Gongshang Confidante

"In the court, the Su faction headed by Prime Minister Su, behind the empress, and the Xue faction headed by Xue Guihe, the Minister of the Household Department, was behind the empress. The relationship between the Su and Xue factions in the court is one that ebbs and flows and checks and balances each other. .

The impeachment of Cao Ping is a small matter, but this person cannot be you, Su Muxue, because standing behind you is Prime Minister Su, and the impeachment of Cao Ping is Su's provocation to the Xue faction.The prime minister is the one who does great things, and everything is thoughtful, and the moment is not a good time," Zhou Chiyu said slowly,

Su Muxue was promoted to an official at the beginning, she only knew about petitioning for the people and helping the people with her own body, but she didn't know the tactics and tricks of the officialdom. At this moment, Zhou Chiyu was listening to her in a clear and clear way, but she looked at her in surprise.

Zhou Chiyu didn't take it seriously, and smiled at her indifferently, "The way to be an official is not only to know the affairs of the court, but also to be aware of the factional disputes." I heard a lot when I was with the emperor's grandmother." After finishing speaking, Zhou Chiyu saw Mu Xue's face was gloomy, and he was quite depressed.

"The prime minister is here to protect you and not get involved in the disputes between the government and the public." Zhou Chiyu knew what she was thinking, and persuaded her. Su Muxue was speechless, and suddenly looked up at Zhou Chiyu, and said firmly, "I will take care of this matter." , will Chi Yu help me?",

Zhou Chiyu tapped his fingers on the case, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and he said slowly, "How do you want me to help you?".

Su Muxue left the palace immediately, sent someone to search for the place where the people who sued were staying, took back the pleading paper, and revised a letter, explaining the reasons for the incident and the cover-up behavior of the Metropolitan Procuratorate in detail, and handed it to Zhou Chiyu together with the pleading paper.

"Please let Chi Yu read it for the Queen Mother," Su Muxue said solemnly, Zhou Chiyu took it over, thought for a while, and said, "The imperial grandmother is still outside the palace, why don't you submit it to the emperor for inspection?",

Su Muxue was stunned for a moment, she knew that she was guilty of the crime, but she nodded slowly, with a look of determination on her face.

Zhou Chiyu caressed Mu Xue's handwriting on the book cover, elegant and light, and his eyes softened a bit, his cherry lips parted slightly, "Mu Xue..." Zhou Chiyu's eyes were far away, and his heart was deep.

Now that the game of chess has been settled, there is no way to turn back. In the future, Mu Xue, will you blame me?

Su Muxue raised her eyes to look at her, but saw that she seemed to be talking to herself, her eyes were thoughtful, but when her slender fingertips brushed the words Su Muxue on the book cover, Su Muxue's cheeks flushed slightly.

"This move will go against the prime minister's intentions, and it may even provoke holy wrath, have you thought about it?" Zhou Chiyu asked softly, his gaze fell on the memorial,

"I've made up my mind," Su Muxue replied without hesitation, Zhou Chiyu's eyelashes fluttered, she blinked slowly, and raised her head to ask, "Have you ever regretted it?" Her eyes were as dark as a pool of silent water, No bottom is visible.

Su Muxue has a soft heart and an indifferent temperament. If it wasn't for Zhou Chiyu, she would not have entered the palace as an official, and would not have been involved in the disputes between the court and the court.

"No," Su Muxue said softly. She looked at Chi Yu's fingers on the paper seal, which were slender. She couldn't restrain herself and raised her hand to cover the back of her hand, and patted it lightly.

Chi Yu's skin touched by her fingertips was so cold that Su Muxue said in surprise, "The earth dragon is burning, why are Chi Yu's fingers still cold? He must be wearing thin clothes",

After finishing speaking, Su Muxue closed her palms and held Zhou Chiyu's hand, trying to bring some warmth to her.

Being held in Nuan Li's hand, trembling slightly, Zhou Chiyu grabbed her hand backhand, stood up, and said, "Come with me to practice swords."

With a slight smile on Su Muxue's face, and distressed, she said angrily, "It's freezing cold, you still practice swords? Be careful of catching a cold." He held Su Muxue's hand and handed her the sword.

The warmth and softness of the palm turned into a cold and hard feeling in an instant, chilling people's hearts.

Su Muxue looked at the sword in her hand, remained silent, but saw Zhou Chiyu had already raised the sword, picked up the sword flower, leaped forward, and danced the sword in front of the hall.

The eyes are full of snow, the winter plums are delicate and beautiful in front of the hall, and the figure of the navy blue woven gold peony jacket is hidden in the layered plum shadows.

The moon-white double skirt fluttered at the feet, and the white jade butterfly hairpin on the head moved with the figure, and the butterfly wings made of silk flowers fluttered in the wind, like a very vivid butterfly. In her hands, like a dragon entering the sea, it is majestic and majestic.

Su Muxue stared at her blankly, like the moment when she met for the first time years later, her heart was cold and hot, the iron touched by her fingers was clearly cold, but her heart was hot and boiling, as if something was about to burst out.

Before Su Muxue could think about it, a cold light flashed in front of her eyes, and a sharp sword aura rushed towards her face. Su Muxue raised her scabbard to block it and challenged her.

"Mu Xue has learned the Sujiayou Dragon Spear and Master Yun Qing's Fengying Sword, how is he better than me?" Zhou Chiyu said proudly, the sword in his hand became more and more fierce, attacking impenetrably.

