A kitten dressed as an empress

"The noodles boiled in bone broth are delicious." The pastry that Wen Ruyan ate in the morning would have been digested long ago.

The two ate on the low couch next to the window in the side hall. Zhao Yao watched the girl drink the soup with a wooden spoon, so she learned to drink the soup first.

The soup base is not as spicy as the usual girls like, but it is very light, but it is indeed very tender.

"Do you like it?" Wen Ruyan guessed that Zhao Yao should not like food that is too greasy and strong, so he specially asked the imperial dining room to improve the taste.

Zhao Yao responded: "Yes."

The girl frowned and smiled and said, "Then you eat more, so you don't lose too much weight."

This is not the first time a girl has said that she is too thin. Zhao Yao recalled that when she was intimacy on weekdays, the girl seemed to have vaguely mentioned it, so she lowered her head and looked in front of her.

It seems that there is indeed a big gap.

After the two finished their meal, Zhao Yao reviewed the memorial as usual, Wen Ruyan poured the tea, and felt that the heavy gold in the sleeve bag was in the way, so she took it out.

Zhao Yao saw that the pattern of the money bag was not the one she asked the palace people to arrange for the girl's clothes and supplies, and couldn't help but curiously asked: "Where did you get this thing?"

Wen Ruyan sipped tea and replied, "This is a gift from Zhuang Ling who met in the Imperial Garden this morning."

Zhuang Ling?

"It's okay for her to give you money?" Zhao Yao didn't remember who this person was at first, then she regained her composure and looked at the girl in puzzlement, thinking that there is no such thing as a gift for no reason in the palace.

"Yes." Wen Ruyan put down the teacup and poured out the gold from the bag, "Do you want to know?"

Zhao Yao was afraid that the girl would be coaxed, so naturally she responded anxiously: "Yes."

Wen Ruyan said with a mischievous smile: "She asked me to take you to the Royal Garden to meet her by chance."

"You agreed?" Zhao Yao didn't expect that the girl would agree to push herself to someone else with only a bag of gold, and her mood was extremely complicated.

The girl counted the gold and replied, "How can I?"

Zhao Yao relaxed her frown slightly and said, "Really?"

"Of course, you are the Empress, who can force you to come to the Imperial Garden or not?" Wen Ruyan held Jin Zi and poked her head closer, "Anyway, she only asked me to try it. There is no guarantee whether it will work or not."

"Since Zhuang Ling wants to bribe the palace servants, you should not be the only one." Seeing the money-greedy girl, Zhao Yao helplessly raised her hand to pinch Bai Nen's cheek. Although she felt a little resentful, she still believed the girl's words. "I think it's better to send some palace servants to be dispatched by you. This will save you, a money-grubber, from being targeted."

"Take it easy." The girl grinned and leaned towards this side, holding the gold between her fingers, and said, "You really have no conscience. Didn't I hear you say that the treasury is short of money?"

Zhao Yao let go of her hand, pressed her fingertips against the girl's cheek and gently rubbed in response: "The treasury is not short of your money."

The girl snorted dissatisfied and said, "Okay, you don't want it, I'll keep it for myself."

After a few days like this, Zhuang Ling didn't wait until the empress came to the imperial garden, she knew that she was being teased by the female official.

"My lord, don't be impatient. I heard that the daughter of the Song family has never been summoned. Maybe the empress is busy with government affairs." The personal palace guard comforted her.

Zhuang Ling threw the teacup out of her hand and said, "The empress doesn't touch men and women, isn't it true that she's not interested?"

The personal servant packed the teacup and responded: "I heard that the Empress should have moved to Chaotian Palace, but now she is still living in Yuqing Palace. Why don't the slaves go to the Yuqing Palace to inquire about the news?"

"It's better to hurry up, otherwise these three years will be a blink of an eye."

"Yes."

In summer, the humming of cicadas was endless. When taking a nap in the afternoon, Wen Ruyan lay down on the bamboo couch in the waterside pavilion to enjoy the coolness.

"Why don't you feel the heat?" Wen Ruyan crawled and sat beside the waterside pavilion, fell into the water barefoot, rested his head on Zhao Yao's lap, and half-lyed on the bamboo couch to read the script.

Zhao Yao was dressed in neat clothes, sitting upright beside her, holding a book between her fingers, her eyes fell on the girl's slightly open collar, and the front of her body, which was heaving and falling due to the girl's breathing, made people's breathing stagnate.

