Bei Shenye tightened the cloak on his body, motioned to Yunqi to close the window, and rubbed his palms back and forth: "It's okay, maybe it's almost autumn, and the night is cooler." ”

"My lord, but because the emperor just now—"

"No, you think too much. You go and keep an eye on the palace to see if the royal brother has arrived safely, and then order some people to fetch some hot water. Bei Shenye interrupted Yunqi's speculation.

"But my lord, how can we be sure that the emperor will not blame today's events? What if—" Yunqi was about to go out when he suddenly thought of this question and asked.

"You think about it too much, everything is already under his control, this Jingzhong Mansion is his own voluntarily, how can he punish our crimes." Bei Shenye replied. From beginning to end, he still undercounted the emperor's thoughts, and sure enough, the emperor is still the emperor, scheming, well-versed in people's hearts, and has not changed at all from back then!

At night, Beishen couldn't close his eyes for a long time, and the things of the day made people feel uncomfortable, and the sudden cold illness made it even more difficult to sleep. He simply got up, wrapped up a fox fur, retreated the door and went out, sat on the edge of the corridor, watching the light rain falling, and the cold wind blowing, he tightened the big rain on his body, and coughed twice.

When did this cold disease begin?

Was it because he knelt outside the Qinzheng Hall for three days and three nights for his mother? Or is it caused by the fact that after her mother's death, she invited herself to the imperial tomb to guard her filial piety for three years and was ignored, and she was forced to suffer from hunger and cold? He doesn't remember, he just thinks that the cold is a unique signal, and every time the cold attacks, he always thinks of his mother, thinks of those dark and cold days, and repeatedly reminds himself not to forget, not to forget what others have done to him, and not to forget the abyss of pain that he and his mother once suffered-

The night became colder, Beishen Ye looked at the sky quietly, there was not a trace of stars, how to go ahead of him, he had a moment of trance, or a shiver pulled him back to reality. He didn't want anything else before, and he still is, but there are some things that should be his!

Sure enough, everything was as expected by Bei Shenye, the emperor returned to the palace smoothly, and did not pursue what he did, but just said that he would follow him to Jingzhong's mansion for tea; The people of the blood secret were entangled again and again, but they still conveyed the matter of the military report to Lou Wange. Once Lou Wange learns about this, she will definitely know what to do next. On the surface, there is a solution to the matter in the Far South for the time being, but as everyone knows, everything is just a prologue in the darkness-

The summer banquet is about to be launched, the officials of the imperial capital are aware of the particularity of the summer banquet, the emperor ordered early to let those royal highnesses take over the planning of the summer banquet, its intentions, everyone is very clear, so this banquet is different from other royal feasts, but let them look forward to it, are waiting to see a wonderful show. Watching the play is going to the play, but there is one thing that makes the ministers panic, and the emperor has issued a new imperial order to let the ministers who participate in the banquet have their daughters of appropriate age to go with their daughters. What does the emperor mean by this order? The ministers don't know, but who to take is a big problem, regardless of the urgency under this holy decree, the time is too short, the etiquette rules of their own daughters are too late to teach, the royal feast, if something goes wrong, it is related to the glory of the whole family; Besides, everyone knows that this feast is dangerous and complicated, if something happens, isn't it a wolf in the tiger's mouth? Plus -

The will of God cannot be speculated, but it cannot be violated, and the ministers cannot gather together to discuss it:

"Master Su, what do you mean by saying that the emperor asked you to take your daughter with you? Could it be that the emperor wants to enrich the harem? ”

"No, the harem has its own triennial show girl election, which was only selected last year, no, no, no, there is no shortage of people around the emperor to serve, there have been many years of draft conferences, and the emperor has not chosen a concubine. I guess this matter is mostly related to those princes. An official guessed in a low voice.

"Eh, Lord Dongguo, Sister Ling is the emperor's concubine, is there any news from the palace? What does this emperor mean? An official suddenly remembered Concubine Yan in the palace, and turned to Lord Si Shi and asked.

Lord Si Shi also shook his head: "The harem doesn't know about the summer banquet, but I heard some truth from what Lord Xu said, the summer banquet was organized by several highnesses, but the holy decree that asked me to take my concubine was the emperor's, and it should be related to several highnesses." ”

"What then? If the emperor has other intentions, what can we do? Those Highnesses, it's—"

"yes, yes, how is this good?"

If the emperor wants to give the ministers the blessing of spending time with a few highnesses, the ministers should be happy, why are they so worried and impatient?

