Through the palace of the king of subjugation

At the third quarter of Yin time, Zhou Muyun was still walking in the corridor leading to the Yannian Hall.

Even in the middle of the night, she was still dressed neatly, her temple hair was not messed up, but she walked a little hurriedly with a pair of cloud-haired shoes, and the expression on her face was still calm, usual dignified and elegant.

In front of Yannian Hall, Zhou Zheling's close-knit old lady was already in a hurry. When she saw Zhou Muyun from afar, she hurried up to meet her, "Miss San, you're here."

"The night is getting dark." Zhou Muyun raised his hand to avoid the old mother's courtesy, "What's the matter—"

A crisp sound of bone china came from the hall, interrupting Zhou Muyun's questioning.

"Forget it." She patted the old nanny's hand as comfort, "I'll see for myself."

"aunt."

She pushed the door open and entered the hall, and almost tripped over the broken porcelain pieces with a soft call; holding the hem of her skirt to avoid the mess, she looked up and saw Zhou Zheling leaning on the side of the beauty with her forehead, a room full of The servant fell to his knees, his shoulders trembling.

She grew up in this deep palace and grew up beside Zhou Zheling. She judged by appearance and was exquisite and clear. Needless to say, she had already guessed eight or nine points about the situation in the palace at the moment.

"You useless slave, what is it that disturbed the Empress Dowager's purity?" Her eyes remained unchanged, she walked among the trembling servants, raised her hand and ordered, "Don't go down."

Everyone heard the words, as if they had received an amnesty, they all bowed and retreated, wishing they could not walk in the first place.

"Who doesn't have eyes?" Zhou Muyun walked lightly to the side of the beauty, said while kneeling in front of the couch and raising his hands to beat Zhou Zheling's legs, "I disturbed my aunt's sleep so late."

"A group of useless people—" Zhou Zheling opened his eyes, let go of his forehead and slapped the small case on the couch, gritted his teeth, "Trash!"

Zhou Muyun raised her head when she heard the words, and looked at the letter paper under Zhou Zheling's hand through the flickering candle. Although only a few lines of words were exposed, she only needed one glance to see the clue.

"Master Chen found out about the land enclosure in the south of the Yangtze River?"

"That old fox Chen Jin has very poisonous eyes!" Zhou Zheling clenched his fists, and his sharp nails scratched the letter paper at hand, "The Ai family never thought that this matter could be hidden from his eyes."

"Earlier, Ai's family dealt with the emperor for a long time through your marriage, in order to give them enough time to clean their mouths. Ai's family has repeatedly told them that even if it's just pretending, you have to look like this." Pretend to be like, at least you have to hide it from Chen Zhen's eyes."

"But this group of useless things only see the small profits in front of them, and they don't want to delay for a moment; Chen Yu is not blind, so how could he not investigate!"

"Last year, the south of the Yangtze River was generally hit by disasters. The land soaked by the floods will not grow crops well, and the next year's grain harvest will definitely be lost. This is common sense." Zhou Muyun lowered his eyebrows and kept moving his hands, "Maybe they may It's just a fluke, thinking His Majesty won't doubt it."

"But they have gone too far!" Zhou Zheling closed his eyes and sighed, "The emperor is only young, and he is not an idiot."

The aristocrats of the aristocratic family chose the best location for their fertile land, close to the river embankment and canal, which was fertile and flat, and easy to irrigate; but last year, there was a flood, and the disaster was the first to bear the brunt.

The practice of enclosing land and entrusting it for private use has never been new in all dynasties, but because of last year's floods, nobles from aristocratic families were eager to make up for it when their wallets were empty, so this matter in Jiangnan has become more serious and blatant.

"It's not been a day or two since they occupied the land, and my aunt also understands in her heart, why should she come and make trouble with her body now." Zhou Muyun comforted: "Besides, it's good that some of those lands have sown crops Cover up; some of them have already set up private houses, could it be possible that they would take them out by themselves in order to deal with Chen Zhen?"

"They are far away in the south of the Yangtze River, and the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. They are used to domineering and arrogant, and they are short-sighted. How can they understand the hardships of my aunt? Naturally, they refuse to spit out the benefits of losing their bags."

