The door to the study was open.

A cold voice came from inside: "Let him in." ”

"Yes."

Yu Jingyun twisted his face and smiled meaningfully at Leng Nanxian: "Go in, the emperor is waiting for you inside." ”

Leng Nanxian paused at his feet, and before he had time to ponder the meaning behind Yu Jingyun's smile, he walked out of his wife in the imperial study and raised his hand at Leng Nanxian: "Leng Shen Doctor, please." ”

Leng Nanxian restrained his doubts, flipped the hem of his clothes, and stepped up the steps. The door to the study slowly closed behind him.

The emperor was sitting upright on the dragon case, and the one-foot-high music in front of his head was placed neatly.

Leng Nanxian stepped forward and was about to bow down, when the emperor raised the imperial pen in his hand: "Those false gifts, it's okay." Move a chair and sit down next to me. ”

Leng Nanxian thanked him and sat down, moved the chair and sat sideways.

The emperor continued to walk around the dragon without raising his head: "But there is an urgent national event that needs to be started?" ”

Leng Nanxian was choked and shook his head: "Back to the emperor, no." ”

"Today's state affairs are heavy, I don't have time to listen to you for the time being, since it's not a state affair, it's a private matter, you wait a while, and when I finish reviewing these chapters, we will drink and talk happily, so that we can talk freely."

Leng Nanxian glanced at those movements, and then at the one in front of the emperor, dense, like a fly's head, if it was reviewed, I was afraid that the sky would be dark.

But the emperor's order could not be disobeyed, he reluctantly pressed his temperament, sat upright, and inevitably had some cranky thoughts in his heart.

An Sheng, this girl, said that she was bold and bold, and she said that she was timid and timid. I was brought into the palace coldly, and I had to be disciplined by the housekeeper and grandmother, and I didn't know what kind of tearful person I was going to cry into.

When I think about it, I feel distressed in my heart.

The emperor stopped the pen in his hand, frowned for a while, stretched for a while, picked up the pen to write, and then hesitated and paused, as if hesitating.

The work of the tea has passed, and there is still no approval for a twist and turn.

Seeing the setting sun in the west, the room was gradually getting a little dark.

The orange sunlight shone in through the white curtain, and Leng Nanxian felt in a trance that it was the color of the flame.

His heart was like being scorched by this flame, and he couldn't wait, it was like sitting on pins and needles.

The emperor raised his head and rubbed his eyebrows lightly: "In addition to singing praises and virtues every day, the small things that are the size of sesame mung beans are turned upside down, and they have the heart to throw them away, and they are afraid of missing the big things." ”

Leng Nanxian closed his mouth vigorously and did not speak.

The emperor angrily threw a bunch of recitals in front of him: "I've approved these notebooks." ”

Leng Nanxian was taken aback, got up in a panic, turned over and bowed down: "The grass people don't understand these political affairs, and they don't dare to make claims without permission, so I beg the emperor to forgive them." ”

The emperor snorted lightly: "You don't need to lift yourself, these are some inconsequential trivialities, I look at it and get upset, after you read it, if there is no major matter, just correct it directly." If you want to do government affairs urgently, you will be in front of me. ”

Leng Nanxian didn't dare to get up: "The grass people never dare to exceed the rules." ”

"What if I command you? Worrying about the monarch was originally the responsibility of the people of Chang'an. Don't you listen to my commands? ”

Leng Nanxian gritted his teeth, and could only bow his head. I got up and opened a book, and saw that it was really as the emperor said, but it was just some smelly and long words, chewing the words, and it was unbearable. He mentioned the Zhu pen, and Long Feifeng Wu corrected it.

Flipping down again, it was slightly involved in politics, but it was just an ordinary problem, he hesitated slightly, glanced at the emperor, and corrected it without thinking.

It's a thick pile, but it's just the time for a stick of incense, and the review is complete. The emperor still guarded those books, undecided.

The emperor casually threw away another copy: "Gambling is now a common practice in Yangzhou City, many families are separated from their wives and bankrupt their families, and I have ordered a ban on gambling, but there has been no obvious effect." It's just that they have turned from blatant to underground, and they have colluded with the government to fatten their pockets. This matter is quite a headache for me. ”

Leng Nanxian was silent and silent.

The emperor glanced at him: "Give me a three-day order to condemn the Yangzhou prefect, if you can't completely close those gambling houses, I will want his head." ”

Leng Nanxian lifted the Zhu Pen, hesitated for a moment, and finally couldn't help but say: "After all, the government has limited power, and the order is limited to three days and brutally executed, it is inevitable that there will be many drawbacks. Gambling is often in collusion with the underworld, it is better to simply let it go, the big fish eat the small fish, and in the end only this fish needs to be killed, and the severe punishment can play a deterrent role. ”

The emperor waved his hand without thinking, with impatience: "You look at the correction, I am really bored. ”

Turning his head, his eyes flashed, and he was full of appreciation.

Leng Nanxian groaned slightly, and dropped the red pen, with few brushstrokes. Fang Cai said tremblingly: "Please ask the emperor to look at the holy judgment." ”

The emperor took it in his hand, didn't look at it, threw it aside, squinted his eyes and closed his eyes.

"I've been like this every day all these years, thanks to having your father by my side."

These words seemed to be talking to himself, and Leng Nanxian did not answer.

"Tell me, what are you looking for me for?"

