Prime Minister's Office.

Liuyue walked into the study after being summoned by her master, and the first thing she did was to present her purse: "Master, this is something that Lord Mei's friend asked his subordinates to transfer to Lord Mei." ”

Gu Chuyu was looking at the excerpt, and when he heard the words, he knocked the desktop next to him with the pen in his hand.

Liuyue understood, stepped forward and put the purse there, retreated and said: "The master asked his subordinates to check, and there has been an echo from the ministry." ”

"What echo?"

"Back to the master, when he entered the office, he did not tell the officials where his origin was, I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, and the officials did not inquire according to the rules, because this person entered the office, and the master nodded." Liuyue paused and added, "But listening to the accent, he should be from Xuanzhou." ”

Gu Chuyu was silent. The accent can determine where a person is from, but it cannot determine the place of origin, for example, he was born in Xuanzhou and grew up in Shangjing, and some people may be born in Shangjing and grew up in Xuanzhou......

"Regarding this person's family history, his subordinates have sent someone to Xuanzhou to inquire, and his subordinates are still looking for his mother's whereabouts."

Gu Chuyu nodded, and only said as soon as possible.

After reading the last fold, he raised his eyes, his eyes fell on the purse, reached out to take it, and looked at it in his hand.

He had some impression of this purse, it was right that she carried it every day, and it was old as she said, but the stitches of the embroidery were still clear. The embroidery on it is bamboo leaves, a stitch and a thread are meticulous, maybe she embroidered it herself.

Mei Xiaoren returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion and happened to meet Liuyue going out. The Living Hades' face was as pale as ever, and to her surprise, he would now salute her with a fist.

She politely bowed her hand and said, "The Metropolitan Governor doesn't need to be so polite. ”

"You're welcome, Lord Mei."

When she saw that Liuyue had returned the salute, she couldn't help but smile, only to feel that the living Hades were not used to such a courtesy.

Light snow began to fly in the sky again, Chu Yu was drinking tea in the warm pavilion, and when she went in, she saw her purse on the coffee table.

Mei Xiaoren took the purse, sat down and asked, "Has Qingqing been here?" ”

"Brought by the Flowing Moon." Gu Chuyu drank tea and asked, "How are you chatting in Ding'an Houfu?" ”

"Mrs. Wei has not made up her mind until now, in my opinion, she still has the possibility of forgiving the scholar, but it will take some time to let go, General Zhu is naturally according to Mrs. Wei's wishes." She hung her purse around her waist and said, "Actually, I think that if the scholar can be soft, he will definitely get twice the result with half the effort, but I don't know what the scholar thinks in his heart." ”

"The Wenhua Hall has been ownerless for many days, I don't know what he is doing in the mansion, let him be quiet and quiet first, and when His Majesty banquets the hundred officials on Chinese New Year's Eve, I will ask again." Gu Chuyu put down the teacup and said slowly, "There should be an end to this matter, whether it is a division or a peace, it depends on themselves." ”

At the end of the year, the catkins-like snow has been falling for several days, and the capital is frozen for thousands of miles.

Mei Xiaoren got up in the morning, climbed to the attic of Yingtai, stood in front of the window and looked out, and the huge garden of the Prime Minister's Mansion was covered in silver.

Before long, there was a pale gray figure in the white scene, Chu Yu had already changed into court clothes, put on a fur coat, and walked downstairs with an umbrella in person.

She was looking down upstairs, and he called her downstairs: "Xiao Xiao, it's time to enter the palace." ”

Mei Xiaoren closed the window and went downstairs to go out.

The wind and snow were heavy, and she wrapped herself tightly and ran under his umbrella, and in a moment her shoulders were covered with edelweiss.

Today, His Majesty will entertain the ministers in the palace as usual, and only Beijing officials above the fourth rank can enter the palace for the banquet.

It is said that Ruixue is a good year, and when he arrived outside the palace gate, Mei Xiaoren looked at the snow in the sky, and then looked at the imperial city standing in the wind and snow, hoping that Daning in the coming year would be more peaceful, and the waves in the court would be less.

The main hall of the Royal Palace.

After the ministers greeted Emperor Tianhong, they each took their seats, and Mei Xiaoren saw Jiang Rong who he hadn't seen for a long time at the table.

Now the remarks she heard about Jiang Rong are all because His Royal Highness King Zanyu has lost his way and the prodigal son has turned back, he is diligent in asking about politics every day, and he is also very concerned about His Majesty and the Queen Mother, which makes His Majesty and the Queen Mother very pleased.

This is a rumor outside, which sounds like a good thing, but there are also ministers who have different opinions, such as Chu Yu's staff.

They thought that Jiang Rong had listened to Wei Guogong's words by doing so. Wei Guogong has always advocated returning the government to the emperor, but now His Majesty's dragon body is not to mention that he is still intoxicated with beauty and fun, and has no intention of interfering with the government at all, so Wei Guogong has to pin his hopes on King Yu.

However, the staff are not too worried, in their words, in the past, King Yu was a broken jar, and if he couldn't be the prince, he wouldn't be on the council, and now he is under the guidance of Wei Guogong to ask about politics, but he has no real power in his hands, and he still can't pose a threat to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Today's change is just that King Yu has a heart, and Wei Guogong's side has always been more than willing and not enough, they are used to it.

When Mei Xiaoren heard these words, her heart was hard to be as relaxed as them, she was praying that Daning would be peaceful, but these undercurrents would only become more and more turbulent.

When she was thinking for a moment, Jiang Rong saw her, not only was he not as indifferent and indignant as he was when he faced the other henchmen of the Prime Minister's Mansion, but he also smiled at her and raised his wine glass to her.

Mei Xiaoren returned the salute and drank all the wine in the cup.

When she was there for the Duke of Wei, she was afraid of having a different path with Chu Yu, and now that she is in the Prime Minister's Mansion, she is naturally afraid of being an enemy of Jiang Rong, but the battle for imperial power has always been there, and she only hopes that the court can continue to maintain the peace on the surface.

During the banquet, Wei Guogong presented a New Year's gift to Emperor Tianhong, which was a white deer with a fur like snow, which was regarded as an auspicious thing and was very rare.

The Duke of Wei asked the person who caught the white deer to come in and present a gift to His Majesty, so a six-rank official who had never appeared in the main hall got the opportunity to face the saint.

Those who understand understand that Wei Guogong is introducing his righteous son to His Majesty and his ministers on the pretext of offering gifts. Even if he is his righteous son, without the nod of the Prime Minister, he is still only a six-grade master.

The ministers guessed that Wei Guogong's move should be to make His Majesty happy and say good things to Gu Xiang.

Ye Zhi walked to the Danbi and saluted, "Humble to see Your Majesty." ”

"No courtesy." Emperor Tianhong pointed to the cage behind him and asked, "Where did you get this deer?" ”

Ye Zhi got up and said: "Back to Your Majesty, I often hunted outside the city before my humble post, and occasionally found this deer, knowing that this white deer symbolizes auspiciousness, so I invited it to offer it to Your Majesty, and wish Your Majesty all peace." ”

Emperor Tianhong was pleased: "You have a heart, come to someone, reward, a reward of one hundred taels, and another bow." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Gu Chuyu was not interested in whether the deer was white or a flower, but Ye Zhi was in front of him, no matter where he looked, as long as he raised his eyes, his eyes would inevitably pass over Ye Zhi.

He inadvertently discovered that there was a plum blossom purse under the coat of Ye Zhiliupin's court robe and near his side, and the plum blossoms embroidered on the blue and white satin were also old.

Only this thing made Gu Chuyu's gaze stay for a while.