39. Chapter 39
Outside the red sandalwood dragon bed, the bright yellow ayako bed tent was left, and inside was a dark isolated space. The emperor rarely slept so early, and he had just experienced so many things that he couldn't sleep for a while, and his mind was like a marquee living the scene in the Yuehua Gate Cave, and the piggyback also remembered all the details of her these days.
She said that she was filial piety, but she never expressed a little miss for her deceased father, nor did she care about the fate of her brother and sister-in-law, thinking that she was so sensible, maybe she didn't mention it, but also to avoid adding trouble to him. But she would still make such a nonsense joke with him, which shows that she really didn't care about her father and brother......
This girl is very weird, she should really look for the opportunity to find out more, what is she thinking.
The weather after the Mid-Autumn Festival was slightly cool, he lifted the Shu brocade quilt on his body, and remembered whether her mattress was warm enough at this time, whether she had clean clothes to change, and instantly remembered that Wang Zhi was such a careful person, and he must have thought of it for him and would take care of her.
The thought that she was living in the same courtyard as him at this time, and that she was also lying on the bed was sleeping, made me feel uncomfortable.
That little girl dared to tease him with the waiter, and laughed so unscrupulously, did he think that he didn't have the courage to be real?
How unreasonable! He should have broken into her house right now, and let her see if he had the guts! Who is the one who is scared when you see it!
My thoughts were confused by the hazy sleepiness, and I suddenly woke up a little bit, and then I suddenly asked myself: What am I thinking about?
It's all her to blame, that little demon!
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It was dark after the lights went out in the duty room, and Qiwen was lying on the board bed wrapped in a thin quilt, and it was also difficult to sleep. Knowing that the emperor's youthful appearance was afraid that he would be able to progress with her earlier, but he was a little worried, in case he was aroused by her joke, and heard that she would stay in the same courtyard, he really sent someone to call her over...... So what to do?
She was a veteran when she teased him, but she wasn't ready either. That's the one you just confessed, it's too fast, right?
After tossing and turning for a while, and seeing that there was no movement outside, she calmed down, and wondered what he wanted to do with his brother.
On the day they first met, the three brothers and sisters were close and harmonious, and Na Cheng thought that all the affinity was just a thin layer of paper on the surface, and maybe one day it would be a battle that turned the world upside down and turned upside down.
Just thinking about it sends chills down my spine. I used to only see the excitement of the battle for the throne in film and television dramas, but now it is close at hand, and she has no possibility of getting out of the matter.
Of course, she didn't want to pull out either. Alas, why didn't he agree to let her go as a spy?
He is a king, and he should be on guard against everyone around him, and he should keep a distance, and his trust in her is limited.
Alas, take your time......
"Staying overnight?" In the palace, King Tan also changed his bedclothes, sat leisurely on the edge of the couch, and played with these four words.
"It was said that he was not lucky, but because of the key in the palace, he stayed in the room." Qiao Anguo had already gone back, but he still didn't forget to send his subordinates to report the situation in the palace in time. No matter how big or small, whether it is useful or not, whether the king of Tan wants to know or not, he will report it to show his loyalty.
"I'll tell you." The smile on King Tan's face was a little more mocking, "How can he be so neat with his hands and feet?" ”
He has been pondering for a while, a loss is still a small thing, no matter how deep a woman's scheming is, she can't make many waves. He was a little concerned about what kind of influence she would have on the second brother.
The second brother is not badly talented, but after all, he has no foundation, and it is not difficult to entangle him with complicated interpersonal connections and tedious chores, so that he is tied up and has no clue, and then hollows out his power.
Seeing that a year has passed, this tendency is becoming more and more obvious, and the second brother seems to have been successfully introduced into a vicious circle. Could it be that this is also the credit of that girl?
King Tan got up and paced a few steps to the side, stretched his eyebrows and groaned: Let's see, there is one more her by the side of the second brother, how do you look at it, it is also good for me to outweigh the disadvantages.
No matter how big the second brother is and how clear his mind is, can there be a way to change the fact that she is Zhao Shunde's daughter?
Now that Liaodong is still getting worse, Zhao Shunde is already a generation that everyone shouts and beats, and it is good that the corpse is not dug up by the people, and it is impossible to be rehabilitated.
Therefore, the more the second brother spoils her and can't do without her, the better!
