After the draft, the emperor's harem was full, but the queen's candidate was still not determined, it is said that it was to be inspected and selected among the show girls who stayed in the palace and the concubines who had been promoted, and after the candidates were established, a big wedding was held for the emperor. Ping An and a few of them also entered the "inner study hall" in the palace to study, and only after passing the exam can they officially take office. I heard that the civil and military officials in the court suddenly set up such an official position for the emperor, and let a woman hold it, which is quite a lot of complaints. The most violent reaction should be some old ministers in the court, including even Luo Taishi, whose daughter was also hand-picked as Bingbi Shangyi, who thought that it was not in line with the ancestral system and was not in line. But the emperor insisted on his opinion, and when he was in a dispute with the court officials, he dropped another bombshell to carry out the imperial examination throughout the country, and immediately, diverted the attention of all the courtiers to this, and the court was like boiling water dripping into hot oil and blowing up the pot.

Many ministers wrote to the emperor asking the emperor to retract this idea that was contrary to the ancestral system. One after another of the recitals were presented to the emperor's imperial case, some of them were bitterly persuasive, some were righteous and sternly reprimanded, and of course, there were also voices supporting the emperor, but those voices were too weak. There was a mess in the court, I don't know how the news spread to the people, overnight, the people of the whole capital knew that the emperor wanted to implement Enke, such an unusual move was immediately supported by the civilian scholars, for a while, there were joint supporters, there were people who marched on the street to give thanks, and there were people who gathered to speak and propagandist, and the support of the people and the opposition of the court came and went, and the space of its pomp and circumstance was the same for a while.

Outside the Hou Mansion, the wind and clouds have changed color, and inside the Hou Mansion, my son is living calmly and unwaveringly, the old man has been getting worse and worse recently, and he has been sick again a few years ago, and basically doesn't pay much attention to business matters, these are all me and An Yuanxi are making ideas. My eyes are inconvenient, An Yuanxi will report to me once a day about business matters, and I can see that he has spent some effort, only dictating important matters to me concisely, and some smaller things are not bothered by me. He gets along with me now, and he doesn't have the same straight face as he did at the beginning, but he is by no means as expressive as he used to be in Cangdu, and he is completely a standard businesslike expression.

Listening to him tell me about the recent accounts, I fell into deep thought, in the recent accounts, the expenditure of the name "outside" is particularly frequent, I have not managed the accounts for a year, and I have not had a chance to ask about this matter, so I put it aside, and recently found that this account will make the Yun family's money more and more powerful, I don't know if this account An Yuanxi found out. I looked up at him: "Uncle, have you noticed some strange expenses in the account books?" ”

"Sister-in-law refers to the expenses listed in the account books?" An Yuanxi said immediately. It seemed that he had already found out, and I nodded: "That's it, have you asked a few deacons, where is this account going?" ”

"I asked, and several deacons said that Grandpa was in charge of the account himself, and they had no right to intervene." An Yuanxi said, "I asked my grandfather for verification, and this account is indeed managed by my grandfather himself." ”

"Oh?" I was stunned, I thought that the old man had completely delegated power, but I didn't expect that there was still such a mysterious expenditure to personally supervise, "Did grandpa say what this account does?" ”

"Grandpa didn't say it." An Yuanxi paused and said softly, "Grandpa said, wait until the right time to tell us." ”

Although my heart was full of doubts, the old man's decision could not be changed by anyone, so I nodded and asked An Yuanxi to collect the account book. Xiaohong knocked on the door and came in and said to me, "Sister, the invitation from General Lonely's mansion." ”

"Say what?" I closed my eyes and gently rubbed my temples and asked softly. It won't be peace, right? Since this girl entered the inner study hall to study, she has come to me at the end of three days and asked her about her homework. She didn't need to study before, but now that she has entered the inner study hall, she is probably afraid of being compared to others and losing face in front of the emperor, so she is diligent. At first, she didn't accept the emperor's arrangement, and once ran to complain with tears in her eyes, I was really annoyed by her surname, and finally couldn't help but say a heavy word to her: "Peace, do you know that the love you ask for is a kind of blackmail." ”

Seeing her face turn pale, I continued to pour cold water on her: "What else do you want?" Peaceful? Didn't you say that you didn't enter the palace to be a concubine, not to be glorious and rich, but just to be by his side? So what are you not satisfied with now? You can already say that you can be by his side, hasn't your wish come true? ”

"But it's different......," Ping An muttered, unable to say a word. I held back my temper and frowned, "What's the difference?" You have been given the opportunity to be by his side, how hard this opportunity is for the women of the harem, if they have such an opportunity, they are thinking about how to capture the emperor's heart, not to ask for him. What you should be thinking about now is what you can do for him, instead of constantly asking him what he should do for you, after all, it is you who keep saying that you love him, and he has never said that he loves you. ”

Ping An was trained by me to cry and run out, I also felt that these words were a bit heavy, but I didn't regret it at all, if she didn't put herself in the right position now, even if it was the identity of Bingbi Shangyi, she couldn't avoid the suspicion, use and even framing of people with a heart. Even if Ping An doesn't understand, I'll say it. After Yun Zheng left, I realized the preciousness of life more than before, and I cherished the people who accompanied me more and more, whether it was relatives or friends, or even just an ordinary domestic servant in Yunfu. I do my best to be good to everyone, so that even if one day, they can no longer be with me, I will have no regrets. I thought that Ping An would definitely be so angry that she would stop coming to the door, but I didn't expect that after two days, she took the initiative to apologize to me, and asked me to guide her studies.

