The rain that had been falling for more than a month had finally stopped, and the air was filled with the smell of earth.

Residual rainwater trickled down from the eaves. Occasionally, an ox cart gets stuck in the muddy water, and the farmer pulling the cart does not show any irritation. Just patiently soothed the grumpy cow and walked on the road step by step, with an extremely comfortable face.

"Childe, all supplies have been distributed, the reconstruction of the houses is basically completed, and the dam has been reinforced. You can return to Beijing on the same day. The man dressed as a black guard bowed down to report the situation.

The man in Tsing Yi stood in front of the window with a jade crown on his head, dressed in dark green and the green bamboo outside the window, tall and handsome. Just one back is fascinating.

"Ji Yu, that's good." The man turned around and smiled indifferently. The fatigue of more than a month of running around did not seem to have left a trace on him, and there was not a trace of wrinkles on the dark green brocade clothes. His face was like a sunken star, and his eyes were deep and boundless, and the turbulent waves were hidden in them. Every inch of texture seems to be finely carved, not like an earthly person.

Such as Yaolin jade tree, elegant and unique.

Ji Yu bowed his head and secretly slandered himself: Everyone in the world knows that Ji Yan, the first son of the Four Kingdoms, is talented and beautiful, and he is amazingly talented. attracted many beauties to bow down, and did not hesitate to throw thousands of dollars just for a portrait of him. If this smile is painted, I don't know how much silver it can be sold?

Ji Yu sighed silently. "The disaster situation in Xuzhou has eased and hundreds of people have survived, which is naturally excellent."

Ji Yan frowned: "Then why are you sighing?" ”

"The subordinates are just thinking about those corrupt officials who secretly seized the disaster relief money, most of them have attached powerful people in Shengjing, and after the prince returns to Beijing, I am afraid it will take a lot of effort." Ji Yu thought of the bones that had been starved to death along the way, and his tone was quite angry.

Ji Yan pursed the corners of his mouth, thoughtful.

A curling mist emerged from the teacup by the window, and Ji Yan's well-defined palm held the teacup and faced the window. "This matter will be discussed after returning to Beijing."

"Yes."

"How is Shengjing doing these days?" The voice as clear as a mountain spring rose faintly.

Ji Yu pondered in his heart and spoke: "There is King Changyang in the capital, but it is not a big deal. ”

Ji Yan sat down and took a sip of tea. "What's the little thing?"

Ji Yu paused, and replied stubbornly: "Grandpa Guo wrote to Your Majesty, and after returning to Beijing, let Gongzi take a month off in the Hou Mansion." ”

"Huh?" Ji Yan leaned back lazily in his chair. What the hell is the old man doing?

"The master said that he would marry his son." Before the words fell, Ji Yu had already rushed out of the post house.

Ji Yan's hand holding the teacup trembled. Tea soaked an unwritten letter on the table.

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The world is full of fragrant flowers in April, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temple are in full bloom.

The garden is full of colors, and all kinds of exotic flowers and plants grow vigorously, attracting butterflies to flutter. There was a stout apricot tree on the side of the path, and a man sat on a swing on it.

The woman dressed in white was swinging up and down leisurely, with some apricot blossom petals falling on her body, her hair loosely tied up, and the pearl hairpin fell to the ground without noticing.

"Ah Yan, how long do you have to practice?" The woman's tone was slightly dissatisfied, but she still slowly swinged the swing.

Behind her was a martial arts arena, a man with an upper body in a vigorous posture, holding a spear to make the tiger angry, sweat constantly flowing into the soil, slowly absorbed and evaporated. In the end, the spear came out of his hand, and it actually pierced the target ten meters away.

The attendant handed over the clothes, and Wei Yan took them and put them on, covering the countless scars on his body. "Jiahui, you should call me Uncle Huang."

Wei Yu turned his head and smiled, and the girl's smile at this moment made the spring color of the garden fade. She threw the face towel to Wei Yan. "Uncle Huang, you are really not too old."

Wei Yan caught it steadily and covered his face. After a while, he revealed a face that was as white as ever although he had lived in the border all the year round.

As a military general, he has a slightly weak and feminine face.

But such a person, at the age of fourteen, left behind the status of the prince and went to the poor and backward northwest frontier pass, and governed it in an orderly manner, and the frontier was full of praise.

From time to time, small tribes burned, killed and looted on the border, and the people were miserable. He rode one man and one horse, holding a silver spear in his hand, and overnight, the heads of more than a dozen tribal leaders hung above the border gate tower, and from then on, all tribes unanimously surrendered to defend the country. He was seventeen years old.

Xiqi is menacing, he uses soldiers like a god, and in five years, Xiqi was greatly injured, and he has not dared to commit it again.

