On the way back to the palace, Yingping was still a little distracted. He looked outside the carriage with dull eyes, not knowing what he was thinking about.
Yiyi sat nearby and looked at her brother's thoughtful look, and couldn't help but secretly laugh, wondering, has her brother grown up? I know I miss a girl.
Thinking of this, Yiyi couldn't help but cover her mouth and snicker.
It happened that at this time Yingping lowered the car curtain and took his head back out of the window. Seeing his sister hiding aside and wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh, he immediately showed his brother's majesty with a straight face and asked: "Why are you laughing?"
"Huh, brother, I know why I'm laughing."
"Clear? What do I know?" Yingping was a little confused, not knowing what his sister was referring to.
"Just now I saw that you had lost all your soul. Are you thinking about that Miss Zhidang just now?" Yiyi smiled slyly and looked at Yingping proudly.
"Zhi Tang?"
Yingping was still looking at his sister in confusion, and saw that her sister kept raising her eyebrows at him, as if she had exposed the little secret in her heart. The beautiful appearance of the waterside girl just now flashed through his mind, and then he understood the meaning of his sister's words.
Yingping lowered his face and raised his right hand with a "boom--" and gave Yiyi a crisp shudder. Yiyi quickly covered her head.
"At a young age, my mind is filled with love between men and women! Pick a good day and marry you off as soon as possible!"
Yiyi looked at Yingping aggrievedly, thinking, you are so stupid, why don't you miss girls? Brother Changshan looks exactly like this when he is in a daze, can I see it wrong?
Ye Changshan was sitting outside driving, and when he heard the words "Male love, female love" and "Know the Tang Dynasty" vaguely coming from inside, he turned back curiously and poked his head in, asking with some gossip: "What's the matter? You want to know about the Tang Dynasty" girl?"
'Hiss--' Yingping took a breath and thought, why is this person so excited just by the word 'gossip'? Previously, I thought it was just girls like Fifth Master Uncle and Yiyi who were like this, but now it seems that Ye Changshan is not immune to this.
Seeing the two people still looking curious, Yingping said helplessly: "Where are we? Do you think I am free like you now? I can like whoever I want to like?"
"Then what were you thinking about when you were staying there just now?" Yiyi asked in confusion.
"I'm thinking, this important matter of marriage can be avoided on the first day of the lunar month, but not on the fifteenth day. As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, I can't escape the monks but can't escape the temple. Even if there is such a fuss today, Cui Qinglan can be delayed or eliminated. Even if I change it, the old witch will still try her best to establish a queen for me, because in this way, the good ones will belong to his Wang family."
"How do you say that?"
"You still don't understand? Think about it, I have no foundation in the court, and most of the officials are involved with the Wang family. If the selection of the queen is successful, it can be said to be 'killing two birds with one stone'. First, they can win over other ministers and consolidate their power through this matter. With the power of his royal family, this queen is also the 'Ming Zi' who supervises me."
"Then what are you going to do?"
"What should I do? There is nothing we can do for the time being." Ying Ping spread his hands and said helplessly, and then he fell into deep thought again.
Yes, this matter is indeed difficult and almost inevitable. The matter of establishing a queen is related to the fate of the country, and it is impossible to act according to Yingping's temper. Even if he has a favorite candidate, when the time comes, the Wang family secretly communicates with all the ministers and officials to speak with one voice. Despite the opposition, Yingping was also helpless, so he still had to think of a comprehensive solution...
no! There are too few 'weapons' in my hands! I am not even qualified to recruit anyone from the Wang family. If this continues, sooner or later I will become a puppet!
Thinking of this, Yingping suddenly straightened up and said——
"Yes! We still have to take charge as soon as possible!"
Seeing Yingping yelling like this inexplicably, Ye Changshan asked in confusion: "Pro-government? Can pro-government avoid this?"
"It's different. After I take office, many things can be decided by me personally! If the queen has not yet been established by then, I can take the initiative - anyway, it is a sword, so why don't I use the queen as my bargaining chip?"
