The thing Cui Shaoying was most afraid of was that he heard the word "Li Zhen". He was originally highly valued by Princess Taiping because he had Li Zhen's plan to attack the east and west in the Xue Huaiyi case. As a result, Princess Taiping's power was transferred to Baima Temple. She missed the fire in the Mingtang and missed the opportunity of Linzhi Temple, which made Princess Taiping have no achievements in the Xue Huaiyi case.

It is precisely for this reason that Princess Taiping took her anger on Cui Shaoying, disappointed and bored with him, and felt that he had no effect, so she no longer paid attention to him, let alone give him a chance to kiss Xiangze.

The dignified inner guard chief became the follower of the deputy commander. He could still straighten his waist in front of Wan Guojun, but Cui Shaoying lost his self-esteem in front of the ruthless Wu Furong.

He walked forward in fear and bowed, "I don't know much about Li Zhen--"

"fart!"

Before he could finish speaking, Wu Furong opened her eyes wide and stared at him and said viciously: "Do you want me to use you to establish his authority?"

Cui Shaoying was so scared that he was as cold as a cicada. He stuttered in a trembling voice: "The commander... wants to... know what?"

"I don't want to know anything. I just asked you, I want to unify the inner guards. Are you not the chief minister? I need you to give me some advice."

Wu Furong looked at this boneless man with contempt. She had just had the idea of ​​using the beauty trick to completely conquer him, but now she had no idea of ​​having sex with him at all. It was enough to deal with this corrupt bone. The dignified Chief Secretary actually claimed to be subordinate to him, which was beyond Wu Furong's expectations.

"I have no good advice yet!"

"Then when did you have it?" Wu Furong stared at him fiercely, not giving him a chance to explain.

"Please let my subordinates... think about it for three days."

"Okay! I'll wait for you for three days. If you can't come up with a good idea in three days, be careful of your thin skin and tender flesh."

Cui Shaoying wiped the sweat from her forehead and retreated tremblingly. Wu Furong was the only one left in the room. She paced back and forth with her hands behind her back, thinking about how to swallow up Li Zhen’s half of her inner guard.

Wu Furong is a woman with great ambitions. She once hoped that her father would inherit Wu Zetian's throne, and then she would inherit her father's throne and rule the world. Although her dream of empress has broken down now, it does not mean that her ambitions have also disappeared.

She would never be willing to be a small deputy commander like Wan Guojun. She has greater ambitions, but her father's misfortune made her more cruel and realistic and no longer ambitious. She had to take step by step. The first step was to annex Li Zhen's inner guard and become the inner guard commander, and then based on this, continue to move upward.

As for Princess Taiping, who she always said she wanted to be loyal to, she was just a big tree that she temporarily sheltered from the wind and rain and a stepping stone for the future. She was loyal? She was never loyal to herself.

...........

There is a famous brothel near Taipei City, called Qinyuanlou. Every day, the brothel is crowded with guests coming and going. At dusk, Cui Shaoying, who was dressed in an ordinary person, came out of the brothel. The reason why Cui Shaoying embezzled thousands of stagnant funds was because he was obsessed with a red prostitute named Feixue who was in Qinyuanlou, spent a lot of money on her in exchange for deep satisfaction.

Today he was threatened by Wu Furong and was depressed, so he came to Feixue to tell his troubles again. After all, he was a famous family and did not dare to stay in brothels for a long time. He was also afraid of being caught by acquaintances. After that, he hurried back home.

Cui Shaoying leaned his head and looked secretly by the gate. Several prostitutes who solicited customers couldn't help laughing when they saw him sneaky and funny. Cui Shaoying's face was flushed. Just then, a carriage dedicated to carrying passengers slowly drove past the gate. Cui Shaoying shouted: "Stop!"

The carriage stopped, Cui Shaoying got into the carriage and ordered the coachman to say, "Go to Jixianfang!"

The carriage slowly turned around and headed south. Cui Shaoying then breathed a sigh of relief and lay weakly on the wall of the carriage. His mind was in a mess, and he was indescribable. The carriage had walked less than a hundred steps and suddenly stopped. Cui Shaoying was stunned. He was about to ask, but the carriage door opened, and a burly black shadow crawled into the carriage and sat directly beside him.

Cui Shaoying immediately shouted angrily: "There are people in the carriage, why do you still have to get in the customer?"

The man in black next to him laughed gloomy, "Don't you recognize me so soon?"

The voice was so familiar. Cui Shaoying quickly turned his head and saw a big flat and square face, a big purple-red nose, and a pair of small green bean-like eyes. He looked at him with a smile. Cui Shaoying was shocked, "Why are you?"

