Chapter 98 new errand
Zhao Su stumped up, “Your Majesty your goal has changed now?”
“My goal has always been the countryside and the people, why has it ever changed?”
This also makes sense. Then what he means is that he shouldn’t have meddled in the people and matters of the Flower Moon Society and meddled in them, thus affecting his kingdom and the people? Zhao Su didn’t know, and she didn’t dare to ask!
The dog emperor is unpredictable, the holy will is hard to guess. The good thing is that he explained this matter and Empress Dowager Lu’s plan does not conflict, as long as he does not dig a pit in the middle, the rest she will do is.
She also picked up her cup and took a sip of juice.
“Your Majesty, Eunuch Gao from Ci Ning Palace is here.”
The juice had not yet been swallowed, when a eunuch came in through the door, guiding the panting Gao Shu in.
Gao Shu evened out his breath and said, “Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager’s side has summoned Miss Su.”
Zhao Su thought something big had happened and immediately put down his cup and stood up, “What’s wrong with the Empress Dowager?”
Gao Shu hurriedly gave a regretful smile, “Nothing much, just shouting for the girl to go over and nag her.” After saying that, he gave her a wink.
Zhao Su understood and turned to the emperor, “Your Majesty, enjoy your meal, my subordinate will go and wait on the Empress Dowager first.”
After saying that, he exited the door.
The emperor watched them leave and picked up the bowls and chopsticks again.
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On her way to Ci Ning Palace, Zhao Su already knew from Gao Shu why Empress Dowager Lu was looking for her. When she arrived at the place, she really saw Empress Dowager Lu leisurely standing in the peony bushes and enjoying the flowers. Seeing her coming from a distance, she even waved at her.
“You’re so beautiful, Empress Dowager!”
Zhao Su walked forward briskly, “You stand in this peony bush, just like a fairy!”
“Poor mouth!” Empress Lu gently cast a sidelong glance at her and walked out of the bush, “I heard that you accomplished a great thing today.”
Zhao Su heatedly gave her a hand, “It’s not a big deal, I just casually fought, and then by the way, I scolded the two He family members who went to the palace to report blackmail. In order to punish me, the Emperor let me work part-time to assist Lord Fang Qingxue at the Flower Moon Society.”
“There’s good fortune. In the future, for fights like this, just fight, and if you meet someone like this again, just scold them as well! I’ve long wanted to scold that stubborn old man He Zong, but I just couldn’t do so due to my status. That old man has always looked down on women, and today you have taken out a breath of bad luck for this palace!”
Zhao Su patted his chest and said, “The late generation will definitely continue to work harder!”
Empress Dowager Lu sat down in the pavilion contentedly, then took a few dossiers from the female officer and handed them to her, “This is some information on the Flower Moon Society, take it back and study it.” After Zhao Su took it she added, “I hadn’t thought that you would even have the chance to enter the Flower Moon Society directly, why did the Emperor suddenly decide this?”
Zhao Su is trying to discuss this issue with her, “The emperor just explained to me, let me go to the Flower Moon Club, pay attention to see which should not interfere with the people who intervene in, I vaguely pondered, like someone also let the emperor look at the same.”
“Someone who makes the Emperor uncomfortable?” Empress Dowager Lu slightly raised her eyebrows, “This is not common.”
Zhao Su exerted the spirit of gossip and exploration, “Doesn’t the Emperor have anyone he hates?”
“There are definitely some, but he rarely showed it on his face since he was a child, so much so that no one has ever cared about it at all.”
Zhao Su thought back to the Emperor’s treatment of the He family’s father and son earlier at the Qianqing Palace, and it really wasn’t too much for people to pin down. –The dog emperor’s city is surprisingly so deep, it seems that he has to be a bit more careful in the future, don’t turn around and be pitted by him and still help him count the money!
“Anyway, today’s result is very favorable to us, this palace has to reward you for something.”
Although Zhao Su didn’t lack money, who didn’t like horizontal wealth? She smiled modestly, “Don’t be too polite, Empress Dowager, this is all what I should do!”
“That’s also true,” Empress Dowager Lu sized her up and said, “You don’t lack money or anything, you just lack a man of your choice, why don’t I give you a marriage?”
Zhao Su almost didn’t choke on her saliva!
“I’m not going to give you a marriage, Empress Dowager, you’ve come from a free and equal modern society, why do you still want to give me a blind and dumb marriage?”
“Then why don’t you pick one yourself, and I’ll give you the finger?”
Zhao Su thought about her own difficult marriage in this life, and without external help, she probably won’t be able to find a boyfriend. She couldn’t be a bachelor twice, no matter what, she had to taste how sour and stinky the taste of love really was, didn’t she?
So she nodded her head and said, “That’s fine, when I find the right one I’ll ask you to set me up.”
The two of them reached a consensus, and the topic was brought up here for the time being.
Empress Dowager Lu pointed to the party just handed over to Zhao Su that volume of dossier said: “This hurry back to take a good look, no matter why the emperor made such a decision, you have to perform well, don’t let him react after, catch you what pigtails, and then remove you!”
“Okay!”
Although Zhao Su felt that the emperor wants to fire her, there are plenty of reasons, but in front of the boss can not talk back, this is one of the rules of survival in the workplace. She hugged this thick stack of dossiers and said, “Since the emperor has decided so, then Shi En should stay in the Ministry of Rites without any changes, right?”
Although she had directly penetrated into the inner circle and had information in her hands, the information was dead and the problems to be faced were ever-changing, from the perspective of the big picture, she still hoped that Shi En would stay in line with the principle.
“These days the repercussions in the court are quite big, Shi En’s side is very suspenseful. You should prepare for him not being able to stay first.”
Zhao Su nodded. Thinking about it, he added: “There are only many more families like the He family.”
Empress Lu sighed long and hard, “He Zong is a stubborn old man who can’t get rid of the past, and the He family’s children are all like him. His group of students are similar. But their scholarly clan is too powerful, and the court needs them to consolidate the countryside, that’s why it’s so hard for us to walk.”
Zhao Su knew that the task was heavy and the road was long.
She hugged the scroll and said, “Then I’ll go on duty.”
“Wait!” Empress Dowager Lu called out to her, “You’re cooking for the Emperor nowadays?”
“Yes,” Zhao Su turned back, “Didn’t he rescue me from Changle Palace, then he blackmailed me into cooking for him for a month. Plus today at least he didn’t punish me heavily, so I still had to perform well?”
Empress Dowager Lu looked at her, “I asked you to go to the Qianqing Palace to gather information, why did you simply become the cook of the Qianqing Palace?”
“I can’t help it! It’s the Emperor’s will, it’s not like I can disobey.”
Empress Dowager Lu gave her a cross look.
Zhao Su said, “Why don’t you go talk to the Emperor?”
“Say what?” Empress Dowager Lu stretched her body in a rather open-minded manner, “For the sake of the great cause of equalization of power, this palace will first sacrifice the desire of the mouth and stomach can also be sacrificed. You stay in the Qianqing Palace as an errand boy and strive to seek more convenience.”
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