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Kui Xian may have been too attentive to watching, and even Guo Shengtong noticed his gaze.

She stopped, her eyes fell on Kui Xian's body from the coral, and Kui Xian peeked at Guo Shengtong's gaze, and was caught by her. Kui's body was shocked, and he hurriedly withdrew his gaze and looked down at his toes.

Guo Shengtong frowned secretly, in the palace, he dared to look at himself so unscrupulously, and Kui Xun was the first. She asked in a deep voice, "Zhang Kun, who are you brought?" ”

Zhang Kun subconsciously looked at Kui Kui, and hurriedly smiled: "Queen, this is the eldest son of Lianghou, who has just been named the captain of Hu Qi by His Majesty!" ”

Oh! Guo Shengtong suddenly realized, no wonder this person looked at Mian Sheng, and dared to look at himself so rudely, it turned out to be a barbarian from Xiliang.

Although Kui Xun's image is very good, Guo Shengtong's impression of him is very bad, but Kui Xun is Kui Huan's son, and she is not easy to reprimand. She said to Mama Feng: "Find someone to carry the coral into the main hall and put it in a conspicuous position." ”

"Yes! Empress! Mama Feng respectfully agreed, and was about to call the chamberlain, but Kui Sui preemptively said: "Queen, let's let Weichen move!" ”

Guo Shengtong glanced at him, but didn't say much. Kui picked up the coral, and Mama Feng led the way into the main hall. Guo Shengtong looked at Zhang Kun and asked slowly, "Zhang Kun, how many corals were sent back to Beijing from Peijun this time?" ”

Zhang Kun hurriedly said: "Back to the queen, although there are several corals sent to the palace, there are only two that are so outstanding in appearance, texture, and color. ”

"Two of them?" Guo Shengtong asked with a smile: "One of them, Your Majesty asked you to send it to my Changqiu Palace, then, what about the other one?" ”

Zhang Kun cleared his throat, laughed dryly, and said, "Your Majesty sent it to the West Palace." ”

Hearing this, Guo Shengtong's expression suddenly froze.

She knew that no matter what good things happened, His Majesty would never forget the one in the West Palace. Zhang Kun hurriedly added: "This blood mountain of the queen mother is bigger than the one of the nobles of the West Palace. ”

Guo Shengtong's eyes flashed and asked, "Really?" ”

Zhang Kun nodded and said: "Give the slave and maid great courage, and the slave and maid will not dare to coax the queen!" ”

Guo Shengtong smiled slightly, his face softened a lot, and when Kui Sui and Mama Feng came out of the main hall, Guo Shengtong said to Mama Feng slowly: "Mama Feng, reward." ”

Mama Feng poured out a few golden beans from her purse, stuffed them into Zhang Kun's hand, and said with a smile: "In the future, if you have to bother Zhang Xuan, remind Your Majesty that Changqiu Palace is the main palace!" ”

Zhang Kun grinned secretly, nodded and said, "Yes, yes, yes!" Rest assured, the queen will definitely remind Your Majesty! ”

"Go ahead!"

"Slave and maid retire!"

Zhang Kun led Kui Xun out of the Changqiu Palace, and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Kui Xun looked puzzled, and asked in a low voice, "Zhang Yu, what do Mama Feng's words mean?" Changqiu Palace was originally the main palace, and the queen was the mother of the main palace, why did she remind Your Majesty? ”

Zhang Kun smiled, shook his head and said, "You don't know, Your Majesty will spend the night in the West Palace most of the time. "Because His Majesty goes to the West Palace too often, now the West Palace is more like the main palace, which naturally causes the queen's dissatisfaction.

Kui Sui showed a look of sudden realization, and muttered: "Xigong! The lady of the West Palace is a Yin Lihua Yin noble, right? ”

"yes!"

"I heard that Yin Guiren is known as the number one beauty in the world, but I don't know if it's true or not?" Kui Sui said curiously.

Zhang Kun glanced at him and said, "I've been in the palace for so many years, what kind of stunning woman haven't I seen?" I've never seen a more beautiful woman than a noble ......" Speaking of this, Zhang Kun couldn't help but sigh.

When Kui heard this, his face was surprised, and he became more and more curious about Yin Lihua.

