Empress and concubine

"Hmph, it's those moths who eat vegetarian food again!"

When Chu Yao walked to the door of the East Palace study, she heard Wen Yuan's hateful voice inside, and couldn't help but frowned, looked at the waiter who was saluting to her outside, and couldn't help but glance at Hua Ying behind her, Hua Ying immediately understood, and put Several people took it down, leaving only Linglong and the others to watch outside, and they had to stand far away so as not to hear the voices inside.As for the waiters just now, they were naturally taken away by Huaying to re-teach them, and they paid special attention to it. If there was any change, or if they wanted to pass on some news to the outside, it might not be as simple as just re-teaching.

Chu Yao stood outside, then slowly opened the door and walked in.Today Chu Yao is wearing the noble concubine's regular gown with gold patterns and color borders on a dark background. Since she has to travel frequently between the Laiyi Palace and the Prince's East Palace, and even the former court, she only wears her long hair behind her head and uses the color as the background. A black and gold brocade belt embroidered with phoenix patterns was tied, and a Huasheng made of red beads hung on his forehead.Because of the simple accessories, she dyed a little lip color red and smudged her cheeks a little, making her look very delicate and charming. However, she has a gentle and dignified temperament, and the black and black colors are both positive, so she looks even more majestic .

During the period after Zhao Yi and Xia Yunjing set off for the expedition, Chu Yao also dressed seriously because she wanted to help the prince balance the previous court.The clothes on her body are not so gorgeous and complicated, but they have a kind of simple beauty.Her decent attire, her naturally beautiful face and figure, the two blend together, making people know how beautiful she is, but they dare not look directly at her.But these days, because the officials thought that no one in Da Xia could compare to her, and she was born in the Li country, even Princess Qingjue, who was held in the hands of the Li country before, was not as beautiful as her, and her appearance could be called the best in the two countries .The most rare thing is that besides being beautiful, Chu Yao also has brains.How many beautiful things she has done for the prince, made all the officials and clans who despised her look ashamed, so she was praised by the people as the most beautiful woman in the world.

"What's wrong with the prince?" Chu Yao looked at the prince with a smile on his face, and the waiter in the room packed up his things with a wink when Chu Yao came in, and then left without saying a word .This appearance made Chu Yao very satisfied. As expected, Xia Yunjing was the one who wasted his mind to choose for the prince, and he still had some skills.

"Your Majesty," the Prince's anger subsided when he saw Chu Yao.The crown prince came out from the back of the child himself, took Chu Yao's hand and sat on the main seat together, then pointed to the two books and said, "Your Majesty, let's take a look at this."

When Chu Yao heard the words, she didn't take it with her hands, she just took a glance at it. The book was blue, and it was a booklet for the local government, and the content in it was nothing more than a job report and a petition.The other book was unusual, it was a white booklet, and this white booklet belonged to Xia Yunjing's secret investigation agency.Chu Yao only knew that Yuemo was an institution that specialized in investigating officials' style, behavior, and employment status.Now that these two books are put together, there must be something wrong with the person who wrote the blue book.

Chu Yao immediately understood the key points, so she didn't reach out to flip through the book, the emperor's heart needle, although the prince is not very old, the emperor's mind has learned a lot, such things, Chu Yao has never Zhan, so in the past few months, Chu Yao has become more and more respected by the prince, "You don't need to look at it, the official language is twisted and twisted, it's better if you tell me, the prince, it sounds cheaper."

Hearing this, the prince's face really became happy, and his actions with Chu Yao became more and more intimate, "Madam, let me tell you, this green-bottomed man is from a southern prefecture, and he reported to me a severe drought in the south. Please ask the court to reduce or exempt taxes." However, the paper with a white background said that the south had a good harvest this year, and said that the magistrate was corrupt and took bribes and fished the common people. The son is thinking about how to punish his sin."

After hearing the words, Chu Yao thought for a while and asked the prince, "Since the prince has made a decision, I will only ask the prince three questions. First, what is the reputation of this state among the people? Second, there are many state capitals in the south. How did the other southern prefectures report the severe drought? Thirdly, there are at least ten people in this area who have the right to report directly, and everyone has nothing to do with each other, and they don’t know the situation of the other party. I don’t even know how many people there are. Then, the prince, did you only accept this white-backed booklet, or did you accept several direct-playing free booklets here.”

The prince sneered when he heard the words, thought for a moment, then smiled embarrassedly, "Thanks to my mother reminding me today, I just made an arbitrary conclusion based on these two documents, it really shouldn't be, if you count it, it's actually all wrong. It's a family story, and tomorrow, when the Qing Zhe and Zhi Zou's Bai Zhe from all the state capitals are sent up, I will read them together to find out who told the lie."

"The prince is smart," Chu Yao looked at the prince, with a warm smile on his face reaching his eyes.

The prince was a little embarrassed at the moment, he just said, "Your Majesty, stop praising me, I did something wrong this time."

"The prince's words are wrong. Don't you know that you can correct your mistakes? There's nothing good about it. The prince can discover his mistakes in time, admit his mistakes bravely, and correct them immediately. Shouldn't he be praised?" Chu Yao asked back.