"General Lonely is getting married, please go to the wedding." An Yuanxi's voice sounded in my ears, and I came back to my senses and opened my eyes. remembered that Xiaohong didn't know much literacy, so he must have handed over the post to An Yuanxi to read. I frowned: "Is it Miss Hesai?" ”

"Yes. Eighteen of this month. An Yuanxi handed me the post. The eighteenth of this month, that's not a few days. Lonely Surprise Cloud sent a big post to invite guests, thinking that it was to marry a wife instead of a concubine, but I didn't expect him to marry Miss Sai as a wife, there is such a thing that violates etiquette, I am afraid that only the fatherless, motherless and open-minded Lonely Surprise Cloud can do it. But how could the emperor agree? Tiancao Kingdom has always had some restrictions on the marriage of nobles, and if Yun Zheng married me at the beginning, he was also fast, cutting first and then playing.

"Got it, uncle, you can help me draw up a gift list." I stood up, and Little Red hurriedly supported me. It seems that Lonely Surprise Cloud really likes Miss Sai, I think of that girl's stubborn and cold expression, presumably she is also a person with a story, Lonely Surprise Cloud's down-to-earth mind should be able to tolerate everything about her. And Shen Shen, I smiled and shook my head, thinking that I was too careful, how can outsiders explain this kind of thing clearly, not to mention that I don't know anything about their stories.

After taking care of business, I'm going back to my room to see my baby Noir. Just a few steps out of the study, I saw Jin Sha crying and running in with Fusheng, seeing me, Jin Sha rushed over and cried louder: "Sister Huahua, Ansheng, Ansheng ......"

"What's wrong with Ansheng?" I was surprised to hold her, Jin Sha cried breathlessly, I looked at Fusheng, his face was pale, a look of horror, I frowned and said, "Fusheng, what's wrong with Ansheng?" ”

"He, he's gone......" Fusheng stammered. I frowned: "Aren't you studying together?" How could Ansheng be gone? ”

"We ......" Fusheng lowered his head and squeaked without saying a word, Jinsha cried even louder, and her little face was full of tears. I was anxious: "What the hell is going on, you can explain it to me quickly." ”

"Fusheng." An Yuanxi didn't know when he came over and squatted down, "Where is An Sheng gone?" ”

"In, in the Temple of the Heavenly King......" Fusheng said in a low voice. I was stunned and said angrily: "You mean that you sneaked out of the house to play and lost Ansheng?" ”

My tone became stern, and Fusheng hung his head and remained silent. An Yuanxi looked up at me: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, ask them well." ”

It turned out that Fusheng said that there was a lively temple fair in Tianwang Temple today, and neither Jinsha nor Ansheng had seen it, so several children sneaked out of the house and ran to Tianwang Temple to play when Mr. was not paying attention during recess. At first, it was fine, and I had a lot of fun, but I didn't expect to encounter a team of floats later, and there were more and more onlookers, and a few children were scattered. Jin Sha and Fusheng couldn't find Ansheng anywhere, and when the temple fair was dispersed, they still didn't find it, thinking that Ansheng had returned home first, but who knew that Ansheng didn't come back at all, so he panicked.

I was so angry and anxious that I didn't know what to say about these two children. Hurriedly asked someone to call Yun Yi and asked him to arrange for the servants in the house to go out to find it, and An Yuanxi and Stygian Flame also went. It was getting late and late, and the servants sent out to find An Sheng came back one after another, but none of them brought An Sheng back with him. I was very worried in my heart, and it was inconvenient to express this emotion, which made Jinsha and Fusheng even more afraid. The two children knew that they had caused a big disaster, and they were always in shock, looking at the guilt of the two of them, I didn't want to scold them, so I asked Ning'er to take them to rest, but the two children refused to go, so they had to let them stay in the hall with me.

The servants had all returned, and none of them had found any news of Ansheng, so I was so worried that I couldn't eat dinner. It was late in the night, and when the hour came, the Flame returned, and when I saw his expression, I knew that he had not found any news either, and my heart became more and more worried. An Yuanxi hasn't come back yet, and now I'm counting on him, but when I waited until the time, An Yuanxi didn't come back, and the children couldn't hold on, so I asked Ning'er to take them to sleep, and I was worried that An Yuanxi would be in danger outside in the middle of the night, so I asked Yun Qian and Yun Xun to go out to find him. The spirit is so tense that I don't feel tired. When it was almost ugly, Xiaohong persuaded me to go back to the room to rest, I couldn't stand her nagging, went back to the room and lay on the bed, tossing and turning all night, and I don't know how I fell asleep in the end. When the hour came, An Yuanxi and Tie Wei finally returned, and when I saw them coming back empty-handed, my heart suddenly cooled.

"Yun Yi, go to the government to report to the official, Yun De, arrange for someone to continue to go out to find it today." After I finished speaking to the two stewards, I saw An Yuanxi sitting on the chair expressionlessly, turned his head to Ning Er and said, "You go and talk to the maids in the second young master's room, and ask them to prepare hot water for the second young master." ”

"Uncle ......" He should be very worried about Ansheng in his heart, I am so worried, let alone him, "You go back to the room to rest after breakfast, I will continue to arrange for someone to find it." ”

He looked up at me, with waves in his eyes that I couldn't see clearly, and said quietly, "Thank you, sister-in-law." ”

——2007、3、24

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