[Qing Chuan] Mu Emperor's Grace

After the stone chapter was polished, Hongli handed the chapter to He Shen, pushed the blue ink pad over, and said with a smile, "Try it."

He Shen used ink pad to paste the chapter surface, and printed it vigorously on the paper. Hongli naturally took over the lamp in his hand.The blue mark under the lamp showed a bit of solemnity, and He Shen looked at the complete mark, and felt joy in his heart, with a smile on his face unconsciously.

Hongli kept watching his movements, saw him smile, and asked softly, "Do you like it?"

He Shen held the stone badge in his palm, stared at it all the time, nodded vigorously when he heard the words, and said, "I like it."

Hongli nodded and said: "Now that the Empress Dowager's funeral is not over, I can only use the blue seal. You can try to use the red seal in the future, it must look better."

He Shen raised his head, and unexpectedly met Hongli's focused gaze. Under the palace lantern, Hongli's gaze was soft and gentle, which made his cheeks feel hot.

"I……"

"I……"

As if they had a tacit understanding, the two opened their mouths at the same time, but stopped at the same time.When they looked at each other, both of them laughed, and it was Hongli who made the final decision: "You speak first."

He Shen didn't refuse, he looked straight into Hongli's eyes, and said seriously: "Your Majesty, I think I understand why you don't let me go to Gansu."

As soon as He Shen finished speaking, he obviously felt that Hongli's body froze, but He Shen didn't intend to stop there. Before today, he had never realized that the emperor had little sense of security hand in hand with him. .But Hongli, as an emperor, was used to everything under control. In his previous years, the word jealousy might not have been in his dictionary at all.

"When I go back today, I think of a lot of past events, and I also think of my old friends in Gansu."

As soon as these words came out, He Shen clearly saw that under the light, Hongli's face changed suddenly.He Shen gently pressed Hongli's hand, and slowly stroked the back of his hand with his fingertips: "But Hongli, I am no longer the person I was back then, and now I have given you all my heart, no matter how good you are, I can't even catch the girls in my eyes." Seeing Hongli looking over in surprise, He Shen's face became a little hot from his fiery words, his eyes flickered, and he avoided Hongli's gaze.

"What I mean is, the emperor can safely send me to Gansu to thoroughly investigate the case of Wang Danwang." Before He Shen finished speaking, he suddenly heard Hongli's voice: "I have heard people say that there is a police officer in Wang Danwang's house. A woman who is both talented and beautiful, knowledgeable and interesting."

After Hongli said this, he stared at He Shen's face, his eyes were anxious and hot, revealing the master's uneasy state of mind at the moment.

He Shen held Hongli's hand tightly when he heard the words, and said with a smile: "Even if you are both talented and beautiful, what does it have to do with me?" Hongli obviously did not expect him to answer like this, and anxiously said: "But He Shen, As a man, you should be with a woman. She loves you deeply and respects each other like a guest. She can make soup for you, manage the government affairs for you, and have children with you. After many years, you will lead the couple. Children, come before me, and I will marry them."

Hongli was immersed in his own imagination, and the hand held by He Shen became colder and colder.He Shen heard his words getting more and more outrageous, and saw that his eyes wandered, so he simply leaned forward and sealed Hongli's constantly opening and closing lips with a kiss.When lips and tongues met, Hongli also slowly calmed down and gradually regained the dominance. Every kiss between two people is the best communication.

While Yinsi was implicated, He Shen hugged Hongli's neck, panting and opened the distance between the two of them, his wet eyes were fixed on Hongli, but he heard Hongli, who was also breathless, ask: "Do you think about it?" Now, for me, those things just now will be gone, even if this is the case, don't you regret it?"

He Shen's proactive kiss did not interrupt Hongli's stubborn questioning.He Shen has never seen such a gentle emperor. Hongli has always been decisive and resolute. He is as dazzling and invincible as the sun on the other side of the day. Today, he seems to be covered by clouds, breaking the casserole Also find an answer.

