Chapter 246 The Shame of the Prime Minister
The old lady did not take the credit, and said modestly: "The concubine is too proud, this matter is not the credit of the old body, it is just that the old body ordered people to take the sick people to Shitou village, Shitou village is very close to Beijing, Once an outbreak occurs, the capital will have to take it seriously."
The imperial concubine nodded happily, "It's hard for you, come up with this plan, so that the people will have doubts and complaints about the court and those in power because of panic, and at the same time, Xia Zi'an can also die on the stone. Village, killing two birds with one stone is really clever, and by the way, where did you recruit these disease patients?"
"Now that the first step has been taken, the next step is how to arrange for Xia Zian to go to Shitou Village." The old lady said, but deliberately avoided the last question from the imperial concubine.
The noble concubine took a sip of tea, pretending not to know, but said in her heart, old fox.
The corners of her lips curled up, "Ai's family has already entered the palace to meet the empress dowager today, and the empress dowager personally proposed to ask Xia Zian to go to the epidemic area. way."
"No one can think of a way. Once this zombie disease is infected, you will die." The old lady laughed triumphantly.
"Wait a few more days, the Ai family will tell her again at that time, once the empress dowager is moved, you can let the prime minister do things." The noble concubine said.
The old lady held a string of Buddhist beads in her hand and said, "Amitabha, everything depends on the noble concubine."
The noble concubine held the cup, and glanced at the old lady lightly, "You and Aijia have a common enemy, get rid of this enemy first, and then talk about future cooperation. However, if you help Aijia, Lao Ba Once things are done, Aijia will protect your Xiangfu's wealth forever."
"I'm old and disabled, and I'm at the beck and call of the imperial concubine." The old lady was very shrewd, she said that she herself obeyed the orders of the imperial concubine, but she didn't mention the Xiangfu.
The imperial concubine also seemed unable to hear it, and said with a smile: "The old lady is really quick to talk, and the Ai family likes it very much."
Seeing her confident appearance, the old lady suddenly had a thought in her heart, perhaps, the cooperation between the two could not only focus on Xia Zian.
Now that Xia Wan'er has been disliked by the crown prince, and the old queen mother has not given orders for a long time, if the crown prince is unreliable, he might as well place his hopes on King Nanhuai.
With a mother like Concubine Gui, King Nanhuai's chance of success is no less than that of the Crown Prince. In addition, the Empress Dowager has always been dissatisfied with the Crown Prince, and she has always thought of her sisterhood with Concubine Gui. Concubine will be a good way out for the prime minister's mansion.
However, we can't be impatient yet, and wait a little longer to see if the Empress Dowager will make an order.
The old lady left first, but the noble concubine was not in a hurry to leave.
The retainer Ah Fu said: "Grand Concubine, this old lady of Xiangfu is very cunning, you still have to be careful."
The noble concubine said indifferently: "All the hustle and bustle in the world is for profit. As long as a person has greed in his heart, he can definitely take advantage of it."
"However, she has already agreed with the Taifu, and now she is cooperating with you just to deal with Xia Zi'an. We should be more cautious. It is right to be more on guard against her."
The imperial concubine glanced at him, "You, you have no clear heart. If Sizhu was here in the past, you wouldn't say such things. Haven't you seen it clearly? The empress dowager doesn't like Xia Wan'er at all, and she has also seen that the empress Wanting to win over Xia Huaijun's mind, he has not agreed to this marriage for a long time. Although the queen has settled the marriage, the date of the marriage has not been fixed. Having been in contact with the Tai Tuo for such a long time, you will definitely know a lot of things there, once you join the Ai family, it will be of great benefit to the Ai family, don't you understand?"
Ah Fu said flatteringly: "It's the slave who is stupid, I didn't think of this level, the slave is really not as smart as Si Zhu."
The Concubine Gui sighed softly, "Sizhu is a smart person, but she doesn't agree with Aijia. She has been with Aijia for so many years, and she also knows Aijia's thoughts, but she chose to betray Aijia in the end. What's the use? There are enough smart people around the Ai family, what the Ai family wants is your loyalty."
"The slave must be loyal to the concubine." Ah Fu swore.
The Concubine Gui took a sip of tea slowly, a sharpness flashed in her eyes, "Beside Aijia, as long as there are loyal people, once there is a double heart, the end will be like silk and bamboo."
Thinking of Sizhu's tragic death, Ah Fu's heart shuddered, but he felt a little gloating, she was to blame, she couldn't recognize her own identity, thought it would be good to join the prince, and even thought that the noble concubine was reluctant to kill her.
"What are you laughing at?" The Royal Dowager suddenly asked in a cold voice.
Ah Fu was taken aback, and quickly restrained his expression, "The servant just remembered something about Aunt Sizhu's life, so he smiled a little, please forgive me."
He knew that although the imperial concubine executed Si Zhu, she couldn't tolerate anyone saying anything bad about her, let alone gloating over her misfortune, so he hastily defended himself.
The noble concubine said coldly: "Ah Fu, do what you should do well, it's useless, even if you think about it, it's useless."
Ah Fu's heart trembled, "Yes!"
He was very unwilling, he knew the meaning of Gui Taifei's words, it was impossible for him to be as tall as Sizhu.
But why? Si Zhu has already betrayed her, why does she still miss her kindness?
If you still miss her well, why did you kill her again?
After the old lady returned, she had an in-depth conversation with Prime Minister Xia.
"The Grand Concubine is a very good way out, but we have already spent too much energy on the Crown Prince. It would not be worthwhile to turn to the Grand Concubine at this time." Prime Minister Xia obviously did not agree.
The old lady said: "I'm not asking you to take refuge in the past now, but to let you be more careful, and don't offend both sides for the time being. Anyway, although the goals of the two sides are different now, they can lead to the same goal by different routes. The Tai Tuo wants to disturb the hearts of the people, the noble concubine It is to kill Xia Zian, and this is also our purpose, at least, neither side will offend what we are doing now."
Prime Minister Xia hummed, "Let's see first, at least, if Xia Wan'er can marry the crown prince, then I will be the head of the country, and I can also serve as prime minister, surpassing the crown prince's sharpness."
"You can't think like this. The position of the head of the country is always just empty. We don't want this kind of empty title. There is no real power. Everything is fake. Now your position as prime minister is almost emptied by the regent. Otherwise, you won't As for getting to where we are today, son, please remember that our Xia family is now small in number and insufficient in strength. We need a deep-rooted backer to stand firm. The regent king and the noble concubine are always mother and son. The imperial concubine will avoid taboos and leave some room for everything, so if we follow the imperial concubine, our situation will be better than following the grand tutor."
Xia Chengxiang saw that his mother had already thought about it, and said: "Okay, my son will think about it carefully."
"The most important point," the old lady said calmly, "We don't have to rely on Xia Wan'er, an outsider. The humiliation you endured also humiliated my old self."
When Prime Minister Xia heard this, he clenched his fists. Yes, this was a humiliation for him.