Qing Yan

When he came out of Kuntai Palace, the worried expression on the face of the British Gong Jingzi Qiao was hard to hide.Thinking of what the Empress Dowager had just said to him, he felt even more gloomy in his heart, and could not help but sigh secretly.

The little inner eunuch led him out of the main hall of Kuntai Palace, and soon turned to the corridor outside the palace.

The Kuntai Palace is built grandly, and there are large expanses of flowers and trees outside the palace, which are lush and lush. In this early summer season, they are full of flowers and flowers, attracting bees and butterflies to rush to each other, so gorgeous!

On the edge of the flowers, there stood a plain figure, and not far away, Wei Shun, who was dressed in a uniform, was waiting with lowered eyebrows.

The little eunuch who was leading the way saw Yu Wenrui first, and he knelt down to salute politely, "Your Majesty!"

He bowed down.The moment she turned around, Jing Ziqiao also noticed it, and there was a "thump" in her heart, wondering when did the emperor appear outside Kuntai Palace?

Although he was puzzled in his heart, years of experience had created a trace of stability, and he bowed down steadfastly.Going forward, he bowed and said, "Chen Jing Ziqiao sees my emperor!"

Yu Wenrui was originally standing among the flowers, sniffing a lily with twin stalks.Hearing the little eunuch's call, he seemed indifferent, but when he heard Jing Ziqiao's voice, he raised his handsome brows slightly, and with a slight smile, he called Wei Shun and said, "Why don't you help Jing Qing? I have a filial heart , Jing Qing is not to blame."

The latter sentence was addressed to Jing Ziqiao.

Wei Shun had already rushed over to help Jing Ziqiao.

The emperor spoke politely, but Jing Ziqiao didn't dare to accept her politeness, and hurriedly said respectfully: "I don't dare to be an old minister!"

"Aiqing is the pillar of the country. The Jing family are all loyal and good, so naturally they deserve it," Yu Wenrui paused and said, "The empress mother is mourning, and both I and the empress dowager are deeply saddened. Aiqing is a veteran of several dynasties. It would be better for the Empress Dowager and I to share our worries."

The older the emperor was, the deeper his thoughts became, and Jing Ziqiao felt that she couldn't understand her through all the things in the world.The emperor's first sentence obviously promoted the Jing family to a high place, which made Jing Ziqiao feel faintly uneasy; the so-called "share more worries" in the latter sentence obviously pointed to his appearance in the forbidden palace at this moment as a foreign minister.Even if he is the biological father of the empress dowager, since the empress dowager has married into the Tian family, she is a member of the Tian family.

It can be seen that his appearance made His Majesty the Emperor unhappy.

Jing Ziqiao secretly wondered why the emperor was unhappy.Is it because she was summoned by the queen mother, but she didn't know it?Or, is there another secret?

Jing Ziqiao felt apprehensive when he thought of what the Empress Dowager had just entrusted to him in Kuntai Palace.There are some things that he can't ask, but it doesn't mean he didn't notice...

Regardless of whether those rumors are true or not, at the moment, the safest course of action is to do your duty and do what you have to do.

Jing Ziqiao figured out the key points after only a few back and forth in his mind, and he said respectfully again: "It is the duty of a minister to relieve the Lord's worries, and the veteran must do his best."

Yu Wenrui smiled slightly, but he also knew that there was nothing to say from the mouth of this old fritter.She really wanted to know why Jing Yan had invited Jing Ziqiao into the palace, and she strongly suspected that it had something to do with the Empress Dowager's last words.

What will happen?Yu Wenrui couldn't understand it.

"Because I was filial to my mother, I stopped court for a few days, so the previous court is not a big deal, right?" Yu Wenrui said, caressing Lily's tender side.Well, even though the flowers are completely white, they bloom side by side, but they are also extraordinarily delicate and beautiful.

Don't you know what happened in the previous dynasty?Jing Ziqiao secretly thought.

The emperor is very strict about the affairs of the court. You can see that she spent her previous days in Beizheng, and when she returned to Beijing, she was the Empress Dowager Xinai, as if she had no time to manage the affairs of the court.But none of the civil and military men in the Manchu Dynasty was blind. The inner court guards who used to gallop between the capital and Beizheng before, the eunuch who was hurrying to and fro in the palace with a box in his hand, and the Pei who "watched the house for his lover" My lord, with a dark face, Yasai's father... May I ask the ministers, which one dares to slack off?

Therefore, when Jing Ziqiao was asked about the previous affairs, he was almost sure that the emperor was testing his loyalty.

