"Your Majesty......"

Fang Xiu hugged the little empress and called softly.

The little empress woke up slowly, snuggled in his arms, her expression still a little dazed.

Fang Xiu looked at her and said softly, "Your Majesty, don't think too much, rest for a while." ”

Side.

Seeing this, the expressions of the catchers became a little strange, lowered their heads, and said in their hearts: Why are these two adults acting a little strange, they don't look like colleagues, but like broken sleeves......

Du Fangxiang, who knew the identities of the two, saw the little empress snuggled in Fang Xiu's arms, and his expression was even more exciting than catching a fast one.

After only one glance, he hurriedly lowered his head and warned himself that he would treat it as if he hadn't seen anything.

The other side.

A familiar voice came to my ears.

The little empress's eyes gradually became clearer, and she looked at Fang Xiu, wanting to say something, but she didn't know how to speak.

Seeing this, Fang Xiu sighed in his heart, looked at Du Fangxiang, and said:

"This official will give you a thousand taels of silver, repair this orphan bureau well, and buy some food, clothing, and bedding to send here, you should know how to do it."

Du Fangxiang hurriedly saluted: "Xia Guan understands." ”

Fang Xiu nodded, didn't say anything more, looked at the little empress, leaned over her ear, and said softly:

"Your Majesty, don't think about it, many things can't be solved at once, first find a place to rest for a night, there are ministers here."

Wu Mingkong didn't know what he was thinking, and was silent for a long time before he said "um".

Seeing this, Fang Xiu didn't say anything more, and gave the guards a look.

The guards immediately understood, left the courtyard, and went to the inn.

An hour later.

Fang Xiu placed the little empress and returned to the Cigu Bureau.

Du Fangxiang, who had been waiting for a long time, saw Fang Xiu, and hurriedly greeted him, and saluted:

"Xiaguan meets Fang Xiang!"

Fang Xiu looked at him, a little surprised, and asked, "Do you know the true appearance?" ”

Du Fangxiang smiled and said, "I have seen Fang Xiang at the banquet, and Fang Xiang's heroic posture has always been remembered by the lower officials, and it is difficult to forget." ”

“......”

It always sounds a little strange.

Fang Xiu glanced him up and down, and suddenly found that his face was actually somewhat similar to Du Chen'an.

After recalling for a moment, his face suddenly changed, and he said:

"I remember it, you are Du Chen'an's second son."

Hear the words "Du Chen'an".

Du Fangxiang didn't know what he thought, and his expression became a little complicated.

After a while, Fang Cai said: "Fang Xiang misunderstood, Xia Guan has nothing to do with Du Butang." ”

Fang Xiu looked at him, and he couldn't help but think of that day in front of the Yamen of the Six Ministries......

Du Chenan looked high-spirited, and said triumphantly: The child was born to fight!

Not surprisingly, Du Fangxiang is the filial son played under Du Chen'an's stick.

After all, to be able to become Anhua Zhixian, you have to be from a good background.

It's a pity......

This Du Fang Township has a fame, and when he left Du Mansion, he would rather live a poor life than recognize him as the Lao Tzu of the Ministry of Officials.

"Harm, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read......"

Fang Xiu sighed in his heart, and didn't say anything, just said:

"You don't have to pay attention to today's events, how to do it in the future, and how to do it."

As he spoke, he took out a wad of silver tickets from his bosom and handed it to him.

"You take this silver, you can do it according to the book, repair the Ci Gu Bureau, and if there is any leftover, buy yourself some clothes."

Du Fangxiang didn't take the silver ticket, and hesitated: "Fang Xiang, dozens of Cigu Bureaus in Daqian are all like this, one thousand taels of silver, can only solve the urgent need, but it can't solve the fundamentals." ”

Fang Xiu frowned slightly, looked at him, and said coldly: "In that case, you can think of a way for Benxiang to solve the root cause." ”

Du Fangxiang was stunned and speechless.

Identify problems, ask questions, and solve problems.

The third step is often much more difficult than the first two.

He knows that he can't solve the root, but he doesn't know how to solve the root.

