Ji Yutang squeezed the plum cake, but she couldn't taste it. She only focused on analyzing the queen's words.
"What do you mean, your Majesty, this is all a setup by you and the officials, including intentionally or unintentionally making people think that you want to usurp the throne?" Ji Yutang asked.
"Yes." The queen nodded.
"So regarding the mediocrity and incompetence of the officials, you made up the fact that you were behind the plan ever since the crown prince was established?" Ji Yutang became more and more surprised, as her previous speculations were deliberately misled by the queen and the officials.
The queen continued to nod: "That's right."
"The officials are actually willing?" Ji Yutang didn't understand very much. Judging from her impression of the official, that person was quite petty. How could he be willing to establish such an incompetent image? Moreover, this image has become so ingrained that no one knows it, so isn’t he afraid that one day the boat will overturn and the fake one becomes real?
The queen hesitated for a moment, but she quickly nodded: "Yes, this is all the official plan."
Ji Yutang saw the queen's hesitation and asked, "Does the empress also think this plan is not appropriate?"
The queen wanted to refute, but looking at Ji Yutang's bright eyes, she couldn't tell a lie: "Oh, yes, this plan is too big. If you don't have a backup plan, you may be clever but misunderstood. Those princes caught the loophole and gave the official family a fatal blow. But the husband and wife are one, and the official family chooses this path, so I can only follow the official family. "
Ji Yutang opened his mouth, wanting to say something but nothing came out. In order to cover up this action, she put the plum cake in her hand that had melted with body temperature into her mouth.
In fact, she still had a question she wanted to ask, but the official house was in front of her, and the walls had ears, so she couldn't ask this question. Here's a spine-chilling question: Is there a third layer to this plan?
On the first level, Cui Xin revealed that the queen wanted to usurp the throne; on the second level, everything the queen did was being covered up by the officials. If there is a third level, Ji Yutang guesses that everything the officials are doing is using the queen. Not only can they get rid of those princes, but they also have a legitimate excuse to get rid of the queen without being criticized by the world. So after the matter is completed, the queen will definitely become an abandoned child!
Ji Yutang's eyes became darker and darker. Didn't the Queen know this? Or she knew it and chose to go with the flow and continue the situation.
Ji Yutang rubbed her temples. She felt that the officials and the queen combined had eight hundred tricks, and her head was about to explode when she analyzed them.
"The official who vomited blood and fell into coma today is just a smoke bomb we released. The people behind the Taiping Religion are too rampant. Not only did they attract many believers with their immortality, forming a huge barrier, but they also colluded with Concubine De's natal family. Entering the palace through the recommendation of Concubine De, the official family did nothing. Without giving up, he appointed the leader as a national master, pretended to eat the elixir he refined, and pretended to be dying. Both the officials and the palace felt that it was time to expose the flaw and let the people behind it pounce. The time they pounce is the time for me and the officials to harvest them," the Queen said.
Ji Yutang came back to his senses: "So that's it, Wei Chen understands. Now is the most critical moment. Someone needs to enter the Taiping Religion to find their weaknesses and destroy this cult, and then work together from the inside and outside to completely eliminate these people with evil intentions."
The queen praised: "That's exactly it."
The two talked for a while, and Leng Yuan suddenly announced outside.
"Your Majesty, Doctor Zhang and Doctor Liu have been waiting at the door for a long time. They asked Doctor Nu Ji why he didn't come out yet."
The queen said to Ji Yutang: "You go out first, and remember not to reveal even a single bit of the content of my conversation with you. After you go out, Leng Yuan will arrange the three of you doctors together. Then he will help you get out of the palace and talk to him." Xie Huai will join you, and you will go on the mission together. Doctor Zhang and Doctor Liu were specially selected by me to protect you. They will also be placed in the Funing Hall for the next few days, so you don't have to worry about this. ”
Seeing that the queen had thought everything through, Ji Yutang did as she said. After saluting the queen and saying goodbye, Ji Yutang walked out.
When passing by the official's house, I found him taking a nap. The setting sun passed through the window lattice and was divided into pieces of clear gold. It sprinkled on his body. He really felt like a real dragon and emperor.
Ji Yutang noticed that he had thrown the storybook carelessly on the small table next to him, with a few grape skins still stuck to the cover. Leng Yuan followed her gaze and said softly: "Let's go. Doctor Zhang and Doctor Liu have been waiting for you for a long time."
Ji Yutang nodded and followed Leng Yuan out.
The moment the door closed, the official who was taking a nap opened his eyes. There were unknown emotions in his eyes, and there was no longer the chaos of the past.
The official sat up straight, moved his neck, his eyes stayed on the storybook, and laughed softly: "You won't be found out, right?"
As he spoke, Guan Jia poked his finger on the four words "Overbearing Queen" on the title of the book. Those words had been soaked with the juice of the grape skins and became blurred.
"That's right." The official sneered.
Separated by a wall, Lengxiang heard the official's sudden laughter, and felt increasingly uneasy. She looked at the queen who was sitting back and carefully correcting the memorial. She wanted to remind her but was afraid of being overheard by the officials, so she could only suppress her thoughts.
It wasn't until an hour later that Leng Yuan came over again to report that Concubine De had made a comeback, and she knelt in front of the door again and begged to see the official. This time she also brought several nobles to kneel with her, adhering to the attitude that she would not give up until she saw the official family.
The queen rubbed her sore wrist. Concubine De's harassment made her irritated, and her voice could not help but be filled with anger: "Concubine De is so determined to not give up that she even joined others to put pressure on me!"
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Lengxiang brought her a cup of soothing tea: "It is inevitable for the empress to calm down her anger. If the officials don't show up, they will not calm down."
If Ji Yutang were here, she would definitely hear what Leng Xiang meant. This actually implies that the official family placed the queen in front as a target. Any bullets and bullets were directed at the queen, but the official family was safe and sound at the back.
The queen's hand holding the pen paused, and the ink dots spread on the paper. She simply put down her pen, took the calming tea and took a sip.
The official walked in with his hands folded: "Empress, Concubine De wants to see me again and again. It's just because the people behind her can't bear it anymore. Why don't I pretend to be about to die and let her take a look, so that I can feel at ease." News to the person behind her?"
The queen shook her head: "Guan family, this step must be done, but not now. Taking this step now is a bit too hasty. Those people from De Fei's mother's family are not fuel-efficient lamps, so it is too easy for her to find out If you hear the news, they will definitely be suspicious.”
The official's eyes flickered, and he said with some annoyance: "What the Queen said is absolutely true."
The queen didn't seem to notice his inferiority complex. She stood up, straightened her clothes and said, "Concubine, please go out and send Concubine De away. Official, you should get more rest. Yesterday, in order to confuse the leader of Taiping, you could only take the pill." Although they were told to induce vomiting afterward, the court judge said that more attention should be paid to self-cultivation and observation to avoid sequelae. ”
The official rubbed his eyebrows: "I understand."
The queen led Leng Xiang out. When she passed by the official family, the queen's face darkened. Her eyes suddenly became sharp, like a sword sharpening iron as if it was unsheathed. The will to kill.
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