The clouds cover the moon, the cold moonlight converges, and the huge city below, and the lights of thousands of homes are like a galaxy.

In the imperial city, a figure rode through the imperial city, to the front of the Xuanwu Gate, 'whoo', tightened the reins, and a soldier came over: "I've seen the Duke of Yueguo!"

The person who dismounted was Yang Su, he handed the reins to the soldiers who came, said a few words of encouragement, and quickened his pace to walk through the long and towering palace road, and the guards on patrol and the guards on duty on the way bowed their heads one by one with their weapons.

In the words of salute, the old man walked all the way through the Xuanzheng Palace, to the harem Hengjie where His Majesty always lives, and the high pavilion building that extends to the past, the eunuch and the palace maid bowed their heads and waited outside the door, and when they saw the old man coming, they moved their feet and stepped back half a step to the side.

"Servants, I've seen the Duke of Yueguo. ”

The old man walked over, asked the yellow door in charge here to raise his face, and also looked at the closed doors and windows on the side, and in the lit window lattice, a figure could be faintly seen lying on the desk.

"Your Majesty is still reviewing the recital?"

"Back to Yue Guogong, His Majesty is still reviewing, and I haven't eaten a few bites of food, which really makes the slave and maid feel distressed. ”

Yang Su took off the magic sword behind him, handed it to the eunuch who spoke, nodded and strode to the door, and the little eunuchs waiting on both sides hurriedly stepped forward to open the door.

Inside, Yang Jian was sitting behind the long case, and was putting down a book and throwing it aside, when he heard the sound of the palace door opening and closing, he raised his eyes, raised his hand and pointed to the seat on the side below, yawned, and took a few local yellow chapters from the golden jade dragon carved lamppost to look through.

"Here, sit down for a while, I'll approve a few more copies and I'll be done. ”

"Brother Sheng Shi Mingjun is diligent in government affairs, but he should also pay more attention to rest. ”

The palace maid came over to add tea, and after leaving with a blessing, Yang Su, who took a sip of hot tea, saw the white-haired emperor after the dragon case, and inevitably opened his mouth to persuade.

Over there, Yang Jian smiled and threw away a notebook and waved his hand to interrupt him.

"Don't talk about ......it, before I became an emperor, I thought about being an emperor, and I really sat on this dragon chair, but I envied you, if you do good deeds, you can drink and play with women leisurely. ”

After a pause, he looked at the clan brother sitting down, and asked, "Say, I didn't practice at home in the middle of the night, what did I do when I came to the palace to find my brother?"

Yang Su was asked like this, and then he remembered why, withdrew his thoughts from the idea of comforting the emperor, and got down to business.

"Brother, my brother just came from Lu Daoyou. ”

Hearing this, the emperor after the dragon case put down the imperial pen in his hand and stood up in the shaking light: "Mr. Lu has come to Chang'an?"

"I arrived this afternoon and settled at the Yunlai Inn in the city. ”

"This afternoon?"

Yang Jian put down the chapter, stroked the white beard on his chin, strode down the imperial steps, walked to the dragon and phoenix lamp base in front of the hall pillar and stood still, looked at a few flickering lights, and groaned for a while.

"Then Mr. Lu, do you have anything else to stay?"

The old man at the banquet probably guessed that his brother was worried that Lu Daoyou would have something else to leave, so he asked, got up with a smile, walked behind the emperor, and bowed his hand.

"Brother, don't worry, Lu Daoyou came here this time to meet last year's appointment and enter the court as a national teacher. ”

In the flickering light, Yang Jian's beard stretched out, turned around with a smile, waved his dragon sleeves, let the clan brother get up, took a deep breath, and shouted: "Come on, bring my holy decree and jade seal." ”

After speaking, he returned to the dragon case and sat down, grabbed the imperial pen and gently scraped the ink, looked at the holy decree spread by the eunuch, thought about the words for a while, waved the pen and dropped the green ink, and said in his mouth.

"This matter can't be delayed any longer, otherwise Mr. Lu will run away again, tomorrow morning, I will tell the ministers about it, and it is not difficult to think of it. ”

Yang Yang wrote a pass, and let Yang Su look at it, and saw that there was nothing wrong, so he returned to Yong'an Palace with satisfaction, and the eunuch who picked up the lamp greeted him there early, which has long been the norm, obviously knowing that the emperor would come to the queen every day after dealing with government affairs to sleep peacefully.

The lantern under the eaves extended, walked through the corridor to the back garden of Yong'an Palace, the waiting palace maid said a blessing, bowed down to open the door, the tulle curtain curtains, behind the hazy lotus seeds, the fragrance of books, the bookshelves of the fragrant sandalwood, all kinds of books and bamboo slips were neatly placed, Yang Jian opened the gauze curtain and went in, behind the small table with low legs, a woman was holding a scroll to read, heard the footsteps, put down the book and got up to meet it.

"Your Majesty is back. ”

Smiling and untying the cumbersome dragon costume for him, just like when he was not a queen, over there, Yang Jian also ate her the most, felt comfortable, took off his heavy robe, went to the copper basin to wash his hands, sat down on the bed, and breathed a sigh of relief.

handed over the dragon robe to the intimate palace maid to put it away, and Dugu Jialuo came over to her husband and gently pinched his arms and shoulders for him.

"Looking at Your Majesty's complexion today, I think there is a good thing. ”

Yang Jian felt the softness of his wife's fingers, looked at the top of the tent, and laughed, "There is one thing, the queen should know about Lu Liangsheng, right?"

"The concubine has heard His Majesty talk about it a few times, what's wrong?"

"Today, Mr. Lu has come to Chang'an, and tomorrow, I will announce to the ministers, appoint him as a national teacher, protect you and me in the Great Sui Society, and bless the rivers and mountains and the people of Li to enjoy peace and happiness. ”

Seeing her husband laughing like a child, the woman chuckled and twisted his beard.

"Your Majesty still has to think clearly, this Mr. Lu is a little young, may not let the courtiers below be convinced, I heard that last time outside the south gate of Chang'an, and a group of cultivators had something to do, the concubine thinks, in the matter of employing people, it is still necessary to be calm and serious, quite prestigious. ”

Yang Jian knew that his wife admired Buddhism, she was smart since she was a child, and she had always been by her side in the most difficult period.

Looking at the woman who had been with him for fifty years, he sat up from the bed.

"What does the queen think, what should I do?"

"Your Majesty, do you remember where you were born, who raised you?" Dugu Jialuo is no longer the same as before, but he also has a momentum that is rare for other women, "The wisdom of the temple is not a good candidate, and the grace of raising His Majesty is just repaid." ”

On the couch, Yang Jian frowned.

The nun in his wife's mouth, how could he forget that he was born in Feng Yi Panruo Temple and was raised by the female nun Zhixian at that time, in other words, she could be regarded as his adoptive mother.

"What the queen said is not unreasonable, but he is a woman, how can he enter the court, the monk should be pure-hearted and have few desires, how can he go to the fireworks in this world, no, no, if she is allowed to come, the first person to oppose is the ministers. ”

Immediately waved his hand and vetoed his wife's proposal, and the woman over there wanted to say more, Yang Jian yawned, uncovered the futon sleepily, slept inside, and waved his hand.

"Tomorrow I will go to court early, and the queen will go to bed soon, you and I are not young, it's not good to stay up late. ”

"Yes. ”

Seeing her husband lying down for a while, she started snoring, Dugu Jialuo sighed, also took off her coat, and went to the emperor's side, and soon Gong'e came in quietly and blew out the lights.