He Shen stroked Hongli's slightly swollen lips with his fingertips, and said with a light smile, "I don't regret it, this is my answer."

"But in this way, what will the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty think of you? I heard that the matchmakers who come to your house to propose marriage these days are all..."

But He Shen suddenly tilted his head and smiled: "Your Majesty, you've got me." He Shen's eyes swept over Hongli's lower body ambiguously.

Hongli was startled, and He Shen just looked at him innocently, with a hint of understanding on his lips.

Hongli was suddenly provoked into anger, and he said viciously, "You asked for it."

This time, Hongli didn't give Heshen any more time to think. He couldn't wait to plug Heshen's lips. The two stood up together, entangled with each other and moved to the edge of the bed. For a moment, He Shen grasped the bright yellow soft satin under his body, and chuckled out of gratitude for the soft touch in his hands: "Why do I smell a burst of makeup, Hongli, how many people have been lying on your dragon bed?"

Hongli was annoyed: Sure enough, he shouldn't have let go of his tongue, as soon as he let go, he immediately forgot the lesson.However, looking at the young man's shining eyes, Hongli responded in a strange way: "From now on, you are the only one." A promise was like a switch, and He Shen let Hongli roughly take off his shoes, and then Mischievously, he used his feet, which were only wrapped in footwear, to hook down the curtains on the edge of the bed.

The dim palace lantern was still burning in the warm room, and He Shen couldn't help humming softly during the movement, as if suddenly remembering where he was, the young man bit his lip suddenly.However, Hongli still had enough time to notice the young man's small movements. He gently rubbed his lips against the young man's bitten lips and teeth, and then licked his earlobe lightly: "Don't bear it, even if they hear it, so what."

He Shen's eyes were blurred, and he vaguely heard Hongli's words. He couldn't help leaving a few scratches on Hongli's back for a while, and still insisted: "They will say...", Hongli said After the collision, the words in the young man's mouth were broken into pieces, as if he was competing with Hongli. He Shen struggled to squeeze out the rest of the words: "He Shen, causing trouble for the court and confusing the emperor is a crime that cannot be punished."

Hongli laughed lightly when he heard the words, and the hoarse laughter made Heshen's whole body tremble. Hongli took the opportunity to clasp his fingers with the delirious young man, and wrapped his lips and teeth around the most vulnerable part of Heshen's neck, feeling That warm beating made me feel that I was still breathing: "That's right."

He Shen no longer has the energy to care about Hongli's teasing. From his perspective, the man above is like an insatiable lion. , the scalding sweat that dripped when he was in love became one of the few impressions in the dull mind of the young man.He felt that he had a lot to say to Hongli, but the double torment of comfort and fatigue made him forget the words.

In modern times, the young man has no so-called experience, his right hand is his good brother for many years, and now he has long been unable to verify whether other people are like him.His mind was as chaotic as a revolving lantern out of control, and all kinds of memories were mixed together, including modern ones, the first time Hongli called him, their quarreling and jealousy, and the moment of their sweet heart-to-heart.

The young man who has nowhere to lean on like a flat boat can only leave marks on Hongli's back with all his strength, and tell himself with practical actions: "God knows, how long it took me and how much suffering I finally became Hongli. The man." Maybe the mind can really communicate, the moment the young man raised his neck, Hongli's eyes suddenly widened, and he clearly saw the young man bending his neck into a beautiful curve.

At the moment of reaching the peak, the young man felt a sense of loss for no reason, but he was also filled with indescribable satisfaction, as if he had finally completed a ceremony, and his relationship with Hongli was closer.Hongli put his arms around him and stroked his back, making him calm down slowly.

The loose strands of hair were held by Hongli and played with little by little. He Shen no longer had the time to care about the decoration and furnishings of the dragon bed. He closed his eyes and fell asleep, enjoying this moment of peace.

