Reverse Junhou

Shi Bao'er saw that the master followed the empress into the palace, winked at him frequently along the way, and knew that the master was going to promote him.

His master is the eunuch in charge of the empress.As soon as Shi Bao'er entered the palace, she was caught by her master.The master said that he had a good face, and he was used to serving people, so he always brought him by his side to teach him.

Shi Bao'er was so grateful to her master that she obeyed her master's order and waited in front of the central palace early on.Because the master said that my mother is in a good mood recently, I want to promote myself in front of my mother today.

Holding a white jade porcelain bowl, he stood anxiously outside the central palace, waiting for his empress to call him.

Bowing his head and waiting in front of the palace gate, Shi Baoer heard the master say a few words to the empress respectfully, which caused laughter in the hall.Apart from the empress, there seemed to be other nobles in the palace.The Empress's laughter was gentle, His Royal Highness laughed heartily, and one person followed suit, with a pleasant voice.

Shi Bao'er heard the empress say: "Call that little eunuch to come in and show me."

His legs and feet were a little weak, and he saw the master walking out of the hall, patted his shoulder with the dust whisk, and let him follow.Shi Bao'er took a deep breath, carried the white jade bowl, and followed Master into the hall.

Shi Baoer put down the porcelain bowl, kowtowed a few times to the hall, and said in awe: "Shi Baoer kowtowed to the empress, the prince is a thousand years old, and - and this lord." He didn't dare to look around in front of the emperor, not knowing that the prince Who is the elegant man sitting beside him?

"I heard from your master that you have something good to offer, and present it to me for a look." The empress said leisurely.

Shi Bao'er hurriedly lifted the white jade bowl over his head, and handed it to the empress himself.

The master took the cover, and the jade bowl began to emit wisps of mist, and when the mist dissipated, the contents of the bowl appeared.It turned out to be a bowl of crystal clear iced peaches.

"The servant's native place is Huajian. Three days ago, the peach blossomed again on the island. The dispatcher picked it up and presented it to the empress, congratulating the empress on her birthday." Shi Baoer kowtowed to the empress again.

All the people present fell silent when they heard the word "Huajian".

Dafu, a hundred miles away from the East China Sea, there is an island named Huajian. The people in Huajian are good at planting flat peaches. The flat peaches are very rare and expensive.Folk rumors say that Huajian Island is a relic thrown into the mortal world by the ancient Buddha, and the flat peach is the essence of the relic.If you are lucky enough to eat this fairy peach among flowers, you can prolong your life and keep your face forever.

Although it is not as magical as the rumors say, the flat peach in Huajian is juicy and sweet, with firm flesh, it is indeed a rare good in the world.

Empress Wen picked up a fairy peach with her fingertips, held it in her hand and measured it for a moment, then said with a smile: "It really is a good thing, your master taught you to be clever, and I will reward you."

Shi Bao'er knelt down together with the eunuch, and kowtowed to thank the queen.

"Miao'er, Yu'er, you should try it too." Queen Wen waved her hand and asked Shi Baoer to share the peach with the next two.

Shi Bao'er didn't dare to look around in the hall without authorization, but now that he walked in front of the adult with a nice voice, he finally saw his appearance clearly.

The adult is tall and slender, with an extremely handsome face, and looks to be in his twenties.He was wearing a purple official robe, embroidered with brocade of clouds and cranes, with a golden belt around his waist, and his long hair was pulled up high with a crown, like a jade mountain and autumn moon.

Shi Bao'er was shocked, and the peach in the bowl almost fell off. This lord looks like he is still young, but he is already a third-rank official in the court.

"The war in the Eastern Territory is stalemate now, can Huajian be affected?" The lord took Tao Zi and asked himself in a gentle tone.

Shi Bao'er blushed, and he hesitated for a long time before saying: "My lord, the Yandong army is strictly guarding the east bank, and the Wushou retreated a hundred miles away, Taojian has not been affected yet."

The lord nodded, and asked again: "What about Lingbo, Qiujin, and Junliu Islands? Are there any islanders who have been displaced? Are there any sea fields that have lost their harvest?"

"Okay, okay, don't ask him about the war anymore." The prince said impatiently, "Today I am here to entertain the empress, and I have to talk about it when I go back to the Secretary of State."

