he who impatiently let himself go, and he was the one who inexplicably asked himself to stay. He was so angry, he was really a weird person with many changes.

"The queen's ears don't seem to be good, or is she deliberately ignoring my words and turning a blind eye to me?" The emperor snorted coldly, and stared at Yun Qing sharply.

He was sure she did it on purpose, otherwise how could he meet her once and fire her once when he was in a good mood?
"It's the concubine's fault, the concubine thought she was hallucinating just now! Because the emperor clearly let the concubine have nothing to do and quickly stepped back, it seems that the concubine has misunderstood the holy will!" Yun Qing smiled coldly, and turned gracefully He turned around and didn't go forward, just stood there quietly waiting for him to speak.

As soon as this remark came out, the expressions of the other three people in the imperial study room also changed greatly, especially Duan Qingming and Li Qinglan. The two of them did not expect that this empress, who was not favored in the first place, dared to openly challenge the majesty of the emperor!This was beyond their expectations.

"Hmph, it seems that you not only have bad ears, but also your comprehension ability is not high." The emperor clenched his fists heavily, looking at the person with beautiful eyes, he was really troubled: "I just remembered, the queen's list just now , it seems that the queen mother is missing?"

Damn, this irritating woman!

Obviously, he should be deliberately making things difficult for her, but why is he so angry at her repeatedly!
"Yes, your majesty! The queen mother said that she is old, and she is not afraid of being tired, but she can't bear to see that depressing atmosphere again. So the queen mother said that she only burns incense sticks in the royal ancestral hall, and the emperor will do everything on her behalf." Alright." Yun Qing said calmly, under the emperor's clearly finding fault.

"Oh, since that's the case, the queen doesn't need to go with her in the future. Stay in the palace and accompany the queen mother, don't let the queen mother be too lonely." Looking at the calm face, the emperor's handsome eyes sank, What he said shocked everyone in the room at the same time.

All through the ages, on the day of Qingming, emperors and empresses worship their ancestors, and with special exceptions, the two are absolutely indispensable.

In the past two years, because the emperor was young and had not established a queen himself, the queen mother personally brought the emperor to worship every year.This year, the emperor has already established the empress dowager, so the empress dowager can stay in the palace safely, but the empress is clearly healthy...

"Hehe, the emperor just joked!" Yun Qing smiled slightly. Under such circumstances, her smile was even more surprising than what the emperor said just now.

It also shocked the emperor's heart, and he could still laugh when he looked at her in a daze.

But seeing Yun Qing's beautiful eyes smiling, looking at the emperor calmly, under his incomparably surprised stunned, he didn't worry about himself at all, and continued: "The emperor has not abolished the status of concubines, and the sacrificial ceremony over the years has not been cancelled. During the trip of the ancestors, San did not blame any errors in the names listed by the concubines, and the concubines are in good health, and there is no illness. Therefore, the emperor teased the concubines like this, it really made the concubines ashamed."

Usually when hearing the emperor's words, the first reaction of others is that the empress cannot be kept.But Yun Qing did the opposite, and didn't panic, just smiled and put aside his interests, leaving the emperor with nothing to say.

These words also made Duan Qingming, who had always been curious about the identity of the empress who fell out of favor, raise his eyebrows. He who originally scoffed at the empress' so-called Ji Yanlaixiang, now his attitude has changed drastically, and he can't help but look a little appreciatively at the empress. .

It was the third time he had seen the Queen.The first time was on the day of the empress's wedding. At that time, she just smiled indifferently when she caught a glimpse of the empress' hijab flying up.

The last time was at the court, because a businessman from Fenglai Country wanted to meet the queen by name, and it was the first time he saw that the queen was so graceful, not at all the coquettish attitude of ordinary women.

But today, he was even more shocked by the queen's astute reaction, thinking to himself how could such a calm and beautiful woman be ignored by the emperor?

Thinking about it, he couldn't help turning his head to look at the emperor who seemed to be secretly angry at this time, and was also curious, the emperor was always calm, and he almost never saw him openly angry.Why did he have such a good temper when he saw the queen?

Could it be that the emperor didn't feel completely indifferent to the empress, but he always lost his temper in the wrong place?

He couldn't help but observe carefully, the emperor had already noticed his gaze, and his handsome eyes glanced at him coldly, making him immediately put away the inadvertent smile on his face with interest, and coughed lightly to show that he hadn't done anything !

"Okay, as long as the empress understands, step back." The emperor, who was a little embarrassed, naturally had a bad tone.

I wanted to scare her, but I was left speechless by her, I just wanted to find her fault but couldn't find it for a while, it was really depressing.joking?Thankfully she figured it out!Did she think she liked her very much, and even joked with her!Humph, it's ridiculous!

"The concubine resigns!" Turning around, Yun Qing dismissed the gazes behind her, knowing that she had let the emperor make another note today.

Ah!It's not easy for her to be a queen, and it's wrong to do it or not to do it.That person deliberately made things difficult for him, how many times could he escape if he escaped?
Well, that's all, take one step at a time and let nature take its course.

Not far from the imperial study, Yun Qingyuan saw the king of Ming and Qing, wearing a black gown fluttering in the wind, walking towards the corridor on his side.

But seeing him wearing a silver crown on his head, his face like a crown of jade, his waist wrapped with a bright topaz belt, his feet wearing black boots, his handsome figure leaps over the pillars of the corridor, every step he takes is incomparably elegant and attracts people's attention.