The prince did not intend to ask Chu Yao to blame himself, because he rarely received such affirmation from Xia Yunjing on weekdays, so in the past few months, Chu Yao and his education method that mostly praised him made him very fond of it.But at this time, Chu Yao complied with his wishes and praised him, which made him a little embarrassed.

The crown prince blushed slightly, and changed the subject, "If Qing Zhe Zhizhou is really as Bai Zhe said, I am going to imprison him, confiscate his property, and then convict him depending on the seriousness of the circumstances. If he really committed a heinous crime, I will Ask his entire family to pay for his greed."

"That's right," Chu Yao nodded, "If this person really committed a heinous crime, how could his family really not know about it? It can be seen that the benefits and wealth are moving, and they have forgotten all about etiquette, justice, and shame. Now that they have enjoyed these wealth belts It is reasonable and reasonable to pay the corresponding price for the benefits that come.”

The crown prince raised the corners of his lips unconsciously, "If this vain person tells a lie, then I will ask the manager to deal with it according to the rules."

Chu Yao nodded, the crown prince didn't say what the rules were like, so Chu Yao didn't ask, just listened and passed.

For a while, the two had a good atmosphere, unexpectedly, Huaying and the servant who had just left suddenly rushed in in panic. Chu Yao and the prince looked at each other and frowned. Kneeling on the ground, "My Majesty, His Royal Highness, the army will come to report that the Saint and the Empress have won a great victory three days ago and have broken through the capital of the Li Kingdom. , the situation is very critical, the sage passed on to you, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, at the moment of crisis, and ordered that the empress empress and empress imperial concubine be the empress dowagers of the two palaces."

"What?" the prince was shocked when he heard this.

"Useless things, who told you to pick up these useless words and report them," Chu Yao said angrily, "How is the saint now, what is the queen empress now, the assassin has been caught?"

When Chu Yao said this, she was really worried, not only Zhao Yi, but also Xia Yunjing. After all, Xia Yunjing has treated her very well so far.While worrying, Chu Yao breathed a sigh of relief. She even thought that if Xia Yunjing left like this, even though her plan with Zhao Yi had failed, she would not bear a heavy burden in her heart. Xia Yunjing, this should indeed be regarded as an accident.

It's just that Chu Yao didn't notice that after she finished speaking, the prince came back to his senses with soft eyes.After all, Chu Yao was the first to care about the two key figures, Xia Yunjing and Zhao Yi, and also paid attention to whether the assassin was caught.For most people, when they hear the report from the servant, they will definitely be attracted by the news of the passing of the throne and the establishment of the two queen mothers. It can be seen from this that Chu Yao is a very emotional person, and the prince was raised by Chu Yao when he was young. Yao raised her, so she naturally learned some of Chu Yao's emotive gestures.

Since the crown prince returned to the palace, countless people have mentioned in front of him that there is no sincerity in the palace, let alone true love, but if you think about it this time, you will not believe it, after all, with Chu Yao in front, seeing is believing.

"Exactly," the crown prince also said, "when father and queen mother left the palace, the empress specially asked the imperial hospital to serve with the army with the deputy envoy. I don't believe it. With these two national champions, father and queen can still have an accident."

Hearing the words, the servant immediately made a bitter face, "Go back to your majesty, Your Highness, the sergeant rushed back in a hurry, so he just said these few words, then passed out, and now he is inviting the imperial doctor who is in charge of the imperial hospital to come over." As for the treatment, it is better for the empress and His Royal Highness to wait for a while, and when the sergeant wakes up, the servants must ask in detail and report back."

"Go quickly, this time I have to interrogate you in detail, it's better that Gu won't let you off lightly." The prince said with a serious face.

"Wait," Chu Yao hurriedly stopped when she saw that the servant was about to leave, and then said to Huaying, "Huaying, go out and find a few careful servants to go with him to serve," Chu Yao said, and looked again The waiter in front of him said, "The sergeant rushed back in three days. He must have been traveling all the way and never had a good rest. There is an imperial doctor here, so you don't have to rush at this moment. If he is not awake when you pass by, call someone first. Helping the sergeant to freshen up for a while also made him feel less uncomfortable. Prepare some food first, and when he wakes up, he must use some easy to digest first, not too greasy. You just tell him that the crown prince takes pity on him for his many days of hard work. , let him talk to you while eating, but you have to pay attention, don't miss a word of news, remember?"

"Your servant will remember," the maid agreed, and before Chu Yao could speak again, she hurried out with Hua Ying.

After hearing Chu Yao's arrangement, the prince couldn't help being moved, "Thank you, Ma'am..."

Chu Yao waved his hands wearily, "Prince, don't be too polite, let's wait for the news first," and said, "Since the sage has such an order, you must grow up faster than before, Prince. Okay, not only do things have to be considered more comprehensively than before, but also to make the saint feel more at ease and heal his wounds."

The crown prince nodded in agreement, and the two of them waited together anxiously for a while, until the figure of the servant appeared again, both Chu Yao and the crown prince stood up involuntarily, "What's the matter?"