Su Shi was displeased when his son said the central matter, and his face was still unmoved: "The addition of the capital protection mansion is just to monitor the movements of the barbarian small countries at all times and keep me peaceful, Your Majesty means that instead of increasing the official position, it is better to repair the city wall and increase the army, which is very good for my father." He bowed his head and took a sip of tea, and said lightly: "As for the canal, His Majesty Huizong has already ordered the canal to be dug decades ago, and it is not impossible for His Majesty to continue to expand through this canal." ”

"The son doesn't believe it, and the father can't see through the fame!" Su Xuan sneered: "Your Majesty thinks that the people and money are lost in the matter of digging a new canal, but if you don't take this opportunity to give some sweetness to the officials below, who will do things for him in the future?" The suppression of corruption is not in a hurry, and our majesty is inevitably too anxious! ”

Su Xian sighed and said: "According to my son, at the moment, the weight of my Su family in His Majesty's heart, I am afraid that it is no match for the deviant Wei Daoyuan!" That shaft was appointed by His Majesty as the secretary of the country, and he fought against me every day, so he was presumptuous! ”

Su Shi was irritable in his heart, although he had always shown a gentle and kind appearance, he couldn't help it at this time. He slammed the table and said angrily, "Enough! You two say everything you say to me, don't you Father understand these truths? But if you think about it, Your Majesty has made it clear that he wants to suppress my Su family, what else can we do except endure it? ”

When discussing the questions of this year's spring exam, Pei Zhao personally said that this year's candidates should "pay attention to the time and ignore the history", and "choose the new ones and abandon the old ones". Su Shi was in charge of the imperial examination for many years, and this holy decree was very inconsistent with his style.

In the past six months or so, Pei Zhao has been cutting down on his protégés, intentionally or unintentionally, and those gentle and well-behaved officials in the court in the past have either been transferred to local places, or changed to idle official positions with no low status but no real power. The ancestors of the Su family are the founding heroes of Da Cao, and they have been highly regarded for more than 100 years. In the past, when the first emperor was there, the Su family was even more beautiful, the five sons were all outstanding, and the daughter was the queen.

After the new emperor ascended the throne with a decisive and cold face, the Su family fell into panic all day long, and some people regarded it as dove poison and avoided it; Some people are out of control after the first taste of it, they can't hold the power firmly in their hands, and they don't let go for a moment, Su Shi's heart is as clear as a mirror, he is the latter, or he and his sons are the latter.

Su Xian is Su Shi's most important eldest son, and he can be said to have a heart to heart with his father, he looked at Su Shi's face, understood a little in his heart, and glanced at Su Xuan quietly. Su Xuan understood, stepped forward and said softly:

"Father, do you remember a few years ago, Bi Qian's cousin lived at home for a few days?"

Biqian is the small character of Mrs. Su Xuan, she was born in a family, her identity is extremely noble, the only cousin was elected to the Shanggong Bureau a few years ago, and she had stayed in Su Mansion for a period of time before entering the palace, Su Shiqi said: "Why did you suddenly talk about this?" ”

Su Xuan said: "Biqian's cousin is now a second-grade female official of the Shanggong Bureau, and every movement in the harem can't escape her eyes. I heard that there was a witch rebellion in the palace recently, and the Rong Meiren who came from the Turkic tribute performed a disgusting spell on Ah Jin, and was caught by Sun Shibo's daughter. has been grounded in the Jingchun Hall by His Majesty. ”

Su Shi groaned: "Witch Gu is a taboo in my dynasty, but it is not surprising that the harem concubines use this method to compete for favor, but this thing is very strange, why is it Ah Jin......"

"My father must have been suspicious too." Su Xian opened the door of the study and looked around vigilantly, and only closed the door cautiously after making sure that there was no one behind him: "Some time ago, Ah Ying fell into the water, and it seemed that it was to save His Highness the Thirteenth, but Biqian's cousin secretly told her that after that, His Royal Highness the Thirteenth Highness's nanny hanged herself, and her son didn't believe it, there are still such coincidental things in this world!" ”

Su Shi hesitated, but still sighed, and said in a low voice: "My father has long known about Ah Jin's falling into the water, but it has been inconvenient to tell you. On the second day after she fell into the water, Concubine Wen in the palace sent someone to quietly send a handwritten letter to your mother. ”

He opened the secret compartment on the desk and handed the handwritten letter to his two sons, with only four words written on it: "Think twice."

