"Queen Mother, Liu Sizhi has been in the palace for many years, and even if she has no merit, she has worked hard. I believe she was just temporarily blinded by the benefits in front of her, so."
"Are you trying to plead for her?"
Zhong Zhangling nodded and said, "With thirty sticks, even a strong imperial guard would not be able to bear it, let alone someone like Liu Sizhi who has lived in the palace for a long time."
"I don't want you to beg for mercy!" Liu Sizhi gritted his teeth and said, "Stop crying like a cat and pretending to be compassionate!"
Zhong Zhangling was so angry that his chest stagnated, and he calmed down before continuing, "You! You don't know what is good, do you know how powerful these thirty sticks are?! Even if you are lucky enough to survive, your legs will be
It’s useless! How can you survive in the palace? Do you want to be sent to a hospice?!”
When Liu Sizhi heard the name of An Ningyuan, he shivered, but he still said stubbornly, "Then I don't want your mercy either!"
Sheng Shaoqing took advantage of their bickering to ask the system where the Hospice House was. Why, when Liu Sizhi heard about this place, his heart instantly became frightened, and even his expression twitched.
[This is the place where some female officials who have made mistakes or are old and homeless live, because most of these people have been tortured before entering the hospice, and many of them are disabled, so the environment is extremely harsh, and some people even die without anyone for many days.
When they were discovered, they were just carried and thrown into mass graves.】
"It's so inhumane."
Sheng Shaoqing thought about it and decided to renovate this place. She couldn't make it possible for the time being to make all the poor people in the world happy, but she could at least try not to be so miserable in this palace.
Zhong Zhang ordered him to bow down and said, "Wei Chen is willing to use Wei Chen's salary during his years in the palace to redeem Liu Sizhi's sentence."
"Atonement?"
Is this just spending money to reduce your sentence???
Atonement, atonement, turns out to be this origin.
"Also, this matter is all caused by the grudge between Wei Chen and Liu Sizhi. It really shouldn't disturb the Queen Mother's hearing. This is all the fault of Wei Chen and Liu Sizhi. Therefore, I am no longer suitable for temporary treatment.
I would like to ask the Queen Mother to choose a better choice for the position of the Supreme Court."
Liu Sizhi choked and said, "Zhong Zhang Ling, you are still smart! Now you are really proficient in using retreat to advance. After this incident, the Queen Mother will only trust you more, and I am just a bedbug."
Sheng Shaoqing: Few people have such a clear sense of their own self-positioning.
"you!"
Zhong Zhangling turned to face Sheng Shaoqing and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Liu Sizhi is so frightened now that he made a mistake with his words. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
"Zhongzhang Ling, you really don't blame Liu Sizhi, but you still want to plead for her?"
Zhong Zhangling shook his head firmly and said, "No matter how she treats Wei Chen, Wei Chen cannot ignore the years of love and stand by and watch her die. How is this different from adding insult to injury?!"
Sheng Shaoqing looked at Zhong Zhang Ling's expression of determination, and his inner thoughts did not waver. He thought, is there really such a good person in this palace who ignores past grudges and repays evil with kindness?
"Do you know what she said?"
"She said she was going to dismiss you and investigate, and she even said she was going to kick you out of the palace."
If she believed what Liu Sizhi said today, Zhong Zhangling's years of struggle would be in vain. If she were to be unhappy again, drag Zhong Zhangling out and chop him up, Zhong Zhangling would be regarded as a ghost seeking revenge.
I don’t even know where to look for my life.
Zhong Zhangling said firmly, "Wei Chen is grateful for the Queen Mother's trust and is willing to give Wei Chen this opportunity to defend herself, but Wei Chen still cannot bear the death of a colleague of many years. Wei Chen also asks the Queen Mother to be lenient and spare her life."
Aning, who had been ordered by Cui Yun to go to the Shang Palace Bureau to read the account books, also brought the account books back at this moment. After Cui Yun briefly browsed, he picked up the book in front of Zhong Zhang Ling and compared it carefully before reporting back, "The Queen Mother, it is exactly as the Zhang Order said.
It is said that there is a mark on the last page of each account book. If you don't look closely, you really can't see it. The one Liu Sizhi presented not only has no mark, but the ink inside is also very wet. It seems that it was just made not long ago."
At this moment, Liu Sizhi finally gave up and murmured to himself, "One careless move! One careless move!"
Then he turned to Zhong Zhang Ling and said bitterly, "It turns out that you have been guarding against me for a long time!"
Zhong Zhangling had no choice but to defend, "Liu Sizhi, why are you trying to get into trouble? I made the mark to guard against harm from someone with intentions. If you didn't mean it, how could you do it?"
Liu Sizhi stopped talking after hearing the words. The tears in her eyes fell down her cheeks and into her lips. The slightly bitter taste made her sober. She licked her dry lips and said, "Zhong Guangzhen, I am defeated by you."