The person in front of him was Wan Guojun, the former deputy commander of the Inner Guard. Wan Guojun was taken over by Wu Furong as an important position in the Inner Guard, but he did not receive corresponding compensation. He was transferred to the Liang Palace Consul General for Military Affairs. Although he was a fifth-ranked official, he was an unyielding position, without power and doing nothing all day long. This is definitely not the position Wan Guojun wanted.

Wan Guojun smiled coldly, "Does Cui Jun think I should disappear like a fart?"

"I don't have this intention, just-"

Cui Shaoying didn't say anything, his meaning was obvious. Wan Guojun should have nothing to do with him. Wan Guojun narrowed his green bean's small eyes and glanced at him from the corner of his eyes, "I don't want to find you, but someone wants to see you, come with me!"

"Who is looking for me?"

"You will know when you go, it's not a bad thing."

Of course Cui Shaoying didn't want to go, but when he thought of Wan Guojun's ferocity, he was scared and dared not say he wouldn't go. He had to secretly look forward to it. It would be better that it would not be a difficult thing for him to make things difficult for him.

Wan Guojun's face was also gloomy. Since he was removed from his post as deputy commander of the Inner Guard, his heart has been full of hatred. If he was allowed to kill someone to vent his anger, then this person must be Princess Taiping.

He was loyal to Princess Taiping in the past, but in the end he was kicked away like a dog. Although the reason for his dismissal was that he performed poorly in the two cases of Xue Huaiyi and Wu Chengsi and made mistakes, Wan Guojun did not think so. Whether Xue Huaiyi was transferred to Baima Temple or Wu Chengsi's case, it was actually Princess Taiping's decision. He just executed her orders, but the final consequences were borne by himself.

Although he also knew that Princess Taiping could not take responsibility, and it was the responsibility of the people below, and he could accept it even if he was punished by the emperor. But the problem was that the emperor did not intend to punish him, but Princess Taiping was tired of him and kicked him away just to win over Wu Furong. This shame that was regarded as a mustard made him feel heartbroken.

The carriage stopped in front of a gorgeous giant house. Through the car window, Cui Shaoying recognized the mansion. Isn’t this the Liang Mansion? Wu Sansi’s house suddenly reacted and turned around and asked in a little surprise: “Is it Wu Sansi looking for me?”

"You'd better change the name and don't call someone else's name."

Wan Guojun replied coldly, walked out of the carriage, and pulled the carriage door: "Follow me!"

Cui Shaoying already knew that Wu Sansi was looking for him. He should be called His Highness King Liang, but he could not call Wu Sansi's name directly. His face turned red and white. He got off the carriage and followed Wan Guojun to the palace.

Although he had always wanted to climb Wu Sansi's high branch before Princess Taiping won him, and for this reason he tried hard to please Wu Sansi's eldest son Wu Chongxun, Wu Chongxun was always cold to him, which showed that Wu Sansi was not interested in him. Therefore, when Princess Taiping wooed him, he fell under Princess Taiping's pomegranate skirt without hesitation.

Things change quickly, and when Wu Sansi took the initiative to ask Wan Guojun to come to him, Cui Shaoying actually felt an indescribable sense of loss. What's the use of Wu Sansi just trying to win him over now?

Cui Shaoying followed Wan Guojun to the inner courtyard and walked into a yard. Wan Guojun bowed and said, "Your Highness, I have invited Mr. Cui!"

Wan Guojun's humble tone made Cui Shaoying suddenly realize that Wan Guojun had turned to loyalty to Wu Sansi and had no relationship with Princess Taiping. At this time, Wu Sansi's gentle voice came from the room, "Please come in!"

Wan Guojun turned around and looked at Cui Shaoying contemptuously, "Your Highness let you in, please!"

Cui Shaoying's heart began to pound, she quickly tidied up her clothes and walked into Wu Sansi's study uneasy.

The lights have been lit in the study room, and the light is soft and very warm. Braziers are even lit in the corner of the wall. This is rare in early February. After a large ivory table, Wu Sansi, who is not tall, sat.

Wu Sansi is wearing a wide and thin Zen suit and a black hat. He is planning how to build the new Mingtang within nine months in the past few days. It is undeniable that Wu Sansi still has some ability in engineering construction, which can be seen in the construction of Tianshu.

However, the government and the public do not seem to recognize his ability. Just as Li Dezhao and other prime ministers joked when drinking, "Exhaust all the national treasury and don't bother with copper and iron, I can build it in ten days!"

The implication is to ridicule Wu Sansi for spending money uncontrollably and spending money without restraint, so of course he can do things well.

Although his reputation in the court was very bad, Wu Sansi was very clear that it was much more important to build the Mingtang into a magnificent and gorgeous manner, and complete it as soon as possible, and satisfy the glory of the emperor in time than to please Li Dezhao and others.

