Chapter 781 The True Nepotism

After getting the promise of the old nun, Wang Ping'an said a few more good words, and then said goodbye. He came and left secretly, without disturbing the other nuns in the temple.

The old nun saw Wang Ping'an away, closed the yard door, walked to the table, opened the cloth bags one by one, reached out to grab a handful of yellow Cancan copper coins, and smiled: "I didn't take these things seriously before, but now I have no choice but to find that these so-called dirty things are so likable!"

She shouted at another quiet room: "Sisters, the little miracle doctor Ping An has given you bonus. Come out and have a look. Let's divide it here!"

The concubines and nuns came out of the house and walked over. When they saw so many copper coins, their eyes shining and sighed.

They were all concubines who were once well-known in the palace and were called Empresses. At that time, they always felt that life of wealth would not disappear, and that the emperor would live long live long. At that time, although they knew the importance of money, they did not take it seriously. They just felt that the best thing in the world was to please the emperor.

But once the old emperor passed away, they were sent out of the palace to be nuns, helpless and hard-working, and then they felt that it was better to have money, and only with money could they live a smooth life. Not to mention anything else, at least they could be able to make the decision in terms of food and drink!

Just like an old eunuch without children, these concubines and nuns also love money, far more than ordinary people.

The old nun repeated what she said to Wang Ping'an just now to the concubines and nuns. The concubines and nuns all shook their heads. They were not fools, and people from palace fighting never mind thinking about the worst.

Some concubines and nuns said, "That little genius doctor Ping An is a good method. He can actually get the people in the palace and get them into the temple as a nun. If it weren't for his interference, I guess the useless man named Wu Meiniang would be like us now, just live here and wait for death!"

The old nun sighed and said, "She only stepped out of the palace one step ahead of time, which is different from us. There must be no name in the book. She can be a new person. Maybe she can enter the palace again!"

"Then she wants to serve two generations of father and son?" Some concubines and nuns said.

The old nun hurriedly said, "What will happen to her has nothing to do with us. What is important is whether we will live a comfortable life in the future. We have reached this stage and should be open to everything. Thinking that others are useless, it is the most important thing to care about ourselves!"

The concubines and nuns nodded together. The old nun's words made a lot of sense. They no longer have the qualifications to compete for it. It is better to care about others than to care about themselves. It is really good to be able to live a good life.

The old nun said again: "Sisters, please be careful in the future. If someone comes to ask, let's give Wu Meiniang a certificate so that she can enter the palace smoothly. I guess she won't have any great prospects. The emperor likes her because it's fresh. The more he can't get it, the more he wants it. After a while, he will neglect her. Our favors are sold to the little doctor of peace, and we will also expect him to send us money in the future!"

The concubines and nuns nodded together, and they all said it was reasonable. If you don’t be a family, you don’t know how expensive you are. If you don’t be a nun, you don’t know what a hard life is. If you can live a better life, who would want to be a hard person?

When Wang Ping'an left Ganye Temple and returned to Chang'an, he rushed back to the Duke's Mansion before dawn to rest, because tomorrow will be a grand court meeting, which will last for half a day. If he falls asleep at the court meeting, it will be a big embarrassment!

He went into the city again in the middle of the night and returned to the Duke's Mansion. He immediately went to bed and rested.

There was no more gossip in the second half of the night. Before dawn the next day, Wang Ping'an got up, washed up, drank a bowl of ginseng soup for the first time to replenish his energy, then changed into court clothes, rushed to Chengtian Gate, and waited to enter the palace to attend the grand court meeting.

When he arrived at the palace gate, it was about to be bright, and many court officials had already gathered outside the palace, waiting to go to court. When the ministers saw Wang Ping'an coming, they all came forward to speak and got close to him.

Wang Ping'an dealt with it for a while, and saw that there were no Changsun Wuji and others in the crowd, and he wondered, Changsun Wuji has always been the most interested in court, so why did he come late today?

When I was wondering, a minister came over and said hello, "Your eyes are a little blue and black. Didn't you sleep well last night?"

When Wang Ping'an heard the sound, he saw that it was a minister in his fifties, almost sixty years old, wearing a fourth-rank official uniform and a goldfish bag on his waist. He had never seen this man before, but looking at his dress, he guessed that he should be a special minister with a low rank but a high title. Generally speaking, most of these officials were playing soybeans in the dynasty meetings, and they didn't care about anything, just listened and took the salary of the court to support him.

Wang Ping'an smiled and said, "Yes, I've been busy these days and I haven't had a good sleep. We've been missing some days, so your family has always been good?"

