A few days later.

"Master Hou, it's been three watches, you have been holding candles for the past few days, and you will have to ...... early tomorrow" The attendant carefully brought a hot tea and replaced the cup that was already cold.

"Is Madame back?" Zhao Mocheng's voice was a little tired, but his eyes did not leave the paperwork.

The attendant pondered for a moment, and seemed to be a little cramped: "It's still ...... Not yet. ”

Sure enough, as soon as the words fell, I saw my own marquis glancing at the missing carving in the corner, and his sword eyebrows frowned.

"Subordinates, let people find it!" The attendant hurriedly bowed and withdrew.

As soon as he came out of the moon gate, he collided with Yun Xiaoshuang.

Yun Xiaoshuang had just come back from the medicine house, and her body was inevitably stained with the bitterness of herbs, and she wanted to bathe and change her clothes first, but she was overjoyed to see the attendant greet her.

When he looked up at the candlelight in the room, he guessed a little reason. Sure enough—

"Madam, you are back, Master Hou is asking his subordinates to find you."

"He's still busy with government affairs between the DPRK and China?"

"Yes, it has been like this recently, and Master Hou saw that his wife was also very busy, so he ......" The attendant sighed and hid the unfinished words.

Yun Xiaoshuang knew it in her heart.

Some time ago, she was running around, and along the way, she also saw a lot of border people begging and migrating along the way.

Thinking about it, her steps moved slightly, and Yun Xiaoshuang was already walking towards the light.

The carved wooden door was gently pushed open, and the evening breeze swept the tip of his nose with a hint of medicinal fragrance.

"Yes, I knew I was coming back." Zhao Mocheng raised his head from the front of the case, frowning lightly, but he could still hear the little unhappiness between his words.

Such angry words made Yun Xiaoshuang chuckle.

After picking off the lampshade in front of the case, Yun Xiaoshuang found a pair of scissors and explained while cutting the wick for him: "There are several medicines that are considering the last few medicinal materials, so it took a little more energy. ”

"It took so much effort, but did you do the research?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Yun Xiaoshuang coaxed, although there was a helpless look on her face, but the smile on the corner of her mouth was like a spring breeze on the willow tops in February, with a sweet taste.

After recovering the lampshade, Yun Xiaoshuang casually took the stack of official documents on the desk and flipped through two copies, seeing that their contents were similar, she couldn't help but be curious: "So many official documents, all of them are border matters?" ”

"Hmm." Zhao Mocheng also put away the look he had just jokingly put away, put down the official document in his hand and pinched his eyebrows, "The situation at the border has always been unstable, and there have been frequent conflicts, and now the situation is becoming more and more serious, and it may provoke a war between the two countries at any time. ”

……

Sure enough, the newspaper on the border pass was also one after another.

The folds on the imperial case were piled up into a hill, and almost all of them were involved in the border war, which made the emperor extremely bored.

The next day, above the court, the emperor's gloomy face made all the ministers frightened. can be stunned, and the reason for the performance is that one cannot be left behind-

"Your Majesty, this year, due to the changes in the border passes, the spread is widespread, and the people in the three border cities have fled, moved, and the grain harvest has dropped sharply."

"Your Majesty, there are a large number of border people, and now even the capital has a lot of border people who have fled to the border gates, I am afraid that it will be inappropriate to go on like this, and I hope that the emperor can issue an order as soon as possible to close the city gate!"

"The minister also thought that the city gate should be closed as soon as possible! Nowadays, a large number of fleeing people are gathered in the streets and alleys of the capital, which seriously affects the patrol control of the capital. ”

"The emperor thinks twice! The people were forced to leave their homes because of the war at the border gates, and if the city gates were closed because of this, it would be detrimental to your holy name! ”

"The turmoil at the border is already panicking, if the suffering people can't be resettled, lest it chill the hearts of the people of the world, so don't close the city easily!"

Because of the closure of the city, the two factions in the main hall argued endlessly, each insisting on its own words, which made the emperor, who was already in a dilemma about this matter, even more unable to make up his mind.

Zhao Mocheng stood in front of the hundred officials, listening to the ministers below who were more noisy than the chirping of summer cicadas, and a sneer was unconsciously pulled out of his lips.

Looking up, the people on the throne had already closed their eyes, and their faces were solemn and stormy.

"Enough!" There was a roar of anger from the hall, so frightened that the dust in the hands of the eunuchs waiting on the side almost fell. The hundred officials were even more silent, and the hall was suddenly silent.

"One or two will only argue here whether to open or not, and the folds are submitted one after another, but no one has a solution! Did I raise you to listen to your quarrels every day?! ”

The emperor's anger, no one dared to put a beak, and all the officials bowed their heads and were extremely modest.

An early dynasty is gone.

Inside the study.

The emperor paced back and forth in the hall with his hands in his hands, and a series of sighs revealed his anxious mood.

Zhao Mocheng stood quietly aside and did not say a word.

In the end, it was the emperor who couldn't bear to speak first: "What good idea does Xiaoyao Marquis have?" ”

"I'm ashamed to say that the minister hasn't been able to have a proper way." Zhao Mocheng gave up his hand and smiled apologetically.

The emperor stared at him with an inquiring gaze for a long time, and then said, half-jokingly, half-tentatively: "Is there really no way for the Marquis of Xiaoyao?" You can't hide it. ”

"The emperor is serious, what a big deal about Jiangshan Sheji, if the minister has the ability to solve this matter, how can he hide it."

