Jiang You's face was overjoyed: "He has been going for more than a month but he has only come to the letter now, and he doesn't know what the situation is?" As she spoke, she hurried inside, and stopped halfway through, turning her head to look at the incense seal in surprise: "Aren't you usually most afraid of me being with the palm print?" How did you change sex now? ”

Xue Yuan and Jiang You's affairs are still hidden from outsiders, and these close people can't hide it, Xiangyin said with a smile: "The emperor likes palm prints so much, will you listen to the slave and maid's advice?" She said with a long sigh: "The slave and maid also want to open now, as long as you treat you well, everything is fine, it doesn't matter if you are a eunuch or not, many people with full beards and tails are still human-faced and beast-hearted." ”

Jiang You's expression relaxed, once the matter between her and Xue Yuan was made public, there were already enough people to oppose, and it was really good to get the support of the people close to her. She relaxed and went to look at the letters and objects sent by Xue Yuan's order, and saw all kinds of aquatic products in large and small boxes.

Cheng Bei, who was in charge of coming back to deliver things, smiled smartly and said, "Please be the emperor." He raised his hand and pointed to the large and small items on the ground: "The overseer has brought a lot of food, and the servants have advised you to lack nothing in the palace, besides, these things are inconvenient to transport and preserve, and they may all be broken when they are sent from afar." The overseer said that there were many things that were not available in the south and in the north, and he could not see that you could not use them for others, so he drove away the servants to honor you. ”

Jiang You was so happy that the corners of his mouth turned up: "It's hard for him to go out to fight and run errands and still think about me, but isn't it too troublesome?" She thought for a moment, then asked sideways, "Is he okay over there?" Go all the way to the south, but you can't adapt to the water and soil? ”

Cheng Bei craned his waist and said: "The overseer is in good health, and things are going well, but now the displaced people are gathering to build. Instead, the Overseer had to watch from the barracks. He's an old man with nothing, he just wants you to be tight. ”

He tried his best to coax Jiang You to be happy, and said while gesturing: "The last time he had dinner at his old man's house, he was distracted with a piece of Dongpo meat, and everyone was startled, thinking that the food was not to taste, and hurriedly asked him what was wrong, he turned over and looked at the meat several times, and only after a while did he say, 'This dish should be loved by the emperor, but unfortunately she is not around now', and put down the chopsticks after speaking. ”

What a good person, you can think of yourself when you eat a piece of meat, Jiang You happily looked at the things on the ground, and found that there was nothing particularly valuable, but they were all prepared to give to her on the way he went to Jiangnan, such as the air-dried plum petals piled up in the brocade box, which he picked when he took the boat, and the sugar cubes in the clay pot, which he also bought when he went to the market, and there were dozens of small objects.

Xiangyin couldn't help but smile and said, "You are so old, the factory still treats you as a child." She said with a sigh: "The slave maid listened to the older generation say that the best thing a man can do to his sweetheart is to take his sweetheart as a girl, and the palm print is almost like this for you." ”

Jiang You smiled, touched his head and didn't refute, looked down at the letter Xue Yuan gave her, first read it carefully, and then read it three times, slowly smacking the meaning inside, and then carefully put the letter paper into the brocade box for a while, and sighed: "I don't know when he will come back, I also think about him too much." ”

In the days that followed, news came from the south, which seemed to be victorious and defeated. There is a very powerful figure in the anti-homeless people, and the battle situation is now stalemate, so I don't know when Xue Yuan will come back, but the condition of Mrs. Zhang on the Zhang family's side is becoming more and more severe, the eldest son and the eldest grandson have no news, and the second son is not filial, and at this critical juncture, he stabbed Dafang, Mrs. Zhang was already weak, and after experiencing this series of twists and turns, she couldn't afford to be sick, and she is still in a coma.