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Not seeing each other for a day, the emperor still had the heart to sentence Qiwen for a few more days that night, but he didn't expect that the first day had passed, and he began to feel that these three days were too long. They were still in the same courtyard every day, and they could still be seen, but the sprinkling in the house was always done while he was away, so that during these three days he always had a wall or a window between him and her.
The weather finally cooled down after the rain that night, and Longxi Pavilion still opened the swastika pattern lattice window every day, leaving only a layer of light blue cicada wing veil to isolate the inside and outside. The emperor sat in his old seat, consciously or unconsciously, watching out of the window, and whenever her shadow flashed, he could notice it in time and turn his head to look.
The palace ladies all changed into autumn clothes, a faint powder blue jacquard cotton jacket, on which it is not clear whether it is an ingots or a jacquard of entwined lotus, and it will reflect the bright light slightly in the sun, which seems to be more beautiful than the summer dress.
It is said that she should deliberately pretend to be hard in front of his eyes, and cherish him, but she obviously didn't want him to see it so much, if it weren't for the fact that there were many fallen leaves in this season, she had to come and sweep from time to time, she would not appear in this courtyard as much as possible, and when she came, she would do her best to sweep it neatly and leave, and sometimes she looked at him as if she was wary, as if she had done something bad and was afraid that he would find out.
He knew that even after listening to his explanation, she still didn't want to take on the name of deliberately attracting his attention and inviting favor and begging, for fear of being regarded as a "slut". She is such a strange person, while she wants to get close to him, rejoicing in the little sincerity he has revealed, and on the other hand, she wants to be arrogant and arrogant, and she can't stand being seen as a lowly welcome.
This is very funny, she is the first woman to attract his heart, even if she is a little pampered and arrogant, even if she goes to Concubine Ning and they are majestic, grinding him to stand out for her, there is nothing new. Why was she so afraid?
The room is dark and bright, often he can see her clearly in the sun, but Qiwen can't see him through the window screen, so the emperor can hide here boldly and admire her cringe-like appearance, which is really more interesting than watching the Western scenery from the overpass.
It turned out that she was worried that she would be distracted by her. Now it seems that this god is very well divided.
The normal steps to deal with state affairs should be that the hundred officials will write and submit the major and minor affairs to the ministers, first by the cabinet ministers to discuss and draft a solution, and then the general idea and solution will be abbreviated as a ticket to be submitted to the emperor, after the emperor has read it, or agree to do it, or the imperial decree is amended, and the meaning will be conveyed to the celebrant eunuch, and the eunuchs will then make instructions on behalf of the emperor, that is, "approve the red", and then issue it for implementation. On weekdays, the imperial gate listens to the government, that is, the early dynasty, which is not a very important step.
The emperor had been a vassal in Guanzhong for six years, and he had never paid attention to the officialdom of the capital again, let alone who he had befriended. Sometimes he is upset because he is busy, he really blames his father, and it is just a matter of letting the country fall to this point, what did he do if he wanted to inherit the throne? He took over in a hurry, and by the time he ascended the throne, he almost couldn't even recognize the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military recognition.
When he became the emperor, although Qiao Anguo was removed from the celebrant supervisor and took back the red power, there were too few people available to him, no matter how loyal Wang Zhi and other henchmen were, after all, he had never been in contact with state affairs before, and he couldn't help him, and the rest of the eunuchs were Qiao Anguo's subordinates in the past, and no one could be trusted.
And the cabinet did not cooperate, and in desperation, he could only play a twelve-point spirit and try to do it himself. In this way, he almost became the hardest and busiest emperor since the founding of the country.
Seeing the turbulent situation in the country, he felt that he was in his position and had the responsibility to try his best to save the situation, and he was too stressed to take over in a hurry, and he would inevitably feel weak when he encountered difficulties, worried that he would have the trust of his father, and if he was a little slack, he would not be able to get over his conscience first, so he became more and more diligent and self-controlled, and he was simply exhausted.
Wang Zhi often advised him that when his thoughts were not smooth, he should stop and take a break, maybe it would be brighter. The emperor himself understood this truth. Now that he is familiar with the routine of general affairs, what he has to do is no longer to find out the situation, but to fight against those tricky ministers, what is needed is more of a quick wit to play on the spot, not that the more time spent on hard work, the better the results.
It's just that after a year, it seems that the body and mind have developed a habit, as if they have fallen into a strange circle of self-compulsion and can't pull it out. In fact, he had long felt that maybe he needed something special to distract himself.
Now, the division has finally succeeded.