"Hundreds of officials are useless, arguing is nothing more than whether to open or not, it is really a headache, Xiaoyaohou is well-informed, has outstanding ability, and has the help of virtuous people, so this matter will be handed over to Aiqing." The emperor paced back to the imperial case and sat down, and said lightly.

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

"Alright, that's it." Zhao Mocheng wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the emperor waving his hand.

"Since the emperor values the ministers so much, the ministers naturally try their best to share the emperor's worries."

The emperor has made up his mind, and Zhao Mocheng can only respond.

In fact, he had guessed this result as early as when the emperor called him into the imperial study alone, and as expected, he didn't have much emotion. It's just that I don't know if the emperor really thinks that he is "well-informed and capable" and entrusts him with important responsibilities this time, or whether someone has ulterior motives and wants to use this to embarrass him.

……

The progress over there in the medicine house is good, several flavors of medicine have been developed, and Yun Xiaoshuang can finally take a break.

Coupled with the fact that she was busy all these days, she either ran around or returned late at night, Zhao Mocheng was already very dissatisfied with this.

Despite this, he has always respected her wishes, and he has never interfered with her career to stop it, which makes Yun Xiaoshuang very moved.

So taking advantage of the fact that she had nothing to do in the past few days, Yun Xiaoshuang thought about cooking some food to treat Zhao Mocheng by herself.

Yun Xiaoshuang had already passed the hour when he got up in the morning, and Zhao Mocheng had already entered the palace and gone to the early court. Seeing that it was sunny outside, he simply freshened up, and went out of the house to prepare the ingredients with great interest.

When she returned with a full load, everyone seemed to be shocked.

"Madame, let the slaves do such rough work."

"Yes, madam, if you stab your hand carefully, give it to the slave."

"Or ...... The slave will give you a hand, right? ”

The subordinates surrounded the kitchen, looking at Yun Xiaoshuang's unskilled cooking skills, they were all trying to persuade her.

"That's it! You're all gathered around here, what am I going to do?! Yun Xiaoshuang turned around to get the condiment, but collided with the maidservant behind her, and finally lowered her face and picked up Mrs. Houfu's shelf, "Let's go, immediately!" ”

"But Madame......"

"The last one to go out will be deducted this month's monthly money!" As soon as the killer plan came out, it was only a moment before the kitchen was empty.

Yun Xiaoshuang is an independent woman in the 21st century, cooking is commonplace, but the ancient kitchen utensils are too much of a test of her level.

It's just a few dishes of small dishes, which makes her anxious, and it is a hundred times more difficult than developing drugs.

Adding a few more sticks of firewood to the stove, Yun Xiaoshuang raised her hand to wipe the sweat oozing from her forehead, never thought that she would also have a day when she would "laugh in her long skirt and make soup for your hands".

"Poof......

Yun Xiaoshuang was busy here, only to hear a familiar chuckle from the door, and when she looked back, Zhao Mocheng was leaning idly on the door frame, teasing her with a smile in her eyebrows: "As soon as I returned to the house, I saw the smoke here, and I wondered how there could be such a bad cook in my house." ”

Kindly went back to cook for him personally, and this guy actually came to laugh at her?!

Yun Xiaoshuang put down the firewood as if she was angry, and was about to turn her lips, but Zhao Mocheng had already walked up to her and leaned closer to her.

His eyes were like ink, and he softly stroked away the mottled traces of firewood ash on her face: "But I don't want it to be Mrs. who added fireworks to the house." ”

His laughter was soft and gentle, and he hid a wisp of ambiguity, and Yun Xiaoshuang's unfinished anger was melted into this shallow mood by him.

"Oops! My dish! A trace of burnt smell suddenly broke into the beautiful air, and Yun Xiaoshuang woke up to the fact that there was still the dish she was cooking on the pot! hurriedly uncovered the pot and rescued it, but it was too late.

Yun Xiaoshuang looked at this plate of black and mushy dishes that couldn't be seen as they were, and glared at Zhao Mocheng obliquely.

Originally, I was going to make three dishes and one soup, but now it's good, and the first dish is unfavorably burned, and only one soup is left.

Zhao Mocheng looked at this mess and raised his eyebrows and laughed, took the only bowl of fish soup made by the stove, and took a spoonful and ate it.

Looking up at Shangyun Xiaoshuang's slightly probing gaze, Zhao Mocheng smiled a little dumbly: "Madame's craftsmanship...... It's really three points better than the cook. ”

"Really?" Yun Xiaoshuang will be skeptical of his words.

Seeing him scoop another spoonful into his mouth, Yun Xiaoshuang couldn't help but be eager to move his fish soup, grabbed his wrist and tasted it on the edge of the bowl, and Xiu Mei immediately screwed together.

A mouthful of soup turned around and spit into the swill bucket: "I didn't know that you were also a person who opened your eyes and told nonsense." ”

This taste is not as delicious as the medicine she developed.

"A point of heart, a point of affection, a point of emotion, isn't it three points better than a cook?" Zhao Mocheng's slender knuckles wiped the soup stains from the corners of her mouth for her, and the milky white fish soup was served in his hand, like a delicious delicacy.

Hexi Spring Day can't compare to the warmth in the eyes of this person in front of him......