a pillow in autumn

In the winter of the third year when the eighth ruler of Rui Kingdom ascended the throne, the capital was a bit cold and gloomy.

Two days before the New Year's Eve, there were layers of dark clouds in the air.Standing under the thousand-step corridor outside the royal study against the icy cold wind, several important ministers of the court were so cold that their faces were frozen, and they had to stomp their necks and stomp their feet from time to time.

Quan Jing'an, the Chief Internal Officer, stood guard in front of the imperial study room with his sleeves on his sleeves. The five-coloured glazed bead curtains hung neatly on the door curtain, and the gust of wind passed by, making a slight swaying sound.

Prince Wen returned to Beijing to report his duties, and it has been a long time since he entered the house.There is a door behind the curtain of the imperial study room, even if you stand outside the door with your ears up, you may not be able to hear the voices inside.

The health-preserving eight-treasure tea was delivered to the imperial dining room, Quan Jingan replied to the door, a voice came from inside, Quan Jingan took the tea, and brought it in by himself.

Prince Wen stood in front of the screen of the beautiful mountains and rivers, with a smile on his face.

The earth dragon was burning warm in the room, Prince Wen only wore a silk green inlaid brocade robe, and the big clothes were hung on the armchair beside him.It can be seen that the emperor took good care of this young brother, and occasionally saw him losing his dignity, as long as it was harmless, it was just as if he was young and ignorant.

At this time, the emperor was sitting behind the case, and there were piles of stacked and spread memorials and old records on the case, probably not fifty or sixty.

Zhou Muchen is already a very diligent monarch, but the country is vast and the country is too big, so things are always busy.

Quan Jing'an held the tea tray, put the hot eight-treasure tea on the table, and replied in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Grand Master Sun, Minister of Rites, and Minister of Rites are waiting outside."

Zhou Muchen responded lightly.

Quan Jing'an bowed and retreated, and saw Prince Wen standing there with an innocent smile, not even looking out of the corner of his eye.

The door of the imperial study was closed, Zhou Muchen casually flipped through the booklet in his hand, and asked casually, "I heard that you brought back a woman from the western frontier?"

The smile on Zhou Muyu's face seemed to have froze, and after a while, he muttered in a low voice: "It's only half a day since I came to Beijing, how did Brother Huang know?"

Zhou Muchen glanced at him, "Didn't I hear that you kept something in the house outside last time, Oiran?"

Now Zhou Muyu's complexion is even more colorful, his mouth grows bigger, hmm, for a long time, he can't tell why.

Three wives and four concubines are very common for wealthy families in Ruiguo, but the princes and princes keep private (prostitutes), so the matter can be big or small.

Zhou Muyu lowered his head to look at the toe of his shoe, and secretly raised his eyes for a while, seeing his brother staring at him fiercely, then quickly lowered his head again.

Zhou Muchen threw the booklet on the table, hating iron for being weak, "If you are asked to marry a concubine, you will be reluctant in every possible way. That's good. One or two, no matter who they are, will pull into the room, so that the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty will hear about you." How do you deal with yourself!"

Zhou Muyu said something aggrieved in a low voice, Zhou Muchen rubbed the tip of his brows, and said in a hateful voice: "Come on, let's go down. After the new year, I will go to the western frontier to keep an eye on the mutual market between the two countries. With those horse thieves."

"Are you still going to the western frontier?" Zhou Muyu was about to cry, "Why do you keep sending me around?!"

Zhou Muchen glared at him fiercely, so he had no choice but to stop, and retreated with a bitter face. He retreated to the door and listened to the emperor's reprimand: "Take care of your wild things yourself, don't let the queen mother know."

"Oh……"

When Prince Wen walked out of the imperial study, several important court officials were still waiting in the corridor, greeting each other.Quan Jing'an opened the door curtain for the adults, and when he turned around, he saw that Prince Wen was still standing in front of the steps, looking at the dark sky.