When the emperor thought back to the past, he also felt that his thoughts were funny, and the shape shì was indeed in danger, but could he torture himself like an ascetic in exchange for the shape shì getting better? Isn't this no different from a stupid woman who burns incense to worship the Buddha and prans for blessings when she has no choice?
Fortunately, she came to divert his train of thought and woke him up from the vicious circle, which is okay...... So, what is she afraid of? Triumphantly came to him to ask for credit.
On this day, the emperor summoned Fang Kui and Qiu Yu, the two spy leaders, to discuss the matter of collecting criminal evidence and cleaning up Cui Zhen, the secretary of the military department. This Cui Zhen is the most powerful henchman under Qiao Anguo, and he wields military power, if he can be removed, it will be very beneficial to regain power and fight corruption, but unfortunately there is still a lack of a key entry point.
"Dongchang and Jinyiwei have conducted a comprehensive investigation, but they still can't find evidence of his crimes, can he really be cautious to this point?" The emperor held his hand on the dragon book case, and his eyebrows were slightly locked.
Qiu Yu stood in front of the hall and said: "It's Weichen's incompetence, Jinyiwei has been investigating for more than three months, and the evidence that can be found is only trivial, which is enough to punish him for a few months at most." ”
Fang Kui also said respectfully: "The slaves and maids are incompetent, the East Factory is still the old department of Qiao Anguo, it is inevitable that there will be many yin and yang violations, it is difficult to find out what is the clue for a while, maybe someone has already reported the information for Cui Zhen." ”
"I don't blame you, it's because I'm not cautious enough, and I ...... the grass and snakes first" The emperor sighed slightly, leaned back in his chair, and suddenly saw that Qiwen appeared outside the door curtain that was raised, and the thoughts in his mind were broken for a moment.
She didn't enter the door, and when there were foreign ministers, she didn't consciously come in, and she didn't raise her eyes to look at him, she just lowered her eyes regularly, handed the tea tray in her hand to Wang Zhi, and withdrew.
The Emperor almost got up and followed.
Wang Zhi brought the tea and explained in a thoughtful whisper: "Master, the three-day period has passed." ”
The emperor came back to his senses, and three days had finally passed, and it had been six days since she had served tea, and it felt like several months.
Now this state doesn't seem right, it seems that she can still cope with it, but he is always stunned, knowing that it is not appropriate to make any progress for the time being, but he can't do it as calmly as before, how can this be good? Maybe...... Should I talk to her?
Well, in fact, he just made an excuse to talk to her as much as he could.
If Qiwen was the queen, the emperor might go to Kunyu Palace to discuss things with her, but she was a palace maid, and there was no reason for the emperor to "find" the palace maid to discuss.
But he really didn't want to call her to speak in the hall of Longxi Pavilion, it was too deliberate, too much like a master and servant, and it didn't fit his current state of mind. So when it was about to get dark, expecting that she would go to the room for dinner, he withdrew his attendants and walked out of the main hall alone.
The clerk on duty followed Xiao Zhang Ke very discerningly, and saw that the master didn't want to be stared at, so he didn't go with him, and the emperor didn't have to worry.
At this time, no one sprinkled and cleaned, and there was no one in the inner and outer courtyards. The two lieutenants guarding the gate of the outer courtyard stood as straight as pillars, and if he hadn't walked to him, the two would have seen him as if they hadn't seen him, and they would just look at their noses and noses.
The emperor was inexplicably a bit of a thief, as if he was being stared at by many pairs of eyes, and he shook a few steps on the edge of the glazed wall casually, and saw that no one was paying attention to the surroundings before slipping towards the row of duty rooms on the west side of the outer courtyard.
Wang Zhi said that her duty room was in the first room facing south, which was the most sunny and warmest one, in order to take care of her body, the only girl in Longxi Pavilion.
He saw that the door was open a foot wide, and he didn't think that he was afraid of bumping into it, so he went up and looked inside, but when he saw no one, he simply pushed the door open and walked in.
It was true that no one was there, but he was taken aback by the scene inside the room: the teapots and bowls on the table were arranged horizontally, the thin cloth on the bed was spread out haphazardly, the stools were upside down by the bed, and the chairs were diagonally on the side of the table.
He suspected that he had made a mistake, she usually cleaned up neatly, her hair was combed neatly, and in the past three days, according to Wang Zhi, the sprinkling and sweeping in his house was made by her, and it was also spotless and perfect, how could her own house be like this?