The lord looked at himself apologetically, but he didn't ask any more questions.Shi Baoer secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Hearing that Shi Bao'er was not only rewarded by the empress, but also favored by the empress, the courtyard where the little eunuchs lived became lively for a while.The little father-in-laws who had just entered the palace chased Shi Baoer to ask this and that, and asked Shi Baoer to treat him in turn.Shi Bao'er drank three rounds with everyone before finally getting quiet.

In the middle of the night, no one was there, and he was lying alone on the small couch, staring blankly at the bright moon in the sky through the window sill.

Being questioned by that adult one after another today, I almost gave myself away.

How can there be Huajian Island in the world? As early as a year ago, Huajian was burned to the ground by the Wushou pirates.More than a hundred families in the whole island were slaughtered, and he was the only one who was rescued by the Yandong Army and barely survived.

When Wen Xuechao and Zhao Qimiao walked out of the central palace, it was already dark.

Zhao Qimiao covered his sleeves and yawned, looking bored.Emperor Jingyang's dragon body was not in good condition, and he failed to go to court for several days.He presided over the morning court from Maoshi today, and had a verbal battle with the old officials for three or four hours. In the afternoon, he was invited by the empress to the central palace for a talk. He was already exhausted by now.

"If your Highness is tired, go back to rest today, and it won't be too late to approve tomorrow." Wen Xuechao took the palace lantern from the female officer and lit it for the prince.

Zhao Qimiao rubbed his temples and sighed: "Let's go, let's go to the Zhongshu Office."

As the crown prince, he has been in the court for two years.Wen Xuechao is a descendant of the Wen family, and has already entered the court as an official.The two were devoting themselves to the political affairs of the court and China, and it suddenly seemed that their time in the academy was no longer there.

In the 28th year of Yongping, the fifth prince Zhao Feng resigned as the supervisor of the army, and went south with the Yandong Army to fight against the Japanese.The Yandong Army assembled hundreds of thousands of troops in the East China Sea, intending to fight to the death with the Wushou tribe and regain their homeland.But at some point, the wind got out, and the leader of Wushou led his pirates to avoid the East China Sea when the army was resting, and occupied hundreds of small islands in the ocean, forming a distant confrontation with Dafu.

The archipelago is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The Yandong Army has lost the good opportunity to attack head-on. It can only build a garrison along the east coast and train naval forces for the future.In the past two years, the Yandong Army planned several surprise attacks and took back several small islands, but they have not yet defeated the main force of the pirates.

In the 30th year of Yongping, the prince entered the court to assist in the administration of the court.Wen Xuechao, the legitimate son of Wen Xiang, entered the court as an official in the same year, and served as the minister of internal history of the third rank, assisting the prince in handling government affairs.Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Emperor Jingyang's health is getting worse every year. Now the two generals in Zhenbei and Yandong are staying in the station, and the princes are either going out of the palace to build a mansion, or delegating to fiefs, and they are gradually expelled from the center of power.Now Dafu Chaotang has fallen into the hands of His Highness the Crown Prince and the backer Wen family.

Wen Jiazi took up an important position in the Central Secretariat at a young age, and at the beginning he caused dissatisfaction among many senior officials.Several admonishing officials once remonstrated with the emperor, but in the end it was still nothing.The insider couldn't help but sigh with emotion, Wen Shizhen himself became a political adviser, so he was determined to let his son also be made a marquis and worship a minister.

The dandy who used to hang out with Wen Xuechao in the middle of the capital laughed at his waist and golden clothes and purple queen and became more and more unattainable.Wen Xuechao is in his twenties this year, and most of the men his age in Guangyang have been married for several years and already have children.However, Mr. Wen has rejected many matchmakers in recent years, and has always been alone.

The ministers of Zhongshu Province all have families, even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not surprised.In the middle of the night, Wen Xuechao was often the only person staying at the Zhongshu Office.He didn't go back to Wenfu often, and he didn't have a place to hang out, so he often spent the night in the guest courtyard of the Zhongshu Department, sleeping with the stack of scrolls.

Today, nearly a hundred memorials have been published in various counties, most of which are for credit and rewards, and old cases are re-examined.He usually screens the memorials in the front hall, and then sorts them into categories and sends them to the prince for review and approval.

