Chang Suining followed the palace people into the Ganlu Palace, and first saw Mingluo in the female official's robe.

"Come with me." Ming Luo walked in front and didn't look at Chang Suining much.

Chang Suining followed her into the inner sanctum.

There is an ice basin in the hall, and another palace lady holds a curtain fan to send cool, and after entering it for a while, people can unload most of the hot heat.

Chang Suining saw the saint sitting on the dragon chair, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe and gray hair.

Like countless times in this palace city a long time ago, she saluted to each other, but changed her title-

"The courtier, Chang Suining, has seen Your Majesty."

The voice of the Holy Book Emperor sounded from above, and it was still casual: "Calm down." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Chang Suining got up and lowered his eyes and stood quietly.

"Although I have seen it several times in the Great Cloud Temple before, I have never had time to take a closer look at the lady of the Chang family." The Holy Emperor looked at the girl and said, "Raise your head so that I can take a good look—"

The girl looked up at her, her fair face was slightly reddened by the sun, the broken hair on her forehead showed signs of sweat, and her eyes were particularly dark as if they had been washed with spring water.

And the expression on that face was calm and calm, without any emotion.

The Holy Book Emperor, who was sitting condescendingly on the dragon chair, looked at those eyes, and asked slowly, "Are you not afraid of me?" ”

"The saint is just, but the courtier is not faulty." The girl's tone was also very calm: "Therefore, the courtiers and daughters only respect the saints and are not afraid. ”

"A good one is only fearful." There seemed to be a smile in the eyes of the Holy Book Emperor, "What a justice, and you have no fault—it seems that you guessed that I summoned you to the palace for the purpose of ascending the Tailou." ”

Chang Sui Ning did not deny: "Yes." ”

The Holy Book Emperor was not in a hurry to talk about Dengtai Tower, but looked at Chang Suining, nodded and said, "It is worthy of the name of the first beauty of the Beijing Division...... Such a talent and appearance are rare. ”

"Your Majesty's praise."

The Holy Emperor took in her unfazed reaction, "I heard that you were saved by the former crown prince Li Xiao when you were young. ”

"Back to Your Majesty, exactly."

"Ah Xiao is my own ......" the empress's voice seemed to be softer: "In this way, you and I also have a bit of fate. ”

Chang Suining lowered his eyes again: "The courtiers were only rescued by His Royal Highness the First Prince, and they regarded His Royal Highness the First Crown Prince as a benefactor, and they didn't dare to climb the word fate." ”

Mingluo raised his eyes to look at her.

The sacred heart is unpredictable, and it is a great honor for the saint to say the word fate, but if the other party takes the opportunity to respond and flatters eagerly, it will not be possible to be looked down upon by the saint.

This Chang Sui Ning knows some ways to advance and retreat.

In the past, she was deceived by the appearance of the other party doing things with people at every turn, but now she gradually realized that the other party was afraid that he had a very deep mind.

"You're a kind person." The Holy Book Emperor praised it, and did not say much about the so-called fate, but said, "Sit down and answer." ”

Chang Sui Ning retreated to the drum bench on the side and sat down.

But I heard the Holy Book Emperor ask: "What do you think should be done with the matter of Mrs. Xie?" ”

Chang Sui Ning said calmly: "Mrs. Xie is the first-class lady of the saint's personal seal, and it is not the turn of the courtiers to deal with the word "disposition." ”

This saint asked this question, and it was absolutely impossible for him to really want to leave it to her to deal with.

Listen to what he says, if you only listen to the surface, I am afraid that I will not even know how to die when I turn around.

"She has lost face, her prestige is broken, and it is irreparable, in fact, for her, this is not a small punishment." The meaning of the words of the Holy Emperor is unclear.

Chang Suining: "But the courtiers don't think it counts." ”

The Holy Emperor looked at her.

"The courtiers believe that the loss of their prestige is the inevitable result of the revelation of their sinister intentions, and at most it can only be called an acceptance of the truth, not a punishment."

The Holy Emperor looked at her: "According to this, do you think it is not enough?" ”

"It's not enough." Chang Sui Ning said: "But it's not that the courtiers think it's not enough, it should be that Your Majesty thinks it's not enough." ”

The corners of the Holy Emperor's eyebrows moved slightly.

I heard the girl continue: "This matter is now known to everyone, and the saint is wise, and this wisdom should not be damaged by the fault of the Xie clan. ”

The waiter who bowed his head on the side had already changed slightly when he heard this-this lady of the Chang family...... How can you speak so boldly? At first glance, it sounds like this is a way to blackmail the saint to dispose of Mrs. Xie!

Chang Sui Ning didn't realize where what he said was bold.

