Song Song's things were piled up in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and the flowers and plants were also raised beside the roses planted by Empress Zhao.
The weather started to get hot, Song Song's cotton-padded coat came off, and the cloak was changed from quilted to a single layer, but the thing he had been worried about did not happen, no one went to the memorial to ask Li Xiao to drive him out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation , He lived for a few days, and he felt more and more strange in his heart.
Until this day, Zhao Taishi personally went to the palace to face the saint. Because it was his own family, Song Song personally helped him bring tea, but he suddenly heard a sentence: "Someone has come to the old minister's house recently, and I hope that the queen will go to court with your majesty."
Song Song stood behind the screen with a stunned expression, but Li Xiao said, "Song'er is pregnant now, it's not suitable for the cold weather."
"But many officials are worried about your condition, and there are some things in the court that dare not speak out."
There were naturally many outspoken officials in the court, but the premise was that they were facing a normal monarch, but it was obvious that Li Xiao was abnormal. At that time, Emperor Hongren asked Li Xiao to act as the agent of state affairs, and some people saw the clue and pleaded with the late emperor to take back his order, but General Yan, who came back from the front line, suddenly revealed a secret. After receiving the tips from Li Xiao, he did not know the prophet and guessed all the tricks of the enemy country, and only then let our army go down to the seven cities of the enemy country in just a few months.
As a result, all the officials realized that Li Xiao was a capable emperor and had to admit his talent and ability, but at the same time they were afraid of his illness. During this period of time, I was busy with Emperor Hongren's funeral, so I didn't list it for the time being. I was worried that I would anger Li Xiao when I submitted a memorial or a proposal from the court. In desperation, I found Zhao Taishi, who is Li Xiao's relative grandfather. His position in the court is unparalleled, so at least he won't run into trouble if he comes to Li Xiao.
Li Xiao said lightly: "I have to think about this matter."
"Your Majesty..."
"No need to say much."
Although they are grandparents, they are also monarchs and ministers. Taishi Zhao sighed and said, "Father and son of the Qin family, what is your majesty going to do?"
"There are still some things that have not been found out. Qin's party should be uprooted."
"Beware of shaking the country."
"I will convince them."
Their topic turned to family affairs. Li Xiao expressed condolences to the family members. Song Song then walked out and shouted with a smile, "Grandfather is here, you can try the newly picked tea."
"Thank you Queen."
Song Song smiled and said, "You'd better call me by my name."
"The number of etiquettes cannot be abandoned." Zhao Taishi is the same as Queen Zhao, but even though he said so, he was a little more happy because Song Songnian was affectionate, and he counted it. Now Zhao Taishi and the queen mother are the only two old people, they are all like that. At an old age, Song Song didn't mind a little intimacy to make them happy.
After talking to Taishi Zhao, Song Song sent him out, and Taishi Zhao said, "The queen stays, and it's fine if there are servants to see the minister."
Song Song stopped, watched him leave, turned back, Li Xiaozheng looked at him with one hand on his cheek, and said, "Is there anything you want to ask?"
"No." Although he said that, Song Song walked towards the inner room without looking sideways, obviously squeamish again, Li Xiao followed him into the door and said, "I rejected the suggestion to let you follow the court, are you angry? "
"You're right." Intellectually, Song Song knew that as an empress, there was no reason for him to follow the emperor with a curtain behind him, but emotionally, he was a little unhappy, only a little bit.
Just like the ministers did not dare to propose Li Xiao to let him fall behind the curtain, because this is an open challenge to Li Xiao's authority, and if he said it himself, it would be like he was coveting Li Xiao's country. .
Li Xiao surrounded him, looking very happy: "It seems really angry."
Song Song pursed her lips and said, "Actually, even if you really allow it, I won't really go."
Li Xiao said: "I don't allow it because I'm worried about your body. It's too early to go to bed. The most important thing for you now is to rest well."
Song Song's little temper was coaxed away because he said a few words, so he answered obediently, "Yeah."
Li Xiao had a smile on his face, and there was a glimmer of light in his eyes, as if he was trying to make a fool of himself.
After Zhao Taishi returned to the mansion, several officials who had been waiting for a long time stepped forward to inquire about the progress, the latter shook his head solemnly: "This matter does not need to be discussed again, the queen is the queen after all, no matter how favored she is, you must not provoke your majesty. authority."
The officials looked disappointed, and one of them gritted his teeth and said, "But your Majesty has been moody in the past few days, and all the officials are very afraid. Not only do they speak softly, but they don't even dare to speak loudly. If things go on like this, who will dare to remonstrate? Who will? Dare to tell the truth?"
"That's not to say that I don't think Your Majesty is unreasonable. All officials know that His Majesty is talented, but he can't help but be sick."
"Now only the Queen sits on the throne to stabilize his condition, and Baiguan dares to speak freely without worrying about which one of his words is wrong or his attitude is wrong, and he will be beheaded in the court at any time."
