Imperial City

In the end, Qian Si still couldn't beat Wei Qi and accepted the money.He thought in his heart that this thing would have to be handed over to Mr. An later, but he didn't dare to take it himself.

It's just that the little father-in-law can't be perfunctory for what he begged for. Recently, this man has been very pleased with his superiors, and he has to give it well.

He recruited the servants below to whisper a few words, and ordered them to fetch the things from the storeroom at the back.

Eunuch Qian had been the eunuch in charge of storage for five or six years, so he didn't know how many high-quality discarded scraps he had to pile up.

In Nuo Da's palace, there is control from above, and the servants below have their own set of tacit rules. As long as they don't go too far, no one will cut off people's fortunes.

Especially the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is in charge of all the food, clothing and food in the palace, the convenience of the big guys to others is also the convenience of themselves.

Wei Qi returned to the palace with a piece of high-quality sandalwood.He still lacks a sense, he grew up in the pile of precious treasures, although he knew that this piece of wood was a good thing, but he didn't know that the money he gave away would never be able to buy it, but Eunuch Qian gave him face It's just flattery.

Although the things in the Ministry of Internal Affairs are just discarded items, not all cats and dogs can buy them with status.

As soon as this Wei Qi left, Qian Si sent someone to return the things to An Xi.

Knowing the whole story, the latter suppressed a smile and shook his head. He felt that Wei Qi was really interesting.

Forget it, if you carve something, you can carve something. The emperor has nothing to lack, just a wish.

Anxi transferred the bag of money to Rucan who was demoted to the outer courtyard.

Sandalwood is also known as white sandalwood. Its wood is strong, with fine grain and fragrance. It is suitable for carving and storage. Wei Qi couldn't put it down when he got something.

He originally planned to carve a seal in the shape of an orange and send it up. Giving oranges in the New Year symbolizes good luck and prosperity.

But now the wood is bigger than he thought, it would be a pity to only carve an orange, why not give it a pomegranate instead.

Pomegranate has a better meaning, more children and more blessings, and the color is also good.

After making up his mind, Wei Qi started to carve. At this time, there are still about ten days before the Lantern Festival. There is not much time, so we have to speed up the action.

So far, Wei Qi has been carving his gadgets all the time after he is off duty every day. When the two of Xiaoqianzi asked, he was embarrassed to say that they were given to the Holy One, and he just said that he was just playing with them when he had nothing to do.

The years in the palace are boring, one cannot practice riding and archery every day like when one was young, and go outing and fight crickets in leisure time.

Young eunuchs, especially those who were illiterate, mostly passed the time by engraving or embroidering handkerchiefs.

Wei Qi could hold his breath, not to mention that his skills were as exquisite as the Department of Creation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but the objects he carved could also be called similar in shape, and gradually became addicted, and stayed up late at night secretly.

It's just that he took good care of this end, and the other end was inevitably a little neglected.

That night, on the dragon couch in Xinuang Pavilion, the emperor frowned slightly and looked at the sleeping person under him.

But it was a little gentler, and the slave fell asleep soundlessly.

He raised his hand and patted Wei Qi's flushed face twice, exerted some strength in his palm, and then tapped his sweaty smooth forehead with his fingers, but he didn't wake up.He pinched his cheeks so hard that the flesh on his head was torn apart, but there was still no reaction.

What kind of animal is this slave who can't be reincarnated?She can sleep too well, so the imperial errand is so difficult?

The emperor's eyes were heavy, and he was a little annoyed, so he thought of playing again, and grabbed the jade Buddha on Wei Qi's neck and smashed it on the lips, making the lips tremble slightly.In just a few moments, Wei Qi frowned, muttered nonsense, and actually opened his mouth to bite the Jade Buddha.

The emperor was frightened, afraid that he would swallow something stupid in his dream, and feared that if he bit his teeth, he would damage his own lips, so he quickly opened his lips and took out the blood jade Buddha.

