long live the queen

Chapter 85

When Yang Yi returned to Qianqing Palace, he was told by the palace people that the imperial concubine was waiting for him inside.A bright smile immediately appeared on his tired face, he quickly walked into the room, and exclaimed happily: "Sister Yunqing, are you here to find me?"

His cheerful tone lasted until he saw Wei Yunqing sitting on the mahogany chair with a cold expression.

"Yunqing... elder sister?" Yang Yi paused his originally brisk footsteps, and slowly approached her with a disturbed expression.

Wei Yunqing looked up, and asked calmly: "Did you force Yan Rusong to marry a wife?"

Yang Yi was taken aback for a moment, then said in a daze: "Sister Yunqing, I..."

"I'll just ask you if you are!" Wei Yunqing interrupted him impatiently.

Yang Yi looked at her cold and stern expression, his heart skipped a beat, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I didn't!"

Wei Yunqing stared at him, as if to see the sinister intentions under his immature skin, she suddenly said: "You didn't force him, but did you force his father?"

Wei Yunqing still remembered that Yang Yi had approached Yan Zhidong not long ago, so Yang Yi must have said something to him then, right?This era advertises that filial piety comes first, and if Yan Zhidong asked him to marry a wife immediately, how could Yan Rusong object?

"I...I didn't..." This time, Yang Yi was not as firm as when he denied it before, but showed a little guilty hesitation.

"Very good, you really have grown up, you will use this method. If you think about it in time, you will definitely become a good emperor." Wei Yunqing stood up and looked at Yang Yi, the corners of his mouth seemed to be smiling, but there was no smile in his eyes, " You don't need me anymore."

"Sister Yunqing!" Yang Yi's complexion changed.

Wei Yunqing lowered his eyes and said lightly: "Don't worry, since General Yan is engaged, there is no possibility for me and him. Your goal has been achieved, so let me go out of the palace to live a comfortable life for a few days."

"Sister Yunqing, I, I really didn't force Yan Zhidong!" Yang Yi panicked and cried out aggrievedly, "The time I went to him, I just asked him to thoroughly investigate the matter of Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry conniving at his cousin's murder. Did not force him!"

He...he may have just mentioned a few words about why Yan Rusong is too old to get married, but that is just his concern for the heroes as the emperor, he really didn't push Yan Zhidong.

"Do you dare to say that when you summoned Yan Zhidong, you never 'concerned' about Yan Rusong's marriage?" Wei Yunqing sneered.As a courtier, the most important thing is to figure out what she wants. Although she has never met Yan Rusong's father, since he can work in the Criminal Department of the Central Committee, he probably has some insight. Yang Yi doesn't need to say it directly. As long as he mentions a few words and beats the side drum, Yan Rusong's father can understand it by himself and make a decision that satisfies Yang Yi.

"I...I..." Yang Yi faltered, and then, as if he had found some useful excuse, he said confidently, "General Yan has been fighting for my girder so far, and he has delayed getting married. As a The emperor, you are only giving your subjects the care they deserve!"

But Wei Yunqing didn't accept this, and smiled coldly: "It's fine if you admit that you told Yan Zhidong. As for your motive, I don't want to hear your explanation. You know it in your heart."

She strode out.

"Sister Yunqing!" Yang Yi hurriedly chased her out, but Wei Yunqing left him only a back view.

Yang Yi didn't chase after him, he knew it would be useless even if he did.Although he didn't want to make his sister Yun Qing angry and sad, but in this matter, he felt that he did nothing wrong.Once Yan Rusong got married, Sister Yun Qing would no longer have any thoughts about him. He only needed to work harder, and she would only have him in her eyes...

Wei Yunqing's first Chinese New Year in ancient times did not mean anything to her.After returning to the Palace of Yanxi Palace, she said she was sick and stayed in the house, and did not attend the New Year's sacrifices and royal banquets.

Fireworks were set off in the palace on New Year's Eve, and she could hear the crackling in the sky even when she stayed indoors.