Cui Shaoying walked into the official room and bowed, "I met His Highness Liang for a humble position."

Wu Sansi put down his pen and waved his hand and smiled: "Changshi Cui doesn't have to be too polite, please sit down!"

He nodded to Wan Guojun again, "Please sit down, Wan Zongjun."

Wan Guojun bowed and sat down at the door, but Cui Shaoying was flattered and carefully sat down less than ten feet away from Wu Sansi. He knew in his heart that Wu Sansi would not come to him for no reason, it must be for the sake of the inner guard. It should be Wan Guojun said something to him.

Wu Sansi smiled and said, "I heard that my niece Furong has served as the deputy commander of the inner guard. Cui Changshi thinks she is so young and has no experience?"

"I don't have a young age, I feel that she is...stronger."

Cui Shaoying looked back at Wan Guojun. He felt it was necessary to flatter Wan Guojun, "She is not as modest and low-key as Commander Wan."

Sure enough, Wan Guojun's originally contemptuous expression suddenly calmed down a little, thinking that although Cui Shaoying was timid and cowardly, she was not too stupid.

Wu Sansi smiled, "Cui Shaoying is very good at speaking! But it's right. My niece has been spoiled since she was a child and has a very big temper. Even her father is afraid of her. It's reasonable that she is strong. I don't know if she has any plans for her new official position?"

The reason why Wu Sansi found Cui Shaoying was because Wan Guojun told him that Cui Shaoying had a handle and was easy to control.

Wu Sansi was also worried about Princess Taiping's win over Wu Furong. He was the person involved. Of course, he understood Princess Taiping's true intentions. Not only did he want to seek Wu Chengsi's wealth, but he also wanted to incorporate the forces left by Wu Chengsi. Begging Wu Furong is undoubtedly the best way for Princess Taiping.

Princess Taiping's plan violated Wu Sansi's fundamental interests to some extent, making Wu Sansi gradually become hostile to Princess Taiping. In order to defend her vital interests, Wu Sansi decided to seek peace from Shangguan Wan'er, and the two joined forces to deal with Princess Taiping again.

However, Shangguan Wan'er had an ambiguous attitude and did not respond to his sincerity. Helplessly, Wu Sansi considered putting a spy next to Wu Furong, and Chief Cui Shaoying fell into his eyes. This was a good candidate.

Wu Sansi's tone was a little careless, as if he was asking casually, but he watched the slight change in Cui Shaoying's expression.

Cui Shaoying lowered his head and didn't know how to answer. Wu Sansi asked casually, but it was Wu Furong's secret. He was very conflicted. If he said it, he would anger Wu Furong and make him unable to take it. If he didn't say it, he would offend Wu Sansi.

At this time, the maid came in and served them tea. Wu Sansi picked up the teacup and smiled and said, "I'm asking casually. Cui Changshi doesn't have to make things difficult. Drink tea first. It doesn't matter whether he says it or not."

Wu Sansi took a sip of tea, got up and went to change clothes, but when he arrived at the door, he gave Wan Guojun a wink and walked out quickly. Wan Guojun understood it. Only when Wu Sansi walked away did he smile slightly.

"Brother Cui, I have learned all the cruelty and ruthlessness of Princess Taiping. I, Wan Guojun, was a loyal person, but she was ruthlessly driven out of the inner guard. Wu Furong is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Her ambition is no less than Princess Taiping. If she wants to control the inner guard, she will definitely appoint her confidant as the chief secretary. How could she tolerate you? If I was not wrong, she would definitely start to wear small shoes for you. People have to leave a way out for themselves! I don't want to say anything more, think about it yourself!"

Cui Shaoying picked up the teacup, his hands began to tremble, and the tea splashed on his legs. The authorities were fascinated by the onlooker Wan Guojun, and he immediately realized that Wu Furong was just attacking himself?

Wan Guojun saw the fierce struggle in his heart and said, "It may not be a bad thing to leave the inner guard, but if no one speaks for you, what official position can you get? I am the best example, Brother Cui, think about your future!"

Cui Shaoying sighed deeply. Wan Guojun hit his vital point. At this time, Wu Sansi walked back and sat back and said with a smile: "I'm rude."

Cui Shaoying bit her lips and said, "Wu Furong wants to unify the inner guards. She asked me to think about how to deal with Li Zhen. Only give me three days, otherwise she will use me to establish her authority."

"oh--"

Wu Sansi looked at him sympathetically, "Then have you thought of any solution?"

Cui Shaoying shook her head, "I have no clue about my humble position."

Wu Sansi smiled again and said, "This matter is really not easy to deal with. Why don't we think about it together and think of a solution for Cui Changshi."

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Chapter completed!