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According to the regulations of this dynasty, women who are 15 years old and above can talk about marriage, which is basically the order of their parents and the words of the matchmaker.

When Xie Yuzhe was still the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Xie Jin was quite well-known among the noble ladies in Beijing. Since she reached the age of Ji, many parties have come to her door to propose marriage.

Xie Yuzhe is not a father with a strong desire to control. He still gave his daughter some power to choose in matters of life, so after Xie Jin made it clear that he did not want to marry in a foolish way, he closed the door to thank the guests and did not talk about it anymore. Daughter marriage.

Originally, she wanted to wait another two years to let her daughter take a closer look, but she didn't expect that she would be thrown into a catastrophe, not to mention exile, and Xie Jin also entered the palace, so it would be hard for her to have a bright future.

Two years before entering the palace, even though he was imprisoned and suffered so much, Xie Jin still had a glimmer of hope.

But as time went by, year after year, no one mentioned Xie Shangshu, and no one remembered Miss Xie's family anymore.

In the 19th year of Kanghe, the first emperor passed away and the new emperor ascended the throne. Xie Jin's hope of leaving the palace was completely sealed up, but she persisted only by her obsession with her parents, brother and sister-in-law.

If she hadn't met Yuan Qi, she would never have thought that she would have the possibility of getting married and having children.

But precisely because of meeting Yuan Qi, she no longer had any hope for those so-called profound promises of staying together forever.

It's not how much love she has for Yuan Qi, it's just that the love between children in the world is born in a moment and destroyed in a moment. Xie Jin has seen and experienced it, and no longer has any romantic expectations.

Jiang Zhao promised her to leave the palace a few years ago and allow her family to reunite. At that time, she only wanted to be filial to her parents. Love between men and women and having children had long been out of her scope of consideration.

There is nothing to hide these thoughts from Jiang Zhao.

"The princess is beautiful and has a good personality, so she is naturally lovable.

Furthermore, she is about the same age as my elder brother's child, and I have never met my nephew, so I probably have some empathy, not because I want to be someone's mother. "

Xie Jin's voice was gentle, and his narrative was calm. He said calmly: "To tell the truth, Your Majesty, I have no intention of marrying and having children. Maybe I will never have any children of my own in this life."

"Is it because of Yuan Qi?" Jiang Zhao really misunderstood, with a gloomy face, he gritted his teeth and said, "He has already married another woman and completely betrayed your relationship, but you still want to do this for him? "

Seeing her angry, Xie Jin smiled, "Could it be that I am so blind in His Majesty's heart?"

Jiang Zhao vaguely understood that he had misunderstood, but as long as he thought that she had a relationship with Yuan Qi and suffered a crime because of it, and gritted her teeth and did not confess the person in the end, her heart ached and sore, and she couldn't help it. Convince yourself to trust her.

Seeing that she put on an appearance that she had completely let go, Jiang Zhao couldn't help thinking carefully.

"A few days ago, Yuan Qi got drunk and made a fuss at home. He threatened to regret the marriage. He was whipped by his father, Yuan Zhengyi, and he was injured at home for a few days. , took the man back home."

Yuan Qi's remorse at home was the news that Yuan Xiang inquired about two days ago. Jiang Zhao still had selfish intentions. He was afraid that Xie Jin's heart would soften and his old love for Yuan Qi would rekindle, so he suppressed and didn't tell her. come out.

Her voice was flat, and she pretended not to care, as if she was just mentioning it casually.

But a pair of peach blossom eyes were wide open, staring straight at Xie Jin, for fear of missing the slightest reaction from her.

Xie Jin's reaction was flat to a little indifferent, he glanced at her squintingly, his eyes fell to the side in vain, and said with a soft snort: "Your Majesty don't need to test me, since I have made a clean break with him, I have nothing to do with him, let alone He didn't regret the engagement, even if he succeeded, it has nothing to do with me."

After she finished speaking, she looked straight at Jiang Zhao, and said clearly: "In this lifetime, he and I will never meet again."

Having been together for six years, Jiang Zhao knew Xie Jin's soft heart and stubbornness the most. Seeing what she said up to this point, he knew that what she said was the truth, and he made up his mind that he would not have anything to do with Yuan Qi again.

Jiang Zhao was in a good mood, and the corners of his mouth could not help but rise, but she forced it down again.

She clenched her fists to cover her lips, coughed lightly, and said hypocritically: "There are thousands of men in the world, Yuan Qi is just a passer-by in the world of mortals, you really shouldn't feel sad for him."

