Xiangmen black-bellied woman

Chapter 486 What a Big Game of Chess!

Tu Su Qingli made a suicide attempt, which resulted in the replacement of all the palace staff in Yutang Palace. Finally, she didn't have to see the respectful but contemptuous faces of the two maids. She felt extremely relieved.The one who was reassigned to serve her was a court lady named Lu Qi, she looked very comfortable with her delicate appearance, so she asked someone to serve her.

At night, when there was no one else in the hall, Lu Qi served Tu Su Qingli to drink medicine: "Miss, you were really reckless this time, but luckily you were rescued in time, if something really happened, your father and brother , how sad it must be."

Tu Su Qingli touched the painful neck, and a trace of resentment flashed in his eyes: "At first, I just wanted to put on a show, but who knew that I made some mistakes, and I almost hanged myself. I always feel that things are unusual. It may not be the queen who wants to harm me, but she has always looked at me extremely disliked."

Lu Qi was a little surprised: "Do you suspect that the Empress sent someone to tamper with you?"

Luqi helped her to come up with the idea of ​​false suicide, in order to replace a group of palace servants, so that she could successfully come to Tu Su Qingli's side. Unexpectedly, when Tu Su Qingli pretended to commit suicide, she almost killed herself. Fortunately, he had achieved his goal in the end, otherwise the consequences would have been serious.She was afraid that Tu Su Qingli would secretly hate her because of her idea, so she could only guide her to divert her attention.

Tu Su Qingli was indignant: "So what if I doubt it, my identity as the daughter of the Tu Su family is nothing in front of her, even if there is solid evidence, no one will believe it."

Seeing that she didn't mean to resent herself, Lu Qi secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Miss, if you are wronged now, it doesn't mean that you will be wronged forever in the future. There is nothing you can do now, but it doesn't mean that you won't be able to do it in the future. It's better to be patient for the time being, and wait for the owner's purpose." Achievement, you successfully entered the harem and gained a place, even the empress can't do anything to you, when the time comes, today's humiliation will definitely be repaid a hundred times."

Tu Su Qingli nodded, and finally there was a smile on his face: "You are right, there is nothing to be patient for the time being, the more I tolerate today, the more pity the emperor will show for me in the future, when the time comes, everything will be fine." Unknown."

Lu Qi served Tu Su Qingli to lie down, and responded with a smile when she heard this: "Yes, you should take care of yourself now, the Patriarch will help you plan everything."

After Tu Su Qingli fell asleep, Luqi changed into inconspicuous clothes, came to a secluded place outside the palace, put the note written in her hand under a peony flower, covered it with soil, and left quietly.

Not long after, the content written on the note was reported to Shen Ninghua.

"Mother, that Luqi who claims to be from the Tusu family is actually secretly obeying the arrangements of Baili Jinyu and Baili Jinjing. The servants have asked people to investigate secretly. Her parents are really related to the Tusu family. I guess This is also the reason why the third and fourth princes sent her to contact Tu Su Qingli."

Shen Ninghua nodded: "Let people keep an eye on this Lu Qi. If there is any news, report it in time. Isn't Tu Su Qingyun, the helm of the Tu Su family, coming to the capital? Let people keep an eye on it, so don't cause any trouble."

"Yes, empress, don't worry, the servants will definitely make arrangements."

"Where is the envoy from the Great Viet Kingdom now?"

"We'll be in Kyoto in ten days."

"Let people clean up the post house and let them live in it. Don't be busy entertaining them, and don't let them walk around. When will the northwest border get the city of Dayue Kingdom, and when will we talk about peace talks."

"Yes, ma'am."

Baili Junyi was tough in the court, trying to clean up the ministers who were clamoring for peace talks, and then the court became much quieter.

Ten days later, the peace envoys sent by the Dayue Kingdom arrived in Kyoto, and the officials from the Ministry of Rites who came to welcome them politely introduced them into the post house. Afterwards, the guards stepped forward to guard, and the officials from the Ministry of Rites retreated.

The envoys of the peace talks were dumbfounded. How could they represent the country of Da Viet? The people of Da An didn't think much of them, and some people immediately clamored to see the emperor.

The guards glanced at them contemptuously, but they were defeated by the emperor, yet they dared to yell so confidently: "The emperor has ordered that the envoys have worked hard all the way, so let's rest for a few days before we talk about it."

"I will ask to meet the emperor."

"Your Majesty is busy with affairs, so you can see him as soon as you want. What do you think of the Emperor? It is not impossible to ask to see each other. Let's write the paper first, and we will send it to you. It depends on what the emperor wants."

The envoys had no choice but to hold back their anger and start writing official documents asking for an audience. Unfortunately, after these official documents were handed over to the guards, they were directly used as straw paper, and they were not even eligible to enter the palace.But the emperor said, first let these people hang out for ten and a half months, now it's only the second day, so why worry.

