Gu Qingci

"Yang Zhi, that stinking woman," Yan Xi put his hands on my shoulders fiercely, shaking face to face angrily, "You can believe her nonsense, can you find such a beautiful painting on the street!"

Her shoulders were shaking back and forth, and she raised her hand to press her chest, pushed her away, and said angrily, "I didn't say I believed it, why are you so excited!"

At this moment, the door of the cabinet was opened.Her hand was on my shoulder, and mine was on her chest. The two of them were almost entangled. When they heard the sound of the door opening, they looked towards the door together——

Chang Shijian was holding his fly whisk and lowered his head at the door. Standing behind him was His Majesty Lingkong.

Other ministers in the cabinet knelt down one after another: "Long live Your Majesty."

Yan Xi and I looked at each other in blank dismay, but she reacted faster and quickly pulled me down to my knees.The clothes were a little wrinkled because of the pulling just now, I knelt on the ground and hurriedly straightened the wrinkles.We were gossiping in a corner, this corner is inconspicuous, God bless, I hope the emperor can't see it, please please.

Her dragon boots stepped over the threshold and walked step by step to the central hall of the cabinet.

"Stay flat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Everyone said.We stood up one by one and looked at our noses and noses and our hearts.Master Zhang Yi stepped forward and bowed his hands to salute the emperor: "The emperor came to the cabinet in person today, and the lower officials have not come out to greet him. Please forgive me."

"It's okay, I came to the cabinet today on a whim. You can do whatever you want."

"Yes." Everyone returned to their original positions one after another. Yan Xi and I sneaked up to our desk without even daring to lift our heads.

The emperor looked around lightly, and followed Master Zhang Yi to the inner room.

"It's over, it's over." Yan Xi's table was next to mine, and he said to her with a sad face.

She took the brush and wrote vigorously without looking sideways, ignoring me at all.

They went in for an unknown amount of time before they came out at a leisurely pace.Mrs. Zhang Yi ordered us all to stand up, and the emperor said: "Last year, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry was confiscated because he bent the law for personal gain and secretly intercepted official money, so this official position has been lacking. Now the imperial court is going to manage the river in the north. Construction is indispensable. The Ministry of Industry is required to contribute, and today I would like to borrow from the cabinet to use you as chief assistants to cover the lack of Ministers of the Ministry of Industry, would you be willing?"

The emperor asked amiably, but he didn't mean to ask us for advice.Colleagues hurriedly echoed, saying that His Majesty is wise and the chief assistant can make greater contributions to the court, which is the honor of the cabinet.Originally, the emperor came to the cabinet in person just to talk about this matter, which is enough to save face, and we dare to have any opinions.

"Okay, that's all for now." The emperor was about to leave, and turned to walk towards the door. I breathed a sigh of relief, and the next moment her footsteps stopped beside me. "Yang Aiqing, follow me."

God, she called me again.Thinking of what happened yesterday, my buttocks ached, so I opened my mouth and said: "Your Majesty, I have not recovered from the wind and cold, and I may infect you, so I still..."

"Come out, I won't say it a second time." She stepped out.

Well, His Majesty personally asked me to go to the imperial court, so I can't beat me anymore today.

==

After carefully checking the news about the river channel from the north, I submitted the draft to the emperor.After reading it, the emperor put the paper aside.

"Fever gone today?"

"Yes, thank you Your Majesty for giving me the medicine yesterday, it works very well." I didn't forget to flatter her.

"You and Yan Xi have a good relationship?" She asked without beginning or end, a little abruptly.

Thinking of the scene in the cabinet just now, my prayers were not successful, the empress must have seen me fighting with Yan Xi.Not daring to answer hastily, I observed her carefully and saw that there was no flaw in the queen's expression.It should just be a random question.

So he answered honestly, "Yes."

She lowered her eyes, unable to see her expression clearly: "Oh."

I remembered that Yan Xi told me not to forget my riches and honors before, although she was only half joking, but she is indeed very talented.It happened to be talking about her at this moment, so I don't want to mention when it will be more.So he spoke carefully, "Your Majesty, Yan Xi is a very good person."

"How good is it?" The queen's expression remained calm, unchanged.

"Kind and kind, sensitive and eager to learn, and very talented." Yan Xi, even though you treated me badly just now, I still praised you with my eyes closed and told nonsense.

"Do you like it?"

"I naturally like it." I thought about giving her a few more good words in front of the emperor: "Your Majesty, I don't want to avoid suspicion. Yan Xi is a talent, if he can be reused for Daxing..."

"Okay." She interrupted me indifferently, without mercy.He obviously didn't have any expression just now, but now it is obvious that the emperor is angry, he is a little scared, and dare not continue to speak.

The atmosphere suddenly became cold, and after a long silence, she said softly, "Go out."

It's over, the emperor won't think that I'm forming a party for personal gain. "Your Majesty, your life is yours, but you will never do things for selfish gain, Yan Xizhen..."

"Get out!" she yelled fiercely.The first time I heard His Majesty's furious roar, I was so frightened that I couldn't help but crawl out.

