"It's me."

Fang Xiu looked at Lin Wan'er in front of him, nodded lightly, and then asked, "Your Majesty can rest?" ”

Lin Wan'er shook her little head and replied, "It's not resting yet......

The latter sentence "Your Majesty is bathing", before he could say it, he saw Fang Xiu walking into the hall.

"Fang Xiang!"

Lin Wan'er was stunned, and she was busy trying to stop him, but unfortunately it was too late.

At this moment, Fang Xiu had already entered the house.

Looking at the graceful figure behind the tulle, my heart couldn't help but move.

"Wan'er, pinch my shoulder......"

The little empress lay in the bathtub, closed her eyes, and her delicate face showed a pleasant look.

Seeing this, Fang Xiu showed a smile between his eyebrows, walked over, put his hands on the little empress's white shoulders, and gently massaged them.

Not for a while.

The little empress seemed to notice something, her body trembled slightly, and she turned her head to look behind her.

"Fang Xiu!"

The moment he saw Fang Xiu, Wu Mingkong's good-looking peach blossom eyes showed a look of surprise, and he called out excitedly.

"It's the minister, the minister is back."

Fang Xiu said while massaging her.

The little empress heard the haunting voice ringing in her ears, and her heart couldn't help beating.

At this moment, she had a lot of words she wanted to talk to Fang Xiu, but for some reason, when the words came to her mouth, she couldn't spit out a word.

"Your Majesty......"

A light call made the little empress a little in a trance.

Feel the warm touch on your shoulder.

Her beautiful face showed a flush, and she reached out to squeeze Fang Xiu's hands.

Try to restrain the excitement in your heart, pretending to be indifferent: "Yongzhou to Chang'an, the road is far away, you are not used to taking a car, all the way is tiring, why don't you hurry back to the house to rest, what to do in the palace." ”

As the words fell, Fang Xiu's gentle voice was heard slowly.

"The minister misses His Majesty, and he can't wait to give birth to two more legs as soon as he leaves Yongzhou, come to His Majesty as soon as possible, and accompany His Majesty well to relieve the pain of lovesickness."

Hear such explicit sweet words.

The little empress's heartbeat became more and more violent, her beautiful face was flushed, and her good-looking peach blossom eyes were watery.

"Why don't I miss you......"

Wu Mingkong said silently in his heart.

[Mood +5000]

An icy system prompt sounds.

Fang Xiu's heart moved, and he said:

"The minister knows that His Majesty is also thinking about the minister in his heart, but His Majesty is thin-skinned and embarrassed to say it."

[Mood +5000]

The little empress who was poked in the center of the matter, her pretty face turned red, she turned her head, looked at Fang Xiu with watery eyes, and said angrily: "Self-inflicted!" ”

Fang Xiu raised his eyebrows and said, "If the minister is self-inflicted, why hasn't Your Majesty blasted the minister out of the palace?" ”

Wu Ming said stiffly: "Do you think I don't dare? ”

Hearing this, Fang Xiu slowly let go of his hands and said leisurely: "Since Your Majesty doesn't want to see the minister so much, then the minister will go back to the house first." ”

As he spoke, he walked outside the Heart Nourishing Palace.

knew that Fang Xiu, the traitor, was teasing himself.

However, seeing the back of him leaving, the little empress couldn't help but get nervous, and said busily: "That's not what I meant!" ”

Fang Xiu stopped, looked at the little empress, seemed to smile between his eyebrows, and asked, "Then what does Your Majesty mean?" ”

"I ...... I ......"

Wu Mingkong buried his body in the bathtub, wanting to let him stay, but he was ashamed to speak, his beautiful face was flushed, and he couldn't hold back a word for a long time.

Behind the door.

Lin Wan'er pressed her little head tightly against the door and window, listening to the conversation between Fang Xiu and the little empress, muttering in her heart......

Obviously, the two are happy with each other, they miss each other, they finally meet, and if they don't hurry up to do the right thing, they are still arguing here, which is really boring!

She thought so, and suddenly heard the little empress's voice sound again.

"I miss you too, since the moment you left Chang'an, I have not stopped missing you, I heard that you returned to Beijing, I can't wait to go out of the city for 300 miles to pick you up, just now I saw you standing behind me, I am very happy, I have never been happy......"

Wu Mingkong's watery eyes looked at Fang Xiu, his pretty face flushed, and his voice trembled.

As an empress, she rarely shows her emotions.

Only in front of Fang Xiu will he let go of some baggage.

However, even so, she had never said such a thing to Fang Xiu.

The dignified son of heaven is like a girl who has just fallen in love at this moment.

When it spreads, I'm afraid not many people believe it.

Fang Xiu looked at the charming and touching little empress in front of him, a smile appeared between his eyebrows, he walked up to her, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty misses the minister's person, or misses the minister's body......"