The Grand Master sighed and said, "This old man really can't."
Zhao Yin listened and said, "I heard that someone has resigned in the past two days?"
"Exactly, but His Majesty publicly rejected it in the courtroom with the book."
Everyone wants to have a prosperous official career, the premise is that they can save their lives, and Zhao Yin has nothing to do. After a while, he said: "Among the hundreds of officials, the six ministers are headed. I beg the queen to go out in person, and the wind blowing by the pillow is naturally lighter than our elders."
"This is also a way." Someone responded and said: "Although Your Majesty has rejected the Grand Master, he has never spoken harshly to the Queen. Maybe if the Queen says it, he will be able to agree."
"But the Queen herself said, will it provoke His Majesty's anger?"
"He is pregnant, His Majesty will not touch him."
A few people summed it up, this is equivalent to putting Song Song on the cusp of the storm. It can be done, but it can't be done... Anyway, I have to risk my life to go to court, and I can only be a dead horse and a living horse doctor.
"But how do we meet the queen?"
"He lives in the Hall of Mental Cultivation now, and the enthronement ceremony is imminent. Tomorrow, the Ministry of Rites is going to send a dragon robe to His Majesty..."
The Minister of Rites hurriedly said, "That's not possible. This matter requires the concerted efforts of the six ministries. How can a subordinate official be able to persuade him?"
"The Ministry of Accounts should also report the accounts tomorrow."
The Minister of the Ministry of Housing also said: "Qin Ning is in prison now, and his soldiers need to be integrated. Shouldn't the Ministry of War report to His Majesty?"
"cough."
After a few people discussed, no one was able to run away. The next day, a few people made an appointment to go to the Hall of Mental Cultivation together. The Ministry of Rites sent someone to the inner room to test the dragon robes for Li Xiao. In that room, a few people filed in behind. , Song Song, who was cutting the branches, saw it sideways, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is in the front hall..."
Before he finished speaking, the six people suddenly knelt down in a uniform salute: "Please discuss the imperial affairs with your majesty."
Song Song was stunned for a second, and his mind gradually became clearer. He frowned and said, "You should discuss this matter with Your Majesty."
"I beg the queen to ask your majesty's permission, the ministers really dare not provoke your majesty."
Song Song suddenly laughed: "You dare not, so you want me to provoke?"
"The Empress forgive me." Someone said, "This is for the safety of the officials. The advice of the officials is related to the world. Although His Majesty is a talented person, his illness has been repeated. Nowadays, almost no one dares to speak out on matters in the courtroom. , you are His Majesty's medicine, and with you in charge, the officials can really make a difference."
Song Song put down the scissors and said: "The harem is not allowed to do politics. It is illegal for me to live in the Hall of Mental Cultivation."
"It is precisely because Your Majesty loves the Queen so much that the ministers and others dare to invite the Queen to petition this matter."
"The rules are set by people. Your Majesty is an unconventional emperor. If you don't live in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, you are not in compliance with the rules."
"Exactly, Empress Daren, all officials will keep in mind, and the people will also remember your kindness."
"Only when you are here, Your Majesty can really sit firmly in Jiangshan, Queen. If you are not with you, the officials will not dare to speak, how can Your Majesty be able to use it?"
"Although the harem can't handle politics, you are a man, and it is normal to go to court."
This sentence seemed to wake them up suddenly, and several people agreed: "Yes, you are a man, and a man has his own ambitions. How can you compare with the concubines of the past?"
Song Song allowed them to instigate, but remained calm: "No matter how much you say good things, I will never dare to covet His Majesty's country..."
A few people immediately became anxious when they heard it: "How can this be coveted? You and Your Majesty complement each other. This is meritorious!"
"Your Majesty is moody now, good things can be repaid, but no one dares to say bad things, even if you encounter someone who embezzles and bribes, you only dare to keep it in your heart, lest you provoke His Majesty's anger and cause illness, and in the future, all officials will hide their filth and filth. , is this what the queen wants to see?"
"It's not that the minister did not dare to play it, it's just that some people have made a request for a book before, but the book was like a rock sinking into the sea, and His Majesty didn't make any statement at all, so the minister had to take advantage of this time to come to see the queen, and I just ask your majesty to be able to Pay attention to this matter, and face up to your own illness! Your Majesty loves the Queen so much, he will definitely listen to what you say."
"I have no intention of harming the queen. I came to see you suddenly, there is really no way!"
A few people, you didn't say a word, and it was like you were going to die without Song Song's work, but Song Song was always silent.
A few courtiers are also bitter. It is true that when the Queen is not in the court, everyone will not feel safe. Otherwise, they will not ask Song Song to ask his favor. Of course, they know Song Song's embarrassment, but this is the last solution. .
Their mouths were almost worn out, Song Song said: "I will think about it, let's all get up."
Several people hurriedly kowtowed: "Queen Daren!"
