In the morning of the next day, Mu Churan, the head of the Ministry of Rites, began to prepare for the details of the ceremony for the next month's Halloween. Mu Churan waved his hand and said lightly: "Everything can be according to the ancestral system, there are many things this year, I don't want to have a big palace banquet anymore, and I can set up a table in the Taihe Hall at that time." ”

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu was slightly stunned, and there was a fasting banquet on the Wanshou Festival? The emperor's mind is really unpredictable, and the first half of the sentence also says that according to the ancestral system, the second half of the sentence will be a feast. Although it is to save money, it will inevitably have to be done in a variety of ways if it is handed over to the Ministry of Rites.

Just once a year, this long live Lord's birthday, how can the birthday of the Son of Heaven be hastily done.

Even if the emperor Chrysostom is opened, there is no need to make a big fanfare, but it is a sin to be shabby, and the book of the Ministry of Rites can't help but have a headache, and the master who cooks the food is not much in the palace, so he has to go outside the palace to find it.

There are still more than 40 days to go, and everything is simple and urgent, and we have to get busy.

Then, the Ministry of Industry also reported a news, saying that it is the Mijiangyan project so far, when the mountain is opened, a strange stone was found, the shape is like a basalt giant tortoise, the whole body is green, it is natural, this is an auspicious omen, so on the occasion of the Wanshou Festival, it has been ordered to be carried by a carriage, and it is sent to the imperial capital day and night to dedicate to the emperor.

After Mu Churan heard this, he also felt interesting, "How big is this stone?" ”

Shangshu Lin En of the Ministry of Industry hurriedly responded: "It is said that seven or eight people can't hug each other. ”

"So big? How heavy does that be? Mu Churan's brows furrowed slightly, from West China to the imperial capital, through most of the Great Yin, manpower, material and financial resources, just to transport a boulder, I don't know how much it will be wasted.

Seeing that Mu Churan's face was not good, Lynn hesitated slightly, "Well, this boulder has a lot of aura, and no one in Huaxi County dares to weigh it without permission, so I don't know how heavy it is." Of course, Mu Churan wasn't asking him, but seeing him babbling and explaining, he couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and waved his hand, "Let them pull them back, I don't need any stones with aura." ”

When he first received this performance, it was he who invited him to take credit, so he ordered the local authorities to quickly transport this so-called spirit stone to Kyoto. Now that the horse's fart was not patted, it was slapped on the horse's leg, and he was dumbfounded for a while, not knowing how to deal with it.

Li Zhaoting, the secretary of the household department, came out of the queue and said deeply: "Your Majesty, at this time, I am afraid that the carriages and horses have arrived in the territory of Gyeonggi, and they will be able to reach the imperial capital in a few days. Although it is a boulder, but it is quarried from the deep mountains, people often say that there are fairies in the mountain, maybe it is really auspicious from heaven in my great Yin, only to show this auspicious sign. It is also the Wanshou Festival, which can be regarded as the local people's hearts to Your Majesty, and I hope that Your Majesty will think twice. ”

After Li Zhaoting's words, Lin En wiped his sweat, for fear that Mu Churan would really ask someone to send the stone back, and then he would really not be a person inside and out.

Mu Churan lowered his head, stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, "Well, since that's the case, then I'll just wait to see what the strange stone looks like." ”

Then there was a discussion on how to place this stone. Hundreds of officials have different opinions, and they are indecisive for a while. Mu Churan handed it over to Qin Tianjian to calculate, and found an auspicious place to place the strange stone.

When the next dynasty, there are still people who talk about it, saying that when the emperor was in power, he also found a strange stone somewhere, and it is said that it still fell from the sky, and there were words on the stone, which was my lord Shengming.

Xiao Hequan should laugh and talk, just listen to it. She was about to leave the hall with the ministers, but before she could get out of the corridor, she was stopped by Gonggong Liu, "Lord Xiao, please stay, the emperor summoned you, let's go with the old slave." ”

There has been nothing special recently, except that she went to Chaolu Hall to humiliate Leng Qingchen before, which must have reached Mu Churan. She followed behind Gonggong Liu, and when she looked up, she saw Duan Heng gesturing to herself from a distance, but unfortunately she didn't understand.

After every court, Mu Churan went directly from the palace to the imperial study. And the ministers want to go to the imperial study from outside the palace, from the corridor to arrive. This is the distance between the monarch and the minister, which seems to be very close, but it always involves twists and turns, and the end of the world is close at hand.

When he arrived at the door of the imperial study, after the eunuch reported, Xiao He went in.

As soon as she entered, the palace people inside lowered their heads and retreated, and in the huge imperial study, only Mu Churan and her were left. The atmosphere is subtle.

Xiao He saluted, Mu Churan asked her to get up, but suddenly asked, "Xiao He!" Are you guilty? She was slightly stunned, and immediately replied: "The reason why I haven't arrived at Jixian Hall in the past few days is because the minister is unwell and recuperating in the house, and he has not reported to His Majesty in time, which is the minister's negligence." ”

Mu Churan narrowed her eyes, seeing that she was coping with it like a stream, and her face was not red and her heart was not beating when she lied, she must have practiced it several times.

"I'm not talking about this, the Jixian Palace originally allowed you not to go to order every day. I'm talking about something else, think again! ”

Xiao He deliberately pretended to be confused, his face was dazed and a little shocked, and his expression was very natural.

