Wen Run's voice came from the side hall behind him, which startled Lu Qiwei and A Zhi, the two looked at the side hall, and saw two people walking slowly, walking in front of him, it was Xiao Wei, the king of Yuzhang, and walking behind him was his entourage, the master of Qin of the Yuzhang Palace, who was carrying a lantern.

Lu Qiwei was terrified in her heart, although she pretended to be calm, her jade fingers and slightly frowning eyebrows could not hide her uneasiness.

She knelt on the ground in a little panic and saluted, and said: "The courtiers lost their words for a while, please forgive His Royal Highness King Yuzhang." ”

When the words fell, he heard Xiao Wei deliberately suppress two light coughs, Lu Qiwei was very worried in his heart, so he lowered his head a few more points.

And Xiao Wei held a squarely folded handkerchief, hid it in his mouth, and couldn't help coughing three times, and when he put down his hand, he responded to Lu Qiwei and said softly: "Don't be polite, get up." ”

"Your Highness Xie," Lu Qiwei was helped up by Ah Zhi, who was also kneeling behind him and stood up quickly, still slightly bowing his head and not daring to look at Xiao Wei.

And Xiao Wei was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "There is no need to go outside the palace, there are many people, you must be cautious in your words and deeds, not to mention that this is a harem, what you say today, if you ask Xie Guifei's people to listen, she will definitely blame you." ”

"Yes, the courtiers understand, thank you Your Highness for reminding you," Lu Qiwei spoke, raised his eyes and secretly glanced at Xiao Wei, in the dim Buddhist hall, it was not difficult to see Xiao Wei's pale face, His Royal Highness King Yuzhang, whom she had seen, was an extraordinary-looking humble gentleman, such a good gentleman, but he was riddled with diseases and weak in shape...... Now goodbye, he seems to be much haggard again.

"Let's go back," Xiao Wei waved his hand, and Lu Qiwei then gave a blessing and responded: "The courtiers are retired." ”

After watching Lu Qiwei walk out, Xiao Wei turned around and continued to return to the side hall, he walked to the outside of the bookcase, and looked at the silver paper covered with the bookcase, on which was the "Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra" that he had copied all day long.

He stretched out his hand, and was trying to sort out the "Heart Sutra" that looked very messy on the bookcase, but unexpectedly his throat tingled, he didn't have time to take the handkerchief, so he hurriedly raised his hand to cover his mouth, and coughed heavily, but it was like vomiting, vomiting like coughing.

This cough, as if he had coughed up something, Xiao Wei only felt that there seemed to be a damp heat in his palm, so he lowered his hand slightly, spread out his palm and looked at it, and it was actually a piece of scarlet.

Master Qin was standing in the corner at that time, wanting to light two more candles, when he heard Xiao Wei's cough, he hurriedly stopped, turned his head to look at his back, and asked, "Your Highness, ......are you okay?"

Xiao Wei lowered his eyebrows, looked at the red blood in his palm, was a little silent for a while, and when he heard Master Qin's inquiry, lest he let him see it, so he quietly wiped his hands with a handkerchief, and then replied: "It's okay." ”

Master Qin was not very relieved, walked over from behind him, and said, "Otherwise, go and ask the imperial doctor to come and show you." ”

Xiao Wei took a deep breath, and then exhaled the warm breath evenly, like a long sigh, he looked back, looked at Master Qin, and said calmly: "No need, stubborn diseases are difficult to treat, this king has long been used to it." ”

Lu Qiwei had already walked a little farther, and when she walked to the east side of the Xianyang Palace, she suddenly stopped, stopped and stopped, but she looked back, looking at the Buddha Hall from afar, and a smile suddenly appeared on her lips.

