The maidservant is too charming. I want to help her become the queen.

Lu Qingqing said shyly:

"I have always received the emperor's love, but I have never been pregnant."

"I really want to have a child, to expand the royal family. When he grows up, I will let him be my daughter, okay?"

Li Xuansheng burst out laughing.

This little girl is so shameless that she openly discussed the morality of having children with him in the imperial study.

Didn't she know? This was simply a naked seduction to him!

Li Xuansheng was in a good mood immediately. He wanted to tease her deliberately because of his bad taste. He leaned close to her ear and said:

"Qingqing, do you want me to help you right here and now?"

Lu Qingqing's face suddenly turned as red as a peach. His words reminded her of the erotic scenes in the imperial study.

She was pressed on the table, and the man's brush stroked her delicate parts from time to time to tease her, allowing Li Xuansheng to demand it crazily.

However, this was not her purpose today.

Lu Qingqing quickly shook her little head, trying to pour out all the yellow waste in her brain.

Li Xuansheng has been on the throne for three years and has no children so far. Currently, the only person in the palace who is pregnant is the queen.

Compared with the previous emperors, everyone was prosperous and flourishing, so why did it happen that Li Xuansheng's turn became withered?

Lu Qingqing wanted a child, not just for the momentary pleasure in bed, she had longer-term plans in mind.

She wrinkled her small nose, looked embarrassed, and hooked her little hand on the corner of Li Xuansheng's clothes.

"Your Majesty, you are making fun of me. That is not what I meant."

"I want Doctor Dou to take care of my body and regulate my body so that I can get pregnant soon."

After hearing this, Li Xuansheng immediately agreed.

Isn't it just to let the chief doctor take care of her body? It's just a trivial matter. This privilege is nothing compared to Lu Qingqing's real pregnancy.

"Okay, I promise you."

The corners of Lu Qingqing's mouth immediately curled up into a beautiful arc. She held Li Xuansheng's handsome face with her small hands and gently touched his red lips.

"Your Majesty treats me so well~"

"Mua~"

………………

Outside the palace, in the prime minister's residence.

Wang Zhong was sitting in his study, stroking the stubble on his chin, thinking hard.

Books were piled up on the wide, square rosewood table, with two bright yellow letters on top.

Within one day, he received two messages from the palace.

One of the letters was from Queen Wang Jinrou. Her daughter told him that the emperor ordered Prince Jing to use his private treasury to make up for the loss of the Zhao family.

However, another letter from the Qianqing Palace instructed him to select several talented people who could take on important tasks from this year's imperial examination rookies.

At this time, he had not yet realized the close relationship between the two letters.

He also didn't know that the people he had chosen for the emperor would become the key figures in overthrowing the Zhao family in the future.

Wang Zhong had been an official for many years and had always believed in loyalty and righteousness. Li Xuansheng saw this in him and allowed him to serve as an examiner for the imperial examination.

He bent over his desk, flipping through the essays of several new candidates for the imperial examination, thinking over and over again, until late at night when he solemnly wrote down the name of the person he had chosen on rice paper.

After putting down his pen, he carefully sealed the letter, waiting to go to the palace in person to present it to the emperor for his review.

As for his daughter Jinrou's letter asking him to investigate the Zhao family, he really had no intention of caring about it.

As for the upbringing of his daughter, he taught Wang Jinrou to be virtuous and respect her husband. Moreover, her current husband is the emperor, and she should serve him wholeheartedly and give birth to a dragon fetus for him as soon as possible. As for investigating the Zhao family, it was not something she, a woman, should get involved in.

Besides, he was extremely tired and had no mood to think deeply, so he just replied to his daughter with a few perfunctory words in the letter.

Not long after, several newcomers recommended by Wang Zhong were appointed by Li Xuansheng to key positions in the court.

One morning.

Li Xuansheng issued an edict to appoint all the assistant ministers in the Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of Works and Ministry of Justice to candidates recommended by Prime Minister Wang Zhong. The original three assistant ministers were sent out of the capital by Li Xuansheng.

Although there were a few sporadic objections to this transfer, the appointment was finally successfully implemented with the strong recommendation of Prime Minister Wang Zhong and the strong support of Li Xuansheng.

After the court was dismissed, some were happy while others were sad.

The most miserable people must be the Zhao family.

According to the order of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, the imperial merchant Zhao family should have been of a humble status.

However, because he had been in control of the royal family's procurement for many years and was the biological father of Concubine Shu, he had been holding an idle position of the fourth rank.

As soon as the court was over, Zhao Ning's face, which had been pretending to smile, could finally droop down to express his true emotions.

After returning to the Zhao Mansion, he did not treat his wife and concubines well. Anyone who invited him to have a meal or asked about his well-being was driven away by him, and he locked himself in the study.

After all, among the personnel changes in the three ministries, except for the Ministry of Justice, all the people replaced in the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works were related to Zhao Ning.

He paced around the study with his hands behind his back, mumbling through gritted teeth.

"How dare this little emperor to punish his people now!"

Originally, Zhao Ning had connections with the Ministry of Revenue, so he could smuggle official salt without paying salt tax. With connections with the Ministry of Works, Zhao Ning was in charge of the procurement of engineering materials, which made him a lot of money.

Now, Li Xuansheng's move has cut off his two major sources of income.

He thought about using money to bribe the new people in office.

But on second thought, this group of young men who had just come out of the imperial examination hall might report themselves to the censors before the money was delivered, which would be even more dangerous.

He also tried to ask the concubine in the palace and asked his daughter to inquire about Li Xuansheng's feelings.

But it was a pity that the daughter had been spoiled by him since she was a child, and she had no idea that her father was doing these things behind the scenes. I was afraid that once she told Concubine Shu, she would not only fail to get the news, but also be scared to death.

He was in a dilemma in his study, and he had almost pulled out all the leaves of the rose bonsai on the desk.

Once Zhao Ning's road to wealth is completely blocked, not only will his own quality of life be greatly reduced, but even Concubine Shu will not be able to live as comfortably in the palace as she does now.

But these are not too important.

The most important thing is that he also promised Queen Mother Fang Kexin that he would give her a golden statue on her birthday next year!

Thinking of this, Zhao Ning put down his hand that had been scratching his head and let out a long sigh.

"Hey--"

It would be fine if he and Concubine Shu lived frugally, but if he failed to give the empress dowager the gift she liked next year, he would be really unsure whether his childhood sweetheart would still love him as much as she does now.

Zhao Ning stood up and walked into the backyard.

The Zhao family's backyard was not decorated with mountains, rivers, exotic flowers and plants like other wealthy families, but was filled with cages of pigeons.

On weekdays, Zhao Ning only allowed himself and his personal servant to enter the yard to feed the pigeons, and no one else was allowed to enter.

He walked to a pigeon cage, bent down, opened the cage, and tied a note to the leg of a white pigeon.

He grabbed the pigeon and threw it into the sky.