Chapter 105: A dilemma

Xu Xiaomao flicked the whip again, and the tiger turned his head and slowly walked into the door. He waved his hand to Liu Zhao and waited for him, turned around and retreated into the door.

The performance that came out again was also very exciting, Liu Zhao had only seen the performance of the monkey training when he was young, and he watched it with relish at this time, and until the end, he was full of smiles.

Yin Li and Su Zhao'er also forgot about the battle over the palace wall, and were only attracted by the performance. After all, he is still a teenage child, and although he marries into the palace as a concubine, human nature cannot be changed. Su Zhao'er is a lively person who is not afraid of heaven and earth, and it is even more difficult to hide her excitement at this time.

After the performance, Liu Zhaoxuan Xu Xiaomao came up, "You are a good person, you came up with all these ideas?" ”

Xu Xiao said with a smile: "It doesn't matter what the minister does, the important thing is to win the smile of the emperor and the two mothers, and the minister will be content." ”

"Okay, reward, all the servants in your animal garden will be rewarded, and you will be named Taile, and you will be in charge of the program of festivals in the palace, and the music and feasts. A reward of 600 stones, 100 gold! ”

Xu Xiaomao was overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down and thanked him: "Thank you for the emperor's reward, thank you for the emperor, thank you Niangniang, I wish the two mothers more and more beautiful!" ”

Yin Li smiled: "Your Majesty, you see that this person is so cunning, this is waiting for my reward, it's just that, come back and you go to my palace, you have your benefits." ”

Su Zhao'er said: "I don't have the pomp and circumstance of a Yin nobleman, my bracelet is still valuable, I will reward you!" As he spoke, he took it off his wrist and handed it to Xu Xiaomao.

Xu Xiaomao knelt down and said: "Niangniang, take it back, this little bit of the villain's ability is a thing to make people laugh, and the mother is embarrassed, the villain really doesn't dare to take it." Please also ask the mother to take it back. ”

"You're saying I'm not good at this thing, right, take it quickly, although I don't have a lot of money, I can afford your reward." Saying that, he threw the gold bracelet at his feet, Xu Xiaomao had to pick it up, and he had a little respect for this Su Palace person in his heart.

"Alright, you go down. Spread my will. Everyone in the animal garden has merit, and each of them is rewarded with ten taels of silver and one piece of silk. Liu Zhao stood up. At this time, standing on the slope, the view from afar is extremely spectacular. The sun has sunk in the west, and the beasts in the forest roar and the birds chirp, which is a special feeling.

After returning to Ganquan Palace. Liu Zhao went to the wind pavilion of Yin Li. Feng Ya Ge is elegant, although the laurel trees in the garden are withered. But it is also snow-covered branches, and the horizontal branches of the garden are also interesting. The fire was blazing in the west warm room in the pavilion, and Liu Zhao closed his eyes and lay on the couch, feeling tired all over.

Yin Li ordered someone to bring lotus seed soup. He personally put it in front of Liu Zhao and said: "Your Majesty, get up and drink some lotus seed soup to warm your stomach." Didn't the wind blow just now, and your body was unhappy again? ”

Liu Zhao opened his eyes. Smelling a faint aroma on Yin Li's body, he smiled: "It's not in the way." Why is it so expensive, and it can't be blown by the wind of ideas? I've been working hard these days, and it's time to rest for a while. ”

Yin Li blew it, put it to Liu Zhao's mouth and said: "Your Majesty, now that the affairs of the court and the central government have been put down, isn't it also resting?" If you want me to say, the emperor doesn't have to do his best, what those courtiers in the court do, the emperor has to do it alone, and he is tired to death. Li'er doesn't know either, but I have a way to manage it during the time I have been in the harem. ”

"Oh?" Liu Zhao sat up, took the lotus seed soup, blew and ate it himself, and said while looking at Yin Li'er: "What is the best way for my Li'er?" I'll hear it! ”

Yin Li smiled and said: "It's easy to say, since the Inner Court Division was established, I thought of this method." Originally, things in the palace were complicated, and if everything came to me to tell me, Li'er couldn't bear it. So I asked Zheng Zhong to divide the Inner Court Division into several parts, those who were in charge of money and food, those who were in charge of consumption, those who were in charge of cleaning, those who were in charge of palace maids, those who were in charge of eunuchs, and those who were in charge of the emperor's and queen mother's daily life. Each part is arranged with two stewards and deputy stewards to supervise each other. The mess of each manager, except for the ones that can't be solved, came to me, and the rest are done by themselves, sorting out a piece of Chen for me, picking up the important ones, I pick up the important ones, and take a look at the rest. In this way, it is not so tired, and it also gives the people below something to do. Isn't that great? ”

She looked at Liu Zhao with her eyes as she spoke, and when she saw him stop, she listened attentively and continued: "Da Changqiu is the supervisor, and the people below have reported to him in advance, and he will report to me if he can't decide, and then report to the Queen Mother if he can't decide, so that the Queen Mother will hardly have to take care of things, and I will be a lot more relaxed, and I can also accompany the emperor." As he spoke, he sat down beside Liu Zhao, put his head on his lap, and gently touched the surface of Liu Zhao's feet with his little hands.