==

Master Zhang Yi went to work in the Ministry of Industry the next day, and the chief assistant of the cabinet was temporarily vacant.However, we usually enjoy working together—especially after drinking on New Year’s Eve, I obviously feel that my colleagues’ attitude towards me has improved a lot.The cabinet will not be leaderless, but without supervision, everyone will still be lazy when there are not many things to do.

Early in the morning, before Yang Li came, Yan Xi heard Master Li, who was on duty today, say that the emperor would not go to the meeting hall in the afternoon, but would go to the Imperial Garden to taste tea and listen to music, so everyone can leave after noon—lazy for half a day.

"Ugh."

"Yang Li, you have already sighed a hundred and three times today." Yan Xi said, shaking his pen.

"Your Majesty is a little strange. I seem to have offended her again." She was puzzled.I don't think I'm too stupid, and I try to learn to look at other people's faces and listen to what others say.But the emperor...my admiration and admiration for her never disappeared for a moment, but it became an obstacle, preventing me from trying to figure out her thoughts, so many abnormal things happened one after another.

"The emperor already values ​​you very much, how can you still provoke her? Tell me, what stupid thing did you do again?"

Thinking of giving her good words in front of the emperor yesterday, he told Yan Xi the whole story with confidence.I have a good memory and the dialogue is almost word for word.

After finishing speaking, Yan Xi's expression was frozen, his eyes were dull, and his originally casual face was full of shock.She waited for a long time, looked at me with an inscrutable look and said: "Yang Li, I said you are an idiot and you still don't admit it. Now it seems that you are stupid." She always scolded me inexplicably. , bad woman.

"You seem so smart, then tell me what's going on."

She rolled her eyes and asked me back: "What do you think is the relationship between me and your sister Yangzhi?"

Think carefully for a long time, and give an unmistakable answer: "It's a friend."

She smiled and nodded: "Okay, I see. Lord Yang's head is a lump of elm wood." I was about to turn my face, but she quickly said: "Don't be upset, I have a way to save you and the emperor now. situation, will you listen to me?"

I was struggling, but she continued to persuade me with bright eyes: "You annoyed the emperor because of me, right?" She nodded. "So, I will return you a big favor, believe me, I can still hurt you!" She patted me on the back vigorously.

==

In the afternoon, Yan Xi insisted on taking me to visit the Imperial Garden.I have never been there, but I have always been interested in the Royal Garden, so I agreed.The imperial garden is only open to the emperor's relatives, and ordinary ministers are not allowed to enter.But, now that the empress doesn't have a harem, the control is a lot looser.In addition, we are officials of the cabinet and have the badges of the inner palace. Yan Xi pretended to be a tiger to the guards, so he was put in.

Appreciating the beautiful scenery of the Royal Garden all the way, only then did I realize that the fake mountains and fake waters in the Princess's mansion are nothing at all, and I still have too little experience.It turns out that the words in ancient books that change scenery with each step, lead to secluded places with winding paths, be close to heaven and earth, and see flowers and water shadows are all true.A large sea of ​​flowers is surrounded by well-proportioned pavilions and pavilions, and the rocky mountains are different from each other behind the wall lake in the garden.The willows are sprouting and thriving.

His attention was all on the beautiful scenery, but Yan Xi beside him was obviously absent-minded. Although he said he was also looking around, his eyes never stayed on the scenery.She finally led me to a pavilion on the rocky hill, the cornices were really beautiful.Next to the pavilion is an old willow tree, tall and tall, with hanging willow branches, complementing the cornices, and vaguely blocking half of the pavilion, which is very artistic.

"Let's sit here. The terrain here is higher, and you can see the beautiful scenery below." She touched the bench in the pavilion with her hand, and Shi Shiran sat down.

I put my head on the railing and looked far away, and the view was really good.The sun is out today, and the warm wind is very pleasant.

"Yang Li, I want to hear you play the flute," Yan Xi said eagerly, "Beauties, beautiful scenery and beautiful music will definitely make me intoxicated in the spring." After she finished speaking, she took out a flute and gave it to me.

So you brought me into the imperial garden just to listen to the music?Really enjoy it.But now in a good mood, I reluctantly agreed to her.Looking at the scenery of the lake and the mountains, the blue lake is shimmering in the distance, and a song "Ai Nai" is played gently.This song was composed by later generations based on the poem "Ai is a sound of green mountains and rivers" in "The Fisherman" written by Liu Gong in the ancient Tang Dynasty.

Blowing is fascinated.The commanding height of the track is approaching, and countless delicate tulips and a string of reds flashed in my mind, densely blooming in the sun on the boundless land.In a blink of an eye, Yan Xi bounced off the bench opposite and rushed to me, put his head next to my ear, and said nothing.My emotions were suddenly interrupted, and the music stopped abruptly.

Haven't enjoyed it yet. "What are you doing?" I asked her angrily.She was so close to me, her lips almost touched the pinna, she whispered: "Don't move, don't move." Then she stretched out her hand and pulled my hand.

"Who is pushing and making noise here?" A sharp voice pierced the sky, and after a closer look, it was the father-in-law I saw in the cabinet yesterday.Breathing stopped, under the golden silk canopy was a familiar bright red, followed by a group of maids and guards.

I met her eyes again.Her eyes were filled with frost swords, without any cover.