A wave of loss welled up in her heart, and Mu Hui held back her tears and ran towards Yikun Palace.

"Stop, what kind of system are you so flustered." Mu Hui stopped and saw the source of the voice clearly: "An Guiren is auspicious. ”

"I heard that you often go in and out of the Qianqing Palace these days, is it that your master wants to inquire about any news, so as to seduce the emperor."

"No, little lord. How could we, the little masters, do such a thing. ”

"I can't say for sure." The corners of An Guiren's mouth raised, and he looked disdainful and ridiculed: "You must know that your little master has never been in bed." If you don't say it's in a hurry, who will believe it? ”

"Little master, slave maid, but I heard that someone saw Sister Mu Hui always pulling Lord Cao to talk. It's a pity that Lord Cao is very tired of her. Fang Fei, who was beside An Guiren, also echoed.

"Lord Cao? Cao Ziqing? The imperial guards around the emperor are big celebrities. No wonder, it's a good idea to say a few words for your own master with such a person. Fang Fei, you can't learn from others. ”

Mu Hui didn't dare to say much, it was wrong to say anything at this time, and if she didn't get it right, it would cause trouble for the little master. At this time, she had no choice, she could only swallow her anger.

"What? Don't you dare to argue? Isn't your master able to speak the truth? Why is there a slave with a clumsy tongue? An Guiren covered her mouth and smiled, the smugness in the corners of her eyes was deeply remembered by Mu Hui, she would return it one day.

"Look, she is just a little palace maid, and she is wearing the master's cloak." An Guiren stretched out his hand and pulled off the cloak tied to Mu Hui's body, threw it to the ground, and pretended to step on it a few times inadvertently.

Mu Hui tried her best to suppress her anger, she was afraid that she would rush over and choke her neck if she was not careful.

"Fang Fei, did you say she was dumb?" An Guiren turned to the side and pretended to ask.

"How can it be, I was still greeting the little master just now." Fang Fei also echoed.

"So, you don't want to deal with me, right? Fang Fei, why don't you let her answer me a few words? ”

Fang Fei is also a smart person, and immediately understood what her little master meant. stepped forward and quickly slapped Mu Hui, but it was not the face but the exposed neck.

She naturally won't violate the rules of the palace. Seeing that Fang Fei's hand still wanted to come down, Mu Hui dodged lightly and dodged her hand.

Fang Fei was a little surprised, and she was stunned for a while.

"Little lord spare his life." Seeing this, Mu Hui knelt down.

Seeing her begging for mercy, An Guiren also felt bored and left with Fang Fei.

Mu Hui stood up and walked back to Yikun Palace quickly.

"How was it, what did you talk to Master Cao? It's been a while. Hearing the voice, Chun Xi expected that Mu Hui was back, so he came out of the back room and sat on the couch.

With a smile on her face, looking at Mu Hui, who had not spoken all the time and lowered her head, the more she looked at it, the more she felt that something was wrong. Chunxi stood up and walked to Mu Hui's side. Stretched out his hand to lift her head, and when he saw her eyes red, his heart tightened.

"What's wrong?" She asked anxiously and put her hand down, but at this time she found that her neck was red. Looking down, she looked at the cloak in her hand with a stain that looked like she had been trampled on by a flowerpot-bottomed shoe.

"What is this?" Chunxi reached out and touched her neck again, and was surprised to find that there were finger prints on it, "What happened?" ”

On the way back, I met An Guiren. She was quite dissatisfied with the little master, and said sarcastically......"

"So you got into a fight with her?"

"No, I didn't say anything. Because of this, she is even more old-fashioned, so she let Fang Fei teach me a lesson, and even trampled on the windbreaker that the little master put on for me. ”

"You're doing the right thing. Mu Hui, I'm sorry to let you suffer such a grievance. "Chunxi is full of distress, since Mu Hui followed him when she was 5 years old, she has never beaten and scolded. In the past, no matter how arrogant Aunt Xiao was, she didn't dare to say anything serious to Mu Hui. Now, when I entered the palace, I was bullied everywhere, even **. blamed himself for failing to protect her well. This An Guiren was dissatisfied with herself, and she didn't dare to do anything to her, and she was angry with Mu Hui, which was really hateful.

