Shen Jiu cleaned away some of the people around him.

It was not difficult to cleanse, she lost her temper a few times through some trivial things, transferred a number of people, and then pulled some from the lowest palace people.

She was afraid that the movement would be too big and would alarm Xie Linzhi, so she didn't move the nearest people around her, and only dealt with some palace people whose positions were not very important.

Although the original owner had the intention to seize power, her IQ was really not enough, and she did not cultivate a henchman for three years.

Shen Jiu had no choice, so he could only pick some people with low status who looked down on the prime minister to his side, and then spent a little time buying them one by one.

There are really not many things that a palace person asks, she is promoted and made a fortune out of the palace, the harem is still her territory, she does not need to go through Xie Linzhi's hands to make personnel transfers, and she can barely tempt those people.

After Shen Jiu cleaned his palace, although he was still hindered everywhere, he was finally able to do something with other people's hands.

Through those inconspicuous palace people, she brought some news to the ministers who sent their daughters into the palace.

Things were not very smooth, after all, it was not Shen Jiu who went in person, and those ministers were afraid that it was a scam, so they were all vigilant.

It took Shen Jiu a long time to get them to trust him, but unfortunately before he had time to communicate further, it was the day of the draft.

The draft was conducted in the palace, and according to reason, only Shen Jiu could make the selection.

It's a pity that Xie Linzhi is the supervisor of the draft, and all the information of the show girls has to pass through his hands, and after his selection, the selected batch will be sent to Shen Jiu.

Shen Jiu sat on a wide chair.

She rested her elbow on the armrest on one side, her chin propped up, her gaze nonchalantly to her side.

Xie Linzhi sat next to her, he was wearing a purple court robe, his eyebrows and eyes were solemn, and his back was straight.

Shen Jiu glanced at him for a moment and called him in a low voice, "Aiqing." ”

Xie Linzhi looked at her slightly: "Your Majesty? ”

He lowered his head slightly, a little closer to Shen Jiu, waiting for her to speak.

The show girl hasn't come in yet, in addition to her and Xie Linzhi in the hall, there is only Defu, and there is an old lady with a notebook to record her opinions on the show girl.

Shen Jiu leaned forward slightly, and twisted an amethyst grape out of the fruit bowl: "I haven't seen Aiqing in the past few days. ”

She lowered her head and took a bite of the grapes, the juice staining her lips and teeth, staining her with a moist glow.

Shen Jiu didn't care much, lowered his head and licked his fingertips, turned his head and saw Xie Linzhi looking at her with a dark gaze, hesitated for a moment, and then twisted another grape for Xie Linzhi: "The Western Regions paid tribute." ”

She tilted her head slightly: "It tastes sweet, do you want to taste it?" ”

Xie Linzhi's eyelashes lowered slightly, and his gaze fell on Shen Jiu's thin white fingertips for a moment, then lowered his head and said softly, "Really?" ”

He bowed his head slightly, his teeth lightly biting down on the grape.

The grapes were not big, and it was almost inevitable for him to bite like this, and his lips lightly touched Shen Jiu's fingers.

The juice flowed out again, Shen Jiu maintained this action, stared at Xie Linzhi blankly for a while, and after a long time, he stammered: "Aiqing-"

Xie Linzhi turned his head and stared at her with beautiful eyes. Grape juice stained his lips a little, making them even more red.

He seemed to notice it, licked his lips lightly with the tip of his tongue, and then bent his eyebrows and smiled at Shen Jiu: "It's really sweet." ”