Ah Zhi asked again, "What is the lady laughing at?" ”

Lu Qiwei looked at her sideways, and did not answer, but became more and more happy, Ah Zhi was puzzled, and asked coquettishly: "What is the lady laughing at?" ”

After she said that, she suddenly realized, showed a wicked smile, and then stretched out her two hands, one finger landed at Lu Qiwei, and the other pointed to the Buddha Hall, and quipped: "The lady is in the boudoir, His Royal Highness the King of Yuzhang has no home and no room, the man is not married, the woman is not married, and the lady is now spring-hearted?" ”

"You don't want to talk nonsense," Lu Qiwei stretched out his hand to cover Ah Zhi's mouth, and laughed for a long time before letting go, Ah Zhi was still smiling just now, and suddenly disappeared, as if she remembered something, she said hesitantly: "But...... I heard that His Royal Highness the King of Yuzhang had a family, and just a few years ago, he married the girl of the Yingchuan Yu family as the princess of Yuzhang, but the good times did not last long, and the princess married not long after...... and died......"

Lu Qi was slightly stunned for a moment, Ah Zhi looked at her face, although she saw that she was displeased, but she continued to say: "It is said that His Royal Highness King Yuzhang has killed his wife, so the princess has been dead for three or four years, and he has not continued the string until now, because he is afraid of killing the bride again." ”

The late Yuzhang Princess Yu Huaji, also the granddaughter of the crown prince Yu Yuangui, is the cousin of Yu Zizhao, Lu Qiwei and her have met once, at that time she was still young, and Yu Huaji had not yet left the cabinet.

Regarding Yu Huaji's death, she also heard Yu Zizhao mention that Yu Huaji was infected with a cold and died of illness.

"Princess Yuzhang...... Didn't you get caught in the cold and leave......" Lu Qi looked at Ah Zhi slightly, with half-belief in his eyes.

Ah Zhi didn't restrain herself, she glanced left and right, but instead used Xiao Wei as a talking point, and then said: "Her illness is the life of His Royal Highness King Yuzhang!" The slave heard that His Royal Highness King Yuzhang has been weak since he was a child, and he has always been a medicine jar, and Princess Yuzhang died of illness that year, and it coincided with Xie Dasima being executed, he couldn't withstand the blow, and he couldn't afford to be sick, and he almost saw the Lord of Yama, and he was paralyzed for more than half a year before he got better! I heard that he was sick and couldn't live long......"

("Sick" means contagious, and the dialect belongs to the Jianghuai official dialect Hongchao piece)

"Don't talk about it!" Before Ah Zhi finished speaking, Lu Qiwei was finally annoyed, so he interrupted immediately, turned around and walked away quickly.

"Huh! Wife! Wife! Only then did Ah Zhi realize that she was really talkative, so she hurriedly closed her stinky mouth and caught up with Lu Qiwei in three steps and two steps.

Lu Qiwei turned back to the front of the Xianyang Palace, ascended the high platform from the stairs on the east side, and his face was still full of displeasure in the blink of an eye, and after blinking, he forced out a smile.

The master and servant returned to the table, Yu Zizhao's eyes were on Lu Qiwei from beginning to end, and when she sat down, she hurriedly asked in a low voice: "Sister Qiwei, where did you go?" ”

Lu Qiwei looked at her sideways, originally smiling, but when he saw her, he couldn't help but think of her late cousin Yu Huaji, and couldn't help frowning, and didn't answer in a daze.

Yu Zizhao saw that her expression was not quite right, and hurriedly called: "Sister Qiwei, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Oh...... I...... I'm fine, I'm okay," Lu Qiwei came back to his senses, replied to her perfunctorily, then turned around again, looked at the rice wine in the cup in front of him, and took a sip in a trance, but he was so spicy that he hurriedly put down the wine glass again, covered his mouth with a handkerchief, and was a little out of shape.

Gong E put on a few new delicacies, and added a pot of wine to each table, but everyone present, now there are a few people who can eat and drink with peace of mind, except for Xie Zheng, who set a trap to play with everyone on the table between the palms, from time to time to taste two new dishes to relieve boredom, the rest of the people, all of them are full of sadness, such as sitting on pins and needles, even Xie Guifei, who is sitting on it, has never moved chopsticks again.

