Fang City is connected with alleys extending in all directions, and there are all kinds of houses on the edge of the alley, at this time in a house in the deepest part of the alley, there is a figure with a top fence on his head to cover his whole body sitting in the middle of the courtyard, his body is steady, but his fingers are tapping on the table again and again, and the sound is as dense as raindrops, and he seems to be very anxious.

With a squeak, the door was pushed open, and a man dressed like a wealthy housekeeper walked in, and suddenly knelt down in front of the figure, who hurriedly leaned down and asked, "How is it, how is the county lord?" Is it done? ”

The steward knelt down and kowtowed: "Back to the second son, the green pothos has been escorted to Dongchang, and the lord of Roufu was reprimanded by the emperor, and now he stays in his palace and does not dare to come out." He felt the body of the person sitting stiff, and hurriedly said: "But the green pothos waited for the opportunity to bite the poison sac in his mouth before being tortured, and he will not confess to his son." ”

The figure covered in the fence is Zhao Huainian, the second son of the Zhao family, he heard that the pothos was dead, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a deep voice: "I thought that Roufu was weak and acted without assertiveness, and it was a good chess piece, but I didn't expect it to be a person who was not enough to achieve and more than to lose." He raised his eyes and asked, "What's going on in Fang City?" Can you leave that sign? ”

Speaking of this, the steward perked up: "Although it cost the life of a dead man in the house, it is worth it in exchange for the emperor's suspicion of Dongchang." He knelt down and sighed: "It's just a pity that it didn't hurt the emperor, otherwise this scene would be more realistic." ”

Zhao Huainian waved his hand indifferently: "I didn't intend to assassinate the emperor, it doesn't matter if I hurt it or not, as long as I plant suspicion in the emperor's heart, let her break with Dongchang or even fight, we can have a chance." ”

The steward kowtowed again and again: "The son is smart." He said and looked up again and persuaded: "But Childe, this plan is very risky, what should I do if you are implicated?" ”

His voice was cold, and his hands on the table were clenched: "My father was cut off a pair of hands, and he became a waste, the eldest brother had already been lifted, but he was suddenly punished and confiscated to the quarry as a slave, and his aunt and cousin were also demoted, and the Zhao family's long house has been declining since then, as long as he can avenge this revenge, why not take my life?" ”

He is the son-in-law of the long house, the father and eldest brother in the family are all promising, and with the help of the queen mother, he should have a bright future, but he didn't expect the long house to decline overnight, and he also lost his future, thinking of the snub and ridicule he has received these days, he gritted his teeth and hated.

He smiled coldly, "This plan to sow discord is not clever, but Xue Yuan's eunuch and the emperor are already using each other, and they are not really one heart, she is already held hostage by that eunuch, and with such an assassination, she will inevitably be hated." As long as these two people are suspicious of each other, why can't we make it? ”

The housekeeper bent down in response, and couldn't help frowning: "Second son, our Zhao family has not had much manpower left over the years, what if the emperor doesn't have a plan, or he doesn't dare to make a difference?" ”

Zhao Huainian's fingers tapped on the table again: "So we have to add another fire." He raised his eyes and said, "I remember that there is still a dark chess piece that has been buried for many years and we haven't used it?" ”

The housekeeper said yes, bowed down and persuaded: "Second son, this is our last hole card, and that person can't be reused, but he is a rough worker, and he may not be able to."

"I can't care so much!" Zhao Huainian's tone gradually became anxious, and he got up and paced back and forth in the courtyard: "The emperor is about to leave the palace to hold the abbot's agricultural sacrifice, this is our only chance, do you think that when she returns to the palace, we will still have a chance to do it?" He waved his hand and said, "You can arrange it yourself, anyway, his old son is in our hands, so I don't dare to disobey him." ”

The corners of Jiang Youyi's upturned mouth drooped, tightened into a thin line, raised his eyes and looked at Xue Yuan nervously and defensively, but the tooth card in his hand was clenched.