Jiang You picked a sunny day, and hurriedly finished his political affairs, and called Shang Changping to go to the Zhenguo Mansion to visit Mrs. Zhang's illness, and it was Zhang Donglan who was the temporary son of the prince who rushed out to greet him, Jiang You said unhappily: "What about the second master Zhang?" He doesn't have an elder to deal with people, so what's the point of letting you be a junior? ”

Zhang Donglan waved his hand and smiled: "To say something disrespectful, the second uncle and the second aunt are not here, but I am more comfortable staying in the house, and the two of them don't know how to get along." He said and lowered his voice: "Actually, I found a way to contact some uncles and grandfathers in the clan and coerced the two of them to move out of the Zhenguo Mansion and move to another courtyard. ”

Jiang You was surprised: "They moved so lightly? ”

Zhang Donglan looked at her sideways: "Thank you for this, the second uncle didn't succeed in wanting the position of the prince of Zhenguo, and he was suspended and idle at home, and no one in the clan was willing to buy his face, of course this thing is easy to do." He bowed and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, as long as I am still alive for one day, the Zhenguo Mansion will be facing the emperor for one day." ”

Jiang You smiled at him: "With you here, I am naturally relieved." ”

Zhang Donglan saw her smile as beautiful as a flower, and was distracted for a moment, but her heart was a little depressed, and she asked hesitantly: "Do you know some rumors outside the emperor's palace?" ”

Jiang You was surprised: "What happened outside the palace?" I've been working in the palace lately, and I haven't left the palace. ”

Zhang Donglan opened her mouth, and then shook her head again: "It's all rumors, I heard it polluted your ears, but it's better if you don't know." ”

Jiang You's temperament, the more you don't tell her, the more uncomfortable she becomes, and he wants to force Zhang Donglan to open his mouth with both soft and hard methods, but he closes his mouth like an old clam and refuses to spit out a word. At this time, he had already arrived at the east courtyard where Mrs. Zhang lived, Jiang You still didn't pry out the words, and couldn't help glaring at him before walking in.

Jiang You was not the only one who came to visit Mrs. Zhang, many noble ladies also came with their own girls, although it was clear that they were visiting Mrs. Zhang, but their eyes were glancing at Zhang Donglan, and the son of the prince from the worthless became the hot prince of the country, which made many families with school-age girls move their hearts.

Jiang You ignored the people next to him, entered Mrs. Zhang's bedroom, and saw that she was still lying unconscious on the bed, and she didn't respond after calling several times, she let out a long breath, and could only retreat helplessly with Changping.

As soon as I walked out of the door of the main hall, I was about to go to the side room to rest, when I heard a voice from the side room: "You said this is true?" Does the emperor really have a private relationship with the Dongchang factory? She coughed pretending to be serious: "Don't talk nonsense, we are in the Zhang family now." ”

The young ladies who were brought were resting in the middle of the day, Jiang You heard this, his body stiffened, his steps froze, and he was nailed to the spot.

Another softer voice came out, snorting softly: "What are you afraid of?" Let's say a few words, and we won't let outsiders know. She sighed and said, "Is that fake?" It spread in all the streets, and many people talked about it. ”

The people of the Qi Dynasty are easy-going and open, as long as they don't talk about political affairs, no one will criticize them when they talk about the affairs of princes and ministers or even the emperor, and some people even change the name of the emperor's story and compile it into an opera to sing.

The soft voice continued: "It's normal to think about this, I heard that Xue Changgong has a high posture, think about it, the emperor lost his concubine when he was young, and a man who is so handsome and powerful in the government and the opposition let her rely on, can the emperor not fall in love?" If only I were afraid," she coughed in embarrassment.

Another voice chirped, "Bah, Xue Changgong is that a man?" She smiled again: "But I didn't go with you last time I hunted you, but I saw it, Xue Changgong is more handsome than rumored, not only that, the emperor was trapped and sick at that time, and he carried him all the way back, so I took a look at it from a distance in the crowd, and my face was red." ”

The soft voice 'poofed': "It's a pity to say this, no matter how good the skin is, he is also a eunuch, the emperor is the emperor after all, there will always be a prince in the future, how can the two of them be possible?" However, I heard that eunuchs can also return yang. ”

Changping was exquisite, even if he noticed that Jiang You and Xue Yuan were different, he wouldn't say anything, but at this time, he saw her standing in the courtyard with a calm face and didn't speak, and pushed open the door in the middle of the room and scolded: "What nonsense are you guys talking about!" Whoever you dare to talk about, don't you die?! ”

Jiang You doesn't often show his face in front of people, they don't know each other, but Changping and these people do, so they hurriedly fell to the ground in a panic, and apologized in a hurry.

