The feeling of loneliness is always so sudden.

Suddenly, I opened my eyes, my head was a little drowsy, and my body did not recover from this short sleep, only a desperate laziness.

Don't go to bed in the afternoon, the darkness and depth of waking up at dusk can make you lose control of time.

Zhu Yunwen's eyes looked at the curtain on the top of the bed indifferently, and the afterglow of his eyes was divided into two parts, one part fell on the beautiful woman beside him, and one part was the dim daylight cast on the window gap through the veil.

He didn't know what he was thinking or what he should be thinking.

A green lotus arm on his chest, the soft touch of the tip of the elbow attracted the emperor's attention, and the breathing of the beautiful woman on his side suddenly became a little chaotic, and gently, he also opened his bright and hazy eyes, smiled slightly, and the rain and dew were beautiful.

"Awake?" Zhu Yunwen asked softly.

"Hmm. Gu Yunyan's lips let out a hint of murmuring, which made people fleshy and rotten.

Zhu Yunwen sat up from the bed, looked at her, and smiled dotingly: "If you are tired, you can rest for a while, it doesn't matter." I'll have someone bring you food. ”

"Your Majesty, you're leaving again... The coquettish face just showed a kind of grievance, reluctance, and finally made up his mind to let go: "Your Majesty, if you are tired, concubines, concubines... ”

"Okay, I already know the concubine's intentions. Zhu Yunwen stretched out his hand and patted Gu Yunyan's head, and tucked the quilt for her before standing up, Gu Yunyan closed his eyes obediently.

"Liu Xi?"

With Zhu Yunwen's call, the door was divided into two, Liu Ximao walked closer with his waist bent, and six little eunuchs walked in behind him, holding a splendid dragon robe, a copper basin, and a towel in his hand.

Zhu Yunwen opened his hands and asked in a low voice while letting the little eunuchs fiddle, "What time is it?"

"Back to Your Majesty, at three o'clock in the morning, the palace door will be closed in more than half an hour, and I am afraid it will be too late to leave the palace. For Zhu Yunwen's thoughts, Liu Xi knows everything about it. Needless to say, with just one look, Liu Xi could guess his thoughts.

"Oh, that... Next time. Zhu Yunwen nodded with some disappointment.

"Your Majesty. Liu Xi opened his mouth again: "Today's excerpt, is it still called the celebrant supervisor... ”

"Well, just send it down, it's not a big deal, right?"

"It's not a big deal, but there is a small thing that Your Majesty needs to do personally. ”

"What?" Zhu Yunwen wondered, "What's the disaster?" or who is greedy for silver again?"

"That's not true, Your Majesty is too worried. Liu Xi smiled, stepped forward to tighten the jade belt around his waist for Zhu Yunwen, and said: "I told Your Majesty a few days ago that the birthday of the old lady of the Zheng family in Jiangnan is approaching, because it is a whole birthday, I sent my children and grandchildren to Beijing and prepared some gifts for Your Majesty, thanking the emperor for taking care of him for many years." ”

"Oh," Zhu Yunwen nodded, frowning a little impatiently: "It's all a bit of a false courtesy, so troublesome." Well, a few more days?"

"Seven days. ”

"Tomorrow, tomorrow morning, you ask the Zheng family to send someone into the palace, I will talk to him, and then ask the Ministry of Rites to arrange the etiquette, and see what regulations need to be prepared by the imperial court, you go and see, go back and talk to me, and I will do it." ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the slave has written it down. Liu Xi promised in a low voice.

。。。。。。

Dongfeng Lane, Zheng's Courtyard, Zheng Zhizhong, who had been waiting for a long time, finally waited for the person he wanted to see.

Zhou An, the former old servant, and now Zhou Buyan, the head of the East Factory Appreciation Division, sat opposite him.

The expressions of both of them were very flat, as if two strangers had just met by chance, sitting down and chatting.

Zheng Zhizhong shook the scroll in his hand hard, then closed it, put it on the table, and said faintly: "I thought you wouldn't come." ”

Zhou Buyan shook his head slowly: "I shouldn't have come." ”

"Why?"

"Those who are enemies of Dongchang will end up miserable. ”

"You know that I'm here to fight against Dongchang?"

"Isn't it?"

Zheng Zhizhong smiled slightly, didn't answer, and asked, "You said you shouldn't come, why did you still come?"

"The Overseer asked me to come, and you should understand what that means. Zhou Buyan hesitated for a moment and sighed: "The old slave doesn't know what the master of the family has in his heart, but... Stop it. ”

"Stop, I'm afraid, it's hard. Zheng Zhizhong smiled bitterly and looked at Zhou Buyan: "If I'm not mistaken, don't look at you and me in this study, but in the open and secretly, I'm afraid there are countless pairs of ears and eyes scattered, right?"

"It's a lot," Zhou Buyan nodded: "And the old slave doesn't know who it is." ”

"I don't know. Zheng Zhizhong spread his hands: "But I can tell you, I'm afraid there are not only people from Dongchang here." ”

"Who else?"

"I don't know, and I can't say if I do. Having said that, I'm afraid my Zheng family will be gone. Zheng Zhizhong said with difficulty: "Lao Zhou, you have been in the first place in the south of the Yangtze River, and you can see with your own eyes what it looks like."

Although I am the eldest son of the Zheng family, there are not many people who really take what I say seriously. A few years ago, it was better, and my old lady supported me, but now... ”

"Yes ... The second and third rooms are making trouble again?" Zhou Buyan asked, and then said guiltily: "The old slave has caused trouble to the master of the house." ”

Although Zhou Buyan is not in charge of the inspection department, some information that is not confidential will not be hidden from him.

He also knows that although the Zheng family has lived together for generations and does not use the method of separating the family, there are too many people, and it is inevitable that there will be distant relatives. The close relationship between the heads of the second and third rooms is more due to jealousy of the Zheng family's resources in the hands of Zheng Zhizhong, the head of the family. The so-called enemy of the enemy is a friend, and the second room and the third room naturally stand together.

And Zheng Zhizhong, in order to maintain the appearance of the Zheng family's poetry and book etiquette, has no other way than to endure.

But since Zhou Buyan was pulled into the East Factory, the attitude of the second and third rooms has become more and more arrogant, and the attacks on Zheng Zhizhong have become more and more unscrupulous.

It is not difficult to think about the truth in this, the people of the Zheng family have a relationship with Dongchang, and the reputation of goodness is inevitably damaged, and Zheng Zhizhong's discipline of the younger brother who is not in the two rooms cannot be justified.

"It's not all your business. Zheng Zhizhong waved his hand, rubbed his eyebrows a little tiredly, and sighed: "Old Zhou, with our friendship, I don't have to hide anything from you." But this time, alas, I only blame me for my incompetence, which caused trouble for those two beasts, and my Zheng family is already involuntarily. ”

On the table, with a gentle stroke of his fingertips, two words were written: Gan and Yan