Chapter 100 We have known each other for a long time
Empress Dowager Guo left the East Hall of the Tai Chi Palace and headed north in a sedan chair. She passed by the Zhaoyang Palace, which was the palace built by the Ming Emperor for the empress. She couldn't help but look up at the two cast-bronze dragons and phoenixes that were more than 20 feet high.
But she never felt that these magnificent and magnificent things belonged to the queen, or had belonged to the queen. The queen who could be killed with just one word did not live a cautious and considerate life. It would be ridiculous to think that she had occupied this palace.
It's even more unlikely that these things belong to the Empress Dowager. After listening to the court meeting in Taiji Hall for a while, everyone knew what was going on.
The Guo family does not belong to her either. She is the only one left in the family. However, her uncle and uncle's family has flourishing branches and several marquises. The Guo family is now very prosperous.
Emperor Cao Fang was not born to her. She had never given birth to any children.
So she is very self-aware: everything she has now is because of her status as the Empress Dowager of Wei.
So when she heard Qin Zhongming's words, "At least their life in Yongning Palace is clean and comfortable. The country has raised them until they are old because of their legal royal status. If you take them out to do tricks, they will soon become old and yellow. Who will take care of them?"
Aren’t their lives getting worse and worse?” In fact, I felt quite emotional at that time.
This is probably the reason why Queen Mother Guo was deeply impressed by Qin Zhongming and wanted to meet this man.
At this time, people gathered around Queen Mother Guo and arrived at the palace at the south end of the West Garden. She entered the palace and took a bath and changed clothes. Then she retreated to the left and right and sat down quietly to write an article.
But the people around her have not finished leaving, and there is only one person left, namely Mrs. Zhen, who is wearing a Taoist robe. This is a fake Mrs. Zhen, whose original surname is not Zhen. Of course, she is also a fake Taoist priest and a real widow. Mrs. Zhen is not from the palace either.
However, I grew up with Queen Mother Guo and had a very good relationship.
Mrs. Zhen was fine in front of others, as there were no outsiders around her. But she was very unrestrained in front of the people she had grown up with, and she did not regard Mrs. Guo as the Queen Mother. When Mrs. Zhen opened her mouth, she said: "That man today is so handsome.
, I deliberately asked him to come over and take a closer look. His speaking voice is also nice."
Queen Mother Guo was not angry, she just smiled and said: "You really don't care about reputation?" She made her attitude clear immediately without having to lower her face to preach.
Mrs. Zhen had an indifferent expression: "I haven't always kept my integrity since I became a widow, but what's the use? If you put your mouth on other people's faces, someone has said anything unpleasant. Anyway, there must be something wrong with the widow. So I'm still pretending to be pretentious.
What? You can pretend to be more, you are His Highness."
Empress Dowager Guo said, "Just help me grind the ink."
After Mrs. Zhen helped prepare the things, Queen Mother Guo unfolded the silk and began to write slowly. She had already bathed and changed clothes, and was dressed very elegantly. She seemed to be quiet and nourishing her nature.
But because Mrs. Zhen mentioned Qin Zhongming, Mrs. Guo felt the complicated mood she had at that time again.
The school affairs office was supposed to be an agency that handled affairs for the royal family. Qin Zhongming also said that he was so stupid that he tried every means to make suggestions for her benefit when they first met. At that time, Empress Dowager Guo was indeed very tempted subconsciously, and she couldn't help but
The desire to try to use it for herself seemed to be tempted by an invisible greed.
But she soon calmed down and felt a bone-crushing fear. Greed was like an inner demon, making people fearful and desirable. She was in a state of confusion.
Since the last time he heard about Yongning Palace and noticed Qin Zhongming, Mr. Guo has known about him intentionally or unintentionally and learned about what he has done. He is such a young man at such a young age. He is indeed a young man with extraordinary talents. Just like
As Zhen said, he was very handsome and tall. How could Empress Dowager Guo not be tempted by such a person who wanted to be loyal to her?
It was just fear that stopped her, so she rejected Qin Zhongming's suggestion on the spot. The strategy was profitable, how could she not understand it? She just did it on purpose.
Taiji Hall was the most talkative place. Empress Dowager Guo was always careful about her words and deeds when she went to court. She shouldn't have said the following words, "I understand your kindness." It was just that she was a little emotional and dizzy at the time.
, I couldn’t help saying that. I will have to pay more attention to my words and deeds in the future.
Empress Dowager Guo looked calm and pious. While thinking about irrelevant things, she had already filled half a piece of cloth with words.
At this time, she came back to her senses and suddenly felt a little strange. Although she had just met Qin Zhongming for the first time today, she always felt that she had known him for a long time. She even felt a sense of trust that could not be explained.
Friendly feeling.
... Qin Liang returned to the school affairs office with fifty pieces of silk, and distributed some of the silk. Yinci and Wu Xin each had five pieces of silk, and the remaining two pieces were involved in refining the salt. He planned to take the rest with him.
Return to the Wang family and place it in the courtyard where your Majesty lives.
It's a pity that the huge courtyard is empty. It's safe to store things because the Wang family has many servants.
I think back then, he spent a year or two looking at the terrain, training soldiers, making plans, going into battle personally, and finally performed meritorious service, and finally got a reward of dozens of silks. This time it only took more than ten days, and the Queen Mother conveniently got a few
Ten horses. Sure enough, things like official positions and money are easier to obtain if you are close to the center of power.
Qin Liang felt from Empress Dowager Guo's attitude today that it would be possible to have another prefect. After all, it was only a fifth-level promotion. Once he became a prefect with "military, political, personnel, and financial control" and monopolized power in the local area, he would be sure to do so in three to five years.
If you can cultivate a group of confidants and then find ways to run official positions, that will be a new stage of career planning.
In any case, becoming a prefect is a crucial step. Not to mention that Qin Liang is only in his twenties. Even if we look at the entire Wei Dynasty, as long as the ancestors of the families have been prefects, their descendants will have a different background and their career will be different.
Of course, that's not what Qin Liang cares about.
Qin Liang didn't want to be in charge of the school affairs office for the time being. Once he was transferred, whoever wanted to take care of this place of right and wrong would be in charge. The institution had already been screwed up and couldn't do much, but because of its reputation, a lot of people were watching it.
Even the Queen Mother warned him.
Qin Liang left the government office before the next shift in the afternoon.
He was busy with a lot of things recently, such as asking Gao Rou to share money. After all, the school office still had some work in progress and needed additional funds; and preparing gifts for the Queen Mother also took a lot of effort.
After finishing his work, he doesn't need to rush in the past two days. He can wait and see the situation.
Qin Liang returned to Wang's house in a happy mood. He went to the northeast courtyard and walked around, but he didn't see Wang Xuanji. In fact, if Wang Xuanji came, he would probably meet her on the corridor. Qin Liang guessed how likely she was
Every time I hide in a certain place, waiting for him.
Wang Xuanji hasn't been here for at least ten days, and Qin Liang felt a little empty for a while. Although Wang Lingjun was with him, Qin Liang also didn't want to let go of Xuanji.