A kitten dressed as an empress

"I'm just escaping." Su Qing responded calmly.

Wen Ruyan looked at the officials who came out of the hall one after another and said, "Don't be too demanding of yourself. If you don't submit, it is a rebellion that you don't want to be controlled by your father and brother."

Su Qing didn't say a word, but felt a little depressed in her heart. The talented woman of the past has only been reduced to such a level now. If this is resistance, it is too depressing.

Wen Ruyan had dinner with Zhao Yao in the side hall at noon, and the aroma of the kiln-roasted chicken was even more enticing.

"It's so soft that it's boneless." Wen Ruyan held the tender chicken thigh meat to Zhao Yao, "Taste it."

Zhao Yao approached and ate the chicken, and Wen Ruyan took a bite of the flesh and bones of the chicken leg, and said with bright eyes, "We can try barbecue next time."

In summer, Zhao Yao's appetite is not good, but every dish can always add a lot of vegetables and meat.

"That's too much." Zhao Yao picked up the green beans with chopsticks and ate them in small bites.

Wen Ruyan looked at the way of eating this bean, and thought that it would be too difficult for Zhao Yao to grow flesh.

"You've eaten less recently, and you've lost weight all at once."

Zhao Yao looked up at Wen Ruyan who was opposite and said, "Maybe it's just that I'm not very good at growing flesh."

Wen Ruyan, who was suddenly hit by a meal, put rice in his mouth with a complicated expression.

Sure enough, people are more angry than people, and the two of them ate and lived together and ended up gaining weight. Zhao Yao could lose weight by eating less.

"Why don't you talk anymore?" Zhao Yao looked puzzled at the man who was eating.

Wen Ruyan swallowed the rice and said, "I'm thinking about a question."

Zhao Yao asked curiously: "What?"

"Should I eat dinner tonight or not?"

Alas, the food is too good in winter, and the summer clothes are too small, and the large pieces of flesh can't be covered. The reality is always cruel and makes people cry.

"Why don't you eat it?" People who eat less at night on weekdays and have to eat an extra plate of pastries in the middle of the night would have such thoughts.

"I told you, I guess you don't understand either." After all, a thin person doesn't understand the suffering of a fat person.

In the afternoon, Zhao Yao sat in front of the case and reviewed the memorial, while Wen Ruyan sat aside and copied the law in a very serious manner. This is really abnormal for people who have to take a nap every afternoon.

When Zhao Yao picked up the teacup and drank tea, she still did not forget to sneak a few glances, only to see that she was still very serious, but unexpectedly said: "Aren't you going to sleep?"

"It's easy to gain weight after eating and sleeping." Wen Ruyan yawned again and again, her eyes turned red.

It turned out that she still cared about growing meat, Zhao Yao thought it was the meat she didn't finish eating, which made her unhappy.

"You're fine like this." Zhao Yao looked at the moist face, and couldn't help but think of the delicate touch when she touched the ointment at night, and her cheeks turned slightly red.

Wen Ruyan didn't know Zhao Yao's thoughts, and said very seriously: "When I changed my clothes this morning, I found that the clothes were a bit restrictive, and this is a big problem."

Zhao Yao pursed her thin lips slightly and looked at Wen Ruyan's fair-skinned face on the collar: "Then I'll let the Secretary of Xiufang buy the clothes, how about it?"

This is really wrong, heart tired.

"No, it doesn't have much to do with clothes." Wen Ruyan was planning the daily eating and exercise schedule in his head.

Unexpectedly, she would be rejected outright, Zhao Yao was really confused.

At night, Zhao Yao held a book in one hand and rested on the soft pillow half-lying on the bed, and pressed her slender ankle with the other hand, and looked at the people who were tossing around in place very seriously.

I thought that thirty sit-ups should be an effortless task, but who would have thought that ten would knock Wen Ruyan down.

