I've always been silently liking you (Old Saying 3)

Chapter XXIV

It may be that I was unexpectedly calm, between the heat waves that swept around me, Ruohua also calmed down, but still hugged me tightly and did not let go. After a while he started coughing violently again, and I realized that he was choking in more smoke than I thought, and I was afraid I wouldn't be able to hold on for long.

"Cough cough... What if you really die here? I even heard a hint of helplessness in Ruohua's tone, "Xie Xiaoyue, you are gone, why do you want to come back..."

"What do you do?" You might as well hold on! I pulled him to sit down and breathe in the air from below, "Don't you want jiangshan?" Do you want Chen Ruojin to live in your East Palace, use your subordinates, and mutilate your henchmen? ”

"Huh... No one ever asked me if I wanted to enter the Eastern Palace. ”

"You don't want to think about it!" Do you know that loyal servants do not do two lords? You're gone, who am I going to work for?! ”

“...... Do you still want to work for me? Ruohua looked at me, and there seemed to be pain between his eyebrows, "You say you can go..."

"I regretted it last night, didn't I catch the opportunity to come back immediately?" I glared at him, "This time it is really with your birth and death, when you ascend the throne, you have to let the historian take a good note of me!" ”

"You're just going to do that." He smiled helplessly, "But the literati are like this, just thinking of leaving their names in history." ”

I was about to die of Ruohua qi. Where do I think about the history of Qingqing now, but I am afraid that he will pass out and talk to him in a different way.

But Ruohua's face became worse and worse.

I bit my lower lip, undressed his wet coat and draped it over him, then took him in my arms and kept saying to him ,"Don't sleep, hold on a little longer".

Obviously, there was a huge feeling of powerlessness in my body, but I did not dare to collapse first. I was afraid that I would collapse, and Ruohua would not be able to hold on.

Until Lin Yu arrived with people, buckets of water temporarily extinguished the fire at the door. I handed Ruohua over to Lin Yu, and Lin Yu took the lead in carrying him out, and I followed behind.

But at the moment when I ran out, another beam on the top smashed down.

"Be careful——!" Flower Burn's eyes were fast, pulling me outward. But I couldn't dodge it, and the corner of the beam still hit my shoulder, and I immediately fell to my knees in pain, and the whole person curled up together, and I couldn't even make a sound.

……

…………

When I woke up again, Hua Yan was next to my bed, and my face looked tense.

When I opened my eyes, I was in a strange room, and there was only one acquaintance in front of me. I was still a little confused, but I quickly woke up: "What about Ruohua?!" How is he?! ”

I lifted the quilt and was about to go outside, but as soon as I was in the body, the pain of drilling in my left shoulder made me "hiss".

Hua Yan immediately pressed me: "Your Royal Highness the Prince is not awake yet, but there is no major trouble." You can't move around and lie down first. ”

"How long has it been?"

"Two hours. You originally fainted in pain, but then the doctor debridement you, used hemp boiling powder, and you slept for a while. The anesthetic was about to dissipate, and it hurt more for a while, and I had to endure it. ”

"Where are we now?"

"Pinghu County Official. General Lin's men guarded the outside and did not allow anyone to enter. At this time, Hua Yan was very reliable, and told me all the questions I asked and wanted to ask, "When you were asleep, I had already gone to track down the people of Ling Feng Tang, they were very cautious, they erased all the clues, I did not chase them, but General Lin had already arranged for someone to quickly send a message to Jingzhong." ”

"Okay." I nodded.

"I'll call the doctor." Hana got up and went out.

After a while, the local Langzhong came to my house. The wound on my shoulder had been bandaged when I was unconscious, and LangZhong told me some words, probably meaning: skin and flesh wound, but the wound is quite serious, I need to change the medicine twice a day, and it is likely to leave scars.

After listening to it, I didn't even have any inner fluctuations. Being able to retrieve a life is already a blessing, not to mention that it is not hurt on the face, and the clothes can be covered, which is not a matter of importance.

I asked, "When will Lord He wake up?" ”

Lang Zhong replied, "The little man estimates that it will be a few more hours." However, if you don't wake up at night, I'm afraid it's dangerous. ”

My heart was racing.

After Lang Zhong left, I immediately got up and went to Ruohua's house to see him. Lin Yu personally guarded Ruohua's house, saw me coming, and gave me a place next to the bed.

"Lord, are you all right?" He asked me.

"It's all right." I shook my head, sat down beside Ruohua's bed, and shook Ruohua's hand.

Ruohua was still asleep.

...... I'm so worried about him.

Someone had already changed his clean clothes and wiped his face for him. The first time I had observed Ruohua so carefully, I had never paid attention to the bridge of his tall nose, his deep eyebrows, and his extremely thin edges, but at this moment, this extremely beautiful face was so pale that there was no blood.

My heart ached, and an extremely sour feeling spread.

I clumsily helped Ruohua tuck the quilt horn with the only right hand that could move, and then said to Lin Yu: "General Lin, how is the situation now?" Hua Ran told me that he didn't track down the murderer, but in fact, we all know who did it. ”

"Ling Fengtang was concerned by the imperial court, but after the Jiangzhou water conservancy corruption case, they never gave a hand to the imperial court officials again, and gradually the imperial court did not pay too much attention." I didn't expect that after indulging them for a few years, they dared to attack the prince! ”

"So it's not that the court is incompetent, it's just that the court doesn't have time to clean them up, right?" That's time to pack up. I said lightly, "Within ten days, we will serve their old nest, and then send the head of the main criminal to the Second Prince's Mansion." ”

Lin Yu looked at me fiercely.

"I didn't mean to command General Lin, I just suggested." I calmly looked into Lin Yu's eyes.

"It was good. I didn't expect this layer. Lin Yu said.

"I also want to write a letter to my parents, and General Laofu will help me bring it back to Beijing."

"Okay." Lin Yu nodded, "Your Highness's whereabouts have been exposed, and I have sent someone to notify Xia Shijun to come to Pinghu County to protect His Highness." The county lord and Xia Shijun are green plum bamboo horses, and if there is anything that needs to be done by the Eastern Palace Six Rate, then you can directly discuss with him. ”

"Thank you General." My jaw dropped.

Lin Yu looked at me and wanted to stop talking.

"Does General Lin have anything else to say?" I asked.

“...... Lord, the East Palace is a very dangerous place. Lin Yu's voice was low, "Your Highness has always been afraid of your injury, so he doesn't want you to get involved." ”

"Yeah. Throughout the ages, when the crown prince takes the wife, it is all you who die and live. I looked at Ruohua's pale face, and there was a dull pain in my chest again.

I kept watch over Ruohua until the evening.

At night, the maid came to change my medicine, and I was away briefly. Just as the gauze on my shoulders was wrapped, someone informed me: "Your Highness is awake!" ”

I got up, ignored the pain of the shoulder wound, and trotted over my coat.

When I ran into the room, Ruohua was still half lying on the bed, his back was leaning against the edge of the bed, his face was still pale and bloodless, but he had returned to his usual calm and calm demeanor. Lin Yu was reporting the situation to him, and when he saw me coming, he also stopped.

"Sheriff." He nodded at me.

“...... You're busy. "I turned and went again.

"Wait!" Ruohua shouted at me.

I turned my back on them and stopped, but I didn't know whether to turn back.

If Hua didn't wake up, I was worried that he wouldn't be able to eat; if He woke up, I suddenly felt embarrassed and didn't know how to face him.

Lin Yubanzheng's voice came from behind: "Your Highness, in fact, the Lord of Pingle County has been taking care of you before, but she just happened to go to change the medicine, and only after walking for a cup of tea, you woke up." ”

"Dressing change? Xiao Yue, what's wrong with you? ”

"Not much." / "When the sheriff rescued you, he was hit on the left shoulder by a falling beam, and he didn't leave all day, taking care of you with his right hand."

We both spoke at the same time, but he said something several times longer than me.

I looked back in amazement, and looked at Shang Lin Yu's calm face, as if he was just reporting to Ruohua about his own affairs, and the tone was extremely reasonable.

He continued, "The subordinates retreated first. ”

Then he walked away on his own.

...... Can the right guard rate of the Eastern Palace still be so good?

I looked at his departing back, and for a moment I didn't know whether to follow or stay, until Ruohua called out to me, "Xiao Yue, you come here." ”

I didn't move.

"Xie, Xiao, Yue." He called me again by name and surname, as if in a bad tone.

Ruohua has called me with his last name and surname more times in the past two days than in the past ten years combined.

I reluctantly moved over, but the next second he sat me on the edge of his bed, and then he reached out to pull my coat, frightening me to a pulp.

"What are you going to do——!?"

Ruohua immediately pulled my tunic to my upper arm, revealing the newly wrapped gauze on my shoulders. Then he carefully unwrapped the gauze, revealing the hideous wound.

I couldn't bear to look and closed my eyes.

Sure enough, it doesn't matter if you can't do it.

...... How to say that it is also a girl, it is impossible to say that what scars are medals and other nonsense like Xiao Chen, that is all self-deception.

I muttered, "Even if we are already born into a death relationship, you can't be careless to this point..."

Ruohua stared at my wounds in amazement. In the middle of the night, he asked me in a hoarse voice, "... Does it hurt? ”

"What do you say?" I was suddenly a little aggrieved, biting my lip and looking at him, "It will leave scars." No one has come to my house to propose to me before, and this time I can't get married..."

"Then marry me." He said suddenly.

I froze.

"Don't you want to be famous?" When you become a queen, you will have everything you want. ”

"This, this..." I stammered, "wouldn't you tempt me with such an important position?" ”

"If the inducement is useful."

"Well, actually I'm not going to go now, so you don't have to..."

Before he could finish speaking, Ruohua suddenly pinched my chin, turned his face sideways, and kissed my lips in an instant. I didn't even have room to dodge, my whole breathing was stagnant, and I subconsciously opened my lips, but he drove straight in. I wanted to struggle, but I was locked by him hard, the wound on my shoulder was still faintly painful, but the first time I met such a strong Ruohua, he bit my lower lip hard, and the smell of blood spread in an instant, and I couldn't help but make a sound in pain, even more painful than the wound on my shoulder, forcing my tears to come out.

I was forced to intertwine my lips and teeth with him, first in shock, then in fear, and finally with a vague sense of depravity, completely under his control.

After a while, Ruohua Cai was able to let go of me. With tears in my eyes, I stared blankly at his inky, bottomless pupils. On that face, there was no gentle smile that I was familiar with, but it was more serious, more persistent, and even with a little pain that made me feel painful.

Chapter XXV

I never thought that in the face of Ruohua, I would actually have a day of desertion and escape.

I shut myself back in the room and huddled around a corner with my knees against the wall panel. Once my brain really moved, it would turn quickly, and I wondered if Ruohua would look at the wound on my shoulder without any scruples because he had already made plans.

So when did he decide?

...... I didn't know anything about it.

After half an hour, a waiter from the Eastern Palace knocked on the door and said that the small kitchen had simmered porridge and asked me to go and have a meal with Ruohua and Lin Yu. I hastened to say I wasn't hungry and wouldn't eat.

About today was a real effort, and so many unexpected things happened, I quickly fell asleep again.

When I woke up again, it was already midnight. I shouted "Flower Burning" softly, and a sleepy-eyed head appeared on the beam: "Are you awake?" ”

I let out an "um" and then my stomach began to grumble...

"Hungry and awake?" The question of flower burning does not care about my face at all.

"Hungry is hungry, it's so late, is it hard to open a gang?" I sighed.

Hua Yan stretched out, then rolled over from the beam and said to me, "There is warm porridge in the kitchen, and His Royal Highness the Prince has specially left it for you, and I will bring it back." He guessed you didn't have dinner and woke up hungry. ”

“...... oh. "I'm a bit unnatural.

The official station is no better than the county court, and it is not better than the government, and it is impossible to leave food in the small kitchen at night. However, can he notice such a small matter?

In fact, I have always known that Ruohua is a very careful person. On the contrary, it is me, thick branches and leaves.

I didn't know what to do, I could only hide from Ruohua, I never went out when he was in the official station, just so as not to meet him. Three days later, Lin Yu came to my house and called me to leave, saying that he was going to move. Liu Yuanwai was very good this time, and temporarily split out a foreign house on the outskirts of the city to give the county people a foothold and office. Ruohua naturally did not be polite with these ground snakes and accepted their affection.

The things in the county yard were basically burned out, but the front yard was rescued a lot. I was lucky enough to pack my bags a day in advance and take all my stuff with me. The clothes did not matter, what was important was that the manuscripts were not damaged and were still on the carriage.

Lin Yu invited me to the carriage, but I asked, "What about Your Highness?" ”

"Also on the carriage."

"That... Can you give me another car? "I was a little embarrassed.

"There's only one." Lin Yu looked at me with strange eyes, "You guys had a fight? ”

"Then I'll ride a horse." I automatically skipped his question.

In the end, no one embarrassed me, I rode a horse in front of the convoy, and Ruohua's car was in the middle of the convoy. In order not to meet Ruohua head-on, I also really worked hard.

I still have a lot of questions that I don't understand.

For example, for what reason did Ruohua propose to let me be his crown princess?

It's not really a lure. I don't think I can play a decisive role in helping him ascend to the throne smoothly.

I thought about it one by one, and the horses trotted forward on the open road. There are many pedestrians, there are officials and servants, and the smaller mansions cannot hold so many people in the county, not to mention that they have to split out the front and back yards, and the house that Liu Yuanwai found is a little far from the center of Pinghu County, and there is a mountain road in the middle.

Liu Yuanwai also assured that although this place was far away, the feng shui was very good, and it was near the Temple of the Queen Mother Niangniang. I then remembered the Temple of the Queen Mother niangniang that Madame Zhu had mentioned to me, which was said to be very spiritual, and the locals loved to go to incense and pray for blessings.

My mind was still drifting, and suddenly, there was a rush of horses' hooves and the sound of violent wheels in front of me, and a carriage was speeding towards our convoy, and the horse seemed to be frightened, running at full speed on the mountain road, the curtain was lifted by the wind, and the girl inside was crying and dead on the door, shouting: "Help-"

Lin Yu reacted quickly and shouted, "Avoid all!" ”

I fixed my eyes on this girl... Isn't it Yu Qianqian?!

She also saw me and cried out to me, "Sheng Gongzi save me!" This horse is mad! ”

I was the one who nodded at the head of the group, and Yu Qianqian's carriage and horse quickly rushed towards me, and then she seemed to have a heart, and when she passed me, she jumped towards me.

I subconsciously reached out and caught her, and the huge impact made me carry her off the horse, and the two of us rolled in place several times, dusty all around. My already injured left shoulder hurt even more this time, causing me to twitch slightly.

Lin Yu wrapped his whip around the frightened horse and forcibly stopped the horse. He turned to me and shouted, "Is it all right?! ”

Ruo Hua quickly lifted the curtain, "What's going on?!" ”

Yu Qianqian hugged me hard and kept sobbing, but his speech still seemed to be very sharp: "Sheng Gongzi... Whining...... I'm so scared... I'm afraid I'll never see you again...! ”

I looked up at the sky.

Well, it's put together again.

I forced myself to endure the pain and pulled her off of me: "What happened?" Why are you alone? How did your horse get frightened? ”

"I don't know." She cried and shook her head, "I went to the Temple of the Queen Mother to enter the incense, and after entering the incense, I got on the horse, and before the lady and the coachman could keep up, the horse suddenly became frightened and began to run wildly..."

"Miss ——!" Between her words, the Yu family's servant and the coachman ran up breathlessly, "Miss, are you okay?!" ”

"It's no big deal, it was Sheng Gongzi who saved me." Yu Qianqian continued to wipe her tears.

I rubbed my forehead with a headache: "It was you who jumped out of the car with your own wit, and I made a mat for you." ”

Yu Qianqian's little girl said urgently, "Why did Prince Sheng talk like this!" Our young lady knows that the county court suddenly encountered a fire yesterday, and specially went to pray for you to go to the Temple of the Queen Mother Niangniang, otherwise she would not have encountered this kind of thing! ”

I finally lost my patience and said unceremoniously: "Didn't you know from the Liu family that we were going to move, this is the only way to go, and I was ambushed here earlier?" Your horse doesn't run particularly fast, and you can't jump off and die. ”

"In public, our lady's honor—"

"There will be no loss in the honor of your lady." Ruohua appeared behind me, in a firm tone.

He got out of the car and crossed the crowd to come behind me. I looked back at him, but he didn't look at me, but directly reached out and took off my bun crown, even with my hair tied, and my long black hair flowed down in an instant.

I'm a little confused.

Ruohua then said, "She is my wife, understand?" ”

I was even more confused.

I looked at Ruohua in shock, I didn't know how to answer this, and what surprised me more than me was the other people around me, everyone was also stupid to look at our side, did not understand the scene in front of them.

"Sheng Gongzi he..." Yu Qianqian's face was shocked.

"She dressed up as a man just to be with me for convenience, so there was no damage to your name." Ruo hua's tone was strong, and there was no expression on his face, "But you still have to trouble Miss Yu to go with this officer, after all, you jumped out of the car and ran into this officer's wife, you have to go to the county court to record a confession, record this matter as it is, sign it, and then let your family pick you up." ”

"I..."

"Girl, please get up." Lin Yu blocked in front of Yu Qianqian.

Ruohua squatted down and looked at my shoulder: "Hurt again?" ”

"If you fall, it should be no big deal." I said.

"Hmm. Will I carry you to the car, or will you go on your own? ”

I had a fever on my face and whispered, "... The legs are fine again. ”

I followed Ruohua to the car, and the carriage started again, but he still didn't look at me, and there was still no expression on his face. The two of us suffocated in a space, and I finally couldn't help but say, "Obviously, the unlucky and the people who suffered losses are me, you still look like this, you weren't like this before..."

"How was I before?" He finally looked at me.

"You used to smile at me a lot." I lowered my eyes, "From that night on, you became fierce..."

Ruohua suddenly asked me, "What if I told you that I was originally like this?" ”

“……”

"Will you hate me?"

"Will it?" He pressed forward, as if he had to ask me to confirm.

After a long time, I muttered, "... Of course not. It's not the first day I know what you really look like. The way you pretend to be to those princes and ministers is not the real you, and I am not stupid. ”

Ruo hua's expression seemed to relax. He reached out, touched my hair, and said to me, "I apologize for what happened that day." ”

I suddenly looked up at him.

He sighed again: "Don't you hide from me in the future?" It's hard for me to let you hide, and I have to find a reason to go out every day. Why do I have so many things to go out and do? ”

My face burned even harder.

"I know..." I muttered quietly. I thought I was hiding very skillfully, but I didn't expect that he was cooperating.

"So reconcile?" He looked at me seriously.

I struggled and nodded.

"But you can't act as if nothing happened." If the color is right.

“...... oh. ”

Things changed unexpectedly. When I arrived at the county court, I had to change back into women's clothes, except for those in the East Palace, the rest of the people looked at me with strange eyes, and called me "Lady", I responded with embarrassment, how could I not understand, how it had only been a few days, and Ruohua and I had changed from "monarch-subject relationship" to "husband and wife relationship".

