Qianli Palace Ningsheng Garden.

This palace was originally uninhabited, and its scale was not as good as the Ning'an Garden where Zhou An lived, and even less as the Ningyi Garden where Kang Longji lived, but in recent days, Ningsheng Garden was full of people.

The alchemists summoned by the empress to the palace were all arranged to live here, and this place also became a place for royal alchemy.

Ning Shengyuan was heavily guarded.

Not long after noon, in the main hall of Ningshengyuan, more than ten Dan furnaces were placed everywhere, with a strong aroma, Zhou An was refining Dan with all the Dan masters, no matter what happened, refining the broken Dan could not be stopped.

Squeak!

The door to the main hall opened softly.

The small pavilion hurriedly entered the door, and when he arrived behind Zhou An, who was sitting in front of the Dan furnace, he bowed down and whispered, "Father-in-law, the Holy Lord called you over." ”

"Huh?" Zhou An opened his eyes, looked back at the small pavilion, got up, and asked at the same time, "Who else did the Holy Lord call?" ”

"No one, just looking for you." The small pavilion said.

Not long after.

Dongnuan Pavilion, Zhou An came in a hurry.

The empress lay on the warm couch on her side, and there was no one else in the hall except for a few little eunuchs and little palace maids. When Zhou An came, a little palace maid was kneeling on the warm couch and pressing the empress's head.

"Holy Lord, are you looking for a minion...... Zhou An walked to the couch and said respectfully.

"Hmm...... I have a terrible headache, you give me a button. The empress closed her eyes and said softly.

"Yes." Zhou An responded and stepped forward.

The little palace maid retreated directly and stood aside respectfully, while Zhou An took off her shoes and got on the warm couch, knelt aside, raised her hand and moved the empress's head, letting the empress's head rest on her lap, and then began to press the empress's head.

It was quiet for a while.

"Xiao Anzi, you can do it tonight." The Empress spoke suddenly.

"Shengshang, the matter in the northern frontier has just ended, don't wait any longer......" Zhou An replied softly, less than an hour ago, just at noon, the empress received a frontier battle report in the Qianyuan Palace, Zhou An was there at the time, so he knew that the enemy army in Beirong had retreated.

This should be the end of the matter.

But there are still some things related to rewards and punishments, the rebuilding of the Northern Xinjiang Army, etc., which have not been done, so Zhou An asked her if she would take it easy.

Wu Xukuan is very honest this time, although there are still few people in the early dynasty, but Wu Xukuan and the important ministers of the Manchu Dynasty have to enter the palace almost every day to discuss matters, no matter how late the time is, although they have not discussed any results, but their attitude is still there, at least...... Even if they don't go to court, they have to come to give advice to the empress, and in the face of military affairs, they are still "united" around the empress.

According to Zhou An's thoughts, he wanted to wait a little longer, wait for the affairs of Northern Xinjiang to be completely dealt with, and then look at Wu Xukuan's situation, and then consider the issue of action.

Zhou An is naturally not afraid of anything, he is just weighing the pros and cons, and he needs a better time.

"What are you waiting for, a group of incompetent people who are eating vegetarian food, what else do I have to wait?" The empress was a little angry, and her tone was very impulsive.

"Yes, yes, it's the slave who talks a lot." Zhou An hurriedly said, and didn't speak.

"The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, one counts one, each has its own small abacus, one by one, regardless of the safety of the country, noisy, noisy every day, if you can quarrel with a result, what is the result? The teeth were all knocked out by the enemy, and everyone ran away after grabbing things, they were still arguing, a group of bullshit ......" The empress pillowed Zhou An's legs, closed her eyes and kept talking.

She has a very good self-cultivation, and it is the first time Zhou An has heard her say such rude words as "bullshit".

Zhou An can also understand the empress's depression.

He also understood why the empress suddenly called him.

Naturally, it wasn't because of a headache that Zhou An came to press her head, she just wanted to find someone to talk to, she wanted someone to vent, she wanted to talk, and as the emperor, she was lonely!

She can't even find someone who can say these things to her, Kang Longji is definitely not good, the empress will not swear in front of Kang Longji, even less Princess Yunjing, the empress has never wanted to pass on any pressure on Princess Yunjing, she is not like letting Princess Yunjing get involved in these bad things, she just wants her to live happily and carefree.

