Omi had to sit up

In the imperial palace of the capital, the red candles flickered, the warm tents swayed lightly, and there were many figures. From time to time, there were voices and gasps in the bedroom, which blended with the warm light from the window, and gradually became blurred in the night.

The bright moon reflects the night sky, the wind blows through the vegetation outside the hall, and there are small butterflies flying around the windows, and the fragrance of flowers is lingering.I don't know how long it took, the fiery breath of people in the window gradually calmed down, someone put on a coat, gently brushed the hair of the person in the tent, and picked him up from the bed.

"Huh?" The person on the bed covered his eyes with a black hair band, and when he noticed the movement of the person next to him, he moved his head slightly.

"I have someone prepare hot water, Shushu, go to bed after washing." A man's voice sounded next to his ear.

"Yeah." Chen Shu's person on the bed responded in a low voice. He felt Xie Zhen covering his body with clothes, only lifted his mind, and then leaned against Xie Zhen's arms again, breathing slowly. Started to calm down.

Xie Zhen's Adam's apple twitched slightly.The person in his arms is obviously tall, almost the same height as him, but it doesn't weigh much in his hands, and the whole person is so light that it seems that a gust of wind can blow him away.

His skeleton is not big, his clavicle is delicate, his wrist is resting meekly on the clothes covering his body, half a word is faintly exposed on it, which is a clear stroke of "Qin".

Xie Zhen's eyes showed tenderness. He tried the water temperature, then carefully put the person in his arms into the water, rolled up his sleeves, fetched a towel, and leaned over to wipe Chen Shu's body.

Chen Shu leaned against the edge of the tub, moved his body slightly, and then calmed down again, with his head slightly tilted to one side.

"So sleepy, why don't you sleep a few more hours tomorrow instead of going to court." Seeing Chen Shu's silent and docile look, Xie Zhen said in a low voice.

"The New Deal is still in effect, and it is difficult to implement it due to the drought in Xihammer." Chen Shu finally lifted his spirits, "Those officials will definitely use this as an excuse to try to push back. If I don't go to court, they may directly Make trouble for you."

Seeing that Chen Shu's exhausted expression regained energy when he was talking about political affairs, Xie Zhen remained silent, and said, "It's just a few ministers, I can handle it. What's more, I want to carry out the New Deal. You don't have to stand in front of me in everything."

Chen Shu's back stiffened slightly. He couldn't see Xie Zhen's expression, but he suddenly thought of Ge Qi's evaluation of Xie Zhen. He was silent for a while, and finally smiled softly and said, "That's good."

Xie Zhen looked at his smile, and a smile spread across his face. He untied the black cloth covering Chen Shu's eyes, gently picked up the water and wiped Chen Shu's neck and collarbone, and said in a low voice: "This paragraph I think you're not in good spirits, it's rare for you to come to the palace, why don't you stay here tomorrow afternoon, and I'll have someone prepare a medicinal diet for you to adjust your body."

"Is it rare for me to come to the palace?" Chen Shu finally saw the scene in front of him. After adapting to the light, he quickly whispered, "Why do I feel that I often stay here? You are in the palace. Passing me and you..."

When he said this, his eyes had already met Xie Zhen's, but he stopped speaking when he wanted to continue.

He and Xie Zhen have been together for more than a year since he was named the Marquis of Jingning. He has come to this point with Xie Zhen, and he understands the man next to him more and more.Xie Zhen is a person who never cares about the opinions of outsiders. These words are meaningless even if they are said.

What's more, as an emperor, Xie Zhen didn't need to contact those people at all.On the contrary, Lin Chenshu's identity originally had a bad reputation, but after he took over this body, he really got his reputation.

Chen Shu laughed dumbly. He raised his head, stretched out his hand from the water to gently cover Xie Zhen's face, and gently touched Xie Zhen's mouth with his lips.

"Shushu." With Chen Shu in front of him, Xie Zhen raised his eyes to look at Chen Shu, but saw the dancing candlelight in the other's eyes, vaguely reflecting his eyes, his heart opened, and he leaned over and kissed .

There are reflections of the two in the water, and ripples spread out from time to time, ripples appear one after another, and the lingering between the two is dotted.

The whole night of spring night was good, and the two of them slept together on pillows until midnight.The morning of the second day was approaching, and there were attendants in the palace waiting outside with their court clothes ready. Xie Zhen got up, and he gently lowered the curtains, and ordered people to wait in the outer room, and got up to change clothes.

According to Director Luo's order, two sets of court clothes were prepared for today, one was the emperor's Xuanyi gold silk court dress, and the other was Jing Ninghou's dark red and silver border court dress.But when changing clothes, there was only one person, His Majesty, and he was specially ordered to keep his voice quiet when he was wearing them. Several attendants secretly looked at the inner room of the emperor's bedroom, and quickly understood what was going on, so they just lowered their heads to help Xie Zhen adjust his clothes.

It seems that the handsome Jing Ninghou will not come out today.

In addition to Jing Ninghou, the current emperor is also very outstanding, not only tall and tall, but also handsome, making him stand out from the crowd.After putting on his clothes, he retreated from the crowd, went back to the room softly and took a look at Chen Shu, but seeing that Chen Shu was sleeping peacefully and was not awakened by the movement outside, he laughed softly, and ordered someone to show up in the hall.

In the main hall, hundreds of civil and military officials have been waiting for a long time. Among these officials, there are many new faces. Some are promoted from local officials who performed well when Xie Zhen and Chen Shu implemented the New Deal, and some were recommended by Chen Shu. Yes, such as Yang Wu, Li Yezhi and others.

