CHAPTER XV

When the sun's light plated the roof of the majestic Zichen Hall with a layer of gold edges, the officials who had been kneeling outside the hall for a long time began to stiffen their legs and fell on the cold green bricks unsupportively.

"Master Cui, Your Majesty has avoided it like this, do we have to kneel and wait like this anymore? Master Li couldn't hold back and fainted. ”

A third-grade minister moved to Cui Jin's side and whispered.

Cui Jin only gave him a little afterglow, "Look at the Yue Xiang in front of you, he still insists on waiting outside this hall at such an age, how can you and I be embarrassed to talk bitterly?" ”

The man lowered his eyes and silently retreated to kneel, and someone moved a chair to sit and wait, can it be the same as those of them who are kneeling and waiting?

The sun had sunk a little more in the west, and an attendant came to advise.

"Greetings to all the adults, Your Majesty is discussing the homework with Lord Lu, and the discussion is not finished yet, if you go back to the house first, you will see that the palace gate is about to fall."

"Father-in-law Kang, we are determined to persuade the princess to the death, in order to save my face, if I don't see Your Majesty for a day, I won't eat water and rice for a day, please go back."

Gonggong Kang is an old slave who has taken care of the emperor, and these people can't help but be polite to him. It's just that there is no retreat between the words.

Father-in-law Kang, who was white-faced and beardless, was so anxious that his face turned a little pale, shook his head and sighed and left.

"I'm here to see who is arranging things for this palace?"

Xiao Yunjiao wore a long skirt of tuanhua brocade and slowly walked out from behind the Zichen Palace.

The officials kneeling on the ground looked at each other without saying a word.

Yue Minshan sat on the circle chair prepared for him alone, his eyes slightly closed, and he looked like he was already tired and fell asleep.

"Yo, it's still quite cold in this spring, how can you let Yue Xiang, the old man, sleep here, how can it be good if you have a cold, ...... someone comes" Xiao Yunjiao raised his voice, "Quickly carry Yue Xiang back to the house, don't freeze." ”

A few powerful guards came up and wanted to carry people away with chairs, Yue Minshan was already pretending to sleep, and he woke up slowly when he saw this.

After he saw Xiao Yunjiao, he stood up with the handrail and saluted, "The old minister has seen the eldest princess, the eldest princess forgives her sins, and the minister feels a lot when she is older, and she is rude in front of the princess." ”

Xiao Yunjiao waited for him to finish his salute before he helped him out of place, "Yue Xiang is outside, you are an old minister of the Three Dynasties, how can you talk about the word rudeness?" ”

Seeing this, a group of people kneeling below bowed down to Xiao Yunjiao one after another, and said in unison-

"Eldest princess Wan'an."

Xiao Yunjiao's chin raised, and he glanced at the group of ministers who were kneeling, "Flat." ”

The people were still on their knees.

Xiao Yunjiao smiled, "Since you adults feel comfortable kneeling, it's okay if you don't get up, I heard that adults have a lot of discussions about private matters in the palace today?" This palace is here, everyone please say to this palace in person, don't bother Your Majesty. ”

The guards behind her were lined up, with resolute faces, and they only listened to the eldest princess's orders, the ministers below, look at me, I see that you don't dare to speak.

Yue Minshan stood beside Xiao Yunjiao, glanced at it and said, "As the most noble woman in Dongsheng, the eldest princess should set an example for the people of the world. ”

"The daughter of Lord He's family can still be familiar with the "Female Rules" and "Female Commandments", how can the princess ignore the etiquette and mess with a bunch of men all day long? Doesn't this make the world laugh? ”

Xiao Yunjiao chuckled, "I didn't expect that this palace would be courteous to the doormen, and it would be worth so many ministers to kneel outside this Zichen Hall and force each other to die. It was an eye-opener. ”

She straightened her sleeves, looked up at the bottom of the stairs, and fixed herself on one person.

