Yin Xuezheng hurriedly bowed down and replied: "Please forgive your Majesty, those old guys in the Ministry of Rites are very stubborn in this matter, and there is really no way for the ministers to take them." Besides, the Queen Mother ......"

No matter how stubborn the officials of the Ministry of Rites are, they can still disobey the emperor's edict for the sake of the four nameless show girls, and the key is still because of the Queen Mother.

Needless to say, everyone can understand it!

Qin Siyang smiled, intentionally or unintentionally glanced at the eunuchs standing on both sides, and sighed helplessly: "Okay, if you want to approve it, then Yin Commander will come with me." ”

After speaking, he waved his hand, and the music that had just sounded suddenly stopped again, and the young men in the hall retreated to the side. Yin Xuezheng was led by the little eunuch, and followed Qin Siyang all the way through the big screen and out of the side door.

After a long corridor, I turned a corner again, and after a while, I came to the door of Xinuan Pavilion. Qin Siyang was just about to step in, but suddenly seemed to remember something and stopped, turned around, and ordered the two little eunuchs who were waiting closely, "You guys are here." ”

The two little eunuchs first glanced at Yin Xuezheng, and then looked at each other, Su Fang, the head of the Qianqing Palace, was not here today, and they didn't dare to make decisions about many things.

Although the emperor has no real power, but the status is here, they are just a small eunuch, no matter how bold they are, they dare not listen to the call casually? was hesitating, but raised his eyes just to see the emperor looking at Yin's command, with a low smile on his eyebrows, the two glanced at each other, nodded together and agreed, both retreated to the edge of the corridor, and obediently bowed to the left and right.

Qin Siyang smiled happily, ignored the two ignorant little eunuchs, turned around and strode into Xinuan Pavilion.

As soon as he took two steps into the door, he didn't turn the Four Seasons Painting Screen, but he suddenly stopped again, patted his head and said in annoyance: "Pen, there is no red pen." As he spoke, he turned his head and said to the little eunuch who was leading Yin Xuezheng in front of him, "You go to the East Pavilion and get the set of jade lake pens sent by the Queen Mother." ”

The little eunuch did not have any objections, bowed his head in agreement, and immediately stepped back to get his own pen.

There were not many people waiting in the backyard room, and they were all called to clean up the pile of work left on the pleasure field in the front hall, and the two little eunuchs who served close also stood on the edge of the corridor like stone men. Qin Siyang smiled lightly and motioned for Yin Xuezheng to close the door, and for a while, the room was so quiet that only the sound of two people's breathing remained.

Bypassing the painting screen, Qin Siyang turned around and faced Yin Xuezheng again, the slightness on his face was gone, and what was covered was a solemnity, and his tall posture carried a detachment of indifference and alienation from the world, which made people involuntarily retreat when they saw it.

But Yin Xuezheng did not retreat, as the head of Long Xingwei, he had already cultivated an invincible fortitude and endurance, under Qin Siyang's cold gaze, he just frowned slightly, and bowed deeply without a word.

"Red Fish Hall Master?" The indifferent voice seemed to come from an unreachable distance, not loud but majestic and powerful.

"Yes. Yin Xuezheng quickly knelt on the ground and replied firmly and forcefully.

Qin Siyang nodded, paced to the soft couch and sat down, leaned lazily on the desk, and slowed down before saying in a deep voice: "Get up." ”

Yin Xuezheng agreed, stood up, but did not stand up straight, only lowered his head and bowed slowly to two steps in front of the couch, before stopping and raising his head and arching his hand: "The minister received the return order a few days ago, but he has not responded for a long time, the minister is afraid, please forgive your majesty." ”

Qin Siyang smiled coldly: "Say, what are you afraid of?"

Yin Xuezheng bowed down again: "It is the gift of the first concubine Niangniang to enter the dragon guard, but for several years, I heard that Your Majesty was in danger in several ways, and the ministers only did not know, and did not give assistance to Your Majesty, and were ashamed of the trust of the first Niangniang and Your Majesty, the minister was afraid, and asked Your Majesty to ......."

