Your Majesty the Empress, I am really not a traitor!

However, just as he was about to walk out of the palace gate, an old man standing beside the palace gate called him:

"Qin Taiwei, please stay."

Qin Ji felt cold all over his body, and at that moment, he felt as if the blood in his body was about to freeze.

He was very sure that when he walked over just now, there was no one else except those forbidden soldiers at the gate of the palace!

Where did this old man come from? !

His heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he felt that his body was about to enter a state of subconscious counterattack, but fortunately, he finally calmed down and did not let his fist subconsciously swing over.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I scared you." The old man seemed to realize his impoliteness, and hurriedly smiled, "I didn't do it on purpose, I hope you will forgive me."

Qin Ji looked at the old man.

He is not tall, only a little higher than his chest, his skin is wrinkled like a dry old tree, his body is thin, his eyes are slightly squinted, which makes people think of "thief eyebrows and mouse eyes" at a glance. "This kind of bad vocabulary.

However, the clothes worn by the old man made people have to ignore his inconspicuous appearance.

It was a light blue robe, embroidered with fine cloud patterns and pictures of cranes. The cuffs and skirt of the robe were woven with complex patterns of gold thread, as if to emphasize the identity of its owner.

"I don't know why the old heavenly master is looking for me today."

Qin Ji bowed to the old man in front of him, then asked.

The person standing in front of him is a heavenly master.

A Tianshi affiliated to the Tianshi Mansion, a "state-organized" Tianshi.

In fact, Qin Ji did not have many contacts with celestial masters. Rather, there were only a handful of people in the entire imperial court who could contact celestial masters.

"Nothing, just in the name of one person, I invite you to come."

When the old Tianshi spoke, he still had a gentle smile, and he really didn't seem to be hostile.

"There are a lot of celestial masters wandering around in the palace today, there seems to be one in His Majesty's bedroom?"

Qin Ji asked suspiciously.

The old master stroked his gray beard: "Taiwei is worthy of being a Taiwei. If I guessed correctly, another colleague of mine should not be easily discovered. The Taiwei can recognize him. He is truly a hero.”

"It's an award, but it's just experience."

Qin Ji was able to know that the maid next to Xia Yuxiao was a celestial master, mainly because he found that the maid was not comparable to an ordinary maid in terms of temperament or the danger she radiated from her body.

He grew up in military camps and on the battlefield since he was a child. The intuition cultivated on the battlefield is very useful when facing these people. He can quickly detect that something is wrong with these people.

"So, why did the celestial masters appear at the same time today? I alone saw two celestial masters in one day, which is too coincidental." Qin Ji asked with a smile.

"Naturally, we have our own jobs, so don't embarrass the old man." The old man didn't show any displeasure when facing Qin Ji's question, but just smiled and fooled the past.

"Well, as a courtier, I have no right to intervene in the matter of the Tianshi Mansion—I wonder who invited me to go there? The person who can let the Tianshi be the guide must be a person of high morals and respect?"

When he said this, he took a special look at the old celestial master in front of him, trying to see something from the other's expression, but the old celestial master in front of him was obviously also a master of expression management, and he still had a smiling expression.This caused Qin Ji to have no idea what the invitation was this time.

"It's the Queen Mother, she wants to see you."

The old heavenly master stroked his beard and replied.

Queen Mother?

Qin Ji failed to turn the corner.

Daxia naturally has a queen mother. Xia Yuxiao's biological mother, who was also the owner of Chunning Palace back then, is the current queen mother.

However, since Xia Yuxiao came to the throne, on the one hand, due to political reasons, she rarely had time to enjoy family affection with her biological mother. On the other hand, Xia Yuxiao, who killed her brother, was not very willing to see her mother.

Qin Ji hadn't seen the queen mother a few times before, and every time he saw the queen mother, he would bow respectfully and finish the work.

It's very strange that the queen mother calls herself, although the queen mother's Chunning Palace is occupied by him now, but the Chunning Palace was moved away before Xia Yuxiao ascended the throne, so she shouldn't care The matter of Chunning Palace was right, and Xia Yuxiao would definitely send someone to notify him in advance of this matter, and he must have obtained the Queen Mother's permission to move him into Chunning Palace.