Xue Yuan pretended not to see her look, but still took a few steps forward and took her hand: "It's not safe to be in the city, the emperor will go back with his ministers first." As soon as he looked down and saw Jiang You frowning tightly, he slowed down slightly, and said lightly: "If the minister wants to be unfavorable to the emperor, there are too many opportunities, so naturally he will not choose this method." ”

Jiang You was speechless, suddenly sighed again, looked up at him and stopped talking, and actually grabbed his hand with his backhand and said, "Let's go, go back and talk about this." ”

Xue Yuan saw that she was not wary of herself, her face was slightly softened, and she ordered someone to bring this shop for interrogation, and followed her out.

Xue Yuan helped her get on the horse, hugged the person into his arms, and felt more steady, lowered his eyes and asked, "What does the emperor want to say?" ”

Jiang You hesitated for a moment, mysteriously took out the tooth card from his sleeve cage to show him, frowned and asked, "Look, this is your Dongchang object?" ”

She really didn't suspect that Xue Yuan wanted to be unfavorable to herself, no matter how uncertain he was, he wouldn't have taken advantage of people half an hour ago, and he wanted people's lives after half an hour. What can he want? Could it be that it is too cheap and not enough to take advantage of it, and it is annoyed and ashamed to become angry? In fact, if it had been changed a few months ago, Zhao Huainian's sowing discord would have worked, but no matter how calculating he was, he didn't expect that the two would have become this kind of relationship now.

Xue Yuan glanced down; "It looks the same, but although this thing is difficult to imitate, it is not completely impossible to imitate, what does the emperor think?"

Jiang You pouted and said, "That's not necessarily, maybe it's your Dongchang people who are hiding your own claims." ”

Xue Yuan saw that she didn't doubt herself, and her expression softened a little: "The emperor doesn't suspect that it was done by the minister?" ”

Jiang You was stunned, and said with the corners of his mouth down: "Who doesn't know that Xue Changgong is powerful and ambitious, if I used to be suspicious, but now" She paused suddenly, Xue Yuan lowered his head and lowered his eyes and asked her: "Why is the emperor not suspicious now?" ”

Jiang You's ears were a little red, and he pretended not to hear it, Xue Yuan hugged people tighter: "Actually, compared to the dragon chair that the emperor sits, the minister is more interested in the emperor's dragon body, I don't know when the emperor will be merciful and merciful, and the quasi-minister will sleep on the emperor's dragon bed?" ”

Xue Yuan is becoming more and more unscrupulous day by day, Jiang You can't understand, why is he such a sultry eunuch? Isn't he afraid of stirring up a fire, he can only hold it in his heart and rub the fire? She thought of the sentence again, 'There is nothing in the first place, where is the dust', but this time she didn't dare to say it after a long memory, so she could only euphemistically: "Palm print, you are the palm print of the Dongchang factory and the master of ceremonies, you should focus on national affairs, and you can't always worry about your children's affection." ”

Xue Yuan was silent on top of her for a moment, his expression suddenly became bitter, and he sighed long: "In the end, the emperor is still afraid of the minister's reputation outside, and hates that the minister is a eunuch. ”

Jiang You's heart softened, but he didn't know how he got to this, so he had to pat his hand holding the reins of the horse: "A lot of people around me are not eunuchs, how can they hate eunuchs?" She thought about it and felt that it was wrong, so she withdrew her hand and said, "Who let the palm print accompany the driver?" ”

Xue Yuan said in a rambling voice: "The emperor is young and has nothing to do, if the minister is waiting and taking care of him from time to time, in case the emperor is coaxed, won't the minister meet the emperor without words?" Even if the emperor doesn't let it, the ministers think about the emperor and always accompany the emperor. ”

Jiang You sighed in his heart, isn't it you who can coax people the most beside me? Seeing that the topic was endless, she hurriedly turned back and said, "Then, according to the palm print, who arranged this assassination?" She lowered her head and thought for a moment, "When he was about to come to arrest me, he didn't seem to do his best, and when he saw the palm print reinforcements arrive, he killed himself. ”

Xue Yuan lowered his eyes and said: "The emperor can rest assured, just leave this matter to the ministers, not only the people in the East Factory, but also the people around you should also investigate." ”

Jiang You has a short temperament, and he is displeased when he hears it; "The people around me are either old people who have been with me for many years, or people sent by Dongchang, what can I find?" She couldn't help but sigh as she spoke: "If something is really found, it will be really sad." ”

