The emperor was sitting in the outer hall, wearing his clothes and reading the folds, when he saw him coming, he stopped writing, looked up and asked, "Are you willing to say it?" ”

Yuan Zhi knelt on the ground and kowtowed on the spot: "The slave is useless, a heavy punishment has been imposed, but half a sentence has not been tried." That Qiu Niang couldn't stand it anymore and passed out, afraid that His Majesty was waiting for progress, so she suspended the punishment and came back to Your Majesty first. ”

The emperor was silent for a moment, and then asked, "What do you think about this matter?" ”

Yuan Wei hesitated and said, "Your Majesty asked, and the slave dared to come forward." This woman seems to be weak, but in fact she has a hard heart, and she has been clamped, ten fingers are connected to the heart, not to mention women, even ordinary men, and few can resist and not let go. In the eyes of the slave, she seems to be desperate for death, even if she is tortured ten times, I am afraid that it is useless. ”

The Emperor looked up coldly, "I see. But have you forgotten? Before I left, how did you explain it? ”

Yuan Wei hurriedly kowtowed again: "Your Majesty's words, how dare the slave forget." The slave thought that this woman was now alive, and she might still have some use for Li Yan's affairs in the future. ”

The Emperor nodded, "Indeed. However, I remember that you didn't say that before. You were the one who advocated the execution before, but today you are the one who wants to die? ”

Yuan Shi suddenly paused.

"You've never been soft-hearted, and that's one of the reasons why I use you heavily."

The emperor put down his pen and showed an interesting expression on his face, "Why do you pity the jade today?" ”

A thin layer of water appeared on Yuan Zhi's forehead, and after a while, he gritted his teeth and kowtowed: "The slave is so stupid and blunt that he wants to hide something in front of His Majesty." The slave really has selfish intentions in this matter, and he deserves death! ”

"Say!" The Emperor said coldly.

"Many years ago, the slave was just a small official in the prison, and he went to an official banquet with someone, and he unintentionally met this woman, who was a popular singer in Chang'an at that time, and after the song was finished, the sound moved four, and the slave was ...... at that time."

He paused, and he couldn't continue, he only wanted to die of shame, and he kept kowtowing, and cold sweat was dripping.

The emperor looked at him for a long time and said lightly: "I still thought it was something, but that's it." A man lives in the world, and he always has to be the same, otherwise, he holds the power of heaven, what is the meaning? It's just a girl, you like it, and Li Yan will be punished in the future, and you can take it back! ”

Yuan Zhi was stunned, he didn't expect this matter to pass so lightly, and when he reacted, his heart palpitated, and he was still pounding, settling his mind, and repeatedly kowtowing to thank him.

The emperor flicked his hand: "You can call someone for me again." ”

When it was dark, Pei Xiaoyuan and Su Yu returned.

He went out this morning, riding a BMW Jin Wuhu, this day, he let the BMW to her to ride, around the West Mountain put the horse indulgent for half a day, after the stomach hunger unbearable, a search, finally found a mountain temple, knock on the door to ask for fasting, the two of them are commensurate with brothers, enter the temple with fasting rice, although it is only gluten, taro seedlings, radish, cranberry and other things, but quite delicious, eat very sweet. After finishing the meal, leaving the money for fasting, seeing that the sun is also slanting in the west, she asked tentatively, she was silent, and he took her on the way back, and finally arrived in Chang'an at this moment, before the city gate was closed.

He sent her straight back to Yongning's house, and accompanied her to the gate of the courtyard as he had done some time ago.

Su Yu stopped and said, "Thank you today." Come out one day, you should have other things to do, don't worry about me, you go quickly! ”

Pei Xiao Yuanguan looked at her expression as calm as before. Although she knows that the pain in her heart will be difficult to settle, this kind of thing can only be slowly diluted over time, and she can't be in a hurry for a while.

He nodded: "You're tired too, rest early tonight." ”

He called the bearded woman to serve her to bed, watched her walk in, remembered that the most bouncing Qingtou on weekdays had not yet appeared, and asked casually.

He has been in the north for many years, and he has long learned Hu language, and he has listened to Hu Nu talk about going out to buy things in the afternoon.

