Phoenix that can't smile

Chapter 707 Mission
"Report to the emperor, let's wait for the empress dowager to come back." Huixin, the court lady beside Chuxiu, hurriedly replied.

With his hands behind his back, Chuxiu looked at Qutu who was unconscious on the bed due to fainting, and was trembling in his heart. After a while, Empress Dowager Bao Si, supported by her maid Xianhui, came lightly in front of Chuxiu.

"Queen Mother, what's going on? Why did Ai Qing Judou get hurt like this?" Chu Xiu looked at Bao Si who was frowning in confusion.

"Actually, I don't know who the murderer is behind the scenes, but the emperor has recently spread rumors about the excavation everywhere in the capital. It is said that it is completely framed. This is very likely to be a serial conspiracy!" Bao Si solemnly reminded Chu monasticism.

"Ju Tu was slandered? I seem to understand a little bit. Could it be that those important ministers who were demoted by me secretly retaliated against Ju Tu?" Chu Xiu suddenly remembered the decision made in the Palace of Shuilong Shuren the day before yesterday.

"Your Majesty, if I hadn't happened to be going on an outing in the countryside today, I'm afraid that Qu Tu's life would be in danger, so please be careful of the people around you, and don't be fooled by treacherous sycophants." Bao Si comforted me a little bit.

"Your Majesty, it seems that Prime Minister Zhou Ji and his gang did it, because in terms of interests, Prime Minister Sangong suffered the most from reforms implemented by the imperial court. They dared not say no to the Emperor, so they naturally concentrated their hatred on Die Tu. "Out of the bedroom, Empress Axi stood outside with Xuezhi, saw Chuxiu's very angry appearance, and hurried forward to guess.

"Zhou Ji? This kid has made great achievements in supporting me. Of course, I won't treat him lightly. As for his intention to kill Qutu, it's more suspicious." Chuxiu thought for a long time, and Axi hurriedly persuaded: "The emperor , Zhou Ji has a lot of power in the court, if you directly question the crime, it may cause Zhou Ji to have ambiguity, my concubine sees it, we might as well investigate this case secretly."

"That's right, Axi, you and I finally have a good understanding." Chuxiu couldn't help but smile.

The prime minister's mansion heard that Du Tu was only injured but not killed on the spot, Zhou Ji couldn't help stamping his feet, regretting it very much.

"Prime Minister, let's do it when it's done. What's so scary? Besides, even if the emperor investigates, he can only find out that it was Boli, the younger brother of Marshal Boding of Xirong, who came to take revenge. It has nothing to do with us. No one would think It was the Prime Minister who made the vote!" General Fang Yun tried his best to comfort Zhou Ji.

"No, we have to contact the chief executive, Tuo Sheng, in advance, and ask him to say something nice to us, so that the emperor can't doubt us!" Zhou Ji thought about it, and hurriedly told Fang Yun.

In the Hall of Shuilong Shuren, all the ministers went to the court, Zhou Ji and Fang Yun had put their hearts into their throats, but unexpectedly, Chuxiu didn't mention them at all, and just announced lightly that they were the Xirong spies, the Boli faction. The assassin wounded Quedu, and using this as an excuse, appointed Quedu's lieutenant, An Tong, to take over as the commander of the Huben Army.

"Did the emperor really doubt us?" Zhou Ji, who felt that he had escaped a catastrophe, was finally relieved, and asked Fang Yundao pretending to be relaxed after going down to court.

"I don't dare to say this, but the emperor clearly doesn't want any party to become too powerful and eventually threaten the emperor, so the emperor will not cruelly demote us all. As for the excavation, of course he will not let him monopolize the commander-in-chief!" Fang Yun rolled his eyes and said a lot.

"Oh, what a pity. The emperor's favorite is only the empress. As for the other concubines, there are not many concubines. Even the prince is only Rong Cheng. It is really troublesome for us to get closer to the emperor!" Zhou Zhou Ki couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"Prime Minister, the empress is going to make a move, but if we find a way to let the emperor choose a few more beautiful and beautiful concubines into the palace, wouldn't we have a chance?" Fang Yun suggested.

"Nonsense, Fang Yun, you are being too arbitrary. You must know that to get other women into the palace, you must first ensure that they are ours, and they must be especially loved by the emperor. It is possible to directly offend the empress, and we will have nothing good to do in the future!" Zhou Ji yelled at Fang Yun.

"Then what does the Prime Minister mean?" Fang Yun immediately cupped his hands and asked for advice.

