A kitten dressed as an empress

In August, golden osmanthus was fragrant, and because of the beheading of a group of people in the Song and Qing Dynasties, many local prefectural and county officials were newly promoted in the court.

The post of Secretary of Punishment is held by Hongfeng, the local Red Phoenix general who has made great contributions to protecting Zhang Youmou.

There had never been a woman in the Southern Kingdom who could hold such an important official position. Although the ministers were not convinced, they could only keep silent if they were the Empress.

After all, the members of the Song family died, and the rest were dealt with badly by the empress. Earlier, Song Lang, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, was demoted to be a bachelor. Now he only enters the Taiyuan Academy to manage the collection of books, and he is not even eligible to go to the early court. On the other hand, Li Yi was transferred from the capital city to serve as the inspector of local prefectures and counties. Although his rank was not lowered, he was also transferred from the capital city.

In the beautiful and crisp autumn season, Zhang Youmou looked at Li Yi who got off the carriage with a complicated expression when he was supposed to invite three or five friends to the countryside together.

Li Yiben thought that the Song family was down and there was no one to see him off, so he took his wife, daughter and servants out of the city to take up his post.

"Don't be afraid that there will be no future today. You and I will be safe." Li Yi looked at Zhang Youmou in a long robe, and couldn't help but think of the sister who had her hair tied into two buns and hid in her arms for fear of crying. Time is not forgiving.

"Brother, have you ever regretted it?" Zhang Youmou frowned slightly.

Li Yi smiled and said in relief: "There is never a regret road in the world. I didn't regret it in the past, and I don't regret it now, and I won't regret it in the future."

Zhang Youmou raised his hand and grabbed Li Yi's collar and asked, "How can you live up to your father's expectations?"

"Little sister, do you know that my father betrayed my uncle and the others in prison?" Li Yi looked at Zhang Youmou coldly, then stretched out his hand to break her hand and said in a low voice, "The family headed by the Song family designed to frame us back then, but It was my father who was greedy for life and afraid of death, in order to show softness to the Song family, and thus killed his uncle and the others. The Song family only passed the knife, but it was father who stabbed the knife. Who do you think we should take revenge on?"

"Impossible." Zhang Youmou looked at him in shock, but he never regained his composure.

Li Yi raised his hand to straighten out the folds of his clothes, looked at the kite on the hill in the distance and said, "You checked the case files back then, didn't you find the handwriting that father tampered with?"

Zhang Youmou shook his head with reddish eyes, "You're talking nonsense!"

"Little sister, you have been extremely intelligent since you were a child, but you have never known that people's hearts are unpredictable. Even a father and son can turn against each other in a power struggle in the court, let alone sacrifice your own brothers and sisters."

As soon as Li saw that Zhang Youmou was unwilling to listen, he turned around and got on the horse, leading the carriage and a group of servants to the official road.

The capital city is [-] miles away from Fuzhou, and it is almost impossible to have a chance to meet again. Li Yi held the rein and turned his head to look at the person who had never looked back. Is it too cruel?"

One Song family has fallen, and there are countless Song families dormant in the court. The disputes in the court are endless. You can only survive by accepting the cruel reality. Otherwise, if the empress falls, the first one to suffer You are the one who liquidates the family.

If it was said that Li Yike had owed anyone, the only one was his little sister. At that time, Song Qing sent her to kill her, and Li Yi knew about it.

But Li Yi didn't make a sound to stop him. At that moment, he realized that anyone who is in front of power has to submit.

If someone dares to challenge the power, they are very likely to be hunted down and persecuted by people who submit to the power. The court is a hunt, and the empress is the ruler as well as the power itself.

The reason why the Song family fell was not because of Song Qing's corruption, but because of Song Qing's rebellion to challenge the power of the empress, so even Song Lang and Li Yi did not dare to resist.

Little sister, if you really want to swear to die for the people, then you are not just challenging the power, but challenging the empress.

Li Yi looked away, held the rein in his hand, and drove straight to the front of the official road. He saw a group of scholars in long robes, as if he saw himself in a trance.

It's ridiculous to come and go, go around and go back to the original place.

It was a fine day and suddenly it rained lightly. When Zhang Youmou returned home, his robe was wet a lot. Gu Lan dragged her into the room to change his clothes.

