On the fourth watch, Rong Zhan gently held Yuan Xi's earlobe: "Wake up." ”

Yuan Xi rubbed his eyes, only to find that he was lying in a gracefully decorated palace, the curtain of the curtain enveloped the temple like a fairy mansion, Rong Zhan was neatly dressed, leaning on her side, looking at her with a smile.

"Where is this?" Won-hee muttered subconsciously.

But soon, she found herself being held by Rong Zhan in the corner of her arm, and she sat up sharply.

"This is the king's bedchamber. He propped himself up and sat next to Yuan Xi: "You sleep so soundly, you can't wake up when you scream." ”

Yes, after six or seven days of bumpy rides, Wonxi was already exhausted, and she slept extremely peacefully this night. Listening to Xiao Rongzhan tell the story, he fell asleep while listening, and he didn't know when he was carried into the palace. Won-hee was secretly annoyed, and wanted to lull him to sleep, but he didn't expect to hypnotize himself.

"Why are you here?" Yuan Xi lowered her head, she was only wearing a thin layer of bedclothes, and she hurriedly pulled the quilt to cover her chest: "You are nasty!"

Rong Zhan looked at her with interest: "What did I do?"

"How do I know, it's not good anyway. Yuan Xi gave him an angry look.

"I don't know what I did, you call me obscene?" Rong Zhan rubbed his shoulder, he had been here with her all night, watching her fall asleep, watching her frowning eyebrows in her dreams, and seeing her sweet smile in her dreams.

"Okay, don't be wronged, your clothes were changed by the maid, and this Wang Qiu didn't commit any crimes, now you are relieved?"

He pulled Yuan Xi up, and the green salt and soft brush for washing, warm water mixed with rose juice, and osmanthus oil for combing his hair were neatly placed on the table.

"Hurry up and dress up, I'm going to enter the palace in a while. I'll be waiting for you outside. ”

He went out and came in with two maids, who dressed Yuanxi's face with quick hands and feet, put on jade ointment, and combed his hair in a drooping bun. Picked up a few delicate silver cloisonné palace flowers and a pair of red jade earrings, with Jiang Hua jade bracelets. Wear a tender green fragrant cloud gauze lined with silk palace clothes, a dark green palace silk with chicken blood red jade, a dark green shawl embroidered with gold thread, and a pair of peach blossom and jade crested shoes on your feet.

The maid helped Yuan Xi to the bronze mirror, and said with a smile: "The county lord is naturally beautiful, how beautiful it is to wear this dress again." ”

I haven't seen myself like this in the mirror for a long time.

The door opened suddenly, Rong Zhan turned around, looked at Yuan Xi, and suddenly became fascinated for a moment, he had never seen Yuan Xi dressed like this, like a Xifu begonia quietly developed in troubled times.

He didn't speak, but watched quietly for a while, with an unfathomable smile on his face.

The vermilion palace wall, the bluestone road, the car drove into the road and stopped outside the gate of the forbidden palace. There were already a number of ministers gathered there, all dressed in court robes and holding ivory wat boards, each with a strange look on their faces.

Rong Zhan quietly squeezed her hand: "Are you afraid?"

Yuan Xi shook his head resolutely: "What is there to be afraid of?"

Unusually, Rong Zhan didn't get out of the car until it was almost the fifth watch, when he heard a eunuch remind: "Everyone, the time of the early dynasty has arrived." ”

Rong Zhan got out of the car.

As soon as Rong Zhan appeared, he heard the voices of gossiping outside to greet him, but they were all whispered. Rong Zhan nodded slightly, stretched out his hand, and helped Yuan Xi out of the car.

Everyone was taken aback, and they all turned their eyes to Zhao Shangshu. If you want to say that the most embarrassing thing belongs to him, being the prince and father-in-law is already a sure thing, who would have thought that Xiao Rongzhan would suddenly be outside the gate of the Forbidden Palace, riding in the same car with another woman, and behaving so closely, the courtiers began to whisper, and some showed schadenfreude.

"Silence!"

The courtiers lined up neatly and entered the palace as usual. Yuan Xi followed at the rear, and it was not until the courtiers had ascended the ninety-nine-story steps and entered the main hall that she stopped and knelt down at the bottom of the steps.

Diligent Administration Hall - the place that scholars in the world dream of.

It is customary for the previous dynasties to be an hour earlier, but the immediate emperor is different, and he is three times more than the emperors of the previous dynasties each time. This diligent palace was originally called Anguo Palace, that is, the current emperor in order to show that he is pro-government and loves the people, deliberately changed to "diligent government".

There were thirty-three steps in the hall where she knelt, and she could vaguely hear the buzzing of the hall, but she didn't know what she was talking about.

knelt until the sun broke, and then a eunuch's high-pitched voice came: "Xuandong Lin County Lord Wei's upper hall!"

Ninety-nine steps symbolize the ninety-nine to one, symbolize the supreme dignity of the Son of Heaven, and symbolize the stability of the royal country. Won-hee climbed up step by step, only to feel that the time had passed extraordinarily long, only to feel that the air had frozen, and the rising sunlight shone on her face, shining on her way forward.

The main hall, the golden and brilliant hall, the giant dragon stone pillar more than three zhang high supports a magnificent palace, the emperor sits high on the dragon chair, wearing a bright yellow suit.

Yuan Xi bowed down and bowed: "The courtier, the lord of Donglin County, Wei Yuanxi, knock to see my emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

Three bows and nine bows are the highest etiquette to see the emperor, the body can not tremble, otherwise the movements will be out of shape, this set of actions Yuan Xi has been practiced as early as in his previous life. At first, the courtiers who still had some disdain gradually quieted down, and began to seriously look at the county lord from the people, and at this merchant girl who they had not paid attention to.