Whether it is coercion or not, the Holy Book Emperor will not fail to hear it.

This topic was brought up by the other party, and it was clear that he wanted to hear her answer, if the other party was a person who would be unhappy because of her two words, then it would be someone else sitting on this dragon chair at this time.

And in the end, these questions and answers are just testing her.

But what about after the temptation?

Minghou's intentions, she still doesn't know.

It is said that when the other party's intentions are unclear, she should pretend to be stupid thoroughly, and not show the slightest edge between her words, which is a wise move - but what she did has already been clearly known by the other party, whether she is stupid or not, how can the other party not distinguish in her heart?

At this time, pretending to be stupid will only attract suspicion, and then bring more and more endless temptations and unnecessary unknown troubles.

Therefore, she could have made herself a little more intelligent and bold, at least in line with her old style.

After a moment of staring, the Holy Book Emperor bowed slightly: "You are right, I need to give an explanation to the world, and I can't make this justice stop at just revealing the truth. ”

The matter of the Xie clan is too big.

Xie wanted to use the much-watched poetry meeting to ruin the girl's reputation, but in the end, the influence of this much-anticipated poetry fell on Xie Shi himself.

The Emperor of the Holy Book said solemnly: "Let people pass on my will - the Xie clan is out of modesty, and his behavior is no longer an example for women, remove the identity of the lady of the first grade country, read her old righteous deeds, and temporarily demote him to the fifth grade county king, so that he can meditate on his own mistakes and watch the aftermath." ”

"Slave obeys." The inner supervisor who was waiting on the side responded and withdrew.

There was a brief silence in the hall.

Ming Luo looked at Chang Suining.

After a moment, I finally heard the girl say, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

"You don't need to thank me." The Emperor of the Sacred Book said, "As you just said, it is I who need to do this. ”

Mingluo's heart was slightly cold.

My aunt's words were not to blame the other party for their inappropriate words and deeds, but obviously the emperor's "honesty" out of appreciation......

Because we appreciate each other, we no longer need those meaningless superficial words of kindness.

This answer made Mingluo suddenly have a bad premonition in his heart.

And in the next moment, this hunch was confirmed.

"It's true that they grew up with Chang Kuo and them, but it's different from the ordinary boudoir daughter's family...... has more insight and courage, and also has a bit of rare talent. I like smart girls, and if I had seen you in the early years, I might have taken you to the palace to raise you, just like Gu'an. ”

Chang Suining didn't answer for a while.

Is it brought up in the palace?

Fortunately, Ah Li's previous temperament was not eye-catching.

"But it's not too late." The Emperor looked at the girl sitting on the drum stool and asked, "There is a shortage of a female official who serves pen and ink next to the Imperial Eucalyptus, are you willing to enter the palace?" ”

Mingluo was slightly shocked.

Lady-in-waiting?

If you want to become a female official, you need to go through a very strict selection, let alone such an important position as a female officer...... But my aunt gave it to Chang Suining casually?

Chang Suining realized this.

She said how could there be those verbal temptations, it turned out to be for this.

The emperor is not a person who needs a little girl to relieve her boredom in his spare time, the other party summons her to the palace, and wastes these tongues on her, there are only two possibilities, one is to think that she is harmful, and the other is to think that she is useful.

Now it seems to be the latter.

Those who are harmful should be removed as soon as possible, and those who are useful should be used for their own good, and the same is true for those who are kings.

"You can think about it." Seeing that she was silent for a while, the Holy Book Emperor said: "Or discuss it with Chang Qing after leaving the palace, and then make a decision." ”

This little girl has courage and is also intelligent.

And what is even more rare is that although he is young, he has become famous among the scribes after climbing the Tailou.

If she encounters a available woman, she is very willing to use it, and the selection of female officials is simpler, as long as the number is within the rules, those officials of the previous dynasty have no right to interfere.

As for the difficult situation of women, although women are prominent as officials, it is more difficult, and it is not easy to form a party with hundreds of officials, so as emperors, they only need a little trust, and they are often more loyal than the officials of the previous dynasty, and they will not easily give birth to a heart of betrayal.

The girl in front of her, who is still young but unwilling to settle for the back house, is undoubtedly an excellent candidate.

In sight, the girl got up from the drum stool and bowed to her.

Just when everyone in the hall thought that the girl was going to be sincere and couldn't wait to thank her, they heard the voice say—

"Your Majesty is very loving, and the courtiers are terrified and grateful, but the courtiers have no such ambitions."

Chang Suining's tone didn't have much hesitation, and the brief hesitation when he sat there was pretended.

As a female official, Wei Shuyi had also talked to her before, and it was true that she had no ambition.