Yu Qianqian suffered a little under Lin Yu's hands, and he didn't know what Ruohua finally said to the people of the Yu family, and in the end the people of the Yu family were terrified. I had seen Ruohua's wrist, and since then, the Yu family had never appeared in front of me to obstruct my eyes.

It can be seen that the tall branches cannot be climbed by playing small cleverness and open-mindedness.

However, thanks to the "blessing" of the family, the matter of Lady He dressing as a man and accompanying her husband to her husband soon spread throughout Pinghu County, which was the size of a palm. Now that I was done, I couldn't mix with the county officials like before, and I could only look up at the sky in the backyard and sigh, and I couldn't even write the words.

I said how should this matter spread to Beijing? Although General Lin returned to Beijing, almost all the people in the East Palace remained, and now the entire Pinghu County is surrounded by the East Palace like an iron barrel, and the wind cannot penetrate at all.

I can't help but feel a little relieved.

Just after I was relieved, someone informed me: Pinghu County Yashui, according to local customs, out of this kind of natural disaster, the county order to take the family to the Queen Mother Niangniang Temple to incense, pray for the next safe and smooth.

And I am the "family member."

In the past, Ruohua and I pretended to be husband and wife, all within the controllable range, and after leaving, no one knew anyone, and there was no recognition. But this is good, I'm afraid that the people of Pinghu County will come to see, and I suddenly have a headache.

This pretense may be out of shape for the time being.

Chapter XXVI

Because I wanted to show my face in front of the people, I was bathed and dressed by my mother-in-law early in the morning, my hair was high and coiled, fixed with a crown, embellished with gold and jade earrings, and the costumes were also used for sacrifice, and the golden and red Ayara dress was shaped like a plate, embroidered with pheasant feathers, although it was far less than my county lord's court dress in Beijing, in this small Pinghu County, it was also quite noble.

Ruohua also put on his official robes and came to pick me up in my house. He looked as if he were just on official business.

...... It is indeed official.

He said to me, "I know you don't like such a grand dress, so you deliberately let people simplify the process, we went directly into the temple to incense, and left when we were finished." ”

Ruohua will always be so thoughtful.

I used to think he was so thoughtful to everyone, but now I think it's not like that at all.

He was a prince, and he had so many things to deal with every day, how could he have extra thoughts to spend on everyone.

I lowered my eyes and sighed in my heart.

When exactly did it start?

...... How can I?

"What do you think?" Ruohua asked me, "So serious." ”

"I was thinking... It doesn't seem like it's going to go on like that. I whispered, "I also heard the next person chewing on the root of his tongue there yesterday, muttering why we both slept in separate rooms." How small Pinghu County is, and the news spreads quickly, this kind of disguise will be exposed sooner or later. ”

"What, you want to sleep with me?" Ruohua teased me, "I'm happy." ”

"You...!" I couldn't say a complete sentence for half a day, and could only stare at him.

I'm really going to be depressed. Ruohua was not like this before, how did he suddenly become a prodigal son?

He suddenly asked me, "Did you bring the flower victory that I gave you?" ”

"Bring it." I pursed my lips, decided not to bother with him, and went to the makeup box to find Hua Sheng.

He took it, straightened my face, and carefully inserted the flower next to the crown of my hair. Hua Sheng's tail was embellished with tassels, and with one step at a time, the dignified hair crown suddenly became agile.

I suddenly had a bold hypothesis. Or rather, hindsight.

"Isn't it you who wins this flower??" I want to stop talking.

"Hmm." Ruo Hua generously admitted, "The way I painted it was made by the master in the palace." I'm not like your father who can carve jade hairpins, so I can only ask craftsmen to do it. ”

"I..." I choked again.

At that time, he also told me that it was sent by the imperial concubine, so it was no wonder that I was not allowed to enter the palace to thank him.

He looked at me lightly and said without a trace: "Now that I know that I sent it, I don't want to wear it?" ”

"Isn't that nice to wear?" I muttered, "Or I'll go back to Beijing..."

The words did not fall, and there was suddenly a little chill in the air for no reason.

Ruohua was looking at me quietly.

"You said you couldn't go." His tone was calm, but with what I know about him now, the calmer he is, the more terrifying the waves he hides beneath the ice.

I immediately realized that I had said the wrong thing, and I was flustered and trying to explain, but he continued to say to me: "That's it." If you feel uncomfortable, I have been showing up in front of you lately. ”

"I don't mean that..."

"Let's go, let's go." Ruohua interrupted me, then turned sharply.

I let out a depressed "Oh" sound.

What is Ruohua's true personality? Scheming? Kill decisively?

It's rather awkward.

The mansion was indeed very close to the Temple of the Queen Mother, and the carriage only traveled for half a cup of tea before it reached its destination. The locals believe in the gods and believe that the temple is a spiritual experience, so the temple is full of incense, and successive county officials have also allocated funds to repair it.

Before I could get out of the carriage, I saw through the window that there were people all around me. The people of Pinghu County surrounded the door of the Temple of the Queen Mother Niangniang, afraid that they all came to see me and Ruohua, and after the officials cleared the road, they opened up a road for us to pass.

Ruohua got out of the carriage first as usual, and then stretched out his hand to lead me down. I took his hand again, and he folded his knuckles and held my fingers, and the warmth that came from it made my face hot again.

I found that as soon as I touched Ruohua's hand, I would blush.

...... It's going to kill you.

But this time, instead of leading me out of the car and letting go, he kept leading me to the steps of the Queen Mother's Temple. In a short section of the road, the people of Pinghu County were gathered around them, and the sound of twittering was incessant.

"Madame He is so beautiful!" That strange Lord Kanaya Zangjiao! ”

"Don't use idioms, where is the golden house hiding the petite?"

"Letting the lady pretend to be a man is also another form of Kanaya Zangjiao."

It's all about what it is.

The gossip continues.

"Hey, Madame He is really expensive, you see that one hand and one foot, it is worthy of being from Beijing."

"Not everyone from Beijing is like this. I heard from the Liu family that Lady He was from the Hou Mansion, and this was a famous and noble woman. ”

"Haha, no wonder that Yu Wenhua wanted to let his daughter paste it, but he didn't expect to be a concubine of the Hou Mansion, but instead made a joke."

Gossip in small places spreads quickly. I couldn't help but suspect that Ruohua was deliberate at all, he didn't plan to make the Yu family big and small, it is estimated that after a while, the Yu family will not be able to stand the rumors, and they will relocate the family.

My understanding of Ruohua has been raised to another level.

Between the crowds, I suddenly felt the afterglow passing by a familiar figure, which was as tall as in memory, with a lonely height and clarity.

In the next instant, the figure was gone again.

...... Maybe I read it wrong?

In order to show sincerity, only Ruohua and I went into the temple to incense, and the rest of the people waited outside, so there were only two of us left in the house. Ruohua finally let go of my hand and picked up the incense that had been lit there for a long time, and I also took one, held up the incense, followed Ruohua to bow three times to the statue, and then inserted the incense into the incense burner.

In fact, I don't quite believe in these, and I guess Ruohua doesn't believe either.

After praying, I am going out. At this moment, Ruohua suddenly said to me, "You were just very uncomfortable. I felt it. ”

He didn't look at me, his eyes swept away.

I reacted to this, and he thought I hated him holding me.

Well, I did get a little nervous, a little overwhelmed, but actually... Actually, I don't hate it.

I just had a bit of a mess in my head, and I hadn't figured out what was going on between me and Ruohua for a few days. It was so sudden that I couldn't react, couldn't figure it out, didn't even know when to start combing.

"I'll try not to do that in the future." Ruo Hua turned his face and said in a dry tone, "So, don't go, okay?" ”

It was the first time I heard him speak to me in such a tone, almost pleading.

"You won't let me finish my words just now." I lowered my head and pinched the corner of my clothes, "I said that it wasn't that, I was afraid that the two of us pretending to be husband and wife would be exposed, or spread to the outside of Pinghu County, and then you would be in more trouble." I don't really want to go..."

"I'm afraid you're uncomfortable." Ruohua's voice was low, "Xiao Yue, I care about you far more than you think; I am worried about many more things than you think." ”

"When you traveled around, I was afraid that you would suffer outside; when you were in Beijing, I was afraid that someone would target you and seriously injure you."

"You're not with me, I'm afraid you're being bullied; you're around me, and I'm afraid you're not happy."

He finally looked at me with a deep gaze: "Xiao Yue, you tell me, what should I do?" ”

My mind boomed. This was the first time That Ruohua had told me his thoughts so bluntly.

"What else can be done?" My eyes flickered, "First, do this first." ”

With that, I turned around and walked quickly, taking the lead out of the temple.

Back at the house, Ruohua went to work, I went to the backyard to remove the ring and makeup, let the beard hit the water, into the bath bucket.

The water vapor was steaming all around, but I was still holding the flower that had been plucked from my hair in my hand, staring at it intently.

Is it the shape that Ruohua drew by hand? Is it done specifically for me?

So, when exactly did it start?

I grew up following my father and combing through the inextricable veins of the court, where to start and end, who had what interests with whom, and what kind of things were done for what purpose... As a result, when it comes to the problem of feelings, this method of combing does not work at all.

- Because I couldn't find that starting point.

Ruohua and I have known each other for so many years, most of the time we met by chance, I asked him for peace, he smiled at me gently, asked my parents if they were okay, occasionally asked me about my recent situation, and then ended the conversation. For more than a decade, this has been the case.

On the contrary, after I was asked by him to be the lord of the county, we really got acquainted.

...... At that time, I thought he was helping me because of my father, wasn't that what I thought?

I suddenly thought of the flower feast of the Ninth Princess that day, Xia Shijun asked me why I didn't say a word when I came back, and said, "Someone who doesn't know your movements will be unhappy", I asked him who he was, and he refused to say.

I thought Shi Yun was talking about Xiao Chen. I know that my brother has always been high and cold, but he is actually very concerned about his family.

But looking back now, what Shi Yun said, is it Ruohua?

No wonder Lin Yu told me that everyone in the East Palace knew. As a result, I don't know anything.

A year earlier, the intersection between me and Ruohua was actually related to Han Xizhong. I wanted to see Han Xizhong's parade in the street, and Ruohua gave me his elegant room in the Xichun Building; I wanted to proofread the collection of essays for Han Xizhong, and Ruohua helped me speak, and my eldest brother helped me open the back door.

If he had long cared about my affairs, then why should he fulfill me and Han Xizhong?

I was confused.

I wanted to ask him, but then I thought about it, his nature is actually very awkward, he always doesn't like to tell me what he thinks in his heart, I guess I asked him to be unhappy.

Suddenly, I thought again that it had been more than three years since I had been in and out of my house, and there hadn't been a single person who had come to my house to propose to me—and I didn't know if I had anything to do with him.

...... So he hid it so deeply, how could I possibly know.

I soaked myself whole in the water, and the surface of the water grunted and bubbled up with air, and there was warmth all around, and I seemed to be immersed in another world of silence and warmth.

TBC

【Preview Wakaba Confession】

"It was I who miscalculated. When you really want to fight, people will become careful and become less and less like themselves. Not to mention, I underestimated how much you liked him. Ruohua raised his hand and held my face, "But it doesn't matter, I'm more patient and can spend a lot of time on you—I'm not going to spend it on others anyway." ”

Purr la la la

21.11.11

Chapter XXVII

I don't dare mention leaving Pinghu County now. I absolutely believe that as long as I mention it again, Ruohuaneng will ignore me for the rest of his life.

It is almost the Dragon Boat Festival, Pinghu County is on the edge of Taihu Lake, every Dragon Boat Festival, the local will organize dragon boat races and Dragon Boat Festivals, daytime races, night lantern festivals, the whole county is lively. Such a large gathering often requires thorough deployment, and Ruohua is too busy to touch the ground, and he does not know whether he really has no time to pay attention to me, or whether he responds to his sentence "Recently, I have rarely appeared in front of you."

...... Obviously, he also said that he wanted to reconcile.

I was depressed.

In fact, I can't figure out what feelings I have for Ruohua, I know that I am absolutely loyal to Ruohua, but on the other hand, I haven't thought about it at all.

I had a headache myself, so I just ran out to relax. It just so happens that this house is built on the mountain, and the local residents say that there are no beasts on the mountain, and there are hunters living in the forest, and the people love to come here to play, so I went up the mountain on my own.

Halfway up the climb, I suddenly saw many graves on the dirt slope halfway up the mountain.

It is not unusual for locals to build graves on the mountain, originally I did not care very much, but these graves have obviously fallen into disrepair, most of the barren tobacco vines, but only one, obviously just cleaned up, the surrounding wild grass is all uprooted, the grave is lit with incense, burned value, and also offered fruit.

If someone is taking care of it, why clean up only this tomb?

Looking around, the carvings on the tomb are all Han surnames, which are obviously the ancestral graves of large local families. I suddenly remembered the thing that many people had mentioned to me--the three surnames of Pinghu originally had no Yu family, but they were headed by another family, and this family was in distress in the change of Prophecy, and the only descendant would come back to worship every three years.

So, this family's surname is Han? The only grave that has been cleaned... Is it the descendants of this family who have returned?

I took a closer look and the tombstone read:

"Father Han Qi's tomb."

Seventeen years after his birth

Died in the tenth year of Yuande

Son Han Bai Jingli"

Han...... cypress......?

I didn't react for a while, my mind racing, thinking about whether this was a coincidence or not, but I had a hunch that this kind of thing was often more accurate than usual.

The next second, I heard footsteps behind me.

I subconsciously looked back, but the familiar voice sounded first——

"That's what you think it is."

Han Xizhong's lonely and high-definition figure came into my eyes. He was dressed in a white robe with a white headband on his hair, and his whole body was as cold as ice.

It turned out that I hadn't read it wrong that day.

The figure in the crowd, it was really him.

Han Xizhong looked at me, and there was no expression in his eyes: "People in your family said that you went back to your hometown to visit your relatives, but I didn't know that Xie Xiang's eldest daughter was born in Pinghu County like me?" ”

There seemed to be sarcasm in his tone.

"Actually, you can't use the same excuse every time you leave Kyoto, just like the wolf came, and over time no one believed it."

I was stunned and puzzled for a moment. Isn't he from Yongling County on the outskirts of Beijing? Why did he become the son of the Han clan of Pinghu County?

But if he is the son of the Han clan of Pinghu County... No wonder he was aggressive with me as soon as he came up.

"I haven't congratulated you yet, future Princess Consort." He looked up and glanced at me.

I hurriedly said, "Don't talk nonsense after you return to Beijing!" Your Highness and I are not what you think, there is a reason, I am just helping him. ”

"Are you willing to help him with this kind of help?" Han Xizhong's tone of voice was sarcastic, "Also, more than this time." The last time you had a feast in Kyushu, you also pretended to be his wife. ”

The pair of eyes with mockery suddenly burst into some different emotions, and even the end of the eyes was slightly red.

"It's ridiculous that I actually believed a liar." Han Xizhong said word by word, "She said that the two are happy with each other, and naturally they will come to Japan for a long time, and I really believe it." ”

My breathing stagnated.

- I said this to him.

At that time, wasn't Han Xizhong referring to Miss ZhangJia?

then...... I like him so much.

Han Xizhong looked at me with self-deprecation in her eyes: "I thought she was just angry and didn't want to pay attention to me for a while, but she would always go back to Beijing, and I could wait forever." Your Majesty asked me to be the ninth princess, and I would rather anger Tianyan than say that I belong to my heart.

"But I didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, she became someone else's 'wife' in Pinghu County, and came in pairs with His Royal Highness the Noble Prince."

"How ridiculous, I actually believe what she said about 'coming to Japan'?"

My heart was suddenly clenched and painful, my brain was blank, and all my internal organs were trembling violently.

"So when you said that you had a hard time in your heart, you were referring to what happened here." My voice is hoarse.

He looked at me silently for a long time, then at the tombstone: "This is my father's tomb, and he died in the late spring of the second year of exile. ”

It was late spring and it was about to enter summer.

No wonder he would come back at this time.

"I was seven years old. My mother took me to Yongling County, and at first I was poor, and I didn't even have rice to cook, and I couldn't fill my stomach, so my mother begged from house to house to 'borrow' rice noodles. She told me every day that the only thing I had to do was to study, participate in the imperial examination as soon as possible, enter high school, and overturn the case for my father.

"I asked his father what he had done wrong, and she said that his father had done nothing wrong, but just listened to Shangguan's words, and Shangguan asked him to do whatever he wanted.

"A county official who is loyal enough and obeys orders completely does not know anything himself and has done nothing wrong, but because his Shangguan Shangguan is involved in the rebellion and is a henchman of Huo Thief, he will be deposed and exiled. And the exile of only one person did not harm his family, but the kindness of Her Royal Highness the First Princess.

"Actually, I don't hate your parents. The more I learned about that past, the more I understood that from their standpoint, cutting the grass and removing the roots was something that had to be done. But who doesn't have a home? Who doesn't have parents? Who doesn't have flesh and blood affection? Just because my father is on the wrong side, our Han family is doomed to be destroyed, uprooted from home, and live in anonymity?!

"Xie Xiaoyue, you are their child." Han Xizhong's eyes met mine, and his eyes were sad, "Every moment you approach me, it makes me overwhelmed." Knowing that you are the daughter of an enemy and should not talk to you, should not respond to your expectations, but still can't help it.

"I deserve to be trapped step by step, and to this day, I am waiting for someone who is destined not to come back."

I lowered my head, tears pouring uncontrollably.

I see......

It turns out that the truth of everything is like this...

"You never told me that." I said in a dumb voice, "You always like to make me guess, how can I guess." ”

"How do you want me to speak?" Han Xizhong clenched his fists, "The funny thing is that now I see you again... I still want to fight for it again. ”

Fate is such a mysterious thing. I can't get it when I want it, and when I put it down, I suddenly appear.

Han Xizhong then said to me, "Last spring, when the imperial list was just released, the second prince found out the details of my background and used it as bait to overturn the case for my father, asking me to help him do things." Unexpectedly, you got involved and stood against me.

"The funny thing is that for your sake, I even decided to give up what I had always believed. I can not rely on him, I can not turn over this case, I can hide everything in my heart for a lifetime without saying.

"But you still didn't say goodbye." His voice trembled, "That day, you refused to see me; you didn't reply to that letter in the end." ”

My tears finally fell one by one. My vision blurred, and I couldn't even see his expression, only that I was out of shape, but I couldn't control it.

For so long, I tried so hard to get close to him, uselessly, uselessly. I was so careful when I faced him, I was so happy when he smiled at me, I begged everyone around me to help me, and no one close to me didn't know that I liked him.

Even Ruohua knew. Even Ruohua was helping me, more than once.

"Han Xizhong, you have no idea how many things I have done for you." I cried, but I still said word for word, "But now, I don't want to tell you." ”

I wanted to ask him why he thought I had to like him all the time, and how did he have to be me? My like is so worthless, let him come and go? Why should something I not know be subject to groundless accusations?

