After the three of them bowed, Ding Si and Xiong Tianlei accompanied Mrs. Ding to play slowly in the temple in the crowd, in early summer, the sky has slowly warmed up, coupled with the crowd of people in the temple, it didn't take long for Mrs. Ding to be a little out of breath, so she found a place to sit and rest, and let Ding Si and Xiong Tianlei wander around by themselves, the two couldn't see Mrs. Ding, so they stumbled in the temple.

After leaving Mrs. Ding, Xiong Tianlei couldn't wait to ask Ding Si: "Fourth brother, have you understood that painting thoroughly?" ”

Ding Si shook his head helplessly and said: "Gao Yunwu's painting is crooked, I can only vaguely see the sun and a person with an open mouth, I was thinking if that person is called Zhang Ri, open his mouth wide, but after careful inquiry, no one in the court has called this name, but let me think about the name on this painting, but I really racked my brains and couldn't think of anything." ”

The two chatted for a while, but there were no clues, and they were not in the mood to look at the scenery, so they had to return in a hurry, not paying attention to the maid under the big tree in the temple. After about a quarter of an hour, a young man hurried out of the crowd, came to the servant, and cried, "Master, let me pack my things." The maidservant hurriedly followed the young man and walked towards the main hall of the temple.

After a tea time, a few people walked in the bustling crowd, if Ding Siwan took a step, he must have recognized it at a glance, and the one who walked among the pedestrians was Cheng Youzhu, who had a few connections with him, and the maid was holding a food box, and followed behind the pedestrians step by step, and the sweat on his face kept flowing down his cheeks. The group walked to the side of the carriage, Cheng Youzhu went straight into a carriage, and Steward Qin also climbed into a carriage, seeing that the maid was still stupidly waiting for instructions, he drank softly: "Hongliu, do you want to squeeze with the guards?" ”

The maidservant girl named Hongliu stepped forward with her head down, and got into the carriage clumsily, but she hid at the door of the carriage, holding the curtain tightly with both hands, and sweat still dripping down from time to time.

The coachman waited for the two to sit down, and as soon as he raised his whip, the carriage galloped.

Steward Qin's eyes were slightly closed in the car, and she seemed to be asleep, but Hongliu was shrunk at the door of the car, her body couldn't help shaking with the bumps of the carriage, her appearance was extremely ordinary, and her eyes were not very bright, she was not a flexible person at first glance, and sometimes she seemed to be a little dull.

Unconsciously, Steward Qin's closed eyes gradually opened, and he couldn't help but look at the red willow, which didn't seem to notice at all, and was still quiet.

Steward Qin's eyebrows wrinkled slightly, and he suddenly asked, "Hongliu, are you still used to living in the palace?" ”

Hongliu heard Steward Qin's question, her lowered head suddenly raised, she looked at Steward Qin, and said cautiously, "It's good." ”

Steward Qin continued to ask, "It's quite tiring to be responsible for sprinkling and cleaning every day." ”

Hongliu hurriedly shook his head and said, "I used to do it at home before, so I'm not tired." ”

Steward Qin asked again, "Are you homesick?" ”

Hongliu wanted to speak and stopped, and after thinking about it, he said sullenly: "I thought about it when I first came, but it was a little light after a long time." ”

Steward Qin saw that she was really boring, so he lost interest in talking to her, and lifted the curtain with his hand to look out. At this moment, suddenly there was a bump in the carriage, and Hongliu's body leaned forward in a hurry, and he fell on the back of the coachman, which startled the coachman. Hongliu got into the carriage again, her hair was messed up a lot, and she looked even more embarrassed. Steward Qin looked at it, and the corners of his mouth overflowed with a smile.

The carriage galloped all the way, and actually ran towards the Forbidden City, entered the Forbidden City, the doorman looked at the waist card, let the carriage in, the carriage slowly drove in, and arrived at the gate of Yuqing Palace, Hongliu hurriedly jumped down, and then took the Qin housekeeper to get out of the car, the Qin housekeeper moved his body twice, waved his hand to the red willow, signaled the red willow to retreat, and walked in slowly.

