Only those who are in it know how powerful it is, such as the civil servants who are caught in the attack of public opinion at this time.
In fact, as a civil servant, admonishing the emperor to accept a concubine is not a very good-looking thing. No matter how good the reasons are, and no matter how hype, you can't escape the notoriety of encouraging the emperor to be lewd.
Let the emperor accept the concubine such words, the queen mother can say it, the queen can say it, but the minister can't say it. In history, there were tough ministers who forced the emperor to accept the concubine. How did the history books record him in the end? There is also a situation where the emperor is interested in accepting his concubine, but it is not easy to tell the people of the world directly, so he will find a close minister to pretend to advise, and then he will naturally accept the beauty of the world and fill the harem.
The emperor accepted the concubine, one situation is that the master is weak and the minister is strong, and the other is that he has moved his mind. If neither of these two situations exist, and the minister thinks that the emperor wants to accept the concubine, he will rush to remonstrate. Isn't this because his reputation is too good to be heard and deliberately smeared
Of course, a smart person like Li Guangji knows to put the blame on the queen and let her take the blame, but the key is that the emperor is not willing to let the queen take the blame? ! In this world, as long as the emperor is not cowardly and he does not nod his head, who can do it in an open and aboveboard manner
If the trouble continues, and it falls in the eyes of others, it means that the mind of a courtier is not right.
When the news first came out, some people felt that it was not good for the emperor to favor the queen alone. But when some officials were so beautiful and disrespectful to send their wives to the public, the onlookers changed their views one after another. They only thought that these scholars were upright on the surface, but wretched on the inside.
Immediately, scholars were not happy. Many people came forward and said that such civil servants were the black sheep. In order to show their position, they launched a severe criticism of these civil servants one after another, and some even signed a letter jointly, expressing righteousness and righteousness that such people are incompetent and unworthy of being an official, and their vast representative team of scholars disdain to associate with them.
Most of the officials in the DPRK are left when the late emperor was on the throne. From the empress dowager to the common people, no one can just nod their conscience and say yes. After Jin Yang came to power, he has subtly changed the pattern of the DPRK and China. In addition, Sima Jiayan died down and was willing to take a step back, so Jin Yang's control over the previous dynasty was even stronger.
Nowadays, scholars are outraged and condemn some officials. Jin Yang follows the trend, dismissing a few officials who were particularly troubled, and demoting some of the officials involved. He applauded, and then the scholars wrote a lot of poems praising his achievements, saying that he was not a womanizer, that he cared about the people, and that he was of good character. Anyway, he had all the advantages that the previous emperor did not have; Not a single one got on.
There is only one theme of these praises, that is, it is great that we have such an emperor in Dafeng, and our Dafeng people love you.
This incident was too big, and even the reputation of the Li family was affected a little bit. Fortunately, they were a family that had been passed down for many years. But despite this, there are still people behind the scenes saying that the Li family is actually a hypocrite.
After hearing these rumors, the Li family was furious behind their backs, but they still pretended to be ignorant.
"Father," Li Huaigu walked into the study and bowed to Li Guangji, "I heard that you have something to ask me?"
"Sit down and talk first," Li Guangji said with his back to him, looking at the landscape painting hanging on the wall, with a solemn expression, "How do you feel about our Li family today?"
"Father, what do you mean by that?" Li Huaigu's expression changed slightly, looking at Li Guangji's back, feeling a little uneasy.
"Have you seen the fate of the Sima family?" Li Guangji turned to look at his son, "Sima Hong is now seriously ill in bed, and the second and second rooms in the first and second rooms are unable to shrink, and the third room is even worse, but now it is only given to him. The grandson of the eldest house is the title of captain of the light car." Speaking of this, he sighed, "The Sima family is the grandfather's family today, not to mention our Li family."
