Li Shanggong was stunned for a moment, and then he came to his senses and said, "Yes, the affairs of the Shanggong Bureau are complicated. If Wang Shanggong is not here, the ministers will inevitably suffer losses."
"Then do you have any candidates?"
Li Shanggong and Mrs. Xu looked at each other, and Li Shanggong replied first, "If we talk about qualifications, he should be the Zhongzhang Ling next to Wang Shanggong. However, Liu Sizhi has also been quite popular within the Shanggong Bureau in recent years."
Li Shanggong's bowl of water was held very evenly, so neither Wang Shanggong nor Mrs. Xu would be offended.
As expected, Wang Shanggong and Mrs. Xu both looked expectantly at Sheng Shaoqing.
"The Queen Mother, Liu Sizhi's skillful hands were already well-known before he entered the palace as an official, so he was called into the palace."
Wang Shanggong, who was kneeling aside, muttered, "It doesn't matter if you can make some exquisite gadgets. Being a Shanggong doesn't just rely on craftsmanship."
Upon seeing this, Mrs. Xu was about to start a fight, but Sheng Shaoqing raised her hand to stop them.
She was not familiar with these two people, so it would be better to take up the post together and rely on their ability to decide who would leave and who would stay. It would be obvious after the internship period.
This was a method of survival of the fittest that she learned from the capitalists when she was working. She never thought that one day she, a migrant worker, would be able to use it.
"In that case, how about the two of them assist Li Shanggong at the same time for a period of three months, and then take the exam at the end of the term?"
Although Mrs. Xu was not satisfied with the current results, looking at Sheng Shaoqing's stern face, she opened her lips and wanted to say something but had to give up.
The Queen Mother in front of her is no longer the Feng Qing of yesterday. Feng Cairen, who used to be silent, is no longer what she used to be. I heard that the emperor is now very close to the Queen Mother, so it would be better for me to offend her less.
After this incident, Mrs. Xu returned to the palace with satisfaction with the news that Mrs. Li was in prison.
Li Shanggong and Wang Shanggong also returned to their apartments full of thoughts. When they parted, Wang Shanggong looked up at the plaque on his courtyard door and sighed.
"I have lived here for ten years, and I don't know how many more days I can live in it."
After hearing this, Li Shanggong remained silent for a long time, then turned around and returned to his courtyard.
On the way back to Yongguang Hall, Sheng Shaoqing stopped by to pick up Yuan Che from school. Seeing that his mother didn't look good, Yuan Che silently put his little hand into Sheng Shaoqing's hand, and the mother and son walked back to Yongguang Hall hand in hand.
And Sheng Shaoqing was not idle. Along the way, the system told Sheng Shaoqing in detail the people and backgrounds of the Li siblings who had been close to each other in recent years. She also used the system to slowly sort out the relationship network of these people.
The Li family in Jiangzhou can be regarded as a big surname, and the relationship network in this big family is simply denser than a spider web.
Although the Li family has not yet taken root in the capital, these connections have gradually spread into the center of the imperial city.
Since Mrs. Li entered the palace, many families in the capital have gradually married into the Li family in Jiangzhou, and her younger brother has even become the son-in-law of the Qinghe Palace.
"System, why does the name Qinghe King sound so familiar to me?"
[Isn’t that the Minister of Zongzhengji who is about to retire? This person has no love for the world and wants to become an immortal. He retired early because he wanted to visit the Penglai Immortal Mountain. 】
"Then what's his relationship with Li Lingjiang?"
Sheng Shaoqing has watched a lot of TV dramas in modern times. After all, King Qinghe has a king in his name, so it's hard not to worry about it.
Are there too many characters who appear to be fair-minded but sneaky behind the scenes?
[I checked for you. Li Lingjiang married a girl who was a concubine of the second wife of Prince Qinghe. She was not taken seriously, so his relationship with Prince Qinghe was not very close. ]
[You once said that it was suspicious for him to join the Ministry of War. I didn't take it seriously at the time. Later, clues showed that he was originally going to be assigned to the Ministry of Household Affairs, but later used his connections to join the Ministry of War. However, why do you think this is strange?
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"Think about it, there is a saying that there is a certain order of learning and a specialization in skills. He was not born in the army. Even if Jiangzhou used soldiers, he would not be responsible. What's more, I have read the records of him by the officials over the years, and they all wrote
It is clear that his political achievements are focused on the development of agriculture and trade, not military achievements. Isn’t it suspicious that such a person insists on going to the Ministry of War, which he is not good at? "
[In the third year of Chonghua, when Li Lingjiang was the prefect, he wrote a letter requesting to cross the river to fight with Nanjing. At that time, the late emperor advocated cultivating the people, but he did not agree. Later, when he saw that the letter he wrote had disappeared, he never mentioned it again.
thing, and now he is going to join the Ministry of War again. Is there any connection between these two things?】
"Maybe there is, eh, Almighty System Lord, can you find out where those treasures have gone?"
[Still positioning, current data shows that most of them are still in Bianjing City.]
"Is there an exact location?"
[Not yet, but they all passed through the hands of the same person - Li San. 】
Sheng Shaoqing thought for a moment, then turned around and asked Aning to send Yuan Che and Cui Yun, who was badly hit, back to Yongguang Palace first, while he would take Forsythia to Yeting Prison.
"Queen mother!"
Before Sheng Shaoqing took a few steps, Yuan Che ran after him.
"Mother, where are you going?!"
Sheng Shaoqing knelt down and hugged Yuan Che and said, "The Queen Mother is going to Yeting Prison. Can you follow Aunt Aning back to Yongguang Hall? The Queen Mother will be back soon."
"No! I will go wherever my mother goes!"
Under Sheng Shaoqing's free-range policy, Yuan Che became more and more bold. Although the Taifu still did not relax his demands on him, he had learned to behave in front of the Taifu and let himself go in front of his mother.
"Yeting Prison is a prison, it's very spooky and terrifying."
"But the Queen Mother is not afraid, and neither is Yuan Che! And Yuan Che is a man and wants to protect the Queen Mother!"
Sheng Shaoqing was still trying to reason, but Yuan Che had already escaped from Sheng Shaoqing's arms and pulled Sheng Shaoqing forward.
Unable to defeat Yuan Che, Sheng Shaoqing had no choice but to take him with him. When they arrived at Yeting, Shen Wenjin was already waiting at the door.
"Shen Sizheng, where is Mrs. Li now?"
Shen Wenjin respectfully replied to Forsythia's question, "Mrs. Li has not been convicted yet, so she is temporarily detained in the east room."
Sheng Shaoqing nodded and walked in slowly with Yuan Che.
Shen Wenjin was surprised for a moment, why did the Queen Mother bring Her Majesty with her?
After sitting down in the main hall, Mrs. Li was brought up by the palace servants. In order to prevent her from committing suicide again, Shen Wenjin specially found a few stout palace servants to guard Mrs. Li.
In just half a day, Mrs. Li's eyes had lost all energy, and she only looked like she was dying.
"If you want to kill or behead me, please do as you please."
After Mrs. Li uttered these words, she closed her eyes and ignored them.
"You have some backbone. If you tell me where the stolen items are now, maybe the Aijia will consider sparing your life."
Mrs. Li snorted coldly but remained silent.
Sheng Shaoqing didn't expect to get anything out of her mouth, so he just continued, "The Ai family thinks that the Li family in Jiangzhou can be considered a wealthy family. If you two siblings are convicted and end up having their homes confiscated and exiled,
Will you and Li Lingjiang be reviled by your tribe and be criticized by thousands of people?"
