Xu Qingmo smiled: "I also know that the fire in the Household Department was neither started by the prince nor the seventh prince, but by Lin Shangshu. In order to hide the evidence of his corruption, he burned down the house. Ministry, provoke a fight between the two of you, and kill your father!"
In fact, Xu Qingmo knew these things in his previous life. At that time, the Ministry of Revenue had changed people. Fortunately, because Lin Shangshu's appetite was so big that even the prince could not tolerate it, Xie Suxian took action to punish him.
If Xu Qingmo hadn't been with the prince at that time, she wouldn't have known such details.
"It's easy to overthrow the Lin family, but the prince behind the Lin family is not so easy to overthrow!" Xu Qingmo said softly, "If you want to compete with him, you have to think of him as more shameless!"
To a large extent, Lin Shaoyang's death became a bargaining chip for Xie Suxian to speak for the Lin family in front of the emperor.
Xie Suxian entered the palace several times in order to allow the emperor to reinstate Lin Shangshu to his post.
The emperor is in a dilemma!
You know, it was not only Lin Shaoyang of the Lin family who died, but also the second girl of the Xu family.
At court this morning, the prince led a group of princelings to help Lin Shangshu speak. Marquis Ningyuan didn't say a word, neither agreed nor refused. He just looked on with his hands folded.
The emperor was in a dilemma, and after much thought, he decided to discuss it again. However, not long after the morning court ended, news came that Xu Xiaozhen had beaten Lin Shangshu.
The emperor really had a headache. He originally wanted to go sit with the concubine, but as soon as he sat down, the concubine mentioned the affairs of the Lin family and the Xu family.
The emperor felt grudge, but still listened quietly, wanting to see who benefited from his beloved concubine!
"... Let me tell you, my concubine, only a daughter died in Ningyuan Hou's house, and she was a concubine from the second master's family. The Lin family didn't have one, but she was a legitimate son!" The beloved concubine looked at the emperor and said diligently.
The emperor was silent for a long time, and then said: "What you said is true. She is just a daughter and not worth anything. So, if something happens to you, your father will not come to save you!"
The beloved concubine was stunned and did not realize what the emperor meant.
The emperor stood up slowly: "Didn't your father teach you what it means that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics?"
The beloved concubine was so frightened that she knelt down in an instant: "Your Majesty, I just listened to other people's gossip and felt that Lin Shangshu was pitiful. Your Majesty..."
The emperor didn't want to listen to her nonsense anymore, so he stood up and left: "Demoted to a nobleman!"
An understatement was enough to make the beloved concubine behind her burst into tears, but the emperor didn't even look back!
The emperor walked back and forth lonelyly in the imperial garden, and finally walked to Fengqi Palace unknowingly. He stood there for a long time, not knowing whether he should go in or not.
Finally, the queen got the news and came out.
The queen had already heard about the events of the previous dynasty. This was a game between the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion and the Lin Mansion. What you came and went with was a matter between a group of veterans.
The queen is a smart person, and the son she gave birth to is also calm. She has repeatedly told her not to interfere in this matter.
So when facing the emperor, the queen never mentioned this matter. She just smiled and said: "A lotus flower bloomed in the imperial garden. Your Majesty is busy with official duties, so you don't have time to take a look, right?"
"Oh? Is there such a thing?" The emperor looked at the queen's smiling face, and his heart suddenly relaxed a lot, "Then queen, come with me to have a look!"
The Imperial Garden was only that big, so it was no longer interesting after walking around. The emperor and the queen just stood by the pond, looking at the lotus flowers in the lotus pond.
Perhaps it was because these days, people were always asking about Ningyuan Hou Mansion and Lin Mansion. The Queen's silence made her feel a little strange: "Why didn't the Queen ask me how she decided to be the Minister of Household Affairs?"
The queen paused for a moment, then said: "No matter who it is, it has nothing to do with my concubine, right?"
The emperor looked at the queen for a long time: "Isn't the eldest lady of the Xu family the queen's cousin?"
"But the girl who died was not the girl from Ningyuan Hou's mansion!" The queen said lightly, "I heard that someone did go to Miss Xu at that time and wanted to let her pass by, but in the end, Miss Xu was smart and did not fall into the trap! Lin Shaoyang, the culprit, has also lost his life. As far as I am concerned, whether the Minister of Household Affairs can be reinstated or not has nothing to do with me!"
The emperor looked at the queen for a long time, and finally said with a helpless smile: "Things in the court are affected by the whole body. Many things are not just what I want to do!"
The Queen paused, thought for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty wants to restore the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, right?"
The emperor was stunned, and after a long while he said: "Why do you think so?"
"The late Queen passed away young, and Your Majesty still had feelings for her as a young couple. The Lin family is the late Queen's ancestral home. The prince has to call Lin Shangshu uncle!" The Queen said softly, "Your Majesty still wants to take care of the late Queen's love. It’s divided!”
The emperor was silent, but the queen was right. He did want to restore Lin Shangshu's position, and it was because he was indeed the prince!
But Ning Yuanhou was his most trusted minister, and he really didn't want to hurt the hearts of these old ministers, so he was in trouble until now.
The queen didn't speak, she just looked at Bing Tilian in front of her. It was impossible to say that she wasn't sad. She was the queen, so she naturally hoped that the most important person in the emperor's heart would be her. However, just because she was the queen, she was still upset even though she felt unfair. Pretend to be generous.
Seeing that the queen was silent, the emperor hesitated for a long time and said softly: "If it were the queen, what would the queen do?"
"Actually, Marquis Ningyuan has already made a decision for His Majesty!" the queen said softly.
"Um?"
The queen smiled and said: "Ning Yuanhou has such a straightforward temper. Why did he remain silent in the court and only beat up Lin Shangshu after the court? In the final analysis, he is telling the world that this is the private matter of his Xu family and Lin family. It has nothing to do with the court or your Majesty!"
The emperor suddenly realized, and then he felt a little more guilty: "Ning Yuanhou, you always think about me wholeheartedly!"
"Then Your Majesty, you'd better cherish it and don't hurt the hearts of these old ministers!" The queen said softly, "Compared with Marquis Ningyuan's concern for the overall situation, the Lin family is pressing harder and harder. The son does not teach, and the father's fault is the fault of the father. After all, there is no girl at home!"
The emperor paused, and then said: "It is exactly what the queen said!"
Not long after, someone came to report that the prince had arrived. The emperor sighed deeply, and for the first time, there was a moment of disgust in his eyes: "Let him wait!"