Liu Zhao listened very seriously, he felt that this method was good and effective, he was overjoyed, touched his little face and said: "How did you come up with the idea of this little brain, this idea is good, I can take a look, you can also do it in the court, now I am alone in the management of the government, hundreds of excerpts every day, each one is approved, and then let the courtiers implement it, in fact, the officials below the third prince are waiting for my ideas, so that I can not brainstorm, but also make me tired and exhausted." I go back and think about it, tomorrow I will convene the ministers to set up a Zhongshu Province in the court, everything will be concentrated in Zhongshu Province, and the subordinates below Zhongshu Province will report everything to Zhongshu Province to solve, as you said, Zhongshu Province is also divided into several large parts, and find competent people to manage it, so that I can also make it a lot easier, and I can take action to reform the people's livelihood and taxation. The more he talked, the more excited he became, and he got down to the ground and put on his shoes and was about to go out. Yin Li grabbed Liu Zhao and fell into his arms.

"Your Majesty, where are you going, and you are going to find other concubines, ignoring Li'er? Li'er hasn't been with His Majesty for a long time, is Your Majesty so willing? ”

Thinking of the more than two months that I was banned, my heart was sour, and I burst into tears.

Liu Zhao also felt that he was a little reckless, and forgot that he was still in the Yin Glass Palace, so he said: "I am the Son of Heaven, and it is common sense for her to go to other palaces, so I can't say this in the future!" ”

"Your Majesty, the concubines don't care which concubine you like or whose palace you live in, what the concubines care about is that your majesty, you are sometimes like a phantom in the fog, so that the concubines can't touch the shadow. What the concubine is afraid of is that your heart is not in the body of any person in the palace, in their body, the concubine can still fight, but if not, the concubine can only grope in the fog, just like a ship without direction, even if it sinks, I don't know how it sinks. ”

"Li'er!" Liu Zhao was moved in his heart, and couldn't help hugging her thin body.

"Your Majesty, Li'er panicked when she couldn't see you, I was sometimes in front of you, but you turned a blind eye, where is your heart? Li'er can't touch it, can't see it. Your Majesty, look at me, I'm Li'er, your little cousin, we're husband and wife, I'm here, you touch, you kiss, don't you like Li'er? Her voice became more and more coquettish, but her words made Liu Zhao's heart even more confused. He sighed and kissed Yin Li's face gently.

"Li'er, rest early, I'm not in the mood these days!"

"Your Majesty!" Yin Li was gently pushed away by Liu Zhao, but her heart was like a knife, more than two months, she even remembered clearly the time when they were separated, seventy-six days, but he pushed her away like this. Is she that unbearable? Can't you get him interested anymore?

Liu Zhao glanced at the gloomy glass that was lost and depressed, and felt a little unbearable in his heart, her words just now reminded him of Sui'er again, yes, the girl in the dream, the girl who always appeared in his dream when he was lonely, the girl he often missed. He still remembered the warmth when he hugged her into his arms, and the soft and boneless body, and the bright eyes that only in dreams.

"Your Majesty, if everyone lives in their hearts, Li'er doesn't know who the woman in the emperor's heart is, but the emperor knows that Li'er has a deep affection for the emperor, have you ever thought that behind that affection, there will be a scar, which is branded by the emperor. People say that a lover's eyes can't tolerate a grain of sand, but Li'er has to endure one, two, or even countless grains of sand that the emperor added to Li'er, no matter how painful my heart is, but I can only act, the truth behind the play is true or false, does the emperor know? ”

Yin Li cried and fell on the ground, and her delicate body rose and fell because of crying, which made Liu Zhao stop like a temptation. He only blamed the concubines for competing for favor every day, but he didn't expect that they still had so much pain in their hearts, torn indistinctly, and hurt into the bone marrow.

Liu Zhao sighed, walked over, pulled Yin Li up, hugged him into his arms, and said in a low voice: "Li'er, I can't leave, I'll accompany Li'er today." You ask the kitchen to make me some light side dishes, and we can have some wine in the evening, okay?" ”

Yin Li sobbed and looked up at him, and nodded with teary eyes, it was very cute. Liu Zhao's heart moved, and he gently gasped to her cherry lips, and the soft touch made him provoke the * in the depths of his heart again, but he tasted the saltiness of tears, and couldn't help but smile bitterly. There was a hint of confusion in his eyes, "I was very naughty when I was a child, and my master really beat me once, and I cried a lot to complain to my father. I remember that my father was standing on the steps of the Deyang Palace, with his hands behind his back, looking at me coldly, that was the first time I felt the fear of my father, and I was so frightened that I cried, and my father told me, do you know what tears are like? It's bitter, and only after you have tasted the bitterness of tears can you be strong and stop crying. Since then, even if I shed tears, I hid in a place where no one was around, and I would never shed a single tear in front of people again. There was a hint of sadness and melancholy in his tone.

He gently wiped away the tears on his face for Yin Li, "Li'er grew up with her family when she was a child, but I made you cry, you are just a weak woman, is it me." ”

Yin Li looked at the emperor quietly, this was the first time he heard the emperor tell the story of his childhood, and it was also the first time that he felt that this supreme emperor still had a loneliness that others did not have. She gently untied her little clothes, put her chest on Liu Zhao's chest, and said in a low breath: "Your Majesty, if you are tired, tired, and painful in the future, come to Li'er, and I will always keep the warmest place for you in my heart." ”

Liu Zhao let out a low roar, kissed her slippery neck, tossed and turned, and immediately became like spring. (To be continued)