“......”

Outside the house, when Lin Wan'er heard this, her eyes showed a look of curiosity, and she said in her heart, what is the difference between the two?

Wu Mingkong, who was bathing, instantly understood what he meant, bit his lip lightly, and remained silent.

"Why didn't Your Majesty speak?"

Fang Xiu raised his eyebrows and asked.

Wu Mingkong snorted: "I don't bother to answer this kind of indecent question. ”

Fang Xiu said with a smile: "Why does Your Majesty think that what the minister is asking is an improper question?" ”

Wu Mingkong snorted and said angrily: "You know it in your own heart." ”

Fang Xiu smiled, didn't speak, walked up to Wu Mingkong, leaned over, stretched out his palm, stroked the little empress's beautiful face, and said softly: "Your Majesty do you want to ask the minister, is the minister missing Your Majesty's person, or Your Majesty's body?" ”

in the tub.

Seeing that Fang Xiu was so close, Wu Mingkong's heart trembled, and he hurriedly said, "You stay away from me." ”

Fortunately, the rose petals blocked the view.

Otherwise, she would have died on the spot in shame.

Fang Xiu did not fulfill her wish, but gently rubbed her face with the palm of his hand, and said softly: "Your Majesty's everything, the minister misses ......"

Wu Mingkongqiao blushed as if he was about to drip blood, and said in a trembling voice: "Who asked you, you are here to ask yourself and answer yourself." ”

Fang Xiu looked at the beautiful woman who was close at hand, and could no longer restrain the throbbing in his heart.

Stretched out his hand and took the little empress out and held it in his arms.

Immediately afterwards, he pulled the dragon robe on the side and covered her body.

Suddenly.

Water splashes.

The little empress was taken aback by Fang Xiu's sudden move, and she drilled into his arms one by one.

When I opened my eyes again, I was already on the dragon couch.

"You...... You're a big rebel! ”

Wu Mingkong looked at Fang Xiu with a look of shame, wanting to show the majesty of the emperor.

It's a pity that this bit of her majesty fell in Fang Xiu's eyes, but it had a different charm.

Fang Xiu smiled between his eyebrows, reached out and stroked her little face, and said gently:

"That minister will rebel once today."

The voice fell.

Pounced.

Suddenly, the candlelight swayed violently, and it was not extinguished for a long time.

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

Following.

Early morning.

A ray of warm sunlight shines through the glazed glass and shines on the ground in front of the dragon couch.

Wu Mingkong's long eyelashes fluttered lightly a few times, and he slowly opened his eyes.

Stretching comfortably, he opened his mouth and called, "Wan'er, change clothes." ”

As soon as the words fell.

Suddenly, I felt a feeling of soreness all over my body.

I was in a trance for a moment.

The little empress regained her memory and subconsciously looked to her side.

Empty.

All of a sudden.

She was really in a trance, and said in her heart: "Could it be that everything that happened yesterday was a dream?" ”

As the saying goes, there are thoughts in the day, and dreams in the night.

It was probably because she missed Fang Xiu too much during the day that she had such an absurd dream.

But......

It's a big dream, and it feels very good.

Wu Mingkong thought so, stretched out his hand to support his head, and called again: "Wan'er! ”

The voice fell.

There was a sound of footsteps.

Wu Mingkong raised his eyes and saw Fang Xiu, who was dressed in brocade, standing in front of him, still holding a dragon robe in his hand.

"Haven't woken up yet?"

Wu Mingkong was slightly stunned, muttered to himself, and subconsciously reached out and rubbed his eyes.

Seeing this scene, the corners of Fang Xiu's mouth couldn't help twitching, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

"Your Majesty thinks that all this is a dream?"

Fang Xiu spoke slowly.

Hearing Fang Xiu's voice, the little empress instantly came back to her senses, she was not dreaming.

Everything in memory is what really happened.

It's just that the separation from reality is a little too big, so she hasn't come back to her senses for a while.

Remembering everything that happened last night.

A flush appeared on the little empress's pretty face, and she pretended to ask indifferently, "Where is Wan'er?" ”

Fang Xiu said: "I went to the Tai Hospital to get medicine." ”

The little empress showed a trace of doubt in her eyes, and asked curiously, "What medicine?" ”

Fang Xiu replied truthfully: "Medicine for external injuries." ”

"Who was injured?"

The little empress subconsciously asked.

After asking, I realized something, and my pretty face instantly turned red, and she stopped talking.

This time.

Fang Xiu's face showed a smile rather than a smile, and said leisurely: "It was given to the minister, the minister met a wild cat on the way back to Beijing, and the back of the minister was covered with blood marks, Your Majesty wants to take a look?" ”

When Wu Mingkong heard this, there was a look of curiosity in his eyes.

