Li Yan and the queen sat in the peony pavilion and were silent for a long time before the queen said: "I'd better go and see Chongjiu, talk to him, he can't always be like this, his temper is too bad, he offends everyone, what will I do in the future, I think about it, I worry about him." ”

If it is someone else who is the emperor and queen, then there is definitely no need to be afraid of offending any ministers, like Empress Dugu, if the ministers are disobedient, then they will repair it, anyway, those who can stay in the court are obedient to her, and even some ministers are very obedient, but if they are not good, she will also repair it, and she will not care what the ministers think.

But Li Yan and the queen are not like this, in the past years, they lost a qiē, and now they have finally regained it, but they have not yet sat down in this country, what do the ministers think, they are very concerned, they are afraid that they will lose it again, they are all old, and they can no longer withstand the toss.

Hearing that the queen said that she was afraid that Li Chongjiu would offend the minister, Li Yan also sighed and said: "Harmony is precious, you really want to talk to Chongjiu about this, his temper really has to be changed." ”

After thinking about it, Li Yan said again: "However, a loving mother is a loser, if you, a mother, are too good to your children, it is estimated that if you say it, Chongjiu will not go to her heart, so when you should be strict, you still have to be strict." ”

The queen had already stood up, but when she heard Li Yan say this, she sat down again and said, "I can't!" Be strict with your son, if you want to be harsh on him, why don't you go yourself, but let me be this wicked person. I see, I am still my loving mother, and you should be your strict father! ”

Li Yan sighed, stood up, and said, "Okay, then I'll be this strict father!" Alas, I really want to sit down. It's not okay to drink tea, Chongjiu is too worry-free. ”

He slowly walked out of the Peony Pavilion, and the little eunuch hurriedly prepared a step for him and carried him to the East Palace.

The queen sat alone, she thought for a while, she had left Chang'an for too long, she hadn't seen her son for more than ten years, and she didn't do anything as a mother for her son's growth, so she felt guilty. is still quite guilty, if it weren't for this, with Li Chongjiu's constant mistakes, with her temperament, she wouldn't have endured it for so long.

I have to find a good teacher for my son, even if the teacher candidate is uncertain for a while, it is necessary to find a partner for my son.

The queen wanted to find a companion for Li Chongjiu to read, but there was no teacher yet, so she would find a companion to read first. It seemed a little difficult, she thought about it for a long time, and felt that she really couldn't think of anyone who was about the same age as Li Chongjiu. Even if he thought of a few in his heart, he didn't know his temperament, so he couldn't send it to Li Chongjiu rashly.

Then the only way to find a minister is to let this minister teach Li Chongjiu some things in the court. Other queens can't think of it, but she still knows Wu Youren, of course, the so-called understanding. It's just a little bit more than I know about other ministers.

The queen thought to herself: "Wu Youren used to be an errand boy in the Feng Pavilion, he was a central housekeeper, and now he is still a secretary of the ministry, and he has a personal relationship with Yang Ze, but he has not taken refuge in Yang Ze, so he should be the best candidate." ”

Thinking that she was about to start doing it, the queen called a little eunuch and said, "Go, go and find Wu Youren immediately, it is the official book." ”

The little eunuch hurriedly agreed, and quickly walked out of the palace to find Wu Youren, he was not like the people sent by Li Chongjiu, Li Chongjiu sent the little eunuch to find Wu Youren, but the little eunuch didn't know where to go, but this little eunuch was sent by the queen, and he didn't dare to delay it for a while.

In fact, if you want to find Wu Youren, it is too easy, now is an extraordinary period, Wu Youren has just become the secretary of the ministry, how can he go to other places, of course, he is sitting in the ministry.

Wu Youren sat in the main hall of the yamen of the Ministry of Officials, after the big case, he was in full official uniform, with a cup of tea in front of him, but Wu Youren was a little dazed, thinking about his thoughts.

He is a secretary and has his own separate office room, but he still likes to stay in the lobby and like the feeling of being on top. However, these days, he is very troubled, because he can't enter the palace, can't go to the emperor's imperial study to do things, although the official has done the book, but he feels that it is not as convenient as before when he was a housekeeper to see the emperor.

For him who used to be a housekeeper in the Feng Pavilion, whether he can see the emperor often and let the emperor remember himself is the key to whether he can reach the top of the minister, otherwise he can't even see the emperor's face, how can he figure out his intentions, he can't figure out his intentions, let alone climb to the top, even the ministers may not be able to last long, and he may be dismissed and go home one day.

