A kitten dressed as an empress

A good night's sleep. Wen Ruyan woke up slowly and subconsciously tugged on the red ribbon, her heart froze for a moment. The red ribbon had already been untied, but Zhao Yao was still lying beside her.

"When did you untie the red ribbon?"

Zhao Yao woke up with a slight frown, her earlobe pinched between her fingers, she looked at her wrist in confusion and said, "I don't know."

Seeing that Zhao Yao's reaction didn't look like lying, Wen Ruyan let go of her white and tender earlobes with her fingertips, and then untied the red ribbon on her wrist, wondering if Zhao Yao untied it while sleepwalking?

"Maybe it was accidentally broken away at night."

She couldn't help thinking too much, so Zhao Yao explained it aloud.

The knot of the red ribbon was specially checked by Wen Ruyan, Zhao Yao's statement is a little unreliable.

But Wen Ruyan didn't speak out, thinking that since Zhao Yao wanted to use such a lame excuse, it must be the reason.

In the early court, they discovered something. After re-surveying the fields in the southern country, Zhao Yao divided a large number of private fields. Private fertile land.

Among the people, businessmen and officials, the merchants are more than the top and the bottom is more than the bottom. The court is angry and dare not speak out. The common people get a bit of land, so they can live in peace and do farm work. As for the big families, as long as they don’t go too far, Tang turned one eye and closed the other, pretending he didn't see it.

In particular, because Song Qing allocated some land to some merchants, how could he be willing to distribute it at a low price, so he asked the evil slaves to coerce and lure them to use some indiscriminate means to snatch the land.

An official from the early court participated in the Song and Qing Dynasties and encouraged domestic slaves to seize the people's land, which aroused a debate among the officials. Wen Ruyan looked at the official and thought that Qin Yuan, the new top scholar, was really brave.

This time the champion of the new division, Qin Yuan, is a talented scholar in the capital city and the grandson of Su Gonghou. He is still a cousin of Su Qing. Naturally, the court is in the same camp as Su Hao, the minister of the Ministry of punishment.

Qin Yuan served as the left servant of the criminal department and was in charge of examining criminal cases in the capital city yamen. Recently, a peasant woman accused the Song family of occupying fertile land, and the servant of the evil slave beat the husband of the peasant woman to death. Shouted: "My master is the empress' brother-in-law, if you yamen servants dare to arrest me, tomorrow they will tear down the signboard of the capital yamen!"

The incident was known all over the city, and Qin Yuan took advantage of the situation to report it to the court.

When Song Qing heard this, he wished he could strangle the sightless domestic servant to death immediately, and even ruined his reputation for a few acres of land.

What's more, that guy Qin Yuan was secretly run on by Song Qing back then, but now that he has the opportunity, he probably has to take it.

"Your Majesty, if you are not strict in discipline, the servants must be severely punished." Song Qing still distinguishes this matter, after all, human life is a small matter. If His Majesty investigates the seizure of farmland in depth, it will be related to the deliberate concealment and reporting of good farmland earlier. The crime of bullying the king.

Zhao Yao twirled the jade ring between her fingers and said, "Song Aiqing must deal with this matter gracefully. Don't disregard the laws of the Southern Kingdom. You should lead by example."

"Yes."

Everyone in Chaotang Mingwan could see that the empress deliberately favored Song Qing. Although Qin Yuan was a little annoyed, he still didn't say anything.

When the morning court was over, Song Qing came out of the hall proudly. Su Qing was holding the imperial decree of the Empress to choose Song Zhen as the noble concubine in her hand, and a large number of officials rushed to curry favor first.

Seeing Qin Yuan's serious expression, Su Hao, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, comforted him: "Brother Qin, don't be discouraged because of this, there is still a long way to go."

Qin Yuan looked at Song Qing's group and said, "I really don't understand. The Empress first set up a government affairs cabinet, and then raised the Punishment Department. When she really has great power in her hands, why does she still value the Song family so much?"

"Important?" Su Hao, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, sneered, and looked at Li Yi who had a complicated expression, "Brother Qin, you only look at the outside but don't know what's inside, but Li Yi really saw it."

"Li Yi?" Qin Yuan looked at Li Yi, who was talking with Song Lang, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and said in a low voice, "If it wasn't for him back then, why would my cousin have fallen into such a state! "

In the afternoon, Su Qing went from Zangshu Pavilion to Neisi, and happened to meet Qin Yuan on the palace road on the way.