Under the dim light, Hongli slowly traced his face with his eyes.Whether in a dream or in this world, the youth's facial features are all too familiar, but no matter how you look at them, you can't get tired of them.Strangely, seeing He Shen crouching under him was not satisfying Hongli's desire to conquer, but more like a solemn promise: You belong to me, and I belong to you too.

Hongli played with the young man's hair for a while, then put on his clothes and got up, and ordered the attendants outside the hall to prepare hot water.He picked up the young man from the bed, and suddenly changed his position. The young man raised his eyelids, saw the person in front of him clearly, closed his eyes again with peace of mind, and put his head on Hongli's chest like a clingy animal. They rubbed against each other and snuggled even tighter.

Hongli only felt that the tired look and the trust revealed filled his heart.The warm water seemed to be able to wash away all the exhaustion. He Shen leaned against the side of the bathtub, lazily and at ease. He heard Hongli whisper: "Zhen, I still don't want to let you go to Gansu."

He Shen's mind was a little slow at the moment, and when he realized what Hongli said, he couldn't help laughing. He opened his eyes, slowly rowed to Hongli, and leaned on his chest very naturally. , softly said: "Okay, I'll do what you want."

That night, He Shen stayed in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, lying on the dragon bed.The young man thought that he would toss and turn, but he didn't expect that the uneasy mood was no match for the physical tiredness. When he was half asleep and half awake, he vaguely felt Hongli's hands wrapped around his waist, but he just moved backwards. After moving, there were two murmurs in his mouth, and he fell asleep.

When He Shen opened his eyes again, he raised his eyes and saw the strange tent roof. He moved his body slightly, only feeling a kind of tiredness all over his body that couldn't be shaken off.He Shen turned his head slowly, the people beside him had already left, and neatly stacked official uniforms were placed beside the bed.

Xu Shi heard the noise in the inner room, Hongli came in from the outside, opened the curtain, helped him up slowly, and said in a warm voice: "Are you feeling unwell? Do you need some food? I asked someone to simmer the soup in a small stove. Drink something to warm you up."

He Shen looked at the panic-stricken emperor with some amusement, but he was really like that inexperienced kid, presumably because he was afraid that he would feel uncomfortable.Fortunately, He Shen is not a coy person at all. Perhaps from the moment he entered the palace gate last night, he had such an awareness - to become a Hongli man.

He looked at Hongli with a smile, and said softly: "Your Majesty, I'm fine, but I'm a little tired, just rest for two days."

Hongli brought him some soup, and handed him a portfolio along the way: "After thinking about it, I should send Agui to Gansu to take a look. Wang Danwang's case is related to the abolition of donated prisons, so we must not be careless."

He Shen nodded and said: "Indeed, this case involves officials from the Tong Province of Gansu Province. According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, those with a number of more than 1000 taels will be executed. According to this amount, most of the officials in the Tong Province may not escape responsibility. "

Hongli let out a long sigh: "I originally thought that it is understandable to sell officials and nobles to relieve the famine. Who would have thought that they would divide up the money they got and work together. The plot is really abominable."

Compared with the wide range of involvement in this case, He Shen was worried on another level. Holding the soup bowl in his hand, he fell into deep thought.He Shen remembers that in history, Hongli handled the Wang Danwang case, because there were too many people involved, and later had to increase the amount of money for the death penalty.The 1000 taels stipulated in the Great Qing Law were increased to 2 taels in actual implementation.Many corrupt officials who should have been sentenced to death were sentenced to other "living crimes" because the amount of corruption was not large, or because they had made meritorious deeds. enabled.The entire Gansu officialdom was shrouded in a miasma.It was a good anti-corruption campaign, but because the scope involved was too wide, it could only end hastily and failed to play its due deterrent effect.

