After slowly searching on the mountain for a long time, the bamboo basket was full of wild vegetables, and the three of them went down the mountain.

It was still Shen Yuexi who walked in front, Xiao Luzi followed behind, and Zhao Zheng walked last.

Arriving at a stream at the foot of the mountain, Shen Yuexi squatted down to wash his hands that had been stained with mud from digging wild vegetables.

Xiao Luzi and Zhao Zheng also followed Shen Yuexi's example and washed their hands.

The stream was winding and clear, the sound was melodious, Shen Yuexi finished washing her hands, squatted and played with the water for a while, and then got up.

The beauty of nature can often make Shen Yuexi forget a lot of practical troubles.

When Shen Yuexi got up, Zhao Zheng reached out to help her, but Shen Yuexi avoided her quietly.

Zhao Zheng didn't get any closer, and the most common distance between them in recent years was a few meters away.

The old mother in the courtyard made a good dish, and the wild vegetables were handed over to her, Shen Yuexi was relieved.

The old mother took the wild vegetables, poured them on the ground, chose the dead leaves, and said to Shen Yuexi while choosing the vegetables: "Wait for the next time to call the old slave together, dig more, dry it, and keep it for dried vegetables and meat in winter." ”

Shen Yuexi sat on the futon beside him, clasped his hands on his knees, and answered.

Zhao Zheng looked at Shen Yuexi's back from a distance, she is now 29 years old, but she is still full of girlish lightness and clarity, not at all as vulgar and slippery as a thirty-year-old woman, she is always the way he likes.

When the old mother was cooking, Shen Yuexi would sometimes watch from the sidelines, learn some dishes, she thought far, thinking that after returning to Kuchou in the future, she could personally cook these delicious foods for him.

The old mother is naturally willing to teach, and while teaching, she muttered to herself: "The old slave has served so many masters, and I have never seen you like this, and there is no high shelf, and I often ......do it myself."

Shen Yuexi listened and didn't make a sound, anyway, there was no fuss about these things in her opinion.

For lunch, it is a bun of wild vegetables, and the old mother uses the stuffing of diced meat with five flowers, which complements the wild vegetables, and eats both the fragrance of wild vegetables and the fragrance of meat in the mouth, and even people like Zhao Zheng who don't eat wild vegetables have eaten several.

Zhao usually eats in the Yuexin Courtyard.

He and Shen Yuexi sat at opposite ends, didn't have anything to say, just ate quietly.

The days flowed silently.

During the Qingming Festival, after Zhao Zheng worshiped the royal mausoleum, he went to the mausoleum in Yuexi as usual.

Shen Yuexi has been in the capital for three years, Zhao Zheng is not as depressed as before in front of Yue Xi's grave, if he has loved anyone in his life, then in addition to Yue Xi, it is Shen Yuexi, Yue Xi's departure made Zhao Zheng's heart empty of a hole, and Shen Yuexi's appearance filled this hole.

"It's already the third year, and in two years, it's time for her to leave, but Yue Xi, I can't bear her." Zhao Zheng looked at the name on Yue Xi's tombstone, "What do you say I should do?" ”

No one can give him an answer, everything depends on how he chooses.

When Zhao Zheng is alone, he will quietly think about these questions, and after five years, what will happen if Shen Yuexi is left behind?

These things are annoying, so Zhao Zheng cherishes the time with Shen Yuexi more and more, and later, after the next court, Zhao Zheng went to the other courtyard, and the ministers were also here, and the other courtyard became a court agency in the capital.

Some people with active minds saw Zhao Zheng's love for Shen Yuexi, so they thought of finding a breakthrough from Shen Yuexi, hoping that she could say a few good words in front of Zhao Zheng and seek her own interests.

Every time she encounters this kind of person, Shen Yuexi avoids it, but she also pays attention to the names of these people, since ancient times, traitors like to take these crooked ways, she wants to remind Zhao Zheng to beware of these people?

She has no love for Zhao Zheng, but she still has a worried heart.

Hu is also a king, she knows too well how difficult it is to govern a country, if there are many virtuous ministers, but there are many treacherous villains, the world will be uneasy.

After a few days, Shen Yuexi really told Zhao Zheng the names of those people.

Zhao Zheng recorded them one by one, and after a short time, he deposed these people one by one.

Since then, no one in Shen Yuexi's other courtyard has dared to bribe.

Shen Yuexi's move won Zhao Zheng's heart, Shen Yuexi's atmosphere and righteousness, and the far-reaching thinking are not comparable to ordinary women.

"Can't you just stay in the capital?" Zhao Zheng asked Shen Yuexi tactfully, but he didn't dare to directly ask how it was to stay by his side.

"You know better than anyone why we have come to this point, so Seventh Master, you don't have to think about it or talk too much, we just need to respect the agreement and get together and disperse." Shen Yuexi said to Zhao Zheng quietly.

Zhao Zheng was speechless and left slowly.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Zhao Zheng still wanted to go to Yunyou Temple.

Zhao Yincheng is 19 years old, and many years ago, Zhao Zheng found him an academician of the most profound Yushitai in this dynasty and began to teach him the way to be a king.

The academician accompanied Zhao Yincheng to live in Yunyou Temple, Zhao Yincheng in addition to learning scriptures, is to read the world's books, know the world's affairs, know the world's principles, and feel sorry for the people of the world.