The old minister was very tactful. After observing his words and expressions, he knew that Wang Ping'an didn't know who he was, and was waiting for him to introduce himself first. He nodded and said, "Fortunately, I have received greetings from the king. Everything in my family went smoothly, but my wife couldn't be used to the queen, so I missed her very much. Today I told me that I would go to the palace to visit the queen and talk about the relationship between mother and daughter."

Wang Ping'an said softly, it turned out to be the emperor's father-in-law Wang Renyou! I heard that Wang Renyou was born in the Wang family of Qi County and was the first-class gentry family in the Tang Dynasty. His family has deep roots and huge power, but they had never seen it before.

Wang Ping'an smiled and said, "Mr. Wang, I have been away from Chang'an for a while. I have always come and go in a hurry and have never visited you in the mansion. Don't be surprised!"

Wang Renyou was very graceful. Although he was old, he was well maintained, especially his beard was even more beautifully trimmed, and he looked like a handsome beard. He stroked his long beard and said, "You are polite. I have been serving as the governor of Chenzhou. I was only recalled to Chang'an after the emperor ascended the throne. Now I have only become a dispersed official and have not been given a real title yet. I am still waiting for news!"

Wang Ping'an nodded and said with great concern: "Old Wang is the father-in-law. Isn't it easy to teach it in real life? If you are interested, what if you might as well come to me to save money?"

Wang Renyou hurriedly said, "That's thankful to Wang Xiang, but I'm just interested in water conservancy and other matters. I have no skills in reviewing current affairs, so it's not appropriate to go to the school to save money."

He didn't have too many false confusions when he spoke. Even if he refused, he said it very directly, but his expression was sincere and there was no sign of losing face.

Wang Ping'an smiled and said, "If Mr. Wang wants to go to any department, just say hello to me in advance. I will go to the Secretariat to talk to you to ensure you are satisfied. But Mr. Wang is the father-in-law, so I am afraid I don't need me or anything."

Wang Renyou hurriedly said, "The King is joking. I have many places to use you. Recently, there is something I want to bother the King." He looked around, lowered his voice, and said, "It is not convenient to speak here. After the court is dispersed, I ask the King to come to the mansion to talk. Can the King be time? My wife cooks good food and often talks, "I want to ask the King to ask the King to give her face!"

"Oh, look at what you said, this is not a slap in the face! Mr. Wang and his wife can still rush over there without any fright? That's it. After the court is dispersed, I will go with you." Wang Ping'an Li changed his name, and changed it from original to Xiaonie.

But he said sweetly, but his heart was trembling. There was something to ask me for it. If it was expected, it would have to do with the harem. The emperor's father-in-law treats him and the mother-in-law cooks himself. It is probably a small matter. He just hopes not to be related to Wu Meiniang!

The two of them finished speaking, and then Chengtian Gate was opened, and the ministers entered one after another. Wang Ping'an landed behind everyone and walked slowly. Suddenly, he heard someone calling him behind him. When he looked back, he found that it was Changsun Wuji and the others.

The prime ministers arrived just in time. As soon as they got off the carriage, the palace gate opened. When they came over, other ministers had already walked in and had no time to say hello to them.

Wang Ping'an quickly turned around and greeted him one by one before saying: "Uncle, uncle, uncles and uncles, why are you late today?"

Changsun Wuji smiled and said, "It's not too late, isn't this just right?"

Ma Zhou said, "What are the benefits of coming early? You must not be surrounded by a group of people and ask questions."

Chu Suiliang said, "Today we want to discuss the matter of Yingzhou, the emperor wants to send troops to generals. This is a big fat man, and countless people are watching him. If we arrive first, we will not be smothered by flattery. It is hard to refuse anyone who asks us to do things, so we should just come late to avoid listening to their long-winded words."

Wang Ping'an laughed dryly and looked at Ma Zhou. Ma Zhou happened to be staring at him. Seeing him looking over, he said, "How much gift did you accept for Xue Rengui as his deputy general? I really didn't expect that Xue Rengui has always been upright, but he has learned to take the way, and he still follows your way."

Wang Pingxing looked surprised and said, "Do you have to accept gifts when you go on the way? Oh, this made him get a bargain. I don't know the rules. He came to my way with nothing, and I didn't even want it. I lost, I have to collect money first and then do things!"

The prime ministers burst into laughter and entered the main hall of the palace together, stood according to the ranks, and waited for the emperor to arrive.

Wang Ping'an stood in the third place in the first row, with Changsun Wuji first, and Ma Zhou second place, and he was third place, and he actually ranked ahead of Fang Xuanling and Chu Suiliang.