"Lord Li, the soft sedan chair that was brought in from your house on the eighth day of September last year was a fifteen-year-old Qinglou woman sitting in it, and now it should be your wife, right? Is Hongu misremembering? ”

Lord Li, the head of the household department, did not expect her to mention herself, and it was such a disgraceful thing, so he hesitated for a long time and bowed his head in shame.

Xiao Yunjiao looked at the other person again, "Master Cui, your third son rode a horse in the city gate two months ago, causing an old woman who sold flowers to break her leg, and she is still lying at home and unable to move, yes or no?" ”

A drop of cold sweat flowed from the forehead of a member of the Cui clan.

She continued to look at everyone under the stairs like a knife, and when she saw whom, she said exactly when, where, and whom, and his family had done ridiculous things, and no one was spared.

"Oh yes, I forgot that there is also Yue Xiang." Xiao Yunjiao turned around and stared at Yue Minshan with blazing eyes, "The youngest grandson of the Yue Xiang family should be three years old this year, right?" ”

Yue Minshan almost didn't stand firm, gritted his teeth and replied: "Princess Mingjian, the minister's youngest grandson will only be three years old at the end of this year. ”

Three years ago, in May, the first emperor and the first queen both passed away, and according to the rules, all the people in the world had to mourn for one year, and no pleasure was allowed in March.

Yue Minshan's youngest grandson was born in April two years ago, although the Yue family kept it a secret, but there was no impermeable wall in the world, Xiao Yunjiao still found out.

didn't bother talking to him, Xiao Yunjiao looked at everyone, "All the adults are civil officials, and they have been admonishing people since ancient times, and fighting to the death is true. But everyone must also know that the death of ancient and modern ministers is for the sake of mountains and rivers, and the people in the world have never seen the doorman staring at other people's houses whether they are men or women, and what is the origin of the people who came to this Zichen Hall to force each other to die. If all the civil officials in Dongsheng start to learn from those long-tongued women, this palace will see that the world has reached the end of the road! ”

The ministers who said something were speechless, and Yue Minshan sneered, "The eldest princess is so eloquent, do you think that you can expose the matter of your face?" ”

"Noodles?" Xiao Yunjiao looked at him with a smile, innocent, "What is that?" Bengong didn't quite understand, and he hoped that Yue Xiang would solve his doubts. ”

"This ......"

No matter how highly respected Ren Yue Minshan is, he can't explain what the face is in front of the woman, so he can only throw his sleeves and turn around and stop talking to her.

Others couldn't imagine that Xiao Yunjiao was pretending to be confused in front of everyone, but they didn't have the cheekiness to explain what the "face" was to a woman who had not left the cabinet, and the atmosphere was even more deadlocked for a while.

At this time, Xiao Yunjiao held an object high from his sleeve and said loudly: "The emperor gave this palace a free order, and it can be done outside the law." If the ministers are still making trouble here, don't blame this palace for treating you for the crime of great disrespect. ”

"The sun has just set, and adults don't have to walk at night when they return to their homes at this time, so please think twice."

After saying that, he left without looking back.

......

The black spot made of black jade fell, making a crisp click.

Xiao Yunjiao fell a son, and listened to his subordinates tell him that the last minister kneeling outside the Zichen Hall had left the palace.

After the man retreated, Jiang Yiheng, who was sitting opposite Xiao Yunjiao, said slowly, "The princess has offended many people in Xia today, and she is really grateful to be in Xia, and I hate to make a promise to each other." ”

Glancing up at him, Xiao Yunjiao fell again, "Yes, there is still a lack of an expert in cleaning the stables in this palace, since you are so good at patting, then you can go." ”

Jiang Yiheng looked at the unfazed woman opposite, and said: "There are quite a few capable people in the princess's mansion, but I just read more books in the lower part, and I have no other strengths, so I still don't compete with capable people." ”

Xiao Yunjiao dropped the last piece, and the black and white chess pieces made of jade had already occupied every landing point on the chessboard, and looking at the chess game carefully, no one on the black and white sides won.