"Okay," Qin Siyang interrupted him after Yin Xuezheng finished speaking, and snorted coldly, "Don't talk nonsense, your position as the commander of Long Xingwei is rare, so it's not easy to come once, pick up the key points." ”

"Yes," Yin Xuezheng hurriedly answered, and then said, "The minister has something to ask Your Majesty." ”

"What's the matter?"

"Chen Yue took in a little girl to join the dragon guard, her name is Yang Qi, and she seems to know Your Majesty. ”

Qin Siyang's eyes were cold, staring straight at Yin Xuezheng's pupils, as if he was looking at him, but his empty gaze was not.

Yin Xuezheng didn't dare to look directly, lowered his head and silently felt the gaze of the young man above, and after a while, he heard the young man's deep voice: "She, did she mention the Qilin Pavilion to you?"

The voice was low, completely devoid of the previous coldness.

Yin Xuezheng was slightly startled, and looked up, but saw that the young man on the couch had turned his head sideways, his long eyelashes were half-tucked into his eyes, and he was looking thoughtfully at the pen and ink carved with dark clouds and landscapes on the desk.

"Yes. Yin Xuezheng replied in a low voice.

Qin Siyang's eyes darkened, and his slender fingers casually twisted a carved purple pen, turned it twice and put it down. After a while, he turned his head to look directly at Yin Xuezheng, and said in an extremely soft voice: "She knows me, I told her about the Qilin Pavilion, and I also meant that she entered Beijing this time. It was an accident to be pulled into the dragon guard by you, you ...... That's it, it's so far, it's useless to say anything. You have to stay with her for the rest of your life, and don't make any mistakes, or I'll ask for you, do you hear?"

Yin Xuezheng slowly stood up straight, looking at the young man sitting in front of the couch in surprise.

He clearly felt that when the young man in front of him mentioned Yang Qi, the originally unattainable coldness and unreachable indifference were instantly gone, replaced by an intimacy and softness that he couldn't suppress no matter how much he tried to hide it.

This cannot be the attitude that a son of heaven who stands in a high position should have towards his subordinate courtiers. Obviously, when he confronts her, he will only use me as a self-proclaimed name, even if, at this moment, he is facing him, not her. His demeanor seemed to be speaking to her in his heart through him.

This kind of demeanor is very strange, and from his years of experience in seeing people, there can only be one explanation, that is, the demeanor of a person who has fallen into a love network can only be shown when dealing with the people he is deeply affected by.

Thinking of this, Yin Xuezheng was puzzled for a while, and hurriedly knelt down, even claiming that it was.

It seems that it is very necessary for him to reposition, the little girl who was forcibly pulled into Long Xingwei by him, and now he doesn't even know her real name.

got up and raised his eyes to look at the young man again, but saw that after he said this, he didn't say anything again, just lowered his eyes and looked at him fixedly.

No, that's not looking at him. In the eyes of the young emperor, there is expectation, scrutiny, inquiry, and even an indescribable emotion.

Yin Xuezheng guessed that the young man was still thinking about the little girl at this time, so he didn't dare to ask more, so he just bowed down and waited quietly.

After a long time, the young man retracted his gaze, paused and asked leisurely, "You, is there anything else?"

Yin Xuezheng nodded hurriedly: "There is another matter under my subordinates, which is about the case of the overturned ship of Jiangyun." ”

Qin Si raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice, "What's wrong with Jiang Yun?"

Yin Xuezheng lowered his head and replied: "The minister found that the Yangtze River basin and a section of the canal often fail to capsize for many years, and there is an indescribable relationship with the Queen Mother's Wang family, Tian Ge's old Tian family, and Fang Shangshu's Fang family. ”

"I know. ”

Yin Xuezheng bowed his head again: "Your Majesty, can you know the number of ships capsized in a year for a period of river transportation?"

