"Follow your orders!" Gou Hongxuan, as the general of Ten Thousand Tigers on the border, has actually always disagreed with Empress Zhu Zhirui's gentle tactics. And it's not just Gou Hongxuan's personal opinion, but almost the entire palace. All the civil and military officials thought so. After all, the previous Great Xia Dynasty, under the leadership of the late emperor, always stepped into the rivers and lakes with two hooves and slashed the enemy with a sword on the waist. How could such a coward live in his own country? In the camp, they only responded to small-scale harassment and did not take the initiative to send troops.
Although all the civil and military officials in the palace and the court had such thoughts, the empress Zhu Zhirui always adhered to her own thoughts. Gou Hongxuan also asked Ouyang Heng for his opinion, but the latter never answered directly. When facing the emperor for the first time, he also did not express his opinion, he was just stating a fact.
"Is there anything else?" Zhu Zhirui never raised her head, but was writing and drawing on the table. Ouyang Heng thought about it carefully. In fact, the most common idea was to target Su Xuan. Yes, but now is not the time to explain it to the empress, so I have to give up on the spot.
"Replying to your Majesty, it is gone for the time being. The ministers will leave for the border soon to handle some disputes around the border for the general."
Hearing that Ouyang Heng was about to leave the palace, Zhu Zhirui finally raised her head, stopped the wolf hair brush in her hand, gently placed it on the inkstone next to her, and asked aloud: "Sir, are you leaving the palace?"
"Yes!" Ouyang Heng's voice sounded decisive, leaving no room for maneuver. Zhu Zhirui looked at the other party's firm eyes, and the words she wanted to retain were stuck in her throat and she did not say them out.
"Well, since your husband is leaving, I won't make too many efforts to retain him, but can you leave some talents for me to assist you? I think you can clearly see the situation in the palace now, I'm afraid. I need someone to share my worries..."
Zhu Zhirui described her shortcomings in front of Ouyang Heng, and she didn't feel there was anything wrong. In her heart, Ouyang Heng was her teacher, sharing her worries and solving her problems. Now the teacher is leaving. , she felt a little disappointed.
"Your Majesty, of course there is, but based on what Your Majesty is doing to him now, I'm afraid that man won't accept His Majesty's offer of an olive branch..."
Zhu Zhirui stood up, holding a teacup in her hand, slowly walked down the steps, approached Ouyang Heng, and handed the teacup to the other person's hand, who took it steadily with both hands.
"I can trust the talents that sir can recommend. Whether it is an official position or money, as long as I can give it, I will give it to the talents recommended by sir without any reservation."
Ouyang Heng did not rush to drink the tea in the cup, but held it tightly with both hands, feeling the temperature on it, and smiled softly.
"Some people can't be retained with material things." After Ouyang Heng finished speaking, he drank the tea in the cup. After it went into his throat, he also praised: "I didn't expect that in this autumn season, it would be so wonderful. There is also tea that is as mellow and sweet as spring, where did your Majesty get this?"
Although she didn't like the person who gave the tea leaves very much, Empress Zhu Zhirui still said it.
"It was made by Imperial Physician Su Xuan himself, but it was not given to me. I was able to get a few sips from Manager Han."
Ouyang Heng smiled and said slowly: "I didn't expect His Majesty to be so powerful. The Lord of all peoples, if you want to have a sip of good tea, you have to ask for it from Manager Han."
Hearing Ouyang Heng's teasing tone, Zhu Zhirui snorted coldly, not to him, but to Su Xuan, who didn't know where he was yet.
"Actually, Your Majesty, I would like to recommend the person who can stabilize the situation in the palace, who is the owner of this tea."
Zhu Zhirui's eyes widened, not believing Ouyang Heng's words at all. Regarding Su Xuan, after this period of getting along between the monarch and his ministers, Zhu Zhirui only felt that this person was just a eloquent person. As for other achievements, In her opinion, it was just a blind cat meeting a dead mouse.
"Sir, are you talking about Su Xuan?"
"Exactly!" Ouyang Heng took another sip of tea and nodded to confirm Zhu Zhirui's statement.
"How can Su Xuan be worthy of sir's recommendation? He is just..."
With a faint smile on his face, Ouyang Heng took over Zhu Zhirui's words and explained, "Don't your Majesty think Su Xuan is a talented person?"
"I don't think so!" Zhu Zhirui said firmly, her eyes firm.
"Then I will seek some injustice for Master Su Xuan. Your Majesty, just because Master Su Xuan is a sixth-grade imperial physician and is able to participate in so many things, don't you think there is something wrong with him? Concubine Lin wanted to rebel before, but maybe your Majesty didn't know that the person who contacted Manager Han was Mr. Su Xuansu."
Zhu Zhirui really didn't know what Ouyang Heng said at this time. She only knew about Concubine Lin and the father-in-law of Lin's coveting the throne, and she didn't pursue it too much later. After all, at that time, except for Lin Guozhang, The venomous snake my husband is watching in secret, but there is also the tiger Zhu Houyi, the king of inquiry.
Now that the tiger of King Xun Zhu Houyi has been dealt with, Zhu Zhirui did not think about killing them all, and then took down Lin Zhangwen and Lin Guifei. If they were all defeated, all the civil and military officials in the court would definitely She wanted to find the next person to rely on. Compared with this uncertain factor, the empress Zhu Zhirui decided to keep Lin Zhangwen's family temporarily, so as to give the civil and military officials someone to rely on temporarily.
But as long as Lin Zhangwen behaves wrongly, he has many ways to deal with this poisonous snake. If knocking the mountain and shaking the tiger is not enough to make Lin Zhangwen feel strange, then he will have to fight with swords!
"I didn't expect Su Xuan to be involved in this matter?"
Ouyang Heng nodded and said: "Yes, at that time, Concubine Lin wanted to take advantage of His Majesty's physical illness and kill Him on the bed so that you would never get up again when you lay down. Master Su, using her As an imperial physician, even though he is carrying the top holders of power in the court today, he is still making his own choices!"
After hearing this, Zhu Zhirui may have had a slight change in her opinion of Su Xuan, but she still did not let Su Xuan go verbally, and said directly: "Can this little thing reflect that Su Xuan is worthy of Mr.'s recommendation? Maybe? He is just making a big gamble. If the gamble is right, he will rise to success. Besides, I also gave him an official title of junior third rank. Isn't this a reward?"