Changqiu Palace.

After Zhang Kun and Kui left, Mama Feng approached Guo Shengtong and whispered: "Queen, the old slave looks at this Kui Xian, and his heart is not right. ”

"Humph!" Guo Shengtong snorted out laughing and said disapprerovitically: "It's just a color blank." ”

Mama Feng said: "The way he looked at the queen just now, it was ...... It's too bold and offensive, if it's not Lianghou's son, the old slave really wants people to gouge out his eyeballs! ”

Guo Shengtong giggled out loud and said, "Mama Feng is too angry now. As she spoke, she naturally stroked her stomach.

Mama Feng was stunned, hurriedly slapped her mouth, and said, "It's the old slave who lost his words!" It's the old slave who lost his word! The two walked into the main hall and looked at the blood shan on the bright side, Guo Shengtong walked forward happily and looked at it. Empress! Mama Feng came to Guo Shengtong's side, held one of her arms, and said cautiously: "In a place like Xiliang, the people are fierce, both men and women, they are fierce and vicious, and it is estimated that this Kui has never seen a queen like this."

Kind of delicate beauty. ”

Guo Shengtong was amused by her words and was in a better mood. Mama Feng changed her words and said: "Queen, Kui Xun was stunned when he saw you, if he saw the one in the West Palace, I don't know what he would become!" ”

As soon as he heard this, the smile on Guo Shengtong's face disappeared immediately, and he squinted at Mama Feng. When she said this, she was reminding herself that her appearance was far inferior to Yin Lihua.

Of course, Guo Shengtong herself knows this, but she understands in her heart that it is one thing, and it is another thing for the people around her to tell it.

Mama Feng saw that Guo Shengtong's face was not good, and understood that she had misunderstood what she meant. She waved her hand to the palace maids present and said, "You all go down first!" Several palace maids bowed and withdrew from the main hall. Mama Feng walked to the door, closed the door tightly, and then returned to Guo Shengtong's side, and whispered: "Empress, even if the one in the West Palace was favored before, he didn't pose much threat to the empress, queen."

Do you know why? Guo Shengtong looked at her with a frown. Mama Feng continued: "Because the one in the West Palace did not give birth to an imperial heir for His Majesty, no matter how favored she is, the prince's position is indestructible, and the queen's status is as stable as a rock. But that's no longer the case

, the one in the West Palace is pregnant, once she gives birth to the prince, the prince ......"

At this point, she paused, not daring to continue. Guo Shengtong's body was shocked, and he nervously grabbed Mama Feng's arm and asked, "You mean, if Yin Lihua gives birth to a prince, Your Majesty...... Will Your Majesty depose the crown prince? ”

After saying that, she couldn't help but be smart, shook her head again and again, and said, "No! Your Majesty will not! Your Majesty loves Qiang'er so much, how could he abolish Qiang'er's position as the crown prince? Mama Feng said meaningfully: "Even if Your Majesty won't now, but what about the future?" Who can guarantee that His Majesty will not in the future? The West Palace is favored, if the pillow wind blows in His Majesty's ears every day, even if His Majesty loves the prince again, there will be something he will be tired of

What a day! ”

Guo Shengtong's face became gloomy, and his fists clenched. Even if she can't be the queen herself, she must not let her son become a deposed prince.

Mama Feng leaned closer to Guo Shengtong and said in her ear: "The queen has a saying that is right, Kui Xun is a color blank, the old slave thinks that this person can be used by us!" ”

"What do you mean?" Guo Shengtong's heart moved, and he looked at Mama Feng intently.

Mama Feng whispered: "If the one in the West Palace loses her virginity, no matter how much Your Majesty loves her, even if she really gives birth to a prince for Your Majesty, she will never be able to turn over." ”

Guo Shengtong blinked, looked at Mama Feng for a while before she reacted, she shivered, her face changed suddenly, and she said nervously: "You...... What do you mean......"

Mama Feng smiled and said meaningfully: "A color blank, if it gives birth to a color gall, it may be bigger than the sky!" ”

Guo Shengtong shook his head again and again and said, "Yin Lihua can't take a fancy to him!" "A person like Kui Sui just has a good skin, and he is extremely disgusted with his first impression of him, not to mention Yin Lihua.