Xie Zheng held the chopsticks in his hand, tasted the new dishes, pretended to glance at Xie Guifei casually, saw her solemn face, then sneered, and then used the chopsticks in his hand to casually play with the dishes on the plate, and mocked: "Your concubine Niangniang set up a bureau to detain the sisters here, threatening the scholars to donate food, now this purpose, must be achieved soon, then, you can ask Your Majesty for merit and reward, now you should be happy, why do you have a sad face." ”

"Receiving a reward?" Concubine Xie looked at Xie Zheng sideways, and suddenly laughed, "What kind of merit can this palace invite to Your Majesty?" What reward? Today's bureau is not all county lords......"

didn't allow Xie Guifei to say that she was the one who set up the game, so Xie Zheng grabbed the words and said with a smile: "Also, you are a noble concubine, under one person, above ten thousand, in the harem, there is no bigger than you." Although you are not the queen, but you are also the master of the phoenix seal and the treasure, you must always fulfill the responsibility of the queen and solve problems for Your Majesty, which is also your business, so it is naturally not good to ask Your Majesty for merit and reward. ”

Xie Guifei was very annoyed in her heart, and she didn't dare to do anything with Xie Zheng, so she could only hold this bad breath, she took a deep breath, and when she exhaled again, she was accompanied by a sneer, and only said: "The lord of Shanyin County has sharp teeth, and he really lives up to his reputation!" ”

Xie Zheng didn't hurry back to her, but he put down the chopsticks in his hand unhurriedly, and then answered: "Niangniang has won the award." ”

After the two of them said that, they didn't continue to fight this battle of tongues, and the banquet became quiet and lifeless in an instant.

At this time, Xiao Daocheng was working day and night, non-stop reviewing the recital, seeing that it was already dark outside, he held Mao Ying in his hand, and stopped, full of sadness, as if he was not very worried about the Taicang Department to raise grain, nor was he very relieved about the banquet in the harem.

Xiao Daocheng's sigh also broke the silence in the Shiqian Palace, he was about to put down Mao Ying in his hand, Qu Ping stood aside, saw the situation and hurriedly took Mao Ying over, put it on the "mountain"-shaped pen rest, and asked: "Your Majesty is worried about the affairs of the harem?" ”

Xiao Daocheng sighed again: "Those noble women and nobles are still in the harem? ”

Qu Ping replied crisply: "It's still there." ”

"They didn't make trouble, did they?" Xiao Daocheng looked at Qu Ping sideways, and asked uneasily, Qu Ping squinted his eyes and smiled, and said, "With the mediation of the county lord of Shanyin, isn't Your Majesty still at ease?" ”

"It's so late, and I still detain them in the harem, I really don't want to go," Xiao Daocheng said, and sighed helplessly.

Xiao Daocheng's three sighs were not all because of the detention of the women of the scholar clan in the harem, but more, it must be because of the threat to donate food from the scholar clan.

After all, he, the emperor's throne, is inseparable from the strong support of the scholars.

But as Xie Zheng said, there is no other way than to donate grain and grass to the scholars!

As he was speaking, the little eunuch in Duchun outside the hall walked in quickly and said, "Your Majesty, Si Nongqing is here." ”

Xiao Daocheng was pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly beckoned to Duchun, saying, "Hurry up, announce quickly!" ”

When Duchun went out, Lu Huilin strode into the hall, still holding a pile of silver paper in his hand, and was about to kneel on the ground to salute, Xiao Daocheng said impatiently: "No need to salute!" ”

Then he couldn't wait to ask, "How?" Have you done everything I told you? ”

"Uh......" Lu Huilin raised his head and glanced at Xiao Daocheng, and replied hesitantly: "It's done." ”

As he spoke, he presented a pile of silver paper full of words in his hand, Qu Ping took it and handed it to Xiao Daocheng, Xiao Daocheng looked at the people who wrote on it and who donated how many stones and grains, and he was very relieved in his heart, I couldn't imagine that these scholars were quite cooperative!