Seeing Yun Qing coming out of the imperial study, his handsome eyes couldn't help being slightly stunned, but when he approached, his smile couldn't help but flutter, he bowed to Yun Qing first, and said with a light smile: "The empress is in such a good mood today, that she came to the imperial study to relax?"

"My lord is very polite!" Yun Qing saluted slightly, and said with a light smile, "Ha ha. Yun Qing should be just like the lord, going to the Three Treasures Hall for everything!"

"Do not go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing?" Xuanyuan Moyu was taken aback, thinking of his identity, he couldn't help laughing: "This description is good, it seems that the queen who knows me is the only one!"

As he said that, his smiling eyes couldn't help reflecting a little deep, which made Yun Qing's face turn red, and he couldn't help feeling embarrassed when he thought of the past in Cuiwei Palace.

Fortunately, she knew that he had a casual temperament, so she didn't care about it, she just nodded and smiled, and left in a hurry.

Silently seeing her beautiful figure, Xuanyuan Moyu closed his handsome eyes and smiled deeply.

Thinking of her reddish face when she left, she felt a burst of joy in her heart, and her mood was better than when she came, so she turned around and continued walking towards the imperial study.

In the afternoon, as Yun Qing expected, Concubine Hua came to Jinfeng Palace to visit again.

Seeing that Yun Qing tidied up a clean and simple side hall as a study, her beautiful eyes couldn't help tightening, and the nails in her sleeves accidentally scratched her flesh.

Seeing Yun Qing, she exchanged pleasantries for a while, then took out the roster she brought back from Yun Qing the day before yesterday, and added a few new ones, telling Yun Qing that this was added after she went back based on the background of all the draftees. .

Among them, three are the most important, which are the rosters of beautiful girls submitted by local kings, the rosters of daughters or relatives of important court officials, and the rosters of beautiful girls recommended by local giants.

Above these three books are not the daughters of officials who have a stake in the court, but also talented and beautiful women selected by the kings of various places, and those young women who took the opportunity to climb the dragon and become the phoenix in the families of the merchant giants.

Yun Qing believed that with these special conditions, the beautiful women on the three books could directly enter Chuxiu Palace to wait for the holy election. As for those who were selected into the palace, there were at least three layers of people who did not escape from these people.

As for other ordinary women selected by the folk, if they don't have special talents or beauty, they will probably be eliminated outside the palace.

However, because of this, Yun Qing admired He Ruowan's intelligence from the bottom of her heart.

Being able to sort out the roster of these women in a short period of time is not only clear, but also categorized and summarized at a glance, which really saves a lot of time.

"Is my sister still satisfied? My sister is clumsy, and I'm afraid I'll disappoint my sister if I don't do well." Seeing the appreciation in Yun Qing's eyes, He Ruowan couldn't help but smile. Although she said respectful words, her attitude was extremely conceited.

"My sister is too humble. These rosters really saved me a lot of time. Thank you for your trouble." Yun Qing smiled slightly and didn't say much. He just put the roster aside temporarily and continued to deal with the palace affairs that he was dealing with just now.

He Ruowan had no intention of leaving, she looked around Yun Qing's study room, and said with a light smile, "My sister's place is so elegant, simple and clear, it really fits my sister's calm temperament."

"Where, it was just packed randomly, and my sister also saw that it hasn't been fiddled with yet." Yun Qing raised her head, seeing that He Ruowan had no intention of leaving, she had no choice but to directly state the purpose of her coming: "This This is what I thought of after I went to the imperial study today. Although the harem is not as busy as the court hall, it is full of inferences and complicated personnel in each palace and bureau. It makes me dizzy. That's why I want to create a place dedicated to handling palace affairs. , it is also better to buy several case screens by category to reduce unnecessary trouble when searching.”

Today's Yunqing has rectified all the personnel of the Shang Palace Bureau, and the distribution of each palace and palace has also been arranged one by one. Rule dispatch.

And regardless of the size of each palace, as long as they go to collect it under normal circumstances, the people in Shanggong Bureau must not neglect.Otherwise, the punishment system formulated by Yunqingxin is also not a good show.

Although the rules will not be as cruel as Concubine Hua's punishment of Fugui's father-in-law, they are still scary.

After investigation, Yun Qing discovered that Concubine Hua used Fugui's frivolous tongue and self-assessment as an excuse, ordered her tongue to be cut off, her legs were beaten, and she was sent to the dormitory to clean the toilet and pour Yexiang.

Regardless of whether Fugui is all his own idea or not, it is extremely inhuman to punish a eunuch who has been in supervision for many years in this way.Therefore, in order to avoid similar incidents from happening in the future, the first thing Yun Qing did after taking over was to formulate a set of rules for the Shang Palace Bureau.

Among them, there are rewards and punishments. The reward is that if the palace people follow the rules formulated by Yun Qing and there are no mistakes in the month, then the empress will award ten days' salary to the Shang Palace Bureau, and half a month's salary to the chief executive.

If there is any mistake in the Shang Palace Bureau during the working period, even if it is only a personal mistake, the empress will fine all of them for half a month, without exception.

And the eunuch who is in charge will be fined for one month!
That is to say, the chief eunuch will not only not get the money that month, but will also accept demotion or other large or small punishments.

In short, although the rewards and punishments imposed by the queen did not have the slightest physical punishment, they also made everyone nervous and serious.

After all, no one dares to commit public wrath while the people in the first palace are staring at her with eyelids, thus dragging everyone down!
(End of this chapter)