Shadow Guard stand-in

He Jue fell asleep all night in a daze, and when he woke up, he was drenched in sweat. He always felt that he had a dream last night, but he couldn't remember what he dreamed about.

Even when I went to court, I felt in a trance, and when I returned to Qinzheng Hall, there was no one in the Nuan Pavilion.

He felt evil in his heart, and asked the palace servants around him, "Where's Jin Jiuye?"

The palace man replied timidly: "Master Yingwei returned to Yongshou Palace early in the morning."

They didn't have time to have breakfast together, He Jue felt awkward, the corners of his mouth were tense, and finally he snorted coldly, but didn't say anything.

When he got up in the morning, he was not feeling well, so he hurriedly washed up, and didn't tell him about breakfast at all, and he didn't know if the man had eaten it.

He didn't say a word and left by himself.

After thinking about it, He Jue became angry again. He rolled his eyes and saw that Qin Zhen's old stubbornness was talking about money, so he immediately criticized him.

After sitting for a while, he found that he couldn't see anything, and his mind was very troubled, so he walked to the window, stood alone for a long time, and then called the palace man: "Go to the martial arts field, and call Lin Chi too." , and bring a few skilled Habayashi guards."

Lin Chi was beaten up by He Jue in the martial arts arena, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. As the leader of the Habayashi guards, he is the emperor's guard, but he can't even compare with the people who are protected.

Immediately feeling disheartened, the newly promoted recruit came over without thinking, and said a few words of concern.

Lin Chi glanced at him, "Are you reading a joke?"

The guard hurriedly said no.

Lin Chi snorted coldly, "Why don't you go up and try?"

The guard quickly shrank back, and then showed a flattering smile, "Your Majesty just joined the Habayashi guard half a month ago. At that time, I was fortunate to witness the fist fight between His Majesty and Lord Shadow Guard. At that time, I didn't think much of it. Today I saw that His Majesty can do it alone. Only when we singled out the three of us, Habayashi Guards, did we truly realize what a powerful existence that leader of the Xuanyi Division is."

"It's good to know!" Lin Chi took the handkerchief handed over by others and wiped his sweat twice. In the field, He Jue was still confronting the three Habayashi guards at the same time.

He looked over, and through those swords, lights and swords, he seemed to see the appearance of a certain man in black, and his expression suddenly became more revered.

"Master Shadow Guard just came back with a serious injury that day, and His Majesty lost several games in a row in front of him. As for me, I can't compare to Lord Shadow Guard with half a finger."

Lin Chi looked at the guards with disdain, "As for you, you may not be my opponent after 20 years of training."

The guards said yes again and again, and said with a little envy: "Master Shadow Guard is so powerful, he can be called the best in the world, and I don't know what is going on with the Xuanyi Division under his command."

Lin Chi snorted lightly, "Want to join Xuanyi Division?"

The guards were silent.

"You are still far from qualified." Lin Chi said cruelly, "That is the place where life is put. Without blood and passion, without unwavering loyalty to the country and His Majesty, you are not worthy of joining the Xuanyi Division."

There is no need to say any extra words, He Jue's side in the field has ended, and Lin Chi went up to meet him.

The palace people also handed over clean handkerchiefs, water and other things. He Jue wiped it scribbled twice, drank a pot of water, and then pointed to the Habayashi guards who collapsed on the ground behind him, and said to Lin Chi: : "Excuse me, don't lose the face of Habayashi Wei."

Lin Chi should be respectful, and took the opportunity to propose: "Your Majesty, if you don't let Lord Yingwei come to Habayashi Wei to teach you a thing or two, you can also help the minister improve the overall quality of Habayashi Wei."

He Jue glanced at him sideways, as if to say, you have the face to make such a request?

"He doesn't have time to talk to me, and he still has the time to go to the Habayashi Guard? What are you dreaming of?"

Lin Chi's heart skipped a beat when he heard the words, and suddenly realized.It turned out that he had run into a wall with Lord Yingwei, so he dragged himself and a group of Habayashi guards to fight, and he was relieved by the beating.

