Now that it has entered the dog days, in order to avoid the scorching sun, Xiaoyue goes out early every day and goes home when the sun sets.

Since she took up her position in the official school, she hasn't seen Wen Youyou. Regarding Wen Youyou's situation, she actually knew a thing or two from the mouths of the students of the official school.

Half a month ago, Wen Youyou was officially appointed by Yuan Chenhao as the secretary of the ministry, and Li Shunyu, the former secretary of the ministry, was promoted to the right prime minister, and Liu Yuanhui was on an equal footing.

In order to reform the rule of officials, Wen Youyou put forward a lot of suggestions on the existing policies, and is also ready to make some drastic reforms. However, the change he made was for the purpose of selecting talents and talents for the whole country, so it would inevitably lead to the transfer of officials, and it would hurt the vested interests of the original British faction and the Vietnamese faction. Invisibly, he became the common enemy of both the British faction and the Vietnamese faction.

Originally, Yuan Chenhao promoted Li Shunyu, the secretary of the ministry, to the right prime minister in the hope of using this person to assist Wen Youyou in managing the ministry, but he didn't expect an accident to happen, causing Li Shunyu to completely discooperate with Wen Youyou's work.

Liu Zitao said to Xiaoyue: "Li Shunyu is bent on letting Wen Youyou marry his daughter, so that after they become a family, Li Shunyu will naturally become Wen Youyou's help, but... ”

When Xiao Yue heard this, she understood everything, and she said with a wry smile: "Wen Youyou didn't agree?"

Liu Zitao nodded, and then said: "Therefore, this time, Prime Minister Liu Cheng united the six Shangshu and wrote together to impeach Lord Wen. In this matter, if Prime Minister Li Cheng does not help, and Prime Minister Wen avoids it, then Master Wen will be in danger. ”

Xiao Yue recalled that a month ago, Mu Ziyu had already reported to herself, which showed that Liu Yuanhui and the others had been dealing with Wen Youyou for a long time, it seemed that if Wen Youyou had not been willing to marry the Li family, these people would not have done so quickly.

But as soon as they made a move, it showed that they were sure enough to let Wen Youyou step down, even if Wen Youyou had Yuan Chenhao's support, but Yuan Chenhao could not ignore the overall situation, just to protect his official position.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yue felt that her back was already soaked with sweat, and she knew that at this time, she had to find Wen Youyou and discuss a foolproof plan with him.

Xiao Yue didn't have time to say goodbye to Liu Zitao, so she hurriedly went to the official school to take leave, and then went to the Wenfu Courtyard to find Wen Youyou, but learned that Wen Youyou was still in the early dynasty, and Xiao Yue rushed to the gate of the imperial city to wait.

When the scorching sun was at the head, Xiaoyue didn't wait for Wen Youyou.

Xiao Yue was so anxious that she couldn't find Wen Youyou, she didn't eat lunch, her stomach was empty, and she was exposed to the scorching sun, standing at the gate of the imperial city, she felt that she was about to faint.

Just when she was at a loss, a little eunuch in a blue-gray robe walked out of the palace gate, and he asked sharply, "Dare to ask Gongzi if his surname is Wen?"

Xiao Yue looked at this strange eunuch, physically and mentally exhausted, so she just nodded mechanically, not even wanting to say a word.

"The Queen Mother wants to see you, come with me. ”

"Queen Mother?" As soon as she heard these two words, Xiao Yue seemed to be woken up with a basin of cold water, "Where is the Queen Mother?"

The little eunuch pointed to the city gate, and Xiao Yue followed the direction of his finger and looked up to see that the Queen Mother was standing on the city wall and watching her.

Xiao Yue saluted the Queen Mother, with a nervous mood, and then followed the little eunuch into the palace gate.

She remembered that she used to go straight to the imperial study, but this time the little eunuch took her to the left, and they kept walking along the palace wall, passing through several courtyards halfway.

Finally, the little eunuch took Satsuki into a tree-lined garden with a very large artificial lake in the middle of the lake, a large pavilion in the middle of the lake, and a long corridor connecting it to the garden.

The little eunuch led her through a winding corridor to the wooden pavilion.

"Young Master Wen, you wait here for a while. ”

"Okay. Satsuki looked at the tables and chairs in the wooden pavilion, and she found a shaded place to sit down.

Being exposed to the sun all the time, and walking like this all the way, Satsuki felt that she was wet all over, as if she had just been fished out of the water.

Along the way, her mood was very low, on the one hand, there was no one around her who could help her pass the word to Wen Youyou, and on the other hand, she didn't expect the Queen Mother to summon her at this time, and she was completely unprepared.

There was a gentle breeze on the lake, Xiao Yue sat in the pavilion for a while, and the sweat on her body slowly dried, but she didn't eat at noon, and her head was a little dizzy.

The queen mother never appeared, only a palace maid took some tea and gave it to Xiaoyue to drink. Satsuki drank tea while looking around.

The sun shone directly on the surface of the lake, reflecting the white swaying light, which made Xiao Yue more and more sleepy, in addition to the sound of the wind, it was the intermittent cicada chirping rhythmic "Zhi-Zhi——, sound was still loud, which made Xiao Yue even more dizzy.

As she was lying on the table with her face turned sideways, facing the direction of the garden, and was about to take a nap, she saw a group of people walking in the direction of the wooden pavilion, and the Queen Mother was among them.

This made Xiao Yue, who was originally drowsy, immediately sober up, she poured the cool tea on the table into her hand, then applied it to her face, and then dried it with her sleeves, stood up with a strong spirit, and waited for the queen mother to arrive on the side of the wooden pavilion.

When the group arrived at the lake, the queen mother followed with a palace maid with an umbrella, and the others stayed at the lake.

Xiao Yue looked up and saw the two of them walking towards the center of the lake one after the other, but she also noticed that the Queen Mother was looking directly at her.

As soon as Xiao Yue met the Queen Mother's sharp gaze, she reflexively lowered her head, unwilling to look at her.

After a while, a pair of beautifully embroidered shoes with jewels on all sides appeared in front of her.

"Wen Yue, long time no see. ”

Xiao Yue hurriedly knelt down, "Caomin Wenyue pays a visit to the Queen Mother." ”

The shoes walked past her, and the jewels on them swayed as she walked, and they looked good.

After a while, a voice came from behind him, "Get up, it's cold on the ground, sit down and talk." ”

"Yes. Satsuki slowly got up and sat back down at the table.

The palace maid beside the Queen Mother had already set up the tea and snacks, and then waited to listen to the instructions.

"Wen Yue, what was the last time we met? The mourning family is old, and I can't remember it clearly. The Queen Mother said lukewarmly.

Xiao Yue looked at her well-maintained face, and couldn't help but praise her sincerely, "Queen Mother, you are still young, where will you be old." ”

The queen mother glanced at her with slanted eyes, and said with a smile: "Your mouth is so sweet, how many people have you coaxed?"

Xiao Yue only felt that the cicadas in her ears were getting louder and louder, her brain was buzzing, and she didn't know how to answer.

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