But I don't want to ask. Don't want to say it.

"Actually, you stood in front of my house that day, and I stayed with you until you left." I raised my face, wiped my tears with my sleeve, and said to him, "That's my goodbye." ”

He seemed to be shocked.

I knew, he understood what I was saying.

"I see." These are the last four words that Han Xizhong said to me.

I didn't know how I ended up going down the mountain. Stumbling and muddy, his face crying like a flower cat. I even thought that if I didn't go to the Cangzhou Literary Society, I wouldn't have encountered Yun Zhongjun's poems, and there would be no later things.

Maybe I was just unlucky, Baba liked this person for a year, as soon as he appeared my heart almost stopped beating, it was difficult to convince myself to give up, but he provoked him to cry wantonly.

When I returned to the mansion under the mountain, Hua Ran looked at me confused, she may have seen me so out of shape for the first time, and she didn't know how to comfort me. I said leave me alone, I'm going to find a place to be alone for a while, preferably the kind of place the whole world can't find.

I laughed self-deprecatingly and added: Just like the Peach Blossom Garden of the Wuling people, do you know such a place?

Hua Ran thought about it and said to me, there is no one on Taihu Lake.

The weather is sunny, the waves on the Taihu Lake are not alarming, at this time the sky will be late, the lake is not sunny, but it is a good time for boating.

But I don't want to go rafting.

I went to the lake to find a flat boat, paid the boatman for the charter, picked a lotus leaf, covered my face, and went to the cabin, letting the boat float along the water.

Locals raise lotus flowers, lotus roots and fish and shrimp in Taihu Lake, and they block nets farther away, and they are not afraid of the boats floating too far. The boat undulated unhurriedly along the waves, scattering my chaotic thoughts, and the whole world was silent, with only the soft sound of the wind and the chirping of birds in my ears.

In half an hour, the sun will set, and the setting sun will coat the lake with a warm orange glow. I think that at this time, there may still be a lack of a pot of good wine, and when I am exhausted, there is also the romance of "not knowing the sky in the water after getting drunk, and the ship is full of dreams to suppress the galaxy".

What Han Bai is not Han Bai, just let him go.

Just then, I heard the sound of a paddle shaking nearby.

I subconsciously took off the lotus leaf from my face, but I saw that Hua Yan was holding up another canopy boat, slowly approaching my boat, and Ruo Hua stood at the bow of the canopy, still carrying a pot of wine in his hand.

He got on my boat without hurrying, and then Hua Ran pushed the canopy boat farther away.

The heavens and the earth are far away, and soon, there are only two people left on the vast Taihu Lake, me and Ruohua. The afterglow of the setting sun stretched his shadow obliquely.

I looked at him in amazement, but he dragged me up and opened the altar of wine.

"—A pot with you?"

Although I wrote very vaguely in front of me, there are still friends who guess Han Xizhong's origins

Chapter XXVIII

Ruohua handed me the wine altar: "Let you borrow wine to pour sorrow." ”

"Did you arrange for someone to follow me?" I asked him.

"It's true that someone is paying attention to you, but there's absolutely no follow-up." Ruohua stressed, "However, as soon as Han Xizhong entered Pinghu County, I knew it, so I kept asking people to follow him." I thought he was coming to find you, but I didn't expect him to be an orphan of the Han family. ”

He handed me the altar again: "Don't? I thought you'd want to have a drink. ”

Ruohua really knows me.

But I still shook my head and looked up at him: "I'm sad about other people's things, don't you feel bad?" ”

"It's not the first time." Ruohua said lightly.

Thinking of the last time I was at my house, it was also because of Han Xizhong, I was drunk without drinking two sips, grabbing Ruohua and saying so many words.

If he had liked me back then... He must be very uncomfortable, right?

If last year, Han Xizhong got drunk and told me how much he liked others, it would definitely be tantamount to Ling Chi in my heart.

At this thought, my heart tugged again, but it was because I was sorry for Ruohua.

I took the altar and took two sips. The wine in Gangnam is not as soft as the wind in Jiangnan, and the entrance is still a little spicy, and I drank too much, almost choking out tears.

"Cough, cough..."

"Slow down." Ruohua patted me on the back like a child.

I looked at him in the light of the sun, as gentle as he had been in the past so many years.

Finally I asked the question that had been confusing me and made me wonder how to understand.

"Why did you help me pursue Han Xizhong in the first place?"

Ruohua was very calm, and he asked me, "What do you think?" ”

"I don't know." I shook my head.

"Xiao Yue, at least until this spring, I have been willing to be a moon appreciator." Ruo Hua looked at me quietly, with a bitter smile, but still gentle, "You have always been free, like a bird in the forest, with a vast world, there is no red tape that can trap you, the capital can't be trapped, the palace can't be trapped." The people trapped in the East Palace, it is enough to have me. I don't want to fold your wings, you should be free for the rest of your life, so I am very happy to see that you are doing well, as if you have become free along with my share. So, you can like anyone, as long as you're happy. ”

I hugged the wine jar in disbelief, never imagining such an answer in any case.

He seemed to have anticipated my consternation and continued to say gently and softly, "If you like Han Xizhong, I will help you get him." We Xiaoyue are so good-looking, beautiful and kind-hearted, and our family is high, he can't dislike you. ”

“...... So what if I'm with him and he changes his mind later? ”

"If he doesn't treat you well in the future, I have a way to make him live or die." Some of the tones were still calm, but I knew that was what he was.

"I'm a little scared..."

"What are you afraid of?"

"If I make you angry in the future, will you do the same to me?"

"Xiao Yue." Ruo Hua laughed dumbly, "If I really want you to enter the palace, then I still have a lot of means to use, but why didn't I do that?" ”

Before I could react, he asked himself, "Because I will never force you." I don't like the way I am now, what I like, what I yearn for, is always the way you are — happy, free, unrestrained. I can't help but make you sad, you know? ”

My heart felt like it had been hit.

Ruohua never said these words to me.

For so many years, I didn't know anything. I don't know when he liked me, or even when this secret love began, but he silently followed me, and even seemed to have passed many, many years, so long that the years have become long.

"Then why are you again..." I wanted to say it again.

- Suddenly, what if you don't want to be a moon appreciator anymore?

It seems strange to ask in this way.

But Ruohua always seemed to know what I wanted to say and what I wanted to do. He touched my hair and finally sighed, "I didn't want to tell you about this..."

He paused, then continued, "Xiao Yue, the King of the Clouds is me." ”

“......！” My pupils dilated suddenly.

"You took me as a test boy for last spring, and like you, I recognized you as a test of the imperial examination." I thought that with this person's talent, he should be able to enter the temple to test, and the palace was waiting for him on the day of the temple test. So I said in my letter, "The temple will be seen."

"Later, on the day of the temple examination, I did not meet a person with the same style as you. As you wrote in your letter, I went to meet you on the banks of the moat, but I did not expect to see you waiting for someone.

"Actually, I already knew that you were interested in Han Xizhong and thought you were waiting for him." Later, on the day I came back from the Kyushu Feast, you told me about those letters, and I realized that it was me who you were waiting for, and that night, you and I did not break the appointment.

"I thought at that time, if I hid my mind for so many years, but you still liked me, then I had no reason not to fight for it, right?"

Ruohua looked at me, and the smile on his lips became more and more gentle.

"But..." I bowed my head, "what if, in the end, all this time is wasted?" ”

"I have confidence." Ruo Hua said, "The moment you rushed into the fire and said to me, 'Then it's better to die here together', I knew that you wouldn't feel nothing about me." So, would it be nice to give me a little time? Something may not go wrong at first and will upset you, but I will make adjustments immediately. ”

“...... Then I already feel your adjustment. I whispered.

"At the moment, it would be more effective to adjust frankly." Ruohua smiled and touched my hair.

...... It really works.

Forget it, or don't tell him.

It was completely dark, a winding moon gradually climbed up, the curved crescent emitted a silvery glow, and the stars in the sky flickered. The silver moon wheel was reflected in the water, and the lake was a sparkling moon.

I remembered the night when I waited for the clouds on the moat, and it was also as cool as water, and the moon reflected in the water. The driver of the East Palace suddenly broke into my sight, and Ruohua lifted the curtain, first surprised why I was here, and then he teased me with a smile and asked me if I was waiting for any talent.

Where is there any wind and talent.

It turned out that the person I was waiting for had always been by my side.

Ruohua shook the boat back to the shore, he got ashore first, and then held out his hand to hold me. Every time I held his hand, I would blush, and this time naturally it was no exception, the root of the ear immediately began to fever, and after being pulled ashore by him, I immediately released my hand.

When he saw me like this, he couldn't help but laugh. My eyes flickered, and Vulture made excuses: "I drank wine on the face, and you didn't know it for the first time." ”

"Yes, yes, or drink less later." Ruo hua laughed, "You are not allowed to drink in front of others, you know?" ”

You me. I was a little rebellious and kicked the stones on the side of the road.

He stood in front of me, bent down and looked at me sideways, in a low and pleasant tone: "Just give me a privilege, huh?" ”

"Okay?" It was as if they were coaxing me, and they were tempting me.

"I'm reluctant to think about it." I turned my face away.

I also said before that Ruohua is awkward, I really look up to myself.

Ruohua continued to tease me: "I will leave a name in the history of Qingqing." Later, people always like to calculate which concubine the emperor loved the most before he died, but I don't need to calculate here, only Xiaoyue, Xiaoyue and Xiaoyue. ”

"I don't want this kind of history to be famous." I knew that he was laughing at me again about something famous in history, and simply looked at him with a wooden face, "Also, how many concubines do you really want?" ”

He supported his chin with his hand, tilted his face slightly and pondered for a while, and then looked at me: "I once decided to be a moon appreciator, then it doesn't matter, anyway, the people who care about this kind of thing are the people of the former dynasty, no one cares what I think." But now it's different. I guess the historian will probably write: 'When the prince was young, he met the moon in the clouds, and he knew that this one person was enough.' ’”

He spoke very slowly and looked at me very seriously.

The wind and clouds and the stars and the moon, along with the shallow smile at the corner of Ruohua's mouth, were as gentle as if they were about to melt apart.

Chapter XXIX

The next day, Ruohua went to work on the Dragon Boat Festival, I was writing a book in the house, Hua Ran came to me and said, Han Xizhong begged to see me.

It's not unusual for him to find me here.

But I shook my head and said no, "I don't have anything to say to him." ”

Hua Ran said to me, "That Lord Han said that if the county lord said that he had nothing to say to him, then let me say more, he came to have a serious matter, and he would say goodbye when he was finished." ”

He and I don't have anything serious to talk about, do we?

But thinking that he had done things for the second prince before, I suddenly felt that it was still time to meet him.

I deliberated for a moment and let Hua Yan invite him into the side hall. He stood there silently in his dark gray robe, looking at me in silence.

Instead of looking at him, I poured him tea: "Lord Han, please take a seat." I don't know what is the important matter for Lord Han to find me? ”

Since he said it was the right thing to do, I invited him into the house with honor and righteousness.

Probably because I was too open-minded, he didn't touch the cup of tea, nor did he sit down, but just pulled the corners of his mouth and said to me: "Since you are so anxious to drive me away, I will not drink your tea." I will ask you, you have to answer me truthfully - is the moon in the cloud you? ”

I squeezed the teacup tightly.

When I write canonical articles or dedicate plays to the palace, I use my real name, and only the pen name is used to write the script. The name Yun Zhongyue, very few people know, except for my family, I almost never mentioned it to the outside world, Ruohua will know or because I passed a letter with him, even the people who helped me in the East Palace to help me pass the letter have never learned a word from the envelope.

How would Han Xizhong know?

It seemed that the details of the movements in my hand made him identify his guess, and he said to me, "I only guessed it yesterday." Although you wrote the county official's record of going to the post, although you compiled a place name, the local scenery described in the text, and even the relationship between the characters of the local clan, have the shadow of Pinghu County. Although you have deliberately modified a lot of content, some specific details that others may not be able to see are not difficult for me. ”

"Also, it's your hometown after all." I lightly acknowledged, then looked at Han Xizhong and said seriously, "But this is just a popular story, why did Lord Han come to ask me this?" ”

"You're not in Beijing, and you probably don't know that everyone in the government and the public is guessing who the person who wrote this book really is." When I saw you incense in the temple that day, I learned that It was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who was here with you. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince definitely cannot spend a lot of time and ink to write a story, it can only be you. ”

"What about me?" I buttoned down the tea bowl.

"Xiao Yue, I don't mean to accuse you of anything, you don't resist me like this..." Han Xizhong's eyes flashed a moment of pain, but soon returned to clarity, "Your book has spread too widely among the scholars, everyone has decided that it was written by people in the DPRK, people's curiosity cannot be stopped, and now they have the intention of digging the ground three feet, but because they have found the wrong direction, they have not yet found it." ”

"Xiao Yue, you must hide this identity well." Han Xizhong continued, "Once you are exposed, His Highness the Crown Prince's affairs in Pinghu County will also be exposed, and he will have to return to Beijing in advance, which will disrupt the Emperor's plans; not to mention that you are not a person in the Eastern Palace, you came here with His Highness the Prince, and you also participated in the affairs of one side, if you are known to the world, it is destined to be another storm, with my understanding of the Second Prince, he will not give up using this matter to attack the Prince and the Xie family." What's more, this matter is far more difficult to solve than the time you go to the disaster relief, and His Royal Highness the Prince cannot protect you. ”

When Han Xizhong talked about this, I should know that he was speaking from the bottom of his heart.

"Thank you Lord Han for reminding me, I will pay attention to hiding well."

"It's better not to write it again. This is not something you should have written. ”

I don't feel anything about Han Xizhong's accusations now—not at all, but at least I won't be as sad as before. I just shook my head and said to him, "I shouldn't have done too much." Those people in the court could not liquidate, so there was not much of this. ”

I knew that Han Xizhong was kind, but he didn't understand me, and I didn't have to defend myself much.

Han Xizhong saw that I was persistent and sighed, "That's it." That's all I have to say, you just have it in your mind. I'm leaving for Beijing today. You can rest assured that the DPRK and China do not know that I am from here, and the things I have seen here will naturally not say a word. ”

I nodded, "Thank you Lord Han." ”

He lowered his gaze, "Can you please stop being so kind to me?" ”

"In fact, I used to be very polite to you." I turned my face away.

I sent Han Xizhong out the door, saw him go away in the car, and then began to think about what he said to me.

I want to continue to write this story, of course, because I feel that I have done nothing wrong, and there is no need to stop writing for such inexplicable reasons; but on the other hand, it is also because when the influence of a book has been so great that the whole government and the public are circulating, then whether it is a popular, laughing and angry story, it must play another role, sooner or later.

If I had said these words to Han Xizhong, he would probably have to scold me as he had done at the feast in Kyushu, saying that I should not have done these things.

It's normal that he doesn't understand what I think. In the eyes of most people, what I do is a big rebellion.

At this time, I suddenly realized what Ruohua had fought for me. When my father and I were seriously injured by Mishi, he insisted that what everyone saw as wrong turned into the right thing, into something that should be praised and praised.

He also never questioned my "heart of literature". All along, it was just my own inferiority.

After Han Xizhong left, I asked someone to call Liu Xiancheng.

It was always embarrassing for him to see me again at this time. He called me madame, but it was very respectful, I cried and laughed, and told him that I couldn't do this, how to get along before, and how to get along now.

"Then I don't dare." He made a bitter face, "Lord He can pick my skin." ”

"Why are you suddenly so afraid of him?"

"The Yu family is selling their fields and shops, and it is estimated that the move will be in these few days." My cousin also..."

He made only one mention, and was silent again, as if he thought that this was also caused by his cousin's own sins.

Instead of talking to him about it, I asked, "How's your local chronicle compiled?" Isn't it also a festival gift for the sheriff? It's only a few days away from the Dragon Boat Festival. ”

"That's it. However, the back did not help me polish, and the front does not look like a person wrote it at all. Liu Xian sighed.

"You should also make up for han county's achievements." After making up, I will ask someone to send it to me, and I will help you polish the rest. ”

"Huh?" Liu Xiancheng was a little confused, "Why make up for this?" ”

"I thought about it, you didn't write about this person's political achievements before, it was only because the whole Pinghu County didn't dare to mention this family's affairs." However, this matter has passed for many years, the case has long been settled, merit is merit, passing is passing, there is no need to leave this paragraph specially empty, it will only increase the curiosity of future generations. In case the sheriff asks you how you have been empty for a while without content, it is not good for you to explain. ”

"Also, I'll add it and then ask someone to hand it to you." Liu Xiancheng hesitated again, "Madam, there were many offenses before, you not only did not care, but also helped me polish my pen, I don't know how to thank you well." ”

I thought to myself that there was nothing to be thankful for, but it was my selfishness. The Han family is now fragmented, and it is indeed inseparable from my family. Ruo Hua told me that such things as party strife were passed on to the level of local officials, and sometimes they did not know what blood was on their hands, and the Han family may not be able to withstand scrutiny. I know that this makes sense, but as I said to Liu Xiancheng, merit is merit, and what I can do is to leave Han Xizhong's father's local political achievements in the history books, which is an extremely important thing for readers.

I still write behind closed doors. The story I wrote was very cool and cheerful at the beginning, it was roughly a story of a young and intelligent county commander who fought with all kinds of people. In the end of the fight, it is natural that this wise and courageous seven-pin sesame officer wins, and everyone loves to watch such a happy plot.

Now written in the third volume, the seven sesame officials met a young man, the young man Lang Yue Qingfeng, gentle demeanor, not like the ordinary family origin, sesame officials do not ask much, one of the two do not know that the other is the local parent official, the other does not know whether the other party is a commoner, but with poetry on friends, feel sorry for each other.

I think that if I was really the son of the Spring Gate Last Year, and I was able to intersect with His Royal Highness the Prince when he did not know the identity of the other party, and then met on the day of the palace examination, it would probably be very interesting, maybe it would be a good story of a monarch in the future.

What a shame.

When I finished writing and went out, it was time for dinner, and there was an uninvited guest in the side hall, peeling the table full of nut shells, and the peeled flesh was in a plate on the side, piled up as high as a hill.

Xia Shijun cheerfully waved at me: "Xiao Yue, come and eat nuts!" ”

The second ancestor of the capital city came to Jiangnan thousands of miles away, but there was no appearance of a dusty servant at all, but the golden crown and jade belt, as always, was as noble as ever, and as always, it looked very like the second ancestor at a glance.

Nizu diligently peeled the nuts for a while.

The one who likes to eat nuts is my brother Xiao Chen.

I looked at Xia Shijun suspiciously, "You are used to giving Xiao Chen a peel in Beijing, and you can't stay idle here?" ”

He said solemnly, "Whatever, I used him to practice my hands and trained to peel them for you." ”

Me: "..."

I remembered that one year in the New Year, Xia Shijun prepared New Year gifts for me and Xiao Chen as usual, giving Xiao Chen a Hidden Blade and giving me a set of Longquan Celadon tea sets, all specially customized by craftsmen.