Mama Feng said: "It doesn't matter if the one in the West Palace looks down on him or not, the important thing is that it is man-made!" As she spoke, she leaned into Guo Shengtong's ear and muttered in a low voice.

On this day, Liu Xiu went to Lantai. Lantai, also known as the Imperial History Tower, is the place where the Imperial History Office. Lantai is very close to the West Palace and the Changqiu Palace.

Luoyang Imperial Palace, the westernmost row of buildings, counting from north to south, the first palace is the West Palace, the second palace is the Changqiu Palace, the third is the Pavilion, and the fourth is the Lantai.

After Liu Xiu came to power, he set up many imperial histories, and the responsibility of the imperial histories was to replace the Son of Heaven and inspect the place.

In the past, the imperial history had a lot of powers, and it basically belonged to the established impeachment case, and the imperial history of only a few hundred taels of Lu could remove the Taishou and the Governor of 2,000 Shi Yulu.

Later, Zhu Fu directly went to Liu Xiu and expressed his dissatisfaction, which made the power of the imperial history narrowed a little, and the established case could not be impeached as before, but it had to be tried by the three divisions and confirmed to be correct before the verdict could be made.

But even so, the power of the imperial history is still very large.

In terms of centralization, Liu Xiu made two major reforms, one was the establishment of the imperial history, and the other was the establishment of Shangshutai. Shangshu was not Liu Xiu's first creation, but Liu Xiu definitely carried Shangshu forward, and it was from Liu Xiu that Shangshu's power became bigger and bigger, and gradually set aside the three dukes. If the officials of Shangshutai commit a crime, other officials have no right to deal with it.

Only the Son of Heaven can decide how to convict, and Shang Shutai is not responsible to any other officials, only the Son of Heaven.

The Lantai of the Imperial History and the Shangshutai of the Shangshu have become the two most important institutions of Liu Xiu's administration, and they can be called Liu Xiu's right-hand man.

Liu Xiu's visit to Lantai this time was mainly to see the documents submitted by the imperial histories from all over the country. The highest official in the imperial history was Lantai Lingshi, a petty official with only 600 stones, which was now held by Liu Yu.

Accompanying Liu Xiu was Shang Shuling Hou Ba. Hou Ba is already a handful of years old, and his virtue is very high, and Liu Xiu also respects Hou Ba a lot.

When the two arrived at Lantai, the books here were piled up, all of which were passed back to Luoyang by the imperial histories from all over the world. The officials of Lantai mainly classified the affairs of various places, and divided them into categories of impeachment and peace.

Then it is subdivided by state, county, and county, and the official position of the official involved in the case is used to determine the priority.

Liu Xiu has a lot of complaints about the bloated officialdom under the current Han court. While looking at Song Shu, he said to Hou Ba: "Junfang, do you know how many counties there are in the country now?" ”

Hou Ba pondered for a moment and said, "There should be no less than a thousand counties. ”

Liu Xiu said: "According to Lantai statistics, there are more than 1,600 counties in the country. ”

When Hou Ba heard this, he was also shocked. Liu Xiu smiled bitterly: "Actually, there are many counties that can be canceled or merged, but the previous dynasty was mediocre and lazy, and I don't know how many more officials it raised." ”

Raising one more official is a few hundred more stones a year, or even thousands of dollars, and raising tens of thousands of officials will cost millions more stones every year, in Liu Xiu's view, this is a completely useless waste.

He said, "It needs to be streamlined! Not only should the counties of the whole country be streamlined, but the number of officials in counties, counties, and state capitals should also be greatly reduced. ”

Hou Ba bowed to Liu Xiu and said, "Wechen has written it down." "Liu Xiu is the Son of Heaven, and what he says is basically the direction of the national policy. As for Shang Shuling, if you don't have to insist on the Son of Heaven, you just need to think about how to implement it. Liu Xiu smiled at Hou Ba and said, "Which counties are redundant, and which counties are again."

It can be merged, Junfang should consider it carefully, if you need information, you can go to Lantai at any time and borrow it from Liu Yu. As he spoke, he said to Liu Yu again: "Hou Shangshu's borrowing in Lantai must not be blocked!" "Wechen obeys!" Hou Ba and Liu Yu both bowed their hands.