After the scheming is dressed into an innocent beauty

The new emperor's ascension to the throne was celebrated with the whole world. The grand and cumbersome enthronement ceremony ended, and Bai Jinfu held a banquet in Jinlin Garden in the palace.

In the blink of an eye, it has come to autumn, and various varieties of chrysanthemums in the palace are competing to bloom, colorful and vying for beauty, as if they are also congratulating the palace for welcoming its new master.

The ancients called the chrysanthemum a gentleman among flowers, probably because the chrysanthemum is in full bloom when the flowers are withering, and it does not compete with the flowers. favor.

However, there are different varieties of chrysanthemums. The better the appearance and the harder it is to cultivate, the more expensive the varieties are. Just like the favor given by the emperor to his courtiers, it is impossible to treat everyone equally, and there are also differences in closeness and closeness.

What Bai Jinfu bestowed on ordinary ministers was nothing more than ordinary varieties of chrysanthemums, while the ones bestowed on some ministers who had helped him before he ascended the throne were "Green Cloud", "Mo Chrysanthemum", "Shizhang Bead Curtain" and so on. Those rarer chrysanthemums.

The ministers who got the famous chrysanthemum were all overjoyed and grateful to Bai Jinfu, but the ministers who got the ordinary variety of chrysanthemum were sore and regretful in their hearts, regretting why they had missed their eyes at the time, and how could they have imagined that it was this missing person in the end? In 20, the inconspicuous Seventh Prince ascended the throne.

Almost all the ministers present at the banquet were rewarded. In the end, there were only two pots of chrysanthemums left, also known as Hua Wuzhu. One flag is named "Shuai Qi", and the other pot is also named chrysanthemum, which is the "green peony" after the chrysanthemum. Chinese peonies and peonies are not inferior.

There were two pots of chrysanthemums left, and among the ministers who hadn't received any rewards, there were only two left. They happened to be Jing Yu and Jiang Shuheng, the two people who made the most contributions in helping Bai Jinfu win the throne.

According to common sense, Jiang Shuheng is a military general, and the title of "Shuaiqi" ​​is the most suitable for him, while Jing Yu is a civil servant, and it is appropriate to reward him with "Green Peony". Everyone thinks that Bai Jinfu will be the last general The two potted flowers were given to Jiang Shuheng and Jing Yu in this way, and Bai Jinfu also thought so, so he said, "Come here, give the commander-in-chief flag to the general Hushi."

"Your Majesty!" Jiang Shuheng stood up and bowed in the direction of Bai Jinfu, and said with a smile, "Excuse me, I dare you, but I still like that pot of green peonies better. I wonder if the Emperor can give it to me?"

Bai Jinfu raised his eyebrows in surprise. Jiang Shuheng, a warrior, never liked the flowers and plants that literati and scholars admired. In his eyes, no matter how expensive chrysanthemums are, they are probably no different from ordinary wild flowers on the roadside, but now suddenly Said that he wanted the pot of green peonies that should have been given to Jing Yu, but he didn't know what he was going to do, Bai Jinfu looked at Jing Yu calmly, then smiled and said to Jiang Shuheng: "Lovely sir Don’t you think that the name of Shuaiqi matches your reputation as a great general? In terms of luxury, Shuaiqi is slightly better than Green Peony, but I feel that only Shuaiqi can match Aiqing’s assistance to me.”

Jiang Shuheng raised his head and said loudly: "Back to the emperor, Shuaiqi is known as the king of chrysanthemums, and he is the most suitable for your majesty's wisdom. I dare not go beyond the rules. I only want to be a minister who assists you. I am willing to serve your majesty forever. You're so utterly devastated, you'll never hesitate to die!"

Don't listen to what Jiang Shuheng said is reasonable and well-founded, but Bai Jinfu immediately understood that Jiang Shuheng was deliberately competing with Jing Yu. Green Peony, isn't the meaning of what he did so obvious enough?

But Jiang Shuheng's words were sincere, and of course it was impossible for Bai Jinfu to refuse Jiang Shuheng in front of so many ministers, so that Jiang Shuheng could not step down, so he could only smile and nod and say, "Then give the green peony to the general, and the handsome flag to you." Give it to Duke Ning."

The former Marquis of Ning An, now the Duke of Ning Guo, Jing Yu stood up from the table, his expression as calm as water, and he did not have any emotional fluctuations because Jiang Shuheng snatched the flowers that should belong to him. He saluted Bai Jinfu respectfully: "My lord Thank you, Your Majesty, for the flowers."

The internal officer held two pots of flowers in front of the two of them. Jiang Shuheng took the pot of green peonies as he wished, and returned to his seat triumphantly. When he finished, he did not forget to cast a provocative glance at Jing Yu, but it was a pity that Jing Yu Didn't look at him at all.

After the banquet was over, Bai Jinfu drove away first. After the emperor left, the ministers also left from Jinlin Garden one after another. Jing Yu was about to leave the official position, but was blocked by Jiang Shuheng halfway.

Jiang Shuheng seemed to be deliberately showing off in front of Jing Yu, holding a green peony in his arms, his smile was brighter than the blooming green peony, "Brother Jing, you must be very angry that I stole your flowers?"

