In the blink of an eye, one and a half years have passed.
In these short and short days, the entire court, Chang'an and even the entire Central Plains quickly adapted to the new pattern of the New Tang Dynasty. The Queen Mother listened to the affairs behind the curtain and assumed power alone. Wang Yanqing was the real most powerful official in the dynasty. As for Yin Jingting, this old man took the initiative to resign and return home shortly after the rebellion was put down.
Faced with this situation, these officials adapted quickly without any surprise. After all, most of them were more or less related to the Wang family siblings. And the common people don't seem to have any problems adapting to it, after all, these are so far away from them.
But to everyone's surprise, there was one person who seemed to have adapted to the current situation - after ten days of introspection, Yingping seemed to be a different person. When the news of his death was informed to him, Yingping did not react excessively. He just said softly "Oh" and went straight to the Lizheng Palace to pay his respects to the Queen Mother. Chen Jinjue on the side thought he was dazzled and thought he had come out. Yingping was just a shell, and whether his real soul remained in the Palace of Eternal Life, even Ye Changshan felt something was wrong.
From then on, whenever Yingping went to court, no matter what happened, he would respectfully ask the Queen Mother for her opinion first. As for the decision, he would agree to whatever the Queen Mother said without questioning or refuting it at all.
Faced with this situation, the Wang brothers and sisters thought Yingping was playing another trick at first, but after several more subtle tests, they found that Yingping seemed to have really "learned" and completely gave up the confrontation with them.
But think about it, where are the Yingping people in the government and the public today? Wen Junchen died, Yin Jingting retired, and Yingping's right-hand man was gone. If he doesn't "know the current affairs" again, he may cause even greater disaster next time.
Not only facing up, but also facing down Yingping seems to be very content with himself.
For more than a year, Yingping seemed to be obsessed with watching theater and playing polo, playing and hanging out with eunuchs and maids in the palace every day. And after the Chinese New Year this year, for the first time, because she played too late the night before and had too much fun, she didn't even go to the morning court on the second day. This made the Queen Mother and her ministers wait in the hall for an hour.
After Yingping woke up that day, he hurriedly ran to the Queen Mother and blamed himself. The Queen Mother made a show of giving Yingping a strict education, but in the end she didn't punish Yingping very much. As if he had received some kind of permission, Ying Ping completely opened the "Ren and Governor's Second Line". He would not go to court every once in a while, and he would not even ask about major matters in the court, and would directly leave it to the Queen Mother to decide. He even stopped dictating the imperial edict and directly asked Chen Jinjue to draft it according to the Queen Mother's wishes.
But even so, Wang Yanqing still felt that he could not completely relax his vigilance. He always felt that something was wrong in his heart. Although he could not tell the specific content, his intuition told him so.
But Yingping didn't deliberately hide anything. He let himself go completely as if he had truly accepted his fate. He listened to operas and played during the day, drank and had fun at night, and even became addicted to women at one time, even neglecting his cultivation for several months.
This made Ye Changshan secretly anxious, but he couldn't do anything about it, because every time he tried to admonish Ying Ping, Ying Ping would do it with a smile, and even pulled Ye Changshan to play and drink together. Ye Changshan is the minister and Yingping is the king. No matter how anxious Ye Changshan is, he cannot speak too harshly. He has to sigh and leave the palace early every time.
Yesterday, after Ye Changshan came out of Yi Hongyan's house, he had been thinking about one thing - after telling Yi Hongyan about Yingping's current situation, Yi Hongyan also looked worried. At Yi Hongyan's request, Ye Changshan made a decision. He was determined to persuade Yingping well today, and this time he planned to reveal his identity as 'junior uncle' in order to wake up the increasingly decadent nephew.
Today, Ye Changshan has already recited the speech he prepared last night in his mind, and then walked to the Royal Garden with a serious expression. According to Yingping's habit during this period, he usually watches the theater there at this time.
Sure enough, before Ye Changshan stepped into the garden, the sound of 'babbling' came from a distance. The maids and eunuchs he met along the way greeted him politely, but these slaves noticed that Lord Xiaoye, who was usually kind, had a straight face today, as if something big had happened.
Chen Jinjue stood behind Yingping and followed his master to enjoy the opera with gusto. It had to be said that this opera troupe was indeed the best in the Central Plains. No wonder the Holy Master was so fascinated by opera.
Just when Chen Jinjue was so attracted by the characters and stories in the play that he forgot everything else, his sleeve was suddenly pulled by something. He turned his head and found that the little eunuch guarding the garden gate was gently pulling his sleeve.
The play on the stage was reaching the exciting part when someone interrupted it. Naturally, Chen Jinjue was slightly annoyed. Just when he was about to scold him in a low voice, the little eunuch leaned his head and whispered a few words in his ear. Seeing that, Chen Jinjue was startled, then stood on tiptoes and looked in the direction of the entrance of the Royal Garden. Then, he looked back at Yingping, who was shaking his head and was intoxicated, then pointed to the door and motioned to the little eunuch to lead him.