In the small study of Yuqing Palace, Cheng Youzhu had already changed his clothes, wearing a red robe with a plate collar and narrow sleeves, wearing a black gauze folded scarf on his head, and shrunk his body into the circle chair, thoughtfully.

Steward Qin walked in, and when he saw Cheng Youzhu looking thoughtful, he stood aside, but Cheng Youzhu's eyes swept and saw Steward Qin, sat up straight and asked, "Are you back?" ”

Steward Qin hurriedly stepped forward and replied, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the old slave is back." ”

It turned out that this young man named Cheng Youzhu was actually Zhu Youzhu in the East Palace today, saying that it was Cheng Youzhu, but the three words were reversed, and the so-called Qin Butler was Zhu Youji's former henchman and eunuch Qin Ji.

Zhu Youzhu asked Qin Ji again: "Has my father ever been to the court today?" ”

Qin Ji replied: "The emperor is depressed today, feeling dizzy, and the early dynasty is still not held. ”

Zhu Youzhu didn't speak for a long time after listening, and after a while, he asked, "You made people pay attention to the palace maid, is there anything abnormal?" ”

Qin Ji frowned slightly: "There is nothing unusual about this palace maid, it seems that the slave is too worried." ”

Zhu Youzhu hurriedly comforted him and said: "Father-in-law Qin doesn't have to blame himself, now is a special period, we should be cautious, especially all kinds of people in the East Palace, we must not have any negligence." ”

It turns out that since the death of Concubine Wan, Emperor Chenghua can't help himself, every time he thinks of Concubine Wan, he has been crying, deeply regretting that he has made people and separated himself from Concubine Wan's yin and yang, he has a deep affection for Concubine Wan, this time he is sad day and night, and his body is not as good as day by day, Qin Ji knows that this is a changeable period, although Concubine Wan died, but what Concubine Wan did before still made Qin Ji feel palpitations, when Concubine Wan tried her best to degrade Zhu Youji's title of prince, although she did not succeed in the end, but Concubine Wan's group, how could it be so easy to die? Although Concubine Wan died, Liang Fang, Wan Xi and the like are still there, in order to prevent extraneous branches, Qin Ji remembered what the chief eunuch Huai En said to him when he was demoted: "Be sure to guard Yuxiu Palace, be careful of being taken advantage of." "Ten days ago, Yuxiu Palace had a famous sprinkler sweeping palace girl seriously ill, and the Internal Affairs Office transferred a palace maid named Hongliu as a substitute, although it was a sprinkler sweeping palace maid, Qin Ji did not dare to be careless at all, and privately made people stare at Hongliu for a few days, check and check, only to feel that Hongliu has a wooden temperament, and no suspicious place was found.

Zhu Youzhu chatted with Qin Ji for a few more words, then waved his hand to let Qin Ji step back, sat in the study alone, opened the "Historical Records" casually, and turned to the "Filial Piety Text", which is a chapter that Zhu Youzhu often reads, but every time he reads here, he feels that his mood is agitated, and he can't help himself. A good man who governs the country for a hundred years can also win and kill the disabled'. Honestly! Hanxing, to filial piety for more than 40 years, virtue to prosperity. The township of Diao has corrected the obedience to the Zen, and the humility has not been achieved today. Woohoo, isn't it merciful! ”

Zhu Youzhu read the volume, looked at the afterglow outside the window, and couldn't help but think: When Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty succeeded in the chaos of the Emperor Lü, Lü Pheasant killed the four sons of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, in order to control the government, and Emperor Wen Liu Heng was lucky to save his life. After Lü Pheasant's death, Chen Ping and Zhou Bo joined forces to destroy Lü Pheasant's party, and Liu Heng was able to succeed to the throne. Despite this, Liu Heng was able to implement "benevolent government", making the four seas peaceful, the national strength strong, the people living and working in peace and contentment, and the frontier stable. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but be full of pride in my chest, and suddenly felt that all the previous tribulations were not worth mentioning. He took out the sachet into his arms again, and secretly held it again, only to feel that his whole body was full of strength, how many unknown difficulties there were on the road ahead, and how many ghosts and spirits beside him could not stop his pace of moving forward.