God is so pitiful, Lin Chi suddenly thought that the days to come would not be so miserable.

He Jue broke out in a sweat, and his mood became much more relaxed, and he ordered the palace servants: "Let Zhongshu Sheren come to Qinzheng Palace, I want to draw up an order."

After returning to Qinzheng Palace, he came out after washing, and the people of Zhongshushe had been waiting for a long time, so He Jue finalized the imperial edict for Jin Jiuye.After dealing with this matter, he sat down in front of the desk again, and finally he was able to calm down and read the notebook.

It's just that the old man Qin Zhen's invitation was slapped down too badly by himself. I'm afraid the old man won't think about it when he sends it back. He will go to the Palace of Qinzheng himself and scold him bloody on the spot.

He Jue sighed helplessly, not knowing what was wrong with him, and made some abnormal actions.

He didn't want to delve into it, and was afraid that the more he thought about it, the more confused he would become, so he decided to calm down and focus on government affairs, and called several cabinet ministers into the palace to discuss financial matters clearly.

He was obsessed with this matter, and he didn't believe it, but there was no result.

Shoukang Palace.

The news of He Jue's confirmation of Jin Jiuye's position was only about an hour old, and the concubine had already inquired clearly. Hearing that he was just a noble person, she couldn't help but sneer.

"How could your majesty be so dear to the shadow guard, who made people live in the main hall of Yongshou Palace, and because he lost his composure in front of the cabinet ministers, he even dealt with the people in charge of the palace around Ai's family. In the end, heh, he was not just a nobleman That's all."

The concubine reached out and patted Zhong Wanxiu's shoulder, feeling happy, "Wanxiu, it can be seen from this that this man, no matter how sweet he is, doesn't he value his heirs the most? Our Majesty has a mirror in his heart, Jin Jiuye He's a man who can't bear children, even if he has been with His Majesty for 20 years, the friendship of those 20 years can't offset his own identity."

Zhong Wanxiu smiled and answered, "Grandmother is right, so I don't have to worry about it. Yesterday, I saw Gong Zhengsi and those people coming to drag Gong Gong away with viciousness, and Gong Jiang screamed so miserably, I was really scared Extremely. I only know that the shadow guard can cover the sky with one hand, if he enters the palace, even if he is favored, he will have nowhere to redress his grievances if he is lurking and assassinated according to that person's ruthless methods."

"Does he dare?" The concubine also remembered yesterday's shamelessness, her complexion suddenly collapsed, and her brows showed a bit of coldness, "What is he, a dog that crawled out of the life and death camp! How dare he run rampant in the harem! Back then, he should Poison him to death, once everything is settled, how can there be so many troubles now!"

When Zhong Wanxiu heard this incident suddenly, her heart stopped beating for a moment, and she didn't answer the words for a moment.

She didn't expect that her aunt, who usually seemed kind and amiable, would be such a vicious person.Did she ever poison that Lord Shadow Guard?Zhong Wanxiu couldn't help thinking to herself.

Concubine Toffee accidentally slipped her mouth, and faked a cough to cover it up. Anyway, as long as He Jue doesn't know about those things, it's fine.Zhong Wanxiu is her own family after all, and the Zhong family has to depend on her glory as a concubine, no matter how impossible it is to dig their own grave.

But she also doubted whether He Jue knew something in his heart.After all, she only took the opportunity to teach Jin Jiuye a lesson yesterday morning, but before noon, He Jue came with an order, even though it was a slave who was killed, it was also a slave in her palace who had been serving her all the time.

She couldn't help but think that what He Jue did was not only slapping her in the face, but maybe also warning her, warning her not to act recklessly.At that time, the concubine was also very flustered, so she didn't dare to confront He Jue directly, and spent the whole night in fear, for fear that He Jue would reveal those things in the past.

