The Emperor's Favorite: The Beauty Disturbs the World

Chapter 62 Conspiracy

In the Qinzheng building, the three kings, Zhang Jiuling, Xiao Qing and many other ministers were discussing the locust plague in Henan. Seeing Li Longji entering the palace in a hurry, they all lifted their robes and fell to their knees, shouting long live.

"Get up!" Li Longji sat on the dragon chair and asked, "How is the locust plague in Henan?"

Zhang Jiuling hurriedly said: "The disaster was very serious. The locusts passed by and covered the sky and the sun, and the people on both sides of the Yellow River had no harvest!"

King Ning frowned and said, "Not only that, the locust plague is still expanding!"

Li Longji said: "Can you order the officials of the nearby Daotai to pay attention to disaster prevention?"

Zhang Jiuling said: "The order has been ordered, but the effect is not good!"

"Why!" Li Longji raised his eyebrows, dissatisfied with the result.

Zhang Jiuling said: "Because the local people firmly believe that the locust plague is a punishment from heaven and cannot be killed, they have been delaying the government's decree, and the local officials also dare not catch and kill the locusts for this reason!"

King Ning added: "There is a small county in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. The food for the people in the field is almost eaten up by locusts. Some courageous people hunted and killed locusts, but they were all punished by the county magistrate for disrespect to His Majesty!"

"Ridiculous!" Li Longji slapped the wooden table angrily, and jumped up the white porcelain tea bowl on it. The tea cover and the tea body made a crisp sound when they collided, but the emperor who was already furious with thunder said coldly: "Why is killing locusts disrespectful to me?"

Xiao Qing hurriedly said: "The character locust for locust is homonymous for His Majesty's emperor. Many people think that culling locusts is an ominous omen and will damage your majesty's holy body!"

Li Longji snorted and remained silent.

Zhang Jiuling said angrily: "This is nonsense from the village women! If the locusts are not caught and killed in time, and the locust plague spreads, then not one place in Henan will be affected, and how many innocent Li people will die in the world!"

Xiao Qing sneered and said: "The lives of the common people are of course important, so don't you need to take your Majesty's safety into consideration?"

Zhang Jiuling said loudly: "It's just culling locusts! How could His Majesty's safety be involved! Master Xiao's words like this are alarmist!"

Xiao Qing said: "Catching and killing locusts will damage the holy body, and I, Xiao Qing, did not say it alone. The master of Baohua Palace also said it!"

Li Longji frowned and said, "Master also said such a thing?"

Xue Wang Li Ye and Qi Wang Li Fan, who had been watching their quarrel stupidly, spoke. Li Ye stepped forward and said, "Third brother, the master has both the past and the present, and can communicate with the gods. You must believe his words!"

Li Longji said: "Fifth brother, who has always been fearless in everything, also said such things!"

Li Ye said loudly: "If it's for the younger brother himself, of course he is not afraid of anything, but the third brother alone shoulders the heavy burden of the Li Tang royal family, and his body is a thousand gold, so we must pay attention to it!"

King Qi hurriedly said: "What the fifth brother said is that the third brother should not order the killing of locusts just because of a momentary soft-heartedness. If the third brother makes any mistakes, who can take the responsibility!"

Zhang Jiuling said anxiously: "It's a sage king who doesn't care about the common people for an illusory statement!"

Xiao Qing said slowly: "If your majesty makes a mistake, it will put the people of the world in a state of misery! Mr. Zhang, don't put your majesty in danger just because he has just been promoted to the position of prime minister and seeks political achievements!" It turned out that Zhang said Li Longji dismissed him because of corruption and breaking the law. Li Longji saw that Zhang Jiuling was upright and would not be crony, so he made him prime minister. Xiao Qing was always dissatisfied with this. This time he took the opportunity to satirize Zhang Jiuling.

Zhang Jiuling was so angry that his beard was flying, he was the most upright man, and his temper was the most irritable, seeing that Xiao Qing was wreaking havoc on the country and the people, holding a shield, he wanted to arrest and beat him.