"Alright, the chess game is over, and it's time for the chess pieces to go home." Xiao Yunjiao flipped his wrist and put the remaining sunspots back into the chess box.

"Aren't you waiting?" Jiang Yiheng picked up the white seeds one by one and cleaned them up, "Maybe there will be other news." ”

Xiao Yunjiao picked up the sunspot's hand and paused, "What do you mean by that...... Got it? ”

"The emperor hasn't left the palace yet, even if we people are dissolute, we won't let him stay in the palace until late at night."

"There must be something else stumbling up."

As soon as Jiang Yiheng's words fell, the primrose spread outside the door.

"Princess, Mr. Nan asks to see you."

"Let him in." Xiao Yunjiao spoke lazily, without any intention of getting up.

Nanhe suddenly entered the warm room with a cold outside, and his words brought a white mist.

Xiao Yunjiao saw that his hair was a little cold, and said, "Sit down first." ”

Nanhe was used to being silent, and after sitting down, he went straight to the point, "The royal family of Northern Xinjiang wants to send protons to Beijing." ”

"I see."

Northern Xinjiang was also unstable for a while, and after the death of the old king of Northern Xinjiang, the person in power was changed, and there was constant infighting. I don't know who lost the game this time and was sent to Dongsheng as a hostage.

Thinking like this, she asked casually, Nanhe glanced at her again and again, "It's ...... that was sent The Six Princes, Yeluhe. ”

Hearing this name, Jiang Yiheng couldn't help but secretly observe Xiao Yunjiao's face, and she couldn't help but feel uncomfortable.

"Okay, isn't it just a proton? What is there to dare not mention. The fact that he can be sent is enough to show that this person has no ability, and they dared to let this palace go to make peace with such a person back then. ”

Jiang Yiheng looked at her indifferent and breezy appearance, and couldn't help but think of when they first met three years ago-

On a nondescript street corner, a simple but clean-up bookstall is being vandalized by a group of people.

"It's your blessing that my young master can take a fancy to your articles and let you ghostwrite, and a poor scholar dares to be so ignorant."

A group of domestic servants tore up and threw away the books he had carefully collected. The muddy streets, which had just finished raining, immediately covered the clean pages with a layer of mud.

Jiang Yiheng was held down by the two of them, and he only felt sad as he watched one book after another be destroyed.

"Aren't you full of poetry and books, come on, come on, and have a good taste of your books."

The torn paper was stuffed into his mouth in a ball, Jiang Yiheng couldn't move, only gritted his teeth.

Suddenly, a horse-drawn carriage drove by, and slowly retreated back to the bookstall again.

"Stop." The servant girl was frightened, and the violent domestic servant suddenly froze.

But soon, a group of people who were accustomed to being powerful shouted arrogantly at the servant girl who scolded them: "Which house are you the maid of the house, and you dare to take care of the affairs of our Cui Mansion?" ”

The maid was calm and relaxed, and her chin was slightly raised, "Before the eldest princess drove the car, you dare to be so presumptuous?" ”

......

The chaotic pleas for mercy came and went, and Jiang Yiheng, who had regained his freedom, stood up from the ground, silently sorted out his messy clothes, and squatted down to clean up the smashed bookshelf.

Suddenly, the surrounding cries for mercy and exclamations all stopped.

Jiang Yiheng saw a azure skirt come into his sight - it was the color of the sunny sky after the rain.

He looked up, and the woman with bright eyes and bright teeth was looking at him intently, with a calm and breezy expression, as if everything around her could not enter her eyes.

It was as if it were a wall, a painting. She stared at him for a few moments, but he felt as if she wasn't looking at him. It took a long time for her to speak, "Follow me." ”

......

Now that he thinks about it, Jiang Yiheng still feels incredible, how could he follow so easily because of her fluttering words, and this follow-up is three years in the blink of an eye.