Yin Yin replied casually: "Yes, happy, happy." Not only is the voice as thin as a mosquito fly, but there is no joy in the tone. Zhen Ying was unhappy, and said with a straight face: "Who are you dealing with?" Yin Yin, this palace is in a good mood right now, don't feel uncomfortable!" Yin Yin bit her lip a few times before she made up her mind: "No...... Oh no, slave earrings...... Just one missing. Under the reflection of Qinghui, I saw that she was wearing a string of silver-white half-moon earrings on her left ear, but her right ear was empty, and the earrings were missing.

Zhen Ying said disdainfully: "What's a big deal! You want earrings, there are many in the jewelry box of this palace, even if you choose the one you like to wear, it is considered that you have been rewarded for your merit." Yin Yin shook her head and said, "No, no, this pair of earrings is the only relic left by the mother to the slave, and it cannot be lost, otherwise, she will be blamed underground...... It was okay in the morning, but it must have been in a hurry and landed in Yinxue Palace. No, I'm going to go back and find it. Saying that, he was no longer afraid of ghosts, turned around and ran towards Yinxue Palace.

Zhen Ying hurried to catch up, grabbed her, and scolded: "Stupid girl, you just don't know how to use your brains to do things! If you go back now, won't you not make a fool of yourself in front of Shen Shiyun? If you can go out, this palace will not succeed!" Yin Yin is the first time to resist Zhen Ying, she shook her hands and stomped her feet, and raised her head and shouted: "If Concubine Yun asks, the slave and maid will say that she is a thief and steals things, and one person does things and one person is responsible, and it will never affect Niangniang!"

Zhen Ying poked a finger on Yin Yin's forehead and scolded: "You are my palace maid, what is the difference between you stealing things and stealing things from this palace? Seeing that Yin Yin was still stubborn, she glared at her, and said: "Don't complain to me about that Jin girl bullying you in the future, like you are so stupid, who doesn't bully you is weird! Shen Shiyun is such a good life, there is a clever maid, I will be biased to your ......"

Yin Yin had tears in her eyes, but she seemed more determined, and it would not work to "know what to reason". Zhen Ying "moved with affection" again, and persuaded with kind words: "It's too late, and it doesn't make sense." Go back to the palace and sleep for a few hours, and after dawn, the palace will go to the Yinxue Palace in person, only saying that the earrings fell when I visited yesterday, and I will definitely get them back for you, but if you cry and cry again, the palace will not care about you!" said that he really ignored Yin Yin, and turned his head and left. Quietly pricked up his ears, and sure enough, it didn't take long for him to hear the sound of small footsteps following.

When I got back to the dormitory, most of the night had passed, and Zhenying was asleep at the desk, and soon felt a glimmer of light through the window. As soon as she opened her eyes, her first consciousness was to tighten her fingers, feel the fullness of the scroll in her palm, and estimated that as soon as the hour came, she hurriedly got up and washed, and felt that the maid's movements were too slow, so she simply took off her tights and pressed them to the bottom of the box, and changed into a moon-white robe inlaid with gold and silver filigree, her hands trembled with anxiety, and at first even the buttons were wrong. Before leaving the palace, he lifted the flag head, wore a general position at will, and hurried out.

Halfway to the road, I saw the figure of Fu Lin from a distance, it seemed that he had just retreated from the court, and was about to return to the palace, and saw him with his hands behind his back, with a sad face on his face. Zhen Ying hurriedly slowed down, put on a dignified posture, stepped forward elegantly, and said, "The emperor is auspicious." Fu Lin walked hurriedly, and only said "Flatten", but he didn't stop. Zhen Ying secretly cheered herself up, turned her head and shouted: "Your Majesty!"

