Su Zhaoyi walked around the backyard of Lantai Palace, watching the busy work of the craftsmen inside and out, she couldn't help but lose her mind a little.

This backyard is under construction, the project is not big, just dig a pit ten meters long and eight meters wide in the temple of the apse. However, this is a top priority, and the emperor decreed that it must be completed before the dog days.

The white marble slabs carved with grass patterns are stacked on the grass one by one, although they are in a hurry, but every stone slab here is finely carved, and there is no flaw to be found. The craftsmen are also extremely careful when they are in a hurry, and they dare not slack off in the slightest.

The pattern of the bath was designed by the emperor himself, and steps were laid in the pool. The gentle steps are immersed in the water, so you can slowly walk to the depths of the water, or you can sit on the steps and soak only half of your body. The walls and steps of the pool are inlaid with carved white marble slabs, which are as smooth as jade and do not slip on the feet.

Su Zhaoyi let out a long sigh, and said that the emperor was a cool harem, but who was the score against, fortunately, the father of this good concubine had not yet cleared his grievances, if the lintel of the Shen family's national medicine was restored, wouldn't the emperor hold her up to the sky?

"Master, Concubine Liang has already gotten up, please come over and talk." Zhixia reminded gently.

Su Zhaoyi came back to her senses and lifted the curtain into the flower hall.

In the blue and white jar in the flower hall are stacked with large chunks of ice, which have just been delivered by the inner government in the morning for a day's use. The crevices of the ice cubes are stuffed with some refreshing medicines such as water, mint, plum blossom borneol, etc., so as not to cause heat in the hot summer.

"The concubine only knows to pile some melons, fruits, pears and peaches on this ice cube, it turns out that this ice cube can be used like this, Concubine Liang is really thoughtful."

Approaching the ice tank, Su Zhaoyi took a deep breath, only feeling cool and comfortable. She sat down and took a glass of ice cheese from Liu February.

"I heard that the emperor stayed in Zhaotai Palace last night." She scooped a spoonful of cheese into her mouth.

Shen Yunzhen glanced at her and said with a smile: "Sister Su's words seem a little sour. ”

Su Zhaoyi bit her lip, she was a little sour, what was sour was that the emperor easily believed the nonsense of Concubine Xian's blood copying scriptures.

How long has Concubine Xian been grounded? He can copy more than 100,000 words of blood meridians, if he cuts his own blood, won't he drain all his blood? How can you still be like a water snake, pestering the emperor to stay overnight?

She scoffed: "The emperor has always been a holy candle, I really don't know why he believes her this time." ”

Shen Yunzhen had just inserted a small piece of ice and snow pear into his mouth, and the Xiaoice bowl was immediately taken away by Liu February.

"This thing is cold, just taste it."

Shen Yunzhen smiled indifferently at Su Zhaoyi, and asked instead of answering: "I heard that the emperor transferred Sister Su's uncle to Beihan?" ”

Su Zhaoyi was stunned for a moment, but still nodded: "Yes, these days are not peaceful, the Tieli King of the Northern Han and the King of Huerdu secretly assembled the army, I am afraid that they will have to go to war with Daqi." ”

Beihan is the territory of King Xin, and King Tieli and King Huerdu have always lived in peace with Daqi, and this rash gathering of troops may have something to do with him.

But it's no wonder that King Xin has been dormant for so many years, and it should be time for him to raise troops to rebel.

Sitting for too long, some backache. Shen Yunzhen leaned back on the chair, a little lazy: "That's right." ”

Su Zhaoyi frowned slightly: "You mean that the emperor's stay in Zhaotai Palace is related to the war in the Northern Cold?" ”

Shen Yun nodded and said, "When it comes to foreign wars, the most taboo thing is internal worries. All forces in the court are very stable, only the Jiang family has just married King Xin, and the Jiang family is in power. ”

Su Zhaoyi bit her lip, no wonder. The emperor stayed in Zhaotai Palace, and lifted the grounding of Concubine Xian, probably also to stabilize the Jiang family.

The Jiang family and King Xin got married, and undoubtedly had the right to choose in three directions. broke off diplomatic relations with King Xin, and the Jiang family became a hot-blooded loyal minister of Daqi; took refuge in King Xin, and the Jiang family became King Xin's right-hand man; Maintaining neutrality, the Jiang family became a pawn for the emperor and the king of Xin, and they could benefit from both sides.

She couldn't help but sneer, the Jiang family really made a good move!

"It would be nice if the emperor didn't agree to the in-laws of the Jiang family and King Xin." She frowned, and exhaled heavily.

Shen Yunzhen looked at her warmly and said, "The emperor has always taken one step and looked at three moves, how could the emperor not see through this little trick?" Agreeing to this in-law is just a matter of tying these two together. The emperor knew very well that he and King Xin would have a battle, and the emperor would win, and King Xin would lose. Sister thinks about it, if King Xin is defeated, can the Jiang family still get any good fruit to eat? ”

Su Zhaoyi looked at Shen Yunzhen in astonishment, speechless for a long time.

Sure enough, the most difficult thing to guess in the world is the heart of the emperor. Pull one, hit one, make friends from afar, attack closely, laugh and talk, and play with power in the palm of your hand.

On the surface, the Jiang family is a soldier who must fight for sweets, but as soon as the war stops, the emperor will settle accounts with them.

She sighed a little, but she was afraid that Concubine Xian was still immersed in the dream of soaring, but she didn't know that the guillotine was coming.

It's pathetic.

