Tao Qingcai would not believe their lies. The document from Tingwei's Mansion announcing Li Haomin's death was still posted at the city gate. Cooperating with them now, wouldn't that mean seeking the skin of a tiger?
Besides, the current identities of these people cannot be seen at all. Even if they may still have some power at hand, but these powers cannot be brought to the table at all, how can they help themselves?
Although Tao Qing was deeply scheming, he never thought of rebelling.
He really couldn't see any beneficial results for himself by cooperating with them.
"Master Marquis, you are just one step away from becoming the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty. With your amazing talent, now you are devalued to be the Prime Minister of the country. Don't you feel uncomfortable at all? Have you never thought about it? , where is the chance for me to make a comeback?”
Mrs. Shen always smiled and said nothing, letting Li Haomin talk nonsense here.
"Come back? Are you joking, sir? If I cooperate with you, I'm afraid I will never have a chance to make a comeback again in this life!"
Tao Qing said disdainfully.
"Master Marquis, there is no need to worry. In one month, after you have seen the power in our hands, you will have time to decide whether to join us or not!"
Li Haomin confidently bowed his hands towards Tao Qing, then turned around and walked away.
Mrs. Shen also put down the teacup in her hand, put on the black burqa again, and left without looking back.
Now it was Tao Qing's turn to be dumbfounded. What does this mean?
These two people came here without starting to finish, said a few strange words, and then left like this?
"Master Marquis, the carriage has been prepared for you, you can go back!"
Just when Tao Qing was confused, Hou San walked out again.
"this……"
Tao Qing put on the blindfold again in a daze, and then got into the carriage. After going around and around, when the carriage stopped, he had already returned to the door of his mansion.
Looking at the mansion so close, Tao Qing was a little confused. Everything that happened today was really like a dream.
Tao Qing returned to the mansion indifferently, and then locked himself in the study. When the guests of the Tao family heard that Tao Qing was back, they rushed to the door of Tao Qing's study.
But in the end, they were all blocked by the old servants of the Tao family.
"Master, what's wrong with you..."
Tao Qing's wife Yuanshi quietly opened the door with a bowl of lotus seed soup and asked with a worried look on her face.
"You should have heard about it, right?"
Tao Qing, who has been married for many years, has nothing to hide from his wife.
"I heard what Mr. Wang and the others said. Do you want to go to Dai Kingdom to become the Prime Minister?"
Yuanshi asked worriedly.
"That's right, I didn't check for a moment today because I didn't want to fall into the trap of a thief..."
When Tao Qing said this, he no longer looked like he was gritting his teeth at first.
"If the Marquis really doesn't want to go, he might as well resign from office and let us serve our mother at home. We can live a good life..."
After all, the Yuan family is a womanly family, so there are not so many gains and losses when looking at things.
"It's not as simple as you say? But don't worry. After all, you are going to be an official, not to behead someone. If you take good care of your mother and children at home, you will be able to return to your true potential after a few years of hard work!"
How could someone as obsessed with fame as Tao Qing possibly give up power on his own initiative?
It took a lot of effort for him to get to where he is today. If he doesn't resign now, he will never want to get involved in officialdom again.
"master……"
Yuanshi also wanted to persuade Tao Qing, but Tao Qing stopped her before she could say anything.
"Okay, you can go down now! Let me think about it for myself!"
Tao Qing's eyes were a little blurry, and he waved his hand and said.
"promise!"
After Yuan left, Tao Qing was once again the only one left in the huge study. Did he really want to be with Li Haomin and the others?
With the injury on his hand as an excuse, Liu Deng's next days would be much easier. The emperor and empress could send people to deliver a large amount of wound medicine, and the nobles in the city also began to search for supplements everywhere.
All kinds of precious medicinal materials were almost piled up in the palace's warehouse, and Liu Deng couldn't help but curl his lips secretly.
If this continues, within a few days, I will be able to open a pharmacy directly.
Fortunately, it didn't take long before news came back from King Liang and he would arrive in the capital soon!
Although he didn't know what agreement Prince Liang and Zhou Yafu had reached privately, Liu Deng couldn't help but feel relieved when he heard that they were returning to Beijing together.
Anyway, this matter finally came to an end.
During the Six Kings Rebellion, King Liu Wu of Chu and King Liu Bi of Wu both committed suicide. Except for Liu Xun who was captured, the remaining princes and kings were all turned away to the government by their own subordinates.
Now they are just waiting for King Liang and Zhou Yafu to return to Beijing, so that the counter-rebellion matter can have a perfect ending.
But Liu Deng knew in his heart that counterinsurgency was only the first step, and the next thing was crucial.
In addition to King Zhao who died early, the seven ambitious princes and kings were all finished now.
Next, the court should come up with regulations.
Even though Tao Qing, a wicked and smoking guy, was in bad luck, his ideas would still be adopted by the emperor.
Then the court should gradually take back the control of the princes and kings over the fiefdoms.
According to original historical records, the first right to be recovered was the right to appoint and remove fiefdom officials.
Then, it is the most sensitive right to control the army. Without military power and governance power, the little emperors who were originally a country within a country suddenly turned into a fat pig raised by the emperor...
If they do anything wrong in the future, they only need an edict from the emperor and a few petty officials from the Tingwei Mansion can take them down.
If you don't take into account those plans that have already been carried out for the most part, Liu Deng actually still likes this kind of life.
Just taking money and not doing anything, isn't this the life of your dreams?
"Your Majesty, the eldest princess is here!"
When Liu Deng was thinking about what to do next, Dou Zhong walked in with a strange look on his face.
Hearing what Dou Zhong said, Liu Deng was stunned and suddenly remembered what the eldest princess had said about the banquet a few days ago.
Now that he was free, he was completely forgotten. It seemed that after the eldest princess was let go, people came to investigate!
"Go and tell Her Royal Highness the Princess that I have caught a cold and can't get out of bed!"
"You look like you've caught the cold?"
Before Liu Deng finished speaking, the sound of the eldest princess gnashing her teeth could already be heard from behind Liu Deng.