Wu Youren picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip of tea, and thought: "I am also an alliance with the prince, but why hasn't the prince looked for me these days, in this extraordinary period, he should have asked me a lot of things!" Alas, it's a pity that I can't enter the palace, someone has to summon me, if only I could be like before, I can enter the palace whenever I want. ”

He felt a little lost, but just when he was lost, someone outside said: "Lord Shangshu, someone has come to the palace, saying that you want to enter the palace!" ”

Wu Youren sighed, his heart was happy, he stood up, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince finally sent someone to find him, it seems that His Royal Highness the Prince's endurance is good, he is even calmer than himself, and he didn't want to see him until several days, and he almost couldn't hold back.

He walked out of the lobby quickly, and saw a little eunuch standing outside, this little eunuch was running with sweat on his face, and he was wiping sweat with his sleeve!

For the little eunuch in the palace is to have a good relationship, Wu Youren knows the importance of the king of Hades and the difficulty of being a little ghost, he smiled and took out a small piece of silver cake from his arms, and checked it, it is estimated that this small piece of silver cake is worth at least two or three times, and it is definitely a reward that can be obtained, and he stuffed the silver cake into the hands of the little eunuch.

When the little eunuch received the silver cake, his eyes lit up instantly, he was a eunuch and was destined to have no wife and no children, so he especially liked yellow and white things, but his status was too low before, and he didn't even have the opportunity to leave the palace, let alone receive benefits.

The little eunuch hurriedly saluted Wu Youren and said, "Wu Shangshu, the queen wants you to enter the palace now, I have something to tell you." ”

"Huh? Is it the queen's mother, not His Royal Highness the Prince? Wu Youren was stunned for a moment, although the queen is more important than the prince, but for him, the prince is more able to help him reach the top of the minister. And it's also longer.

But why is the queen not the prince, is the prince still playing calm? This is too calm, too calm!

He didn't know that Li Chongjiu couldn't send someone out to find him at all, the dignified prince was played around by the little eunuchs, he could only think that Li Chongjiu had forgotten him, couldn't bear it, and began to be suspicious.

Wu Youren and the little eunuch entered the palace, and the yamen of the official department was not far from the palace, so just walk, when passing the square in front of the palace. Wu Youren saw that the last time Li Yan and the queen laid the foundation of the monument, the wooden stake had been laid, and he didn't know how to build the monument, but judging from the current construction situation, this is already started.

The little eunuch got the benefit, and he talked more, and said to Wu Youren: "Wu Shangshu, you are not from the Ministry of Industry, so you don't know the hard work of repairing the monument......"

Wu Youren thought to himself: "You are not from the Ministry of Works. You'll find out. ”

The little eunuch said: "If you want to say that this heavenly monument is built in front of the palace gate, no matter what, you have to let us people in the palace give some opinions, but the people in their Ministry of Industry don't ask us, and they don't have our opinions." When they build a monument, it is called doing more with less......"

"It's half the effort!" Wu Youren smiled and said, "The little father-in-law is right, you should ask the opinions of the people in the palace for this project." ”

The little eunuch said this. It's nothing more than trying to figure out Wu Youren's mouth, tell the queen, and let them, the little eunuchs, come to the construction site to supervise it. In this way, it is easy to reap the benefits, of course Wu Youren understands it, but he thinks that it is better to say it to the queen, it is better to say it to Li Chongjiu, and then Li Chongjiu will say it to the queen, so that the little eunuchs in the palace can also be sold to a good one, so that the little eunuchs can get closer to Li Chongjiu.

As he spoke, the two entered the palace and went straight to the Peony Garden, which belonged to the category of the Forbidden Palace behind, but because it was the queen who was summoned, Wu Youren could still come in, he entered the Peony Garden, and saw the queen sitting in the pavilion dozing, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, waiting for the queen to ask.

When the queen saw Wu Youren coming, she didn't doze off, and asked bluntly: "Wu Aiqing, you have been in the capital for a long time, and you must have had dealings with the prince before, right?" ”

Wu Youren thought to himself: "Your son doesn't have anything to do with anyone, besides, why did I have to deal with him before, it's just a waste, well, of course it's not a waste now, it's the prince." ”

He nodded and said: "Back to Niangniang, in the past, in order to prevent being persecuted by the eldest princess and the king of Linzi, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince rarely interacted with the ministers, but every time he entered the city, the ministers could see him, but he was more familiar with him than other ministers." ”

He said this very slippery, as long as Li Chongjiu entered the city, there must be something, and it must be related to Empress Dugu, basically participating in some ceremonies, and as the central housekeeper in the pavilion, Wu Youren can of course see Li Chongjiu every time, and what he said is not familiar, but more familiar than others.