"Have you ever been to the Morning Dew Hall recently?" When Mu Churan saw her like this, he knew that she would not admit it herself, so he simply made it clear to her.

"Wechen has indeed been to Chaolu Palace, but Wechen has promised the Queen Mother that this matter will never be mentioned to a third person. Please don't ask your majesty again. Xiao He's face was awe-inspiring, but Mu Churan couldn't help laughing.

"Can't even ask? What else in the world I can't know? Why do you want to keep a secret for the Queen Mother? Mu Churan deliberately lowered his face and asked.

"Although this matter is a matter in the palace of the Queen Mother, it is indeed a matter in the harem, and the ministers should not interfere, but it is a matter of His Majesty's heavenly prestige, and it is also His Majesty's benevolence and filial piety as a son of man. Weichen kept secrets, which was to save His Majesty's face, and also to protect the Queen Mother. Please Your Majesty should not know about the matter of the Chaolu Palace, but the person who caused the incident, Your Majesty does not have to spare it. Xiao He Zhenzhen was resigned, so that Mu Churan couldn't catch the mistake.

"So, you already know who the perpetrator is?" Mu Churan stared at her, his eyes burning.

"Weichen was stupid, and he only found out that Wanhetang outside the palace couldn't get out of it, and the rest of the clues were broken. Your Majesty Shengming, naturally you can find out the reason. Xiao He once suspected that Wanhetang had something to do with Murong, since Murong didn't let herself interfere in the affairs of the palace, she didn't break her promise by providing this place to Mu Churan. Wanhetang is outside the palace, which is not a matter of the palace.

This also avenged him for sending people to hold him hostage. It is best for Mu Churan to immediately send someone to seal up the shop, if it is Murong's property, then he will have to fold it, if not, the shop that sells Wushi San without permission is not a good person, and it is also for the people to eliminate harm if it is sealed.

When Mu Churan heard this Wanhetang, his eyes lit up slightly for a moment, which was not the same as what was recorded in the account book given by Duan Heng. Wanhetang does have a close relationship with Chaolu Palace, even if it is a pretense, it needs to be investigated.

It's just that Xiao He explained so happily and was still loyal, it was really not like her usual style, too pretentious.

"Check, I'm sure I'm going to check." Mu Churan's gaze never looked away, but Xiao He lowered his head slightly, making him a little unremarkable, "However, do you know that the Queen Mother wants me to kill you?" ”

"The Queen Mother is now quitting drug addiction, and what she said cannot be taken seriously, and it is only because the ministers ordered people to pay all the five stones that day, which made the Queen Mother angry. The minister believed that the queen mother did not really want the minister's life. Xiao He said a little sincerely.

"But when I went to see her, she was much more sober, and she was still determined to kill you. What kind of disrespectful thing did you do to make the Queen Mother hate you so persistently? There was a hint of a smile in Mu Churan's question, Xiao He didn't look up, and he seemed to be able to imagine a light smile on the corner of his lips.

She couldn't help but secretly scold the mother and son in her heart for being really difficult, but she also expected the queen mother's reaction, because of the rumors that she had charmed the monarch before, Leng Qingchen had already made Leng Qingchen regard herself as a thorn in her side, and she made it clear that she was against her in the Chaolu Palace, and she was also "light" with her. didn't order her five horses to be divided, which was already considered cold and merciful.

So she simply took medicine with cold marks and was delirious, and what she said couldn't be taken seriously, trying to be coaxed to get by.

Mu Churan didn't really want to pursue her anything, he just wanted to hear what version could come out of her mouth, he thought she would at least complain a few words, but he didn't want her to look like she was repaying her grievances with virtue, which really made him unbearable to blame anymore.

If it weren't for the fact that he had personally experienced Xiao He's punishment and kneeling in the imperial garden, holding on for a few hours, and seeing that he was faint in casual clothes, he would really be blinded by her, how many fancy intestines this little woman's mind still hid, he couldn't help but be a little curious.

"Shouldn't I blame you?" Mu Churan followed her words and gave her steps, and also gave herself steps.

Xiao He couldn't help nodding, thinking deeply, "Weichen is just sharing worries for His Majesty, and I hope Your Majesty will be aware of it." ”

If she really shared her worries for herself, Mu Churan could be relieved, but judging from past experience, her favor was not sold to herself, but to Duan Heng. Therefore, when he first heard that she was involved, he couldn't help but be a little surprised.

This Heng was indeed too close to her, so close that he couldn't bear it anymore.

"Since Aiqing is worried about me, then I really shouldn't blame you, but want to reward you!" As soon as Mu Churan's words changed, Xiao He couldn't help but skip a beat. Although he is moody and imperitent, he is too unpredictable, he has to fight and kill one moment, and the next moment he will start to talk about meritorious deeds.

It's no wonder that people say that a companion is like a tiger, if it can be easily guessed, he will not be the one who is called a lonely widow on the high.

Everyone has one or two friends, happy and sad, accompanied by someone, or say a few words of self-consideration, or drink a few glasses of love wine, life in the world does not feel lonely and helpless, and Mu Churan, who ascended the throne at the age of ten, once sat on the dragon chair, sat on the world's rivers and mountains, but sent him to the cold clouds, and no one in the world can accompany him. Those who are respectful bow their heads to courtiers, but those who are close are all ill-intentioned, and he has to guard against them.

For a moment, Mu Churan read a trace of sympathy in Xiao He's eyes, which made him stunned.