Noticing the strangeness under his feet, he looked down and saw that half of his footprints were printed on a white silk sock embroidered with red thread plum blossoms...... It's her house, yes, dare to love is a person who only needs to save face!
The emperor is a natural obsessive-compulsive cleanliness habit, although the details of life are not as luxurious as the average son, but he is extremely tidy, and the things that enter his eyes must be placed neatly, and the outfit must be meticulous, if not, he would not have been conquered by Qiwen's details of a teacup before.
Seeing this kind of scene, he was so disturbed that he couldn't bear it. Anyway, she is also a girl's family, how can she live in such a pigsty? This is not the lower place, it is the duty room, and she doesn't live here on weekdays, so didn't she sleep all night that day? Messed up like this in one night? Qian Yuanhe, they don't care!
Suddenly understood, only her room can be like this, it is precisely because the eunuchs know that she has their own favor, will avoid her room, see it should not be seen, the face of the palace maid has a rough palace maid sprinkled and cleaned up, this duty room is only used for temporary rest during the duty period, and the hygiene is all on their own.
So, she's too lawless!
When I thought of the messy corner of space that I had stored in front of me for many days, the emperor was like a whole body crawling with ants, and he almost burned this house to the heart. How can it be so, how can it be so!
He didn't have a brain at all, he only knew that he had to make himself comfortable as soon as possible, and when he came back to his senses, he realized that he had neatly folded the thin quilt for her, and straightened the table, stools, cups and saucers—the people around him were often lazy and perfunctory when he was young, and because of this problem, he often went to pick up his own belongings with his own hands, but he was also very familiar with it.
But this time, he didn't clean up his own house......
The emperor was stunned, wondering if he should restore her again.
At this moment, Qiwen's voice faintly came from outside, as if to thank someone, and then the footsteps came to the door, the emperor was in a tight heart, and saw a one-person high three-door ebony cabinet in the corner to cover the door, without thinking, he flashed into it.
I was depressed in my heart, and it was strange enough to take the initiative to come to her, and I also started to clean up the house for her, and then drilled the cabinet, which was simply a cocoon, if she found out, she would be laughed to death, and there would be no trace of face left in the Ninety-Five.
Sure enough, as soon as I met her, my brain stopped, and I became a fool, no wonder I was so unscrupulously teased by her!
Qiwen stepped into the threshold with a large white porcelain bowl in her hand, and saw the folded thin quilt, the tables, chairs and benches arranged in a line, and the teacups and teapots like standing guards, and suspected that she had gone to the wrong room, so she couldn't help but withdraw and look left and right.
The Emperor was amused to see her in such a daze, and when he saw her pick up the embroidered sock that he had missed, and looked at the footprints on it, he couldn't laugh again.
She looked puzzled, but didn't look deeper, dropped her socks and went inside. The Emperor tried not to look at the discarded sock, and resisted the urge to rush over and pick up the folded sock.
In the middle of the room was a small stove with a small casserole on it, and the emperor had just lifted the lid to see that there was a pot of broth, and nothing was cooking. Qiwen went over to stab the fire with fire chopsticks, lifted the lid of the pot, poured the messy dishes in the white porcelain bowl into it, and pressed it hard with chopsticks.
The emperor frowned, she was really a clumsy girl, and cooking was like boiling pig food, but fortunately she didn't really match her to Xiao Jinyiwei as a daughter-in-law, otherwise she would definitely be disliked by others.
But seeing that she won't go out for a while, he was secretly worried, who knows how long it will take for her to finish cooking and eating, and how long will he have to stand in the cabinet.
It didn't take long for him to think about it anymore. The soup in the small casserole is boiling, bubbling and bubbling, Qiwen pinches the lid with her left hand with a handkerchief, and stirs it with chopsticks in her right hand.
The emperor was accustomed to skipping dinner, and it was difficult to develop an appetite in the evening. The delicacies in the imperial diet did not arouse his interest, and at this time, smelling the fragrance wafting from the small casserole, he almost wanted to go out of his body. What did she cook to make it smell like this?
The mouth and nose reaction was well controlled, but the stomach was empty and impatient, and it also made a little noise......
He really wanted to turn to ashes quickly! I must have owed her in my last life, and in this life, I must first repay it by losing face!
Seeing that the girl paused, he even began to ponder, waiting for her to come over and open the cabinet door to check, even if he couldn't kill her, at least he should knock out the matter before she could see herself......