It's the winter solstice.

On this day, Li Ruyu got up very early, after the morning run, went to the market to buy mutton, and planned to boil a pot of mutton soup at noon to warm up the body to go to the cold, after all, this year's Lin'an not only snowed early, but also wet and cold.

The butcher who sells mutton is five big and three coarse, and while cutting meat skillfully, he does not forget to play meat with the slightly plump vegetable seller woman next to him, saying that your man is not going out this morning, a person is lonely, empty, cold Wow, drink mutton soup together tonight to cool down.

The woman spat out her phlegm, "Sell your meat, who can stand the smell of meat, no wonder your mother-in-law will die of illness." ”

Tu Zi laughed, "I can't stand it, I can't stand it, no woman can stand Lao Tzu, she has to scream." ”

The woman immediately blushed with shame, and didn't dare to say these pickled things anymore, but she couldn't hide her gossip and said, "Have you heard that our Empress Majesty has raised wild men." ”

Tu Zi was stunned for a moment, "Don't say nonsense, defiling Your Majesty is to kill your head." ”

The woman was startled, but when she saw a big slave who bought meat, she smiled and said, "What can't be said, Your Majesty dares to do it, can't we Da Liang people say it?" ”

The butcher smashed his mouth, "Really? ”

The servant smiled but didn't say anything, but he didn't notice Li Ruyu, who was waiting in a long robe, waiting next to him.

The woman broke her mouth, "There can still be a fake, a few days ago I went shopping with my family on the royal street, and I really saw that the palace was closed at night, and there were many people who witnessed it at that time, and now it has been rumored everywhere, you said that in the past hundred years, when has the palace been closed at night." ”

The slave lifted the meat, smiled meaningfully and walked away.

Li Ruyu waited silently for Tuzi.

The butcher gasped, "No, what kind of man can be favored by His Majesty the Empress, it is absolutely impossible, except for His Majesty Shunzong, no one in the world is worthy of it!" ”

The woman covered her mouth and smiled, her eyes white, "You don't understand women." ”

I've been widowed for more than ten years, can I not be lonely, empty, and cold......

Not to mention the widows, that is, women with families, are there fewer people who are stolen, after all, Da Liang inherits Yanfeng and is open.

Tu Zi was stunned for a moment, and then smiled, "I understand, I understand, why don't I understand." After skillfully cutting the meat, it was originally for Li Ruyu, but he stayed aside, and said apologetically: "We want to eat this ourselves, and we will cut it for you again, wait a minute." ”

After speaking, he put the meat next to the vegetable seller without a trace.

The plump aunt lowered her head and did not refuse, obviously Tuzi was flirting again, and she would be able to accomplish good things tonight.

Li Ruyu was speechless for a while.

Carrying the meat and walking home, Li Ruyu was in a heavy mood.

The palace is closed at night because he wants to leave the imperial city.

But how can the people who don't know the truth know that the temple is said to be lofty, and the people should not associate this matter with Her Majesty the Empress raising men.

After all, the empress has been chaste for more than ten years, and there has never been the slightest rumor of sexual affairs.

Definitely a model for women today.

I'm afraid there is a mastermind behind the scenes, but for what purpose?

Is it against yourself, or against the empress?

Li Ruyu didn't know.

After all, he is only waiting for the edict of the Hanlin Academy now, and he only goes to the Hanlin Academy once every few days to order Mao, and his main job is the hundred households of the Fusi of Beizhen, basically he does not need to order Mao, and he goes to the general office every month to receive his salary.

has not yet come into contact with the struggle of the court forces.

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This year's winter solstice is cold.

On the Daqing Hall in front of the Great Inner Dynasty, the Great Dynasty on the day of the Winter Solstice Festival will be colder, and everyone is like an ice cellar.

It was early in the morning, the sky was slightly bright, and the bells and drums on the Ouchi Bell and Drum Tower rang in unison.

The hundred officials who were waiting for the early dynasty in the signing room got up together, dressed properly, looked at the etiquette, took the court, and went out in order in order, and then walked into the Daqing Hall in turn, and stood in strict accordance with the official hierarchy and departmental jurisdiction and the distinction between civil and military.

Of course, there are many Beijing officials and individual foreign officials who are not qualified to enter the Daqing Palace.