Ming Hou has this proposal, naturally it can't be out of the so-called love for her, in the final analysis, I just think she can be used, to put it bluntly, it's just a chess piece.

Where and how to use a usable chess piece is between the owner's words and thoughts.

As female officials, unlike the hundred officials of the previous dynasty, their attachment to the empress will only be stronger, which is also destined for them to have almost no room to say "no".

Her great cause of revenge has not been accomplished, how can she rush to be this caged bird?

Although the world is nothing more than the rule of the emperor, this world is a huge cage, but it is better to stay in the big cage first.

And then there's—

If she gets along day and night, she is afraid that she will accidentally reveal any flaws and be captured by the queen.

At that time, she will not have to do this caged sparrow, but she is afraid that she will soon become a dead sparrow.

"That's how you rejected me?" There was no anger in the Holy Emperor's voice.

Angry because of a little girl's refusal, this kind of thing shouldn't have happened to the emperor.

"The courtiers just got married last year." Chang Sui Ning said: "And the first worship of wine as a teacher, the book has not yet had time to read a few books, the heart is impetuous and undecided, and there are many places where I feel that I need to grow." If you enter the palace at this time, it is really difficult to be qualified for this position, and you are destined to only live up to Your Majesty's love. ”

Emperor Saint smiled slightly.

She couldn't believe all these words of self-humility.

This little girl has a feeling of disliking restraint and can't hide it cleanly......

Don't you want to be restricted from entering the palace, don't you want to be restricted everywhere?

It is also human nature to want to be a free bird.

"It is good that you have a heart of self-humility and growth." She said very gently: "I should not force you, just wait until one day when you feel that you are enough to take on this responsibility, and then come to find me." ”

If then, she needed this overly flexible little girl.

In the end, the situation in this world is changing rapidly.

"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty."

"Get up."

Chang Sui would rather get up.

The Emperor of the Holy Rite had a reward prepared in advance to appease the maiden who was frightened by the incident of ascending the tower.

Ming Luo stepped forward and handed the box containing the reward to Chang Suining.

Chang Sui Ning took it after thanking him.

One after another, Ming Luo's gaze seemed to stay calmly on Chang Suining's face for a moment.

My aunt was willing to use Chang Sui Ning as a female official of the Imperial Eucalyptus, which surprised her.

Chang Suining refused the matter, which surprised her even more.

What exactly does the other party want to do?

Hasn't it taken so much thought to look at the eldest princess of Chongyue in order to attract the attention of the saint?

If you don't want to be a female official, what is the purpose?

At this moment, she only felt that she couldn't see through the other party's plan.

At this time, there was a communication from the internal supervisor: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is asking to see you outside." ”

The Holy Book Emperor bowed his head, and then looked at Chang Suining.

Chang Sui Ning will understand, and he will retire with a gift.

The Emperor looked at the figure of the girl who had retreated.

If you have no power to protect yourself, and you don't want to accept the constraints brought by being protected by others...... It's not easy to be a bird that is free but has a loud and striking voice.

Chang Suining met a young boy who walked in accompanied by the inner prison in the outer hall.

The young man was wearing the same robe she had worn before.

Chang Suining turned sideways and stepped aside.

The young man's gaze lingered on her for a moment, as if out of curiosity, but he continued to enter the inner sanctum.

Chang Suining raised his eyes to look at the young man's back.

This is the crown prince Li Zhi.

Although he was only thirteen years old, he was tall and thin, not much taller than her, a sixteen-year-old girl.

I didn't see the appearance too clearly, but the complexion was fair, and there were few ugly people in the Li family's royal family.

Chang Sui Ning did not stay long, and left this manna hall accompanied by the inner eunuch.

When he was halfway up the palace road, he saw a top chariot approaching, and Chang Suining avoided the inner supervisor to one side.

"Stop."

When the top step chariot passed in front of Chang Suining, the person on it suddenly said.

It was a young man's voice.

And this voice was heard by Chang Suining, so she raised her eyes and saluted: "Prince Rong." ”

"Sure enough, it's Chang Niangzi, but I thought I was wrong...... Mrs. Chang still remembers me. The prince of Rong on the chariot showed a smile, he seemed to want to talk to Chang Suining in the chariot, but he looked at the palace people who were carrying the chariot, as if he was afraid that he would trouble them if he repeatedly went up and down, so he stopped his movements again.

So he sat on the chariot and said: "The day before yesterday, I have also heard of the matter of climbing the Tailou, that picture of the mountains and forests and tigers, I have gone to see it last night, it is really like a god, it really makes people ......."

While he was speaking softly, Chang Suining suddenly raised his eyes to look at the palace road behind him.

The next moment, I heard a hurried sound of horses' hooves suddenly approaching.