Villains of the Heavens: The Empress Dowager Is Pregnant

Chapter 15
Here, Su Quan led the masters of the Dragon Sect to secretly go to Mount Wutai, preparing to assassinate Emperor Shunzhi.

the other side.

Chen Xuan stayed in the palace, but he was not as relaxed as when he was joking with Su Quan.

He said he wanted to invite Princess Jianning to have fun, but when Su Quan left, he immediately left for Qianqing Palace.

Qianqing Palace is the place where Kangxi handled court affairs.

Shunzhi became a monk in the early years, and Kangxi was young, so in the early court when there were no ministers standing on duty, general affairs of the government and the public were submitted to the cabinet by the ministers.

Then Aobai and other four auxiliary ministers gathered together to discuss the auxiliary government plan.

In order to show respect for the imperial power, Kangxi listened to politics from the sidelines when he was eight years old, which is the so-called "Yumen listens to politics".

Kangxi had been listening to politics since he was young.

Now that he has matured early in his youth and has already taken charge of the government, it is naturally impossible to exclude him.

He participates in the decision-making of the current cabinet discussions.

However, Chen Xuan hurriedly went to Qianqing Palace this time, not to trouble Kangxi.

He finally pretended to be sick and miserably, and then used Shunzhi to become a monk as an introduction, which made Kangxi let him go temporarily, and now naturally he dared not go to Kangxi to be hypocritical.

He took advantage of the time when it was not the court meeting, and walked quickly to the cabinet.

As soon as he walked to the cabinet hall, a third-rank hall official wearing a flower feather was already waiting at the door.

"Ao Zhongtang, you are safe."

Chen Xuan didn't want to talk nonsense, and asked directly, "Did you bring the book?"

"The lower officials have already drafted the script overnight, and have also verified the various regulations in the south of the Yangtze River. They have tried their best to be detailed, reasonable, and well-founded. Finally, the script of more than [-] words has been written. It must satisfy Lord Zhongtang."

"Bring it, let me take a look."

Chen Xuan raised his eyebrows, took the fold and flipped it over, then tore off more than half of it, and said indifferently.

"Just half a page is enough."

Seeing this, the third-rank hall official said subconsciously.

"This...Ao Zhongtang, as far as I know, the emperor has already issued an order, and the papers submitted by the officials are all detailed and specific. I'm afraid the emperor won't pay much attention to this half-page paper."

Hearing this, Chen Xuan glanced at him.

"Are you teaching me what to do?"

"I don't dare!" The third-rank hall official hurriedly kowtowed.

Chen Xuan waved his sleeves indifferently, and walked straight into the cabinet.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw a middle-aged man with a big belly and a potbellied man in a purple robe looking over the memorial.

This person is none other than Suo'etu, the son of Sonny, the head of the four former Ministers of Gu Ming.

Sony is getting old now, so it is natural to arrange for his son Suo'etu to get acquainted with this cabinet deliberation process.

Suo'etu stroked the beard at the corner of his mouth while checking the memorial.

I was thinking about it here, and suddenly saw Chen Xuan standing at the door, and suddenly smiled.

"Master Zhongtang, why are you here? The emperor said that you feel cold occasionally, and my father asked me to visit you after the court meeting."

"It's nothing more than a mere wind and cold. I dragged a few notebooks a few days ago, and just remembered them today, so I presented them together to the emperor for finishing."

"Your Excellency Zhongtang devotes all his energy to serving the country and the people. He really deserves to be a good minister of the Qing Dynasty."

"There is no need to say more about these things, Mr. Suo is also here, so I leave this book to you and present it to the emperor together."

While Chen Xuan was speaking, the third-rank official followed behind him and quickly handed over the half-page booklet.

Seeing this, Suo'etu thought that this booklet was some kind of hot potato, and he didn't want to accept it at first.

After all, the deliberations in this court are full of intrigue.

Now that Chen Xuan suddenly handed over the affairs under his jurisdiction to Suo'etu to report, this is an inexplicable matter.

Suo'etu has been an official for many years, and he seems to be full of brains, but he has a lot of scheming.

He didn't refuse at first, but took the booklet with a smile, planning to read what was written in the booklet first, and then find a reason to reject Chen Xuan.

But he didn't want to simply look through it, and Suo'etu was stunned for a moment.

"This... is this a book from Ao Zhongtang?"

Chen Xuan's expression was indifferent, "That's right, it's the booklet handed over by the governor of Suzhou and Hangzhou."

The third-rank hall official who came over quickly responded.

"My lords, the reason why the lower officials handed over the papers this time is precisely because the kilns in the Jiangnan area of ​​our country are rampant, and there are frequent troubles and resentment among the people. Therefore, the lower officials specifically request to control the prostitution kilns in the Jiangnan area."

"Control prostitution?"

Suo'etu looked at Chen Xuan with difficulty hiding his doubts.

It never occurred to me that this powerful Lord Zhongtang came to the cabinet when he was ill, just to get someone to submit a report on suppressing the prostitutes in the south of the Yangtze River.

If it's about military pay and food, or changes in border defense affairs, Suo'etu thinks it's nothing if Oboi is so anxious and concerned.

It was just for this matter that Chen Xuan mobilized the crowd to come here.

Suo'etu was a little suspicious for a moment, whether Chen Xuan, the Oboi, went to Jiangnan for free whoring, but was beaten up in the end.

He couldn't laugh or cry in his heart, and took a closer look, good guy, there are really a few typical representatives in this booklet.

"Wanhualou, Baihuafang... Lichun Courtyard."

Suo'etu glanced at it briefly, and had no impression of the place on the booklet for a moment, and just joked casually.

"Ao Zhongtang is really prudent and rigorous, and the officials admire him."

"It's just a few trivial things. Please copy it and submit it to the emperor. By the way, I have worked with Lord Suo for several years, and I have never had a chance to have a few drinks to enjoy the friendship. If Lord Suo is free, How about having a little get-together?"

Suo'etu hurriedly said, "Ao Zhongtang is too polite."

Chen Xuan laughed loudly, patted Suo'etu on the shoulder, said some casual words, and turned to leave.

How many of the people who can enter the cabinet to discuss matters are not human?
Suo Etu naturally didn't take Chen Xuan's clumsy acting skills to heart.

But Suo'etu actually knew what Chen Xuan meant.

"Sweeping the kiln building? Oboi will personally watch over such a trivial matter?"

After Chen Xuan left.

Suo'etu took the half-page book again and pondered it carefully for a while, but finally he didn't see any problem.

He didn't know that the small words "Li Chun Yuan" in that book would cause huge waves in the future.

Suo'etu studied for a while, and finally decided to sell Chen Xuan to save face. After copying the reply, he specially embellished it with embellishments.

When the book was finally presented to Kangxi.

When Kangxi saw it, he thought that there were kilns and brothels everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River, and the streets were full of firefly women who attracted bees and butterflies, so he immediately ordered to punish them.

at the same time.

Chen Xuan had confessed a long time ago, and when Kangxi's excerpts came out, the Suhang prefect personally led the officers and soldiers to the Lichun Courtyard, and captured all the people in the Lichun Courtyard.

Among them, there was one whom Chen Xuan had specially ordered to capture.

This person's name is Wei Chunhua.

She has a son named Wei Xiaobao.

(End of this chapter)