After being mistaken for a fellow by Long Aotian

A special rice?

Eunuch Zhang's first reaction was that the emperor was joking.

Eunuch Zhang has followed his master in the House of Internal Affairs since he was seven years old, and was able to serve the late emperor's concubine.The late emperor's concubines are different from the group of "concubines" of today's emperor. They are colorful and competitive, and their preferences are also strange.

What kind of beautiful scrolls, red corals from the South China Sea, night pearls from the west... Eunuch Zhang has seen all concubines who like anything.There are also many concubines who like flowers and grass. For example, Concubine Lan, who was the most beloved by the late emperor, liked the ghost orchid that grew in the mountains the most. Eunuch Zhang even personally asked someone to buy a ghost orchid for Concubine Lan back to the palace. !

But... Famous flowers and different herbs are famous flowers and different herbs. How can anyone like the rice that can be seen everywhere in the world?

This, this week's young master's aesthetics are really amazing!

"Your Majesty..." Eunuch Zhang wiped the sweat from his brow and said with a smile, "Is the Emperor looking for rice? This... this... what kind of special rice is this?"

"I'm going to send you to look for it. There are two kinds of... no, three kinds of rice." The emperor made some calculations and said, "This first kind of rice is in Vietnam..."

"Vietnam?" Eunuch Zhang looked puzzled.

The emperor was also dumbfounded.He took out a pen and paper and made gestures.Eunuch Zhang suddenly realized: "Oh...it's Zhancheng. But Zhancheng is just a small country with few people. Is the rice there really so precious?"

The emperor smiled and said nothing, and Eunuch Zhang bowed his waist and asked again: "Your Majesty, where are the remaining two kinds of rice?"

"One, is a sterile male rice, one..."

The emperor explained this and that, and Eunuch Zhang listened, but felt that his mind was full of fog.The emperor thought for a while, and then said: "You just look for the rice according to the description."

Eunuch Zhang Nuonuo nodded, and said: "I'm leaving now, I don't know when the emperor will need this rice?"

The emperor said, "It's easy to find Champa rice, maybe a year."

For a whole year, this is not too tense!Eunuch Zhang heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and was thinking about it, the emperor said again: "But the other two kinds of rice are much harder to find..."

Eunuch Zhang hastily expressed his loyalty: "This servant will do his best!"

The emperor was also very happy to see him so loyal.He continued: "It's okay, it will take about ten years to find it, and you can find it in 20 years. In short, as long as you can find it."

Eunuch Zhang: ...

Seeing his expression that was about to crack, the emperor scratched his head and said, "Is it still too difficult? Then... 25 years?"

Eunuch Zhang: ...

25 years!The emperor is going to exile him to the frontier!

"No, Your Majesty," he forced a smile, "Slave, 25 years is really too long..."

"It's a good thing that you are so active." Seeing that he took the initiative to take a long time, the emperor was even more happy, and even began to actively encourage him, "But you still have to evaluate your ability before doing things. It's okay, just 25 years! 25 years , if you can find it, I will reward you greatly!"

Eunuch Zhang: ...

He looked like he was on the verge of tears.

Zhou Xun coughed as he watched the brilliant attack and defense between the emperor and Eunuch Zhang.The emperor looked over immediately after hearing the words, and worried: "What's wrong with you? Did you get damp?"

His Highness's Eunuch Zhang:?

Damp?This...should be a cold, right?In his heart, he felt that the emperor's words were inexplicably strange.

Zhou Xun whispered something in the emperor's ear.The emperor showed a look of sudden realization, and said again: "If there are prisoners in labor reform in various places, look for those who are obedient and sensible, and let them go to the fields to look for them every year. If they can find the rice I described, I will not only pardon them. For his crimes, he was also named..."

He thought for a while, and said decisively: "Dao Sheng!"

"And you, I will also reward you heavily!"

"Slave..." The emperor had already said this, Eunuch Zhang said with tears in his eyes, "Slave will definitely do my best!"

The emperor smiled: "Don't be moved, go down, see you, tears are moved."

Eunuch Zhang swallowed his tears hard and said "yes".

Eunuch Zhang stepped down after he left.The emperor immediately turned to Zhou Xun and asked nervously, "Are you feeling uncomfortable?" Zhou Xun shook his head.The emperor breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Oh, that's good, little Lizi!"

Little Lizi came running from His Royal Highness, and the emperor told him, "Go and fetch a cup of hot water for sir."

Zhou Xun: ...

"Drink more hot water." The emperor gave him a toothy smile.

Zhou Xun held the hot water to drink, saw the emperor was hesitant to speak for a long time by his side, he whispered: "Does the emperor have anything to say?"

The emperor rubbed his nose in embarrassment: "Why did you see it again? Mister is really insightful, in fact..."

"It's about the position of sir," he said.

Zhou Xun was taken aback.The emperor scratched his head and said, "Actually, before, well, I never thought about it. If Xie Zhengqing hadn't mentioned it, I... sir."

He looked at him cautiously: "You are in the palace, have you not been wronged?"

He asked him if he was wronged?

The person who is always careless, careless, and cheerful...

actually...

Zhou Xun felt a little sour in his heart for a moment, and he said after a long time: "Why does the emperor think that I have been wronged?"

"People in the palace always think that you are my male favorite. Although you don't say it, I know that you don't like it, right?" Zhou Xun was about to open his mouth to respond when the emperor continued, "I am a You are a careless person, but you are different, you are so proud and smart, you must not like this..."

There is a person who is rough and careless, and he doesn't care much about many things about himself, but he wants to guard another person's delicate pride.