Hands on, I have nothing to say!”
"The Queen Mother, I only want to die! Please allow the Queen Mother!"
Rather than being thrown into a dark hospice after being tortured, it would be better to find a safe place!
Hospice, Hospice, with a broken body and a broken mind, how can there be peace?!
"You have some backbone! Then"
Zhongzhang Ling heard this and said anxiously, "Queen Mother, no!"
"Everyone in the palace knows that Liu Si has a pair of skillful hands. No one can match her skills in making hairpins. I am willing to give my previous salary to atone for her sentence. I also ask the Queen Mother to make her guilty and meritorious, and keep her."
Save your life!"
"Weichen believes that Liu Sizhi framed Weichen because he had a wrong idea for a while!"
Zhong Zhangling turned to Liu Sizhi and whispered, "Quickly explain to the Queen Mother that you were just confused for a moment, and promise not to do it again in the future!"
"Say it quickly!"
Zhong Zhang Ling's tone became more and more anxious, but Liu Sizhao's expression became more calm, "No, I have been planning for a long time. I took advantage of Zhong Zhang Ling's recent preparations for the spring plowing ceremony, secretly changed the account books, and bribed Ming Yuzuo.
The purpose of perjury is to frame Zhongzhang Ling, thinking that even if the Queen Mother does not believe it, she will still have doubts about Zhongzhang Ling, and Zhongzhang Ling will not be destined to be the minister."
Liu Sizhi finished speaking in one breath and said with a wry smile, "Zhongzhang Ling, you are right. How could the Queen Mother be so wise as to be deceived by my petty tricks? Therefore, Wei Chen pleads guilty now and only asks the Queen Mother to give me some advice."
What a pleasure.”
Zhong Zhangling wanted to plead for mercy, but Liu Sizhi said to her, "Zhong Guangzhen, do you know how much I hate you?"
Liu Sizhi wiped away the tears on his cheeks with his hands, and said with a smile on his lips, "You have a better background than me. Once you enter the Shang Palace Bureau, you will be an eighth-rank official, but I am just a low-level female historian.
If people like me are thrown out of the Shang Palace Bureau, there will be a lot of them in this palace."
"But I don't feel that I am inferior to others. On the contrary, I worked hard to learn the art of making hairpins from my master, and I walked on thin ice in the Shang Palace Bureau. I got top marks in the exams every year, and I worked hard to please the nobles from all walks of life.
, just like this, I can sit in this executive position and lead a department."
"But what about you? You have been promoted to Commander-in-Chief within a year since you started the ceremony, and everyone praised you highly. Wang Shanggong and Li Shanggong also looked at you differently, and Wang Shanggong even took you hand in hand.
, If something hadn’t happened to Wang Shanggong, the position of Shanggong would definitely not have been mine."
"But why? You have to put something that doesn't belong to me in front of my eyes to tempt me. Do you understand the pain?!"
"Wang Shanggong was convicted, and Mrs. Xu was willing to put in a good word for me. This pie in the sky almost knocked me out, but... why did you appear again!"
"It's you! You have a good family background and are popular with your boss. Why is it that all the good things come to you, while I can only always follow others?!"
"I don't accept it!"
After saying all this in one breath, Liu Sizhi's years of grievances poured out, and he felt much relieved, and even his will to die became much firmer.
"Now that the matter has come to this, you don't need to plead for me. It's me, lard, who has deceived your heart and has the intention of harming you. It's all my own fault."
Zhong Zhangling sighed, "Are you the only one suffering in this world? Aren't others suffering?"
"Since Liu Sizhi has said this, I have nothing to say. I respectfully request the Queen Mother's Holy Judgment."
"I ask you again, are you still willing to atone for her sins now?"
Zhong Zhang Ling nodded with a complicated expression, "Wei Chen has said what he said and will never regret it."
"Good!" Sheng Shaoqing exclaimed, "Sister Liu can be exempted from making thirty sticks. Then she will be punished by reciting sutras every day to repent of her sins. She will be dismissed from all her positions and start over as a female historian."
"Queen Mother!" Liu Sizhi exclaimed, "Don't kill me like this!"
It's so embarrassing to ask her to start over from the history of women, it would be better to die cleanly.
Ling Zhongzhang knew that Liu Sizhi was trying to get into trouble again, so he quickly pulled her to thank her and ran out of Yongguang Palace.
"What are you doing to me? I'm going to beg the Queen Mother! Why don't you give me a knife?"
"You are really as stupid as a pig! Calling you a pig is an insult to a pig! No one wants to die!" Zhong Zhang Ling said angrily, "Don't you know how to keep the green hills and not be afraid?
No firewood?!"
Liu Sizhi was so agitated but calmed down. Only then did he realize that he had saved his life. He was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat and still said unconvinced, "Now that I have ended up like this,
It’s better to just die!”
