Xiao He borrowed flowers to offer Buddha and gave a pot of green jade Ruyi to Mu Qingwan. Mu Qingwan got a strange flower, and it was a gift from his sweetheart, so he naturally went back to the palace happily. As soon as Mu Qingjuan left with his front foot, Xiao He picked up the latch stick on the side of the gate and knocked on Duan Heng.

Duan Heng jumped back, dodged the blow, and acted innocently: "Brother Xiao, why is this?" ”

Xiao He danced the arm-thick latch and swept it towards him, "Thank you Shizi for being with you, seeing that you have been standing for so long, your legs and feet must be tired, help you move your muscles and bones." She said with her mouth in her mouth, but her hand did not stop. Although the latch was thick and heavy, it was as light as a rolling pin in her hand, forcing Duan Heng to retreat.

He deliberately fanned the flames in front of the princess before, and he really wanted to tease Xiao He. Every time he saw her angry expression, he couldn't help laughing. At this time, people settle accounts with him after the autumn, and they can only blame themselves for being cheap.

Hongzhu stood under the porch to watch the play, and said loudly: "Childe, you have to be careful, don't hurt the son." ”

When Duan Heng heard this, he clearly looked down on himself, so he walked around behind Han Dong, who was standing in the courtyard, and pulled the sword from his waist, and made a move with Xiao He. One made a six-foot wooden latch, and the other made a three-foot iron sword, and they were compared in this small courtyard of the four directions.

Duan Heng's sword moves are calm, not slow, and mainly defensive, while Xiao He uses the latch of the door to use the stick technique, point, knock, and chase are all fast attacks, chasing Duan Heng to fight. The two of them fought inextricably in the courtyard, and the people on the side also watched it enthusiastically, clapping from time to time.

Han Qiu hugged his arms and paced to Han Dong's side, "Big brother, do you think our son-in-law is going to break off his sleeves with the prince?" ”

This sentence was not loud, but it just floated into Xiao He's ears, and she spurted out a mouthful of old blood in her heart, hesitated a little in her hand, and then slowed down. Duan Heng was using his strength to block the wood with the blade of his sword, and suddenly as soon as the strength of the opposite side was loosened, his long sword stabbed out.

Duan Heng's long sword stabbed straight at Xiao He's door, and Xiao He turned the latch of the door in a hurry and changed to Duan Heng with a knife technique. Duan Heng had no intention of competing with Xiao He, although his sword wind had come out, he had already hidden his potential, so he was easily resolved by Xiao He, and was knocked on the door of his head by her.

It hurt so much that he squatted down and covered his head, "Are you really beating?" ”

Xiao He saw that he had learned enough lessons, so he threw the latch to the spectators on the side, and asked them to put them back at the gate, and when he passed by Han Qiu's side, he really couldn't help it, and reminded him in a low voice: "The word broken sleeve is really indecent, don't say it in front of people in the future." ”

Han Qiu and Han Dong looked like they had suddenly realized and were very taught.

Xiao He couldn't cry or laugh, so he had to shake his head and go back to the house first to continue eating oranges.

Duan Heng covered his head and followed behind, constantly muttering, "It's ruthless, I'll let you do this." ”

That night, in the mansion of Wang Siyi, the secretary of the ministry, a distinguished guest in the palace suddenly ushered in, and Gonggong Liu came to the door in person. Wang Siyi hurriedly came to greet him in person, and walked out of the inner hall in a casual suit with the corners of his clothes turned over.

"What wind brought you from the palace to me?" Wang Siyi has always been quite polite to Gonggong Liu, and his expression seemed to be a little surprised. Gonggong Liu smiled and hugged the dust, and said to Wang Siyi: "Wang Shangshu, be polite, our family is here to pass the word for the master." ”

"It's so late, I'm still asking you to run this trip, come, please talk inside, it's cool to stand in the yard in this weather." Wang Siyi also smiled flatteringly. Gonggong Liu followed him through the main courtyard and into the central hall.

After the servant served the hot tea, Gonggong Liu was not in a hurry to speak. Wang Siyi immediately understood, and withdrew all irrelevant people before making a hand to Gonggong Liu, "I don't know what Your Majesty's will is?" Only then did Gonggong Liu stand up and take out the secret decree from his arms, "This is the emperor who asked our family to hand it over to Lord Wang, this secret decree is very important, and it will be burned immediately after reading." ”

After sending off Gonggong Liu, Wang Siyi opened the secret message that Mu Churan sent to him late at night.

The content is also very simple, just to ask him to investigate and deal with some local officials, but the requirement is to investigate and deal with it secretly, and not to make a noise. When he had copied the list and came out, he burned it.

Some of these names are some of Wang Siyi's impressions, Li Zhaoting's protégés may have some involvement with him, and some are newly appointed this year, or are outstanding candidates evaluated in the imperial examination, or officials recommended for promotion by the local government.

But they all have one thing in common, which was discovered by Wang Siyi at a glance, and they are all local officials involved in the case of repairing the river embankment in Langjiang.

Mu Churan deliberately gave him this thing late at night, and the intention was so obvious. Starting from the grassroots level, it is the best time to fight the tiger by boiling the last tiger like a frog in warm water little by little. Wang Siyi smiled knowingly, it seems that during the review, he has to add firewood to help His Majesty.

