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During the Lantern Festival, Luo Qingqiu planned to go back to Shuzhou.It was just that I went to treat my eyes and began to administer acupuncture. I couldn't stop it easily, so I decided to let this matter go.I asked Gongsun Ce a few days ago, and Gongsun Ce said that the eye acupuncture treatment will be completed in a few days, and he can leave after waiting.

In the letter, Luo Qingqiu informed Feng Siyu of the case and everything that happened in Kaifeng recently.He also told her that he would look for her in a few days.

She also received a reply to the letter she wrote to Feng Siyu earlier, it was nothing special, Feng Siyu's life was still the same as before, writing a letter was just a sign of safety.

After sealing the envelope, he asked someone to bring it to Shuzhou, and Luo Qingqiu went to the kitchen to get the medicine he drank.

The medicine has dried enough to enter the mouth.There is no bitter medicine such as yellow lotus in this medicine, but all good medicines are bitter, so they must not taste good.

Although it was not the first time to drink, Luo Qingqiu picked up the bowl, and before swallowing, he still had to do some mental preparation first.

Luo Qingqiu thought, this is to treat the eyes, that's all.In the future, I must not get sick, and I will not take medicine if I can.

She was really afraid of suffering. She remembered that when she was twelve or thirteen years old, she once ate that kind of small pellets one pack at a time. Because the taste was so disgusting, she vomited it all out after swallowing it for a while.Later, when I got sick again, I cried and yelled with my parents, and only took capsules and pills that don't use the tongue, and what kind of taste.

Put the medicine to your lips, put it down, lift it up, put it down again.

Drinking medicine now, let alone granules, is directly Chinese medicine soup, and there is no parents to persuade me, to persuade myself, every time I drink it, it will take no more than a quarter of an hour.Even though the candied fruit was on hand, the unpleasant smell of the medicinal soup in the bowl was daunting.Luo Qingqiu was afraid that if he felt sick after drinking this medicine, even the candied fruit would not be able to suppress it.

Just as he was lifting the bowl, suddenly familiar footsteps sounded, Luo Qingqiu hurriedly put down the bowl: "Master Zhan?"

Zhan Zhao replied with a smile: "Miss Luo. I was delayed by something just now. Let me see if there are any leftovers."

"Well... don't eat the leftovers, I'll fry some rice for you soon."

"Don't bother the girl, it's good to have leftovers."

"No trouble, no trouble." Luo Qingqiu really didn't do it for Zhan Zhao this time, but just wanted to wait a while before taking the medicine.

Zhan Zhao saw that the obstruction was fruitless, so he had no choice but to wait, caught a glimpse of Luo Qingqiu's soup on the table, and asked, "Girl...are you sick?"

"No, this is the eye medicine prescribed by the master."

"The girl should drink the medicine first." Zhan Zhao said embarrassedly, "It's not good if it's cold."

"Uh...it's okay, I'll get you something to eat first."

Hearing Luo Qingqiu's tone, Zhan Zhao guessed that she was probably afraid of the pain of the medicine, and saw a lot of sweet snacks like candied fruit next to the medicine bowl, and thought it was a little funny.Although Luo Qingqiu is not weak like ordinary girls, he is more afraid of suffering than ordinary girls.How did he know that Luo Qingqiu is used to taking capsules and tablets that are not bitter and even sugar-coated in modern times.

Egg fried rice was ready quickly, Luo Qingqiu served it to Zhan Zhao, and he competed with the soup and medicine again.

As soon as I closed my eyes, I gulped down the gulp.Luo Qingqiu persuaded himself, but no matter what, he couldn't help himself.

Looking at Zhan Zhao again, tell yourself, Zhan Zhao is here, you can't be ashamed in front of Zhan Zhao.So he gritted his teeth, drank the medicine in one gulp, grabbed a life-saving straw, and stuffed a handful of candied fruit into his mouth.

Zhan Zhao naturally saw all these, and the corner of his mouth unconsciously raised a smile.