Li Huaigu remained silent. His thoughts were different from Li Guangji's. In his opinion, the Sima family's fate was due to their own lack of greed. If their Li family was loyal to the emperor, how could they be the same as the Sima family
"Why don't you speak?" Li Guangji said slightly unhappily when he saw his son lowered his head, "Is there any doubts?"
"Father, son thinks that we are different from the Sima family. Although the Sima family is the emperor's grandfather's family, the Sima family never helped him when the emperor was still in Cheng Wangfu, so the emperor took them so coldly." Li Huai pondered. , "More importantly, my son thinks that the emperor attaches great importance to talents, as long as we serve the emperor faithfully..."
"Even if we are willing to show our loyalty, will the emperor believe it?!" Li Guangji interrupted Li Huaigu in a deep voice, "You are still too young to know, go back and think about it."
"Father, are you planning to cooperate with Prince Rui's Mansion?" Li Huaigu said anxiously, "If this is the case, our family will become a scoundrel."
"When Taizu ascended the throne, didn't we rely on us to hold him up?" Li Guangji said coldly, "Only if he fails, he is called a chaotic thief. As long as he succeeds, it is the merit of the dragon."
"Today is the prince of benevolence, please think again, father."
"History is written by the victors. After a hundred years, who will know whether he is a tyrant or a wise man?" Li Guangji said angrily, "You are a woman's kindness." Speaking of this, he suddenly frowned. "Don't you still miss that Gu's daughter?"
Li Huaigu frowned: "Father, my son has already forgotten about the past, why do you need to mention it again?"
"Since you don't care anymore, why stop you from being a father?" Li Guangji waved his hand, "Go back, I have my own rules in mind."
"Father… "
"Go back."
"Yes," Li Huaigu reluctantly exited his father's study, feeling annoyed and bored, and unknowingly walked outside the yard where his mother lived.
"Young Master." When the gatekeeper saw him, she gave him a blessing.
"Is my mother here?" Li Huaigu glanced at the inner courtyard, only to see that the door was closed, and there was no trace of anger.
A mama in the door hurried out with a smile on her face. Li Huaigu recognized that this person was serving by his mother's side, so he patiently asked again.
"It's really unfortunate that my wife is not feeling well and has already fallen asleep now," the mammy said apologetically, "Why don't you come back later, son?"
"Since my mother is resting, I won't bother." Li Huaigu looked up at the noon sun, and walked out of the yard with a sullen face. Since his sister was gone, his mother didn't like to go out of the yard, and he rarely saw her in private.
He smiled bitterly and turned back to his yard.
After the nap, Gu Rujiu got up from the bed, rubbed his forehead, and let the maid come in to serve.
After changing her clothes, she sat in front of the bronze mirror. Before she could comb her hair, she heard a thud behind her, and Baolu knelt on the ground. Applique Huang's hand paused for a while, and Gu Rujiu said without turning her head, "Baolu, what are you doing?"
"Niangniang, please listen to what this servant has to say," Baolu bowed to her with a pale face, "These words have been hidden in the servant's heart for a long time."
Seeing that things were wrong, Qiu Luo waved the other palace attendants out of the room, lest Baolu say inappropriate words and embarrass the empress. The other palace attendants breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, and immediately exited the house like a tide.
"What do you have to say at this time?" Gu Rujiu picked up the eyebrow pencil, stroked the brows lightly, then raised her eyelids to look at herself in the mirror, only to find that her eyes were a little cold, she blinked to cover up Emotions in the eyes.
"Please stop your hand," Baolu's voice trembled with fear and nervousness, "Don't do this kind of thing again."
The eyebrow pencil firmly leaves traces on the eyebrows, making the already beautiful eyebrows more dazzling. After drawing the two eyebrows, Gu Rujiu put down the eyebrow pencil and said slowly, "What hand will Ben Gong take?"
Baolu bit her lower lip, her eyes were slightly red and said: "The servant is worried that if you continue, it will cause the emperor's dissatisfaction. What should you do then?"
