Li Jingnan was in a good mood. When he saw the Queen Mother coming, he happily welcomed her out.
"Why is the Queen Mother here today?" Li Jingnan walked up to the Queen Mother and said with a smile, "My son is about to leave the palace."
Zheng Shuwen saw Li Jingnan wearing ordinary clothes and suspected that he was going to leave the palace again. Her face was not good at first, but now she heard what he said, and her face suddenly darkened.
"Why this time?" she asked with a frown.
"Hua Qingxue has recovered. I'm going to see her." Li Jingnan replied.
Zheng Shuwen looked calm and said in a cold voice: "When she was not sick, you went to see her. When she was sick, you went to see her. Now that she is cured, you still want to see her. I didn't know that Mrs. Si Bing was such a sweetheart. The sweet cakes made the emperor leave the palace every two days, and he ran more diligently than he did to greet the Ai family!"
These words were a little too serious, almost directly saying that Hua Qingxue had high self-esteem and was even more noble than the Queen Mother of the current dynasty! It is simply contempt for the imperial power and treason!
The smile on Li Jingnan's face faded a little, and he calmed down his emotions and said, "Because of the establishment of the academy, I still have some questions that I want to discuss with her."
"It is well known that the emperor cherishes talents, why should he be demoted again and again?" Zheng Shuwen was already dissatisfied with Li Jingnan's frequent visits to Hua Qingxue from the palace. In her opinion, Hua Qingxue was used by Fu Tingye to confuse him. The emperor's chess piece! He is the person who should be most vigilant!
The maid next to Zheng Shuwen suddenly interjected: "The Queen Mother has always been concerned about the establishment of an academy. Why don't we tell Mrs. Si Bing to come to the palace, and everyone can get together. If there is anything unclear, you can ask for clarification..."
Li Jingnan cast an unhappy glance at the palace maid and scolded her coldly: "Who taught you the rules?! Is it your turn as a slave to interfere in my affairs?!"
The palace maid trembled and immediately knelt down, "I know my mistake, please forgive me!"
"You don't need to blame Zi Wan! What she said is what I meant!" Zheng Shuwen protected Zi Wan with an angry look in her eyes, "The emperor is really promising now, and the people around the Ai family can scold him at will!"
Li Jingnan twitched the corners of his mouth, lowered his eyes and replied: "Mother, I don't mean that."
"Then what do you mean?!" Zheng Shuwen suddenly raised her voice with anger! Even Xiaodouzi beside Li Jingnan trembled with fear.
Zheng Shuwen said angrily: "The emperor should tell the Ai family, why is the emperor so humble and condescending?! How did the wife of the military commander confuse you?!"
Li Jingnan stood there with a cold expression and said nothing.
Zheng Shuwen looked at him like this and felt powerless, "The Aijia knows that you don't like to hear these words, but the loyal words are harsh to the ears. Your Majesty, you must understand that that woman is Fu Tingye's! She uses those little tricks to make you happy and deliberately seduce you. Indulging in fun and not thinking about progress, she is harming you!"
Li Jingnan opened her mouth and wanted to say that Hua Qingxue did not blindly lead him to have fun. In fact, she often told him to know how to recognize and employ people, and to guard against arrogance and impetuosity. Although she was ignorant about the important affairs of the court, she had been helping him as much as possible...
However, seeing the distressed look on his mother's face, Li Jingnan suddenly felt bored.
Having said that, it’s just in vain, right
It has no effect except making the quarrel worse.
Li Jingnan didn't want to argue with his mother, nor did he want to hear Hua Qingxue being slandered again, so he said coldly: "I already know the queen's concerns. If there is nothing else, I should leave now."
His perfunctory attitude was so obvious that Zheng Shuwen only felt chilled, "Now that I am a mother, you can't even listen to a word I say, can you?"
Li Jingnan raised his eyebrows, feeling irritated and helpless, "My mother is worried because my sons and ministers are unfilial. It's just the matter of the Secretary Bing's wife. I have other considerations. It's getting late now, so I'll go ahead and pay my respects to my mother another day." "
Having said that, he didn't want to be entangled any more and walked to one side.
"stop!"
Zheng Shuwen suddenly stopped him.
Li Jingnan stood still and turned to look at her, "What else do you want, Queen Mother?"
Zheng Shuwen saw the indifference and boredom in Li Jingnan's eyes, and felt infinite sadness in her heart. She was so sincere and sincere, all because of him!
Zheng Shuwen closed her eyes and said in a deep voice: "Tomorrow morning, someone will impeach Fu Tingye for bullying a weak woman. The emperor must not punish him severely to serve as a warning to others."
"Bullying... a weak girl?..." Li Jingnan raised his eyebrows, a precociousness and sophistication that was inappropriate for his age appeared on his face, "What does the queen mean by saying that?"
Zheng Shuwen snorted coldly, "Mrs. Fu has a niece who has been raised in the Hou Mansion since she was a child. She was bullied by Fu Tingye a few days ago. Mrs. Fu became so angry that she fell ill. This matter has spread, and Fu Tingye seems to want to We want to suppress the rumors, but we can't let him get his way. - This is a good opportunity to suppress him. The emperor must seize it. As an emperor, he should learn the art of checks and balances. Fu Tingye's power is overwhelming now, and he can no longer indulge it!"
She emphasized the "technique of checks and balances", then flicked her sleeves and left angrily.
Li Jingnan stood there thoughtfully.
After a while, he suddenly smiled and said to himself: "Isn't Fu Tingye famous for not being close to women? He also bullies weak women?"
He turned to ask Xiaodouzi beside him, "What do you think?"
