Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Guo Shao returned to the imperial city and went straight to the archive room in the east hall of Jinxiang Hall. Jing Niang followed in, her expression worried.

Guo Shao frowned and said, "Who messed with Jing Niang?"

Jing Niang hesitated to speak, and finally said: "That soup cake Xi Shi..."

Guo Shao didn't wait for her to finish, interrupted her, and said seriously: "Luo Mengzi is my sworn brother. He died fighting for me. I treat his wife like a sister-in-law. How can we call her 'soup cake Xishi'? So rude, what will the generals in front think when they are desperate?"

Jing Niang's tone was also very unhappy: "I didn't say anything about Your Majesty, nor about General Luo. Madam Luo didn't fight hard, she just enjoyed her wealth. I think she is young and not an indifferent person. I'm afraid she might not be able to keep it."

Guo Shao said: "The Luo family is now rich and the son is her own. She should not be willing to remarry. Don't worry about other things. Anyway, Luo Mengzi's death is not her fault. She can think whatever she wants."

Jing Niang sighed.

Guo Shao glanced at her and probably understood why she sighed. He didn't pay attention to it, and opened the file on the table, the minister's contribution to the reform of the military system and the specific proposals for the formation of Xiangyong.

He looked at it for a while, then looked up at the name note on the wall, first saw Xiang Gong's name, looked at it for a while, then turned around and found another name: Cao Bin.

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In the Wanfu Palace, there is no more boring place in the whole imperial city than here. The permanent residents are concubines and palace ladies left by the previous dynasty. They are just here to wait for old age and death, and they are not responsible for managing any palace affairs; they usually spin and weave cloth for the palace, and there is no regulation on how many pieces of cloth to weave...there are only so few things to do.

But where there are people, there is power. After Concubine Zhang Taigui went to the Palace of Sanqing, now Concubine Li has said the same thing in Wanfu Palace. She has subdued almost all the people in Wanfu Palace.

But the shadow of Concubine Zhang Taigui still remains here. Concubine Li still remembers the aggrieved feeling of being forced to "reconcile" in a low voice last time.

Today I heard that a palace lady was sent back from the Sanqing Palace, she was originally serving the Zhang family. Concubine Li immediately became interested and asked someone to bring the palace maid in, to interrogate herself.

The palace maid was tear-stained and was still crying when she came in. After being pushed in, she saw Concubine Li sneer and shivered again.

Concubine Li asked calmly: "Didn't she go to Sanqing Palace to be a Taoist priest, why was she sent back?"

The palace lady who came in immediately said happily: "This little hoof is stealing! He was caught by Wang Shanggong of Sanqing Palace, and then rushed to Wanfu Palace."

The palace maid hurriedly said: "This servant did not steal, I did not steal..."

A woman standing beside said sinisterly: "People with unclean hands and feet are going to attack our Wanfu Palace? Our place is not a place to hide filth."

The maid continued to say: "When the servant was cleaning the room, she just touched the bracelet because she saw it was beautiful, but didn't want to take it... Wang Shanggong insisted that the servant stole things, and the servant was wronged!"

Concubine Li listened and looked at the maid below. The maid's eyes were red, but she didn't seem to be injured at all, so she shouldn't have been beaten. Concubine Li thought to herself: For this kind of thing, the woman surnamed Zhang didn't punish severely, but she just drove it away. Can the people below have a heart of fear?

It's no wonder that Mrs. Zhang doesn't really have the ability to establish prestige and control her subordinates. Otherwise, Mrs. Zhang had the highest status when she was still in the Wanfu Palace. Why does she actually hold less power than Concubine Li...The reason why Mrs. Zhang was able to become a noble concubine in the previous dynasty was all because of pleasing men!

"I'm wronged or not, I can't rely on your own words." Concubine Li said in a cold tone.

The maid said: "This slave is really wronged."

At this time, a palace lady next to him said: "Madam, it's really difficult to deal with this person when he comes to our place. If we leave it like this, then the rules will be broken; but if he is beaten to pieces, wouldn't he be a villain for Concubine Zhang Taigui?"

