Chapter 31
Chapter 31
Tea ceremony is a skill, and since it is a skill, it has its own style. Those who have been immersed in this way for a long time have their own style. People who drink tea often like Ming Su can tell who made this tea.
Mingsu recalled the two cups she drank during the day, her taste buds seemed to be awakened, and all the tastes of Zheng Mi in her memory were also remembered.
After a comparison, Mingsu was even more certain, she remembered correctly, the Queen's handicraft was exactly the same as A Mi's.
Why is this?
Ming Su wondered secretly, she was holding the white jade lamp, while she was thinking, while turning it slowly at her fingertips.
"Your Highness, it's time to get up." A maid's voice came from outside the door.
Ming Su's train of thought was interrupted, he looked out of the window, the morning light outside the window was faint, and it was already time to enter the palace.She put down the teacup in her hand, and said loudly: "Changing clothes..."
When she enters the palace in the future, she will ask the queen face to face.
Today's discussion, everyone is clearly prepared.Several parties focused their attention on the pacifier, but they were not interested in suppressing the general.
There has been no war in the country for a long time, and the last war was 17 years ago.
So the style of emphasizing literature and restraining martial arts came naturally.And it's not easy to deal with the chaos this time.
The emperor was still in a rage, when he quelled the chaos, he acted lightly and killed fewer rioters. The emperor was afraid that he would be unhappy, and if he acted harshly, causing excessive casualties, he would be impeached by the courtiers, and he would end up not remembering his merits but remembering his demerits .
But Mingsu lacked a trusted confidant in the army, and she knew that the commander of the Huben army who guarded the imperial city was over sixty years old, and he had a serious illness this spring, and he almost didn't survive it, and he had been serving in the past two years.After finally encountering an opportunity to attract people's hearts, she naturally couldn't let it go.
Mingsu proposed that General Rusichuan should be the suppressing general. When he went to quell the chaos, almost no ministers objected, and everyone reserved their strength to compete for the position of pacifier.
On the contrary, the emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, glanced at Mingsu, thought for a while, and didn't know what he thought of, so he smiled for sure.
Until the end of the court near noon, the appeasement party settled down and used the person recommended by the third prince. The fifth prince lost a new battle with Ming Su and felt a little powerless.
In fact, there is no need to conflict with Xin Guo. It is a waste of energy to say nothing, and it will be a joke if you lose.
Mingsu didn't know what he was thinking at all, when he was leaving the court, he saw him and said with a smile: "It's a big deal to appease the victims, Brother Wuhuang must do his best to help so that the appeasement envoy can leave Beijing as soon as possible."
Fumin needs to provide disaster relief first, and the relief food has to be paid from the household department, and the household department is in the hands of the fifth prince.The food money must go out of Beijing smoothly, and the cooperation of the fifth prince is indispensable.
The fifth prince had never competed with the third prince, so he was not happy. Hearing her sarcasm, he felt annoyed. He pretended to smile and said: "It's only natural. The victims are in dire straits. Brother Yu can help a little. Never dare to shirk and be lazy.”
The third prince just approached, laughed loudly, stepped forward and patted the fifth prince on the shoulder vigorously, and said: "I heard what your brother said. In the afternoon, I will send people to the Ministry of Households to raise the grain payment, and try to fight for it within three days. Then you can make appeasement out of Beijing!"
The fifth prince gave him a sideways look, smiled subtly, didn't talk to him, and was about to say that he had something to do first.
Ming Su looked at him coldly, and interrupted abruptly: "Why bother to go in the afternoon, isn't it a good time? In my opinion, while the two elder brothers are there, several relevant adults are also there.
Why don't we go to the household department together at this time, finish the work in one go, and I will hold a banquet in Zuisheng Pavilion to reward you all, okay? "
Seeing the three of them gathered together, the ministers around were already listening, and Ming Su didn't deliberately lower his voice, so naturally they all heard them.
Hearing the words, the third prince applauded loudly, grabbed the arm of the fifth prince, dragged him and called all the officials to follow.
The fifth prince was caught in the fire by Ming Su, and he couldn't get rid of his elder brother's hand, so he had to follow. Before he left, he gave Ming Su a hard look.
But Ming Su didn't care, smiled lazily, and said: "Then I'll go to Zuisheng Pavilion and wait for some adults."
After saying that, Shi Shi ran away.
In the Zichen Palace, the emperor issued several edicts, and Zhao Liang waited on him to study ink.
The emperor was writing a short book, and a young eunuch outside the door came into the palace, knelt in front of the imperial case, and learned the dialogue between the prince and the princesses.
