The two of them ran all over the sweat, and sat down at the table to rest again, although it was a cold winter, because they were in the south, and it was just noon, it was also very comfortable.

Mingyue didn't miss every opportunity to fill her stomach, and with both hands, her mouth was full of pastries, like a hungry beggar.

Qi Heng blinked and said strangely, "Are you not used to eating the new meals made in the imperial dining room?" How did you starve like this? ”

Mingyue swallowed the pastry residue in her mouth, and said slyly: "Big mistake, the things in this palace are very delicious, especially the things made by the newcomer Luo Ping's imperial chef, which are super invincible and delicious, I was punished for starving because the examiner was biased against me and failed the exam." ”

Qi Heng was aroused, and looked up and down at Mingyue's rustic dress in disbelief, no matter how he looked, he couldn't see that he knew half of Wenmo, and said without hiding his disdain: "Cut, just you?" Also exams? Will you be able to write the Four Books and Five Classics or plan a military strategy? Oh, no, you're a woman, you can't be a female celebrity in chess, calligraphy and painting, and knitting, right? Aren't all women supposed to know these things? ”

The serious look on the little radish head greatly stabbed Mingyue's self-esteem, because the little radish head thought that these ordinary women should know something, she just wouldn't, whether it was piano, chess, calligraphy and painting or knitting female red, so that she had to feel inferior and think that she must be a fake woman who was born wrong.

Mingyue shook her head and said, "The examiner examined my topic, and I couldn't learn it no matter how hard I worked." If it were you, you wouldn't be able to learn. ”

This time, Qi Heng's self-esteem was stabbed, and he straightened his waist, with a look of eagerness and not to be outdone.

Mingyue drooped her face and said, "She took the test for my parents, why isn't she an official above the fourth grade; Examine my family background, why is it not a family inheritance; Examine my brother, why is there no talent to help the world; Test my sister, why not Miss Ruya; Test my ......."

Qi Heng's little face also drooped, and he said quite angrily: "You can't do these things for the examiner at all....... Even if it is Prince Ben, he can't do it if he changes his position...... No one can change their background, right? This examiner is indeed too harsh...... If you are punished for not being allowed to eat, you should be punished for the evil of your heart...... Which examiner are you talking about? Han Shanggong, the most demanding number of Shangyi Bureau in the harem, is she it? A mere five-grade female official dared to bully the prince's aunt, and when she saw that the prince was not the queen mother, she was beaten and her official position was cut off......"

Looking at the uneven appearance of the little radish head, Mingyue almost laughed, especially the "uncle" called Mingyue, which was called a heartbeat, between the two, because of a paper kite, the distance was quickly shortened, and the little baby was really much better than the black-bellied mother.

Mingyue looked depressed, patted the shoulder of the little radish head, and sighed: "I'm afraid you can't be the master of this matter, let's wait for the 'examiner' to be angry, I can't die of hunger, don't I have your support!" ”

Mingyue quickly pulled the tiger skin as a banner, and quickly pulled the prince into her camp to solve the problem of hunger in the future.

Qi Heng nodded solemnly, frowned again and said, "If you can't meet this prince, how are you going to quench your hunger?" ”

Mingyue rolled her eyes, and intentionally teased Qi Heng and said, "There are always more ways than difficulties." As I walked along the way, there was a ginkgo tree in the middle of the courtyard; In front of the porch, there was a large pond of koi; There was a large clump of bamboo in the corner; There is a room full of flowers in the side hall on the right, and they are blooming brightly......"

Qi Heng said with a stunned face, and said in surprise: "These, does it have anything to do with whether you are hungry or not?" ”

Mingyue sighed, sighed that the prince was just a flower in a greenhouse, raised her chin, put on a preachy appearance and said: "This is called reading ten thousand books is better than traveling thousands of miles, reading dead books is better than asking masters, I am a master." ”

Seeing that Qi Heng was still listening to himself carefully, Mingyue continued arrogantly: "The ginkgo fruit on the ginkgo tree can be used as medicine to cure diseases, and it can also be eaten to relieve hunger; Koi fish can be watched pleasantly, but they can also be roasted and wrapped in belly; Although bamboo is inedible, it will be able to dig up winter bamboo shoots when digging underneath; There are also flowers, most of which are edible, and legend has it that women who often feed on flowers will naturally exude a flower-like body fragrance......"

"You are really not small, not only to fight my koi idea, but also to fight my flower house idea......"

A majestic voice suddenly came out from behind itself, especially when I heard the self-proclaimed "I", looking at this palace, I am afraid that there is only one person like this.

Frightened, Mingyue slipped directly out of the chair and slipped to the ground, and then knelt down with a "plop", and then realized that he was kneeling in the wrong direction, and turned around like a donkey, and saluted Qi Zhao with his "buttocks", and bowed to the four eunuchs who came with the emperor.

The corners of the man's mouth couldn't help but rise, and when he just knelt down, he finally saw the girl's complexion clearly, not beautiful and noble, but very smart, like a babbling stream, although not as wide as the river, but with its unique freshness and agility.

No wonder, Wei Zhixing, who is rarely in love, can forget Liu Jiayi, and he works hard for such a woman, I don't know if it's worth it or not, but I shouldn't regret it.

The man teased intentionally: "Xiao Chengzi, you go to the carp pond to check whether there are fewer carp; Xiao Gongzi, you go to the flower room to check whether there are fewer flowers; Xiao Rongzi, you go to the bamboo forest to check whether the bamboo is lacking; Xiao Yizi, you go and check if the ginkgo is lost......"