He was so fond of giving treasures that before the things had arrived in Beijing, he had already told me and Xiao Chen what the gift was.

Xiao Chen said casually, "Next time you help me get a set of tea sets." ”

Shi Yun exclaimed, "Haven't I seen you have such a graceful hobby before?" ”

Xiao Chen said lightly, "Oh, I got some good tea recently." ”

As a result, Shi Yun suddenly got a pocket watch embedded with opals from the Westerners, which looked very expensive at first glance, and then came to me and said that this expensive gift was only called the identity of my concubine, and the tea set, which can be obtained as long as you want, is still not good enough, so I will give Xiao Chen a play.

He added: "You see, he only deserves to use you to pick the rest." ”

Me: "............"

Forget it, I shouldn't know his careful thinking.

In general, Han Xizhong did not understand Xiao Yue, and the only one who could really accept all of Xiao Yue was Ruo Hua.

21.11.17

Chapter XXX

Anyway, don't eat white, don't eat, some people are willing to be coolies, I am naturally willing to get the benefits of white. I grabbed the nuts in the palm of my hand, Shi Yun peeled them very carefully, there was no broken shell in the flesh, I wanted to come to Xiao Chen's life in Beijing, every day someone peeled nuts for him,

I asked, "When did you arrive in Pinghu County?" ”

Xia Shijun said, "It will be noon." Your Highness is on duty, you write behind closed doors, you ignore me, I go for a walk around the street. There are several dragon boats parked on the edge of the lake! There are no rivers or lakes in Beijing, the Dragon Boat Festival is to pack rice dumplings and smoked wormwood, and I have never played a dragon boat race. ”

"Oh, you want to compete?"

"Hey hey, I ordered the number of people, the people in the East Palace are here now enough to form a dragon boat team, and when Your Highness returns, I will mention it to him."

"Are you here to protect Your Highness, or are you here to play?"

"The heart of the naked child can be learned from heaven and earth!" Xia Shijun was serious, "By the way, play." ”

Saying that Cao arrived, Ruohua's salty and not faint voice came from the side of the door——

"This afternoon in Pinghu County, when you saw a girl, you threw a wink at people, bought all the baskets of fruits from her daughter's family who sold fruit on the side of the road, praised their beautiful looks, and then transferred this basket of fruits to the fisherwoman who was holding a boat on the lake." Finally the old fisherman came to the government and said that you had slighted his daughter with words and eyes. ”

"Is this a report to the authorities?" Xia Shijun exclaimed, "I just gave them a basket of fruit!" ”

"When you were in the capital, your reputation was so bad that everyone didn't care?" Ruohua glanced at him.

Shi Yun laughed straightly, "But there are still many girls in the capital who want to marry me, and I and Xiao Chen are no different!" ”

I looked at Xia Shijun with admiration: "You know, the girls in Pinghu County are terrible, and I was almost forced to marry one back until I revealed my identity." If you come alone and go back with three wives and four concubines, you see Xiao Chen still ignores you. ”

Xia Shijun thought about that scene, a little sad.

"By the way, do you have any news from my family?" I asked.

This is basically the question I have to ask every time the East Palace comes back, but generally I can't ask anything.

Unexpectedly, this time Shi Yun did bring a lot of news, and he broke his finger to listen to me: "Xie Xiang's news has reached the capital, the peace talks are very smooth, and The Northern Desert has retired, but we must put together enough grain to trade with them, and there is a high probability of bartering." This year's grain is very expensive, and in general we have suffered losses, but at least the people on the border will not suffer anymore. ”

"In this drought, our own grain is not enough, where to get grain for the people of the northern desert?"

Further south, the harvest in the country of Qi is so good that the price of rice has been as low as last autumn. The eldest princess and the State of Qi sent a letter asking the Court of the State of Qi to come forward to purchase the surplus grain on the market, which could stabilize the price of grain and sell it to our dynasty. ”

"What does Father mean?" Ruohua asked.

"The emperor was very angry, saying that he would eat the immediate loss for the time being, and sooner or later he would have to get it back." Shi Yun said, "So it's only a temporary truce, and there will definitely be a war to come, so we have to make preparations early." ”

Ruo Hua's jaw dropped: "What about Ruo Jin's side?" Didn't he go to the front? ”

Not long after he set off, Xie Xiang's handwriting arrived in Beijing, and there was no battle for the time being. The emperor asked him to stay at Guanyi for a while, and then sent Xiao Chen to escort the first batch of grain to Guanyi, hand it over to the second prince, and let him escort him to the border. I think the emperor is giving him the opportunity to make meritorious contributions to his sins. ”

Ruohua "Hmm" said, "Expected." ”

The emperor did not like to be fratricidal, and it was well known that the children could be saved and preserved.

I asked again, "Is Ling Feng Tang duan?" ”

"Ended. The head of the shadow guard's hand was taken by Xiao Chen, along with grain and grass, to the official post where the second prince was staying, and they were all 'handed over', and the emperor's hand was issued to ask the second prince to 'personally count'. Xia Shijun scoffed, "I guess it can scare him to death." ”

"If he has the ability, he will go to the emperor to see if he will investigate to the end." I said indifferently.

"However, this time it is a complete tearing of the face, the noble concubine has already taken action in Beijing, and recently the Zhao family's private contact with the ministers has become more and more frequent."

"No." Ruo Hua shook his head, his pupils dark, "As early as when he first calculated Xiao Yue, he had already torn his face." ”

*** ***

Xia Shijun had a very happy life in Pinghu County.

Lin Yu's daily diligence when he was here was either following Ruohua or visiting, and Xia Shijun's daily life was to pluck the beautiful girl while forming a dragon boat team to practice rowing on Taihu Lake. The rest of the team was formed by local boys, a group of good young people were eager to concentrate their firepower against Xia Shijun, Xia Shijun did not panic at all, and said that the first place must be his, and the applause and cheers of the beautiful girls were also his.

I was a little worried that he would be dragged into an alley and beaten up one day.

He also wrote a letter to Xiao Chen, asking him to come to Pinghu County after he was busy with the affairs of Beijing and Central China, and to arrive before the Dragon Boat Festival to cheer himself up.

The person who replied to the East Palace said that Young Master Xie received the letter, but after reading it, he threw it aside and had no intention of replying to the letter.

Xia Shijun continued to practice paddling happily, as if Xiao Chen's disregard did not exist.

This is what I admire most about Xia Shijun. He can always be so happy, in his eyes the sky can not fall, and when it falls, there are others on top. Even if Xiao Chen ignored him, he swore to me that "Xiao Chen will definitely come."

Then Xiao Chen really came.

On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, the whole Pinghu County was as lively as the New Year. This is the difference between Jiangnan Water Town and Beijing, the annual dragon boat race is enough for the whole county's men, women and children to go out to watch, the waterway is full of people, only to see rows and rows of heads.

Ruohua, as a county order, had already sat on the main seat of the referee high platform at the end and waited. I thought about cheering Shi Jun, so I tried to squeeze to the starting point, but when I looked at it, there were girls everywhere.

"What is this looking at?" I asked.

"Look at the beautiful man!" A girl replied.

I thought to myself, your girls in Pinghu County seem to be bold and traditional, and they are really not the yu family alone...

I thought to myself what beautiful man could make the girls in the whole county flock to the nest, so I tried to squeeze forward, and I squeezed into the first row, but I saw a face similar to my five points.

Well, it's Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen stood by the dock with his hands in his hands, completely ignoring the group of warblers and swallows around him, his face was as cold as usual, or he was too lazy to pay attention to people. Xia Shijun stood next to him with a grin, wearing a dragon boat uniform, but also carrying a small pocket, which looked a little funny.

Xia Shijun saw me at a glance and waved at me, "Xiao Yue! Come on! ”

The servants who were blocking the dock saw me, respectfully shouted "Madame," and let me in.

I saw Xiao Chen's invisible change in expression, and my heart was a little panicked.

Xia Shijun grabbed a handful of incense-scented walnuts from my pocket and smiled, "I peeled them in the morning." ”

Although I knew that I was incidental, but with the mentality of eating and drinking, I unceremoniously took it.

"When did you arrive?" Have you seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? I asked Xiao Chen.

"Just now. See you. "He's a word for gold.

"All right." I don't bother with him.

Xia Shijun complained to me, "I don't like to walk down the street with him the most." As soon as he appeared, the girls were all watching him, not me. ”

I wondered, "You read people so hard that you don't want to walk down the street together?" ”

"If it's not easy, I just read it casually." Summer shijun is straight and strong.

Someone at the bottom shouted that it was in place. Xia Shijun clapped the walnut crumbs on his hand, jumped off the boat from the dock, and did not know where to find a red streamer to tie it to his forehead, and it was quite like that.

There are five boats parked on the lake. In addition to the East Palace, the Liu and Zhu families each owned one, and two were dragon boats spontaneously organized by the people. It is said that in previous years, there was still a ship of the Yu family, but this year they were beaten by Ruohua and did not dare to join in the fun, just when the vacancy was filled by Shi Jun.

There were only two people left on the dock, Me and Xiao Chen. Xiao Chen said to me, "Father is already on his way back to Beijing." He came to the house letter and asked me to pick you up this time. ”

I was slightly stunned.

Is this going to go? That, that Ruohua over there...

I shook my head, feeling that my worries were superfluous. My departure will not have too much impact on Ruohua's next life, and besides, I left Beijing because my father was not at ease, and now that my father is back in Beijing, I should naturally go back.

"I don't know how to talk to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" Xiao Chen asked me.

Suddenly I was seen through the careful thinking, I was slightly embarrassed, touched my nose.

"I advise you to go back early, how long do you think you can be hidden from being called 'Madame' here?"

"Oh..."

Well, I'll just say he heard it and couldn't not ask.

The ships are all in place. With the sound of a gong and drum, five dragon boats rushed out like off-string arrows. Shi Yun's dragon boat ranked second steadily, the first leader held the big banner of the Zhu family, the ship rushed forward with full rivet, Shi Jun's light and relaxed followed, the other party's leading person looked back, rushed more fiercely, and did not shake Shi Yun away without giving up, as a result, Shi Yun made a gesture, and the ship of the Eastern Palace began to accelerate again.

I thought to myself, although Shi Jun is very noisy, but how is it that he is also a young general, the prince left guard, the government order of the Eastern Palace soldiers and the yi wei, where are you grass platform teams can compare.

He is still a dashing young man on the dragon boat, arrogant and mercurial, I remember the year when Shi Junchu became the left guard, when people gave the evaluation of "crown covered with Beijing", now it seems that it is indeed not exaggerated.

Near the end, the drums on the shore were noisy and loud, and the people were nervous. I couldn't help but be moved by the atmosphere, my heart went to my throat, and even my breathing froze.

Until the bow of the ship took the lead in crossing the finish line of the colored silk ——

The crowd erupted in a deafening roar of cheers. I was still immersed in the excitement of the heart, and when I looked at it, the girls on the shore were all about to hug each other and cry with joy, and I became crying and laughing again, thinking that you were not like this when you were flirted with by Xia Shijun.

After the dragon boat stopped, Xia Shijun happily waved at me and Xiao Chen, and also made a grimace at Xiao Chen. The Zhu family's dragon boat ranked second, and the group of people was about to be killed by Xia Shijun, an uninvited guest who suddenly appeared.

Xiao Chen still stood calmly beside me, but the corners of his lips were slightly raised.

I poked Xiao Chen with my arm, "How come you're not surprised at all?" ”

"Why be surprised?" He glanced at me faintly.

"I was so nervous just now, I was tightening my heart."

Xiao Chen smiled and still said calmly, "If he is not sure of winning, can he call me over?" ”

"..."It seems to make a lot of sense.

Shi Yun must have made sure that he could make a splash before he would shout xiao Chen to come and see.

I couldn't help but laugh along with it. The wind of early summer was blowing, the shore was full of willow greenery, and I waved across the crowd and Shi Jun, and time was suddenly stretched long.

Chapter XXXI

At night, the most lively is the lantern festival in the street market. On both sides of the road are small stalls, selling calligraphy and paintings, selling gadgets, as well as food stalls with sugar taro seedlings and sake stuffed dumplings. Looking around, the crowds are crowded, the flower lanterns on Taihu Lake float along the water, and the warm candles reflect the warmth and brightness of the small Pinghu County.

Ruo Hua was very busy all day and didn't have time to take care of a few of us, so Shi Yun grabbed me and Xiao Chen and walked around. On such a festival, men and women go out to meet. I saw that Liu Yuanwai was hanging out with his wife in the street market, there was no family behind him, Mrs. Liu took a fancy to a lamp, although Liu Yuanwai was very disgusted with his mouth, saying that this was a thing that the little girl liked, but in fact he had begun to take out the money bag.

It seems that no matter what the festival, it is the same destination in the end. Either buy something, or fall in love, or fall in love while buying something.

Mrs. Liu finished buying the lamp, looked at me from a distance, and greeted me: "Oh, Mrs. He! Are you out shopping too? Your adults are afraid that they will not be able to accompany you today. Eh, these two are...? ”

"This is my brother." I pointed to Xiao Chen, "Well, this is my brother." I pointed again at Shi Jun.

"All handsome young people. But your brother is more like you. Mrs. Liu commented.

"One like Daddy and one like Mother, aha..." I started talking nonsense.

Mrs. Liu waved at me and walked away with Liu Yuanwai.

Xia Shijun has long been attracted to the past by the flower lanterns. By the time I finished greeting Mrs. Liu, he had already bought two lamps and handed me one: "This is Xiao Yue's ~"

"This is Xiao Chen's ~" He handed Xiao Chen another lamp, and his tone rose from the ground.

The lantern is painted with ink. Xiao Chen is the mountains and rivers, and mine is the bright moon.

I asked Shi Jun, "Don't you either?" ”

"Nobody bought it for me." He spread his hands.

Xiao Chen glanced at him and said, "Pick yourself." ”

Shi Yun smiled and replied, "Pick it up early!" I want that rabbit's. ”

The rabbit lamp in his fingers is quite delicately painted, a pair of white rabbits under the shadow of bamboo, with cinnabar dotted red eyes, lively and agile.

Xiao Chen bought the lamp and stuffed it in Shi Yun's hand. Shi Jun was suddenly satisfied, with a smile on his face, and grabbed the two of us to go to the food stall in front.

"Are you buying lamps?" Familiar voices rang out from behind me.

I suddenly looked back, and Ruohua was smiling and looking at a few of us. He had changed back into his regular clothes, a moon-white robe, a silver wire waist seal, and a piece of jasper embellished around his waist. He went to the hair crown, and his hair was only slightly pulled with a headband, compared to the upright and elegant appearance of usual, at this time, Jing looked like an elegant student.

Ruohua is also very good-looking. Or rather, it's even more blinding.

It was inconvenient to perform the ceremony in front of people, xiao Chen and Shi Yun just arched their hands: "Lord He." ”

Ruohua nodded, looked at the lamp in our hands, and smiled, "Each of you has it." ”

"Mine was bought by Xiao Chen~" Shi Yun raised his bamboo shadow rabbit lamp like a treasure, "you can let Xiao Yue buy it for you, anyway, their sisters and brothers have money, giggling." ”

...... What a strange reason for this.

Immediately after that, Shi Yun pointed to the Langfeng Pagoda at the highest point in Pinghu County and said to Xiao Chen, "Let's go to the top of that tower!" Tonight's Pinghu County, a bird's eye view must be beautiful! ”

After saying that, he dragged Xiao Chen and slipped away with a cigarette.

Soon, only me and Ruohua were left in the same place.

"There's no need to be so deliberate..." I muttered quietly.

Ruohua was looking at me with a smile.

He has recently become the same as before, smiling at me very much. But I felt a little different from before, because I became a bit overwhelmed.

I had to ask him, "Does Your Highness want a lamp?" ”

Ruohua shook his head, "Let me see you?" ”

I handed him the lamp in my hand.

"Did you draw a round of bright moon?" It's a bit lonely. "Ruohua Dao."

"So what about painting some stars?" I asked.

He thought about it, took me a few steps forward, found a painting and calligraphy stall, and asked the other party to rent pen and ink for use. Pinghu County is so big, the other party saw that it was a county order, and immediately respectfully said: "Lord He, you can use it as you like!" ”

Ruohua added a few strokes to the lantern.

He did not paint the moon, nor did he paint the man who looked up at the moon. With just a few strokes, there is a river under the moon, and the moon is reflected on the surface of the water.

"In this way, it is 'paired with the shadow'." Ruohua Road.

He put down his pen and returned the lantern to me: "You see, there is only one round of the bright moon, but the mountains and rivers are reflected in the moon in the water, and the moon is not lonely." ”

He was obviously just talking about the moon, so seriously, but I was carrying a lantern, and my face was red with candlelight.

I looked closely at the picture on the lamp.

It's so pretty.

Ruohua didn't say anything more, just took me all the way forward. At the end of the market is the shore of Taihu Lake, and on the shore of the lake there is a huge banyan tree with lush foliage and huge shade, on which are hung many red streamers and small prayer signs. Under the trees were young men and women, praying in the temple next to them, and when they came, they hung up small signs.

This was common throughout the Chen Dynasty. There are also such ancient trees in Beijing, which are hung with small signs all year round.

Ruohua seemed to want to go with me. He asked me, "Did you hang up this when you were in Beijing?" ”

"Hang up twice. One time was Zhu Xiaochen keju High School, and as a result, he went to participate in the martial arts without us, and in the blink of an eye, he ran to the northern desert, and I was depressed for several days; the other time was before leaving Beijing, praying for my father's early and safe return. ”

"Eh, haven't you ever asked for a marriage?" Ruohua laughed at me.

I grimaced, "Speaking of which, I have one thing to ask you." ”

Seeing my look, Ruohua seemed to be interested: "How can I have an attitude of asking for guilt?" Where have I offended you? ”

He was offended, but he looked expectant.

I said, "Although I married early to the generation that is not like my parents now, but I have been in the past three years, and none of them have come to my house to propose to you. ”

I didn't care before, but now I think how wrong.

Xiao Chen's market is as good as that, how can my market not be worse than Shi Chen's, right?

After listening to my interrogation, Ruohua's smile deepened, and he seemed to be in a good mood, answering me: "Even if there is, there is no." ”

"Don't answer me ambiguously, I'll be angry!"

"All right. In fact, this matter is not so complicated, that is, the people in Beijing have always felt that the father and emperor will marry you to which prince, but they do not know that you are not in the roster. As a result, no one came to your house to propose to you. ”

“...... That's it? ”

"There may not be a teacher's deliberate misleading factor in this." He certainly doesn't want you to get married so early. ”

"..."It looked like something my dad could do.

Also, he kept my little cotton jacket, that is, he left a free labor, serving pen and ink every day, and he could also help him write official documents on his behalf, and learning his handwriting was also very similar.

Alas, when I think about it, my girlfriend deserves to be a little miserable.

Ruohua saw me sigh and teased me: "What, Xiao Yue wants to get married?" ”

I gave him a blank look.

He was still laughing.

"Think about me, how?"