Ying Ping increasingly felt that it was urgent to "pro-government". Although this hurdle was not easy to cross, and what he would face after crossing it might be huge waves and abyss, he still concluded that he had to cross this hurdle. , and the sooner the better!
"Long gown!" Yingping patted the car and said.
"What?" Seeing Yingping suddenly becoming serious, Ye Changshan instinctively became nervous.
"Turn the car around!"
"Where to go?"
"In Prime Minister Yin's mansion!"
"oh……"
Although Ye Changshan didn't know what was being sold in Yingping's gourd, he still turned around without saying a word.
...
Yin Jingting jumped out of the sedan as soon as he got off the sedan. The height of his jump was not much shorter than that of the children on the street. It could be seen that his legs and feet were quite nimble. As soon as the old man entered the house, the housekeeper rushed forward and said -
"Master, you are back -"
"Where is the Lord?" Yin Jingting helped his head, which was a little crooked from running.
"Inside - the young master is chatting with me!" The housekeeper was also a little flustered.
"When did you come?" Yin Jingting looked inside the room.
"It's just past Shenshi. I must have been in there for an hour!"
"Oh! Why didn't you tell me earlier! Let the Holy Spirit wait here for so long!"
"Sir! As soon as His Majesty enters our house, he will send someone to inform you!"
Yin Jingting felt a little annoyed. In fact, the people in the palace had come early, but he was reading the brochures in Qinzheng Palace. When he heard that the people in the palace were coming, he couldn't help but feel a little angry. He thought, where is the palace? Even if there is a serious matter, we should go back home to discuss it. Didn't you see that I am busy with official business? So, he left the servants in the palace hanging outside the palace, and did not go out until he finished approving the pile of memorials in front of the case in a stick of incense. But when Yin Jingting heard the people in the palace saying that the Holy Emperor suddenly visited the palace, Yin Jingting First his eyes were as wide as the eyes of an ox, and then he hurriedly got on the sedan chair and ran out of the palace. When the Emperor of Tang Dynasty was still in power, he issued an order to grant Yin Jingting the gift of being able to carry the sedan chair in the palace to the Qinzheng Hall because of his old age. The bearer of the sedan chair ran towards the mansion as fast as he could.
Yin Jingting straightened his messy white beard and then walked into the house. As soon as he stepped into the hall with his left foot, before Yingping turned around, he knelt down and shouted loudly: "Old minister, I see that I am late, and I hope that the Holy Spirit will forgive me——"
Yingping was looking at the golden plaque given to Yin Jingting by the ancestor of the ancestors. Although Prime Minister Yin was a very popular minister, his house was really "shabby". So Yingping turned around half a circle and found that this plaque was the only one worth seeing. But at this moment, he suddenly heard Yin Jingting's powerful voice coming from behind. He quickly turned around and saw that the old man was about to kneel down. Yingping stepped forward and supported Yin Jingting's body.
"Hey, Prime Minister Yin is so polite, get up, get up -"
"How can your Majesty wait for your ministers? I hope that your Majesty will be disrespectful to the old minister..."
Yin Jingting attaches great importance to the etiquette of monarchs and ministers. He often teaches Yingping the ways and etiquette that he must respect as a monarch. Therefore, he must set an example even more, so he still insists on asking for forgiveness at this time.
"Prime Minister Yin - Prime Minister Yin - don't be like this... I just wanted to come in and sit down on a whim when I was passing by your house. This is just our usual chat... Don't think too much..."
Yingping held on to Yin Jingting's body tightly, fearing that if he let go, the old man would fall to the ground.
After hearing these words, Yin Jingting gave up his apology and straightened his legs vigorously. It took a lot of effort just now, so that his old bones were out of breath for a while.
Yin Jingting's youngest son hurriedly stepped forward to support his old father. After he sat firmly, he closed the door and retreated.