Concubine Wen is the former Mrs. Langya, and she is a chess piece that was painstakingly sent to the palace by King Pei Yu. Su Xian was very smart, and quickly figured out the joints: "His Royal Highness King De came to tell us through Ah Ying that his foundation can still exist even in the Daming Palace, let alone in the court?" ”

Su Shi was silent, and Su Ying hurriedly said: "Father, do you remember how His Royal Highness King De promised when the emperor was there?" If my Su family helps him achieve great things, I will treat my father with the courtesy of the emperor in the future, and my Su family will have a hereditary title from generation to generation, if it was at the beginning...... Why did you end up in such an embarrassed posture now! ”

The hint of the king of virtue, the unhappiness of the career, and the beauty of the right...... All kinds of thoughts were intertwined in Su Shi's heart, but he didn't have the heart to think about it, his most beloved little daughter was disgusted with victory, and she was okay at this time. He involuntarily got up and paced around the study, his brow furrowed. After a while, Fang Cai said: "Now, polish the ink for my father." ”

Su Xian's heart was clear, but when he saw Su Shilong Feifeng Wu writing the five big characters of "His Royal Highness King De", he was still happy, Su Shi wrote a few lines, suddenly remembered something, and advised: "This matter is important, you will call Chen'er to discuss together." As for your mother and Hui'er Wei'er, don't say anything. ”

Su Xian's expression was grim: "My son can save it." ”

Su Ying cried well in Duanniang's arms, and she was so tired that she fell asleep in the end. When she woke up and was close to Mao, Pei Ming's voice came faintly outside the dormitory: "Aunt Yunluo, why hasn't my mother woken up yet?" ”

Yun Luo said softly: "The Queen Mother is a little tired today, please wait a little longer, the slave maid will call a few little yellow doors to play Keju with you, okay?" ”

"No, no, no, Keju is too quiet, and it will make the queen mother sleep."

Su Ying has always been a girl with a big heart, and she cried a little bit, venting the sad emotions in her heart, and at this time her heart was very relaxed, so she shouted outside: "Yunluo? ”

Pei Ming's little short legs ran fast, ran in before Yunluo, blinked his eyes and asked, "Queen Mother, have you slept enough?" Why do you love to sleep so much? ”

Her face flushed: "You little fat man, where do you know the benefits of sleeping?" The more you sleep, the more beautiful you become, you know? ”

Pei Ming nodded seriously, while rubbing his little chubby face, he seriously examined the palace ladies who had already entered the hall and were waiting to freshen up Su Ming, stretched out his short and thick fingers and pointed at a few people, and said solemnly: "You few, you have to sleep more from today on." ”

Yun Luo tried her best to hold back her laughter, and said Pei Ming hugged her: "His Royal Highness the Thirteenth will go out with the slave maid first, and the Queen Mother will change her clothes." ”

Su Ying suddenly remembered something and advised: "Tell the Food Bureau that you want a crispy yellow meal for dinner, Pei ...... Your Majesty is coming over for dinner. ”

Pei Zhao came quite early today, and when he saw Su Jin, he frowned slightly: "Why is your face so bad?" His heart sank, he was originally a person who never believed in ghosts and gods, but when he saw Su Jin's expression at this moment, he couldn't help but panic.

Su Ying guessed what he was thinking, if there was really something wrong with him at this time, it would simply add fuel to the fire and confirm the harm of the witch Gu. smiled at Pei Zhao and said, "I just slept beautifully, how could my face be bad?" Well, recently, the palace ladies have developed a 'I see pity' makeup, and I taught them to draw a picture for me, probably because of this. ”

Pei Zhao saw that she began to mess around again, and his heart was much more steady.