A year ago, Yang Wu was an ordinary sixth-rank soldier and horse captain, but after the first battle in Beiguan, Yang Wu, as a captain, took the lead and made great contributions in the defense of Wuling City and the battle of tracing the source, and was awarded by Chen Shu. With one hand, he was first promoted from a sixth-rank school lieutenant to a fourth-rank deputy forward, and then in the early summer of this year, he was promoted to a third-rank guard army leader.

He was promoted to an official position second only to Lin Chenshu himself, which made the court officials envious. Many people said that Yang Wu, a mere outsider from the capital, was able to achieve his current status in the court. A good master.In addition to him, Li Yezhi, who was also promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Industry this year, also stood in a good team, which was the same as Yang Wu's promotion.

Yang Wu and Li Yezhi were both third-rank officials, and they were at the bottom among the officials of the previous dynasty.The two stood in a row, one civil and one military, only listening to the discussions of the officials next to them, but involuntarily looked at the position on the east side of the dragon chair in the high hall.

Since Lin Chenshu was promoted to be the Marquis of Jingning, the current emperor ordered someone to set up a second chair beside the dragon chair, specially for the Marquis of Jingning.This move was once opposed by many veteran officials in the court, but Xie Zhen ignored it. Instead, he secretly let go of the real power in the hands of these opposing veteran officials. When everyone reacted, Xie Zhen had already withdrawn his power.

He kept a low profile, and was able to overthrow the three auxiliary ministers left by the previous court one by one in just three years, which has already shown that this person is not a kind person. Find out how great this person is.Those old ministers were very angry, but Xie Zhen still retained their official positions, making people have nowhere to vent, so they had to endure it forcefully.

With the lessons learned from the past, no one dared to directly oppose Lin Chenshu's becoming the Marquis of Jingning.A year and a half has passed since Lin Chenshu came to court as Marquis of Jingning.

Today's emperor came to court later than usual, and when he came, all the ministers had already arrived, only the seat of Jing Ninghou was vacant.

The emperor seemed to be aware of Lin Chenshu's absence, and he didn't specifically ask about Lin Chenshu's situation, but just asked the ministers to report early.

It seems that Lin Chenshu will not come to court today.

Some of the civil servants in the court looked at each other in blank dismay. After the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the academician of the Imperial Academy reported to Xie Zhen the recent situation of the new imperial examinations, a minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs stood up in the queue and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to report. It's related to the Marquis of Jingning."

When Jing Ninghou was mentioned, the officials present immediately shivered and took a look at each other.

"What's the matter?" The emperor's voice came from the high hall.

The Minister of the Ministry of Households held the remonstrance card in his hand and said: "Does the emperor still remember the task assigned to the Ministry of Households to check the household registration a month ago?"

"Yes, the implementation of the New Deal, I wonder how Qi Shangshu is doing?" Xie Zhen asked.

"The tasks entrusted by the emperor, the ministers and others have fully supervised and carried out. The ministers led the officials of the household department to search various county offices overnight, and finally re-arranged the household registration population and handed it over to Jing Ninghou for review. Reject all catalogs." The Minister of the Ministry of Accounting replied, "Your Majesty, this is a new catalog specially made for the New Deal, but Jing Ninghou's move made my Ministry of Accounting spend a month in vain, and the investigation of the Ministry of Accounting is extremely complicated. At present, there are less than ten days left before the emperor's confession, and I really don't know how the Ministry of household affairs will complete the emperor's task."

The voice of Hubu Shangshu rang clearly in the lobby, reaching the ears of Yang Wu and Li Yezhi at the back of the hall, their faces changed, and they were about to look up to see how Xie Zhen would respond when they saw another person in the queue come out , is the Minister of Rites.

"Your Majesty, I also have something to report." The Minister of the Ministry of Rites stood outside and said, "Your Majesty, Xihammer is in a drought. The Ministry of Rites wanted to pray for the people together with the Qin Tianjian and hold a ceremony to pray for rain, but this matter has been reported to Jingning. In the hands of Hou, Jing Ning Hou used the new policy to be frugal, and allocated less than half of the funds for a daily ceremony... Your Majesty, praying for rain requires a full ritual to move God, Jing Ning Hou did this , is tantamount to directly banning the festival..."

As he spoke, he looked in the direction of Qin Tianjian. Seeing this, Qin Tianjian had no choice but to report: "Your Majesty, the matter of praying for rain is related to the people's lives. I don't agree with Jing Ninghou. way of doing."

Qin Tianjian can be regarded as a senior official in the court among a group of people.As soon as he spoke, someone from the Ministry of Officials came forward and said: "Marquis Jing Ning has recently promoted ten officials from the local government. He has employed his own people one after another, and many officials are already dissatisfied with this."

Many people have complained about Lin Chenshu's actions, and the veterans in the court secretly glanced at each other, and another person came out and said, "Your Majesty, Marquis Jingning is now in a high position, and his status is already the same as that of the three previous court officials. The auxiliary ministers are no different, and even the power given by the emperor is more powerful than the three of Qi Yanchu. The emperor and the ministers know that Jing Ninghou has favored the emperor, but there can only be one master in a dynasty, so I hope the emperor thinks twice. "

This person is an old official who was secretly relieved of his power by Xie Zhen. When this person said this, the faces of the officials next to him changed one after another. Seeing this, his expression also changed, and he was about to go out to say that Mr. Lin is not such a person, but just as he was about to move away, he heard the stern voice of the person sitting on the throne resounding in the grand ceremony.

"What? Have you said enough?" The emperor who had been silent all this time suddenly asked, "Is there anyone else who wants to impeach Marquis Jingning?"