Huo Yanzhi returned to the palace with a black face.

The ministers who accompanied him all thought that the emperor was stimulated by the "suspected assassination" incident and was holding back the fire and preparing for a thorough investigation. Even Zhao Jiufu, who was in the know, felt that His Majesty's acting skills had improved by leaps and bounds, and he had become more and more sophisticated.

However, only the emperor knew that he was so angry that it was not this matter at all.

Back in the palace, he retreated from everyone, leaving only Zhao Jiufu and asking in detail about the origin of the guard.

Zhao Jiufu didn't notice that scene at the time, and thought that His Majesty thought that the guard was heroic and wanted a reward, so he truthfully told the family background and character of the guard surnamed Yuan.

Unexpectedly, after the emperor heard this, he did not tell him to pick something to reward, but his face became even darker, which made Zhao Jiufu a little confused.

After a long time, he said: "This person is more than brave, and the opportunity is insufficient, so let him train in the Imperial Forest Army for two more years." ”

That's what a veto means.

Zhao Jiufu was even more confused, so he had to discuss with Commander Li as he said and finalized the matter.

Yuan Chengtai himself was quickly informed.

Of course, he didn't know about the shadow guard, and he didn't know what the chief chose to go out with Wang Jing and others a while ago, he just obeyed the orders of his boss, and he was not as suspicious as Wang Jing, and he went around to find out the news. Therefore, after being kicked out of the special training team, he didn't feel too much frustration, just because he didn't perform well and was brushed off.

It was Wang Jing, who didn't follow him to Huangzhuang that day, and he didn't know what to do, so he was a little upset about his good brother, thinking that Commander Li must have secretly accepted bribes, otherwise he would not have brushed Yuan Chengtai down.

"If it weren't for you that day, I'm afraid that several old and frail adults would have to be injured by that beast, and Your Majesty wouldn't reward you, why didn't even Commander Li say anything about it? It's really weird! ”

Yuan Chengtai couldn't figure it out, so he persuaded Wang Jing in turn.

"Why are there so many in the palace? Either I'm unlucky, or I'm incompetent, and there's nothing to say about either. ”

One day later, when he was on duty, he bumped into Zhiwei again, full of worries and no one to tell, and after thinking about it for a long time, he quietly told Wang Jing about the day in Huangzhuang.

Wang Jing was a little dumbfounded when he heard this, and it took a long time to react.

"You mean, that Miss Zhiwei dressed up as a little eunuch and followed His Majesty to the Imperial Village, and went to the ground together?"

Yuan Chengtai said embarrassedly: "Yes." Even though she changed her outfit, I recognized her at a moment......"

Wang Jing interrupted him by holding his forehead: "Wait, you just said that when the beast rushed towards the crowd, you first protected the girl behind you before drawing your sword to meet the enemy?" ”

Yuan Chengtai nodded honestly, looking inexplicable, as if he was wondering why his friend kept repeating his words.

Wang Jing took a few deep breaths, looked at him with an unfamiliar gaze for a while, and suddenly changed the subject.

"Do you want to consider talking to Commander Li and transferring to another place? Although the camp in the capital is a little harder, you will be closer to home, and you may be able to go to the battlefield one day. Isn't it your dream to lead troops to war? ”

Yuan Chengtai thought about it and showed hesitation.

Wang Jing couldn't understand the heart of this one-tenacious friend, and he continued to follow the good path.

"I know, you want to stay in the palace and see that girl a few more times, right? But you have to think clearly, the girl is so decent in front of the palace, even if she is released from the palace in the future, she will definitely not go out empty-handed. As for you, I'm not afraid of you being angry, and you know what is going on in your house. If you don't work hard while you're young and make a career, you will rely on this position passed down from your ancestors to eat, what will you use to marry other girls in the future. You say, don't you? ”

These words really hit Yuan Chengtai's heart.

He is the eldest son, and several younger brothers and sisters are still married, but his mother is weak and sick, and the family lives on his meager income. If he could marry Miss Zhiwei home, he would definitely not be able to bear to let her work hard every day. In order to provide a good life for his family and future wife, he himself had to suffer a little.

In a few words, Yuan Chengtai was persuaded to change his mind, and took him to Commander Li for a drink, and after finalizing the matter, Wang Jing dared to take a breath.

Originally, it was just a faint guess, but after meeting Commander Li, it was even more certain.

His Majesty must have had a bad impression of Yuan Chengtai because of that incident, otherwise, Commander Li would not have looked at Yuan Chengtai with that expression of hatred for iron and steel, and he was relieved after he cautiously put forward his request to go to the camp in the capital.

As for why His Majesty's intentions are like this, it is very likely that Yuan Chengtai ignored His Majesty that day and ran to protect a lowly "little eunuch", or another worse possibility......

Either way, just get people away!

The heroine who caused this series of personnel changes herself didn't know anything about it, and she didn't even know that the Yuan guard had been transferred.

Since she came back from a trip to Huangzhuang, she had been copying books for three days in a row, and she was so dazzled that she even switched to her left hand when eating, just so that her poor right hand had time to rest.

The new task of copying books was thrown to her by the emperor, and besides, it was not anything else, but all kinds of agricultural books!

Not for a valid reason yet!

