It was dark, the night was as cold as frost, and a round of crooked moon hung high, but a small sedan chair under the moon quietly went out of the palace from the small door, all the way to the mansion of Yang Tinghe, the first assistant of the cabinet.

Yang Tinghe hadn't slept yet, he was discussing with a few colleagues, naturally talking about how to deal with Liang Hong and pacify the Yungui rebels, and at this time, someone informed the Queen Mother to send someone to meet.

As soon as Yang Tinghe heard that the Queen Mother had sent someone, he couldn't help but be shocked, he didn't know what was going on, so he hurriedly dressed up to greet him, and when he arrived in the main hall, he found that it was the Queen Mother's chief attendant, Gonggong Li.

"Oh, Gonggong Li, I visited the cold house late at night, I don't know why?" Yang Tinghe looked at Li Gong fairly.

"Haha, Elder Yang Ge, but it's too polite, what can we do in our family? This is the will of the Queen Mother," Gonggong Li said with a smile.

"I don't know what the Queen Mother's will is?" Yang Tinghe asked.

"It can't be said to be a will," Gonggong Li hesitated for a moment, but then sat down with Yang Tinghe, and then said to Yang Tinghe: "The Queen Mother told our family and the elder pavilion about something. ”

"Well, Gonggong Li, please speak," Yang Tinghe said.

"That's the case, Ge Lao should be reorganizing his troops to deal with a group of thieves entrenched outside Ulzhou City, cough cough, of course those thieves are rebellious, and they deserve death, but, Ge Lao, don't forget, there are still thieves' comrades in this capital who have not been punished, at this time, if the same party reports to the thieves, won't Ge Lao's plan to use troops be in vain?" Gonggong Li said with a smile.

"In the capital? Fellow thieves? What is the exact news of Grandpa Li? Gonggong Li can rest assured, as long as the news is accurate and it is determined that he is a thief and a fellow party, the old man will inevitably be arrested immediately," Yang Tinghe said.

"Hmph, what do you need for sure?" Gonggong Li snorted coldly, but then looked at Yang Tinghe with a frown and said: "This fellow party is in the inner circle, named Liang Xiaoyu, is the news accurate enough?" She is the daughter of the thief leader Liang Hong, can Lord Yang dare to send someone to arrest her? ”

"Huh?" Hearing this, Yang Tinghe couldn't help but be stunned for a while, he didn't know that Liang Xiaoyu was Liang Hong's daughter, but at present, Liang Xiaoyu was favored and only seven years old, so how could he deal with a child? Besides, what kind of wind can she give to thieves and what kind of letter can she give to thieves? This inner palace is full of its own people inside and out, and even the emperor's information can't be passed on, let alone such an untrained little girl? Yang Tinghe felt that Gonggong Li was too worried.

However, after a while, Yang Tinghe thought about it and felt that things were a little strange, after all, this Gonggong Li was sent by the Queen Mother, which shows that this matter is actually the Queen Mother wants to get rid of that little girl, why did the Queen Mother deal with that little girl? Obviously, it may be that she is unhappy, and thinks that she charms the emperor, and makes the emperor unrelenting all day long, and snubs the harem concubines.

The Queen Mother's worries are not unreasonable, but she let herself openly arrest the little girl, but it is absolutely impossible, not to mention anything else, the emperor will not agree in the first place, and when the time comes, will she have to resist the will and disrespect the will, and deceive the monarch?

Thinking of this, Yang Tinghe frowned a little embarrassed and said, "Gonggong Li said that he was joking, didn't the old man know that the little girl was a fellow thief?" It's just that at the moment, this little girl is in good grace, and Yang Tinghe has no matter how bold he is, he will never dare to deceive the monarch and blatantly take people, I am afraid that the old man will not be able to help you in this matter. ”

"Hahaha, as expected!" As a result, at this time, Gonggong Li stood up with a laugh, and then turned around to look at Yang Tinghe and said, "Elder Ge, this hard one can't work, can't you come soft?" If the soft one can't be good, can't the dark one come? You listen to our family, and you will ...... tomorrow."

When Gonggong Li left Yang's Mansion, it was already close to the third watch, and Yang Tinghe inevitably offered some gifts to send him out of the door.

At the same time, in the deep palace, a person was carrying a jar of wine, and he was drinking hazy.

"Drink, come, accompany me to have another drink, hahaha, good, good wine," Zhu Houzhao shook his tongue wide, swaying his figure, grabbing the wine jar from indoors to outside, almost not falling, so that a group of small yellow doors hurriedly stepped forward to support him, but he didn't want to be shouted by Zhu Houzhao: "Get out, get out of here!" You bastards, do you think I don't know? You are all spies, you are all Yang Tinghe's people, you are all spying on me, I want to kill you! ”

"The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life!" A few little yellow doors were so frightened that they knelt on the ground, kowtowing like pounding garlic, desperately begging for mercy, where did they dare to help Zhu Houzhao. Zhu Houzhao ignored them, sneered, and walked to the courtyard, but he was carrying the wine jar, raising his eyes to look at the moon in the sky, and shouted intermittently: "Raise a glass to invite Mingyue, and the shadow becomes three people, hahaha, I don't know what year it is in the heavenly palace, what year is it tonight, hahaha, drink, Sister Chang'e, I will accompany you for a drink, how about it?" ”

Zhu Houzhao spun around, while drinking, chanting poems, chanting poems, laughing weirdly, and finally fell to the ground drunk.