Wen Ruyan froze on the bed like a carp, with his head struggling upwards, but his body showed no sign of leaving the bed.

"I think maybe it's better to change to another way of exercising." Wen Ruyan had to end in embarrassment because Zhao Yao's eyes were too obvious.

I heard that push-ups can exercise abdominal strength, maybe you can get into a vest line!

Zhao Yao looked at Wen Ruyan half lying on the bed, her arms were trembling badly, her face was very ferocious, and she was about to speak out a little worried, but Wen Ruyan fell down directly.

The whole process basically didn't take more than 60 seconds, and she didn't dare to say any more. Wen Ruyan buried her head in the thin quilt with her heart full, and howled.

"It's getting late, we should go to bed." Zhao Yao put down the book in her hand, raised her hand and gently stroked Wen Ruyan's loose long hair. Although she didn't know what she was doing, it was probably very hard work.

Wen Ruyan tilted his head and stared at her eyes full of sorrow, thinking that if he had known that Zhao Yao didn't gain weight, he shouldn't have accompanied him to eat and drink and said in a low voice, "I won't eat for a few days."

I can't exercise, but I can definitely go on a diet!

Zhao Yao put her arms around Wen Ruyan, although she didn't quite believe that she really didn't eat, but she still responded with dignity: "Yes."

But at the time of a stick of incense, the person in her arms was already sound asleep, but Zhao Yao was not sleepy yet.

At first, I didn't think she had gained any flesh, but when I held it, I realized that some places had indeed grown a lot more flesh than before.

It's soft, and actually quite comfortable.

Wen Ruyan, who hadn't been on a diet for a few days, resolutely gave up on the plan.

You really can't do it without rice.

For lunch, Zhao Yao picked up green vegetables, and Wen Ruyan picked up green vegetables, but the specially roasted mutton on the side didn't move his chopsticks.

Zhao Yao picked up another radish, followed by Wen Ruyan, and ate the radish with disgust, but her eyes wandered to the roast lamb.

"Don't you like grilled meat?" Zhao Yao took the initiative to put a piece of mutton into her bowl.

Wen Ruyan's eyes lit up, he swallowed and said, "This is very calorific, I won't eat it."

Zhao Yao hesitated to put a piece of mutton into a dish, dipped it in some sauce and ate it in small bites. Seeing her bright eyes, she couldn't help laughing out, "It's really delicious."

What a ghost, Zhao Yao doesn't like mutton the least on weekdays, and she even took the initiative to eat mutton.

"Then I'll try a small piece." Wen Ruyan held up the chopsticks and picked up the fat and oily mutton on the plate, dipped some sauced meat and stuffed it into his mouth.

As expected of an imperial chef, this roasted lamb is really delicious.

So Wen Ruyan, who couldn't control it for a while, ate most of the roasted lamb, but Zhao Yao only ate a slice of lamb, took a sip of tea and said, "Are you full?"

Wen Ruyan's stomach was hurting, and she nodded sincerely: "Well, I really can't eat any more."

It was probably the sequelae of not eating meat for a few days. After a few days of overeating, Wen Ruyan's clothes became even more restrictive.

On the water pavilion in summer, Zhao Yao is holding a blue ribbon between her fingers, while the little milk cat collapsed on the bamboo couch is entangled with the blue ribbon.

The fluffy hair of the kitten was tangled in a mess of blue ribbons.

Zhao Yao held the book in one hand, and teased the little milk cat who was dizzy because of circling in circles with the other.

It was not easy for the little milk cat to escape from the clutches of the blue ribbon. Its amber eyes were fixed on the bell hanging at the end, and it jumped up and down with great agility.

"Your Majesty, a memorial to the prince of the Northwest Kingdom asking for help was urgently sent from the border today." Su Qing said through the green curtain.

"Bring it."

As soon as Zhao Yao lost her mind, the little milk cat bit the bell, and the whole cat sat paralyzed by the side.