Zhao Yincheng and Zhao Zheng also had a long talk.

Zhao Yincheng left the court when he was eight years old, and he thought that he would only be quiet in this Yunyou Temple in this life, but he didn't expect that Zhao Zheng had a plan to let him personally manage the government.

"Why are you doing this?" Zhao Yincheng asked Zhao Zheng.

Zhao Zheng replied calmly: "When you take care of the government in person, you will know that being an emperor will not make people happy." ”

"Then why did you set foot in the court in the first place?"

Originally? Zhao Zheng smiled helplessly, how chaotic and complicated the situation was at the beginning, if he hadn't taken on the position of managing the government, Nanxia didn't know what it would have become over the years.

"If I hadn't set foot in the court, would the court be as clear as it is now?" Zhao Zheng looked at Zhao Yincheng, "You should thank me, if it weren't for me, you would have ascended the throne as a child, women would have hung the curtains, the emperor would have interfered with the government, and the dynasty would be chaotic." ”

Zhao Yincheng thought about it, Zhao Zheng was right, not to mention the side, Nanxia has been getting rich and strong over the years, quelling the rebellion in southern Yunnan, and crusading back most of the frontier cities that were lost at the beginning, Zhao Zheng has made great contributions.

Back then, Zhao Zheng didn't ask about the world, and he was as idle as a god in the sky, but since he became the regent, his white hair on his temples was born early, and he was much older with the naked eye.

"In a few days, you have to return to the court and try to start handling government affairs, Uncle Huang has taken care of such a court and politics, and it is time to retire." Finally, Zhao Zheng said to Zhao Yincheng.

Zhao Yincheng didn't speak, he was a little afraid in his heart, and he had doubts about whether he could govern a country well.

Zhao Zheng looked at Zhao Yincheng and understood his timidity, "Uncle Huang will help you until you can completely handle the government yourself, even if Uncle Huang leaves the court, if there are thorny problems, you can still discuss with me." ”

Zhao Zheng's words made Zhao Yincheng a lot easier.

But he still doesn't quite understand why Zhao Zheng suddenly let go, for power, everyone chases crazy, but there are very few people who retreat bravely.

"Uncle Huang is tired." Facing Zhao Yincheng's puzzled gaze, Zhao Zheng patted him on the shoulder and said.

No matter how great the power is, it can't save Yue Xi's life, and he can't get Shen Yuexi's heart.

Seeing Zhao Zheng leave, Zhao Yincheng stood for a long time. He was in Yunyou Temple, and his heart was originally quiet, but from now on, this peace is about to be broken, can he really bear such a heavy burden in the world?

**

"I'm going to return the court of Southern Xia to Cheng'er." Zhao Zheng told Shen Yuexi about this.

He was the only person he told except Huineng.

Zhao Zheng made such a decision, which made Shen Yuexi a little surprised, thought about it, but also agreed, "That's okay, Seventh Master, you are really tired all these years." ”

When Shen Yuexi said this, he was a little touched in his heart, if it wasn't for his own business, Zhao Zheng didn't know if he would have been involved in the political affairs of the court.

"And then? What will you do? Or do you want to be the Seventh Prince who wanders back to the world? Shen Yuexi then asked.

"Cheng'er has never dealt with government affairs, many things need me to assist on the side, and it will always take a few days, this court will be for a while, and I can't do without it." Zhao Zheng replied.

Shen Yuexi didn't say anything more.

Half a month later, Zhao Yincheng left Yunyou Temple and returned to the palace to take charge of court affairs.

There was not much shock in the court, Zhao Yincheng came back, and Zhao Zheng was still there, for those ministers, it was no different.

The days go on as usual.

The chaos is the concubines in the Kangping Palace, especially Yuan Zhaoxi, who once had a dream of letting her son become an emperor in the future, but it was also shattered at this moment.

She couldn't understand Zhao Zheng's thoughts, why did the power in her hands just let go so gently? She wanted to rush to Zhao Zheng and question loudly, but she didn't have the guts, so she could only be depressed alone, and she was seriously ill.

Zhao Yincheng returned to the court, and the court was preparing for the draft to help him select the queen and concubines.

The entire Nanxia women of appropriate age are among the selections, but there is no Zhao Tian.

On the day of the draft, Zhao Yincheng's eyes passed through those slender and graceful women, and he saw Zhao Tian who ran over to him happily in Yunyou Temple, bright and delicate...... But in the crowd, there is no Zhao Tilt, and there will be no Zhao Tilt, they are brothers and sisters of the same clan and surname, and they cannot intermarry.

Zhao Yincheng lowered his eyes, cleaned up the loss in his heart, and then raised his head and started the draft.

This is a slightly lonely draft, there is neither the queen mother nor the queen mother, only Zhao Yincheng sits on it alone, listening to the palace people report the names of those beauties, as for who to choose, it is not based on appearance, Zhao Zheng has already told him that he wants to choose the young lady of the important ministers in the court, in order to achieve the purpose of consolidating the imperial power.

As for the emperor's personal preferences and loves, they are all counted.

As for the emperor's personal preferences and loves, they are all counted.

Because it had been arranged in advance, it was quickly decided who would stay and who would go.

The queen was chosen as Xu Du's daughter Xu Qiaozhen, who was 16 years old, although she was not born with a national color and fragrance, but she could also see it, and the most important thing was that she was the daughter of the general who protected the country, and she could hold the harem.