Gu Qingci

I found that Liu Yueying was becoming more and more clingy.

The excavation of the second line of the canal started after the new year. The drawings that I discussed with the Ministry of Industry for a long time were approved by the three provinces and finally finalized.

During the daytime, after I go to court, I have to go to the Yizheng Pavilion to review the documents, and Liu Yueying will summon me to the imperial court from time to time.

It's like this during the day, not to mention night, in Chaofeng Palace, I will stay with her every step of the way, bathe and sleep together, and sometimes take me to the study to rest.

After a period of time, I concluded the rule that she can't leave me for more than two hours, otherwise she will definitely come to me.

It's not good for the emperor to visit the Yizheng Pavilion too frequently, maybe those officials found out the clues and caused an unwarranted disaster.

It's better for me to be more diligent. As long as Liu Yueying sends me a message, she will immediately drop what I am doing and go find her.

In addition to government affairs, I added another very important thing, that is decoction.

Every time the court ladies decoct her medicine, I have to go and see it myself, which is called "supervision".

One day at noon, I waited until Liu Yueying's lunch break, and sneaked from the dormitory to the small kitchen.There were two court ladies squatting in the small kitchen, and Wuxia watched from the side.

Her medicine is served after lunch break every day, so it is always brewed at noon.

"Hey, what are you doing here if you're not accompanying the emperor in the dormitory?" Wu Xia saw me coming.

"This is not to supervise the process of decocting the medicine." Looking past her, he glanced at the burning medicine stove, and a smell of grass and wood penetrated into his nose, and he could tell it without drinking it, it was extremely bitter.

The traditional Chinese medicine gradually rolled up, and it seemed that it would be boiled soon.Just finding an excuse to send them all out, Wu Xia didn't forget to tell me before leaving: "Put it out in half an hour, don't make any mistakes!"

There was no one around in the small kitchen, so I took out the pointed tube that Mu Diezhi gave me from my pocket and pricked it on my fingertip. A drop of round blood oozed from my skin instantly, and I dripped two drops into it with my backhand .

It's also strange, the potion is gradually rolling, and it is about to open, but when my blood drops enter, it suddenly dies down, and the bubbles that were still rising just now disappeared, and the water surface is only slightly boiling.

After about 1 minute, the potion suddenly boiled again, more violently than before, it seemed that it was completely fried, so quickly put out the slow fire below.

Putting the bowl containing the traditional Chinese medicine into the thermal insulation wooden box, when I was about to go back to the dormitory, I heard a noise at the gate of Chaofeng Palace.

Who is so bold that the emperor dared to make noise outside the palace during his lunch break.Changing the direction of his footsteps, he turned his head and walked towards the entrance of the hall.

Wu Xia stopped in front of the door and argued with someone, not letting her in.He tilted his head and looked out through the crack of the door. It was a young woman who looked familiar.

It took a moment to realize that she was a new official in the cabinet, a relative of the collateral lineage of General Zhen Guo's family, and her name seemed to be... Xiao Yue.

"Aunt Wu Xia, those unscrupulous people actually smashed the half-built project of the imperial court. I have the responsibility to let the emperor know about this as soon as possible!"

"It's useless for you to tell me. I don't know anything about the previous dynasty. All I know is that His Majesty is taking a lunch break. Don't be impatient and come back later."

"Gathering a crowd to protest and smashing the project is not treason!"

"I need to remind Mr. Xiao that although the cabinet is a minister, it is not qualified to enter the emperor's bedroom. If you have urgent matters, just pass them to the Yizheng Pavilion. Don't come here to mess around." Wu Xia said sharply, but Xiao Yue is like a tendon, and their conversation is wrong.

"But this is an urgent matter. The rule is that the dead are alive. Auntie let me in!"

"Even if you come in, you can't see the emperor now."

"It's okay, I can wait."

Seeing her persistent entanglement, Wu Xia took out her trump card: "What kind of place is this, you entered as soon as you said, and the emperor also saw you as soon as you saw it? So arrogant, could it be that you want to make decisions for the emperor? What's more , the emperor has been a little sick recently, and finally had a lunch break, who dares to disturb her slumber? If you insist on going your own way, I will call the guards over!"

The last sentence frightened Xiao Yue, and she didn't dare to make any further movements for a while, but it would be too embarrassing to leave like this, so she froze in place, and Wu Xia closed the palace door tightly.

She turned around and saw me.

"Lord Yang? You still don't go in to deliver the medicine, the emperor is about to wake up at this point."

I nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "When the medicine came out, I heard a noise here, so I wanted to come and have a look."

"Hey, such a person dares to send to the cabinet. The Xiao family has recently started to act like a blessing. The emperor wants to open a dyeing workshop to give them some color."

I took the medicine and walked to the dormitory with her, chatting as we walked: "I have also heard a little about what she said about the people smashing the imperial project. If this project is to be repaired, it will destroy the belief of the local people, so the local people want to stop it." .”

"Does the prime minister think this is gathering people to plot rebellion?"