Thinking that there might be something going on in the Yafu, he hurriedly went out, and when he rode over, he suddenly saw the palace eunuch Yang Zaien turn out from behind a tethered horse post at the door, smiled with a smile on his face, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty ordered the slave to come and invite Si Cheng to enter the palace, and he was summoned for something." ”

Chapter 52

If you say who is the busiest in Yongning's house recently, Qingtou ranks second, no one dares to claim to be the first. Every morning when the rooster first crowed, he followed Lang Jun to open his eyes before dawn, and after sending him away, he commanded people to weed and build roads, in order to save a few money, there were not enough manpower, so he rolled up his sleeves and went to dry. He also has to take care of all the needs of Ye Xiaolangjun and buy daily necessities for Langjun. In the end, he still didn't give up. As long as he had the slightest time to spare, he would not stop, and he would rummage through the corners of the house with a pickaxe on his back, digging and digging holes—perhaps with a little luck, he would be able to dig up some treasure or two that the old king had left behind. In short, every day, the wind is under the feet, and the feet do not touch the ground.

The same is true today.

Xiao Langjun painted in the palace these days, Lang Jun also stayed in the palace last night, neither of them saw back during the day today, in the afternoon, he suddenly remembered that the soft Luo gauze tent he bought last time arrived today, and the shopkeeper made an appointment to get it, a busy, actually forgot, hurriedly put down everything, rushed to the West Market, did not want to just arrive, outside the West Market, was stopped by two people who looked like plainclothes guards.

In this way, Qingtou was almost held hostage, and nervously turned into a narrow road that could not see half a human figure, and only allowed two cars to run straight to the north.

He has been in Chang'an for several months, and he never knew that there was such a street. Speaking of remoteness, outside the high wall, you can hear some sounds from the nearby market. Courageously asked a few times, but the other party did not answer, only urged him to ride forward, and after most of it, he suddenly had an epiphany, and he had heard that there was a road in the capital that could lead from the south of the city to the north of the city, which was specially for the emperor or the ministers who had special affairs to walk, and then realized that something was wrong.

Sure enough, when he finished walking the road, he entered another high wall from a small door, and as far as he could see, the palace wall was horizontal, and the palace was continuous, and he knew that this place was the palace.

This was a good thing that he only dared to dream about in his dreams before, but today, when it really befell him, he was even more frightened, and his intuition was definitely not a good thing waiting for him.

In this way, he lowered his head and didn't dare to look at half a minute, and followed a palace eunuch in fear, constantly cheering for himself in his heart, no matter what happened next, he must not lose Lang Jun's face.

He walked through the doors, the corridors, and the halls, almost dizzy, and finally his eyes were cheerful, and he found that he had been taken to a place that looked like an imperial garden. The Huipu Zhifang here is full of strange flowers and plants, and the smell of flowers and herbs is diffused with the wind, and the fragrance is refreshing. All the way fragrant bells, flowers and trees shaded, when the middle or embellished with one or two exquisite pavilions. In another herb fence separated by a green fence, there are still a few white deer and cranes that are regarded as auspicious.

Qingtou forgot even his fear for a while.

He thought that the place he had followed Prince Ashina to was enough for him to go back and brag about it in the future, but today he knew that this was the fairyland on earth, and he couldn't help but open his eyes wide and look around. Suddenly, I saw a pool in front of me, at the end of the lotus canopy, on a stone boat-like stone platform, there was a water pavilion, the windows on all sides were half-open, the breeze was blowing, and the purple veil in the window was faintly visible, and there should be someone inside.

A palace eunuch standing on the water corridor searched him and led him over. Approaching, only to see the water pavilion around the pillar wall carving, the window has a sparse pattern, the door hangs high a plaque that he can not recognize the word, entering, among them, there is a green sandalwood silver flat off the bed, sitting on an old man, he wears a moon-white regular clothes, his legs are covered with a thin quilt, bowing his head to read the book, two delicate faces of the little palace lady kneeling on both sides of the bed, is gently beating his legs for him, it is completely quiet and peaceful atmosphere.

It should have heard the footsteps, the old man raised his head, his eyebrows were kind, his face was thin, with a somewhat sickly appearance, and he looked even more amiable, and he was a good person at first glance.

The palace eunuch bowed and saluted, and said softly: "Your Majesty, the people from Pei's Mansion have arrived. ”

Qingtou had already been stunned, but at this moment he had an epiphany, his heart was beating so much that he almost didn't jump out of his throat, and hurriedly followed the salute.

No one had ever taught him how to salute when he saw the emperor, and he was in a hurry, and the whole person knelt on the ground like a turtle, throwing himself to the ground, and kept kowtowing, and only after a few knocks, the emperor's low and gentle voice rang in his ears, telling him to calm down.

Qingtou didn't dare to see through the atmosphere, how dare he get up immediately, still lying on the ground, only cautiously raised his eyes, looked forward secretly, and saw that the emperor sitting on the bed seemed to be quite interested in himself, put down the book in his hand, got up and sat cross-legged, looking at him, frightened, hurried and lowered, motionless.