"I'm probably used to it." Zhao Yao wiped the sweat off the girl's cheeks with a handkerchief, then picked up a round fan and fanned it gently.

The girl put down the script and sat up, put her palm on Zhao Yao's forehead, and said solemnly: "I think maybe your physique is different from ordinary people."

"Maybe." Zhao Yao stretched out her hand to hold the girl's slender wrist, her eyes fell on the cherry lips, and she gently pecked the soft lips with her heart.

Wen Ruyan held Zhao Yao in his arms until her lips were numb, and then she had to reach back to avoid intimacy, stretched out her hand to hold the hand that was parked by her side, and said with unsteady breathing, "Don't go too far in broad daylight." Already."

Summer is already very hot, I really don't understand why Zhao Yao is always so keen on intimacy.

"It's rare and nothing happened." Zhao Yao didn't move her palm, and didn't even let go of the girl's hand, greedily smelling the girl's fragrance through her nose, and sighed in a slightly hoarse voice.

"Don't you think it's very hot?" Wen Ruyan couldn't bear to say anything serious when he saw Zhao Yao's weak appearance, and looked at Zhao Yao's eyes full of tenderness with his cheeks flushed, his heart beat faster Quite a few, and looked away awkwardly, "Besides, it's easy to sweat when it's hot, which is very uncomfortable."

Zhao Yao stared straight at the girl Ying: "You were not very comfortable at that time..."

The voice was blocked by Wen Ruyan's palm, Zhao Yao looked at the girl in bewilderment and did not avoid it.

Wen Ruyan had no ears to continue listening, so he could only speak out: "Just say one more word, and I'll go to the side hall to sleep tonight."

You really can't overestimate Zhao Yao's lower limit, no wonder there are so many people in ancient times, it's all about being idle.

Seeing the shyness of the girl, Zhao Yao knew that she was getting angry, so she had no choice but to cooperate and stop talking.

At sunset and dusk, it was rare for a while to cool off, the palace people were busy, and Mu Dan, the head of the Yuqing Palace, was dealing with the palace people who came to Zhuang Ling.

"Good sister, my master has some kindness." The palace man put a bag of silver in Mudan's hands, and asked in a very flattering voice, "It's been more than half a year, why hasn't your majesty asked someone to sleep with you?"

Peony held the silver bag with a slightly strange expression. Thinking of Miss Wen, she could only gently remind her: "Your Majesty is busy with government affairs, so I'm afraid he has no time to worry about the harem."

The palace servants were unwilling to give up and wanted to find out what was going on, so they took out another bag of gold and stuffed it into Peony's hand, saying: "These gold is the wish of the young master, and I will thank you very much if it comes out in the future."

"This..." Peony looked at the bag full of gold, and couldn't help being tempted. She looked around, "Let me tell the truth, I'm afraid your little master is hopeless."

"You mean His Majesty has someone in mind?"

"No matter how many words there are, it's hard for us slaves to say. After all, it's not enough to tell the master about ten lives."

When the palace servants left Yuqing Palace, Mudan put away the money and brought it in, just in time for dinner.

Peony carried a group of palace servants carrying food boxes through several long corridors and then walked towards the water pavilion.

There was no sound in the waterside pavilion, the green curtains were falling, and the wind chimes were occasionally blown crisply for a few times, and then it was silent again.

The palace people were waiting outside to be summoned, it was already sunset, and there was already some dark feeling inside, Peony stepped into the water pavilion cautiously.

The layers of green curtains were slightly shaken by the wind, and Peony held her breath and looked towards the bed, only to see that the clothes fell slightly to the side of the bed, and a slender arm was exposed from the thin blanket.

The empress hugged a woman intimately and lay on the couch, her usually sharp and indifferent eyes looked at the woman in her arms with love.

This is the gaze that Peony can never touch.

"Who is it?" Zhao Yao noticed that someone outside was vigilantly protecting the girl and spoke out.

"Your Majesty, it's a servant girl." Mudan lowered her head and said softly, "It's time for dinner."

"understood."

Mudan slowly retreated from the room, and vaguely heard the woman saying something full of sorrow.

Zhao Yao picked up her clothes, looked sideways at the girl who was obviously afraid of the heat but was still wrapped in a thin blanket, and said with raised lips, "Aren't you afraid of the heat?"

"I don't want to talk to you now." The girl snorted softly, shy and didn't dare to move. She thought that danger would work, but Zhao Yao couldn't help coaxing her.

