You must know that the monthly salary of a first-class official in this dynasty is eighty-seven taels, but Zhu Shiyang increased the reward to Lu Wenyuan to more than twice the silver, obviously wanting to make up for what he owed him in the past. Lu Wenyuan was also a little surprised for a while, and looked up at Zhu Shiyang's back and was stunned. Zhu Shiji followed Zhu Shiyang out, and turned back to Lu Wenyuan with a fierce look: "Lord Lu, what are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and thank you." ”

Lu Wenyuan came back to his senses at this time, and kowtowed to the ground to thank him.

Zhu Shiyang and Zhu Shiji returned to the inner palace and saw Gui Xi greeted him with two black circles under his eyes. It turned out that he saw that the two of them didn't return all night yesterday, but he was afraid that something had happened, but he didn't dare to tell others because of Zhu Shiyang's order, so he was so anxious that he was so frightened that he didn't close his eyes for a night. Now that I see that the emperor and the prince have come back in a good manner, my heart is about to shed tears as soon as I am relieved. Zhu Shiyang couldn't see him the most assertive, so he sent him back to his residence to make up for sleep, and changed the little eunuch Shuangxi to take the shift, and he and Zhu Shiji went back to the palace to rest and rectify.

After this incident, the relationship between Zhu Shiyang and Lu Wenyuan eased, and Lu Wenyuan re-entered the palace to send the recital, and specially thanked the Holy Grace for the relief of the victims. Although Zhu Shiyang still can't let go of it, he can finally talk to Lu Wenyuan under Zhu Shiji's ridicule, but compared with the original, there is a lot more politeness and bluntness between monarchs and ministers.

Zhu Shiyang was secretly anxious, but he was afraid that he would not be able to find the comfort and joy he had when he got along with Lu Wenyuan in the past, and he always thought that he would be more kind and easy-going when he met him next time, but when it was time to do it, he couldn't put it down. Zhu Shiyang secretly scolded himself for dying to save face, but he hated that he couldn't think of a way to get closer to Lu Wenyuan.

On this day, Zhu Shiji, the king of Kangping, went out of the palace to buy antiques, saying that he would stay out at night and would not come back. Zhu Shiyang was very bored alone, and when he was finally hit, he was thinking about going to bed, but he saw Gui Xi coming in from outside the hall with a small printed bowl, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the servants of Shang Shan Jian have recently developed a new soup to calm the nerves, using only ordinary ingredients such as red beans and dates, but the taste is very good. Why don't you taste it?" said and handed the small printed bowl to Zhu Shiyang's eyes.

Zhu Shiyang only felt a sweet taste hit the tip of his nose, and his stomach happened to be a little empty, so he laughed: "These dog minions are really getting more and more unpleasant." He reached out and took the soup bowl, scooped a spoonful and put it in his mouth.

The heat of the soup is just right, the taste is delicate and soft, and the sweetness of red dates penetrates into it, so that Zhu Shiyang, who is used to eating big fish and meat on weekdays, is clear, and even claims that it is good, and promises to reward the next person in the food prison ten taels of silver. After eating two more bites, his heart suddenly moved, and he looked up and asked, "Who is the cabinet on duty tonight?"

Gui Xi pondered for a moment and replied: "Originally, it should have been Lord Yan Yong, but Lord Lu was not in good spirits in his old age, so every time it was the turn of Lord Yan and Lord Shen, Lord Lu was on duty......"

Before Gui Xi finished speaking, Zhu Shiyang jumped up, thinking that this was a great opportunity to reconcile with Lu Wenyuan, so he hurriedly put down the small bowl in his hand and said, "Hurry up and send another cup of this soup to the superintendent of Shangshan, it needs to be hot." I'm going to visit Lu Wenyuan in the cabinet. ”

Gui Xi didn't dare to slack off, got up and went, and after a while, he came back with a royal food box, which contained a cup of hot soothing soup in a celadon soup cup, and a small bowl and spoon for soup were prepared next to it. Zhu Shiyang was very satisfied, and couldn't wait to pick up the food box and walk outside the hall, so anxious that Guixi shouted behind him: "Your Majesty, your own soup hasn't finished yet." Zhu Shiyang waved his hand excitedly and said, "Don't drink it, I will go to the cabinet to drink with Lu Wenyuan." With that, he strode forward towards the cabinet, and Gui Xi hurriedly followed.

At this time, when it was near, the master and servant walked through the small door for a while, and saw from a distance that the lamp was still burning in the cabinet room, and it was beating brightly and darkly on the window paper. When he got closer, Zhu Shiyang didn't let Gui Xi report, and tiptoed the door in.

There was silence in the cabinet room, and piles of music were stacked on the tables against the wall, almost obliterating the glimmer of the candle flame. Lu Wenyuan and Yi curled up on the bed next to him, lying face down, probably just wanting to take a little rest, but unexpectedly fell asleep, and someone came in unconscious.

