The emperor watched as several of his subordinates were arguing there. For the position of a fifth-rank inspector, several first-rank officials quarreled fiercely. They quoted scriptures one by one, just to prove that the person he recommended was the most suitable.
The emperor sat at the top, watching these people quarreling condescendingly, and discerning who is more suitable from the information revealed in their few words.
It has been fifteen years since the current emperor ascended the throne. The late emperor has always trained him as the crown prince. He was raised by the late emperor. The late emperor paved the way for him. position, so he has a good grasp of the government.
He is very proficient in using the balance technique of the emperor. The forces in the court are criss-crossed. Although he is the emperor, he is sometimes checked and balanced by these courtiers.
Qi Yuanhang has held great power over the years, and has slowly gained the upper hand. The Duke's Mansion and the Marquis Dingyuan Mansion have all been involved with him. Originally, there was a clear distinction between civil servants and generals, but after his eldest son married Xu Chengjun, he and Dingyuan The Yuanhou Mansion became an in-law relationship.
The courtiers were harmonious, which the emperor didn't want to see. Although he trusted Qi Yuanhang, it didn't mean he was willing to watch Qi Yuanhang grow up.
Liao Mingrui was the number one scholar last year, with outstanding character and talent, and was born in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. He has unique insights into water conservancy management.
The Minister Zuo of the Ministry of Industry is also a talent, although he is not as unique as Liao Mingrui, but he is hard working and a suitable person.
But looking at the two factions who were quarreling endlessly at this time, the emperor felt that they might not be serving the country and the people, and rejecting the person they thought was suitable might be just for the sake of power and profit.
In the end, there was no dispute over this matter. The emperor said he would consider it, so he sent these courtiers away. This time, it can be said that no one took advantage of them, and the fight was evenly matched.
When King Su was fighting with Qi Yuanhang just now, he lost his head. After all, Qi Yuanhang is the head of civil servants, with outstanding talents and learning, which is far from what King Su, a prince with military achievements, can compare with.
But even though he had just finished his career, King Su was not as unhappy as before, and even hummed a little song in a good mood when he came out.
While humming a little tune, he swept over Qi Yuanhang, with a very weird smile on his face.
Qi Yuanhang didn't want to talk to Su Wang at first, but when he looked at him, his expression clearly stated that he had something to do, Qi Yuanhang couldn't hold back after all, and asked, "My lord, why are you looking at me like this?"
Su Wang held back for a long time, just waiting for Qi Yuanhang to come to ask himself, and now that he finally asked himself, Su Wang was happy in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face.
"Master Qi, this king just thinks that Sir Qi is worthy of being the prime minister of the dynasty. He dedicated himself to his work and died. He is a model for us to learn from."
I have always been at odds with King Su, so he would come to praise me? Could it be that the sun has risen from the west
No, there must be a conspiracy.
Thinking of this, Qi Yuanhang's expression changed when he looked at King Su. He looked at him suspiciously, and asked, "Why did the prince say that? I'm just doing my duty as a courtier. It is not worthy of such praise from the lord."
Don't think that if you put a high hat on him, he will be confused by him. With the relationship between the two, this person has absolutely no good intentions.
Qi Yuanhang was secretly on guard, but who would have thought that he heard Su Wang say with a smile: "Master Qi, I heard that you and Madam Ling have a deep relationship, and Madam Ling has always been a model of virtuousness and virtue. I didn't expect her to be so fierce."
It was originally a matter in the court, but who would have thought that King Su would mention himself, his face suddenly changed, and he said in a deep voice: "Why should the prince make fun of his wife?"
This is a matter between men, the conflict between the two of them is a matter between them, what is his wife doing? Wouldn't that be too low-handed
However, King Su showed a look of surprise, and directly threw a thunderbolt at Qi Yuanhang.
"Master Qi, where do you have a wife? Didn't Mrs. Lin divorce you? She exchanged the divorce letter for the marriage letter. Don't you know about this?"
As if struck by lightning, Qi Yuanhang looked at King Su in disbelief.
"how is this possible?"
He was divorced by his wife, why didn't he know about it
It's no wonder that Qi Yuanhang didn't believe it. After all, he and Lin Qinshuang were young couples who grew old together. They had been married for 27 years and had a strong relationship. The two of them had never blushed or quarreled for so many years. Once in a hurry, she said that she wanted to reconcile with him, but he persuaded her later, how could she write a letter of divorce to him now? This must be King Su talking nonsense.
"I didn't lie to you about this matter. If you don't believe it, you can go to the Jingzhao government office to ask. He just gave the marriage certificate to Mrs. Lin yesterday. If you ask today, he should tell you .”