"Cousin!" Qin Yuan called out eagerly when he saw Su Qing.

Su Qingwei looked at Qin Yuan hesitantly, and let the palace attendants enter first, before saying: "Master Qin, please be careful in the palace."

Qin Yuan said in a low voice: "After all these years, you still can't forget him?"

"I've forgotten it a long time ago." Su Qing answered with a slight frown.

"But before I said who it was, you already thought of him." Qin Yuan looked at it unwillingly.

Su Qing replied helplessly: "I still have something to do in the library, if you insist on asking, I will not accompany you."

"Don't..." Qin Yuan took a step forward, took out a small box of rouge from his sleeve pocket, and stuffed it into Su Qing's hand, "I will reserve the position of the head of the Qin family for you. If you want to turn around, I will propose marriage at any time." .”

The humming of cicadas in midsummer is extremely hot in the afternoon, and there is a big tree outside Zangshu Pavilion, so it is even more disturbing.

A quarter before the end of time, Su Qing sat at the main table with his brows furrowed, his eyes fell on the rouge box, and he sighed after a long time.

Back then, Li Yi's breach of the contract made his reputation dishonorable. In addition, the Su family was in decline in the court. Qin Yuan's father was not willing to let a person with a reputation for chastity be his son's wife.

Aristocratic families often marry to consolidate their power, and the main wife of the aristocratic son is not only a wife, but more importantly, can help the husband's family.

A weak mother's family is bound to be rejected by her husband's family, and Su Qing was in such a situation at that time.

Su Qing never doubted Qin Yuan's intentions, but he had no time to get involved in the power struggle of the aristocratic family, so he decided to enter the palace, which can be regarded as temporarily escaping the difficulty of divorce.

Since then, Qin Yuan has not mentioned it again. Although he has never married a regular wife, he has also taken a few concubines.

Who would have thought that Qin Yuan would still have such thoughts in his heart, Su Qing couldn't help but feel a headache.

Xia Xiang walked out from the bookshelf, holding the heavy books in both hands and asked: "Miss Su, these books are finished drying, where should I put them?"

Miss Su at the main table didn't come back to her senses, Xia Xiang approached hesitantly and called, "Miss Su?"

It was only then that Su Qing regained his composure and responded, "En."

Xia Xiang's cheeks were a little red from the sun outside, and she looked at Officer Su with extremely bright eyes and asked, "Where should I put these books?"

"Why did you bring in all the books you made by yourself?" Su Qing raised her hand and took away the books that were about to block the little palace man's face.

"There are not many of these." Xia Xiang used to work in other palaces, and she never took a break from morning to night.

Su Qing walked to the bookshelf with the book in his hand, and returned to his position step by step, only to see the little palace man still following him.

"What are you following me for?" Su Qing looked sideways at the little palace man who had grown a lot taller than when he first came.

"I'm really not tired." Xia Xiang wanted to help, but was afraid that Ms. Su would be unhappy, so she had to explain blankly.

Su Qing took out a handkerchief from his sleeve pocket and wiped the sweat from Xiao Gongren's forehead, saying: "Even if you are not tired, you still have to rest."

Xia Xiang smelled the faint fragrance of flowers and sighed: "It smells so good."

"Perhaps the handkerchief was slightly stained by the smell of the crabapple flower." Su Qing took the sachet from his side, "If you like it, I'll give it to you."

"Can I take it?" Xia Xiang didn't dare to reach out to take it.

Su Qing tied the sachet to Xia Xiang's side and replied, "It's just a sachet, not a precious item."

Probably because they got a little closer, the fragrance became stronger and stronger. Xia Xiang stared straight at the face in front of her eyes, thinking how white it was.

This is whiter than the paper used to practice calligraphy on weekdays. Xia Xiang can even clearly see the thin blue veins. After Su Qing opened the distance, Xia Xiang regained her composure and whispered: "Thank you, Miss Su."

"You're welcome." Su Qing raised his hand and gently squeezed the little palace man's cheek, but seeing the little palace man's cheeks turned red, he thought it was because he was too strong.

On weekdays, when Wen Ruyan was playing around with the little palace people, he often played with them like this. The little palace people are always very well-behaved, so Su Qing would also want to try.

But the little palace people are always extra cautious in front of him, or the little palace people will be very cautious when they see everyone except Wen Ruyan, Su Qing slowly moved his hand away and asked: "Did I hurt you just now?"