The emperor asked, "Are you the green head?" ”

The green head kowtows like pounding garlic, and the sound should be.

The Emperor laughed and beckoned, "Don't be afraid, come here, so that I can see more clearly." ”

The green head was like a dream mist, and the emperor seemed to be serious, and crawled to the front of the silver flat bed with his hands and feet, and knelt on the edge of the bed on a piece of ground spread in front of him.

"Look up."

Qingtou raised his head according to his words, saw the emperor looking at him a few times, nodded, and said to himself: "Sure enough, he is clever and well-behaved, and he is a good boy at first glance." ”

Qingtou never dreamed that there would be such a scene, he was so excited that his blood boiled, and he stammered: "Your Majesty, how does Your Majesty know about the villain?" ”

His appearance made Xiao Gong'e laugh and cover her mouth and snicker. The green head is red, the face is red, and the ears are red. The emperor frowned slightly, and Xiao Gong'e hurriedly stopped laughing.

The emperor did not answer, and ordered Xiao Gong'e to fetch the pastries. The two of them should have gotten up and walked out quickly, and soon carried a black lacquer food table inside, with a silver water bottle on it, and all kinds of delicate pastries, all of which were in the style of the palace, arranged in the shape of flowers, and packed in a delicate small toothpan, which was very beautiful.

Xiao Gong'e put the food table in front of Qingtou, the emperor flicked his hand, the two bowed and withdrew, and took the door of the water pavilion, and only the emperor and Qingtou were left inside.

"Let's eat!" The Emperor smiled.

Qingtou swallowed his saliva, not daring to move.

The emperor took a piece of pastry and handed it to himself. Qingtou hurriedly took it with both hands, looked at the emperor's face and took a bite, only to hear the emperor say: "I called you here today to ask about the Ye Xiaolangjun who lives in your family's Langjun mansion." ”

As soon as Qingtou heard Ye Xiaolangjun's words, he was shocked.

Ye Xiaolangjun is clearly a female lady, but she pretended to be a man to enter the palace as a painter, if this matter is known, she will be guilty of bullying the king, she will lose her head and not count, Lang Jun will also be implicated.

"Your Majesty, what ......does Your Majesty want to ask her, but the villain is really stupid and stupid, and he doesn't know anything...... I've always been scolded by my family, and he wants to drive me away......"

Qingtou reluctantly swallowed the pastry in his mouth, slurred and spoke, and after speaking, he shrunk his neck and did not dare to move.

The emperor smiled: "That's your family Langjun doesn't know your good." Your old master, Pei Ji, is different, he wrote to me, and he specially mentioned you, saying that although you are young, you are capable and loyal. ”

Qingtou was surprised and frightened, raised his head and stammered: "Pei Gong...... Did you mention the villain here with Your Majesty? ”

The Emperor nodded: "It's more than that. He also knew that Ye Xiaolangjun's affairs would be impossible to hide sooner or later, so it was better for him to personally present his feelings, lest it would be bad if he told me through others in the future. ”

Qingtou was surprised when he heard this, and when he saw that the emperor finished speaking, he flipped through the stack of scrolls piled up at the bedside, took out one of them, put it on the edge of the bed, and knocked a few words in the lower left corner of the cover of the chapter: "Do you recognize the name of your old master?" ”

Qingtou doesn't know much, but because he used to help Pei Ji do some errands for sending letters and receiving mail, the owner's name is naturally recognized, and he came up to identify it, and sure enough, it was the old master.

"I was shocked by the incident, but I don't blame it, and I don't intend to pursue it. One is extenuating, and the other is that your old master Dan is bold, he trusts me, is willing to take the initiative to confess, and tells the truth and the truth, as a king, how can I not even have this kind of tolerant mind? ”

Qingtou no longer had the slightest suspicion so far, he was grateful to Dade, and once again threw himself to the ground: "The villain is for Pei Gong, my family Langjun, and Ye Xiaolangjun - no, it's Ye Xiaoniang!" Thank you, Your Majesty, for your great kindness! Your Majesty! He is the king of the world! Your Majesty's longevity and Tianqi! Longevity without borders! Hooray, hooray, hooray! ”

The Emperor's hand shook, and a dark shadow of great surprise swept across his face. He looked at Qingtou and kowtowed steadily, motionless.

Qingtou finished reading the good words he knew to praise the emperor, raised his head happily, saw that the emperor stopped talking, his eyes were straight, his expression was strange, he waited for a while, and couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty called the villain today, what do you want to ask?" ”

As if awakened by him, the emperor moved his body stiffly, looking a little unsteady, and sat on the bed with one arm propped up, and leaned back.

