Chapter 82: Convincing People by Virtue

“Yes Zhao Su, you only worked as an errand for one day, and then you didn’t come the next day, and only later did we hear that you were kept by the Empress Dowager to copy the scriptures in the Harem! But how could the good old Empress Dowager let you go to copy scriptures?”

“Alas, it’s nothing, it’s just that the Empress Dowager felt that there was not enough manpower, and left me to do a small favor!” Said he patted the bag in his hand, “Not to mention these, I brought some food, let’s go in and talk!”

“You brought food again? You are so polite!”

“It’s okay, sitting there is boring anyway! ……”

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“Come on, come on, let’s all eat!”

Zhao Su and Pei Zhan arrived at the guards’ room, so they unpacked their bags and greeted everyone. Most of the people who had already arrived were those who had interacted with Zhao Su that day, and they all came over to greet them at this time. Liang Ying, on the other hand, glanced at Zhao Su and continued to buckle his sword to his waist, not coming over.

Although Zhao Su didn’t want to put his hot face on his cold ass, but in the end, he was a fellow officer of the court, he still took a piece of raisin cupcake and walked over to him, “Servant Liang, you try it too!”

Liang Ying looked at her askance, “Not hungry.”

Then walked out.

The people in the room looked at each other. Chang Yi, a handsome man with large European style eyelids who was often with Pei Zhan, comforted Zhao Su, “He’s like that, don’t take it to heart.”

Pei Zhan also said, “He is one of the best martial artists in our group, usually when we accompany the Emperor in his daily martial arts practice and feed him moves, we have to have four people on the same team, like him, two people are enough, so it’s inevitable that he is a bit condescending.”

Zhao Su wouldn’t take it to heart.

His courtesy had arrived, and whether or not he accepted it was someone else’s business.

But to accompany the emperor on a daily basis to feed his moves, they still had to be two and four together, was it that their martial arts were a bit too poor? Or is the emperor’s kung fu so strong that it’s too much?

Should not ah, the emperor is not Jack Sue hero, a child from childhood to be buried in reading to learn to rule the country, how much time can have to practice martial arts?

However, in case the guards are really useless, then they will not be able to do martial arts at all compared to them, the gap is not so disparate?

After the people arrived, they began to take their positions.

Zhao Su saw that there was nothing for her to do for a while, so she went to Ci Ning Palace to see the Empress Dowager.

Empress Dowager Lu was watering the peonies, and behind her was still a large group of attendants, serving trays, handing handkerchiefs, and shaking fans on both sides, which made a physical job look like a female celebrity’s trip.

“Many thanks to the Empress Dowager’s grace, forgave the subordinate’s faults. These days subordinate made a deep introspection in Changle Palace and learnt from the bitter experience, vowing to be more dedicated to the cause of revitalization from now on.”

It was still necessary to say a few words on the occasion, otherwise how could the Empress Dowager get off the stage? Around the time she was in the palace these days, besides not being able to move around freely, she hadn’t suffered much.

Empress Dowager Lu looked at her askance, “Don’t think too much, if it wasn’t for the Emperor compromising with me, I would have had to lock you up until the end of time.”

Zhao Su’s smile froze, the Emperor compromised with her?

This means that the emperor saved her out?

“Empress Dowager what are you saying why can’t I understand?”

“Fang Qingxue was robbed by the Emperor and he didn’t even leave me any evidence, do you think I’ll be willing to just let it go?”

Obviously not!

“The purpose of keeping Shi En is so that the Left Minister of Rites, who is in charge of the affairs of the Flower Moon Society, can be on the same page with us, and since Shi En can’t be kept, the appointment of the Left Minister of Rites, at least, I want to hold onto it.

“So when the Emperor came to me to release him, I offered to exchange terms. After grinding it out a few times, he finally agreed.”

Zhao Su snapped, so that’s what Gao Shu meant yesterday! The Emperor compromised with Empress Lu over the matter of the Left Minister of Ceremony’s post vacancy, and then she was able to come out, although it didn’t necessarily mean that he compromised in order to save her, and in the end, she was entrusted with his blessing!

But she is still not very convinced: “Empress Dowager, you are not swindling me, right?”

“What am I swindling you for?” Empress Dowager Lu glanced over, “He had already come to me several times before this to ask me to release you, I’m not so bad as to lie to you, right? I have already drawn up a plan to have Fang Qingxue transferred to the Ministry of Ceremonies as the left minister, and have Shi En relegated to the rank of a member of the staff, to assist Fang Qingxue in taking care of affairs. Not surprisingly, you will hear this news when you turn around.”

Although Fang Qingxue’s talent was average, and his work lacked pioneering, but with his down-to-earth nature, as well as his remembrance of Empress Lu and the previous emperor, sitting in the position of left minister of the Ministry of Rites to help take care of the Flower Moon Society, was also possible.

Thinking of that day Fang Qingxue finally explained to the emperor Shi En’s evidence of the crime, the Empress Dowager Lu did not mind, but also let him take over this position, this broadmindedness does not look small well! Then why is she so calculating when she made a mistake? Also put her in the cold palace!

Thinking of the fact that Empress Dowager Lu had used her to blackmail the Emperor, she said offhandedly, “Empress Dowager, you didn’t intentionally use me to make a bitter trick, waiting for the Emperor to compromise, did you?”

Empress Dowager Lu gave her a meaningful look and finished pouring that big flower under her hand before she continued, “Since you think the Emperor did the right thing, then of course this price has to be borne to bear. However, this palace did not expect the emperor to compromise so quickly, I thought he would stick to the end. So even the vegetable garden is ready for you, just waiting for you to stay for a long time and go up to the vegetable garden to labor and reform.”

Zhao Su was speechless, “Why do you think about how to fix me all day long? It’s easy to meet a hometown person like me, can’t you love me?”

“I don’t love you enough? As soon as you came here I took you in as my beloved and even arranged such an important task for you.”

Zhao Su felt that he couldn’t talk to her anymore.

But the Shion thing wasn’t done talking. “Shi En has committed a crime after all, and he is still allowed to stay in the Ministry of Rites, will the Emperor agree? Will there be problems in the court?”

“Shi En’s offense is not big, not to mention that he only fell into the pit of He Sheng and the others. As long as our matters do not interfere with the Emperor’s administration, there is no reason for the Emperor to hard stop. The main thing is the courtroom.”

Empress Lu also paused when she said this. “According to the earlier verbal attacks on Shi En, it is a bit difficult. But the Emperor even took the initiative to come to me, so he must have thought it over. Let’s see how he handles this matter.”

Zhao Su’s heart was of course still willing for Shi En to manage the Flower Moon Society, even if he didn’t act as a supervisor, co-management would be fine, so with this in mind she wanted to go to the emperor to explore the news.

She said, “I’ll go on duty.”

Empress Dowager Lu called her to a halt: “It’s meal time, won’t you cook for this palace before you leave?”

“I won’t do it today!”

Zhao Su left after putting down her words.

Empress Dowager Lu froze for a while and put the flower pot down: “You’ve grown up, lock her up for a few days, but you’re on strike!”

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