Fu Lin was slightly surprised, usually Zhenying didn't say much in front of him, and even asked for peace was slightly shy. Unlike the concubines next to her, who eat jealousy every day, and pounce on him when she sees him, only Zhenying is a little gentle and demure. Therefore, although there was little communication, he was not bored with her, and said kindly: "Hmm, Concubine Zhen, what is the matter with you?" Zhen Ying said: "The emperor is worried, I don't know why he is worried about it? You might as well say it and let the concubine share your worries." ”

Fu Lin touched the knot in his heart, sighed and said: "It's useless, you can't help me, but it doesn't hurt to pour bitter water with you." Now that the world has been decided, all kinds of waste are waiting to be rebuilt, and stabilizing the people's hearts is a top priority. Now the court is divided into two factions, one faction is the main peace, saying that it should be subdued by virtue, benevolence and love for the people, exempt from severe punishment and harsh laws and harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and at the same time the whole country will be amnesty, and the magnates of the previous dynasty will be ceded land and crowned king, so that they will not have two hearts. The Han people of Middle Earth were different from their ideological roots, and they had to assimilate with the Manchus and be willing to submit to them. The other faction fought the main battle, claiming that our dynasty had won thousands of miles of rivers and mountains with iron hooves, and was originally in a strong position, but it went to make peace with the captured prisoners of the defeated army, and did not mention its own worth, and even humiliated the emperor's authority. The remnants should be suppressed by force, not only to exterminate all the rebellious parties, but also to leave even the slightest rebellion. If there are ink writers who write poems and write articles nostalgic for the previous dynasty, they will also ask for the crime of killing their heads, which is called killing a hundred people, and for example, what kind of 'head shaving order' advocated by the emperor's uncle, they are all tricks they came up with. The two factions insisted on their own words, arguing all day long, and arguing so much that I was one and the other. ”

Zhen Ying said in her heart: "Shen Shiyun must be the master and faction, of course she helps her people, yes, it is 'in the Qing court's heart is in the Ming'." I'm going to go against her. Then he said: "Your Majesty, the concubines are also in favor of suppression by force." Some people just don't want to be indulgent, if you take a step back, she will take ten steps forward, you are polite to her, she thinks you are afraid of her. If they are already defeated generals, they should be honest slaves, who let them not have the ability to win the battle?"

Fu Lin said: "But what about those ordinary people who just want to live a good life? They have never been on the battlefield, they have not fought against anyone, what is wrong with them? Who should they complain to?" Zhen Ying said: "Your Majesty is the son of the former emperor, and he has been pampered since he was a child, and he does not understand the sinister situation of the world, nor does he know how bad those Han people are. You just have to remember that the princes and generals who have been on the battlefield for a long time are all thinking about the country, and the decisions they have made are all right. ”

Fu Lin said: "Why didn't I see what was wrong with killing them all? When the city was slaughtered, corpses were everywhere, and rivers of blood flowed, even the old and weak women and children were not spared, what is the reason?" Zhen Ying couldn't explain, so she had to say vaguely: "In short, in this world, the law of the jungle is the strong, the king is defeated, and the winner is qualified to control the power of life and death." ”

Fu Lin sneered: "Sure enough, it is the idea advocated by the main battle faction. In fact, you shouldn't tell me these words, I, the emperor, have long existed in name only, and the controversy between the hundred officials in front of the emperor is just a formality, and each has its own work behind the scenes, and the specific actions are not up to me. In the name of my youth and knowledge, they don't take me seriously. And those important ministers who are powerful enough to sit on one side alone, 'regents, auxiliary ministers', speak nicely, and I see that they are all attempts at 'dictatorship'. When they were confused and set up as the crown prince, they were put on the throne, which actually became a shield. That's right, the world was not fought by me, I admit that I have not made half the credit for the siege of the city, and it is natural for the kings to be dissatisfied, even if someone wants me to abdicate in person, I will not blame. But what I hate most in my life is the villain who has two faces, one set in front of him, and one set behind his back. He spoke with righteous indignation and impassionedness, and his voice grew louder and louder.

Zhen Ying was so nervous that she looked around, and said in her heart: "There are many eyes and ears in the palace, in case people hear it, saying that I instigated the emperor to stand on his own, I can't afford this crime." Hurriedly lowered his voice and said, "Don't think about it, who dares to force you to abdicate?"