But after thinking about it, maybe he was just warning himself not to touch Jin Jiuye, and now that the canonized edict is issued, Jin Jiuye is nothing more than that, working hard for him, he is nothing more than a nobleman in the end.

The tight string in the concubine's heart immediately relaxed. She knew very well that He Jue would not have known those things back then. He was so young at that time, so he couldn't remember who stretched out those hands.The relationship between them has been good in the past few years, if He Jue really knew, with his vengeful temperament, he would never allow himself to be this concubine.

It's just that the title of concubine makes her a little unhappy. Since she is the biological mother, why not be named queen mother?But He Jue said that he was recorded in the name of the late empress, so he could only respect the late empress as the empress dowager, not to mention that the concubine was ordered by the late emperor to go to the Universiade Temple to clean up, so he couldn't go against the late emperor's wishes.In this way, the concubine could only recognize that he was the son she gave away with her own hands. She hadn't gotten along with him for decades, and being able to rely on a little blood relationship to enjoy the honor in the palace was the last laugh.

Concubine Toffee withdrew her thoughts, pondering over the current situation, she needed to get the back seat in her hands as soon as possible.

Qinzheng Hall.

While He Jue was reviewing the papers, while waiting for the cabinet ministers to enter the palace, he suddenly remembered that he had promised to prepare a birthday present for Qin Zhen.Counting the days, the birthday will be the day after tomorrow.

He Jue hurriedly summoned Li Qingyu and asked him to take a look at this year's birthday gift list.The various objects on the list are listed according to the specifications and grades. Every year when the cabinet ministers celebrate their birthdays, they will receive a gift from the emperor to celebrate their birthdays.

He Jue has always ignored these things, but recently he had a quarrel with Qin Zhen, and it was because of Jin Jiuye, so he had to pay more attention.

"Qin Siqing has always loved calligraphy and painting, so he sent the famous ancient painting collected in the treasury. In addition, there are two high-quality tribute inkstones, as well as the piece of Lanting ink that he got a few years ago, all of which are listed on the gift list. The day after tomorrow, you will deliver it yourself."

Li Qingyu said yes, Xindao this year's birthday gift is much more precious, if His Majesty chose something himself, or it was a good thing that His Majesty gave up, I'm afraid Master Qin would be so happy that he couldn't keep his eyes open.

Leaving the Hall of Qinzheng, just as he ran into a group of people from the cabinet, Li Qingyu hurriedly congratulated him a few times, and then told about His Majesty personally choosing the birthday gift. Sure enough, Qin Zhen smiled when he heard it.

After they entered the door, He Jue was still rushing to review the papers. After the little palace man reported in a low voice, he raised his eyes to look into the crowd, and suddenly saw Qi Lezhi's figure.

"Why is Lezhi still here?" He Jue asked in surprise.

Qi Lezhi hurriedly cupped his hands and saluted, "Returning to Your Majesty, this summoning involves military expenditures. I think no one knows this better than my minister. I have the courage to meet you."

"That's all." He Jue waved his hand, signaling the ministers to sit down, "I just think that you, the groom who is about to get married, should stay at home and prepare for the wedding."

He was talking and laughing, and when he mentioned Qi Lezhi's marriage, he suddenly didn't feel uncomfortable, instead he was able to cater to the courtiers.

Qi Lezhi was naturally teased for a while, and finally had to beg for forgiveness repeatedly, and these elders and colleagues let him go.

Matters related to finances and money are always the most difficult to break through. Even if there are more than enough places, the ministers in charge are unwilling to make concessions.But He Jue was determined to give up, so he left the courtiers for meetings every day, and he could keep his mind still, listening to them arguing with each other.

Either the South Study Room or the Hall of Qinzheng, not only the cabinet members, but even the lower-level officials were personally named by him to participate in the discussion, and they would not be released until dark.

After just being so busy for a few days, seeing that Qi Lezhi's wedding is coming soon, I don't know if Qi Ge is too anxious, or others can't stand it anymore. Finally there is a result.