"Are you worried about this palace?" Gu Rujiu turned to look at Baolu, saw her wearing a light cyan dress with a pale face, and said with a smile, "Baolu, how long have you been following me?"
Baolu was stunned for a moment and replied, "This slave has been with you for six years."
"Since you have served me closely for six years, you should know that these words should not be said today," Gu Rujiu looked at Baolu's specially changed clothes and sighed, "You are not too young. Gotta bring you in."
"Niangniang," Baolu's tears finally fell from her eyes, "Do you dislike slaves and want them to go?"
Gu Rujiu looked at her without saying a word, and stroked the silver hairpin beside her temples.
"Your Majesty..." Bai Xian stood outside and wanted to speak, but His Majesty raised his hand and made him swallow the words behind. He looked at the kneeling maid in the house and the silent queen, worried that she would say something she shouldn't have said.
Jin Yang stood at the door and watched Long Jiu sit silently. He felt a little distressed, but he didn't know if he should go out at this time. He knew that his mentality was not right, but he indulged his own thoughts.
After a long silence, Gu Rujiu stood up, dragging her long skirt to the ground, making a rustling sound: "Baolu, I don't need a self-asserting person by my side."
"Niangniang," Baolu knelt up and stepped forward, wanting to drag Gu Rujiu's skirt, but when she saw the gorgeous patterns on the corner of the skirt, she retracted her hand, "Niangniang, even if you despise slaves, it's disgusting. It’s okay to be a slave, but the slave really doesn’t want you to lose your heart and become someone your Majesty hates.”
"You really just hope that Your Majesty will not tire of abandoning this palace?" Gu Rujiu looked at Baolu's eyes, Baolu did not dare to meet her eyes that seemed to penetrate people's hearts, and lowered her head.
"Heh," Gu Rujiu chuckled and raised his chin slightly: "You don't understand, I don't want to act in front of some people."
"But he is the emperor!" Baolu bit the corner of his lips and said, "He is the most honorable man in the world."
"So what?" Gu Rujiu sneered, "So you moved your mind in a way you shouldn't?"
"No slaves, slaves don't dare." Baolu knelt on the ground and shook his head again and again.
"I don't care if you have such thoughts," Gu Rujiu walked slowly to Baolu, squatted down and raised her chin, stared into her eyes and said, "Anyway, the most honorable man in the world is my husband. ,Nothing to do with you."
Baolu looked at the smile at the corner of Gu Rujiu's mouth, a chill came into her heart from the soles of her feet, and endless fear filled her whole body, causing her whole body to tremble unconsciously.
She saw the killing intent in her eyes.
Memories flashed silently in my mind, and the scenes were like silent pictures. Gu Rujiu in every painting was smiling, without exception.
She was startled, it turned out that it was not that the Empress had changed, but that she had not seen through the Empress at all. She wanted to kowtow to confess her guilt, but the Empress was pinching her chin, she didn't dare to move, and time seemed to freeze.
"That's all." Gu Rujiu retracted her hand and sighed, "Looking at the past relationship, since you are not suitable for the life in the palace, go out of the palace."
"Niangniang..." Baolu's eyes widened. When looking at Gu Rujiu, the murderous intent in the other party's eyes disappeared without a trace, as if it had never existed.
"Qiuluo, pack her luggage and let her leave the palace today." Gu Rujiu stopped looking at Baolu and turned to look at the door, only to realize that Jin Yang had been standing there for some time.
She pursed her lips and said nothing.
"The slave has seen His Majesty." Qiu Luo did not expect His Majesty to suddenly appear at the door without a sound. She hurriedly gave the other party a big gift, and then gave Baolu a hateful look, if it wasn't for her causing so many troubles , How can this scene be seen by His Majesty today
"You all step back." Gu Rujiu glanced at Baolu and said expressionlessly.
Baolu kowtowed three times to Gu Rujiu before standing up tremblingly, not daring to look at Jin Yang who was standing at the door, and hurriedly left behind Qiuluo.
