Fragrant willow catkins

Mo Xi: "Stop carving wood! You are becoming more and more like wood! Are you going to just put up with this?!"

Ning Xu looked up at Mo Xi and said, "Xiao Wu, I am guilty of many crimes and my entire clan may be executed. If you can bear with it, you can get through it and avoid implicating you."

Ningxu said slowly that if she didn't cause any more trouble, perhaps the Mo family could be kept safe.

"But!..." Mo Xi felt really aggrieved. She understood the truth, but she just felt aggrieved!

A few days later, a spy from the Bai family came to the Bai Mansion to report that His Majesty was busy dealing with court officials and had never found time to visit the deposed empress, let alone send anyone to look after her. The deposed empress was depressed and hopeless in the cold palace, and the two of them were alienated.

"Hahaha, good! Very good!"

Prime Minister Bai was so excited sitting in his chair that he didn't know what he was busy with. He had been holding it in for several days just to make sure whether the Mo family's fall from favor was a foregone conclusion.

"I didn't expect that the heavens would be so kind to me before I did anything! Now that I don't have the support of the goddess, Mo Ningxu has martial arts skills but can do nothing!"

"Women, if their sincerity is betrayed, they are nothing."

Subordinates: "Yes, Prime Minister is wise."

Prime Minister Bai: "Step back."

"Yes."

After his men left, Prime Minister Bai stood up impatiently, unable to hide his joy. He picked up something that looked like an imperial edict from the table, held it high, and walked around the room in great joy.

"My position! My world! This day has finally arrived!"

Suddenly, Prime Minister Bai stopped what he was doing and stared at the imperial edict in his hand almost madly.

The imperial edict looked a bit old, and the signature was not from Li Ze, but from the late emperor Li Li.

"Oh, my Bai family has done countless good deeds for generations, but in the end, they only gave me the position of prime minister! They don't allow me to get any other official positions! Ridiculous! What about the merits of being a regent? What about all officials learning from me and respecting me? Bullshit! All bullshit! This world should be mine!"

Today, Prime Minister Bai wore his official uniform and went to the palace to meet His Majesty to discuss important matters. However, compared to yesterday, Prime Minister Bai seemed to have gained some weight.

As soon as Prime Minister Bai stepped into the imperial study, he saw a dense crowd of soldiers pouring into an inconspicuous palace gate. After entering the palace, they followed the various passages to the various palaces in the palace in an orderly manner and surrounded them tightly.

He Lao: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Bai requests to see you."

Li Ze: "Let him in."

Prime Minister Bai walked into the imperial study with a smile, bowed as usual, and stood still.

Li Ze looked very listless, busy dealing with the memorials in his hands, without even raising his head, "What's the matter, Prime Minister Bai?"

Prime Minister Bai: "Your Majesty, a bizarre murder case has occurred in Xicheng District recently. The yamen runners have not found any clues in the past few days. Should Your Majesty send another adult to investigate the case?"

Hearing this, Li Ze sighed deeply, thinking to himself, "Are you really free today? You're still concerned about the poverty of the people."

Li Ze was full of disdain in his heart, but he couldn't show it. "Who does Bai Xiang think should be sent?"

The workload has increased sharply in recent days. Li Ze is busy reviewing memorials. There are so many every day that he can't cope with it at all. He is very kind enough to just write a "read" word.

Prime Minister Bai: "Haha, I think the new champion is very knowledgeable and can solve this case."

Li Ze: "Okay, Bai Xiang can do it. You don't need to worry about such trivial matters."

Prime Minister Bai did not expect Li Ze to agree so quickly. After all, the top scholar was his subordinate, and His Majesty never used his subordinates. He thought he could still argue with him for some time. The signal to force the emperor to abdicate had not come yet, which meant that they had not made all the arrangements, so he could not leave the imperial study.

Prime Minister Bai: "Yes, yes, but I still think that this is a matter of human life, so I still need to ask your majesty for his opinion."

Li Ze: "Go ahead and do it."

Li Ze still had his head down, and it was obvious that he had begun to order everyone to leave. Prime Minister Bai looked outside the door with a little worry. The door was still open, but no one came to hint that his plan had been completed. Prime Minister Bai could only find topics to chat in the imperial study.

Prime Minister Bai: "Your Majesty...are these...all requests for punishment of the Queen?"

Prime Minister Bai seemed to be looking at Li Ze's desk with great interest. Although this was inappropriate, even if it made Li Ze angry and scolded him, it could still delay some time.

Li Ze didn't want to pay attention to him, he could guess what Prime Minister Bai was thinking. The begging ceremony failed, and Prime Minister Bai was the one who most wanted to execute Ning Xu. Now he was pretending to be nice, was he trying to fool the devil?

Li Ze: "Prime Minister Bai, do you have anything else to report?"

He raised his head impatiently. If there's nothing else to do, just go away. Stop annoying me.

The intention to expel him was obvious, so Prime Minister Bai could only issue the next volume and said to Li Ze with a smile, "Your Majesty, I think it has been... ten... thirteen years since Your Majesty ascended the throne, right?"

Prime Minister Bai's meaning was unclear, and Li Ze then looked at him formally. It seemed that there was another piece of clothing under his official uniform?

Li Ze: "What do you want to say?"

Prime Minister Bai: "Haha, nothing."

Prime Minister Bai continued to smile and remained silent. He began to look at the layout of the entire imperial study and walked around the room. "Your Majesty has been on the throne for more than ten years. I think it must have been a difficult time. Only Your Majesty knows it!"

His tone was full of emotion. Li Ze looked at him warily. Is this man so kind as to care about his pain? Is he pretending?

Thinking of dreams...

Prime Minister Bai was getting closer and closer to Li Ze. He no longer cared about Li Ze's gaze and had already begun to imagine the prosperous scene of himself ascending the throne and ruling the entire dynasty.

Prime Minister Bai: "Your Majesty has been on the throne for more than ten years. You have dealt with five plagues, three floods, and two internal conflicts! For your contribution to the world, you deserve to be loved by all the people!"

He recounted Li Ze's great achievements as if he was giving a speech.

As he spoke, he glanced towards the door and found that a guard was nodding at him.

The opportunity is here.

Prime Minister Bai changed the subject and said, "But Your Majesty!"

He suddenly raised his voice, which scared Li Ze so much that he frowned.

He's crazy?

Prime Minister Bai: "Oh, Your Majesty was only a teenager back then! All these achievements were made possible by the support of my Bai family! The world only remembers Your Majesty! But do you still remember the contributions of my Bai family?! In the end, Your Majesty is always on guard against me! It is a loss for the people of the world that I am not valued!"

Prime Minister Bai spoke more and more fiercely, and the more Li Ze listened, the more he wanted to curse.

Prime Minister Bai slammed the table, put his hands on the table and looked at Li Ze, his eyes full of unwillingness and viciousness, "Your Majesty, you have nothing to say now?"

The two looked at each other for a long time. Seeing the greed in Prime Minister Bai's eyes, Li Ze couldn't help but ask, "Where do you have the nerve to do this?"

Prime Minister Bai: "What did you say?"

Li Ze: "Curing the plague is the work of doctors; curing the flood is the work of thousands of spontaneous people; curing the internal strife is the work of the two generals of the Mo family. What does your Bai family have to do with it?"