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Chapter 49 How many towers in the misty rain

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Qi Tai returned to the yamen office and was in a very bad mood. He then retreated to the sign-in room and drank tea to calm his mind.

At that time, Chen Zhi, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War, entered the army and reported to the military affairs. After talking about the main affairs, Chen Zhi was about to leave with the official document that had been signed and printed, but suddenly turned around and asked, "What's the matter with the Ministry?"

Qi Tai glanced at Chen Zhi and felt that this person was honest and meticulous in his work, and was very strict in his words and talked so much that he asked him to come back and sit down again.

After pondering for a while, Qi Tai sighed and said, "Huang Zicheng insisted on recommending Li Jinglong. I am very worried, worried that the emperor will really listen to him."

Chen Zhi was not surprised at all and nodded, "The emperor will definitely listen to Huang Siqing. During the Hongwu period, Emperor Xiaokang (the eldest son of Taizu Zhu Biao) was still there, and Huang Siqing was the one who was a companion to study and was the confidant of the Eastern Palace.

When Emperor Xiaokang died, Taizu made the emperor the crown prince. Huang Siqing became the emperor's teacher again, and was highly respected and trusted by the emperor. This person was the leader of the old minister of the Eastern Palace. It is not surprising that the emperor treats him like a father and a teacher, and believes in him in everything."

"That's right." Qi Tai nodded, frowned and said in a low voice, "Huang Zicheng has risen to the top with his relationship with the East Palace. I think he has tasted the sweetness, so he used nepotism and believed in forming gangs and relationships, so he had the dilemma of today's affairs!"

Chen Zhi thought for a while and said, "The ministry is reasonable. Most people who work in relationships think that it is better to do a good job, but it is better to have a good relationship! If you use intelligence and intelligence to form a clique and private business, how can you care about state affairs itself?"

Qi Tai pondered: "At the beginning, those who advocated the reduction of the vassal state, those who advocated the reduction of the vassal state, and those who had other political views, each had their own opinions. Most of the nobles did not support the reduction of the vassal state. Li Jinglong was the Duke of the State, but supported the reduction of the vassal state. At that time, Huang Zicheng wanted to win over...

Later in the temple, Li Jinglong supported Huang Zicheng in all matters and wanted to get closer. After arguing with each other, Huang Zicheng probably regarded Li Jinglong as a party, no wonder he strongly recommended him!"

Chen Zhi said: "What the ministry said is that the relationship between the emperor, Huang Zicheng and Li Jinglong is closely linked and there is no water in it. It is very difficult to prevent the emperor from using Li Jinglong as the commander."

Qi Tai raised his head and sighed a long time, and his expression suddenly became correct, "The saint said, "You know you can't do it, but you know that you can't do it! It's important to do it, you must do it!"

Chen Zhi also looked stern and moved. He said, "Since the ministry decided, the subordinate officials had some ideas. This matter must start from the relationship between the two rings. If the emperor did not favor Huang Siqing so much, or Huang Siqing began to suspicion of Duke Cao, there would be hope for major events..."

Chen Zhi thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid it's time to start between Huang Siqing and Duke Cao, and I hope it's bigger."

"It's hard to say." Qi Tai pondered. Since ancient times, the holy heart is unpredictable. Is the trust of the Tian family so reliable?

Just then, just as Chen Zhi was about to speak, Qi Tai raised his head and looked at the door. Chen Zhi stopped talking tactfully.

When someone came to find Qi Tai for business, Chen Zhi stood up and bowed, "Ministry, the officials will do these things immediately."

Qi Tai nodded and gave a greeting.

...Two days later, Qi Tai met the eunuch Wu Zhong outside the Imperial Gate. Wu Zhong was always by the emperor and knew all the ministers. Qi Tai greeted him and exchanged some greetings.

Qi Tai asked, "Have the Dragon Body of the Holy Dragon Body been safe recently? Are you sleeping well?"

Wu Zhong said: "The emperor is not very happy every day, but his diet and daily life are acceptable."

"Fortunately, Eunuch Wu served him with all his heart." Qi Tai said.

He didn't think much of the eunuchs in his heart, and the Ming Dynasty's ancestors even prohibited eunuchs from interfering in politics, and eunuchs had no power. However, Wu Zhong was a person around the emperor, which was different from other eunuchs. Qi Tai was born in a humble background and developed the habit of being humble to others... so he still said good things.

At this time, Wu Zhong whispered a little mysteriously: "The emperor is worried about national affairs, and when he returned to the harem, he encountered something unpleasant. The emperor fell in love with a palace maid, but he failed to fulfill his wish. He was immediately sent to Jiming Temple by the empress, shaved his hair and became a nun..."

"Oh!" Qi Tai was immediately excited, and he suddenly smelled something interesting! Although he had not figured out what was interesting for a while, his years of official intuition made him think: Maybe this matter is not that simple!

Wu Zhong continued excitedly: "The palace maid was sent to clean the toilet, and she usually couldn't see the emperor at all. But when the emperor passed by, he only saw her, he immediately took care of her."

Qi Tai had no interest in these contents. After dealing with a few words, he said goodbye to Wu Zhong.

After almost all day, Qi Tai was not interested in office and thought about it for a long time. It was not until the afternoon of the afternoon, and he thought there was nothing important today, so he left the government office in advance. He hurried home and changed his clothes, asked his servants to buy a few incense sticks on the way, and then he took a carriage to Jiming Temple.

Jiming Temple is a famous nunnery in the capital. Qi Tai has been an official in the capital for many years, so he naturally knew that even the drivers who drove the car were familiar with it.

