CHAPTER XXII

Xu Mu knelt outside the Hsinchu Palace: "Minister Xu Mu begged to see Your Majesty." ”

Jiang Churan heard her shout and glanced at Yun Zhi, who nodded and walked out.

"Bamboo will do as I say in a while."

"I understand."

The door of the hall was opened, Yun Zhi walked out, Xu Mu straightened up, her hands were in the field deed, she stepped forward and bent down to help Xu Mu up: "Lord Xu, Your Majesty let you in." ”

Xu Mu followed her into the hall without a word, the ambergris in the hall was rich, the white smoke wafting out of the smoker was empty, and the dragon and phoenix on the carved railing and painting pillars were also faint, like the heart of the emperor, which made people unable to see clearly.

Xu Mu secretly thought: Tian Qi is no problem, she believes in her brother's ability to do things, and naturally she will not let Yao Pu find out a bright hall.

"The minister Xu Mu greets His Majesty."

"Aiqing, get up."

Xu Mu stood up, only to find that there was still a person standing next to Jiang Churan, with a clear and cold appearance, although he had not talked, Xu Mu recognized her, and it was the one named Mu Yizhu. She rarely talked to the officials in the court, never interacted with people in private, and occasionally said a few words, which was also a word of defense for the emperor.

Xu Mu took away the look on his face, handed the land deed in his hand to Yun Zhi, and said, "Your Majesty, this is the land deed for the minister's purchase and sale of land in Gyeonggi, please take a look at it." ”

Yun Zhi took it and handed it to Jiang Churan, she just glanced at it hastily, and said to Mu Yizhu who was standing next to her, "Bamboo, you come on." ”

Mu Yizhu replied respectfully "yes".

She looked at Xu Mu and said, "The 100 acres of land in Gyeonggi that Lord Xu bought totaled 65 taels of silver, and if it was according to the normal market price, it should be 192 taels." ”

Xu Mu was shocked, she knew that the price given to her by the owner of the land was low. I think that at the beginning, when she went to Gyeonggi to buy a field, she did not identify herself, and the owner only quoted a price of about 500 Wen.

This means that she is suspected of being a bully.

"Your Majesty, this minister really doesn't know, when the minister bought it, the landlord only quoted this price, and the minister definitely didn't have the situation of oppressing people with his identity." Xu Mu explained.

Jiang Churan didn't speak, and Mu Yizhu continued: "What Lord Xu said is good, but because the land in Gyeonggi is His Majesty's property, the price is low, and His Majesty has to take care of the landless poor. ”

"Yes, I never thought that Aiqing would also go over there to buy land." Jiang Churan put the deed back on the imperial case.

"I don't dare." Xu Mu knelt down again.

Jiang Churan sighed: "Aiqing, get up." ”

Xu Mucheng stood in front of the emperor in fear and heard the words that she could never forget for the rest of her life.

Jiang Churan said: "What does it matter if you write a book or something? Even if Aiqing really has a copy, what can she do? A book full of grandstanding and false words, how can it compare to Aiqing, a talent who has been in a hundred lifetimes. ”

It was obviously a compliment, but Xu Mu felt that her scalp was numb, she couldn't understand the thoughts of the emperor in front of her, how many emperors in ancient times would not care about their throne? Regarding the rebellion, I would rather kill by mistake than let it go.

Jiang Churan looked at Xu Mu's distrustful look and said: "The gods show that anyone can do it, but it is only because of those who have successfully ascended to the White Jade Gate that the world will believe in this kind of thing, they need this to prove orthodoxy, and I was born to be orthodox." ”

Jiang Churan does have the confidence to say such a thing, the unknown number of Heavenly Apocalypse Forbidden Army and the small but well-equipped Qingshan Palace such an internal dynasty system, anti? It's just that life is too peaceful......

Jiang Churan's words changed: "In the capital, the Du family, the Li family and your Xu family have been fighting in secret for all these years, although I am in this deep palace, I can see clearly......"

Jiang Churan walked to the window, she pointed to the green bamboo outside the window, looked back at Xu Mu with a smile and asked, "Aiqing, do you see this bamboo growing tall?" ”

Xu Mu raised his head and looked in the direction pointed by the emperor, but the wind just picked up, and a large piece of green bamboo swayed in the wind: "Back to Your Majesty, high." ”

Jiang Churan looked at her directly: "Is it high?" Not too high. ”

"Aiqing, do you know how bamboo can grow taller?" Jiang Churan looked out the window again.

