With Gu Hengzhou by his side, Shen Baian slept peacefully until noon the next day.

After sleeping for too long, Shen Bai was a little confused when he sat up from the bed, he couldn't tell where he was, he yawned several times in a row, Gu Hengzhou came in from outside, saw that she was awake, and asked gently, "Does it still hurt?" ”

Shen Bai tried to twist his waist, found that there was no problem, and shook his head.

She was not fully awake yet, she looked a little cowardly, Gu Hengzhou didn't bother her, asked Gu San to send hot water, and personally twisted the handkerchief to help Shen Bai wash his face.

After washing his face, Shen Bai finally sobered up, and saw Gu Hengzhou coming over with a new set of dresses, and said first: "I'll wear it myself, so I won't bother Brother Gu." ”

Gu Hengzhou put his clothes on the side of the bed, turned around and walked behind the screen.

Shen Bai quickly got dressed, walked out and saw that the hot meal was already on the table, Shen Bai was a little hungry, and was about to walk over to eat, Gu Hengzhou pressed her on the chair and combed her hair first.

After a few days of not seeing, Gu Hengzhou's combing of his hair became more and more proficient, and Shen Bai felt that he was going back more and more, and the thick skin of the city wall was now hot and couldn't stop at all.

After combing their hair, the two had lunch together, and Gu Hengzhou personally sent Shen Bai back to the palace.

After sitting in Nanchen Palace for a while, Gu Hengzhou left, and not long after, Zhao Che set up Nanchen Palace, because Shen Bai had made meritorious contributions to protecting the five princesses, and gave him many treasures.

Dali Temple interrogated the two black-clothed people overnight, and they confessed that they were instructed by the Ministry of Officials to find Zhao Mingyi, but they didn't want to hurt Zhao Mingyi, but they wanted to talk to Zhao Mingyi and ask her if she could accept the reunion.

Early this morning, the family of the Ministry of Shangshu was taken into the prison by the people of Dali Temple.

The officials and the Shangshu family all felt that they were very wronged, crying and shouting for mercy, and the people of Dali Temple did not ask why.

Zhao Che came to Shen Bai mainly to discuss with her what to do with them.

Shen Bai has not been an official in this life, and he has not been with Zhao Che for a long time, I don't know why, Zhao Che subconsciously wants to discuss it with Shen Bai when he encounters something, and he always feels that she is more in line with his mind than those people in the court.

According to Shen Bai's previous thoughts, the Shangshu family deliberately deceived Zhao Mingyi, and it was appropriate to copy and behead all over the house, but when he went to Zhou's Mansion to eat full moon wine, Shen Bai changed his mind and directly beheaded people, and the image of the royal family and Zhao Mingyi was gone, so it was better to take their time and let them expose their true colors first, and it would be better to complete Zhao Mingyi's reputation.

Shen Bai proposed this, which can be regarded as a return to Zhao Mingyi, after all, when she met an assassin, Zhao Mingyi also helped her.

Zhao Che agreed with Shen Bai's idea, and Shen Bai told Zhao Che about the spices again.

Most of the merchants are mercenary, and Shen Bai does not dare to guarantee that all the spices made by Nanxiang Kingdom are of the highest quality, but she can be sure that among these merchants, no one dares to do anything about the spices and deliberately leave the people of Zhaoling without heirs.

Jing Zhaoyin also played this matter, and the hundred officials made a noise in the court because of this, and Shen Bai happened to mention it again, and Zhao Che asked softly: "What do you think should be done with this matter?" ”

Shen Bai said: "These spices from Nanxiang to Zhaoling to Hanjing, during the period to pass through the hands of countless people, if someone wants to do something in it, it is really impossible to prevent it, but every place should be set up with a commercial envoy, if there is a problem with the goods, the first thing to do is to hold these commercial envoys accountable." ”

These officials were responsible for checking the quality of goods and maintaining the market price of goods, so as to prevent people from setting prices arbitrarily and breaking market rules.

All the spices from Nanxiang have to be inspected by the merchant envoy, and now that there is a problem, it is natural to find him responsible as soon as possible.

Moreover, as the national capital of Zhaoling, Hanjing has more inspection checkpoints for goods entering here, and if you trace it layer by layer, you can always find out some cats.

This matter is related to the business exchanges between the two countries, and Shen Bai's thinking is the same as that of Dali Temple, which is relatively decent.

Zhao Che didn't express any opinions, and asked after a while, "Who do you think is the culprit in this matter?" ”

Of course, it's these big families.