"Your Majesty has a heart of filial piety and sincerity, and the Empress Dowager knows it well, so she must be delighted to like it." Jing Ziqiao paused and said, "With Lord Pei and your lords around, your Majesty can be less worried about the affairs of the previous court." .”

Hearing this, Yu Wenrui raised his eyebrows and eyes slightly: "What do you think of Master Pei?"

"What does His Majesty mean?"

Yu Wenrui smiled and said: "Qing is a veteran of several dynasties. When I was young, I was the Minister Gu Ming of the late emperor. It can be said that I grew up watching me. Except for the Queen Mother, no one knows them better than Ai Qing. ..."

"I dare not be a minister!" Jing Ziqiao hurriedly said.The Empress Dowager's surname is Jing. If the emperor says so, the Jing family knows more about the officials than the emperor!It's worth it!

"Qing Mo is nervous!" Yu Wenrui comforted him, "I was brought up by the Empress Dowager, and I am only 20 years old now, the days to come are still long, and I still have a lot to learn from the world's virtuous virtues."

Seeing that Jing Ziqiao's expression of shock eased, Yu Wenrui turned back to the previous question: "So, for the sake of the long-term plan of the Great Zhou, I just want to ask Aiqing how Master Pei is in the eyes of Aiqing!"

Three sentences and two sentences are inseparable from "Master Pei", what else can I do?

Jing Ziqiao knew that the emperor wanted to promote Pei Chonghui, so he wanted a confession here!

Pei Chonghui is a good person and good at politics, except for... ahem, occasionally a little bit of informality, everything else is very good.Regarding this person, Jing Ziqiao really couldn't pick any thorns.

He thought for a while and said: "As far as I know, Mr. Pei has always had a good official reputation, and he is very efficient and proper in his daily affairs. It's just that... his temper is a little too casual."

"Qing summed it up well," Yu Wenrui boasted, and then said with a smile, "Master Pei has unique ideas. I have studied with him since I was a child, and I know that he has some unique insights. Don't you think that now I, Da Zhou, need this kind of knowledge?" Waiting for the unconstrained minister of the king?"

A minister who assists the emperor!

Jing Ziqiao's heart skipped a beat, she really wanted to be greatly promoted!

No matter what temperament the lord has, he naturally likes courtiers of whatever temperament; the emperor himself has an informal temperament, so how could he not like Pei Chonghui, who is also out of bounds?

oops!Jing Ziqiao suddenly realized: Your Majesty has been studying with Pei Er since he was a child, so Pei Er couldn't have taught him to be like this!Fortunately, fortunately, my son is prudent, otherwise this government might not be tossed into what it is!

At this moment, Jing Ziqiao suddenly rejoiced that Jing Yan married into Tian's family.

"If your Majesty has nothing else to do, I pray that you will leave." Jing Ziqiao said.Let's chat for a while, this master may ask what to come out.

"Aiqing, please go ahead." Yu Wenrui nodded.Yu Wenrui always remembers to respect this veteran official of the three dynasties, the father of her beloved.

Jing Ziqiao relaxed.But as soon as he stepped forward, Yu Wenrui suddenly remembered something: "How is Yue'er's injury?"

Jing Ziqiao's nerves tightened again: "It's almost better."

He said, leaning down.Going away, paying homage: "Jing Jiayue acted recklessly and almost killed His Majesty that day... If His Majesty has any right or wrong, the Jing family will die without a place to die!"

Yu Wenrui hurriedly ordered Wei Shun to help him up, and comforted him: "Yue'er and I are friends of the general manager. How can we abandon our best friend's life at a critical moment? The day before yesterday, Ai Qing had already thanked me, so there is no need to keep worrying about this matter." on the lips."

Jing Ziqiao loves his granddaughter very much. Jing Jiayue was sent back to the British government after the accident, which frightened him half to death; and when he heard that the emperor was also seriously injured in order to save his granddaughter, he was so shocked that the remaining half of his life almost died confessed.He knew very well that the Jing family owed the emperor too much just because of Jing Jiayue, and they could only repay the emperor's kindness with their allegiance to the death.

"Every time I think about this, I feel afraid..." Jing Ziqiao sighed.

"It's all over, look at me now, isn't it good?"

Jing Ziqiao raised his eyes and looked at the shallow scar on the emperor's face. When he first met the empress dowager that day, he guessed that the emperor's scar was from the serious injury.From now on, this scar will always remind the Jing family of their debts to the emperor.

"As a subject, you should share the worries of your lord, but let your lord worry about your life...I always feel sorry for you." Jing Ziqiao was full of shame.