Where did the wild cat come from, it could scratch the blood mark on Fang Xiu's back.

Thinking like this, he suddenly noticed Fang Xiu's eyes, and immediately reacted, his pretty face turned even redder, and he waved his hand and said, "I won't look at it." ”

"Let's see."

Fang Xiu said as he took off his robe.

Wu Mingkong closed his eyes in shame and said, "I don't look at it!" ”

Seeing this, Fang Xiu couldn't help but laugh.

Only then did Wu Mingkong realize that Fang Xiu was playing tricks on himself again.

opened his eyes, looked at him, and said angrily: "I know how to bully me all the time!" I just returned to Beijing, and I ......"

Halfway through the conversation, I couldn't go on.

"How?"

Fang Xiu asked knowingly.

The little empress glared at him, and said angrily: "You know it in your heart!" ”

"I don't know!"

Fang Xiu pretended to be confused.

The little empress had no choice but to divert the topic and said, "There was a flood in the south, do you know about this matter?" ”

“......”

Fang Xiu wanted to tease the little empress for a while, but when he saw her talking about business, he also restrained himself a little, and replied: "Your Majesty has already written to tell the ministers about this matter, Your Majesty forgot?" ”

The little empress was slightly stunned, and realized in a trance that this was indeed the case.

So, he asked: "A flood has cost the treasury more than a million taels of silver, and now, the war is not over, and there is a shortage of silver everywhere, do you have a way to get some more silver?" ”

Hear the question.

Fang Xiu fell silent.

Seeing this, Wu Mingkong hesitated:

"I know that it is not easy for you to earn silver, and the treasure house and the new business tax have already earned a lot of silver for the imperial court.

But in the past few months, the silver of the imperial court is indeed not enough, and I plan to discuss with my mother after a while, starting from the harem, dismissing some palace maids, and reducing expenditure. ”

Fang Xiu raised his eyes to look at Wu Mingkong and asked, "Your Majesty, have you ever thought about why after the implementation of the new commercial tax, the annual income has increased more than ten times compared to previous years, and the silver is still not enough?" ”

Wu Ming thought about it and analyzed:

"Relief for the victims, repairing official roads, and building yamen, these don't cost much silver, and the most important thing is the war with the Zhou State.

The imperial court recruited a large number of new soldiers, and the military salary of these people was a large expense, and the production of their firearms required hiring a large number of craftsmen and miners, mining ores, and forging weapons, which was also a large expense......"

Fang Xiu nodded lightly to show his approval, and then said: "Your Majesty just mentioned that the opening of the source and the reduction of expenditure, the abolition of the palace maid is just to reduce the expenditure, where is the open source?" ”

Hearing this question, Wu Ming thought about it with a blank face.

A moment later.

She looked at Fang Xiu and said tentatively, "Develop some more commodities such as white sugar and colored glass?" ”

Fang Xiudao: "There are some things that can be encountered but not sought, and it is not that they can be developed with hard work, and even if they are developed, they may not be able to sell at a high price." ”

Hearing this, Wu Mingkong thought about it again.

A moment later.

She looked at Fang Xiu and said, "The imperial court's current expenses are mainly on the manufacture of firearms and the mining of ores, the price of raw materials is expensive, and the wages paid to them are also a large amount, I wonder if we should start from these two points." ”

Fang Xiu nodded and said, "The minister also thinks the same way. ”

Wu Mingkong thought for a moment and hesitated: "You mean, cut the wages of miners and craftsmen, or simply put them into forced labor?" ”

Fang Xiu said: "If this is the case, what is the significance of the minister's previous efforts?" ”

When Wu Mingkong heard this, he nodded lightly.

Oh, yes!

Fang Xiu had done so many things before, just to lighten the burden on the shoulders of the people.

Now because of a war, the burden is put on them again, so what's the point of doing all this?

But.

The burden is not laid on the people.

Where did the court get the money?

At this moment, Wu Mingkong felt that he was in a dilemma.

On one side is the people.

On the other side is the imperial court.

If you want to make a contribution, you will inevitably have to suffer the people.

That's it.

Wu Mingkong's delicate face showed a look of embarrassment, and he didn't know how to speak.

Seeing this, Fang Xiu spoke: "Your Majesty, have you ever thought about suffering the people of the rest of the countries? ”

“......”

Wu Mingkong was slightly stunned, not understanding the meaning of this sentence.

This time.

Fang Xiu took out a letter from his arms, handed it to Wu Mingkong, and said, "The minister intends to negotiate peace with Zhou Guo, this is the condition of peace proposed by the minister. ”

Wu Mingkong stretched out his hand to take it, and after opening it, he looked at it from top to bottom.

Looking at it, her face became a little strange, and she couldn't help asking:

"With such harsh conditions, how could Zhou Guo agree?"