"I don't know that in the places that I can't see, there are more miserable situations than this lonely situation, so what?"

Fang Xiu looked at Du Fangxiang, his expression became cold, and he said in a deep voice: "There are some things that you can't do immediately to see results, and your true appearance is not as indifferent and ruthless as you think.

Seeing these skinny children, the appearance is also very painful, the sadness is not to be shown on the face, the appearance is crying here for a day and night, what can it do?

The great dry rivers and mountains, because of the bitter crying and weeping of the appearance, can the Haiyan River be clear? If you are worried and cry, the people of the world will be able to live and work in peace and contentment? ”

Du Fangxiang hurriedly said: "This is not what the lower officials meant. ”

"Seek his own government in his position, let him do his duty......"

Fang Xiu looked at him, and wanted to say something more, but he was only halfway through it, and felt that it was meaningless, he sighed leisurely, waved his hand, and said:

"That's it, these words are meaningless, but they make people feel hypocritical, this thousand taels of silver is not for you, it is for these children, you can take it."

"Yes, Fang Xiang!"

This time, Du Fangxiang didn't dare to say more, took the silver with both hands, turned around and retreated.

A moment later.

The catchers also followed Du Fangxiang and left the Cigu Bureau.

In the courtyard.

Under the jujube tree.

Fang Xiu, who was dressed in a big hat, sat alone on a stone bench.

Facing the cold wind, looking at the bright moon and stars in the sky, he was speechless for a long time.

I don't know how long it took.

He sighed, got up slowly, and walked towards the inn step by step in the darkness, facing the moonlight.

in the shadows.

The shadow guards shrouded in black robes followed closely.

............

Following.

After a night of repairs in Anhua County.

The little empress and Fang Xiu didn't stay long, and after three poles in the sun, they set off again.

Before leaving.

The little empress went to the Lonely Ci Bureau to look around again, and when she saw that the little beggars were all dressed in new clothes, she finally had a smile on her face.

However, the smile only lasted for a while, returned to the carriage, and disappeared.

"Fang Xiu, I want to know how to curb the corruption of officials."

In the carriage, the little empress looked at Fang Xiu and asked softly.

Side.

When Lin Wan'er heard this question, she opened her mouth, wanting to say something, she glanced at Fang Xiu, but she still didn't dare to speak, she just said in her heart:

"Your Majesty! Fang Xiang is the biggest corrupt official in our big cadre! How did you think to ask him this question! ”

The other side.

Fang Xiu looked at the little empress, was silent for a moment, and replied:

"It's nothing more than three points, the first is not to be greedy, the second is not to be greedy, and the third is not to be greedy."

Don't dare to be greedy, don't be greedy, can't be greedy......

The little empress muttered to herself, once again lost in thought.

Fang Xiu looked at her, thought about it, and said, "Your Majesty, there are many problems in Daqian now, not only the corruption of officials, but also ......."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the little empress.

"I know."

The little empress raised her eyes to look at Fang Xiu, her beautiful face, squeezed out a smile, and said softly:

"I'm just thinking, starting with a certain aspect, thinking about some problems."

Hearing this, Fang Xiu didn't say anything more, nodded, leaned on the carriage, closed his eyes and rested.

Time passes.

In the blink of an eye.

It was two hours later.

The speed of the carriage slowed down.

As we got closer to the city of Nakanfu, there were more and more noisy voices outside.

Fang Xiu opened his eyes and looked ahead, and saw that the little empress was still in her original posture.

A slender jade hand supported the little head, and his face was thoughtful, not knowing what he was thinking.

The carriage jolted violently.

The little empress woke up from her trance, subconsciously looked at Fang Xiu on the side, and saw him looking at herself, her fair face appeared a surging flush, and she said softly:

"The front is Luonan Mansion City, I have already instructed the guards, and I will drive directly to Tangquan Palace later."

