In the past few days, Zhou Rushui felt uncomfortable thinking about the glance that Xie Glaze was glaring at. Sure enough, within a few days, I saw Abi, the female official in Gongzi Musheng's palace, stumbling into Huanong Palace. Ah Bi saw Zhou Rushui kneeling on the ground and bowed, and said anxiously: "Chitose! It's a big deal! The king is furious, and His Royal Highness is punishing the second highness to think about it in front of the wall in the Ming Hall!"

At that time, at the beginning of winter, the frost was light and did not kill the grass, and the desert sand was dry at the beginning of the warm day. Zhou Rushui and Shu Ying were fiddling with a few pots of daffodils from the Yuhua Room, the two of them were still laughing happily, listening to Abi's words, Zhou Rushui pinched the fingertips of the narcissus and tightened suddenly, and when she came to her senses, the original intact daffodil green leaves were also pinched by her to make water marks, and a hole was cut off.

Seeing this, Su Ying hurriedly stepped forward to wipe Zhou Rushui's hands with a silk handkerchief, and glanced at Abi again, blaming her for not understanding the rules and going on a rampage.

Zhou Rushui didn't bother to pay attention to these false courtesies, she only knew that it was the early winter season, the cold wind was the most susceptible to injury, her brother's "previous life" was weak and sick, and now, how could she withstand such a toss? Thinking of this, Zhou Rushui's pink peach cheeks turned slightly white, she slowly withdrew her hand from Shuying's hand, looked at Abi, forced her anxiety, and asked her softly: "What's the matter? Why did the monarch's father punish my brother?"

Hearing this, Ah Bi also looked sad and indignant, she raised her eyebrows, and replied sadly: "Chitose doesn't know, now that winter is coming, the barbarians have begun to burn and loot in the north again. The year before last, they even set fire to the city and almost burned down the warehouse in Tianshui City. Since the fall of the crown prince, the position of the general on the edge of the town has been mysterious. Now, the border pass is 100,000 urgent but lacks good generals, and the king will personally come to the court today, and the Tao is intended to set up Xie family as the general to garrison Tianshui City. Hearing this, His Royal Highness naturally strongly opposed it, and in this way, it can be regarded as a blatant refutation of the monarch's face in the court. But that's not all, half a moment ago, the king suddenly came to Renxi Palace, left a piece of paper that had not yet been covered with a jade seal and threw it to the second highness, saying that he wanted to marry the second highness! This was originally a good thing! But the king's intention was to ask the second highness to marry the six daughters of the Xie family as brides. In this way, the Second Highness should say, 'The son does not want to marry the daughter of the Xie family', and after saying that, he threw the holy decree directly on the case in front of the king. For this reason, again and again, the king was really furious, and directly reprimanded His Royal Highness for not seeing a father and disrespecting filial piety, and even punished His Highness for going to Mingtang!"

After speaking, Abi bowed and bowed to Zhou Rushui, and was already crying and begging: "Chitose, His Royal Highness has always advanced and retreated, but now he is really forced to be ruthless, this time, what should I do?"

I also know that the year before last, King Zhou really gave Langya Wang's face, not only did the court approve the "Tuntian Law" proposed by Wang Duan, the right minister, but also sent Wang Jian to the prime minister to give the "Tuntian Order". Such an important honor that does not fall behind is that the people of the Xie clan, who are used to blue eyes, will also blush when they see it. In this way, it is not surprising that King Zhou is acting like this today. After all, King Zhou has always valued the Xie family, and today's events and the "Nine Tin Gifts" in front of him are just means to appease the Xie family.

However, the major affairs of the country are in worship and Rong. Over the years, due to the protection of Gongzi Zhan and Xie Ji's dictatorship, Xie's power in the court has become more and more valuable, and there have long been signs of dictatorship of relatives. In the past, King Zhou blindly favored and protected the Xie family, but this time, it intensified, and even the military affairs had to be handed over to the Xie family. In this way, Gongzi Musheng will naturally resolutely oppose it!

After all, if he really agreed to these things, the balance in the court would really be broken. In addition, from ancient times to the present, generals who support their own troops and cause trouble in the world really abound. The Xie clan already held the power of the inner court, and if he held the military power again, the consequences would be really unimaginable.

After listening to Ah Bi's words, Zhou Rushui's face was also not good, she took a sip of the tea in the cup, and after a while, she asked softly: "Brother can I tell you anything?"

Hearing this, Ah Bi shook his head in disbelief and replied distressedly: "His Royal Highness has a lot of urgent business, and he can't be empty at all. ”

"Is this like this?" Listening to Abi's words, Zhou Rushui bit her lip lightly, and her delicate face was instantly dyed with a bit of bitterness. After a long time, he continued to ask in a low voice: "Then, before the monarch's father suddenly came to Renxi Palace, what did Brother do?

In Zhou Rushui's view, Gongzi Musheng has always acted calmly, and has always been prudent, and he is intellectual, and he will never anger his father lightly. After all, what if his son-in-law Mu Shengqiang disapproved of these things? If the monarch's father was really ruthless and wanted to make the Xie family's palm stretch out to the northern frontier, he would give an edict, and what others said would be nothing in vain.

