After being mistaken for a fellow by Long Aotian

After breakfast, the ladies of the court served towels for the two of them to clean their hands.Seeing that the emperor was in good spirits, little Deng Zi boldly said: "The weather is fine today, do you want to go to the imperial garden with Mr. Zhou?"

Wiping his hands, the emperor asked, "What's in the imperial garden?"

Little Deng Zi said: "The orchids in the imperial garden are blooming very well, as well as hibiscus and jasmine..."

"What's so nice about flowers," the emperor threw the towel into the basin, "such a fine weather is of course..."

"Go to the royal study to approve the memorial."

Eunuch:? ?

Maid:? ?

"It's a blessing for all the people that the emperor is so diligent in governing!" Little Deng Zi said.

Zhou Xun sat beside him, put down the towel, and listened to the compliments from the eunuchs and maids.

Listening to what Xiao Dengzi said implied... the emperor was far less diligent than he is now?

That’s right, the emperor of the current dynasty was known for his fondness for flower and bird art in the past... the late emperor died young after his diligent administration, but left behind a rich and prosperous Jing Dynasty, so the emperor of the current dynasty was slack, and it is beyond reproach...

The emperor became diligent because after that assassination... did he realize something?

Zhou Xun's fingers squeezed the teacup without a trace.

"Time waits for no one," the emperor stood up from his chair, "Let's go, right..."

He suddenly turned his head to look at Zhou Xun: "Sir, will you go with me?"

Zhou Xun was stunned: "...?"

He wanted to say "I dare not", but suddenly realized that he...

I don't even know how to speak in my own capacity.

"Don't dare to do anything." The emperor seemed to see through his mind without a teacher, and patted his shoulder directly, "Slept together, ate together, and wore the same clothes. Good buddy, good friend, buddy, let’s go, I believe in you.”

"……friend?"

These two heavy words, weird and light, rolled in his heart.

...a friend who slept with?

"Go out more often and bask in the sun, so as not to get moldy." The emperor made a gesture of holding hands without any explanation, and said, "Let's go, let's go to the imperial study, and..."

Zhou Xun:?

"With you by your side when reviewing the memorial, it will definitely be as easy as an open-book exam!" The emperor gave him a thumbs up.

Zhou Xun: ...

Where did the emperor's inexplicable confidence in him come from?

Little Dengzi wanted to invite the emperor to get on the sedan chair, but the emperor waved his hand and said, "What kind of sedan chair do you sit on? No need, just take a walk and exercise!"

Zhou Xun entered the Hall of Mental Cultivation when the night was darkest, but it was daytime when he came out.It is summer in the palace, the sky is blue and the sky is clear.He stood under the eaves, looking at the sun that was too bright, he couldn't help squinting his eyes.

He has been locked in prison for a long time, and has not seen the light for a long time.

At the gate of the hall, little Deng Zi had already prepared the chariot. The emperor stroked his chin, looked at the wheels and sighed: "This wooden one is so hard to see, I have to find a way to get some natural rubber..."

Amidst the complicated voices, Zhou Xun looked down at the toe of his shoe, which was still in the shadow.

He took a step towards the outside of the eaves, and when he raised his eyes, he saw the emperor staring at him blankly.

what happened?

Zhou Xun looked at him.

"It's nothing, I just thought you just..." the emperor stammered, "It's so beautiful."

Seeing that Zhou Xun was silent, he added, "It's really nice how you walked into that beam of light just now."

……

The emperor led Zhou Xun into the imperial study.He sat on the dragon chair that little Dengzi had pulled out, and told little Dengzi to bring another chair.

"Get more cushions," he added.

Little Deng Zi went to get some more cushions.Zhou Xun stood aside, and suddenly said: "There is no need for such..."

The emperor: "No, it looks like you are a head shorter than me. If I don't put a few more cushions under your buttocks, I'm afraid you won't be able to see the memorial."

Zhou Xun: ...

The emperor always left him speechless.

Under Xiao Dengzi's instructions, several young eunuchs put Zhou Xun on a luxurious sofa. Zhou Xun sat on the luxurious sofa, and the emperor pointed to the incense burner: "What kind of incense do you like?"

Zhou Xun: ...

Emperor: "Sandalwood? Agarwood? Magnolia? Ambergris?"

Zhou Xun: ...

