Lin Zhiya walked around the palace restlessly. After a long time, she saw her personal maid coming late.
The maid was obviously frightened, "Your Majesty, I saw the Emperor and the Prime Minister quarreling, and the Emperor was so angry that he imprisoned the Prime Minister."
Lin Zhiya's eyes twitched: "..."
She had no choice but to go to the cell to check. Not long after she walked out, she saw Lai Xi standing in front of the imperial kitchen. A paperweight flew out from inside with a sharp sound of breaking wind, and broke into several pieces when it hit the ground.
Lai Xi stretched out his hands helplessly, as if trying to grab something in the air: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please don't smash it. This thing was left by the retired emperor."
Zhao Chen's roaring voice came from inside: "Sun Taibao, this bastard, is still trying to threaten me by inciting the students. Does he really think that the court will not change without him?"
Lai Xi: "Your Majesty, it's all Prime Minister Sun's fault, please stop smashing it."
Lai Xi saw Lin Zhiya leaning against the wall, and he ran over in surprise: "Empress Wan, please go and persuade the emperor. Prime Minister Sun is in trouble."
Lin Zhiya had no time to step up at this time, and quickly waved her hand: "No, I still have something to do."
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Lin Zhiya left the palace and went straight to the cell. The cell was dark and damp. She saw Prime Minister Liu in prison uniform and messy hair sitting at the table, surrounded by several officials.
Prime Minister Liu was also very aggressive in the cell, and said loudly: "The emperor is bullying too much. I hope you gentlemen can go back and persuade everyone to make more reports on my behalf, so that the emperor will know our determination."
The officials around him said, "Of course. The Prime Minister has assisted two generations of monarchs. We admire you very much. Naturally, we will put you first in everything."
Prime Minister Liu had a sad face and wrote a letter to the officials around him: "And my student who is studying abroad, please deliver the letter to him for me. As a last resort, you have to use the power of the academy to rescue me."
After several officials finished their discussion, they walked past Lin Zhiya one after another. Lin Zhiya frowned, and it seemed that the matter had really become a big deal.
Prime Minister Liu had assisted two generations of emperors and was deeply rooted in the court, so Zhao Chen was usually more indulgent towards him.
But...but Zhao Chen has never been a good person. When Prime Minister Liu instigated the ministers to protest, he dared to chop Prime Minister Liu to death.
Lin Zhiya hesitated to speak.
Prime Minister Liu said righteously: "Empress Wan, there is no need to say more. The emperor is stubborn and will not listen to your and my advice. I can only do this."
Lin Zhiya was shocked as she watched Prime Minister Liu walk back to the cell with heavy steps and lie down in the straw to rest.
Lin Zhiya: I really have no choice.
Seeing that it was almost noon, she prepared some food and wanted to give it to Prime Minister Liu to persuade him. Prime Minister Liu resolutely turned his back to Lin Zhiya and said, "I am worried about how I can eat. Your Majesty, please go back, so that the emperor won't implicate you."
Suddenly, footsteps were heard outside, "Mother."
Lin Zhiya saw that it was Zhao Xiaoxiong who came with a book in his hand.
Zhao Xiaoxiong explained: "I heard that mother came to the prison, so I wanted to come and see her. The ground is very damp. Whatever mother wants to do, I will do it for you."
Prime Minister Liu was moved by something: "The Fifth Prince is very filial."
Zhao Xiaoxiong then saw that it was Prime Minister Liu lying on the ground, and his pupils dilated, "Why are you in prison?"
Prime Minister Liu said dejectedly: "Let's not talk about it."
Lin Zhiya asked Zhao Xiaoxiong and found out that Prime Minister Liu had been Zhao Xiaoxiong's teacher before, although only for half a month.
Zhao Xiaoxiong: "Father must have misunderstood something. I will go and plead for you and ask him to let you out."
Zhao Xiaoxiong looked at Lin Zhiya inquiringly, and said seriously: "Mother, can I go and ask my father for help?"
Lin Zhiya felt that it was dispensable. Anyway, Zhao Chen couldn't vent his anger on Zhao Xiaoxiong. Prime Minister Liu directly refused: "Fifth Prince, no need. I'm fine."
Zhao Xiaoxiong seemed very depressed. Lin Zhiya took him back to the palace and listened to Zhao Xiaoxiong talk about the past.
"At that time, the Grand Tutor didn't like me and preferred my third brother who was more literary. Only Prime Minister Liu would take me to school and said that I would be a pillar of society in the future."
Zhao Xiaoxiong felt that his words were inappropriate, and he continued to speak when he remembered that he was next to his mother: "Prime Minister Liu told father, and father began to test my homework, and the tutor began to take me seriously."
Zhao Xiaoxiong was puzzled: "Why was Prime Minister Liu imprisoned? Mother, what did the emperor think?"
Lin Zhiya touched his head and said, "Because father doesn't like Prime Minister Liu to control him. Father is an adult now and wants to make decisions on his own."
Zhao Xiaoxiong suddenly realized and couldn't help saying, "Prime Minister Liu really likes to manage people."
Lin Zhiya found it funny that even Zhao Xiaoxiong, a four-year-old child, thought that Prime Minister Liu was easy to control.
Lin Zhiya said gently: "Mother, please think of a way to get father to release the person."
Zhao Xiaoxiong nodded repeatedly: "Okay!"
After returning to the palace, Lin Zhiya wanted to spend more time to take care of her son. She opened her son's secret guard and found that there was nothing special. The records for several days were all about studying, riding, the tutor had to recite again, and his mother was so amazing that she dug out a gold mine.
Zhao Xiaoxiong's life routine has become fixed and uneventful, which also reassures Lin Zhiya, an old mother.
After browsing the system panel for a long time, she still had two bottles of mass weakness, three bottles of energy potions, and an unfinished majestic task, and the only thing left was a national policy card.
Lin Zhiya used the checks and balances system, and the card turned into a ray of light and slipped out of her hand. The buildings in the northeast began to change, with several spacious rooms added, with certain departments written on them.
Checks and balances system - set up an inner court, decentralize power, weaken the position of the prime minister, increase the prime minister's loyalty, and make the inner court more rigorous. After using it, the prime minister and all officials will automatically accept this system.
——In view of the fact that the Prime Minister’s loyalty has reached the top, it has been transformed into a normal state of mind.
In the prison, Prime Minister Liu was looking at the moon. The defeated moon shone on his face, and he suddenly understood, and his heart was filled with peace.
He thought back to a time long ago when his mother told him to believe in Buddha. Buddha taught us to keep a normal mind and to cultivate our minds. Everything else was external to us.
On this night, Prime Minister Liu suddenly recalled the Buddhist scriptures he had heard in his childhood. He was fascinated and his heart was like a calm ocean.
Everything before him, the straw under him, the prison cell that imprisoned him, and the moon in the distance, were all empty. Prime Minister Liu could not wait to stand up, and a word "Amitabha" naturally came out of his mouth.
Prime Minister Liu felt bored, and for a moment he wanted to resign and go home to cultivate his mind and pursue his true self, but his remaining sense of responsibility told him that the court could not do without him, and the people were still suffering.
Prime Minister Liu sighed, lowered his head and recited scriptures silently. Tomorrow would be another day of working for the court.
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