Shen Bai slandered, knowing that Zhao Che was suspicious, he said this directly, most of the time he would not believe it, and said euphemistically: "Looking at the history books, Nanxiang has never been a competitive country, they have never taken the initiative to provoke wars with neighboring countries, and it is beneficial for them to exchange trade with Zhaoling, on the contrary, it is not beneficial at all, and no one in this world will do anything that harms others and is not beneficial to themselves." ”

There is no reason for the people of Nanxiang to destroy the trade between the two countries, once the trade between the two countries is cut off, the national strength of Zhaoling will be damaged, and the influence of the family on the imperial power will be deepened.

Who did these things, Zhao Che should also know.

After Shen Bai finished speaking, Zhao Che fell silent, and after a while, he asked the palace people to send a delicate chess game and pulled Shen Bai to play chess.

After being an emperor for three years, Zhao Che pays more attention to stability in chess, he likes to lay out slowly, and then slowly close the net when he has everything in his hands, while Shen Bai is more radical and prefers to go on a rampage and fight his way out.

A total of three games were played, all of which were won by Zhao Che.

When the last game was about to end, Shen Bai said softly: "Your Majesty, I am far from being able to play chess against you, but the reality is not chess, the chess pieces you lose are all living lives, you can't always use the corpses of these people to exchange for a victory, just like the first emperor sacrificed the first queen and the Wei family back then." ”

It's like you sacrificing that innocent child in the Prime Minister's house.

The last sentence Shen Bai said was a bit heavy, but it was also true.

As an emperor, it is inevitable that his hands will be stained with blood, in this case, Shen Boning is willing to use the blood of traitors to protect the loyal martyrs, and he does not want to sacrifice and make concessions in exchange for a while.

In this world, after all, whoever is more iron-blooded and indifferent can stand in a higher position.

After playing chess, Zhao Che left Nanchen Palace, and in the next few days, nothing major happened in Beijing, but because of a murder, Jing Zhaoyin ordered that any shop selling spices should be prohibited, and all shops that hoarded spices must be handed over to the government, which will be uniformly inspected and kept on behalf of the government.

This incident did not have much impact on the people in the city, and no one knew that Jingzhong sent three hundred secret guards to various states to secretly investigate the merchant envoys.

On February 16, Prime Minister Shen Ruxiu celebrated his 50th birthday.

Zhao Che said in the court three days in advance that he would personally go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to congratulate the Prime Minister on his birthday, and all the officials went back to prepare congratulatory gifts.

The Prime Minister's Mansion, which had been lifeless for nearly two months because of the young master's untimely death, finally hung red silk and lanterns and regained a little vitality.

After Shen Po died, Sun cried for several days, and then fell ill, Shen Ruxiu was not a small blow, thinking of her sadness and grief, Shen Ruxiu returned home early after these days, but Sun no longer looked forward to him going home as before, and the two always had nothing to say when they stayed together, and the relationship was frozen to a freezing point.

Sun's health was not good, Shen Ruxiu didn't let her manage the birthday banquet, and she came back to take care of everything after going to court every day.

After two days like this, Shen Ruxiu's energy was a little lacking, and the Prime Minister's Mansion had not held any banquets for so many years, so Shen Ruxiu had no concept of guest arrangements and meal arrangements at all.

On the evening of February 15, Shen Ruxiu sat at his desk after bathing and was worried about the long list of guests, when there was a knock on the door and the servant whispered, "Master, someone is from the palace." ”

Shen Ruxiu put down the list and said in a deep voice, "Come in." ”

The door opened, and a man in a black cloak walked in, closed the door with his hand, and took off the cloak and hat, Shen Ruxiu said in surprise: "Why are you here?" ”

Shen Bai walked to the desk, lowered his eyes and saw the list on the table, sniffed and said, "There is no one in the family who can take care of things, I am not afraid that you will turn your hair white." ”

Shen Ruxiu was not happy because of Shen Bai's arrival, and frowned and reprimanded: "Do you know how many pairs of eyes are secretly staring at Xiangfu, what are you doing at this time?" ”

"I know, the Prime Minister is amazing, and the whole Hanjing people are staring at you." Shen Bai replied casually, took the pen casually, picked up the list and sketched on it, and muttered in a low voice, "The knowledge of the row is great, if the row is not good, maybe someone will fight at the banquet." ”

Shen Bai has not been in Beijing for the past three years, and he also arranged the seats according to the memories of the previous life, anyway, it was better than Shen Ru's chaotic arrangement.

Shen Bai didn't see anything at all, he found a stool to sit opposite Shen Ruxiu, and when he lowered his head and drew seriously, Shen Ruxiu had a kind of time backtracking, and when he was looking at Shen Bai when he was just reading and reading, those unfinished words were swallowed back, and Shen Ruxiu pursed his lips and looked at Shen Bai quietly.

Shen Bai couldn't help but be idle with the list, and asked: "How many dishes have you prepared for a table tomorrow, and if there is a menu, let me take a look, there shouldn't be enough cooks in the house, have you hired a cook?" And the maid who passes the food, is it enough? ”

Shen Bai asked for a long time and didn't hear an answer, he looked up curiously, saw that Shen Ruxiu's eyes were a little red, and he paused, and asked, "What's wrong?" There's no wind, and the sand is muddy? ”

After recovering his daughter's body for so long, Shen Bai still didn't know what to do with his daughter, and when he saw that Shen Ruxiu was going to cry or not, he could only use this way to divert the topic.

Shen Ruxiu choked in his throat, tilted his head to calm his emotions, and then said, "These are all handled by the housekeeper, I asked someone to call him over." ”

Shen Bai nodded, lined up all the seats, and asked casually, "It's a pity that Ruoyuan is still messing with you?" ”

After Shen Bai's mother passed away, Shen Ruxiu only carried one of Sun's steprooms into the door, and after Shen Bai left, Sun accompanied him, and now Shen Bai's hostility towards Sun is not so great.

After all, Old Man Shen is old, Shen Bai can't stay by his side for a lifetime, with the Sun family here, he can be regarded as having a companion.

People live for a lifetime, and if they are left alone, they will be too lonely and pitiful.

"The child is gone, she is depressed and sick." Shen Ruxiu said softly, because he had been restraining his emotions, his voice was a little hoarse, as if he had just cried.

Shen Bai didn't have anything to do with such an old man Shen, he didn't dare to look at his eyes, and said in a low voice: "It's not easy for her for so many years, although she can't bear the responsibility of the housemother, she is also considerate to you, the child is gone, you let her take care of her body, she is still young, you work hard, maybe you can have another one." ”

How can a daughter discuss this kind of topic with her father?

Shen Ruxiu's face sank, and he was about to scold, Shen Bai continued: "Don't cry in front of me, it's not easy for me all these years, you know, I've always liked Brother Gu, and I've never had anyone else, this time I can come back is already my creation, no matter what, I want to marry him." "Ask for TXT

In the past three years, Shen Bai has not heard from him, and Shen Ruxiu has seen how Gu Hengzhou has behaved, he sighed and said: "It's not easy for this kid of the Gu family, it's a good thing that you can become natural." ”

That's going to happen.

Shen Bai slandered, with a serious face, and said: "Brother Gu is going to guard the border pass, after I marry him, I will naturally be stationed at the border pass, maybe when I will come back, you also change your temper, Sun is so angry, she can't live for a few years, you give her a child again, she has a thought, maybe it will be good over time." ”

Shen Bai said bluntly, but he was reasonable, Shen Ruxiu pursed his lips and didn't say a word, Shen Bai snorted coldly: "I'm sorry for my mother's business, you have done more than one or two things, don't pretend at this time, wait for a hundred years to go down to Huangquan and then make amends to my mother." ”

Not long after Shen Bai finished speaking, the housekeeper came, Shen Bai threw out the questions just now, the housekeeper couldn't answer, his forehead was sweating, and Shen Bai didn't blame him.

People who are so old suddenly have to organize a birthday banquet in a big way, and it is normal to be in a hurry.

Shen Bai wrote down all the existing problems, sat down for a while, and got up to leave.

Shen Ruxiu wanted to send it, but as soon as he got up, he heard Shen Bai say, "How many pairs of eyes are watching outside, don't send it." ”

This is to block him with Shen Ruxiu's words just now, Shen Ruxiu couldn't refute it, and he didn't sit down there.

Shen Bai glanced back, felt that Old Man Shen was pitiful, and grinned: "I'll come back tomorrow to celebrate your birthday, and in a few days I'll live in the Prime Minister's Mansion to prepare for marriage, don't be unhappy." ”

Shen Ruxiu didn't react for a while, Shen Bai waved his hand and walked away, and after a while, Shen Ruxiu sat down in amazement, and then shook his head with a smile: "This kid, sure enough, hasn't changed at all." ”

Coming out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Shen Bai didn't go back to the palace, and went directly to the Grand Commander's Mansion, the gate of the Great Commander's Mansion was open, and the lights were lit inside, obviously waiting for someone.

Shen Bai went in in a low-key manner, and when he arrived at Gu Hengzhou's main courtyard, he saw two plates of delicate pastries on the table as soon as he entered the door.

Shen Bai took a piece and stuffed it into his mouth, found that the pastry was still hot, his eyes lit up, and he muttered and asked, "Why is the kitchen still making food so late?" ”

Gu Hengzhou said: "It's for you." ”

Shen Bai swallowed, grabbed the second piece, and asked with a smile: "How do you know that I will come tonight?" ”

Gu Hengzhou had already bathed, sat at the table wearing only a loose underwear, lifted his eyes and asked, "Where do you want to go if you don't come here?" ”

Shen Bai laughed flatteringly and said flatteringly: "Except for Brother Gu, of course I won't go anywhere." ”

Gu Hengzhou gave Shen Bai a look of "I don't dare to forgive you", afraid that he would ask something else, so Shen Bai hurriedly said the question just now.

There are not enough cooks in the Prime Minister's Mansion, there are not enough people, even pots and pans and venues are not enough, Shen Bai wants to find Gu Hengzhou to borrow something.

It just so happened that Gu Hengzhou was secretly preparing for the wedding of the two, and the Grand Commander's Mansion had everything he wanted, and it was all solved at once.

It's not early, after finishing business, Gu San brought hot water in, the water was not clear, but black, and it also exuded a medicinal smell, which was quite bitter.

Shen Bai sniffed the tip of his nose, frowned and asked, "Brother Gu, what is this?" ”

Gu Hengzhou squatted down in front of Shen Bai, grabbed her legs and helped her take off her shoes, Shen Bai was startled, and subconsciously wanted to retract his feet, but Gu Hengzhou grabbed her and didn't let go.

"Brother Gu?"

Shen Bai whispered, his voice trembling a little, Gu Hengzhou pressed her feet into the water, grabbed the other one and took off her shoes and pressed them in.

The water was still very hot, and Shen Bai's calves and stomachs were quickly steamed red, in stark contrast to the black potion.

Gu Hengzhou's throat rolled down, and he said softly: "This is a prescription specially prepared by the Tai Hospital's Tai Doctor according to your physique, which has the effect of invigorating blood and ventilation, and soaking it for a quarter of an hour every day in the future is good for the body." ”

After Gu Hengzhou finished speaking, he put his hand into the water, grabbed Shen Bai's foot and pinched it, Shen Baise shrank down, and told him again and again: "Brother Gu, you teach me, I can just come by myself, I don't have to work for you." ”

Gu Hengzhou didn't let go, and said word by word: "Soon we will visit the church to marry and become a married couple, we will be close to each other, and we will support each other until the gray hair is gray." Gu Hengzhou said very plainly, but the feelings contained in these words were very strong, Shen Bai stopped struggling, and Gu Hengzhou continued, "In the future, you will call me husband, no matter what I do to you, you have to bear it well." ”

It was as if he would treat her badly, but the truth was that he was so good to her that he wanted to spoil her.

There was a melting warmth in his chest, Shen Bai was speechless, Gu Hengzhou lowered his head and helped her pinch, I don't know how long he has been with Tai Yi, his technique is in place, and his strength is just right.

Shen Bai stared at the jade crown on his head for a while, his eyes were a little hot, they obviously hadn't married yet, but they looked like old husbands and wives who had been together for many years.

After soaking her feet in medicinal water and washing them with water again, Gu Hengzhou helped Shen Bai dry her feet and carried her to the bed.

Shen Bai's face was a little hot, and he rolled into the bed and lay down, Gu Hengzhou helped her take out the footwash water and pour it, but Shen Bai waited for a long time but didn't wait for him to come back, and was puzzled and wanted to go out to have a look, Gu San's voice sounded outside the door: "Oriental girl, the commander sleeps in the study tonight, let you also go to bed early." ”

Shen Bai was a little surprised, blurted out, and asked, "Brother Gu is not coming back?" ”

Gu San said: "The commander said that although the girl and him have long been in love, there are some things that still have to be done after getting married. ”

This was said as if Shen Bai couldn't wait to have something happen to Gu Hengzhou, Shen Bai's face was hot, he jumped out of bed and blew out the light, and snorted coldly unconvinced: "The master didn't think about those messy and obscene things!" ”

Shen Bai said and returned to the bed, wrapped himself in a quilt, it was quiet outside, and after a while, a low, doting and helpless voice sounded: "Well, don't think about it, it's all what I think." ”

There was a smile between the words, and the low magnetic was very sexy.

