When she saw Princess Yucheng collapse, Princess Yucheng's personal maid hurriedly stepped forward, hugged Princess Yucheng, and said in horror, "You... what are you going to do? Why did my princess faint suddenly?"
Concubine He waved her hand and said coldly, "Cover her mouth and tie her up."
When the maid next to her saw this, she immediately arrested the maid holding Princess Yucheng. She was allowed to scream or struggle, but she could not escape her fate.
"Let me go, uh... help~ ah..."
After Princess Yucheng's personal maids were taken care of, one of them looked at Concubine He and carefully asked for instructions, "Your Majesty, it's done."
Concubine He glanced sideways, with a fierce look in her eyes, and said viciously, "Drag her down. As for how to do it, I don't need to teach you anymore, right?"
"It's the empress."
The palace maid nodded and accepted the order, then took her down. No matter how hard she struggled, she was unable to break free. Looking at this rude action, she might have a narrow escape.
The personal maid was dragged down, and then Concubine He turned her attention to Princess Yucheng and ordered again, "You two, drag her to Ling Yun's bed quickly, and then proceed as planned as I said before..."
The two palace maids trembled and said in unison, "Yes, your Majesty."
Looking at the disappearing figure of Princess Yucheng, Concubine He murmured to herself, "It's just that I don't like my empress all the time, but she actually wants to catch me and prevent her from entering the East Palace. I don't know how to live or die."
The scene turned, and in the imperial study, Emperor Qianxi was reviewing the memorials in an orderly manner.
A person suddenly broke in outside the door and announced, "Your Majesty, Mr. Wang has arrived."
Emperor Qianxi was slightly stunned, and quickly searched for information about this Lord Wang in his mind. He just thought about it for a while, but he couldn't remember it.
Little Li Zi held hands close to his ear and whispered softly, "Your Majesty, this is the Governor King of Nanyi Prefecture."
Suddenly, among the many memorials, I found information about this Lord Wang and handed it to Emperor Qianxi.
Emperor Qianxi took it and looked it up and down before he remembered it and then ordered, "Oh? Wang Aiqing is here, please invite him in quickly."
Mr. Wang is Wang Zhengyang, who was thirty-five years old. In the sixth year of Qianxi, he was sent to Nanyi Prefecture as magistrate. Now that the three-year period has expired, he just returned to Beijing to report on his duties.
Wang Zhengyang was serving as a local official abroad, and it was also the barbarian land in the south of Daqian. It was understandable that Emperor Qianxi could not remember it.
As a local official, if there is no special summons from Emperor Qianxi, under normal circumstances, he can only return to the capital after his term of office expires. For this reason, officials in the capital are unwilling to be sent abroad, even if the position is one level higher than theirs.
As soon as Wang Zhengyang entered the imperial study, he patted his sleeves gently, then knelt down and kowtowed, "I pay my respects to my emperor. Long live, long live, long live."
Emperor Qianxi was dumbfounded, staring directly at the sunburned man below him. He was stunned for three to five minutes, and it was not until Xiao Lizi coughed twice that he finally realized what he was doing.
He quickly said, "Wang Aiqing, please get up quickly."
When Wang Zhengyang got up from the ground, Emperor Qianxi looked at him again.
The person below has rough skin, like a pitted orange peel. The skin is black from head to bottom. As long as the skin can be seen, it is completely black. It makes people feel that the person in front of them has just walked out of a coal mine.
The only place that is white is the remaining white teeth. Otherwise, it would be hard to find the second place that is not dark.
If it weren't for his gentle appearance, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say he is better than the Black Tornado.
Looking at Wang Zhengyang with dark and wrinkled skin, Emperor Qianxi felt a little painful in his heart. No wonder three years ago, the position of governor of Nanyi Prefecture was vacant, and no one in the civil and military dynasty dared to take the initiative to ask for it.
Now that I see Wang Zhengyang returning to Beijing to report on his work, I can see how bad the environment there is.
Now that I think about it, this is a lot of hard work, and no one else would be willing to rush to it.
Emperor Qianxi looked moved and said, "Wang Aiqing, thank you for your hard work."
Wang Zhengyang straightened his body and said in a serious voice, "Since I am a minister of Da Qian, I will do my best to share your Majesty's worries. I dare not say the word "hard work".
Even so, he is the only one who knows the hardships involved.
"I will keep Aiqing's hard work in mind. There is also a Zuo Shilang in the Ministry of Personnel. You can stay in the capital from now on!"
"I thank you Lord for your kindness!"
No matter how many words I say, they can't be as warm as Emperor Qianxi's words that you will stay in the capital from now on.
Wang Zhengyang was originally from the capital. As for why he was sent to Nanyi Prefecture, this matter started three years ago.
Recalling that the governor of Nanyi Prefecture suddenly fell seriously ill, Emperor Qianxi had to select someone to serve in the court. However, the ministers he named all excused themselves by claiming illness, and would rather offend Emperor Qianxi than go there.
This is because the geographical location of Nanyi Prefecture is very unique. Nanyi Prefecture is also known as the land of smog, and the world also calls it the barren land.
It has always been the custom in Daqian that people from the south go to the north and people from the north go to the south.
The hair mentioned here does not mean distribution, but exile.
As the name suggests, people from the north are sent to the south, which is actually a kind of exile.
Jiangnan has been prosperous since ancient times, but this south is not the south of Nanyi Prefecture.
If people from the capital go to Nanyi Prefecture, they may die on the way before they even get to the place where they take office. This is a fact recorded by all dynasties.
It can be said that people from the capital are almost certain to die if they go to Nanyi Prefecture. This is why the ministers in the DPRK would rather try to anger Emperor Qianxi than go to Nanyi Prefecture.
In ancient times, medical conditions were poor, and just a lack of acclimatization could lead to death. Not to mention that Nanyi Prefecture was full of highly toxic miasma. Anyone who encountered it would basically be poisoned and die.
I recall that back then, the post of magistrate of Nanyi Prefecture was vacant for half a month, and people in the court were in panic, fearing that Emperor Qianxi would name him inexplicably.
But Emperor Qianxi still ordered more than a dozen people in succession, and then each minister who was chosen reported to the court one by one that he was ill in bed.
Therefore, no one in the court was willing to go to Nanyi Prefecture. At this time, Wang Zhengyang stepped forward and shouldered the mission. This trip lasted three years.
In three years, if you were in the capital, unless something big happened at home, you would hardly see any changes. However, Wang Zhengyang was only in his early thirties, and now he looked like an old man in his forties or fifties.
After Wang Zhengyang accepted his favor and left, Emperor Qianxi held his memorial in his hand and remained silent for a long time. The memorial in his hand was turned over and over until it was almost torn to pieces, but Emperor Qianxi still held on tightly. At the same time, the look on his face Full of melancholy.
It was a matter of course for Wang Zhengyang to stay in the capital, but now he had to worry about choosing another person to go to Nanyi Prefecture.
It is conceivable that as long as Emperor Qianxi revealed that the post of governor of Nanyi Prefecture was vacant, the ministers below the third rank in the court would definitely find ways to avoid going to court due to illness.
Reminiscent of the incident in Nanyi Prefecture three years ago, people were panicked, and there were many ministers suffering from illness, which almost paralyzed the operation of Daqian.
Learn from those who have gone before and learn from those behind.
With the lessons learned from the last time,
Emperor Qianxi was cautious this time and vowed to come up with a way to get the best of both worlds.
Just thinking about this problem, Emperor Qianxi felt a headache and said worriedly, "Little Lizi, now that the term of office of the governor of Nanyi Prefecture has expired, who do you think I should send?"