Chapter 3: The Queen Mother of the Red Chamber (3)
The next day
After retreating from the court, Tu Minghui went to the harem with great fanfare and went to Ci'an Palace to pay tribute!
Qiaomu's body was old and had a light sleep, so she woke up early, and was already leisurely lying on the chair and basking in the sun.
Half-closed eyes, very comfortable.
It was not until all the people serving each other beside him knelt down and said to welcome Sheng'an that he knew that her cheap grandson had come to pay his respects.
"Please take care of my grandmother!
After the grandson ascended the throne, he was busy for several days and had never come to pay his respects. I hope the emperor and grandmother don’t blame him!"
No matter what, Tu Minghui has indeed not seen the Empress Dowager in nearly half a year, so when he comes again this time, he naturally has to sue him first.
While speaking, he half-squatted down and helped Qiao Mu, who was half-lying on the recliner, tidy up the Buddhist beads.
"How can Minghui have time to come today!&1t;i>&1t;/i>
Don’t be too polite, sit down quickly, Madam Qiao serves tea, the last time Yuhong Longjing was good.
I'm tired of going to court, so I'll have more tea later!
If I'm hungry, I'm a little worried!
You can see what you want to eat, don’t worry, you can make it fresh for the people in the kitchen!”
Qiao Mu wanted to meet the current emperor after Tujuan left yesterday, but her grandmother always felt that it was not good for her to come suddenly. Tujuan also said that she would let the new emperor come over to pay her respects, so she was not too anxious and waited for the new emperor to come.
Now I'm just waiting.
He quickly opened his eyes and showed his kindness as a grandmother in a few words.
These concerns made Tu Minghui stunned, and it took a while to recover:
"Grandmother, don't be busy!"&1t;i>&1t;/i>
My grandson has already used breakfast and I was not hungry at all when I just went down to the court. However, I could have some time to come to Yuhong Longjing. I spent a lot of time with the incompetent officials this morning, and my mouth was very dry!
I'm sorry, Madam Qiao!"
After Tu Minghui brought a chair over and sat down, he opened his mouth and pointed the topic into the court, hoping to resonate with him.
"But it's annoying for you!
Don’t care too much. If you really don’t like it, just go to a remote place.
Is there no shortage of people in Jiaozhi Lingnan and other places?"
Qiao Mu understood the meaning very well, and immediately followed Tu Minghui's words and led the topic of the two to the court, so as to lay the foundation for what they needed to talk to in advance.
"The emperor's grandmother was joking!
Those officials did not make a big mistake, so how could they derogate the border areas at will? Even if some officials were wrong, they had many conflicts of power, and I was powerless!"&1t;i>&1t;/i>
Tu Minghui took a cup of tea handed over by Madam Qiao, and did not drink it, but instead smiled bitterly and shook his head, feeling a little sad for himself.
Who doesn’t want to be the only emperor?
But what he did was really cowardly. There was a Supreme Emperor above and the ministers in the court were disobedient. There were also many old ministers who were relying on their seniority, which was really difficult to deal with.
If he wanted to issue an order to criticize him, he might not have time to write the imperial edict, and the Supreme Emperor would have to call him over and teach him a lesson.
Qiao Mu knew that the show was coming, and sat upright with a calm expression and asked in a serious tone:
“How can you not punish any mistakes?
By the way, yesterday your father told me about the Zhen family and said that the Zhen family bought a hundred hectares of fertile land for thirty-six taels of silver. Is this true?
If it is true, it should be severely punished!&1t;i>&1t;/i>
Otherwise, the Zhen family would buy 100 hectares of fertile land for thirty-six taels of silver today, and would they buy 100 hectares of fertile land tomorrow, and would they buy all the world the day after tomorrow?
It also changed to the Zhen family's world?"
Qiao Mu should not be too skilled in doing things like hats and analogies. He extended the Zhen family's low-priced fertile land in minutes to the idea of stealing the country and rebelling, and his thinking was very jumping.
After saying this, Tu Minghui, who was ready to take the conversation, was so shocked that he opened his mouth wide, and didn't know how to answer!
He just wanted to punish the Zhen family with the imperial edict of the Empress Dowager and to arrange some of his own people. However, according to the empress dowager's words, he wanted to slap the Zhen family to death, or to kill the nine clans.
Otherwise, the ginger is still spicy!
Can't afford to offend, can't afford to offend!&1t;i>&1t;/i>
When Qiao Mu saw Tu Minghui's expression, he knew that he was still soft-hearted and timid, but this kind of thing has always been a killer who was killed by the snake, but he was injured by him.
By recalling the original memory, Qiao Mu could easily analyze that the Zhen family is now the right hand of the Supreme Emperor. Even the reason why the Supreme Emperor can maintain his own right position in the court is due to the operation of the Zhen family in the court. If only a slight punishment is punished, it may alarm the enemy and cause a counterattack.
It’s better to kill with one stick!
As long as the Zhen family forces are destroyed in a very short time, even if the emperor's left and right hands are cut off, although it may still affect the court slightly in the future, it will definitely not be the same as it is now and it will be difficult to compete head-on.
However, Qiao Mu did not continue to say the benefits, but just waited quietly for Tu Minghui's reply.
"Grandmother, do you mean?"&1t;i>&1t;/i>
After a long time, Tu Minghui gestured to wipe his neck in disbelief.
Now, Qiaomu finally showed a sensible smile: "Minghui!
You must know that when people in the world do great evil, it is definitely not the first time this person has done evil. He must have had many arises in the past, but he has not been seen by others.
If the evidence is conclusive one day, just show it to me, so I can consider what kind of imperial edict will be issued!”
Neither of them said it clearly, but they both understood each other's meaning. After experiencing the initial shock, Tu Minghui quickly understood what his emperor's grandmother meant, and he couldn't help but want to fight. If he could really destroy the Zhen family completely, he could seize most of the power from his father.
Then...
Just thinking about it makes me feel very excited.
If it were before, he would definitely not dare, because the Supreme Emperor not only had greater power than him, but also had the word "filial piety" on him. But now it is different. Now he has his legitimate emperor's grandmother as his backer, which is enough to fight back with filial piety.
“What the emperor’s grandmother taught her is!
By the way, I heard yesterday that the emperor and grandmother wanted to know about Chengen’s house. The grandson’s hands are quite useful. Yesterday, he has sorted out some things and just brought them to you!
There are some more detailed ones, and now they are sorting out. I guess they won’t be able to sort out until the evening. Then I think if it’s not too late, I’ll send someone to your side. If it’s already late, I’ll send it here tomorrow morning, so as not to ask you to rest!”
Chapter completed!