Xie Jin said: "I didn't feel sad for him. People say that it is easy to find priceless treasures, but it is rare to have a lover. I probably don't have that blessing. I will naturally not have extravagant expectations for the rest of my life."

"Jin Niang." Jiang Zhao frowned when she heard this, called her name, and said dissatisfiedly: "This is the reason, but you can't say it like this. It's not you who have no blessings, but Yuan Qi. It's clear that he deserves it or not." on you."

Seeing her serious expression and firm words, Xie Jin was moved and reached out to smooth her brow.

"Azhao." She also called out Jiang Zhao's name, gently brushed her fingertips from the center of her eyebrows to the end of her eyebrows, and finally fell down slowly, and said softly: "Don't mention this matter again, I actually don't have what you imagined." so good."

Jiang Zhao was about to refute, but Xie Jin stopped him lightly with a look in his eyes.

"Let's stop here." Her voice was flat, and she didn't want to continue this topic, so Jiang Zhao had no choice but to give up.

In the afternoon in the imperial study, Jiang Zhao summoned the three ministers of household, punishment and soldiers for questioning.

At present, most of the official positions in the court are held by children from aristocratic families. Jiang Zhao has selected many children from poor families in the imperial examination this year. The aristocratic families headed by Zhao Xiang can easily see what she means, but they don't take it to heart.

Obviously, they didn't think that the young empress could really continue Taizong's legacy and show some iron and blood skills.

They have been praised by the late emperor for many years, and they have long been accustomed to being superior. Those so-called noble sons from poor families are just dust on their clothes. Even if they have the support of the emperor, they cannot be regarded in their eyes.

Jiang Zhao has cultivated some of his confidantes during his three years in the imperial court, but firstly, it is difficult to break through the relationship network of the aristocratic family, and secondly, he cannot blatantly work for the emperor, and even now it is difficult to achieve a state of mutual checks and balances.

But with Lu Cangyu escorting him, no one really dared not take Jiang Zhao seriously under the absolute military power.

Among the six ministries in the central court, workers, rites, and officials are the prime ministers of Zhao. Qian Chengye, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Xu Wen, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, are all related to the Zhao family by marriage. "The current Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Zhao Zhiyao, who was promoted to the position, is his second son, the father of Zhao Chengxu, that dandy.

The other three, Yu Xingqiu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Households and Weiliang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, were promoted by Jiang Zhao after he ascended the throne. Although they were not from humble backgrounds, their families were poor and unpopular, so they were recruited by Han Xuan early in the morning.

As for Xu Dingyuan, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, he was the one who had retired from Lu Cangyu's army, so Jiang Zhao was the only one to look forward to.

Therefore, most of the time, when Jiang Zhao wants to change the government and reform, he will first call the three ministers for questioning. After confirming that it is feasible, he will bring it up again in the court. If there is opposition, there are also countermeasures.

The political affairs they talked about were complicated and difficult to understand. Xie Jin listened to it for a long time but couldn't understand it, but a trivial matter mentioned by Jiang Zhao caught her attention.

"Ms. Zhao came to me a few days ago with a copper ingot. I told him that I didn't know what it was. Later, I took it to a craftsman to make a sign. Later, Wei Qing took it away and put it on the yamen of your Ministry of Punishment. Put your official seal together."

While talking, Jiang Zhao tore up a memorial and threw it on the ground.

The eyelids of Wei Liang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment twitched, and he cupped his hands and said, "Dare to ask Your Majesty, what brand did you get?"

Jiang Zhaodao: "I typed the word 'crime', and when I put Zhao Chengxu in your prison, you stick the sign on his face, so that he can easily recognize the word."

Your Majesty is young after all, and although he behaves well most of the time, he occasionally plays a bit of a temper. Wei Liang knew that she was at odds with the Zhao family, but he didn't know how Zhao Chengxu provoked her, and he didn't dare to ask more questions. enjoin.

There were many papers piled up on the imperial case, Jiang Zhao reviewed them and asked a few more questions before letting them back down.

Yuan Xiang went to send the three ministers away, and called two young eunuchs to clean up the poor memorial that had been torn up by His Majesty. Gao Sheng'an was already used to it, but Xie Jin still couldn't bear to look at it.

Jiang Zhao has such a habit of reviewing memorials every day. Whenever she encounters poor handwriting, messy statements, too euphemistic writing, let her guess, or simply make her unhappy. , must be torn apart to understand hatred.