Wen Ruyan looked at Zhao Yao's fair complexion, no matter how thick-skinned she was, she couldn't help blushing, but she still didn't look away.

I have to say that Zhao Yao's figure is actually pretty good, and her skin is as smooth as fat.

Zhao Yao tied up her clothes, turned to hand over the girl's clothes and said, "If you have no strength, I can help you."

"I can do it myself!" The girl stretched out her hand to catch the clothes, and the warmth on her cheeks that hadn't receded made her heart beat even more irresistibly.

When it was time to eat, the surroundings were already dark, and the palace servants retreated one after another after holding the lamps. Peony clearly caught a glimpse of Miss Wen's imprint, and did not dare to stay.

Most of the palace people in Yuqing Palace are newcomers. Back in Chaotian Palace, Peony was in charge of affairs with the old mother, but now it can be regarded as a proper management.

After Mudan washed at night, she kept vigil in the compartment of the main hall of Yuqing Palace, and she could still hear laughter from time to time.

It's just that I can't tell whether the Empress is also smiling like Miss Wen, which is something that Peony never imagined before.

At the beginning, she entered the palace with her sister, but the old nanny killed her sister, so Mudan had a grudge in her heart. At that time, the young empress saved herself with a careless remark.

So Mudan wanted to repay the empress. At that time, the nuns in Chaotian Palace fought fiercely, and it took a lot of effort to climb up to the old nun.

Occasionally, she could catch a glimpse of the Empress from afar in the Chaotian Palace. When she first met, Peony thought about such a beautiful person, why didn't she like to laugh, but later the Empress wore a gold eye veil.

At that time, Peony realized that the empress was like a canary that was forced to be locked in a cage for people to watch, and that the empress was the emperor.

It is no secret that the Supreme Emperor loves women in Chaotian Palace, but the empress never gets intimate with any palace people, and even hates them extremely.

One winter day, the empress was punished to kneel in the snow. When she was finally pardoned, Mudan tried to help her but was pushed away.

Peony will never forget the disgust in the empress' eyes, so she has no more inappropriate thoughts.

She is the empress of the Southern Kingdom, and she is just a lowly maidservant, even if she assists her for a lifetime, it will never be possible.

Mudan, who once gave up her heart, never expected that the empress would be intimate with a woman of unknown origin, and even for her sake she left the harem election king and noble daughter behind, and ate and lived with the woman regardless of her status as an emperor.

This is not the empress that Mudan admires, but it ignites the unreasonable thoughts in Mudan's heart.

At dawn, Mudan led the palace servants in to help the Empress change her clothes and tie her hair. When her eyes fell on the empress's white jade neck, some bite marks could still be seen.

When leaving the Yuqing Palace, the empress led Miss Wen into the chariot together, lowering her posture like this, but Miss Wen still seemed a little reluctant, and jealousy ignited in Mudan's heart.

If I had taken the initiative back then, maybe the empress would have treated me like this.

In the morning, officials in the palace reported the progress of the thorough investigation of the corruption case. Li Yi tried his best to clear the Song family of the case, and the Qi family became the scapegoat.

Qi An, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, knelt down tremblingly and begged for mercy, and Qi Mo, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, could not escape.

Qi An was not imprisoned but dismissed for investigation, and kept part of the Qi family's land and house.

Zhao Yao promoted Su Hao and Gu Feng to the positions of the two ministers, and the other vacant officials who were dismissed and imprisoned were elected to the local prefectures and counties for examination and entry, and then set up a prudent department to monitor officials' corruption and bribery. Although this department is only a third-rank official position, it is only It is not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Punishments and Dali Temple, and can be served by an official appointed by the empress, who has the power to kill first and then play.

When the sunlight entered the hall, the officials left one after another.

Song Qing, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the case was closed, turned to look sideways at Dali Temple Qing Li Yi and said, "Thanks to my brother-in-law this time."

Before Li Yi responded, Grand Master Song glared and said, "Stupid, did you really not see the knife still on your head?"

"Father, this is..." Song Qing, who was suddenly scolded, was also in a large class, so he couldn't afford to be ashamed.

Song Lang, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, said: "Father, calm down."

Grand Master Song sighed, waved his sleeves and walked towards the palace road, Song Lang, Song Qing and his sons immediately followed.

Zhang Youmou went to Dali Temple Minister Li Yi and said, "Master Li, you really put in a lot of effort this time."