"Why don't you hide from the rain?" Gu Lan raised her hand to button up Zhang Youmou's jacket, and took a handkerchief in one hand to wipe the rain off her cheeks.

Zhang Youmou sat blankly on the bed without making a sound, Gu Lan was even more worried when she saw that she was lost, so she raised her hand to feel her pulse, but fortunately there was nothing unusual.

Gu Lan took the ginger soup from the maid when she went out, then sat on one side, raised her hand to hold the spoon and filled it with ginger soup, and fed it to her mouth.

"You are going to see him off today. Could it be that you have encountered some trouble?"

Zhang Youmou regained his senses, swallowed the ginger soup and shook his head: "No."

"Could it be that she didn't see anyone?" Gu Lan fed her a few mouthfuls of ginger soup.

This person has always had the temperament of a stuffy gourd, if there is something in his heart, no one else will be able to ask, but it is inevitable that he will become depressed all the time, and it will easily hurt his body.

When the ginger soup in the bowl had bottomed out, Gu Lan raised her hand and wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, then spread the bedding and said, "You just drank the ginger soup, and now you're sweating while lying down, so you shouldn't get sick gone."

Zhang Youmou nestled in the quilt like a log without making a sound. Gu Languang was also very anxious when he saw it, so he also lay down, raised his arms and gently hugged her and said, "What happened? It's too bad."

Before the words fell, Zhang Youmou didn't expect Zhang Youmou to cry in his arms, the tears slid down his cheeks and wet Gu Lan's underwear.

Gu Lan was so frightened that she didn't know what to do.

The two have known each other for so many years. Back then Zhang Youmou was lying hungry and cold in a rotten thatched hut and studying hard at the window. Gu Lan never saw her complaining, and even when she was brought up to be beaten by Gu Feng's servants with a stick, she vomited blood. Gu Lan was so frightened that she wept. , and she did not cry.

But now she is holding on to her clothes tightly, sobbing and crying with sadness.

"You, what sad thing happened to you?" Gu Lan wrapped Zhang Youmou tightly with one hand, and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with the other.

But Zhang Youmou didn't know how to talk to Gu Lan. If what his brother said was true, his father, whom he had always been proud of, turned out to be an accomplice in the destruction of the Zhang family.

Then what face do I have to avenge the ancestors of the Zhang family.

No matter how Gu Lan asked, Zhang Youmou never responded. After crying a lot, he fell into a stupor and fell asleep.

Sleeping for a whole day and night, Gu Lan was so anxious that she sent her servant to ask for leave for Zhang Youmou, and she didn't wake up until the next evening.

But the person who woke up seemed as if nothing had happened, but he didn't mention what happened that day when he saw him off.

Gu Lan was worried that Zhang Youmou had to rest in the mansion for several days, and he didn't feel relieved until he ate and slept as usual.

In the morning, Wen Ruyan was wrapped in a thick jacket and yawned to count the number of people. Seeing Zhang Youmou who was in court, he couldn't help sighing in surprise: "Master Zhang is seriously ill."

She was thin and shapeless, and her official autumn appearance almost covered her face.

When the morning meal was over, Zhao Yao listened to Wen Ruyan's chanting, and pursed her thin lips a little bit: "Do you care about Zhang Youmou?"

Wen Ruyan was stirring the noodles and met Zhao Yao's cold face and couldn't help laughing out loud: "This fall, the state and county colleges take the exams. As the chief examiner, Zhang Youmou has very complicated government affairs. Don't you care about your subordinates? Are you in good health?"

"With Zhang Youmou's grade, she can call the imperial doctor of the imperial hospital, and I didn't take her to see a doctor, but it's unusual for you to be so enthusiastic?" Zhao Yao sipped her tea and said.

"I put all my heart into making noodles for you, but you still ate vinegar indiscriminately. It seems that there is no need to add vinegar to you."

Zhao Yao looked at the noodles handed over, raised her hand and took a sip of the chopsticks and said, "I don't like to be jealous, but you insist on making fun of people all day long."

This mouth is really eloquent.

Wen Ruyan put the noodles into his own bowl and said, "If it wasn't for you, I would love to eat flying vinegar, so I wouldn't be free to make fun of you."

"If you don't talk about Zhang Youmou, I won't be jealous." Zhao Yao replied very confidently.

"Then if I talk about others, you won't be jealous?"