As King Su said, there was a faint smile on his face, but he quickly covered up his previous appearance with a regretful expression. What he said was obviously comforting, but it turned into a sharp knife and pierced Qi. In the heart of the voyage.
"It's no wonder you can't accept this. After all, the relationship between Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Qi is very deep. It shouldn't be out of her heart that she wrote you a letter of divorce. If you want to save this relationship, that's totally fine. Go and try it, after all, women are always soft-hearted, and there are three children between you who don't say anything else, even for the sake of the children, she should forgive you."
This shouldn't be a joke. Even if Su Wang doesn't deal with Qi Yuanhang, he probably won't use this Chinese to talk nonsense. It seems that all this is true. When Qi Yuanhang didn't know it, Lin Qinshuang took He got the divorce letter and went to the Jingzhao government office to exchange for the marriage letter between the two.
Seeing that Qi Yuanhang's face turned pale, his lips turned blue, and he looked like he was about to faint at any time, King Su was in a good mood. If he wasn't afraid that this person would faint now, King Su actually wanted to say something more What stimulated him.
After all, in the past, Qi Yuanhang relied on his eloquence and often used scriptures to scold him. King Su was often speechless by Qi Yuanhang. Live the chance
"Mrs. Lin still has feelings for Mrs. Qi. Maybe she did such a thing in a moment of anger. Why don't Mrs. Qi go to the Duke's mansion today to ask Mrs. Lin, maybe Mrs. Lin will be willing to re-enter The door of the Qi family."
After yelling at Qi Yuanhang again, King Su accepted it as soon as he saw it. He excused that he still had something to do, and after stimulating people, he left in a hurry.
After King Su left, Qi Yuanhang's feet softened, his body staggered, and he almost passed out. If it weren't for the officials from the same faction behind him who raised their hands to support him, Qi Yuanhang would have fallen directly to the ground .
"Master Qi, are you okay?"
"Master Qi, your complexion doesn't look very good, how about we send you back?"
"Master Qi, you should not be too tired, your body is important..."
Qi Yuanhang's brain was buzzing, and his heart was hurting like it was about to explode. He wanted to say something, but when the Chinese words came to his lips, he didn't know how to say them.
All the faces in front of him were full of concern, as if they were very concerned about his body, but Qi Yuanhang knew very well in his heart that everyone was together because of their interests, and they treated him very well. How much of their concern is sincere and how much is false, only they themselves know.
He is the backbone of these people, and these people are gathered around him. Qi Yuanhang must not fall down at this time, and he must not show anything wrong.
Thinking of this, Qi Yuanhang quickly adjusted his emotions. He supported the hand of the officer next to him and slowly stood up straight, then smiled at the other party and said.
"I'm fine. It's probably because the weather was too hot. I didn't have a good rest last night. That's why it happened. Don't worry."
As Qi Yuanhang said that, he managed to pull himself together and pretended to be a normal person. Seeing him like this, everyone felt relieved a little, and surrounded him and walked towards the palace gate.
Along the way, Qi Yuanhang suppressed his irritability and whispered about things with these officials, but he was a little absent-minded, most of them were said by other people, while he listened quietly, and the expressions of other officials were a little uncomfortable when they saw Qi Yuanhang Yes, his expression was always gorgeous, and he felt that his body must not have fully recovered, and he did not ask him to have dinner with him afterwards, but sent him to the carriage waiting outside.
"Master Qi, you should take a good rest, don't work hard, everything should be based on your body."
"Yes, Mr. Qi, you are our backbone, if something happens to you, then we will be left alone."
Looking at these officials who cared about him wholeheartedly, Qi Yuanhang forced a smile and said, "I'm fine, don't worry."
After comforting them, Qi Yuanhang put down the curtain, leaned against the carriage door and closed his eyes to rest.
At this point, it was time to get off work at noon, and he didn't need to go to the yamen to deal with official business. Originally, Qi Yuanhang wanted to go back to have a rest, and return to work in the afternoon.
However, after closing his eyes and resting for a while, he suddenly remembered what King Su had said to him before, and Qi Yuanhang suddenly opened his eyes.
"Go to the Duke's mansion."
Qi Yuanhang gave an order in a low voice, and the coachman outside the door responded, then turned the carriage and headed towards the direction of the Duke's Mansion.
At this time, Qi Yuanhang had no intention of resting, and until this time he still refused to believe that Lin Qinshuang wrote him a divorce letter.
He knows his wife's personality best. Lin Qinshuang has a gentle temperament, and rarely gets angry with others. She doesn't say everything to herself, but she listens to him very much, and rarely contradicts him.
