Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Outside the Imperial Study Room.

"Eunuch, Lord Cui requests to see His Majesty." said the young eunuch.

Eunuch Hong frowned slightly and quietly returned to the Golden Palace to report: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Cui requests an audience."

"He said I went to bed." The emperor refused without even raising his head.

Eunuch Hong nodded and left the hall to pass on the message.

A quarter of an hour later, in the corridor of the outer palace, Cui Xiang and others returned to the eunuch who had delivered the message.

The young eunuch was a little afraid of him, so he lowered his head and said, "Master Cui, His Majesty has gone to bed...why don't you come back later?"

Prime Minister Cui raised his eyes slightly, but his sight was blocked by the palace wall.

Fell asleep early in the morning?

Who believes it.

"Go and tell him that I have something important to report and need to see His Majesty. I can wait in the outer hall." He said in a deep voice.

The young eunuch looked embarrassed. Thinking about Eunuch Hong's instructions, he said with a stiff upper lip: "Master Cui, His Majesty has really gone to bed... Please come back tomorrow."

Prime Minister Cui's face was as dark as ink, and his voice suddenly rose: "Just now you asked me to come later, and now you ask me to come again tomorrow? Who told you to spread this message? It's ridiculous!"

The young eunuch shuddered, immediately knelt down, and kowtowed, "Master Cui, please forgive me, I said something wrong, Master Cui, please forgive me! But Your Majesty has really fallen asleep, and I dare not lie to you."

Eunuch Hong was originally standing in the dark watching the show, but he could no longer stand when he saw what was happening.

The little eunuch is just a messenger, what's the point of making things difficult for him!

Do you really think that they are eunuchs and have no one to rely on?

"Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch—Prime Minister Cui, please calm down." Eunuch Hong walked over with small steps.

He bent down and tapped the little eunuch's head, pretending to rebuke him: "You are so stupid, you can offend the Prime Minister by just passing on a message? Why don't you get up and apologize to the Prime Minister!"

The young eunuch climbed up with his head lowered, but before he could say anything, Eunuch Hong protected him behind him.

How could Prime Minister Cui not understand this act of openly criticizing but secretly protecting?

"Eunuch Hong, you have arrived at the right time. I have an important matter to discuss with His Majesty."

Eunuch Hong turned around and pointed at the eunuch's nose and said, "You stupid idiot, I asked you to tell the Prime Minister that His Majesty had fallen asleep. How did you pass the message? Huh? Your tongue is tied, right?"

The young eunuch bowed his head and said, "Eunuch...I delivered the message."

Eunuch Hong was surprised: "That means you didn't explain it clearly! Say it again!"

The young eunuch stepped forward, and Prime Minister Cui interrupted in a deep voice: "I know that Your Majesty has gone to bed, but I can wait in the outer hall for Your Majesty to summon me. Is this not possible?"

Eunuch Hong stamped his feet and raised his orchid finger. "Prime Minister, what you said is... It's really unfortunate. His Majesty summoned Lord Shen to the palace to discuss matters at noon today. I don't know when it will be completed. How dare I ask you to wait?"

Humph, little bastard.

Angry, right?

Sad?

Resentment, huh?

His Majesty wants to see Lord Shen, not you!

Sure enough, the next moment, what reached his ears was Prime Minister Cui's gnashing voice: "Your Majesty... summon Shen Zheng to the palace?"

Eunuch Hong nodded, leaned closer and whispered, "Yes, after the court session, His Majesty sent this old servant to the Shen residence to announce the reward, and summoned Lord Shen to the palace to meet him... Prime Minister, please don't say that this old servant told you."

But in just a moment, Cui Xiang felt his head aching from anger.

He gritted his teeth and said, "What I have reported is somewhat related to Lord Shen. Since Your Majesty is busy today, I will wait outside the palace. When Lord Shen leaves the palace, I will enter the palace."

Eunuch Hong thought secretly, "I will remember what the Prime Minister said. When Your Majesty wakes up, I will report it to Your Majesty."

