After her rebirth, the empress received a tragic and beautiful script.

Chapter 236 Yingzhou

To Ye Qinghuai's surprise, the resumes of the Yingzhou Jiedushi and the Qing County Magistrate were very clean. Not only were there no abnormalities, they even looked very neutral, as if they were neither Chen Yuansi's nor Gu Shihai's men.

Ye Qinghuai put down the resume in his hand and carefully recalled Li Jianyun's words.

This military report was written to the Cabinet. If it was delivered late during the 800-mile express journey, the person would be beheaded, and the post station along the way would also be held accountable, so the letter must have reached the Cabinet yesterday.

After the warehouse case, Yu Jianghui was kicked out of the cabinet by Ye Qinghuai, and the vacant position was filled by He Qingchang. Now, in addition to the first and second assistants, the cabinet consists of Wen Xinzhong, Su Hongwei, and He Qingchang.

Wen Xinzhong and Su Hongwei are in charge of ceremonial celebrations, one is in charge of personnel changes, and the other is in charge of personnel changes. They are basically non-staff members in the front-line war. In cabinet meetings, most of the time, one votes with Gu Shihai and the other votes with Chen Yuansi. Only He Qingchang, the Minister of War, is the one who should make the decision on this matter.

But he didn't deliver the letter himself, but sent Li Jianyun to deliver the letter to the palace, and it took a whole day and a night.

It is obvious that He Qingchang's action was not instructed by Gu Shihai.

Gu Shihai most likely did not want the emperor to see this urgent report, so He Qingchang must have reported it without Gu Shihai's knowledge.

Ye Qinghuai quickly came up with a guess: the cabinet might have approved this urgent report.

If this was Gu Shihai's idea, then he hoped that Lu Yanchen would die quietly in Qing County without the emperor's knowledge.

This makes sense. After all, Gu Shihai is the most powerful person in the army, so it is understandable that he does not want to see the rise of a force that does not belong to him.

But why did Chen Yuansi acquiesce to his actions?

The cabinet's seal is kept by the Prime Minister, which means that all approval documents issued by the cabinet need to be stamped by Chen Yuansi.

And Lord Chen, who never missed any opportunity to attack Gu Shihai, was merciful this time and acquiesced to his abuse of power.

Ye Qinghuai could only think of one possibility, that is, Chen Yuansi could gain some benefit from this matter, and it would be a greater benefit than making Gu Shihai uncomfortable.

But Ye Qinghuai couldn't think of what the benefit was.

"Li Baoquan, go and invite the two ministers into the palace. They have something important to tell you." Ye Qinghuai ordered.

Since you can't think of it, why not just ask directly.
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At night, Jingshou Palace was brightly lit.

A young eunuch, only fourteen or fifteen years old, holding a lantern, walked in small steps. When he reached the gate of Jingshou Palace, he stopped and lowered the lantern in his hand to illuminate the threshold. Then he turned sideways, half-bent his body, and said, "Master, be careful where you step."

The Prime Minister of the Cabinet, who was following behind him in a scarlet official uniform and with a head full of silver hair, seemed to be a little tired from walking. He stopped outside the door, raised his head and glanced at the plaque of Jingshou Palace. His gray-black eyes darkened a little, and a hint of worry crept up between his brows. He sighed, closed his eyes deeply, and returned to his usual calm appearance, and steadily stepped over the threshold that was as high as his calf.

The young eunuch who led the way brought him all the way into the Qinxian Palace. After the heavy door was closed, Li Baoquan, who was guarding outside the door, told him and the other eunuchs who led the way, "You go and wait at the palace gate."

Several people saluted to the old ancestor, quickly left Jingshou Palace, lined up in front of the palace gate, and stood upright in the chilly night wind.

For no reason, the young eunuch recalled the sigh that Lord Chen had just let out at the palace gate.

He suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart - perhaps someone in the Qinxian Hall was discussing something very difficult, and the elder would probably not be able to come out until very late.

This meant that he, who was responsible for escorting the elder out of the palace, would have to be exposed to the cold wind for a long time. The young eunuch could not help but sigh silently in his heart.

The atmosphere in the Qinxian Hall is indeed not very good.

Ye Qinghuai got straight to the point and took out the military report: "Two elders, have you seen this urgent report?"

Chen Yuansi took the military newspaper first. He glanced at it and handed it to Gu Shihai beside him. His expression did not change at all from beginning to end.

Gu Shihai only glanced at the head of the report, then frowned and asked, "Where did your Majesty get this urgent report?"

"The Ministry of War sent it earlier." Ye Qinghuai said, looking at Gu Shihai and asked, "If the Ministry of War hadn't sent it, would the Cabinet not have let me know about this?"

No one answered Ye Qinghuai.

Gu Shihai's eyes were still fixed on the urgent report, seemingly not hearing Ye Qinghuai's question. Chen Yuansi kept his eyes down, wondering what he was thinking.

After a moment of silence, Ye Qinghuai changed the question: "Looking at the time on the emergency report, it should have been sent to the cabinet yesterday. Did the cabinet give its approval?"

This time Chen Yuansi answered her question: "Your Majesty, the cabinet's approval document was sent out last night."

“How did the cabinet approve it?”

Chen Yuansi paused for a moment and said, "The cabinet approved the transfer of 8,000 troops from Yingzhou Army to reinforce Qing County."

really!

Ye Qinghuai's face immediately turned cold, and he slammed the table and said angrily: "Such an important matter, if I don't ask you, you won't tell me? Who gave you the right?"

She was so angry that Chen Yuansi and Gu Shihai both knelt down.

But she could not see any panic on their faces. The two elders knelt calmly and naturally, and Chen Yuansi even knelt with a bit of determination.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. According to the cabinet laws of our dynasty, the local rebels are less than 3,000 people, and the state army deployment is less than 10,000 people. The cabinet can discuss and make the decision. There is no need to disturb Your Majesty." Chen Yuansi said.

What he said was true, but that was a rule made when the previous emperor was ill. At that time, Emperor Shunping was bedridden all day long, and basically all matters that did not endanger the foundation of the country were left to the cabinet for decision.

Ye Qinghuai did not specifically revise these rules after she ascended the throne. After all, Chen and Gu were fighting fiercely. Not to mention the concealment of major troop movements, even the smallest matters would be brought to her attention, and there was no need to use policies to restrict them.

Now this has become Chen Yuansi's reason to respond to her righteously.

Ye Qinghuai was so angry at his reply that he laughed: "Disturb? My Dajing army is about to fight among itself in Yingzhou, and you are still afraid that I will be disturbed? Elder Chen, do you really want to share my worries?"

Chen Yuansi did not answer her, but said calmly: "Your Majesty, please calm down. This matter is due to the cabinet's inconsiderateness. But I dare to ask your Majesty, is your Majesty so angry because you do not agree with the cabinet's reply? Please tell me how to reply to this urgent report and how to deal with the rebellion in Qing County."