Because Wei Yunqing claimed to be sick, Lantian and Lucui saw that she was sluggish every day and couldn't cheer up, so they specially invited the imperial doctor from the imperial hospital to see her.Wei Yunqing was not ill, but he was in a bad mood and couldn't keep up his spirits, and he didn't see the imperial doctor, so he asked Lu Cui to send him away politely, and told the two not to call the imperial doctor privately in the future.

It was the Lantern Festival again after the next year, and the whole of Beijing was very lively, and a lantern exhibition was held in the palace, so that the concubines and palace people who could not go out of the palace on weekdays could enjoy the festive atmosphere and happiness of the Lantern Festival together.

At this time, Wei Yunqing had almost come out of the pain of being broken up.There is nothing that time can't heal, no matter how strong and strong the feelings are, they can't fight the vicissitudes of life.It's just that she was still not in the mood to participate in any lantern festival, but she gave the people of Yanxi Palace enough freedom to let them all go to have fun.

Lan Tian arranged for some people to take turns to be on duty, and let all the Yanxi Palace people go to play, and she herself accompanied Wei Yunqing, and the two quietly read a book, drank tea, and ate some desserts.

One day after the Lantern Festival, Cao Jun suddenly came to Wei Yunqing in a hurry, saying that Yang Yi suddenly refused to go to the Ganqingmen to discuss matters, and asked her to go over to persuade her.

It turns out that the officials of the Liang Dynasty usually have a seven-day winter solstice holiday, and another seven-day holiday for the New Year. After the seven-day holiday, Yang Yi did not show up at the Qianqing Gate on time as before. Don't worry too much, after all, he is the emperor, so it's normal to have a few more days off.But who would have thought that Yang Yi hadn't been seen to go to clean up the door until the Lantern Festival passed. The cabinet ministers were really anxious this time, but they were shut out when they went to see Yang Yi.They first endured disgust and asked Cao Jun to persuade Yang Yi, Cao Jun showed his style before leaving, but they didn't expect to return without success in the end.Cao Jun had no choice but to run over to Wei Yunqing for help.

"Oh, what does this matter have to do with me?" Wei Yunqing replied lazily after reading Cao Jun's report while drinking tea.

Cao Jun was stunned: "Mother...this country cannot be without a king for a day. If the emperor ignores the government for a long time, I'm afraid we will be lazy..." He dared to say some things on Wei Yunqing's side, otherwise Being labeled as bad-mouthing the country's fortunes, but it's not worth walking around.

Wei Yunqing sneered: "It's only a few days, what could happen? What's more, he didn't see you guys rushing when he was having fun every day. Isn't Daliang still doing well?"

"Your Majesty, you can't say that. Didn't Sun Shoufu still exist at that time? Mr. Sun is an unborn talent, how can others compare to him! Now that Mr. Sun has passed away, the servants look at the lords of the cabinet. You haven't seen Mr. Sun's talent. Those few adults have been arguing over trivial matters these days. If the emperor didn't sit down to make a ruling, I don't know how long those matters will be delayed!" Cao Jun I really look down on the few assistant ministers in the current cabinet. They speak ill of them with contempt on their faces, just like a treacherous villain behind the scenes.

"Things that can be delayed are not a big deal. Anyway, they are not in a hurry. Why are you so anxious, Eunuch Cao?" Wei Yunqing smiled suddenly, "Eunuch Cao, do you have some interesting books? I'm almost finished reading the books here."

"Your Majesty! Why are you still interested in reading that storybook of Laoshizi at this moment!" Cao Jun said eagerly.

Wei Yunqing replied unhurriedly: "As the saying goes, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. Isn't this the iron law set by Emperor Gao? I was the one who was ridiculous in the past, but now I know my mistakes and can correct them. Naturally, I can't get involved in those things again. Your Majesty is the ruler of a country, he is the master of the world, he doesn't care if Liang is dead or not, why should I worry about it?"

"But ma'am..." Cao Jun waited to persuade.

Wei Yunqing took a look at Lan Tian, ​​who hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "Eunuch Cao, your majesty has not been feeling well these days, and you get tired after sitting for a long time. You see, you have already talked to your majesty about your son's words, so don't worry about it." It's time for the empress to rest. Look... Shall I take you out?"