Soon after the meal, the small yellow door of Changle Palace came in and said, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother." Ah Yue, who can tell stories, said that she has recently thought of an excellent story, and wants His Majesty and the Queen Mother to laugh, and now that she is waiting outside, do you want to announce her in? ”

Duanniang's face sank slightly, and she reminded Pei Ming with a smile: "Didn't Your Royal Highness say today that you want to perform Himaru for the Queen Mother?" ”

Pei Ming patted his head: "Yes, yes, you go and tell her that the queen mother and the royal brother will listen to the story next time, and today they want to watch the best juggling in Quan Da Cao!" ”

Well, Ah Ming has been messing around with her for a long time, and this kung fu of bragging with his eyes closed has been learned in place, Su Ming fed Pei Ming a piece of smile with appreciation, and put on the most anticipated appearance: "Ah Ming, show the queen mother!" ”

When performing Himaru, at least eight round stones the size of an egg are thrown in the hand, and various tricks change according to the direction and intensity of the performer's strength. This time, Pei Ming used five night pearls the size of a dragon's eye, which were much lighter than stones, but the other person's calves were short, and it was the first time he threw it, which was really a little difficult.

This little guy, it is said that it took a long time to learn from those servants before he could barely throw the beads, although there are no tricks, and the movements are really ...... "unique", but this intention alone is already very good.

Su Ming has always been a very supportive person, not to mention that at the moment, Pei Ming is still building up with great momentum, so she naturally wants to praise it, so she applauded frequently:

"Ah Ming is awesome!"

"The queen mother thinks you are even better than those servants!"

......

Pei Ming was even more excited when he heard this, his fat arms shook quickly, Su Ying sat aside with a smile, Pei Zhao quietly crushed and peeled the nuts on the plate one by one, and looked at the two of them with a smile.

After the performance, Pei Ming gasped and was a little embarrassed: "Ah Ming accidentally threw the beads to the ground......

Su Ying encouraged: "Hmm, that trick just now reminded me of a poem, 'Big beads and small beads fall on the jade plate', Ah Ming, your flying pill is quite poetic, it is really beautiful!" ”

Pei Ming was very happy when he heard this, and asked Pei Zhao again: "Brother Huang, is Ah Ming throwing it well?" ”

Pei Zhao was stunned, looked at Pei Ming, who was panting, and then looked at Su Ming, who kept giving him a look, smiled slightly, and handed over a plate full of nuts: "You threw it well, this is a reward." ”

Pei Ming cheered, holding the plate and running to show off to Duanniang and them. Su Ying smiled: "You see, you don't praise Ah Ming much on weekdays, and if you praise him a little, he is so happy." ”

Pei Zhao said lightly: "A long time ago, I made a little snowman and wanted to give it to my mother, I seemed to be older than Ah Ming at that time, but I was not as smart as him, so stupid that I even thought that when my mother saw me, would she talk to me softly and make me a robe." ”

Su Ying could roughly guess what was going on, she was afraid that Pei Zhao would be sad, so she didn't speak, just listened quietly, and sure enough, Pei Zhao said: "I'm afraid that the snowman will turn into a snowman, so I waited for a long time holding it." When she woke up, she didn't even look at it, she was just angry that I had soiled her blanket. ”

Su Ying was very sad in her heart, but she smiled and joked with him: "Hmm, didn't we build a snowman together?" Your snowman is really good, you can make one for me when it snows next year, I asked Duan Niang to take it and chill it, and watch it every day. ”

She heard a small voice in her heart, although it was faint but very clear, that voice was saying to Pei Zhao, it doesn't matter, they don't like you, it's enough for me to like you.

Pei Zhao smiled: "Then what are you going to exchange for?" Seeing that she really began to think about it, she couldn't help but chuckle lightly, and said softly: "You don't have to think about it, I ate crispy yellow only for dinner today, this is enough." ”

This dish was not made by herself, and it was not sincere. Su Ying was about to ask Pei Zhao to think about what he wanted, but he saw Tong and his subordinates Xiao Huangmen hurriedly come to report: "The master sent a servant to tell His Majesty and the Queen Mother, and the people in the Jingchun Palace have been recruited." ”