"I've said this more than once. You seem to be... naturally wary of him?" The empress looked at him thoughtfully.
This... Jiang Fan doesn't know how to explain it. You can't say that this guy may or may take control of the government in the future, or even kill the king and rebel?
It doesn't make any sense.
"I just think this guy is too shrewd and he can't make big mistakes if he's careful."
The empress smiled, picked up the lid and moved the tea leaves: "I don't know where your worries come from, but this guy is really very comfortable. I plan to hand over the entire Ministry of Internal Affairs to him from next year."
The House of Internal Affairs refers to all the internal affairs of the palace, such as eunuchs, maids, craftsmen, cooks, etc., as long as they are people in the inner palace, except for the imperial guards, everything, large and small, is under his control. If I get another pen in the future, I can select memorials for Xiao Cui.
Jiang Fan didn't know how to dissuade him. To be honest, if he put aside the shadows of his past life, he would not be able to dislike such subordinates who were capable, loyal, loyal, and obedient. He would definitely dislike him. Appreciate it very much.
Suddenly, he remembered something: "I heard... that there was an ancestor of the eunuch in the palace..."
The empress looked at him in surprise: "Why do you think of asking this?"
Jiang Fan said: "I'm just curious. Is he not doing anything now?"
The empress shook her head: "I have long stopped caring about those messy things, but it is not nothing..."
Jiang Fan said: "Why have I never seen it? I've visited every corner of your Zhangtai Palace, Lian Nei's study... uh, I mean, is he so reclusive?"
The empress looked at him: "You are always so curious."
Jiang Fan smiled and said, "Just ask casually. If it's inconvenient, don't say anything. I don't care."
The empress just said lightly: "Sooner or later... you will see him, but it is best... not to see him."
Jiang Fan was stunned for a moment, but saw that the empress had no intention of continuing, and at this moment, wine and food were also served.
Jiang Fan stopped asking questions, raised the wine bottle and twitched his nose: "Huh? Longjiang aged wine."
The empress' nose also moved: "More than thirty years. But there are still too many impurities, not pure and sweet enough, and it can't be compared to burning a knife."
Jiang Fan smiled: "That's the most famous wine second only to Azure Green Ant. To be honest, before Shao Daozi and my other drinks, I drank this all by myself."
The empress looked at him: "But you were dissatisfied in the end, and that's why you ended up with the burning knife. To be honest, you seem to be dissatisfied with many things in this world, as if... you have a clear and natural standard in your heart..."
She was thoughtful and seemed to be phrasing her words.
Jiang Fan was stunned. The truth of the empress' words made him feel a little startled.
But it's not just that in my impression, it's a previous life, thousands of years later, or it still exists in another world.
And I seem to be unconsciously reshaping this time and space in advance according to the template of my previous life.
But, after all, time and space have been transformed and history has been changed. Is this...right...
For a moment, he was confused and didn't even notice that the wine spilled out of the cup. It wasn't until the empress knocked on the table that he suddenly woke up.
"Distracted?"
"Ah... I just suddenly thought of something." Jiang Fan hesitated.
"Every time you lose your mind, there is a very strange reason." The empress looked at him as if she had already seen it in her bones.
Jiang Fan smiled: "No, you know, I often get off track."
"Hmm...that's true." The empress finally stopped asking.
"However, your thinking is a little off this time." Jiang Fan pointed to these dishes that were nothing more than cooked, boiled, and steamed and said: "You are used to eating in mortal homes, so you shouldn't be able to eat these."
"Are you wondering why you chose this place?" the empress said, looking down at the dishes.
Jiang Fan hummed: "Don't tell me that I have a strange reason every time. You are the one who has a reason for everything you do."
The corners of the empress's lips curled up slightly: "You don't call this a family that refuses to enter the same house."
"That's right. So, Your Majesty, why are you traveling incognito today, and why are you here at Eight Hundred Flavors?"
The empress said calmly: "The Eight Hundred Flavors is just a temporary idea. However, there are some things in the court that are troubling, and it happens to have something to do with the Eight Hundred Flavors."
Jiang Fan was stunned for a moment and then said: "Zajia?"
Even though it happened like this many times, the empress couldn't help but admire, has God blessed this brain?
"The Zajia family. You know, the Zajia family is not simple..."
How could Jiang Fan not know that today's Great Qin could actually exist because of his great contribution to the family. Two of them, in particular, laid the foundation for today.
One, Mr. Shang. He overcame all opinions and implemented the rule of law. From then on, Da Qin began to embark on the road to prosperity.
One, Mr. Lu, was a rare man. He rescued the Supreme Emperor and returned to Qin, and helped him ascend to the great throne, and he became the current empress.
This was an unparalleled feat. However, this feat did not bring them glory in their lifetime. Instead, Shang Jun had to die voluntarily. In the end, his body was divided into five pieces. It also made his junior brother Lu Fu embark on the road of rebellion, and finally committed suicide by drinking poison.
Even the Za family was torn apart and leaderless, becoming the largest loose sand in the Qin State.
"This is the biggest piece of loose sand. After all, everyone covets it, and the Lu family has never given up on making a comeback." The empress frowned as she spoke.
"It's very troublesome..." Jiang Fan also frowned slightly. Because of the outstanding achievements of the two generations, the Za family once occupied the court and was extremely prosperous.
Although countless members of the Za family were implicated and defeated due to the deaths of Lord Shang and Lu Fu, to this day, officials from the Za family still account for 20% of the temple, and their disciples scattered in all directions are even more powerful.
They are crazy and extravagant all the time to restore the supreme glory of the past.
And this Eight Hundred Flavors is the property of one of the powerful people, Ding Lang, the last disciple of the ancestor of the Za family.
"Ding Lang was sent to Southern Xinjiang by me. It probably has nothing to do with him."
The empress nodded: "With you here, of course he wouldn't dare to come back easily, let alone make trouble easily. But it's different with some people..."
"Who is it?" Jiang Fan asked curiously.
"Lu Zhi."
"Li Xiu's wife?" Jiang Fan's expression changed slightly.
"Yes, this woman is so stupid that she is not worth mentioning, but two issues complicate the matter."
"First, is it because of Li Xiu?"
The empress nodded: "Prime Minister Zuo, he has made great contributions to the Qin Dynasty and is extremely important."
"Where's the other one?"
The empress said: "Of course there are hundreds of thousands of disciples of the Za family. They seem to have been connected by someone with intentions, re-formed an organization, and are starting to make moves."
"That bitch Lu doesn't have what it takes..."
The empress said lightly: "Of course not. She is just a newcomer. Behind the scenes, there are those annoying elders in the court. Back then, Lord Shang sacrificed his life for the country. These elders later came to Lu Fu's sect, but they upheld Lord Shang's aspirations and They did not follow Lu Fu in rebellion, so they were not implicated in Lu Fu's rebellion. But now, they have actually begun to plan to revive the Zajia family..."