Su Qing handed over the memorial, and saw that the old and small milk cats were lying on the water surface with two front paws holding water to wash their faces, and their movements were almost unmistakable.

Zhao Yao looked at the memorial and said, "What do you think about the tribal chaos in the Northwest Kingdom?"

"My minister believes that the Northwest Kingdom's national power is empty due to the failure of the invasion of the Southern Kingdom. Now the prince of the Northwest Kingdom is asking for help as a vassal state, just because the prince wants to use the Southern Kingdom's troops to suppress the six major tribes and stabilize the situation. There is no need for this war in the Southern Kingdom. Blend."

"If you refuse, what will happen if the future prince of the Northwest Kingdom remembers his hatred?" Zhao Yao hugged the little milk cat, picked up a handkerchief and carefully wiped the dripping water from the little milk cat's hair.

The little milk cat squinted her eyes obediently, Zhao Yao lightly touched the pink nose with her fingertips, and her long beard trembled slightly.

"Meow!" The little milk cat was dissatisfied with being teased, and stretched out its paws to wrap around Zhao Yao's wrist.

After thinking about it, Su Qing said: "It's hard for the southern country to recover from the famine and turmoil. It's really not easy to mobilize troops. What's more, the northwest country has massacred people on the border of our country for decades. The two countries already have blood feuds. They always take advantage and bite back, such acts of ingratitude, even if they are helping each other, they are just breeding tigers."

Zhao Yao caressed the little milk cat's chin with her index finger, watched her move her head up to cooperate because of comfort, and pinched her chubby cheeks with raised lips, and said, "I will send [-] soldiers to guard the border and report to the northwest at any time." country situation."

Su Qing didn't understand why the Empress hesitated to ask: "Your Majesty, do you really want to send troops to help?"

"What's wrong?"

"Although it is summer now, there will be heavy snow in October in the northwest. Now that we have rashly sent [-] soldiers to the border, it may be too late for food and grass."

The little milk cat dexterously got out of Zhao Yao's arm, squatted aside and opened the script, reading very seriously.

Zhao Yao touched the soft hair with her fingertips and replied: "This is the matter of Gu Feng, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, you can just issue an edict."

"Yes" Su Qing slowly exited the water pavilion, the sun was hot outside, and it was a bit dazzling.

Leaving from the front yard of Yuqing Palace, Su Qingwo was still a little lost in the Library Pavilion. The empress did not accept her suggestion but chose to send troops.

Obviously, Nanguo should rest and recuperate at this time.

At the end of the day, Xia Xiang carried the bookcase into the Library Pavilion, and greeted very respectfully: "Miss Su is well."

Su Qing didn't take his eyes off the map of the Northwest Kingdom and replied with a low mood: "Yes."

Miss Su seems to be in a bad mood today.

Xia Xiang, who was in a panic, didn't dare to speak out. Su Qing looked away from the map and turned to open the book to explain the article.

This little palace man, who always kept his head down, kept his head buried in memorizing the main points during this period, and he left Zangshu Pavilion in the evening without even raising his head.

Su Qing couldn't help but reflect, is it too difficult to teach by herself?

After taking a bath at night, Wen Ruyan wanted to see if there was any medicine in the ancient medicine books that could cleanse the stomach and lose weight by the way.

After all, dieting and exercising are too difficult, so we can only rely on other crooked methods.

There were a lot of books on the bookcases in the main hall, and Wen Ruyan moved down all the books related to herbalism.

I thought that there should be everything in Zhao Yao's collection of herbs.

But after seeing the following medicine books, Wen Ruyan suddenly began to doubt Zhao Yao's character.

【Baicaoshu】

[du Wang Hua Ji]

【The God of All Insects】

From the name, it doesn't look like a medical book for saving lives.

Wen Ruyan thought of Zhao Yao's strange hobby of cultivating exotic flowers and poisonous weeds, and suddenly felt that his life was the most important thing, and there was really no need to find evil ways.

