Clan House

The maid massaged for another half a moment, and finally stopped her movements. "Your Majesty may take a nap."

Song Yi gave a "hmm", wondering if he agreed.The court lady bowed and retreated, and Zhu Qiyou took the seat she had sat on.

The lights in the hall were still on, Zhu Qiyou took a closer look at Song Yi's expression, it seemed very bad.At this time, there was no one else in the sleeping hall, Zhu Qiyou extinguished all the candles by himself, and sat down in front of the emperor's bed again.

I saw that Song Yi still had his eyes closed tightly, as if he was already in a deep sleep.

Song Yi has reached the age of weak crown, and his brows are no longer as childish as before.Compared with three years ago, he has more power as an emperor, his emotions are not shown on his face, and his thoughts are more deep and unpredictable.After returning to the court, even though Zhu Qiyou didn't get along with Song Yi much, he still noticed many changes in him.

"It's a good thing for him to be angry because I went to the brothel." Zhu Qiyou comforted himself in his heart.

Just thinking like this, Song Yi suddenly said, "You have been going to brothels a lot these past few years."

Zhu Qiyou was taken aback for a moment, never thinking that Song Yi had so many debts in his heart. "I have been there twice, and there are not many opportunities to go out to the camp." He said calmly, "But I went there to drink with my brothers, and I went back to the camp when they went upstairs."

"I kept my promise to you, and I never broke the rules with anyone." Zhu Qiyou leaned down and covered Song Yi's shoulders with both hands, "What are you angry about?"

"Daluo law states that officials are not allowed to have sex with prostitutes."

With such an official tone again, Zhu Qiyou couldn't tell what Song Yi meant, and said tentatively: "It was my misbehavior, so I was punished to go to the clan's residence to copy books and think about my mistakes."

Song Yi sneered: "You are not a relative of the clan, with what status do you enter the clan's residence?"

"Although I'm not a member of the clan, I am yours!" Zhu Qiyou said lapily.

Song Yi was unmoved: "The state owns the laws of the country. What laws and regulations have you and Liu Ruozhong's officers violated, and how many times you have committed them, should be punished according to the laws."

"Most of the soldiers are like this. If you are so dogmatic, then no one will lead the army."

"I'm not right, Daluo's national law is wrong?"

"I didn't say that, but the law does not blame the public," Zhu Qiyou said. "Besides, the army has just won the victory. At this time, it is easy to lose the morale of the army."

"It's your turn to teach me again," Song Yi continued to sneer, "I think I've lost the morale of the army, but you really won their hearts."

"What's the matter with you, what's wrong with you today!" Zhu Qiyou was puzzled, "I'll give you advice, let's just give advice to the head office."

Song Yi was silent for a moment, but he didn't continue to be weird.

"You step back, I'm going to sleep." He turned sideways and rubbed his forehead, "I have my own decision on how to reward and punish."

When Zhu Qiyou returned to the Hou Mansion, it was already past dinner time.The palace didn't keep him for dinner, and the Hou Mansion only thought that he had eaten outside, but no one arranged for him.After being rectified by Song Yi for a day, he was already hungry, and when he heard that there was no food left for him, he immediately lost his temper and kicked the boy's ass.

When he returned to the courtyard, he saw the child wearing a bunt and striding in the courtyard, and the anger in his heart dissipated a little.

"Do you want to go to the night market?" Zhu Qiyou asked the child.

The little girl was overjoyed when she heard the words, and hurried back to her room to change her clothes for going out.

With his daughter by his side, Zhu Qiyou can always play well.He realized that he had also cultivated two faces, for example, he was obviously irritated in the palace, but when he returned home, he was able to maintain a flawless smile on his child.Thinking of Song Yi's moody look, Zhu Qiyou suddenly didn't feel that his mind was deep.Presumably, a man has been in the officialdom for a long time, so he naturally has many faces.

