long live the queen

Chapter 90

"Your Majesty, what should I do!" Cao Jun shouted sadly, holding a large pile of memorials in his hand.

Wei Yunqing looked at a memorial in his hand with his chin resting, and put it down depressingly after reading it for a long time.These officials are also really interesting. They scold people with references to classics, so interesting and literary, but this is a pain for her. If you don’t understand something, you can skip it, but you can roughly understand that the other party is scolding her. The rooster Sichen said that all the disasters in the world were caused by her meddling in politics.

And because of these memorials, the cabinet that had previously cooperated happily with her suddenly began a non-violent non-cooperative attitude.Now she is in the cabinet meeting, but only the people she brought and Cao Jun are present, and all the ministers in the cabinet are on leave.Wen Huai, who still had a personal relationship with her, sent someone to tell her in private that all the adults in the cabinet had agreed that if she didn't leave the cabinet, they wouldn't come back.The cabinet ministers not only went on strike themselves, but also called on the rest of the court to strike together.And even Wen Huai, who tipped off the news, felt that it was not good for Wei Yunqing to interfere in politics as a woman, and hoped that she could return to the harem.

"Get used to them!" Wei Yunqing complained in a low voice.

Cao Jun didn't hear clearly, doubts flashed across his face, but then he was attracted by the current situation, and said with a disheveled expression: "Madam, what should we do about this matter?"

Officials of the Manchu Dynasty were basically opposed to Wei Yunqing's meddling in politics, but now that the cabinet members had gone on strike again, no one was doing official business in the Daliang Dynasty. If things went on like this, Daliang's rule would collapse sooner or later.And even if Wei Yunqing could turn into a workaholic and take over all the work of the original cabinet, if the officials below did not cooperate, she would be finished.

Could it be that she really had no choice but to retreat to the harem?

Wei Yunqing is not reconciled, she is not attached to power, but her hope of leaving the palace is here, and she also wants to use her meager strength to clear some obstacles in the development of Daliang, and barely fulfill the promise to Sun Shoufu.

But now, just because she is a woman, the civil and military forces of the whole court oppose her, so it is difficult for her to do anything.

Do you want to surrender to those pedantic scholars and give up all the compromises you just started?No, she doesn't want to!
"They don't want to work, there are always people who are willing to work." Wei Yunqing thought for a while, and then made up his mind, she couldn't believe it, there would be no one willing to help her!If she can't find it among the civil and military officials, then she will look for it among the eunuchs and maids. If there is a reward, there must be a brave man. If there is enough reward, how can she not find someone to help her?

"Eunuch Cao, first contact the officials of Shangjingzhong in private. No matter what the position is, if anyone is willing to stick to the post, write down the name and promise benefits." Wei Yunqing said.She knew that it was not easy for the officials to express their support for her publicly, so she relaxed the requirements. As long as the officials were willing to continue to work quietly, she was grateful to them, and there would be benefits in the future.

Cao Jun nodded repeatedly when he heard the words: "I will find someone to do it immediately, slave girl!"

"Also, call some literate eunuchs and maids. Since the adults in the previous dynasty refuse to work, someone must take over!" Wei Yunqing said.

Cao Jun's eyes lit up, and he replied with a smile, "Yes, ma'am!"

However, Wei Yunqing's frown did not open.Because she knew very well that the countermeasures she could take at present were all temporary, and they were just an attitude—she would never compromise.But at present, it is not known how many people can stick to their posts. If there are too many vacancies, the daily operations of the Liang court will be affected. What is the use of eunuchs and maids in the harem?They don't understand specialized affairs, so they can't really replace the officials.

But at this time, she will never back down!

Two days later, news from Cao Jun came.

Liang Chaozhong was unwilling to get involved in the struggle, and there were some officials who just wanted to live in peace. They expressed that they would continue to stick to their posts, please rest assured the emperor.It's just that those who said this were low-level officials, and they didn't even have the chance to go to the court early, so they wouldn't have much impact on the entire court.

There are some literate people in the harem, but generally not many. When Wei Yunqing was about to turn gray from worry, it suddenly occurred to her that she seemed to have missed some people...

And before Wei Yunqing took any action, Cao Jun told him that some censors actually knelt down in front of the Qianqing Palace and asked the emperor to punish her, saying that she was not tolerated by the heavens if she continued to put her by his side. There will be great disaster.They scolded so badly that the emperor couldn't help but ran out and scolded back, and even said some things that shouldn't be said.It's just that even so, it didn't make these former officials give up working together to drive her out of power.

"Mother, the emperor really only has you in his heart! He told those censors that you are a fairy in the sky, God will not tolerate you, let them stop making up and slandering you!" Cao Jun said this as a joke , "You should really look at the expressions on the faces of those censors at that time, tsk tsk, and they were so bold that they wanted to refute the emperor, but they were kicked by the emperor before they could speak!"

The corners of Wei Yunqing's mouth twitched slightly. She had promised that her "fairy" status should not be revealed, but now Yang Yi revealed it in front of so many people.Fortunately, no one will believe such words, but it doesn't matter.

