The Long Years (1)

A fire that started from Wangsendai burned half of the sky, and almost half of the people in the capital saw it from afar.

Immediately afterward, the news of the death of the Holy Lord was made public.

For a while, there were different opinions.

Although it is not a secret that Xiao Pingyan is not in good health, few people expected him to leave so suddenly.

After all, it's only a year of establishment.

It has been less than ten years since the dispute between the princes, the first prince was deposed, the first emperor died, and he ascended to the throne proudly.

In recent years, the courtiers have known that this is not a holy monarch, but he died like this, and there will be a lot of troubles that will follow.

The most important thing is naturally the position of the prince.

According to the eldest princess, when the saint returned to the light that night, he still remembered the great cause of the country, and forcibly left instructions to make the five princes ascend the throne.

Remembering that the prince was young and ignorant, he ordered the queen to supervise the country, and deliberately appointed six auxiliary ministers.

It stands to reason that the five princes are descendants of the middle palace, and it is reasonable to inherit the great unification, but he is too young, and he is said to be on the throne, but it is undoubtedly in the hands of the queen Zhou and several auxiliary ministers.

The royal family disagreed.

Even though it was the eldest princess of the Xiao family who passed the word, they still couldn't hold each other.

Under the state funeral, the harem of the court was all involved, and the etiquette was extremely cumbersome. Even ordinary people find it difficult to stay out of it, and there are quite a lot of taboos, and Shen Yu can't avoid it.

For a time, Beijing was in full swing.

Many people thought that Shen Yu would take the opportunity to gather power, push a puppet like the Fifth Prince to ascend to the throne, and be the actual informant, and really tilt the power to the government and the opposition.

But no one thought that he would do nothing.

Gongsun Xi, who has always seemed to be in harmony with everyone, is unusually this time and clearly supports the accession of the five princes.

From the undercurrent to the tension, Shen Yu still handles the official affairs of the Chinese book step by step every day, stepping on the hour to disperse, and then coming to the embroidery workshop to pick up Rong Jin.

Due to the national mourning, the business of the embroidery workshop has been much worse recently, and the door is cold.

It is rare for Mrs. Chun to have such a free time, she can concentrate on teaching and guiding Rong Jin, she likes this little disciple who is both smart and diligent, and does not hide her selfishness.

Rong Jin is as always, diligent and diligent.

Mrs. Chun had long known that the relationship between her and that Shen Xiang was extraordinary, and although she was very relieved to see her concentrate on embroidery, she couldn't help but be a little surprised.

In the afternoon, when he was sitting and drinking tea, he joked: "You can calm down." ”

Rong Jin kneaded the acupoints around her eyes, was stunned, and then understood what she meant, shook her head and smiled: "Those things have nothing to do with me." ”

Xiao Pingyan stopped in the spirit palace, has not yet been buried, the throne is empty, and the city is full of wind and rain.

Every time Rong Jin went out, she could hear the people talking about it, but she didn't have much interest in those so-called court affairs, and Shen Yu also said that she just had to do what she liked with peace of mind, so she didn't ask any more.

She can trust Shen Yu's determination and skill, and will not interfere.

Mrs. Chun took a sip of tea, caught a glimpse of the patterns she was looking through, and her eyes lit up: "What are you...... Want to embroider auspicious clothes? ”

was broken by her words, Rong

Although Jin's face was a little hot, he still nodded truthfully: "It's been more than a month, and I still don't have a clue, so I want to take a look." ”

In the past few days, Shen Yu has hinted intentionally or unintentionally that he wants to prepare for the wedding as soon as the national funeral is over.

Rong Jin was noncommittal, but the wedding dress she had thought about before was indeed not scratched yet, and she didn't want to fake it to others, so she had to take some time to ponder.

"It's rare to have something that you don't have a clue about," Mrs. Chun said jokingly with a smile in her voice, "Catch up with Ming'er, I'm going to have a glass of your happy wine." ”

"Nature."

Rong Jin smiled vaguely, but his heart was a little empty.

She didn't think about what to do with this marriage at all, but fortunately she wasn't in a hurry for a while, otherwise she wouldn't have the heart to sit here.

Because of this matter, the next embroidery work was done absent-mindedly, and after making a mistake, Rong Jin helplessly helped his forehead.

"If your heart is not still, don't force it." Mrs. Chun saw the crux of the problem and said with relief, "You have been busy for so long, you should also rest, don't push yourself too hard." ”

Rong Jin hesitated for a moment and responded.

She looked at the spring light outside the window, and started to go out to go around, and it was rare to leave the embroidery workshop at this hour.

The street of the West Market is very lively, there are dozens of shops, everything, she looked at it all the way, and finally strolled to the bookstore.

When this bookstore opened on Xinchang Street earlier, Rong Jin copied books for his family in order to make money.

This was an old thing three or five years ago, but the white-haired Master Yuan still remembered her, thought for a while, and suddenly smiled: "Isn't this the little girl of the Rong family?" ”

Rong Jin hurriedly responded with a smile: "It's me." ”

Yuan Fuzi was a lecturer in Guozijian, but then left and opened a bookstore.

In the past, when the bookstore was recruiting workers, Rong Jin was almost sent away by a word from the shopkeeper at that time because he was young and a woman. It was Master Yuan who spoke, and she tried to copy a page like everyone else, and finally got this opportunity.

She has always remembered this in her heart and is very grateful.

Due to the death of the saint and the postponement of the examination, there are many students in the bookstore who went to Beijing to catch the exam but were forced to delay.