He looked back and saw that the emperor's father-in-law almost stood outside the hall. Although Wang Renyou was the father-in-law and had the title of Duke of Wei, his rank was low. Even if he was the emperor's father-in-law, he could not get to stand forward and was far away from Wang Ping'an!

Changsun Wuji said, "The emperor is coming soon. Don't look around, you look like a prime minister."

Wang Ping'an hurriedly claimed yes, and did not dare to look back and stand up properly.

After a long time, Shi Zhongchen walked out and dragged his long voice and shouted, "Go to court!" After shouting, he stepped aside, and Li Zhi slowly walked up the steps and sat down on the dragon throne.

The ministers knelt down together, shouting long live the mountain.

Li Zhixu raised his arm and said, "Everyone is not etiquette, let's report it now!" His tone of speaking was quite tired, and he seemed to feel exhausted when he heard the sound.

Wang Ping'an and the ministers got up, and he looked up at Li Zhi. Seeing that Li Zhi was actually holding two big panda eyes, it was obvious that he had not had a good sleep, and maybe he was thinking about Wu Meiniang.

Changsun Wuji also saw Li Zhi's appearance, frowned, thinking: "Whether it is the previous dynasty or the current dynasty, the new monarch ascended the throne, they are diligent. Even if they pretend to behave, they have to pretend for a year or two. But Zhi'er is so good, she doesn't even want to pretend to behave. The word "diligence" has no choice but to do it!"

Even though he thought about it, he still had to say something. Changsun Wuji was the first to go out of the court and said, "Emperor, the three provinces have made a conclusion about the rebellion against Li Ke. The rules have been drawn up. Please check it out." He took the memorial from his sleeve and raised it high. Shi Zhongchen went down the steps, took the memorial and put it on Li Zhi's table.

Li Zhi opened the memorial, glanced at it a few times, and said, "Why, I want to change my surname to Li Ke, Xiao? This... doesn't seem to be necessary?"

Changsun Wuji said: "Li Ke's rebellion cannot be regarded as a member of the royal family. Such unfaithful, unrighteous and unfilial people cannot be named as a national surname, so it is more appropriate to change their surnames. He and his descendants are not allowed to enter the ancestral halls again and enjoy the worship of future generations."

Li Zhi looked at the ministers and asked, "What do you think? You are sick, what do you think?" He was a habitual question. He had long been used to asking Wang Ping'an for everything, so now he naturally said it casually.

Now, the distance and relatives were undoubtedly revealed. The ministers sighed in their hearts. Wang Ping'an, a little guy, was so favored that he was so unreasonable. I heard that he ignored government affairs, ran around all day, and disappeared. What other ideas could such a person come up with? If what he expected was right, he would definitely agree to Changsun Wuji's opinion!

Changsun Wuji also thought to himself: "I cultivated this child Wubian, and I must follow my words."

Wang Ping'an hurriedly left the court squad, and cooperated with everyone's ideas very well, and did not disappoint Changsun Wuji, saying, "I think Lord Changsun's suggestions are very reasonable, I will discuss them!"

Changsun Wuji was very proud. How about it? I just said that Wang Ping'an is the best person, so how could he oppose me!

Other ministers curled their lips together and thought to themselves: "No wonder Changsun Laoer supported Wang Ping'an. He listened to him in love with the King Ping'an. Doesn't this mean that the disciples and the ministers have merged into the Shangshu Province? What does Changsun Laoer want to do? Do you become a powerful minister?"

Li Zhi said oh, and looked down at the memorial again. After reading it, he felt a headache. There was too much content in the memorial, so he had to think about it one by one, but he was really not interested. Besides, he thought about everything. If he had to make the decision on everything, what would he have to do with such a large group of officials?

He raised his head and said, "Why didn't the leader who is the leader?"

Changsun Wuji immediately said, "The old minister thinks that sending General Li Ji and Li is the most suitable. As for the deputy general, you can send General Xue Rengui."

This dynasty meeting mainly discusses this matter, and other trivial matters are easy to say, but whoever leads the army is the chief general, then the general will lead the general from the Wei Mansion where he usually serves. Therefore, deciding the name of a chief general is equivalent to deciding the name of a group of generals. Moreover, this expedition to Yingzhou will be stable and unbeaten, and it may be possible to follow the trend to enter Goguryeo. Such a big battle will naturally be fierce, so we must discuss it in the current dynasty.

Who knew that for such an important thing, Li Zhi actually said: "No disease, what do you think?"

With a hissing sound, the whole palace blew, and even Changsun Wuji wondered when the emperor had become so trusting Wang Ping'an, why did he ask him everything!
Chapter completed!