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Qi Shiyu woke up from his sleep, feeling empty all over his body. It seemed that something happened last night, but he couldn't remember anything more specific.

He called his maidservant and asked if he had favored anyone last night, but he heard the maidservant say: "Your Highness drank a lot last night and slept soundly. He didn't leave any beauties to serve him."

Qi Shiyu ran his five fingers through his hair and fell into deep thought.

The memory of last night accidentally flashed sporadic fragments, he seemed to go to Wushan night with the person he had been looking for for many years.After a while of wanton greed, it turned out that it was really just a dream?

"My lord, it's fifteen today, and I'm going to court." Cang Ming was already fully dressed, and came in to urge him, "The horse is ready, my lord, please wash up and go out as soon as possible."

There is a court meeting on the [-]th day of every month, and all civil and military officials will be present. If you don't want to be scolded by those pedantic scholars at Yushitai for the first half of the year, you must not be late.

Several maidservants took turns to wait for the prince to wash up. Qi Shiyu thought of the little guard who had been guarding the door before dawn all day long, and asked Cangming, "Why don't you see Tingyun today?"

"For some reason, I contracted a cold and developed a fever. I have shown it to the doctor in the house. After taking the medicine, the fever should subside soon."

"I think it was the torrential rain last night, and I caught a cold due to the wind. I have pills for colds that I paid tribute to from the Western Regions last year. Send some to Ting Yun." Qi Shiyu looked at the bronze mirror while arranging court clothes, and turned to the maidservant beside him. explain.

The maid nodded in agreement.No one thought it was strange for the prince to send a small guard a pill that was a tribute from the Western Regions.Everyone in the capital knows that Prince Xuan is humble and courteous to everyone, regardless of his background, whether he praises him or criticizes him.

There was a disrespectful son who talked in the street, saying that King Xuan was in a high position but was obsessed with romantic affairs, and he didn't care about the suffering of the people, so he was really a moth of the dynasty.Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Qi Shiyu was not only not annoyed, but went to the Imperial College to visit the candidate, praised him for being outspoken, and gave him financial support.That Juzi is the current Yushi Zhongcheng, with a firm and strong body, and is famous all over the capital, and because of this, he has made a good story.

After changing into the court clothes, Qi Shiyu ate a few mouthfuls of snacks to suppress his hunger, then hurriedly mounted his horse and entered the palace.

Most of the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty had arrived, and when Qi Shiyu arrived at the gate of the palace, he was not in a hurry, and he was still strolling around the courtyard as in the past, with a style of elegance.

During the last court, everyone was already used to King Xuan being the last to arrive, but there was no delay, and no one said much.When Yu Shi Zhongcheng saw the prince, he just smiled, and he was no longer filled with righteous indignation.

When Qi Shiyu arrived at the main hall, the emperor immediately took his seat.

The little emperor Yu Hanyi has only just been crowned now. The little guy who has followed Qi Shiyu since he was a child and called his brother in a milky voice has experienced a battle for the throne. He has witnessed the death of his mother in front of him, so he has become moody. indefinite.

Qi Shiyu looked at the little emperor sitting on the dragon chair, and felt a little emotional for a moment. He missed the innocent little prince from before, but what he missed more was the honor and favor of Qi's family.

The little emperor is moody, and now he is in power. The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty have long regarded the only king with a different surname in the dynasty as a thorn in their side.

Today in the court hall, the topic of discussion is the flood in Annan County.

Annan County is located in the south of Baishi River. The climate is humid and rainy. Floods occur once every three to five years. The little emperor has just ascended the throne and has no experience. Who will be sent to Annan County? No one can convince anyone.

At the beginning of the new emperor's establishment, the courtiers tested the bottom line of the new emperor, each with their own plans and ideas. No one was willing to let go of this first opportunity to make meritorious deeds.

The little emperor's face turned cold, and he watched quietly with low pressure as the old ministers who had their own ulterior motives scrambled to recommend officials for water control, but a court meeting allowed Yu Hanyi to figure out the factions in the court.

A group of ministers formed cliques for private interests, and they fought against dissidents, making the officialdom smoky. Yu Hanyi looked around and saw that the golden throne hall was full of red robes, but no one could use it for him, and he didn't feel anger coming from it.

Qi Shiyu hid in the crowd, quietly looking at the little emperor on the dragon chair.Based on his understanding of Yu Hanyi, the other party's anger has reached its peak, and even the veterans of the two dynasties dare not act rashly due to the wrath of the emperor.

The courtiers quarreled for a long time, and later realized that the unsmiling person on the dragon chair hadn't spoken for a long time, so they shut up tacitly.

Yu Hanyi sneered coldly: "When my dear friends are getting old, it is inevitable that your eyes will be dim, and you can't see clearly that I am still sitting on the dragon chair!" He slammed it hard on the ground.