After a toss, I didn't dare to play tricks on others, I just sighed in my heart: this slave is not as useful as a concubine, and he will spoil people's interest halfway.

He turned over, "Anxi."

"The slave is here."

"Lift people."

"Hey." An Xi responded, thinking to himself: Why is it so fast today? It didn't take half an hour. I think there are so many things to do in the past few days, and the Holy Majesty has been working hard.

He led the people in, and saw Wei Qi sleeping drowsily holding the emperor's arm.

Sigh, next time I have to mention this kid a little bit, even if the Holy One doesn't blame him, it's getting worse and worse.

The concubine and eunuch wanted to lift the man, but the emperor's face was a little gloomy, and he put his palm on Wei Qi's chin, pushed the man's head away, and got up.

An Xi looked at the emperor's appearance, and asked tentatively, "Your Majesty, which empress do you want to announce?"

The latter raised his eyelids to glance at him, knocked on the edge of the bed and thought for a while, "I've been tossing a lot, let's rest."

"Whoo."

The emperor looked at the sleeping Wei Qi, the latter's eyes were blue, but his lips were reddish, and he asked, "What is this stupid thing doing lately?" With so many people at his disposal, how could he be so embarrassed and sleepy.

Anxi naturally knew that Wei Qi was busy preparing for the ceremony recently, and the subordinates had to report it every day.

He only felt relieved that he had finally enlightened and knew that he would repay the grace of God.It's just that if you say it now, the holy majesty will not be very happy when he receives the item, and spend time quietly, the sudden unexpected joy can touch people, right?

So he replied like this, "Returning to the Holy One, there are a lot of things in the palace these days. When you leave the Qianqing Palace, you don't ask Wei Qi to go with you. There must be a few more things in the palace than before. very tiring."

Now the emperor has nothing to say, a person wants to stay in the palace by himself, and let him experience it for a while, if only relying on the favor from the bed, he can't restrain the subordinates.

With a wave of his hand, the camel concubine and eunuch who was standing beside the couch secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and quietly carried him away with care.

A big event happened in the morning of the ninth day.

A censor presented a report in court to impeach Zhao Taifu's disciples, and the governor of Yunnan, Yu Qing, took advantage of the construction of waterways to embezzle and accept bribes.

The emperor was furious and sent Dali Temple full authority to investigate the matter, ordering it to investigate the case within five days.

Yu Qing was Taifu Zhao's apprentice. At that time, Taifu Zhao was standing in the court. Although his face changed slightly, he never said a word to intercede for his lover.

The emperor glanced calmly between serving tea and opening the lid, taking in all the different faces of the people.

At the end of the day, at the end of the day ([-] o'clock in the afternoon), the central palace will get fresh venison and serve it with new ingredients and new methods. Please come here.

At that time, the emperor was sitting crookedly on the rosewood five-screen Primrose plum pattern inlaid marble arhat bed in the East Nuan Pavilion, drinking tea while holding a scroll, watching the small movements of Wei Qi standing in the corner struggling with sleepiness.

Hearing the news, he threw the scroll in his hand and said: "Go back to the queen, if I have time at night, I will go to Kunning Palace to enjoy the winter venison with the queen."

"Hey." Qianqing Palace sent a message that the eunuch bowed and retreated.

At four quarters of the unitary hour (six o'clock in the afternoon), Yu Jia arrived at Kunning Palace.

The central palace is dressed up to welcome them, and the Kunning Palace has prepared a steaming dinner. Among them, a dish of roasted venison is particularly eye-catching. It is decorated with fresh fruits and vegetables. The meat is browned on the outside and slightly greasy.

The empress and the empress cared for each other, creating a scene of harmony and harmony.

The topic changed several times, from the affairs of the harem to the general election in spring, and finally to the case of Yu Qing, the governor of Yunnan this morning.

The queen said: "Yu Qing is stupid, to cause such a big event, to cause your majesty to worry about the new year, and to waste all the painstaking teachings of my concubine's father, it is really wrong."