And in terms of power, the queen mother seems to have no major conflicts with herself - the queen mother's status is not low now, but her old man does not meddle in political affairs, and even when Xia Yuxiao imprisoned King Rongsheng, the queen mother did not come out put one's oar in.

Theoretically speaking, the queen mother should not look for herself when she has nothing to do, right?

"Has the Queen Mother said anything about it?"

"I didn't say it, but you will know what it is when you arrive later. Oh, by the way, since you are meeting with the Queen Mother, it is better for you not to bring a weapon."

The old heavenly master kindly reminded.

.....................

It is said to be the queen mother, but in fact, the queen mother herself is not old.

Xia Yuxiao is not very old, and the queen mother is actually just entering middle age now, plus she is well-maintained and looks pretty (you can see that her family's genes are not bad by looking at Xia Yuxiao), let her go In Qin Ji's original world, it was actually similar to a well-maintained woman in her 30s.

In other words, the Queen Mother still has plenty of live heads.

"Minister Qin Ji, pay homage to the Queen Mother."

Qin Ji saluted and said.

"Ah, King An, you are here," the queen mother smiled, and then pointed to the wicker chair that was narrating, "Sit down, we haven't seen each other for a long time."

Actually, it was the first time seeing Qin Ji now, but Qin Ji didn't dare to say it, and it was impossible to say it.

"Thank you, Empress."

Qin Ji sat down.

"Taiwei, I invited you here today mainly because I have something to discuss with you, which involves the internal situation of Great Xia."

Hearing that this matter had something to do with Daxia's internal affairs, Qin Ji immediately regained his spirits.

No way, the queen mother actually has something in her hand? !

Chapter 57 The Queen's Tea

"Please speak, Queen Mother."

In front of Xia Yuxiao, Qin Ji might let himself go a little bit, but he would never dare to do so in front of the Empress Dowager. This is not to say that the Empress Dowager has a lot of power in her hands, but mainly because he is a powerful minister who let Xia Yuxiao go a little bit. Most people can bear it, but if he doesn't respect the queen mother, it will cause a lot of moral troubles for no reason.

And it's not necessary, the queen mother is not in power, so there is no need to have any conflicts with her.

"The Taiwei must have already known that the attitudes of the ministers in Daxia are not the same," the queen mother said, and she gave the maid next to her a wink. The maid immediately understood and poured a cup of tea for Qin Ji. "You are very clear, so you have been holding back these ministers all the time. Moreover, there are not only people in the court who oppose His Majesty's ascension to the throne, but even more fundamentally, they don't care about Da Xia."

The Empress Dowager looked serious, and Qin Ji knew exactly what she meant.

From the previous chaos, Qin Ji was able to find out the interference of external forces almost every time.It was the same with the previous forced palace. According to the intelligence of the Empire’s military government (in fact, strictly speaking, it is the government of Anguo, and the military government is just a symbolic department), some of them got benefits from the church.

Of course, there is no conclusive evidence to prove these news, but all signs prove it.

This is also the reason why Qin Ji is in a hurry to decide on the leader of Huilin Department as soon as possible. The current Great Xia really needs such a team to find out those traitors.

It's normal for Qin Ji to tolerate some officials being a little bit greedy or ambitious. In this typical imperial era, he couldn't expect all officials to be clean and clean.

"Your Majesty knows better than me. Your Majesty has instructed me to take charge of related matters a long time ago. From now on, it should be regarded as a small accomplishment." Qin Ji said.

"Your Majesty, her vision is unmistakable. Taiwei, you are indeed the pillar of the Great Xia." The Queen Mother smiled, and then took a sip of the tea, "However, if only you and Your Majesty are relying on her for now Support is not enough, of course, I know that you all have some followers, but you are still a little weak-I am not saying that you and Your Majesty are not strong enough, but because these changes cannot be suppressed."

"I understand."