Ji Changge, Ji Changge, it's a pity that you're too anxious.

Wang Siyi couldn't help but sigh and feel sorry for this budding bird, but he had to thank him for daring to speak out, piercing the camouflage of harmony between monarchs and ministers and prosperity in the world. Let the bloody truth all spread out in front of Mu Churan's eyes, only to provoke Mu Churan to take action in person to cut off the branches that were about to cover the sky and the sun, blocking the eyesore of Wang Siyi's fortune and career.

This intricate branch has to be done by the emperor himself, and others really can't touch him.

Li Zhaoting's family is a silk family of Dayin, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the Li family is rich and rivals the country. By the time of the development of this dynasty, the Li family's business was getting bigger and bigger. Needless to say, there is no need to say it in the land of Dayin, but wherever there is a town market, there is a business name of his Li family, and there are not a few business contacts with neighboring Dayue and Nanfeng.

Although the Li family's business is now in charge of the collateral children, Li Zhaoting, as the son of his own family, will also inherit the head of the family in the future, and the power behind him should not be underestimated.

It is precisely because Li Zhaoting's family background is already so generous, who would have thought that he would actually do something about the construction funds of the Langjiang River embankment. Now that he has touched the scales of the Son of Heaven, his good luck has come to an end.

Counting it up, Li Zhaoting is also Wang Siyi's junior, but Wang Siyi, who was an official in the same dynasty, rarely felt a little respect from his juniors.

It's finally time to run, and Li Zhaoting also has a handle in the hands of his Wang, so naturally he wants to give good advice and guidance to this junior.

When the night was quiet, Mu Churan lay on the dragon bed, but he couldn't sleep for a long time, there were too many things in his heart, and there were too many things that he couldn't put down.

During the day, the Queen Mother came to visit him in person, and when she heard about Nanyuan's assassination, she was very worried. Mu Churan only replied lightly that everything was fine. It turned out that the visit was just an excuse, and the Queen Mother just took this opportunity to mention the matter to him again.

"I heard that Sheng Yi went to visit you in Nanyuan, but unfortunately he was injured by the assassin, and now he is still recuperating in Nanyuan?" The Queen Mother's tone was tepid, but a pair of phoenix eyes stared at Mu Churan directly.

The things of the previous dynasty were enough for him to worry about, and no matter how wide his heart was, he couldn't pretend to be a Duan Shengyi, so he just responded as usual: "It's Erchen who arranged it like this, she hurts her bones, and it's not good to move around, and the geothermal heat over there in Nanyuan is also suitable for healing." ”

"You're also interested in Shengyi. It's better to wait for her injury to heal, and take her into the palace in the spring. Before, you always said that you were still young, but now you are not young, drag it out again......" The Queen Mother smiled slightly, and was about to make a joke, but she saw that Mu Churan's face sank, and interrupted her later words.

"There is no need to discuss this matter after the mother, Erchen is just a brother's concern for his sister to Shengyi, and he has nothing else to think about. Now that there are many things in the previous dynasty, and the northern border is also unstable, the sons and daughters really have no time to accept the concubine after the seal, and the harem can be quiet to monopolize politics, and hope that the queen mother will be perfected. ”

Mu Churan said decisively, without giving Leng Qingchen any room to add to it.

She looked at this son, and vaguely recognized her husband's appearance when he was young from his outline, and only after a long time did she sigh and said, "Well, now that you are the emperor, you have made up your own mind, and others naturally don't need to say anything." Since you have no intention of remembering Sheng, then I will never mention it again in the future. ”

Leng Qingchen has a lot of love for Mu Churan, and she can't tell how much she is a mother. Even if Duan Shengyi herself doesn't like it very much, but because if this niece becomes her daughter-in-law, she knows Duan Shengyi's temper best, and naturally she can easily hold this daughter-in-law in her hands, which makes her always put Duan Shengyi in the first place in the back position.

For all controllable factors, she can relax her mind, otherwise she will fall asleep, and she can't help but wake up from a nightmare, just like when she was under the haze of the crown prince Tang Qinghua monopolizing the government.

Mu Churan didn't know his mother's thoughts, he could only sigh helplessly.

From the day he became the prince, he was destined to shoulder the burden of the world in this life. Now that you have sat on this dragon chair, you have to shoulder the responsibility. He wanted to indulge his heart, but it also became a luxury. If you make some choices according to your own preferences, I am afraid it will be even more difficult.

At this moment, when I closed my eyes, what came to mind was the man's face.

Her smile is so moving, even in men's clothing. After returning to the palace, he asked people to check Xiao He's life experience, and there was still no mistake, but when he looked at her daughter's real body, he found that it was a little too perfect. In fact, he could have let people dig deeper, but he stopped.

For some reason, he could always see a little bit of his own shadow in Xiao He's eyes, they were both unwilling to their fate, so they could read that trace of amazement in each other's eyes at some moments.

So he believes that maybe she concealed her identity just because she had a piece of her own sadness and helplessness, maybe it was just a scar, a piece of old things she didn't want to mention again, if she wanted to be a man, then he would treat her as yes, why bother exposing it.

As long as she's by his side.