Meng Zhen followed the little eunuch and walked into the side hall of Cheng'an Palace, Yan Hui was already waiting here, and when he saw him, he greeted him with a smile on his face, and said in his mouth: "Just talking about the adult, the adult is coming."

Meng Zhen didn't squint, but asked, "How is Your Majesty doing lately?" I haven't seen Your Majesty for a long time. ”

Yan Hui personally guided him and said with a smile: "Your Majesty has obtained a few new good books, and I am fascinated by them, not to mention that you are in the court, and to solve Your Majesty's worries, it is natural that you are lazy to go to the court."

Meng Zhen finally looked at him, and the light gray eyes were not shocked, reflecting the figure of the inkstone, which made him a little panicked, so he had to laugh.

Meng Zhen sneered: "Father-in-law Yanhui, there are a lot of words today, if your words are spread, what can you make Lord Zuo Xiang think."

Yan Hui's face changed, and he was already a little dissatisfied, Meng Zhen looked at him, with a smile on his face, and walked up the steps of the side hall with his sleeves.

Yan Hui stood in place, with a few wisps of hatred in his eyes, if it was a powerless and powerless face saint like Gu Qingping, then he could naturally enter to serve, but like Meng Zhen, a high-ranking and powerful head of the Pingzhang Academy, then he would not be qualified to enter at all.

What's more, Meng Zhen has always looked down on them as internal servants.

Meng Zhen entered the hall, bypassed the bookshelf, and on the bamboo couch under the window, the emperor in Confucian clothes had his back to him, and his back was slightly thin. He walked slowly and saw a wreak on the low table in front of the emperor.

Meng Zhen saluted: "Good morning, Your Majesty." ”

Gu Chen didn't raise his head: "No courtesy." ”

Meng Zhen got up, sat down on the other side of the dwarf case out of sight, picked up a black spot carved from black jade, looked at the chess game for a moment, and raised his hand to fall.

The chess game that troubled the emperor was so easily solved, he let go of his frowning brows and looked up at Meng Zhen: "Shoufu is meeting at this time, what is the matter?" ”

"Your Majesty," Meng Zhen sighed, "Serving the Imperial Shi Nianjia...... He is still young, and he may not be able to fulfill His Majesty's entrustment, and the minister is ashamed and requests... Nianjia recalled. ”

"Shoufu, no regrets." The young emperor picked up a grain of white and dropped it at will, immediately forcing the black child into a desperate situation, his gaze was very light, so his expression was also extremely light.

Meng Zhen looked at him, got up and said, "The minister knows his mistake, please punish Your Majesty." ”

Gu Chen chuckled slightly: "Shoufu doesn't have to be like this, he won't be fine." What's more, how could he be incompetent to this point? ”

Meng Zhen spoke, but was speechless, so she had to sit down and play with him, and there was silence in the hall for a moment, only to hear the crisp sound of the chess pieces hitting the jade plate.

After a while, Meng Zhen said: "In the past few days, I haven't seen Your Majesty go to court, and even Mingdetang rarely sees Your Majesty go." ”

The emperor's expression remained unchanged: "Madame is sick." There was nothing else to say.

Meng Zhen said again: "I heard that in the past two days, Zhongshu ordered Xie Mingxuan to enter the palace every day, and the minister thought that this move was very inappropriate. ”

"Shousuke, you've been talking a lot lately." Gu Chen raised his eyes and glanced at him lightly, Meng Zhen lowered his head, got up and knelt down in one go.

The young emperor stretched out his sleeves lightly, leaned on the low case, and looked cold: "What's wrong, he is his wife's brother, I can still stop him." Shousuke, I know what you're thinking, but recuperating is what Shousuke should do now. ”

The emperor personally stayed and helped Meng Zhen up. The high-ranking Meng Shoufu is actually not old, he is in his forties, he is accustomed to being restrained and subtle, he has an elegant temperament, he is a real scholar, Gu Chen has always loved literati, and naturally he will not blame Meng Zhen too much for his great Confucian style.

He said: "Mr. Shouyang's apprentice is now living in the palace, if Shoufu is fine, he can go and visit." ”

Meng Zhen bowed his head and thanked him, and then resigned, Emperor Sheng Yuan took down a roll of bamboo slips, and listened to the gradual sound of footsteps, light and impetuous, but it was an inkstone, he held a roll of drawing paper, presented to the emperor, and said: "Back to Your Majesty, Mr. Zhou's new book is a good volume, and it is specially dedicated to Your Majesty." ”

Gu Chen put down the bamboo slip, took the drawing paper, unfolded it, and there were only eight words in it: "Stone is a good thing, and blunt is profitable." "The book is full of dragons and phoenixes, majestic, and it is an unruly posture.

