"Your Majesty."

Jang Gyu bowed.

Qi Yu hurriedly stepped forward to support him personally, and smiled happily: "Yuanfu, please get up quickly!" ”

Zhang Gui smiled: "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

As in the past, he was as calm and easy-going, without any respect or arrogance.

has been immersed in Yin officialdom for many years, and Zhang Gui's surface cultivation has always been good.

Qi Yu did not show any suspicion and dissatisfaction, and said with emotion: "I haven't seen you for a few months, and I am very worried, so I personally led the civil and military ministers to greet Yuanfu." This capital and the new deal, no matter which one it is, are inseparable from Yuanfu! ”

The words are full of admiration and trust for Zhang Gui.

The minister was terrified. Only by being loyal and wise, we can live up to Your Majesty's trust! Zhang Guigong was loyal, and he still accepted Qi Yu's trust and praise.

Without him, Qi Yu alone would not be able to control the court and implement the new policy.

On the day of the boarding, Qi Yu had long been accustomed to Zhang Gui's arbitrariness and arrogance, so he did not show any displeasure, but nodded very approvingly: "With Yuanfu's words, I can rest assured!" ”

Qi Yu said, pointed to the big tent not far away and said with a smile: "Yuanfu has been tired all the way, it is very hard, I have prepared wine, vegetables, meat, singing, dancing and feasting, please Yuanfu come to the table to rest for a while, and then enter the capital." ”

"Your Excellency, thank you, Your Majesty." Jang Gyu replied with a smile.

The monarchs and ministers looked at each other and smiled, and joined hands in the banquet.

……

In Kunning Palace, Huang Yi'an saw the rising sun rise to the middle of the sky, and gradually slanted westward, picking up the eaves of the high pavilion, reflecting a large area of the sky.

Gradually, the setting sun also disappeared behind the clouds, leaving only the pale purple and dark red clouds in the sky.

Huang Yi'an frowned and asked, "Your Majesty hasn't returned to the palace yet?" ”

Amei replied: "The person sent to inquire has just returned, saying that he has not seen His Majesty's ceremonial vehicle. ”

Huang Yi'an's brows furrowed even deeper.

Although there are civil and military ministers, Qi Yu and Zhang Gui will not really make trouble, but they have not returned for a long time, which always makes people suspenseful.

Huang Yi'an looked at the sky and instructed Amei: "Send someone to guard the palace gate, and as soon as you see Your Majesty's ceremonial drive, you will come back immediately to report it." You pack up, let's go and say hello to the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces first. ”

Ame Yingnuo, go to cook by yourself.

After a while, Huang Yi'an saw a little chamberlain with smart legs and feet and a clever way out of Kunning Palace, all the way to the palace gate.

Ah Mei had already brought her outer robes and other things, served Huang Yi'an and put them on, helped her board the phoenix, and went all the way to Ciqing Palace.

Empress Dowager Chen was cutting a few thin chrysanthemums in front of the window case, preparing to insert bottles, and when she saw Huang Yi'an coming to ask for peace, she put down the golden scissors and flower branches, beckoned and smiled: "You came just in time, how to cut these thin chrysanthemums in the mourning family feels wrong, you come to the mourning family staff officer." ”

Huang Yi'an responded with a smile: "The queen mother's flower arrangement skills are even ashamed of the florists who have accumulated for many years, how dare the sons and daughters make axes?" ”

Empress Dowager Chen said with a smile: "You don't want to be presumptuous, I listened to the snow around the stove in the imperial garden before, and the few flowers you cut were very satisfying to me, which shows that the skills are good." ”

As she spoke, Empress Dowager Chen handed the golden scissors and the thin chrysanthemum branch to Huang Yi'an.

Huang Yi'an meekly took the flower branch handed over by the Empress Dowager Chen and looked at it carefully.

I saw that on the delicate branches, there was an orange-red flower, the petals were thin and silky, curved, or stretched outward, or hung inward, looking very weak and lonely, with the meaning of cold and thin.

