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As a result, Yuan Cixian was unconscious as soon as she touched the pillow. When she opened her eyes again, she saw that it was already dawn, and it was about the time of Mao. She turned over and rubbed her sore back. She saw that Lu Shiqing, who usually got up earlier than her, was still sleeping soundly, with no sign of waking up.
She stretched her eyelids open as hard as she could, counted the days with her fingers, and then pushed him hard: "Lu Shiqing, you're not going to court? You're going to be late!"
Lu Shiqing was drifting in a dream when he was awakened by her call. He frowned and closed his eyes, not knowing whether he heard clearly or not, and just uttered "Oh" casually.
She got up and continued to push him: "You get up."
He was so annoyed that he pulled the blanket over his face and said in a dying voice, "... I can't get up."
Yuan Cixian didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Who told him to torment her for most of the night last night? Now he's squeezed dry!
She struggled to pull off the corner of the quilt that he was holding tightly in his hand, and said angrily, "Do you want the whole capital to know what you did last night?"
Lu Shiqing turned over and buried his face in the bed, saying "hmm" unmoved.
In a rage, she stretched out her long legs and straddled his waist. She leaned over to straighten his face, pinched his chin and said, "Are you going to get up?" Then she held his hands in this position and pulled him hard, "Get up, get up! If you don't get up, your salary will be deducted!"
Lu Shiqing finally raised his eyelids and saw her warrior-like posture. He smiled and felt like he was about to fire a gun. He took a breath and suppressed it for a while before saying, "Can you help me put on my clothes?"
Yuan Cixian wanted to say "wishful thinking", but seeing his sleepy look was really cute, her heart softened, and even the anger from last night mostly disappeared. She lowered her head and held his face, gave him a seductive look, and said: "Get up and I'll put it on for you."
He took the initiative and stretched out a hand, motioning her to pull him.
Yuan Cixian wrinkled her nose at him and reached out to pull him up, but because of her posture, she was knocked off balance and fell backwards.
Hearing her cry of "Ouch", Lu Shiqing reacted quickly. He quickly reached out to support her waist and held her tightly in his arms.
Their noses touched each other because of this action. He lowered his head to look at her slightly swollen lips, stretched out his thumb and touched them soothingly.
Yuan Cixian thought he was going to kiss her, and quickly stepped back: "You are confused because of sleep, I haven't rinsed my mouth yet."
Lu Shiqing paused when he heard this. He hadn't planned to do this originally, but if he didn't kiss her now, it would mean that he disliked her.
He had no choice but to half-open his eyes sleepily, lower his head and peck her, and said, "I haven't yet either."
Yuan Cixian glanced at him with a smile on her lips. She tucked her hair behind her ears, urged him to hurry up, then climbed down and went to Mushi to get his official uniform.
Lu Shiqing sighed and followed him down, stretching his arms and continuing to doze off. He was so sleepy that he didn’t even enjoy the feeling of being dressed by Yuan Cixian for the first time in his life, until he heard her puzzled voice coming from below: “Does your belt have a third jade button?”
He stood there with his eyes narrowed, and uttered "hmm" weakly.
Yuan Cixian continued to bend over and tinker with it. When she was done, it seemed strange no matter how she looked at it, but she couldn't tell what was wrong. She said "OK" hesitantly, and only slapped her head when Lu Shiqing finished washing up and walked out like a wandering soul.
She forgot to ask whether it was the third from the bottom or the third from the bottom.
She immediately ordered Cao An to chase after Lu Shiqing, wanting him to check and confirm it quickly, but unexpectedly, Zhao Shu's driving skills had improved greatly, and he didn't even catch sight of his tail. So that afternoon, the news that Minister Lu put the gold and jade belt upside down when he went to court spread throughout the entire Chang'an city.
Yuan Cixian waited anxiously for Lu Shiqing to come back with a gloomy face and scold her, but when it was dusk, she saw him looking refreshed, and he didn't even fix the wrong belt. The next day, when she went out again, she saw that four or five out of ten men, women, young and old on the streets used this reverse buckle method to tie their belts, calling it a fashion.
“…” This world is so tolerant to good-looking people.
*
Unfortunately, the sage forgave his favorite minister for his misbehavior, but was not forgiving of others. A few days later, the shocking reversal of two major cases shocked the entire court.
One was the Cai He case, which had been going on for more than ten days. With irrefutable evidence, Cai He's guilt was a foregone conclusion. However, what everyone did not expect was that the Minister of Justice who had previously exposed him was exposed at this juncture, saying that he had hidden tens of thousands of silver coins and dozens of beautiful girls in his private residence.
This love of money and sex is not uncommon, but what is strange is that the source is unknown. The "perceptive" saint immediately ordered the imperial censor to arrange for investigation. After following the clues, he "discovered" that these things were all from the hands of the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple.
When Cai He, the Minister of the Dali Temple, was detained for taking bribes and making a wrongful conviction, his subordinate, the Shaoqing, gave benefits to the Minister of Justice who had exposed him. This matter seemed strange and fishy no matter how one looked at it.
The saint with a sharp eye ordered people to investigate further, and then "successfully" found the secret letter between the two people. This proved that the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple had failed to be promoted before, and Cai He was promoted to a higher position, so he was dissatisfied and intended to frame him and bring him down.