The horse had stopped talking between the two, Jiang You patronized and talked on the horse, didn't pay attention to the way he went, and felt that it was wrong when he got off the horse, and said in surprise: "This is not the palace." ”

Xue Yuan stood beside her and said with a slight smile: "This is the mansion that the minister placed outside, the palace gate has now been keyed, and the emperor has been living here for one night." ”

Jiang Youhu looked at him suspiciously, and was about to speak, when he saw Cheng Beixing rushing up to greet him: "Governor, the king of Linchuan will come to Beijing immediately, I heard that you are from the south, not only sent a lot of local products, but also sent you several Yangzhou thin horses, saying that the southern woman is thoughtful and more intimate, and the slave sees that the flesh is tender and can pinch out the water, you can use it" He stopped speaking at once as if he was being choked by the neck.

He didn't see it under the lamp just now, but this time he saw Jiang You when he got closer, he stopped his voice suddenly, and looked at Xue Yuan worriedly, the overseer may not be clear to others about the emperor's thoughts, but how can he, the attendant who is close to him, not be clear?

Xue Yuan glanced coldly, he suddenly became stunned, and hurriedly slapped himself several times: "The slave lost his words, the slave lost his words, these are all accepted by the slave with a moment of lard, you are the most honest and honest, how can you accept these things?" ”

This turn is too fake, Jiang You is very open-minded in this matter, waved his hand and said: "My father taught me, when the water is clear, there are no fish, I know I understand, let alone you, those wealthy family contacts are indispensable." She asked with great interest: "I heard that most of the women in Yangzhou are white-skinned and beautiful, and they have lovely smiles, what about these few sent by the king of Linchuan?" ”

At this time, Cheng Bei didn't care about answering, he trembled his lips and muttered a few words, but Xue Yuan said lightly: "It's all sent away, and you can't use these women." ”

Giving and receiving gifts is all based on personal preference, Jiang You didn't force it, just sighed; "It's not good if you don't have a caring person around the palm print, so it's better to take this opportunity to choose a good one." Save the idea of always hitting her.

Xue Yuan led her to the mansion and looked at her with a smile: "There is an emperor, what other confidant do you need?" He said to Jiang You: "There are maids and women in the house who are not well served, and the emperor just kills them, and there is no need to tell the ministers." ”

Jiang You has the mind that if he comes, he will look left and right, the house where Xue Yuan lives is inconspicuous at a glance, and he can only see the delicacy in it by bypassing the shadow wall, and he can see the exquisite palace lamps reflecting the dazzling flowers, and the brilliance is full.

She was looking around with great interest, and saw a few petite women walking out with a sad face, about those few maids who had just been returned by Xue Yuan, they were bought to serve people, although serving eunuchs is not a good job, it is better than the original decline, two of them are about self-pity, and they actually covered their faces with silk and cried.

One of them was wearing a light pink gown and was holding tears with a silk coat, and he saw a man with a high posture and a clear bone, walking around the shadow wall, who said that just a man is lustful, and a woman is as lustful as she is deadly, she couldn't help but blush when she looked at it, and forgot to cry, and the woman who followed behind her impatiently rubbed it: "People don't look down on us, don't go quickly, save yourself staying here in a dirty place." ”

The one in the light powder gown was about to reply, and suddenly his heart moved, and he turned towards Xue Yuan, he smelled a sticky smell of fat powder coming to his nose, and subconsciously frowned sideways to get out of the way, it happened that Jiang You took a few steps forward at this time, and the woman fell straight on Jiang You, she 'oops', and retreated backwards for a long time before she held on.

When the woman saw that it was a little boy, she knew that she was hugging the wrong person, so she knelt down in a panic: "Concubine, the concubine accidentally fell, not intentionally to hurt the son." ”

Half of Jiang You's arm smashed into her was numb, and before she could speak, she saw Xue Yuan's gaze swept over lightly, and said indifferently: "Drag it down and hit dozens of boards and send it back." ”

The woman panicked, hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, and then covered her face in fright and cried, Jiang You has never been the kind of person who likes to make fun of the people around him, and said when he heard the words: "This punishment is a bit heavy." She couldn't stand the woman crying the most, she cried like a needle into the head, she covered her ears and shook her head, and untied the jade ring around her waist with one hand to her: "Don't cry for this reward, no one will punish you, hurry up and go." ”

The woman reached out to take it, got up in a hurry and walked out, not daring to stay any longer.