So, she called Zhou An over.

Only by saying these words to Zhou An can she not have any burden, no pressure, and no taboos in her heart.

In fact, this can be said to be an extreme trust, even grace.

It's just that it's quite offensive.

“…… Wu Xukuan What kind of thing is he, he thinks he is both civil and military, he thinks that if this Dongqian leaves him, he will lose the country, who else is more greedy than him? He thinks he is a capable minister who rules the world, but in fact, he is a traitor, a great traitor! ”

“…… 200,000 Northern Xinjiang Army, 200,000, and then counting the local army, there are 300,000 troops! Why did you lose? It's all people! It's all people! Does the enemy have three heads and six arms? How can it be won by others with less? A bunch of rice buckets! ”

Zhou An kept pressing the empress's head and didn't speak.

The empress is losing her temper and whining.

Zhou An just listened to it, and he didn't rush at him anyway.

Zhou An was very calm.

The other little eunuchs and palace maids in the Dongnuan Pavilion were all frightened, and they all knelt on the ground, hanging their heads and not daring to move.

The empress complained to Zhou An for half an hour, and then she said less and less, only saying a word every once in a while, and finally stopped talking, and her breathing gradually became even.

After she finished complaining with Zhou An, she pillowed Zhou An's legs and fell asleep.

The inside of the East Warm Pavilion became silent.

For a long, long time.

Zhou An was still massaging the empress's head, his legs had been pillowed by the empress for too long, his qi and blood were blocked, and he was already a little sore, and Zhou An didn't say anything about moving.

He could imagine what kind of pressure the empress was under.

Internal worries, external troubles, all these are mixed together, making her exhausted.

After venting, go to sleep, or sleep, then let her sleep peacefully.

Time passes.

Gradually, the time came to dusk, and an old eunuch quietly entered the Dongnuan Pavilion, as if he wanted to tell something, and saw that the empress was asleep and Zhou An was there, so he didn't say anything more and went out again.

Suddenly, there was some noise outside.

Someone is coming.

"See Your Highness......" Zhou An vaguely heard the voice of the old eunuch speaking.

Immediately after that, the door of the outer hall of the Winter Warm Pavilion opened.

Footsteps approached.

Bang la blah.

The beaded curtain was lifted.

"See Your Highness......" The servants and maidservants in the Dongnuan Pavilion all said respectfully, but quietly.

It was Princess Yunjing, who was dressed in a phoenix crown and was full of luxury, who came.

Princess Yunjing came in and noticed that the empress was asleep, still pillowed on Zhou An's lap.

Zhou An gestured to Princess Yunjing, signaling not to make a sound, not to disturb the empress's rest.

Princess Yunjing is usually very afraid of this sister, so she doesn't dare to disturb her, she lightened her steps, quietly walked to the front of the warm collapse, leaned her body with her probe, wanted to see the sleeping face of the empress, and glanced at Zhou An, gestured with her mouth, and seemed to ask something.

She's naughty again.

Zhou An shook his head at Princess Yunjing, glared at her, and asked her not to mess around.

Princess Yunjing pouted, revealing a look of "You care about me?" Expression.

Zhou An was very helpless, but he still glared at Princess Yunjing.

Princess Yunjing immediately showed a fierce expression, stretched out her hand to pull Zhou An's ears, and Zhou An immediately showed an expression of "Auntie, I was wrong", but Princess Yunjing did not let go of Zhou An, leaned over, pulled Zhou An's ears with both hands, and pinched Zhou An's face, pulling Zhou An's very handsome cheeks directly into a big pie face......

Zhou An straightened up, for fear that his body would shake a little, and he kept winking at Princess Yunjing, with a very pitiful look begging for mercy.

Princess Yunjing was triumphant.

"What are you doing?" The empress's cold voice suddenly appeared.

Zhou An and Princess Yunjing were both startled.

The Empress woke up.

She pillowed Zhou An's legs on her side, her eyes were upward, her eyes moved left and right, and her eyes swept back and forth between Zhou An and Princess Yunjing's faces.

Princess Yunjing hurriedly withdrew the hand that was pinching Zhou An's face, looked scared, moved a few steps to the side, and stood up in a proper manner.