The heat on his face burned all over his body at once, and Shen Bai pulled up the quilt to cover his head completely.

Ahh Why did Brother Gu still come to listen to the corner?

And what is it all he thinks? What was he thinking?

The fire map that he had seen in the upper and lower lives appeared uncontrollably in his mind, Shen Bai tossed and turned for most of the night before falling asleep, and when he woke up the next day, his eyes were dark and blue, and his eyes were very sad when he looked at Gu Hengzhou, but Gu Hengzhou seemed to have expected her to have such a reaction, not only did he not feel guilty, but he also smiled meaningfully.

Shen Bai glared at Gu Hengzhou several times before he was relieved.

Today it was Gu Hengzhou who helped Shen Bai comb his hair, not only that, but he also learned thrush.

Shen Bai's eyebrows were already slender and thick, Gu Hengzhou lengthened a little along her original eyebrow shape, and immediately added two points of gentleness, and she couldn't find the appearance of a young man back then.

Shen Bai stared at the bronze mirror for a while, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Brother Gu, who did you learn this craft from, and you don't practice with girls on weekdays, right?" ”

"You're the first." Gu Hengzhou said, he was also very satisfied with the eyebrows he had painted for Shen Bai, Shen Bai rose, deliberately contradicted him, and asked in disbelief: "How can I be the first, you are either dancing and swords or training soldiers on weekdays, how can you be so stable if you don't practice your hands?" ”

Gu Hengzhou glanced at her tiredly, and said in a deep voice: "You are the first, and you will be the last, whether it is before or in the future, there will be no one else." ”

Shen Bai just wanted to make fun of it, but he didn't expect Gu Hengzhou to explain so seriously, his old face was hot, and he avoided Gu Hengzhou's gaze and muttered: "I'm just talking about playing, Brother Gu, how do you talk a set of love words, more flamboyant than those love veterans." ”

As soon as the words fell, Gu Hengzhou suddenly leaned down, Shen Bai subconsciously leaned back to avoid it, Gu Hengzhou paused, and then caught up, covered her lips, and gently attacked.

Whoa, Brother Gu, this is a thousand-year-old iron tree that has blossomed into essence, it's too flirtatious.

Shen Bai's mind exploded, and he was dizzy from being kissed, and he didn't know why.

I don't know how long it took, Gu Hengzhou finally let go of her, Shen Bai's breath was slightly panting, and he raised his hand to touch an extra hairpin on his head, judging from the feel, it should be jade.

Shen Bai wanted to take it down and take a look, Gu Hengzhou held her hand and said in a dumb voice: "Just wear it like this, it's not too early, it's time to go." ”

Shen Bai let go, stood up with him obediently, glanced at the bronze mirror, and saw that the hairpin was milky white, with a somewhat unique shape, decorated with three jade pendants like water droplets, the shape was a bit like a wave, inexplicably a little familiar.

Shen Bai followed Gu Hengzhou out, and when he was about to go out, Shen Bai saw that Gu Hengzhou's jade crown that usually tied his hair also had an extra hairpin, and the hairpin was made in the shape of a wave, and the edge was a little gradient blue, elegant and chic.

It was bought to Gu Hengzhou by Shen Bai four years ago when he was in Mozhou, but he didn't expect him to keep it well.

Seeing the hairpin on Gu Hengzhou's head, Shen Bai couldn't help but touch the hairpin on his head, and finally knew why this hairpin was familiar, and it happened to be a pair with Gu Hengzhou's.

Shen Bai grinned.

Brother Gu is really getting cuter and cuter after getting married!

Gu Hengzhou had already asked Gu Sangu Si to bring people to send all the people and things needed by the Prime Minister's Mansion over, and the two of them went directly to the Prime Minister's Mansion by carriage.

Shen Bai didn't get up early, and when the two arrived at the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the carriage of the Zhou Mansion just stopped at the door.

Gu Hengzhou helped Shen Bai get out of the car, and Jiang Qinse also got out of the carriage.

Shen Bai and her looked at each other, and after a while, Jiang Qinse hooked her lips and smiled, and asked meaningfully: "Isn't the Dongfang girl in the palace, why did she get off the carriage of the Great Commander's Mansion?" ”