Gu Qingci

"Stay flat." The Queen's voice was a little deeper and hoarse than usual.

I stood up and looked at her calmly.It's not the same as what he saw four months ago. Today's emperor seems to have put on heavy makeup, but the under eye circles are still a bit dark.

"Weichen has sorted out the report of Jiangnan County, please look over it to the emperor."

She stretched out her hand and pointed to the table where I sat before—the one on the right hand side of the main table, which was slightly blocked by the curtain.

"Put things there first."

Walking over with the documents in hand, I suddenly felt a familiar feeling, as if the long four months had suddenly disappeared, and she and I just met yesterday.

"Is Yang Aiqing in good health?"

"I'm fine now, thank you Your Majesty for your concern." With a low eyebrow and a pleasing look, she always instinctively pleases her in front of her. "It's you, pay more attention to your body."

There was a look in her eyes that I couldn't understand, which was fleeting, and then said softly: "It's okay."

Seeing that the lid of the porcelain cup on the emperor's table was turned upside down, and there was no trace of heat from the mouth of the cup, it must be cold. "Your Majesty, don't stay up too often, it's too easy to hurt your mind. Do you want me to help you out to get a pot of hot tea?" My eyes fell on the cup.

Her eyes followed me and looked over, she was stunned for a moment, and said quietly: "Pianqiu can do this. Mr. Yang has been working hard to sort out the state and county documents recently, so let's go back earlier."

Very unwilling and unwilling to leave now.She was going to drive me away after a few words with the emperor, and those neatly summarized documents were still on another table, and she didn't even look at them.

With courage, he took a few steps forward to get the purple clay teapot: "Your Majesty, Pianqiu is not here now. It's fine if I can't see it. Since I saw it, I'll help you add some hot water."

She put her arms on the handle of the chair to support her head, she didn't comment on my overreaching behavior, and slowly closed her eyes.The emperor must be extremely tired, and he doesn't even have the energy to refute me.

I carried the kettle and went to the outer hall to let the palace people boil water, feeling secretly sullen.What's the matter with these maids, Pianqiu is not here today, there is no one around the emperor, no one to help boil the water for refills when the tea is cold, it is simply absurd.

With a swipe of my pen, I hastily drew up the draft, but I didn't participate in any executable matters. Moreover, seeing the emperor's current posture, it seems that I don't want to show up.Alas, what the attendant said is correct, I am just a poor scholar who talks on paper.I also remembered what Liu Yuehua said to me inadvertently the night before, that the emperor must have been very busy these few months.

But I can't help it.This sour emotion welled up in my heart. I was so incompetent at this time, it was too unacceptable, and I could only sigh deeply.In a daze, the palace people poured boiling hot water into the teapot, took another bag of tea leaves, and went back to the inner room of the meeting hall.

Liu Yuehua didn't know when she ran over, and suddenly met her face to face.The emperor closed his eyes and opened his eyes, and saw me put the steaming kettle back to its original position, and then took my leave.

==

Liu Yueying waited for Yangli to go out, and then said to the eldest princess slowly: "Yuehua, take the document Yuer gave you, and go to the table to check what Yangli wrote."

The eldest princess nodded obediently, and sat there checking for a long time, looking at the boring materials, and finally couldn't help but say: "Sister Huang, I don't understand, Yuer has already sorted out all the documents of Jiangnan County for you, how can you Let Yang Li write it again?"

The emperor didn't answer the question directly, but asked instead: "What do you think of Yang Li?"

"Her? Her speech is really hateful and has no rules," the eldest princess was angrily, "But... she is very cautious, very organized, very fast, patient, and able to endure hardships, eh..." Why is my mind full of hateful women? advantage?

The emperor chuckled.Little is known about her younger sister. "Yuehua, the more talented your subject is, the more you should be afraid. If she can give this talent to you, she can give it to others." After a slight pause, there was a trace of confusion in her eyes, as if she was struggling with something, In a blink of an eye, she became firm again: "This matter is just a test for her. The Jiangnan County is rich and powerful, if she wants to play tricks on this, it is not impossible to deceive the king and win people's hearts. Therefore, Yuehua, you have to help me take a good look to see if she has any selfish intentions. People with dirty hands and feet can't be reused." After speaking in one breath, she felt a little more comfortable.

At first hearing, Liu Yuehua thought it was very reasonable.But I couldn't help but think of the scene that night: a wax lamp, a writing brush, and a plate of steamed buns.Frowning, she said to Liu Yueying: "Miss Huang, I don't think she is that kind of person, otherwise she wouldn't be writing in the cabinet late at night while eating steamed buns..."

"Okay, Yuehua, you talk too much." The emperor could not deny it, and his tone became cold.

Liu Yuehua checked for a whole day, and her eyes were blurred. Finally, she handed over the two documents with different handwritings to Huang Jie, feeling relieved: "I have checked everything, and there is no difference between the two. Oh, by the way, Yang Li is behind the documents." There is also a very long relationship table attached, which Yuer did not write."

Liu Yueying stared at the densely marked Jiangnan Merchants Relationship Form without saying a word.

"Sister Huang, although I don't like her, but... it seems that I can't fault her." Liu Yuehua said it sincerely.

==

The dead are like a husband, and late autumn is coming in a blink of an eye.The collection of Pingxuan copper coins in Daxing has come to an end. A large number of copper coins have been collected and destroyed, and then returned to the furnace for remaking. The court began to mint new coins with great momentum.

