"Those commoners dare to come for me?"
As he spoke, the man abruptly overturned the table in front of the dragon throne. The items on it scattered all over the ground, landing at the feet of Xu Songming on the other side.
The man slowly raised his eyes and looked at Su Jin, who was seething with anger. He had lost all his patience. Rong Xun in the past had never been so out of control.
When Su Jin saw Xu Songming kneeling silently on the ground, he immediately understood what was going on. He quickly walked up to the man, his brows knitted tightly. Suddenly, he asked,
"Does Lord Xu have any brilliant ideas?"
Xu Songming looked at this incompetent man and had long lost his patience. But now that he was in the court, he had to bow his head in many things.
He suppressed his resentment, raised his eyes to meet the emperor's, and said, "Your Majesty, I'm just a third - rank prime minister. There must be more talented people in the court than me."
It was simply wishful thinking for him to serve such a fatuous and incompetent emperor as Su Jin.
Hearing Xu Songming's words, Su Jin had an inkling that this man must know how to handle this matter.
Thinking of this, Su Jin slowly said, "Lord Xu has been in the high - ranking court for several years and must be exhausted. So your children at home must have grown up quite a bit, right?"
There was a blatant threat in this man's words.
Xu Songming hated others' self - righteous threats the most. However, he suddenly showed a smile and said, "If Your Majesty thinks I can come up with a good idea, then there is indeed one."
Hearing this, Su Jin immediately perked up. He leaned closer to Xu Songming and said with a smile, "If there is one, then tell me."
At this moment, Su Jin, who originally had a scholarly look, became extremely hideous.
Although he was smiling, there was no trace of patience in his expression.
Xu Songming liked to see this man look arrogant but then be severely slapped in the face. He slowly said, "The method is very simple. It is to invite back the Empress Dowager who has left."
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Jin in front of him was enraged again. He endured his unwillingness and asked again, "So, you think that I, the real dragon emperor who always keeps my word, should take back my words and invite that woman back?"
He paused for a moment and then continued, "She is a guilty Empress Dowager! What merits does she have..."
If it came to merits, Tang Youyou indeed deserved it. But he would never give this woman any chance. Her popularity was so high that the whole Chang'an City had gone crazy about her.
Seeing Su Jin like this, Xu Songming reminded him again, "Now, in the capital and Chang'an, the common people only believe in one person, which is the Empress Dowager Tang Youyou. And the person they believe in has been sent to the border and can never come back."
He stopped his reminder here.
Su Jin just sneered. He didn't believe that the country would fall apart without an Empress Dowager.
The common people in Chang'an City had finally had a good life. They had successfully survived the previous plague, and everyone regarded Tang Youyou as a living bodhisattva. So when they knew that this "living bodhisattva" was suffering alone in the Dali Temple area.
Holding torches, they stayed awake all night in front of the imperial city gate, shouting Tang Youyou's name throughout the night.
At this moment, this "bodhisattva" was busy eating, drinking, and having fun in Beishan Temple. She was lying on the rocking chair she made herself, leisurely enjoying the beautiful scenery outside the mountain.
While it was always sandy and stormy outside, it was peaceful and comfortable here. Tang Youyou saw Rong Xun coming back with a basket of things.
She smiled and said, "You're finally back. I thought I had to wait for a long time."
After her words fell, Rong Xun put down the basket of fruits. These were all things that people in this era didn't know yet.
Grapes, lychees, bananas... And the most important thing was that they were all free.
Rong Xun put them down on his own and then said, "How could I let my wife go hungry? Of course, I had to come back quickly."
Half - way through his words, there came the sound of footsteps outside the door. The footsteps were very loud, which made Tang Youyou frown.
"Qingyu, who's coming outside? Weren't those commoners cleaned up almost? Are they being reckless again?"
Hearing Tang Youyou's words, Qingyu was also very curious. She walked outside and saw a continuous stream of people standing at the door, all looking eagerly in this direction.
The leader was a young man in a blue long gown. He looked very handsome and had a scholarly air. When he saw Qingyu, he said embarrassedly,
"Miss, may I ask if Miss Tang is here?"
There were few people with the surname Tang in the world. Presumably, this man was coming for Tang Youyou. So Qingyu nodded.
"My lady just moved in not long ago. What are you here for?"
Hearing this, the young man nodded again and again. "We're just here to send some things. Not long ago, the sect master heard that Miss Tang had suffered some bad things in the imperial city. So the sect master thought of sending some things to help out temporarily."
What the young man said sounded nice, but Qingyu always remembered the lessons Tang Youyou had taught her.
She didn't know who was behind this, so she couldn't trust them.
"Please wait here for a while. I'll go in and report to my lady, and then come out to give you an answer."
The young man bowed slowly without any trace of evasion in his eyes. "Okay, miss. Just do as you please. We can wait here for a while."
Qingyu told Tang Youyou everything that had happened outside. Tang Youyou said, "Since they want to come in, let them in. I'll just wait here."
With Tang Youyou's permission, Qingyu finally felt relieved. She quickly led the young man in. Tang Youyou only glanced at the young man and knew that these people seemed to come from the Qingyun Sect.
"It's really rare today that people from the Qingyun Sect have come all the way to this shabby place of mine. It's really hard for you."
After her words fell, the young man shook his head and said respectfully, "These are what we should do. The sect master misses you. Knowing that you've come to this desolate place, he naturally can't bear to see you suffer alone. We'll just leave the things here and take our leave first."
After the young man explained clearly, he left without hesitation.