The young emperor's expression was gentle and he smiled slightly.

……

Shangyang Palace.

When Gu Qingping returned to Shangyang Palace, the sky was already bright, because the rain was very heavy last night, knocking down many dead branches and leaves, and a long goosestone road was covered by dead leaves, and a few dwarf maples on the side of the road were as red as rouge.

Shangyang Palace is more and more Chen Yun in the autumn light, and those worn flying corner eaves, all silently shine in the light.

The palace maids in light blue dresses were sweeping the courtyard, she crossed the flowers and trees, stepped on the steps, and entered the hall in front of the hall.

Gu Qingping walked in quickly, the crimson light gauze hanging down on the stepping bed leaning against the window was tied, and Zhaoyi lay on his side in the brocade, holding the embroidery needle, coughing and putting down the needle. Yuruo was holding a tea tray with a jade-colored tea cup on the plate, standing on the side, hanging her head, and didn't hear Xu's cough.

Shallow displeasure welled up in her heart, she didn't speak, stepped forward quickly, and stood in front of Xu's couch: "Zhaoyi." ”

As soon as Xu saw her come in, he put down the embroidery sample and looked at her with a gentle smile. In this harem of beauties and flowers, Xu's was not outstanding, a pair of apricot eyes and a pair of curved eyebrows made up infinite gentleness, but her eyes were extremely beautiful, as thick as ink-colored stars, and the starlight in the sky seemed to be packed into these eyes, which made people involuntarily sink when they saw it.

She was looking at Gu Qingping tenderly with such eyes: "Ping'er, come," she touched Gu Qingping's hair with her hand, her face was still a little pale, half loud, and suddenly sighed softly, "You saw Your Majesty and Niangniang, did they embarrass you?" ”

Gu Qingping half-knelt in front of her couch and replied meekly: "Niangniang is kind, punish me for being grounded to copy the "Palace Ceremony", Your Majesty ordered me to go to Qiongyulou to copy the scriptures and pray for Niangniang, in addition, Your Majesty also gave me a jade pendant, Zhaoyi has seen it?" ”

Xu asked, "The jade pendant is very good, do you want to see it?" ”

Gu Qingping tilted his head: "Zhaoyi will keep it for me, it's not too late to see it another day." ”

Xu Shi looked at her daughter's thin cheeks, and bursts of sourness welled up in her heart, and she sighed for a long time: "Ping'er, when you saw Your Majesty, were you frightened by him?" ”

Gu Qingping said: "There is a little. ”

Xu Shi hugged her and said, "Your Majesty is actually very gentle, don't be afraid of him, he is also a poor person." In the last sentence, the voice was so light that it was almost inaudible, but Gu Qingping heard it, she was a little puzzled, but she didn't speak.

She said: "Zhaoyi's illness is not cured yet, why do you have to embroider?" If Zhaoyi gets sick again, how can he teach Qingping how to do it? ”

Xu Shi held her up, and lifted the embroidery sample, looking like a very gorgeous shawl, the material was Guangping satin, on which the grass and flowers, the red birds, birds and beasts, were all embroidered with gold thread jade, and the golden light was burning.

"This is what the lady lady wants immediately, how dare you delay for a moment." Xu raised his eyebrows slightly and said.

"Qingping can help you embroider."

Xu smiled and touched her hair: "Niangniang can see my embroidery method, if it wasn't for my embroidery, Niangniang would be unhappy, you sit for a while, and then there are a few stitches, and the embroidery will be finished." The sooner I finished the work, the sooner I handed it over to the lady concubine, and I felt more at ease. I only hope that this gorgeous dress can bring my peace and well-being. ”

Gu Qingping stopped talking, withdrew from her arms, sat upright, and held his head to watch her embroidery.

Xu used to be the special embroidery lady of the concubine, and the concubine used to have a stitch and a thread from her hands, even if she is now in Zhaoyi, with the princess by her side, she has to do some needlework in the palace from time to time.

Although Gu Qingping is young, he also knows what this means, but their mother and daughter are inconsiderate in the palace and need to rely on Concubine Shu.