Luo Qingqiu, who came over slowly, happened to see Zhan Zhao's smile, and smiled embarrassedly: "I... I'm a little afraid of suffering."

"It seems that the girl is in good health and rarely takes medicine."

"Forget it." Luo Qingqiu nodded, because he rarely drank this kind of medicine.

"So it's normal to be afraid."

"Hearing Mr. Zhan's tone, do you often drink medicine?" Luo Qingqiu asked, thinking, Zhan Zhao should not drink much medicine because of illness, presumably he only takes medicine when he is injured, right?

Sure enough, Zhan Zhao said: "It's not too often. It's just that it's inevitable to be injured when handling cases outside, and it's inevitable to drink medicine when injured."

Luo Qingqiu felt a little sorry for Zhan Zhao, not only because he was hurt, but also because he wanted to drink such bitter medicine all the time.

"I went back and suggested to my husband, can we study some diet therapy methods."

"It's a good idea." Zhan Zhao praised.

The previous case of human flesh buns was a major case involving countless human lives. The murderer killed many people in many parts of the country, so Bao Zheng reported the matter to Renzong.Renzong heard about Luo Qingqiu, a girl was the key to solving the case, and wanted to meet her.

Knowing that he wanted to meet Renzong, Luo Qingqiu was a little happy.

Renzong gave Luo Qingqiu a good impression.Under his rule, the Northern Song Dynasty was indeed prosperous and peaceful.Although the external military weakness that existed throughout the Song Dynasty and the internal redundancy problem were serious, at least Song Renzong's generosity and kindness were rare among emperors.

Luo Qingqiu asked before, Bao Zheng is 41 years old this year, so Song Renzong should be 30 years old.I don't know what Renzong will look like at this age.

It's just that Luo Qingqiu, as a modern person, was a little upset when he saw that the emperor wanted to bow down.

Before entering the palace, Bao Zheng would naturally give Luo Qingqiu some detailed instructions on the etiquette and etiquette in the palace. Fortunately, Luo Qingqiu was not that rash, so he took notes one by one.Although I think the emperor and the people should be equal, and Renzong has a good temper, after all, the emperor has the power of life and death in this era, so I should not be too humble, and it is safer to act according to etiquette.

On that day, Luo Qingqiu followed Bao Zheng into the palace.In modern times, Luo Qingqiu has been to the ruins of the Northern Song Palace and seen models.It's just that this is completely different from seeing it with your own eyes.

The first reaction was that it didn't look like the Imperial Palace—at least it couldn't be compared with the Forbidden City.

But it's no wonder that this is the Song Dynasty, which was hundreds of years earlier than the Ming Dynasty. There are many bells and whistles in the Forbidden City, but they don't exist yet.Moreover, the impression of the Song Dynasty has never been the kind of extravagance and waste. The imperial palace in the Northern Song Dynasty was originally small, so it naturally seemed simpler.

But even so, there were dozens of palaces, large and small, and they walked for a while before arriving at the place where Renzong met them.

Luo Qingqiu was a little nervous, she was the emperor after all, and she had never seen a live one before.What will he be like in the portrait?

After entering the hall, they saluted first. After Renzong said that he was exempt from the ceremony, everyone got up and stood up to His Highness.

Naturally, Luo Qingqiu didn't dare to look up at Renzong too presumptuously. She first evaluated in her heart that Renzong's voice was clear and resonant, just like she imagined.

Then, while Renzong was talking to Bao Zheng first, he secretly looked at Renzong's appearance.

Perhaps because of the difference in age, Renzong's appearance was very different from the portraits Luo Qingqiu had seen before, with more distinct outlines and larger eyes.But generally speaking, he does have the calmness and air of a king that a middle-aged emperor should have.

This Renzong is quite in line with Luo Qingqiu's imagination.

"Miss Luo." Renzong suddenly called himself, and Luo Qingqiu quickly raised his head and agreed.At the same time, when I heard Renzong's address, I gave him extra points in my heart.