In addition to sighing, she was still a little afraid in her heart, if she stood on the wrong team, she was afraid that the Su family would follow in the footsteps of the Jiang family.

Nan Jingpei stayed in the Zhaotai Palace for several days. Breakfast and dinner were placed in Zhaotai Palace, and even many folds were moved there to deal with them.

The emperor stayed here, and the servants and stewards of the inner government also became attentive, and before dawn, the car pulling ice cubes was parked at the gate of the Zhaotai Palace, and the tributes sent by the provinces could also be picked by the Zhaotai Palace, and even the Tai Hospital also sent the medicine and drink to dispel the heat from time to time.

Concubine Xian is not a concubine after all, and no amount of grace will make her get carried away.

She didn't have any expectations for the emperor, and she also knew that the emperor had already seen through her, and she was no longer the gentle and generous concubine in his mind. The emperor was courteous to her, but he did it for outsiders and the Jiang family.

King Xin gathered troops to rebel, and he was worried about internal and external troubles, so he encircled the Jiang family.

He spoiled her, and in the eyes of outsiders, it was like the emperor spoiled the Jiang family.

Concubine Jiang Xian stared at Nan Jingpei, he was immersed in reading the folds, and didn't notice that she was staring at him.

She stared at him, her heart was still a little itchy, she could fool everyone, but she couldn't fool her own heart, the emperor was wise and martial, young and promising, and his appearance and temperament were excellent. Such a man is particularly attractive to her.

She loved him in her heart, but she clearly knew that he didn't love her. It's like through a layer of fog, all the good things are so illusory.

Concubine Jiang Xian got up and picked the lamp into two strands, and Wen Ran stood beside him. He was staring at a recital, and looking at his expression, he seemed to be a little displeased.

"Your Majesty, is something wrong?" She asked softly.

He came back to his senses and looked at her for a long time before he remembered that this was Zhaotai Palace, not the imperial study.

He shook his head: "Nothing. ”

She brought a cup of white tea: "Your Majesty, it's late at night, and tomorrow will be early, and it's not too late to approve tomorrow." ”

"Go to sleep," he said, without looking up, "I don't know how many twists and turns there will be tomorrow." ”

In terms of staying up late, he is an expert, and Concubine Xian only stayed up with him for two days, and her body was tired and tight, as if her limbs were tied to sandbags, and she couldn't lift it heavily. She rested on the table for a while, but she couldn't stay up, so she went back to her bedroom and went to sleep.

Donglai silently put the emperor's approved folds into a small wooden box, and slowly adjusted an inkstone of vermilion ink.

"I've been staying in Zhaotai Palace these days, is she okay over there?" He asked softly.

Donglai responded and said, "Master Concubine Liang is all right, with Su Zhaoyi to accompany her to talk, I won't be bored." ”

He let out a long breath, put down his pen, and rubbed his aching shoulder. People think that being an emperor can do whatever they want, but they don't know that the emperor has the difficulties of the emperor, and sometimes he doesn't even have the right to choose where he lives.

"Su Zhaoyi is a smart person, better than her father." He said lightly.

Donglai was stunned for a moment, and remembered that today in the court, Master Jiang was in charge of peace, and he wanted money and food to appease Beihan. Su Zhaoyi's father immediately echoed and tried his best to support.

"Master Su is too affectionate, I'm afraid that until now, he can't see through the situation." Donglai replied.

Nan Jingpei glanced at him and rubbed his eyebrows silently.

"Ying Lin put up a notebook and asked the court to allocate money and food, saying that he wanted to personally lead troops to defend the border." He sneered playfully, "He lied to me as a three-year-old." ”

Donglai glanced at it quietly, and there were a few lines written on the half-open fold, which was the handwriting of King Xin.

I was a little hasty when I came to write this notebook, the handwriting was fluttering, and the pen was weak. Or maybe it's because of a weak heart, after all, the king of Tieli and the king of Khurdu were hastily gathered under his instigation.

"The minion is a little worried about Lord Shen." Donglai whispered.

Nan Jingpei suddenly opened his eyes, stared for a while, and then said, "This is a troublesome matter." ”

Although Shen Wenzhong is just a prisoner to King Xin and does not have much use value, he is Shen Yunzhen's only blood relative in this world after all. If the king believes in the whim, kill him and sacrifice the flag...... Shen Yunzhen was pregnant with a child in her womb, and she really couldn't bear the grief of bereavement.

This matter is very urgent, 100,000 urgent. He had to think of a way, a perfect solution.

He roughly flipped through the rest of the scripts, and they were all statements of the main battle and the main peace, with the main peace emphasizing the harm of war and the main battle emphasizing the defense of the homeland.

It's nothing more than a fixed set of rhetoric, and nothing new can be said. He simply stopped looking at it, and put a circle of red pen on the fold, which was a sign he had seen.

He stood up, and it was already the third watch.

I washed my face with warm water to wash away the tiredness on my face.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Xian Niangniang has already slept in the dormitory, do you want to go and rest too?" Donglai Mali put away the notebook and locked the box with a small copper lock.

He lost his mind for a while, shook his head, and said, "Ask someone to clean up the side hall, and I will sleep there." ”

Donglai answered, and arranged for someone to send the approved recitals to the General Administration, and he served the emperor to wash and change clothes. Nan Jingpei stayed up all night in a row, really sleepy.

He was in a hurry to go to bed, and he didn't wait for Dong to come and undress him. He took off his clothes, threw them on Donglai, pulled the quilt and slept.

Donglai was about to withdraw silently, when he heard him say, "Tomorrow's recital doesn't have to be sent here. ”