"Master Zhang, are you talking sarcasticly?" Li Yi stretched out his hand to straighten out his wrinkles, and looked at Zhang Youmou, who was standing straight and keeping a distance.

Who would have thought that this embarrassing corruption case in the southern kingdom was just a cover for the Empress.

The Qi family was dragged down like this, and the Song family chose to endure it in order to protect Song Qing. The empress had long expected that the corruption case would only be reduced to a minor matter, so from the beginning, the empress only wanted to set up Just the Department of Punishment.

"It's said that it's good to enjoy the shade under the big tree, but who would have thought that what would happen if there was no big tree?" Zhang Youmou wanted to remind his elder brother that the Empress would never show mercy to the aristocratic family.

Li Yi looked at Zhang Youmou with a serious expression and shook his head, "You, you still think of Chaotang too naively."

Zhang Youmou looked puzzled and asked, "What do you mean?"

"The post of Taishi has been vacated by the Government Affairs Pavilion. It is reasonable that the aristocratic family can't make trouble at all, but the empress still tried her best to set up the Punishment Department. It is conceivable that the officials of the Manchu Dynasty in the future will be fish waiting to be slaughtered. Both you and me in this way."

After finishing speaking, Li Yi left the palace road. Zhang Youmou was actually quite surprised by the establishment of the Punishment Department this time.

General Zhao Rong who came from the rear approached and said, "Master Zhang, why are you here alone?"

"Just thinking about something." Zhang Youmou came back to his senses and responded.

The new Minister of Household Affairs, Gu Feng, approached with a smile on his face and said, "Brother-in-law, I need to take care of you in the future."

Zhang Youmou looked at Gu Feng with a slight frown, but didn't answer, but just remembered that when he married Gu Lan, the Gu family's obstruction made him feel very uncomfortable.

It was rare for Zhao Yao to take a nap with Wen Ruyan in the afternoon, but Wen Ruyan, who was snoozing in the past, was very vigilant and refused to lie down, so she peeled the peanuts by herself and said, "You, you are really good enough!" Cunning."

Zhao Yao thought that she had gone too far last night when coaxing the girl to make out, so she leaned over and asked, "Don't you like being on top?"

Wen Ruyan shoved peanuts into Zhao Yao's mouth in embarrassment and said, "Is that all you can think about?"

"Is not it?"

Wen Ruyan was even more angry when he mentioned the above matter, this Zhao Yao just changed his ways to argue and refused to give way.

But he still can't speak seriously, every time he refuses, a person who is normally domineering, suddenly feels weak and aggrieved.

This move really made Wen Ruyan completely powerless to fight back.

Zhao Yao ate peanuts, her face became a little hot, and her eyes as calm as ink flashed shyly, "Then why did you say I was cunning?"

Wen Ruyan retaliated heavily against Peanut: "I'm talking about your early establishment of the Punishment Division."

I always thought that Zhao Yao really just wanted to beat the aristocratic family, but I didn't expect to set up a department similar to the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty.

This is a big deal.

In the future, officials of the Manchu Dynasty will not be allowed to show their careers. If they are suddenly captured by soldiers who fell from the sky, there is no room for resistance.

"You're so good at making moves, you even fooled me."

Wen Ruyan blew on the peanut crumbs, and then handed the palm peanut to Zhao Yao's mouth.

Zhao Yao lowered her head and opened her mouth to eat peanuts from her palm. When the heat touched her palm, it was itchy and numb, and her movements were particularly provocative.

Wen Ruyan withdrew his palms pretending that there was no reaction, and clenched his hands into fists, but he couldn't ignore the numbness like an electric current, and muttered with reddened cheeks: "Obviously you can eat with your hands, are you a child?" ?”

Zhao Yao blushed and did not respond, clasping the girl's fingers with her palm, she responded instead: "I didn't intend to lie to you, it's just a matter in the court, if it leaks, it will be risky."

The girl wanted to withdraw her hand awkwardly, but Zhao Yao refused to let go, and the two were at a stalemate.

"Are you still asking me to peel the peanuts?" Wen Ruyan blushed and changed the subject.

Zhao Yao held Wen Ruyan's hand and looked at it, and said with some distress: "Your hand is red, let me peel it off for you."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Yao really peeled the peanuts by herself, then handed the peanuts to Wen Ruyan's mouth and asked, "Why do you suddenly like eating peanuts recently?"

