The emperor stepped into the courtyard of the general's study. Silent Horror Cloud stopped at the gate of the courtyard, I hesitated for a moment, turned to Xiaohong and said, "Xiaohong, you wait for me outside." Xiaohong glanced inside, even if she didn't know that Yu Gongzi was the emperor, she must have guessed that his identity was unusual. Xiaohong nodded: "Sister, be careful on the road." ”

I went into the courtyard, carefully avoiding the flowers and trees that peeked into the walkway, and stepped up the stone steps of the study, the doors and windows of the study were open, and I stepped into the room, where the emperor sat on the soft couch. I owe it: "Your Majesty." ”

"Sit down." He said lightly. I looked left and right, and the only thing I could sit in this study was the chair behind the desk and the right side of the soft couch where he was sitting. Probably impossible to sit behind the desk, I cautiously walked over and sat down on the soft couch.

"Ping'an sang that song, did you teach her?" The emperor began to ask, and I drooped my eyelashes, not knowing what he meant by asking, and nodded. After being silent for a long time, the emperor snorted softly: "Then you also came up with this idea today?" ”

I looked up at him in surprise and shook my head. It turns out that this is the reason why he stopped me for questioning, did he think that I had come up with the idea for Ping An to confess to him? Is he blaming me now? What did he call me for? Scold me? I was still guessing, the emperor stared at me, for a long time, and his lips were faint: "How are your eyes?" ”

"Ah, it's fine." I thought he was going to be angry, but I didn't expect him to be angry. Even so, I was still a little uneasy, thought about it, and said apprehensively: "Your Majesty ......"

"You ......," he said as he spoke, and we both paused, leaning back, "you speak first." ”

"The matter of peace......" I hesitated for a moment, and finally asked, "What does the emperor want to do?" ”

The Emperor smiled, and there was no expression on his face: "What do you think I should do?" ”

How do I know that I'm not you. I frowned and said with some difficulty: "Your Majesty, Ping'an is just a child, and life in the palace is not suitable for her......"

"Who is life in that palace for?" The Emperor interrupted me and smiled coldly, "Who is naturally suitable to live in the palace?" Me? ”

"That's not what the concubine meant." I feel a little tired, and now I really don't have much energy to deal with this emperor who has a few more hearts than others don't know.

Perhaps he heard the tiredness in my tone, and fell silent for a while before he said, "I know you don't mean that." ”

I was stunned, the "I" he said was not me. The room fell silent again, he didn't speak, I didn't know what to say, what did the emperor call me to ask? After hesitating for a long time, I couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty ......"

He raised his eyes to look at me, and I hurriedly said, "The emperor won't let Ping An enter the palace, right?" ”

He looked at me quietly and smiled, "No, I will." ”

"Huh?" My eyes widened, "Your Majesty, you know the surname of Ping An best, she will get into trouble if she is allowed to enter the palace, and General Lin will not agree......"

"What I decide, Jingyun will not object." The emperor said lightly, with a calm face. My heart trembled, remembering the scene outside the safe house just now, and I said in disbelief: "Does the emperor like peace?" ”

He looked at me steadily, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his lips: "I have always liked peace." ”

Which one prefers? Is it like a woman, or like a child? I bit my lip: "But if you like someone, don't you want her to be happy and happy?" The emperor knew that it was impossible for Ping An to cope with the affairs of the harem, and he knew that she might be hurt when she entered the palace, so why did he ......"

"Is the harem so scary?" The Emperor smiled lightly, "Or are you just scared yourself?" ”

I shuddered slightly, stunned. The emperor said slowly: "Ping An has her own ideas, no matter how well you plan for her, that's not what she wants." ”

"But what she wants will kill her." I was a little excited, "Even if that's the case, do you want to indulge her?" ”

The emperor's eyes flashed with an unknown light, and the corners of his lips pursed into a slight smile: "It is also a blessing to be able to go crazy happily, and maybe even I envy peace." ”

I took a deep breath and went crazy, and Ping An fell into the magic barrier, and the man went crazy with it. I couldn't stay any longer, so I bit my lip and said, "The concubine understands, the concubine has been out for too long, and she wants to go back, so she will retire first." ”

The emperor gave a faint "um", I stood up, and hurried out the door, not paying attention, not knowing what I had tripped under my feet, and threw myself straight forward, seeing that I was about to make a close contact with the ground. Before I could exclaim, my arm had been grabbed and pulled into his arms in an instant, and I looked up in shock, and the emperor had already said angrily: "What are you doing, can't you be careful?" ”

It was so close that I could clearly see the anger in his eyes, and I was so frightened that I forgot to struggle for a moment. When he finished yelling at me, he seemed to realize that he had held me tightly in his arms, but he had no intention of letting go, and in his eyes he stared at me, and the anger gradually disappeared, bringing with him a twilight that I could not understand. I struggled slightly uneasily: "Concubine, thank you, Your Majesty." ”

The hand resting on my waist gradually loosened, and I quickly took two steps back, not daring to look up at his expression, and said in a low voice: "The concubine retires." He turned and hurried out of the room, this time carefully watching the road ahead so as not to make another mess. Stepping out of the courtyard, Xiaohong saw me come out, and quickly supported me, I owed a debt to Lonely Shock: "General, the concubine is leaving." ”

After thinking about it, the emperor agreed to enter the palace safely, or let him tell him himself, why should I be inserted into this troubled water if I have nothing to do?