"There are reports in all provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Ministry of Household and Ministry of Industry also make statistics, is there anything wrong?"

"There is something wrong," Yin Xuezheng raised his head and replied, "Long Xingwei has found that there are many discrepancies between the numbers reported by the provinces in Jiangnan and the actual numbers. ”

Qin Siyang's expression darkened, and he asked, "What's wrong?"

"The number reported by the provinces is nearly half of the actual number of ships capsized. ”

"It's actually twice as much as reported?"

"Yes!"

After being silent for a moment, I heard the young man scold coldly: "What a bold man." ”

"In addition," Yin Xuezheng continued, "the number of ships sunken by the Tian family and the Fang family in the south reported to their master family in the capital is also different from that of the Wang family. ”

"Yes. Qin Siyang sneered, "How is this different?"

"The number of the Tian family and the Fang family reported on the main family is more than twice as much as that of the Wang family. ”

"Which one is reporting the real number?" Qin Siyang asked.

"None of the three are real numbers. ”

"It's all true?" Qin Siyang was taken aback.

"Yes," Yin Xue replied as he did, "The number reported by the Wang family is nearly half less than the actual number, and it is close to the number reported by the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River. However, what the Tian family and the Fang family reported was one percent more than the real number. ”

"In this way, the number of these three families reporting to the main family is one less than two more. Qin Siyang snorted coldly, "What are these three families playing?"

Yin Xuezheng bowed his head and was silent.

Qin Siyang groaned slightly, and ordered: "In two days, you will copy the real number found by Long Xingwei." ”

"Yes. ”

Qin Siyang thought for a while, and then asked: "Can you find out that the provinces in Jiangnan have underreported nearly half, how does the difference in the middle be filled in the tax items that should be paid to the court every year?"

Yin Xuezheng bowed his head and replied: "The ministers have not yet found the evidence in this regard, and according to the news, it is speculated that the officials of the provinces in Jiangnan and the Tian Fang family have reached some kind of agreement, and the royal family should have made up for the court with the share that the Wang family deserved but did not share. ”

"Supplies. Qin Siyang sneered, "They are generous." He was about to ask again, but he saw Yin Xuezheng suddenly raise his hand and make a gesture.

Nodding, Qin Siyang listened attentively, the sound of small footsteps from far and near was the pace of the eunuch he was extremely familiar with.

Twisting his eyebrows slightly, Qin Siyang's solemn face instantly floated with a hint of playfulness.

As soon as the little eunuch approached the door, he heard a burst of indulgent laughter coming from inside the door, and it was the sound of laughter from the Holy One.

"Command Yin to stop worshipping, I like a merry character like you. What are you going to retreat, come here, look up at me, um, tell me how old you are?"

"Seven out of twenty. ”

"It's seven. Qin Siyang grinned and said, "It doesn't look like it, look at this beautiful demeanor, how admirable it is, if your complexion can be whiter, those slaves in the back hall can't compare to yours no matter how much powder they paint." ”

There was no response, the little eunuch smiled speechlessly, guessing that the Yin Commander in the room was just gritting his teeth for fear of death, and his anger was very uncomfortable.

I only heard the laughter of the saint and then said: "Can Commander Yin come often, I want to hear more about your heroic deeds, you don't know what you just said, how fascinated I am, you are different from the people outside, so handsome and so heroic, it is really perfect." He Zifan is one of the most literal and martial arts, and he is my favorite person."

actually compared Command Yin to that poor Li Chaofan, well, the muffled voice finally came out again.

"It is an honor for the minister to win the emperor's trust. ”

"That's it, go down and Yin instruct me to come to the palace often, and Zifan, I'm waiting for you. ”

"Obey. ”

When the little eunuch outside the door heard this, he finally spoke softly: "Your Majesty, the servant has brought the jade lake pen." ”