"This matter is actually neither serious nor serious. At a small scale, it is the improper planning of the local government, which has caused public grievances; at a large scale, it can also be said to be contempt for the sacred will and mobilize people to rebel. The final decision depends on the emperor's will." After a pause, she sneered, "She's so anxious to see her, I'm afraid it's related to her own interests, and she wants to come here to make a fuss before the emperor's decree." Xiao Chu killed the enemy in front, and Xiao Xiang was brought to the capital by me to work. Xiao Yue was recommended to the cabinet, did the Xiao family really think they were going to dominate?

I have already started secretly manipulating the division of Shengqinglou's rights. Xiao Xiang's rights will be cut by more than half, and it is not bad to be a shopkeeper in name.

He Wuxia stepped over the threshold and entered the bedroom. Before he could go in, he saw the door curtain in the inner room being slammed open, and the pearls inlaid on it were knocked with a bang.Liu Yueying came out of it with bare feet, staggering a little.

When she saw me, her serious expression suddenly melted away, and she took a step forward and quickly asked, "Where have you been?"

I lifted the thermal insulation wooden box in my hand, and handed it to Wu Xia: "Go and make medicine for you, and bring it here by the way. Why did you come out without even wearing shoes, even the earth dragon is very cold."

He stretched out his arms to hug her, and with a little force, picked her up by the waist and walked inside.I think there's something wrong with her expression.

"what happened to you?"

She shook her head slightly and whispered, "It's okay."

"How can it be okay? When have you ever been so flustered? Could it be a nightmare?"

"Yeah." He replied softly again.

"What did you dream about?"

"It's nothing." She closed her eyes, frowned slightly, and didn't want to say anything.

It's like this every time, when she encounters bad things, she never tells me.

Maika put the wooden box on the table in the inner room and withdrew.I took out the medicine bowl and gave her to drink, the temperature was just right.

"If you feel uncomfortable, just tell me. It's not good for your health to keep holding back. Besides, I want to help you share some of it."

Liu Yueying took the medicine bowl, raised her head and drank it in one breath, staring at the emperor nervously, for fear that she would be sensitive to notice something strange.Fortunately, everything is natural.

She put the medicine bowl on the table casually, and I lowered my head and took out a handkerchief to wipe the corners of her mouth. Our faces were so close that I could even feel her breath.

Liu Yueying's eyes were deep, and after a while, she slowly said: "I dreamed... I was sleeping in a very cold place, unable to perceive the existence of day and night, which was scary. And you... don't know where you went."

She looked dark and seemed genuinely disturbed.

I vaguely felt that what she said was familiar, but after thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't figure out why, so I had to throw away those messy pieces.Maybe it's the cold evil in her body that broke out, that's why she dreamed of being cold.

So he comforted her and said: "It's okay, just drink the medicine, it's for warming up the body, Dr. Mu said that if you keep drinking it, you won't feel cold anymore."

Liu Yueying lowered her eyes and looked up at me again.

"Little worry, will you always be by my side?"

Yue Ying must have been stunned by a nightmare, she pushed back the broken hair on her forehead, kissed it, and said firmly: "Yes, unless you don't want me anymore."

Her tense expression finally eased, and her voice came out softly: "How could it be..."

==

Two months later, Liu Yueying's cough stopped, and the palms of her hands gradually warmed up, unlike before, which was as cold as ice all year round.

I feel relieved a lot, Mu Diezhi seems to be worthy of the name.

When the people of Daiwan County smashed the court project, Liu Yueying later appointed Yan Xi to take over, causing quite a storm in the court.No one could understand why the emperor did this.

Yan Xi is the chief assistant of the cabinet, and the cabinet is in charge of various matters in the capital and the inner palace. It is indeed intriguing that the emperor sent the chief assistant of such an organization to the place.However, Liu Yueying didn't explain it to anyone, so I didn't ask.

On the other hand, Yangzhi stayed alone in the capital again.The housekeeper of the Yan Mansion told me that although Yangzhi's movements are fine now, his arms, legs and feet are all affected, and the pain is unbearable when it rains.

A few days ago, Yang Zhi told me about Master again.She wrote to Master again a month ago, but Master still did not reply.

When Xiaozhi spoke, she looked a little lonely.

Also, if my wife is not by my side and my master doesn't respond to me, can I not feel uncomfortable?Really, Master, there has been no news for such a long time, is it crazy to be out and about?Even Dongshan will not go back.

The power of Shengqinglou gradually expanded to the capital, and a restaurant was also built in the capital, and the headquarters moved here.I heard from two disciples of Shengqinglou that Master would send them short letters from time to time.

This gave me a chance, I decided to contact the master through two young apprentices, scold him first, and tell him to go back to Dongshan quickly, or come to Rongcheng to find Yang Zhi.

"Senior sister, are you here?" The little apprentice was overjoyed when he saw me.After chatting about the internal affairs of Shengqing Building, the topic shifted to Master.

"Master doesn't reply to Sister Zhi's letter? But, he writes me several text messages every month."

"How did those text messages get sent to you?"

"Of course it's a little white pigeon, the carrier pigeon that Master likes the most." The little apprentice went to the table and turned out the master's letter paper, and handed it to me in full.

Well, it is indeed Master's handwriting.But why only write to them?

——If Yangzhi hadn't told me several times, I really wouldn't have paid much attention to this matter, but now, I really feel a little strange.