Seeing that Yin Jingting's breath had calmed down a little, Yingping said: "Prime Minister Yin, you are the majestic ruler of a country, but this mansion is a bit shabby. The house next door is the Jiang Mansion, right? I have been there in the past, I am afraid that in Chang'an City Apart from Tai Chi Palace, Jiang Mansion is the most luxurious."
Yin Jingting looked at Ying Ping and chuckled, and said: "Returning to the Holy Spirit, this is the old minister's family tradition. In one's life, one can only eat three meals a day and cannot sleep eight feet, so why should we covet those vain things?"
Ying Ping was startled. He didn't expect Yin Jingting to be so innocent in private despite his high position, and he couldn't help but feel a little more respect in his heart.
At this time, the sky was getting darker, the light coming from the window was getting weaker and weaker, and the entire hall was gradually enveloped in a claustrophobic and secretive atmosphere.
Perhaps it was because of orders from Yin Jingting's youngest son, or perhaps because Prime Minister Yin's mansion was originally sparsely populated, but now Yingping felt that there were only two of them left in the entire mansion. After a brief silence, Yingping felt that it was already late, and the night was getting dark and there were fewer and fewer people. It was a good time to have a heart-to-heart conversation. He asked again: "Xiang Yin, regarding the establishment of the queen... I don't know. What do you think?"
"Establishing a queen?" Yin Jingting hesitated for a moment, and then said: "The appointment of a queen is a major event in the harem. If the emperor does not establish a queen, the country will not have a crown prince. If the country does not have a crown prince, the world will be unrest. The emperor and the ancestral temple will have no peace. , Mother of the world, the matter of establishing a queen... really should be decided as soon as possible."
"Then... what does Prime Minister Yin think of the people recommended by the Queen Mother?"
"Well... Mr. Cui is usually loyal to the country, and he is also kind and elegant. If Mr. Cui is like this, his daughter must also be gentle and elegant..."
This is a private matter of the royal family. It is difficult for Yin Jingting, a foreign minister, to say too much, not to mention that the candidate for the queen is the daughter of a minister of the same dynasty.
Seeing that Yin Jingting, an old fox, generally refused to say anything, Yingping smiled slightly and said, "Oh? But today I came out of the palace incognito, but I learned some interesting facts."
"Forehead……"
Without waiting for Yin Jingting to say anything, Yingping told everything about today's events, only replacing himself with others. In the narrative, he was just a bystander. After finishing the matter, Ying Ping looked at Yin Jingting with a smile and asked: "After the woman leaves, I will stop the people walking by and ask who this woman is. Does Mr. Yin know how that person answered?"
How could Yin Jingting not know who Yingping was referring to, but how could he speak out? He could only continue to be stunned: "Um...I don't know, old minister."
Yingping leaned forward and pretended to be mysterious and said: "The man answered me: 'This girl is Cui Qinglan, the beloved daughter of Mr. Yin Cui of Jingzhao Mansion'. You think...it's a coincidence, isn't it?"
After saying that, Yingping smiled even louder, as if he had indeed encountered something interesting.
"this……"
Yin Jingting didn't know how to answer. After all, he knew that silence is golden after having been in the government and the public for many years.
Yingping looked at the hesitating Yin Jingting and secretly smiled in his heart. This Prime Minister Yin seemed to be loyal and upright, but in fact he was an out-and-out old fox. Otherwise, how could he survive three generations of kings and survive alone? He did not continue to embarrass the old minister and said bluntly: "Prime Minister Yin, I want to personally take charge of the matter of establishing a queen."
"That……"
"I want to take charge as soon as possible!" Yingping said the purpose of his trip, which caught Yin Jingting off guard.
"But the late emperor had a decree that the Holy One must be at least eighteen years old before he can take charge. Now he only has half a year left, and the Holy One..."
"I can't wait any longer!" Yingping interrupted Yin Jingting's words. His voice suddenly became lower and seemed extremely firm: "Originally, I wanted to wait until I was eighteen, but now... I can't wait."
Yingping slowly took out a booklet from his arms. Under the light, the book looked a little old, as if it had been read countless times. He shook the booklet gently and then handed it to Yin Jingting.
