Since Ye Qing returned to Lin'an, he has been like Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Jian who have evaporated out of thin air for many days, and finally appeared in the apricot garden.

Zhu Ye'er just served Ye Qing and put on a elegant scholar-in-law shirt, which made Ye Qing look elegant and gentlemanly.

He carefully examined Ye Qing's Confucian shirt, fearing that there was something wrong, and Ye Qing was also content with leisure and ease, allowing Zhu Yeer to help him continue to tidy up his clothes.

"You don't understand this, right?" Ye Qing said lightly when Zhu Ye'er asked why she wanted to dress up in a scholar-in-law shirt: "Because only in this way can I think about the problem from the perspective of a literati or from the perspective of a civil servant like Shi Miyuan who likes conspiracy and tricks."

"In this way... you can guess what Shi Miyuan and the others are thinking?" Zhu Yeer was a little silenced and asked suspiciously.

"That's not the case. Wouldn't I become omniscient? The reason I do this is for... for..." King Yan stroked his chin, thought for a while and said, "It's to find the sense of substitution of a literati as an official. Do you understand?"

Zhu Ye'er looked at Ye Qing and shook her head, while Yan King pinched Zhu Ye'er's fair cheek with some love, and continued, "After staying in the army for a long time, I will be more straightforward when thinking about problems in my mind. Only after dressing up as a literati can I feel that I am so talented..."

Zhu Ye'er laughed unconsciously, and while continuing to tidy up Ye Qing's clothes, he joked: "In this court, if you talk about conspiracy, I don't think Shi Mi is better than you..."

"No, no, this so-called strategy is divided into conspiracy and open conspiracy. Although war is a major matter of the country, it is used to do everything, if it comes to insidiousness and cunning and fanning the flames, military officials will be far inferior to civil servants. After all, they are people with ink in their stomachs, while we are people who are used to swords and guns, and they are still a little aware of it." Ye Qing said disapprovingly.

Li Fengniang worshipped Buddha three days a day, so she had already entered the Zen room again. Ye Qing was waiting for the arrival of Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Can, and suddenly changed into a literati outfit. Not only did it make Zhu Yeer who was dressed for him feel a little awkward, but even Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Can, who had just stepped into the main hall, thought that they had found the wrong person when they saw Ye Qing.

The two people who came in together nodded to Zhu Yeer and said hello, and then sat down directly on the other side.

After the palace maid brought the tea, Zhu Yeer signaled her to leave the hall. When she was about to leave, Ye Qing was staying there. Obviously, she did not intend to hide anything from Zhu Yeer.

"Duke of Rongguo Zhao Shikui is now very close to the jung-minded father-in-law Yan Keji. He will gather together for dinner almost these days. And several times, they were the same, and there were no Shi Miyuan or other followers." Zhong Can put down the teacup and said in response to Ye Qing's inquiring gaze.

"At first, I thought it was Yan Keji, the father-in-law who wanted to take advantage of the emperor to marry his daughter, so he curled up and pleased the royal family Zhao Shikui. However, after observing these days, I finally thought that it would be better to say that the two of them coincided, or that they were in a bad mood. It seems that there are some things that the two are still deliberately hiding from Shi Miyuan and others." Mo Xiaobao continued.

Ye Qing frowned slightly. Obviously, the essay and Confucian shirt he had just changed into did not help him: "Will it be that Duke Rong, Zhao Shikui, wanted to curry favor with Yan Keji? After all, Yan Keji will be the father-in-law in a few days. In terms of status and status, it is no lower than his clan, right?"

"Although that's the case, after observing these days, we can see that Yan Keji took the initiative to invite Duke Rong more times. So I thought that Duke Rong Zhao Shikui might not curry favor with Yan Keji, but it cannot be denied that they have been together for a while, and they must be conspiring to something." Mo Xiaobao said.