"Wei Yuanxi, I heard Prince Duan say that you have made immortal contributions in the battle of Donglin to quell the rebellion?" The emperor's voice echoed in the empty hall, and he still felt shocked when he floated into his ears.

Yuan Xi bowed slightly: "Emperor Qiqi, Prince Duan praised falsely, the rebels were all wiped out by Prince Duan and all the generals, as for the control of the epidemic, it was also the timely arrival of the imperial doctor, and the courtiers were just doing some small things within their ability, and they couldn't afford the four words of immortality." ”

The emperor smiled faintly: "I am not greedy for merit, I know how to advance and retreat, but I have the character of some famous people." ”

"The emperor exalts love, the Son of Heaven educates all directions, and the subjects of the world all rely on the emperor's teachings, and the courtiers are no exception. ”

Rong Zhan stood aside, and when he heard this, the corners of his lips hooked up with a slight smile. glanced sideways at the emperor's eldest son, Xiao Rongshen, and it happened that Rong Shen also looked at him sideways, and the two of them smiled heartily, but this smile had some taste.

This sycophant beat the emperor's heart, the emperor laughed loudly, and the courtiers saw that the emperor laughed, so they also followed Ying and Yuanxi's words. Yuan Xi was not shocked, this group of sanctimonious guys, pretending to be tall, didn't they actually want to look at the emperor's face as a person?

Zhao Shangshu pursed his lips, and with such a coaxing goblin by his side, it was no wonder that Prince Duan would ignore the pearl in his palm.

"You don't have to be modest, I am the most fair, you have merit, I should reward you, say, what do you want me to reward you?" said that the emperor wanted to reward, but he still gave Yuan Xi a problem.

If you want treasures, the emperor will think that you are greedy for money and status, and the emperor will think that you are greedy for power, if you don't want to be even more wrong, the emperor will think that you are arrogant, or think that you are pretending in front of him.

Yuan Xi lowered his head and glanced in Rong Zhan's direction. It can be seen that he is worried about how Won-hee answers this question. Xiao Rongshen, who was standing on the side, was different, with a playful look. Yuan Xi hooked the corners of his lips slightly, Xiao Rongshen, I won't let you go with it.

Yuan Xi bowed his head: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is rewarded, and the courtiers are really ashamed." Since Your Majesty insists on rewarding you, your courtiers have the courage to ask Your Majesty to reward you with four words! These four words are not for the courtiers, but for the world!"

The emperor raised his eyebrows. The civil and military ministers in the palace also whispered, "What? Do you want the emperor to give her an inscription? This woman is also bold, and she dares to ask for the Mobao of the Son of Heaven?

"Those four words?" the Emperor's voice was a little low.

"The world is peaceful!"

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and these four words couldn't help but boil in the court, and even the emperor himself stood up excitedly. Rong Zhan suppressed his smile and glanced at Xiao Rongshen. Xiao Rongshen gritted his teeth, his eyes full of displeasure.

Zhao Shangshu frowned, as if everything that happened in this hall had nothing to do with him, his eyes were just staring at Yuan Xi, this woman could say such a sentence, which showed that the city was quite deep. Although his daughter is not bad, but with such an opponent by his side, can he still concentrate on his life?

"Okay, the world is peaceful, this is not only me, this is what the people of the world are looking forward to. Now that the 16-year-old bandits in Donglin Prefecture have been cleared, it is truly peaceful in the world!

A sprinkled gold propaganda is spread out on the dragon case, the ink is dipped in the pen, and the emperor rolls up his sleeves and writes down the four big characters of "Chengping in the world".

"Hang these four words in the Qinzheng Palace, I want to look at these four words every day, and read these four words every day. The Emperor put down his pen.

"I have rewarded the world with these four words, but I still want to reward you with something that falls on you. The emperor looked Yuan Xi up and down.

Before the emperor could speak, Xiao Rongshen took a step: "Father, the son has the courage to make a proposal, the lord of Donglin County has a good character, a good heart, and a flexible mind, it is better to ask my father to make her a female official in the inner palace." My father was busy with government affairs all day long, so he lacked a delicate person like Miss Wei to serve by his side. ”

The female official of the inner palace bows her head to the emperor every day and does not look up, if she has a mind to climb the dragon and attach the phoenix, it will not be long before she can climb to the emperor's dragon bed. Xiao Rong said that he was looking for someone to serve him, but he actually asked the emperor if he wanted to add another young and beautiful concubine.

Xiao Rongshen is not stupid, a woman like Wei Yuanxi is smart, it seems that she can't get it, since she can't get it, there is no need to leave her to Xiao Rongzhan. It was just right to push her to the emperor's side, Xiao Rongzhan didn't dare to rob the emperor of a woman even if he had the means.

The emperor didn't have this thought, but he just let him resist his words, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty also seemed to have negotiated peace, so he refused for a while, nor did he agree.

Zhao Shangshu and Zhang Luo are the most energetic, with a posture of being virtuous and not avoiding revenge. But anyone with a discerning eye can see that he wants to quickly push this woman to the emperor's side and push into the harem that eats people and doesn't spit out bones.

Seeing that the emperor didn't speak, Rong Shen asked Yuan Xi again: "County Lord, what do you say?"

Yuan Xi looked at the emperor in amazement, and the emperor was also a little uncomfortable.