Fang Xiu was slightly stunned and asked, "Isn't Your Majesty going to Luonan Mansion City for a private visit?" ”

The little empress sighed and said: "I have already seen everything that should be seen in Anhua County, and it is estimated that Luonan Mansion City is the same." ”

Fang Xiu looked at her and said in a gentle tone: "Your Majesty, don't think too much, there are still ministers in the court." ”

As the closest person to the little empress, Fang Xiu knew the little empress very well, and knew that her emotions were not quite right, so he comforted her.

When the little empress heard this, a smile appeared on her face, she looked at Fang Xiu, and chuckled:

"Fang Xiang is so considerate, did he raise me as a daughter?"

As soon as this remark came out.

Lin Wan'er on the side subconsciously looked at the little empress, a little surprised.

Fang Xiu looked at her, but there was a trace of worry between his eyebrows.

Seeing Fang Xiu's eyes, the little empress was silent for a second, pouted and said:

"The more you are like this, the more depressed I become, as if I am a child, I am the Son of Heaven, the Emperor, and the Ninety-Five, how can I be defeated by this small setback?"

"What's more, even if you really regard me as a daughter, at my age, I won't go through some things and collapse......"

Fang Xiu raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Your Majesty thinks too much, and the ministers have always regarded Your Majesty as a lady who has not passed through the door......"

[Mood +2000]

When the little empress heard Fang Xiu's ridicule, her pretty face was slightly red, she gave him a roll of her eyes, and said angrily: "I know that you, a disciple, can only be serious for a while, even if you are serious." ”

There was a pause.

She seemed to have thought of something, looked at Fang Xiu, her expression became a little serious, and she said:

"I've been thinking about it, if a part of the land from the twenty-one imperial villages is given to the Cigu Bureau, will the situation of the Cigu Bureau be better?"

Fang Xiu was silent for a second and replied, "It's just a drop in the bucket. ”

This answer was also expected by the little empress.

She sighed and said with some loss:

"During the time you closed your eyes and recuperated, I have been thinking about how to make the lives of the poor people better, but I can't think of any other way than to implement the new policy like Emperor Zhou.

The only thing I can think of is to take some measures to curb the trend of corruption, but I also know that even if there are fewer corrupt officials in the imperial court, it can only reduce the burden of the people a little, and it will not have much effect.

The fundamental reason for the poverty of the people is that they have no land, and they work hard all their lives, and even if they harvest more, they will be exploited by those gentry and live in the world.

I thought about making every effort to make the country prosperous, thinking about reducing the burden of the people, thinking about punishing corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and suppressing the gentry and the powerful.

But it wasn't until yesterday that I found out that I, the emperor, was actually the biggest gentry in the Great Cadres, and like them, I had been exploiting the people......."

Talking and talking.

Tears welled up in her eyes, and she could no longer restrain her emotions.

He buried his head in the crook of his arm and began to cry.

Seeing this, Fang Xiu sighed in his heart, sat down beside her, patted her on the back gently, and comforted: "Your Majesty is still young, don't be too harsh on yourself." ”

"Woo woo woo woo ......"

The little empress was still crying vigorously.

Minutes and seconds passed.

In the blink of an eye, the time of a stick of incense passed.

The little empress was still crying.

"Woo woo woo woo ......"

Fang Xiu looked distressed, stretched out his hand to take her in his arms, and said softly: "Your Majesty will cry again, you will become a little flower pig......

"You...... Woowoo...... Leave me alone...... I just thought...... Crying ......"

The little empress let go of her arms, buried her little head in his arms, and continued to cry.

In just a moment, Fang Xiu felt his clothes get wet.

"If you keep crying, your eyes will be swollen!"

Fang Xiu put his arm around her and said.

The little empress cried and said angrily: "Woo woo...... I want you to take care of ......."

"Your Majesty's crying ministers are upset, and they want to cry and cry!"

Fang Xiu didn't have a good sense of anger.

When the little empress heard this, she cried even more sadly.

"Woooooooooo......oo You'll ...... Woowoo..... Bullying me ......"

Fang Xiu: "......"

To such a little empress.

Fang Xiu really didn't have much to do.

After a few seconds of silence, he sighed:

"No matter how much Your Majesty cries, the fact that the people are oppressed and exploited still cannot be changed in the slightest.