He Jue drew up the decree, and Zhongshushe issued an edict. After everything settled down, He Jue suddenly thought of Jin Jiuye.

I haven't seen you for a few days, I don't know why.

He didn't know to come to Qinzheng Hall to see me, this elm-headed stupid thing.

He Jue muttered in a low voice, put down what he was doing, left Qinzheng Hall, and went straight to Yongshou Palace.

Yongshou Palace is very close to Qinzheng Palace, which is the closest among the six palaces, behind the long street.He Jue brought two young palace servants and turned into the Yongshou Gate, and suddenly found that the palace was somewhat deserted, the palace servants who were sweeping away were silent, and the palace servants who came and went were also silent.

Suddenly someone saw He Jue, and hurriedly knelt down to salute. This time, he knelt down and knelt down.

Not seeing the man in black show up, He Jue felt a little displeased, mixed with indescribable disappointment.It stands to reason that with his alertness, he should have noticed it as soon as he entered the Yongshou Gate.If you notice it, it will naturally appear.

But at this moment, he was nowhere to be seen.

"Where's your master?" He Jue's tone was a little annoyed.

The man also said that he was the only one in his heart, but after a while, he disappeared.

The little palace man who was kneeling closest said timidly, "Niang Niang, he..."

"What do you call him?" He Jue became furious when he heard those three words.

The little palace man was shaking like a sieve, "Slave..."

"Say!" He Jue roared, and the little palace man burst into tears, kowtowed on the ground and begged for forgiveness, "Your Majesty, please forgive me for my mistake!"

He Jue pointed to another palace servant next to him, "Come on."

The palace man was more experienced, although he was scared out of his wits, he was still able to speak, "Your servant heard everyone call him that, so he kept calling him that, although the nobleman's status is not high, but... ..."

Before he finished speaking, He Jue kicked him violently. He Jue was furious, "Is that what everyone in the palace calls him?"

The palace servant was kicked backwards, heard His Majesty's scolding, quickly curled up again, kneeling neatly, "Yes... yes."

"Very good!" He Jue was extremely angry, thinking of how insulting Jin Jiuye was to the word empress, he felt a burning anger in his chest, and he couldn't restrain himself from wanting to beat someone up.

These bastards!How dare you do this to Jin Jiuye!

He didn't dare to think about how many similar grievances that man had endured behind his back.That man has always been a forbearing character, nothing can shake him or hit him.If it hadn't been extremely embarrassing, Jin Jiuye would not have accepted the position of noble concubine a few days ago, but wanted a small noble position, presumably to avoid this title.

However, he never realized how he could live up to the promise he made a few days ago by allowing such a thing to happen.

He said that he would protect him.

But if he hadn't insisted on asking someone to enter the palace, if he hadn't wished to choose a male concubine, such a thing would not have happened today.

He was remorseful and angry, this matter cannot be left alone.

"Tenomiya Masaji!"

The head of Gong Zhengsi stumbled to Yongshou Palace, sweating all over under the sun, but still couldn't hide the coldness in his heart.He learned from the palace servant who sent the order that His Majesty got angry this time because of the title of Lord Shadow Guard.

damn it!Those ignorant bastards should be called whatever the status of the shadow guard is, and they just pulled out a Jin Niangniang.How can His Majesty not be angry when he hears this?Not to mention overstepping his status, even if Mr. Yingwei is really a concubine, he shouldn't be called like that.

"Slave Li Gui pays homage to Your Majesty!" The head of the palace Zhengsi knelt down towards He Jue as soon as he entered the door.

He Jue's face was cold, his whole body seemed to be covered with frost.

Yongshou Palace was so quiet that they didn't even dare to breathe loudly, those palace people all knelt on the ground in awe, their timid eyes were red with tears and tears, and even more timid were shaking their bodies and almost fainted.

In fact, He Jue is a very kind and almost conniving king, since he ascended the throne until now, he rarely punished the palace servants.