After leaving everyone's sight, Qiu Luo, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped, turned around and slapped Baolu fiercely, because she used too much force, and her breath was a little unstable.
The crisp sound of slaps echoed in the corridor, as if the sound of cicadas disappeared.
Baolu's eyes were red, and she covered her cheeks, instead of looking at Qiu Luo, she just choked in a low voice.
"Shameless!" Qiu Luo squeezed these two words out of his teeth, never looking at Baolu again, turned around and left.
Baolu looked at Qiu Luo's back with tears, and whimpered, "I don't want to, but..." Your Majesty is so kind and caring to the Empress. Many times, she can't help but fantasize, if she is the empress, how wonderful it would be
She also knew that this kind of thinking was wrong, but she couldn't stop it. In the end, she began to think that the empress was not good enough to His Majesty, not caring enough, or even worthy of His Majesty's treatment of her.
"I don't want to listen to your helplessness, and I'm not interested in your thoughts," Qiu Luo said with a blank expression, "I'm different from you, we have nothing to say."
Baolu stared at Qiu Luo blankly, covered her face and crouched down and cried bitterly.
Bai Xian and He Ming looked at the situation in front of them tremblingly, and they were unable to advance or retreat, so they had to bury their heads lower and lower, trying to reduce their sense of existence as much as possible.
"You all step back," Jin Yang waved his hand, causing everyone to step back.
Gu Rujiu saw that he was walking towards her, silent and did not speak, and the atmosphere in the room was a little awkward for a while. For Gu Rujiu, she didn't really want Jin Yang to see the scene just now.
The door of the palace closed silently, and the room suddenly darkened, except for the sound of cicadas, no other sound could be heard.
Suddenly, her hand was held, and the warm touch spread from her fingertips to the bottom of her heart.
"Not in a good mood?" Jin Yang looked at her with a smile, reached out and touched the yellow flower on her forehead, "It's so beautiful."
"Yeah, someone is so charming that even the maid next to me has other thoughts," Gu Rujiu stretched out her finger and poked his chest, "It's a pity that I'm jealous and can't do things that are beautiful as adults."
When Jin Yang saw her like this, his heart moved, and he couldn't help hugging him into his arms: "I'm very happy to see you like this."
The person in his arms didn't move at all, he gently stroked her back, put him on his lap and sat down, and said with a low laugh, "Jiu Jiu is willing to do this for me, I have a feeling that I am very fond of you. important feeling."
"Humph." Gu Rujiu snorted in his arms.
Hearing this light hum, he felt that his heart was numb.
An hour later, Jin Yang looked at Gu Rujiu, who was already asleep on the bed, sat up with his arms up, took the underwear and trousers that had been thrown aside, put it on, put on a robe and got out of bed.
He put on his clothes lightly, and when he looked back, he saw that Gu Rujiu was still sleeping very deeply. He lowered his head and kissed her on the forehead lightly before walking out of the room with his hair loose.
"Your Majesty," Bai Xian and He Ming saw Jin Yang come out with a radiant look on his face, and his hair was loose, and immediately lowered the volume. He Ming moved quickly, and took a step ahead of Bai Xian, "Your Majesty, Li Xiang asks to see you."
"What is he doing at this hour?" Jin Yang looked up at the sun, which was about to move to the middle of the sky, and frowned, "No."
He Ming glanced at Bai Xian out of the corner of his eye, motioning for him to answer. Bai Xian gritted his teeth with hatred in his heart, but seeing He Ming eagerly stepped forward to tie His Majesty's hair, he had no choice but to go out the door against Lie Sun.
Seeing Li Guangji standing under the shade of a tree, Bai Xian politely stepped forward and cupped his hands: "Master Li, I have kept you waiting for a long time."
Li Guangji glanced at Zichen Hall: "Eunuch Bai, I wonder if Your Majesty has time to see me now?"