Master Yuan has a life

Intending to take care of it, Rong Jin didn't bother much after greeting, and looked at it to himself.

It's just that the bookstore is not as secluded as she imagined.

Several candidates who seemed to have come out of the same province gathered together, and after a few complaints, they could not help but mention the government and politics that have been hotly discussed in Beijing recently, and there was a faint tendency of debate.

Among them, it is natural to mention Shen Yu.

Rong Jin was forced to listen to a lot of speculation about Shen Yu's "wolf ambition", crying and laughing, and was thinking about checking out the book he picked and leaving, but he only heard a familiar voice that sounded slowly.

"Everyone, be cautious, don't talk about the government in vain."

Through the gap between the bookshelves, except for the expected Shen Heng, a corner of purple clothes can be faintly seen.

"Qinghuai," Master Yuan called Shen Heng familiarly, paused, and his smile grew, "Xingzhi is also here." ”

Although Shen Heng was not a high-ranking official in the court, he had a very good reputation among the students, and often candidates took their own articles and asked him for guidance.

The candidate who was originally talking loudly recognized Shen Heng, smiled, and wanted to come forward to talk, but stopped abruptly after seeing the purple-robed boy beside him.

Shen Yu has lived in a simple house in recent years and rarely traveled, so this group of scholars has never seen it.

But he just came out of the palace, and the official uniform he was wearing showed his rank.

There are few people who can get to this position, and there are rumors that Shen Xiangrong is beautiful, and the scholars guessed seven or eight points in their hearts and looked at each other.

When talking about it, it is inevitable that he will not choose what to say, and when he calms down and thinks about all kinds of talents, he is almost shocked into a cold sweat.

Even if Shen Yu didn't say anything, he just glanced at it calmly, which still made their faces white.

In the end, it was Master Yuan who stood up to relieve the siege: "Xingzhi, why did you have time to come to me today?" But what's the matter? ”

Shen Yu's expression slowed slightly, and he smiled slightly: "I'll pick up people." ”

"Pick up someone?" Yuan Fuzi was confused and looked around.

Rong Jin listened to this, and it was not good to listen to it behind the bookshelf, so he showed up with two selected travelogues.

Except for Shen Heng, everyone else was shocked.

The scholars never thought that the reason why they were bumped into by Shen Xiang was, in the final analysis, that he came here to pick up a girl after he was disbanded.

For a while, his face seemed to have knocked over the paint, and it was wonderful.

After a short period of stunnedness, Yuan Fuzi immediately reacted, stroked his beard and smiled: "It's good that you can be like this." ”

Rong Jin was stared at by all kinds of eyes, a little uncomfortable, thinking about paying the money and leaving, but Master Yuan refused to accept anything.

"This bookstore was still opened by the Shen family in the past, how can there be any reason to charge you money?" Master Yuan looked at her and Shen Yu with great satisfaction, "Whatever you like, just take it, you don't have to see it." ”

Rong Jin turned his head, only to see Shen Yu smiling, and put away the broken silver.

Shen Yu didn't stay in the bookstore for long, received Rong Jin, and then said goodbye to Master Yuan.

Although he entered the door with Shen Heng on his front and back feet, he did not make an appointment to come together, and during this period, he didn't even mean to say hello.

However, Shen Heng seemed to have something to say, and after returning the lone book he had borrowed earlier to Master Yuan, he followed.

Rong Jin caught a glimpse, subconsciously slowed down, and gently tugged at Shen Yu's sleeve.

"If you have something to say, I'll wait for you in the car."

Rong Jin smiled and blinked, Shen Yu's brows were not yet wrinkled, and he laughed a little helplessly because of her words.

He is now being pinched to death by Rong Jin, and he knows it, but he is willing.

The conversation between the two didn't last long, the book in Rong Jin's hand had only turned a page, the curtain had been raised, and the most familiar figure appeared in front of him.

There were no outsiders present, and Shen Yu did not shy away from it.

I put the tea brewed on the small table and didn't touch it, so I got closer and asked for the one in her hand.

Rong Jin had no choice but to give it to him, and asked curiously: "Is there anything important?" ”

Shen Yu took a sip of tea from her hand, moistened her throat, and said casually: "It's nothing more than those things, just a few words for Gongsun Xi." ”

These days, Gongsun Xi is very busy.

Shen Yu didn't interfere too much in this matter after giving him corresponding support according to the earlier agreement.

But things were a lot more tricky than expected, and Gongsun Xi was powerless, so in desperation, he could only hit him with his ideas again.

Rong Jin put down the teacup steadily, and then said softly: "Is it because of King Li?" ”

When they were in the bookstore, those scholars had mentioned that the clan headed by King Li intended to ensure that the eldest prince of the third prince ascended the throne.

The biological mother of the third prince is only a palace maid born in the court, if she ascends the throne, she can control much better than the concubine born to Queen Zhou.

For the clan, it is the most convenient knife.

Rong Jin hadn't heard the name of "King Li" for a long time, but what she had seen and heard in King Li's mansion in those months still clearly remained in her heart, leaving faint lingering palpitations.

Li Wang is lustful and murderous, but he is not a brainless fool like the Qin family.

Ordinary people are very easy to relax their vigilance because of his "brain-filled" appearance, so that they forget that he is still living a prosperous life in the past two dynasties.

He was an unexpected variable for Gongsun Yu, his plan was almost completely disrupted, and after thinking about it, he had to disturb Shen Yu's purity again.

After seeing the uneasiness in her heart, Shen Yu covered Rong Jin's hand and chuckled: "It's my negligence." ”

There are so many accounts to be calculated, and this one has been missed.!