"I don't have any particular preference," Zhou Xun said.

"Oh." The emperor nodded, and said to little Deng Zi, "Then order them all."

Zhou Xun:?

Little Dengzi: "Your Majesty, this..."

"Mulan fragrance." Zhou Xun replied.

"Then Mulanxiang." The emperor nodded.

The two sat down quietly amidst the fragrance of magnolia.Zhou Xun was a little at a loss, but the emperor said: "Sitting there is your encouragement to me."

Zhou Xun had never seen such a strange way of reviewing memorials by the emperor, nor had he seen such a messy desk.

There are not only mountains of memorials on the desk, but also many classics, most of which are maps of various places, and economic and military reports of various places since the reign of the late emperor.In addition, the emperor threw a stack of white paper on the other side. He held a charcoal pencil, and every time he opened a memorial, he wrote and drew on it, as if he was calculating something.

Zhou Xun looked at him quietly.

After reading a few memorials, the emperor suddenly held a notebook and cursed: "What nonsense is paying the bill? The bully brother doesn't understand mathematics? Cut it in half, cut everything in half!"

As he spoke, he picked up a brush and drew a turtle at the end of the memorial.

He also read the next memorial for a long time: "It's a good thing to open a medical center, and add some more budget."

Zhou Xun noticed that the emperor approved all the books on accounts and civil engineering very quickly.If he did well, he drew a little flower; if he did not do well, he drew a turtle.He even took a pen to modify the structure of the chariot manufacturing drawing given by the Ministry of War. He stared at it for a long time.

Instead, it was full of classical Chinese prose and policy memorials, which made him extremely annoyed and threw his head on the table several times.

Suddenly, like a flash of inspiration, he turned his head to look at Zhou Xun: "Sir, can you help me look at this?"

Zhou Xun was taken aback: "Me?"

"Oh, come, come." The emperor stuffed the booklet into his hands confidently, "If you come to see it, it will definitely work. Who are you? Don't refuse me, refuse me." It’s just seeing outsiders, understand?”

Seeing his eagerness, Zhou Xun pursed his lips and accepted the memorial without being pretentious.

He picked up the first copy on it.

"This is an excerpt from Bachelor Sima. Bachelor Sima is from Gusu. His ancestral family is not prominent. He advocates the New Deal. He is honest. He is often disliked by his colleagues because of his extreme and radical words. He has always been at odds with Shen Jijiu and others."

Zhou Xun told the life of the master of the memorial slowly, objectively and calmly, without any secrets or selfishness.

After two years in the palace, except for the escape and suicide in the first year, his heart and eyes were full of calm planning and revenge in the second year.

Naturally, an understanding of the outside world is indispensable. Besides, when he was still in Jiangzhou, his master who was deposed from the capital often talked to him about things in the capital.

But at that time, he didn't expect that these experiences would actually be in the...

In the royal study, it comes in handy.

"Thank you sir, you are too strong, now it is much clearer." The emperor nodded and sighed, "It is indeed a Chinese language book for teaching and educating people..."

Zhou Xun: ...

Why did the emperor call him "Uncle" again?

Then, Zhou Xun translated the words in the memorial into easy-to-understand vernacular and read them sentence by sentence.Bachelor Sima has always loved to show off rhetoric, and it is reasonable for the emperor not to understand the memorial.

His voice was clear and cold, with a jade-like texture.Every paragraph and every sentence is disassembled and narrated by him, together with the connotation of each allusion used, the past and the past, narrated in a eloquent manner, as easy to understand as clearing the clouds.

After he finished speaking the memorial, he handed it to the emperor.The emperor looked at him in a daze, and then abruptly said, "Approve for me."

Zhou Xun: "...my handwriting is different from the emperor's."

Emperor: "Oh, then... I dictate, you write?"

Zhou Xun: ...

Emperor: "Hey, if there is an operation of 'I dictate, you write', then the handwriting is yours, so there is nothing strange about it."

Zhou Xun approved the book for him.Then, patiently "approved" the last few books.The emperor sighed: "As expected of you, you actually spoke so exquisitely, which greatly exceeded my premonition!"

Zhou Xun didn't speak.The emperor said again: "Hey, I never knew that studying is such a happy thing. Sure enough, there are tutorial books next to me when I study, and I am so happy."

Zhou Xun: ...