Qin Ji couldn't be more clear.

In fact, theoretically speaking, he and His Majesty are enough to completely suppress the ministers of the DPRK and China.If His Majesty is a man, this is easy to do.

But unfortunately, His Majesty is a woman.This causes those with ulterior motives to use this as an excuse to attack.If you press this, it will soon tilt up to the other side, which is very difficult to handle.

"Now Your Majesty has been attacked by the ministers again because of the establishment of the crown prince. This time the crisis was resolved by you, the Taiwei, but if you think about it carefully, this matter will be brought up sooner or later. Your Majesty, she will not They may easily obey them and choose a crown prince who suits their appetite.... In the near future, similar things will happen again, and I guess, more than once."

"What the queen mother said is very true. The minister also thinks so. Although His Majesty's ability to control the court is stronger than when he first ascended the throne, it would not be a good thing for Daxia if the ministers made trouble."

Qin Ji also picked up his own teacup, put it to his mouth, took a sip, then took the teacup away, and slowly took a sip of the tea inside.

"So, as a mother, I have to help her find a way to share her worries as much as possible, Your Majesty...Xia Yuxiao, this child, has been carrying everything by herself since she was a child. Not long after news of King Rongsheng's death came out, she never came back to see me—in fact, I knew she thought so, she felt ashamed to see me... oh." The queen mother sighed , Her clear eyes were full of worry.

"Don't worry, the queen mother. It is precisely because your majesty is very filial to the queen mother and does not want her to be burdened. Your majesty cares about the queen mother so much, and will definitely come to see you in the future."

"I don't worry if she sees me... It doesn't matter if she doesn't see me. She is the emperor, and she should do what the emperor should do. It's just that the Tianshi Mansion has looked for me before, and I hope I can tell His Majesty Some things, but this matter, I know His Majesty is very difficult to make a choice, if she is strong, I am afraid it will be difficult to agree."

Hearing the empress dowager's complaint, Qin Ji immediately felt that he understood what the empress dowager meant: "Empress dowager, this is a simple matter. If it's not convenient for you to talk about it, you might as well tell me. I can explain it to your majesty in person, and I promise to make your majesty change his mind."

The queen mother looked at the young man in front of her thoughtfully, and then smiled: "Are you willing to help?"

"Of course, as long as the minister can do it."

"Okay, then I can rest assured," she breathed a sigh of relief, "Actually, you don't have to tell His Majesty personally, it's not that troublesome."

"It's not that troublesome?"

Qin Ji was stunned instead, he needed to speak, and then he didn't have to say it himself... No matter how it sounds, it sounds a bit contradictory, right?

"Yes, that's why I'm sorry for the trouble, Captain."

"The queen mother is polite, this matter... huh?"

Just as Qin Ji wanted to be polite to the Queen Mother, he suddenly felt dizzy in his head.

Consciousness is rapidly fading away, he feels that his body is gradually out of control, and his originally clear vision is gradually blurring...

The mature woman beside him - the queen mother, supported his shoulders in time to prevent him from falling directly on the ground from his seat.

"It's not that troublesome, you just need to go there yourself, Taiwei."

Seeing Qin Ji falling asleep completely exhausted, the gentle smile on the queen mother's face disappeared in an instant. She waved her hand, and several maids who were hiding behind the screen came out.

"Bring the Taiwei to His Majesty's bedroom. You should all know how to do it. Let me say it again, whoever dares to leak the slightest bit of news, just wait for a place in the back mountain, understand?"

"Yes."

The maids carried Qin Ji out.

Damn, the Taiwei didn't look fat, but when he lifted it up, he realized that it was actually a bit heavy.

The maids thought so.

Seeing Qin Ji being carried out, the Queen Mother muttered to herself:

"I hope it can be of some use..."

However, neither the maid nor the queen mother noticed a single problem——

Just when they lifted Qin Ji, the aura had quietly circulated in the body of the person they were lifting, and Qin Ji, who was originally dead and heavy, also became a little lighter.

As long as they move people frequently, they should know a problem: