Smelling the aroma of food, the young man came over with a happy face.

Xiao long buns, butter cakes, fried spring rolls, soufflé dumplings, sweet porridge with lotus seeds embedded in green vegetable leaves, braised pigeon eggs and a plate of thinly sliced sauced pork. The eyes are full of snow-white and tender yellow, and the smell of burnt fragrance is tangy.

The young man frowned dissatisfied.

"This is the delicious food in the Dongchang Admiral's Mansion?"

He tilted his mouth, not satisfied.

"It's already very rich!" Gu Yunxi looked at him suspiciously.

"Where's the meat?!" He asked.

"W-Isn't this meat?"

Gu Yunxi pointed impatiently at the plate of sauced meat.

"Huh! That's it...... Also called meat? ”

The young man sneered and picked up the chopsticks, picked out a paper-thin slice of meat and shook it in front of Gu Yunxi's eyes, and asked mockingly:

"For your own sake, this thing can also be called 'meat'?"

"Love to eat or not!"

Gu Yunxi was annoyed by him, and slapped the young man's chopsticks, but he didn't dare to shout too loudly:

"Who eats those greasy things early in the morning? Besides, you have injuries on your body, so you can only eat some light food at this time. It's noon! At noon, I asked the kitchen to prepare more meat dishes with oil stars, which is all right?! ”

The young man sat down on the step stool casually, picked up a bun and broke it in half.

After half a bun was in his stomach, he stared at Gu Yunxi:

"Don't you know how to cook? You go for lunch! ”

"Y-you're so little—"

Gu Yunxi immediately became angry, and his bright eyes rushed towards him like a whirlwind.

It's really good to be bullied! This good-skinned scoundrel is too kicking his nose and face, right-

The young man saw that she was really anxious, so he took the porcelain bowl with a smile and drank the porridge.

"I can tell you, don't think that the girl's family is easy to bully!"

Gu Yunxi crossed his waist with one hand, and kept gesturing at the young man with the other, chattering endlessly:

"Shameless! Why do you want me to cook for you? How old are you! You ......"

Before she could say a word, she suddenly saw him raise his eyes and come over, his purple eyes were cold and sharp, and he secretly gave birth to a bit of fierceness, which made her stunned.

"Are you going or not?" He stared at her and asked in a stiff tone.

"Don't go! I won't go if I die-" Gu Yunxi shouted angrily.

The young man no longer paid attention to her, lowered his eyes and continued to taste his porridge, and let her shout in her ear. Caught off guard, he threw up a slap and slapped Gu Yunxi's buttocks.

"Ahh

She screamed in pain, suddenly jumped up, covered the beaten part with her hands behind her back, and yelled with a red face:

"Dengzi, what are you doing-"

The young man put down the bowl and raised his eyebrows and smiled evilly at her:

"Who made you refuse to listen to my son, see that I will be full for a while and carry you to the bed, first rape and then kill, and then rape and then kill!"

"Y-Why are you so unconscionable......"

Gu Yunxi was really frightened by his evil expression, and took two steps back helplessly, his little face wrinkled, aggrieved and afraid.

"Then you go to the kitchen later, make another bowl of lo noodles for my son to make in Baoyue Building, and then fry two good dishes, and then scald the pot of wine. My son is beautiful, so I'll let you go today! Otherwise, hum ......"

is obviously a threatening tone, but he has a smile like a flower, his facial features are handsome, and he is not good-looking.

As if attracted by his face, Gu Yunxi was not very afraid of him at this time. Hearing that he was going to drink, he lowered his head slightly, stirred his two little hands together, and whispered timidly:

"If you are injured, you should not drink alcohol......"

The young man listened to it clearly, and a smile slowly appeared on his handsome face, but his heart was beautiful.

Little girl, it's considerate-

……

The Imperial Palace, Kunning Palace –

The flowers outside the cloud window lattice of the Goujin group are scattered, and the smoke is wafting inside the jade lotus incense cup, and the warm fragrance is thick.

Queen Qian sat on the phoenix seat, wearing a phoenix Ling Jiutian Ruyi golden crown with a bright yellow Yunfei makeup satin flower palace dress, gorgeous and decent, but not arrogant.

Queen Qian is now at the age of a, but because she is properly maintained, she is also brighter than snow when she reaches thirty, and her demeanor naturally reveals the majesty that the harem phoenix lord should have.

Putting down the jade eighteen sons wearing peach tourmaline in her hand, Jade Finger raised the blue and white teacup on the table and took a sip, and the queen slowly spoke:

"Yes, good tea, Lord Leng has a heart."

Leng Qingtang is located at the lower head, and when he first came in, he was given a seat. Hearing the queen praise the tea he sent, he hurriedly bowed his head and replied respectfully:

"A little bit of Weichen's heart, the queen mother likes it."

"Last time, you invited the Jade Guanyin from the Lingjue Temple for the palace, because it was opened, the palace has personally enshrined it to the Buddha hall in the apse."

Queen Qian put down the teacup, and after speaking, her slender eyebrows were raised, and her joy was overflowing.

Leng Qingtang put his hands into his wide sleeves and lowered his eyes to the main seat:

"The queen's mother is kind-hearted, day and night to understand Buddhism, pray for the national fortune, Weichen is just doing a little bit of effort, the fundamental place should be that the mother and the statue of Guanyin have a fate."

As a courtier who has been immersed in officialdom for many years, Leng Qingtang knows one thing very well, there is no permanent alliance above the court, let alone permanent political enemies. Since he, the admiral of Dongchang, can send Wan Yuyao Blood Hu Tree to Yongning Palace, he can naturally send Jade Guanyin, Queen Qian of Kunning Palace.

At this moment, Leng Qingtang smiled secretly in his heart.

This master of Kunning Palace and Emperor Jingxiao are really enemies in the previous life.

After the death of the crown prince, one of the husband and wife devoted themselves to practicing Buddhism, and the other devoted themselves to Taoism, and they had to find different spiritual beliefs as sustenance, and they went against each other, which was really interesting.

Queen Qian raised her eyes at this time, and a glimmer of light passed under her bright eyes:

"Lord Leng has been in the celebrant for a long time, and he is also the commander of the East Factory, and he is also the old man in this palace. Although Bengong was slightly ill some time ago and no longer assists in harem affairs, his ears and eyes are not dull.

Who is sincere to the court, who is second-hearted, this palace has its own details in his heart.

Now that the six counties of Jiang'an have suffered from the white disaster, the only way to do the disaster relief is to personally visit and inspect the disaster area, and the emperor and the palace are the most assured. ”

Leng Qingtang stood up, bowed and said:

"Please let the queen be relieved, the ministers should live up to expectations, serve the court, and do their best."

The corners of the queen's magnificent lips twitched slightly, and she nodded with satisfaction:

"Okay, that's the case, this palace still has something to rely on."

"Mother, just ask."

Leng Qingtang lowered his head and listened attentively, and between his eyebrows and eyes was a shallow smile that seemed to be nothing.

Queen Qian got up from the seat, stroked the wide sleeves of the phoenix robe, walked a few steps forward with her head held high, and said with her back to Leng Qingtang:

"Since this palace has been concentrating on the Buddha, I have learned that everything in the world is cause and effect, interlocking. In today's Dayi, there is a rebellion in the northern Xinjiang country outside, and the six counties of Jiang'an in the interior are plagued by white disasters. In the past few days, the imperial court has released grain and raised military salaries, and this deficit is not small.

However, there are still doubts in the heart of this palace, it stands to reason that the local tax revenue has not been reduced or bad every year, and the money in the treasury has come and gone, and every expenditure should always have a place to go......"

At this point, Queen Qian turned around, and her eyes were full of luster and looked at Leng Qingtang, which was a few steps away.

Leng Qingtang's quiet eyes lowered his eyes, and he completely took every sentence of Queen Qian into his ears. When she paused, he curled his lips silently and smiled silently.

Because he hung his head, his abrupt change in expression did not attract the attention of Queen Qian, and she said to herself:

"This palace wants to ask Lord Leng to visit secretly, be sure to find out where the loopholes in the treasury and silver are located, and get tangible evidence, this is what this palace means. If there is any discovery, the Lord of Leng must report it to the palace. ”

"Yes! Wechen will do his best! Leng Qingtang bowed his hand and bowed to Queen Qian.

"There is one more thing entrusted to Lord Leng in the palace, this matter is not trivial, Lord Leng must act carefully."

"Although the mother commands, the minister will not dare to dishonor the mission."

At this time, Leng Qingtang knew in his heart that Queen Qian had been depressed in the harem for a few years, and now he was summoned to Kunning Palace as soon as he came out of the mountain.

When the water is clear, there are no fish. The current situation is exactly what he wants. His few moves down are to stir up the calm harem!

"Concubine Xu had a child before, but unfortunately the child was not saved, and the matter has passed, and the palace does not want to investigate it in detail, but the child is blessed and has no chance with Concubine Xu.

Fortunately, she has God's mercy, and now she is pregnant again. A while ago, the emperor came to this Kunning Palace to talk to me, and asked me to take Concubine Xu over and take charge of her fetus personally.

Hongu thought that since he was responsible, he would be responsible to the end, and this would be true for everyone. In the future, the harem will continue to enter the newcomers, and all the sisters will have to extend the heirs and spread the branches for the royal family, so the palace must ask the lord of Leng to act carefully in the future, and ...... It is our responsibility to cover all the dragon veins......"

Queen Qian stared at Leng Qingtang's plain white handsome face intently, and said calmly and peacefully. When the words reached the last sentence, he paused intentionally or unintentionally, and then turned the speed of speech to the slowest level, the smile arc on the rose lips was like nothing, and a pair of elegant eyes flashed brightly, sharp and shrewd, as if they could see through everything in an instant.

"Yes, Weichen obeys the will of the queen." Leng Qingtang just smiled knowingly, gave a deep salute, and said no more.

He was glad that the development of the situation was under his control.

persuaded Wan Yuyao to sponsor her mother's family to take over as the secretary of the ministry, and the queen of the East Palace really couldn't sit still. The queen came forward to protect Concubine Xu's fetus, which happened to help him get out of trouble.

Today's Yongning Palace has the help of the West Factory, the Wan family is the most arrogant, and only the comeback of Queen Qian in the harem can shake the arrogance of the imperial concubine. If the East Factory and Kunning Palace form an alliance, there will be a stronger backing to balance the West Factory.

It was not early, and Leng Qingtang immediately arched his hand and said:

"Wechen thanked Niangniang for giving the tea seat, and after a while, the minister will set off for the six counties of Jiang'an, and it is inconvenient to disturb here, so he will retire first."

"Okay, you go and prepare," Queen Qian nodded with a smile, and suddenly thought of something again, and couldn't help adding:

"Some time ago, the new tribute girls who entered the palace were quite talented, and two of them had been appointed by the emperor. There is also a boudoir named Yun Yao who is the most dignified and steady, and her temperament is also gentle, and she has inherited the holy favor and was named Jieyu. These are all due to the mastery of ceremonies, and the cold overseer has worked hard.

"Niangniang praises falsely, it is the duty of the minister to share worries for the emperor and the queen, and the celebrant does not dare to take credit."

A sly light flashed from the bottom of Leng Qingtang's deep eyes.

Gu Yunyao, sure enough, didn't disappoint him-

……

Leng Qingtang had just left the main gate of Kunning Palace, and a palace maid hurriedly came, carrying a new stove in both hands, and bumped into him head-on.

A furnace of charcoal spilled out in an instant, and a few pieces of charcoal slag quenched with sparks fell directly on Leng Qingtang's brocade robe.

The crowd was shocked.

Su Tong followed Leng Qingtang to send him out, not wanting to encounter this accident.

She was furious, grabbed it and slapped the troublesome palace maid.

"Something that doesn't have eyes, and who learns to walk-"

The palace maid was so frightened that she immediately became limp and knelt on the ground and did not dare to move again.

"Auntie, the slave didn't understand the rules when she first came, and just now I felt that my feet were slippery, so please spare the slave and maid this time!"

Su Tong ignored her, turned his hand and took out a handkerchief, squatted down to help Leng Qingtang wipe the stains on the brocade robe, and shouted:

"Come on, slap her in the mouth! The next thing, the overseer's good court clothes have been damaged by your stove Tan Xing'er, and I will return to my mother to deduct your monthly money for a year! ”

A little eunuch rushed over and slapped his hand.

Leng Qingtang wiped his clothes with a handkerchief angrily, and his cold gaze slashed at the palace maid.

Seeing that she was not too old, she knelt on the cold and hard ground on a cold day, and her body trembled and swayed, which was also pitiful.

The road is slippery on snowy days, and it is inevitable that people who are not too big will make mistakes when they lift a stove, and there are not many cases of an inferior palace maid per month, and one deduction is a year.

Putting the dirty handkerchief into the palm of his hand, Leng Qingtang said to Su Tong:

"That's it, there are newcomers who have just entered the palace, and there are hairy hands, let people train well, and the punishment will be waived!"

"The Overseer is merciful, so he does not want to see this little hoof."

Seeing that Leng Qingtang didn't care much, Su Tong also accompanied him with a smiling face and stepped down by taking advantage of the slope.

After a slap of her mouth, the palace maid was pumped until her face was swollen, and she cried.

Turning his head to look at the palace maid who committed the crime, Su Yan's hibiscus face was full of fierce colors, and he pointed at her and said fiercely:

"This time, it is the Overseer who will spare you, and next time, see if I don't drive you out of Kunning Palace. Don't hurry up and thank the Overseer! ”

The palace maid was busy kowtowing, prostrate on the ground every worship, and said in a panic: "The slave and maid thank the lord for his grace of not punishing......"

"Alright, alright."

Leng Qingtang forcibly suppressed his depressed mood, and after indifferently speaking, he raised his sleeves, and the back of his clothes fluttering became an eye-catching scenery in the snow.

Kunning Palace returned to normal, and the palace people came in and out, busy.

The moment the palace maid got up, a treacherous smile appeared on her swollen face......