Qingtou was very clever, and when he saw this, he hurriedly got up from the ground, grabbed the emperor, and helped him half down.

"Pour me a glass of water. I'm thirsty. ”

The emperor faced inward, his eyes half-open and half-closed, his face pale, and he whispered.

Qingtou felt that he seemed to be suddenly ill, so he hurriedly lifted the water bottle on the table, poured out a cup of warm water, held it to the emperor's mouth, fed him to drink it slowly, and asked worriedly: "Your Majesty wants the villain to call them in?" ”

The Emperor shook his head, closed his eyes for a moment, and when he opened his eyes, his face seemed to have recovered a little, and a smile appeared on his face again.

"I'm fine, you sit down, you don't have to be restrained, what you do at home, what you do here."

The green head let out a long sigh of relief, sighed, and sat back on the ground.

The Emperor himself sat up at this time.

"Your family Langjun is a rare talent in the younger generation, I already admire him very much, and I want to promote him again, not to mention, he is so affectionate and righteous to Ye Xiaoniang, I really didn't mistake him, I am very pleased, but now I am a little worried, I don't know how to reward him. Tell me first, how did he recognize Little Lady Ye? ”

Qingtou was overjoyed when he heard this, and touched the pastry that he had just bitten half of and put down, and took a bite, "This is a long time to say!" At the beginning of the year, Pei Gong suddenly picked up a person at home, that is, Ye Xiaoniang, she dressed as a man, and when I got home, I learned that it was Pei Gong who had set up a marriage for him and the little lady, and the little lady came to get married! ”

The emperor's face twitched, "Marriage? ”

"Yes! But later, the marriage didn't work out, and Lang Jun seemed to recognize her as a righteous sister. Later, without saying goodbye, hey, Lang Jun is called a good find-"

The emperor still looked a little dizzy, closed his eyes, and spoke: "Don't worry, drink saliva, start from the beginning, one by one, everything, no matter how big or small, slowly tell me to listen." ”

"Okay!"

Qingtou poured himself a glass of water, took a sip, and talked from the beginning, from how Ye Xiaoniang entered the county guard's mansion, how to prepare for marriage, how to terminate the contract, and how to run away, Lang Jun happened to receive Jin Wuwei's sue at that time, telling him to enter Beijing first, and he went south to Luzhou to continue to look for someone, but to no avail, he could only rush to Beijing with the deadline for telling himself, and then he met by chance in the West City, Lang Jun was looking hard, and finally found someone, and finally took the little lady to Yongning House.

Qingtou saw that the emperor was full of interest, always listened attentively to what he said, and interjected from time to time to ask a sentence or two, how could he have ever received such glory, the more he talked, the more excited he became, and everything shook out.

“…… My Lang Jun is really good to Ye Xiao Niang, that is really called doing her best, not asking for anything in return, and the little lady is also very good to Lang Jun! When she first moved in a few days ago, she saw that there was a bed tent in the house where Lang Jun lived, so she lent me 10,000 yuan and asked me to buy a good soft yarn tent for Lang Jun to use. The villain went out today, originally to get the account, but he didn't expect to be brought to His Majesty——"

Pei Xiaoyuan was summoned to the palace, and was led to hurry here, and when he walked to the door of the water pavilion, he saw such a scene, and he was stunned for a while, and his boots stopped.

Qingtou was holding a piece of pastry in his hand at this time, and he was dancing and dancing, unaware, until he heard the sound of the palace eunuch's report behind him, turned his head to look, and found that it was his own Langjun who had arrived, and stopped looking at the emperor.

The Emperor glanced in the direction his courtiers had come and nodded.

Qingtou was overjoyed, wiped his mouth with some pastry pieces, kowtowed to the emperor, got up from the ground, turned around and ran to greet people, and whispered: "Lang Jun! Pei Gong has already told His Majesty that Ye Xiaolangjun is a little lady! It turns out that His Majesty is such a good person, reasonable, not only is it strange, but he said that he would reward Lang Jun for you! ”

Pei Xiaoyuan raised his eyes and looked inside the door.

Several palace people entered the house with candles in their hands to illuminate. Pei Xiaoyuan saw that the emperor also raised his eyes and looked out. The smile on his face didn't seem to have faded, but the two gazes that shot at him seemed to come from the abyss.

It was still so far away, and Pei Xiaoyuan felt a deep sense of coolness.

"Stand down." He looked at the inner emperor and commanded in his mouth.

Qingtouruo suddenly felt the solemnity coming from him, and turned his head suspiciously, looking at the emperor.

"Get out of here!"