"Your Highness, do you know that you seem very light and thin like this?" I said with a wooden face.

Suddenly, Ruohua held out his hand to me and took me into his arms. I fell into Ruohua's chest unexpectedly, and the faint aroma of spring letters in the snow came to my nose. Immediately after that, the sound of galloping horses' hooves blew past my ears, and a gust of wind blew past.

I was suddenly shocked, grabbed Ruohua's clothes and did not let go, Ruohua touched my hair: "It's all right." ”

Looking back, the back of the horse was a teenager.

"I don't know which kid is riding a horse in the street at night." Ruo Hua furrowed his brows, "Tomorrow I will ask someone to check it out." ”

"Can you please first... Let me go. I whispered.

Ruo Hua let go of his hand without a trace. I shaved my hair awkwardly, but the faint aroma of spring letters in the snow was already all around me. It was the smell of Ruohua's clothes.

Smelling this familiar smell again, I suddenly seemed to understand something that I hadn't noticed before.

Spring letter in the snow... Is my favorite spice.

And I, once wrote in an article.

I don't know if I should ask Ruohua about it. Afraid of self-inflicted sentimentality, and feel that the high probability is not self-inflicted sentimentality. But if he says I guessed right, how do I respond?

My brain was racing, and just then I heard someone next to me say to us, "Lord He and Madame are really affectionate." ”

It was a young couple passing by, and the man looked a little familiar, as if he were on an errand in the county court.

The two of them held hands, and each of them held a strap on their wrists.

"What is this?" Ruohua asked.

"It's our local custom. This is our local custom. Young couples will exchange headbands to show their affection for each other. ”

Ruohua nodded, "Very beautiful meaning." ”

The young couple said goodbye to us and went to the night market.

Ruohua removed the moon-white headband on his head. His hair was scattered at once, and his elegant face was immersed in the moonlight, so good that my breathing stagnated.

He didn't really care about his loose hair, but just casually pulled it behind his ear and said to me, "Raise your wrist." ”

I subconsciously did so, my hands were already raised, and I couldn't help but think that I was really overly obedient.

Ruohua seriously wrapped the headband around my hand. It could be a little itchy, or it could be just that I was nervous, and my hands were a little unstable.

"Don't move." Ruohua said to me.

I didn't dare to move again.

I watched Ruohua carefully tie my headband and tie a delicate knot, and then I suddenly thought that in the spring, I went to the East Palace to give thanks, and the spring was cold, and he took off his cloak and draped it on me, and also carefully tied the straps for me.

"I'll give you my hairband first." Ruo hua smiled, "But you don't have to feel a burden, you don't have to respond to me, you can think slowly, it doesn't matter how long you think." ”

I was slightly embarrassed, and for a moment I didn't know how to respond.

But Ruohua had already anticipated that I didn't know how to respond, so he simply told me that he didn't have to respond to him or anything.

How can this person treat me... So gentle.

21.11.21

Chapter XXXII

I grasped the tail of the headband floating down from my hand and gently rubbed it between my fingers.

Then I lowered my head and whispered, "Your Highness, I may be leaving soon." ”

"Hmm. Xiao Chen wants to take you back, isn't it? ”

"You know..."

Ruo Hua stroked my hair: "Xiao Yue, although I am very reluctant, I can't stop it." But it's just that you can think about it for a long time. When I go back, you should be able to give me an answer, right? ”

The emperor asked Ruohua to stay in Pinghu County for a year, and now it is only three months.

Another round of autumn and winter, the following spring, he will come back.

...... It's going to be a long time apart.

"It's been a long time." My mood was a little low, "It's much longer than I originally thought..."

Ruo Hua was silent for a while, and then said to me very cautiously, "Although I don't want to mention these things that are not good for me, Xiao Yue, you must think clearly, if you choose me, you are doomed to lose your freedom." There are countless pairs of eyes staring at you every day, and you have to observe etiquette and take on more responsibilities in front of people. But at the same time, you'll also have the power and the status to influence and change more things — with me. ”

His words not only made me feel excited, but also forced me to calm down and think.

I nodded, "I'll think about it." ”

Ruohua smiled and touched my hair: "But no matter what, I like Xiao Yue the most." ”

The whole world seemed to be becoming gentler.

What I didn't tell him was that I wasn't thinking about whether to take the other path he had opened up for me, and although I had longed to make a difference in government and politics since I was a child, and hid such a secret mind for more than a decade, to this day, I don't think this is something that can be compared with Ruohua's feelings.

I will think carefully, even if there is no path that Ruohua gave me, even if I want to be folded in my wings and walk into the golden birdcage, will I be willing to accompany this person?

Thinking like this, it is indeed a little scary.

...... But he was alone in the East Palace, and he was really too lonely.

We carried lanterns and walked home to the stars and moons. Along the way, Ruohua didn't mention anything about me leaving. In fact, I don't know when I will leave, Xiao Chen told me "as soon as possible", I am afraid that it is really the matter of these two days.

I vaguely felt that he didn't ask because he didn't want to hear it.

I don't know if my understanding of Ruohua as a person is wrong. I always feel that his gentleness has two different states, one is the mask of getting along with the Koreans, although it looks gentle, but it is actually full of resilience, but it is more able to withstand external forces than those who are too straight, and once he decides what to do, there is always a way to make people with different opinions obedient.

In another context, his gentle temperament is actually a protection of himself.

"It doesn't matter", "It doesn't matter", "I don't care" – he can express this attitude gently and gently, giving me the power of choice and letting me relax. But when I left and he was alone, what was left in his heart?

I suddenly remembered my childhood in Yunnan. The memory has been very blurry, but at that time, Ruohua still had a remnant of the image imprinted in my heart, as dark as ink pupils, so quiet that I almost didn't speak, I didn't know how to play with other children...

When I was a child, I was laughed at by my mother as a "leather monkey", jumping up and down every day, climbing trees and wrestling is a very common thing. Later, when I grew older and had the consciousness of a bridesmaid, I began to become polite, and I paid attention to my every move, every word and deed, and did not insult the Xie family's style.

But Ruohua didn't seem to have experienced a period like mine, like every ordinary child.

So until now, he is still so stoic, wrapping himself in a gentle temperament, as if he is hiding the wound.

For so many years, I will fight for everything I want, even if it is Han Xizhong, I ask everyone around me to help me, and I must be closer to him.

But obviously it was the same mood, so many years before, Ruohua had never fought for it.

He said he didn't like the way he was now.

But he was obviously so good.

If I let such a good him, who has a hard time fighting for himself, wait from the summer to the spring of the next year, can wait for a reply, is it too cruel?

...... How can I bear it.

I rummaged back to the house for half a day and found a headband that had been with me for a long time. In fact, it is not particularly long, it has been used for about five or six years, the faint blue color, the color is indeed old, but the old things always make me feel at ease.

The same is true of the people who were with them in the old days.

Carrying my headband, I trotted to Ruohua's room, trying to knock on his door, but I hesitated in front of the door and wandered again and again.

Until the door was opened from the inside.

Ruohua appeared in front of me and sighed at me: "How long are you going to hang out at my door?" ”

I put my hands behind my back, along with the headband.

There was always a feeling of nostalgia, and I didn't know what to say at this moment.

"Looking for something wrong with me?" Ruohua asked.

“...... Well. ”

"Is it a farewell?" He sighed again.

"That's not... Well...... You reach out. I bowed my head.

He seemed puzzled, but obediently held out his hand.

I put the headband that I was clutching tightly behind me and placed it on his palm.

I didn't bother to tie him up, and as soon as I put it down, I turned around and tried to run, but the next second, he grabbed my hand from behind me.

Between the palms that touched was my headband.

And on my wrist, I still have his one.

"Don't go." Ruohua's voice seemed to be a little tight.

My heart palpitated, and I honestly turned back, but I didn't dare to look at him.

"Xiao Yue." He called my name.

"You, don't ask anything..."

"Well, I don't ask."

Ruohua really didn't ask any more. But the next second, he held my face and planted a very soft kiss on my forehead. I subconsciously wanted to hide, but I didn't hide at all, but I seemed to be a little glad that I couldn't dodge.

...... His kiss was so gentle.

"You should think that this is He Muran's good night to his wife Sheng Xiaoyue." Ruo hua smiled at me, and his tone was equally gentle, "In this small place of Pinghu County, in the eyes of people, these two people are real. ”

My heartbeat seemed to miss a beat.

Obviously, it is not a real relationship, but for some special reason, in the eyes of others, it is real.

Therefore, in the later Pinghu County Local Chronicle, there is a county order named He Muran, and his wife is named Sheng Xiaoyue, and when Ruohua leaves here, the people here will only feel that Lord He has been transferred elsewhere, as if in another parallel time and space, there is still a He Muran, or a Sheng Xiaoyue.

That's nice.

"But I still hope that every night in the future, there will be a good night for Ruohua to Xiaoyue." Ruohua smiled at me.

"There will be." I didn't hide from his gaze anymore.

I want to imprint such a night in my mind.

When such a thought was quietly born, I really realized how important Ruohua really was to me.

He had been with me for too long, and I was as accustomed to breathing, to being used to him being in my house, to being used to him smiling at me, to calling my name every time we met, naturally and sincerely, without even realizing that such a call was too intimate.

I was so accustomed that I didn't find out early on how much this person cared about me and how much he understood me.

I think we've known each other for sixteen years, and there will be many more sixteen years to come.

Ruohua touched my cheek, "Xiao Chen said that you will leave tomorrow, and I will not send you." I'm afraid I'm reluctant to do it. ”

I nodded.

"Go back." Ruohua let go of me, "See you in the capital, Xiao Yue." ”

I waved at him.

It's hell, before you leave, your thoughts have begun to take root.

【Next Volume】

21.11.23

Chapter XXXIII

In the private room of the Xichun Building, the banquet has entered the second half, the officials have pushed the cups to change the cups, the bad amount of wine has been lying down on the table, the rest are either persuading the wine, or being persuaded to drink, a room of more than a dozen people, even lively out of the atmosphere of the New Year.

Today is the birthday feast of Cui Wei, a scholar of The Imperial Court University. Elder Cui has been an official for more than forty years, and there are many protégés, and now there are more than a dozen in Beijing, and the students have set up such a table in addition to the big birthday held by Cui Fu, and specially for the teacher's birthday. Cui Wei was naturally very happy, this was the best proof that he was full of peach and plum in the world, what about Xie Fei's opportunity to be the emperor of the two dynasties? Can The Crown Prince of the Present Saint Shang and the Eastern Palace set a table for him to wish for his birthday in this way? (Note 1: The Diange University Scholar was an auxiliary political official established after Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the Chancellor, this article is overhead, and the power structure of the dynasties and dynasties has been mixed, so the two positions of the Chancellor and the University Scholar coexist.) ）

"I heard that Xie Xiang returned to Beijing yesterday?" The official Zuo Shilang Wang Lintong and Deng Qiusheng of the Hubu bit their ears.

"The official face is the day after tomorrow, but it is said that Xie Xiang and his party quickly stepped up their whips and entered Beijing last night, and as soon as they entered Beijing, they went straight to the palace, rushed to the palace gate when the palace door was locked, and then never came out." Deng Qiu said.

Han Xizhong took a sip of his wine glass.

In the spring of the past years, the main examiners are all scholars of the Imperial Court University, and there are three deputy examiners. The four examiners each mentioned ten scrolls, and a total of forty were determined, which was to determine the candidates who entered the temple examination, and these forty people were also the soldiers of that year. After the temple test, the top three are divided.

The unwritten rule is that which examiner raises the paper, and then counts as the protégé of which examiner. Han Xizhong was cui Wei's examination paper, and naturally he was also on this seat.

Tonight's dinner party, rather than wishing Cui Wei a happy birthday alone, is more that everyone has found a reasonable reason to get together with outsiders, which is convenient for speech.

"He Xie Yingzhan likes to do this kind of thing." Cui Wei heard their words and "Oh" a sound, "When the eldest princess was in the court, he was like this, whenever he encountered something important, the two people in the palace always had to ask him to do it, and as soon as he returned to Beijing, he went straight to Weiyang Palace to talk back, and when the court was discussed, the emperor's jade seal had been covered in advance." ”

"Xie Zhang, Zhao Qin, the Xie family is respected." Wang Lintong sighed twice, "Even his daughter has been sealed as the lord of the county!" ”

Han Xizhong's hand holding the wine glass stagnated, and his brow was slightly raised.

I didn't expect to hear about Xie Xiaoyue during such a banquet.

"The lord of Pingle County has nothing to do with Xie Yingzhan, but it is entirely because of the eldest princess." Cui Wei said, "When the little county lord was born, the emperor was so happy that he pardoned the world, and personally drew up seventeen or eight titles for her, and did not let the Rebbe interfere at all--that is, I saw it with my own eyes." ”

"So exaggerated?" Deng Qiusheng was shocked, "Then why did you delay this year to crown her as a county lord?" ”

"You know what." Cui Wei snorted softly from his nose, "Today, the Saint Shang is the only one who can't take that Highness, that Highness doesn't want his daughter to be canonized, and the Saint Shang can only respond." Unexpectedly, at the beginning of this year, the people of the Second Prince actually ate the bear's heart and leopard bile, and dared to use the matter of the Lord of Pingle County to borrow the topic to play and take it to Xie Yingzhan. The result was good, but the emperor found the head and directly gave a county lord the title of out. As far as the title of 'Pingle' is concerned, it is still his favorite one in the pile that the emperor drafted at the beginning! ”

"Teacher, the student has one thing to understand." Han Xizhong looked at Cui Wei, "Wasn't the matter of the Pingle County Lord's canonization proposed by His Highness the Crown Prince?" ”

"This is the cleverness of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." The two princes had fought openly and secretly for so many years, or His Royal Highness the Prince knew the Sacred Heart better. Cui Wei smoothed his beard, looking like an old god was there, "But it is also normal, the prince and the Xie family are close." ”

Han Xizhong didn't think so.

The prince was by no means as breezy as Cui Wei said to the lord of Pingle County, and not many people saw this matter clearly, and the second prince was one.

But Han Xizhong still respectfully replied: "The teacher said yes." ”

Cui Wei continued, "Xi Zhong, you have been in the bureaucracy for half a year, and I learned from your shangguan that you are superior in the middle of this year's appraisal of the bureaucracy. ”

"The students are afraid." Han Xizhong immediately stood up and saluted, "Thanks to the teacher's daily dialing, students can have today." ”

"It's you who do it well. What's more, those articles in your old days have gained face in front of the emperor, and the emperor has always appreciated you, and now the best seller of the Cangzhou Literary Society is your collection of essays, and the second best is the collection of essays written for your collection. Xi Zhong, the teacher has high hopes for you. ”

"Thank you teacher, the students will bow down to the best of their ability."

Another protégé came up to toast. Cui Weile responded hesitantly, but Han Xizhong still sat silently.

Every step of the way today is stepping on his plan.

With literary talent and bo sainthood, and because of the hard work and the sacred heart, he avoided the three years of suffering in the Hanlin Academy, and took the lead in entering the six departments to do things, and the first evaluation after entering the six departments was superior.

In the future, as long as there is no mistake, the last time is only to be promoted to seniority; if there are great achievements, it is not necessarily impossible to jump and promote like Xie Xiang did when he was young.

He has always been silent. The world only said that he was lucky, became a protégé of a university scholar, and was appreciated by the emperor, but he did not know that all this was in his grasp, but he just went forward calmly and unhurriedly. It is only a matter of time before the father is overturned, the lintel is shining, and even the death of the mother is only a matter of time.

There was only one variable that suddenly broke into his life.

Han Xizhong had spent a lot of effort trying to sweep this variable away from his world—ignoring her, being cold to her, wanting her to retreat on her own.

Wait until she really "retreats from the difficulty", but she does not want to fall deeper and deeper.

Sometimes even Han Xizhong couldn't understand how a low-key girl like Xie Xiaoyue could go everywhere about her. Even at Cui Wei's birthday party, it was always indispensable to hear about her.

At this time, Deng Qiusheng said, "Speaking of which, who does Xie Xiang really plan to give to the lord of Pingle County?" In the past, she always felt that she wanted to be a concubine to which prince, but now it seems that Xie Xiang did not seem to have the intention of letting her enter the palace. ”

"Maybe Xie can't look at anyone." Wang Lintong laughed and said, "What kind of character is that Pingle County Lord, xie Xiang and the eldest princess have been with you since childhood, and have traveled all over the country, and in terms of insight, you and I may not be able to compare." Four years ago, when I was outside the Jingzhou Capital, I happened to encounter the once-in-a-decade 'Qingtian' and 'Dasuo Maoyue', Xie Xiang went to Jingzhou to inspect, and the lord of Pingle County wrote him a fold. (Note 2: "Qingtian" means to re-measure the land of the whole country, and "Dasuo Maoyue" is the census.) ）

"I've heard of this kind of thing, I thought it was a false rumor, but I didn't expect you to see it with your own eyes?" This is also too outrageous, how can a female stream be involved in such an important thing. ”

"No! This is not the most outrageous -- you must know that every time you return to Qingtian, there is always corruption, and the local people who want to conceal the land property directly send money to local officials, and the figures reported are not true, then the imperial court thought of a method, let a group of Beijing officials as Qin sent down to Qingtian, and when they were finished, they would leave, so as to put an end to the collusion between officials and gentry, and also let Xie Xiang go directly out of Beijing and randomly check. When I was found here, Xie Xiang and the county lord had just returned from Chenzhou, and the official in charge of going to Qingtian in Chenzhou received an 'invitation' as soon as he arrived in the local area. When they arrived in Jingzhou, the county lord proposed that if Qin cha accepted bribes, the magistrates would also be guilty, which was equivalent to adding another layer of supervision. ”

The people next to me were stunned to hear it.

"And then what?"

"Xie Xiang said two words: Do it."

“...... Is this okay too?! ”

"I reckon that 'Moon in the Clouds' was also checked by Xie Xiang at that time. Didn't he write such a passage in his book? The emperor sent Chincha to Qingtian, and the county officials were happy to be idle--in fact, the local officials wanted to find out the real land situation, but also did not want to offend the local gentry, and the beijing sent people to do this, not to mention how good. Another decree came down, saying that the local officials in charge of the government should supervise the imperial court, and when problems occurred, they sat down together, so that the county officials were not depressed. I wanted to laugh when I saw this, I hadn't really been in the place, I couldn't write about this state of mind - because that's what I thought at the time! I thought I could be lazy, but I had to prevent the hat from falling off, hey. ”

The topic turned to the book "Moon in the Clouds". Everyone was full of tongues and began to talk about the fourth volume of yun zhongyue's county official's appointment.

In the latest volume, the official of Qipin County was promoted from Liupin and transferred back to Beijing from the local government. When he returned to Beijing, he found that the "confidant" he met in the local area was originally the prince of the dynasty.

"Eh, Xi Zhong, how do you drink alone?" Someone came to talk to Han Xizhong.

