a pillow in autumn

In the side hall of the imperial study, Zhou Mubai was buried in a mountain of memorials, and he had read the memorials for two or three hours, when he suddenly heard Xiao Guozi report that Shen Youtang, the Deputy Commander of Prince Rui's Palace, had come.

Zhou Mubai was overjoyed.Call people in.

It has been a year and a half since Grand Master Shen of the Shen family passed away, Shen Qixuan, Shen Qike, and Shen Youtang have always been at home.However, there are many affairs in the current court, and the Beijing officials are helping the Emperor and Prince Rui on the surface, but how much sincerity they have behind the scenes is really worth considering.So Zhou Mubai asked for an order to seize his love, and invited the father, son and brothers of the Shen family back together.

"Is Shen Lan's injury better?" Zhou Mubai asked while supporting Shen Youtang who was kneeling on the ground to salute.

Shen Youtang had a strange expression on his face, and said with a half-smile: "It's fine in our room. It's not good in Second Uncle's room."

"How do you say that?" Zhou Mu sat down on the golden silk nanmu armchair with his robe lifted.

Father-in-law Xiao Guozi took a lacquer tray, brewed two Xueding Hancui, respectfully placed it in the hands of Prince Rui and Deputy Dianjun, and went out with his head bowed.

Shen Youtang lifted the teacup and sniffed carefully, with a relaxed expression on his brows, he took a sip, and Fang smiled and said: "Brother Lan's wound has avoided the vital parts, after nearly two months, seven out of ten have healed. Eight. He just told his second uncle and aunt that he was heartbroken and had to marry a new wife. This new wife can't be someone else, it has to be the daughter of the Peng family, and Peng Yun is the same."

Zhou Mubai clapped his palms and laughed loudly: "Brother Lan is the one who sang in this play, he is the real one. Did the second uncle and aunt agree?"

"Although I haven't responded yet, I'm afraid it will be soon." Shen Youtang held his teacup and said, "Brother Yan has been helping me, and you know that in the eyes of my second uncle and aunt, he is lost and found again. Seeing him hurt his face makes me feel distressed." It’s like getting something, but whoever can answer, should answer him.”

Zhou Mubai sighed.

Looking back at that time, the emperor's bedroom was in chaos, Shen Yan sacrificed his life to save her again, after two days of busy work, Shen Yan came to plead guilty.Zhou Mubai personally took the dagger and cut off the rope on his body, helped him up and said, "Without you, the lonely king would have died under the sword many years ago, not to mention that you saved the lonely king's life in the sea of ​​fire the day before yesterday." Then he discussed his meritorious deeds. During the reward, he was assigned back to Prince Rui's residence and received the imperial salary, but for the time being, he can only be an official of the fifth rank, and is still under Shen Lan.

Seeing that Prince Rui was silent, Shen Youtang knew that she felt owed in her heart, but the nephew of the Shen family, serving Jun'en, never cared about personal gain or loss.

"Your Highness." Shen Youtang said: "A few days ago, I went to visit Shen Lan in Shen Lan's room, and just happened to meet Shen Yan who was also there. Shen Lan was greedy and wanted to drink Zhuyeqing, but Shen Yan stopped him. Said to wait and drink with him for three days and three nights."

Zhou Mubai smiled slightly, but heard Shen Youtang continue: "The two brothers were not worried about the sword wound at all. Your Highness, the Shen family has been favored by the emperor, and my brothers are all loyal to the emperor. They can sacrifice their lives. Not to mention fame and wealth. It is his honor and the Shen family's honor that Shen Yan can follow your command again. We are honored."

"Youtang." Zhou Mubai's eyes moved slightly, and he said seriously: "The three of you and I have known each other since we were young. Whether you are fighting on the battlefield or falling apart in the court, you have never been separated for a moment in the past ten years. Can you It is the greatest honor of the lonely king to be with you forever."

Seeing that she spoke sincerely, Shen Youtang also held up a lamp and smiled, showing that his mind was gone.Before he sipped the tea, he suddenly felt stubborn, raised his eyebrows and joked between the cups: "It turns out that His Highness's greatest honor is not marrying Sister Xianxun?"

