If Bai Guo didn't have that intention, this step would make the superiors wary of her great efforts over the years. If she had this intention, then such behavior would be tantamount to provocation or threat.
But then—enter Lezhou!
"I will eventually understand." Niu Zhuang promised that he didn't know if he could do it, but he would do his best.
The city gate should have been closed long ago, but Ginkgo returned to the city with ease.
After seeing Bai Guo, the guards of the Bai family looked at each other before saluting.
From that night onwards, all the people in Kyoto noticed something.
First, there were officials' children riding horses in the street and killing people, but nothing was done about it. Then there was a family of three who were wrongly convicted and hanged at the city gate to demand justice. Later, many officials gathered many times, including princes.
When Xuan Yuyan heard the news, the memorial in front of the desk had not yet been processed, but compared with the news, it was obvious that the memorial in her hand was of no use.
Xuan Yuyan summoned Ging Guo that day.
Bai Guo entered the palace two hours late, and all the memorials on the desk were gone.
"Where did Supervisor Bai go?"
Xuan Yuyan asked her personal maid to rub her shoulders, but there was a strange look on her face.
"I met with several shopkeepers and gave them instructions on the goods. I also sent a letter to Pang Yan in Fengzhou to ask them to pay attention to some papermaking matters."
Bai Guo's expression was not as good as Xuan Yuyan's, and she looked like she had been running around a lot.
Xuan Yuyan didn't pay much attention to Bai Guo's appearance or words. She just asked, "I'm asking you something now. Please answer it truthfully."
Before Xuan Yuyan finished speaking, someone shouted from outside, "Princess, Mr. Li wants to see you."
Xuan Yuyan suddenly snorted coldly, "I didn't report the incident when it happened, and now I want to come to me to calm the matter down."
Bai Guo also laughed, "Why did the princess come to me if you don't want to calm things down?"
Xuan Yuyan suddenly became a little angry, "I just don't like you people who have become familiar with each other in the court. All of you are human beings and can avoid disasters. If that's the case with you, I won't say anything. What's wrong, but you are the only ones in the world who have the ability to solve the problem."
Xuan Yuyan had been very angry in the court during this period. Now she looked at Bai Guo and said, but it was only a few words and Xuan Yuyan couldn't continue.
The first few sentences were full of anger, but when she saw that the person in front of her was Ging Guo, Xuan Yuyan felt panicked for Ging Guo's injustice.
Seeing that Xuan Yuyan had said enough, Bai Guo asked seriously: "Princess, do you want Chang Ziming to take care of these things?"
Ging Guo pointed out the memorials.
Xuan Yuyan stood up from behind the royal table and sat on the round stool next to Ging Guo, "I am not a fool. It is simply unworthy to put a person like him here. It is not because of him that I asked you to come here this time. I want to Let me ask you..."
Xuan Yuyan signaled to the people outside, "If you were in this position, what would you do?"
Bai Guo shook his head very simply, "I don't know."
Xuan Yuyan asked again, "Will you deal with them?"
Bai Guo still shook his head, "I don't know."
Xuan Yuyan pursed her lips, "It is said that Supervisor Bai serves the country and the people, so tell me why you are saying this now? Let me understand it for myself? If this matter is not handled well, the crown prince will also Being implicated, my father's side..."
"I don't know what disappointment will look like."
Xuan Yuyan said the last sentence in a low tone, and her expression was even sadder.
"You can ask the Emperor." Bai Guo said bluntly: "The Emperor knows them best after watching them for many years. There must be dozens of ways to deal with them now."
"It's not your fault." Xuan Yuyan glanced at Bai Guo angrily, "But this palace is not..."
Xuan Yuyan paused and then wanted to say something else, but she heard Bai Guo say: "People in my family supported me when I was doing things in the early years, and the emperor also helped me in many places. At that time, I felt that With what I have learned, I can use five or six skills, but in fact, I encountered difficulties in the first step out."
"I should know a thing or two about what the princess is thinking. It's just that the princess and I are two people. It's difficult for two people to think of each other. Of course, the princess's thoughts don't need to be told to anyone, but she should be able to tell the emperor."
"I learned a lot back then, and the students also learned a lot before entering the officialdom, but it's not like they can do anything right away, but the princess probably didn't learn this." Bai Guo looked at the piles of memorials for a moment.
Xuan Yuyan had been listening very seriously before, but when she heard what Ging Guo said and the look in her eyes, she suddenly felt a little unhappy, "You said I am just a vase?!"
"I tell you, even if I am a vase, it is the most noble vase in the Zhou Kingdom. Also, I..."
"Since they decided to send some useless memorials, it has been confirmed that this is what they thought. But can the most noble vase sit safely on this chair? I am afraid that after some time, the princess will be bedridden. From now on, it will be a matter of time whether this position will be occupied by Prince Gong or Prince Li."
