[Qing Chuan] Mu Emperor's Grace

Seeing Heshen's hesitant expression, Hongli raised his eyebrows and said, "Speak directly."

He Shen looked up at Hongli, and asked hesitantly, "When did the emperor find out... Miss Zhao's true identity?"

Hongli played with the beads in his hand, and said with a sneer, "In such a huge mountain, there is no one. There is a girl sitting alone playing the piano, and I just happened to meet him. How can there be such a coincidence in the world? Or a lady from a great family, going out to pay respects to the Buddha, unexpectedly there is not a maidservant around her, if you think about it carefully, it is not difficult to find something suspicious."

He Shen was stunned, and immediately smiled and said: "It turns out...the emperor knew from the very beginning that the purpose of Miss Zhao's appearance was not pure."

Hongli sighed: "I just don't know, who is the uncle behind her?"

He Shen thought about it carefully, and analyzed: "Xu Ji claimed to be sick today. If he is the person behind the scenes, he probably did this to avoid suspicion. It is really not easy to know the emperor's whereabouts in time and arrange everything. I'm afraid It is the emperor who has the eyeliner placed by him. If it is Cathay, then his performance today is very obvious. I have noticed that when the emperor noticed Miss Zhao, Cathay had a look of joy on his face, and the expression did not seem to be ignorant look."

Hongli frowned and said, "I used all the coercion and persuasion, but she bit her to death without revealing a word, only saying that she admired me."

He Shen was stunned, then smiled and said, "She's a smart one. If she confesses the person behind her, the family may not be able to tolerate her. Only when the family's honor is preserved, will she have a good future."

Hongli pondered for a while and said: "Go and check Zhao Yanwan's life experience, and report as soon as you have any news."

He Shen agreed, but still stayed where he was, and didn't leave.

"Anything else?" Hongli looked at him suspiciously.

"Your majesty... Shi Kuang played "Qingjiao" for Duke Ping of Jin, causing the sky to change color, and the wind and rain came suddenly..."

He Shen said a slightly abrupt sentence, which made Hongli surprised and said: "You are..."

He Shen gritted his teeth and said, "I just hope the emperor understands that if the emperor wants to talk about rhythm, I also know a thing or two..."

Hongli looked at him a little strangely, he laughed for a while and said, "Heshen...you...wouldn't be jealous."

The young man lowered his head, letting Hongli's eyes linger on his face, and the reddish touch of his ears showed his agitated mood at the moment.

Hongli's deep laughter, like a bunch of dogtail grass, scratched people's itch one after another: "I also said why you lost your composure today, so it was because of me."

He Shen secretly glanced at Hongli, and as expected, he saw Hongli's dark expression, and immediately regretted showing his thoughts clearly.

"Just now I told you that you don't need to call me tomorrow, do you also think that I will favor Zhao Yanwan?"

Hongli seems to have discovered something very interesting, and he is determined to tease Heshen.

"Your Majesty... is the Ninth Five-Year Honorable One. Naturally, he favors whomever he wants, and no one else dares to ask a word. It is the rules of the respect room. Whether to obey or not is not a matter of the emperor's word."

He Shenyuan didn't want to answer like this, but his appearance changed as soon as the words came to his mouth, and there was always a taste of anger.

Hongli was not annoyed, but the smile on his lips deepened: "What about you, if I want to pamper you, it's just a matter of one word?"

He Shen suddenly raised his head, blushing and looking at Hongli.

This time Hongli laughed completely: "Okay, I won't tease you anymore, some papers that have been put on hold in the court these days have arrived, I don't think I can sleep tonight."

Hongli stretched his waist: "Go and rest." Then he walked towards the throne.

He Shen bowed to him, quietly exited the room, and closed the door for Hongli.

He couldn't tell what mood he was in, he was a little lucky, a little secretly happy, and there was also a hint of unexplainable worry.

He couldn't imagine how strong the inevitable possessive desire between lovers would be when he was getting deeper and deeper.But can he and Hongli be considered lovers?

What kind of reputation would he have if the history that he stepped in could be passed down as a history book?

With complicated emotions in mind, He Shen returned to his room.In the pitch-black room, nothing seemed unusual until He Shen turned on the lamp, only to find a carved wooden box on the Eight Immortals table in the room.

He Shen looked around immediately, but there was no one in the room, and the box seemed to be born out of thin air.

He stepped forward to open the wooden box, and inside was a painting wrapped in satin.He Shen slowly unfolded the scroll, and was suddenly stunned. It was a picture of wintersweet and two birds.In the picture, two opposite birds are standing on the branches of wintersweet, looking lively and agile.

When He Shen visited the museum in later generations, he also saw this painting. It was the imperial brush painting of Song Huizong Zhao Ji.Zhao Ji's artistic attainments have always been respected by the world, coupled with his status as an emperor, countless literati want to glimpse a historical legend through his paintings.Therefore, his works have always been the bulk of the collection.

It was the first time for He Shen to come into contact with a priceless authentic work at such a close distance, and his hands were shaking with excitement.

His hands trembled, and a stack of papers fell to his feet unexpectedly.

He Shen leaned over to pick it up, only to find that it was clearly a stack of bank notes.He hastily put the scroll aside, carefully counted the stack of silver notes, there were as many as 8000 taels.