Leng Nanxian had already prepared the draft and went straight to the point: "The grass people are here for Ansheng and pro-Xiliang, and the grass people feel that it is inappropriate." ”

"Really? What's wrong? "The Emperor's eyes are still closed,*.

"First of all, An Sheng's identity is just the second lady of the Shilang Mansion, which is not noble enough, and seems to be a little contemptuous of the second prince of Xiliang; Secondly, An Sheng has a rough temperament and does not abide by the etiquette of education, I am afraid that it will insult my Chang'an woman's morality. ”

The emperor shook his head slowly: "But I look at this little girl is good, smart and clever, at least, she understands medical skills, and the second prince likes it." ”

"Her medical skills are just scratching the surface, it's really difficult to be elegant, and she is frizzy and irritable, and she can't do anything about herself, if she is close to Xiliang, I'm afraid she will cause trouble."

"Is it so unbearable?" The Emperor opened his eyes, glanced at him, and then closed them again.

Leng Nanxian bowed: "She is my apprentice, so she naturally knows her temperament well." ”

The emperor chuckled: "In that case, why do you still take her as an apprentice?" ”

Leng Nanxian hesitated slightly: "I just looked at her pitiful at the beginning." ”

"Just because she is pitiful, so in the case of the fire in Cangli, you were willing to take out nearly a million taels of snowflake silver to atone for her father's sins, just to win her smile?"

Leng Nanxian was stunned.

He didn't expect the emperor to know about it. He thinks that he has done it very secretly, and there are only a few people who know about it. The emperor is high, how can he know?

Moreover, what did he mean by taking the initiative to mention this matter today?

He was stunned and didn't speak, the emperor rubbed his eyebrows lightly, opened his eyes tiredly, and looked at him, the light in his eyes was not tentative, but categorical.

"You like this little girl Xia Ansheng."

Leng Nanxian no longer argued, and nodded honestly: "Yes, the emperor, please also ask the emperor to fulfill it." ”

"However, Yu Shizi of the Dingguo Marquis Mansion also mentioned to me that he wanted to ask to marry Xia Ansheng. I'm in a dilemma. On one side is the Taishi of Wen Anbang, and on the other side is the Marquis of Dingguo of Wudingguo, which can be described as a right-hand man, and I don't know which side to favor.

You know, your father and the Marquis of Dingguo were not very harmonious in the first place, and there were often disputes, and Xia Ansheng's stay in Chang'an would only cause the two of you to lose harmony, and even turn against each other, which is something I don't want to happen. So, this little girl can't stay. ”

"The matter between An Sheng and me and Yu Jingyun is just our personal grudge, and it will not involve the court, please rest assured."

"But I'm not at ease! Especially Yu Jingyun, for the sake of this little girl, she actually disobeyed the order, returned to Beijing privately, and abandoned my advice for her to leave her post without permission. And in my palace, I dared to draw a sword against each other, which shows that the red face is in trouble, and the root of the trouble. ”

"This has nothing to do with Ansheng!" Leng Nanxian saw that the emperor actually took all of Yu Jingyun's mistakes out of anger on An Sheng, and hurriedly argued for her: "An Sheng is innocent, it's just that Yu Shizi is impulsive." ”

"Yu Jingyun is impulsive, but what about you? At the beginning, so much national grain was stolen and disappeared, you obviously knew that there must be some conspiracy behind this, but you didn't care about it, for her Xia Ansheng whitewashed the peace, and let the people behind Li Shangshu get away with it, Leng Nanxian, are you guilty? ”

The emperor was not angry and arrogant, and exuded an awe-inspiring aura all over his body.

This momentum is different from Yu Jingyun, Yu Jingyun's killing aura is like a steel knife blade, but the emperor's momentum is overwhelming, making people feel like Mount Tai pressing on the top, and they dare not look up.

Leng Nanxian got up and knelt down slowly: "The grass people are guilty." ”

The emperor snorted coldly: "With your agility and wisdom, I believe that in the case of the fire in Cangli, you can see it thoroughly. Li Shangshu has been an official for so many years, what kind of wind and waves have he not experienced? Will he immediately commit suicide because of Yu Jingyun's words of knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger? It's clear that someone deliberately kills people to kill people!

And, coincidentally, do you know how Li Shangshu died? His death was exactly the same as that of Zhou Shanli, who was killed, but he bled to death through seven holes. At that time, he did not find any injuries on his body, and only reported that he had committed suicide by taking poison. I have reason to suspect that Li Shangshu was also the same as Zhou Shanli, who was shot with a poisonous needle and died instantly.

After Li Shangshu's death, all clues were cut off, some of the grain and rice were missing, and no silver was found in Li Shangshu's mansion, indicating that there must be an accomplice behind him. To kill him, one is to extinguish the mouth, and the other is to hide the traces of those grains and rice. And it is very likely that the person who killed Li Shangshu and Zhou Shanli was the same person, which is naturally the same purpose.

Prison guards steal and embezzle grain, which is not uncommon throughout the ages, mostly to enrich their own pockets. However, to transfer all the grain from so many warehouses, to take such a big risk, and to have such a big appetite, do you think it will be an ordinary corruption case? If it is corruption, where is the lost grain? ”

The emperor questioned coldly, leaving Leng Nanxian speechless. Because, what the emperor said, he knew it all.

This case should be investigated to the end, but for the sake of his livelihood, he whitewashed the peace, and he originally committed the crime of defrauding the king.