Harem Changwu Biography

Chapter 63 Discuss political affairs with Mingqi

After bidding farewell to my father, Meng Qingcheng, I didn't stay any longer, and walked towards the gate of the imperial study with Fang Hao and Dongchun.

"Queen." When the three of us arrived at the door of the imperial study, Xiao Yunzi just came out to close the door. When he saw me, he was also stunned like the officials before him, and called me in a low voice.

It's just that after he came back to his senses, he didn't salute me. Instead, he turned his head and took a look inside the Imperial Study Hall.

Seeing this, I followed Xiao Yunzi's gaze, and saw that Mingqi in the hall was still sitting on the pear wood, with one hand on the armrest beside the chair, supporting his head, and the other hand on the desk in front of the chair, with his eyes closed. , a look that seems to have fallen asleep from exhaustion.

Looking at Mingqi's exhausted appearance, I couldn't help feeling distressed.

"Fang Hao Dongchun, you guys wait outside, Ai's family can go in alone." I looked away from Mingqi, took the food box containing supper from Dongchun, and whispered to the other party. .

"No." Fang Hao, Dongchun and the others listened to my words and blessed the God of Fortune to me, and replied in a low voice.

"Queen Mother, the slave will not go in to disturb you and Your Majesty." Xiao Yunzi also said.

I nodded my head when I heard the words.

And when I crossed the threshold of the imperial study room and walked in a few steps, Xiao Yunzi also came out of the imperial study room and closed the door of the imperial study room from the outside.

I was worried that I would wake up Mingqi, so I walked very lightly.But even so, when I walked to the desk and the candlelight in front of Mingqi was covered by me, Mingqi frowned uncomfortably, and then opened his eyes impatiently.

"Mother!" Same as the others, Ming Qi didn't expect it to be me, and when he opened his eyes and saw me, he just frowned because of being disturbed impatiently and let it go.

"The emperor sit down, the Ai family knows that you are tired today, so you don't need to stand up and salute." Seeing that Mingqi was about to get up and salute me, I quickly said.

Mingqi was probably really too tired. After hearing my words, he didn't force himself, nodded to me, and sat back on the half of his body that had just been raised.

"Why hasn't the queen rested so late?" After sitting back, Ming Qi stretched out his hands to rub the two acupoints on his forehead, and asked me, his tiredness could not be concealed in his words.

"The Ai family knew that the emperor didn't eat much for dinner, and after being busy for so long, he was worried that the emperor would be hungry, so he ordered Dongchun to make a supper for the emperor." I said.

Mingqi always ate late at night, and the news of Chu Bufan's death came after dark, and he probably had just started preparing meals at that time, and when he heard about it, he was afraid that it would be useless even at night, so he immediately summoned the officials Enter the palace to discuss matters.

"My son has made my mother bother." Ming Qi said after hearing what I said, his face still couldn't hide his tiredness.

I smiled when I heard the words, and said: "What did the emperor say, when a mother worries about her own son, who should worry about?"

After I finished speaking, I found a space for the food box in my hand and put it down on the desk, opened the lid, and then brought out the wine and food balls made in winter and spring, as well as several plates of pastries and side dishes.

After hearing my words, Mingqi seemed to soften his expression, he looked up at me, and then watched me take out the things in the food box and put them in front of him.

"Eat it, it's all warm, it's just right to eat." After I arranged everything, I spoke to Ming Qidao.

"Thank you mother."

Mingqi must have been hungry, seeing that I had set things up for him, he thanked me, then scooped up a spoonful of wine and food balls, and after eating about half a bowl, he went to eat pastries and side dishes.

I didn't talk when I was eating, and I didn't talk when I was sleeping. When Mingqi was eating, I didn't talk to him. I turned around and took a few steps, and walked to a chair on the side and sat down.

Mingqi's eating movements are very elegant, but also very fast. After a while, he ate all the things I brought.

"Is the emperor full? If it's not enough, the Ai family will ask Dongchun to make some more." After I saw Mingqi put down his jade chopsticks, I asked.

"Thank you, Queen Mother, for your concern. These are enough." Ming Qi shook his head after my words, and said while wiping his mouth with Jin Pa from the food box.

"That's good." I nodded when I heard the words. There are actually quite a few of those things just now. I estimated Mingqi's food intake and asked Dongchun to make it, so I think it should be just right to eat Mingqi.

"Can the government affairs that Master Chu is in charge of in the court be allocated and handed over?" After a while, I saw that Mingqi had rested, got up and walked to my side to sit down, and I asked.

"The tricky ones have been dealt with, and now there are only some minor problems. There is no rush for these, and we can make plans in a day or two." Mingqi said.

"That's good." I said immediately after hearing the words, Chu Bufan has been in power for many years, and he is in charge of countless government affairs. It is not easy to deal with those difficult ones in less than two hours.

"Besides, does the emperor have any plans for employing people?" I asked again.

The Iron Triangle created by Chu Bufan, my father Qiulu and Chang Yinghou, the former emperor, is for the three of them to check and balance each other.

But now that Chu Bufan passed away, the Iron Triangle would lose its balance. If he didn't make a plan early, something might happen.

Mingqi knew this when he thought about it. He frowned after hearing what I said, and said: "At present, there are not many ministers in the court who can match Lord Chu, and in a few months it will be Qiu Wei. , My son intends to let Xu Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials take the lead first, and after the Qiu Wei selects outstanding talents, he will be directly promoted and reused, and then cultivated step by step."

"Although it's slow, it's not for a method." Hearing that, I agreed.

Now the officials in the court are all left by the first emperor and the emperor before the first emperor. When Mingqi is used, there will always be people who rely on the old and sell the old, and those who are promoted by Qiu Wei will support Mingqi after they have reused Mingqi. In terms of loyalty Naturally, it is better than those old ministers in the current court.

Afterwards, I talked Mingqi for a while, and when I saw that it was getting late, I got up and planned to leave.

"The Ai family knows that the emperor is busy, but no matter how busy he is, he still has to rest. The emperor should go back to Chengming Hall to rest earlier." After getting up, I said to Mingqi.

"Thank you, Queen Mother, for your concern. My son will go back to rest after finishing the remaining memorials." Ming Qi nodded to me after hearing what I said, and said.

"That's good," I nodded when I heard the words, and then said: "If that's the case, the Ai family will go back to Changwu Hall first."

"The sons and ministers send off the mother respectfully."

(End of this chapter)