Changping coldly reprimanded: "A good lady, you don't learn from everyone's style, you actually talk about the royal right and wrong behind your back, who borrowed your courage?" What difference do you make in such a way as those vulgar and impudent women of the market? Or is this your tutor?! ”

These people were scared and ashamed, and their faces turned red for a while, and at this time, the elders of these young ladies also rushed out, bowing down to Changping and apologizing, they are all powerful people with heads and faces, since they have lowered their posture like this, she is not good at punishing this matter, so she can only reprimand a few words harshly, and pull Jiang You to turn around.

Changping sat in the carriage, and when he saw that Jiang You still hung his head and didn't speak, he persuaded softly: "You don't often interact with them, I don't know, these people have always been like this, and they don't have anything to say, don't take it to heart." ”

Jiang You turned his head to look at her and muttered, "What if what they said is true?" What would my cousin think? ”

Changping was stunned, turned his head sideways to avoid her sight, and the two were silent for a while, until they got out of the car and separated, she whispered: "First of all, you have to be happy yourself, and then you have to care about the thoughts of others, otherwise what else is there to live in life?" ”

Jiang You glanced at her in surprise, and she rarely helped her pull her collar gently: "It is only right that the emperor likes it." ”

Jiang You took her hand and shook it vigorously, turned around and went back to the Qianqing Palace. If she hadn't taken this matter to heart, but she had been in power for a month, she was very sensitive to these things, and immediately ordered the people in Dongchang to go down to find out where this rumor came from.

When she went to court the next morning, she still felt a little unsettled, and when she saw the ministers below, she always felt that something was wrong. Li Xiangzhong bowed down first: "Your Majesty, the ministers have something to do." He saw Jiang Youzhun playing, and raised his eyes as if he had a deep meaning: "The prince has always been related to the country, the emperor has succeeded to the throne for more than a year, and now he is fifteen years old, but the harem has not yet been supported by the queen, and the ministers are very worried, please choose a virtuous queen to take care of the harem, give birth to the prince as soon as possible, and let the world feel at ease." ”

Jiang You was extremely disgusted with this kind of saying that she was used as a fertility tool, as if she was born to give birth to a prince for the Great Qi Dynasty. But at this time, she thought of the rumors she heard yesterday, and always felt that what he was implying by this, and frowned: "I am only now in charge of Qing government affairs, and I don't want to distract the harem." ”

Li Xiangzhong said with a smile: "The emperor doesn't have to worry about this, if he chooses an incorrect person to be the queen, it will naturally make the court and the country unhappy, but if you choose a great sage to enter the palace, not only will it not distract the emperor, but it will also assist the government in taking care of the affairs, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds." He sighed meaningfully: "The emperor has not elected a queen for more than a year, and there are some rumors in the market, in order not to let these rumors affect your reputation, you should choose a queen to enter the palace as soon as possible." ”

Jiang You's heart jumped, of course he knew what rumors he was referring to, and he made a displeased look on his face: "Taifu is threatening me?" She hooked the tapestry around her waist with her fingertips, and said lazily: "Besides, I have a candidate for the queen, and you may not agree." ”

Li Xiangzhong's heart jumped: "The emperor might as well say it." ”

Jiang You sat on the dragon chair with his body tilted, and said a few times with a hippie smile: "Isn't it Taifu you, Taifu is known as a virtuous person in the clear stream, and he is a two-generation emperor, he is really a suitable candidate, but I don't know if I am willing to give up my family business to enter the palace to assist my great cause." ”

Li Xiangzhong was a well-known beautiful man when he was young, of course, there was no shortage of suitors, but he didn't expect to be molested by someone, that person was still his own student, a dignified son of heaven, and his old face turned purple with anger for a while, his hands and feet trembled, and he said angrily: "Marriage is a big event, how can it be child's play!" "He has known Jiang You for a long time, but he didn't expect that this year or so will be a new realm!

