Chapter 129 They Are Smart
Cao Qinmo said succinctly and firmly, "I think Your Majesty shouldn't go there."
"Oh~?"
Is she willing to really consider herself?
Nian Shilan deliberately said: "If the Queen's plea is to succeed, An Bihuai's crime of treason must not be convicted. If he is not treasonous, does my brother have to bear the crime of killing innocent people?"
"Your Majesty, this is wrong."
Cao Qinmo lowered his voice and said, "The urgent report from the front line only said that Lord An died on the battlefield, but did not specify by whom. Perhaps Lord An did not agree with Jiang Wenqing's surrender and was killed by Jiang Wenqing."
"Or maybe Lord An fought to the death and was killed by the enemy."
"The general was just a little late, what's his crime?"
"If your majesty is worried that someone will take advantage of this opportunity to cause trouble and slander the general, you can write a letter and ask the general to confer titles on An Bihuai and others."
"Please seal it?"
It’s not that Nian Shilan didn’t understand what she said, her question was about something else.
"I am very brave. At Wen Yi's birthday banquet, Her Majesty specially arranged for An Changzai to sing a solo. She intended to help An Changzai gain the emperor's favor. Sun Daying wanted to take this opportunity to alienate Her Majesty and An Changzai, stand on the side of the queen, and then use An Changzai to deal with Her Majesty."
The Queen was cautious, and Cao Qinmo did not find any signs that the Queen and Concubine Hua were on good terms.
"Lord An is dead and cannot be saved, but if Your Majesty does this, it can keep the generals out of the matter and keep Concubine An safe." Cao Qin said silently.
The Dog-Headed Military Strategist's reputation is well deserved, he is indeed a smart man.
It seems that bestowing her with gorgeous clothes, making her a concubine, and protecting her well have indeed calmed her restless heart.
Nian Shilan raised her eyes and looked at her, "Don't you think An will betray me?"
Cao Qin said sincerely, "I don't know."
"How dare you talk nonsense without knowing it?"
"I don't know, but sometimes you need to take a chance when hiring people. If something happens to An Changzai's father, and Sun Danying happens to show up and insists on helping, An Changzai will be at a loss. How can she refuse?"
Cao Qin paused for a moment, "I'm going to say something I shouldn't say. Even if An Changzai was a little confused about her sincerity towards you, Your Majesty, it's not that she was too confused."
"Sincerity?"
"I am ignorant, but I happened to hear someone mention that An Changzai is an excellent embroidery artist."
Cao Qinmo's eyes fell on the round fan on the table.
On the fan: A naughty boy is in the lotus pond, holding a lotus and playing the sheng.
"Lotus is a complicated thing to begin with, and it is even more difficult to embroider it on both sides in different colors. I look at your round fan and it doesn't look like the work of an embroiderer from the palace embroidery house."
She almost said directly that this fan was embroidered by An Lingrong herself and given to Concubine Hua Gui.
Nian Shilan raised her eyes and looked at Cao Qinmo. She wanted to retort, but Cao Qinmo added one more sentence of her own.
"Of course, your Majesty is of noble status, what good things do you want?"
She's finished talking!
He was very considerate of himself and brought a step forward.
Otherwise, why was I killed by her in my previous life?
【snort!】
[How come the concubines in the harem have so many ulterior motives? ]
[They are so smart! They are so smart! ]
Nian Shilan still went to the Qinzheng Hall.
She didn't know that she had traveled through time from Sun Miaoqing's place. She didn't even know what it meant to travel through time.
She only knew that a similar thing had happened in her previous life and that the empress had gone through the motions. She also had to go through this formality in order to reassure Sun Miaoqing.
So after listening to Cao Qinmo's words, he wrote a letter to his brother and came here immediately.
At the steps outside the Qinzheng Hall, he met the Queen and the two passed each other.
When the Queen heard Nian Shilan's complaints, she couldn't help but look at Concubine Hua Gui for a second longer:
Everything was fine, who offended her again?
Nian Shilan looked back at her and said, "You are the smart one!"
Queen: “…” Did I recruit her?
"Empress Hua Gui!"
[Shouldn't you act dumb in front of others? And you're just ignoring me at the gate of the Qinzheng Palace? ]
[Is Smart Kids no longer effective? 】
"You don't even have the basic manners to show when you meet me?"
[I will pay my respects to you. Will this make you live a hundred years or...?]
The Queen glanced at the main gate of the Qinzheng Palace, and Nian Shilan seemed to have thought of something.
Nian Shilan stopped talking and said, "I want to see the Empress."
[You don't have to do anything, just leave the rest to Sun Miaoqing. ]
She waved her handkerchief perfunctorily as a gesture of greeting and left immediately.
The queen sat on the sedan chair and rubbed her temples, "Let's go."
"The Queen, please take your carriage—"
Su Peisheng saw that it was Concubine Hua Gui who came up the stairs, so he asked the waiter to go in and pass the message, and he went forward and bowed.
"Your servant pays respect to Her Majesty the Consort Hua Gui."
"Go and announce that I am here."
Su Peisheng glanced at the small building and said, "The emperor said that the noble concubine, please come over. No need to inform her. Your Majesty, please--"
The whisk in his hand pointed in a direction.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. May your Majesty be blessed with good health and happiness."
Nian Shilan squatted in the hall.
The emperor had already left his seat when he heard the noise. He stepped forward and helped her up with both hands. "I was just thinking of going to your place for dinner, but you came here first."
"Your Majesty has been busy with state affairs these days. I am worried about your health, so I specially ordered someone to make some ginseng soup and bring it to you."
Nian Shilan raised her hand and Songzhi handed over the ginseng soup in the food box.
[The quality of the wild ginseng in the Ministry of Internal Affairs has been getting worse and worse in recent years. This is the top-quality 100-year-old wild ginseng that has been stored in the palace's storehouse for several years. One drop is worth one or two taels of silver. You must drink it carefully.]
But now he is so stingy.
Even if I eat a ginseng, it can make her so distressed.
The emperor thought of the two years of radishes she had given to Sun Miaoqing, and the difference was immediately clear.
Forget it. She is so stingy yet still generous to herself. She is very sincere.
"Just let the servants bring it over. Why bother you to make this trip?"
After the emperor finished drinking, he handed the bowl of soup to Songzhi. Nian Shilan glanced at her and pursed her lips.
[Aren't you always talking about saving money? Whose money should this remaining five taels belong to?]
【Waste!】
emperor:"……"
Songzhi put the bowl into the lunch box, then took a booklet and handed it to Nian Shilan.
"Tomorrow is the Zhongyuan Festival. At that time, the palace will hold rituals to worship the ghosts and gods, and burn ritual boats and place offerings in the Yu Lake. I think that the war in the northwest has continued in the past two years, so we can hold a large land and water ritual to comfort the souls of the soldiers who died on the battlefield."
Nian Shilan opened the book and handed it to the emperor, saying, "I would like to ask the emperor to take a look at it."
The time they have left in the Old Summer Palace is running out, so they must seize the opportunity of the Ghost Festival.