Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

"The Empress sent someone to report that Jing Niang contradicted Concubine Li Xian in the harem. The two met on the corridor and gave way to a dispute. Concubine Li Xian..." Wang Zhong bowed aside.

At this time, Guo Shao was sitting on a chair, staring at a pile of scrawled words and some pictures on the table in a daze. He glanced back at Wang Zhong: "Go and tell Empress Duanci to let her..."

When Guo Shao said this, he finally realized that there was no Empress Duanci, and Fu Jinzhan was not here.

Wang Zhong also fell silent immediately, unable to say a word.

Suddenly a trace of sadness welled up in Guo Shao's heart. When Jinzhan left, he didn't feel sad about death or life, his real feelings were not very strong, and he didn't cry like a woman. However, Jinzhan's shadow would pop up from time to time to prick him; her smiles and frowns, bit by bit, flashed through my mind inexplicably from time to time like fragments. This process is very long-lasting, and I am afraid it will never be eliminated.

"I forgot that Empress Duanci went back to Fu's house." Guo Shao said expressionlessly.

Wang Zhong nodded hurriedly, pondered for a moment and said: "Officials are busy with state affairs, so they can breathe a sigh of relief."

Guo Shao raised his hand and patted the table twice, and let out a long breath. This woman's affairs are as thin and messy as a fishing line, and it's not easy to handle, but he can control the world, and he can also figure out the harem... It's all about whether he is willing or not.

But if you understand it, it doesn't necessarily solve it. The key is a matter of identity, he holds the power of life and death, but he can't talk to someone at night, just turn around and reason with her... It's best for a woman to come forward in such matters.

Guo Shao reached out and stroked his forehead for a while, and quickly grasped the point. He didn't ask what happened specifically, but only asked Wang Zhong: "Did Jing Niang give way?"

Wang Zhong hurriedly said: "Give it up, but..."

Guo Shao made a gesture, and Wang Zhong hurriedly shut up.

He asked the second sentence: "What did Jing Niang do wrong?"

"Hiss, this..." Wang Zhong lowered his head in deep thought, and then suddenly said, "Concubine Li Xian said that she is of low status, that she has no courtesy, and that she is disrespectful to the imperial concubine, breaking the rules."

Guo Shao quickly said: "Jingniang gave way, she didn't mean to fight for power, and what kind of power is she fighting for with a party girl? She just... I understand her. But if there are tens of thousands of people in the palace, if there is no rules and justice, is there order?

It is inappropriate for me to come forward for this kind of matter, I can only suppress it temporarily, it cannot make people convinced, and it will only add to the chaos. You have to tell the queen to come forward, and you quietly tell her my suggestion: Jingniang is at fault, you have to make sure of this; and then you will be punished... Jingniang will not be allowed to set foot inside the Xuanyou gate for half a month.

Disrespect and disrespect, this kind of thing can be big or small. Now that the queen has grasped the conclusive reasons, she can control the scale according to her own considerations in order to establish authority; but black and white cannot be reversed. "

Wang Zhong said with admiration: "Your Majesty is wise."

Guo Shao said again in a deep voice: "After Jingniang was kicked out of the harem, I immediately took her to the Hall of Yangde to stay."

"Here." Wang Zhong bowed.

... Half an hour later, Wang Zhong walked into the study cautiously. Guo Shao said to Zan Jurun who was standing in front of the imperial case: "Try this method, don't use iron casting, use copper casting cannon and see."

Zan Jurun glanced sideways at Wang Zhong slightly, and said: "I obey the order."

Wang Zhong stepped forward, leaned over beside Guo Shao and said softly, "Jing Niang has arrived at Yangde Hall."

When Guo Shao heard this, he knew that Jingniang accepted Fu Ermei's punishment. She was not a completely unreasonable person at first, but she really ignored her a little bit these days... This woman is also a human being, so it's okay if she can't be thrown aside like a thing.

He immediately dropped what he was doing and got up to enter the Yangde Hall.

The hall of Yangde Hall is well lit, with ventilation from the north, south, and east sides, and the sunlight comes in from a window. When Guo Shaogang walked in, he seemed to see a light mist, and the quiet and gorgeous hall was also covered with a faint layer of gilt light.

Jing Niang was wearing a relatively simple and forgiving dress, standing behind the light and mist. Through the sunlight, her expression looked a little uncertain, apologetic, but also frosty and unyielding.

When she saw Guo Shao, she squatted down slightly, doing a careless courtesy. Even if she is like this in front of the emperor, ordinary people can't stand her at all.

"Jingniang." Guo Shaowen called out, carefully sizing up her face, at this time Guo Shao didn't think about anything else, and only had her eyes.

One sentence immediately shattered the stiff ice on Jingniang's face. She responded with a "hmm", and her gaze became more obedient.

Guo Shao pointed to the soft couch next to the chess table and said, "Let's sit down and talk."

She silently followed and sat down on Guo Shao's side couch. She doesn't take the initiative to speak, although sometimes she is eloquent, but Guo Shao feels that she is actually a boring gourd.