He is the unshakable god of war in the hearts of the people of the country, at the age of fourteen, he fought a horse out of Shengjing, and ten years later, tens of thousands of people embraced. His imperial brother sent him back to Beijing with a posthumous edict, but it was to assist his niece, and everyone felt sorry for him, but he really gave up his military power and devoted himself to assisting the new emperor.

What kind of person is such a person?

Wei Yan walked behind Wei Yan and bent down to pick up the step shake that fell to the ground. "This gilded dot emerald step shake was picked by you when you were twelve years old in Hongcheng, you have never liked heavy head, but fortunately this step shake is light, but you have always loved it."

Wei Yu pursed his mouth: "Who said I like it?" ”

"Then why have you worn it every day for the past four years?" Wei Yan laughed lowly, put the hairpin into her hair with one hand, and pinned the few strands of hair that fell behind her ears.

"It's time for your hair to be pulled back."

"Didn't you save it when you were a child, but not now?" Wei Yu took care of his own swing, completely ignoring the people behind him.

"It's better to ask the handmaid to pull it for you." Wei Yan left slowly, and the voice came from afar. "You should go, I stopped you when Qionghua came last night, if you don't leave now, when you return to the palace, I'm afraid you will be grounded."

Wei Yu pouted: "You didn't go to court today because of this, I thought you were in the house to accompany me." ”

"If I go to the court, His Majesty will definitely leave me behind, then you really don't want to leave the palace in the future."

Wei Yu heard the steady footsteps behind her gradually become clearer, and then the sway on her head was removed, and the hair that was already loose was completely scattered on her shoulders.

"Don't move." The warm breath exhaled to the back of his head, Wei Yu shrank his neck, and the swing was held down by one hand, and immediately stopped.

The gentle hand movement on the hair, the wooden comb did not touch the scalp, Wei Yu felt extremely comfortable. "Have you combed a lot of women's hair?"

"You're the only one." Wei Yan sighed.

"I don't believe it."

Wei Yan was silent, and his hands kept moving.

I don't know how long it took, Wei Yu felt like he was about to fall asleep.

"Alright." Wei Yan stopped what she was doing, and carefully inserted the step into her hair.

The person behind her walked up to her, looked at it carefully for a while, and said, "It's not as good as a maidservant." ”

Facing the scrutinizing gaze, Wei Yu felt that his face was a little hot, and he bit his lip unconsciously.

Wei Yan hooked the corners of his lips: "Your Majesty is about to go down to the court, go back to the palace!" ”

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In the smoky gauze tent, the beauty held her forehead with her hands, her face full of exhaustion.

The chief eunuch outside the gauze tent raised his voice: "Your Majesty's will, all Aiqing has something to do, and there is nothing to retreat from." ”

The hundred officials were arranged in turn, and no one spoke for a while.

Pei Ji, the head of the household, stood up, bowed first, and then took the fold and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Weichen doesn't know what this 'read' means. ”

"I've seen Pei Qing's recital."

I only heard Pei Ji snort heavily. "Then I wonder what Your Majesty thinks of what Wei Chen played?"

Wei Ning frowned: "Naturally, I don't have much opinion." This old horseman! I knew I had nothing to do.

Pei Ji suddenly knelt down on the main hall and spoke eloquently. "How can Your Majesty tease Weichen like this, what Weichen played is a major national event, and Your Majesty treats national affairs so childishly, how can he be worthy of the late emperor!"

Wei Ning's eyes suddenly sharpened, and his slightly angry voice rose: "Pei Ji, when will I play?" The first emperor is also something you can mention casually? If you say that what you are doing is a major national matter, then I will say it for the ministers to hear. ”

The hall was instantly quiet, it had been three years since Wei Ning succeeded to the throne of Emperor Wei at the age of seventeen, but the hundred officials really remembered her on the day she ascended the throne three years ago.

On that day, she covered the girl's beautiful posture with a yellow robe, tied her hair in a bun with a golden crown, with a double dragon play bead luan belt, holding the imperial seal, four teams of palace maids behind her, escorted by the Imperial City Guards. At the age of seventeen, she ascended to the highest point of the Sifang platform with the gift of the emperor, and the scorching color was breathtaking.

Hundreds of civil and military officials knelt to welcome the first empress in the history of the Four Kingdoms. And her face did not change, the lotus step moved lightly, and accepted everyone's worship.

On that day, the sun was shining, and there was only one person in heaven and earth......

Wei Ning lifted the curtain and walked out from behind the scenes. A bright yellow dragon robe instantly brightened up in the hall, and the light opening of the red lips is full of all kinds of charm.