Wen Xuechao sorted out the hundreds of notebooks and found that there were two left on the table.He took the booklet, and saw that the title pages were written with two lines: "Yandong Zhufu Shengqi" and "Dulingjunfu Shengqi".

Military information has always been sent directly to Linshu Yuan, reviewed by the Minister of Military Aircraft, and then handed over to His Majesty.Why did these two documents bypass the Linshu Academy and go directly to the Ministry of Education?Feeling that something was wrong, he glanced sideways at the back hall, seeing that Zhao Qimiao hadn't moved, so he gathered under the candlelight and unfolded the two folded papers.

"On the fourth day of April in the 32nd year of Yongping, the emperor's holy reminder. On March [-]th, His Royal Highness led the West Wing Army to surround Houjunliu Island. After seven days of fierce fighting, the main force of Wushou was ambushed. The lieutenant general was captured. His Highness' life or death is uncertain. However, Wushou did not make a big move, and the minister thought that His Highness was not dead, or that Wushou was taken hostage to force our army to submit. Yandong has been fighting all his life and vowed not to retreat. The army of Yandong wishes Liang to kneel."

Wen Xuechao was stunned for a moment, and grabbed the memorial from the Duling County Mansion.

"In the third day of April in the 32nd year of Yongping, the emperor's sage is sincere. The Yandong Army went out to Duling in March to conquer the king's island. After several days of fierce fighting, they were defeated. When the dead general should be comforted, the minister witnessed the fifth highness in the ship. Surrender to the enemy, behead the deputy general of our West Wing Army, and accept the gift of Wushou as a guest. The minister jumped into the sea and fled, and was shot and killed by His Royal Highness in the sea. Looking to the Holy Lord, arrest the traitor and take back Junliu. Ren Ji, governor of Duling County, kneels .”

In two urgent letters, Zhu Liang said that Zhao Fengci was defeated and captured, but Duling County Governor said that Zhao Fengci had defected before the battle.

But how could he lose, how could he turn back!

Wen Xuechao stood up abruptly, stuffed the two folders into the waist of the robe, and then carried the heavy folders into the back hall.

Zhao Qimiao yawned sleepily when he heard that Xue Chao came in with two stacked memorials in his arms.

"Your Highness, I feel unwell in my stomach, and I am going to give birth." Wen Xuechao put down the notebook.

Zhao Qimiao casually glanced at Wen Xue, who was walking in a hurry, took the top volume, and picked up the pen lazily: "Go."

Wen Xuechao bypassed the guards on duty at the Zhongshu Office, and quietly walked into the toilet.

In the silence of Wan Lai, he heard his own heartbeat.The Zhongshu Office specializes in handling the secrets of the DPRK and China, and the Habayashi guards check every entry and exit.The memorial is made of official list paper, if you carry it with you, it is very easy to be found out.

Even if he dies, Zhao Fengci will not betray the country.That man went south to the East China Sea five years ago with a pure heart. Now that the Yandong Army is getting stronger and stronger, and retaking the islands is just around the corner, how could he defect to Wushou?He thought of the jade pendant he gave to His Highness the Fifth Highness. He wondered if he had noticed the ingenuity in it after so many years, and if he found out, what would he do with it?

If he doesn't believe in Zhao Fengci, no one will believe him anymore.No matter whether it is the excerpts from Yandong Mansion or Duling Mansion, no one should know about it.

Wen Xue's eyes lit up, and he tore the two folders into pieces.

Zhao Fengci was fascinated by criticizing the scriptures, not knowing when Wen Xuechao would come back.He heard a subdued retching sound from the front hall, opened the curtain and looked out, and saw Wen Xuechao lying on the desk, coughing dryly with his head stuffed.

"You didn't eat anything unclean today, did you? Why are you vomiting and diarrhea?" The crown prince frowned, "You'd better go back to the mansion earlier so that you can rest. If you can't make it to the morning court, you will take a day off tomorrow."

Wen Xuechao gave Zhao Qimiao a grateful look, and his voice was a little hoarse: "I went to the Hanlin banquet yesterday and ate too much spicy food, and today I ate flat peaches. My stomach is full of ice and fire, so I am naturally uncomfortable."

The sedan chair back home was bumpy, Wen Xuechao leaned on the soft couch, feeling severe cramps in her stomach.He fumbled in his bosom for a long time, and finally found a gourd sachet.He held the sachet tightly in his hand and closed his eyes.