Zhou Mubai took a mouthful of hot tea and almost spit it out.

Before returning to Quanqing Palace, Shen Xianxun had already returned.

Zhou Mubai walked around the big screen wall and walked to the back (court) from the winding corridor, but he didn't see Shen Xianxun when he arrived at the East Nuan Pavilion, only Zhou Yuanyu and Zhou Yuanzheng were sitting upright behind their respective desks and writing.

Seeing her enter the room, the two brothers jumped up, Zhou Yuanzheng jumped up, and Zhou Yuanyu looked at her with bright eyes, not like his younger brother.

Zhou Mubai put down his son and walked to their desk to watch their homework for today.

Zhou Yuanyu's apprenticeship was Shen Qixuan, and Zhou Mubai, who was apprenticed to Shen Taifu, was from the same department, and he was already quite powerful in his writing at a young age.

Zhou Mubai looked at it for a while, and told Zhou Yuanyu to sit upright. She stood behind him, took his little hand to hold the brush tightly, and corrected the strokes he had missed one by one.

Zhou Yuanyu was overjoyed in his heart, turned his head and smiled at Zhou Mubai with a mouthful of small white teeth: "Thank you, Uncle Rui."

Zhou Mubai nodded approvingly, raised his hand, and touched the top of his hair naturally. When his fingertips slid down and touched the delicate neck, her hands were slightly cold, and Zhou Yuanyu shrank his neck.

Zhou Yuanzheng was standing at the side, saw it and thought it was fun, so he reached out his hand unexpectedly and touched Yuanyu's neck, Yuanyu laughed and screamed, grabbed him and wanted to pinch his face.

Zhou Mubai played with the two brothers for a while, explained some homework, and then turned around and went out again.

The figure outside the flower window left a few steps, and the two brothers in the room had just settled down for a while, before they started arguing again.Zhou Mubai stood in the corridor and listened to the joking voice inside, raised his eyebrows and smiled.

After asking the girl in the back (court), I found out that Shen Xianxun and the eldest princess went to Cuixi Palace to greet Concubine Rong in the morning, and when they came back, they went to Xinuang Pavilion alone without asking anyone to wait on them.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Mubai raised his foot and walked towards Xinuang Pavilion.

"Xun'er." She stood in front of the door for a while, then opened the door and walked in.

As expected, Shen Xianxun was sitting on the soft front, with a cup of tea in hand, which was already cold.

The warm winter sun came in through the window pane and fell on her moon-white double-breasted skirt. Her long blue-silk hair was tied into a moon-falling hairpin with a golden phoenix spreading its wings. silk ribbon.The light outside the window is soft, reflecting her beautiful face, even though they have been married for nearly ten years, Zhou Mubai still falls into it every now and then, unable to extricate himself.

Xian Xun was thinking about something, but when she heard the door open, she didn't have anything to say.When he looked up, he saw that Mu Bai's eyes were intoxicated, and he was staring at himself bewilderedly.

She lowered her head and smiled, and Mu Bai accompanied her with a gentle smile, waking up like a dream.

"Why are you bored here alone?" She walked forward and sat on the soft seat with her, "Didn't it mean that you and Miss Huang went to the imperial garden to enjoy the spring?"

Xian Xun blinked her long eyelashes, sighed and said, "I was going to tell you about this."

"how?"

"Sister Huang wants me to help her deal with the affairs of the harem."

"It's nothing. There are a lot of things going on in the palaces and palaces in the harem. If you have free time, you can help Miss Huang."

Xian Xun said sadly: "I heard what she means, that she wants to entrust everything to me one by one."

Mu Bai was slightly stunned: "What's the meaning of this? The matter of the harem..."

Xian Xun glanced at her, then said distressedly: "The empress has always been in charge."

"..."

On the other side, in Dongnuange, Zhou Yuanyu and Zhou Yuanzheng sat facing each other reviewing books.Zhou Yuanzheng was an active person, after being quiet for a while, he went to make trouble with his brother, saying "brother your handwriting is really beautiful", and then asked "brother what do you mean in this book".

Zhou Yuanyu was not annoyed, he picked him up and put him next to him, and told him bit by bit according to what the old master taught him.