What he did this time was really not right, but he changed it after he knew his mistake, scolded Qi Nuo, and didn't help Qi Xun, didn't let him stay in the capital, Lin Qinshuang didn't care Should be angry with myself.
She made a fuss about reconciliation before, probably to threaten him, but now that she knew she was wrong, Lin Qinshuang shouldn't continue to make trouble out of emotion and reason.
Even at this time, Qi Yuanhang didn't think that Lin Qinshuang really abandoned him. He thought that all this was King Su's nonsense, deliberately trying to provoke him.
The two have been husband and wife for many years, and he has never produced an illegitimate child outside. He has always respected Lin Qinshuang very much, and there are no such messy women in the house. The back house is so clean, Lin Qinshuang shouldn't have abandoned him.
Just like that, the carriage carried the cranky Qi Yuanhang to the outside of the Duke's Mansion. When he arrived at the Duke's Mansion, he didn't wait for someone to interpret, and got off the carriage by himself, knocking on the gate of the Duke's Mansion.
The concierge naturally knew Qi Yuanhang as a young man. After all, he was the prime minister of the dynasty with a detached status. When the concierge saw Qi Yuanhang in the past, he was so respectful.
But this time the concierge got the order from the Duke, and after seeing Qi Yuanhang, he bit the bullet and stopped Qi Yuanhang, telling him that the Duke's mansion had something to do today and it was inconvenient to receive guests.
Qi Yuanhang looked at the concierge with serious eyes, his sharp eyes seemed to see through the concierge from the inside to the outside, the concierge only felt his body chilling, and his legs were like soft noodles, unable to hold on at all. Live in your own body.
How could ordinary people be able to bear the official authority of the prime minister? The porter groaned secretly in his heart, but he still had to straighten his body to stop the other party.
"My lord, please don't embarrass the slave. This is the order of the Duke, and the slave can't do anything about it."
Qi Yuanhang looked at the concierge who was blocking him, and his heart sank slowly. The attitude of the concierge often also represented the attitude of the host. How could he be stopped every time he came over in the past? The concierge didn't send him in respectfully every time, but this time he stopped him and refused to let him in.
This is already very illustrative.
But even at this point, Qi Yuanhang still refused to believe that he was abandoned by Lin Qinshuang.
"I'm not a guest, I'm the son-in-law of the Duke's mansion. When the master comes to the door, do you have the right to stop him, a lowly slave? Even if the Duke is here, it's impossible to let the truth stay outside!"
Qi Yuanhang said sharply, raised his hand and pushed away the porter who was blocking him, and strode towards the Duke's mansion. If Qi Yuanhang was just an ordinary official, the porter would have the guts to stop him, but he is the prime minister. , the status is extraordinary, the two of them are just ordinary concierges, how can they stop him
Qi Yuanhang entered the Duke's Mansion unimpeded all the way, the concierge saw that the situation was not good, and immediately asked another concierge to guard, and ran in quickly by himself, trying to persuade Qi Yuanhang not to be so impulsive.
"Master Qi, calm down, this is the Duke's Mansion, it's not good for you to push so hard..."
Seeing that Qi Yuanhang couldn't be stopped, and the other party didn't want to listen to him at all, the concierge stomped helplessly, and ran towards the mansion like flying, ready to tell the master about Qi Yuanhang's arrival.
It's not that he doesn't want to stop, Qi Yuanhang refuses to listen to him, what can he do
It was noon now, it was time for lunch, Lin Qinshuang had nothing to do, she had already arrived in the main courtyard, ready to have dinner with her parents.
The population of the Duke's Mansion is simple. Besides Lin Qinshuang, the old Duke and Mrs. Guo have two sons, but those two sons are not in the capital, but are sent out to serve as officials. There are still two or three years before they come back. time.
Although the Duke is in a high position and has a hereditary title, his children did not let them be raised at home as rich and idle people, but let them study and take the imperial examination. Fortunately, the two sons are also very competitive. It is considered big, but it has made some political achievements to some extent. In the future, not to mention being in a high position, it will be able to go on smoothly in this life.
The Lin family doesn't have the tradition of taking concubines, so their wives and children are all in office together. In the huge Duke's mansion, only the old Duke and his wife are there. Added a lot of freshness to this place.
After Qi Wang met the Duke and his wife in the morning, he set off to work in the Ministry of Industry. Lin Qinshuang had nothing to do and stayed with her parents all the time.
At this time, she was talking with her parents, but the concierge hurried in and told about Qi Yuanhang's intrusion.
"It's not good, Mrs. Qi, Mrs. Qi broke in."
When the people in the room heard this, their faces changed instantly.
The Duke and his wife subconsciously looked at Lin Qinshuang.