But the emperor is the biggest, no one dares to disobey his orders, and he just copies books, and he doesn't let her do anything to kill people and set fires, and Zhiwei can't refuse.

Just when she was almost drowned in the pile of "Qi Min Yaoshu", "The Complete Book of Agricultural Administration" and "The Book of Victory", the emperor finally showed mercy and let her end this monotonous life of hard labor.

But in the next second, the emperor began to ask her about her experience in copying books.

Zhi Wei replied honestly: "Most of those words slaves and maids recognize them, but when they are connected, they can't be understood." ”

The emperor sighed incomprehensibly: "Have you never done farm work when you were at home?" ”

Zhi Wei's head hung lower: "Your Majesty, there is no field in the slave's house. Therefore, there is no need for farming. ”

"Since your family has no land, what does your family live on? Is it business? ”

The emperor, who was worried about the world's agricultural affairs, finally became interested, but he was disappointed. "Yes, your family is in business, and they still have dealings with Shudi."

Zhi Weihu raised his head suspiciously: "Why did Your Majesty say this?" The slave maid did stay in Shu with her family for two years, but there was no one in the slave maid's family to do business! ”

The corners of Huo Yanzhi's mouth twitched, not wanting the little palace maid to know about what she had talked about with her brother, so she simply prevaricated on the grounds that the imperial court would investigate the family background of every new Kegongshi.

Convinced that the emperor had a good memory and would not make a mistake about this kind of thing, Zhi Wei became even more suspicious.

Before his father's death, the family had been living on the production of a few acres of thin fields. She said that there was no land at home, because their father died soon after their siblings were born, and the family had no choice but to sell the land, and her mother did laundry and sewing for people, and because of her literacy, she helped her neighbors who knew each other to read and write letters from time to time, and she could also get a little money to support them.

At that time, many women were interested in walking through the streets and alleys to do small business, selling small gadgets to rich women, and they would also set up stalls on the streets when they came across the market, and there were kind neighbors who wanted to teach Zhiwei Niang to do this small business, but she always politely declined.

In Zhiwei's memory, her mother is the kind of person who doesn't look back after believing in one thing, and she is very stubborn. It seems that because his father's family did not agree with this family affair and expelled his father from the family tree, his mother's self-esteem was frustrated, and she was even more determined to live an upright life and not let the Song family look down on them.

"Perhaps, my mother's mind changed after I entered the palace?"

Zhi Wei recalled carefully, when her mother learned that she had "sold" herself in order to get money to show her brother, and such an elegant and restrained person actually cried for the first time. Perhaps, this is how the mother's conversion came about?

She felt that her reasoning had some truth, so she completely believed the emperor's words, and felt that the family's situation was definitely much better now than eight years ago, at least she didn't have to worry about her mother freezing and starving, which was a blessing.

Zhi Wei came back to her senses, and suddenly thought of a question, but she was not easy to speak, and only glanced at the emperor secretly from time to time.

The emperor finally got impatient: "What are you doing?" Is this how you learned the rules of the house? ”

After training people, Huo Yanzhi only felt that his mouth was dry, he grabbed the teacup angrily, and poured a big mouthful, but he still felt thirsty in his throat.

Zhi Wei said cautiously: "Your Majesty has an uncomfortable throat? Slave maid go down and make you another moisturizer. ”

The emperor didn't say good, he didn't say bad, the back of reading the book was hard and lonely.

Zhi Wei hesitated, but still went to make tea, and when she served it, she peeked at the emperor's face, and it was really better.

The so-called "soft mouth that eats people, soft hands that take people", although the entire palace belongs to the emperor, this tea is naturally no exception, but the little palace maid's cautious flattery looks at him, and the taste is not bad.

Huo Yanzhi cleared his throat and showed compassion again.

"Say whatever you want, don't look weird, it's ugly."

Zhi Wei immediately followed the kindness: "Your Majesty, the slave maid has something I want to ask Your Majesty." ”

"Say."

"Didn't Your Majesty just say that every new Kogonshi will have someone to investigate his character and net worth? I don't know, does that information include family members? ”

Facing Huo Yanzhi's suspicious eyes, she didn't continue to be subtle in the end.

"Your Majesty, the slave maid actually only wants to know if the slave's mother is still alive, that's all there ......"

The little palace maid blinked her eyes and looked at Huo Yanzhi very earnestly.

His heart softened, and he nodded without paying attention.

The little palace maid's eyes lit up, and her gaze at him had never been so eager.

The tips of Huo Yanzhi's ears were slightly hot, and he suddenly remembered something, and his heart sank, so he raised his fist and pretended to cough twice, turning his head sideways not to look at her.

"This must be there, if you do something for me, I will let Zhao Jiufu inquire about it."

Zhi Wei agreed without hesitation, saying that she was willing to go up the sword mountain and go down the sea of fire for His Majesty.

Unexpectedly, the emperor only said lightly: "The recent agricultural book can't be copied in vain, I see, you were very happy when you went back to the imperial village, if you wait for the seedlings, you will stay for ten days and half a month, chat with the seedlings in the field, and pick out some cold-tolerant and drought-tolerant seeds, which can be regarded as your contribution to me and the benefit of the people." ”

Zhiwei: ...... Okay, you can do whatever you say.