Cining Palace is as peaceful and peaceful as ever, as if the fighting outside does not affect it at all.
Seeing Luo Qingshuang, Zhao An habitually hugged her long legs with a slide.
"Eunuch Zhao, has everything gone well for you recently out of the palace?"
"Thanks to the Queen Mother Hongfu, everything goes well. I wonder what the Queen Mother summoned the servant for?" Zhao An asked eagerly.
"You are targeting the Liu family, you are running a literary society, and you have done so many things in the Imperial College. Are you not afraid of offending the Chen family and forcing them to rebel?"
After all, Luo Qingshuang was extremely smart, and the interests outside the palace could not be hidden from her.
Zhao An helped her beat her legs with a pious look on her face, "I'm all for the Queen Mother. You don't know how arrogant Chen Guogong is in front of Your Majesty."
"For the Ai family? Please tell me what benefits the Ai family will get from doing this."
"Chen Guogong has always wanted to reach out to the harem. He clearly does not take the Queen Mother seriously. The servant is very sad, so naturally he has to give him some problems to save him from thinking about it all the time."
"That's all? Slave, you are still dishonest."
Luo Qingshuang's sexy face lost her smile.
She was very dissatisfied. Although Zhao An cooperated with the Luo family to make salt, anyone with a discerning eye could see who he was actually helping.
Zhao An said pitifully: "You are talking about new paper, right? I did tinker with that thing, but when the new paper comes out, it will definitely make the Chen family crazy, so I let the Holy Sect stand in the way, how dare I worry the Queen Mother."
"Hmph, new paper is a powerful tool to win people's hearts. Under your operation, it will definitely replace Chen's rice paper. What? You, a slave, want to be the second Duke of Chen? Let the world know that you, Mr. Zhou, are noble and upright and achieve the name of a saint? "
Luo Qingshuang's eyes looked down, showing coldness.
Zhao An's scalp was numb. The old witch said so much because she just wanted to get involved in the paper business.
"The Queen Mother thinks too much, how can I dare to stand up to the public, unless I don't want to live anymore... Ahem, how about I give you new paper, and you recruit people from the Luo family to Beijing to take care of it. If it's not possible, send some more Are the troops entering the capital?"
"presumptuous!"
Luo Qingshuang stood up suddenly, not angry but proud.
Zhao An touched his nose angrily and said nothing.
The old witch wants her relatives to enter the capital, but the officials and the emperor will object.
Cining Palace became quiet.
Luo Qingshuang walked around with a cold face, and Zhao An's knees hurt from kneeling.
After a long time, Luo Qingshuang squinted and said: "Do you need manpower to make paper? You asked Daxia Guojian to open a factory specifically. The Ai family does not want your bonus. You only need to pay wages, and the Ai family will take care of the rest."
She was not discussing, but giving orders.
Zhao An's eyelids jumped wildly.
The old witch is so shrewd!
Follow Qian Yu's example and secretly let his relatives' soldiers enter Beijing as workers? If she were solely responsible for producing paper, how many people would be recruited?
She wants others to help her pay for the military, why doesn't she go to heaven!
"Eunuch Zhao is not happy with this trivial matter?"
Luo Qingshuang frowned and seemed to be going crazy.
Zhao An secretly clenched his fists and used his brain power to the fullest, but he had no countermeasures.
Nowadays, both parties are in a state of vague cooperation. After expelling the Dagu River County Magistrate, the new city fell into the hands of Qian Yu. Therefore, it is difficult for the outside world to detect what will happen to Dagu River in the future, and it is impossible to bypass Qian Yu. Go investigate the origins of the workers.
If we compromise now, one day, the old witch will ask for control of the new city, and the new city will become a place for her relatives to hide their troops.
Depend on! What on earth is she going to do?
Like Chen Guogong, are you usurping power?
The emperor is her son!
At this moment, Zhao An was thinking a lot, while Luo Qingshuang just stood in front of him, indifferently waiting for an answer.
Zhao Anxin shook his head, raised his head and smiled in apology: "What did the Queen Mother say? This servant will definitely help you handle this small matter. But...where do you plan to recruit workers from?"
As soon as these words came out, Luo Qingshuang smiled, brighter than flowers.
She bent down and stroked Zhao An's head, like stroking a dog's head, "Slave, a famine broke out somewhere else. A large number of refugees will soon arrive in Beijing. They will be arranged in the Dagu River. They are all pitiful people. , you won’t favor one over the other, right?”
"The Queen Mother is right. As fellow citizens of Daxia, I will do my best to help the victims."
Zhao An nodded his head and kowtowed.
The old witch has a very high rank, even higher than Chen Guogong!
What should I do?
You can't break up with her. If you expose her disguise now, you will definitely not be able to leave Cining Palace.
He knew clearly that she had ulterior motives in recruiting relatives to Beijing, but he couldn't stop her.
well! It is too difficult for the empress to take back her power. It is thousands of times harder than expected.
In the court, Duke Chen Guo has great power, and outside the court, there is Prince Ning who doesn't know what he wants to do. Now in the harem, the ambition of the old witch is gradually exposed.
Empress, what a pitiful little person...
Zhao An felt powerless for the first time since he traveled through time. He felt that he was trapped in the river and sea by the general trend and could not help himself.
"Stop kneeling and get up. You have been busy during this time. The Ai family sees it and feels very distressed."
Luo Qingshuang knew how to soothe people's hearts and stretched out her snow-white hands. Zhao An gritted his teeth and grabbed the jade fingers and stood up.
She smiled and said: "Eunuch Zhao, the Ai family is not an unreasonable person, and I know that you are in trouble. But the Ai family still said that, do things well for the Ai family, and your benefits will be inevitable in the future."
"It is my duty to do this to the Queen Mother."
At this point, Zhao An can only show his loyalty as much as possible.
Luo Qingshuang nodded with satisfaction, and then lay down on the bed. Unknown to her whether it was intentional or not, a pair of snow-white plump legs were exposed under her robe, and she waved, "Come, relax for the Ai family."
"Here."
Zhao An knelt aside, holding Wen Run's calf, his brain thinking about countermeasures uncontrollably.
It is both a bad thing and a good thing for a foreign relative to come to Beijing. At least when Chen Guogong notices it, it will be too late and he will take advantage of it.
Outside the court, the situation will become stable, so the next contest will become a matter of popularity.
At present, what the empress can rely on is Wenzhi's reputation among students all over the world.
Chen Guogong still relies on the real power in his hands.
As for the relatives, judging from Luo Qingshuang's attitude, she knew the importance of the Daxia League and the new city. She would encroach step by step and divide the interests of the new city. She would use magical creations such as salt to build momentum for the Luo family and win the support of the people of Li.
Her ambition will eventually be exposed. Fortunately, she has noticed the clues in advance. She is still the weak one. Even if she wants to change the dynasty, she does not have the conditions.
Mediation, checks and balances, profit...
Zhao An chewed these words over and over, and Luo Qingshuang suddenly asked: "What are you mumbling about?"
"My slave is saying that your skin, Queen Mother, is so good, as tender as a spring onion."
Zhao An opened his mouth and came with an extremely flattering smile.
Luo Qingshuang held her cheek with one hand and hooked her other hand, signaling to get closer.