Ye Qing put down the teacup and sighed slightly. Without waiting for him to speak, he heard Zhu Yeer next to him whisper: "Maybe... because Duke Rong is now quite trusted by the emperor, why does Yan Keji want to get in touch with Duke Rong?"

Ye Qing glanced at Zhu Yeer lightly, and then did not respond to Zhu Yeer's words. He lowered his head and thought for a moment and said, "Where is the palace?"

"The Zuo brothers did not find anything abnormal." This time, Zhong Can said after a little silent.

Mo Xiaobao's expression became a little solemn. He subconsciously played with the teacup in his hand, shook his head and murmured: "I always feel that the Zuo brothers are no longer trustworthy, but as for the reasons, I don't know. I just feel that the two of them are different from before."

Zhong Can smiled and said, "How many years have passed, let alone the two of them have always been in the position of the front office of the Palace and the head of the Guards. Even if they are Xun, they still have a bit of official flavor now, right?"

"But why don't you have that kind of habit? Also, don't you think the eyes of the Zuo brothers are more than they think..." Mo Xiaobao said cautiously.

Zhu Ye'er glanced at Ye Qing who was smiling and silent. Seeing that Ye Qing didn't speak, she didn't know how to explain Mo Xiaobao's suspicion towards the Zuo brothers.

Zhong Can's words were still ringing in his ears: "The Zuo brothers were finally supported by the King of Yan, and for so many years, they have been following the Empress Dowager and doing their best. I didn't see anything unusual about them."

"How long has the Empress Dowager not summoned the Zuo brothers?" Ye Qing stroked his chin and asked when Zhong Can and Mo Xiaobao were arguing with each other, he looked at Zhu Yeer next to him.

Zhu Ye'er turned his head slightly and thought about it, and then said seriously: "Since the Empress Dowager worshipped the Buddha, he has never summoned them again. And... and after the priest ascended the throne, the Empress Dowager summoned them in the first two years, very limited times."

Ye Qing nodded silently, then asked Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Can: "Where is Shi Miyuan?"

"I've always been like that, like a yellow-flowered girl, and I won't step out of the door." Zhong Can said with his hands spreading out.

Ye Qing nodded again, and Zhu Yeer next to him said, "Since you were promoted to Queen of Yan by the Lord, Shi Miyuan once wanted to resign from his post on the grounds of his poor health, but he was rejected by the Lord. So it was from that time... Shi Miyuan began the routine of dynasty every ten days, which was specifically allowed by the Lord."

"When Shi Miyuan resigned, did he just say that the officials in the court began to keep him loudly? Is there anyone shouting in the court that the Song Dynasty court cannot do without him as a pillar?" Ye Qing said with a smile.

Zhu Yeer nodded and said, "This is inevitable. After all, whether it is the emperor or the court, there are many places that rely heavily on Shi Miyuan. Although there is still the right prime minister,

But now almost everyone in the court knows that Liu Zheng is thinking more about how to retire and return home safely, so he no longer is as serious and focused on the affairs of the court as before. Especially since Han Yanjia was appointed as the Minister of Justice, Liu Zheng seemed to have noticed something. He looked like he had no desires and no desires, and no longer like before. Sometimes, because of disagreement in politics, he would argue with Shi Miyuan in front of other officials in the court. Now Shi Miyuan has the final say, and he has almost no objection."

"It's just to retreat." Ye Qing sighed slightly: "I was promoted to King of Yan, which naturally made Shi Miyuan feel uncomfortable, so he wanted to resign and retire on the grounds of poor health. His real purpose was to test the Lord's trust in me and his dependence on him. If the Lord did not retain him, then there would be other officials to retain him, so he would not lose anything. If the Lord wanted to retain him, then he could see from it the Lord's trust in me, Ye Qing, and the degree of reliance on me in the future."

"I didn't understand very well." Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Can asked in a daze.

