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Seeing that he mentioned the important point as soon as he said it, Eunuch Li sneered in his heart. It was indeed the case. He might have known that this errand would be difficult to do.
Instead, he coaxed him to work as a spearman for Zhou Quan. Bai had been in the palace for so many years and had become too comfortable recently, so he fell into this kid's trap.
"Yes, I just went to Fengyi Palace to give the Queen a good explanation."
Zhou Quan's eyebrows suddenly twitched. He remembered that Eunuch Li came back alone, and he immediately became happy: "So, your Majesty left those palace maids behind?"
When Eunuch Li saw that he was focused on those palace maids, he knew that this matter was definitely Zhou Quan's handiwork. He became even more angry when he remembered that he had received a slap in the face from Ye Fuxun in vain.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Quan, who usually seemed submissive and incompetent this week, had a lot of things on his mind.
He was angry in his heart, but he was not afraid of breaking up with Zhou Quan in public, but he was too lazy to quarrel with this guy anymore, so he said perfunctorily: "They are just a few palace maids. The Queen has no reason not to accept them."
Zhou Quan felt relieved after hearing this, and with a wink asked the eunuchs on the side to go down, leaving only himself and Eunuch Li.
He walked forward and followed Eunuch Li and whispered in a low voice: "Those are the sons of good families who were brought in from outside the palace. I guess they are not as decent as those trained in the palace. They will inevitably act clumsily. If something goes wrong,
Please also ask Eunuch Li to be more considerate."
Those people outside the palace spent a lot of money to get people in. If those women were sent back without even saying a few words to the emperor, then he would not be able to keep the money that was still in his hands.
Eunuch Li kept glancing at Zhou Quan's expression with his peripheral vision, and naturally saw the greed on his face. He sneered in his heart but said lightly: "Yeah."
From that day on, he began to be suspicious of Zhou Quan, and Zhou Quan's words and deeds became suspicious in his eyes. Details that he had never noticed in the past, now seemed not to be right under his careful observation.
Eunuch Li naturally has his own connections, and in this regard, the newly appointed Zhou Quan is far inferior to this old fox.
The more time passed, the more dissatisfied Eunuch Li became with Zhou Quan. It was clear that Zhou Quan wanted to be filial to Eunuch Li, but in Eunuch Li's eyes, it seemed like he had ulterior motives.
It had only been two days since he saw Zhou Quan, and it was as if he had seen a thorn in his side.
However, what made him even more uncomfortable was that in the past few days, Ye Fuxun seemed to like summoning him to Fengyi Palace for talks.
Sometimes Bai Yuxian is there, but he just works on the side without saying a word, letting Ye Fuxun do all the talking.
And Ye Fuxun didn't say anything special, it was just a routine interrogation. Eunuch Li had been in the palace for so many years and was well aware of all matters, so he naturally responded fluently.
But just such an ordinary conversation made him feel like a storm was coming.
In fact, Eunuch Li had already found out who Zhou Quan was colluding with behind the scenes. Those few people had deep roots in the court, and not even the emperor could uproot them all at once.
In fact, it was not necessary. They were all veterans with meritorious service. Their political opinions may have caused some obstacles to the emperor, but they did not do anything harmful to nature.
This is why Eunuch Li doesn't want to mess with these people. Even if he knows the reason, what can he do? The Queen can't do anything to them. Besides, the Queen doesn't seem to care about this matter.
Although he was still called for questioning every day, he never mentioned this matter...
But Eunuch Li didn't dare to take it lightly at all. The queen was not a simple thing. She usually smiled and laughed, but even he, an old man like him, could not always understand Ye Fuxun's thoughts, let alone her happiness and anger.
On this day, Ye Fuxun summoned Eunuch Li as usual.
To be honest, after so many days, Eunuch Li was already a little numb to being summoned by the Queen. He walked into Fengyi Palace with a normal expression.
Those were the things the empress asked these days. He had already prepared the draft and was waiting for Ye Fuxun to finish asking. After he answered, everything would be as usual and he would just leave.
However, something was different today, and Eunuch Li was almost caught off guard.
"Xiao Yu, give Eunuch Li a seat." Ye Fuxun raised his eyes and looked at Eunuch Li and said, "I summon Eunuch Li today, please don't delay Eunuch Li."
Eunuch Li was stunned for a moment, but he was an old man after all, and then he lowered his head as usual and said: "These are the only things in the palace, no matter how important they are, how can they be worthy of the Queen's summons? What a shame for this old slave.
Even if there is really a delay, the worst thing is to go back and do it quickly, and it will be fine."
Ye Fuxun narrowed his eyes and chuckled. Although Eunuch Li was a little distracted, his actions and words were really appropriate. If he got it into his hands, it would be a good idea.
Then he smiled lightly and said: "The House of Internal Affairs is in charge of all internal affairs in the palace. The emperor trusts you and never interferes with these affairs. But... our emperor is not an emperor who has been raised in the palace since childhood and is ignorant of the sufferings of the world.
The emperor was raised and studied under the imperial master since childhood, and then led troops to quell the civil strife and resist the chaos on the southern border. He is not so easy to fool."
Eunuch Li was stunned, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead: "Yes... yes... the emperor is wise..."
What does the empress mean when she mentions the emperor now? But the meaning of these words is that she is overtly and covertly saying that the power of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is deceiving the emperor?
Seeing that he wanted to give up, Ye Fuxun secretly smiled in his heart, but still took a sip of tea slowly on his face, and then talked about some of the shortcomings of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but did not say how to solve it, nor what he would do to Eunuch Li.
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The more he said this, the more Eunuch Li's heart beat. The queen was like a mirror in her heart. She was obviously a ruthless character. If she was angered one day, she would use him for surgery... Who can resist this?
Live...
So just as Ye Fuxun finished speaking, Eunuch Li immediately knelt down, kowtowed and said, "Actually, I actually have something to report to the Queen today."
"Oh?" Ye Fuxun raised his eyebrows, and finally couldn't hold it in any longer. After a second thought, he said with a smile, "Father-in-law, it doesn't matter if you say so."
For so many days, Eunuch Li was summoned to Fengyi Palace almost every day. If he hadn't realized what Ye Fuxun meant, he would have spent so long in the palace in vain.
In the past, Ye Fuxun had never brought trouble to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He was living a leisurely life in charge of the power. However, since he went out to buy things from the palace a few days ago, everything went wrong when he came back. It was because of the batch of palace ladies sent by Zhou Quan!
Ever since Zhou Quan sent a group of good-looking women into the palace, Ye Fuxun started to point fingers at their Ministry of Internal Affairs!
Seeing Zhou Quan's actions these days, the compassion in Eunuch Li's heart completely dissipated, and he just wanted to point his finger at Zhou Quan's nose and scold him.