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 is beautiful, it still has some tender and delicate little face, with complex expressions on it, biting its lips lightly, with tears in its eyes, and a little resentful.

But looking at it again, it seems that there is great joy in the depths.

Xu Fuxing didn't look deep, but saw the slightest tears in his bright eyes, sighed softly, and said, "Go back..."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

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 was quite hasty.

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..." "Hmm?"

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 later change his words and say that he would wait for two years before talking, but he just didn't want to hurt Cao Zhengma's heart too much! If the emperor really had any ideas about the girl, there was no need to wait until two years later.

The emperor has not many concubines at first, 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 Zhengma was stunned for a moment in confusion, and then hurriedly followed and held Xu Fuxing's arm.

The grandfather and grandson gradually drifted away like this.

...                                                                                                                               

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, you must follow Zhao Dongting to the Temple of Heaven, the Earth, and the Ancestral Temple.

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

Zhao Dongting sat upright on the dragon throne, "All my dear friends are exempted from gifts..." Then he said a few words about the good luck of the beginning of the year and the hard work of the ministers, and took everyone towards 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 served as president of the Royal Disaster Relief Foundation, did not appear in the crowd.

Only father-in-law Le and father-in-law Jun are 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, but in fact they are so big in the circle.

Anything that can be almost immediately known to everyone.

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 were not allowed to happen. It seems that Li Guozhang's fall was only a matter of time.

Even if it doesn't fall, I'm afraid it will be in trouble.

If the emperor had no evidence, he would never let Li Guozhang not even participate in such a major event.

After all, the father-in-law is also the top and noble among the relatives of the foreign country, right?

"Alas, I have always heard of the great problems within the Royal Disaster Relief Foundation recently, which made Long Yan furious.

It seems true now. I didn’t expect that Li Guozhang didn’t look too bold before, but now he is…ah…”                                                                                                                

"Li Guozhang directly serves as the president of the foundation, perhaps because he can't withstand the temptation.

Although some of us have risen to the top, most of us still come step by step, and the various temptations we face also change with the changes in our status.

However, even so, I sometimes ask myself when I feel moved, and I once asked myself in the mirror at night.

If Mr. Li really has something, I don’t think it’s strange.”

"..."                                                                                                                              �

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

The argument that the minister said about "temptation" made him stunned.

Mr. Li has reached this point, maybe he really has the responsibility that he cannot shirk?

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, let alone Zhang Polu and Zhang Tingen.

And he did not do 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 is over, it is 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 routine 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."
Chapter completed!