After the ministers left, Emperor Qianxi left the Imperial Study Room in about half a cup of tea and walked towards Cining Palace. As usual, Emperor Qianxi was going to meet the Queen Mother today, so Ling Yun naturally had to follow him.
Of course, whether he can go or not does not depend on him, but on the little eunuch who helps him carry things. As long as the little eunuch leaves, he will follow.
"The Emperor has arrived!"
Following the sound of the emperor's arrival, Emperor Qianxi strolled into Cining Palace, and then paid homage to Empress Dowager Zhang.
"My sons and ministers see their mother and queen."
Empress Dowager Zhang waved her hands and said with a smile, "Hey! The emperor is here."
The two exchanged a few words, and Queen Mother Zhang noticed that Emperor Qianxi had a sad look on his face. She thought about it and asked with a frown on her face, "The Ai family saw that the emperor came here this time with a frown on his face. But is it because he is worried about things in the court?" "
Emperor Qianxi did not expect that Empress Dowager Zhang would ask such a question. He was stunned for a moment, came back to his senses, sighed softly, and said with a forced smile, "Returning to my mother, that's right."
When Queen Mother Zhang heard this, she thought for a moment, slowly turned the beads in her hand, and said solemnly, "The Ai family has also heard about this matter. The salary issue is easy to solve. The Ai family is still a little soft. The emperor takes it." That’s domination.”
Speaking of this, Empress Dowager Zhang did not know whether it was intentional or not, she stopped, looked at the melancholy Emperor Qianxi for a while, and then said seriously, "As for the envoy of Da Mang to increase the annual tribute, the Ai family thinks it is appropriate to avoid his criticism. , but if Da Mang deceives others too much, our Daqian Dynasty will not let others manipulate it."
Empress Dowager Zhang's words did not ease Emperor Qianxi's melancholy. She only nodded slightly and said, "Mother, I know this. I will discuss this matter with my ministers."
Perhaps because he felt that Empress Dowager Zhang's move meant that she was interfering in politics, Emperor Qianxi's answer was a bit perfunctory.
Every move of Emperor Qianxi fell in the eyes of Empress Dowager Zhang, and her eyes showed a trace of helplessness that was difficult to detect. Emperor Qianxi was so angry that he did not notice anything unusual about Empress Dowager Zhang.
Perhaps it was because of Emperor Qianxi's perfunctory behavior that Empress Dowager Zhang was inexplicably disappointed. As the head of the harem, Empress Dowager Zhang naturally understood that the harem could not interfere with politics.
But seeing the internal and external troubles in the Daqian Dynasty, she saw it in her eyes and felt anxious in her heart. She originally wanted to have a good talk with Emperor Qianxi, but she didn't expect that Emperor Qianxi showed resistance to her.
At this point, Queen Mother Zhang could only respond with a few vague words and did not continue the conversation.
Emperor Qianxi left Cining Palace and did not return to the imperial study. Instead, he walked in the imperial garden and sat in a pavilion in a daze.
Ling Yun and a group of eunuchs stayed quite a distance away from Emperor Qianxi and did not dare to come forward to disturb him.
"Little plum, little plum..."
Emperor Qianxi suddenly shouted, and Xiao Lizi immediately ran to him.
"Your Majesty, this servant is here!"
Emperor Qianxi seemed to realize something, and he suddenly said, "I want to ask you, did I make the Queen Mother unhappy when we were in Cining Palace just now?"
"this…"
Xiao Lizi lowered his head and hesitated to speak.
When Emperor Qianxi saw Xiao Lizi's hesitation, he knew that he was worried, "Tell me what you just saw, and I will forgive you."
Although he received Emperor Qianxi's promise, Xiao Lizi still struggled in his heart and finally made up his mind and said, "Your Majesty, I just noticed that the Queen Mother's face was a little disappointed..."
Emperor Qianxi looked at the Cining Palace with a complicated expression and sighed, "It's all my fault that I was so angry that I didn't take into account the feelings of my mother."
"Your Majesty, I feel that the Queen Mother will understand your Majesty's mood at this time and will not complain about it."
Emperor Qianxi closed his eyes and felt lost.
After a long pause, he ordered, "That being said, in order not to make it difficult for me, the Queen Mother even took out her own clothes. With the Queen Mother's intention, I actually... Hey! Send all the Queen Mother's clothes back. !And told my mother that I had thought of a solution."
"His Majesty…"
When Xiao Lizi heard this, he wanted to say something, but when he saw Emperor Qianxi raising his hand, he immediately stopped talking. At the same time, he motioned to the eunuch next to him to move the things that had just been moved from Cining Palace back intact.
Emperor Qianxi looked up at the sky and said out of the blue, "Xiao Lizi, do you think I should accept the ministers' discussion and submit directly to the matter regarding Da Mang Dynasty?"
As soon as these words came out, Xiao Lizi was stunned. He never thought that Emperor Qianxi would suddenly ask him. As a eunuch, even if he knew something, he would not dare to say it, otherwise it would be spread out and said that he was talking about government affairs. , will surely be destroyed forever.
So Xiao Lizi knelt down on the ground, his body trembled slightly uncontrollably, and he trembled and said, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, slave... I don't know."
Looking at Xiao Lizi who was kneeling on the ground and trembling all over, Emperor Qianxi couldn't help but laugh and cry, and his mood suddenly improved a lot.
"Okay! There are no outsiders here. Besides, I'm just asking casually. You don't have to worry about gossip."
Xiao Lizi glanced at Ling Yun slightly and muttered in his mind what Emperor Qian Xi just said, "There are no outsiders? How can there be no outsiders? Isn't that Ling Yun kid holding a pen in his hand?"
It's not like he has never suffered from the misfortune of a living official. In the past, even if he only said one word about Ji Yue, he would be involved in the court the next morning. This kind of suffering made him terribly afraid.
Emperor Qianxi noticed Xiao Lizi's unusual behavior and followed his gaze. He saw Ling Yun holding a pen in his hand, and then he understood what Xiao Lizi was afraid of.
Perhaps because he was in a better mood, the sadness on Emperor Qianxi's face gradually disappeared.
Emperor Qianxi laughed, looked at Ling Yun and said, "That boy is one of our own."
Xiao Lizi did not agree with what Emperor Qianxi said. Although the boy was very respectful to him, no one dared to say whether the boy would read his book on a whim that day.
Although Xiao Lizi did not agree with Emperor Qianxi's views, it did not affect his flattery at all.
No, his next words made Emperor Qianxi smile instantly, and the remaining trace of sadness on his face disappeared in an instant.
Xiao Lizi squinted his eyes and said with a smile, "Your Majesty is the master of the Daqian Dynasty, and everyone in the Daqian Dynasty is naturally your Majesty's people."
Emperor Qianxi laughed loudly, "Hahaha... You little slave, you know how to pick the right one to talk to me."
Xiao Lizi laughed, said he didn't dare, and then fell silent again, letting the whisk in his hand sway in the breeze.
"Hey! Xiao Lizi, I remember that boy is very good at writing poems, and he also wrote poems for the army. Do you think he has other ideas about this matter?"
Emperor Qianxi had a sudden idea and somehow turned his attention to Ling Yun. Perhaps in his opinion, since Ling Yun could write such heroic and aspirational poems, he must have a different view of the military than ordinary people.