Xue Yuan looked at her with a smile: "The emperor is really good-natured. ”

Jiang You stroked his cuffs, held his head high and said, "I have the world in my heart, and I can't take people and women at will." ”

Xue Yuan glanced at her, led her into the last courtyard, bowed down and said, "The others who entered the courtyard didn't have time to clean up, and the emperor and his ministers lived in the courtyard as soon as they entered the courtyard." ”

Jiang You said with a bluffed face: "I'm not used to living with people in the yard, and I'm tired of sleeping in the yard with palm prints." ”

"Your Majesty," Xue Yuan blinked: "The minister is afraid of the dark." ”

Jiang You was stunned by his sudden glance, and then his ears slowly turned red, and he took the lead in throwing off and striding into the room, fortunately there are still a few side houses in the yard, he can't use the lack of a house as an excuse, and someone has come to serve her to wash.

Over there, Xue Yuan had already washed up, and he sat at the round table and turned the book absentmindedly, but Cheng Bei knew his mind best, and said: "Lord, the emperor is delicate, and he doesn't know the habit of not living here in us, as the master, you have to ask." ”

Xue Yuan rolled up the book and gave it to him: "You know whether the emperor is delicate or not. "I didn't use any force now, Cheng Bei knew that he was ingenious, so he hurriedly prepared soft shoes for him, and sighed while looking at the gate of the courtyard: "You said that these two are also weirdos, and they know that they can't be used by women, and they still prefer to send them to you."

When he saw Xue Yuan looking at him coldly, he knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he slapped him a few more times, and watched him enter the main room without saying a word.

In the main room, Jiang You had already changed into a narrow-sleeved blue bedgown, and was about to lift the quilt and go to bed, when suddenly there was a knock on the door, Xue Yuan walked in, raised his lips and asked her; "Is the emperor still used to living?" He looked at Jiang You's glare, and said with a slight smile: "The minister can't sleep at night, and he came to the emperor to set up a dragon gate array." ”

Jiang You turned around and sat back at the table: "What do you want to say about the palm print?" ”

Xue Yuan said solemnly: "What the minister wants to say is about the emperor's assassination today, the emperor is going to the agricultural sacrifice in the near future, no matter whether the person behind the scenes has the intention of sowing discord, the agricultural sacrifice is the best time for him to make a move, we can take this opportunity to arrest this person." ”

This is serious enough, and her face is very strict, but can you not hold her hand and say, the little finger is still hooking in her palm, Jiang You desperately wants to withdraw his hand, and he has to maintain the same expression on his face: "What the palm print says is that the agricultural sacrifice, the agricultural sacrifice is indeed a good time." ”

He suddenly let go, Jiang You was struggling here, sitting in the same place and falling straight back, her hand was scribbling in mid-air, and she was picked up with a full embrace, and the plain wide sleeves were blocking her eyes, she subconsciously wanted to pull it away, but was covered by a thin white hand: "The minister asks the emperor to do one thing." Then a kiss as soft as the spring rain fell.

Jiang You's body stiffened, and he subconsciously pushed his hand away, and his two plump lips fell on her neck, gently gnawing the most sensitive flesh on her neck with his teeth as if warning, as if sensing her trembling, and licking and kissing as if soothing, savoring the sweet taste to the fullest.

Jiang You's eyes were covered, and other places became extremely sensitive, and his whole body was soft when he kissed him, and even his breath trembled, he stroked her back with one hand, rubbed against her cheek, and his voice was slightly hoarse: "Thank you for the emperor's kindness." ”

Jiang You took his hand away, stared at him with wide eyes, and saw that his lips were red and swollen, and his face was like a peach blossom, as if he had been ravaged just now. It was like him, she couldn't get angry at this face, she could only kick over a stool in hatred: "You go out!" ”

Xue Yuan knew that he would accept it when he saw it, so he half-bowed and said, "The minister has retired, and the emperor has rested earlier." ”

Jiang You turned his back and ignored him, and only turned his head when he heard the sound of the door closing, and slammed the table in annoyance, when will this day be the end!