Xia Xiang was still wondering why when Miss Su pinched her face, her heart beat so fast, she looked straight at Ying: "No, it doesn't hurt at all."

It's just a little strange, although Xia Xiang still couldn't tell why it was so strange, she raised her hand and touched her cheek, it was so hot.

Seeing this, Miss Su felt relieved. After all, although the little palace lady was sixteen, she had a baby face and a somewhat dull temperament, so she would always treat her like a child.

But counting my age, I am already thirty now, if I got married back then, my child should be about the same age as her.

The more she thought about it, Su Qing couldn't help laughing, shaking her head slightly, it's better not to think wildly.

Xia Xiang asked puzzledly, "What happened to Miss Su?"

"It's nothing." Su Qing restrained his expression, accidentally saw a medical book about sunflower water, and couldn't help but look in front of Xiao Gongren. Although there was no change, he still had to teach her when the time came.

Alas, the feeling of being a mother for the first time is really complicated.

Compared to Su Qing in Zangshuge, who had a complicated mood, Wen Ruyan in Chaotiandian was simply mad.

At night, Wen Ruyan tied a knot with a red ribbon on purpose, thinking that it won't be unraveled now.

Zhao Yao was lying on her side, a little surprised that Wen Ruyan grabbed her hand so actively.

"Aren't you afraid of the heat?" Zhao Yao turned her head to look at the person who was holding a round fan with one hand.

Wen Ruyan looked at Zhao Yao's Yan Shiying who was wrapped in a thin blanket: "Aren't I doing this for you?"

"For me?" Zhao Yao hesitated, wondering if she discovered her old illness?

The two closed their eyes with different thoughts, and when the breathing of the person next to the pillow was stable, Zhao Yao opened her eyes and looked at the person who was mostly nestled in her arms, and raised her hand to try to untie the red ribbon, but the ribbon was getting tighter and tighter.

Zhao Yao stopped her hands helplessly, but she didn't dare to sleep, for fear of scaring her if the old disease relapsed.

The old disease appeared when he was young, and he woke up on the swing of Qiongshu unconsciously at night, and the palace servants of Yuqing Palace were also frightened.

At first, the mother strictly forbade the palace servants to go out at night, and even executed the palace servant who happened to meet, lest the news of her contracting a serious disease spread.

Swimming in night dreams, strange behavior is a bad disease, or there are evil spirits invading, it may be an ominous picture.

Because of the severe disease, her mother became more and more disgusted with her, so Zhao Yao didn't dare to let herself make mistakes. She vaguely remembered that she stayed up all night because she was afraid of annoying her mother.

Zhao Yao, who hadn't slept all night, heard the faint sound of palace people cleaning the courtyard when it was dawn.

When Wen Ruyan woke up and looked at the strong ribbon, she breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing that Zhao Yao's face was pale, she couldn't help asking in confusion, "Did you not sleep well?"

"No." Zhao Yao raised her hand to embrace the person in her arms and replied in a low voice.

No matter what, she can't let her know that Zhao Yao doesn't want to see her loathe her like her mother.

After half a month like this, Zhao Yao finally couldn't help falling asleep one night.

Wen Ruyan's arm was strangled by the ribbon, and when he opened his eyes, most of his body was about to fall off the bed.

In the middle of the night, Wen Ruyan wrapped herself in a thin blanket and followed Zhao Yao, the moon above her head was still very clear, and Chaotian Temple was too quiet.

Exactly the same as last time, Zhao Yao sat alone on the swing, as if she was addicted to a certain scene and couldn't extricate herself.

The bright moonlight fell on the clusters of viburnum flowers, which looked particularly gloomy, Wen Ruyan spread the thin blanket around Zhao Yao and said in a low voice: "Why do you always only come to this place? "

I don't see Zhao Yao's special love for swinging on weekdays.

Zhao Yao stared at Qionghua in front of her, and her thin lips suddenly murmured: "Mother..."

The sudden sound made Wen Ruyan almost scream in fright, but fortunately he held on tightly to the bedding.

I saw that Zhao Yao's expression seemed to be trembling nervously, and even the strength of swinging was weakened, and the whole person fell into silence as if in fear.

Wen Ruyan looked at the tight thin lips and said worriedly: "Zhao Yao, what did you see?"

But Zhao Yao didn't come back to her senses, she still just looked at the Qiongshu, and Wen Ruyan followed her gaze.