Jiang You shrugged his shoulders and said, "I have said it, I may not agree to the selection of the queen and the concubine, don't you see?" She squeezed her eyebrows and squeezed Li Xiangzhong: "My heart for Taifu is like the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch." ”

Li Xiangzhong was afraid that she would say something bastard next, so that when he was old, he would be infamous as an old man who came to confuse the master, so he was so angry that he closed his mouth with a white face.

Jiang You breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and he didn't have the heart to go to court, so he said casually: "If you have something to do, you have nothing to retreat from." ”

After she finished speaking, she wanted to jump off the dragon chair and leave directly, but she didn't expect that at this time, a person stood up in the imperial history pile at the end, bowed down and said, "The minister has this music." Seeing Jiang You nodding, he stepped forward and handed over a letter, bowed down and said, "The minister wants to impeach the superintendent of Dongchang, and the celebrant is in charge of the seal of Xue Yuan!" He pointed to the fold that was presented to Jiang You: "The ones listed on this fold are all the crimes committed by Xue Yuan over the years, this fang has done a lot of evil deeds, and his crimes should be punished!" ”

Everyone didn't expect that at this time, there were still people who dared to brush the tiger's beard, and their faces showed a look of surprise, but after thinking about it, the Qi Dynasty has always had a rule of not killing officials, and now Xue Yuan is far away in the south, it is the best time to impeach, even if the impeachment fails, it can also take advantage of the lack of news on both sides to provoke the pair of monarchs and ministers who seem to be close.

Jiang You's face was gloomy, he just flipped through the fold casually, and said lightly: "There are a lot of crimes listed by Chen Yushi, and I can't see the details for a while, so it's better to wait for Xue Zhangyin to come back, and the two of you will confront each other face to face, how about it?" ”

She saw that the imperial history had no intention of retreating, and she was slightly annoyed, so she simply tried to send him away with a procrastination trick: "I know that you have good intentions, but I can't conclude that the palm print is guilty based on your family's words, and besides, the palm print is now fighting abroad, how can it shake the heart of the army because of this?" ”

Chen Yushi had expected that she would be partial to the protector, but he didn't expect her to be so biased, so he knelt down and kowtowed a few times and said: "Your Majesty, Xue Yuan is only a superintendent outside, not a leader, and replacing him is not considered a change of generals before the battle, and it will not affect the situation in the south." I also asked the emperor to convict Xue Yuan, send Qin to execute him, and give justice to these people who died in vain, otherwise it will be difficult to convince the public! ”

Many people next to him also knelt down and kowtowed to Jiang You: "Please ask the emperor to dispose of Xue Yuan!" ”

Xue Yuan is certainly ruthless, but the people he kills may not be clean, and the government can't be judged by simple good and evil, if he doesn't want other people's lives, others will want his lives.

Jiang You has been following him for more than a year, so naturally he will not be confused by his few big words, but he just said with a calm face: "The situation in the south is tense, you should know well, what is the intention of changing people before such a surge?!" She sneered again: "Besides, you can't come up with strong evidence now, and it is a fantasy to execute the palm print of the master of ceremonies with a book of folds!" ”

The imperial history is born with gall, and the emperor will never frown when he scolds the heavens and scolds, and after listening to her, he immediately raised his neck and said without words: "The ministers are loyal to the Qi Dynasty, but it is the emperor, who is helping Xue Yuan like this, is it for the sake of the country, or for his own personal feelings?!" ”

He said that he was going to play a death admonition with his head on the ground, if he was really dead, Jiang You would sit down because he had a personal relationship with Xue Yuan, and he was busy saying loudly: "Stop him!" ”

A few idle eyes in front of the hall rushed over to pull him up, but it was still a step too late, Chen Yushi still broke his head, his face was bloody, and he knelt on the ground and cried: "The sky has no eyes, the sky has no eyes!" It is my dereliction of duty as a royal historian for such treacherous people to get away with it, so it is better to let me go like this, and I can still be clean! ”