"Of course, retreat is the way to advance, and everything is for the emperor. For example, your fiefdoms can be handed over directly, and the military power will automatically be transferred to the imperial court for unified control. In this way, the emperor will definitely be happy!" Zhou Ji said with a sly smile.

Qu Tu lay on the bed for more than a month. Cheng Rong, An Tong, Empress Axi, and Empress Dowager Baosi all came to visit one after another. Qu Tu was getting better every day. Commander, couldn't help feeling very relieved, when he saw Bao Si coming to the case in person, Ju Tu couldn't help but shed a line of tears.

"Jengtu, why are you crying? Do you think I'm too wrong to object to you going to Shuilongguan, and end up getting you stabbed by an assassin instead?" Bao Si smiled sweetly at Jengtu.

"Empress Dowager, how dare I blame the Empress Dowager? But through this matter, I also feel that the power of the court dignitaries is too great, and fighting for power and profit is really not a good thing for Da Zhou." Jue Tu smiled happily.

"Then you must regain your energy and recuperate well, and you will be useful to the court one day in the future!" Bao Si couldn't help but pursed her lips and smiled.

At this time, Jiang Caibing and Xinyue also came to visit Qutu in a hurry. Seeing that one of the two was arrogant and surrounded by pearls and emeralds, the other was cautious and beautiful, they couldn't help but smiled knowingly and said: "Why do you come to see this?" I?"

"Ju Tu, you are so strange. I am a decent Mrs. Zheng Guogong. Why can't I look at you? Besides, you were stabbed. I was so anxious that I couldn't close my eyes day and night. Are you still talking sarcasticly now?" Suddenly I couldn't resist.

"Okay, there are still important matters in the mansion, you should go back quickly." Jue Tu suddenly interrupted Jiang Caibing's words, and gently ordered.

"Then you can't stay in the palace all the time. After all, Empress Dowager Ping is the queen mother of a country. If you lie in the palace like this, don't you let those villains talk nonsense behind your back?" Jiang Caibing said dissatisfied.

"I'll go home when my injury is better, you go back first." Jue Tu held back his temper and waved to Jiang Caibing.

After the two left, Bao Si couldn't help asking Qu Tu: "Cu Tu, according to my opinion, your wife is not as savage and ignorant as you said, at least she will care about you, I don't think you need to." Depose her."

Jue Tu suddenly frowned, and said with a wry smile: "That's right, it's the best if there is no big trouble in the future. As for her, I can withdraw my plan to depose her."

Besides Chuxiu, after he proclaimed himself emperor in Luoyang, he divided up several princes according to their meritorious service. Among them, King Yu, King Shu and King Jin were all brothers of Chuxiu, and King Jin had the highest contribution, so Chuxiu wanted to guard against these After the prince arrived in the fiefdom, he conspired to rebel, so he ordered several princes to serve in the court, so that the unappreciated Jin Wang Shuijian often took his subordinates to hunt in the suburbs to spend time. On this day, it happened that the prime minister Zhou Ji When they met, Zhou Ji secretly looked at Jin Wang Shuijian, and saw that he was slender, with strong arms, and a face like a jade mirror.

"Prime Minister, I think Jin Wang Shuijian will be rich in the future, why not associate with him and serve him diligently, maybe he will have a lot of achievements in the future!" Fang Yun beside Zhou Ji couldn't help but smirked.

"Okay!" Zhou Ji immediately stepped forward and dismounted, and sacrificed himself to Shui Jian's horse with the prey he had hunted.

"I said who is it, so it's the prime minister!" Shui Jian was overjoyed, and hurriedly dismounted to salute Zhou Ji. Zhou Ji complimented Shui Jian very modestly, and could not help but turn the topic to the government.

"I heard that the lord has a close relationship with Lord Cheng Rong. I don't know why the lord didn't let the lord Cheng speak to the emperor and let the prince lead the troops out of the feudal domain?" Zhou Ji nodded with a smile.

"How did the prime minister think of letting this king go out of Beijing to take up an important position?" Shui Jian couldn't help but wonder.

"The old minister has known for a long time that although the prince is both civil and military, he can't use it. Everyone says that the prince is a romantic prince who plays and plays, but the old minister thinks that the prince is just unappreciated, so he uses wine to relieve his sorrow!" Zhou Ji cupped his hands cunningly. speak.

"Those who know me, the prime minister also, hahaha, yes, this king and Lord Cheng Rong are indeed friends of life and death, but because of Cheng Rong's integrity, it is difficult for me to ask him for help." Shui Jian said happily .

(End of this chapter)