Wen Ruyan chewed the peanuts and said, "I didn't really like it at first, but I can carry it with me."

After all, Zhao Yao doesn't seem to be gaining any meat, so she has to put in effort to feed her.

Peanuts are high in fat and calories, and they have many health benefits. At first glance, they are the best snacks for feeding Zhao Yao.

Looking at the girl's bulging cheeks, Zhao Yao said with a smile in her eyes: "There will be a new season of peanuts in a little while, and this palace is full of second-hand goods from last year. If you like, let more palace people enter this year."

Wen Ruyan felt thirsty, so he took a sip of tea, remembered what he hadn't finished talking just now, and asked: "You have soldiers and horses in your hands, and the government affairs cabinet has robbed the position of grand master. What are you going to do?"

"The Department of Punishment naturally monitors all officials to prevent officials from forming cliques for personal gain and delaying government affairs." Zhao Yao peeled the peanuts and put the peanuts one by one into a small plate.

The girl picked up peanuts from the plate and handed them to Zhao Yao's mouth, saying: "The four great families have been broken up by you. The Song family should be very afraid now and dare not act rashly. I have nothing else to say about your design of the Punishment Department. I just feel that the Punishment Department has too much power, and sometimes it is quite dangerous."

Now that Zhao Yao has a strong ability to handle affairs, he can naturally use the Department of Punishment to handle affairs for the Southern Kingdom. However, if the future emperors of the Southern Kingdom do not make good use of this institution, and instead cause the emperor to rule alone, it will cause a catastrophe for the country.

"The emperor's position is inherently dangerous." Zhao Yao opened her mouth to eat the peanuts that Wen Ruyan handed over to her mouth, "Besides, for hundreds of years in the Southern Kingdom, it was almost endangered because of the aristocratic family. If they are allowed to devour the Southern Kingdom, it will be even more dangerous."

Wen Ruyan thought of seeing Taishi Song's face very bad, and said: "This time the Qi family has suffered a lot of bleeding in the corruption case, but the Song family still picked them clean. I think it has something to do with Li Yi, the Minister of Dali Temple."

"I heard from Su Qing's report that you often praised Li Yi's handsome appearance. Don't you know that Li Yi is the son-in-law of the Song family?" Although Zhao Yao didn't show any emotion on the surface, she still cared a little in her heart.

"I know, I know, but Li Yi looks really upright, and I really can't see that he is such a cunning official."

Zhao Yao began to feel a little unhappy in her heart, staring at the girl's face and saying, "You really care about him."

Before the words fell, there was a cracking sound, and the peanuts between Zhao Yao's fingers were broken into slag together with the shell.

The girl suppressed her laughter and said, "Is someone jealous?"

"Yeah." Zhao Yao calmly shook the peanut crumbs onto the plate, and looked straight at the girl, "You did it on purpose, right?"

"No." Wen Ruyan smirked mischievously, raised his hand and poured a cup of tea to Zhao Yao, "Who made you always bully people at night."

Zhao Yao avoided the girl's teasing eyes with reddish earlobes, took a sip of the tea and responded, "Li Yi is a smart man, he used the Song family to step up in the court, as long as he is not stupid, he should know , as long as there is no accident in the Song family, no matter how poor his future is, it will not be worse than that of the Qi family."

Wen Ruyan raised his hand to pinch Zhao Yao's earlobe in novelty, still feeling a little hot and said with a smile: "Why don't you dare to look at me?"

"Why don't I dare to look at you?" Zhao Yao restrained her expression and looked at the girl very seriously.

The girl leaned closer and pecked her lips lightly, then pretended to be nonchalant and distanced herself.

Zhao Yao pursed her thin lips tightly, and could vaguely feel the remaining touch, and looked at the girl's reddish side face with the corners of her lips raised, and said softly: "You still said that I dare not look at you, why don't you dare to look at you after kissing?" Me?"

Wen Ruyan snorted softly, randomly grabbed the peanuts and stuffed them into Zhao Yao's hands, pretending to be serious and said: "The peanuts are almost gone, don't be lazy."

"Okay." Seeing the girl's shy expression, Zhao Yao replied with a suppressed smile.

The sound of cracking peanut shells was heard intermittently in the water pavilion. When Peony entered with tea, she saw the empress peeling peanuts for Miss Wen.

It's even more uncomfortable in my heart, this is the empress I put on my heart.

This Miss Wen really doesn't know good from bad!

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