But the queen didn't hear the twists and turns in the words, but was very relieved, and said: "Since Wu Aiqing is familiar with the prince, then you will teach him some things in the court first, you are a secretary of the ministry, and you know the affairs of officials best, so you must often tell the prince to listen, give you the privilege of walking in the East Palace, and you can enter and exit the East Palace at any time." ”

Wu Youren's eyes lit up, with the queen's words, he could see Li Chongjiu whenever he wanted in the future, of course, only at any time during the day, the palace gate was locked at night, and foreign ministers were not allowed to spend the night in the palace.

"Obey." Wu Youren bowed down and agreed.

The queen said again: "The palace wants to change the imperial guards for the East Palace, you help the prince pick people, you want to pick some reliable ones, and they can fight, whether they are from a noble background or not is not too important." ”

Wu Youren said: "Does Niangniang mean that the imperial guards who protect the East Palace must be newcomers, only focusing on their abilities and not looking at their backgrounds?" ”

The queen smiled: "Yes, that's what this palace means." You are a secretary of the ministry, you are a special official in charge of officials, and the officials can manage it well, not to mention the guards, this matter will be handed over to you, assist the prince well, if there is any difficulty, then come to this palace, and have your own palace for you. ”

Wu Youren promised repeatedly, if he could help Li Chongjiu and choose the imperial guards, wouldn't it mean that Li Chongjiu could have henchmen and guards, and because he helped, he could also have his own people in the East Palace, at least whoever he chose as a guard would have to be grateful to him!

He thought to himself: "Among my own relatives, are there any relatives who are about the same age and have some ability, at least they must be able to fight, this is the least, I have to go home and ask!" ”

Just thinking about it, I heard the queen say: "Wu Aiqing, you go to the East Palace now, the emperor should also be in the East Palace at this time, if the emperor blames the prince, then you have to defend the prince a lot, so as not to have any misunderstanding between their father and son, and the palace is afraid that the emperor will be too strict." ”

Wu Youren hurriedly said: "The minister obeys the order!" "He left the Peony Garden and went to the East Palace, halfway thinking that the emperor was very strict, and he would be very strict with His Royal Highness the Prince? No matter how you look at it, the emperor doesn't seem to be a stern person!

Quickly walked to the East Palace, but did not see Li Yan, asked the little eunuch guarding the door, and when he asked, he realized that Li Yan had not yet come, I don't know where Li Yan went after leaving the Peony Garden, anyway, he did not come to the East Palace!

Wu Youren entered the East Palace and saw Li Chongjiu walking around the main hall, and on the chair next to him sat a bearded imperial guard, this imperial guard's face was swollen and red, there were big bubbles at the corners of his mouth, and he hummed softly in his mouth, looking very painful.

Seeing Wu Youren coming, Li Chongjiu shouted: "Wu Shangshu, you can be regarded as coming, you sent someone to look for you, why did you arrive, but did you come here after you were busy with things in the yamen?" In the future, if Lone calls you again, come here first, when will you be busy with the affairs in the yamen! ”

Li Chongjiu's mood at this time was extremely bad, his only henchman was a bearded strong man, who was scalded by Caicai's palace maid with hot water, and after Yang Ze and Caicai left, of course he had to treat the bearded strong man, but he asked all the little eunuchs and palace maids in the East Palace, but everyone said that there was no medicine for scalding in the East Palace, and he had to go to the imperial doctor, so he sent someone to find the imperial doctor, and the person sent to it walked for a long time, and he waited until now, and he didn't see the imperial doctor to be found.

Wu Youren was stunned for a moment and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince, did you send someone to find the minister?" But the minister didn't see the person you sent, the reason why the minister entered the palace was because the queen mother was summoned, and when she came here, the queen asked the minister to come! ”

Li Chongjiu sighed, and then understood, he said angrily: "These damn eunuchs, they actually disobeyed the yang and the yin, and didn't go to you!" ”

Wu Youren immediately looked around, and saw that there were no little eunuchs in the palace, so he stepped forward and said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, be cautious, those eunuchs are filthy, if they know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hates them, then they are very likely to be black, and the eunuch is an out-and-out villain!" ”

Li Chongjiu took a few heavy breaths and said: "But the people in this East Palace are all sent by Liang Dazhong, and they are not lonely people, people who have no henchmen, and they are really helpless!" ”

Wu Youren said with a smile: "The queen mother has already thought of this, so she wants to recruit a group of imperial guards into the East Palace to protect His Royal Highness the Prince, and the candidates for these imperial guards must be personally selected by the prince, and the ministers are here to assist His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in choosing people!" ”

Li Chongjiu was overjoyed, clapped his hands and said: "In this way, Lone can finally pick someone by himself, and he is still a guard!" (To be continued......) R1292