"Nothing." Han Xizhong put down his wine glass, "Just listening to the small talk of the adults, I can listen to it a little more." ”

"Haha, have you read the book in the cloud moon?" You must have seen it! ”

"Hmm. Look. ”

"Who do you think he will be?"

Han Xizhong did not answer directly, but said, "After you guess, she may not write." If you want to see it, why guess it? ”

"Well, that's what I said..."

There was still a lot of noise during the banquet, everyone pushed the cups and changed the cups, and the people in the room basically blushed. This birthday feast did not disperse until the middle of the night, until the cars and horses of the provinces had arrived at the door of the Xichun Building one after another, and everyone began to walk out shoulder to shoulder. Someone said to Han Xizhong, "Xi Zhong, why didn't you let your family pick you up?" Do you want to take my car back? ”

Han Xizhong shook his head: "I'll take a walk and wake up the wine." ”

"Then be careful."

Han Xizhong watched his fellow disciples go away, and then walked back alone.

Tonight it was a little late, there was no one else on the long street, only the cold moonlight sprinkled with a little starlight, and the shadow was dragged obliquely. In such a silent to silent night, Han Xizhong actually enjoyed this kind of time alone.

Tonight's many things about Xie Xiaoyue were the first time he had heard about them. Unexpectedly, four years ago, she was involved in qingtian and dasuo maoyue, and it was no wonder that she could discuss it so deeply with herself in her own collection on the land annexation of the previous dynasties.

Han Xizhong suddenly recalled the scene when Xie Xiaoyue chatted with him about his articles at the Cangzhou Literary Society last year. At that time, he could see at a glance that this girl was deliberately looking for an opportunity to talk to him, but every sentence of hers could be said to the point, whether it was quoting scriptures or commenting on the gains and losses of the past dynasties, people couldn't help but want to respond.

Those colleagues mentioned this girl tonight, saying that "the Xie family is already good-skinned, and the lord of Pingle County is even more amazing", and mentioned her royal blue palace dress at the palace tea party in the spring. It was clear that she was extremely beautiful, but when she appeared next to her every day, she did not pay attention to it at all, only because she was the daughter of the Xie family, and her first reaction was to avoid it.

If at that time, even if it was only a little bit nicer to her... She shouldn't be so upset, right?

Han Xizhong couldn't help but smile bitterly.

After walking for nearly half an hour, I arrived at the Han Mansion.

When they arrived at the house, the domestic servant greeted them and said, "The old lady is particularly happy today, saying that there is a letter from her hometown." ”

"Hometown?" Han Xizhong furrowed his brows, "Did your mother say who it was?" ”

On the other side of Pinghu County, they had no contact for a long time.

"Sent by Madame's maternal nephew." The letter was a simple greeting, but it was accompanied by a local chronicle, and the old lady cried after reading it. Now the old lady is asleep, but she asked me to show it to you. ”

The domestic servant handed the book.

There were creases in the places that were repeatedly looked at, and it was turned to that page at once.

A whole chapter of nearly 10,000 words describes in detail Han Qi's political achievements during his tenure. The text has obviously been carefully scrutinized by the person who wrote it, and the past narratives are all told.

Such a white painting style really has the shadow of that person.

"Adult? What's wrong with you? The domestic servant asked in a loud voice.

“...... It's nothing. Han Xizhong only then returned to find that the force in his hand was too great, and he was about to break this page.

He put the book down and carefully smoothed the wrinkles he had pinched out, almost choking.

21.11.25

Chapter XXXIV

Inside the Hall of Diligence.

The emperor did not say a word, his hand had been rubbing the white jade peace buckle that fell from his waist, Xie Fei and Cui Wei stood separately in front, one looked calm, but there was also unhappiness under the calm, and the other was anxious.

Cui Wei was the one who was anxious.

He was a university scholar, and he was called to talk about this kind of broken thing, and if it was better to say that it was the emperor's minister, he didn't know what to do, so he didn't want to take care of this broken thing.

The eldest princess negotiated with the state of Qi and sent people south to buy the grain of the state of Qi, and the household department approved the silver, and when it was counted, it was found that there was a large deficit in the national treasury.

I don't know where I lost it, I don't know how long I lost it, but I know that the number is terrible. At present, it is the knuckle of spending a lot of silver, and there is a shortage of silver and grain, which cannot be said to be a mess.

"If you can't check it, how to check it?" The two of you give an explanation. The emperor dropped a word.

Xie Fei did not speak.

The emperor looked at Cui Wei and motioned for him to speak.

Cui Wei had to cry bitterly. To talk about generations, when Xie Fei was seventeen years old, he gave a lecture to the then eight-year-old emperor in the study, and later he became the lord and became the emperor's brother-in-law, so he did not speak, and the emperor called himself to speak first.

Cui Wei hardened his scalp and said, "The national treasury is in deficit with millions of snowflakes of silver, and the minister thinks that he has to investigate." However, at this time, if the officials of the household department are investigated and punished with great fanfare, it is equivalent to informing the world of the deficit in the national treasury, and now it is a time of frequent wars, which may make the military unstable. ”

"Good words and bad words have all been told by the university scholars." The emperor "huh" a sound, obviously not satisfied.

Everyone knows that at this time, we cannot reform the group of people in the household department, so as to avoid the people's hearts and the army's unstable heart, but this is how we hold back. The money cannot be recovered, and it is urgently used at the moment, not to mention that the short-lived tranquility in the north does not know how long it can last, and it is not known when it will fight again, which is another large amount of military expenditure.

"What does the Emperor want to achieve today?" Xie Fei finally opened his mouth.

"I want a solution to this."

"The minister thought that he wanted to investigate, but he had to investigate secretly first, and he couldn't reveal the sound of the wind." After the investigation is completed, the evidence is archived and will be done at the appropriate time. As for the money to be used at the moment, we have to find another way. ”

"Let the shadow guard check it out?"

Xie Fei shook his head, "They can't do this." ”

The deficit in the national treasury is not an overnight occurrence, and the previous dynasty also had its misfortunes. In the former dynasty, whenever the household department collected silver in liquidation, the household treasury officials would dot up and down, and the officials who checked alone could receive as much as 3,000 taels of silver. Whenever the historian mentions the gains and losses of the dynasties, it is indispensable to mention this matter.

History is always repeating itself.

To investigate such cases, we must have an extremely good understanding of the details of the official arena and even more understand the history.

Cui Wei suddenly remembered that there was really someone who could do this.

He said, "Your Majesty, the minister has the audacity to recommend someone who may be able to share his majesty's worries." ”

"Who?"

"Chief of the bureaucracy, Han Bai."

"Han Xizhong?" The emperor first frowned slightly, and then slowly nodded, "If I remember correctly, in his collection of essays, he also discussed the deficit of the former imperial treasury silver." ”

"Yes. First, this person was from a cold door, was a decent person, and had no family entanglements in Beijing, so he got closer to the other protégés of the old minister; second, he had learned in detail about the beginning and end of the former Imperial Treasury Silver Deficit Case, and he certainly knew how to investigate this matter better than the Shadow Guard; third, the Shadow Guard was the Heavenly Son Guard, doing things for the royal family, and every move was stared at, while the Liupin civil official acted secretly, but it was difficult to be suspected. ”

The emperor let out a "hmm" sound.

Among the jinshi last year, he was most optimistic about this Han Bai. And that book was even more engraved at his behest.

"Letting Han Bai check it is a train of thought. What does the prime minister think? ”

"Since the emperor has already thought about it, the minister has no opinion."

"Then announce Han Bai's entry into the palace."

The Grand Eunuch Huang Xi immediately sent someone out of the palace to invite Lord Han. Han Xizhong served in the official department, and none of the six yamen were in the palace, and it would take half an hour to come and go.

The candidates for the secret investigation of the household department have been solved, but the problem of silver has not yet been solved.

"Other methods are also said, in short, do not impose heavy taxes." As soon as Xie Fei came up, he set the tone, "This year the weather is not good, there is no harvest in the north, the south is often harassed by displaced people, and because of the war, no matter which side of the north and south, which side can not withstand a new round of tax increases, if it is forcibly collected, it is afraid to arouse people's resentment." ”

"Why don't you know?" The emperor sighed.

"Lao Chen suddenly remembered something..." Cui Wei inappropriately interrupted the conversation between the other two people.

After more than forty years of immersion in the officialdom and sitting in the position of a university scholar, he is not stupid.

But he did find a very serious problem -

"No one is in charge." Cui Wei wiped the sweat.

The Emperor summoned his ministers to discuss all important matters of the country, and they talked so much, but they did not even have a record.

It is also true that this matter is too confidential, fearing to affect the hearts and minds of the army and the people, the emperor did not call a superfluous person, even the chief eunuch was waiting outside the door.

The process is not to say, the conclusive things, have to be written down on the spot. What's more, after a while Han Xizhong arrived, he still had to receive the Holy Master's Instructions before he could run errands according to his orders.

Cui Wei thought, it's really not okay, he will write it. In the face of the emperor and the major affairs of the military state, there is no talk of any facelessness.

...... Although he hadn't been doing this for many years.

Unexpectedly, Xie Fei actually said, "Tell Xiao Yue to come over." ”

"Yes, Xiao Yue is at the Imperial Concubine's place today." The emperor also seemed to suddenly remember this matter, and said to the door, "Huang Xi, go to Xuanping Le County Lord." ”

Cui Wei reacted to this and they said who Xiao Yue was. He tried to find someone with big eyes and small eyes, but found that there was no fourth person in the room who could stare at him dryly.

"Isn't that nice?" It's a big deal..." Cui Wei said.

"Just because the matter is so big, I don't want one more person in the DPRK to know about it." The emperor said coldly.

Cui Wei suddenly realized that Xie Fei often asked his daughter to write official documents for him, and the emperor might know about it.

Yes, the whole country basically knows, so how can the emperor not know?

Huang Xi personally ran to the Wan'an Palace of the Imperial Concubine.

After serving the emperor for so many years, Huang Xi certainly knew who the emperor valued most. Don't look at the emperor who has so many princes and princesses, if you say who is the happiest when the emperor is born, it depends on the county lord.

Huang Xi invited the imperial concubine to be safe, and then respectfully said to Xiao Yue: "Lord pingle county, the emperor announced that you are going to the Qinzheng Palace." Lord Xie is also here at this time. ”

"Did you say anything?"

"The emperor said, let you serve the pen and ink."

Xiao Yue winced slightly.

She was accompanying Empress Dowager Zhang's concubine Shi Yiyi. Nowadays, the dprk and the central government are going to move a large amount of silver, and everyone in the government and the public knows it, and the harem must also set an example, and the Wan'an Palace has taken the lead in thriftiness, replacing the gold jade and diancui ornaments with silk velvet flowers. Now the imperial concubine wanted to push this move to the entire harem, but she was worried about causing dissatisfaction in the sixth palace.

Especially that Zhao Guifei, her mother's family is a hero, and she is accustomed to decorating and dressing.

The Imperial Concubine called Xie Xiaoyuelai, but she wanted to draw up a set of statements that were acceptable to everyone. The female history was written in several editions, and the imperial concubines were not satisfied, but Xiao Yue changed it, and she felt much better.

I never thought that the Qinzheng Hall had actually come to ask for someone. This is the first time in history.

The Imperial Concubine said softly to Xiao Yue, "It just so happens that the affairs on my side are also finished." When the Emperor summons you, there must be something very important, and you are dedicated to it. ”

Xiao Yue nodded, "The courtesan understands." ”

She always had a bad premonition, like a storm.

When Han Xizhong arrived at the Qinzheng Palace, he had no idea that he would see Xie Xiaoyue here.

They hadn't seen each other since the last time Pinghu County was apart. It was clear that every once in a while, she heard others talking about her, and even turned out all the things she had written in the past, but such face-to-face meetings had not passed for a long time.

Xie Xiaoyue was sitting in the corner of the Qinzheng Palace, and in front of her seemed to be a small table that the palace people had brought to her alone, she was holding a small kai wolf, and the paper in front of her eyes was already full.

On such occasions, it is impossible to make a face.

Han Xizhong knelt down to ask the king for peace, and the emperor exempted him from the ceremony, and then went straight to the point.

The secret edict with the jade seal was handed to Han Xizhong.

He knew he had waited for that "great opportunity." If it is done well, it may become a significant stroke of his official career; if it is not done well, his career will end here.

He could not and could not disappoint the emperor.

It's just that Han Xizhong never thought that such an opportunity was actually written by Xie Xiaoyue.

Above the holy will is her handwriting.

Han Xizhong had read her writings, and indeed they were good words, flowing with clouds and flowing water, and if they were shocked by the dragon, they had the style of their father; and what was now presented on top of the bright yellow holy will was her xiao Kai, neat and beautiful, and her strength penetrated the back of the paper.

Han Xizhong took the holy will with both hands, and the handwriting written by Hui Mo came into view and carved into his heart.

"Wei Chen's will."

Han Xizhong came and went in a hurry.

Although the emperor did not leave him to discuss politics, Xiao Yue knew that after that, Lord Han would frequently appear in the Qinzheng Hall and walk around the emperor.

The discussion between the emperor and Xie Fei and Cui Wei continued until late at night. In the end, silver was needed to solve the urgent need, and it could not be taxed, either to reduce the salaries of the officials of the world, or to make a large donation to fill the national treasury.

The call for donations is one way to go. Instead of asking for money from the common people, it is better to let more people with rich families out. Just what name to use, how to make everyone willing to pay money, but it is a difficult problem.

Someone has to take the lead.

Of course, Xie Fei was willing to take this head. However, the Xie family has been noble for several dynasties, and the hollowing out of the family foundation of the Yan clan is only donated to the imperial court, but for those princes whose bare fields account for thousands of acres, ten thousand is not a very large number, if the Xie family has this head, it is considered to be anchored to a number, and those Miao clans will also donate according to this donation, but they will not achieve the effect that the emperor wants.

In the end, the emperor was tired of deliberations, and let Xie Fei and Cui Wei rest in the palace tonight and discuss them tomorrow.

Xiao Yue had not spoken except for the initial ceremony. Before leaving, she sorted out the recorded manuscripts and placed them on the desk of the emperor's desk, and then she prepared to say goodbye. At this time, Xie Fei and Cui Wei had just left on their front feet, and she was the only one left in the vast hall except the emperor.

The Emperor suddenly asked, "How has the Imperial Concubine been lately?" ”

The emperor has always been indifferent to the people in the harem, and these concubines who have high ranks and princesses will ask two questions.

What's more, the imperial concubine was the birth mother of the crown prince.

Xiao Yue thought about it for a moment, and then replied, "Please rest assured Your Majesty, Niangniang Feng is in good health, but recently she has been thinking a lot, and the Tai Doctor has prescribed a formula for calming the gods." ”

"Thinking about what?"

"The lady thinks day and night, all of which are intended to share her majesty's worries. Before Xiao Yue came to the Qinzheng Palace, she was preparing a will for Niangniang at the Wan'an Palace. Niangniang wangliu palace to save the degree of use, the silver money saved, although it is meager, but it can also be regarded as a heart for the northwest military affairs. ”

The emperor "Hmm" said, "She's worked hard." You will rest in the Wan'an Palace tonight and tell the Imperial Concubine that you will accompany her to dinner tomorrow. ”

"Yes."

"You're a smart kid. Today, I summoned you to take charge of the book, because I don't want to let other officials know about this matter, so I don't need to say more about it, right? ”

"Xiao Yue understands."

"Back off."

Xiao Yue suddenly fell to her knees.

"Uncle, Xiao Yue has something to play. Please forgive Xiao Yue's boldness. ”

She suddenly changed her name.

Today, in the Qinzheng Hall, on occasions belonging to the former dynasty, all she called was "Your Majesty", but in the past, at the harem banquet, she directly called "Uncle".

Shouting such a close title is not a temptation.

"What's wrong?" The Emperor asked her.

"Xiao Yue may be able to help her uncle solve the current problem of donating silver."

The Emperor had a meal.

"Oh? Get up and say it to you. ”

Chapter XXXV

On the eighth day of the first month of June, a letter issued by the Wan'an Palace and stamped with the seal of Emperor Zhang's noble concubine caused an uproar in Beijing.

The whole speech is earnest, and the past of the Chen Dynasty is counted. First of all, talk about the government decree of Tai/Zu's light and thin service, Fang Cheng's "rule of Mingda"; Later Emperor Yan of Li usurped the throne, acted absurdly, and ignored the government; in the early years of the Yuan Dynasty, when there were hundreds of wastes to be revived, the emperor and the princess rested and recuperated, opened up the Chen Qi trade routes, crossed the borders, and finally became prosperous; however, the sky was impermanent, and there was a great drought in this year, and there was no harvest in the northern region, and eventually the disaster of war broke out.

After the words turned, he wrote in the tone of the imperial concubine: We are at peace in Guangsha, without the problem of frost and hunger, all because the farmers work hard and the soldiers defend the country with blood. Although she is a woman, she can also do her best; she lives in the deep palace, but still has the heart to serve the country.

Finally, the Imperial Noble Concubine called on the Six Palaces to be frugal, and the balance of the palace expenses was directly allocated by the household department for the purchase of grain in the south; the Wan'an Palace then counted the excess cotton clothes and quilts, and the Imperial Noble Concubine personally took the palace personnel to change them into cotton clothes to prepare for the arrival of autumn and winter in advance.

This book is out, and the government and the public are shaken. It is rumored that After reading this article, Zhao Guifei wept bitterly and said that she would personally sew winter clothes for her brother on the front line; after reading this book, the third daughter of the Xie family, Ming Yun, who was supposed to be the wedding date at the end of June, read this book, sold most of the dowry ten days before the big wedding, and all the silver and jewelry were donated in all amounts, leaving only a few farms to bring into her husband's family; Xie Xiaoyue, the lord of Pingle County, in addition to following her sister to donate all the dowry, also went door to door and asked each family to prepare cotton clothes for the frontline soldiers in advance.

Then, from the harem to the deep house, almost the entire female relatives of the capital were dispatched. This collective action from the deep palace to the people has spread all the way to the localities, even in the homes of the unbounded, there are women who are willing to do needlework to prepare supplies for the front.

Chaozhong did not wait for the fifth volume of the story written by Yun Zhongyue, but waited for the Manuscript of Yun Zhongyue engraved by the Cangzhou Wenshe Society, and sighed bitterly: "The women of the Chen Dynasty are like this, and we are ashamed of ourselves." In the next year, it is difficult to solve the urgent need, and I am willing to donate all the proceeds of the book manuscript to spend a little money for the Northwest Army. ”

Above the hall, there was a great silence.

"Have all the Aiqing read the Imperial Concubine's "Letter to the Lady of Internal and External Destiny?" The emperor had a cold face and stared at the people in the audience.

At the bottom, there were hundreds of civil and military officials standing under the pressure, and almost no one looked up, and no one made a sound.

"Is it to be read to you?" The emperor threw the fold in his hand down the steps.

"The minister does not dare to wait." The people who were standing at the bottom pressed down, and then they pressed down and knelt down, and they pleaded guilty one after another.