The emperor didn't say a word, as if he didn't hear, he put down his pen slowly and stroked his beard.
The little eunuch didn't get the Holy Majesty to speak, so he didn't dare to get up, and he didn't dare to make a sound. He knelt for a long time, and he couldn't help but panic.
Zhao Liang cast a glance at him, and laughed together: "His Highness Xin Guo and His Highness the Fifth Prince are really used to fighting each other. When they meet, it's just a verbal quarrel. I'm not afraid of offending the Fifth Prince deeply."
The emperor leaned back, leaned on the back of the chair, and lazily said: "It's not a dispute of words, she is afraid that Mingchen and Mingyin will have another deal secretly, which will delay the disaster relief."
Appeasing the victims is a major event, involving many yamen and many personnel matters. Originally, Ming Chen was stuck with the household department, and Ming Yin wanted to take the grain money from him. some benefits.
After such a deal, it will take four or five days at the fastest, or seven or eight days at the slowest, before the food funds can be formally prepared, and it will not be until half a month before the disaster relief materials can be allocated from the grain depots near the capital and Hezhou.
With Mingsu's meddling right now, Mingchen couldn't do too much because of his face, at least half the time would be saved.
The emperor saw through Mingsu's hard work, and had no intention of admiring it. The corners of his lips curled up, showing a touch of sarcasm, and said: "Little beggar, don't do what she should do, and still think about the "people-oriented" that I learned when I was a child. "Woolen cloth. "
Zhao Liang knew who he was scolding this little beggar, but he didn't dare to answer the words at all, while quietly waving his hand at the little eunuch who was still kneeling in the hall, bowed to accompany him with a smile: "Your Majesty's eyes are like Torch, I didn't see His Highness Xin Guo's intention."
The emperor seemed to have never heard of it. He pondered for a moment, then looked at Zhao Liang and said, "Tell me, what is the purpose of Mingsu recommending Gu Ruchuan? Did they ever have any contacts, or she remembered that Gu Ruchuan was promoted by Zheng Hong."
Zhao Liang hadn't heard this name for a long time, so he immediately lowered his head, not daring to answer a word.
Seeing this, the emperor smiled genuinely, closed his eyes, and thought about it: "Not necessarily, according to this calculation, most of the current officials are promoted by Zheng Hong."
After he finished speaking, he seemed to have hit a sore spot, opened his eyes, and said coldly: "Here, we must do a thorough job in disaster relief and chaos, and I won't make any mistakes!"
Only then did Zhao Liang answer yes, and left the hall, intending to find someone to deliver His Majesty's instructions to the appeasement envoy.
When he walked out of the hall, he realized that he was covered in cold sweat, and the appearance of the old man who had gone through three dynasties could not help appearing in his mind.
Zhao Liang wiped the cold sweat from his brow, he had to be careful these few days, His Majesty was unhappy, he was afraid he would take it out on him.
After half a month of busy work in the central government offices, they were able to free up their hands and take a breather.
Mingsu wrote a letter to Gu Ruchuan, asking him to calm down the chaos, and she will deal with the court.
She took a fancy to Gu Ruchuan, first because he was promoted by the Taifu and praised by the Taifu.
Taifu Zheng has seen countless people in his life, so his vision is naturally unique.
Secondly, Gu Ruchuan really knows how to fight.
There has been no war in the country for a long time, and the last war was 17 years ago.Minsu remembered that her husband had carefully explained the war with her.
That battle was not caused by the people or the vassals, but by the Turks who found out the news that Zheng Taifu was seriously ill, and took the opportunity to start a frontier quarrel.
The Turks have been well-behaved for many years, and when they suddenly invaded, the border guards were unprepared, so they abandoned the city and fled.
The frontier army without the chief general lost its backbone and had no combat power. At the critical moment, it was Gu Ruchuan who shouldered the heavy burden.
At that time, he was only a school lieutenant, but he was very prestigious. When he waved the banner, all the frontier soldiers gathered around him.
The Turks were repulsed naturally. After Zheng Taifu recovered from his illness, he received a report from his subordinates, rewarded Gu Ruchuan for his good work, promoted him to Beijing, and put him in the Huben camp for training.
Gu Ruchuan also strived for success. After a lot of experience, he was promoted again and again, until he reached the third rank of General Huwei.
"There are no instructions in the letter? For example, how many heads do you want, where to get food, which general to promote to fight together?" the queen asked with a smile.
Mingsu stood by the brazier and put her hands on top of the brazier. She still had a cold air on her body, and said lazily, "Never..."
It was rare to steal an hour of leisure today. She remembered that she still owed the empress a favor, so she wandered over to the Hall of Renming.