A few days after the arrival of the peace envoys, Tu Su Patriarch Tu Su Qingyun brought people to the capital.In less than three days after arriving in the capital, they began to hand out invitations to various officials' residences. Not to mention, the Tusu family was quite well-known outside, and many officials gave them face and invited them to come to the party.

Hong Ling recorded the names of the officials that the Tusu family had contacted in the past few days, and submitted them to Baili Junyi and Shen Ninghua for review.

Baili Junyi did not expect that the Tusu family, which started as a businessman, had such great energy after so many years of seclusion, which attracted many officials to rush to make friends: "It seems that the Tusu family has a lot of plans."

Shen Ninghua threw the list of officials aside: "The positions of these officials vary from high to low. Logically speaking, the Tusu family shouldn't visit like this when they first came to the capital."

Baili Junyi paused: "You mean, these families were once related to the Tusu family?"

"I'm not sure, Hongling, you have someone to check and see the background of these officials, including their wives, children, confidantes, etc. I always feel that the Tusu family is playing a big game." Shen Ninghua Slightly frowned, feeling a little dignified in his heart, these officials have high and low positions, spanning the six ministries, if they are all related to the Tusu family, then the matter will be serious.

Baili Junyi obviously thought of this too: "Ninghua, do you suspect that the Tusu family has premeditated?"

Shen Ninghua shook her head: "I'm not sure, I just hope I've thought too much. If the Tusu family wants to be born, they should have been prepared, and it is impossible to make a sudden decision. For example, the trade route from Jiangnan to Northwest, if there are no court officials No matter how daring they are, they don't have the ability to conceal it so flawlessly."

Baili Junyi frowned: "When you said that, I also remembered. When we traced the whereabouts of the grain in the northwest, the local officials didn't get much money at all. They paid more money from selling grain to Beijing. And , This path has existed for many years, if not for this year's snowstorm, I am afraid it would not have been exposed. The Tusu family should have started preparations many years in advance, and what they are waiting for is today."

Shen Ninghua couldn't help inhaling slightly: "Thinking about it this way, that Tu Su Qingyun's mind is really admirable, let Hong Ling investigate first, and then we'll talk about it."

Because there are too many things to investigate, and many things have been going on for a long time, it took nearly half a month for Hong Ling to send the specific news to Baili Junyi and Shen Ninghua.

Seeing these news, Baili Junyi's expression turned ugly: "Hongling, you mean that these officials have received bribes from the Tusu family, and there is still a lot of evidence in the hands of the Tusu family?"

Hong Ling nodded, the more the investigation, the more frightening it was. Who would have thought that the Tusu family, who had been reclusive for many years, would have such great power, and they would be involved with almost half of the officials in the imperial court: "Reporting to the emperor, after you ascended the throne, If you hadn’t acted resolutely, the number of officials connected with the Tusu family would probably exceed two-thirds of all civil and military officials.”

"Furthermore, the servant girl found out that after the abolished prince Baili Jinyi ascended the throne, the Tusu family had secretly contacted many officials, but it didn't take long before you led troops to besiege Baili Jinyi, and the late emperor supported your ascension , After that, the Tusu family fell silent, and only recently did they start to take action again."

Shen Ninghua's face was cold, and her white fingertips were slightly closed: "It seems that the Tusu family has a plan. If Baili Jinyi had secured the throne back then, the Tusu family would have become famous by now."

After Baili Jinyi ascended the throne, he treated courtiers generously, and added official positions to many people who supported him. What he implemented was also the so-called benevolent government, which was completely different from Baili Junyi's thunderous methods.Under such circumstances, the Tusu family, which was involved with two-thirds of the officials in the court, could easily achieve any goal.

Hongling said: "Reporting to the emperor and empress, the servants also found out that many officials have concubines that are related to the Tusu family, and most of these concubines are extremely favored. Because of the limited time, what the servants can find is not It's too specific, I don't know how the Tusu family sent these concubines into the official residence."

Shen Ninghua nodded: "It seems that the Tu Su family is really unpredictable. Next, you should investigate carefully and try to find out everything as much as possible."

"Yes, ma'am."

Baili Junyi slapped the paper in his hand on the table with a bang: "The Tusu family... I thought it was just an inconspicuous little fish, but who knew it turned out to be a giant beast that devours the sky. We must clean it up and deal with them together.”

Seeing his angry appearance, Shen Ninghua couldn't help comforting him: "Because of your previous actions, most of the officials in the court have restrained themselves. Even if the Tusu family has their handle, they have to think twice before doing things. We There is still time to plan slowly.”

Baili Junyi nodded, with murderous intent in his eyes: "Well, I still don't believe it, I can't help but a family!" Let's see how much waves the Tusu family can make!

(End of this chapter)