She didn't sleep well all night after being tossed, and the next day before dawn, she went back to the palace directly without even saying hello, and until the agricultural festival set off, she changed her way to find a reason to stay away from Xue Yuan, and she avoided it like a tiger and wolf, and even Xiangyin felt surprised: "Didn't you stick to Xue's palm print all day long?" How can you dodge it lately? ”

Jiang You paused, and then said indignantly: "He always looks for me to be idle!" She said and lay on the bed again and blurted out a complaint: "I haven't thought about men and women at all, what's the matter with such a person who is changing tricks to tease you by your side?" Besides, Dongchang is powerful, and he is used to being domineering inside, I will not only be slaughtered in the future, but it is good when I like it now, but once I don't like it in the future, what if I and him turn around and become enemies? How good it is to simply be a monarch and minister, and how much trouble can be saved! ”

Xiangyin didn't expect her to think so long-term, and said with relief for a while: "It's good that you can think of it, it's good that the overseer is good, but you can't suppress this person, such a big authority, and a eunuch, it is naturally impossible to be accepted into the palace to be the queen, once this person gets involved, it will be endless trouble." ”

Jiang You nodded again and again, she figured out this section, her heart was a lot happier, just as the agricultural festival was about to leave, she was caught by the incense seal and dressed up, and then packed up and got on the chariot, she decided to set off first in order not to disturb the people, so the entire royal guard of honor was put away, only the mighty escort accompanied her, and went to Huangzhuang first by dry road.

Huangzhuang is repaired by the mountain, although the repair is also magnificent, but in the end it is not as deep as the courtyard in the palace, Jiang You changed into civilian clothes and walked around a few times, elated and felt empty in his heart, only then did he realize that he hadn't seen Xue Yuan much for several days, and he still missed him a little, he really didn't know it and owed it.

She stood in place and was shocked by her thoughts, and saw a blue figure in front of her coming over, pulled her in her arms and kissed her again and again, and then said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few days, does the emperor miss his ministers?" ”

Jiang You sighed in her heart, what did she say, and sure enough, she began to dislike it when she saw it. She deliberately squinted her eyes and said in a hurry: "I have been busy dealing with national affairs recently, and I don't have time to think about irrelevant things. After thinking about it, he added a sentence to the end: "I don't want to palm prints." ”

Xue Yuan sighed: "Your Majesty, the last time you were assassinated, do you want to go with your ministers to watch a good show?" ”

Jiang You nodded in surprise, Xue Yuan led her to his residence, and then smiled at her: "For today's play, the minister specially didn't bring a few henchmen around him, and the guards were also sent out, please ask the emperor to watch the play in the compartment and don't make a sound." ”

Jiang You still remembered the last time he lured the wolf into the room, he glanced at him suspiciously, and after thinking about it for a while, he turned around and went into the side, picked up a crack in the cotton curtain, and looked at the movement outside.

Xue Yuan stood steadily in the hall reading a book, and suddenly the cotton curtain at the door of the hall moved, and it turned out to be Feng Chun, the chamberlain of the Qianqing Palace, who walked in with a tea cup, and said to him: "Overseer, the tea soup is ready, you can drink it while it's hot." ”

Xue Yuan folded his hands on his knees, and his gaze turned around him unhurriedly: "Do you remember that you didn't serve the emperor in the Qianqing Palace?" Why did you come to our house? ”

Feng Chun's eyes flashed, and then he lowered his head and said: "The slave has been in the palace for a long time, but he only has a false name in front of the palace, and there is no one to rely on behind him, so I have to ask the overseer to bring one or two." He bent down and put the tea cup in his hand: "The emperor is cold and warm, and he actually thinks about you in his heart, and this tea soup is specially ordered by the emperor to be cooked and served to you." ”

is a talkative and unobtrusive one, no wonder he can be in the palace for so long, if it weren't for Xue Yuan to check his bottom, he would have to go to Xiao Ban's suspicion at this time, he looked at Feng Chun sideways: "Our family doesn't want to drink now, why don't you come and drink." ”