It's just that I have been busy all day long, and I haven't stopped to look at the vegetation and the weather. I didn't realize that the trees are withered and winter is coming.
Seeing that she was really cold, Zheng Mi ordered someone to light a brazier to warm her up, and also ordered ginger tea to be made to drive her away from the cold.
One of them stood by the brazier in the hall, and the other sat on a soft couch under the window, talking halfway across the palace.
Zheng Mi looked at her, but didn't feel that she was far away, and said with a smile, "You still want to try him." Watch how he acts, and see his character from what he does.
"Yes..." Mingsu didn't hide from her, "I don't have any useful generals in my hands. He is the best candidate, but after several years, who knows if he is still as capable as the master and the empress? Clank and steel. People change."
The chill dissipated, and the hall was warm. Ming Su walked back to the queen.
Zheng Mi handed her the warm ginger tea in his hand: "That's fine, after all, it's been so many years."
Those who have listened to their grandfather's lectures, have been taught by the Zheng family, and have been promoted by their grandfather must also take a look to see if they are still as people-oriented as they were back then.
Ming Su took a sip of ginger tea, then remembered the tea made by the queen, she put down the jade bowl in her hand.
Seeing this, Zheng Mi asked concerned: "What, it doesn't suit your taste?"
Mingsu shook his head, sat upright, and said seriously to the queen: "The empress asked me to hold your hand and say..."
She paused for a moment, feeling that it was really hard to say anything, so she gave the queen a reproachful look, suggesting that she should pay more attention in the future and not be so Meng Lang.
"Is the princess here to fulfill the promise?" Zheng Mi suppressed a smile, imitating her appearance, and asked sternly.
He even dared to ask blatantly, so it can be seen that there is no mistake.Ming Su was a little angry, but he owed favors, so he couldn't get angry, so he said with a straight face: "I don't want to call myself by name, and I don't want to say anything against my will."
Zheng Mi knew she wouldn't say it, but when she heard her tell her so bluntly that she didn't like her, her heart was still sore.
Everyone has recommended it, and most of the work has been done.Ming Su is not easy to cheat, she was about to slow down her tone, but seeing the sadness in the Queen's eyes, her heart felt sour for some reason.
The queen has A Mi's gaze, and her tea cooking skills are the same as A Mi's.
Whenever she thought of Zheng Mi, she would easily soften her heart, but she really couldn't say that sentence.
She doesn't want to call herself Ming Su, if A Mi comes back in the future, she has this request...
Mingsu thought, if she begged her several times sincerely, maybe she would be able to agree.
But other than her, Minsu didn't want to speak in such a cute tone.
People are a little persistent, and it's not a big deal to put it bluntly, but there is a stubbornness that comes from nowhere and refuses to break.
She struggled, thinking of comforting the queen, but really couldn't think of how to comfort her.
Zheng Mi saw her embarrassed and tangled face, but her heart relaxed. She thought, why make things difficult for her, she is such a person.
She wanted to touch Mingsu's face and comfort her, don't be embarrassed, but she knew that her current status was no longer suitable.
She thought for a while and said: "Then the princess will act like a spoiled child to me, okay?"
Ming Suyuan was still guilty, but he couldn't believe it when he heard the words, and he was full of thoughts, the empress, Meng Lang, couldn't be saved.
But the queen was not ashamed, and looked at her patiently, waiting for her.
Her eyes were very peaceful and gentle, as if she didn't have any extra thoughts, she just wanted to see her soften her voice and act coquettishly.This gentle and quiet gaze made Mingsu also calm down.
I have already rejected her once, and Mingsu is not good at rejecting her a second time.Just acting like a baby has to have a reason.
Mingsu thought for a while, and thought of the queen's tea cooking skills.She wanted to have another drink to make sure.
Zheng Mi didn't urge her, and waited for her quietly. After a while, Mingsu seemed to have made up her mind. She came over, sat beside her, looked at her, grabbed one of her sleeves, shook it, and heard a voice. It is also soft: "I want to drink the tea made by the empress."
Zheng Mi suddenly remembered that in the past, when Mingsu asked her for something, he would act like a baby to her like this. Once she acted like a baby, she would answer her everything, and wanted to bring all the treasures in the world to her. Come.
Mingsu waited for a while, but the queen didn't respond, thinking that she was not soft enough, so she could only hold back her shame, and shook the queen's sleeves with a flushed face: "Madam make tea and drink with your ministers?"
As soon as the words fell, the queen's hand touched her face.
The author has something to say: Bubble Run, I will give you whatever you want to bubble, and the queen will give you too.
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