Zhao Yao, who came out of the bath, with her long hair pulled back, looked at Wen Ruyan putting the medicine books back on the shelf one by one and asked curiously, "What are you doing with the medicine books?"

"I'm just looking around." Wen Ruyan stood on the small wooden stool, turned his head to look at Zhao Yao, and took out a poison book out of curiosity, "Why don't you have a book on medicine about saving lives? "

Because of the small wooden stool, Zhao Yao slightly raised her head to look at her, and reached out to take the poison book with slightly dodgy eyes, saying, "It's just curiosity."

Wen Ruyan always felt that Zhao Yao's hobbies were a bit strange, because she felt that there was no need to invade privacy too much, so she never asked.

Seeing Zhao Yao's reaction, she felt that something was wrong, put her hand on Zhao Yao's arm and jumped off the small wooden stool.

Zhao Yao embraced the person who fell into her arms, and said in a low voice: "If you want to find a medicine that doesn't grow flesh, I'm afraid you will be disappointed."

After all, medicine is three-point poisonous, so every time Zhao Yao refines new medicine for Wen Ruyan, she pays special attention to the quantity.

Wen Ruyan wrapped his arms around Zhao Yao's neck, looked at her with bright eyes and said, "You have something on your mind to keep from me."

"I, what can I hide from you?" Zhao Yao didn't dare to meet her eyes.

"Then why don't you dare to look at me?" Wen Ruyan stood on tiptoe and leaned over, his eyes fixed on Zhao Yao's sight that had nowhere to rest.

Zhao Yao slightly pursed her thin lips and touched lightly the long hair of the person in front of her with her fingertips, leaning over to kiss the scarlet lips lightly.

Wen Ruyan didn't expect Zhao Yao to kiss him suddenly, her head froze, her eyes didn't even blink, she just looked at the face close at hand.

It wasn't until Zhao Yao opened the distance that Wen Ruyan regained his composure, and replied with a slightly flushed face, "You don't want to use beauty tricks to get away with it."

Before she finished speaking, Zhao Yao stretched her arms around the person in front of her with a smile and said, "Then let's lie down and have a good chat."

lying down?

It's a pity that Wen Ruyan's reaction was too slow, and if he missed a good opportunity, he could only take off his armor and armor and let others slaughter him.

In the middle of the night, Wen Ruyan fell into a drowsy sleep, Zhao Yao wiped the fine sweat from her rosy cheeks with her fingertips, worries appeared in her eyes, and she sighed softly.

It seems that the palace servants should burn all the poison potted plants in the greenhouse.

Back then, in order to avenge Concubine Jin for disfiguring her mother, she secretly poisoned her studies, but Concubine Jin was too tight-lipped and never succeeded.

The only purpose is to let peony add the prepared bluebell to the incense in the aunt Chaotian Temple.

But Zhao Yao didn't want her to know these harmful thoughts, and she couldn't let her know either.

At dawn, officials entered the hall one after another, Wen Ruyan yawned and leaned against the railing, silently criticizing Zhao Yao's malicious intimacy last night.

Because Su Qing was thinking about the affairs of the Northwest Kingdom at night, his eyes were also slightly blue.

Holding the roster, both of them were a little listless, but all the officials in the main hall exploded.

At the end of the morning court, Zhao Rong couldn't bear to go forward first and said: "Master Zhang, what do you think His Majesty is thinking?"

At the beginning of the Battle of Yuncheng, soldiers from the Northwest Kingdom were besieged for half a year and almost died because of it, but now they even sent [-] soldiers to the border to help.

The more Zhao Rong thought about this kind of thankless thing, the more he felt a loss.

Zhang Youmou frowned and said: "Don't panic, Your Majesty should have his own plan, and you should arrange the troops properly."

It takes several months to prepare food and grass for marching and fighting, but this time the [-] soldiers seem to just go to the border for a round, and they are not prepared for a long-term battle.

