I also raised my head to look at him and smiled slightly: "Why does the emperor ask that?" ”

He was stunned by my question, and the two of them looked at each other for a moment, but without saying anything more, he took a sip of tea

, said: "Living here alone, are you still used to it?" ”

"It's good."

"Will it be lonely?"

I just smiled and bowed my head and said nothing. Say yes, say no, it's not right, Pei Yuanhao is a man who likes this kind of problem

And often, the answer is not so important to him.

Looking at my smiling face, he also smiled: "If there is a shortage of anything, let people ask Yu Quan." ”

"Concubines don't lack anything."

"Oh? Isn't there anything missing? ”

"......" I looked up at him, and I smiled a little, and got up to add some to his tea bowl

Hot tea, then looked down into his eyes, and said softly, "That's fine." ”

He seemed to be slightly moved, looked at me for a long time, and suddenly stretched out his hand to me.

I also slowly stretched out my hand, and some of the slightly cool fingertips were tightly held in the palm of his hand, and with a slight pull, I also walked over

Go, he slowly hugged him into his arms, the two of them were so close to each other that they could almost hear each other's heartbeats.

This moment, for me, is all there is to it.

Today he seemed to have made time to stay in Fangcaotang and have lunch with me, and the two of them leaned on the bed

After drinking tea and resting for a while, the snow outside stopped, and the sun shone through the thick clouds

The snow reflects a brilliant light, but it seems to be warmer than in spring.

He suddenly said: "By the way, when I came here, I saw the plum blossoms in the Imperial Garden blooming, so accompany me to take a look." ”

"Yes."

Along the way, the snow on the bluestone trail was cleaned, and the road was not difficult, but he still held me all the way

hands, so even in the snow and ice, my fingertips were always warm, until we saw the one

The handsome red plum leaned against the wall.

The sky and the earth are covered with snow, and this tree is so gorgeous and delicate, like a flame on the ice

In general, dazzling and dazzling, I looked up and only sighed at the work of creation.

Pei Yuanhao stood behind me, and when he saw me looking up for a long time, he suddenly stretched out his hand, and I hurriedly said, "What is the emperor doing?" ”

"If you like it so much, fold it down and take it back, and keep it in the house for a while."

"No need."

"It's cold and the road is slippery, if you want to see it again, it's not easy to come out."

"Concubine—"

I was about to say that if I couldn't see it, I wouldn't see it, and I didn't have to fold it off, but before I could say anything, I heard a burst behind me

The sound of hurried footsteps, looking back, it was the person serving in the imperial study, as soon as he saw the two of us, he immediately knelt down and said, "Emperor."

on, Yue Cairen. ”

Pei Yuanhao frowned: "What's the matter?" ”

"Yangzhou, eight hundred miles expedited!"

His eyebrows twisted.

I also know that he has been busy with the affairs of the south these days, although he has already set to go south after the beginning of spring.

However, the situation in the south has not eased at all because of this, not only the students have made trouble, but I have heard that the new policy in the south has also been affected

No small amount of resistance.

I said softly: "Since the emperor has government affairs to do, the concubines will retire first." ”

After speaking, he leaned over towards him and was about to turn around and leave, but just as he turned around, he heard Pei Yuanhao's voice

Behind him, he said: "Qingying." ”

"Huh?"

"You accompany me to the imperial study."

"......" in the imperial study, my footsteps stopped for a moment.

I haven't forgotten what happened the last time I went to the imperial study, and that night changed my life and made me put it away completely

I was a little uncomfortable with my own extravagant hopes and dreams, even when he mentioned orange cheese, let alone go again.

Seeing that I seemed to be a little hesitant, Pei Yuanhao didn't say anything, and directly stepped forward to take my hand, turned around and headed towards Yu

Walk to the study.

Entering the imperial study, he and I both took off our cloaks and fell neatly, and Grandpa Yu had already taken over the fire on the plate

The paint tube was opened, and the letterhead was taken out of it, which was carefully opened and presented to him.

I stood next to him, poured him tea, and when I casually turned around, I saw that his face had changed.

It seems that this eight-hundred-mile rush is not good news.

I put the tea bowl in his hand, and then carefully retreated to the side and stood, and the jade father-in-law and they had already withdrawn.

There was only me and him left in the imperial study, but this time the atmosphere was a little different from before, and I didn't speak, just so peaceful

Stand quietly.

After a while, he looked up at me and said, "Sit down." ”

I nodded and sat down in the chair next to me.

He glanced at the paper in his hand again, and then said, "You don't want to know, what is written in the eight hundred miles of urgency?" ”

I thought about it for a while and said, "The harem can't interfere in politics. ”

He picked the corner of his lips: "Then why don't you want to think about why I let you come to the imperial study." ”

I pursed my lips, he asked me to come to the imperial study, of course, it wasn't for that matter, just because of Yangzhou-the beginning

I once accompanied him to Yangzhou, and even I was kidnapped by the people who returned to the medicine shop, and I also came with Huang Tianba's group

In the past, I was more familiar with those gangsters than the people in the court.

So, I asked cautiously, "Yangzhou, is something wrong?" ”

"Liu Yi was assassinated."

