Placid Chang'an

Lu Jiazhuang brought out the main altar of the secret door in one fell swoop. This trip can be described as an unexpected joy. Although Lu Xun and Song Fan escaped, the secret door has been greatly created. It was a moment of peace.

The aftermath of Lujiazhuang was handed over to Liang Fang, and Li Shi took Su Cen back to Chang'an. When he arrived in Beijing, it was just in time for the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The first thing after returning to Beijing, Su Cen went to the palace with Li Shi. He was an imperial envoy, patrolling hunting on behalf of the sky. When he came back, he had to relinquish his appointment and tell the emperor about the disaster in Xuzhou and the aftermath. The great gratitude of the emperor's grace.

As for Li Shi, he just wanted to see what the little emperor was forced to do.

When the two entered, they saw the little doll buried behind several stacks of memorials, biting a pen and frowning, and complained to the eunuch beside him: "It's another greeting card from Huainan, asking me to eat well? Sleep well? Is my body safe?" Okay? Seeing their nonsense every day, can I eat well, sleep well, and be healthy?"

The eunuch said yes with a smile. From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the person who came in. He was about to salute but was dismissed by Li Shi with a wave of his hand. The little emperor didn't realize it, and then he said to himself: "What do you think the emperor will do when he sees such a book?" ? Should I just send it back and beat him up again?"

Li Shi: "..."

When did he become so violent?

Su Cen chuckled, the little emperor raised his head when he heard the sound, Su Cen hurriedly knelt down to say hello.

"Zhen'an, Zhen'an, Su Qing, get up," the little emperor waved his hands hastily, then turned his head and looked at Li Shi with burning eyes, as if he saw his own father.

"Uncle Emperor..." The little emperor curled his lips, and the two golden beans were ready to go.

"Okay," Li Shi smiled lightly, "Let them all move to Xingqing Palace."

The little emperor threw himself on the table and let out a long breath, two dark circles were faintly visible under his eyes.

He didn't even know that being an emperor had to deal with so many government affairs every day, how did the emperor's uncle deal with these things before and still have the leisure to teach him a lesson?

Li Shi asked: "Why don't you leave it to Liu Yu and the others to do it when you're so tired?"

The little emperor raised his small head and said solemnly: "In his position, he seeks his own government. Since I want to be the emperor, I will always have to do these things myself in the future. How can I keep doing it to others?"

Su Cen cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Your Majesty is wise."

"Okay," the little emperor lowered his head sullenly, "Actually, Liu Xiang has always asked me to appoint an auxiliary minister, but at the time I thought it was a novelty and I didn't delegate power. If I want to let go later, I won't be ashamed."

Su Cen smiled softly, only to hear Li Shi say: "These people are your ministers, you don't give them salaries every month to let them do nothing, and it's not to feed tigers, so that they will ride on your head one day. How? Employing people, how to give both kindness and power, how to work from top to bottom, how to make them willing to do things for you without being half-hearted, these are all things you have to learn. You take everything on yourself like this, but let them enjoy the wine at home. Yue, let them take advantage of you, is it to set an example for the king?"

The little emperor squinted his mouth, and suddenly felt wronged. He worked hard for more than a month just to keep his uncle's regent throne, but when he came back, he didn't even have a word of praise. It really hurt my self-esteem, let alone in front of Su Cen.

Su Cen couldn't help but laugh when he saw the little emperor's suffering and unable to tell. Li Shi has always treated others with every word, and his ability to teach others is probably used on the little emperor.He knew that Li Shi had high hopes for the little emperor, but such a young child still didn't understand these well-intentioned efforts, so it was inevitable that it would be a little spoiled.I can only comfort you a little bit: "Your Majesty is in charge for the first time, but he has done a good job of staying true to his heart and not being taken advantage of by others. The prince also feels sorry for His Majesty's hard work, and he is not really angry. "

The little emperor turned his head and looked at Li Shi timidly, and finally nodded when he saw the person, and then he became a little cheerful.

Su Cen understood what happened during his trip to Xuzhou in detail, and the little emperor who listened did not blink his eyes. Hearing that the flood in Xuzhou turned out to be a man-made disaster rather than a natural disaster, he couldn't help sighing: "Natural disasters are merciless, but people's hearts are more sinister. Disregarding the lives of tens of thousands of people is really a heinous crime."

"There is also that Song Fan, who turned out to be from the secret door, and Song Yi even helped him and hid it under my nose. His heart is damnable." The little emperor frowned, "But the Song family has the alchemy book after all. Iron coupons, is it possible to let them go?"

"Dan Shu Iron Coupon does not forgive the crime of treason," Li Shi said while sitting, "His collusion with the secret door has exceeded the protection scope of Dan Shu Iron Coupon, and no one can protect him."

Su Cen felt at ease, so he could finally give back an explanation to Lujiazhuang, and give an explanation to Mr. Chen.