But he still couldn't tell what Song Yi was thinking, whether Song Yi was angry with himself, or with the soldiers, or whether he was in a bad mood and looked at everyone with eyes closed .

Zhu Qiyou didn't see Song Yi again for several days, and the generals of Beizheng also became more at ease because of Niu Tong's incident.

Afterwards, eunuchs were sent from the palace to pass the decree, to reward the soldiers of the Northern Expedition for their meritorious service, and to confer official positions in the Beijing camp.Not surprisingly, Zhu Qiyou was banned and finally promoted to commander.Liu Ruozhong was promoted to Tongzhi as Zhu Qiyou's deputy.In addition, Niu Tong and Tong Yugui, who had a good relationship with him, were assigned to serve in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies in Beijing.

While everyone was overjoyed, they found that His Majesty still remembered their prostitution.Punishment is of course necessary, and everyone deducted three months' salary.But Song Yi bought mansions for these generals stationed in Beijing for the first time, and ordered their families to be brought into Beijing.In contrast, the penalty salary seems to be innocuous.

Faced with such a result, Zhu Qiyou couldn't help lamenting that Song Yi was gentle and considerate, cold on the outside and hot on the inside.On the way to the Forbidden Palace, he praised Song Yi in his heart.When they arrived at Qianqing Palace, they bumped into a wall unexpectedly.

"Your Majesty said...the general can go directly to the post, there is no need...no need to thank you." I don't know what Song Yi was thinking, but the person who came to stop Zhu Qiyou was still Huang Xi.This eunuch has already joined the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and he still looks like a frightened quail when facing Zhu Qiyou.

Zhu Qiyou's smile froze on his face: "Your Majesty is still angry with me?"

Huang Xi remained expressionless as usual: "Your Majesty...Your Majesty keeps a straight face all day long, whether you are angry or not, and your servant...your servant can't tell..."

"You're trash!" Zhu Qiyou raised his foot, and immediately realized that this was the imperial palace, so he didn't kick that kick to vent his anger.He beckoned, seeing Huang Xi hiding back with his head in his arms, he pulled his collar impatiently: "I'll ask you again, is your majesty angry, you really didn't see it?"

"How dare I lie to you." Huang Xi said with a bitter face.

"Idiot, you can't see it, don't you know how to ask for advice!" Zhu Qiyou whispered, "Is Wang Yu on duty today? Go and invite him over, I'll ask him."

Huang Xi got the instructions and ran away in a hurry, and ran out happily again after a while.

"General, the slaves have asked the prince. The prince said that his majesty has gone to Kunning Palace for dinner, and he will not come back until later. The general can wait for your majesty in the Qianqing Palace first. The small kitchen has stewed duck soup and warmed it on the stove. Now, the general should be hungry too, so you can use some first."

Zhu Qiyou was not in the mood to eat, so he entered the hall, pulled a stool and sat down, waving his hands to tell Huang Xi to retreat.When Huang Xi walked to the gate of the palace, he suddenly changed his mind and asked, "Is your Majesty going to Kunning Palace for dinner today on a whim, or is it a pre-arranged appointment?"

Huang Xi replied: "Your Majesty has already agreed to discuss matters with the Empress today, and usually stays in Kunning Palace for dinner after the discussion. It should be regarded as an early decision."

"Since we have already booked to go to Kunning Palace for dinner, why are we still cooking soup in the small kitchen?"

"This……"

Seeing that Huang Xi couldn't answer, Zhu Qiyou didn't ask him any more, but instead rubbed his belly: "I'm hungry, I'm hungry, bring me the soup."

Zhu Qiyou ate two big bowls of rice, and took a shower when Song Yi didn't come back.He didn't think about what Song Yi was making trouble with, but he finally determined that Song Yi was making trouble with himself.Zhu Qiyou knew that he was lacking in wisdom, so he no longer bothered to explore Song Yi's thoughts.He decided to use another method to pry Song Yi's mouth open, and this night he would take one step closer no matter what.