Ping An really received the post-election post, her wish finally came true, and she happily prepared to enter the palace. And Yun Xiangrong also entered Beijing as a draft girl and lived in the Hou Mansion. Yun Zheng, a cousin, I have only met once or twice, is a standard beauty and a famous lady, and her gestures are decent. The old man showed great support for Xiang Rong's entry into the palace, in addition to preparing a rich dowry, and wantonly dotted the household, he also made a special design for Xiang Rong's talent show.

Stygian Flame had nothing on his face, but there was still a hint of hostility, presumably because his cousin had repented of his marriage to Mo Xiuqi, which made his master and servant suffer a lot of losses. In fact, at this point, I don't have much disgust with my cousin's repentance. I have always believed that poor couples mourn, there is a fairy tale of a prince marrying Cinderella in this world, but there has never been a legend of a princess and a beggar marrying. If Mo Xiuqi gave up his self-esteem and relied on his wife to live, if he was an undignified person, and with a little self-esteem, he would be overwhelmed by the gossip and white eyes of the people around him, and that kindness would also disappear with the passage of time. What's more, the two are just marrying on their fingers, and forcibly tethering two emotionless people together, which is a very irresponsible custom for marriage that I am quite disgusted with, although ancient people have always believed in the orders of their parents and the words of matchmakers.

On the day when the show girl entered the palace to be elected, the Queen Mother wanted me to enter the palace to accompany her to choose the show girl, but I declined on the grounds of inconvenient eyes. The Queen Mother's move is really a bit ridiculous, I have rumors of ambiguity with the emperor, after more than a year, it has gradually faded, what else is she not worried about? What's more, I lost my honor at Yun Zheng's funeral, and there is a new version of the rumor circulating in the capital, Mrs. Ronghua is widowed, grief-stricken, evil, confused, and crazy. Emperor draft, what am I going to do as a "madman"?

So, I missed witnessing a rather astonishing decision made by the emperor. When the news spread outside the palace and became known, I, like all those who first heard it, were speechless for a while. Your Majesty, the Emperor actually came up with such a way to solve the problem of these worries that were pressing on my heart, and I was guilty of entering the palace safely.

Since ancient times, the emperors of the Tiancao Kingdom have been accompanied by the position of eunuchs, mainly for the emperor to write down the edicts dictated, or specially for the emperor to approve the word "read" on the fold. At the draft ceremony, the emperor announced that the imperial court would set up a new female official of Bingbi, the official name "Shangyi", which was a three-grade civilian Beijing official, and was hand-picked by the emperor in the draft every three years since this year. The work content of Bingbi Shangyi and Bingbi eunuchs is roughly the same, but the difference is: Bingbi eunuchs cannot go out of the imperial city, and they are forever isolated from civil officials; And Bingbi Shangyi itself is a civil official, they only need to take turns to enter the palace during the day to accompany them, and then go out of the palace and return home at night, Bingbi Shangyi is not the emperor's concubine, not under the control of the harem, they can also marry. I heard that this holy decree immediately made the draft ceremony explode, and the emperor appointed three women to become Bingbi Shangyi at the draft ceremony, namely: Luo Taishi's daughter Luo Xiang'er, the daughter of Lord Yushi Su Ling, and the niece of the first product Dingguo Gong and the hussar general Lonely Jingyun. Because the incident happened suddenly, and there was no rumor in advance, the emperor's holy decree and Chrysostom said that this matter became a sure and unchangeable fact when the hundred officials in the court could not dissuade it.

After the initial shock of hearing the news passed, my admiration for the emperor welled up in my heart. This is the first time I have sincerely admired him. His unexpected move not only satisfied Ping'an's desire to be by his side, but also protected her from being involved in the sinister struggle of the harem. Bingbi female officials, who do not belong to the inner women, are not governed by the harem, and they do not have to live in the palace for a long time, they can avoid a lot of troubles when they enter the palace and fall out of the palace, and they are probably the most free women in the palace.

I don't know if Ping An is satisfied with this arrangement, but in my opinion, this is really the best arrangement for her. This news, than wanting to be "named" by the emperor himself, staying in the palace for accommodation and inspection makes me more happy. On this night, I climbed the highest moon-viewing tower in the Hou Mansion, faced the aspect of the palace, stared at the palace that I couldn't see at all in the distance, and said sincerely in my heart: "Thank you, Emperor!" ”

——2007、3、23

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