Because Zeng Rong had needle eyes and bruises on his knees that had fallen from practicing acupuncture, Zeng Rong involuntarily inhaled when he got up, grinned and "hissed", Zhu Xu glanced at her, but didn't say anything.

The emperor didn't speak, and Zeng Rong didn't dare to withdraw.

Seeing that the emperor looked down at the piece in his hand again, Zeng Rong also fell silent, and after a while, when Zeng Rong hesitated whether to retreat, Zhu Xu asked again: "Where did you go for more than an hour after dinner?" ”

"Back to the emperor, I went to Cining Palace, and I asked the Queen Mother for help." The voice of the last sentence is obviously weaker, revealing a dim sum emptiness.

Sure enough, as soon as Zhu Xu heard that she was making trouble in front of the Queen Mother, he immediately glared at him and blew his beard, "I see that you are becoming more and more arrogant, first tear me into the water, this will even dare to cut the Queen Mother first, do you dare not punish you?" Come... ”

"Back to the emperor, the lower officials are wronged, the lower officials are by no means arrogant, but cowardly, cowardly, the queen mother who has to beg as a last resort, and ask the emperor to calm his anger, stop his anger, hurt his body with anger, and hurt his body with anger." This time, Zeng Rong didn't kneel down again, but hurriedly interrupted him before he shouted "Someone is coming", and brought the tea on the desk to him.

To be honest, if the emperor blows his beard and stares at his eyes, Zeng Rong is not afraid of him, he is afraid that the other party will be silent and lukewarm, Zeng Rong has nothing at all, so he can only kneel down honestly and kowtow and admit his mistakes.

Sure enough, Zhu Xu was fierce, and training was training, but he took the tea bowl, "Hmph, I don't see that you have the slightest remorse and cowardice, I see that you are arrogant, and even I dare to interrupt my words, inside and outside the palace, you go to inquire, who has the courage of you?" ”

Zeng Rong saw that the other party's tone was calmer, pouted, and said: "Your Majesty, the lower officials really have a heart of remorse and are more timid, although they should be punished if they do something wrong, but this matter is really not the fault of the lower officials alone, and not everyone in the palace is as reasonable and generous as the queen mother and the emperor, how can the lower officials not be afraid?" ”

"Alright, get out, I don't have time to listen to you grind your teeth, don't think that I will easily spare you if I praise me a few words, I can tell you, try to make trouble for me again!" Zhu Xu put the tea bowl on the table and gave Zeng Rong a roll of his eyes.

"Whoa." Zeng Rong quickly agreed, and was just about to kneel down and kowtow again, when his knees bent and his brows twisted again.

"What's wrong with the leg?" This time Zhu Xu asked.

"I fell yesterday and had bruises, so I knelt down for a while, and it hurt." Zeng Rong didn't dare to tell the truth.

"Fell?" Zhu Xu's gaze moved from Zeng Rong's knees to her face, full of doubts.

Zeng Rong didn't dare to look at him, bowed his head and said: "Back to the emperor, the lower officials really can't kneel on the tiles anymore, and the legs of the lower officials should be wasted if they kneel on the tiles again." ”

"Go to the Imperial Doctor's Department to find some stasis cream to apply."

"Whoa." Zeng Rong smiled and gave a fist salute.

"I didn't say to let you go, call Chang Dezi in." Zhu Xu glanced back at her with disgust and said.

Chang Dezi stood outside the door, obviously heard the whole conversation in the room, and when he saw Zeng Rong coming out, he shook his head and nodded twice.

Zeng Rong also smiled at him, and also hugged his fists and saluted, and after he entered, she didn't see Li Ruolan in the main hall, and found her in the wing.

From Li Ruolan's mouth, Zeng Rong learned that the emperor ordered the eunuch to come to her after eating, and he should have asked her to eat, and when he saw that she was not there, he was immediately a little unhappy.

After the meal, Zhu Wu stayed and talked to the emperor, talking about the rule of officials, and said that it was the topic of the Guozi's debate.

The main reason is that some time ago, the promotion of commercial endowment was too hindered, and the people from the imperial court went down to investigate, only to find that some local officials used their power to seek personal gain and fill their pockets, resulting in greater resentment among the people, a bad reputation, and low credibility.

As a result, some people proposed to rectify the rule of officials.

It turns out that this is the case, no wonder some people will use the idea of the Qian family, with the reputation and status of the Qian family in Jiangnan, if they raise their arms, not to mention the number of supporters, but it will definitely play a role in stabilizing people's hearts, and it can also transfer part of the contradiction from the court to the Qian family.

A stratagem is a stratagem, but the mind is too wrong, rumors that Zhu Heng, a disabled person, will be a great treasure to deceive the Qian family to cooperate with the imperial court, what is the difference between this and sticking a knife in Zhu Heng's heart?

Because of this incident, even taking Zeng Rong to see the emperor was not pleasing to the eye.

Half a month later, Green Lotus sent the embroidered "Diamond Sutra", according to Zeng Rong's meaning, he wanted to take Green Lotus to Yaohua Palace together, but Green Lotus rejected her, saying that it was inappropriate, and it seemed that she was too eager to invite credit.

These words reminded Zeng Rong.

But she really didn't want to see her alone, since the last time she rejected Zhu Wu, Zeng Rong obviously felt that the imperial concubine was alienated from her, who knows if she would find any reason to punish her?

After pondering for a day, the next afternoon, Zeng Rong happened to be on duty, she brought the embroidered scriptures into the Qianning Palace, and saw that the emperor was empty, she rubbed in front of the emperor, sent a big smile, and diligently replaced the herbal tea in the tea cup with hot for him, and then said that she was going to Yaohua Palace.

Zhu Xu didn't raise his eyelids, "You don't have to tell me about this." ”

"This is the time on duty, so naturally I have to take leave from the emperor." Zeng Rong replied.

"Oh, you know it's on duty, too?"

"It's not time to be on duty, the officials are very busy, the officials have to sort out documents, embroider scriptures for the Queen Mother, read books and practice calligraphy, learn Yaoqin and Go, paint, and practice acupuncture." Zeng Rong cited a bunch of things.

"Yaoqin and Go? Who to learn from? Zhu Xu had a general understanding of those skills, but he had never heard Zeng Rong mention these two skills.

"Back to the emperor, Zheng Zhangshi, the emperor knows Zheng Zhangshi, who gave you a taste of the food from the Catering Bureau before, and later went to the Pharmacopoeia Bureau to replace the position before the lower official. She lives next door to Xiaguan. Zeng Rong pushed Zheng Jiao out.

She had to repay her this favor, and after thinking about it, she found such a way.

Of course, in order not to be recognized, Zeng Rong really followed Zheng Jiao to learn to play the piano and chess.

"Why do you want to learn this?" Zhu Xu asked.

"Don't be pressured by more skills." After speaking, Zeng Rong laughed at himself, "Emperor Qiqi, in fact, envy others, envy their elegance when playing the piano and chess." ”

"You don't have to compare with others, you also have your good." Zhu Xu rarely praised Zeng Rong, it was not a compliment, it was a comfort, because he remembered that Zeng Rong was from the countryside, and it was difficult to even maintain food and clothing, and he must have suffered a lot.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your affirmation. Hehe, Xia Guan also thinks so, everyone is a unique existence and has their own goodness, just like the flowers on the branches have the delicacy of flowers, and the weeds on the ground have the tenacity of weeds. Then the emperor, can the lower officials leave? Zeng Rong smiled cheekily again.

Zhu Xu waved his hand, and when he figured out that Zeng Rong's words were wrong, Zeng Rong had already gone out.