Self-cultivation after the cannon fodder

When receiving the news from the palace people, Zong Qihao's small meeting had just come to an end, and several ministers were making a descriptive summary, while a few young Hanlin served as clerks, moving their pens like flying.

Zong Qihao took a sip of tea, and waited for the summary draft to be published, so that the meeting would be over.

"Your Majesty, His Majesty has sent someone over." Jiang Wei whispered to Zong Qihao's side, "He told you to go back as soon as possible."

Zong Qihao stopped his movements, very surprised: "The queen said it directly?"

It's not that Zhu Sining never sent someone to send a message when Zong Qihao was busy, but usually he asked Zong Qihao to arrange it himself. If it was inconvenient, he could refuse, and he was never forceful.

Jiang Wei replied: "Yes."

He confirmed with the little eunuch who sent the message several times, and asked him to try his best to restore the tone of Zhu Sining's speech at that time.

Make sure Zhu Sining was really angry at the time, not a question, but a notice.

"Okay." Zong Qihao put down the teacup, and the porcelain clattered on the table, and the rustling discussions of the courtiers stopped quickly.

They had noticed long ago that Jiang Wei had been outside for quite some time before coming in to answer Zong Qihao, and Zong Qihao, who had become much more stable after his wedding, had a rare surprise on his face, as well as joy that could not be concealed.

"Let's go here first today, and please Aiqing, please write a summary and hand it in later." Zong Qihao was too lazy to continue listening, and waved his hand to let him go.

Hearing this, the courtiers who were discussing put on their clothes and saluted, and the Secretary of the Imperial Academy received their pens and were ready to leave.

Zong Qihao nodded, and after they finished their salutes, he quickened his pace and left the palace gate first.

The courtiers who stayed behind looked at each other, and it took a while to exchange thoughts with their colleagues: "Has something good happened to your Majesty?"

"It seems that I heard a message from someone sent by the queen just now."

"Could it be... His Highness finally has it?!"

A courtier patted the shoulder of the colleague who said this: "My lord, wake up, our Highness is a man."

"Ah, if you forget about it when you get old, then there's nothing to look forward to." The man rubbed his temples and said with emotion, "It's really becoming more and more useless, and you young people are the best."

"What did your lord say?" It was a young courtier who reminded him with a smile on his face. "Even if our empress is a man, there is no difference. The king of Qin and the son are defending the border for the country."

"Oh, I'm getting old..." The old courtier let out a long sigh, waved his hands and went out first.

"Master Liu, are you still going to drink after finishing work today?"

There is a familiar young courtier in the Hanlin Academy.

"No," the courtier surnamed Liu smiled and waved his hands, "The family has been having some difficulties recently, so it's better to save some money."

After he finished speaking, he bowed to everyone and took a step first.

"That lord must be the elder brother of Liu Meiren in the palace." After the young courtier left, someone in the Imperial Academy suddenly remembered, "I heard that the business of the Liu family has plummeted recently, and it is far behind the Xiao family."

"By the way, why didn't Master Xiao Xiao come today? He seems to have a good relationship with His Highness. I heard that His Highness often goes to the library to read books..."

"After the court was over, he said that he had left beforehand."

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The courtier surnamed Liu walked out of the meeting hall, walked to a secluded corner and stood there for a while, then a little palace lady sneaked in, and he took out a money bag from his arms to the little palace lady: "There are only these for this month, let her save some money." spend it."

The little maid didn't accept it, but took out another purse and gave it to him: "This is from your empress, and she said it is for the family."

"Where did she come from? Doesn't this little girl only know how to spend money?" The courtier surnamed Liu smiled, weighed the purse in his hand, and was amazed. "Could it be that she finally attacked her little sisters and ransacked them all?" Subsidize the family?"

"No, this is all earned by the empress herself, she said it was to subsidize the family."

He put the purse back into the hands of the little palace lady: "Since you can make money, spend it yourself. There are so many chores at home now, don't let her worry about it, just stay in the palace well, and if there is something missing, let others spread the word. will be without her."

He thought for a while, but still worried: "How did she earn it? Don't steal things from the palace?"

"No, no, absolutely not." The little maid shook her head like a rattle.

"What do you do, make so much money?"

The little maid coughed and said, "Just...just sell some of my own paintings and calligraphy."

He was silent for a while: "Are...all the people in your palace so ignorant? It's likely that Her Highness the Queen spends the most?"

It's not that he belittled his sister, it's that his sister just said it clearly, and she couldn't watch it by doing it herself.When the family wanted to send her into the palace, her eyes turned black when she saw her calligraphy and painting. In the end, a cousin slapped his forehead and came up with the idea of ​​a temporary tutoring lecture on ancient times. Chosen.

According to what Liu Meiren said in the past, Zhu Sining is not proficient in these things, and has always only praised the talents of the concubines, and usually likes to read stories about strange people and strange things.

...Maybe this is the reason why Liu Meiren can live a good life by talking about ancient times and sneaking into the harem to make up for it?

The little maid bowed her head, not daring to tell him that the queen didn't know anything about it.

"Forget it, it's up to you, brother, as long as she lives well." The young courtier surnamed Liu sighed and let the little palace maid go first.

The little maid nodded again and again and ran away quickly.

After she left, the courtier surnamed Liu picked up a book where she walked, flipped through it casually, with a complicated expression on his face.

Selling this kind of storybook is so profitable?

What's even more frightening is that he just looked at it casually and found it quite interesting...

