Is Your Majesty jealous today?

After Xi Chi fell asleep, Zhong Ye put on his clothes and went out.

The night is as cool as water, the moon is in the middle of the sky, and the mahogany painted flowers and hexagonal tribute lamps on both sides are on. The hazy yellow lights and moonlight pull out a long line of people's shadows, and everything in this night looks particularly bleak.

The west wind is blowing in autumn, the mountains and mountains are flying yellow leaves, Zhong Ye's face is also cold under the lamp, just like this autumn weather.

Gu Liang knelt down and told Zhong Ye about the arrival of Wu Ren, the prefect of Chun'an Prefecture, and also told Zhong Ye about Wu Ren's threat to ask for 5 taels of silver.

Zhong Ye looked into the distance.

The emperor didn't say a word, Gu Liang's heart sank, he didn't know what the emperor was thinking.Since he is an official in the court, his wealth and life are in the hands of the emperor, so it is impossible to say that he is not afraid of the emperor.

He is not only afraid, but also very afraid.

Gu Liang pressed his head against the cold ground, quietly waiting for Zhong Ye to speak.

Zhong Ye's tone was indifferent: "Gu Liang, it is a felony to frame a court official, do you know that?"

Gu Liangdao: "I know that I dare not commit the crime of deceiving the emperor."

"I will send someone to investigate this matter. If what you said is true, I will punish Wu Ren," Zhong Ye said, "You have done a good job in Qing County. There have been floods in Weili Province in the past few years. If there are corrupt officials, the money allocated by the court will not be used, and the people will still be displaced."

Xi Chi's guess was really good, Gu Liang breathed a sigh of relief: "The minister should be fair and honest when he is in office, and he will live up to the emperor's entrustment."

Zhong Ye nodded: "You step back first, someone will go to the government office to investigate tomorrow."

The officials of Weili Province were protecting each other, so it was naturally impossible to find only one Wuren.If Wu Ren falls, officials like Wu Ren will come to his rescue. The governor of Wei Li Province has a close relationship with King Rui, and he will give King Rui millions of taels of silver every year.

Wu Ren is a small magistrate, but behind him is the relationship between bureaucrats for personal gain, the relationship between the local government and the central government, the prince and the emperor, and the struggle for power and profit.

Zhong Ye has the idea of ​​reusing young people like Gu Liang, the court should change more people, and replace some people who are eating vegetarian food.

But the key depends on whether Gu Liang is smart enough. If Gu Liang is smart enough to find the right position in a series of collisions and survive, he will definitely be appointed to an important position in the future.

If Gu Liang was an idiot, he would be a victim of Zhong Ye's game with Rui Wang, the kind who didn't know how to die.

Zhong Ye didn't want to intervene in the early stage, but now - Gu Liang is Xi Chi's senior brother, and Xi Chi is a person who values ​​love and righteousness. Zhong Ye didn't want Xi Chi to be sad, so he had to act early.

It was extremely cold at night in the mountains, and there was no heating facility in the room. Zhong Ye went back to the room and saw Xi Chi sleeping soundly under the brocade quilt, breathing evenly under the dizzy yellow light, with a faint blush on his snow-white face.

It must have been a sweet dream.

Xi Chi was originally a gentle and straightforward person, usually only doing good deeds and donating money to help others, and never doing anything unconscionable, even in his dreams, he would never dream of cruelty and blood.

Unlike Zhong Ye, who came out of the shadow of swords and swords, saw blood flowing down the white marble steps of the palace, killed people with his own hands, and did evil things. Even if he was dreaming, he would dream of the abyss and hell.

There is a world of difference between the two.

Xichi was half asleep and half awake and felt that his side was empty, he rubbed his eyes in a daze: "Brother Yi, why are you awake? Are you thirsty and came out to drink water?"

Zhong Ye sat on the side of the bed and pulled Xi Chi into his arms: "I'm fine, you can continue to sleep."

Xi Chi thought how decent it was for the two of them to hug each other like this, it was rare to see such hugs between classmates before, it looked very nasty.

But both of them are men, and there is no defense against intimacy between men and women, so they won't suffer from each other, so they hug each other as soon as they hug.

In a haze, he had thought about the story about him and Shengyue being rumored by outsiders, but Xichi only felt disgusted and disgusted when he thought of it at this time, and he never wanted to understand it deeply.

He especially likes Zhong Ye, and feels that Zhong Ye is very different from Sheng Yue, so he doesn't think about Zhong Ye in this respect.

Leaning on Zhong Ye's shoulder, he felt the man's palm gently pat on his back. This kind of strength made Xi Chi feel comfortable and stable, and he couldn't help but put his hand on Zhong Ye's body.

Zhong Ye hugged Xi Chi tightly, and whispered in Xi Chi's ear: "Xiao Xi."

The thin lips brushed against Xi Chi's earlobe vaguely.

Xi Chi took advantage of the situation and lay down on the same pillow with Zhong Ye: "You are too cold, go into the quilt to warm up."

Zhong Ye got into a quilt with him, and Xi Chi hugged Zhong Ye's shoulders: "Sleep."

Seeing that Xi Chi was very sleepy, and his consciousness was not very clear, he rolled a strand of ink hair from Xi Chi with one hand, and it was entangled with his own strand of ink hair, forming a knot.

The next day, the two of them slept until dawn, and Zhong Ye had already woken up from his schedule, but he didn't wake up, so he pretended to sleep and waited for Xi Chi to wake up.

When Chi Chi wakes up, he naturally opens his eyes and stretches.

Finding Brother Yi sleeping beside him, Xi Chi raised his hand and pushed Zhong Ye's shoulder: "Brother Yi, it's time for us to wake up, it's getting late."