The relationship between Wei Yunqing and Cao Jun has always been good, so even though he was chasing guests, Lan Tian was still very polite to Cao Jun.

Cao Jun also understood that the imperial concubine really didn't want to meddle in the emperor's affairs this time, so she had no choice but to leave.

Wei Yunqing was not as indifferent to Yang Yi's non-discussion matters as he appeared on the surface.It's just that he did this, in her opinion, there are two possibilities, one is that his perseverance is exhausted, and all the lazy cells in his body will be activated after a year; the other is that he did it on purpose, wanting her to take the initiative look for him.Or, maybe, both reasons.

She didn't forgive Yang Yi that easily, but she wasn't that self-willed either, because of this she forgot her promise to Master Sun, she couldn't do such a thing.Now she just wants to wait a few more days to see what Yang Yi wants to do.

A few days later, Cao Jun sent news again, but he didn't call Huang Bajin, but ran here in a hurry, which shows that the news is terrible.

Before he could stand still, he gasped and said: "Mother, something is wrong! The emperor actually transferred Zheng Xiang back to the chief eunuch, and now he is the chief eunuch."

Cao Jun is now the eunuch in charge of the chief inspector of ceremonies. He was originally the highest-ranking chief of rites, and he was also the No. 1 among the palace officials.But now that Zheng Xiang has made a comeback and stood on top of him as soon as he arrived, can he not panic?Although the admiral eunuch and the palm seal eunuch are in charge of the inside and the outside, and their responsibilities do not overlap, and they have no control over each other, but conventionally, the admiral eunuch is always an old man next to the emperor, which is quite respected by the emperor, so he speaks in front of the emperor Both have more weight.

Wei Yunqing's complexion changed.

After Yang Yi sent Zheng Xiang far away before, she never thought of him again. She never thought that he would bring Zheng Xiang back this time. What exactly does Yang Yi want to do?There should be a limit to messing around!

Seeing that Wei Yunqing's expression finally changed, Cao Jun was overjoyed, thinking that although Zheng Xiang's arrival was unlucky, he might have provoked the empress to make a move, so Zheng Xiang had done a great job.

But to Cao Jun's disappointment, Wei Yunqing had no intention of confronting Zheng Xiang head-on.She still doesn't want to see Yang Yi now, she is afraid that she can't help but beat him up.

"Eunuch Cao, what do you think of the harem meddling in politics?" Wei Yunqing asked.

Cao Jun was startled for a moment, then smiled and said, "This... court affairs are naturally done by capable people. As long as they have the ability to handle ordinary affairs, men are not the only ones who can do it."

At this moment, Cao Jun put Wei Yunqing and himself in the same camp, and these words also set up a ground for himself.Back then, Emperor Gao didn't allow his servants to study, but now he can't read and write, but he is also the eunuch of the superior, the supervisor of rites, the palm seal?The so-called time has changed. Although Emperor Gao’s ancestral family law clearly stipulated that his servants were not allowed to study and participate in politics, every generation of emperors is the master of the world, and they can do whatever they want. Arrested?

Wei Yunqing smiled slightly: "Eunuch Cao's words fit my heart. The high positions in this era should be occupied by capable people. The Yang family is now the blood of the royal family, but a hundred years ago it was just reckless. The difference between superior and inferior? Since he is not willing to manage those political affairs, someone has to stand up and help him. I am the highest in his harem, so I don’t mind being tired and helping him share his worries. It’s just that I’m afraid of being powerless by myself, Mr. Cao, you Can you help me?"

Cao Jun's eyes lit up slightly, he nodded immediately, and the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously: "This servant is willing to share the worries for the empress and the emperor!"

Wei Yunqing looked at Cao Jun, and the two laughed in unison.

Since Yang Yi handed over the power, she would be too reckless if she didn't take it.This time she will no longer be a nominal puppet like before, she will really participate in it.Once she has firmly grasped the power, how will Yang Yi force her to stay in the palace in the future?
(End of this chapter)