The fourth year of the empress, the first day of October.

Daji, the Great Dynasty Meeting.

Early in the morning, before dawn, Chen Chao arrived at the gate of the palace by carriage.

The weather had already entered autumn, and as soon as he got off the carriage, he was violently stirred by the cold air, Chen Chao shivered, and couldn't help but tremble.

Chen Chao stepped out of the carriage and put his two hands into his sleeves, at this time there were already many officials gathered at the gate of the palace, and they were gathered together in twos and threes, talking in a low voice, Chen Chao didn't want to get involved, so he found a place with few people to stay alone.

Looking at the civil and military officials at the gate of the palace, all of them were a handful of people in the center of Daji's power, Chen Chao felt like a god, standing on a high place, overlooking all living beings.

After a while, another carriage stopped at the gate of the palace, and Chu Yunmei, who was wearing a crimson official robe, slowly stepped out of the carriage, said a brief hello to the officials he was familiar with, and walked straight towards Chen Chao.

She raised her eyes, looked at Chen Chao's weak appearance now, felt a little funny, and said in a low voice: "I heard that the prime minister has been very busy these days, working day and night, and never stopping...... What's more, a list of attendants and schedules was accidentally leaked out, and the nobles in Beijing scrambled to watch it. ”

Hearing this, Chen Chao glared at her.

Taking advantage of no one's attention, he took his hand out of his sleeve and rubbed his waist, and asked, "Did you reveal that list?" ”

"You're thinking too much, I'm not interested." Of course she wouldn't admit it.

After speaking, Chu Yunmei waved his sleeves and reached out to sort out the crimson official robe on his body.

After the battle with Beidi ended, the tight string in everyone's hearts suddenly relaxed, as if a dehydrated fish had returned to the water, and could breathe heavily.

Came forward to deal with the Beidi prisoners of war.

Chen Chao had a lot of free time.

originally thought that she could rest for a while, but who knew that Song Qingwan, the mother of the Prime Minister's Mansion, was committed to opening up branches and leaves for the Prime Minister's Mansion, so she arranged a shift for the younger sisters below, just like the emperor's favored concubine flipped the card, which courtyard Chen Chao went to stay in tonight and which courtyard to sleep in tomorrow night, all of which were full of arrangements for Chen Chao, so that Chen Chao did not have a free night of free time.

Chen Chao only felt that he was not strong now.

Sooner or later, his cow will die of exhaustion in the field.

Chen Chao stretched out his hand and rubbed his waist, only to feel that his waist was sore, his whole body was weak, and the whole person felt as if he had been evacuated from it, he was not a young man anymore, and his energy was limited....

He looked at Chu Yunmei beside him and said, "You're not interested? Xiao Han recruited them all, you instructed him to leak the list made by Qingwan, don't think I don't know, I just don't want to worry about you in general..... I know that I have snubbed you these days, and you have resentment, but you don't have to make the world laugh at me Chen Dynasty like this, right? What's in it for you? ”

"If you are lonely, you send someone to tell me, and I will accompany you immediately, without a trace of hesitation.... Hmm,,, what are you covering my mouth for? ”

What for?

What can Chu Yunmei do?

If Chen Chao continued to speak like this, all the civil and military officials would know the relationship between her Chu Yunmei and Chen Chao.

Chu Yunmei couldn't wait to sew Chen Chao's mouth with a needle and thread, so that he couldn't open his mouth anymore and couldn't speak, this person was very good, but the words that came out of his mouth were very unpleasant.

She pulled Chen Chao a little farther away, twisted her little hand twice on Chen Chao's arm, and glared at him a few times: "Prime Minister Chen, if you speak quietly, you will die?" You don't want to lose face, I still want it..... Forget it, I didn't do this well, but you haven't taken the initiative to come to see me once, even once, for so many days? Is it true that Chu Yunmei is your concubine outside? Lingering and lingering? ”

Chen Chao rubbed the place that was twisted by Chu Yunmei, pretended to cough a few times, and said, "I don't like to hear what you say, anyway, now that your fiancé, King Jiang, is dead, otherwise, I will go to your house tomorrow to propose?" ”

"Oh, I don't want it."

Chu Yunmei waved his sleeves and decisively refused, took a breath, raised his head and said proudly: "I, Chu Yunmei!" But the person who aspires to be a Zaifu, a double Zaifu? Do you think the civil and military officials will agree? Let's start with this relationship...."

"Cut, a woman like you just can't clean up." Chen Chao complained mercilessly.

Chu Yunmei glanced at Chen Chao, remembering the things she had in the boudoir with Chen Chao before, shackles, small leather whips or something..... Just thinking about it makes people blush.

The reason why she ruined the reputation of the Chen Dynasty and made the nobles in the capital make fun of the Chen Dynasty for not knowing restraint was just to attract his attention. Chen Chao's Prime Minister's Mansion and her eldest princess's Mansion are obviously only separated by a wall, and it takes a lot of effort to climb over the wall, but Chen Chao hasn't come once these days, and her heart is itching like a kitten scratching every day.

The two did not speak again, but many officials cast concerned glances here, and after a sneak glance, they hurriedly pretended that nothing had happened.

They didn't know the true relationship between Chen Chao and Chu Yunmei.

Only when Chen Chao has the grace of knowing Chu Yunmei.

After all, Chu Yunmei is a woman, and she entered the court as an official, which is the only precedent in the world.

The two of them stood together before the meeting, getting closer, and whispering, which was normal.

As time passed, the eastern sky revealed a hint of fish-belly white, and the huge copper bell above the palace city rang, and the two palace doors rumbled and slowly opened.

"Let's go, the pilgrimage meeting has begun."

"Hmm."

Chu Yunmei followed behind Chen Chao and walked towards the palace gate.

Through the deep doorway, passing through the square, the hall is very empty.

But as more and more officials poured in, the air became a little stuffy, and Chu Yunmei, as a household servant, stood in front of him with the work of the household department, which could be regarded as standing out from the crowd.

But when she saw Chen Chao enter the palace, sitting on the soft stool on the edge of the emperor's throne, she felt unfair, obviously Chen Chao had not done anything in the past few years, either looking for a woman, or on the way to find a woman, she was busy day by day without touching the ground, why did Chen Chao have a stool to sit on in the court, and she could only stand with the crowd in the court.

As a result, her mind to become the prime minister became heavier and heavier.

After the hundred officials knelt down to worship the empress, it was the time for several scholars to speak, and they presided over the government on their behalf and maintained the daily operation of the imperial court.

"Ahem, everybody..... Not long ago, our Daji encountered the most dangerous moment since the founding of the country, it is no exaggeration to say, it is also the closest to the destruction of the country, but our Daji monarchs and ministers are united, and the soldiers are fighting bloodily on the front line, we have successfully defeated the invaders and preserved the foundation of our dynasty, which is gratifying, but we should not be proud of this, we should reflect on our past mistakes. ”

"Over the years, our Daji has been moving forward step by step, the national strength has been unprecedentedly developed, and the living standards of the people have been improving day by day......"

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