This sentence can be said to be so straightforward that it makes people unable to think about it even if they don't want to. Xuan Yuyan suddenly became quiet, and those words she deliberately used to squeeze Ging Guo were pale and ridiculous at this moment.
"This time the princess needs to let the courtiers confirm that she is not a vase, but she must not let the courtiers confirm that the princess is a..."
Bai Guo pointed at himself, "Those with evil intentions who win over people's hearts, take over power, and usurp power and throne, even if the princess doesn't think so, there are always people who do. The princess doesn't want to trouble the emperor, but there are always people who will. "
"The courtiers acted recklessly and the heirs in the family did not have much restraint. The unjust case in the government office has been closed without any apology or re-examination to clarify the truth. The important ministers ignored the imperial authority and gathered in private many times. These princesses did not ask how the princess knew what to do."
Bai Guo said straightforwardly, and Xuan Yuyan replied bluntly, "But I know how to do it. I have seen my father do all this. I only need your confirmation. As long as you confirm, it will be explained." What I think is right, then I can directly impress these people and never dare to send these useless memorials again!"
Bai Guo almost wanted to laugh when he heard these very true words, "But the princess has no real power. When these people still regard the princess as a vase, do the orders given by the princess have the same effect as those given by the emperor?"
"But you have real power! You have no intention of seeking power and usurping the throne! There is no one in the entire Chengzhou Kingdom who can be more suitable than you!"
She holds real power, controls the hearts of the people, is loyal to the country and the emperor, and the key is that she has people in the court!
Chang Ziming is the leader, followed by the descendants of the Bai family, and those students who come from behind, but these are just the tip of the iceberg.
Among those military attachés, Xuan Yuyan found it difficult to tell which ones were Gingguo's people, which ones respected Gingguo in their hearts, which ones could act without saying a word after Ginguo's words were spoken, and which ones could be ignored by Gingguo. The person who held high the banner to protect Ginkgo after the accident.
Her presence is so densely infiltrated in the court that no one can tell when it is calm, but no one dares to think about it when it is not calm.
Isn't it enough for such people to assist her?
"What does the princess want?"
Bai Guo just looked at Xuan Yuyan, "Princess, does she know what I want?"
"The words "win people's hearts, take over power, usurp power and seize the throne" are not to scare the princess. The princess should know whether the princess who is so at ease with me now is because of my excessive performance or my repeated decisive refusal. Let the princess understand. Then why does the princess think I would choose the former because of you at this time?"
Xuan Yuyan looked at Bai Guo quietly, "I don't want to compete with him for the crown prince's position, and I have never thought about sitting in this position. I was born to be the noble princess of the Zhou Kingdom, and I will still be the noble princess in the future. The princess, I just don’t want the words princess to always be..."
"Not worthy of reuse."
"I also want to have people who support me one after another like you! I also want to be like you who can make countless courtiers obey just by standing there! I also want to be like you—— "
"Fruit, local food, Lezhou's disease... With our help, countless people can feed their families, with our help, countless people can fill their stomachs, and with our help, hundreds of thousands of people in a state can be treated!"
"I came to you because I believe you will help me, and because I think you understand me!"
Xuan Yuyan looked at Bai Guo with a wry smile, "I still think that I and you are friends. You will make an exception for me, and you will work hard for what I want..."
"If you can make an exception once, you can make an exception a second time. Making an exception is the same as having no boundaries. The princess is making things difficult for me."
"Yes, even Governor Pang has not been able to get an exception from you many times. Why would I think..."
Xuan Yuyan spoke softly, "Maybe I think you are also a woman and can understand my feeling of not wanting to be inferior to others..."
Ging Guo rubbed her forehead, "The princess doesn't want to be looked down upon by the courtiers or people from other countries, does she?"
Xuan Yuyan pursed her lips and nodded.
"I want to be like my royal brother!"
How good the former prince was was a difficult topic for everyone to end, but at this time Bai Guo didn't want to keep talking about the same thing and stay with Xuan Yuyan for a long time.
"There is a contradiction between what the princess wants and what she is prepared to do. If the princess just listens to what I say and goes to the emperor, even if she goes to the emperor to ask, few people can accomplish such an important thing. , as long as the princess does it well, she can get what she wants."
"But what the princess is planning to do seems to be..."
Considering some things, Bai Guo didn't say anything else, "The princess said she didn't have this intention, and I didn't have this intention either, but the courtier may not have seen it that way. I need to take a step to avoid the disaster."
Bai Guo stood up and saluted solemnly, then turned around and prepared to leave.
"ginkgo."
Xuan Yuyan's voice behind her was calm and clear.
"I'm looking for you because I really hope you can help me. I don't want to be the prince, and I don't want my father's courtiers to think that I want to seize power. But I also don't want to disappoint my father."