Seeing that Zhang Jiuling was about to make a move, Xiao Qing ran around Li Ye and shouted loudly: "Help, Your Majesty!"

Both of them were wearing official boots, with big sleeves. They were originally bearded men, and they were chasing each other. Li Longji was dumbfounded when he saw him. Just as he was about to say something, he heard someone preaching outside the door: "Queen! Empress is here!"

Zhang and Xiao heard that it was the arrival of the mother of the country, so chasing and beating them was really unseemly, so they hurriedly stopped, straightened their crowns and clothes, and said thousand years to the queen, the queen walked straight towards Li Longji without even looking at them, and saluted them: "Your Majesty must not!"

"Qing is not in the bedroom to enjoy blessings, why break into the Qinzheng building, and what is absolutely unacceptable!" Li Longji was very displeased when he saw that the Queen broke in without reporting.

The Queen said: "Your Majesty is a noble body, how can you put yourself in danger? You must not order the killing of locusts!"

When everyone heard it, it turned out that the queen came here for this matter!
Li Longji said: "If you love Qing women, don't talk too much!"

The queen said anxiously: "The concubine is thinking about His Majesty's health!"

Li Longji kept silent with a cold face.The queen turned around and pointed at Zhang Jiuling and scolded: "You are so brave! How dare you instigate your majesty to risk yourself! What crime should you deserve!"

Zhang Jiuling didn't know who leaked the news and asked the queen to come in time, but he was not afraid of the imminent disaster, so he said in a serious voice: "I am only thinking about the Tang Dynasty, the country and the country, what is the crime!" Looking at the queen, she didn't shy away from it.

Just as the queen was about to reprimand, Li Longji saw Chang Xi behind her lowering her head in thought, and asked, "Chang Xi, what do you think?"

Chang Xi was startled, and quickly knelt down and said, "Your servant is a maidservant, I dare not speak too much in front of His Majesty and all the ministers!"

Li Longji said: "You can tell, it's okay!"

Everyone looked at Chang Xi, wondering why Li Longji trusted her so much, and asked her for her opinion.

Chang Xi pursed her lips, not knowing how to answer. The answer should be to kill the locusts. Didn't that clearly offend the queen, and how could she mess around under the queen's hands in the future?The answer should not be hunted and killed, and I am sorry for the tens of millions of people affected by the disaster.

After thinking about it, this killing of locusts will definitely not hurt Li Longji. It is nonsense that the locusts are related to the emperor, so he made up his mind for a while, and said: "This slave girl thinks that comparing locusts with the emperor is a groundless and nonsensical statement." , Looking around the world, who doesn't know that these locusts are pests that destroy the people's homes, and what does this have to do with the emperor who governs the world and cares about all the people! If the locust plague does not disappear, it will definitely destabilize the government, and then it will endanger the Tang Dynasty The country endangers the safety of His Majesty!"

"Well said!" Li Ye clapped his hands seeing that everyone was stunned.

King Qi glanced at him. Didn't he disapprove of catching and killing locusts just now? This time, when he saw the beauty, he forgot about Li Longji's safety and danger. What kind of person is this? !
The emperor and all the courtiers never expected that Chang Xi would talk about such a profound truth. Li Longji looked at the woman kneeling on the ground admiringly, and then clapped the table and said loudly: "I will pass on my will, so that the officials of all states and counties Lead the people to hunt and kill locusts, and offenders will be killed without mercy!"

"My minister obeys the decree!" All the courtiers took the decree and said.

The queen looked at Chang Xi suspiciously, wondering why she didn't follow her, but Chang Xi lowered her head, stuck out her tongue and dared not look at the queen's face.

The queen saw the ceremony, and angrily took Chang Xi and others out of the Qinzheng Building. Just as Chang Xi was about to go out, Zhang Jiuling came up and said in a low voice: "Although the girl's words are very reasonable, she is a sensible person, but the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. If the Empress still wants to obey, if the old man catches the girl to discuss government affairs in vain again, she will definitely not let her go!" He said, blowing his snow-white beard and going out the door.

Who is this!If you speak for him, you will be punished!Chang Xi rolled her eyes.

(End of this chapter)