When they hurriedly retreated from the back hall to the front hall, Li Xiao just came out after trying on his clothes, and said lightly, "Come in."
A few people wiped the sweat on their foreheads and went in to report one by one. They were all trivial matters. Li Xiao listened and looked at them with a smile that was not a smile.
Fortunately, Li Xiao didn't say anything. After everyone finished reporting, they all kowtowed and stepped back.
No matter how stupid Song Song is, he has also figured out the taste. The Sixth Division can rush through the front hall and enter the back hall. Obviously, Li Xiao did it on purpose. This man is too scheming.
He stepped out, stood in front of Li Xiao, and said straight to the point: "You did it on purpose."
"I don't understand what the Queen is talking about."
"I was worried that you would cause public anger by letting me live in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Now that you think about it, you will be calculating. If you really don't want me to go to court with you, you should directly I refused, and the reason why I ignored it and even let me live in the Hall of Mental Cultivation was just to tell them that you dote on me, so that they could value me. If I personally asked to go to court with you, in the eyes of everyone, I would be a fool. The empress who died straight and admonished, she is benevolent and righteous, and her merit is in the future."
Li Xiao looked at him and said, "You don't seem happy?"
"I'm not happy because you even lied to me!"
"I thought Song'er understood from the beginning."
"The emperor's heart is unpredictable, and I am not an immortal!"
He kept his mouth shut, but Li Xiao was more and more happy, he said: "Let them come to invite you in person to make your seat irreplaceable, this way, if I dote on you alone in the future, they will miss you today. Even if you are not used to the kindness of death advice, I will not dare to embarrass you."
Song Song said angrily, "You really..."
"Um?"
"That's it." Song Song picked up the scissors again, turned and walked towards the apse again, saying, "Just be happy."
Li Xiao raised his voice: "Are you unhappy?"
"..." Song Song pursed his lips and turned his head to look at him, his eyes couldn't stop overflowing with affection: "I was very happy, but your attitude made me sad two days ago, so the sadness and happiness offset each other, I have no emotions now, Humph."
Li Xiao watched him leave through the screen, and said, "Squeamish."
On the second day, Li Xiao officially mentioned this matter in the court hall: "I heard that the six ministers went to find the queen yesterday, and I hope he can go to court with me to discuss matters."
This kind of thing, I'm not afraid of him rejecting, I'm afraid that he will ignore it, ignoring it means that others have no chance to express their opinions.
Now he can be regarded as facing this matter, which is equivalent to facing up to his own illness, and the courtiers who have already heard the news hurriedly shouted: "Please allow your majesty!"
"What the Queen said, what Aiqing was worried about, I thought about it carefully, but this is not in line with the ancestral system."
Someone shouted loudly: "When people do what they do today, the rules of their ancestors should also conform to the present!"
"Rules are dead, and people are alive. Your Majesty is a dragon and a phoenix, and it's okay to make some changes!"
"Please your majesty's permission!"
The officials knelt down and said, "Please, Your Majesty, allow the Queen to participate in politics!"
Li Xiao was very satisfied, and said lightly, "Is there really no objection to Baiguan?"
"No objection!"
"The Queen's participation in politics is a major event in the country. Although you and others have no objection, the people only know that I love the Queen, and I don't know the purpose of this. I'm afraid they will ridicule me for being stupid."
The kneeling people looked at each other in dismay, and Li Xiao said quietly: "This matter, let's put it aside for the time being."
Baiguan: "!!"
If you want to refuse, simply refuse, don't put it off! !
On the second day, everyone in the world knew that Li Xiao had given General Yan the tricks to strategize. It was passed on from ten to ten. The people knew that the mad king was crazy, but he had great talents. As long as there was a queen, he was a worthy emperor. select.
Miracles and rumors are like a gust of wind, blowing all over the streets and alleys again, that the queen can conceive a child in the body of a man, and she must be the omnipotent person in the world. What does it mean to participate in politics? How many men are there in this world who can have children? No, the queen is not a man, he is a god! Immortals have come down to earth!
With the appearance of the mother of the abolished prince, no matter her talent and character, how can she be compared to the current sage? The queen is here to save the mad king, let his great talents be displayed, his ambitions be realized, and indirectly, the savior who is here to assist the great master!
Three days later, Zhao Yin, the main body of the court, personally handed over the joint letter of all the people, and said loudly: "The queen's participation in politics is the wish of all beings in the world, please grant your Majesty's permission!"
Baiguan fell to the ground again and shouted in unison, "Please allow your Majesty's permission!"
Insanity is privileged, Li Xiao tapped on the desk, took the thick scroll, and finally let go: "Since it is the will of the people and the general trend, so be it."
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Manager Qi glanced silently at His Majesty, saw the arc of the corner of his mouth raised, and let out a sigh of relief.
Who would have thought that His Majesty would stick to his daughter-in-law even at court.
… Well, neuroses are privileged.
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Li, the first sticky spirit in history, Xiao.