"No, there isn't." Mu Hui shook her head, wanting to let Chunxi understand her mind: "As long as you're okay, I'll be fine." Mu Hui doesn't care, what's more, Mu Hui is a person who practices martial arts, what is there when she is hit by this. ”

The guilt on her face also smiled because of her words: "You, you will always be like this." I'll never be able to repay you for your kindness to me. ”

"Nope." Mu Hui shook her head desperately: "My kindness to you is not as good as your affection for me." There are a few people in this world who dare to treat their subordinates as sisters. You taught me to read and write, and you taught me martial arts. Although you say that learning literature is to make yourself look more knowledgeable, learning martial arts is to be able to protect you well. However, these are all things that Miss Chunyin has never gotten, sisterhood. ”

"Mu Hui, do you know? In this world, apart from my mother, I only have a relative like you. I, Amma, don't care about me at all, all he wants is Aunt Xiao's love for him and Chunyin's filial piety to him. For him, I'm just a superfluous fixture in the house. Since I entered the palace, he has not even paid attention to it. Can you believe it? If one day I win the emperor's favor, he may have a different face for me. ”

"Little master, Mu Hui will always be by your side." Mu Hui held Chunxi's hands tightly, she would definitely abide by this agreement.

"Fool, you're going to get married. After the age of twenty-two, you can leave the palace. I'll definitely find a good home for you when the time comes. By the way, what do you think, Master Cao? ”

"Lord Cao already has a family, so why should I bother to ask for hardship again?" Mu Hui lowered her head and let go of her clenched hand.

Seeing that she let go of her hand, Chun Xi reached out to hold her again, and whispered: "That's right, he has a family, but there is a saying that a wife is not as good as a concubine." Mu Hui, as long as it is what you want, I will work hard to give it to you. ”

"Little lord, if you just rely on such obscurity, you will not get grace. Doesn't the little lord miss the emperor at all? ”

"Of course I want to, but is it useful? There are so many women in the harem, if I blindly compete for favor, then I will really be the same as them. My emperor won't like that. When it comes to his own affairs, Chun Xi is also full of hesitation. Although her little caution may be debunked sooner or later, she still doesn't know if Xuan Ye can move him with such a trivial matter in her heart.

"But how long will it take to wait like this?"

"The emperor will understand." She can only comfort herself, this may be an ability that she must have as a woman in the deep palace. Constant self-soothing will get better. In this case, everyone in the Forbidden City has probably said it to themselves.

"I hope so." Mu Hui prayed in her heart. She really didn't dare to agree with what she was doing, but now she couldn't do better.

Half a month later, Mu Hui hurriedly returned from Qianqing Palace.

"Little Lord. There is news from the Qianqing Palace, and today the emperor is furious in the court. Mu Hui hurriedly walked over, with an anxious look.

"But why did you hear that?" Chun Xi stuffed the tea cup in his hand into Lan Xin's hand, pulled Mu Hui's hand, and asked anxiously.

Mu Hui's face was embarrassed, and she said in a hurry: "Say yes...... Because of the rebellion of the three feudatories...... The emperor decided...... To drive the expedition. ”

"What? Driving a personal expedition? How can this be done. ”

"The ministers said the same, so the emperor was angry."

"No, I must go to the Qianqing Palace." Chun Xi let go of Mu Hui's hand and walked out quickly.

"Little Lord." Mu Hui hurriedly followed.

As soon as Chunxi walked out of the door of Yikun Palace, he stopped again.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that Chunxi stopped, Mu Hui asked anxiously.

"No, since I entered the palace, I have only seen the emperor once, and now that I have gone so abruptly, the emperor will definitely not listen to me, and he will not even see the emperor's face. Hurry up and invite Master Cao, and say that I have something important to look for him. ”

"Huh."

Chunxi waited anxiously in the pavilion, her exposed hands were already red from the cold, but at this moment she was unaware of it, thinking carefully about how to admonish the emperor about this matter. Just thinking about it, Mu Hui had already come in a hurry with Cao Ziqing.

"Little Lord." Cao Ziqing's voice made Chunxi come back to his senses.

"Lord Cao has seen the emperor today?"

"I was about to go to Qianqing Palace, and I met Miss Muhui on the way, saying that the little master was looking for me in an emergency." Cao Ziqing also guessed the purpose of Chunxi, so he was willing to come over with Mu Hui at this moment of burning his eyebrows.

Chun Xi sighed and said, "What does Lord Cao think of today's court affairs?" ”

"The emperor wants to drive the royal expedition in person, but he can't, the ministers have already dissuaded the emperor with the empress dowager's age."

"Why does the emperor want to drive the expedition in person?" Chun Xi asked.

"The military department Shangshu Mo Luo was killed, and *** belonged to Wu Sangui. Now from the civil and military officials to the peddlers and pawns, everyone is panicking. In particular, those anti-Qing people who waved the banner of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty applauded even more. ”

"Then, in my lord's opinion, should the emperor go on the expedition?" Chun Xi asked again.