Dark clouds in the sky covered the sun, and the haze was so cold.

Zhou Muyu's eyes were cold, and he no longer had the look of acting silly in front of the emperor just now.He stomped his feet and said to himself, "The weather is finally going to change."

Quan Jing'an shrank his neck and echoed in a low voice: "Your Highness wants it to change, can it still remain the same?"

Zhou Muyu glanced at him and smiled with the corner of his mouth twitching.

Quan Jing'an clasped his hands, bowed halfway, and respectfully sent Prince Wen away.

It was still early, Zhou Muyu walked around the Laiyi Gate from the front hall to the harem, and walked straight to Jinyu Palace, to pay his respects to Empress Dowager Zheng.

The concubines were all talking with the empress dowager in the big warm pavilion, Zhou Muyu kowtowed to the empress, and presented a complete sable leather brought back from Xifeng, as a gift to all the concubines.

The toffees all said some words of thanks and appreciation.Zheng Xuan also praised him for his filial piety, and asked him with a smile if he came from the emperor, he must be hungry again, and ordered the little girl to bring out the newly made snacks in the imperial dining room.

The Empress Dowager did not like the late emperor's youngest son, but things were never leaky on the scene.After all, since he was a child, he had no great talent, his birth mother had a low status, and he hadn't even been promoted to a concubine. Everyone in the palace knew that he was a prince of Taiping, and he was not a threat to the throne.

Who would not be happy to do things that favor people?

When returning to the Wen Palace, it suddenly rained in mid-air, and the icy chill hit the shaft of the car. Zhou Muyu lifted the veil and looked out. Lost the original light.Zhou Muyu saw it, snorted coldly, and lowered the curtain of the car.

Guo Mingxi did not follow into the palace, and went to various roads early to take care of the things that Prince Wen had asked him to do. At this time, he had been waiting in the palace for a long time, when he heard that Prince Wen was back, he immediately ran to serve him.

Back then when Zhou Muyu made a small fortune, he messed up and only made a Marquis of Wen'an. The mansion outside the palace was the style of a marquis. After Zhou Muchen ascended the throne, Zhou Muyu became Prince Wen. The mansion remained unchanged, but the backyard was magnificently arranged .

Prince Wen's mansion is rich and noble, and everyone in the court knows that, the two trips out of the palace are all lucrative errands.Prince Min and Prince Bao are gone, and there is only such a younger brother, it is human nature to take care of him, even the Queen Mother's Jinyu Palace has always given him generous rewards.

When Guo Mingxi came in, the maids had already changed their regular clothes for Prince Wen, holding a small incense burner in their arms, and two beautiful and plump concubines knelt beside him, one on the left and the other on the right, pressing his shoulders.Prince Wen sat with his legs spread out on a big soft couch covered with a whole piece of white tiger skin, leaned against by his broad body, almost disappeared.

Seeing Guo Mingxi come in with his arms folded, Zhou Muyu squinted and waved, and the servants retreated one after another.Guo Mingxi bent forward: "Master, everything is done."

As he spoke, he took two steps forward, whispering in Zhou Muyu's ear.

After hearing this, Zhou Muyu smiled and said, "It's done very well. It's not in vain for Master Fei to cultivate you like this."

Guo Mingxi smiled apologetically.

Zhou Muyu said: "Gu Wang seems to remember that Hutchison Bank still collects Gu's 3 taels of silver?"

"Yes." Guo Mingxi folded his body and said, "Your Highness went to Qiongzhou two years ago, and he left there when he came back. Later, in Ye County, Xicun County..." He smiled and said flatteringly: "My lord is not short of money. , didn’t move that head.”

In the courtyard, the winter rain was rumbling, and the eaves of the eaves were smashed with ice, but Zhou Muyu seemed to be in a very good mood, leaning against the tiger skin blanket and said with a smile: "Go get it tomorrow."

