The whole yard is planted with plants, and even in the living room there are a few wooden shelves with flowery potted plants on them. Guo Shao sat down and smelled the colorful fragrance of flowers and plants, the smell of tranquility.

But he really didn't have any leisure this time, and his physical discomfort would affect his mood.

At this moment, a little lady came up with a glass cup. Guo Shao almost didn't recognize it, this little lady was Xiao Xuan. Xiao Xuan's shaved hair was up to the shoulders, and it was too short to comb up, so she braided some small braids, looking a little more lively and pretty, wearing a frank-collared silk hanfu, and her breasts gradually bulged.

"Your Majesty, have a cup of tea." Xiao Xuan said cautiously, looking flattering.

Guo Shao didn't say a word, took off his hat and put it on the table, revealing a bald head, sitting there with a complicated expression. Xiao Sui glanced at his head quietly, his face was flushed, as if he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh.

The culprit is this's father! Guo Shao was angry when he thought of Xiao Siwen, he used to respect this enemy and had some knowledge, but this guy's methods were too inferior...... Under the wind and waves, how much blood has been shed, but this mastermind behind the scenes is still glorious and rich.

Guo Shao said casually: "Xiao Siwen doesn't seem to remember that his daughter is still in my hands at all. ”

Xiao Xuan looked frightened when he heard this, and buried his head in it.

Lu Lan also came over and bowed slightly to Guo Shao. Guo Shao pointed to the rattan chair opposite, "Mrs. Lu, please take a seat." ”

Lu Lan glanced at Guo Shao's bald head and said softly: "At that time, if you want to shave off Your Majesty's hair, the imperial doctors are against it." Your Majesty won't blame the concubine? ”

The ancients regarded hair as important, Guo Shao didn't have that concept at all, and said casually, "Life matters, hair can still grow." ”

Lu Lan said with a smile: "The concubine knows that His Majesty is not a worldly person. ”

Guo Shao stretched out his hand to play with the crystal glass cup, although the person who served it was a Khitan girl, but here in Lu Lan, he still trusted Lu Lan. Looking at the thin green leaves and white flowers floating in the water, the leaves were like lips, and the shape was a little strange, so he asked, "What kind of flower is this?" ”

Lu Lan replied softly, "Rosemary." ”

"Oh." Guo Shao nodded and did not continue to talk, obviously he was not interested. He moved his body and said seriously, "Lu Niangzi rescued me, I came to thank you today, what do you want, as long as I can do it, I will do my best." ”

Lu Lan heard this, her face was faintly lost, she pursed her lips and made a subtle movement, there seemed to be pearl powder in the rouge, and there was a delicate luster in the sunlight leaking out between the flowers and plants; Inadvertently, Guo Shao felt that the lips-like blades of grass in the crystal glass cup seemed to have something in common.

She smiled again, turned her head to look at Xiao Xuan and said, "My mother asked Yan Yan to come to serve tea, and I want to ask Your Majesty to forgive her, as long as she doesn't hurt her life, I don't know Your Majesty's ......."

Although Guo Shao resented Xiao Siwen's actions, he didn't have the idea of getting angry with Xiao Sui. If you take revenge on a little lady, it looks a little incompetent! The point is, it doesn't work either.

"I promise you." Guo Shao said without hesitation.

And he pondered that sometimes women were more open-minded than men. Xiao Siwen snatched the Bai family and ruined her family, but the Bai family still wanted to protect Xiao Siwen's daughter; Perhaps when he was in Liao, Bai had some feelings for this child.

Lu Lan said embarrassedly after hearing this: "Your Majesty treats me, and you really respond to your requests." ”

Guo Shao pretended to be calm and said: "It's just a trivial matter." ”

…… The eunuch Wang Zhong was bored waiting for Guo Shao outside the door, and Li Yueji was still standing there not far away.

Wang Zhong looked at it a few times, and finally walked over and replied to Li Yueji: "Concubine Xian Niangniang doesn't go back, what are you doing here?" ”

Li Yueji used to look down on this kind of eunuch who is neither male nor female, but after staying in the Daxu Palace for so long, she seems to be less arrogant, and she also answered immediately: "I want to talk to the official family." ”

Wang Zhong frowned and said, "What is there to talk about?" If the official family wants to see you, there is no need for you to entangle here. ”

Li Yueji heard a kind of humiliating red on her face, "I don't want to entangle the official family, but I am a concubine of the royal family." ”

Wang Zhong sneered and looked Li Yueji up and down, as if remembering the appearance of the old girl who didn't know what to do with him as a slave and didn't look at him properly, he looked left and right at the moment, and said in a low voice: "You are a virtuous concubine, I don't know how long it will last!" ”

Li Yueji frowned and said nothing when she heard this.

Wang Zhong whispered again: "Mrs. Lu has helped Your Majesty a lot, and recently made a great contribution to saving the driver. If this is to be replaced by a man, he will be crowned a marquis and worship the prime minister, and he will be ranked as the third duke; It's a pity that Mrs. Lu is a daughter...... Only the title of imperial concubine can be rewarded. Now that there are both queens and four ladies in the Daxu Palace, where is there a place? Unless you swap out a ......"

As he spoke, he looked at Li Yueji thoughtfully with some teasingness.

Li Yueji's face turned pale when she heard this, and she was hairy on her body when she was looked at by Wang Zhong. In fact, she doesn't care much about the name of the harem, after all, she was born rich and noble, and she is a party member, but ...... If she wasn't even a princess anymore, could she still help her father who rebelled and was arrested?