"The emperor wanted to frustrate the spirit of Wu Sangui's old thief, but the lower officials felt that this battle should not be done by the emperor himself. Now that the Empress Dowager is old, if the emperor leaves the palace, who can get an idea about this major event in the court? ”

Chun Xi nodded and said what was in his heart: "My lord is right. It's not that the emperor doesn't understand the truth, but he is quite uneasy now, so he naturally can't listen to it. In fact, if you want to frustrate Wu Sangui's spirit, why should the emperor go out in person? Now there are people who have rebelled one after another, but unfortunately, although their division is famous, they have no strength and are scattered everywhere. Wu Sangui started his army in a hurry, it seems that he is now strong, but if you think about it carefully, where did his manpower, material and financial resources come from? ”

"Wu Sangui opened mines to smelt iron, hoarded arms, and enlisted strong men, and he was already ready to rebel." Cao Ziqing told everything he knew.

"How is he?"

I heard that he was extremely extravagant, and he did not hesitate to stir up relations between the people for the sake of his power in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces.

Chun Xi shook his head again and again after hearing this: "How can you be the emperor with such tyranny?" Since ancient times, the Son of Heaven was born for the people, so how can he achieve great things if he is so unpopular with the people? ”

"What does the little lord mean to let the emperor win the hearts of the people?"

"Since the emperor is no longer able to drive the expedition in person, why not participate in this battle in another way?"

"Ziqing thanked the little master for reminding me."

"I hope today's words with Lord Cao can help the emperor." Chun Xi took the food box that Mu Hui had just returned to the palace and handed him to Cao Ziqing.

"Resignation."

In the Qianqing Palace, Xuan Ye had just finished eating what Cao Ziqing had sent.

"Ziqing." Xuan Ye stopped Cao Ziqing, who was about to leave.

"Your Majesty, is it because today's dim sum is not appetizing?"

"It's not." Xuan Ye shook his head: "These days, I have to work for your wife." What she made really made me taste a lot better. I'm tired of eating everything in the palace. I'm still wondering if I should change the kitchen. I didn't expect you to understand my mind so well. ”

"As long as the emperor is happy, it will be." Cao Ziqing was a little embarrassed, but he didn't dare to explain directly. After all, if you promise something, if you can't do it, it will damage your reputation.

"Ziqing, what do you think of today's events?"

Cao Ziqing remembered the conversation with Chunxi half an hour ago, and replied: "Does the emperor still have the heart to drive the expedition?" ”

"I have a heart, but-" Xuan Ye wanted to speak and stopped, thinking about the words of the civil and military officials in the court today, it is not unreasonable.

"Your Majesty, since you can't be on the battlefield in person, it's better to take command. Who said that this leader must be himself in battle? ”

"Oh? Do you have any good ideas? Let's hear it, is there a difference between my thoughts and mine? ”

"It turns out that the emperor already has a countermeasure. The emperor may wish to send a credible person to fight, although the front-line affairs cannot be controlled by you one by one, most of them are under your control. ”

"This coincides with me." Xuan Ye nodded and expressed approval: "But do you have other ideas?" “

"Now on the surface, Wu Sangui is the most advantageous, but in fact he is not popular with the people. For the Han people, he once abandoned the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and later deprived the people of Yunnan and Guizhou. As the saying goes, whoever wins the hearts of the people wins the world, and this Wu Sangui was doomed to be a loser from the beginning. ”

That's true. Ziqing, you reminded me. Since I can't go to the battlefield in person, I might as well defeat him from somewhere else. ”

"The emperor is wise."

Xuan Ye nodded, looked at Cao Ziqing with a straight face, and took another piece of dim sum and put it in his mouth: "I remember, your wife didn't have such cooking skills in the past." ”

Cao Ziqing was stunned for a moment, and the sudden change of topic made him smile awkwardly: "This-she took the trouble to learn." ”

"But I don't seem to think you've tasted any of these things. You can bring different food every day, and your wife is very attentive. But it doesn't seem very conscionable that something you didn't even eat yourself should be offered to me. ”

"Your Majesty. Wechen - Wechen has something to say. Cao Ziqing saw that the matter had been revealed, and it was not good to hide it anymore. At this time, it is also necessary to let the emperor know that there is a person in his harem who has a heart and soul with him.

"Say it."

"Actually, these are not from the hands of the lowly, but the one from the Yikun Palace."

"It's her." Xuan Ye immediately understood.

Cao Ziqing saw that Xuan Ye was not angry but laughed, and immediately felt relieved. I'm afraid that in the future, I won't have to quietly bring the food box and send it to the emperor, and make up a bunch of words to tell the emperor. But in this case, he should not be able to see her.