These words clearly refer to Sang scolding Huai, Jiang You's face was gloomy, and he smashed Zhenshanhe hard: "Shut up!" She sneered: "It's not a loss to be a royal historian, a good mouth, you want to sue Xue Zhangyin and I didn't stop you, just let you go down to prepare evidence, the Qi Dynasty governs the world according to the law, you don't have enough evidence, so you use some words that you don't have, and you don't know where you learned the pickled trick of crying, making trouble and hanging yourself, what's the difference between this and those helpless people in the countryside?!" You've lost all the face of the official! ”

She didn't say that others didn't think anything yet, but when she said it, the people around her felt that it was really the case. Talking about things privately, whether this matter is really too unpopular, a few people next to him quietly distanced themselves from him.

If you want to say that these officials, they may not be afraid of even death, but what they are most afraid of is that their reputation will be damaged, Chen Yushi blushed and said: "The emperor's words are bad, as the imperial history, the minister has the right to report the news, of course, he should perform his duties and take the dynasty as a guide!" ”

The meaning of the right to report the wind is that as the imperial history, as long as you hear something, you don't even need to find out whether it is correct, you can use it to report it, Jiang You finally understood why she had a headache when she mentioned these sub-civil officials, she said with a gloomy face: "The right to report the wind is to let you supervise the hundred officials and magnates, is it to let you listen to some rumors in the market, and then pass on the gossip, and take it to the court to say?" It's a joke! ”

Of course, it's okay to talk about the royal affairs behind your back, but when you get it to the last dynasty, it is too much for everyone to talk about the trouble, Li Xiangzhong also came back to his senses at this time, bowed to Jiang You and said: "What the emperor said is that Chen Yushi also said such things in a hurry, and I hope the emperor will forgive me." He shouted at Chen Yushi: "Don't retreat yet!" ”

Chen Yushi's face tightened, and he said in a deep voice: "Taifu, it's not that the minister wants to make trouble, but that the minister is on a mission!" ”

Jiang Youben still felt that loyal and righteous people were rare, and after observing for a while, he finally found that his eyes were a little flickering, not as righteous and awe-inspiring as he said, he was slightly puzzled in his heart, and said with a relaxed expression: "Since this is the case, it is useless to talk more, let's discuss it when we are in the afternoon dynasty, and retreat from the dynasty first." ”

After she finished speaking, she didn't wait for anyone to speak, she left first, and when she went to the side room, she ordered someone to summon Yan Nan, the second head of the East Factory, to come in, and when she saw him come in, her face was gloomy, and she hugged her fists and said, "What does the emperor want to do with this old horseman?" ”

Jiang You waved his hand: "Don't worry about this, do you have any faith in the rumors you checked last time?" ”

Yan Nan was stunned for a moment before replying: "If you go back to the emperor, you have some eyebrows." He clenched his fists and coughed: "I learned that these rumors were first printed on a note by someone walking on the street, and finally spread in the streets, and the minister checked the printing ink and paper, although it was ordinary, but there were a large number, and there was no place to print it, and finally found that someone had printed a large number of these things recently, vaguely pointing to the chief steward of the Linchuan royal family. ”

Jiang You said with a calm face: "Broom star, don't forget to harm people when you go out of the capital." She raised her eyes and asked, "What about Chen Yushi?" It is said that he should not dare to die like this, why is it so abnormal this time? ”

Yan Nan thought for a while and said, "The emperor and other ministers transferred the file to take a look. As he spoke, he turned around and went back to Dongchang, and walked back after less than half an hour, bowed to Jiang You and said: "This is a little person, I don't care much about it, but today I found two unusual things, one is that he has a concubine who is given by the king of Linchuan, and the other is that his own son seems to have made a lot of trouble in the south of the snow disaster." ”

Jiang You thought about it carefully, and snorted coldly: "I thought he was loyal, but I was afraid that he made a mistake and was pinched and hurt his feet, so he was controlled by others." ”

Yan Nan saw that she had no doubts about the lord, and her heart was relieved: "Your Majesty, look"

Jiang You waved his hand: "Don't worry, let's get this field back first." ”