Song Yi didn't return to Qianqing Palace until it was dark.Facing Zhu Qiyou, he was calm and showed no sign of displeasure.There was a little tired look in the eyes of the emperor, he opened his arms, and Wang Yu stepped forward to undress him.Huang Xi, who stayed in the hall, had ordered someone to boil the water and prepare to bathe the emperor.

After Wang Yu unbuttoned his belt, Zhu Qiyou took his place and hugged Song Yi's waist from behind.Unexpectedly, Song Yi did not refuse Zhu Qiyou's approach, but leaned his head back against Zhu Qiyou's chest.He acted like this, he wanted to expose the matter and not mention it, which proved that he was indeed angry with Zhu Qiyou before.I got angry for no reason, and after a while, I slowly recovered by myself.

"Go down first." Zhu Qiyou stripped off Song Yi's robe and threw it to Wang Yu.Wang Yu glanced at Song Yi, and saw that the emperor had no instructions, so he withdrew with Huang Xi.

Zhu Qiyou had already bathed and was only wearing thin pajamas.He bared his chest, kissed Song Yi on the side of his face and behind his ears a few times, then picked him up and put him into the bathtub.

Song Yi's black hair was scattered, half of it fell into the tub and got wet, while the other half was stirring on Zhu Qiyou's chest.He was lazy and seemed not very interested, but he kept leaning on the man.

Zhu Qiyou kissed Song Yi for a long time, seeing that he hadn't meant it that way, and he couldn't force it, so he had to concentrate on serving Song Yi to take a bath.But he doesn't know how to serve others, he is careful, and still gets water everywhere.

"Don't make trouble with me," Song Yi couldn't help laughing, and grabbed Zhu Qiyou's hand, "Let me rest, turn off the light and go to the bed curtain later, and let you go."

Zhu Qiyou twitched the corners of his mouth, pulled a piece of dry cotton cloth, and began to wipe Song Yi's hair.

"Is the headache better?" Zhu Qiyou asked.

Song Yi let out a "huh".

"Dry your hair for a while, don't lie down in a hurry." Zhu Qiyou said again, "Do you still want to massage?"

"I pressed it at noon, and it has actually improved a lot in the past two days."

Zhu Qiyou brushed up Song Yi's hair, helped him dry the water on his body, and unfolded his bed clothes for him to put on. "Why did you suddenly have a headache? Didn't you get mad at me?"

Song Yi snorted, stretched his arms into his sleeves, and tied the belt on his side by himself. "It's because of you that you are angry. You should behave yourself in the future."

"Zunzhi..." Zhu Qiyou drew a long voice, then suddenly turned around and bowed down, "Your Majesty, lift up your precious feet, and I will carry you to bed!"

Song Yi lay on Zhu Qiyou's back and stretched out his hands to pull his ears.Zhu Qiyou was dragged so much that he could only scream "Aww", but his steps were always steady, and he didn't throw Song Yi off.

Song Yi didn't wear sleeping shoes, so Zhu Qiyou put his back on the bed.He shrank his legs inward, and pulled Zhu Qiyou down with all his strength.The two rolled to one place, hugged and fought for a long time.Song Yi faced down, leaning against Zhu Qiyou's chest, hearing his heartbeat as strong as a drum, and stroked the man's chest and waist with both hands, feeling many scars, new or old.

Zhu Qiyou endured it for a while, and finally pushed him away with a smile: "Don't, it's too itchy!"

He grabbed Song Yi's wrist with his backhand, pulled it forward, and imprisoned him in his arms.

"You've lost weight and haggarded a lot." Zhu Qiyou said distressedly, "What's going on recently, if you're unhappy, just tell me."

Song Yi twitched the corner of his mouth: "It's nothing, I'm just being awkward, and you're so tired that I lose my temper."

Zhu Qiyou didn't ask the truth, and was about to say something, but Song Yi suddenly rushed up and sealed his mouth.