The prime minister smiled coldly: "He is a thing that is incapable of accomplishing anything, but always capable of causing trouble. It seems that he is useless in this matter."

"Let the storytellers in the market quickly divert the conflict and keep the focus on Zhao Ji!"

It’s strange to say, although there was no one in the prime minister’s room, a dark shadow flashed outside the window.

When Zhao Ji heard the news, he also smiled faintly: "For a minister as important as the Minister of War, we must send someone to express our condolences tomorrow..."

The next morning, Zhao Ji sent the imperial physician from the Imperial Medical Bureau to the residence of the Minister of War to express his condolences as expected.

And behind him were eunuchs, holding the rewards from the palace, as if they were going to comfort the old ministers. These people walked from the north to the south of the city with great fanfare.

It also attracted a lot of people to watch.

In front of the Minister of War's residence, the eunuchs were making a big fuss, saying that Zhao Ji had heard about what the Minister of War had done in recent days. In fact, Zhao Ji had already shown the Minister of War's letter to the emperor.

However, the emperor was in a daze and only said that the matter was not important and could be dealt with later.

That's why Zhao Ji followed the emperor's instructions and did not immediately deal with the matter reported by the Minister of War. Unexpectedly, the Minister of War, who was so diligent, actually ruined his health because of this matter.

Therefore, Zhao Ji specially asked the emperor for instructions and sent everyone to express his condolences, and specially asked the imperial physician who only treated the emperor's grandsons and nobles to treat the Shangshu.

It is to show the emperor's great grace.

After the eunuchs' vivid descriptions, everyone understood what was going on, especially some people who were still whispering.

"I saw the Shangshu Lord so anxious some time ago, and I thought it was a very important matter. Now it seems that it is not that important, otherwise the emperor would have dealt with it long ago..."

"The Minister of War is not young anymore. He may be senile and think this matter is very important!"

The people talked about this matter jokingly and gradually dispersed.

At this time, the eunuchs slowly entered the Minister of War's Mansion. Once they entered, the servants of the Minister's Mansion hurried over to entertain them. As a result, the eunuchs said, "These are all treasures awarded by the palace, specially awarded to you, why didn't you come?"

The family members looked at each other in bewilderment, and had no other choice but to pass the news to the Shangshu.

The Shangshu already knew about this, but he was unwilling to make a fuss about it.

I originally thought of asking my housekeeper to receive him, after all, he is a patient now.

But now that things have come to this, it is obviously unrealistic for him to not come out, and the eunuch's words and deeds are meant to force him to come out.

The Shangshu gritted his teeth and let a few servants support him as he walked tremblingly into the hall.

"I bow down to thank the emperor for his grace. It is really because of my poor health, otherwise I would definitely go to the palace to thank the emperor for his grace!"

Seeing the Minister of War's face covered in sweat, the eunuch pretended not to see it. He acted friendly and kept greeting the Minister of War, but the Minister of War seemed to be becoming weaker and weaker as he spoke.

The eunuch looked at the situation and felt that it was about time. If he continued talking, the Minister of Works might faint, which would be terrible. So he stopped talking, said a few words and was about to leave.

As soon as the eunuch stepped out of the Minister of War's residence, he heard a voice behind him: "The Minister has fainted, go and have a look..."

After hearing the news in the palace, Zhao Ji smiled faintly, promoted the eunuch who went to do the work by two levels, and rewarded him with a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, saying that he did a good job.

Although the emperor's condition did not improve much during this period, it gradually stabilized and he was awake for about four or five incense sticks a day.

Zhao Ji usually took this opportunity to visit the emperor and report the current situation to him with an earnest expression.

Naturally, he also often gave scorn to people like the Minister of War.

The emperor's mind was groggy, not as clear as before, and he didn't like to hear these things. So most of the time he just waved his hand and told Zhao Ji to handle it himself.

Precisely because the emperor was awake for such a short time, Zhao Ji did not really prevent the prime minister and others from meeting him.

Even if the prime minister and others were notified the moment the emperor woke up, when they arrived, they would only see a sleeping emperor.

Moreover, for the sake of the court, if an ambitious person like the prime minister heard that the emperor was now awake for such a short time every day, it would be hard to guarantee that nothing would happen.

Although the Prime Minister is now ready to make some moves, at least he is just doing some small tricks in the dark, such as the Minister of War.

The situation in the court was unpredictable, and the harem was not stable either.

The prime minister had not seen the emperor for a long time, so he naturally arranged for his daughter, the queen, to visit the emperor with various reasons.

Zhao Ji has blocked it four or five times.

She is not afraid of meeting the Queen, but if the Queen meets her now, then the Shufei, Rongfei and the like will naturally come as well.

When that day comes, if a few people come to take a look, the emperor will not be able to have a good rest.

Therefore, Zhao Ji prohibited the concubines in the harem from visiting him.

Now Zhao Ji is the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department, and the emperor trusts Zhao Ji very much, so basically, everyone in the harem is Zhao Ji's people.

Those eunuchs and palace maids rarely disobeyed Zhao Ji's orders.

As for the guards in the harem, Yueying arranged them secretly. Yun Nishang was in cahoots with Zhao Ji, so for a while the harem was like an iron wall and no evil spirits could hurt the emperor.

As for the imperial city, Zhao Ji had already secretly transferred General Tian back to the capital and asked him to focus on improving the defense of the entire capital.

In fact, it was just to prevent the prime minister and others from causing trouble in the imperial city. It was precisely because of these arrangements that the prime minister could not find any opportunities in or outside the palace.

That's why the prime minister could only use such unpresentable means as these storytellers and the Minister of War to threaten Zhao Ji.

As a result, Zhao Ji countered the moves and for a while, all the public opinions collapsed without Zhao Ji having to explain.

Although the prime minister was annoyed, he knew that there was no other way.

Now the prime minister's confidant wants to leave the city, but it is easy to leave the city, but difficult to enter the city.

There are no restrictions on people entering and leaving the city, but Jingzhao Prefecture has strengthened its household registration management for people, making it almost impossible to impersonate someone.

However, if the servants in the ministers' houses want to leave the city, it is very easy, but it is difficult to come in again.

Several of the prime minister's trusted aides who had been sent out have now all been stopped outside the capital. One of them even tried to force his way into the city, but was taken directly to a military camp outside the capital, and there has been no news of him since.