Zeng Rong was still a little ignorant when she was pushed awake by Chang Dezi, and she didn't stand up in a hurry until she opened her eyes and found Chang Dezi in front of her.

"I'm sorry, Grandpa Chang, I didn't sleep well last night, I didn't make a mistake, right? What about the emperor? The last three words, Zeng Rong "said" with his mouth.

As soon as the words fell, Chang Dezi nodded behind Zeng Rong, Zeng Rong hurriedly turned around and saw that the emperor had gone out and was walking towards the study opposite with his back to her.

Seeing this, Zeng Rong hurriedly packed up his things and chased over, and at that time, Zhu Xu had already sat down at the desk, picked up a book and opened it.

"Your Majesty, the lower officials admit their mistakes." Zeng Rong rubbed to the desk.

Zhu Xu didn't even raise his eyelids, still staring at the fold in his hand.

"Back to the emperor, Xia Guan did have self-reflection after going back yesterday, probably because he was born and raised in the countryside before, Xia Guan has no obvious distinction between respect and inferiority in his heart, everyone is in the same village, and there is some blood relationship. Later, when I entered Beijing, whether it was in the Jinxiufang or in the embroidery workshop of the Shanggong Bureau, everyone was also from a poor background, although there was a little contradiction, it was harmless. Later, when I came to the emperor's side, I also kept in mind the palace rules at the beginning, said less, acted cautiously, and thought more, which is why the lower officials did not take the initiative to stand up for the emperor when they were on duty for the first time. But later, the emperor read that the lower officials were young, and suffered a lot, and they cherished the lower officials very much, and took care of them a lot, and over time, the lower officials forgot their duties, regarded the emperor as their own family, less awe, and more closeness, it was the fault of the lower officials, it was the lower officials who did not put themselves in the right position, and lived up to the emperor's trust and cultivation. Xiaguan still wants to return to the emperor after some time. ”

Zeng Rong said as he spoke, remembering the hardships along the way, and unconsciously tears fell.

Zhu Xu was moved as early as when Zeng Rong said that he regarded him as a family member, "less awe, more closeness", although this girl has many small problems, but one thing is really commendable, she can carry things at critical times, regardless of gains and losses, not afraid of power, only about morality.

But later, when I heard Zeng Rong say that he was going to go to some Huanyi bureau to polish and train himself, Zhu Xu became angry again, thinking that this girl was tricky enough, did he force him to ask her to stay?

Who knew that when Zhu Xu raised his eyes with a cold face and really planned to punish her, he saw Zeng Rong crying again, looking at him miserably with a pair of misty eyes, Zhu Xu sighed, those words could not be spit out after all.

But he couldn't let him open his mouth and say a few soft words, so he glanced at Chang Dezi, who stepped forward and persuaded Zeng Rong while pushing him to the compartment: "Miss Zeng, the emperor trained you yesterday for your good, and you can say these words to see that you are also sensible and reasonable." Be obedient, even if this matter is overturned, be careful in the future, whether you are a person or do things, just like you said it yourself, say less, act cautiously, think more, don't waste the emperor's trust and cultivation of you. ”

Although this result is a little far from Zeng Rong's prediction, it is not bad, at least the emperor did not open his mouth to pick her up, nor did he scold her, and also signaled to Chang Gonggong to keep people, what is she still hypocritical?

"Back to Chang's father-in-law, I remembered, next time if there is anything wrong, I will ask my father-in-law to mention a few words in time." Zeng Rong put down his things and curtsy to the other party.

"I don't dare to say it, you just need to remember one thing, your master is the emperor, no matter what you do, don't forget, you can't recruit the emperor, you can't make the emperor embarrassed, and you can't be arrogant." Chang Dezi really made a few requests.

Zeng Rong nodded again and again after hearing this, and when the other party finished speaking, she pouted, "Father-in-law, I remember what you said, I really had no choice but to tell this lie yesterday." ”

Zeng Rong explained the cause and effect, and said: "At the beginning, I also considered the reputation of the Second Highness, and I didn't want outsiders to know that I was close to the Second Highness, so I had to refuse the imperial concubine. ”

"Okay, don't argue, let's do something." Seeing that he turned to Tong Yao again, he was afraid that even he should eat and hang up, so he hurriedly stopped talking.

Zeng Rong learned to be smart this time, and he knew that he would accept it when he saw it, and the words of the left and right parties must have reached the emperor's ears, and it was not up to her to control how to choose.

That afternoon, after Zhu Xu reviewed the recital for half an hour, he summoned two more groups of officials, one about the follow-up of the last case of illegal salt, and the other about the gradual opening of the sea ban.

The reason why he was so anxious to see these two groups of officials was because he had received a lot of twists and turns, many of which were details about the case of illegal salt, the evidence was conclusive, the number was staggering, and there were many court officials involved, and such a big matter would definitely be discussed at the court meeting the next day.

But before the discussion, he had to agree on a box with the cabinet and the ministers of the household and government departments.

In addition, since someone proposed to open the sea ban last year, Zhu Xu has considered the gradual opening of the two cities and overseas trade in the coastal areas in the south, and the results have been as follows, the flow of people and commercial ports in these two cities has increased, and the taxes have also increased, but there are also more problems that have followed.

One is the currency asymmetry, that is, the purity of the silver on both sides is different, resulting in different measurement standards, and the Great Zhou side obviously suffers a loss.

The second is that it has brought about a bad social atmosphere, and those foreigners don't care about men and women at all, and women openly wander on the street without even wearing a hat.

Third, as these merchants came in, there were also overseas pastors, who built churches and preached their teachings, and the local officials feared that it would be a long time for the local people to lose their minds.

As a result, many officials wrote to the letter, suggesting that the two cities should still be closed, and that the great righteousness should not be lost because of a small profit.

These two things were discussed for more than an hour, so that after sending people away, Zhu Xu had no appetite again, and he couldn't eat the dishes on the table.

Seeing this, Chang Dezi quietly retreated, and instructed the two little eunuchs to guard, and he found Zeng Rong again.

Zeng Rong had no choice but to drop the work in his hand again, followed Chang Dezi into the side hall, stood beside Zhu Xu, looked at the things on the table, and removed all the meat dishes, leaving only four vegetarian dishes and a cordyceps duck soup.

Zeng Rong first filled a bowl of soup, picked a cordyceps root, took a closer look, put it into Zhu Xu's bowl, and asked, "Your Majesty, do you know where cordyceps came from?" ”

Zhu Xu raised his eyes to look at Zeng Rong, as if waiting for Zeng Rong's answer.