"Er, wait for incompetence, let the female relatives of Manjing City collect military expenses and prepare supplies for you overnight!" You are not ashamed, you are ashamed! ”

The emperor was really angry.

When Han Xizhong secretly investigated the deficit of the household department, he found a gap of more than three million taels, almost 10% of the treasury silver in the national treasury, but he could not scold or move now. At today's threshold, the group of people below will only plead guilty.

- What a bunch of wine sacks!

But the anger did work. Xie Xiaoyue's article, whether it was an article written by locking herself up for three days and three nights, or the ideas she gave herself, really made this group of princes and ministers and the Miao clan move and donate family wealth.

Both because of shame and because it was finally clear that if the chain reaction caused by the great drought could not be safely passed, the Chen Dynasty would only turn from prosperity to decline overnight, and the glory of the family would be even more difficult to protect.

Xie Fei was busier than ever. Matters involving the case of Hubu Treasury Silver cannot pass the hands of others, if Xiao Yue stays in the palace overnight, after the palace door is locked at night, she will go to the duty room to help, and wait until late at night to leave.

Once, when she accidentally fell asleep on the table, when she woke up, it was already hanging high in the sun, fortunately, the Side of the Taihe Temple had not yet gone down, so she quickly secretly left the duty room to avoid being discovered by the Officials of the DPRK.

The feeling of being a thief made her feel funny, but she was not weak-hearted.

She just didn't want to get her father in trouble.

At the end of June, when all the money and grain were in place, the officials of the household department went south to trade with the State of Qi, in exchange for the grain that was particularly valuable this year, part of which was used for disaster relief in the Chen Dynasty, and the other part went north, and then exchanged goods with the Northern Desert to maintain a brief peace.

Up and down, finally a little relieved.

In the letter Xiao Yue wrote to Ruohua, she finally mentioned these things.

In fact, the people of the East Palace still set off every three days to Go to Pinghu County, and Ruohua and she both had letters, but in recent days they were too busy, and the frequency of letters was lower.

Now that the most critical moment has passed, and the dust has settled in stages, Xiao Yue has finally re-written and begun to review this past in a letter to Ruohua.

The news of the Eastern Palace was so well-informed, Ruo Hua must have heard about these things, but if she didn't say it, Ruo Hua wouldn't ask.

She knew that Ruohua must have guessed that the "Letter to the Woman of Internal and External Destiny" was her handwriting, and she also knew that Ruohua was waiting for her to take the initiative to say it.

The letter was playfully written.

Xiao Yue said in the letter that because she wanted to write in the tone of the imperial concubine's wife, she lived in the Wan'an Palace for several days, and the manuscript paper alone was written and destroyed dozens of pieces, just a thousand words, and several copies of the manuscript, and she could not sign it.

She didn't like to socialize, but because of this, she went door to door to hand out posts and visits, feeling that she had said more in less than a month than in a year.

In fact, she did not do embroidery work at all, but because she wanted to take this head, she tried to learn, but the clothes sewn out were very ugly, and I was afraid that she would not meet the standards of military supplies, so she could only send it to Pinghu County together with this letter, and looked forward to His Highness the Prince laughing.

Oh, and she gave her dowry all the time. Her mother and grandmother had prepared a dowry for her for eighteen years, which was indeed too rich, but she did not stay at all, and it was estimated that she would enter the Eastern Palace empty-handed, so please don't mind His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

If she really didn't mind, she couldn't do it, at most she could prepare some bad embroidery work, and there was no more on the side.

When Xiao Yue finished writing this letter, he thought it was quite funny, Ruohua should be able to laugh after reading it, he laughed so softly and so beautifully.

Damn, she really missed him.

At the end, she wrote with a stroke of her pen: "Pinghu County has been separated for more than a month." Xiao Yue lived in the palace, and did not feel constrained, but had greater ambitions to be exercised. Whether the name is left in the history books or not, it is worthy of the cold window of the twelve years, and it is also worthy of the sages of the Chen Dynasty. ”

"Words can't be spoken. May the king's heart be like my heart. Goodbye to the moon. ”

Xiao Yue received the reply, it was ten days later.

However, this reply letter was not sent to Xie Fu as before. Someone from the Eastern Palace invited her to the palace for a look.

Xiao Yue rarely went to the East Palace, I really have to think about it, the last time she came was in the spring, she came to thank grace, and was sent to the Kyushu feast by Ruohua.

If it weren't for the fact that she was angry with Han Xizhong that time, and was bumped into by Ruohua alone while drinking alcohol, I'm afraid that to this day, she wouldn't know Ruohua's feelings for her.

As soon as she thought about it, Xiao Yue felt that there might be some things that were predestined in the dark, but in fact, she couldn't hide them if she wanted to.

This time I came to the East Palace, it was the height of summer in July. It was also the courtyard, which was full of osmanthus trees, and under the trees were stone tables and stone benches. Although the owner is not there, the tea tray and teapot on the table have been carefully wiped by the palace people every day, and the dust is not stained.

Last time, Zi Yan told her that His Royal Highness the Prince su loved to drink tea here and enjoy the moon.

At that time, Xiao Yue just felt that as a student of her father, Ruohua and her father's tastes were really quite similar.

Thinking about it now, she couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth.

Why was she so slow in this regard?

"Suddenly called me to the Eastern Palace, is Your Highness going to give me something?" Xiao Yue asked Purple Smoke.

Purple Smoke smiled, "The shire lord will come with me." ”

Bypassing the courtyard and main hall, we walked all the way to the bluestone slab road to the back garden of the East Palace. A large blue-purple color suddenly came into xiao Yue's eyes, and the morning dew fell on it. Hydrangea-like flowers, umbrella-shaped petals, full of hydrangea flowers.

"His Highness said that he saw this variety in Jiangnan, thinking that the county lord might like it, so he asked someone to transplant it to the East Palace, and now it is in full bloom, so he invited the county lord to come to the East Palace to have a look." His Highness also said that he could not personally accompany the county lord to enjoy the flowers, please forgive the county lord, and return to Beijing next year, His Highness will personally hold a flower banquet for the county lord. ”

Xiao Yue felt like laughing again, and felt that her nose was a little sour.

"He really is... What is called holding a flower feast for me, it is clear that I want to tell the world. She rubbed her nose, "What about Your Highness's letter?" ”

Purple Smoke presented the letter.

Ruohua gave her back six words——

"Don't be disappointed, lovesickness."

Tomorrow's birthday hey hey~

Chapter XXXVI

This was the seventeenth day of The Flower Burning ambush at the Wei Mansion.

She was young and small, and when she put on her night-time clothes, she disappeared like a swallow on the beam, and she did not make any sound. The three months with Xie Xiaoyue in Pinghu County were like a long vacation, and now that she has returned to Beijing, she has begun to return to her identity as a shadow guard again.

Originally, it was said that he would escort the county lord back safely, and his righteous father would promote her to a small leader, who knew that the lord of Pingle County would return to Beijing in three months, and her promotion to small leader would not be over.

Hua Yan was very depressed.

The righteous father laughed at her and said, "How old are you, you have already gained face in front of Your Highness the Prince and the Lord of Pingle County, and no one else can ask for it, so you are blind and think about being a small leader all day." ”

Flower burning flat flat mouth.

The righteous father said to her, "There is still one more thing for you to do at the moment, and if you do a good job, you will be able to be promoted at the end of the year. ”

Hua Ran immediately said, "Go! But this time it has to mean. ”

Now, she was lying on the roof of the Wei Mansion, uncovering the tiles and eavesdropping on the conversations of the people inside. The more I listened, the more I felt that I was taking on this kind of chore, and I knew that I should have asked two more questions at that time.

Flying Eagle, the commander of the Shadow Guard, was given the task of her this time to investigate Hubu Shangshu Wei Qiong, and record in great detail who he saw and what he said. The civil servant's speech is always crepe, there are words in the words, circling around, she can not take a pen and paper to write down one by one, can only listen to it and then go back to repeat it, making her too embarrassed. If it weren't for the Pingle County Lord who had grabbed her and read a lot of books in the past three months, she probably wouldn't have been able to solve this task.

I don't know what happened to the Lord of Pingle County.

After returning to Beijing, Hua Ran had no news of her. As a shadow guard, Hua Ran knew that she should not ask, but after eating and living together for three months, she was always a little worried.

Thinking about it, the mind is a bit wandering.

Unexpectedly, the next second, I actually heard the name of the Lord of Pingle County.

"Are you saying that you saw Xie Fei's daughter Xie Xiaoyue come out of the duty room in the morning?" Wei Qiong's voice came from the study.

Hua Yan immediately tensed his nerves. She carefully stared at the two people in the room to make sure she had heard correctly.

"It's true, it's the Lord of Pingle County." The subordinate officials are not yet dazzled enough to admit their mistakes. "Talking to Wei Qiong was Tobe's attendant Su Yuyuki.

"You see, I just said I don't know what to do, isn't this the handle to send to the door?" Wei Qiong snorted twice, "Xie Xiang has been too concerned about our household affairs lately, and he has to find something else for him to do." Tomorrow we will call Lord Shangcheng to have a drink, at the beginning of the year, I see that the Xie family has not learned a lesson. ”

"At this time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Eldest Princess are not in Beijing." It was as if the odds were in hand.

Hua Ran's mind went through the names of people several times.

What happened at the beginning of the year?

Who is Lord Zhongcheng?

Xie Xiaoyue poured the Chen Dynasty official system into her head in Pinghu County, and she racked her brains to recall it, and finally remembered that Zhongcheng referred to Liu Pingzhang, the imperial historian, who was specifically responsible for picking up the mistakes of the imperial court officials and saying bad things about others.

Hua Ran suddenly realized that they were going to take advantage of the fact that the eldest princess and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince were not in Beijing, and they would make a fuss about Xie Xiaoyue and attack Xie Xiang.

After waiting until the Wei Dome sent the guests, Hua Yan restored the uncovered bricks and tiles, walked to the wall of the Wei Mansion, jumped down, and the dark figure of the swallow disappeared into the night.

Before returning to the Shadow Guard, she decided to go to the Xie family to report a letter first.

On the Taihe Hall, the Civil and Military Officials are side by side.

Today's matter has been discussed almost, from the morning light to the sun hanging high, the people on the dragon chair are visible to the naked eye a little tired, and the retreat is imminent.

However, Xie Fei was quietly waiting.

Originally, I let the shadow guard separate people and stare at the few people in the household department, but I just wanted to find the clues of the flow of deficits from their daily lives. The treasury and silver deficit of the past dynasties are all thousands of miles of, collapsed in ant nests, and the traces of the past are difficult to find, but the details of the present can be collected.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Guifei's hands were all stretched out to the household department.

In the imperial history, Liu Pingzhang was a member of the Second Prince's party, which was not a secret at all, but Hubu Shangshu Wei Qiong had contacts with Liu Pingzhang, which was unexpected news.

Just after the emperor said the sentence "The secretaries of state have nothing else to do, let them disperse", Liu Pingzhang came out.

"The minister has something to play."

- Here it comes.

Xie Fei glanced at Liu Pingzhang.

Liu Pingzhang had some drumming in his heart.

Why did Xie Fei seem to see through him? As if waiting for his action.

"What's going to be played?" The Emperor asked.

Liu Pingzhang coughed twice, cleared his throat, and then said in a loud voice: "Chen Qisong: Xie Xiang has connived at his daughter several times, entered and exited the duty room, interfered in the affairs of the dynasty, and had no reverence for the emperor or the imperial court!" ”

When he said this, Xie Fei did not seem to be surprised at all, but instead "huh" inaudibly.

But Liu Pingzhang still stood there with his head held high.

The Emperor sat quietly on the dragon chair for a while, and then said, "I know about this." Xie Xiang was used to his daughter serving the pen and ink, and there was no need to make a fuss. ”

"Emperor, this is not a trivial matter..."

The Emperor interrupted him: "When your eyes hurt on weekdays, you will let the Ninth Princess read your fold to you, is this considered to be conniving at your daughter's interference in politics?" ”

"Of course it doesn't count. But how can the lord of Pingle County go in and out of the duty room, how can it be compared with the princess reading the fold for you? ”

"How can it not be compared? After listening, he also dictated the approval and asked the Ninth Princess to help her write it. The Ninth Princess is in and out of the Qinzheng Hall, do you think that the Qinzheng Hall of the Fallen cannot be compared with your duty room? ”

Liu Pingzhang was choked.

Xie Fei came out: "It is the minister who is lazy and used to pingle to help the minister to write, since Liu Zhongcheng has an opinion, the minister will change to a book boy in the future." ”

The meaning of the words is only to replace the book boy with a daughter, and it is not worth the fuss of Yu Shi Zhongcheng.

Liu Pingzhang did not expect that Xie Fei would be waiting for him here. But if he just retreated today, it would immediately become a joke between the government and the public. How could he just make himself a joke like that?

Liu Pingzhang took a deep breath, took another step forward, and pulled out another fold.

He didn't think he needed this fold, but now it seems that he really didn't have to do anything superfluous.

Liu Pingzhang knelt down and said: "In the twenty-second year of Yuande, Xie Xiang took the emperor on a southern tour, took the lord of Pingle County with him throughout the whole process, and did not shy away from discussing with Jiangnan officials, and some of the people who participated in that year stood on top of today's main hall; in the twenty-fifth year of Yuande, it coincided with the ten-year round of 'Qingtian' and 'Qingtian' At the beginning of this year, the disaster relief on the outskirts of Beijing was obviously Xie Xiang's full responsibility, and the lord of Pingle County was in charge of money and people, and the minister of Pingle County played strictly, but Xie Xiang said that the lord of Pingle County only helped to give porridge; now it is even more ridiculous, directly conniving at the pingle county lord to interfere in the government affairs! On this fold there are the joint names of seventeen people, including ministers, and all kinds of things in the past have been seen by the ministers and others, and they can be checked. Xie Yingzhan connived at the lord of Pingle County, and he regarded the monarchy as nothing, and regarded the court law as nothing, please ask the emperor to look into it! ”

Xie Fei's brow furrowed.

He stood there, against the light, a layer of shadow brushed across his face.

Liu Pingzhang was still kneeling there, and the grand eunuch Huang Xi trembled and handed him the folded book, and the emperor only turned two pages and closed it, and his face was extremely displeased.

Is he not obvious enough? He didn't want to talk about it. But now Liu Pingzhang looked like a loyal minister and a dead fish.

"Liu Pingzhang, you get up first."

Liu Pingzhang, however, craned his neck and raised his voice: "The emperor must not tolerate this matter, otherwise how should the world view the imperial court and how should the emperor be viewed?!" ”

"So what do you want?!" The emperor swept the folded book to the side.

"The emperor must deal with it strictly!"

The man on the dragon chair rubbed his eyebrows with a headache.

"That's it, Lord Xuanping Le entered the temple!"

Xiao Yue had been waiting outside for too long.

Although Xie Fei told her that there was a high probability that he would press this matter down in the court, and at most she would be "grounded" and "thought" for a while, Xiao Yue still felt that this matter would not be easily dropped.

But once the other party is not going to end it easily, then she will make these people pay the price.

Dressed in the shire lord's court dress, she walked up the white jade steps step by step. The people inside the Taihe Hall seemed to be amazed that she was just outside the palace, and the emperor summoned her. Knowing this moment, the civil and military officials in the hall realized that this morning's play, only the people who started the play thought it was "a surprise attack", in fact, the opponent had already made preparations.

Xiao Yue slowly entered the temple and saluted the king.

"Courtesan Xie Xiaoyue, see Your Majesty."

"Get up. You take a closer look at this fold, look at what is said above, have you done it? ”

Xiao Yue took the recital from Huang Xi's hand and looked at it for a while.

"Back to the emperor, what is said above is true."

The crowd was in an uproar.

There was an uncontrollable whispering sound in the hall, until the eunuch shouted silence, and then it was quiet again.

Liu Pingzhang did not expect that she would recognize it so easily. But when she recognized it, it was even easier to deal with, and Liu Pingzhang said directly: "Then you are convicted?" ”

The woman standing in the middle of the civil and military officials just smiled, her ruby embedded in the crown of the eastern beads, a face that was extremely bright, but the smile was very careless.

At that moment, Liu Pingzhang suddenly felt that everything seemed to go back to twenty-two years ago, when the eldest princess was in the dynasty, she was also so beautiful and careless, and no one could imagine what kind of killing intent was hidden under that bright face.

"I knew you were going to join me, but I didn't expect to make such a big fuss for me, and I didn't know if I should feel honored." Why, did Lord Zhongcheng expect me not to dare to come to the front of the temple to confront me? ”

She looked at Liu Pingzhang's face and looked at him: "When I was eleven years old when I was on the Southern Tour, what kind of government could I do?" Did you finish reading the four books when you were eleven? Why do you think a child can do politics? On that occasion in Qingtian, Jingzhou, I just casually proposed that local officials supervise Chincha. Since all the people of the world can directly advise without being guilty, why can't I propose to my father as a child of the Chen Dynasty? Taking ten thousand steps back, if there is a problem with my topic, why did Qingtian all over the country later have to implement it according to the plan of Jingzhou? ”

"You are arrogant!" Liu Pingzhang was angered by her look.

"Am I arrogant?" Xiao Yue repeated, "Lord Liu has not yet answered me, when the Manchu Dynasty was up and down, why did he have to execute according to what I said?" ”

"Lord Pingle County, this is the Taihe Hall!" How can we be so humiliated by you?! Wei Qiong scolded angrily.

Originally, he said that he would not come out of this head today, and it was all handed over to Yu Shizhongcheng, but at this time he couldn't help but stand up.

"Oh, female streamer." Xiao Yue pulled the corners of her mouth.

She held out her hand toward the hundred officials in the palace, and the wounds on it had not yet completely healed.

"Do you think that I am 'a mere female stream', sewing cotton clothes for border guards during the day, my hands are scratched and punctured by needles, and I have to go to the duty room at night to pick up a pen, in order to interfere in politics?" Is it humiliating you? Is it unbridled?! ”

She spoke every word slowly and clearly, almost gritting her teeth.

"Do you think that in the palace, inside and outside the house, these 'female streamers' donate their dowries to subsidize the national treasury, but also to humiliate you?!"

"Do you think that the Imperial Concubine Niangniang cut most of the harem's use, and my mother personally ran to the Qi country because of the grain problem, all in order to humiliate you?!"

"It's not me waiting for the female stream to humiliate you!" It's your own incompetence! Yes, I am humiliating myself! ”

Xiao Yue was furious. The next chapter continues with scolding.

Write "Er, etc." and read "Silly X".

21.12.1

Chapter XXXVII

Han Xizhong arrived at the Qinzheng Hall as usual.

The progress of the investigation of the deficit in the national treasury was reported directly to the emperor by him, and Xie Xiang and Cui University scholars were also present. Today, Han Xizhong still came to the Qinzheng Palace on time, but there was only one little eunuch who received him, and Huang Xi was not there.

The little eunuch said, "Lord Han, Your Majesty has not yet descended the court, so please wait a little while in the side hall." ”

The early dynasty began at midnight, and by now, two hours have passed.