Zhu Ye'er unconsciously curled her lips and explained: "The King of Yan means that Shi Miyuan's move to resign from office and retire is to test which is more important in the mind of the emperor. If the emperor allows him to resign from office and retire, it means that the emperor is likely to entrust the King of Yan after he resigns from office and retires. Then he needs to stay in the court with all officials, and then he will be able to plan how to reverse the situation next.

.And if the priest refuses his resignation and retirement, it is enough to prove his importance to the court and the priest. It can be seen that in the priest's heart, at least his status with the King of Yan can be equal, and even Shi Miyuan is even more important. In this way, he can test the position of the King of Yan in the priest's heart, and can truthfully grasp medicine to continue to compete with the King of Yan in the court."

"In other words, no matter which result, his position as the left prime minister in the dynasty will be extremely safe. The emperor allowed him and officials asked him to stay, so he would continue to stay in the position of the left prime minister. The emperor refused. The position of the king of Yan was at most equal to his heart, so when he played conspiracies, he could lose a layer of concern." Mo Xiaobao was a little surprised: "After all this, isn't he using the emperor? Isn't the ultimate goal still on the king of Yan?"

"That's true." Ye Qing said with a regretful expression: "So the scene when we returned to Lin'an can be regarded as the first warning that Shi Miyuan gave me. What's more cleverly is that to outsiders, this is the disagreement between me, Ye Qing and the priest, but it has nothing to do with him. I even suspect that the priest still does not know that he has been skillfully used by Shi Miyuan."

"The Dali envoy group can be called the second problem left by Shi Miyuan for you?" Zhong Can also suddenly realized.

"It is not clear whether the second one is the second one, but it is definitely one of them, and it will never be the last one." Ye Qing sighed slightly and said.

The reason why Ye Qing has always been passive is that he is very different from Shi Miyuan. Shi Miyuan can focus all his attention on him, Ye Qing, while Ye Qing focuses more on Ziqi, Luodian, Dali, even the envoys of Mongolia, as well as Jin people.

So this is why Shi Miyuan has been able to hide in the dark, instigating others to be enemies with Ye Qing, and even steal memorials, causing Zhao Kuo to be dissatisfied with Ye Qing, and then exploit it.

Of course, at this time, whether it was Ye Qing or Shi Miyuan, he did not know that the real reason why Zhao Kuo was dissatisfied with Ye Qing was actually not related to the lost memorial. It was entirely because in Zhao Kuo's view, Ye Qing used the matter of being in the Jin Kingdom to threaten him, Zhao Kuo, and had to confer Ye Qing as the King of Yan, and now that it has spread in the palace. Ye Qing used the series of actions of Lin'an scholars to build momentum for himself before the Northern Expedition, which made Zhao Kuo extremely angry with Ye Qing.

Zhao Kuo was still a teenager after all, and for a teenager, especially a young king, the strongest thing in him was obviously not ability, but his invisible self-esteem.

In Zhao Kuo's opinion, as a saint today, he should be smarter than any minister, but he did not expect that his self-righteous intelligence has always been used by Ye Qing and led by others. Therefore, for a young king, he was even more angry than some court affairs.

Ye Qing slowly stood up, waved his hands to the three people who stood up with him at the same time, and then signaled himself to find Empress Dowager Li Fengniang, so the three of them stayed in the hall and stared at each other for a moment.

In the end, Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Can chose to leave. They followed Ye Qing for many years, but they could still see that under the current situation in Lin'an, Ye Qing was somewhat overwhelmed by these complex situations. Therefore, as the commander of the Huahua Army, they naturally have the responsibility to protect Ye Qing and help Ye Qing find out more secrets and conspiracies hidden behind Lin'an.

Ye Qing pushed the door and entered the extremely simple Zen room. The blue brick and green tiles seemed out of place in the luxurious apricot garden. Even the wooden door that Ye Qing pushed open looked a bit simple.

The Zen room is not big, and the Buddha statues inside are in different postures, but they are also solemn in appearance, making this simple Zen room look quite pure.