Xiao Daocheng sat on it and smiled with satisfaction, but Lu Huilin, who was standing below, seemed to be dripping blood from his heart.

Those nobles of the noble clan, few cooperated, most of them were more fierce than the other, and the food they were willing to donate was also less than the other, in order to complete the task, he had to use the food in his house to fill the loopholes, in order to raise food, he also paid a bloody capital!

Xiao Daocheng saw every word on the silver paper clearly, on this pile of paper, the people who should have been written were written, but Lu Huilin was the only one who was missing, so he pretended to be kind and smiled: "Huilin, you are also from a scholar family, but on this paper, why don't you see your name?" ”

Lu Huilin was stunned, thinking that in order to raise food, he not only donated 100 stone of grain himself, but also offended many nobles of the noble clan, Xiao Daocheng was just rewarded for his merits, and he was actually embarrassed to raise money for him!

"You are Si Nongqing, you should be an example in donating grain," Xiao Daocheng said, and smiled kindly at Lu Huilin.

Since Xiao Daocheng said so, Lu Huilin had no choice but to prevaricate: "Your Majesty, Weichen also donated fifty stone of grain, but he was too busy to add his name." ”

His heart hurt again, and when he returned home later, he had to send someone to Taicang to deliver another fifty stone of grain......

"Well, good! Very good, Huilin, you are a great contributor to raising grain, and I will order the Ministry of Rites to reward you for your merits tomorrow! ”

"Yes," Lu Huilin lowered his head and stiffened out a smile.

The will was transmitted to the harem, and the Baohua Gate was immediately opened, and according to Xiao Daocheng's instructions, Xie Guifei summoned more than a dozen internal prisoners to send the women out of the palace.

Xie Zheng came by herself, and when everyone left, she got up and left the table slowly, Xie Guifei also let go at this time, and said in a weird manner: "The county lord of Shanyin is such a powerful means, today's design is like this, it is you who have made meritorious contributions, but you have made this palace a villain!" ”

Hearing this, Xie Zheng was also calm, she turned to look at Xie Guifei, and sneered: "What is the name of your concubine Niangniang, it is you who set up a banquet today, and it is also you who invited the scholars to the palace to eat a banquet, and I, just a plan for Your Majesty, speaking of this credit, it is still your mother after all." ”

Xie Guifei was silent, but she walked up to Xie Zheng unhurriedly, at first she smiled at her, and then suddenly showed a fierce light, raised her palm, and wanted to slap Xie Zheng, Xie Zheng's eyes were quick, and he immediately pinched her wrist and didn't allow her to do it.

"How dare you be disrespectful to this palace!" Concubine Xie was already stunned, but Xie Zheng smiled contemptuously, and only said: "Deyin is just afraid that Niangniang will hurt her hand." ”

"Presumptuous!" Seeing the situation, He Nushi also rushed over to make a move on Xie Zheng, Xie Zheng let go of Xie Guifei's hand, and then kicked He Nushi's stomach with his upper foot, kicked her to the ground with one kick, far away, and then turned around in a dashing manner, and was about to leave, but he heard Xie Guifei hate and said: "Xie Zheng!" Your design today has offended the Shi clan in this palace, and this palace will never let you go! ”

Xie Zheng stopped, but saw Xiao Daocheng leading a group of palace eunuchs to come up, she had an idea, so she looked back and said: "Niangniang is afraid of offending the scholars, could it be...... Do you want to win over the nobles in the future? ”

The scholar clan is a symbol of power, and encircling the scholar clan is not exactly seeking power? At worst, it is for Xiao Ying's interests, and at worst, it is suspected of usurping the throne!

"You ......" Xie Guifei stretched out her hand and pointed at Xie Zheng, and was about to scold, but she also saw Xiao Daocheng approaching, and hurriedly shut up and pretended to be friendly with Xie Zheng.

And Xiao Daocheng came over from a distance, why didn't he hear Xie Zhengshicai's words, he heard it, and heard that Xie Guifei wanted to entrap the Shi clan!

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