Zhu Shiyang took out a place on the table and put down the food box, turned around and gestured to Gui Xi to go out and wait. Gui Xi took the order and led the door lightly, and Zhu Shiyang walked to the side of the bed and secretly looked at Lu Wenyuan.

I saw that this Lu Wenyuan was not honest in his sleep, and he shrank his hands and feet under his body as if he was cold. He was already born thin and weak, and when he curled up like this, he became a small ball, and he looked pitiful. Zhu Shiyang frowned slightly, pulled the quilt on the side to cover him, and was afraid that he would not be able to breathe well when he fell asleep on his stomach, so he pulled his ears and wanted to force him to change his position, but it made him even more unstable and unstable, so he simply shrank into the quilt. Zhu Shiyang was helpless and funny, and even more distressed, so he let him fall asleep, sat down at the table, picked up a notebook, and read it by the candlelight.

Lu Wenyuan couldn't breathe well in the quilt, and he was awakened after a while, and he poked his head out in a daze, but saw that there was another person at the table at some point. Lu Wenyuan was startled, he just thought it was a ghost in the middle of the night, and he was about to shout, but he saw that the person slowly turned his face, his face was fair and handsome, but he was not who the saint was today. Lu Wenyuan was really three points more shocked than seeing a ghost, and hurriedly slipped out of bed and said: "The minister doesn't know that the emperor is here, please forgive the emperor." ”

Zhu Shiyang saw that his face was full of unawakened ignorance, and he loved it very much, helped him up and sat on the edge of the bed, and asked with a smile: "Lu Qing slept well this night?"

Lu Wenyuan didn't notice it for a while, just bowed his head and said: "Thanks to the emperor's blessing, I slept ......" suddenly reacted again, knelt down and said: "The minister is derelict in his duties at night, please ask the emperor to surrender." ”

Zhu Shiyang pulled him up, and said with a pleasant smile: "Lu Qing, what kind of crime is this, the cabinet is on duty all night, and it is also appropriate to sleep." As he spoke, he squeezed Lu Wenyuan's hand in his hand again, and frowned: "Why are Aiqing's hands so cold, come, drink a bowl of hot soup to warm up." As he spoke, he raised his voice and called Gui Xi and asked him to serve Lu Wenyuan to serve the soup.

Lu Wenyuan took the soup bowl from Gui Xi's hand and thanked him repeatedly. The soothing soup is just warm at the moment, and it is not cold or hot in your hand. Lu Wenyuan's heart was suspicious, just because after the Lantern Festival, the emperor had been estranged and indifferent to him, and he was obviously resentful, why did he come to visit him uncharacteristically now. Lu Wenyuan became more and more restrained, and only carefully stirred the soup in the bowl with a spoon, bowing his head and groaning.

Zhu Shiyang misunderstood what he meant, just because he was afraid that he would be extravagant and wasteful, and when he was inspecting the ingredients in the soup, he secretly pursed his lips and couldn't help explaining: "You don't need to look at it, it's just ordinary red bean soup, and it doesn't cost a few silver." ”

Lu Wenyuan looked up and saw that he looked aggrieved, and hurriedly said, "No, the emperor ......"

Zhu Shiyang interrupted him with a smile and said, "Drink it quickly, it's going to be cold." ”

Gui Xi said at the right time: "Yes, Lord Lu, this is a new soothing soup made by Shang Shan Jian Jian , the emperor tasted it and thought it was good, so he sent it to the adult overnight, this is a great favor, the adult has a share here." ”

Zhu Shiyang turned his head and glanced at Gui Xi, who quickly closed his mouth. Zhu Shiyang was very useful in his heart, seeing that Lu Wenyuan drank the soup in small sips with a spoon, he was also busy retracting his neck and drinking, and unconsciously looked at Lu Wenyuan's face while drinking. Gui Xi knew this, and secretly covered the door behind them and went out.

The two of them drank a bowl of soup to the bottom, and then sat opposite each other speechless. Zhu Shiyang wanted to look at Lu Wenyuan, but he kept his head down, only looking at the soup bowl in his hand. Zhu Shiyang was busy for a long time, so he had to cough embarrassedly: "Cough, that...... This time, I didn't listen to your advice to help the victims in time, it was my negligence, huh...... If there's nothing to do, I'll leave first, and you'll drink the soothing soup, so get some sleep. Saying that, regardless of Lu Wenyuan, he turned around and pushed the door out.

Lu Wenyuan was a little stunned, and after about a cup of tea, Gui Xi turned back alone, packed up the cups and bowls of the soup, and sent a hand stove inlaid with gold and jade, which was full of hot charcoal, saying that it was specially given to adults by the emperor. Lu Wenyuan recognized that it was the one that the emperor often held in the cold days, and he couldn't help but be a little moved.