Su Muxue's sword was not out of its sheath, and she stood in front of her body, shifting and moving her body skills, and kept retreating.

"Sword out!" Zhou Chiyu's voice was piercing, and the attack continued unabated. Su Muxue frowned and narrowly avoided the stabbing sword. The scabbard parried the sharp sword, but Zhou Chiyu's sword flung it away. On the ground, the sword was unsheathed, revealing half of the radiant sword body, lying quietly on the ground.

"Why didn't you draw your sword?!", Zhou Chiyu put his sword back into its sheath, put his hands behind his back, looked up at her with dissatisfaction, Su Muxue pursed his lips, knowing that Chi Yu had always been very concerned about the outcome, but smiled indifferently Said, "I will not draw my sword against you",

Zhou Chiyu's condensed face eased a little, and he said angrily, "It's just a discussion, Mu Xue is so boring",

Su Muxue shook her head, bent down to pick up the sword, and said softly, "A sword has no eyes, it may hurt you", "It's absolutely impossible!" Zhou Chiyu raised his chin and said proudly,

Su Muxue looked at her with a smile, she didn't say what was in her heart, she never cared about the outcome, but she would not allow any chance of hurting Chi Yu.

Zhou Chiyu glanced at her strangely, and said, "Your body skills have regressed a lot, and your internal strength has not improved compared to four years ago. Back then, your blow to crack the ground was far from such power."

Xia Ling stepped forward to put a cloak on Zhou Chiyu, Su Muxue took the sword in her hand, and said lightly, "It's really a bit deserted, it's okay."

At that time, Su Muxue promised Chao'er to enter the palace to accompany her, but later on Su Xue and the two factions had conflicts in the court. In order to avoid suspicion, Su Zhinian had less time to walk around the palace, and his family members had the opportunity to meet the empress when they entered the palace. Very few.

Just when Su Muxue was desperate and helpless, she accidentally learned about the path for a woman to become an official. Therefore, in the past four years, in order to be able to obtain fame and enter the palace to meet Chaoer, Su Muxue buried her head in her books all day long, and her martial arts were natural. Lack of practice.

As the general's father, Su Muhan was very dissatisfied. It was a pity that Su Muxue's dragon-swimming marksmanship was taught by him, but now it is abandoned.

However, her grandfather Su Zhinian indulged her. After all, the prime minister was born as a civil servant, so it was better for women to wield knives and guns less often.

There was no happy contest, and Zhou Chiyu walked into the room with some anger, took off his cloak, drank hot tea, and said bluntly, "I wanted to compete with you, but you are good, it's all useless! If Master Yun Qing I know, I will punish you!",

Chi Yu was usually young and mature, dignified and dignified, and could not pick out flaws when speaking to others, but now she showed an angry childish look, which made Su Muxue feel that this should be her original appearance.

With soft eyes, Su Muxue handed the sword to Xia Ling, held a cup of hot tea, and said with a slight smile, "What is the difference between you and me, you only know that I will protect you",

Zhou Chiyu's hand, which was about to put the teacup down, paused for a moment, and fell heavily. The clear water swirled in the cup, and some spilled out. She lowered her head for a moment, then looked up at her.

Looking straight into those pitch-black eyes, Su Muxue concealed the slight burning of her cheeks, raised her hand to brush the loose strands of hair behind her ears, her posture was gentle and elegant, like an orchid in the valley that had just burst out its stamens, and the fragrance was everywhere. overflow.

Zhou Chiyu saw that she had a gentle smile, doting eyes, and the scarlet official clothes could not hide her pure face. In the past four years, Su Muxue has grown more and more outstanding, like a flower that is about to bloom, only the last ray of morning sunshine is missing , she will try her best to bloom.

Zhou Chiyu stood up, leaned over the desk with half of his body, twirled her fingers around a strand of hair at the side of her temples, twirled between her fingers, and said with a light smile, "Mu Xue must remember what you said."

Zhou Chiyu held a strand of hair, imitating Su Muxue's action just now, and helped her pull it behind her ears, Su Muxue's ears turned red with embarrassment, and said shyly, "Naturally I remember it",

Zhou Chiyu looked at her thoughtfully, and smiled for a moment, "Just remember, forget, I will punish you." Su Muxue looked at her with a gentle smile. It seems to be a lot closer.

At night, after Zhou Chiyu paid respects to Emperor Jing Hong in the Chengde Palace, she read the memorial as usual, but tonight was different, she quietly read Su Muxue's paper and the memorial together, "Shi Cao Ping, the commander-in-chief, forced to buy military horses , oppressing the people..."

Hearing the words, Emperor Jing Hong frowned, his face became more and more condensed, interrupted her, and asked in a stern tone, "Who played the matter of Cao Ping?!" , replied, "Su Muxue, edited by the Imperial Academy",

The suspicion in Emperor Jing Hong's eyes gradually grew, and he looked at Zhou Chiyu with cold eyes, and said lightly, "Bold! How dare you and Su Muxue conspire to privately remonstrate and listen to the chaos! You know what crime you should be guilty of!!".

As expected, Zhou Chiyu knelt down on the ground holding the memorial in both hands, without any panic expression, and said calmly and indifferently, "Father once said that water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn it, and the peace of the people is the strength of the country. The sons and ministers would rather be punished by the father than to be protected by the court officials, and the common people have nowhere to complain!".