"Your Majesty is preparing to eat at the moment, Master Li should invite him back first." Since he was coldly treated by the emperor for half a year because of the benefits of the Sima family, he did not dare to get too close to these big families. To Li Guangji, he only maintained an attitude of being more than polite and not being close enough.
"If that's the case, then the official will leave." Li Guangji's face was a little pale, then he turned and left.
Bai Xian looked at his back with a smile, and shook the whisk in his hand.
After leaving the palace and getting into the carriage, Li Guangji sank his face. What His Majesty is preparing to eat, in fact, it is true that the emperor does not want to see him at all.
The incident of Nafei this time has already changed since it was spread to the people. It became that he, the prime minister, led other officials to persecute the emperor and concubine, and plotted to do something wrong. The emperor took this opportunity to transfer several officials of their Li Department from key positions to the old-age yamen, and even some people were dismissed to the end, and even their descendants were affected.
He entered the palace this time to intercede for several officials, but he didn't know that the emperor didn't even see him at all.
The prime minister went to the palace to ask to see the emperor, but the emperor avoided seeing him and spread it to the court. Who didn't know that the emperor did not trust him as the prime minister
"Yellow-haired child, it is really lawless." Li Guangji cursed secretly, smashing a jade pendant hanging from his waist.
The groom who was driving the carriage heard the movement inside the carriage, lowered his head expressionlessly, raised his whip and gave the horse a gentle stroke on the horse's buttocks.
Who knew that at this time, a woman suddenly ran out of the road. He pulled the reins, but the horse still bumped into the woman.
Li Guangji, who was sitting in the carriage, was upset by the violent shaking, but he kept a gentle and polite attitude outside, so before reaching out to lift the curtain, he forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart.
"What happened?" Li Guangji swept his eyes to the ground, and saw a young girl lying there. Because of the summer heat, she was wearing thin clothes, and the other party showed half of her snow-white arms.
As a man, when he sees this kind of beauty, no matter how dissatisfied he is, he will become reluctantly satisfied. Li Guangji is a normal man, and he has a lot of inferior qualities that other men have. The only thing better than others is that he hides better than others.
So after he got off the carriage, he didn't reach out to hold the girl, but asked very politely, "Girl, are you alright?"
"Sir, forgive me, the little girl didn't intend to bump into the adults, but the mother at home was seriously ill, and I was shocked when I was in a hurry." The girl on the ground climbed up with difficulty, clutching her injured arm, and apologized repeatedly, her face could not be concealed. panic.
Only then did Li Guangji notice the medicinal herbs scattered on the ground, which exuded a bitter medicinal smell under the scorching sun.
At this moment, the shivering girl raised her head, and a pair of eyes that looked like tears but not tears looked into his eyes.
Gu Rujiu felt that she was awakened by hunger. She lay on the bed and watched the shadow of the window lattice stretched out. For a while, she didn't know whether she should take a bath or eat first.
"Niangniang, are you awake?" Qiu Luo saw movement on the bed, walked in with the fragrant porridge, and whispered, "You need something first."
Gu Rujiu pulled the quilt on her body, only to realize that she was wearing a clean underwear, she coughed dryly, and she didn't know when Chen Jun put it on for her.
Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Gu Rujiu finished drinking the bowl of porridge, then wiped the corners of her mouth and asked, "Has Baolu gone?"
Qiu Luo was holding the bowl, his face was a little confused: "Niangniang, the slave did not send her out of the palace."
"She doesn't want to leave the palace?" Gu Rujiu got out of bed, put on a robe and walked behind the screen, where there was a steaming tub.
Taking off her clothes, she stepped on the footstool and sat in the tub, then let out a comfortable sigh.
"Niangniang, He Ming took Baolu away just now." Qiu Luo saw the light red marks on the collarbone of the Empress's shoulders, and her cheeks turned slightly red and looked away.