"Huh?"

I was speechless in astonishment.

Liu Yi is Liu Zhaoyi's elder brother, the son of Liu Shizhou, a Qing official who was assassinated in Yangzhou, and he is also in the imperial court

The only few officials who still insist on speaking for the southerners, I heard that Pei Yuanhao sent him south to serve as assassin a while ago, no

Thinking that it had only been a little more than a month, he had been assassinated!

"Then, Lord Liu, he-"

"Seriously injured, I'm afraid it will take a while before I know the personnel."

I was relieved to hear that he wasn't dead, but looking at Pei Yuanhao's face, it wasn't very good-looking. Indeed, he was

plans to govern the provinces south of the Yangtze River well, but the people in the south don't seem to buy the account of him, the new emperor, and now he even assassinates Shidu

If you are assassinated, if you continue to make trouble like this, I am afraid that it will cause another catastrophe at the beginning.

There was no annoyed expression on his face, and his gaze was calm, but looking at his fingers pinching the note, the joints were hairy

It's white, I'm afraid that if it continues like this, the paper will turn into powder in his hands.

I know that he was really angry, not only because of the disobedience of those people in the south, but because of the students in the south

At the beginning of the eight major crimes, everything poked at his sore spots, and the reason why he never started was not because he changed his sex

, just for the sake of the overall situation, even if the south is disobedient, it is a tumor that the Celestial Empire must not move.

And this kind of cancer, you can't use the knife, you can only slow down.

I got up and walked over, and carefully held the tea bowl in front of him: "The emperor is angry, drink some tea first." ”

He glanced up at me, reached over and didn't take the tea bowl, but stroked my hand with a slight sneer

"Your hands are warm, but the hearts of southerners are not warm." ”

"The emperor knows, why can't the hearts of southerners be warm?"

"Huh?"

I thought about it for a while and said to him: "From the previous assassination of Lord Liu Shizhou, it can be seen that the attitude of the southerners towards the imperial court is right

Standing and hostile, it does not care about the individual officials, but the attitude of the imperial court. ”

"The attitude of the imperial court? I have already planned to go south at the beginning of spring, and it is only a matter of time before I depose the lowly people. ”

"Yes, the emperor thinks so, but the people in the south don't see the true will. The untouchables of the south are not removed, in the imperial court

Without the status of the southern gentry, the southerners will always feel that the court promulgates ****, and the officials sent by the court will always be

It's a faint official. ”

“……”

I bit my lower lip, but I still had the courage to say: "Has the emperor ever thought about using southerners to govern the south?" ”

"Use southerners to govern the south?"

A light flashed in his eyes, as if he remembered something, and he turned to look at me: "Who do you think can take on this?"

Important task? ”

“……”

"He?"

My heart throbbed.

The "he" in his mouth is, of course, Huang Tianba.

Although now, I am really his woman, but some people's names still dare not be despised in front of him

mentions, such as Pei Yuanxiu, such as Huang Tianba, these two people, one took away the woman he loved the most, and the other controlled it

The unspeakable secrets in the process of his succession are all thorns in his heart, and they are the counterscales of this Ninety-Five Honor.

I said cautiously: "When he left, he had already told his concubine that he would not care about these things anymore. ”

"Oh?"

"Moreover, he will not want to be an official."

"High-ranking officials, glory and wealth, who doesn't want to?"

When Pei Yuanhao said this, there was a trace of contempt in his eyes, I know that from the prince to the emperor, he has seen too much

Those who abandon their wives for the sake of high-ranking officials and even disregard humanity, but when I think of Huang Tianba, I still can't help but feel light

Said lightly: "He's not such a person. ”

He glanced at me, and the tenderness in those eyes suddenly froze.

The atmosphere froze all at once.

He didn't speak again, but that suppressed feeling made me more and more uneasy, and I had to find an excuse to quit, and he

Didn't say anything.

When I returned to Fangcaotang, I breathed a sigh of relief, but before I could finish this breath, I saw the little eunuch under Gonggong Yu holding one

The delicate Hongmei came over and said with a smile: "Talented, this is given to you by the emperor." ”

I took a closer look, and it was the red plum that I saw in the Imperial Garden in the afternoon.

My face suddenly turned a little pale.

I faintly felt some uneasiness in my heart, I sat on the couch in a daze, looking at the delicate red plum,

It was so gorgeous that it seemed to be burning, but I didn't know what ashes would be left behind after such a burn.

Just as I was silently looking at the red plum, a tall figure walked in outside the door.

You don't have to look up to know it's him.

He walked all the way to me, the thick shadows obscuring all the light in front of me, and I slowly looked up

He couldn't see the expression on his face clearly, but he leaned over and picked me up.

Turning around, he lifted the curtain and went into the inner room.

"The Emperor's ......"

My anxiety grew heavier and heavier, and I gently pushed him as he put me on the bed and rolled over and pressed me down

chest, and didn't dare to exert force: "The emperor doesn't want it!" ”

"The doctor said, it's okay." He lowered his head and kept kissing me on the neck, without raising his head, and said vaguely:

"Don't worry, I'll be careful."

As he spoke, he reached out and unbuttoned my shirt.