Li Fengniang could not have imagined that Ye Qing, who had always been unbeliever, would break in. She knelt on the cushion, looked at Ye Qing who was walking in with a hint of surprise, and then signaled Ye Qing to kneel on another yellow cushion.

But Ye Qing shook his head and stood in the center of the room, looking at the simple layout in the simple Zen room without restraint.

"Can the Zuo brothers still trust? Are they deeply trusted by the emperor?" Ye Qing was wearing a scholar-confucian shirt, and at this moment, she looked a little strange in Li Fengniang's eyes. However, compared to Ye Qing's somewhat unexpected outfit, she cared more about Ye Qing's suspicion of the Zuo brothers.

"Do you suspect that the Zuo brothers stole your memorial?" Li Fengniang frowned slightly, her voice was very light in the Zen room, as if she was afraid of disturbing the solemn Buddha statues she offered.

"Is Qinzheng Hall a place where any palace maid and eunuchs can enter at will?" Ye Qing said, looking directly at the solemn Buddha statues with treasures behind his hands.

In Li Fengniang's eyes, Ye Qing looked at the Buddha statue without any awe or respect, and even with some unscrupulousness.

"Of course not." Li Fengniang felt a little dissatisfied with Ye Qing's attitude towards the Buddha statues in front of her, but obviously she also understood Ye Qing's personality, so she did not require Ye Qing to be as pious and awe of these Buddha statues as she did.

"That's it. If it's the Palace Front Office

Someone took the opportunity to enter, and it was not difficult to take a memorial. What's more, this memorial was sent directly to the Qinzheng Hall and would not pass through the Zhongshu, so there was no way to find it. If it was stolen, it would be equivalent to this memorial that it had not existed, right?" Ye Qing's eyes swam on each Buddha statue.

"But... don't forget that two palace maids and one eunuch... have passed away, so this matter will never have anything to do with the Palace Front Office." Li Fengniang frowned.

"Are those two palace maids and eunuchs, are the palace maids and eunuchs in Qinzheng Hall? If so, I believe that they stole the memorial before there is no conclusive evidence, but if not... how did they enter Qinzheng Hall? Who is instructing her behind her back?" Ye Qing turned to look at Li Fengniang and asked.

Li Fengniang unconsciously bit her lip, looked at Ye Qing hesitantly, thought for a while and said, "No matter who is instructing her behind the scenes, I will give you a satisfactory explanation for this matter. But it is impossible for the Zuo brothers to have a second heart."

Ye Qing was a little surprised at Li Fengniang's determination to the Zuo brothers, and sighed slightly, "Don't forget, knowing people but not their hearts. Over the past few years, you have been ignoring their existence. It is difficult to guarantee that they will not be tempted and attracted to others, and promise to have high officials and generous salaries..."

"Ku'er won't win people from me, and he knows better than anyone else that I, the queen, have done all this for." Li Fengniang felt a little impatient and was unwilling to talk about those intrigues in front of these solemn Buddha statues: "What questions are there? It's not too late to talk after I finish worshiping Buddha. If you don't believe in Buddhism and don't respect it, you will be a blasphemy to the Buddha."

"Blasphemy? I didn't do anything, so how could I blasphemy? Besides, not believing on the surface does not mean that I don't believe it in the heart." Ye Qing touched his nose, and only then realized that Li Fengniang's attitude of worshiping Buddha was so pious.

Li Fengniang looked at Ye Qing's attitude of not respect at all, so she began to issue an order to expel guests again, asking Ye Qing to go out quickly.

"Whether you believe in Buddhism or not, this is not the place you come. Let's discuss it with you after I finish worshiping Buddha. And..." Li Fengniang, who stood up from the cunt, looked at Ye Qing who was disregarded, sighed helplessly: "Don't put your king of Yan pressure on the Zuo brothers. Even if I don't expect them to do anything now, Kuo'er now trusts them, and Kuo'er is about to get married. I don't want any accidents to happen during this period. Besides... I don't want the relationship between you, the king and ministers, to continue to deteriorate because of the Zuo brothers. Do you understand?"