Zhong Ye opened his long and narrow phoenix eyes, his eyes as deep as a pool of water looked directly at Xi Chi: "Okay."

When Xi Chi got up, he found that a strand of his hair was entangled with Zhong Ye's. Long hair is such a troublesome thing, it is often tangled together.

The two couldn't be separated for the time being, Xi Chi and him both came down to look for the comb.

Xi Chi said: "Yesterday I should have slept on two pillows, but the hairs were all tangled together if they were too close together, so I had to cut them off because I couldn't comb them."

The mahogany comb did not comb it twice, so I had to use scissors to cut off the two strands of hair.

Xi Chi found the scissors and pinched two strands of black hair with one hand. He glanced at Zhong Ye: "Brother Yi, I've offended you."

The black hair was cut off at once, and Xi Chi and Zhong Ye lost a small strand of hair each.

Fortunately, it did not affect the appearance.

Zhong Ye held the two strands of black hair in his palm.

Zhong Ye left early in the morning, saying that he would come over when he had time, and donate the medicine for scar treatment to Xichi.

These two strands of black hair, which were indistinguishable from each other, were later straightened out by Zhong Ye and put into a sachet to carry with him.

There are many things going on in Qing County, and there are also things in the capital.

The first is the Xi family.

King Cheng wanted to keep his own youngest son in Xi's house.

Although Xi Xiuyuan is good, but Xiuyuan is not the blood of the Xi family. King Cheng has never treated Xiuyuan badly, and he does not want to treat his own son badly, and wants his son to grow up in the capital under his protection.

After all, in the capital, King Cheng was also a powerful minister who won the emperor's favor.

Now he has followed Xi Xiuyuan's suggestion and wants to tell Xi Chi a better marriage. If Xi Chi falls in love with a gentle and virtuous girl in the capital, the possibility of staying after marrying someone will be greatly increased.

He had inquired about all the families with nice girls, and there really were a few nice girls in their boudoirs.

Among them, the youngest daughter from Liu Ge's hometown recommended by Xi Xiuyuan is the best. She comes from a good background, looks good, has a good personality, and is really a good match for Xi Chi.

For this reason, King Cheng made a special trip to Liu Ge's hometown.

Old Liu Ge knew what King Cheng meant, but he didn't know that King Cheng had a son, and he only thought that King Cheng came here for his son Xi Xiuyuan.

Even if it wasn't for Xi Xiuyuan, King Cheng himself hadn't reunited, and Liu Ge was willing to marry his daughter to King Cheng as his concubine.

King Cheng was favored by the emperor, and King Cheng himself was full of arrogance. He was the target of all the major forces in the capital, so Liu Ge was naturally tempted.

He asked his youngest daughter to come out and serve a cup of tea. After meeting Miss Liu with his own eyes, King Cheng hesitated.

King Cheng is a man who married the most beautiful woman in the world, but this most beautiful woman cast a shadow on him, which made him not marry again for so many years.

King Cheng's vision was too high.

After returning, he hesitated and said to Xi Xiuyuan: "Xiuyuan, this little girl is too short."

Xi Xiuyuan was very helpless towards his father's picky attitude: "Father, Ms. Liu is now thirteen, and she will only turn 14 after the new year. She will grow again, and she will grow taller after she gets married."

The age for women in this dynasty to marry is fifteen or sixteen, and the former concubine of King Cheng was also at this age when she married him.

Probably Cheng Wang himself has matured, and the women he has been dating recently are all charming and plump, so he always feels that the girls from Liu Ge's hometown are childish, and they don't look very beautiful.

"She's only as high as A Chi's chest now, right? Does A Chi still have to bring a child after marrying him? Dad really finds it strange."

The corner of Xi Xiuyuan's mouth twitched: "Aristocrats in the capital are engaged even if they are over fifteen years old, even if they are not married. Besides, A Chicai, isn't it normal for a girl to be three or four years younger than him?"

King Cheng is critical, and Xi Xiuyuan has nothing to do with him. Who told this to be his own father?

Xi Xiuyuan had no choice but to think again: "I know that there are a few princesses in the palace who are not married. They are all over 15 years old. The emperor looks good and tall, so they must be the same. At the beginning, because the Empress Dowager Sheng was fighting with the emperor. People care about their marriage. These princesses are not very favored, and I don’t know what their personalities are.” Cheng Wang thought for a while: “Princess Shang is also good, and being a consort is very good. I will ask the emperor which princess is the best. suitable."

The son-in-law of this dynasty can enter the court as an official, and most of the princesses who are not favored in the palace do not have an arrogant and domineering temperament.

Xi Chi has a gentle personality. King Cheng wants to find a girl who is as gentle as Xi Chi. Two good-tempered people will not have troubles together.Xi Chi looks so good, Cheng Wang hopes that the other party will also grow better.

The emperor was not in the capital recently, so King Cheng had to find out from other sources. There were several wives who often entered the palace. They all praised the nine princesses for their outstanding appearance and gentle temperament. The most important thing is that they are gentle and virtuous. Born, she was not treated very well in the palace when Empress Dowager Sheng was there.

Princess Nine is 17 years old this year, just the right age.

King Cheng's head is hot.

Xi Xiuyuan said from the side: "Let's write a letter to A Chi first, tell him that there is a suitable marriage, and let him come back to get married. A Chi agrees here and then talk to the emperor. No matter how unfavored the nine princesses are, they will be the heavenly family." Princess, you must not disturb them first."

King Cheng patted the table: "My dear son, you are right. It's shameful for A Chi to always run around outside, so please write a letter to ask him to come back."