Before Xu Mu could speak, Jiang Churan said: "Because their roots are deep...... But the walls in my palace are limited in height, so when they are higher than the walls, no matter how green and beautiful they are, I will have the gardener cut them down. ”

Jiang Churan didn't say it anymore, she said it all, Xu Mu could understand what she meant, she picked up a jade pendant carved with wooden leaves from the imperial case and handed it to Xu Mu: "Aiqing wait for my will." ”

"The minister retired."

Seeing Xu Mu walk out of the palace gate, she turned to look at Mu Yizhu and said with a smile: "Bamboo, your momentum makes me feel that putting you by my side is simply condescending, you really should kill all sides in the court." ”

Yun Zhi also praised on the side: "Lord Mu's momentum is indeed rare. ”

And Mu Yizhu just lowered his eyes and whispered: "Your Majesty has praised it falsely, and the minister is willing to stay by Your Majesty's side." ”

Jiang Churan looked at the blushing bamboo on her face, and knew that she was thin-skinned, so she stopped making fun. Then he looked at the clothes on her body, although they were much better than when they first met, but they were only decent.

"Bamboo, why don't I see you making some clothes for your cloth?"

Mu Yizhu looked down at his clothes, except for being simpler, there was nothing wrong with it: "Back to Your Majesty, it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift." ”

Jiang Churan felt that too, not everyone in the world liked beautiful clothes as much as her: "Okay." ”

As he was talking, Chang Ming walked in and saluted Jiang Churan: "Your Majesty, Tai Shi Ling and Lantai Shi Ling are asking to see each other outside the hall. ”

Mu Yizhu looked at the emperor and said, "The minister will retire first." ”

Jiang Churan nodded and asked Changming, "What's the matter?" ”

His tone was a little excited: "Back to Your Majesty, "The Biography of Emperor Jing" has been compiled by Lord Yu. ”

The corners of Jiang Churan's mouth hooked: "Xuan." ”

Yu Fu followed behind Yan Xu and respectfully presented the biography, Jiang Churan looked at the thick book of about an inch, and never thought that her mother emperor could write so thick after she had been alive for twenty-six years.

Jiang Churan didn't speak, there was a strange silence in the hall, and she went directly to the second half of Jiang Junlan's life.

She thought to herself: I don't know if it's written as a mad emperor or a beautiful man?

However, the words that catch the eye are: I can't help myself.

Jiang Churan instantly felt that it was difficult to breathe, as if her body had been drained of air, she looked at Yu Fu behind Yan and said, "Lantai Shiling stepped forward to reply. ”

Her fingertips hidden under her sleeves trembled slightly: "I ask you, what does it mean to be 'involuntarily'?" ”

Yu Fu bowed: "Back to Your Majesty, knowing that you can't do it, but doing it is involuntarily." ”

"Isn't that arrogant?" Jiang Churan asked him.

Yu Fu didn't see timidity, neither humble nor arrogant: "For it, it is a desperate fight; No, it's sitting still. ”

"The eternal rivers and mountains are tied to the body, and the lives of all the people are on the shoulders, and the ministers are blunt, the suffering of the first emperor is very human." Yu Fu then said to the stunned emperor.

"I didn't expect you to understand the first emperor, tell me what my first mother suffered?"

Seeing that the atmosphere in this hall was not right, she quietly moved to the side, and was a quail next to Yunzhi next to her.

"Back to Your Majesty, the ministers thought that there was the persecution of foreign tribes, the difficulty of the eunuchs in the court, the difficulty of the emperor's young and weak, and the pain of the collapse between sobriety and madness as an emperor that no one knew."

Jiang Churan suddenly felt a little tired, and could barely support his body sitting on the dragon chair: "Aiqing has done a good job, I have a reward, and let's step back first." ”

……

She should know better than others, Jiang Junlan, her ancestor Sanzheng Xi slave changed the temporary peace after the founding of the Apocalypse, it took six years to purge the Qing Dynasty to maintain the general country, and when she was briefly awake after getting mad, she grieved for herself and for the dry bones and lonely souls......

Jiang Churan touched her neck, Jiang Junlan fought for the prosperity of the apocalypse and was loved by officials, but Jiang Junlan left her with such a deep memory of pain.

What about the people? The people hate it, too, right?