Where did the word "counseling" come from?Is it the nickname given to him by the emperor?

He lowered his head and continued to translate for the emperor, but his cheeks felt a little hot.

After approving the pile in his hand, the emperor suddenly gave him all the remaining memorials: "You want to see these too?"

Zhou Xun was flattered for a moment, and declined, "No."

The emperor said: "You must be better than me. I am too lazy to read these classical Chinese. I hated reading classical Chinese when I was in high school. I was very tired and couldn't dance."

Zhou Xun said: "The emperor is the king of a country, these memorials should have been read by the emperor."

The emperor rubbed his head, a little aggrieved: "But I really don't understand."

Zhou Xun: ...

"Things can only be understood after research." Zhou Xun persuaded him patiently, "No matter how big or small you do, if you don't have perseverance, you will never get it done."

After saying this, he felt a little bit... This is not like a remonstrance from a subject to the emperor, but rather an exhortation...

The emperor was very ashamed. He touched his nose and nodded vigorously: "Sir, what you said is right. What you say makes sense, so I will listen to what you say."

Seeing Zhou Xun looking at him, the emperor said: "Is this... is it beneficial to open the book? Practice after class?"

The corners of Zhou Xun's eyes also relaxed a lot.Although the corners of his mouth were still pursed, there was clearly a smile in his eyes.

After approving the memorial, it was time for lunch.Xiao Lizi limped in gauze and led the eunuchs to serve the two of them.

Zhou Xun hadn't eaten such a meat dish for a long time, and when he saw this greasy table, he couldn't help feeling sick.

However, he restrained himself and did not show any obvious expression, but he missed a lot of chopsticks.

But the emperor saw that he was losing his appetite at a glance, and told Xiao Li: "Let the kitchen serve some easy-to-digest sweets."

After being cleaned up severely, Xiao Lizi no longer showed that frivolous expression, respectfully, and repeatedly called the kitchen to bring soft sweets.

"Eat more sweets, and you will feel better." The emperor said to Zhou Xun, "Sugar can stimulate the secretion of dopamine, and sugar is power!"

Zhou Xun: ...

Emperor: "I really said that."

The sweet rose sugar cake melted in Zhou Xun's mouth. It was extremely sweet, but it tasted astringent.

He hadn't had such a taste in a long time.Because Zhou Cai doesn't like sweets.

When he was a child...he was afraid to express his preferences.

After lunch, the emperor was still in high spirits.He stretched his waist and said, "The efficiency is so high today, why don't you go for a walk in the palace and move your body?"

As he said that, he patted Zhou Xun's shoulder again: "You see the weather is so good, why don't you go out to bask in the sun and get rid of the humidity, so as not to stay in the house and get moldy?"

Zhou Xun: ...

What is the emperor's obsession with "moldy"?

He still nodded.

The two of them were about to step out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, when Xiao Lizi said again: "Your Majesty, Concubine Zhao Guifei held a flower appreciation banquet at the Huxin Pavilion today, and she invited her, would you like to visit?"

"Zhao Guifei?!" The emperor was stunned, "I... I still have a concubine?"

Little Lizi: ...

Zhou Xun: ...

The emperor's tone was as if he had never thought that he would have a harem.

The emperor glanced at Zhou Xun guilty, and said again: "This... Is it convenient for me to take him there?"

Xiao Lizi said: "Young Master Zhou is willing to honor you, Concubine Zhao Gui is naturally happy."

The emperor then took Zhou Xun there.Along the way, he looked nervous and uneasy.

"Damn it..." Zhou Xun heard him mutter in a low voice, "arranged marriages, blind dates... I only read novels without a heroine... what is this? Are you going to open a relationship line for me? Xiongnu Why is the family not destroyed, the career line has not been laid, I don't want to open the relationship line..."

The pavilion in the center of the lake stands in the blue wave lake, covered with light gauze all around, swinging gently with the lake wind.

The emperor took Zhou Xun on a boat and saw the scene in the pavilion from a distance.

The emperor was silent.

"My...all the harem are here?" he asked.

Xiao Lizi counted them one by one, and said respectfully: "All the emperor's concubines are here."

emperor:……

Zhou Xun could feel the trembling of the people around him.

"Why..." He let out a voice wandering in the sky, "My harem..."

"It's all men!!!"