Chapter 510: Chapter 511

After Gu Shao retired, Xin Jian ordered the small palace maid to remove the leftover tea, while she herself held a warm cup of Sinking Fragrance Drink and served it to Empress Wei, puzzled, “Why is Your Highness revealing her words to Gu Shao now? Now that King Su has not yet arrived at the imperial capital, what if Gu Shao is afraid of you and shows mercy to King Su?”

Empress Wei laughed softly and said, “To press himself, of course he wants to keep King Su now so that he can give hope to the Su family, and then use the Su family to hold us back when he’s donebut do you think His Majesty will listen to him?”

The Empress’ tone brought in a bit of sarcasm, “Originally, His Majesty is suspicious enough these days, and even AHu, his first cousin who has been with him since childhood, is so suspicious that he has left his heart, so what do you think is the reason why Gu Shao has been trusted and utilized by His Majesty up to this point? It’s only because he’s a legacy of the late Emperor; secondly, he knows how to obey His Majesty when it’s time to do so!”

“His Majesty’s greatest worry today is his imperial throne!”

“This recalls the reason why Shao wants to lay hands on the two kings of Su Xiang, in addition to the fear of a long night’s sleep, in fact, there is no intention to consolidate the emperor’s favor through this matter!”

“That is to say, if the matter is accomplished this time. Then Gu Shao will not only be able to gain His Majesty’s utmost trust and reliance, but he can even seize this opportunity to guide His Majesty onto the right track, fulfilling his desire to support His Majesty to be a generation of bright rulers!”

The Empress took a shallow sip of the Sunken Fragrance Drink and put it down before continuing, “But if he fails to do it letting His Majesty down is not the only thing, the worst thing is that if His Majesty knows that he intentionally let King Su get away with it, what do you think His Majesty will think of him?”

Xinqian laughed: ”Our clever Majesty, of course, feels that even Gu Shao cannot be trusted! However, the slave girl dares to speak the truth: His Majesty, when the late Emperor was still alive, although he wasn’t considered to be very smart and capable, his performance was still okay! Otherwise, if the late Emperor had favored him, how could he have insisted on making him the Crown Prince? Why is he so confused now? Full of civil and military, this also do not believe that also do not believe that, is it that he intends to rely on the help of Zhu Qin alone in the future, to govern this huge country?”

“Doing things and being a person are originally two different things!” Empress Wei’s tone was flat, “Although His Majesty’s qualifications are mediocre, how wise was the late Emperor? The late Emperor taught him for so many years, what’s so strange about him knowing how to handle a few political matters? It’s just that the late emperor’s prestige is too heavy, and he doted on him too much. You think everyone up and down the line knows that His Majesty is the late emperor’s heart and soul, so except for the Grand Princess of Dai Guo and other nobles who are not afraid of the late emperor, who dares to play with His Majesty’s heart and soul? With such a concerted effort from the top and bottom, and even people privately and quietly helping him pick up the pieces, it’s only natural for him to have smooth sailing in his endeavors.”

“But after the late Emperor left, His Majesty ascended to the throne, without the late Emperor to press him, the people up and down the line, those who should have their minds raised His Majesty also had no patron that he could trust and rely on as the late Emperor did, and inevitably panicked!”

Speaking here with a slight smile, “So you see, after Gu Shao leaves this time, he will definitely quietly track down and see what kind of backbone this Palace has to pull him in on behalf of the Crown Prince, but he will definitely not reveal a single star to His Majesty!”

The Empress sighed Xu Xu, “After all, it’s not just that His Majesty doesn’t trust most of the courtiers right now, Gu Shao doesn’t trust His Majesty right now either!”

Just judging by Emperor Duanhua’s recent behavior, if he knew that the Empress, who had just been released, was hitting on the idea of being the Empress Dowager, who knew what would be tossed around?

The situation will inevitably be made even more complicated by then.

And Gu Shao, in order to preserve this emperor, was now in a difficult situation where he could not fight with two fists, so how could he let Emperor Duanhua drag his feet again?

Of course the reason why Empress Wei disclosed those gossips to him was not just for the sake of giving this chancellor a hard time.