While talking, he said something that he didn't quite understand. The two brothers pondered for a while, and Zhou Yuanyu said: "I'll ask Uncle Rui! She is so smart, she must know." Jumped down, turned back and said: "It's cold outside, you wait here, I'll be back in a while."

He found out that Prince Rui was in Xinuange, and he didn't call her a girl, he just ran over with the scroll in his arms.

Outside the Dexi Nuan Pavilion, the sun was just right, warmly illuminating half of the long corridor.

Zhou Yuanyu smiled, walked briskly to the window sill, and heard the voices of Prince Rui and Princess Rui from inside.

Prince Rui said: "Don't worry. Your Majesty is still young. In a few years, the prime minister and several ministers will find candidates for the harem for him. The position of Empress will definitely not be vacant. All matters in the palace can be handed over at that time Take care of by the Queen."

Princess Rui responded, and sighed softly: "Yu'er is a good boy. Elder sister Wei passed away when he was only five or six years old, and now he is only ten years old, his father is gone again, how can people not feel distressed. "

Zhou Yuanyu stood outside the Linghua window, when he heard Princess Rui calling him Yu'er, his heart felt warm, and when he heard them mention his deceased parents, his eyes turned red for a moment, and he stopped in a daze.

Inside, Prince Rui seemed to sigh as well, and said with relief: "Fortunately, there are still us. We raised Yu'er, Zheng'er, and Huawan well, taught them to understand things, and helped the new emperor to rule the country. After Yu'er is 15 years old and becomes a rite, I will ask the courtiers to make a proposal, and please Your Majesty to govern!" The more she spoke, the brighter her tone became, and there was a smile in her voice: "When the time comes, I will write a letter to resign. Fan, take you and Zheng'er Hua'er back to the fief. Let's be a pair of farmer husbands. Every day I will paint your eyebrows and you will make me tea. Zheng'er and Hua'er will both study with Mr. Peng. You say, but OK?"

Princess Rui's voice also raised a smile, as if she was extremely relieved, she responded softly: "Okay. One word, it's settled."

In Dongnuange, Zhou Yuanzheng tossed and turned on the soft seat, unable to stop for a moment.Suddenly the door opened, and his elder brother walked in in a daze, his eyes were red, as if he had cried.

He climbed down from the soft seat, walked to his side, held his hand with his small hand, and said, "Brother Huang, what's wrong with you? But my father scolded you? Don't be afraid, I couldn't recite memorization in the past, father The king even hit my palm. If you beg my mother and concubine, mother and concubine will protect us, so father and king will not dare to hit you."

Zhou Yuanyu's eyes were only red at first, but after hearing his soft comfort, somehow he felt even more sad from his heart, choked up for a long time, tears fell down.

He wiped his face with the back of his hand, and asked, "Zheng'er, how are you living in this palace?"

"Great."

"Then this imperial palace is better than your Prince Rui's Mansion in Yunzhou, which one is better?"

Zhou Yuanzheng tilted his head and thought seriously for a while, then replied: "The Imperial Palace is much larger than Prince Rui's Mansion, and it is also more beautiful. But, there is the sea outside Prince Rui's Mansion, there are waves on the sea, and there are far sails. Brother, in the future Come to Yunzhou to play with me too. I'll let you grill sea fish for you."

Zhou Yuanyu stared at him for a while, then pouted and wanted to cry again.Finally holding back, he turned his head sullenly.

On the morning of the next day, all civil and military officials knelt and kowtowed, shouting long live.

Zhou Yuanyu was sitting on the dragon chair, with a serious look on his small face, he raised his hand and said, "You are all in peace. Today, I have something to tell you dear ones."

All the officials stood up and looked up at the little emperor sitting on the dragon chair.He only heard his childish voice, and said firmly: "I am determined to follow the example of the ancient Ming Jun and abdicate the throne to Prince Rui!"

The author has something to say: I actually hesitated for a long time, whether to write today, let alone update.Not for anything else, but because it was too cold.It's 3 degrees today, and the dormitory is like an icehouse, and the paws on the keyboard are frozen stiff. (shuddering.jpg) After all, it’s still getting better.Comparing yourself!

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