Zhao Yao looked at Wen Ruyan full of sorrow and said, "Are you trying to make others mad at me for fun?"

Wen Ruyan frowned and smiled, "Who told you to argue."

Probably because she couldn't find any words of sophistry, Zhao Yao buried her head in her face and stopped talking in a silent voice.

Who would have thought that a fried egg suddenly appeared in the bowl, Zhao Yao looked at the fried egg with a relaxed expression and said, "You don't want to use fried eggs to coax me."

"I didn't coax you, I just wanted to add a fried egg, but I forgot to put it in just now." Wen Ruyan responded with a suppressed smile.

Seeing that Zhao Yao's face turned colder, Wen Ruyan was afraid that she would not eat if she was really angry, so she hurriedly said, "But if you like to eat, I can give you this fried egg too."

Zhao Yao separated the eggs with wooden chopsticks and responded coldly: "I don't want your charity."

Wen Ruyan who ate this meal was almost laughed to death. After the palace servants cleaned up the dishes, the two of them went out for a walk outside the palace to digest their food.

There is a pavilion in the courtyard of the main hall. There are many fish in the pool beside the pavilion. Wen Ruyan offered to pour tea for Zhao Yao and said, "Are you still angry?"

Zhao Yao took the teacup and responded, "I'm not a villain at heart."

It's really very connotative.

Wen Ruyan held the fish food in his hand, and splashed some fish food with the other hand, and saw the fish at the bottom of the water suddenly chrysalis, and the scene was particularly spectacular.

Seeing that she was playing with the fish by herself, Zhao Yao leaned forward and said, "The daily fish food has a lot, if you feed too much, it will overwhelm them." .”

"what?"

Wen Ruyan hurriedly stopped her hands, looked at the lively fish, turned her head to look at Zhao Yao and asked, "Are you kidding me?"

Zhao Yao replied solemnly: "This fish is a small stomach fish unique to the Southern Kingdom Palace. A fish in a pond can only eat three handfuls of fish food. If you don't believe it, then continue to feed it. If the fish in the pond full float tomorrow, you Don't blame me for not reminding you."

Wen Ruyan put down the fish food in doubt, but the palace servants waiting outside the pavilion all bowed their heads and held back their laughter.

Candidates who are excellent in the prefectural and county tests will enter the capital city to take the imperial examination of the Tai Academy.

Therefore, the capital city is full of excitement. If these bachelors are lucky enough to enter the Taiyuan Academy and become Taisheng, it will be a big step closer to the court, and they don't have to wait for the scientific examination every three years.

The children of the aristocratic family naturally wanted to enter the Taiyuan Academy, but the empress's questions were particularly tricky, and only 30 people were admitted each year, so the aristocratic family always wanted to find some way to get in touch with the chief examiner Zhang Youmou.

For this reason, Gu Lan had to ask the maid who went out to buy vegetables to disguise herself, lest she be recognized by others.

The matter of accepting bribes is not only about money, but also calligraphy, painting, calligraphy, or antiques. I am afraid that the maid will go out and bring back a basket of priceless treasures, which is really hard to explain.

It was probably because Gu Lan was on the alert, and the candidates couldn't find a way out, so naturally they should deal with the teachers of the Taiyuan College. After all, most of the teachers are bachelors with positions in the palace, at least they can know some news in advance.

Song Lang was drinking tea in the courtyard when he saw Song Mo walking towards this direction suddenly.

"Cousin, it's really pleasant." Song Mo is now working as Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and his words are not as awe-inspiring as before.

"My bachelor's job is idle, how come my cousin is free to come here?" Song Lang knew that the Song family must not fight among themselves anymore, so he tolerated the provocations of these juniors very much.

Song Mo sat on one side and replied, "In a few days, I have a few brothers who will take part in the examination of the Taiyuan Academy. If my brother is willing to help, I will be very grateful."

"The examinations of the Taiyuan Academy are more stringent than the scientific examinations. My brother is only a small bachelor now, and the examination questions are of course weak." Song Lang answered with a book in his hand.

"I can't know the exam questions in advance, but I just know that my cousin will approve the papers for this college exam, so please weigh it a little more."

Song Lang raised his brows lightly and said, "This time I hide my name and approve the paper, my cousin should not be distracted."

Song Mo's face darkened slightly. In the past, Song Qing's virtues could be promoted to the number one scholar, but now Song Lang is pushing back and forth, obviously looking down on his concubine's background.