And this time Xie Min is the commander in chief, accompanied by many experts from the Punishment Department, and no other generals were sent, so why do you feel that the Empress is going to torment the Northwest Kingdom?

Of course, Zhang Youmou didn't dare to say anything at this time, but he was glad that Xie Min was temporarily transferred away from the capital, at least not to be detected by her for a short time.

Gu Feng, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, did not expect that he would have to allocate food and grass urgently when he took office. He was afraid that if he messed up the Wushamao, he would leave in a hurry at the end of the morning court.

Qing Li of Dali Temple and Song Lang, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, walked into the palace without making a sound.

Su Hao, Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, went to Su Qing, who was guarding outside the hall, and asked, "Is it possible that the Empress really wants to help the Northwest Kingdom put down the chaos?"

Holding the roster in his hand, Su Qing shook his head and said, "I don't know now either."

"This battle came suddenly. If it doesn't end within three months, and there are snow mountains on the northwest border in late autumn, wouldn't it be a waste of [-] soldiers?"

"You have been in the palace for ten years, and the only female official left by the Empress next to the Supreme Emperor, hasn't she ever revealed anything to you?"

Su Hao knew that the empress had deep thoughts, but she didn't expect that the empress wouldn't touch men and women, and even Zhuang Ling, who was specially sent to the palace, didn't have a letter.

This kind of defensiveness is really rare.

"Your Majesty shouldn't go to war just to help the Northwest Kingdom to pacify the chaos, but I don't know exactly how."

Su Hao frowned slightly and said in a low voice: "If you have time, let Zhuang Ling know and tell her to hurry up. If she doesn't win the empress's favor in three years, she will be kicked out of the palace."

It has been a year now, if you don't hurry up, it will be very difficult to act.

"I see." Su Qing replied with a serious expression.

When Su Hao left the palace in a hurry, Su Qing couldn't help sighing, the elder brother really thought too easily of the Empress.

Or it can be said that men in the world have always imagined women in this way. As long as the relationship between men and women is involved, women will lose their minds for men.

Ordinary women may seek death and life for men, but they can never be the empress with strong wrists. Su Qing watched the empress seize power all the way, and her methods have always been decisive.

Earlier, there was news that the four princes had been fortunate enough to be blessed by the empress. The king was not expelled from the palace after being crowned king, Song Jun was fined and confinement, Qi Jun and Zhou Jun did not have any news, and the four great families failed to prosper because of them. , but it didn't fall.

The end of the four monarchs is still the same. It is conceivable that even if Zhuang Ling is favored by the empress for a while, she is only played and applauded by the empress. How could she revitalize the Su family because of this?

The empress had endured under the pressure of the overlord for several years, and her thoughts were naturally deep. Since she came to the throne, she has been seizing power all the time, and it is absolutely impossible for her to use it to further fuel the power of the family.

Su Qing's eyes fell on Wen Ruyan who was carrying a food box from the palace way into the hall, and couldn't help but wonder if the reason why the empress favored Wen Ruyan alone was because she didn't have the influence of her mother's family to get involved in the court?

Holding the teacup in her hand, Zhao Yao looked at Wen Ruyan with puffy cheeks, raised her hand with a smile in her eyes and poked her smooth cheek and asked, "What did you steal?"

Wen Ruyan held Xiaodie in his hands, held the steamed dumpling in one hand and handed it to Zhao Yao's mouth, saying: "This is tofu, vegetable and egg dumpling, try it."

People who always eat meat on weekdays have recently changed their tastes, but they are now keen to eat vegetarian food.

"Is it tasty?"

"Yeah." Although the steamed dumpling stuffing is a bit strange, Zhao Yao thinks that as long as it is not stuffed with soybean stewed pig's trotters, it is acceptable.

Sitting at the side, Wen Ruyan picked up some steamed dumplings and dipped them in some vinegar. He tasted one first, then picked up another and handed it to Zhao Yao, saying, "This one is stuffed with mushrooms and eggs."