If you cry to death, won't your relatives be painful and your enemies happy? ”

As soon as this remark came out.

The little empress's cry was a little weaker.

After sobbing for a while, she raised her head, looked at Fang Xiu with red eyes, looked like pear blossoms with rain, and said with a crying voice:

"I cry, not only because I am sad, but also because I can't see hope......"

"As you said, no matter how much I cry, I can't change the facts."

"The system of the imperial court remains unchanged, no matter how hard I work to govern the country, no matter how much I forget to sleep and eat, the lives of the people are still in dire straits."

"However, it is not easy to change the system of the imperial court, and the matter of the Mercy and Orphan Bureau makes me understand that if I want to change the law, I, the emperor, will bear the brunt!

The royal family is the biggest gentry, and only the gentry are moved, how can they be convinced?

I have twenty-one imperial estates, all of which are fertile land, and more than half of my income comes from them!

The expenses of the harem, the white porridge I drink every day, and the rewards I give you, including the construction of the Tangquan Palace, all come from these imperial villages......

Let me move these imperial villages, it will be like cutting my meat, and I am still like this, let alone the gentry.

I thought that one day the world could really be realized.

It must be the poor people who can't bear it anymore and rise up, overthrow the court, and cut off my head before ...... can be realized."

Fang Xiu didn't expect that the little empress would have such an awareness.

He looked at the beautiful face with pear blossoms and rain in front of him, and suddenly asked:

"If Your Majesty does not become the emperor, can you exchange the people of the world for living and working in peace and contentment, is Your Majesty willing to do this?"

The little empress obviously didn't expect Fang Xiu to ask this question, and fell into deep thought.

On the side, Lin Wan'er's heart jumped, and she said in her heart: Your Majesty is not the emperor, what does it have to do with the people living and working in peace and contentment, Fang Xiang, should this be digging a pit for Your Majesty to jump.

The other side.

The little empress didn't think about it so much, just focused on the problem itself.

After a while, she seemed to have an answer, raised her eyes to look at Fang Xiu, and said very seriously:

"If the people of the world live and work in peace and contentment, I can not be the emperor, but the premise is that I still live in the Heart Nourishing Palace, and my daily food and clothing are the same as the original ......."

After a pause, he added, "There is no other reason, it's just my habit of living in the Heart Cultivation Palace." ”

Fang Xiu looked at the beautiful little face with pear blossoms and rain in front of him, and said:

"Your Majesty's consciousness is very high, even more than the minister."

The little empress sobbed, pursed her lips, and said angrily: "What's the use." ”

Fang Xiu hugged her slender waist, stared into her eyes, and said:

"At the very least, when the ministers do things, they can have fewer scruples."

Side.

Lin Wan'er's heart skipped a beat again, and she said in her heart: What does Fang Xiang mean by this! Is it to replace His Majesty?

The little empress also heard the unusual meaning of her words, and asked with a sob:

"What do you mean?"

Fang Xiu looked at her and didn't answer directly, but said: "After dominating the world, the minister will have to do a lot of things, involving the interests of many people, and His Majesty's interests are also among them. ”

The little empress gave him a roll of the eyes, and said angrily: "These words, it's not too late to say them after you dominate the world." ”

Fang Xiu reached out and pinched her little face: "Your Majesty doesn't believe that the minister can do it?" ”

The little empress reached out and patted his arm, and said angrily: "Don't pinch my face!" ”

Fang Xiu looked at her annoyed appearance and felt a little cute, chuckled lightly, and withdrew his hand.

The little empress wiped away her tears, knelt in front of Fang Xiu, her eyes were a little red from crying, she looked at him, her expression suddenly became serious, as if she was reading some important oath, and said word by word:

"At the banquet in Honglu Temple, you told me how you trusted the new army."

"Here, I want to tell you too, and I do the same to you!"

"You are the prime minister of Daqian, my father, I believe that you can accomplish all impossible things!"

"You tell me that you can rule the world, and I believe that you can rule the world!"

Speaking of this, as if thinking of something, he paused, his eyelashes fluttered, and continued:

"I only hope that after you dominate the world, you can leave the Heart Nourishing Hall to me, I am used to living there......"