Xiaodouzi was stunned by the question, a little unclear whether the emperor wanted to hear "yes" or "no"
Li Jingnan didn't expect him to answer anything. The little emperor lazily walked forward and said in a nonchalant tone: "What's the point of asking you? I guess you don't know what bullying is..."
Xiaodouzi: "..."
…
After the Queen Mother returned to the palace, her mood fell to a low point and she was depressed.
Aster brought her nourishing porridge and tried to make her happy.
"When the emperor sees General Fu's face clearly, one day he will understand the Queen Mother's painstaking efforts." She comforted him.
Zheng Shuwen looked disappointed and let out a long sigh.
"The Ai family is just... heartbroken. He was pregnant for ten months and took care of her, but in the end he only had other people in his eyes... Everything I, the Queen Mother, said fell on deaf ears, and our mother and son... have become so estranged."
Zi Yuan whispered: "General Fu's wife is really powerful. She has an endless stream of novelty gadgets in her hands. The emperor is young and is inevitably a bit childish. He is the easiest to be aroused. Only the empress dowager truly thinks about the emperor. She always thinks about the emperor." Paying attention to the big and small affairs of the court, worrying about the emperor's studies, exhausted, but not understood by the emperor... "
Zheng Shuwen felt that Zi Wan's words had penetrated into her heart.
Thinking about these disputes, all of which were related to Hua Qingxue, she felt resentful towards the wife of Si Bing, whom she had never met before. She felt that Hua Qingxue not only taught Li Jingnan bad behavior, but also alienated the relationship between mother and son!
"I really can't keep this Hua Qingxue!" Zheng Shuwen said bitterly.
…
Li Jingnan was sitting in the carriage dressed in casual clothes, holding his chin and looking bored.
The original joyful mood became dull due to the Queen Mother's interference before departure.
He didn't know why, when mother and son met now, they would break up in a few words.
"Open the curtain." Li Jingnan ordered.
Xiaodouzi carefully replied: "Your Majesty, it's windy outside, and the carriage is going fast. I'm afraid I'll catch the cold if I open the curtain..."
"It's so long-winded." Li Jingnan scolded him impatiently, "Just pick it apart if I ask you to. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"
Xiaodouzi was used to Li Jingnan's rudeness. He lowered his head and raised the window on one side of the carriage, and also raised the soft leather curtain to block the wind.
It was late autumn, and the chill of winter was already there, and the cold air immediately dissipated the warmth in the carriage.
Li Jingnan's expression did not change, he looked at the street scene outside and murmured to himself: "When the glass factory is opened and all the windows are replaced with glass, there will be no need for such trouble."
Xiaodouzi said nothing and silently moved the heater closer to Li Jingnan.
The wheels of the carriages squeaked loudly, and the streets on both sides were noisy and lively. They did not appear depressed at all because of the cold weather, and it was a scene of prosperity.
Who could have imagined that such a large Qi would be surrounded by enemies and in danger.
Li Jingnan looked at the passers-by on the street, silent all the way.
…
After arriving at Hua Qingxue's residence, Li Jingnan's face was filled with a smile again, and he even jumped around when walking, showing a bit of childishness.
It is completely different from the appearance in the palace.
The accompanying Xiaodouzi and a group of guards were already familiar with the strange situation, and they all followed the little emperor without changing their expressions.
Because it was cold outside, Fu Tingye kept Hua Qingxue in the house on the pretext of taking care of herself. The brazier was lit early to avoid her freezing.
Li Jingnan came in by a familiar route. When he saw Hua Qingxue, he raised his face proudly and directed the people behind him to carry gifts into the room.
"Ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum, snow lotus, Polygonum multiflorum, and Cordyceps sinensis are all the royal products. You can take them and eat them!" Li Jingnan said generously.
Hua Qingxue was full just hearing this list of names.
She sighed with a grimace: "I take supplements every day. With this supplement method, aren't you afraid that my nose will bleed if I supplement it..."
"Isn't there still an imperial doctor here?" Li Jingnan didn't care and found a chair to sit down casually. "Let the imperial doctor watch and replenish it for you. You don't have to worry about overdose."
When Hua Qingxue mentioned imperial physician, she thought of Lu Zhengqing.
This matter was stuck in her heart and she couldn't help but complain to Li Jingnan.
"It's so unkind of the envoy to do this." Hua Qingxue sighed, "The general said that this matter is a foregone conclusion. If we have to get to the bottom of it, it will only bring trouble to Lu Zhengqing. But when I think about it, I feel so unwilling.”
Li Jingnan said nonchalantly: "What's the problem? I'll accuse him of malfeasance later to vent your anger."
As the saying goes, if you want to impose a crime, there is no excuse. If the emperor wants to punish an official, he really can't stop him.
"Is it okay?" Hua Qingxue's eyes suddenly lit up, and then he hesitated, "Would it be bad to do this...? I think we should distinguish between public and private matters, so as not to incriminate you and be criticized..."
Li Jingnan was unable to convince the public because of his young age. If he continued to deal with people indiscriminately, he would let those officials find something to say.
Hua Qingxue didn't want to cause trouble to Li Jingnan.
Li Jingnan smiled disdainfully, "Simple! Since I can't cure the old man's crime, then I will reward him with resigning and returning to his hometown. Hum, the emperor's kindness is so great that he can only express gratitude."
Hua Qingxue looked at him in surprise, "You are so awesome!" Then they had nothing to say!
Li Jingnan was very proud.
See, this is why he likes Hua Qingxue.
Hua Qingxue always trusted him, while others looked at him with doubts and doubts.