Renzong said with a smile: "As a woman, it is really not easy to help solve this big case."

"The officials are absurd." Luo Qingqiu said.This is not her credit in the first place, if there is no foreshadowing of Sun Erniang's human meat buns in "Water Margin", who would have thought of it.

Renzong smiled and nodded, and ordered a reward, Luo Qingqiu thanked him.

Soon, someone from the palace came up with a plate of silver and handed it to Luo Qingqiu.

Luo Qingqiu was naturally happy.Being a cook, especially in the public kitchen of Kaifeng Mansion, really doesn't make a lot of money.But he didn't want to get so much reward silver just by meeting the emperor once.It's not that she's greedy for money, it's just that she has no one to rely on here, and naturally she has enough family background to feel at ease.What's more, only if you have enough money, can you often get together with Feng Siyu.

But soon, she realized something was wrong.

There are silver ingots on the tray, but the color in the innermost row is obviously different, it is definitely not silver, at least the purity is different.Although Luo Qingqiu has poor eyesight, he can still see the colors.

Looking at the tray, Luo Qingqiu frowned and said, "Officials."

Hearing that the voice was wrong, Bao Zheng looked back at Luo Qingqiu, signaling her not to be rude.

Renzong said, "Bao Qing, it's okay. Miss Luo, what's the matter?"

"..." Luo Qingqiu didn't know what to say, so he simply handed the tray to Renzong, "Please look, the officials, this tray of silver ingots is not the same."

The servant presented the tray to Renzong. Renzong looked at it and couldn't help frowning: "Bao Qing, look."

Bao Zheng took it, picked up a piece of unusual color to check, and said: "This...these are obviously not silver taels, but iron."

"Iron block?" Luo Qingqiu was puzzled, what's going on?

But after thinking about it for a while, it became somewhat clear.This piece of iron, which is shaped like a silver ingot, must not have been taken by mistake, it must have been specially prepared by someone and given to Luo Qingqiu.

Could it be that the palace people replaced the silver ingots with iron blocks, and then put the silver ingots in their pockets?Anyway, they only replaced the innermost silver ingot, which must have been invisible from Renzong's point of view.

But, where did they get the assurance that the rewarded person would not bring it up to the emperor?

Maybe someone was rewarded or happy or nervous, and didn't care to take a closer look.But there must be someone who will keep their eyes on the silver for a while, such an obvious difference, even if she can't see it clearly, can others not notice it?

"I will order someone to investigate this matter thoroughly." Renzong said solemnly, and then said, "But the girl is really outspoken. If it were someone else, I'm afraid she would not dare to raise objections. Could it be that the people in Kaifeng's mansion are all like this? Can't you rub the sand in your eyes?"

In a word, Luo Qingqiu understood.

This is a reward from the government. Ordinary people, who dare to raise objections?It's fine if the palace people moved their hands and feet, the king's heart is unpredictable, if it's the official's intention, wouldn't it be bad luck if you point it out yourself?Just now when he found something wrong with the reward, didn't Bao Zheng signal to himself not to be rude?Of course, Bao Zheng probably didn't know the reason at the time. If he knew, he should have let himself tell.But apart from those outspoken and dare to speak out like Bao Zheng, there are also courtiers who have a close relationship with Renzong and have less taboos. Who dares to say that there is something wrong with the official rewards?

As for Luo Qingqiu, subconsciously, she didn't think that the emperor was so high and special, and subconsciously, she also felt that Renzong was not scary, so she didn't think about it so much, and told the truth, she brought it up.

"Minnv is not outspoken, it's just that she didn't think so much." Luo Qingqiu said.

Renzong was noncommittal, looked at Luo Qingqiu for a while, and after a while, he ordered someone to make up the money and let them go back.

The author has something to say:

In view of the fact that every time I write about Renzong's relationship line, he will go off track, so this time, I can only let him be a good friend... I hope he can be a good person this time.