There was nothing there, but Zhao Yao clearly called her mother just now, which means she saw her mother.

But her mother should have been dead for some years, so what she saw was a ghost?

Ah, what kind of ghost story plot direction is this!

Wen Ruyan was silently reciting the core values ​​of socialism, go away, I am a pure atheist!

Just as Wen Ruyan was hypnotizing herself, Zhao Yao got up suddenly, and Wen Ruyan's wrists rattled with such force, the pain caused Wen Ruyan to almost shed tears.

What happened afterwards was similar to before, Zhao Yao was able to close the door and sleep fluently, and her behavior was no different from that of a normal person.

When the sky was bright, Zhao Yao woke up suddenly, and quickly checked the red ribbon, but luckily it was still there.

Did it suddenly recover?

At the beginning, the medicine that my aunt prescribed secretly had medicinal ingredients that could make people unconscious.

But when the two untied the red ribbon, Zhao Yao suddenly didn't know how to explain it to her when she saw the bruise on the white wrist.

Seeing that Zhao Yao wanted to hide it, Wen Ruyan casually gave up reasons and said, "I went to the toilet last night, but I didn't expect to be unable to untie it. I was so anxious that it hurt too much."

Zhao Yao relaxed the frown between her brows, looked at Wen Ruyan's expression, rubbed her wrist in doubt, and responded, "Then why didn't you ask me to help you?"

"I thought about it at first, but then I untied it."

In order to cope with and observe Zhao Yao's sleepwalking, Wen Ruyan was very sleepy during the day.

It was hard to find time to go to Zangshuge, Wen Ruyan asked the palace servants to bring back the borrowed books in a big box, with a bunch of delicious food in their hands.

But she didn't see Xia Xiang, Wen Ruyan asked curiously: "Where did Xiao Xianger go to be lazy?"

Holding the list in one hand, Su Qing counted the numbers, and approached Ying with a little hesitation: "She's here, and she's resting in the house."

Wen Ruyan said in surprise, "She didn't come to Kuishui until she was sixteen?"

"Isn't a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl the right age?" Su Qing asked puzzled.

"Very good." After all, ancient times are no better than modern times, maybe later, after all, modern girls develop too early.

Xia Xiang was lying on the bed with a red face, remembering that the female officer Su was patiently explaining to herself, her cheeks were still very red.

"Xiao Xiang'er, I'll come in." Wen Ruyan came in from the outside, and saw Xia Xiang lying quietly on the bed.

"Miss Wen, why are you here?"

Wen Ruyan shook the food box and said, "I'll bring you delicious food."

Xia Xiang slowly half-lyed on the bed, reached out to take the small bowl handed over, and opened her mouth to sip a meatball.

"Is it tasty?"

"Well, it's delicious."

Wen Ruyan raised his hand, pinched Xia Xiang's chubby cheek and said, "Drink more hot water recently, don't touch cold water, take a break for a few days, if you feel uncomfortable, do you know?"

Xia Xiang blushed slightly, nodded and responded in a low voice: "These female officers have told me about it before."

"Fortunately, there is Ms. Su. If you don't understand, just ask a few more questions." Wen Ruyan saw that Xia Xiang was so shy that even her earlobes turned red, "Oh, Xiao Xiang'er has grown up."

It was already dusk when Wen Ruyan left Zangshu Pavilion. After counting the numbers, Su Qing entered Xia Xiang's room with a small package in her hand, her face still a little apprehensive.

Xia Xiang lay obediently on the bed, clutching the bedding with her little hands and sweating nervously, but her eyes were still very bright.

"Does your stomach hurt?" Su Qing raised his hand to wipe the sweat from the little palace man's forehead and asked.

"It doesn't hurt."

Su Qing gently scratched the tip of his nose with his fingertips and said, "It's not good to lie."

Xia Xiang pursed her lips and responded hesitantly, "It hurts a little."

"Then continue to rest. The affairs in the library are not busy, and it will be gone after a few days." Su Qing thought that he could explain the matter of Kuishui to the little palace man in a few words, but when he arrived In the end, I didn't know what I was talking about.

"Then you will come every month?" Xiao Gongren showed a very embarrassed expression.

Su Qing raised her hand and rubbed her little head, "Well, don't be afraid."

Xia Xiang looked at Miss Su hesitantly and asked, "Then will you come to Kuishui too?"

"Well, all women will have it." Su Qing was a little embarrassed because of the too clear eyes, but because of his age, he had to pretend to be calm.