Waiting for the weather to get colder, and at the end of the year, Emperor Lingkong issued an imperial decree all over the country: the new copper coins will start to circulate on the first day of the new year, called Liuxi coins.Townships and counties exchanged copper coins for new coins, and the exchange rate was very high.Since this move completely suppressed the soaring prices in Daxing, the common people rushed to tell each other, and the joyful atmosphere spread throughout the streets and alleys.

At the end of the year, the cabinet was rarely relaxed, and things were finally not as complicated as they were at the beginning.Although I fell off a horse before, I didn't lose confidence because of it. Just taking advantage of the recent leisure, I took Yan Xi to the racecourse for seven consecutive days to practice riding skills, and finally I was able to control a large horse smoothly.

There have been many happy events recently, and I know that part of it is due to me, so I can't help being complacent, so recently I have become more hydrated and my face is rosy.

When he was happy, he went to the tavern with Yan Xi to drink some wine, and got up in a good mood.Just as I was about to go back to the mansion, the servants of the mansion came to announce that my younger sister——Yang Zhi, was finally willing to come back from Dongshan.

Hearing the news, Yan Xi's eyes lit up, but I didn't notice it because I was slightly drunk.In the end, she helped me back to Yangfu.

As soon as she entered the mansion, she saw that the servant was busy carrying many new gadgets she had brought back.

"Hey, Yangzhi, you still know how to come back! Don't you all forget about me!" He staggered and ran to the west wing to complain to her.

"No way, sister, I heard that you are very busy all day long, and even if you come back, you don't have time to play together. It's better to stay with Master and his friends in Dongshan." Yang Zhi didn't even look at me, just stared at me. Let the servants carry her luggage.

"Why did his southern friend stay for so long without leaving?"

"You really don't have a conscience. Master can do whatever you want. Also, Master asked me to bring you a sentence. He told you not to go back to honor him during the Chinese New Year this year. A bunch of disciples on Dongshan bought New Year's goods and so on. I'm already too busy, I don't need you to go back and make trouble! Hahaha."

I don't know when, Yan Xi ran over directly, I obviously asked her to wait for me in the main house.She passed me and rushed into the west wing in a hurry.

Then I heard a scream that shook the world: "Ah——!!!"

Looking blankly at the two women, Yang Zhi and Yan Xi, Yang Zhi has never shown such a frightened look in front of me, do they know each other?I was confused, I was probably dreaming after drinking too much alcohol, otherwise how could I have seen such an unusual scene.Wanting to see how bizarre this dream was again, Yan Xi came over and closed the door firmly.Only me and the servants of Yangfu were left staring at each other.

When he woke up, he found that Yan Xi was not there, and Yang Zhi looked normal without any panic, well, I must be dreaming.

When I was alone, it was very boring. After Yangzhi came back, he was busy shopping for New Year's goods, and bought a lot of delicious food for the New Year.Sausages, tripe, shrimp and the like, as well as a lot of beef and mutton and nut preserves.If it wasn't for her, I would never have thought of preparing these things.

I'm not a person who can drink, but after drinking for the first time, I like the feeling, so I drink some when I have time.In Yan Xi's words, it's called addictive technology.I went to the restaurants in Rongcheng and asked around, and found that the wine they kept privately was not sold to the outside world. There were only a few people I knew, so I had the cheek to go to Yan Xi’s house to ask her for help, and got some jars of old daughter Honglai. .

She had a bad face at first, but then she agreed.When I went to find her, she was drawing. "Yan Xi, it turns out that your painting skills are so good!" I couldn't help but sigh.She didn't seem to care much about my flattery, and said casually, "I thought the same thing when I heard you blowjob."

Hey, she came back with a compliment.I always feel that her painting technique is somewhat familiar, but I can't remember where I saw it before, so I give up.She was stalked by me, and finally she let go: "How about this, I'll just introduce you to the shopkeeper of the best restaurant in Rongcheng, okay?"

"Is this true?"

Seeing my eyes full of anticipation, she sighed speechlessly and said, "You just wait here, and I'll call someone to send a message to let him come over."

"Yan Xi, you are so kind!"

==

In winter, when the new year is approaching, it is natural that some people are happy and some are sad.In the midst of joy, it is inevitable to hide and kill.As soon as the north wind blew, the cold air rushed from the soles of his feet to his heart. A man couldn't help wrapping his clothes tightly, looked around for a while at a remote alley, made sure that there was no one, and then walked in.

There is a hidden door in the alley. "Knock knock knock", knocks of different lengths sounded slightly, and the door cracked a crack.

"What's the matter?" A gloomy voice sounded terrifying in the darkness.

"My... my lord, the news this time is very... very reliable, you must want to know." The man was not used to the environment where he couldn't see his fingers, and his voice was trembling.

"What's the matter, let's hear it."

"Master Shizhong said that the person who made the plan for recasting the copper coins this time after the emperor's death was Yang Li, the number one scholar in this year's Chunwei enthronement."

"Oh, is it?" The gloomy voice was suddenly filled with murderous intent, and then he sneered: "I know. But—since the emperor protects her, if she dies too easily, it won't be fun."

"My lord, is this news big enough? Can it be given to a smaller one..." The man stretched out his hand.

"Enough, enough."

Blood spattered on the beams of the hut, consumed by darkness.