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"Your Majesty......" A gentle and beautiful voice drilled into Zuo Ying's ears.

The smile in the dream was still at the corner of her mouth.

She slowly opened her eyes, and in the softly lit room, there were feather sara tents, brocade bedding, pear wood beds, and mica screens...... Returning to her eyes one by one, the beautiful palace maid in front of the bed who looked at her with a suspicious expression was Scarlet Feather.

"Your Majesty is dreaming again......" In the past, the princess had nightmares that she always fell asleep and woke up suddenly, and then she was terrified all night long, and she didn't dare to close her eyes, but now Zuo Ying is not only very calm, but also with a smile on the corner of her mouth, Scarlet Feather Shengsheng swallowed the word "nightmare" of the nightmare.

"It's true that I'm dreaming," Zuo Ying turned over and looked at Scarlet Feather on her side, "The dream is very interesting." ”

After Scarlet Feather was slightly startled, a relieved smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

"Yu'er, didn't you tell you not to serve here? Why don't you go back and rest? After Zuo Ying participated in a series of ceremonies and pilgrimages, she was already very tired, and she had been wary of Li Yunshen's little fox the night before and had not slept all night, and the accumulated tiredness made her not even have time to familiarize herself with the new palace, the Yishen Temple where the emperor rested, so she went directly to bed to rest.

"Without His Majesty's side, Scarlet Feather can't sleep peacefully......" Scarlet Feather didn't dare to look directly at Zuo Ying for a long time, only dared to stay on the tip of her small nose, pink lips or sharp and slightly upturned chin, but her eyes didn't blink, as if she was worried that she would lose her if she was not careful, "The palace maids and chamberlains in this palace were all used to serve the emperor, and it may not be thoughtful for them to serve Your Majesty......"

Scarlet Feather said this, as if she wanted to stop talking, and her expression became a little gloomy.

"You don't have to intercede for those people," Zuo Ying had already guessed what Scarlet Feather didn't say was the content, "Whether it's Guixiang, Lianlu who was 'executed' by them, or those who instigated the two of them to go astray, they are all to blame, and they will all get the punishment they deserve." ”

Waiting for those palace maids who betrayed her and gave the Taishi Mansion the eyes and ears of the palace maids were put in prison and waited for the execution of the autumn queen, but Zuo Ying did not forget that now is the time when she has just ascended the throne and granted amnesty to the world, so it is useful to wait a few days to deal with them.

"Scarlet Feather is bold, Scarlet Feather thinks that they may have been forced by the situation, in order to survive, to do things that are disrespectful to His Majesty. They deserve their sins, but they may not sin unto death...... Can Your Majesty read on the affection they have served for many years, and open the net? ”

In Zuo Ying's memory, Scarlet Feather never argued with He Lanying, let alone fight for anything, and even barely expressed disagreement in front of He Lanying, this time it was obvious that she broke through her character in order to save others.

"Yu'er, it's not just because they betrayed me, but also to avoid being betrayed again. So that other people who are ready to act can see the consequences of betraying me. ”

Calling herself "I" really makes Zuo Ying feel a little funny, but calling herself "me", right? She didn't intend to shock the world about these little things, "Also, don't say 'forced by the situation' and 'to survive', they do it because they choose to do it." If you want to say 'forced by the situation' and 'in order to survive', aren't you in the same situation as them? ”

Scarlet Feather was silent, and her gentle eyes were even more beautiful because of the sadness at the moment.

"Yu'er, sing a song for me, even though I don't have nightmares." Zuo Ying has never demanded that everyone can agree with her 100%, even if they are close to her. In addition to trying to divert Scarlet Feather's attention, she really remembered her sweet singing voice, which was the most beautiful song she had ever heard.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Scarlet Feather straightened her slender and slender waist, lightly opened her red lips, and sang: "The two white birds are flying from the northwest." Ten will be five or five, and the list is not in order. Suddenly, he fell ill and couldn't fly with him. Five miles and one hesitation, six miles and one wandering. 'I will take you away, but my mouth will not be opened; I want to take you away, and the feathers will be destroyed. 'Happy new acquaintance, worry about parting in the next life. Today is happy, long live the long life......"

Zuo Ying was once again intoxicated by the singing of Scarlet Feather.

Chew it carefully, and the lyrics are also very interesting. She knew that this was an ancient song called "Flying Birds", which depicted the bleak and touching story of a migrating bird who had to be separated from his lover because he was unable to do anything because his lover was sick.

Some people in later generations thought that this was a metaphor for the poverty and helplessness of life in the world, and some people thought that it was a lament for the impermanence of life. However, Zuo Ying knew that the reason why Scarlet Feather liked this song must be purely because she was infected by the deep love of the pair of birds in the song and sighed for their tragedy.

Zuo Ying's rational and even a little cold heart cultivated in the rain of bullets and deceit seems that she will really be inadvertently affected by the delicacy and softness of the scarlet feather. But this kind of feeling is redundant and even dangerous for Zuo Ying, and she resists it intentionally or unintentionally.

"Yu'er, your singing voice always reveals a faint sadness." Zuo Ying's expression and tone seemed to be tasting wine, "Are you missing your relatives?" Or miss your hometown? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Scarlet Feather has no relatives. I don't remember where my hometown is......" Scarlet Feather immediately lowered her head and said in fear, "Scarlet Feather should be damned, Your Majesty is overjoyed to ascend the throne, Scarlet Feather shouldn't sing such a song to destroy Your Majesty's Yaxing." ”

"You're not wrong." Zuo Ying said with a smile on her face, "Being a gentleman is not something to celebrate. In fact, on the throne, there is an invisible sword, and the sword is hanging in a thread, which may fall at any time, leaving the head of the person sitting on the throne in a different place. ”

"Your Majesty......" Scarlet Feather's eyes lit up, and she couldn't tell what could make people smile.

At this time, a palace maid who was waiting in the inner hall walked in, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the early court hour is approaching, and the internal officials have come to invite Your Majesty to the court." ”

Like the "imperial brother" who has been on the throne for three years and has not been able to govern in person, Zuo Ying is now unable to personally decide on national affairs. The court meetings that were convened from time to time were just listening to Taishi Helan Chu tell her about the decisions that had been made. Besides, in the Great Zhou Dynasty, under normal circumstances, the ceremonial significance of the court meeting is more important than the component of the deliberative function, and many major national affairs are decided by officials of various departments to discuss and ask for instructions from the ruler on weekdays, unless it is a particularly important matter, there is no need to wait until the court meeting to solve it.

But even so, the early dynasty cannot be absent, Zuo Ying can't let the ministers think that she is a second ancestor who is lazy and doesn't care about the government, and Helan Chu is a good public servant of the people who sleeps at night, worries about the country and the people, and Jiao Yulu.

Zuo Ying then got up, and without saying hello, Scarlet Feather had already called the palace maids who were waiting in the inner hall to come in and wait for Zuo Ying to change into court clothes.

Letting the palace maids wait to put all kinds of intricate and gorgeous clothes and skirts on her, Zuo Ying no longer had the heart to be fresh and curious.

Now that I think about it, when Helan Chu confused her and talked sweetly to her in Yongning Palace, he was right about one thing, "Monarchs and ministers fight a hundred battles every day". Today, what kind of war awaits Zuo Ying?

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