After two plates, Zhao Yao actually couldn't eat anymore, but the steamed dumpling stuffing hadn't been eaten again, so she lowered her head and sipped her tea and asked, "Shall we eat?"

"There are still two more."

Looking at the steamed dumplings handed to her mouth, Zhao Yao suddenly felt that she might never want to eat dumplings again.

In the afternoon of the midsummer season, most of the palace roads in the palace had few palace people coming out.

But Zhuang Ling couldn't stay idle, the last time the servant went to Yuqing Palace to investigate and came back to report to His Majesty that someone was in Yuqing Palace.

Nine out of ten the one hidden by His Majesty is a woman, Zhuang Ling thought that as long as His Majesty is not a nun, then she will always have a way to seduce her.

So in the midsummer afternoon, Zhuang Ling sang opera in the imperial garden, but failed for several days, and got heatstroke in a fit of anger.

Su Qing couldn't stand it anymore, so she had to ask the imperial physician, but who would have thought that Zhuang Ling would drag Su Qing to ask her to help.

How can I help you?

But the elder brother pushed too fast, so Su Qing had no choice but to agree, and revealed the itinerary of the empress, the empress would practice archery at the racecourse in the morning on every rest day.

Zhuang Ling dressed up in fancy dress and was stopped by the horse farm guards on the spot. The waiter said first, "How dare you stop my little master from seeing Your Majesty?"

"Your Majesty ordered that no one should disturb you."

When the sun emerged from the clouds and the empress emerged from the racecourse, Zhuang Ling fell forward like a weak willow supporting the wind.

Zhao Yao frowned slightly and turned sideways to dodge, only to see Zhuang Ling lying on the ground pitifully, calling softly, "Your Majesty, I have been waiting for you for a long time."

This Zhuang Ling's appearance can be regarded as a sign, but it is very strange to deliberately hold her throat and speak.

"What are you waiting for me?"

"The mid-autumn festival is really depressing for the ministers and concubines to be alone. I wonder if I will be lucky enough to enjoy the moon with His Majesty?" Zhuang Ling specifically mentioned being alone. After all, she heard that the empress was alone when she was young, and the two families were somewhat related. She thought she could win as much as possible pity.

"Government affairs are busy, and I have no time to take care of them."

Zhuang Ling watched the empress leave without turning her head, and she was so angry that she wanted to vomit blood.

The one who also vomited blood was Su Hao who knew the details. Now that the court has not dared to disobey His Majesty, naturally no one dared to mention the matter of heirs.

Eyeliners are everywhere in the palace, not to mention they are all women. Rumors about this racecourse are flying all over the sky at some point.

Wen Ruyan still heard a few words from the palace people who talked with Yuqing Palace, so she curiously asked Zhao Yao about the gossip details.

"Why don't you tell me quickly?" Wen Ruyan wanted to laugh when he thought of Zhuang Ling's extravagant behavior last time.

Could it be that Zhuang Ling also threw gold at Zhao Yao?

That scene is really unimaginable.

Zhao Yao looked at Wen Ruyan smiling with the corners of her mouth raised, and suddenly she was in a bad mood. Seeing that she was heartless, she didn't care at all, pinched her cheek with her fingertips, raised her eyebrows slightly and said angrily: "She wants to seduce me, why don't you?" Smiling so happily?"

Wen Ruyan quickly restrained her smile and said, "I haven't, I just want to know the details."

"Hey, take it easy."

Wen Ruyan stretched out his hand to cover his cheek, but he didn't expect the force to suddenly increase.

Zhao Yao let go of her hands with a cold face, thinking that she seems to be too used to her.

How many people in the palace wanted the queen's position, but she didn't even mention it at all. If this goes on like this, she doesn't know when she will be able to agree willingly.

Since she wants to know the details, why not take advantage of it?

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