August Capital

The scorching heat has swept the capital at the end of July, and August is even more sultry.

Dazheng shipping and transportation are all through, a boatload of watermelons and bamboo fans, pu mats, pillows, honeysuckle and other summer relief products are transported, as soon as they arrive at the wharf, they are immediately snatched up.

And the big households, as long as they have the financial resources, have prepared ice early, and the consumption of this period of time alone is an astonishing number.

In addition to the palace where the emperor and queen are located, the concubines in other palaces also receive ice cubes for the summer according to their routines.

In previous years, Concubine Wu's palace was also a prosperous scene, and there was no need for the people above to say that the people below had already sent the good ice early.

But this year, because Concubine Wu fell out of favor, until now, she has been grounded and thought about it behind closed doors, and the emperor has never been to Phixiang Palace again, and the attitude of the people below towards Phixiang Palace has gradually changed.

Either this thing lacks weight, or that thing is a defective product, even the ice cubes are only in line with the number of servings, and there is no extra piece

If you want more, you have to spend more money than other masters to buy it.

It's been a really aggrieved day.

However, Concubine Wu ordered the people in the Phixiang Palace not to leak the news to Princess Xinping, lest Princess Xinping run to the emperor again, make a big noise, and cause trouble.

But Concubine Wu didn't want her daughter to cause trouble again, and some people who were favored by their mother and daughter in the past were happy to see them continue to be unlucky, and secretly spread the news.

No, Princess Xinping came to the front to ask for a meeting again, which made the emperor who was reviewing the chapter frown slightly.

"Let her go back!"

It's not that I don't love this daughter, but as soon as I see her, I can immediately remember the events of that day, think of Su Ziji, and then remember that I ordered the destruction of the prince's family more than ten years ago, which made the emperor feel displeased.

And the emperor, as the supreme ruler of a country, certainly has enough right to be capricious in this kind of private matter, even if it is to anger the daughter he once loved, it is natural for others to take it for granted, it must be that this princess acted absurdly and finally angered His Majesty.

Gonggong Zhao, who was serving in front of the emperor, immediately responded respectfully, slowly withdrew, walked out of the imperial study, and walked out quickly, as soon as he arrived outside the outer hall, looking at Princess Xinping who was blushing in the scorching sun, Gonggong Zhao did not show contempt like some big eunuchs, but saluted respectfully, and there was nothing to find fault in his attitude.

"Your Royal Highness, Your Majesty is busy with government affairs, and I really don't have time to see you, why don't you come back later?" he cautiously persuaded.

"You old slave!"

Princess Xinping has eaten closed door soup a few times before, and her heart has long been aggrieved, she doesn't believe that she has always loved her father, and she refuses to see herself for several months, it must be that these slaves and maids are not dedicated to spreading the word.

Thinking like this, she raised her chin slightly, and said coldly: "It must be that you didn't mention to your father who came to see him, didn't you!"

"You people, you have always liked to praise the high and step on the low, so this palace will not fall for you! Get out of the way of this palace! This palace will go in to see your father!"

"Ouch, my Royal Highness the Princess!" Seeing that Princess Xinping looked like she was about to break through the door, Gonggong Zhao hurriedly stopped him, and persuaded in a low voice: "You, let's go back first, tell Your Highness the truth, Your Majesty is still angry with you now, and it is estimated that I will not see you until the anger subsides, you say, you have to break in to see Your Majesty now, isn't this adding fuel to the fire?"

"You are Your Majesty's favored daughter, what you have done, you will naturally not be punished, but you also have to think about Concubine Wu!"

Concubine Wu has fallen out of favor since then, if she causes trouble because of you again, she is demoted and removed from the position of concubine, then it will be a lot of fun.

Princess Xinping's action is a meal, she came over a little angrily this time, because she learned that the mother concubine was still grounded, she couldn't go in to visit, and the things given to the Phixiang Palace were detained, and the news spread to the princess's mansion, which naturally made Princess Xinping angry and came to her father to complain.

But if you can't complain, you will make trouble for your mother again...... Princess Xinping had a cold face, was silent for a moment, and said: "Since Gonggong Zhao said so, I will accept the love of your old slave, you are right, I want to think more about my mother." ”

Then he really turned around and walked away.

This time, Princess Xinping listened to persuasion like this, which made Gonggong Zhao slightly surprised.

"Sure enough, adversity is what makes people grow. ”

Secretly sighed, he restrained his expression again, went back to the imperial study, and reported what happened outside to the emperor without any oil and vinegar.

After picking up the pen and reading a piece of music, the emperor put the pen aside, the emperor rubbed his wrist, and after hearing this, he was silent for a while.

"If Xinping can really know about my hard work, and he can live in peace during this time, he will pass on my message and let the Phixiang Palace lift the ban. He commanded casually.

"Yes, the old slave wrote it down. ”

Zhao Gonggong responded, but secretly thought in his heart that he had not been disrespectful to Princess Xinping before, and he really made the right move, although His Majesty seemed to have really annoyed Princess Xinping and Concubine Wu before, but the favor for Princess Xinping was obviously still there.

At this time, there was another sound of footsteps outside, and a eunuch came in with a newly sent fold.

The three servings are all folded in small boxes.

"It's all excerpts from Shun'an Mansion?" The emperor was a little surprised when he looked at the seal affixed by the inspection department on the small box in turn.

"Your Majesty, let the old slave open it. ”

Zhao Gonggong hurriedly walked over, and carefully opened the three boxes in turn, the secret fold sent from this place, the key except for the person who sent the fold, is held by the emperor or the people around him, and can be opened.

This is also in case someone dropped the bag halfway.

"Hmph, one thing and three plays!"

"I have a lot of opportunities, thousands of letters, and sometimes I can't even eat when I'm tired, and I have to watch them pull off. ”

Looking at the folds that were taken out and placed in front of him in turn, he opened the three books casually first, and glanced at them all at random, and the emperor immediately threw the folds on the table and sneered.

Gonggong Zhao opened the small box just now, and he had already stepped aside, bent down and lowered his eyes, and waited respectfully, when he heard the emperor's sneer, he didn't speak.

Because this matter obviously did not need him to speak.

The emperor first took a sneer, touched another copy, looked at it carefully, and after reading the first part, he immediately twisted his eyebrows slightly, and then took the second and third copies, and read them carefully, and after reading them all, he was silent.

There was a long silence, only the shallow breathing of the people in the study, which was even more nervous than when he sneered before.

At least Zhao Gonggong, who was standing with his head down, was nervous.

But even if he was unwilling to get involved in this kind of thing, he still had to kneel on the ground with the emperor's soft call.

"Dexi, you can take a look at these three excerpts. Throwing these three folds directly at the feet of Gonggong Zhao, the emperor sighed: "Tell me, what do you think." ”