He Shen reached out and rubbed Hongli's slightly frowned brows: "Your Majesty, have you asked others for their opinions?" After examining the eighth, eleventh, and fifteenth, the three of them seem to have colluded with the confession, and they all mentioned in the documents that the standard of punishment must be raised in order to reflect the "lenient" of the monarch.

He Shen flipped through those papers, although they were all written by different elder brothers, they all wrote the same point of view.If He Shen didn't know the historical events, he might think that this is the most appropriate way to deal with it—try to punish the officials involved in the case lightly.On the one hand, it can stabilize the local political situation in Gansu, and on the other hand, it can also fulfill the emperor's reputation as "lenient and benevolent".

However, just because he knew that the truly terrible thing about this case was not its impact on Gansu or the present, but its aftermath and legacy, He Shen disapproved of leniency from the bottom of his heart.

He suddenly remembered something, turned left and right again, and asked softly: "Your Majesty, why don't you see Brother Twelve's book?"

Hongli paused, frowned, and said: "He is in the imperial mausoleum, so of course he is not present in this court discussion." He glanced at He Shen as he spoke, and added as if he was afraid that he would think too much: "Since he asked himself to Shou Ling, you should think about today's situation."

There was a fleeting smile on the corner of He Shen's lips, and he said softly: "But I am very curious about the answer of Elder Brother Twelve, and with Elder Brother Twelve's intelligent nature, maybe he will give a different answer maybe."

Hongli frowned and said: "What's the difficulty? If you want to know his answer, I will immediately draw up an order to order him to submit a policy statement on this case."

He Shen was amused by Hongli's serious appearance, he waved his hand and said: "There is no need for policy theory, just write your opinions like the elder brothers, otherwise the twelve elder brothers should blame me and ask him to write more words for no reason. "

Hongli laughed and scolded: "He dares!" He said, but he didn't insist on letting him write policy theory.

However, Yongzhen, who was in the Tailing Mausoleum, received a decree for him to demonstrate in a short time. When he held the imperial decree, he almost shed tears. Although the imperial decree did not reveal the emperor's holy will, But it proved that he hadn't been completely forgotten by Hongli.

Shigege accepted the reward from Hongli, and helped Yongzheng up, who was a little dazed, before going to look at the imperial decree.She read the imperial decree over and over again, and then said with a smile: "Brother Twelfth, you were asked to discuss the state affairs. In my opinion, Huang Ama still values ​​you very much."

Yongzhen didn't answer, but just asked: "Shi Ge'er, how do you solve this problem in your opinion?"

Shi Gege looked at Yongzhen with a grin, and pouted, "Brother Twelfth, this is a question for Huang Ama to test you, not me, so I don't want it?"

During these days in the imperial mausoleum, Yongzheng and Shi Gege have been facing each other day and night, and Yongzheng has gradually grasped the strange temperament of this younger sister.He said with a smile: "My good sister, you used to go to the study room, didn't you like discussing politics the most, this time is such a great opportunity, you really don't want to show your skills?"

Shi Gege bit her lip, she finally compromised after hearing the words, she took a piece of paper from the table, tore it in half and handed it to Yong Xing: "How about this, Brother Twelfth write down your thoughts, I will Write mine down too, how about comparing the two later on?"

Yong Xing nodded and said, "Okay!"

Just as he was speaking, the guard who delivered the decree came back again, bowed in front of Shi Gege and said, "Look at this servant's memory, I almost forgot, this servant went out of the palace with Master He today, and Master He once handed over a kit The servant said it was a gift for the tenth princess, and the servant must hand it over to the tenth princess."

Shi Gege stared at the sapphire blue kit, and asked in surprise, "For me?"

The guard nodded, presented the kit, and then turned and left.Shi Gege turned around and saw that Yongzheng had already started to write, and he didn't bother to look at the contents of the kit, he said anxiously: "Brother Twelve, you actually wrote first secretly!" Ge Ge had no choice but to conceive immediately, hoping to catch up with Yong Xing's speed.