After a while, several little yellow doors carried him back to the dormitory, helped him to lie on the bed, and then the palace maids came to serve the change of clothes and washing, some of them were carried out in an orderly manner, but there was no warmth, but more and more lonely and cold.

Xiao Yuer's accommodation was placed in the small room next door, these days, except for the time when Zhu Houzhao and his subordinates discussed politics, she basically stayed with Zhu Houzhao, she witnessed what Zhu Houzhao did, watched him extremely depressed, watched him get drunk all day long, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart, this emperor also deserves to be a wreck, it is better not to do it.

After a long time, those palace maids and eunuchs finally retreated, closed the palace door, and Xiao Yu'er got up quietly, wearing only a thin little clothes, and came to Zhu Houzhao's wide and gorgeous dragon bed, looking at the Ming Emperor who sat in the world.

He was asleep, but his demeanor was not peaceful, his handsome face was scattered with embarrassing stubble, and even in his dreams, he seemed to be being restrained, clenching his fists, frowning and struggling.

Is he having a nightmare?

Xiao Yu'er took a step forward curiously, but at this time, she saw the person on the bed, who suddenly waved her arms and shouted: "Xiao Yu'er, don't go, don't go, don't go, woo woo, I, I, can you accompany me more?" ”

He actually cried, Xiao Yu'er gently stretched out her little hand and touched the corners of his eyes, which were indeed warm tears. Why is he crying? Did he dream that he had left him? Did he really care so much about himself? But why is that? He's just a seven-year-old kid, this person-

Before Xiao Yu'er could finish thinking about it, the drunk person was trembling again, and his arm subconsciously pulled and grabbed her, but then he grabbed her like a life-saving straw, and suddenly pulled her into his arms and hugged her tightly.

"Good little Yu'er, hehe, you didn't leave, I'm so happy, hehe, I'm happy, happy, you'll just stay with me, okay?" He muttered in his sleep, and finally fell asleep peacefully.

Xiao Yu'er was held by him in the crook of his arm, struggling to leave, but he didn't want her to move, although the person was asleep, but it was a conditioned reflex, and his hand subconsciously grabbed her, and for a while, she couldn't break free at all.

"Hey—"

In desperation, Xiao Yu'er could only sigh softly, no longer struggled, and could only help him pull the quilt and cover it, and then lie quietly like this, sleeping on his arm.

"Ahh

In the early morning, the sky was bright, and the lights on the verandah had not been extinguished, and suddenly a terrible cry came out of the emperor's bedroom, which startled the palace maids and eunuchs who were on duty at night to run into the palace in a hurry, thinking that something terrible had happened, but after entering, they found that the emperor was standing by the bed with his hair scattered, trembling and shouting.

"What did I do? What the hell did I do? I'm a brute, I'm a brute, I'm damned! ”

Zhu Houzhao screamed in pain, slapping himself desperately, so frightened that the hearts of those palace maids and eunuchs were about to jump out, and everyone hurriedly stepped forward to pull the emperor's arm, stopping his self-harm, and at the same time kneeling on the ground and kowtowing desperately to beg for mercy.

"I'm not a human, I'm not a human, I'm actually, actually, Xiao Yu'er is still so young, ah-" Zhu Houzhao was about to go crazy, looking at the little girl on the bed in a daze, and even had the heart to commit suicide.

"What are you doing, shouting early in the morning, noisy or not?" As a result, at this time, the little girl on the bed sat up with a displeased face, rubbing her hazy sleepy eyes, yawning and saying: "Sleeping so late at night and arguing so early in the morning, really, let people live?" ”

"Xiao Yu'er? You, are you okay? Seeing Xiao Yu'er's actions, Zhu Houzhao looked at her with some confusion and asked.

"What could it be?" Xiao Yu'er frowned and asked.

"Is it really okay? Didn't I do anything to you? You tell the truth, how did you end up in my bed? I drank too much last night, wasn't it, wasn't it to you—" Zhu Houzhao asked in a trembling voice.

Hearing this, Xiao Yu'er understood a little, knowing that Zhu Houzhao had misunderstood, she couldn't help laughing, and then walked to her room, turned her head and stuck out her tongue at him, made a grimace and said: "What else are you doing, if I hadn't seen you crying when I dreamed last night, I wouldn't have bothered to pay attention to you, who would have thought that you would catch someone and not let go, and you would still be like that when you fell asleep, it's really strange!" ”

Xiao Yu'er walked into her room while talking, and Zhu Houzhao finally breathed a sigh of relief, and unconsciously sat down on the ground, but then laughed happily.

"It's okay, it's okay, hey, hey, hahaha, it's okay," Zhu Houzhao laughed and danced.

"Your Majesty, it's time for the early dynasty," At this time, a voice came from outside the door, it was Gao Feng, the chief eunuch of the celebrant who came to urge Zhu Houzhao to go to the early court.

Originally, Zhu Houzhao had been on strike for a period of time and rarely went to the morning court, but today he was in a good mood, so he was ready to go to work, which was a scene, so at the moment he decisively waited for someone to change clothes and wash, and then went to the court, but what he didn't expect was that he encountered a big problem that he never imagined.

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