Wu Zhen was reprimanded by the Minister of Rites in the morning and then kicked out of the warehouse. ..
Xianzong had already started attending court at this time. The emperor was preoccupied with lawsuits and had no extra energy to think about the treasures he had given away. If he didn't care, then naturally he wouldn't know what happened in the inner court treasury.
At this time, Yu Xiaoxiao was sitting with Gu Xinglang to eat breakfast, preparing to go to the palace to ask her father for money after she was full.
Wu Zhen stood alone outside the palace gate for a while. As the Minister of Rites, he could be ranked above the court attendants, but after Zhao Qiu Ming lost power, he was blocked outside the Golden Palace.
The general of the imperial guards who was on duty in front of the palace gate today pretended not to see Wu Zhen when he saw him. In recent days, there have been so many officials standing in front of the palace gate in a daze, and he didn't take it seriously after seeing so many of them.
Wu Zhen got on the sedan chair, and only after he walked out of the street where the imperial palace was located did he say to the attendant following him outside the sedan chair, "Let's go to the Zhao Mansion."
The long-servant was an old member of the Wu family and was very loyal to Wu Zhen. After hearing what Wu Zhen said, he immediately asked in surprise: "Sir, are you going to the Zhao Mansion?" Now everyone is afraid of having anything to do with Prime Minister Zhao, so his master is going to go find Prime Minister Zhao?
Wu Zhen hummed in the sedan chair.
The attendant shouted, "My lord!"
"No need to say more," Wu Zhen's voice was almost emotionless compared to the excitement of the long-time attendant.
Zhao Qiu Ming has been bedridden these days, and Emperor Xianzong asks a doctor to see him every few days. To outsiders, this seems to be the emperor still caring about the relationship between the monarch and his subjects. But in Zhao Qiu Ming's view, Emperor Xianzong's method of changing the prescription every time he sees the doctor means that he wants to slowly wear him to death.
When Zhao Qiu Ming heard the butler come to report that the Minister of Rites, Lord Wu Zhenwu, was visiting, he was afraid that he had heard it wrong, so he asked the butler: "Who is here?"
The housekeeper said, "Master Wu Zhenwu."
Zhao Qiuming hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Please ask him to come in."
Wu Zhen followed the housekeeper into the bedroom in a short while. Seeing Zhao Qiu Ming, who was lying sick in bed and looked very thin, Wu Zhen bowed deeply to Zhao Qiu Ming and said in a trembling voice, "Prime Minister."
"Please sit down," Zhao Qiu Ming smiled.
The housekeeper brought a round stool to Wu Zhen.
"Everyone, step back," Zhao Qiu Ming watched Wu Zhen sit down, and without Wu Zhen saying anything, he ordered his attendants.
The butler led his men out and stood guard at the bedroom door.
Zhao Qiu Ming looked at Wu Zhen and said, "It seems that you have had a hard time these days."
Wu Zhen said: "Prime Minister..."
"Alas," Zhao Qiu Ming shook his head and sighed, interrupting Wu Zhen's words, saying, "Why are you still calling me Prime Minister? I am now a criminal, waiting for the emperor to deal with me."
Wu Zhen was a little anxious when he saw Zhao Qiuming waiting to die. If this man was waiting to die, what would happen to the officials who were burdened by Zhao Qiuming? Gu Xingnuo was gone now, giving those who did not openly join the Zhao Party a chance to breathe, but Gu Xingnuo would definitely return to Beijing. When the Grand Duke of the Gu family returned to Beijing again, what would be waiting for them?
Zhao Qiu Ming could see that Wu Zhen was fidgeting, so he smiled and said, "I heard that Gu Xingnuo might abandon Wu Cong and become a prime minister. Is this true?"
Wu Zhen shook his head and whispered, "Gu Xingnuo said he was not feeling well and asked His Majesty for sick leave. He left Beijing a few days ago. I don't know where he went."
"Didn't he look back at his hometown?" Zhao Qiu Ming asked.
"I really don't know about this," Wu Zhen said, "Gu Xingnuo left the capital overnight. I don't even know which gate he left the city from."