Ye Qing sighed slightly in his heart. Li Fengniang's attention and trust in the Zuo brothers is obviously largely due to the fact that the two were highly valued by Zhao Kuo. If she was suspicious of the Zuo brothers or was an enemy, it would naturally be equivalent to offending the emperor Zhao Kuo.

"Why did you suddenly believe in Buddhism?" Ye Qing asked without further ado, and it seemed that he had no intention of leaving immediately.

Looking at Ye Qing who was not planning to leave, Li Fengniang could only sigh helplessly, and gave Ye Qing a look in anger. Then, she looked at the solemn Buddha statues with treasures with great devotion. She turned around and said, "I have been fighting for power for half a lifetime, but in the end I realized that all this was just a passing cloud. The so-called power, wealth, and no life or death, will not be taken away. What's more, I, Li Fengniang, have been ashamed of Zhaoshi for half a lifetime, and now it is just hope..."

Before Li Fengniang could finish speaking, Ye Qing reached out to grab Li Fengniang's hand, but Li Fengniang's reaction was like being bitten by a poisonous snake. She quickly pulled her hand back, then looked at Ye Qing with vigilance and angrily, and said angrily: "Can you be more serious? This is the Buddhist temple, pulling and pulling..."

Ye Qing looked at Li Fengniang's appearance and wanted to reach out to touch Li Fengniang's forehead to see if this woman was confused. He did not object to her if she wanted to believe in Buddhism and worship Buddha. However, if she was addicted to it and even lost her basic rational judgment, it would be really not worth the loss.

Ye Qing spread his hands helplessly, looked at Li Fengniang, who was full of vigilance all over his body, and then looked at Li Fengniang and asked, "Dare you ask the Empress Dowager, what is Buddha?"

Then, without waiting for the alert Li Fengniang to answer, Ye Qing said to herself: "Buddha is also a human being. Whether it is able to make you understand your mind and nature or be compassionate, in short, Buddha is a Buddha or a human being. Look at the Buddha statues here, each of which is different in posture and the statues of gods are shining with golden light, but have you ever thought about it? Are these differences and similarities with human beings?"

"What do you mean?" Li Fengniang frowned even deeper, but her eyes were still full of vigilance.

Ye Qing looked at Li Fengniang's vigilant look, and his heart was instantly determined to destroy Li Fengniang's excessive respect for Buddha. He took two steps forward mysteriously. Looking at Li Fengniang who took two steps back, he deliberately lowered his voice and said, "Mysterious! Nothing is just the word "mysterious". Once the secret behind it is cracked, everything will no longer be mysterious or sacred!"

"Don't you understand?" Ye Qing looked at Li Fengniang, who was like a hen protecting her cub, and raised her body to be alert to her feathers, and continued to say mysteriously: "Just like a human being, after wearing bright and beautiful clothes, you can't see whether he is poor or rich, or his status and power. But when you strip off those bright and beautiful clothes and reveal the same body as ordinary people, you will find that it is just an ordinary human body, without any mystery.

For Buddha, the same is true. Buddha has always shown people in front of others. Have you ever seen any Buddha statue with its back facing away from it? Why? Because behind every solemn Buddha statue with its treasures is also extremely ordinary. And you... are just blinded and cannot see the truth clearly. Today I broke in to save you from the sea of ​​suffering and let you understand that you are your own Buddha, your own god, your own master, you are electricity, you are light, you are the only myth..."

"Are you finished talking nonsense?" Li Fengniang was already covered in black at some point, and her eyes looked at Ye Qing coldly and asked coldly.

"Uh...I'm done."

"Then get out of here!" Li Fengniang said gritting her teeth.

Then the King of Yan chuckled and waved his hand, and then quickly walked out of the Zen room.

But when he left, Li Fengniang's heart could no longer calm down. Ye Qing's nonsense words seemed to have a root in her heart, and kept circling in her mind?
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