This moment.

The little empress did not have the slightest reservation about Fang Xiu.

Bring out your inner thoughts and thoughts.

Laughing and scolding him on weekdays, but behind it is an extraordinary trust.

Even if one day in the future, Fang Xiu may usurp the throne, as long as the people can live and work in peace and contentment, she will not complain, the premise is to leave her a place to live.

This kind of trust is an unbearable weight for anyone.

Fang Xiu looked at the face in front of him, and felt that his breath had stagnated for half a beat.

His eyes narrowed, and he kissed again.

"Uh-huh—"

The little empress's eyes widened in surprise in the face of the sudden attack.

But only for a moment.

His eyes became rippling.

One is born, and the second is ripe.

After a stick of incense.

The two separated.

The little empress's pretty face turned crimson, glaring at Fang Xiu, with an angry look, and said in shame: "You attacked me again!" ”

The corners of Fang Xiu's mouth hooked up with a smile, and he said shamelessly: "Your Majesty can also sneak attack back like last time." ”

Hearing this, the little empress's mind couldn't help but think of the scene from last time, and she snorted, don't go over her little head, embarrassed to face Fang Xiu's eyes.

Fang Xiu looked at her beautiful side face, his eyebrows were full of smiles, and he asked knowingly:

"Is Your Majesty still sad?"

The little empress was silent for a moment, then turned her head and looked at Fang Xiu:

"Actually...... Still a little sad......"

"Of course, it's still very ...... to be bullied by you"

Speaking of which, it came to an abrupt end.

With a red face, he changed his words: "I am sad because you only bullied me, and you haven't told me how to make the people live and work in peace and contentment......"

"There must be no hope for living and working in peace and contentment for a short period of time, and I don't expect to be able to do this."

"What I want now is just for the poor people of my Daqian to survive this winter in peace."

Speaking of this, the little empress showed a trance again, and her expression became a little lost.

Seeing this, Fang Xiu knew that if this matter could not be resolved, sooner or later it would evolve into the demon of the little empress.

After thinking about it, he said:

"In fact, before the winter, the minister was thinking about this problem and took measures."

"If nothing else, there will be more poor people who have survived this year's cold winter than in previous years."

Hear this.

The little empress was slightly stunned, looked at Fang Xiu, a little incredulous, and subconsciously said:

"How is that possible!"

After saying that, I felt that I believed you in whatever I said to others just now, and now I question it, which is a little inappropriate.

Added:

"It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that there are so many poor people in the world, even if sweet potatoes solve the food problem of some people.

There was not enough cloth, firewood, charcoal, and no way to keep warm, and after a few heavy snowfalls, the poor people with weak constitutions still couldn't survive.

What's more, there are many people who store food that is simply not enough to survive the winter. ”

Fang Xiu looked at the little empress, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Your Majesty thinks, these problems, the minister has not thought about them?" ”

The little empress was speechless.

Although Fang Xiu looked confident.

But she still couldn't think of what to do to achieve what Fang Xiu said, that the people who survived the cold winter were better than the warm winters of the previous year.

Fang Xiu saw the expression of the little empress, raised his eyebrows, and said, "If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, the minister can take Your Majesty to a place, and when you arrive, Your Majesty will believe it." ”

The little empress looked at Fang Xiu and asked curiously, "What place?" ”

Fang Xiu didn't answer immediately, he just lifted the curtain and ordered the guards to turn around and go to another place.

He lowered the curtain, looked at the little empress, and asked:

"If what the minister said is true, how does Your Majesty plan to reward the minister?"

Hear these familiar words.

The little empress's original frustration was washed away a lot.

Looking at Fang Xiu, he rolled his eyes, and said angrily: "I have nothing to reward you except myself!" ”

Lin Wan'er's eyes widened and she looked at the little empress in disbelief.

"Your Majesty wants to reward yourself to Fang Xiang?!"

"This ...... Wouldn't it be too fast! ”

Fang Xiu didn't expect the little empress to say such a tiger and wolf words, he was stunned for a moment, and replied:

"Your Majesty wants to do this, and the minister doesn't mind."