Cao Jun was still laughing and describing the interesting scene at that time, Wei Yunqing suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and hurriedly said: "Eunuch Cao, please go and find Qin Tianjian Chunguan Zheng Wu Shangwen for me."

"Qin Tianjian?" Cao Jun didn't know why she was looking for this person, and his face was puzzled.

Wei Yunqing smiled slightly: "If he is willing to help, this predicament may be solved."

Although Cao Jun still didn't know why Wei Yunqing wanted to find him, and how to break the situation, out of his trust in Wei Yunqing, he hurriedly said: "I will send someone to find him!"

"Also, I want all the concubines in the palace to come to Yanxi Palace to meet me tomorrow morning." Wei Yunqing said again.

Cao Jun raised his brows and nodded without asking, "Your servant understands."

Cao Jun was busy, and Wei Yunqing also took out a pen and paper, preparing some things to meet Wu Shangwen.Thinking of Wu Shangwen, she couldn't help but think of Yan Rusong. When she thought of it, she still felt sad, but she could only drive him out of her mind and continue to draw on paper.

Soon Cao Jun came to report that Wu Shangwen had taken leave for the past few days and left Shangjing to go around, saying that he wanted to observe the sky in different places.Although Wei Yunqing was disappointed, he had no choice but to ask Cao Jun to pay more attention to Wu Shangwen, and invite him into the palace as soon as he returned to Beijing.

In the early morning of the second day, Wei Yunqing dressed up and received the concubines who came over according to her request in the Palace of Yanxi Palace.

Wei Yunqing usually deals with men now, and now the hall is full of fat and thin beauties, colorful and vying for beauty, it is really refreshing and comfortable.

These harem women didn't know why Wei Yunqing, the imperial concubine who never played with them, would come to them, but this did not prevent them from trying to dress themselves up beautifully with the intention of fighting, trying to make everyone else look good. compare.

Wei Yunqing had never regarded himself as one of these people, so naturally he would not have any desire to fight, but instead looked at them with admiration.

"I don't know why my sister asked my sisters to come here?" The first one to speak was Concubine Xu Gui, who is currently in charge of the harem, with a faint smile on her face and a respectful tone.

Wei Yunqing looked at the person in front of him, and said with a smile: "It's an interesting thing. But before I say it, please call out all the maids who are close to you."

As soon as this remark came out, the concubines present were startled and looked at each other with expressions of hesitation beyond words.Because Wei Yunqing's existence was too special, they were a little confused about the situation, and they didn't dare to provoke her easily - after all, there was a lesson from Concubine Zhuang.Now she not only called them all suddenly, but also asked them to call out all the maids who were close to her... They were a little panicked.

"Hmph, don't play tricks! Ming people don't say dark things, and if you have something to say, you can't say it in front of everyone, but you want to make it mysterious. Who knows if you want to distract people from harming us!" Concubine Zhuang sneered.

Concubine Xu hurriedly said: "Sister Concubine Zhuang, what you said is a bit too much, how can sister harm us?"

Concubine Zhuang squinted at Concubine Xu with a disdainful expression.

Wei Yunqing didn't care about Concubine Zhuang's noise, and just smiled at her: "If you're afraid, take your people and go, no one will stop you. I don't want to find a cowardly person for such an interesting thing. people are participating!"

"You!" Concubine Zhuang stood up angrily, glaring at Wei Yunqing and trembling all over.

Wei Yunqing looked at her indifferently, his eyes seemed to say: You go, go...

Then Concubine Zhuang sat down: "I want to see what kind of medicine you sell in your gourd!" She turned to look at the people behind her: "You all go out!"

Her palace people immediately went out in response.

Wei Yunqing hooked the corners of his lips, and then looked at other people: "Although what I'm going to say next is interesting, in the eyes of others, it may be a rebellious thing. If you are afraid, there is still time to leave now. Of course, listen later You can go when you're done."

The people present looked at each other, seeing Concubine Zhuang was the first to say that she would stay, they also had the courage to let the palace servants around them go out.How outrageous can the imperial concubine want to say?Even if the matter was an excuse, she really wanted to drive people away to harm them as Concubine Zhuang said, but they really didn't believe so many people, and she could really harm them.

Seeing that all irrelevant people have gone out, and there are only a group of concubines with curious or nervous faces left in the side hall, Wei Yunqing said with a smile: "This is an interesting thing, it's like this - I wonder if everyone is interested in doing it. Politics?"

The concubines looked confused, they really didn't understand what she meant by this.

Wei Yunqing continued: "To be more specific, the veterans of the previous dynasty felt that it was unacceptable for us women to interfere in politics, and they instigated the former officials to strike, but I didn't believe in this evil, so I came to ask the big guy for help. Who said women Not as good as men? They look down on us, but we want to show them our abilities! So... are you interested in handling the political affairs of the previous dynasty?"

All the concubines looked at each other in blank dismay: Is it too late to leave now?

How could they have imagined that the imperial concubine would be so bold as to instigate the women in the harem to intervene in politics. This, this is simply shocking!

(End of this chapter)