But things did not develop in the direction Xu Fuxing hoped.

After more than ten minutes, the sound of the piano in the room had just dropped, and Cao Pin and Mask soon appeared at the door. Although it was beautiful, it still had a tender and delicate little face with complex expressions. It bit her lips lightly, and her eyes seemed to have tears and a little resentment. But looking at it again, it seemed that there was great joy in the depths.

Xu Fuxing didn't look deeply, but saw a little tears in his bright eyes, sighed softly, and said, "Go back..."

"well……"

The road to the palace is very quiet, with pavilions and pavilions in the open square, with only lanterns hanging, and there are almost no figures, making people feel like they are about to walk to the palace gate.

In fact, it is indeed a long distance from Zhao Dongting's bedroom to the main entrance of the palace. Even though the palace in Changsha was built in a hurry. After all, the palace is the palace, and it has undergone two expansions afterwards.

Xu Fuxing sighed deeply again, looked up at the lanterns hanging next to the palace gate in the distance, and said to Cao Zhengmao: "Girl, let it go..."

"Um?"

Cao Zhengma, who had been lowering his head, raised his head and said in a daze: "Grandpa, what did you say?"

At this moment, there was a sweet smile on my face.

Xu Fuxing wondered, "You... are you?"

Cao Zhenmao said, "What's wrong?"

Xu Fuxing said laughing and crying: "Why do you cry and laugh a little while? What did the emperor say to you?"

Cao Zhengwu bit his lip again and said, "I have expressed my feelings to the emperor. The emperor first said that he had no idea of ​​taking concubines again, and then said... I will talk about it after two years. Grandpa, what do you mean by the emperor?"

Xu Fuxing finally understood why Cao Zhenwu had tears in his eyes when he first came out of the room. He laughed again now, and his feelings had not recovered at that time.

Just looking at the deep expectation in Cao Zhenwei's bright eyes, he really didn't know what to say.

The authorities were confused and bystanders were clear. He felt that Zhao Dongting would change his words later and say that he would wait for two years before talking, but he just didn't want to hurt Cao Zhenwei's heart too much!

If the emperor really has any thoughts about the girl, there is no need to wait until two years later. The emperor has not many concubines, and even if he remarries now, no one will say anything. As a result, countless people will be happy to see it.

But if you say this to the girl, wouldn’t this girl whose heart is already entangled in the emperor’s body be heartbroken?

Xu Fuxing, who was leaning on a crutch, continued to walk out of the palace without saying a word.

Cao Zhengwu was stunned for a moment in confusion, and then hurriedly followed him and held Xu Fuxing's arm. The grandfather and grandson gradually moved away like this.

...

The first day of the Lunar New Year.

The ministers in Changsha followed the customs of previous years and entered the palace at an early age. In addition to paying New Year greetings to Zhao Dongting, more importantly, they had to follow Zhao Dongting to the Temple of Heaven, the Earth, and the ancestral temples to worship the heaven and earth.

"Long live the emperor... I wish the emperor a great blessing and a long life..."

A hundred ministers and royal relatives who were at the top of the Song Dynasty and were led by the State Councilor Lu Xiufu into the hall, divided into several rows, and just stood still, bowed to Zhao Dongting and shouted.

Zhao Dongting sat upright on the dragon throne, "All my beloved ministers are exempted from gifts..."

Then he said a few words about the good luck at the beginning of the year and the hard work of all the ministers, and he took everyone to the direction of the Temple of Heaven for about ten minutes.

Almost many of the people present had familiar faces. This year, Li Guozhang, who was the president of the Royal Disaster Relief Foundation, did not appear in the crowd. Only Mr. Le and Mr. Jun Guozhang were there.

This made the whispering sounds in the crowd never stop.

They are all the most powerful figures in the Song Dynasty, and they all live in Changsha City. In fact, the circle is so big. Anything that can be known to everyone soon.

Although Li Guozhang's affairs are still in a state of "surveillance" until now, and the emperor has never made any statement on this, Li Guozhang's royal disaster relief foundation will have problems and may be purged by the emperor. This kind of thing has been circulating for a while.

In the past few days, Mr. Li was "under house arrest" by the Military Intelligence Department. The figure never left his mansion again, which made these similar words even more surging.

This time, even the major rituals such as sacrificial sacrifices to heaven and earth and ancestral temples, Mr. Li failed to show up. It seemed that Mr. Li's fall was only a matter of time. Even if he did not fall, he would be in trouble.

If the emperor had no evidence, he would never let Mr. Li not even participate in such a major event. Mr. Li was also the top and noble among his relatives, right?

"Ah, I have always heard that there are huge problems within the Royal Disaster Relief Foundation recently, so Long Yan was furious. It seems true now. I didn't expect that Li Guozhang didn't look too bold before, but now he is...ah..."

"I think this is probably true."

"Li Guozhang directly serves as the president of the foundation. Maybe it is because he can't stand the temptation. Although some of us have risen to the top, most of them still come step by step, and the various temptations we face also change with the changes in our status. However, even so, I asked myself sometimes when I was moved, and I once asked myself in the mirror at night. If Li Guozhang really has something, I don't think it's strange."

“…”

These words were heard by Zhao Dongting, who was already in the pseudo-extreme realm at the forefront.

He first vaguely heard the words of the Foundation, and then gathered his internal force to hear the following words clearly.

The minister's argument about "temptation" made him stunned. Mr. Li's current situation may be so sensible that he really can't shirk his responsibility?

Zhao Dongting actually paid great attention to these things in his ministers. Even people like Zhong Jian and Li Goudan have actually specially honed their temperament and abilities, not to mention Zhang Polu and Zhang Tingen. However, he has never done this for Li Guozhang and others.

First, out of trust in royal relatives like Li Guozhang, and also because he did not take the foundation too seriously, he naturally did not think deeply about the problems that the foundation might have.

There are countless government offices and departments in such a big Song Dynasty, and Zhao Dongting really can't cover everything.

But negligence means negligence...

By the time the sacrifice was completed, it was almost noon.

Zhao Dongting led his ministers to the palace again, and wanted to hold a banquet in the square in front of the main hall to entertain the ministers. This has become a common practice now.

But on the way, Zhao Dongting finally ordered Zhang Polu and said, "Polu, go and take Boss Li to the palace. No matter what happens in the future, there should be his place for this banquet today."

Although Zhang Polu was a little surprised that Zhao Dongting suddenly changed his mind, he naturally took the order and went there quickly.
Chapter completed!