The four little eunuchs got the order, and as expected, they left in a hurry, and went completely to their own ridiculous tasks.

Mingyue's heart was stunned, and she scolded this emperor in her heart, you have a heart to check flowers and fish, after all, they are cherished things; But what the hell are these bamboo shoots and ginkgo seeds? A winter bamboo shoot that has no room to grow at all and a broken white fruit that falls down is also swept away, what do you do to check it? Besides, how do you know if you've lost it? Less, or less? It's not your word for it? ”

Mingyue muttered in her heart, wouldn't it be that the emperor regretted sparing his guilt for opening a salt mine privately, and now he is looking for an excuse to treat himself, he is just happy and hasn't put it into action yet, okay?

Mingyue was so anxious that she kowtowed again and said: "Long live Lord, still, don't work hard to mobilize the crowd to investigate, the people's daughter has not yet taken action, at most it can be regarded as an attempted crime......"

The man teased with a face, and the corners of his mouth rose: "How do you know if you don't check whether you have lost it or not?" ”

The little radish head, who had been silent, finally couldn't stand it anymore, and said to the man again: "Father, Erchen proves that Uncle and Mother are not lying, she just ate Erchen's pastries to relieve her hunger......"

Although Mingyue couldn't see Qi Heng's face, judging from his trembling voice, this Qi Heng was very afraid of this emperor's father on weekdays, and there was no such closeness between the two fathers and sons.

The man scolded with a cold face: "The prince proves for a peasant girl, are you with her today, and still with her at night?" How to prove it? Also, I promised to marry this girl to Wei Aiqing, but Wei Zhixing has not yet agreed to marry this vulgar person, is it too early for you to call this 'uncle'? Where have you been indoctrinated? Isn't the course taught by the Han University Scholar abandoned again.......

Mingyue was wronged herself, but because she hurt the little radish head and was bullied by his father, it was really an uncle who couldn't bear it.

Mingyue stood up with a "rub", saw the man's lazy face like a cat, and knelt down heroically short, but changed from the "buttock" face saint to the "face" face saint, suppressed his emotions, and said calmly: "Back to Long Live Lord, although the people's daughter doesn't know much, she also knows that the investigation and sentencing must be just, fair and open." Since Your Majesty wants to find out whether it is lost or not, whether it is less or less, please ask the eunuch to provide the original amount to show justice. ”

Qi Zhao was stunned when he asked this, although this little peasant girl was a little disrespectful and faced herself head-on, but what she said was not unreasonable, and her eyes were crystal clear, without a trace of timidity and distractions, and she was very comfortable in people's hearts.

The father-in-law on his side coughed lightly, and Qi Zhao came to his senses and said softly: "The steward of the Kunning Palace came out to reply." ”

The garden here is a small garden between Cining Palace and Kunning Palace, and the front is followed by the Heart Palace, so it is not far from the two palaces and one hall, and after a while, the people in the Kunning Palace hula out of a large group of people, including the queen mother and a group of palace maids and eunuchs, Wu Yang knelt in a large row.

The queen glanced at Yin Mingyue, her eyes couldn't help but widen, seeing that the emperor was here, she didn't dare to ask more, so she could only wait quietly for the development of the situation.

The eunuch of the deacon of Kunning Palace is a father-in-law surnamed Qiu in his forties, although he has experienced enough wind and rain, but it is the first time that such a strange thing has happened today, and he is even more nervous than when he first entered the palace.

Gonggong Qiu tried his best to suppress his trembling voice and said: "Back to Long Live Lord, the book made in Kunning Palace at the beginning of spring when everything is recovering, there are three hundred and twelve pots of flowers in the flower room, including thirty-two pots of camellias, five pots of eighteen bachelors, and three pots of nine sons Dengke....... Twenty-eight pots of peony, two pots of Yao Huang, and two pots of purple...... At the beginning of the month, the number of flowers was counted, and there were 51 pots of hibiscus and begonias open, and 11 pots with buds to be released......."

After Gonggong Qiu finished saying one of the flowers, he was already tired and his mouth was dry, but he had to bite the bullet and continue to say: "The fry that the koi fish replenish at the beginning of spring are 999 poles and 100 bamboos, which is taken from the beginning. ”

Gonggong Qiu secretly glanced at the emperor's face, and saw that the long-lived lord was overjoyed and angry, so he said boldly: "When the ginkgo tree bears white fruits, it was sent to the Tai Hospital, and the academician of the Tai Hospital said that this ginkgo tree is still young, and the white fruits produced by it cannot be used as medicinal materials on the nobles, so the ginkgo trees in Kunning Palace, when the white fruits fall, they are taken away and burned with the leaves; Because there are hundreds of bamboos, they are all dug up and thrown away after they grow, so the number of ginkgo and bamboo shoots has not yet been registered......"

Gonggong Qiu bit his lower lip tightly, his eyes didn't even dare to look at Qi Zhao, he just lowered his head, waiting for Qi Zhao's fury to come, how did he know that the emperor would one day be interested in the fish and bamboo shoots in Kunning Palace, and he would have to check the quantity? It won't be on a whim one day to check how many leaves the thousand-year-old Bodhi tree in the courtyard has, right? It's chilling to think about.

Unexpectedly, Qi Zhao did not get angry, but said solemnly to Mingyue: "What you said, be fair and just, since bamboo shoots and ginkgo have no base, I will not deceive you, just check the number of fish and flowers, if it is less, I will punish you!" ”