"That's why Ai Jia said that they are all trash!" Zhou Zheling scraped the crumpled and broken letter paper to the ground, gritted his teeth and said, "A Dou who can't support the wall."

"My aunt is like a mirror in her heart, why bother to be angry with myself."

Zhou Muyun's tone and expression remained calm, he just got up and picked up the letter without looking at it carefully, then opened the top cover of the gilt stove beside it, and threw it into it for melting.

"The lords of the aristocratic family emptied their wallets because of the flood, but the national treasury is still short because of the disaster relief; since they are making my aunt worry so much now, if my aunt is not angry, why don't you use His Majesty's hand to just stay here?" Punish them for the first time? It can also teach the rest to learn to restrain themselves."

"Muyun, you are too young just like the emperor." Zhou Zheling stretched out his hand and called Zhou Muyun back to him, "You think that a country can be supported by those scholars shouting 'the righteousness of the world', 'Jiangshan Sheji'?"

"It takes ten years for a scholar to rebel. How many people like Chen Yu can emerge from that group of scholars? It's going to be a mess."

"Auntie said—" Zhou Muyun leaned on Zhou Zheling's leg obediently, "They will rebel?"

"Heh—" Zhou Zheling smiled, "They don't dare yet."

"Since that's the case..." Zhou Muyun lowered his eyes, "Although the aristocratic family is the foundation of the country, there has been no shortage of family members in the past dynasties. Since this group does not teach my aunt to worry about it, why doesn't my aunt use the excuse to replace it with a more sensible group?"

"The emperor is about to turn eighteen. Compared with his useless father, the emperor has more thoughts and ambitions, I'm afraid it's farther away. Mu Yun—"

Zhou Zheling took Zhou Muyun's hand as he spoke, and said earnestly, "You haven't formally entered the central palace, let alone gave birth to a dragon heir for the emperor; now the emperor has openly hooked up with that old fox, Chen Zhen, which obviously has lofty aspirations." , if the gentry family changes at this time, I am afraid that the Ai family may not be able to preserve the glory of the Zhou family."

"It's Mu Yun who doesn't live up to her expectations. I've taught my aunt to worry about it." Zhou Muyun nodded his head in salute, respectful and humble, "But the Zhou family is the head of the gentry, and everyone in Shang Ning now looks up to my aunt. Aunt is too worried."

"The horse's head is right?" Zhou Zheling smiled wryly, "Muyun, why do you think the various families respect the Zhou family and listen to our orders? And why, I know that the treasury is empty, but I still let them mess around in the south of the Yangtze River?"

Zhou Muyun bowed his head and said softly, "Muyun is dull."

"Are you stupid, or do you know but dare not speak?" Zhou Zheling bowed his head, "I, Zhou Zheling, have been in power for decades. If I can't give them the benefits they want, do you think the seat of the Empress Dowager is so easy to sit? They can do it today." I am respected, why can't others be respected tomorrow?"

"Muyun—" She raised her hand and raised Zhou Muyun's chin, making people look into her eyes, "Remember, you will sooner or later stand up to the Zhou family and take the seat of the Ai family; Checking and balancing is an emperor's mind, but you can't be half a point worse than Li Yu. Otherwise, your position will not be stable."

Zhou Muyun let Zhou Zheling drag his chin, still calm and submissive.

"Mu Yun's life is not easy, even the Zhou family's life is not easy, so my father's life will not be easy either." She said softly, "Mu Yun will remember my aunt's teachings."

The two aunts and nephews in the Yannian Palace wore "heart-to-heart words" together with the letter paper and turned to ashes in the gilded stove, and in the pavilion of Guangming Palace, Chen Yu's secret letter was also almost effortlessly borrowed. Holding Li Yu's hand, it fell into the charcoal basin.

The true similarity between Wu Jun and Lin'an will be buried forever where Bai Gu can't see.

He had advised Li Yu before and persuaded the emperor to appoint Zhou Muyun as his queen. He just didn't want to watch the people suffer, but until now, he had never thought of messing up Shangning's direction with his own hands.

Just now Li Yu's words touched the only vulnerable place in his heart for more than 20 years, and he had no time to think about it.