"Not coming back?" Zhao Mingxu listened to the advice of the lower person and frowned slightly.

"Yes", the people below knelt, buried their heads low, for fear of thunder and anger, only raised their hands high, and in their hands was a food box and a letter, "The noble little lady said, Your Majesty will know after reading the letter." ”

"Bring it in."

Xiao Luzi quickly went down when he heard the sound, and presented the letter and the food box together.

Zhao Mingxu opened the letter first, and only wrote one sentence on it: "Beijing is prosperous, can the second son be graced for two more days?" ”

When he opened the food box, he saw that it was a cream cake that Ruri used to make, which was his favorite flavor before.

Zhao Mingxu couldn't help laughing, and was about to put the cake in his mouth.

"Your Majesty!" Xiao Luzi was startled, and hurriedly shouted, then quickly took out the silver needle and poked it at the cake, took it out and looked at it carefully, saw that it did not change color, breathed a sigh of relief, and then picked up the small spoon to dig out a small piece to try it himself.

"Tsk~" Zhao Mingxu said dissatisfiedly, although the rules in the palace are that in order to prevent someone from doing anything on the emperor's diet, all food must be probed with a silver needle before the emperor eats it, and then the emperor can only use it after the eunuch who serves the meal has eaten nothing.

But the usual set of processes, when used in small snacks made of glass, he felt unhappy, especially when Xiaoluzi wanted to eat snacks before him.

You know, in the past, this dim sum glass was only made for yourself to eat.

Xiao Luzi's eyes were quick, and he sipped the dim sum into his mouth, and he didn't have time to admire the sweetness of the silk, so he knelt down: "Your Majesty forgives you." ”

Zhao Mingxu stared at him for a moment with unkind eyes, and then asked, "Is it delicious?" ”

This time, Xiaoluzi Khan came down, but fortunately, someone outside came to pay respects, saying that Xiao Guards asked to see him.

"Biography." Zhao Mingxu turned around and stopped taking care of the path for the time being.

Ah Ce is now temporarily in the name of the imperial guard, and it is more convenient for Zhao Mingxu to do things, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that Ah Ce, as the son of Xiao Da's commander, will enter the court sooner or later in the future.

Back then, Commander Xiao was close to the crown prince, and Zhao Mingjing, in order to ascend the throne, got rid of Commander Xiao's crimes, and everyone understood that now that Zhao Mingxu is on the throne, Commander Xiao's case must be overturned, but the new emperor ascended the throne, and there were many things in the court, so he couldn't free up his hands for the time being.

"What's going on?" Ace came in, and after saluting, he couldn't help but smile when he saw the kneeling crowd.

Zhao Mingxu was obviously not in a good mood, and he didn't hide it from Ace, handed the letter directly to him, and said quite dissatisfied: "Look at it yourself." ”

Ah Ce took it, smiled after just one glance, and then looked at the delicate dim sum in front of the imperial case, and knew in his heart: "This dim sum must be to make amends for His Majesty?" ”

"Hmph." Zhao Mingxu said coldly, that girl flattered herself with her dim sum, which used to be eaten by Ace, but now even the eunuchs around her can eat it before herself, which is really unpleasant.

Ace looked at the small piece of snack that was missing, and then looked at the little path that was kneeling on the ground and was sincerely afraid, and instantly felt a sense of sympathy with him.

He touched his nose and said with Qi Qi Yan in his heart: "Your Majesty, the food tasting is also for your safety, although the dim sum is made by Erniang, but it was brought in from outside the palace." ”

Zhao Mingxu didn't know, he was just unhappy in his heart, and he accidentally became angry.

"That's it, let's all get up and stand down."

The emperor spoke, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, and hurriedly got up and thanked him and retreated.

Xiao Luzi quietly glanced up, and Zhao Mingxu said angrily: "You still want to kneel?" ”

"The minions don't want to... No, don't dare. Xiao Luzi hurriedly stood up and stepped aside.

Zhao Mingxu smiled, and also felt that his behavior just now was a little stingy.

He adjusted his mind for a moment, and then said to Ace, "What are you here for?" ”

"Your Majesty ordered, rectify the Imperial Forest Army in the city, and the minister has already ......" Ace began to report to the business, and the two of them discussed for a long time, and set many regulations and provisions, waiting to be implemented.

After finishing the business, Ah Ce's voice changed, and he talked about Liuli again: "For Erniang, does Your Majesty have any plans in your heart?" ”

"Naturally, I want to give her a name." Zhao Mingxu said.

"But the identity ......," Ace was worried.

"Don't worry", Zhao Mingxu knew that Ace was really thinking about Liuli, so he also said, "I have a plan." ”

Ah Ce didn't ask any more, and instead said: "It's just that His Majesty's harem is empty right now, and the ministers have a lot of complaints, and they all want to stuff their own daughters for you." ”

"What do you know?" Zhao Mingxu smiled on his lips, "Tell me?" ”

Ah Ce said helplessly: "In these days alone, many people have to find the minister, openly and secretly saying that they want their daughter to ......" Ace paused, and then said: "I also asked the minister what color and what kind of woman His Majesty likes." ”

Zhao Mingxu sneered: "Don't pay attention to it." ”

"The ministers naturally don't care," Ace said, "I'm just worried that Your Majesty's side, if it drags on like this, the courtiers will have a whisper, and the princes of the clan will have to speak." ”

Zhao Mingxu rubbed his eyebrows, he didn't know, but Jia Qiao'er's matter came first, and Liuli walked into his heart later, he didn't want to have other women.

"The rest of the things are still negotiable, but I will not compromise on this matter", Zhao Mingxu said, "I look at them as idle, I don't have to worry about the affairs of the family and the country, and I keep an eye on the things in my harem all day long." ”

"If Your Majesty wants to save your heart, why not canonize one or two women, just as a possibility, so as to block the mouth of Youyou." Ace said.

"The courtiers want to send the women of the family into the palace, it is nothing more than to increase their favor and maintain the power of the family", Zhao Mingxu said, "If I am a don't want it, but if I open this opening, in order to balance the forces of all parties, I have to accept it again and again." ”

"Actually, you've forgotten ...... alone," Ace said leisurely.

"Huh?" Zhao Mingxu raised an eyebrow inquiringly.

"At the beginning, in addition to Erniang, there was Shushen. She was given by the first emperor, and she stayed in the palace in the past, and later entered the palace, so she should not belong to any force. "Because when the palace was besieged, it was Ace who went in person, so he naturally knew the disposal and detention of everyone in the Qing Prince's Mansion.

In addition to Jia Qiaoer and Liuli, Shushen was also in the palace at that time, she was one of the three beauties given by Emperor Zhengxuan, because she kept her duty, she stayed in the palace, and she was also considered to have the status of a concubine.

"Prudent?" Zhao Mingxu twisted his eyebrows and thought for a while, as if he finally remembered who she was, and raised his voice to ask Xiao Luzi beside him: "She is also in the palace?" ”

"Return to Your Majesty, temporarily settle in the palace", Xiao Luzi replied, "Because Your Majesty is busy with business, I haven't had time to ask Your Majesty, this... Mother, what should I do? ”

Zhao Mingxu was silent for a while, he really didn't remember that there was still this person, he was so nonexistent, he didn't expect to receive it in the palace.

According to the ceremony, Shushen is the first emperor's imperial gift, although from a humble background, but in the end it is the concubine of the Qing prince, and now she has entered the harem, which should be given.

But in love, Zhao Mingxu didn't want to keep her.