The sky was overcast and the palace was cold.

A beautiful shadow is tall and beautiful, standing in front of the railing, surrounded by long cornices, red walls and yellow tiles, showing the royal majesty.

There was a group of men and horses patrolling majestically below, they were the guards of the East Palace, wearing the robes of the captain of Yilu, just like the thief at the beginning.

Li Lingfeng was stunned for a while, the autumn style was bleak, and at some point, it was as thin as silkworm wisps of rain, which was stained on people's cheeks, urging a coolness.

This coolness made her wake up from her messy thoughts, and she suddenly felt that the thief was in front of her.

He still laughed so badly, revealing a ruffian, worthy of being a wild boy from a peasant family, he hated it so much in his hallucination, Li Lingfeng thought secretly in his heart.

Suddenly, the illusion actually moved, and he still had an oil-paper umbrella in his hand.

"Your Highness, be careful of the rain."

Li Lingfeng was startled, and subconsciously wanted to cover his buttocks behind him, "Why are you here?" ”

Chen Shou brought an umbrella by himself, and before leaving, he blamed Lu'er for being verbose, but he didn't expect it to rain.

He relied on his body to practice well recently, handed the umbrella to Li Lingfeng, and said with a smile: "I see that the hairpin you wore a few days ago, although the production is exquisite and novel, but the material is just ordinary Dongzhu." A few days ago, I got a few royal gems of the Qarakhanid in the Western Regions, and I specially asked someone to make one for you, you can see if you like it. ”

After speaking, he took out a small box from his arms, opened it and pushed it to Li Lingfeng, and it was really dazzling.

Chen Shou himself was also a little embarrassed, he beat others twice for no reason, how to get along in the future... This is the real Xiliang princess, on the day she entered Beijing, the shouts of countless Xiliang soldiers on the city wall soared into the sky, which still makes people's blood hot.

Li Lingfeng snatched it over, clenched it tightly in his hand, but snorted coldly on his mouth: "Who is rare..."

The rain slowly became heavier, and both of them had something to say, but they didn't know how to speak.

The rain wet Chen Shou's hair, down his neck and down his chest.

"Your Highness, if it's okay, I... I'll quit first. ”

Li Lingfeng raised his chin and nodded slightly, like a noble white swan.

Chen Shou grinned, clenched a mouthful of small white teeth, and left with his fists clenched.

Li Lingfeng watched him leave, and finally lowered his head, not knowing what he thought, and sighed softly.

She took out the jeweled hairpin from the small box and rubbed it gently.

The lingering autumn rain weaves a silk net covering the heavens and the earth, just like the beautiful woman's mind in front of the railing, soft and delicate but bleak and cold.

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In the Chunhe Palace, the gilded copper crane incense burner smoked faint cigarettes, and Emperor Yuan looked pious when he sat on the futon.

There was a middle-aged man standing outside, it was Wei Yunse, the prime minister of the dynasty, and he was the only one who could see the emperor at this time.

"Your Majesty, the autumn flood in the east of the river, the Yellow River bursts, the people suffer from natural disasters, starvation is everywhere, it is really against the harmony of the sky, Weichen asks Your Majesty for permission, and orders to open the warehouse and release grain, and give preferential care to the victims."

Emperor Gengyuan frowned, and sighed: "The heavens have sent such a flood, could it be that my cultivation heart is not sincere, so there is such a warning?" Don't delay my practice... Come on, summon Chen Shou to the palace for an audience. ”

Wei Yunse stood in place, although he was separated by a heavy curtain, he could also imagine His Majesty's appearance at this time.

He lowered his head deeply, hiding the ruthlessness that flashed in his eyes, this Xiliang thief had completely bewitched His Majesty.

If you don't get rid of him, you can only get rid of the emperor...

After a while, Chen Shou hurried to the hall and stepped into the hall.

Only then did the old emperor speak again, "Chen Shou, Hedong Qiuxun, a lot of people died, you can help me do the math..."

Chen Shou raised his head and said: "Your Majesty doesn't need to worry, this matter has already been calculated by the minister last month, but he has not said it for fear of disturbing His Majesty's Dao heart." The autumn flood in Hedong is a matter of Hedong, and if it is a warning from heaven, it should be Gyeonggi who has an accident. Since this matter has alarmed the saint, Jin Yuwei, the minister, is willing to go to Beijing for disaster relief and solve problems for His Majesty. ”

When Wei Yunse heard this, he secretly screamed badly, and hurriedly said: "The so-called art industry has a specialty, and the government office of the Ministry of Household Affairs is responsible for disaster relief, so don't bother Chen Changshi, Changshou still devotes his mind to alchemy for His Majesty." ”

Emperor Gengyuan agreed and said, "Don't be distracted." ”

Chen Shou smiled, "Your Majesty and Wei Xiang don't know, although there is an accident in Hedong, we can't ignore it." Weichen intends to send Yanqing Guan Taoist priest to Hedong to build a Taoist temple for His Majesty. ”

It's this trick again! Wei Yunse was angry in his heart, but he couldn't release his anger.

This thief is really a trick to eat all over the world, in the name of building a Taoist temple for His Majesty, he is crazy about collecting money and enclosing land on the outskirts of the city, and many ministers and wealthy families have been blackmailed by him.

Jiang Chucai's fertile land was directly confiscated, and the left sentry camp was driven out of the camp.

What's even worse is that Wang Chaolong, the commander of the horses, was directly forcibly expropriated and sent to a huge manor, but he didn't dare to say anything.

Whoever asks those hateful-looking golden feather scholars is one sentence, "Is it important for you or for your majesty to pray for blessings." ”

Sure enough, when Emperor Gengyuan heard this, he immediately smiled and agreed, "As long as you are in the capital, I will rest assured." In the year of the king, he gave me a document with a seal, ordering the local counties to cooperate with the head of Yanqing Guan Dao without delay. ”

The old eunuch next to him bent down and said, "Obey." ”

He raised his eyes to look at Wei Yunse, looked at each other, and lowered their heads again.

Chen Shou was smiling, looking very tranquil, but in fact, his heart was already happy.

His own power finally had the opportunity to reach out to the place justifiably, and Hedong was the only way for foreign races in the north to enter the Central Plains, especially Khitan merchants. That's another big business tax.

As for Wei Yunse, his face was even more ugly, there were many wealthy families in Hedong, and there were gate valve families everywhere, and these families were willing to spend a lot of money to bribe those in power in order to keep their power and prevent the imperial court from interfering in Hedong.

Their annual tribute, to support a large number of officials in the court, is Wei Yunse's money bag.

Once Chen Shou began to get involved, and he discovered the benefits in it, it was strange that this thief didn't take a bite of fat.

"Faint Monarch and Minister!"

Wei Yunse had no intention of continuing to listen to Chen Shou and Emperor Yuan discussing some bullshit Dao Xin there, and a discerning person could hear it at a glance that Chen Shou was far-fetched, changing the law to make the emperor happy.

But this is like the emperor's new clothes, who dares to stand up and speak? The old emperor is already old, and now he has lost the determination and wisdom of his youth, and like a child, he longs for an ethereal immortality.

Maybe it's time to change the monarch of this great Qi world.