The number of palace maids has long been on both sides of the dragon chair.

A senior eunuch of the Inner Servant Province, the head of the Inner West Hall preached in a sharp voice: "The emperor has arrived." ”

The empress was dressed in a yellow dragon silk robe with a black background, stepping on gold dragon boots with a black background, and walked into the Daqing Hall with an expressionless face.

The woman at this moment is no longer a woman sitting on the clouds, but the empress of the world.

She sat on the dragon chair and became the center of the world.

The head of the eunuchs of Da Liang, the inner servant Zuo Duzhi, and the general servant doctor Xue Shengtang stood quietly on the side of the empress.

The eunuch at the head of the inner west hall saluted again, so from the Daqing Hall to the square outside, Hulala knelt down a large piece, and the ministers knelt down and shouted long live.

Seeing all the talents in the world in front of the palace, although the woman is used to it, she still has a sense of accomplishment.

This is the reign of the king!

The woman waved her hand, and Xue Shengtang shouted: "The emperor has a decree, and all the ministers are flat." ”

Baiguan stood up.

The woman looked at the full house with satisfaction, it was strange that the officials of the six ministries and three provinces, the departments of the Privy Council and the temple supervisors were all present, headed by the left and right ministers, and none of them were absent.

Da Liang official uniform is a scarlet Luo robe skirt court dress, the robe flowers are different, wearing into the virtuous crown, the head is stretched very long, the hairpin is white after the crown, the waist is hung with jade pendants, and there are also military generals hanging jade swords.

The woman's customary wave of her hand gave a seat to the old minister of Zongzheng Siqing and Tejin Zhao Fangde.

As for the other officials, even the left and right Xianggong and Di Xianggong, who had just returned from Yunzhou, did not have such gifts.

This is still good, let the ministers stand and discuss the government.

In some dynasties, the whole court meeting needs to kneel, and there are many officials who faint while kneeling, especially in the scorching heat of June and July, those officials who are not qualified to enter the hall kneel for half an hour against the sun, and they must be wet inside and out.

If something happens, there is nothing to do, and this kind of transition must be gone.

Recently, the country and the people are smooth, and there are no natural disasters and man-made disasters, and the turmoil just after the war has passed, so there is no major event in the court in these days, and the only important major event is the hereditary replacement of the third son of the Yue family and Zhao Changyi, but this kind of thing is generally decided at the small court meeting, and the big court meeting is just announced.

Otherwise, the Daqing Hall is noisy and noisy like a vegetable market, what kind of system will it become?

After discussing some trivial matters that were important in the eyes of the common people but trivial in the eyes of the women, some personnel changes were announced, and it seemed that the meeting was coming to an end.

After the woman asked what else was going on in the Zhongqing family, the Daqing Hall was quiet for a moment, and then a big man came out of the six departments, holding the Chao Wat Bingli and said, "The minister has something to play." ”

The Book of Rites is a book of Zhou Miaoshu.

Although this six-part boss has a calm demeanor, he is scolding his mother in his heart, and his mother is scolding, which affects his career.

But no.

When such a thing happens, the Ministry of Rites, Zongzheng Temple, and those who advise the doctors on the left and right always have to express their attitude, and even the Honglu Temple, which is responsible for the reception of foreign guests and the rituals of the pilgrimage, also has to come up with the meaning, especially the Ministry of Rites and those who advise the doctors, it is not okay not to express their position.

Presumably, some Wenchen are happy to do this kind of thing, after all, they can be named as a clear stream who riskes death to speak out.

But the devil knows what the truth is, Zhou Miaoshu always has a sense of helplessness that he is being used as a gun.

The woman nodded, "What's the matter with the Qing family?" ”

Zhou Miaoshu coughed, "Recently, there have been many rumors among the tiles in Lin'an City, saying that His Majesty's Palace is forbidden to open twice at night, and the culprit is a certain man, and there are unspeakable and obscure traces. The trouble is very big, there is a desire to degrade the Zhao family, and it is harmful to the prestige of the national body, so the minister has to play it. ”

The implication is that Your Majesty, when you open the palace ban at night, you are meeting a man with some ulterior secret.

The words fell like a thunderclap.

The Daqing Hall was instantly dropped, and everyone was silent.