Prime Minister Cui lowered his eyes, raised his eyelids, looked at him, then flicked his sleeves and left.

"Eunuch..." The young eunuch looked at Prime Minister Cui's departing back and said with his head down, "I am useless, please punish me, eunuch."

"What are you being punished for?" Eunuch Hong turned and walked towards the inner hall. "Everyone will have to endure Prime Minister Cui's scolding today. But you must remember that you are a eunuch in the palace, not a servant in the Prime Minister's mansion. Don't kneel down and kowtow at every turn. Even if he wants to punish you, he has to report it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He can't decide your life or death for the time being."

The young eunuch stared at his back blankly, then followed him with tears in his eyes.

"I'll remember this!"

After entering the Golden Palace, Eunuch Hong whispered, "Your Majesty, Lord Cui looked anxious and wanted to wait for you in the outer hall. He also said that the matter he wanted to report was also related to Lord Shen."

The emperor put down the memorial and narrowed his eyes slightly, "This is directed at Shen Qing."

Eunuch Hong continued to complain: "He also said that he would wait outside the palace gate for Lord Shen to leave, and as soon as Lord Shen left, he would enter the palace."

The emperor sneered: "Do I have to see him today?"

......

Prime Minister Cui had a sullen look on his face all the way until he walked out of the Suzaku Gate.

Before he got on the carriage, a man came over with his hands behind his back, "Prime Minister, have you... not seen His Majesty?"

"Jadebo?" Prime Minister Cui suppressed his anger and said indifferently, "What does Jiadebo want to see me for?"

Gardebo opened his folding fan and fanned it gently, "I can't talk about anything, but I heard an interesting story yesterday and I want to tell Cui about it."

Prime Minister Cui was already very angry. Hearing this, he raised his leg and said, "I have something else to do. If Jia Debo wants to joke around..."

"Don't be impatient, Lord." Lord Jiade took two steps to the side and blocked his way. "This interesting story I heard is related to someone in Lord Xiang's house."

Cui Xiang's heart sank, and he immediately thought of his unfilial son Cui Sangji.

When he was caught by Yu Shizhang that day, this man actually turned around and told Gadbo?

It's true that snakes and rats belong to the same nest!

"What do you want to say?" He said gloomily, "No matter what Gadbert heard, don't gossip about it behind his back like a woman."

That he looks like a woman?

Gadbert became angry and slammed his folding fan shut.

"Your Excellency, what you said is really harsh! I just heard that your daughter participated in a 'charity match' and placed a lot of bets, so I came to kindly remind you. After all, women are women, how can they always show up in public and place bets in a group? Even if Prime Minister Cui dotes on his granddaughter, he should have some restraint, right?"

Cui Xiang's face suddenly looked like an overturned color plate.

The good news is that it has nothing to do with Cui Shangji, and the relationship with the Xu family has been preserved.

The bad news is that Cui Jinyin was disgraced and expelled from the mansion.

"Are you joking, Gadbo?" He forced a smile. "Although Jinyin is a bit naughty, she is not the kind of person that would attract a crowd to place bets. Besides, she has been in the Xu residence these days. How can she show up in public?"

Jia Debo said "Oh" and laughed softly: "So the Prime Minister really didn't know. Then, does the Prime Minister know that this "charity competition" was organized by Lord Shen Zheng? Nine hundred taels of donations were raised, of which Miss Cui took five hundred taels alone. She is really generous."

"What did you say?" Prime Minister Cui seemed slightly angry, but his hands in his sleeves had already begun to tremble, which showed that he was very angry.

"That's what you heard, sir." Jia Debo pointed him in the right direction: "If sir doesn't believe it, why don't you go find your granddaughter to verify it yourself?"

Prime Minister Cui lifted the curtain and got into the carriage, his anger hard to conceal.

Gadber chuckled with satisfaction.

Shen Zheng, there are more and more people in the court who want to trip you up.