Speaking of Mr. Chen, the little emperor couldn't help but feel sad. Before he was born, Chen Guanglu had been guarding the isolated village, so he had never seen Su Cen's No. 1 criminal law of the Great Zhou, but it was not hard to hear Su Cen's words. The senior's admiration and admiration were even more embarrassing after hearing about Chen Lao's deeds, so he waited until after the opening of the dynasty before adding another posthumous posthumous title to Chen Lao.

"Those who are dead are gone, and so are the living," Li Shi looked at Su Cen and said, "Mr. Chen will be able to meet you at the end, so he can feel relieved to leave."

"What virtue and ability do I have?" Su Cen lowered his head slightly, thinking of the "Great Zhou Law" that Mr. Chen had asked him to recite before, he only felt that his shoulders were heavy, and he couldn't breathe for a while.

Here, Su Cen is done and can go now, because there is a moon sacrifice ceremony on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Shi has to stay to preside over the sacrifice, the two can only look at each other, and Su Cen leaves only after seeing Li Shi nodding slightly leave.

In the Su residence, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Ah Fu was pounding glutinous rice cakes in the kitchen.

Ah Fu is an authentic Suzhou native. He was born in Su's family in Su's family since he was a child, and he cooks a lot of southern snacks with the cook of Su's family.

The steamed glutinous rice is pounded with a stone mortar and served with fresh sweet-scented osmanthus juice. After several beatings, it not only brings out the strength of the glutinous rice, but also diffuses the fragrance of laurel. Finally, sprinkle peanuts and sesame seeds and pour brown sugar juice to make it pliable. Fresh and smooth, fragrant and delicious.

Qu Ling'er lay on the window frame and stared intently, afraid that the glutinous rice cakes on the chopping board would grow legs and run away, so she couldn't bear it anymore, so she poked her finger on the chubby white fat man, sucked her finger, endless aftertaste.

Ah Fu frowned and accused Qu Ling'er: "Stop poking, let the second young master find out and you should dislike him again."

"Well then, let's discuss it," Qu Ling'er pointed to a few glutinous rice cakes left with fingerprints on them, "Brother Su won't eat these anyway, so you can pack them up for me and I'll take them away, okay?"

Ah Fu rolled his eyes, "Can you be more shameless?"

While talking, he still found a food box for Qu Ling'er and packed them one by one. He heard that Qu Ling'er went down to Hutiao Cliff to rescue people in Xuzhou instead of the second young master. Although he didn't say it verbally, he was grateful in his heart. Not to mention a few glutinous rice cakes, even Qu Ling'er is willing to pay for his life right now.

When Su Cen came back, he met Qu Ling'er walking out, holding a bouquet of golden chrysanthemums and waved to him: "Brother Su is back, you don't have to wait for me to eat tonight."

Su Cen said angrily, "Just came back and didn't stop."

Passing through the kitchen, I looked at the rolling white glutinous rice cakes on the chopping board, poked them with my hand, took a sip, and said to Ah Fu, "Find me a food box for these few."

Afu: "..."

At the end of the day, he picked up another jar of seasonal sweet-scented osmanthus wine, and waved at Ah Fu: "You don't have to wait for me to eat tonight."

Ah Fu: "..." Did you two discuss it?

Then, two people from Su Zhai appeared at the gate of Xingqing Palace together, looked at each other, and then set their sights on each other's food box.

The same style, the same things, and even the number of ways to place them are exactly the same.

Qu Ling'er resentfully said: "Brother Su, are you here to see the prince?"

Su Cen wondered why he was as familiar as Qu Ling'er, and took a few steps away to pretend they didn't know each other, "You're looking for you, I'm looking for mine, just pretend we haven't met."

Qu Ling'er also had the same idea, a unique thing is called a wish, and two identical things are just random.He raised his legs and ran: "I saw that there is a new sweet-scented osmanthus wine in Dongshi, I'll go buy two jars for brother Qi!"

Su Cen: "..."

After entering the Xingqing Palace, Li Shishang hadn't come back yet, so Su Cen walked around the Longchi, seeing that the autumn chrysanthemums were in full bloom, and it would be a pleasure to serve wine, so he picked a few more bouquets and brought them with him. In the pavilion in the middle of the lake.The scent of chrysanthemum is faint, and the wine is lingering. When the time comes, sing to the wine, enjoy the moon in the middle of the lake, and eat brown sugar glutinous rice cakes together. Wouldn’t it be fun?

So, the two people in the Su residence guarded the same brown sugar glutinous rice cake, sweet-scented osmanthus and chrysanthemum, waiting for the two people who came back from the palace.

After watching all night, neither of them came back.

In the early morning of the second day, Su Cen found out that an accident happened during the moon sacrifice ceremony last night.

During the sacrificial ceremony, Cui Hao beat up an old Hanlin.