Under the leadership of the young eunuch, Chen Jinjue and Ye Changshan met head-on. Seeing that Mr. Xiaoye was indeed as serious as the young eunuch said, as if he had something serious to say, he hurriedly leaned forward and said politely -
"Mr. Xiaoye, our family wishes to greet you——"
"Eunuch Chen——"
Ye Changshan replied equally politely, but his eyes were still focused on the location of Yingping not far away, and he did not look at the Eunuch Chen who was in front of him with increasing power and status.
In the past two years, Chen Jinjue's status has been increasing day by day. Not to mention his position as the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Yingping now barely pays attention to the government affairs, and even directly asks Chen Jinjue to draft decrees according to the Queen Mother's wishes on many matters. At first, Yingping would take a look, but starting from the past two months, Yingping simply said, "The Queen Mother is satisfied, don't bother me." This kind of words almost completely handed over this 'power' to this great minister. As the internal manager, it can be said that Chen Jinjue is now Yingping's 'representative'.
At first, Chen Jinjue was still a little trepidatious, but then he found that both the Holy Emperor and the Queen Mother had acquiesced in this model. He no longer was frightened, but began to gradually control and control this feeling - this feeling is really amazing, write it yourself A few words can decide things that even ministers cannot decide. Is this power?
Slowly, the officials also learned about this situation. What surprised Chen Jinjue was that not only did no one of these ministers stand up and angrily accuse him of being a powerful eunuch, but they were even more polite when they met him. In this way, , Chen Jinjue became even more elated. Now, except for Wang Yanqing, no matter who he faced today, he was no longer as groveling as before, and he vaguely felt like he was on an equal footing with these ministers. He was originally sent by Wang Yanqing to monitor the Holy Emperor, but the longer time goes by, the more uncomfortable the feeling of being controlled by others becomes. Does he want to get rid of this bondage? Of course he did, but when he thought that his biggest weakness was firmly grasped by Wang Yanqing, Chen Jinjue felt resentful.
Now that the Holy Spirit has 'rewarded' me with this kind of power, why not hold it firmly first, and in the future...
It's not that Chen Jinjue hasn't used his brain, but he is a smart man and does not dare to express these thoughts too early. Only by continuing to pretend to be obedient will he have a chance to get rid of all this in the future!
At this time, although Chen Jinjue was polite to Ye Changshan, he didn't take him too seriously in his heart. Although he was a good brother of the Holy Lord, he only needed to serve the Holy Lord comfortably, so Lord Xiao Ye would naturally You can't do anything to yourself, after all, the Holy Spirit is in contact with yourself most of the time.
Seeing that Ye Changshan looked anxious and wanted to walk past him, Chen Jinjue stepped forward and reached out to stop him.
"Mr. Xiaoye, I'm in the mood for watching a show. Why don't you wait here?"
"I have something important to report. I would like to trouble Eunuch Chen to go and report it."
Ye Changshan actually dislikes Chen Jinjue very much. There are many examples of powerful officials in the Central Plains harming the country. At this time, Chen Jinjue's power is growing day by day. How can he not be worried?
"Master Ye!"
Chen Jinjue's voice suddenly became angry. It was obvious that he didn't intend to give Ye Changshan face. He continued -
"A few days ago, Minister Zhang of the Ministry of Punishment also said that he had something important to do and insisted on meeting the Holy Spirit. Even our family couldn't stop him. What's the result? What will happen to me if I disturb the Holy Spirit's Yaxing?"
Ye Changshan was stunned for a moment, and then remembered what happened a few days ago. The official named Zhang ignored the obstruction and wanted to see Yingping, which ruined a good drama. Yingping became furious on the spot, dragged the official named Zhang down and slapped him with a hundred blows, forcing him to Damn half your life.
Thinking of this, Ye Changshan not only showed no fear, but his face also darkened——
Isn't this the purpose of his trip? If Yingping is not awakened and allowed to continue such nonsense, will he be worthy of those who have paid for him?
Ye Changshan is not a minister, so he naturally won't care so much. He pushed Chen Jinjue away and ran towards Yingping in large strides.
How could Chen Jinjue withstand Ye Changshan's strength? Being pushed by him so angrily, he almost fell to the ground. Seeing that Ye Changshan didn't give him any face, he was angry and anxious, so he quickly supported Fu's head and ran up.
Ye Changshan saw that Yingping had his eyes closed and his head raised, enjoying the opera on the stage with fascination. It seemed that he had not heard the conversation between him and Chen Jinjue just now.
"Your Majesty - I have something important to report."
Ye Changshan was impatient, but at this moment there were many palace maids and eunuchs still there, so the courtesy was still necessary, so he suppressed his inner emotions and bowed.
"Huh-huh-ah-" Yingping still shook his head as if his neck couldn't straighten up, paying no attention to Ye Changshan who was standing beside him.
"Your Majesty——"
Ye Changshan couldn't help but raise his voice a bit, trying to wake Yingping up.
