In the Yangxin Hall, Feng Baodi took out something from his arms and handed it to Xiao Cheng respectfully.
"Your Majesty, this is from someone outside the palace."
Hearing this, Xiao Cheng took it casually, took a look at it, and couldn't help laughing:
"Guo Xie really has some influence now. When Li Neishi's youngest son got married, he was really able to get invitations."
The name of Zhili Neishi does not sound like a high-ranking official. But this position had another name before, Da Si Nong.
Feng Bao nodded and couldn't help but said:
"Your Majesty, are you planning to leave the palace again?"
"Well, let's go take a look." Xiao Cheng nodded.
But seeing that Feng Bao looked extremely embarrassed, Xiao Cheng spoke again to comfort him:
"Don't worry, I'm prepared this time."
After speaking, Xiao Cheng took out a wooden box and handed it to Feng Bao.
Feng Bao took it and opened it, only to see a disguise mask placed in the box.
"The disguise mask I ordered Guo Jie to make is now in the Yangxin Palace. They are all die-hard personnel from Shangyu's Preparatory Office. If I send people to disguise themselves as me, no one will doubt it." Xiao Cheng said.
Although Xiao Cheng is the emperor, his power has been devolved to the point where Wang Xiao is not in the capital and there is no need for him to go to court.
In addition, outsiders thought that his brain was burned out, and no one cared. He arranged for someone to pretend, so that if Xiao Cheng was away for ten days and a half, no one would notice anything unusual.
When Feng Bao saw this, he breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but ask:
"But Your Majesty, this is not an important matter. The youngest son of Zhili Neishi is just getting married. My servants are not what they used to be. If you have any errands that Your Majesty has to do, you might as well leave them to me."
Zhili Neishi, Dasi Nong, the official position in charge of the country's finances among the nine ministers. It sounds powerful, but that was already a thing of the past!
In order to monopolize the government affairs, Wang Xiao naturally had to fill important positions with his cronies.
However, in order to prevent being accused of nepotism and blocking the public opinion of the people in the world, he still had to make a show of leaving a few old ministers in the court who were still aware of current affairs.
For this reason, Wang Xiao spent a lot of effort.
After reading ancient books, it was found that the post of Grand Master was set up above the Three Dukes, but there was no Taiwei or Sikong. The Grand Master's Office was also opened to handle the affairs of the court and to ward off Situ.
In addition, he also reassigned the position of Jiuqing.
Important positions such as Da Sinong were renamed Zhili Neishi, and the posts of Taicang Shangshu, Duzhi Shangshu, Hubu Shangshu, etc. were also established, successfully elevating Da Sinong, the most powerful among the nine ministers.
Today's Zhili Neishi is no longer what it used to be. Even though he still has some prestige among the ministers, despite the effort and effort involved in recruiting him, it still has little effect. There is really no need for Xiao Cheng to go there in person.
Hearing this, Xiao Cheng shook his head and said:
"It's not that I went there for him...well, you don't need to ask any more questions."
Feng Bao opened his mouth and immediately bowed in response.
Putting on the eunuch's clothes, Xiao Cheng ran to Xiyi Palace with ease.
When he met Nan Rongshu's man on duty, Xiao Cheng greeted him very familiarly.
Having borrowed secret passages many times, the people in Xiyi Palace did not treat Xiao Cheng like they did before.
But every time they saw Xiao Cheng not treating them as an outsider, they couldn't help but roll their eyes.
When Xiao Cheng came to the entrance of the secret passage, he saw that the secret passage had already been opened.
Nan Rongshu and the palace maid Ling'er walked out of the secret passage together. However, their expressions looked a little abnormal.
Xiao Cheng blinked his eyes, smiled and waved to Nan Rongshu who bumped into him.
"Hey, are you healed?"
All in all, she has been injured for half a month. With the body of an eighth-level master, she can almost heal herself.
Nan Rongshu raised her eyes and glanced at Xiao Cheng, who was smiling playfully. She just nodded to him and then stepped away.
Her worried look made Xiao Cheng a little confused.
However, he also knew what was appropriate. The two of them were only cooperating temporarily, and it was better not to ask some questions that shouldn't be asked. So he didn't say much and got into the secret passage without saying a word.
Seeing Xiao Cheng leaving, Nan Rongshu did not hide it, and the expression on her face became extremely ugly.
Ling'er stepped forward, looked at Nan Rongshu, and said cautiously:
"My lord..."
Nan Rongshu raised her hand to interrupt Ling'er and motioned for her to close the entrance to the secret passage.
When she returned to her dormitory, Princess Zhang had already been waiting in the side hall for a long time.
"Go and make arrangements. All the personnel in the palace who have shown any clues or whose identities are incomplete will be secretly arranged to leave the palace."
As soon as they met, Nan Rongshu said to Concubine Zhang.
Concubine Zhang’s expression changed and she said:
"My lord, but the assassination failed?"
Nan Rongshu had a gloomy face, nodded and said:
"yes!"
Concubine Zhang was shocked and said anxiously:
"But the tribe has been preparing for so many years, united more than ten tribes, and even persuaded masters like Tu Yangweng, why did it still fail?"
Nan Rongshu shook her head and said:
"I underestimated Wang Xiao, and also underestimated the guards around him."
Ling'er, on the other hand, was indignant and said:
"Those tribesmen don't dare to die, for fear that all the elite members of the tribe will be taken advantage of, so they retreat early. The most annoying thing is Tu Yangweng, who always feels that someone is going to harm him! He is also the number one master in Miao territory. Greed leads to fear.
Death, suspicious."
Concubine Zhang didn't understand and turned to look at Nan Rongshu.
"Wang Xiao had already seen through the trap and was unwilling to get entangled. He led his cavalry to break out of the encirclement. At the critical moment, an eighth-level swordsman took action and stopped him." Nan Rongshu said.
"But, isn't this a good thing? The clan elder, Tu Yangweng, plus this swordsman, three eighth-level masters, elites from various tribes, and the Gu insects in our clan, why can't we keep Wang Xiao?"
Concubine Zhang couldn't help but said.
"Tu Yangweng suspected that the clan leader had secretly prepared another master, and wanted to wait for him to fight with Wang Xiao's guards to attack him suddenly, so he didn't take action in the end." Nan Rongshu said, his face becoming more and more grim.
Concubine Zhang opened her mouth, and finally sighed helplessly.
Their clan had a quarrel with the Tu clan in Miao territory and had been fighting each other for hundreds of years. If Wang Xiao hadn't been so strong and caused the Tu clan heavy losses, Tu Yangweng would never have cooperated with them.
In fact, there was another sentence that Nan Rongshu didn't say, but Princess Zhang also guessed it.
Since he was a family member, the reason why he didn't take action in the end was because he probably thought that the master who suddenly appeared was the one who killed Yang Weng.
The sudden appearance of a master has made the two tribes suspicious of each other to this extent, and they still want to cooperate. It is simply fantastic!
Concubine Zhang thought for a moment and then immediately spoke:
"My lord, if we miss this opportunity, I'm afraid... we have to prepare in advance!"
Of course, there is no need to say clearly what to prepare.
Nan Rongshu nodded and said:
"Get ready first. If nothing can be done, leave immediately!"