Guo Mingxi agreed, and after a pause, he asked in a low voice, "Which adult are you sending it to?"

Zhou Muyu gave him a sideways glance, "I reward you."

Guo Mingxi's eyes widened, and after a while he realized that his face was flushed with excitement.This master has rewarded 1000 and 3 taels on weekdays, but he offered to reward [-] taels. The pie is really too big to smash!

"Thank you, Your Highness, for the reward! I am a humble minister, and I will never hesitate to die." Enduring the momentum of jumping up, he knelt and kowtowed several times, smiled and asked thoughtfully, "Then... the palace, do you want to make arrangements?"

Zhou Muyu smiled and said: "I just praised you for doing a good job, which is stupid again. Zhou Mubai just left, but something happened in the palace, and the lonely king just came back. Are you afraid that people will not suspect the lonely king?"

"How can I have such a thorough thinking like Your Highness." Guo Mingxi hastily changed the subject, and said a few words of flattery: "The girl who came to the city with the master has been housed in the small building in the east of the city. It's just that the minister doesn't understand, the master is like this." It is not a big deal to take in a few more girls, but the Lord asked the minister to release the news... I am afraid that it will attract those pedantic impeachments?"

Zhou Muyu squinted his eyes, lazily touching the small copper burner for incense in his hand, "Your Majesty dares to use it only if a person has flaws."

Guo Mingxi was stunned for a while, and then he figured it out, since the emperor is so suspicious, Prince Wen has an oiran on the left and a beautiful girl on the right, this is a small mistake.

The girls were not in the room, Zhou Muyu yawned, feeling that the small stove was getting cold.Guo Mingxi resigned with a wink, Zhou Muyu said: "There is no rush in the palace, but we still have to lay the groundwork. Let's start with... Yunzhou."

Guo Mingxi repeatedly said yes.

Zhou Muyu said again: "Let them all be smarter, that cheap brother of the lonely king and the third emperor have just made a fuss, don't provoke his eyes."

After Guo Mingxi exited the room, he led the horse out of the palace. The winter rain was cold and endless, but he didn't care, and went to the 3 taels of silver from Heji Bank.

The two flirtatious concubines who had previously served Prince Wen were brought in again, with big breasts, fat buttocks and a small waist, they were just right for holding in your hands.

A small hand stove is placed on the table, and sweet incense is burned in the copper tripod.Zhou Muyu closed his eyes comfortably, thinking in his heart, when he ascended the throne and became emperor in the future, he would take these two concubines into the harem, what concubine name would he give.

Zhou Mubai, who was far away in Canglang County, didn't know that something about her fief was being missed by others. She was busy apologizing to the princess, and she was very busy.

But Princess Rui didn't even let her in the door of the sleeping hall, so she had to sleep alone in the Xinuang Pavilion in winter, if it wasn't for the sudden wind blowing outside, she might have to sleep in the study.

Shuyao brought over a cup of Yanyan's ginseng tea, Zhou Mubai looked up as if seeing a savior, and asked, "Is Zheng'er still having a fever today?"

Shu Yao said: "The fever has subsided. Didn't Your Highness go to see it during the day?"

Mu Bai said: "I've seen it, but at home, isn't it easy for children to catch cold and have a fever?"

Shu Yao glanced at her: "Since Your Highness knows, why bother to take the young master to the seaside?"

Zhou Mubai sighed, and said bitterly: "Can I go back to my bedroom tonight?"

Shuyao glanced at her again: "It doesn't count if the servant girl said this, why don't your highness ask the princess?"

...Do you think I don't want to? Isn't it because she is still angry...

Mubai's heart turned back and forth, sighing and sighing.

The author has something to say: Little Theater:

Zhou Mubai: My lady, can I stay in Xinuang Pavilion tonight?

Shen Xianxun: Yes.

Zhou Mubai: I'm so happy.

Shen Xianxun: Come here, clean up His Highness's study.

Zhou Mubai: ...

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