Zhou Rushui asked, Abi was excited, her eyes widened suddenly, and she said eagerly: "Yes, Yes, His Royal Highness has mobilized the hidden stakes placed in Xie Mansion, and the Dao is the hidden guard who followed Xie Yong's wife Fei Jiu, and they will be withdrawn together after today." ”

"Xie Yongzhi, is he the one Xie wants to promote this time?" As she spoke, Zhou Rushui twisted her eyebrows, a trace of incomprehension crossed her glittering eyes, and after a while, she said sullenly: "How is this court matter involved in the back house?" But as she spoke, she remembered Qian Lu, whose family was ruined the year before, and it was hard to say anything for a while. After a while, she didn't come up with a reason, but closed her eyes tiredly, waved her hand at Abi and said, "I already know about this, and I will act when I see the opportunity." You should go back quickly, Mingtang is important, Xie Ji is not the wife of the monarch's father, so it stands to reason that she can't get in. In this way, she can't embarrass her brother for the time being. Then do your duty and take good care of your brother, and when the time comes, bring him something to eat. ”

Listening to Zhou Rushui's noncommittal words, Abi agreed blankly. She got up and glanced at Zhou Rushui again without saying anything, but when the words came to her mouth, she just sighed, and then turned around and walked out of the hall.

As soon as Abi left, it was Yucui, who had been guarding outside, who ran in a hurry, with a white and pretty face, and the handkerchief in her hand was twisted into a ball. As soon as he approached, he was like an ant on a hot pot, and said to Zhou Rushui in a confused manner: "Female monarch, the weather has been very cold recently, and His Royal Highness has been busy with state affairs every day, and now it is really inappropriate to kneel on the cold stone slab!

"What do you want to do? Do you want to kneel down and beg your father now, hit the spearhead directly, and wait for Xie Glaze to bury the palace and her brother to death together?" Seeing that Xie Cui's anger was out of proportion, Zhou Rushui raised his eyes, glanced at her coldly, and stared at her so that he lowered his face in self-defeat, and then said quietly: "What is the situation now, others don't know, don't you know?" Since Xie Glaze Lian entered the palace, the eldest brother died in battle, and the mother avoided outside the palace, the situation in the palace has all changed. In the past few years, even I have rarely seen my father. He begged for the elixir, Nobu Changsheng, and lingered and rejoiced with the beauties in the wine pond and meat forest every day, when will he still remember us children, and when will he really care about the people of the world? It is not a matter of one or two days for him to favor the Xie family! Now, even if he really insists on going his own way, he wants to hand over the military power of the northern Xinjiang to the Xie family, and if he is alone, he will be impeached by hundreds of officials, and it will not play any role. After all, this world is still the world of the monarch, isn't it?"

Speaking of this, Zhou Rushui sighed softly, the orange candlelight smudged a warm luster in her hairline, she slowly propped up her forehead, her braided teeth reflected the vermilion lips, staring at the white fingers that were clasped tightly by worry and nervousness, and after a while, she said softly: "Since it doesn't help, it's better to think clearly before making plans." When she said this, her tone was light, and it was clear that she was under control, but her eyes were still warm.

Hearing this, she looked at Zhou Rushui deeply, and after a while, she bit her lip and said hesitantly: "So, even if you know that you can't stop it, why does Your Royal Highness still want to fight against you?"

"If only I understood, it would be fine. As she spoke, she couldn't help but sigh. At that time, the heating in the house was steaming, but Zhou Rushui suddenly felt cold under his feet, and he couldn't help but feel a cold chill all over his body. In the bottom of her heart, she sincerely gave birth to a sense of confusion and helplessness that is unbearable in high places and far away.

At this moment, she really regretted it! I regretted that in the past, when my aunt and eldest princess Dai sent beauties into the palace, she was always repulsed and bored. So much so that Xie Ji stumbled and broke her aunt's "hands and feet" every time, but she didn't listen to it or ask. It's okay now, although Fu Ling's matter is fooled, but the eldest princess Dai is not good to come forward to relieve her brother again. Now, in this huge harem, there is no longer half of the body who can intercede for their brothers and sisters!

Thinking about it, Zhou Rushui's expression became even more solemn, she suddenly stretched out her hand to grab the gossamer floating in the air, staring at the gossamer that seemed to be nothing, Zhou Rushui suddenly said with a sudden realization: "Brother will never do useless work, he is like this, maybe just to delay? He must already have Xie Yongzhi's handle in his hand, and this handle may make the monarch's father break Xu Xie's mind to go to Tianshui City? Even so, it is just right." A year ago, wasn't there still a rumor in the palace that the monarch's father wanted to change Xie Glaze Lotus after he had a heart to abandon? Now, I might as well take advantage of this matter to muddy the waters a little more and delay for my brother for a little longer. ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Rushui's eyes are already bright, and he is blessed to the soul. She turned her eyes, her moist eyes suddenly stared at Shu Ying's pale green palace clothes, and she beckoned to Shu Ying decisively, then dipped the tea in the cup and wrote a line on the case without hurrying.

At that time, when Shu Ying stepped forward and saw the handwriting on the case, his eyes widened, and he shook his head in disbelief. She was bold enough to lean her face, but she was also frightened, and she couldn't help but exhale softly.

But only Zhou Rushui, with crooked eyebrows and eyes, covered his lips and smiled softly. The smiling eyebrows and eyes are really glamorous.