Yu Wenrui said jokingly: "If you really feel guilty about me, how about doing me a favor when I need it in the future?"

As she spoke, she folded off the Bingdi Lily that she had been playing with and stuffed it to Jing Ziqiao, and said with a smile: "The scenery in early summer, I will share with you."

Jing Ziqiao looked at the emperor's bright face, then lowered his head to look at the twin lilies in his hand, he was dumbfounded.He always felt that there seemed to be something wrong.

In the blink of an eye, another few days passed.

Yu Wenrui didn't bother Jingyan anymore, she went to the court every day in an orderly manner, and went to Shoukang Palace to hold sacrifices in an orderly manner after the court was over.The two see each other every day, but there is no more communication other than greetings, although the tacit understanding is still there.

Jing Yan keeps vigil in Kuntai Palace or Shoukang Palace every day.The miraculous thing is that whenever she knelt alone in front of the Empress Dowager's Zi Palace, thinking about it and feeling faint pain in her heart, it was exactly the time when Yu Wenrui left the court and came back after changing clothes.Jing Yan even suspected that Yu Wenrui did it on purpose.

But on this matter, the two of them had never communicated at all, so why did they "deliberately" say it?

Jing Yan was actually very clear in her heart, because the appearance of Yu Wenrui made her feel at ease, and made her feel that she was not alone in this deserted forbidden palace.She can feel the heat emitted by Yu Wenrui from a distance of several feet or tens of feet.

Jing Yan didn't know if this was a kind of tacit understanding.

And what surprised her the most was that Yu Wenrui really didn't bother her since the two had a dispute that day, as if he really obediently left her "alone alone".However, those inadvertent thoughtfulness, those carefully prepared meals, and the corresponding daily expenses... even the newly planted flowers outside Kuntai Palace, and the newly raised small animals all made Jing Yan's heart soften like cotton.

Just like the young white rabbit bouncing around in the garden outside Kuntai Palace, when Jing Yan held it in his arms, he could clearly hear the little heart "bouncing" beating eagerly and enthusiastically.She knew that it was as if Yu Wenrui cared about her mood, and he was eager and enthusiastic...

In recent days, the biggest event in the Great Zhou Dynasty was the death of the Empress Dowager.The Empress Dowager is well-known, and she has lived through the Great Zhou Dynasty, and she can be said to be a generation of heroines who saved the Great Zhou in times of crisis.Therefore, her death had a lot of repercussions among the people, and some people even set up sacrifices to worship her.

For the nobles of the royal family, the only ones who can make the people respect and miss them from the bottom of their hearts are the Emperor Gaozu of the past and the Empress Dowager of today.

Now that Beizheng has been destroyed, the country is unified, there is no war between the north and the south, and the life of the people is getting better and better.

Seeing that a generation of prosperity is close at hand, the sorrow of the death of the Empress Dowager has also been diluted a little.From the ministers to the common people, they all look forward to the prosperous and peaceful days!

There have been no major events in Beijing for a long time. If there is no event, it is worth mentioning that only the survivors of Beizheng have moved in.

Yin He and Wu Bin finally lived up to their trust and returned to Da Zhou smoothly with 10,000+ people. Not to mention their own rewards, the emperor set aside an area with the Ministry of Households to build a mansion for the Yang family.All the officials looked on coldly, no matter what kind of honor the Yang family was granted, the mansions were all in this area, and they all nodded secretly: This means that it is convenient for monitoring!

The members of the Yang clan also kept themselves safe, as if they had all forgotten how domineering they used to be when they arrived in the capital of Dazhou, and they all learned how to behave with their tails between their legs.

One day, when the dynasty was about to disperse, there was a report from the Ministry of Household Affairs, saying, "The Lord of Beining entrusted his ministers to submit a letter to His Majesty."

Yu Wenrui was taken aback when he heard it for the first time, and wondered who the "Princess of Beining" was?Looking at the household department again, it suddenly dawned on me: Yang Xi!

This must be because Yang Xi has no other connections, so he entrusted the person in the household department who presided over the construction of the mansion to submit a letter.

"What's the matter with her?" Yu Wenrui didn't read the letter that Wei Shun had received, and suddenly understood Yang Xi's feelings for her outside Wuyuan City, which made her feel upset just thinking about it.

The Ministry of Households didn't know what the princess of Beining wrote, but since the emperor asked, it's hard to be speechless, right?He was startled, and said casually: "Probably to thank His Majesty for your kindness to the mansion!"

"I know." Yu Wenrui said lightly.She threw the letter aside without opening it.