It turned out that the ministers wanted to befriend a few highnesses early, and seeing that several highnesses were unmarried, they would naturally send their own good ladies to a few mansions, but the strange thing is that the ladies they sent, no matter which one of the mansions, were not treated well, either as slaves or maids, or went home crying, and even worse, committed suicide in anger. These are nothing, three years ago, the emperor decreed, and at the same time for the Duke of Jingzhong, the fifth prince and the sixth prince to marry, referring to the daughters of the officials above the third grade in the court, but in that year, the three officials were all imprisoned for various factors, and the marriage was naturally over, and they all knew about the battle in the imperial capital, and they also understood why the three officials lost power. Therefore, this summer feast, the emperor's sudden decree made them nervous.

"Okay, I understand your worries, this is not the time to panic, why don't you calm down and find a way to solve this matter, don't be too pessimistic, maybe the emperor just wants more people!" Master Si Shi has the highest rank among them, and naturally has the most right to speak, so he spoke out to interrupt this chaos.

"Now that it's come to this, what else can I do? There are still three days before the feast, even if they ask the emperor to take back his order at this time, I am afraid it will be too late. And the emperor has retired from the early dynasty in the past few days, why are you looking for a reason to enter the palace? I really don't know what the emperor wants to do? I just ask the emperor not to take a fancy to my little girl! ”

"Lord Dongguo, is there really no other way? What if—"

Everyone couldn't, and they all looked at Master Si Shi as if they were asking for help, hoping that he could do something to save the situation.

Lord Si Shi frowned and shook his head, he really didn't have anything to do about it, he also had two concubines under his knees who met the conditions, and he was more worried than others, and it was in the middle of the anxiety that there would be any good way.

"It's better to ask Lord Jingsu, he is the emperor's favorite minister, and the emperor's most respected elder, the emperor must listen to what he says, maybe he speaks, the emperor will listen!" An official suggested.

"Yes, yes, this method is feasible, Lord Situ Xin has the most voice in the court, and he is a good friend with the emperor, and he goes to the palace every two days to play chess with the emperor, and most of them are also aware of this matter, if he can come forward, this matter may not be successful."

"Lord Dongguo, your official rank is the highest here, why don't you go to meet Lord Jingsu on our behalf to ask for a favor. If we and others are soft-spoken, I'm afraid that Lord Jingsu won't see us and others. ”

Dong Guo Chang held his forehead entangled for a moment, this method can indeed be tried, but the risk is also very great, in case it reaches the emperor, the emperor refuses their request, it can only be a dead end, but when he thinks of his daughter and the fate of the family, he can only gamble, clenched his fists and said: "Okay, I'll try, even if I let out my old face, how can I let Lord Situ send a message to the emperor for us." ”

After speaking, he got up and walked out of the teahouse, quite a heroic appearance, and the officials in the teahouse who watched were all moved, and they all secretly made up their minds, if this matter can be done, they will be regarded as owing a favor to Lord Si Shi from now on.

"Master, Lord Si Shi is asking to see you at the door." The official preached to the Jingsu Gongtong in the house.

Situ Xin, who was depicting Danqing in the house, stopped his pen and was a little puzzled, Master Si Shi had never intersected with him, why did he personally find the door of the mansion this time?

"Did he say what was the matter?"

"It seems that there is something about the summer feast, and I came to ask the master for a favor."

"Help?" Jing Sugong provoked a smile, suddenly understood the intention of Lord Si Shi, covered the unfinished painting with a piece of white paper, and said to the door: "Invite Master Si Shi to the main hall quickly, prepare tea, and I will go immediately." ”

"Yes."

"Lord Situ, the lower officials came uninvited, please forgive me." Dong Guo Chang saw Jingsu Gong come in and got up to salute.

Jing Sugong hurriedly stepped forward to help the person up, and said with a polite smile on his face: "I don't know what kind of wind blew the adults for a while, and it was too late for the old man to welcome him." But at this time, Master Si Shi came to look for the old man, but what happened? ”

When asked about the reason, Dong Guo Chang was a little unspeakable, lowered his head, and sighed: "The lower officials really have no other way, so they took the liberty to come to see the adults, the emperor suddenly issued an order that the summer banquet should let the lower officials take the appropriate age of the family to go together, the emperor's intention is unpredictable, but the lower officials think that the emperor is mostly going to talk about marriage and other matters, and the candidates suitable for marriage in the palace are nothing more than those few, and the adults should have heard of it. The lower officials all regard their daughters as the pearl of their palms, how can they let them take a little risk, and ask the adults to be by the emperor's side to advise them, don't mention the matter of marriage. ”