“Gu Shao has already laid his hands on King Su, and in order to prevent His Majesty from suspecting him, he must take out King Su as well!” The Empress raised her hand and surveyed her newly dyed nails, because of the wide and deep hall, even though the lamps were lit at the moment, it still seemed a bit dim.

Long years of pampering, the mother of the world’s women despite the fact that in a few years will be able to do grandmother, a hand is still white and flawless, embroidered silver phoenix skirt in the reddishred bottom of the backdrop, as if the best suet carved from jade.

And the fingertips dotted with colorfulness, as if they were undried blood.

The reddishcolored skirt under her palm was like a blood stain after airdrying.

This scene looked, there is a sudden cruelty, reflecting the original graceful and noble smile of the Empress, but also some demonic.

She slowly said, “But if King Su dies, the Su family will definitely be in an unfavorable situation!”

“And as His Majesty has long been jealous of King Su, he will surely ask to take advantage of the victory and finish off the Su family!”

“With no one to hold us back like this, Gu Shao is certainly not at ease!”

“In the end, he’s just a foreign minister, his hands are no longer long, it’s still not enough to make a difference in this palace palace palace and right now, from the Dowager Empress to the Empress Dowager to this palace, who would like to see His Majesty continue to reign?”

The Empress smiled as she spoke, “What do you think he would do in this situation?”

“The slave servant thought, will he go to find helpers?” Xin Jian pondered for a while, and said uncertainly, “After all, Gu Shao himself is in a high position of power, it’s just that the clan hasn’t had any outstanding descendants in recent years, and the Hongzhou Gu clan has already declined. But even if he has a successor, Hongzhou Gu’s heritage is far worse than our Fengzhou Wei! He wants to rely on the dual roles of Prime Minister and Minister of Gu’s orders to deal with us, but it’s not enough!”

“Especially since it’s hard to say whether our majesty will listen to him or not!”

“That’s why the slave girl thinks that he’ll more than likely still need to find help.”

“West Liang Shen, East Hu Liu, Song’s side branch, these three families and we are the same after the valve read, deep heritage, but because of some of the reasons in earlier years, is just beginning to enter the world not threaten His Majesty and Gu Shao, but also is in need of Gu Shao’s promotion, the possibility of pulling together the success of the big one is still very high! ”

At that, she sighed again, “But it’s just possible!”

“After all, the slave girl can’t be sure if they dare to turn the tables on Old Lady Duanmu?”

The reason why Xiliang Shen, Donghu Liu, and the Song clan’s side branch will be tied to the Yan Marquis House, in addition to because of Old Lady Duanmu, the main thing is that they have been away from the center for too long, and are in desperate need of a rise.

And at that time, the Yan Marquis House was still the State Duke’s House, which was very prominent, and the emperor’s favor was deep, so it was a very ideal golden thigh.

But now …

From the Duke of the country down to the Marquis, and so far did not rise back not to mention, even Song Yixiao this Yan Marquis hair wife, enjoin are still ambiguous, it is clear that Jian Xubai’s holy favor even if not to say that has been gone, but also is not as good as it was before!

At this time, the highpowered Gu Shao extends the olive branch to go, from the interests of those families themselves, there is indeed the value of taking over.

Of course there was just that, whether they would abandon Old Lady Duanmu and Marquis Yan and switch to Gu Shao was also really hard to say.

After all, the last two first daughters of the Jinxiu Hall, Jian Xubai’s direct grandmother, Mrs. Yan, although she was an anomaly and a joke among the famous families of that era, Old Lady Duanmu was a very qualified first lady of the Jinxiu Hall.

It can even be said that Old Lady Duanmu is the true first daughter of the Valve Parade.

After twenty long years of hibernation, would she allow her allies to betray her so easily without paying a heavy price?

What’s more, it was now obvious to anyone with a clear eye that Emperor Duanhua’s throne was actually less secure.

Shen, Liu, and Song are not desperate enough to choose only Gu Shao so what is the likelihood that they will be persuaded by Gu Shao?

“That’s the problem!” Empress Wei smiled faintly, “Shen Liu’s side may not necessarily have to choose Gu Shao, but the helpers Gu Shao can count on will definitely be them! Moreover, since the Marquis of Yan is already centrifuged from His Majesty, Gu Shao will try to turn the tables even with the intention of drawing suspicion from Elder Lady Duanmu and the Marquis of Yan to Shen Liu’s side!”