Concubine Li said: "The rules can't be broken."

When the maid heard that someone had said that her skin would be bruised, she was so frightened that she fell to her knees and kowtowed to beg for mercy. But the people around are just watching the good show, because everyone here regards her as someone from Zhang's side... The struggle between Concubine Li and Zhang's is not a day or two, and the two are incompatible.

After a while, the maid seemed to understand what was going on, and said hastily: "I ask the empress dowager to take you in, I will be loyal to you from now on."

Concubine Li said calmly: "What's the use of me taking someone with dirty hands and feet?"

After hearing this, the palace lady was angry and sad: "I really don't have any... I can't clean up my reputation all my life, how can I live in the palace from now on..."

She suddenly thought: "This servant has a secret, Mrs. Zhang's..."

Several women immediately looked over curiously. Unexpectedly, the court lady hesitated and faltered again, unwilling to speak.

Concubine Li was even more curious when she saw this, she wondered if this little palace maid had something to do with Mrs. Zhang?

She wanted to scare the little palace lady, but after thinking about it, sometimes it's not easy to make people submit by just using hard and useless things. Concubine Li immediately said: "If you really vote for me, you have to convince me which side you are on. As long as it is mine, I can still sit back and watch her being pointed and scolded behind her back for no reason?"

The little palace maid was tempted and said, "Your Majesty is really willing to clear the name of your servant?"

Concubine Li said: "It depends on what you have in mind. If you are really loyal to me, wouldn't it be fine if I just said that the people on Zhang's side wronged the good people?"

The little palace maid was silent for a moment, then whispered: "Ms. Zhang once used her beauty to lure|seduce officials."

"Oh?" Concubine Li looked at her, thinking that she had heard that Jinshang had met Mrs. Zhang at Sanqing Palace last time, but no one said whether she was seductive | seducing Jinshang. She said again immediately, "You can't just guess casually about this."

The little maid said: "This servant is not guessing, but seeing it with her own eyes!"

Li said in a deep voice, "What did you see with your own eyes?"

The little palace maid gritted her teeth and said in a low voice: "One time, the official family went to the Sanqing Palace to meet Mrs. Zhang. Mrs. Zhang sent everyone away early. Although the door of the palace was ajar, there were only the official family and Mrs. Zhang inside..."

Hearing this, Mrs. Li thought to herself that that bitch is indeed that kind of thing, and she doesn't even think about her identity, and doesn't care about etiquette and ethics!

The voice of the little palace maid became lower and lower, "The servant girl passed by the door, and suddenly heard a 'bang' sound from inside!"

The ladies in the palace were fascinated by this, and they also trembled at this moment, and hurriedly asked: "What happened?"

The little palace maid said: "The maidservant was also startled. I didn't dare to look at it. Hearing the noise, I couldn't hold back and glanced into the crack of the door... But what happened, a jar of sesame oil fell on Madam Zhang, and her upper body was completely wet. It was still hot at that time, and everyone was wearing thin clothes. What kind of appearance did the clothes get wet with sesame oil..."

"Oh..." Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. Apart from expressions of contempt, there was more interest.

The little maid whispered: "The official family is still in front of me."

Everyone chattered, "Why did the sesame oil pour on her when it was so good? She must have wet herself on purpose, so that people can see her coquettish body!" "That's right, in front of the emperor, who is not careful, how can they be so careless and accidentally overturn it?"

It's not easy! Mrs. Li immediately realized that it was indeed valuable news, and there were witnesses in front of her.

It's fine if a concubine is going to seduce the emperor, at most people will say shameless; but Mrs. Zhang is the concubine of the Taizu, and her seniority is poor, so this matter is not just as simple as shameless.

Mrs. Li immediately said calmly: "It's best for you not to talk nonsense, keep your mouths in check, and misfortune comes out of your mouth."

Everyone scolded for a while, but they could only say: "I would like to follow your mother's wishes."