Gu Xingnuo had the chance to become a prime minister, but he gave it up? Zhao Qiuming was beginning to feel anxious again. What new plans did Yu Linglong and the Gu family have?
Wu Zhen looked at Zhao Qiu Ming and said, "Prime Minister, you can't just sit there and wait for death."
Zhao Qiuming came back to his senses, smiled again, and said, "You are quite direct in what you said."
Wu Zhen said: "Prime Minister, it won't be long before I am dismissed and have to return home."
"They didn't even let you go?" Zhao Qiu Ming looked a little surprised and said, "Gu Xingnuo doesn't seem like a vindictive person."
Wu Zhen smiled bitterly and said, "Even if Gu Xingnuo is not, others may not be."
Zhao Qiu Ming sighed and said, "I am in this situation now. I can't do anything for you."
"Prime Minister," Wu Zhen leaned forward and told Zhao Qiu Ming that Emperor Xianzong had ordered Yu Xiaoxiao to go to Zhuque to attend Li Xiaoyuan's fiftieth birthday banquet.
Zhao Qiu Ming listened to Wu Zhen's words without saying a word, and then said: "Even if the princess left Beijing and went to Suzaku, I can't help you."
Wu Zhen leaned forward and almost fell on Prime Minister Zhao's bed, saying, "Among the birthday gifts prepared by His Majesty, there is a red jade bird."
Zhao Qiu Ming's eyes jumped.
Wu Zhen looked directly into Zhao Qiu Ming's eyes and whispered, "I saw this red bird, it looks like a phoenix."
Zhao Qiu Ming was silent.
"When Concubine Zhao gave birth to the Sixth Emperor, His Majesty gave her a red jade phoenix," Wu Zhen said, "I wonder if it is similar to this red jade red bird."
"What does this Vermilion Bird look like?" asked Zhao Qiu Ming.
When Wu Zhen entered the room, he saw writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone on the table beside him. When he heard Zhao Qiu Ming's question, Lord Wu walked to the table, picked up the brush and started drawing the red jade bird.
Zhao Qiu Ming looked at the Vermilion Bird on the paper and didn't tell Wu Zhen whether it looked like the bird or not. He just smiled and said, "Your painting skills haven't diminished."
Wu Zhen asked, "What do you think, Lord Prime Minister?"
"You can go back now," Zhao Qiu Ming said, "Thank you for coming to visit me at this time."
Wu Zhen wanted to say something, but when he saw Zhao Qiu Ming closed his eyes, he had to stand up, bowed to Zhao Qiu Ming, slowed down his steps, and walked out.
"Butler," Zhao Qiu Ming said to the butler outside the door after Wu Zhen left the bedroom, "Send Master Wu out of the house."
"Yes," the butler quickly responded to his master.
Wu Zhen was escorted out of the Zhao Mansion by the housekeeper. After getting into the sedan chair, Wu Zhen felt hot. When he raised his hands to unbutton his collar, he found that his hands were shaking violently at this time.
"Sir?" asked the attendant outside the sedan.
"Go back home," Wu Zhen said.
The sedan chair was lifted up and swayed away from the Zhao Mansion.
Wu Zhen clasped his hands together tightly. He had given Zhao Qiu Ming a chance to turn things around. It depended on whether Zhao Qiu Ming could seize this opportunity. Prime Minister Zhao had dominated the court for so many years, and Lord Wu did not believe that Prime Minister Zhao did not have the courage to make a desperate move.
Zhao Qiu Ming held the drawing paper and stared at the Vermilion Bird drawn in black ink for a long time. It was very similar to the red jade phoenix of Concubine Zhao. "Phoenix for Vermilion Bird?" Zhao Qiu Ming muttered to himself. If Yu Linglong could die in Vermilion Bird because of a phoenix that was sent by mistake, then this would be his chance to give it a try. After all, only by getting rid of Yu Linglong, the Gu family, and Yingnian Yun would there be no more dragons.
Clenching the drawing paper tightly in his palm, Prime Minister Zhao said to himself, fortune and honor are achieved through risk.
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