The tourmaline beads scattered and fell all over the ground, like rain after a thunderstorm.

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty immediately pleaded guilty and knelt down one after another. The hall was as quiet as a pool of stagnant water.

Qi Shiyu knelt down after him, thinking that the little emperor has been very angry recently, and he should send some pears with rock candy to the palace to clear away the heat.

Yu Hanyi stepped off the dragon chair, his eyes scanned everyone in the court hall, and said the most heart-wrenching words lightly.

"Wang Weimou is the son-in-law of Prime Minister Zhao, so he is naturally courageous and resourceful. Sun Ren is a student of Li Shangshu, so he naturally has both ability and political integrity. Now the people recommended by the court are all famous teachers. I am very relieved."

Zhao Xiang and Li Shangshu, whose names were called, kowtowed tremblingly, saying they did not dare.

"Why don't you dare? I see that you dare to be ruthless. Now that the Golden Luan Hall is as lively as a vegetable market, isn't it thanks to you?"

After everyone confessed, Qi Shiyu turned around and went up the steps, and sat back on the chair: "Forget it, His Royal Highness Xuan Wang will go through this for me."

In this situation, I can't even say the words of refusal, and if the ministers refute, it becomes selfish, so there is no one to stop it.It was only then that Qi Shiyu realized that the little emperor's anger was just to throw this job on his head without rejection.

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When the little guard slipped out of Prince Xuan's mansion, he was still suffering from a low fever.

"It's said that fools don't catch colds, how can you still have a fever? I don't believe you're really sick." Ji Minggui leaned on the chair in the hospital, still feeling the patient's pulse, seeing Shen Tingyun, his head trembled He didn't lift it, but just immersed himself in writing the prescription.

Shen Tingyun didn't refute Ji Minggui's words of scolding him for being a fool, but only said to him: "If I didn't get sick, why would I come to the clinic to see you?"

Ji Minggui saw off the guests, and blinked at Shen Tingyun: "Who knows if guard Shen has taken a fancy to my beauty."

Shen Tingyun didn't understand the teasing and joke in this sentence, and said solemnly: "No, you are not as good-looking as the prince."

Ji Minggui almost sprayed a mouthful of old blood on the cabinet, and swallowed the curse words around his lips.

"Shen Tingyun, are you sick?"

Shen Tingyun nodded and said, yes, whoever comes to you if you are not sick.

Ji Minggui: ...

"Is it because the doctors in the palace are not good at medicine and don't like you, so they have to come to me? Or is it that your prince is annoying you and doesn't want to be shown to you?" Ji Minggui has nothing to do with Shen Tingyun.Shen Tingyun is just a piece of wood, if he winks at the piece of wood, it will be useless if he throws it away.

Shen Tingyun shook his head a few times, and said to Ji Minggui: "I didn't catch a cold, the doctor in the mansion treated me according to the method of cold, and the fever won't go away."

Ji Minggui raised his eyebrows, motioning for Shen Tingyun to explain what he meant.

Shen Tingyun and Ji Minggui were always on good terms, so he half-secreted what happened last night.

"What? The lord has sex after drinking, and you half-pushed and half-assed it?" Ji Minggui was so stupid that he yelled out, startling Shen Tingyun, and reached out to cover his mouth.

Ji Minggui reacted for a long time, but still couldn't accept it.Can this kind of wood do this kind of thing? ? ! !

"Does the prince know about this?"

Shen Tingyun shook his head. He handled it cleanly without leaving any traces. The prince was so drunk last night, and he would not remember what happened. He even sent someone to give him Western typhoid medicine early this morning. Yes. I am as good as ever.

"I don't plan to tell him, to fight?"

Shen Tingyun shook his head again, he was just a small bodyguard, it was already a great blessing to stand beside the prince, and he was not qualified to fight for anything at all.

Ji Minggui sighed, muttered something worthless, and then went to get medicine for Shen Tingyun.

Shen Tingyun returned to the mansion with the medicine gratefully, and happened to meet the prince who had just come to court.

The clothes of the servants of the palace are all specially made, with different patterns embroidered on the shoulders, so that Qi Shiyu can recognize the identity of the person in front of him when he doesn't hear the other person's voice.An auspicious cloud was embroidered on Shen Tingyun's clothes.

But one night, seeing the prince again, Shen Tingyun's heart skipped a beat, he didn't know whether he was afraid of the clues of what happened last night, or his heart throbbed when he met the prince's black eyes.

Shen Tingyun suppressed his inner anxiety, and quickly stepped forward to salute.

Qi Shiyu didn't show any abnormality, but just told him a few words to let him recuperate well and recover quickly, and then said: "Pack up your luggage, and bring two secret guards from the secret pavilion, Ming'er and the king Let's go down to Jiangnan together."