"My Lady, Minister Jiang has sent a message to you. This is a critical moment, please do not cause any trouble."
Feng Qingqing pushed her away, looked at a few people with a stern face, and after weighing it in her mind, she felt that she really shouldn't cause trouble now.
Anyway, they are all dead in her eyes now, and her impulsiveness will make them realize her plan.
"I am also concerned about my second sister. If something really happens to her, I will not be able to explain to the Queen Mother."
Feng Qingqing smiled slightly, "Since Second Sister is fine, I will leave first."
Yu Yiluo listened to every word the guard reported to Feng Qingqing and found it funny.
[Even without causing any trouble, I know what you're up to. It's like you're running around naked, and you still think no one knows.]
Qian Jue instructed Feng Hongyu's maid to change Feng Hongyu's medicine. He walked out and saw Feng Qingqing's back. He raised an eyebrow and said, "You left so soon."
The few of them returned to the yard. Yu Yiluo looked at the bird standing by the window and walked over with her short legs.
The bird saw her, flapped its wings and flew towards her, landing on her outstretched hand and chirping.
[The Queen really couldn't wait any longer, and she made the decision to take action against the Prime Minister so quickly.]
Thinking of the Prime Minister’s disappointed expression yesterday, Yu Yiluo couldn’t help but sigh.
After hearing the news from the bird, Yu Yiluo released it and said to the others, "The Queen has summoned the Prime Minister to the palace."
…
The Prime Minister received the news that the Queen had summoned him, and he entered the palace with Ling Le.
"Prime Minister, if the emperor says anything, just agree to it."
The Prime Minister didn't say anything, just closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep. Ling Le sighed in his heart.
She is the Queen's person, and giving the Prime Minister a heads-up would be tantamount to betrayal. She only hopes that with such a simple reminder, the Prime Minister can take some precautions.
The Prime Minister didn't say a word along the way until the carriage stopped. She stood up and glanced at Ling Le.
"I have decided to resign and return home. You don't need to say more."
No matter why the Queen summoned her, she had only one goal today, which was to resign.
Before, she always thought that although the empress doted on the princess, she was not so foolish. After what happened yesterday, she felt that she was extremely wrong.
The empress now refuses to listen to anyone. The royal family of Li Kingdom has become corrupt, and she, as the prime minister, cannot change it. Since she cannot change it, she might as well not hold the position of prime minister.
Ling Le stood there in shock, then quickly caught up with the Prime Minister.
"Mr. Prime Minister, you are the head of all officials. How can you just resign like that?"
The Prime Minister stopped and looked at Ling Le.
"Then do you think I, the head of all officials, am any use to you? So what if I'm the Prime Minister? Will the Emperor listen to me?"
Her voice was calm, without any fluctuation.
"You are someone close to the Emperor. How dare you say that the Emperor didn't know about what happened yesterday? And the blood of so many innocent people is stained on the hands of the Princess. You know better than me, but what did the Emperor do?"
"When the princess assaulted someone, she gave her money to appease them and simply reprimanded her. When the princess killed an innocent person, she sent her subordinates to silence her and simply confined her to her house."
Ling Le pursed his lips, unable to refute.
As the Prime Minister said, she worked for the Queen, and she knew better than anyone else how the Queen helped the Crown Princess deal with the aftermath.
Sometimes she felt cruel and angry, but she was powerless and could do nothing.
"Prime Minister," Ling Le stopped the Prime Minister as if he had made a decision, "Are you here today just to resign?"
The Prime Minister nodded and said, "Yes, I have already written the letter of resignation."
"Since the Prime Minister has nothing else to do, why don't you give me the memorial and I will pass it on to the Emperor?"
"I will pay it myself, no need to trouble Master Ling."
The Prime Minister walked past Ling Le, strode into the palace gate, and headed towards the imperial study.
Ling Le couldn't stop the Prime Minister, so he had to follow her to the imperial study.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."
"Prime Minister, there's no need to be so polite," she walked down and helped the Prime Minister up, looking at the sunny sky outside, as if casually saying, "The weather is nice today, would you like to go out for a walk with me?"
The Prime Minister stood up, stuffed the memorial in his hand back into his sleeve, and left the imperial study with the empress.
The three of them walked on the palace road, the empress walked in front, the prime minister lagged behind her by half a step, and walked side by side with Ling Le.
"I summoned the Prime Minister today for no other reason than to compete in archery with him. It has been years since we last competed."
The Prime Minister said calmly, "Your Majesty, I am no match for you. I lose every time."
The Queen chuckled softly, "I was not as good as I used to be, but that may not be the case now. I have wasted these years."
When she arrived at the martial arts arena, she stopped and turned to look at the prime minister.
"Why do you look so worried, Prime Minister? I summoned you to the palace today just to compete in archery, nothing else."
"Your Highness."
The guards who had been prepared in the martial arts arena came over and saluted with their fists clasped.
"It's ready. Your Majesty and Prime Minister, please come in."
The two men walked forward and took the bows and arrows prepared by the guards. The queen turned her head to look at the prime minister.
"Prime Minister, let's try our best to compete with each other."
After today, she didn't know whether the Prime Minister would really become a different person.
The Prime Minister nodded, thinking that since he was going to resign anyway, he would not have the chance to compete in the future, so he would naturally take it seriously.
Seeing that the two were ready, Ling Le said loudly, "Begin."
With two "whoosh" sounds, the arrows on the bowstrings of the two men shot towards the center of the target and landed in the red heart in the middle.
The Queen threw the bow to the guard beside her and laughed loudly, "It's a draw. Has the Prime Minister always been giving in to me all these years?"
The Prime Minister also held out his bow, "Your Majesty is valiant. I was certainly not as brave as you were then. My victory today is simply a fluke."
"The Prime Minister is indeed too modest," the Queen led the two out of the martial arts arena, "Let's go sit in the pavilion."
The prime minister only wanted to sit down and hand over the memorial properly, and did not refuse.
Sitting in the pavilion, the willow branches around you sway in the wind, bringing a hint of coolness and driving away the summer heat.
The queen picked up the cup and poured a cup of tea for the prime minister herself, and also poured a cup for herself.
"useless."
The Prime Minister looked at the tea handed to him by the Queen and slowly stood up.
"Prime Minister, please don't be alarmed. Sit down and have some tea."
The Prime Minister sat down again, picked up the tea and took a sip.
The Queen watched her drink her tea and then looked away.
"Just now I saw the Prime Minister holding a memorial. Could it be that he has something to report?"
The Prime Minister put down his tea, stood up, took out the memorial and presented it to the Empress with both hands.
"Your Majesty, I am no longer qualified to serve as Prime Minister. I beg Your Majesty to allow me to resign and return home."
The Queen never expected that the Prime Minister's memorial was to resign. Her expression changed and she smiled and said:
"I said, let's not talk about anything else today."
She poured more tea for the Prime Minister and said, "If you want to resign, it's not too late to talk about it at the morning court tomorrow."
As he said this, he put down the teapot and motioned for the Prime Minister to sit down.
"My word is law. You are the Prime Minister. Naturally, your decision to resign must wait until tomorrow's court meeting to discuss the matter."
Seeing that she refused to sit down, the empress raised her hand and took her memorial.
"Alright, I've got the memorial. Sit down."
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