"Rumors stop at the wise." Zhou Xun said after a while, "I don't care what other people say."

If he cared about all the minutiae, he would not be alive today.

"But I don't want them to speak ill of you." The emperor looked at him and said seriously, "I want them to know that you are an upright person, and I want them to know that you are very good. I am the emperor, and they Will compliment me. But I don't want them to think you're nice just because of my... um, preference? I want them to, know you personally, know you..."

This sentence is like petals falling from the treetops in spring, floating in the air, and finally falling into the water.

Make a ripple.

There are no gorgeous rhetoric in the emperor's words, nor are there any thought-provoking famous aphorisms.

But Zhou Xun understood one thing from the reflection in his eyes.

——Understood what the emperor himself may not have figured out, his intentions at this moment.

——He believes in him and can have a future.

——A bright and aboveboard future that walks in the sun.

He walked in the wind knife, frost sword, used to the ice and snow, so he was indifferent to the world.But he wants him to be like everyone else, living a soft, joyful, happy and...

self-esteem.

"……Thank you."

In the end, he could only use these three words to answer this intention.

Not because of reticence, not because of other things, but because any words are too pale in front of this mood.

"Okay!" the emperor said happily, "But doesn't it seem too embarrassing to let you go out of the palace and set up another mansion? I think about it, I have to find a reason to explain to the outside world... Until then, you still live in the palace for the time being." , how are you?"

Zhou Xun smiled and nodded.

Eunuch Zhang returned to the House of Internal Affairs, but his heart was full of sorrow.He looked at the palace in the twilight, looked back at the palace, but it seemed that he was looking back at his own life.

He was about to embark on a grand adventure into the unknown, leaning on the seat and rubbing his temples.In the House of Internal Affairs, other young eunuchs were busy dispatching supplies.

"The sandbag on Li Zhaoyi's side broke again? It's the third one this month!"

"Eunuch in charge, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry." The little eunuch who came to run errands nodded and bowed, and stuffed a handful of silver into the hand of the eunuch in charge, "This..."

The eunuch in charge snorted, his face softened a little, and he still raised his eyebrows and raised his eyebrows: "You go to the warehouse to get it yourself! Next one!"

"Master Lin's strings... go get it, next one."

"The flowers in the flower garden on the other side of the Hall of Mental Cultivation are withered? What to plant..." The father-in-law was stunned, and asked the little eunuchs, "Does anyone know what flowers Mr. Zhou likes?"

The busy little eunuchs shook their heads in bewilderment.One of them said: "No one here really knows what flowers Mr. Zhou likes. Mr. Zhou usually looks at them, and he doesn't have any particular preference. How about... just plant some orchids?"

The eunuch in charge nodded, just about to approve.Eunuch Zhang, who had been discouraged, came out.

"Hey, Eunuch Zhang." The eunuch in charge, who knew him well, greeted him, "Going out of the capital to hunt for treasure again? What did the emperor ask you to look for this time?"

Eunuch Zhang looked back at him, smiled bitterly and said, "You will never guess."

"Tsk?" The eunuch in charge took a deep breath, "What is it that is so mysterious?"

"Rice."

"Water... rice?"

The young eunuchs looked at each other.One of the brave young eunuchs asked, "Eunuch Zhang, what are you doing looking for rice?"

Eunuch Zhang shook his head with a wry smile: "This is something that Mr. Zhou likes."

Eunuch Zhang left.The little eunuchs were still at a loss, and one of them said, "Young Master Zhou likes rice? This..."

The eunuch in charge looked at Eunuch Zhang's back, clicked his tongue, and said to the little eunuch who was carrying things next to him, "In the flower garden in the side hall, don't plant orchids, but rice. Take the plump and beautiful ones."

The little eunuchs: "Yes!!"

At the same time, Qingzhou.

Bai Yuxing lay on the pile of straw in the prison, with a straw in his mouth, and sighed.

"Enter the palace three times, boy." The jailer squatted beside the cell and said with a smile. Bai Yuxing has been imprisoned three times. He is a familiar face with him. ? Can it fall now?"

Bai Yuxing lazily shook the straw in his mouth, not bothering to pay attention to him.

"It's your bad luck. You caught up with the prefect and used strict codes. Now, you won't be able to get out in 50 to [-] years." The jailer was still taunting him. He saw Bai Yuxing's baby face and thought it was funny Funny, "You..."

Before he finished speaking, the cries of men and women came from the other side.

"Let go of me, let me go!" the woman screamed, "What did we do wrong! A girl should get married when she reaches the age, and we are her brother and sister-in-law, so why can't we help her decide the marriage..."

She was pushed into the cell and locked.The young man in the crimson uniform didn't even look at her, and said to the jailers, "Throw that man into the cell over there."

"You!" The man with the sharp mouth and monkey cheeks on the other side was also struggling.Until he was pushed into the cell, he still struggled to get up, and roared to the outside: "She is from our Zhang family, and our Zhang family should be the master! You are an outsider, why should you meddle in the affairs of the Zhang family? I think You have an affair with that yellow-haired girl, bah, adulterer and adulterer..."

Before he could finish speaking, a hand pinched both sides of his face.

That hand was long and slender, but as strong as a pair of iron tongs.The man's face was twisted by pinching, and he couldn't speak a word.

"The Zhang family?" The man sneered.

"At Zhang's house, we follow Zhang's rules. Wherever Jiang Wei goes, we follow Jiang Wei's rules." The young man kicked the man away, and the man sprayed blood and fell on the haystack.

The young man wiped his hands, and wrote casually to the jailer next to him: "This man's mouth is not clean, his tongue was pulled out."