Su Xuan laughed.
"Your Majesty, you have offended me so much. Wei Chen has always told the truth from the beginning to now. Wei Chen has always been loyal and kind."
"I have indeed seen that being loyal and kind means not caring about my face at all, right?"
Su Xuan didn't have the nervousness of meeting the empress for the first time, and the empress didn't have the first temptation and caution. The two of them were talking as if they were friends.
"Wei Chen has always taken care of His Majesty's face. Your Majesty's face is the face of the entire Great Xia Dynasty! How could Wei Chen not protect it? It's just that His Majesty's approach this time is not to say that Wei Chen was placed among the civil servants. With your words, your Majesty has put yourself in a dangerous situation."
The empress put her hands on the table and leaned towards Su Xuan.
"Tell me, my dear, I want to hear what thoughts you have that are different from mine this time."
Su Xuan put one hand on his knee, and with the other hand he grabbed a handful of melon seeds and peanuts on the table and placed them on the table one by one.
"Your Majesty, you may think that all the civil and military officials in your palace are thinking about the country. In fact, as Wei Chen said, they are in a position and need to realize their ideals in life, so they will need a lot of external help. Your Majesty, you They don’t have that much energy to pay attention to the practical things done by each official, so they will naturally look for people or things that can help them realize their ideals in life!”
The empress echoed and asked, "Ai Qing is indeed right, but who is the person or thing you are talking about?"
Su Xuan shook his head, pointed at the sunflower seeds and peanuts on the table, and then placed three soft and glutinous rice cakes.
"The following is just Wei Chen's personal opinion. I hope Your Majesty will not misunderstand some upright officials because of Wei Chen's statement. This is just a way for these officials to protect themselves. In the palace and in these officialdoms, , if you don’t stand in line, you will only be ostracized in the end, and then you will quit silently, and maybe you will be transferred from an important position by your majesty. I don’t know which small mountain village I will help others record the titles of Ergou and Sandanzi!”
The empress pointed at herself in disbelief and said with certainty: "My dear, you are looking down on me. I will never say that I will transfer anyone out of the palace."
Su Xuan did not refute, but continued: "Okay, then Your Majesty will not do such a thing, and there are no changes in personnel in the palace, but there is a general distinction, and there must be higher and lower official positions, right?"
"It's exactly what Aiqing said."
"In that case, all the officials will choose to take sides. Sunflower seeds and peanuts will want to stand on top of the rice cake so that diners can see it and eat it! So there will naturally be competition, and these competitions are reflected in different On different views of events!”
Su Xuan said and pushed a rice cake towards the empress.
"Your Majesty, if this rice cake were closer to you, you would probably notice this first!"
The empress did not deny it, and Su Xuan continued: "Then this sunflower seed can attract your majesty's attention. In short, your majesty deliberately brought me, who was not close to you, to your side. Although the minister has been civil and military All officials are watching, but what attracts the most attention is your Majesty’s own taste!”
The empress suddenly realized.
"So this is the result!"
Su Xuan peeled off a peanut and handed it to the empress.
"These are all Wei Chen's immature thoughts."
"No! It's very mature!" The empress took it and swallowed it. Then she stood up and turned her back to Su Xuan. Her voice was no longer as gentle as before.
"Then Su Aiqing... which rice cake are you standing on?"
Su Xuan's hand holding the sunflower seeds suddenly stopped, and without any hesitation, he knelt in front of the empress.
"I'm telling you, Your Majesty, I don't want to take sides!"
The empress snorted coldly.
"Then my dear, isn't there any reason for your actions and actions? Earlier you said that every official will have his own ideas and the idea of taking sides, otherwise he will not be able to survive in the palace."
Su Xuan could expect that the empress would suddenly change her attitude, but he did not expect that he would be waiting for him here. It must have been when many people came to find him with something to ask for that he was discovered by the empress, so Su Xuan did not hide it and directly gave Lin Zhangwen to him. The token was handed over to the empress with both hands.
"Your Majesty, Wei Chen has absolutely no second thoughts about you. No matter last night or today's morning meeting, Wei Chen fully considered His Majesty's feelings. Regarding the position of Commander of the Imperial Guard given to Wei Chen by His Majesty, Wei Chen has never I have never thought about favoring anyone, I will definitely find out the real culprit of this incident! I will comfort the souls of my colleagues in heaven!"
"I hope Aiqing is really what you said!"
The empress snorted coldly, turned around and left, not taking back the palace token given by Lin Zhangwen in Su Xuan's hand.
"This mansion next to me is what I originally wanted to give you, my dear, to reward you for your contribution to me, but now it seems that it is not needed anymore! I will not take back what the abbot gave you. Keep it for yourself as a warning! When you see the token, dear, you will remember what you said to me today!"
"Wei Chen obeys your orders!"
Su Xuan still didn't dare to raise his head. After hearing the empress's footsteps getting further and further away until they disappeared, Su Xuan raised his head and glanced nervously to confirm that the empress had left, and then stood up.
Su Xuan wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"I'm really convinced. Do all emperors have this kind of personality? They're not easy to mess with! They're not easy to mess with!"
Su Xuan walked away. Since the empress did not take away the token, Su Xuan had no intention of throwing it away quickly. Naturally, it was impossible to transfer it. It was okay to live like this.
In the Yonghe Palace, Rong Guiren had already gotten up to water the flower field he had cultivated in the courtyard, while Qingwen was boiling water in the woodshed for breakfast. Nangong, who had long been accustomed to being together in the woods, was not interested in the surroundings. I am not used to the environment and wander around.
Yonghe Palace is not that big. After checking his brother's physical condition again, Nangong walked to Rong Guiren, who was still watering, and looked at the other person's movements and the bare brown soil on the ground.
"Ronggui, what are you sowing?"
Rong Guiren did not stop his movements and responded: "Rudwiga, it is said that in autumn, when it is in full bloom, it will take over the entire autumn scenery!"
Nangong squatted down, pulled away the soil with his hands, suddenly grabbed a piece, and put it on the tip of his nose.
Rong Guiren's face suddenly turned red, and when he saw it, he quickly stretched out his hand to stop him.
"Miss Nangong, what are you doing! This soil is sprinkled with..."
Not only did Nangong not stop, but he sniffed carefully.