Huang Yi'an glanced at the two cut thin chrysanthemums inserted in the bottle, which were chaotic and arbitrarily cut, which showed that the person holding the scissors was uneasy.

Thinking of the flower branches of the four seasons begonia that he cut when he listened to the snow around the stove a few days ago, and then looked at the thin and lonely thin chrysanthemum in front of him, Huang Yi'an felt that the Empress Dowager Chen did not know how to cut the flower branches, but when she saw this cold and lonely thin chrysanthemum, she thought of herself who was lonely and helpless in this huge palace, so no matter how she cut it, she felt that it was inappropriate, but she was disturbed by the thin chrysanthemum in a similar situation to herself.

Thinking of this, Huang Yi'an said with a smile: "Queen Mother, Erchen thinks that this chrysanthemum should not be inserted in a bottle, but should grow in front of the fence under the corridor and withstand the wind, frost, rain and snow, so that you can become more energetic!" What does the Queen Mother think? ”

"Energy, wind, frost, rain and snow, more and more spirit?" Empress Dowager Chen said in surprise, with a look of understanding on her face.

Seeing this, Huang Yi'an smiled and said: "It just so happens that the concubine got a few pots of thin chrysanthemums in May, and now they have all been beaten, if the queen mother likes it, the son will send someone to hold it." ”

Empress Dowager Chen smiled: "That's very good! ”

After a pause, he said, "You have a heart." ”

She could hear that Huang Yi'an's words were deliberately said to relieve her.

Speaking of which, a few years have passed, and she should have long been accustomed to the life she has now...... But today's tantrum vented to Slender Ju made her understand that in fact, she can't be so open-minded - it is not easy to give up her past life and her true self.

However, Huang Yi'an is right, since you can't make a bottle of flowers for viewing and praise, it is better to grow in front of the fence under the porch, endure the wind and snow, and have your own spirit!

Empress Dowager Chen, who was in a big mood, had to reward Huang Yi'an with many good things.

Huang Yi'an bowed his knees and thanked him, but because he remembered Qi Yu, he couldn't help but be a little absent-minded.

When Empress Dowager Chen saw it, in line with the principle of courtesy, she asked with a smile: "The mourning family is a little uncertain when they see you, but they are worried about Your Majesty?" ”

When Huang Yi'an asked, he didn't hide it, put away Fang Cai's deference and gentleness, frowned and sighed: "If you don't hide it from your mother, your son's heart is really worried. His Majesty has never returned so late since his wedding...... In his heart, Erchen always felt unsteady. ”

Huang Yi'an had a sad face and was speechless.

Of course, she couldn't tell Empress Dowager Chen the reason for her worries - would Qi Yu and Zhang Gui directly break up in front of the civil and military ministers in the Shili Changting Pavilion on the outskirts of Beijing because of the power struggle involved in Feng Yongting's case, otherwise, how could she explain that she knew so much about this matter?

On the surface, Qi Yu and Zhang Gui are gentlemen and ministers, and the teacher-student relationship is deep!

Although Qi Yu told her about this matter personally, there was an ancestral motto that "the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics", and she had to keep silent in front of others.

- Others will not blame Qi Yu for not knowing the severity, but will accuse her of bewitching the lord and trying to slap Si Chen!

Empress Dowager Chen really misunderstood, just thought that Huang Yi'an and Qi Yu's young couple had a strong affection and a daily grind, and now they were suddenly separated for a day, and they were a little distracted.

"You don't have to worry, before the palace gate is locked, Your Majesty will definitely come back." Empress Dowager Chen smiled and persuaded, "Your Majesty has the elite guards of the Imperial Forest Army by his side, and there are even more civil and military ministers accompanying him, even if he stays out for a night, it doesn't matter." ”

Seeing that the Empress Dowager Chen really wanted to go wrong, Huang Yi'an was relieved, nodded and thanked: "Erchen knows, thank you to the queen mother." ”

This feels very strange, as if she and Qi Yu are carrying their elders behind their backs and have their own little secrets......