"What's the matter with the upward discussion that has been delayed for so long?" Han Xizhong asked.

The emperor confronted the civil and military officials in the Taihe Palace, and there was no need to avoid what happened, and the little eunuch replied: "The lord of Pingle County has been questioned in the palace, and the seventeen adults in the imperial history have joined Xie Xiang and the lord of Pingle County, and are now facing each other." ”

Han Xizhong was stunned.

During the days when he was working for the Second Prince, his understanding of the two/party confidants could not be described as deep. Yushi Zhongcheng was an important vassal under the Second Prince and Zhao Guifei, and the impeachment of Xie Fei in the early spring was also led by him, and today's impeachment is obviously a repetition of the same technique.

Since it is a repetition of the same technique, it will not be as easy as the last time.

For so many years, from the cold window to the Shangjing exam, from the Zhuangyuan Street to the Day to the Qinzheng Hall. Han Xizhong had been waiting for an opportunity. An opportunity to truly make a name for himself and become a confidant of the emperor. Obviously, this opportunity has now fallen into his hands.

In the early dynasty of the Taihe Temple, officials who were not above the four pins were not allowed to enter unless there was an important matter to be holy and were called. Han Xizhong naturally had not yet been able to rank among the four pins, but at the moment, when this matter was completed, he stood above the Taihe Hall, but it was only a matter of time.

In his hands is the investigation file of the Hubu case that has been sorted out in recent days.

Today's material is particularly complete.

Han Xizhong's knuckles holding the file gradually tightened.

- To go, or not to go?

It's almost a question that doesn't need to be thought about. He quietly stayed in the side hall of the Qinzheng Hall, waited for the emperor to come down, did his errands, and then did what he wanted to do when the emperor was determined to run the household department, and then everything went smoothly and the official luck was prosperous.

If he stood up now, his efforts over the past ten years would all be in vain.

He knew it all. He understood. He was so rational a man.

But the footsteps have already taken the lead.

"Eh, Lord Han, where are you going...?"

"Go to the Temple of Taihe." My father-in-law helped me pass on the news, I have something important to face! ”

Above the main hall, there was silence.

Probably because of the excessive excitement, Xie Xiaoyue was still slightly panting, her sentence "Er waited" smashed Manchao Wenwu's split head to cover his face, and Wei Qiong, who was directly reprimanded by her face, was even more angry and bloody, and the seven tricks were smoky.

The Hall of Taihe is no better than the Hall of Diligence, there is no such thing as "closed doors", the remarks in the court cannot be covered, and what has just happened will spread to everyone in the capital city, and if he loses this battle, he will immediately become the laughing stock of the people of the world.

What breaks the silence is to swoop down on your knees.

Wei Qiong knelt beside Liu Pingzhang, his face flushed, and shouted at the emperor on the high platform: "Your Majesty! How could the Temple of Taihe tolerate such wanton remarks! ”

Xiao Yue immediately and unceremoniously shot back, "In addition to the 'wanton' car ruts, will Lord Wei say something else?!" ”

Wei Qiong no longer looked at her, but just prostrated her head at the temple: "This woman is not respectful to the holy, disrespectful to the court, not ashamed, and proud to return, it is indeed an unforgivable sin!" The courtiers implored the emperor to strip him of his title, to degrade him to a commoner, and to send him down according to the law! ”

Another person knelt down in unison and said in unison, "Ministers, etc., implore the emperor to send him down according to the law!" ”

Xiao Yue flipped through the fold in her hand that counted all her sins from the age of eleven to the present, and the people who had joined the names at the tail all knelt in front of her, no more, no more, exactly seventeen.

She snorted coldly.

"It's hard to find me a crime for you."

When it comes to this part, the fish is already dead and the net is broken. This group of people did not consider that the emperor could not come to the stage at all, they just wanted the emperor to protect her and the Xie family.

Because they stand on the commanding heights, because they are righteous and stern, because they are stupid and bad!

Being forced to this extent is a big deal to be stripped of one's title and then questioned. But Xiao Yue did not regret it. Under the wide embroidery of the robe, she squeezed the part of her wrist where the white headband of the moon floated down, she knew that the person was thousands of miles away from herself, but people thousands of miles away would never want her to bow her head with this group of people who were full of benevolence and morality, but were actually dirty and dirty!

Facing the courtiers of the land, the emperor leaned on the dragon chair, already too tired to speak.

Can't close the scene, can't get off the stage.

In the end, there must be someone to compromise.

Xiao Yue held out her hand and performed a big gift in a dignified manner, and the headband on her hand fluttered with the movement.

"Emperor, the courtesan has never felt that she has missed anything. What the courtiers and women did, pile by piece, are all for me. Even though he died nine times, he did not regret it! But if today the emperor has to give an explanation to the courtiers, the courtiers do not want to embarrass you, and the courtiers can confess the crime of disrespect in front of the palace, or they can not be the lord of the county. ”

Her eyebrows were like distant peaks, her eyes were like stars, and her eyes were full of determination.

Then she raised her hand, took off her shire head crown, and solemnly placed it aside.

On the dark bun, only a delicate and elegant flower was left.

"The courtesan is guilty, and after hearing it, she will fall." Word for word, with a loud voice.

The knuckles on the dragon chair were clenched into fists, and the green tendons burst out. The entire Taihe Hall fell into a dead silence again, and everyone held their breath and waited for the final verdict from the people on the high platform.

Just at this moment, the little eunuch of the Qinzheng Hall quickly ran in.

"Emperor, Han Bai, the chief of the official department, asked to see him, saying that there was something important to start!"

The eyes of the crowd suddenly shifted to the little eunuch's body, and his legs were a little weak. The emperor seemed to be relieved by this sound, and waved his hand: "Xuan." ”

When Han Xizhong entered the palace, there were all those standing on the ground and kneeling, on one side were the imperial court officials led by Liu Pingzhang and Hubu Shangshu Weiqiu, and on the other side there was only Xie Xiaoyue, whose hair was still neat, but the crown had been removed.

Xiao Yue crawled in the room, still in the posture of a big gift.

Han Xizhong unbiasedly saw her slender wrists, plain as frost and snow, with a moon-white headband tied on them.

The heart twitched in an instant.

Han Xizhong closed his eyes, looked away, and by the time his eyes reopened, he had already regained his clarity. He looked at the person on the dragon chair and presented the file in his hand: "Minister Han Bai Qi song: The deficit of the national treasury has accumulated 3.7 million taels, and under the instruction of Hubu Shangshu Wei Qiong, the treasury officials have paid bribes to the officials who count the treasury silver, and each time it has reached a huge amount of thousands of taels." The subject has ascertained everything, the evidence is conclusive, and the investigation file is hereby submitted. ”

Wei Qiong's pupils shook.

He looked at Han Xizhong, who suddenly appeared, with disbelief, and then at the emperor.

He did not hear it wrong or read it wrong, the people on the dragon chair did not have the slightest sense of surprise, and the so-called "so-called all-ascertainment" meant that there was a pre-order.

The Grand Eunuch Huang Xi walked down tremblingly, took the file presented by Han Xizhong, and handed it to him.

The emperor's face was cloudy and uncertain.

"Before, the emperor asked his ministers to secretly investigate, because the money for grain purchases in the south was not put together, and he was afraid that the emptiness of the national treasury would be rushed out, causing turmoil in the government and the opposition, and even inducing the northern desert to attack again." Now that the crisis has been eliminated and the minister has investigated clearly, the results are presented. Han Xizhong stood where he was, his eyes were clear, his words were clear, and he was concise and concise, "Because of his confidential behavior, the minister must report the progress to Lord Xie separately, and no third courtier can know about the whole process." It is necessary to keep secrets and complete the investigation on time, so the lord of Pingle County will come and go to the duty room to assist the courtiers in handling the paperwork. ”

Xiao Yue looked up violently, and the emotions in his eyes were extremely complicated.

Han Xizhong stood next to her, his posture was straight, as tall as a cold plum.

But she hadn't done all that he said. She did intervene in the treasury deficit case, but she was helping her father to do things and never had "assistance" to Han Xizhong.

Except for the side of the Qinzheng Hall that day, she did not meet with Han Xizhong again, let alone speak, but Han Xizhong took this matter to herself.

The person on the dragon chair was silent for half a moment, and finally scolded: "Did you let you poke out at this time?!" ”

Han Xizhong pursed his lips, and every word fell to the ground extremely heavy: "The minister cannot watch the people who have worked hard for the affairs of the state be slandered, but the people who guard themselves are at large!" ”

silent. Silence again.

When almost everyone finished speaking, the emperor would be silent, and so would everyone.

After a long time, he said sharply, "Look at today's dynasty is no longer necessary!" Wei Qiong, these three million and seven hundred thousand two treasury silver, how are you going to pay it back?! ”

"Please, the Emperor will look into..."

"Don't you understand enough?!" I am not blind yet, I can understand the black and white words! The Emperor threw the file down the steps, "The Lord of Pingle County is right, that is, Er wait is incompetent!" You are even more incompetent! ”

Wei Qiong was directly smashed by the thick stack of files.

White papers fell on his side like snowflakes.

"Come, take the guard down, and after listening to it, it will fall!" The emperor shouted, "Retreat! ”

At this moment, Liu Pingzhang walked to the front on his knees and said sharply, "Your Majesty! Even if Lord Wei was guilty, then Xie Xiang should not let the Lord of Pingle County intervene in the investigation of the case by the imperial court officials! His Majesty must not tolerate this! ”

Liu Pingzhang clearly saw through the emperor's intention to avoid this matter, and he absolutely could not let Xie Fei and Xie Xiaoyue escape easily!

Whether it can seriously defeat Xie Jiaruiqi, success or failure is in this move.

Liu Pingzhang slammed his head down hard, lifted it up, saw blood, and his forehead was red, and he would kneel unsteadily. The imperial historians behind him immediately rushed up to support him, and even worse, they shouted bitterly, "Lord Zhongcheng! Why are you so bitter! ”

The voices of the people are constantly heard——

"It must be severely punished!" "It's a great sin!" "No appeasement!"

It was as if these officials were all dying for the country.

"Enough is enough." An extremely cold voice broke the chaotic farce in front of him.

Xie Fei raised his eyes, his look was as cold as ice, and there seemed to be a frost blade in his eyes.

"Lord Cui, I have one thing I want to ask you." Xie Fei suddenly looked at Cui Wei.

Cui Wei was having a terrible headache.

The scholars of the Imperial Pavilion University, together with the entire Hanlin Academy, held a neutral attitude in this dynasty, and did not involve themselves in the party/strife, but today's matter, the emperor did not ask his opinion, and he did not take the initiative to interject. However, his proud protégé Han Xizhong suddenly appeared, simply rushing to ruin his future. He was thinking about how to mediate next, but he didn't want Xie Fei to name him.

He and Xie Fei were old friends. Although sometimes it is unpleasant to look at this man, it is inevitable to secretly compare over the years, but at the critical moment, he cannot fall into the well.

"Thank you, please speak." Cui Wei sighed and waited for Xie Fei's next words.

"At the beginning of this year, the Cangzhou Literary Society published a collection of Han Bai's writings, and His Majesty praised it a lot. Later, this collection of essays became famous all over the world, and for a time Luoyang paper was expensive, and the collection of literary commentaries based on this book also sprung up like mushrooms, the most famous of which was written by a person with the pseudonym 'Cangzhou Hermit', and was also printed by the Cangzhou Literary Society. In the review of this article, Lord Cui praised it and even said to me, 'The people of the DPRK and China are better than they are', but is there such a thing? ”

"There is such a thing."

"His Majesty will let Han Bai secretly investigate the household department, precisely because Han Bai once discussed the case of the former Dynasty Treasury's deficit in the book, and it was very well discussed. And Lord Cui felt that the best article written in the commentary on this article was also about the former Chao Kuyin deficit case, and the Cangzhou hermit quoted a lot of details to support the views put forward by Han Bai. Lord Cui, am I right? ”

"That's right." Cui Wei nodded.

Xie Fei let out a "hmm" and swept his blade-like gaze towards Liu Pingzhang and his group of imperial historians.

"The 'Hermit of Cangzhou' who wrote the commentary on this article is my daughter, Xie Xiaoyue!" His tone was sonorous and he threw gold.

Han Xizhong looked fiercely at the person next to him.

Xiao Yue was still kneeling in place, not knowing that he was looking at her.

They were so close, but they seemed to be separated by thousands of rivers and mountains.

Han Xizhong suddenly recalled a lot of the past. At this time last year, Xiao Yue proofread the anthology for herself at the Cangzhou Literary Society, and at that time, he really thought that what she was doing was just "proofreading".

Just a month ago, in Pinghu County, she cried to herself and said, "You have no idea how many things I've done for you." ”

But what did he say to her?

Those who are pretentious and make him want to strangle himself.

Han Xizhong suddenly felt a little lack of oxygen, and even his vision became blurred. The girl in front of her just stubbornly knelt there, but did not bow to anyone.

Xie Xiang and The Eldest Princess regarded her as the daughter of The Palm Pearl, full of poetry and books, with a thousand autumns in her heart, at the age of fourteen she advised the imperial court Qingzhang Tianmu, and at the age of eighteen, she left Beijing because she broke her heart, but she also shouldered the burden of disaster relief on the outskirts of Beijing.

At this moment, she was kneeling here because of the imposition of the charge, preferring to fold the sword rather than give in.

Such a person, carefully dissecting his articles, wrote a whole book for him Han Xizhong, but never mentioned a word and a half to him.

How ridiculous. Before he came, he was still weighing the pros and cons in the Hall of Diligence?

If he hadn't taken this step today for the sake of his career, he would have regretted it to death!

The girl in front of her finally spoke.

Xiao Yue took a deep breath and raised her eyes to meet Liu Pingzhang's eyes.

"I have a matter that I would like to consult Lord Liu."

She did not give Liu Pingzhang the opportunity to refuse, and said directly: "Dare to ask Lord Liu, what year did the case of the former imperial household department's deficit occur, why it arose, what was the result of the final investigation, where the silver was lost, and how the case was judged." ”

Liu Pingzhang was confused by the sudden question.

He really couldn't answer. And Xie Xiaoyue also expected that his answer would not come up.

The girl who had taken off the crown of the county lord was still bright and beautiful, and her manners were not chaotic at all. She stood up and scanned the entire Taihe Hall: "Who can answer the question I just asked?" ”

No one responded.

The only one who can answer in detail at the scene is probably Han Xizhong. But Han Xizhong certainly wouldn't say anything more.

Seeing that there was silence in the palace, Xiao Yue simply asked himself and replied: "It was Zhou Qide, who was ordered to inventory the national treasury in the spring of the thirteenth year of Zhenming, and Cheng Zhao, the right attendant of the household department at the time, attacked each other because of the uneven distribution of the loot, and finally stabbed Emperor Zhenming and opened the prelude to this case." Emperor Zhenming ordered King Rui to strictly investigate, and the King of Rui verified that the total deficit of the national treasury was 2.67 million taels of silver, and since the founding of the former dynasty, it has been continuously flowing out through the hands of the officials who guard the treasury, flowing to the spider web, it is difficult to investigate thoroughly, and there are as many as thirteen main flows listed alone. Emperor Zhenming was furious and ordered the raid and beheading of more than 180 officials involved in the case. ”

Xiao Yue's tone was steady, as if she were simply recounting a history that had passed many years.

Even in today's Dynasty, this history is still repeated in such an unbearable way.

Xiao Yue remembered what Ruohua had said to her.

"You have to take on more responsibility, but at the same time, you also have power and status to influence and change more things."

In the hidden corners of her heart, she had once felt so deeply inferior.

As a woman, there is very limited she can do. In her lifetime, she did not dare to think of Standing on the top of the Hall as a courtier, even if Xiao thought about it, it would be useless.

Except for Ruohua, she did not tell anyone about her ideals and ambitions, including her parents, because such expectations could not be realized.

But Ruohua didn't think there was anything about it at all.

He gave her the opportunity to stand shoulder to shoulder with himself.

He said: "No matter what, I like Xiao Yue the most."

Xie Xiaoyue clenched the tail corner of the headband on her wrist, as if she had the courage to inject it continuously, just like the person who supported and encouraged her thousands of miles away.

There was no Ruohua to protect her again today, she had to face it herself. It was a battle that was destined to be lonely, and she would never, never concede defeat!

She faced the large group of imperial historians headed by Liu Pingzhang and said word by word: "All of you are all serious scholars, and as a result, you can't answer a single word of such a question, and I have to tell you." I don't want to scold you anymore for being 'not as good as a female stream', which is too much to lower myself. You know, even if this case is openly investigated, I dare to say that you may not have me a clear understanding of how to investigate this case, and you may not be able to sort out the evidence and write the file better than me! If I were you, I would have been ashamed and embarrassed, and I would have resigned and apologized!" Do you think that if you force Your Majesty to dispose of me today, the people of the world will not read your jokes?! ”

There was no more extra sound. This time the silence was longer than countless previous times.

Only the girl with the resolute eyes met the eyes of everyone, and her words were like blades, as if carrying a knife and bathing blood.

Finally, the tired voice of the emperor came from the high platform.

"What else do you have to argue? Back off. It should be the last shred of decency left for you. ”

When the dynasty came down, it was already noon.

The summer sun is poisonous, and the people who walk out of the Taihe Temple are no different from frosted eggplants.

Xiao Yue knelt for a while, her knees hurt a little, and Xie Fei helped her to walk forward slowly. But outside the palace, she found Han Xizhong waiting for her.

Xie Fei glanced at Han Xizhong, and then said to his daughter, "I'll go to the duty room first, and you'll go home by yourself in a moment." ”

Xiao Yue nodded, and after watching her father leave, she looked at Han Xizhong, who was standing silently beside her.

"Thank you Lord Han." She opened her mouth first, because she had just spoken too much, and at this time her voice was a little hoarse, "Today's grace, Xiao Yue's toothlessness is unforgettable." ”

She bowed her hand and performed a human salute.

The headband on the wrist flutters with the wind.

Han Xizhong looked at her tired face, then moved his gaze down to the pair of wrists and moved away again.

"If you have the heart to thank me, just promise me one thing." His voice is also hoarse.

The girl smiled palely, "One thing doesn't work." The rest, Lord Han can mention. ”

Han Xizhong also laughed self-deprecatingly, "To this day, how can I be so self-sufficient." ”

He paused, then continued, "I want to tell you that you will never have to thank me or apologize in the future." ”

Only I owe you. Han Xizhong added in his heart.

Seeing that Xiao Yue did not answer, he asked again: "Is it okay?" ”

After a moment of silence, Xiao Yue nodded, "Good, I promise Lord Han." ”

"Hmm. I'll send you out of the palace." ”

Once in this world, there were people who liked him so much. Han Xizhong thought.

When this man broke into his world, it was so sudden and so sudden that he was so overwhelmed that he lost this man.

Lucky. Although he is ashamed of today's "weighing the pros and cons", he is not wrong after all.

If he finally wants to ascend to a high position and become a very popular subject, can he protect the person he missed more?

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