Jing Yu glanced at him calmly, and said lightly, "No."

Who are you lying to, you must be very angry, I can see it. "Jiang Shuheng raised his sword eyebrows and said with a smile, "Don't think that the emperor is yours anymore. It used to be because I was away, but now that I'm back, I will definitely take back the emperor's heart from you bit by bit. . "

"The emperor's heart depends only on the emperor himself, and he can't get it by robbing." Jing Yu looked down at the pot of green peonies, and the corner of his mouth seemed to pull a sarcastic arc. I don't like green very much, but this color really suits you, if you like it, I will give it to you in the future."

After finishing speaking, he bypassed Jiang Shuheng, strode forward without looking back.

"???" Jiang Shuheng was stunned for a moment, then turned around and yelled at Jing Yu's back, "Jing Yu! What do you mean! You are the only one who is green, and your whole family is green!"

Jing Yu shook off Jiang Shuheng and continued walking towards the gate of the palace. Suddenly, he noticed that there was an internal officer waiting for him in front of him. After recognizing that it was the internal officer serving Bai Jinfu, he stopped and asked: " Father-in-law has something to do with me?"

The inner officer nodded, smiled and said courteously: "Mr. Ning, please come with your servants, the emperor has invited you."

The banquet was over, and Jing Yu didn't know why Bai Jinfu was looking for him, so he followed the inner officer all the way to the imperial garden, and saw Bai Jinfu changed into a crimson dragon robe from a long distance away, standing in the imperial garden. Between the flowerbeds in the middle of the garden.

The flower garden is full of chrysanthemums at this time, all of which are precious varieties carefully cultivated by the gardeners in the palace. Today is a high autumn day with a breezy breeze. The chrysanthemums of various colors in the flower garden are swaying in the wind with the wind, and the fragrance is fragrant. The young emperor stands in the flowers Among them, the situation and the scene were so beautiful that it was as if an internal officer brought Jing Yu to the front of Bai Jin Fu, and then retreated consciously, leaving the imperial garden to the two of them alone.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Bai Jinfu turned around and looked at Jing Yu with a sudden smile. He had just drank wine during the banquet, his eyes and face were slightly flushed, his face was like peaches and plums, with bright eyes and white teeth. All the fairies in the garden were eclipsed by it, Jing Yu couldn't help breathing in the room, and walked forward to salute: "My minister sees Your Majesty."

Bai Jinfu glared at him reproachfully: "Didn't it be agreed that in the future when no one else is around, you don't have to perform these empty rituals?"

Jing Yu smiled, "It is His Majesty's kindness to the minister to say this, but the minister must not forget the duty of being a minister and go beyond the rules.

Bai Jinfu made a serious face on purpose, "If you continue to behave like a minister like this, then I won't be the emperor. Anyway, being the emperor is meaningless."

"This is like a child's words. Can the emperor say that it's inappropriate?" Jing Yu hurriedly took Bai Jinfu's hand, lowered his head to coax people, "Okay, okay, I'll listen to you, can't you? I will do whatever you want me to do. By the way, why are you looking for me?"

Only then did Bai Jinfu nodded in satisfaction, and changed his words: "At the banquet just now, Jiang Shuheng snatched the flowers that were supposed to be for you, did it make you feel uncomfortable? Don't take it to heart, he is He likes to joke, but he is a nice person, for my sake, don't be as knowledgeable as him.

Jing Yu frowned, and if he looked at Bai Jinfu meaningfully, "I didn't really take it to heart, I knew that his purpose of doing this was to annoy me, if I was really angry, I fell into his trick, but When you say that now, I really feel a little bit heartbroken."

Bai Jinfu blinked in confusion, "Why?"

Jing Yu suddenly stretched out his arms to wrap around Bai Jinfu's waist, tightened the strength of his arms little by little as if punishing him, with a slightly annoyed look on his face, he gritted his teeth and said, "I thought you came to me to have a relationship with me, but in the end It's talking for other men, why do you say?"

Bai Jin groaned, held Jing Yu's cheeks with both hands, rubbed them chaotically, and said with a smile, "Our Duke is so stingy. I spoke for him because I was afraid that you would get angry. Didn't he rob him of his face?" Do you have your green peonies? I have a garden of chrysanthemums here, all of which are given to you. Not only that, I also give you the spring peonies, summer lotuses, and winter plum blossoms in the royal garden after I live here. joy?"

Jing Yu looked at Bai Jinfu, his deep eyes reflected the frown and smile of the person in front of him, he listened to him without blinking, and said in a low voice, "I'm happy, but it's not enough."

Bai Jinfu opened his eyes wide, "Then what else do you want? So much is not enough, you still want the lion to open his mouth.

Jing Yu curled his lips into a smile, lowered his head to touch Bai Jinfu's forehead, and said in an extremely gentle tone: "Not only do I want these, I also want you. From now on, no matter spring, autumn, winter, summer, or hot summer and cold, just enjoy this garden with me." The scenery in the middle."

"Okay, I promise you." Bai Jinfu wrapped his arms around Jing Yu's neck, and placed a light kiss on his lips, "No matter when and where, we will always be together."