Guo Shao pondered for a moment and said: "After a while, when this trivial matter is over, I will give you a title."

Jingniang said: "I don't care."

Guo Shao: "..."

Things in the world are like this, there are some things that others don't want, but they don't want what they don't have. With Guo Shao's power in the world today, if she wants honor and wealth, Guo Shao must be very generous and give what she wants. But Guo Shao couldn't give what she wanted, so what did she want?

Guo Shao sighed and said, "I'm very grateful and sorry."

Jing Niang glanced at him, "I haven't admitted my mistake yet, but you have. What are you sorry for, and what are you thanking for?"

Guo Shao said slowly: "I have lived for so many years, and all I have seen are the weak and the strong, and I only believe in the game of strength and pros and cons. But I am sure that there is indeed a thing in this world. Although it cannot be touched or seen, it really exists in the world... Personal test."

He showed a forced smile: "I thank you for treating me with care for so many years, it is very rare."

Jing Niang pursed her slightly thick lips, her eyes were sparkling, she seemed to be pleading and pitiful, but her expression was still serious.

Guo Shao looked into her eyes, felt sad for a while, and said in his heart: "I am also very ashamed, I can't give you what you want!"

Jingniang laughed, a wry smile, a sneer, "Needless to say, I already know what kind of people you are. What do I want, and have I ever wanted anything?"

Guo Shao wondered what you guys meant, but couldn't answer in time.

Jingniang's heart fluctuated after she said that, trembling like jelly, she seemed a little angry. Her mood was very unstable, and she said weakly: "I knew it a long time ago, but... sometimes I can't help it. I don't understand, how do you do it well for one moment, and then turn around for another!" She said coldly, "I really admire it." She was a little angry again.

Guo Shaodao: "Specialization is more cruel."

Jing Niang looked at him in surprise.

Guo Shao said in a deep voice: "With the current national system and the rules of the world, people like us will have more serious consequences if they are favored alone."

Jing Niang was unable to speak what she was thinking about.

After Guo Shao finished speaking, his tone immediately softened, and he said kindly: "I can only treat you with my heart, and I have done this all these years, haven't I?"

"Yeah." Jingniang's body was limp, as if she couldn't hold her strength anymore.

Guo Shao tried to reach out and touch the back of her hand, but she didn't refuse, so he held her slightly larger and slender hand in his palm.

At this moment, Jing Niang asked in a low voice: "That Li Yueji looks unfamiliar, Your Majesty just wants to use her to stabilize the party members?"

Guo Shao thought in his heart that he really didn't have any feelings for Li Yueji, and he was very dissatisfied with her escape; but she was just a woman, she did something wrong, she was sold around for power and benefit, in this unaccompanied place, she was actually a pitiful person, even if she was a princess.

But when he said this to Jing Niang, it was obvious that he was just looking for trouble, Guo Shao calmly said "hmm".

Jingniang was finally quite satisfied.

Guo Shao took the opportunity to say: "Let me serve you well?"

After Jingniang listened, she inadvertently burst out laughing "噗|嗤", and gave him a blank look.

... Li Yueji has already returned to the palace where she lives in a dull mood, with an older eunuch in charge and a court lady beside her. The eunuch is fighting for her: "It is said that Jingniang is punished, but the method is to prevent her from entering the harem for half a month. Now it's over. If she can't enter, she can only live in the outer palace. It is justifiable that she will always be by the official's side... Is this a punishment or a good thing?"

The palace lady said: "What else can I do? At the very least, it is a mistake to admit that she is disobedient to the concubine Xian, and the identity of the empress is obvious! That is, Jing Niang has provoked us, how can someone else be so easy!"

Li Yueji murmured: "I can't even compare to a woman without a title, do you think I'm superfluous to marry here?"

The palace lady said: "Your Majesty, don't say such depressing words. There are thousands of women in this palace, how many of them dream of having the status of your Empress, but they can't ask for it! Concubine Xian is one of the four wives! In the whole world, the most honorable woman under the Empress, only the Empress is taller than you, what more do you want?"

The eunuch couldn't help but interjected: "Your Majesty is the princess in her natal family, how can she compare with people of your status?"

The court lady blurted out: "Can the princess in Xiazhou be the same as the imperial concubine in Tokyo?"

Li Yueji was very upset when she heard this, but she didn't have any energy at all.

The palace lady stepped forward and whispered again: "Do you think the officials are partial to Jingniang?"

Li Yueji said: "Do you think I'm stupid?"

The palace woman said: "It is said that Jing Niang has been with the official family for a long time. If you really want to fight, you can't just look at the status... To put it bluntly, in the palace, who has a high status and who has a low status, isn't it just a sentence from the official family? The slaves don't know whether to say something..."

Li Yueji said weakly: "Just say what you have, it's useless for me to have face in front of you, and others won't admit it."

The palace lady said carefully: "The servant also knows whether to talk too much, but I really can't help but want to remind the empress. If the servant does not want the empress to be good, there is no need to say something to make people feel disgusted."

Li Yueji glanced at her: "Say."

The palace lady then bent down and brought her mouth to Li Yueji's ear. .