Zhong Zhangling saw that she had figured it out, so he let go of his tight hold on Liu Sizhi's sleeves and breathed a sigh of relief, saying, "If you really want to die, just go back to the yard to find your roots and wipe Bai Ling on your neck."
, why do you need to ask the Queen Mother to grant death?"
Liu Sizhi hesitated and said, "Can it be the same?"
"What's the difference? If I pull it later and really annoy the Queen Mother, and follow your wishes and commit suicide, I'll see what you will do!"
"Even if you don't care about yourself, you should always think about your mother."
"Mother." Liu Sizhi said as tears started to fall again, "Do you know my mother?"
Zhong Zhangling sighed, took out the handkerchief from his pocket and handed it to Liu Sizhi, saying, "Since you regard me as your rival, how can I not care about your rival? I know everything about your family."
"Because of this, didn't you think about your mother at all before doing these things?"
Liu Sizhi took the handkerchief, wiped his tears, and said in a low voice, "I made complete preparations, and I never thought I would lose."
Bell Palm Order:
Liu Sizhi looked at the Zhongzhang Ling with hesitation, and quickly added, "I just want to drive you out of the palace, but I don't want your life!"
"Wang Shanggong's crime was so heinous that the end result was that all his property was confiscated and he was driven out of the palace. The main culprit, Mrs. Li, was only imprisoned in Yeting Prison for a few days. Now, why not be her Mrs. Li in Yilan Court, so... I thought
Even if you are convicted, you still have some background, and the Queen Mother will not really kick you out of the palace. The most serious thing is to drive you out of the palace."
"You!" Zhong Zhangling only uttered this word after being restrained by Liu Si for a long time. After a long time, he smiled bitterly and said, "My background? My background is just a dog of the Yang family in Cangzhou. How could you think this
Is it someone I can rely on?"
"But you. If it weren't for them, how could you do this?" Liu Sizhi swallowed his saliva and suddenly remembered a rumor from the Shang Palace Bureau in the past. Facing Zhong Zhangling, who had just saved him and was the protagonist of the rumor, he couldn't help but feel...
Somewhat shrinking.
"Are you trying to say that if it weren't for them, how could I have been promoted so quickly in just a few years?"
"But have you ever thought about it, if it weren't for them, why would I need to come to the palace?!"
"Liu Si Zhi, what you are asking for so much is nothing more than a thousand shackles to me. You think I told you to retreat in order to advance, but that is indeed what I think in my heart."
"Whether you believe it or not, these are my words from the bottom of my heart, and I will only tell you this once."
"I have exchanged my salary for your life since I entered the palace, which can be regarded as redeeming the friendship between you and me for many years. From now on, whatever you want has nothing to do with me, and I will not spend any more time on you. You
.Just take care of yourself."
After Zhong Zhangling finished speaking, he left without hesitation, leaving Liu Sizhi alone in a daze.
After a long time, Liu Sizhi looked at the handkerchief in his hand and shouted to Zhong Zhangling who was walking away, "Hey! Your handkerchief!"
"I'll wash it and give it back to you." Zhong Zhangling's back disappeared around the corner, and Liu Sizhao's voice gradually disappeared in the wind.
"I definitely will"
"Queen Mother. In the past, you said that Zhongzhang Ling had a good chance of winning. Wei Chen still didn't believe it. He secretly bet that Liu Sizhi would win, but he didn't expect that Liu Sizhi would come out like this." Cui Yun said very annoyed.
"Well, if I hadn't delayed it for so long, if I had decided on the candidate for the palace earlier, they wouldn't have had a dispute over this." Sheng Shaoqing also said very annoyed.
"No, no, no, it's Wei Chen's fault for not reminding the Queen Mother in time."
"No, no, no, I was too late."
Sheng Shaoqing and Cui Yun pushed each other for a long time, but they were both amused in the end. The two looked at each other and smiled, and the tense atmosphere in the palace finally eased.
Cui Yun suddenly thought, "Then who should be the best choice for the palace now?"
"There are many talented people in the Shang Palace Bureau. Are Zhong Zhangling and Liu Sizhi the only two people who can take on the big responsibility?"
Cui Yun wondered, "In my opinion, those who are more capable than these two people are not qualified enough, and those who are more qualified than these two are not nearly as capable. Otherwise, why would Li Shanggong acquiesce in the first place to choose the next Shanggong from these two people?"
Select.”
"Otherwise, it will just be empty?"
It’s better to lack than to overspend!
Cui Yun thought for a while and nodded, "Now it seems that this is the only choice."
If an incompetent person occupies the position of minister, chaos will sooner or later occur. If an incompetent person occupies it, it may be difficult to convince the public, so it is better to leave it vacant.
"Then, how about setting up a few more commanders to assist Li Shanggong in commanding the Shang Palace Bureau along with the commanders in charge."