The emperor turned the jade walnut in his palm, and said calmly: "This matter has not been clarified yet, the empress should not be impatient."

The former's complexion changed slightly, he choked for a moment, and said: "It's not that I'm impatient to answer your words. It's just that gossip is difficult to stop, whether it is true or not, it's not good to get involved."

"The empress has many hearts. Although Zhao's loyal ministers have only been in the court for seven or eight years, I can see his hard work and devotion.

Although Yu Qing is a disciple of the head of the state, I believe that this matter must have nothing to do with the Zhao family. "He looked at the queen with a gentle look.

"The empress has been my wife for six years, and it is hard work to manage the harem mother's ceremony."

The queen smiled back, with tears in her eyes: "My lord, this is what the Zhao family should do, and what a concubine should do. I only hope to share your worries."

I don't know how much sincerity these two people said, and how much suspicion they could dispel.

An hour and a half later, Yu Jia returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

It was also in the evening of this day that Wei Qi's pomegranate seal had been engraved to eight or nine points, and it had begun to take shape.

Under the candlelight, he held the thing in his palm, approached and sniffed the clear fragrance of sandalwood, looked left and right, he was very satisfied, and felt that there was nothing wrong with it.

On the thirteenth day of the first day, at the end of the Qing case, the Dali Temple submitted his term of office to borrow the people's fat and people's anointing to build rivers and open up wasteland. There are dozens of items and more than one million taels of silver (more than 3000 million). People can refute.

Long Yan was angry.

Zhao Taifu knelt down in court and pleaded guilty, saying that his teaching was not strict, and there were such bad characters under his sect.

The emperor warmly asked, saying that the Zhao family is full of peaches and plums, and has cultivated many talents for the great Chu. The pine trees are straight and green, but the branches are inevitably slanted. If one or two grows greedy, you can’t blame the grand master. .

The words were sincere, and everyone kowtowed to praise the emperor's wisdom.

However, the emperor's countenance became gloomy again, and he decreed that he should be deposed as the governor of Yunnan in Qing Dynasty, and his mansion should be confiscated.

According to the order, the head's family beheaded all the families, the men from the side branches were demoted to the southeast border as slaves, the women were all served as officials|prostitutes, and the rest of the involved people were all punished by the nine clans.

Do it immediately, without error.

The whole court was silent, although the officials were fighting with each other, and their clothes were wet with cold sweat, they still kept the words of sage and benevolence.

At the end of the court, the news spread to the harem.

Everyone was discussing in secret. After all, this matter involved a lot and was related to the Central Palace. Several high-ranking officials were demoted, and the first five or six mansions were copied. I don't know how many people's heads will be beheaded.

The harem was silenced for a while, although I knew it was a hateful corrupt official, but all the nine clans were beheaded, it sounds tragic after all, the emperor has been on the throne for four years, and this is the first time that such a large-scale killing has been committed.

The benevolent government is like a breeze in spring. After a long time, everyone will forget how the prince persuaded the first emperor to rebel, captured the Ming emperor of the previous dynasty, and killed him in the Jinluan Palace, and how he retreated from the Yi nationality three years later, beheaded the Yi king, and reclaimed the lost land.

That night when Wei Qi was sitting at the table carving something, he still lost his mind. When the round knife made a mistake, blood gradually gushed out from his fingertips, staining the sandalwood red.

He put down the knives and wood in a daze, staring at the orange candlelight in a daze.

Is it really benevolent? Why is everyone being lenient?

Sin and nine clans.

He shook his head and smiled wryly. From this point of view, fortunately, his father had a righteous heart and did not make a big mistake. Otherwise, the fourth family of the Chen family, the third from the mother's family, and the second from the wife's family, no one would be able to escape.

Wei Qifu lowered his head to look at his painstaking efforts these days, the pomegranate is full, the split fruit is round and pleasant, the work is almost finished.

But, but my father only wrote a few poems. Although he was outrageous, there was nothing wrong with his words.

I won't do it today.