When the fifth-story Medicine Buddha Pagoda appeared in sight, Qi Tai knew that he had arrived at Jiming Temple. When "there are 480 temples in the Southern Dynasties, how many towers are in the mist and rain", the Medicine Buddha Pagoda was nine floors high.

Qi Tai pretended to be a pilgrimage and went to the Buddhist temple to burn incense sticks first. The incense in the nunnery is indeed not as prosperous as that of the monk temple, but there are still pilgrims, among which there are male pilgrims. Just as female pilgrims can go to the monk temple, male pilgrims can also come to the nunnery.

After burning the incense, Qi Tai found an old nun and said that he wanted to donate money for incense and oil.

The old nun glanced at the merit incense in front of the Buddha statue, clasped her hands together and said, "The donor accumulates good deeds, please come with the poor nun."

Qi Tai endured the pain and took two treasure money... In fact, Huang Zicheng teased him at the dinner table, he was quite stingy. But now it is difficult to donate less, after all, he can put his spare money directly in the merit box.

So the old nun wrote the money he had donated in the merit book, and Qi Tai casually made up a name.

At this time, Qi Tai took the opportunity to ask: "There is a palace maid in the palace recently who was ordained in the temple?"

While writing, the old nun asked, "What's the name?"

Qi Tai's face changed slightly. He was not meticulous enough before, so he forgot to ask the eunuch Wu Zhong, who is the name of the palace maid!

The old nun looked up at him and said, "But recently only one palace maid came to our temple to be ordained as a nun."

Qi Tai suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, "Can you see her?"

The old nun turned around and said to the person who was sweeping the floor in the yard: "Go and call Huizhen over."

Qi Tai waited for a long time without seeing anyone, so he walked around the deserted Buddhist temple yard. Suddenly, a voice came from behind: "Who are you? Why are you looking for me?"

Qi Tai turned around and was stunned.

He suddenly remembered what Wu Zhong said: The Emperor only saw her and immediately became concerned about it... No wonder, when Qi Tai saw this woman, he immediately felt that Wu Zhong's words were not at all exaggerated.

The woman looked only in her teenage years, with her skin white and smooth, like silk satin. Under the orange-yellow light of the setting sun, her skin was filled with a displaced luster. Her eyes were as clear and bright as a pool of water, but there was resentment and resentment deep in her eyes. Her nose bridge was small and straight, and her slightly thick lips were small and vermilion red; her upper lips were slightly upturned, so even though she looked serious and deserted, she had a little bit of cuteness.

Under the ancient Buddha of the green lamp, there were all dark colors, and even her robe was gray, but in such a dark place, her red lips, white teeth, and her face was so bright that it was simply out of place and very eye-catching.

Such beautiful colors are very rare, not to mention the city, even the palace with three palaces and six courtyards is full of beauty.

Although her face was childish, her figure was tall and her figure had developed outlines. The gray robe was stretched out to be concave and concave, which showed that it was stretched out on her chest, so that the placket on her abdomen seemed empty.

Qi Tai thought to himself: If the eunuch Wu Zhong had not told him that this person was a palace maid, Qi Tai would never think he was a palace maid when he saw him; but he would have guessed that the one who was sent here was a noble concubine!

Her upright posture and a faint graceful aura. How could a palace maid look like this?

"Donor, what's the matter?" the woman frowned and asked again, then covered her ears with her palms. Although she wore a hat, she seemed to be reluctant to see anyone after shaving her hair, so she covered her ears with her hands.

Qi Tai pondered for a moment, took out a round card from his arms and handed it over: "To be honest, I am Qi Tai, the Minister of War of the current dynasty."

"Huh?" The woman glanced at Qi Tai, her eyes full of confusion and vigilance, and then she looked down at the King's Reincarnation Card.

Qi Tai said: "The country has a ancestral system, and the harem cannot interfere in politics. Of course, foreign ministers cannot have any relationship with the harem at will, otherwise they will collude with the inside and outside!"

The woman was very quick-minded and immediately asked, "Is Shangshu Qi a foreign minister? Am I a man in the harem?"

Haha! This woman is not only beautiful, but also has a very good mouth.

It is not easy to answer her rhetorical question. Qi Tai intends to avoid answering, just rushing to confirm her inner speculation; if she guessed wrongly, Qi Tai’s trip will be useless!

He thought for a while: This woman was quite scheming and seemed to be hard to ask anything. It would be better to cheat her!

Qi Tai said calmly: "Do you know the reason why you were brought here because of foreign ministers?"

"So what, so what can I do?" the woman blurted out.

After hearing this, Qi Tai was delighted! He was immediately impressed by himself. He could actually capture such fleeting opportunities from clues and smell such subtle possibilities: perhaps Huang Zicheng participated, so that Queen Ma could easily win the love of the emperor!

After all, as Qi Tai knows, the current emperor is not a person at the mercy of the queen.

Qi Tai whispered: "The Queen tortured you so much, and she actually communicated with foreign ministers. Do you really plan to swallow your anger and accept it?"

Unexpectedly, the woman actually sneered.

Qi Tai was confused. What does this sneer mean? A teenage girl wouldn't have too deep meaning, right?

Qi Tai thought hard for a moment, then changed his tone and sighed: "I don't want to disturb the girl's cultivation, nor will I let the girl do anything, nor do I want to tell the story of the meeting today..." He paused and said, "As I said just now, it is not a good thing for foreign ministers to contact the women in the harem. Why should I tell the meeting about it?"

"What do you want to ask about Shangshu Qi?" the woman said.

Qi Tai first approached and said, "What's the name of the girl?"
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