"All the ministers listened to it, Master Pei played to me, due to the flood in Xuzhou, the treasury spent millions of taels of silver plus various materials, and the first emperor was in the border wars all year round, resulting in an empty treasury. It is necessary to increase the taxes and labor of the people. ”

"What do you think?" Wei Ning had already walked up to Pei Ji, picked up the fold in front of him and handed it to the officials behind him.

The official Shangshu took the fold, hurriedly glanced at it a few times, his face changed drastically, and he hurriedly passed it to the back.

But Wei Ning continued: "Since Pei Qing doesn't know the treasury expenditure, then I will calculate it for you."

"When my father was here, although the border passes were perennial wars, they were only small battles. Only the battle between Uncle Huang and Xiqi a few years ago cost some money, but it was only about 20 million in real terms. Not to mention that counting the previous disaster relief, it was only a thousand taels. I'm curious, where did the hundreds of millions of dollars in the treasury go? Is it difficult to grow legs and run? Wei Ning stood in front of Pei Ji and looked directly at him, his eyes seemed to show doubt.

"Master Pei, are you right?"

At this moment, Pei Ji lowered his head, his face was already flushed, and he was in a cold sweat. When the first emperor was there, she was just a little girl about ten years old, how could she be so clear?

Pei Ji's body trembled like chaff, and he fell to the ground and cried: "I beg Your Majesty to forgive the sins of the ministers, the ministers don't know, the ministers really don't know!" ”

All the officials in the hall were already kneeling on the ground, and some of them looked surprised and angry. Some of them lowered their heads and hid their faces, unable to see clearly.

"Hmph, you don't know, do you think I'll believe you?"

"Your Majesty, all the revenues and expenditures of the treasury have account books, if Your Majesty doesn't believe in Weichen, you can go and check the account books!" Pei Ji wiped his sweat with his sleeve.

Wei Ning sat back on the dragon chair and supported his head with his hands. She was even more bewitching with heavy makeup, and her delicate face was full of impatience. She couldn't help but yawn. "I don't want to see those fake account books."

Pei Ji was in a cold sweat, and had to shout: "The heart of Weichen can be seen from the sun and the moon, Your Majesty must believe in Weichen!" ”

All the officials in the palace knelt on the ground and shouted: "Your Majesty is angry! Your Majesty is angry! ”

Wei Ning snorted coldly.

At this time, one of the kneeling people stood up, and Liu Xi, the chief eunuch, squinted his eyes slightly, recognizing that it was Qin Ming, the young secretary of Dali Temple.

I only heard him calmly say: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the theft of the treasury is a big deal, if it is accidentally spread out, it will cause panic in the hearts of the people, and it needs to be investigated clearly to reassure the people." ”

Wei Ning's eyes flashed slightly, and he met Qin Ming's gaze, and then separated: "This is not good, after all, Pei Qing is a person left by the first emperor, and he is also an important minister of the court, will this be too casual." ”

Pei Ji vomited two bloods, who was pressing step by step just now, how could he say it so well now. There is also Qin Ming, an old fox, who will not be good when he opens his mouth.

Qin Ming's eyes were blazing, he was over half a hundred years old, his face was serious, and he looked quite like a righteous gentleman, only those who had suffered losses on him knew that he was a sinister and cunning old fox who had escaped from it.

At this moment, he looked like a loyal minister, and said sternly: "Your Majesty, although Lord Pei is an important minister of the imperial court, I believe he must know the truth of eating the king's fortune and bearing the king's worries." Just like His Majesty, Weichen also believes in Master Pei, so Weichen will definitely do his best to find out about this matter and return Master Pei's innocence. ”

Wei Ning's eyes were probing, and he looked at Pei Ji. "Is that so? Master Pei? ”

Pei Ji silently greeted Qin Ming's ancestors for the eighteenth generation in his heart, and gritted his teeth: "Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to share your worries." ”

"That's good. Come, spread my will! Wei Ning covered his mouth and yawned.

"The head of the household, Shangshu Pei Jimu, is lawless and does not know the number of etiquette. And as the secretary of the household department, he is in charge of the treasury, and he does not know how to serve the country diligently, but he makes mistakes in his division. His position is now reduced, and Qin Ming, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, will thoroughly investigate the case from now on, and all relevant personnel in the household department must fully cooperate. Chin this. ”

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Long Live Your Majesty, Long live Long live!" Qin Ming and Pei Ji received the order together.

"If nothing happens, retreat!" Wei Ning was the first to walk out of the Jinluan Palace.

Baiguan knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty Shengming!" ”

Pei Ji knelt on the ground and slashed Qin Ming fiercely with his eyes.

Qin Ming stood up and patted his clothes and glanced at him. "The officer knows that he looks good."