Xinqian wondered, “But Your Highness, if you do this, Old Lady Duanmu and Marquis Yan, will inevitably hate Gu Shao the problem is, even if there’s no such thing, they won’t be able to do anything good to Gu Shao, right?”

So what is the special significance of Empress Wei’s move?

“Not having a good feeling and getting up to kill are two different things.” Empress Wei shook her head and said, “Especially since Gu Shao’s name is all over the world, if there isn’t quite a lot at stake, no one in their right mind would touch him, and at most send him home to retire! But if he went and tapped into Old Lady Duanmu’s corner, then it would be hard to say! That old lady is from a noble background, on the contrary, her life is bitter, not only her own life is bitter, even her own sister, nephews are frequently suffered, so don’t look at her this time still hold a gentle and elegant old lady’s frame that’s her deep city to hide, in fact, do not know how much resentment in the heart of the grievances and grudges it!”

“If Gu Shao doesn’t directly oppose her, it’s just that, if she dares to directly mess with her, she will definitely not let Gu Shao go is it hard for Old Lady Duanmu to endure enough all these years?!”

Xin Fian seemed to understand, “Is Your Highness going to use Old Lady Duanmu’s hand to eradicate Gu Shao?”

“What words!” Empress Wei laughed and lightly scolded, “Although Gu Shao is deadset on protecting His Majesty, he is also the Crown Prince’s teacher in the end, and in these two years he hasn’t done much to help the Palace and the Crown Prince, so what does the Palace want him to die for? The Palace is not ready to leave him behind!”

She sighed, ”Think about it, this man has a great reputation, and he himself cherishes such a reputation in fact, he just doesn’t cherish it himself, for the sake of the family he also has to maintain this reputation, after all, without outstanding descendants of Hongzhou Gu, the next thing he can do is only to eat his old money to get by. In short, the late emperor specifically revived him and kept him to assist his majesty, and in the end, his majesty was gone within a few years of ascending the throne! What do you think he would do?”

“Of course it’s suing for old age!”

Even though Gu Shao had been taking care of his body over the years in order to fulfill his ambitions, it was evident that he was not a person who was willing to be plain.

But as an auxiliary minister, the backbone of this dynasty if the emperor he was trying to protect had not been preserved after all, then Gu Shao would have resigned, whether for the sake of gesture or for the sake of selfrespect.

However, Empress Wei didn’t want him to leave, “The Crown Prince is still young, although the Palace will have some hooks and corners, when it comes to the ability to rule the country, I wouldn’t dare to say that I’m very good at it! It’s rare to find such a loyal old minister, how can we let him retire to the forest?”

In fact, the Empress’s real calculations were not said: not only Gu Shao was jealous of the Wei family, but she, as a Wei’s daughter who was not very close to her mother’s family, was also worried that the Wei family would take advantage of the convenience of the young lord’s presence in the dynasty to hollow out the young Crown Prince, and make her own mother and son puppets!

After all, Wei Xi in the eyes of outsiders was weak and incompetent, but Empress Wei, Wei Xi’s own daughter, knew the true colors of her own mother’s real father.

She, the Empress who was considered very qualified inside and out, was taught by Wei Xi.

And Empress Wei didn’t have the consciousness of living for the Wei family, dying for the Wei family, and dedicating her whole life to the Wei family, what she was most attached to was still her own son then, while working with her mother’s family to plot for the throne, she naturally had to hold onto Gu Shao, an old minister who was enough to check and balance her mother’s family!

“Borrowing the threat of Elder Lady Duanmu and Marquis Yan, although it may not always be possible to leave Gu Shao behind, there is always an opening.” Empress Wei narrowed her eyes and said, “Having at least been a teacher to the Crown Prince for all these years, the Palace doesn’t believe that he’s completely heartless towards the Crown Prince!”

Xin fiber hesitated for a moment, in the end asked out, “Then … the meaning of the Empress Mother, is not to pull together the Marquis Yan? It is said that the Su family has been trying to find ways to make contact with Marquis Yan for the past two days!”