Fu Lin said: "I don't dare to think about it. Even if I don't pursue it and shoot the first bird, the rest of the princes will definitely be guilty of 'committing rebellion' and will be punished with no place to bury, and this is one of the reasons. Secondly, sitting on the throne is the target of the public, in contrast, retreating behind the scenes to seize power for personal gain, with me as a target on the stage, the people want to vent their anger is also directed at me, which is more beneficial to them. Many times I don't fail to see through these calculations, but I just think that harmony is precious, and I don't want to say it explicitly. ”

Zhen Ying was full of panic, one ear listened to him, but the other ear had to pay attention to the surroundings, her eyes kept scanning to the side, and she had to pretend to be attentive to listen, and she didn't dare to interrupt, when she was suffering, Fu Lin clenched his fist and knocked his forehead, and sighed: "Forget it, if you don't say this, the more you talk, the more upset you become." There is another worrying thing, since I ascended the throne, I have been busy with state affairs, and I have neglected the Queen Mother too much, and I really don't want to go. I remember that the Queen Mother loved portraits, and I wanted to take the opportunity of her birthday in a few days to make up for it, but the painter who had always been the most skilled took a leave of absence due to illness, and she had high requirements for this, and she attached great importance to the painting style, layout, and color matching, and whether she could find a painter who had her appetite in a short period of time was a difficult problem after all. ”

Zhen Ying comforted: "Since there are still a few days to go, I just need to be told by Zhang Bang that I will be rewarded heavily, and there are many talents in the palace, and I am worried that I can't find a suitable painter? To put it a little more exaggeratedly, she paints rats with cats and flowers that attract butterflies. It's just that you may not be able to invite ......."

Zhen Ying said: "How can that be? Could it be that the person's temper is very strange, or is he traveling all over the world and his whereabouts are uncertain?" Fu Lin said: "No, just because Yun'er is the imperial concubine, but let her do the work of an inferior painter, it is too inconsistent with her identity, and she creates a handle for hundreds of officials in vain, but I am afraid that it will be inappropriate." Zhen Ying heard that what he said was Shen Shiyun, she was disdainful, and sneered: "What's wrong with that? You issued an edict announcing that she would paint for the Queen Mother to celebrate her birthday, did she dare to resist and disobey?"

Fu Lin sighed: "It's not a problem. A truly famous painting requires the painter to devote all his thoughts, feelings and soul to give it its essence, which seems to be his second life. If you paint for the sake of painting, it is like having no flesh and blood, and alas, you don't understand it after all. ”

Zhen Ying's anger "rubbed" straight up, and said in her heart: "To say that I don't understand elegant and profound art is to satirize my vulgarity and shallowness." She would have held the hand behind her back, if Fulin could have been gentle with her and kept talking and laughing, maybe she wouldn't be in a hurry to slander, but now although Fulin is looking at her, he is thinking of someone else, and Shen Shiyun is simply perfect in his heart, which makes Zhen Ying even more angry. A woman's jealousy is often the most terrifying, and at the moment she drew an arc on her arm, pretending to inadvertently send the painting to Fu Lin, and said without saying anything: "Concubine Yun's sister's painting skills, the concubine has always admired it very much, but as for this painting...... I also want to ask the emperor to evaluate the tasting. ”

Fu Lin had already noticed that she looked strange and had something hidden in her hand, so she took the initiative to take it out, and took it, slowly untied the string tied to the shaft, and unfolded the painting. Zhen Ying's heart is proud, worried, happy, nervous, impatient, and masterless, all kinds of emotions are mixed together, just staring at the subtle changes in Fulin's expression, just waiting for him to change color and scold, he can take the opportunity to provoke on the side, and he will definitely be able to arrange Shen Shiyun as the first ** in the ages.

Fu Lin stared at the painting, and after a while, his frowning brows stretched slightly, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Zhen Ying said in her heart: "It's amazing, this is the legendary angry laughter, it has always been only heard, and today it can be regarded as seeing it in person." ”