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When Zong Qihao arrived at Jiaofangdian, Zhu Sining had already passed the initial stage of irritability. After knowing that he couldn't go anywhere, he slowly calmed down, propped his chin with one hand, and leaned on the recliner to read a book.

The hair is only partly tied with a white jade crown, and the rest of the long black hair hangs down to the waist. He is wearing a jade white robe of the same color as the jade crown. The white jade is flawless, noble and elegant.

He lowered his head and was watching intently, when he heard the reminder from the palace man beside him, he suddenly turned his head, the tail of his hair swayed, and slowly slipped down behind him, and the surrounding light motes spun along with it.

It was so far away, but Zong Qihao seemed to have touched Zhu Sining, his nose was filled with his unique scent of grass and trees.

"Your Majesty is coming!" Zhu Sining waved to him, "Have you finished your work early today?"

"Yes, today will be over soon." Zong Qihao nodded with a smile, "Is Ah Ning busy?"

Zhu Sining: "I want to go out."

Zong Qihao looked out the window, the sun was shining brightly, the trees were shaded, and the trees were verdant, vigorous and enthusiastic.

Zhu Sining was detained here all day, he must be bored.

"Okay," Zong Qihao helped pack his things, and saw the cover of the book in Zhu Sining's hand, "Have you become interested in stargazing recently?"

"It's average," Zhu Sining put down the book in his hand, "It's okay anyway, I'll push it along. I went hunting and wanted to read it, but I found that I didn't recognize any of them."

In addition to the new book, Zong Qihao also noticed the jade hemp on Zhu Sining's waist——

You only need to wear a belt when you are entertaining guests. The concubine knows that Zhu Sining gets up late in the morning and will not come to him in the morning.

"Is anyone here today?"

Zhu Si was quiet for a while, and replied: "Master Xiao is here."

"Xiao Yiming?"

Zhu Sining raised his eyes and looked at Zong Qihao: "Which other Lord Xiao do you think His Majesty has?"

The books Xiao Yiming sent, except for the scriptures that he has always liked, the others are all kinds of basic science books, which can be called very attentive, but Zhu Sining still feels uncomfortable.

The other party must think that his level is not good enough, so he specially took care of these things he picked.

There is a feeling of being underestimated.

"Okay." Zong Qihao was a little helpless, his original worries were mixed with a little sourness, but after he found that Zhu Sining was losing his temper, which was rare, it disappeared.

Zhu Sining's control over the harem is actually not as weak as the foreign ministers thought. At least the concubines don't hate him, they all look towards him. Even if they know that Zhu Sining won't read carefully, Concubine Lu Guifei has never fooled him , There are degrees of rewards and punishments, and the people in the lower palace abide by the palace rules themselves.

Xiao Yiming was able to easily enter the harem and visit Zhu Sining in a big way.

In the past, when Zhu Sining mentioned Xiao Yiming, he always spoke in a friendly manner, but now that people took such a big risk to see him, he was actually not happy.

Zong Qihao was so happy that he wished Sining didn't like Xiao Yiming, so he stopped the topic very timely.

Zhu Sining still wanted a wheelchair: "Can you just give it to me? Otherwise, it would be inconvenient for me to carry anything."

Zong Qihao hesitated.

Zhu Sining was a bit lazy and didn't like to move. This was because of the habit he had developed over the years due to injuries. Now that his legs have healed, if he was given a wheelchair, it would be easy for him to subconsciously think that he was still not healed.

The longer the time dragged on, the more Zhu Sining would think that he couldn't stand up anymore.

Seeing Zong Qihao's hesitation, Zhu Sining hit the iron while the iron was hot, and hugged Zong Qihao: "Your Majesty, will you please Ah Ning?"

When it is time to take the initiative, take the initiative, and if you hesitate, you will lose. Keep your eyes open and smile hard. If one time is not enough... then do it again!

"..." Zong Qihao lowered his head and looked at Zhu Sining, his eyes were obscure, "A-Ning really wants it?"

Zhu Sining nodded again and again: "Didn't Your Majesty say that there will be rewards for guessing where you are going, can you just use this..."

"No," Zong Qihao flatly refused, "This is not considered a reward."

Zhu Sining: "Okay, I will listen to His Majesty." Just give him a wheelchair so that he can move around and finish the task quickly.

Seeing that Zhu Sining had already started planning where to go after getting a wheelchair, Zong Qihao reminded: "Because this is not a reward, so there will be a fee."

"Receive money?"

"No money," Zong Qihao embraced Zhu Sining, and pressed down on the back of the recliner, "I just don't know if Ah Ning will give it?"

Zhu Sining felt a little dangerous: "Your Majesty...what do you want?"

Zong Qihao didn't answer, just bent his eyes to look at him.

Too close, they were too close.

Zong Qihao's breathing was very hot, and Zhu Sining could feel that the other party was trying to restrain himself, and occasionally there would be one or two slightly heavier breathing sounds.

After the early court, he had to call his close ministers for a small meeting. Zong Qihao was still wearing the black brocade scroll dragon robe from the previous court, with twelve chapter patterns on it, exquisite and luxurious, and the golden dragon on the wide sleeves moved with his breath. , lifelike.

Zhu Sining turned his neck to avoid Zong Qihao's sight, and stared at the ice basin behind him with white smoke rising from it: "Success, deal."

"So nice."

Zong Qihao smiled, but only lowered his head and kissed the corner of Zhu Sining's mouth.

There is no rush, he can still wait.

Just like Zhu Sining likes to save the best food for last, so does he.