"Then will it hurt you too?"

Su Qing nodded hesitantly, "En."

Sometimes the pain was so painful that he couldn't sleep all night, but Su Qing didn't say it bluntly because he was afraid of scaring the little palace man.

Xia Xiang remembered Miss Wen's words before and asked again: "Why does Miss Wen say that I have grown up?"

Su Qing looked at the little palace man with reddened cheeks, but in her heart she was wondering why Wen Ruyan said such an inexplicable flower to her.

Ms. Su, who always answered well, seldom faltered for a long time.

But Xia Xiang still knew a lot, and even knew that the child came out of the stomach.

Sunflower water is an incredible thing.

The second half of the night in midsummer was very cool, Wen Ruyan was holding a round noodle fan to drive away mosquitoes with one hand, and was groping melon seeds with the other, cracking melon seeds with a crisp voice.

Zhao Yao indulged in swinging like a child, completely ignoring Wen Ruyan's existence.

Wen Ruyan purposely approached and knocked melon seeds beside her ear in an attempt to attract attention, and waited until the melon seed shells were filled with the small bag before giving up.

Through observing Wen Ruyan, she found that Zhao Yao only wandered outside for half an hour each time, and didn't go to other places in Chaotian Palace, just wandering around the swing.

Normally, they don't speak, and the phrase "mother" last time is the only one Wen Ruyan has heard so far.

When Zhao Yao got up, Wen Ruyan followed with a small bag full of melon seed husks in one hand and a round fan in the other. When she returned the same way, she realized that this route was the same as the one from Yuqing Palace to the Qiongshu. The route is exactly the same.

Wen Ruyan wondered, did Zhao Yao deliberately keep the memories of her time with her mother when she was young?

After Zhao Yao lay down again, Wen Ruyan took a sip of tea, opened the small notebook to record, and put it under the potted plant before going back to sleep.

It was a rare day to rest. When Zhao Yao woke up, she only felt that her cheeks were very warm, and there was a fluffy mass buried in her neck.

The little paws hugged the neck, only the fleshy cheeks were stuck to the side of the face, and the pink nose made a purring sound.

Zhao Yao raised her hand to gently embrace the little meat ball, and saw the little milk cat tilted its head back, its amber eyes were narrowed into slits, and its four pink paws were curled up and raised high, looking very funny.

When the sunlight enters the hall, the bedroom is already very clear. The sunlight refracts through the glazed balls, and there are extremely exquisite patterns everywhere from the floor to the beams. It is a pity that in such an exquisite scene, she is still whistling. big sleep.

The little milk cat looked sleepy with her head up, no matter how much she teased her, she refused to wake up. Zhao Yao combed the messy hair with her fingertips, and gently rubbed her soft buttocks with one hand.

It has not been trimmed for a long time, and the fluffy and soft fur almost makes the little milk cat a lot bigger. Zhao Yao covered the hair with both hands, and kneaded the elastic claws with her fingertips: "Lazy cat, wake up quickly!" Come."

The little lazy cat still didn't wake up, and opened its mouth slightly to reveal its pink lips, but slowly unfolded its curled fleshy claws, and the pink balls moved in the palm, Zhao Yao's heart almost melted watching it.

She had no choice but to let her sleep, and when the time was approaching, the little lazy cat stretched its soft body and opened its big amber eyes with a hint of coquettishness, softly calling: "Meow."

Zhao Yao hugged the little milk cat nest and sat limply by the window, kneading her trembling ears with her fingertips and laughing: "Did you become a thief last night?"

The little milk cat poked its head and rubbed against Zhao Yao's palm, and looked at the person who made fun of him with sad eyes: "Meow!"

Before the words were finished, the little milk cat jumped down from Zhao Yao's palm and walked straight to the bed behind the screen.

After taking the medicine, Wen Ruyan lazily tied up the belt of her skirt, pulled her long hair behind her head, and then came out from behind the screen.

After a simple wash, Zhao Yao turned her head to look at the approaching person handing tea and said: "I guess you should be hungry."

Wen Ruyan took a sip of the warm tea and asked, "What time is it?"

Zhao Yao turned her head to look out of the window and said, "It's almost the end of the day."

After this sleep, she finally woke up naturally. Wen Ruyan ate the hot porridge contentedly, thinking that it would be worthwhile to become a cat next time.

After all, the habits of night owls should be quite suitable for staying up late.

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