Xie Jin was very surprised when he saw it for the first time. After Gao Shengan explained, he has watched it a lot these days. Although he got used to it, he is still not as calm as Director Gao.

When the memorial was presented to the imperial court, Yuan Xiang sorted it out clearly, but Jiang Zhao reviewed it for a while and turned it into a mess. While she was writing Zhu Zhu's comment, Xie Jin stepped forward and sorted it out for her again.

After tidying up, I saw Jiang Zhao stopped writing at some point, tilting his head and looking at her with a smile.

"What's wrong, Your Majesty?" Xie Jin asked her.

Jiang Zhaodao: "I'm tired of reviewing papers, looking up at your face can be regarded as refreshing."

Xie Jin paused, ignored her, and turned to Gao Sheng'an and said, "Did you hear that, Eunuch Gao? Your Majesty said that he was tired and needed a cup of strong tea to refresh himself."

Gao Sheng'an didn't know whether he was wandering or pretending not to understand Xie Jin's teasing of Jiang Zhao, but he said kindly: "Your servant knows, I'm going to prepare strong tea for Your Majesty."

"No need." Jiang Zhao smiled coyly, and rolled his eyes at the knife, "I haven't finished my tea yet."

She glanced in Xie Jin's direction, picked up the teacup and pretended to take a few sips, sighed lightly, picked up the ink brush consciously, and continued to review the memorial.

There were still a lot of unreviewed memorials left on the case, Jiang Zhao was a little annoyed, finally getting better and better, and was disturbed by people who suddenly entered the hall, he couldn't help but frowned.

Gao Shengan reprimanded her one step ahead: "Xiao Yuanzi, you don't know the rules anymore, you just wait outside, and going in and out will affect His Majesty's handling of government affairs, maybe you can afford it?"

Yuan Xiang held something in his arms, and covered it with a black cloth, so he couldn't see what was inside.

After receiving the master's admonition, he hurriedly put the things aside, knelt down and kowtowed, "Your Majesty, please appease your anger."

Jiang Zhao was not irritable enough to get angry, he raised his chin at the thing he was holding just now, and asked, "What did you bring in?"

Yuan Xiang took a few steps on his knees, lifted the black cloth to reveal the iron cage inside, and replied truthfully: "Your Majesty, I just met Mr. Shen from the Jingzhao Yin Mansion on the road. Its body is pure yellow, it is a golden-haired tiger, it moves swiftly, like lightning, it took six guards to surround it to catch it, and I specially presented it to His Majesty for a look."

The cage was densely woven, and one couldn't see what was inside, Jiang Zhao raised his chin and looked at it twice, and asked, "Why did you come here by yourself, where is Shen Xiuyan?"

Yuan Xiang said: "Back to Your Majesty, Mr. Shen said that the yamen is busy with affairs, and he will do as he pleases, so he won't come to see His Majesty."

Jiang Zhao almost laughed angrily, threw the memorial in his hand back on the case, got up and went out, and said in bad words: "This Shen Xiuyan, I think he has nothing to do, I asked him to check the land In this case, it has been almost half a month since he found nothing, and he ran to catch the cat, no wonder he dared to come to see me."

She went to the cage and kicked it twice, and there was some movement from inside. Gao Sheng'an stepped forward to stop him, and stood in front of her loyally, persuading: "Your Majesty, be careful of animals scratching people, since it is Mr. Shen's will." , just let it go to Yushoufang."

Jiang Zhao said: "It's not a lion, tiger or beast, it's just a little raccoon slave. Open the cage and let me see."

Yuan Xiang glanced at his master, but still felt that he should listen to His Majesty, so he groped for the opening mechanism of the cage, and opened the cage in two or three.

Gao Sheng'an opened his arms to block Jiang Zhao's body, his tense face was tense, and he looked like he was facing an enemy.

Xie Jin also came over at some point, and stood beside Jiang Zhao, staring at the cage, while unconsciously clenched Jiang Zhao's sleeve, ready to pull him away at any time.

Under the gaze of the four pairs of eyes, the cage moved, and a soft meow came out.

"Meow~"

A pure-colored golden tiger not much bigger than a slap crawled out of the cage, bared its teeth at them, and yelled loudly: "Meow~"

The author has something to say:

I really hate the title of the chapter, one, two, three, four, it’s good to have nothing to do TAT