Chapter 210: Concubine Shu's move is really brilliant
Xia Yuanguang looked at his daughter sitting next to the throne with relief.
Previously, he was worried that the emperor would let his daughter and Concubine Shu govern the country, and that his daughter would not do a good job, so he secretly helped a lot.
He didn't expect that his daughter was much better than he thought.
Be steady and calm. If you don't take action, it's fine. But if you do take action, it's fatal.
The evidence was irrefutable, and no one dared to speak well of Li Chun. Everyone looked at him with contempt.
To enter the Imperial College, one actually had to use a backdoor.
Letting such an idiot teach students is purely harmful.
"Put Li Chunyi in jail and wait for the emperor to come back and deal with him."
Xia Shuyi gave the order.
She had the power to supervise the country, but not the power to punish court officials. She handled the matter very well and no one could find fault with her.
"As for other people's dissatisfaction with Concubine Shu, I will convey it to her truthfully and let her explain it to you personally." After saying this, Xia Shuyi announced the adjournment of the court, leaving the court officials looking at each other in bewilderment.
Tell Concubine Shu, isn't this going to cost them their lives?
I had thought that the Queen would be jealous of Concubine Shu because she was more powerful than the Queen and would try to get rid of her, but I didn't expect that the Queen and Concubine Shu were actually in the same boat.
They really miscalculated.
These ministers returned home anxiously.
The Minister of War was the first one to be visited by Shen Liuzheng.
"I heard that Minister Du wants me to hand over my military power?" Shen Liuzheng raised his eyebrows and looked at him.
Minister of War Du Qingyun looked at the smiling Shen Liuzheng and felt very uneasy.
He said with a stiff face, "The fifth princess has contracted smallpox, and you took the sixth princess to visit her. If anything happens to you, you can hand over the military power to someone else in advance. My suggestion is all for your own good."
Shen Liuzheng didn't answer him. He just walked forward two steps and moved the huge stone lion at the gate of the Shangshu Mansion.
Du Qingyun widened his eyes and swallowed hard.
Although I have always heard that Concubine Shu has immense strength, this is the first time I have seen it with my own eyes.
"Minister Du, I am in good health. Look, I can lift such a heavy stone lion with ease."
Shen Liuzheng looked at him without blushing or breathing heavily.
Before Du Qingyun could say anything, he saw Shen Liuzheng throwing the stone lion at him.
He was startled and quickly hid to the side.
Unexpectedly, Shen Liuzheng hit not him, but the door of the Shangshu Mansion.
Du Qingyun was so panicked that he ran in the wrong direction and bumped into the stone lion thrown by Shen Liuzheng, and fainted on the spot.
The servants of the Du family were stunned.
Shen Liuzheng took a half step back and said cautiously: "You saw it, it was your master who bumped into the stone lion himself, it has nothing to do with me. Don't blame me."
The servant looked at the deep hole in the door and dared not ask her to take responsibility. He nodded randomly and went into the house to ask someone to carry his master.
Shen Liuzheng kindly sent someone to the palace to invite an imperial physician for him.
Du Qingyun woke up slowly, and thinking of the embarrassing scene before he fell into coma, he couldn't help but curse.
"Damn Shen Liuzheng, how dare you assassinate me!"
"Mr. Du, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want."
Dissatisfied voices came from outside the house.
Du Qingyun stood there in a daze.
He turned his head stiffly and found that the person standing at the door was Shen Liuzheng, who had previously smashed his door with a stone lion.
"I just accidentally slipped my hand, and you bumped into the stone lion yourself, how can you blame me? I was kind enough to ask the imperial physician for you. It really hurts me that you say that." Shen Liuzheng's face was full of pain.
"I always thought you were the most upright man in Daxia, but I never thought you would say that. No wonder they say that about you behind your back. Alas."
Shen Liuzheng sighed.
"Now that you're awake, I'm relieved. There are witnesses to what happened today, so don't try to slander me. I just wanted to prove that I'm healthy. What did I do wrong?"
After Shen Liuzheng finished speaking, without giving Du Qingyun a chance to speak, he turned around and left.
Du Qingyun, who had just woken up, had no chance to refute and was given a headache by her continuous chatter.
It wasn't until Shen Liuzheng walked out of the yard that he reacted, climbed out of bed, chased after her and shouted, "Stop, tell me, who is saying bad things about me behind my back?"
But Shen Liuzheng didn't give him the chance. He quickly ran out of the gate of the Shangshu Mansion, jumped on his horse, and planned to search one house at a time according to the list given by the Empress.
She wanted to prove to them that she had not been infected with smallpox and that she was in good health.
Those adults who had proposed that Shen Liuzheng should retire and return to the harem at the morning court today were all trembling with fear.
They had heard that Concubine Shu had smashed the Minister of War with a stone lion, leaving him paralyzed on one side!
So when Shen Liuzheng came to their house, they all locked the door and pretended not to be at home.
On the second day, during the morning court session, Du Qingyun felt ashamed of having run into the stone lion, so he took sick leave and did not attend the court session.
This further confirms everyone's speculation.
Minister Du was really paralyzed, they have to elect a new Minister of War.
Du Qingyun did not expect that he had only taken two days of sick leave, but when he went to court a few days later, everyone had already written a letter to propose a new Minister of War.
No wonder Concubine Shu said that that day. It turned out that there were many people who didn't like him and secretly said a lot of bad things about him behind his back.
He was so angry that he blew his beard and glared.
"Your Majesty, I am in good health. Just like the Concubine Shu." He simply brought up Shen Liuzheng.
Everyone was amazed to see him walking normally on his legs.
They all thought that he was the one who spread the rumor about his paralysis, deliberately cooperating with Shen Liuzheng to lure them into a trap and divert their focus from Shen Liuzheng.
"This Du Qingyun is really treacherous." Those officials who jointly wrote a letter requesting a replacement began to discuss privately.
After discussion, they decided to isolate Du Qingyun together.
He is already the concubine and the queen's man, they can't trust him.
Du Qingyun was so angry when he saw that they were secretly excluding him that he believed Shen Liuzheng's words even more and ignored those adults.
Shen Liuzheng effortlessly dismantled their small group.
"This trick of Concubine Shu is really brilliant." Xia Shuyi couldn't help laughing when he learned about Shen Liuzheng's operation.
These ministers were usually very united and always targeted the two of them, thinking that they were women and not fit to govern the country.
Now, the same people are quarreling with each other.
With Shen Liuzheng's previous fierce way of proving herself, and the emperor's letter saying that he would be back soon, those ministers put away their thoughts on her and no longer asked her to hand over her military power.
Three days later, Lu Yanshi and his party finally returned to the capital.
At the port, no one came to pick them up.
Lu Li pursed her lips, feeling very sad.
"My brothers and sisters, don't you love me anymore? Why don't you come to pick me up?"
When we first sent her off, there were huge crowds of people.
Lu Yanshi: ...
Is it possible that you are eager to go home and push the boat as fast as possible, arriving much earlier than expected?
No one knew you were returning to Beijing today.