Even Li Qingyu, the head of the House of Internal Affairs, went out of his way from time to time. Relying on his affection for taking care of His Majesty in the early years, he was not only able to joke with His Majesty, but occasionally spoke out in anger, and was scolded countless times by His Majesty, but there was no real punishment. .There is also Su Huichun from the Taitai Hospital, a straightforward person who can't be tactful, and often speaks out in front of His Majesty, making His Majesty red-faced with anger, but he has not received any punishment.

Gong Zhengsi has been idle for several years, except for some minor troubles sent by some palace officials, Li Gui began to feel that he was just a display.

But today, it's terrible.

In other words, from the day the Lord Shadow Guard entered the harem, the palace has been turned upside down, and it is no longer what it used to be.

A few days ago, His Majesty personally committed the crime of being in charge of the Shoukang Palace, just because the other party neglected Lord Yingwei and did not allow him to have breakfast.This time, I don't know how many people will be involved. His Majesty doesn't like others to neglect Lord Shadow Guard. These little bastards have no eyes yet, and they bumped into His Majesty's knife edge. How could His Majesty expose it easily?

"Slap!" He Jue uttered two words sullenly, ordering Li Gui, "Everyone in the whole palace, everyone who has called Jin Niangniang three words, all slap!"

Li Gui was stunned, how many people are there in the whole palace?He felt pain just thinking about it.

The first one is Director Li of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. You must know that Jin Niangniang called it out of his mouth, followed by many palace officials, either because of flattery to the boss, or because of following the trend, so that this title has become a kind of expression in the harem. default.That is to say, the palace servants under Zhang Fu, the head of the Qinzheng Palace, were suppressed and kept calling Lord Yingwei.Looking at it now, it is no wonder that Zhang Fu was the most sacred heart in the previous dynasties and harem. From this point of view, it is indeed the case.

"Your Majesty, if you want to punish the whole palace, there will probably be many people." Li Gui said cautiously, even though he had called the concubine before, he naturally didn't dare to punish the concubine, and he didn't dare to be short-sighted at this time. pointed out.

"A lot of people?" He Jue almost gritted his teeth, but there are many people who are so disrespectful to Jin Jiuye, "Do you think that the law does not punish the public, and if there are too many people, I won't punish them?"

In this matter, He Jue will not make any concessions, even if others think he is cruel and cruel, even if he loses his current reputation as a virtuous person, he doesn't care.

He must let everyone know that those who insult Jin Jiuye will be punished.

"Start with Yongshou Palace, everyone will be punished, if one is spared..." He Jue's sharp eyes seemed to be lingering at Li Gui, Li Gui didn't dare to raise his eyes, and he didn't even dare to move.

From the moment he entered the door, he has been kneeling.

Or in order to respond to today's anger, the sky that was still in full bloom just now suddenly darkened, dark clouds overwhelmed the sky, followed by a thunderclap.

Rumbling--

Accompanied by the sound of thunder, came He Jue's last words, "If you cover up for selfishness, Li Gui, I want your head!"

It's raining, pouring rain.

In Yongshou Palace, there were slaps one after another. He Jue looked at the rain curtain under the eaves awe-inspiringly. Jin Jiuye was not in Yongshou Palace, and even the people in Yongshou Palace didn't know his whereabouts.

If he went to the Xuanyi Division, he would at least give an order.But this time, it was very unusual, even after searching for an hour, I still haven't gotten any news.

Zhang Xiaoxi ran back in the rain, drenched all over, before he could speak, He Jue asked, "Are you in the Xuanyi Department?"

"No, it's not, Your Majesty..." Zhang Xiaoxi's face was covered with rain, and he couldn't speak clearly, "I heard from the Xuanyi Department that Lord Shadow Guard was taken away by Shoukang Palace for two hours."

"Take away?" He Jue noticed the word.

Zhang Xiaoxi replied: "Yes, the person from Shoukang Palace said that Lord Yingwei violated the palace rules and the concubine will punish him."