"Phew!"

The little empress took a sip and said angrily: "You want to be beautiful!" ”

Fang Xiu was a little speechless: "Didn't Your Majesty say it himself, you want to reward yourself to the minister?" ”

As he spoke, he looked at Lin Wan'er on the side: "You say, did Your Majesty just say that?" ”

Lin Wan'er hurriedly lowered her head, as if she hadn't heard anything.

Seeing this, Fang Xiu was even more speechless.

This pair of master and servant is a master of pretending to be a lake!

The other side.

The little empress pondered for a moment and said solemnly:

"If you can really convince me what you just said, I can grant you a request...... Any request! ”

Hearing this, Fang Xiu was a little surprised.

After thinking about it, he asked, "Even if the minister asks His Majesty to accompany the minister...... A night's rest? ”

[Mood +5000]

"Damn it! Color embryo! ”

The little empress bit her lip and scolded a few words in her heart, but she didn't answer.

If you don't answer, you are acquiescing.

Fang Xiu looked at the little empress's embarrassed expression and the crimson of her cheeks, and suddenly realized something, and her heart leaked half a beat.

Taking a deep breath, calming down his emotions, he said, "Your Majesty can't play tricks when the time comes!" ”

The little empress seemed to have made some important decision, gritted her teeth, and said word by word: "You have no jokes!" ”

Side.

Lin Wan'er looked at Fang Xiu, and then at the little empress.

I couldn't help but think of what Shang Gong had said.

The root of his ears suddenly turned red, and he said in his heart: If Fang Xiang really makes any excessive demands on His Majesty, does she want to stand next to her and provide some help at a critical time......

Meanwhile.

The little empress also remembered what Shang Gong said.

I can't help but make up some pictures in my mind.

Her beautiful face flushed, and her heart fluttered.

The old loss and sorrow are gone, replaced by apprehension, anxiety, fear, and ...... A little bit of anticipation.

Today.

She couldn't fool her heart anymore.

The so-called pinching Fang Xiu is just an excuse for himself.

She likes Fang Xiu.

Although he was a traitor who used a deer as a horse, she liked it.

This kind of liking is not a momentary impulse, but a heartbeat after a long time together.

As for when it started, even she couldn't tell.

Maybe it was Yin Renju, the moment when he was drunk and lying in his arms.

Or perhaps, on the mountain that day, facing the evening breeze, the osmanthus flowers are fragrant, looking at the fireworks in the sky, the heart is moving in an instant.

Or perhaps, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the moon is in the sky, looking at the moon downstairs, hugging each other tightly, the satisfaction in my heart.

Or perhaps, it's just the countless laughing and scolding in the Heart Cultivation Palace, and the love is born over time.

Either way, none of that matters anymore.

The important thing is that at this moment, even if he cries dimly, he has always been by his side, as if he had experienced countless hesitations before.

He's always been ......

So.

At this moment, the little empress was willing from the bottom of her heart to take herself as a reward and hand it over to Fang Xiu.

Of course, the premise is that what Fang Xiu said is true.

He really has a way to make countless poor people who lack food, clothing, and firewood survive this cold winter.

Otherwise, nothing to talk about!

Thinking so, the little empress secretly glanced at Fang Xiu, suddenly hoping that he could win this bet......

Hum!

It's not about rewarding yourself!

Just for the poor people!

The carriage continued to move on.

Minutes and seconds passed.

Fang Xiu still couldn't stand the bumps on the road, leaning against the carriage, closing his eyes and resting.

The little empress didn't have the heart to continue to watch the Three Kingdoms, nor did she have the heart to think about the court.

His mind was full of the precautions that Shang Gong said, and the crimson on his face did not dissipate from beginning to end.

It was not only her who was in the same mood, but also Lin Wan'er on the side.

He was also secretly looking at Fang Xiu, who was closing his eyes and recuperating, and his mind was full of some things.

I don't know how long it took.

The carriage gradually stopped.

The voice of the guards was heard outside.

"My lord! It's here! ”