Li Yueji looked down on Wang Zhong in her heart, but she had to think that what the eunuch said was very reasonable. If you want to move the position of Lu Niangzi, she, the daughter of a criminal who has lost power, is the most suitable person.

She glanced at the courtyard door, and her heart was troubled.

…… At this time, he was upset and angry, as well as Zhou Xian.

Zhou Xian looked at the box of jewelry in front of him and said coldly: "Mrs. Zhou, I can't help you!" ”

The woman standing was Zhou Duan's wife, Wang. Zhou Duan is a member of the Zhou family, and because of Zhou Xian's relationship, he defected to Guo Shao very early and made a long history in Xuzhou.

Wang's pear blossom said with rain: "Fu Jun really did not participate in the affair of the Zhao family. However, those officials are filial all year round, and they offend people if they don't accept them! The husband has no choice, and he has to repay Zuo Fuzheng for his kindness during the New Year's holidays...... Previously, my husband didn't know that those officials in Xuzhou were so bold to make a big case, otherwise they wouldn't dare to accept it anyway! ”

Zhou Xian said coldly: "Then why don't you look for Zuo You?" I'm a woman, how can I manage the affairs of officialdom? ”

Wang choked up and said: "Zuo Fuzheng is also difficult to protect himself now, and he also wants his wife to have the opportunity to help intercede." It was not Zuo Fuzheng who was in charge of the case, but Huang Fuzheng (Huang Binglian) and the Privy Council. ”

Zhou Xian became even more angry when he heard this, and immediately took off the things on his head and wrists and put them in the box on the spot, and pushed them forward: "You take them back!" ”

"Madame, please!" Wang fell to his knees, "Husband is finally your mother's family, if he is ruined, it will not be good for his wife's reputation and status......"

Zhou Xian said: "You take the things away first." Now that the entry and exit of the palace are strictly checked, what you have brought in and what you have taken to go, the internal servants are clear. How dare I take it? ”

There seemed to be some room for this sentence, and Wang stopped crying, and thanked him for his kindness and pleaded for mercy.

Wang promised to take back the jewelry he had brought in today, but he would not accept what he had given before. Zhou Xian was angry, and blurted out that those things came from unknown sources, and he was wearing them dirty, which suddenly made the Wang family ashamed.

finally sent the Wang family away, and Zhou Xian was still restless in his heart. Zhou Xian looked down on his cousin Chen Jiali in his heart, and felt that Chen Jiali was hypocritical and pretending to be high, but in fact she was a who set up an archway! Has she become the kind of person she looks down on? She thought a lot, thinking that sooner or later Guo Shao would know about it, and she was afraid that Guo Shao would look down on her.

…… Guo Shao returned to the Long Live Hall from Lu Lan's residence, and saw the eunuch Yang Shiliang standing at the door. He turned his head and beckoned to Yang Shiliang, who followed him inside, and whispered a few words in Guo Shao's ear.

Guo Shao sat on the chair and thought for a while, then said: "Emperor E has a high temperament, and she is not a person who covets things outside her body, but her cousin Chen Jiali is rich and rivals the country, and every time she comes to the palace, she wears very rare jewelry, and she never repeats it. ”

"Your Majesty is wise." Yang Shiliang said.

"Spread the message to the inner library, pick a few good jewels, and reward them to Emperor E." Guo Shao dealt with the matter simply.

"Yes." Yang Shiliang bowed, and after a while, he said quietly, "This matter has little to do with Mrs. Zhou, but Governor Xu Shi Zhouduan ......"

Guo Shaodao: "Aren't Wang Pu and Huang Binglian doing it?" ”

"Yes, yes." Yang Shiliang came out in response.

Guo Shaomo rubbed his head on the hood, feeling that this matter was a bit complicated...... If Zhou Duan is planted, it is likely to involve Zuo You. Because Zhou Duan and Zuo You had a close relationship a long time ago, Guo Shao could figure out with his toes that if Zhou Duan accepted a bribe, he would inevitably share it with Zuo You, who was in the center of power......

This is very common in officialdom, and there is nothing to do in normal times. But once something big happens, it will be pulled out.

Guo Shao couldn't confirm what was going on here, but with years of understanding of Zuo You, he felt that Zuo You was more unlucky this time...... Luo Yanhuan looked for him and made him feel ashamed, but it is very likely that Zuo You did not want to take the initiative to involve Luo Yanhuan; Usually I received Zhou Duan's money again, and Zuo You, who has been in Tokyo, probably can't figure out where the money came from.

There is also a jasper Han Tianzi pen on the table, Guo Shao took it off the pen holder, dipped it back and forth on the inkstone, and wrote nonsense on the paper. Some names, some hooks and loops.

Guo Shao didn't want to interfere in the case, but now it seems that Zhou Duan may have been planted, and Zuo You will not be beaten to the end with a rod...... After all, if you want to move the cabinet and auxiliary government, you must Guo Shao nod.

These twists and turns in it seem that they will never be able to figure it out, and they can't be dealt with anyway. Guo Shao looked at the big pictures on the wall, and put his gaze on the wider places, the blank spaces at the edges of those pictures, and the farther places, he didn't feel that he should be completely stumped by the thorns under his feet.

Operate on your own people, and always feel less momentum. What Guo Shao is most worried about in his heart is Xiao Siwen's house.