When he was immersed in shock and couldn't recover for a long time, he suddenly heard a knock on the door.

Startled, He Shen hurriedly put the painting and bank notes into the box, and carefully opened the door after confirming that they were correct.

Standing outside the door was a shivering woman. The woman was wearing very thin clothes, but her pale face could not conceal her beautiful face. At first glance, she looked rather pitiful.

He Shen said solemnly, "Girl...you are?"

When the woman saw He Shen, she wanted to kneel down and said, "My lord, it's been a long night, please let the girl serve you."

When He Shen saw that she was trying to extrude a weak and pleasant appearance, and came to knock on the door of a court official at night, He Shen immediately understood everything.

Seeing that the girl was so cold, he couldn't bear it, but he still insisted not to let her into the house. Instead, he took a cloak from the house and put it on the girl.

"According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, it is forbidden for officials to engage in prostitution, please go back, girl."

Seeing his refusal, the woman hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, I misunderstood, I am pure and innocent, and I am not a prostitute."

He Shen took out an ingot of silver from his bosom and put it in the woman's hand: "You take this, don't do it again." Then he was about to close the door.

Unexpectedly, the girl knocked on the door firmly, and yelled softly, "My lord... my lord..."

This time, He Shen's face turned completely cold, and he said sharply: "How is your behavior different from that prostitute? Even a prostitute, you still pay attention to what you like and what you want. Fortunately, it's me. Please don't go either."

The woman didn't expect him to get angry suddenly, shivering and trembling, and then heard He Shen say: "Ordinary women from good families know how to keep themselves clean, and this is the first time I've seen someone as shameless as you. I asked You, even if you entered my room today, do you think Xiao can marry me as a wife and concubine tomorrow morning. Let me tell you, there is no way. "

Before He Shen finished speaking, he saw the woman covering her face and crying, and she felt a little panicked.

He was silent for a moment, and before he could speak again, the woman took off her cloak in tears, threw it into He Shen's arms, and ran away without hesitation.

He Shen stood outside the door for a long time, and for the first time he realized how pathetic women were in the feudal era.In the past, whenever Junior Sister Xiaomeng heard the news that a woman ran to the Forbidden City in a vain attempt to time travel, she would mercilessly criticize her.He Shen clenched the cloak in his arms, and suddenly missed the little junior sister who bared her teeth and claws.

That night Heshen slept very restlessly: for a while he dreamed of silver bills scattered all over the room;Gradually, his body became heavier and heavier, but he couldn't move an inch.

He Shen struggled subconsciously, he opened his eyes suddenly, and found that there was nothing else on his body except a quilt.

He wiped the cold sweat from his brow, tossed and turned in the dark, but couldn't fall back asleep.

The insomniac youth turned over and got out of bed, fully dressed and walked out of the room.In the silent night, he walked aimlessly and arrived at Hongli's courtyard without knowing it.

The guards were all dozed in a crooked manner, but they all woke up suddenly when they heard the noise.The leading guard rubbed his eyes, and looked at He Shen in surprise: "He...he sir, it's all over, what's wrong with you?"

He Shen made a gesture of silence with his hands, and said softly: "I'll come and see, has the emperor fallen asleep?"

The guard glanced in the direction of the room: "No, the emperor has never called anyone to wait on him. Instead, the imperial concubine came to deliver sweet soup, but she came out not long after."

He Shen walked into the garden and said softly outside the door: "Your Majesty, it's already three o'clock, it's time to rest."

There was no response in the room, He Shen called a few more times, and saw the door suddenly opened.

Hongli stared at him and said, "Why...you haven't rested yet."

He Shen smiled softly: "I can't sleep, I want to see the emperor."

Hongli looked at the foam on his cloak, and said in a deep voice, "It's snowing."

He Shen looked at Hongli's black eye circles, feeling inexplicably distressed: "Your Majesty, take a rest, it's important to take care of the dragon's body."

Hongli let He Shen into the room, and said with a deep smile: "There are only a few left, and Yongxuan, Liu Yong, and Agui can't approve them. They are all very important things, and there should be no delay."

He Shen sighed softly, had no choice but to stand beside the imperial case, slowly grinding for Hongli.Under the warm yellow light, the two looked extremely harmonious.

He Shen looked at Hongli's sharp-edged side face illuminated by the light, and was a little distracted, but suddenly heard Hongli say: "Look, this booklet."

He Shen heard the seriousness in Hongli's words, quickly took the note, and looked at Hongli suspiciously after a closer look.

Hongli said coldly: "This is a secret book given to me by Ah Gui. The person participating is by our side. I don't know if it's a coincidence or God's will."

In Agui's paper, none other than Shandong governor Xu Ji and Shandong chief envoy Guotai participated.It is pointed out that these two people bent the law for personal gain and asked officials of various prefectures and counties in Shandong to ask for bribes. If they did not give them, they would at least intimidate and threaten them, and at worst they would tamper with their assessment and hinder the promotion and transfer of officials.

The local officials had no choice but to compromise with the two.When the year is not good, they even don't hesitate to embezzle Kuyin to pay bribes.Such a vicious circle has led to deficits in state and county treasuries.

He Shen murmured: "So, the bank vaults in Shandong are almost becoming empty shells?"