"Cousin, you haven't listened to the details, why are you so resolute in rejecting it?"

"Do you think that today's Taiyuan Academy can cheat because of me, a fifth-rank bachelor?" Song Lang frowned slightly and stared at Song Mo, with anger in his eyes.

Although Song Lang has an extremely restrained temperament after being an official for many years, his aura of calmness and prestige is still extremely shocking after so many years in the court.

Song Mo had always stood aside among the children of the Song family in his early years. Now that he has gained power, although he intends to provoke, it can be seen that he still can't help being afraid after seeing such a scene.

After all, Song Lang is not Song Qing, he is his wife and son, even if he is now down and out of power, he is still the master of the Song family.

Even if he is now a minister of the Ministry of Industry, but his background makes him die, it is impossible to compare with Song Lang.

"Since my cousin said so, then I won't say more, and leave."

After Song Mo left the courtyard, Song Lang waved his hands to scatter the teacups, and the maids at the side all bowed their heads and retreated.

The scene of withered, yellow and fallen leaves all over the yard is just like the Song family's current predicament, but there are still some short-sighted things wishing to fight for the position of the head of the Song family.

Really looking for death!

Su Hao used the name of the book to enter the library, Su Qingwei stopped writing and asked: "Brother, you don't want me to reveal the test questions in advance, do you?"

"No, my brother just wants you to give some kind words when His Majesty is reviewing the candidates' papers." Su Hao knew that the examination questions of the Imperial Hospital must be the focus of attention of the people in the southern country, and it was written with the empress's mind. The topics are all extremely weird, even if you know them in advance, it's useless, but it will endanger Su Qing's trust in the empress's heart.

Su Qing put down his pen, raised his hand, rubbed his wrist and sighed: "When His Majesty marks the papers, no one can enter except Bachelor Wen. How can I say good things?"

"Then you have worked with Scholar Wen for many years, can you say a few words?"

"Brother, do you know why His Majesty only favors Bachelor Wen?"

After thinking about it, Su Hao replied: "Then Xueshi Wen looks naughty and cute, and so does Concubine Song. Maybe Your Majesty prefers this type?"

Regarding Concubine Song, Su Qing still doesn't know how to tell Su Hao, after all, it is the Empress's private matter, if she reveals too much, it will be very dangerous.

"Because Bachelor Wen has no power in the government and the opposition, no matter how much His Majesty loves her, nothing will happen to her. However, if the Su family gets involved with her, His Majesty will be suspicious, and the Su family will not be worth the loss."

When Su Hao heard it, he also felt that it made some sense. After all, the Empress's mind was very difficult to guess, so she only told Su Qing to let him know in advance if there was any news.

After finally sending Su Hao away, Su Qing had a severe headache, and stretched out his hands to rub the acupuncture points beside his forehead, thinking that his elder brother would never understand that the emperor dislikes the harem meddling in the government affairs of the previous dynasty, and although the empress is a woman, it is not because of affection How could a person in a daze allow Wen Ruyan to have too much friendship with the Su family.

Take a step back and if the matter is revealed, the empress may not move Wen Ruyan because of her favor, but the Su family will definitely be crushed to death by the empress herself.

If you make a wrong move in this kind of dangerous game, you will be doomed.

"Miss Su, do you have a headache again?"

Xia Xiang came out of the room with tea.

Su Qing came back to his senses and replied: "It's nothing, I'm just thinking about something."

Xia Xiang looked around in confusion and said, "Master Su left so soon?"

"Well, it's inconvenient for the men in the palace to stay longer." Su Qing flipped through the book, and saw the little palace man sitting on one side, reaching out to pick up the moon cake and biting a small bite, and couldn't help sighing, "The moon cake that hasn't been eaten in half a month, you It’s hard to get tired of eating.”

The little palace man chewed the mooncake carefully, and responded with a slightly bulging cheek: "It's delicious."

Seeing the cute appearance of Xiao Gongren, Su Qing's eyes showed a smile and the corners of his lips raised slightly, saying: "If mother knows that someone likes her mooncakes so much, she will be very happy."

In previous years, even the servants of the Su family were afraid of the word mooncakes every Mid-Autumn Festival because of the quantity of mooncakes made by their mothers.