After about a cup of tea, Yong Xin gradually stopped writing. He carefully read the imperial decree again, added and changed a few places, and then quietly waited for ten frames to stop writing.

After both of them finished, Yong Xin smiled and said: "Shigeer, you are slow this time."

Shigege was not annoyed, and said with a charming smile, "I don't know who it is, but insisted on writing before me." The siblings bickered, exchanged their papers, and then laughed in unison.

Yongzhen smiled and said: "There is an old saying that the most poisonous woman's heart, I have never seen before that Shi Ge'er, you act so fiercely."

Shi Gege stuck out his tongue and replied with a smile: "Brother Twelfth also advocates heavy punishment, but I thought Brother Twelfth would advocate leniency."

Yongzhen sighed softly: "Wang Danwang really wants to deal with this case. I am afraid that he will face a dilemma. The heavy punishment will make the officials of all provinces panic. Gansu Province will immediately have many vacancies. Neglect of management, especially at the local level, the piles of cases of family slander, it is very easy to cause civil uprisings from public grievances."

Shi Gege nodded and said: "But the civil uprising is a sudden event. If it is dealt with and dealt with early, it will not evolve to that point. In my opinion, heavy punishment is still needed to prevent similar incidents from happening again. " Yongzhen laughed and said: "That's exactly the reason, but I don't know what Huang Ama is thinking."

Yong Xing took the document and was just about to write, when Shi Gege said with a smile: "I want to see what weird things He Shen gave me this time, they are always so mysterious." As she spoke, she opened the kit, and inside was a delicate Wenwan walnut.

Shi Gege was stunned, she took out the walnut, and repeatedly turned the bag upside down, making sure nothing was missing before laughing out loud: "Brother Twelve, what do you think is going on with He Shen? Some people make a disc with walnuts, but don’t they always make a pair of discs?”

Shi Gege stuffed the walnut back into the bag and handed it to Yongzheng: "Here, Brother Twelve, here it is for you. What do He Shen give me for this thing that old men like to play with?"

Yong Xing took the walnut out of the kit, he looked at it carefully, and then exerted a little force with both hands, the walnut was actually broken from the middle by him, breaking it into two halves.

Shi Gege stared at the two walnuts in astonishment. After a closer look, he found that the walnut was hollow, and there was something hidden inside, which was clearly a note.

Yong Xing took out the note and unfolded it, looking at the two words on it in surprise: Seriously.

Shi Gege was completely taken aback by this turn of events, she tilted her head and said, "He Shen is playing a crossword puzzle with us, what's the matter?"

Yongzhen took the imperial decree on the upper shelf and looked at it carefully again. This time, Shi Gege reacted very quickly. She watched Yongzhen's movements and said softly: "Could it be that He Shen is talking about Wang Danwang case?"

Yongzhen pondered for a moment, then nodded solemnly and said: "Based on my understanding of Heshen, the things he sent in with all his heart will never be useless. Today, the walnuts were sent in together with the imperial decree, so what he refers to must be It is the case of Wang Danwang."

Shi Gege also calmed down at this time, and analyzed: "So, what he said about seriousness refers to the instructions given to Huang Ama that Wang Danwang should be dealt with seriously?"

Yongzhen nodded, and said solemnly: "I just took a closer look. I saw Heshen's handwriting during the east tour. This is indeed his handwriting. He can come up with such a way to deliver walnuts to you. , and only him."

Shi Gege frowned slightly, hesitatingly said: "The word "congzhong" coincides with what we think, but I don't know if this is also Huang Ama's idea."

Yong Xing nodded and said: "What you said is exactly what I am worried about. He Shen is not related to me, so there is really no need to help an unfavored prince like me."

Shigege pondered for a moment, then looked at Yongxin with a pair of smart eyes and said, "But I believe in Heshen's character, not to mention that's what we originally thought. Brother Twelve might as well give it a try."