On this day, Li Wei was correcting Shujia's writing posture, and said to her in a gentle voice: "When writing, you need to focus most, and you can't look around. You have to take every stroke seriously, and do it with all your heart."
With the guidance behind the scenes, Shujia wrote a not-so-pretty word "jiu".
Li Wei looked at the word written by Shujia and was still not satisfied. She shook her head and said, "It still doesn't work. You can't be completely calm yet."
Shujia was inevitably a little frustrated, and Li Wei was afraid of scolding her too harshly, so he touched Shujia's head and said, "Don't be discouraged. Take it step by step. The first thing to do is not to be distracted. When it's time to write, just do it." Write well and don’t think about other things.”
Li Wei asked Shujia to understand it herself. She took a book from the shelf and read it. She had only turned two pages when Wei Tai reported under the window: "To report to the Queen Mother, Du Shoufu has handed over a sign saying that he has something to see."
"Du Shoufu?!" The veterans of the cabinet wanted to see her. She had not intervened in government affairs. These veterans could imagine that she must have caused a dispute between the two parties and asked her to be the referee.
I have encountered this kind of situation before. Li Wei was quite calm and said, "Let's arrange to meet later."
After Wei Tai got the Queen Mother's approval, he went down to make arrangements.
To see the foreign minister, Li Wei changed his clothes again.
The moon-white gauze shirt was traced with silver thread and embroidered with large gardenia flowers, which was simple and not shabby. She still simply rolled her head and wore a plain white engraved silver hairpin.
She then went to the side hall to meet Du Yu. She entered a room inside first, and Fangqin, who was waiting in front of her, lowered a black bamboo curtain. Lan Hui in front of me grabbed a handful of spices and threw them into the brass duck-shaped incense burner.
The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and it will be the Dragon Boat Festival in a few days. Li Xing's birthday is the second day of the Dragon Boat Festival. How should she prepare this hairpin for her? Li Wei was thinking about it when the chamberlain on the corridor said: "The Queen Mother, Mr. Du Shofu has come to pay your respects."
Li Wei just made a gesture to the palace maid in front of him, and Lan Hui said loudly: "Master Xuandu has an audience."
Not long after, Du Yu entered the palace. He saw the black futon placed outside the bamboo curtain, so he stepped forward and kowtowed, saying, "I wish the Queen Mother may live a thousand lives!"
Du Yu is in his forties this year and has become a grandfather a long time ago. His eldest grandson is already in his teens. He is not that old at this age, and his voice is loud and full of energy. The body should be in good health.
Li Wei winked at Lan Hui, and Lan Hui said loudly: "Give Master Du a seat."
Immediately, the little eunuch waiting outside brought a chair and placed it outside the curtain for Du Yu to sit. Du Yu thanked him and took his seat.
"Master Du, why are you here?" The clear female voice inside came out through the curtain.
Du Yu said hurriedly: "I have a discount to present to the Queen Mother. I would like to ask for her permission." Du Yu stood up and dug into the sleeve of his left hand. Sure enough, he took out a discount.
After Li Wei heard this, he immediately said: "I am a woman from a deep palace, and I am young and ignorant. I don't know the importance of things. If you have something to do, you should discuss it with the regent. How did you find me?"
Du Yu said cautiously: "This document is presented to the Queen Mother, and I would like to ask the Queen Mother to see it."
Li Wei was slightly surprised: several people in the cabinet were all old foxes. In the eyes of these old foxes, she was just an insignificant little girl. There must be some dispute over something that they wanted to ask her as a referee. It's better to follow the previous method and play fifty big boards each.
Li Wei lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and Lan Hui said: "Send it to me."
A young eunuch took the book from Du Yu, entered the house, and handed it to Lan Hui, who then handed it to Li Wei.
Li Wei opened it and took a look. The words above were shocking: The regent was lawless and abused his power, which caused a large number of household officials to resign and prevented normal operations. This was a big mistake by the regent. Please come forward to confront the regent for what he did. Restrict and instruct.
How is this going? Is the cabinet going to impeach Zhao Qian? Why did Zhao Qian offend these old foxes
Li Wei closed the fold and asked, "What has the regent been busy with recently?"
"Going back to the Queen Mother, the regent has recently been checking the accounts of the Household Department. It's just that he is arbitrary and monopolizes power. Several officials from the Household Department, from Shangshu to Langzhong, have resigned one after another. If this continues, how can there be anyone who is sincere in doing things?"
Zhao Qian's words and things can make people angry to death. He really has such ability.
Li smiled slightly, and Du Yu continued: "Before his death, the late emperor entrusted the important affairs of the government to the cabinet and the regent. Now that the regent is acting like this, he is afraid that something big will happen sooner or later. Now he has no choice but to ask the queen mother to come forward and restrain the regent's behavior. . Otherwise, if things go on like this, it will not be a blessing to the people.”
Are these old foxes in the cabinet worried that Zhao Qian will take over the power and sideline the cabinet? That's why the complaint was brought to her.
Li Wei held the fold and asked slowly: "I dare to ask Mr. Du, I heard that there is a big problem at the Ministry of Household Affairs. There are not a few taels of silver in the treasury. Is this true?"
Du Yu then said: "This is a problem left over from the previous dynasty."
"Oh, then this is indeed the case. Then it is appropriate for the regent to check the accounts."
"Queen Mother, you don't know something. The Regent is so arrogant and does not consult with the cabinet. If he causes such a big trouble, he is afraid that he will not be able to gather people's hearts, so I ask the Queen Mother to take a closer look."
Li Wei said: "We are poor orphans and widowed mothers. In the future, we will all rely on Master Du and the regent. With you here, I feel much more at ease, and the emperor also has someone to rely on."
"This is what you should do as a minister."
Li Wei nodded and said, "Okay, Mr. Du, do you have anything else to do?" Then he served the tea.
Du Yu was afraid that this young woman was ignorant, so he quickly added: "Queen Mother, you are highly respected, please step in to restrain her."
Li Wei said: "I am still young and don't understand anything. How can I bear these four words? Mr. Du, you are too flattering. As for the regent, I will give him a warning."
Finally, with the word of approval, Du Yu felt a little relieved and resigned.
After Du Yu left, Li Wei was a little depressed. What was this
Lan Hui stayed in front of him and didn't dare to speak casually.
Li Wei held the tea bowl and pondered for a while before turning and asking Lan Hui: "How should I handle this matter?"
When Lan Hui heard about it, she hurriedly curtsied and said, "I am stupid and don't know." She, a palace maid, has no right to speak on this matter.
Li Wei smiled and said: "Don't be afraid of me. I know you are a very thoughtful person, so it doesn't matter what you think in your heart. It doesn't matter if you say it wrong. I won't blame you."
Lan Hui said again: "I don't dare."
"Hey, you girl..." Li Wei sighed, looked out the window, and then said: "In that case, declare the regent."
(End of chapter)