In the afternoon, Zhao Yao was thinking about the exam questions at the Imperial Hospital, and Wen Ruyan took a walk in the hall to digest food while holding a scripture book.

"What do you think should be done in the test questions of Taiyuan College this time?"

"Examination questions." Sitting beside Zhao Yao, Wen Ruyan thought about it carefully, then raised her hand and made a heart gesture.

Zhao Yao looked suspiciously and asked, "Do you want money?"

amount……

Wen Ruyan looked at the serious Zhao Yaoying in embarrassment: "Are you serious about guessing again?"

The thumb and index finger are intertwined in one place, do they have different meanings?

"I can't guess." Zhao Yao raised her hand in a gesture, and looked at Wen Ruyan with a slight frown.

"Isn't this the shape of a heart?" Wen Ruyan drew a picture on the paper discouraged.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Yao asked in confusion again: "What is love?"

A thunder rumbled in Wen Ruyan's head, and Wen Ruyan, who was completely dumbfounded, raised his hand and patted his forehead, muttering: "Oh, why should I make things difficult for myself?"

"Love is the shape of a human heart." Wen Ruyan gestured a big heart with both hands, teaching very seriously, "In our place, this gesture of comparing hearts means loving you."

Zhao Yao looked at Wen Ruyan's strange movements with half understanding and said, "What a strange gesture."

strangeness……

Wen Ruyan clutched her injured heart, thinking that she had finally confessed her love seriously, and was still being hit like this. She looked at Zhao Yao full of sorrow and said, "I really can't believe you're not single."

Zhao Yao looked at the person lying on the desk, raised her hand and poked her face and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay." Wen Ruyan raised his hand to support his face, and drew a lot of hearts with one hand, "Anyway, you don't understand my thoughts."

"If you make it clear to me, don't I understand?"

"Then why are you so calm when you hear me say I love you?" Wen Ruyan asked angrily.

Zhao Yao reacted belatedly, her eyes flashed with shame and she replied, "Didn't you just ask the test questions?"

Another rumbling thunder echoed in Wen Ruyan's head, and Wen Ruyan drew a circle on a piece of paper and said, "I think this is the topic this time."

"This?" Zhao Yao looked at the circle with some puzzlement, turned her head to look at Wen Ruyan, and couldn't say no politely, so as not to hurt her confidence, so she could only respond, "What are you going to take the exam for? "

Wen Ruyan put down his pen and replied, "Test their imagination, and save them from being as stupid as you."

Seeing Wen Ruyan get up, Zhao Yao quickly followed her, put her arms around her and coaxed her softly: "Are you angry?"

"No."

"Then you make other gestures for me to guess?" Zhao Yao looked at the silent person lying on the bed, and lay down on one side.

Wen Ruyan flipped the words and said, "Only once, not twice."

Zhao Yao approached and pecked her soft lips and asked: "Did you say you love me just now?"

The two were so close, Wen Ruyan couldn't avoid it, and met Zhao Yao's eyes full of tenderness, and replied with a blushing face, "That's true."

"Can you tell me again?" Zhao Yao's eyes lit up with a bright smile, and she wrapped her arms around Wen Ruyan tightly and kissed her.

Wen Ruyan didn't have a chance to prepare at all, and almost breathless, he could only hold out his hand to hold his protruding cheek and replied awkwardly: "The confession is about surprise, otherwise it would be so boring."

Zhao Yao lay on the side and said very seriously: "Okay, I'll pretend I don't know you."

Hey, this clumsy acting really made Wen Ruyan unworthy of it, and Zhao Yao was holding on to her sleeve tightly between her fingers, probably because she was looking forward to it.

Wen Ruyan could only say brazenly, "I love you."

Zhao Yao looked at her with a slight smile and asked, "Then how should I return you?"

"It's fine if you answer me like this." Wen Ruyan became inexplicably nervous.

I saw Zhao Yao awkwardly handing over the hand gesture, her cheeks were so red that she couldn't speak.

With such an awkward and cute appearance, Wen Ruyan smiled from ear to ear, thinking that it was actually quite fun.

Early in the morning of the exam day at the Imperial College, Su Qing took the exam questions handed by the empress, and saw a circle drawn on it, without a word next to it.

This kind of exam questions is probably written by Wen Ruyan. This year, a large number of candidates are afraid to give up the exam.

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