Cai He's grievances were cleared, but he was physically emaciated after being tortured for more than ten days. When he was brought to the Xuanzheng Hall, he was already skinny and covered with bruises. The court was immediately in an uproar.
Of course, it's not that no one saw the loopholes and doubts in the whole process of overturning the case. It's just that they also saw that the root of this matter was that the saint wanted to cover up the truth. In this cannibalistic place, the truth is never as important as power and the general trend. Those who have some insight naturally chose to keep their mouths shut and play dumb.
As a result, the entire court was filled with the resounding voices of begging the emperor to severely punish the Junior Official of the Dali Temple and the Minister of Justice. Even if anyone had resentment in their hearts, they would blame it on Emperor Huining. However, Lu Shiqing, the one who set up the scheme, was outside the situation from beginning to end, just watching with a smile.
After Yuan Cixian learned about this, she could only sigh that he was extremely cunning.
But it is her husband who is cunning and treacherous, so this is a compliment.
The second case was the Qujiang case that shocked the court and the public. Two princes were assassinated together by the Qujiang River. Just when everyone was wondering who was so daring, news came from the Jingzhao Prefecture that the suspect had been successfully arrested and was being interrogated severely. It was expected that the real culprit would be found soon.
As soon as the news came out, the Second Prince was inevitably a little flustered, and sent his confidant to investigate the matter. Unexpectedly, the news was a trap to lure him into the trap - Jingzhao Prefecture did not catch any suspects at all, but now, his confidant with mysterious whereabouts was caught.
Zheng Ji was sure that his confidants would never betray him, but the old emperor was extremely disappointed in him. As long as the result was right, he didn't care about the process at all. He directly ordered someone to draft a confession and forced the man to sign it.
The news of the second prince crying thief quickly spread throughout the court. The sage was furious and smashed a jade pen pillow on his son's head in public, giving him a big bump. He didn't care whether he was kneeling or crawling, or how heartbroken and sincere his words of repentance were, he would not listen to any more and walked away in anger.
You can only know the warmth and coldness of the world when you encounter difficulties.
At this time, sympathy for the Sixth Prince was the general trend, and everyone could say something to express their opinions, but the Second Prince's party dared not easily show up to plead for Zheng Ji. The Ping Wang party was not in a position to intervene, so they could only wait and see.
However, the old emperor really made up his mind this time, and did not give people too much time to guess. After a few days, he issued an imperial edict, saying that the second prince had evil intentions and had provoked internal conflicts several times over the years, causing brothers to quarrel and alienate each other, disrupting the Great Zhou and destroying the peace of the court. Now he is stripped of all his powers and demoted to Yazhou, an isolated southern border area, to reflect on his mistakes. He is not allowed to return to the capital until his heart is set right.
The fight for succession in the Zhou royal family had been going on for several years. The old emperor had let the position of crown prince remain vacant and had never made a clear statement on the matter until this eloquent imperial edict.
The moment the prison van carrying Zheng Ji drove out of Chang'an City, the political situation of the Great Zhou Dynasty also shattered into pieces at the same moment, waiting for a pair of hands like a god to reassemble and piece it together.
Everything was within Lu Shiqing's expectations.
*
The news from Chang'an soon spread all the way to the southwest. On the day when the marriage team entered the gate of Nanzhao, Xiju received these two pieces of news from the capital.
Shao He was sitting opposite him in silence, leaning slightly against the car wall, listening to him talk about things that did not concern her.
Xi Ju finished talking to himself and sighed: "Lu Zishu really has some skills."
Shao He said nothing when he heard this, and even his expression did not fluctuate. He just stared quietly at the lush tree scenery passing by outside the car curtain, blinking gently.
Seeing that she was not interested, Xi Ju did not get angry and just said, "The front is the Nanzhao Imperial City. After passing this gate, you will be the future queen of Nanzhao and will have nothing to do with the Great Zhou anymore. My Lord, a wise man knows the current situation. I wonder what you think about my last proposal for cooperation."
Shao He turned his head and said calmly, "I don't understand what I have that is worthy of cooperation from Your Highness. I still say that even if I have no connection with the Great Zhou, I will not have any connection with Your Highness."
Xi Ju smiled and said, "Since your lord doesn't understand, I will give you a few more suggestions. I think your lord must have a little-known secret, and this secret will not only allow me to control Nanzhao, but also help me to capture the surrounding Tubo, Pyu Kingdom and even the Great Zhou in one fell swoop."
Shao He's eyes flickered for a moment, and his hands hidden in his sleeves trembled slightly. He said as calmly as possible: "Your Highness, I don't understand what you said."
Xi Ju slowly leaned towards her across the narrow table in the car and asked with a smile: "Since you don't understand, why are you afraid?"
The distance between them was too close, and the hot breath from his words sprayed on her lips. She didn't say anything else, just stared at him with bated breath.
Xi Ju raised his lips and said, "There is no so-called destiny or fate in this world that cannot be violated. There are only wrong paths. And you were wrong from the beginning." He looked at her with his eyes slightly curved, and said word by word, "Zheng Jun, Buddha cannot help you, but I can save you."
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