Be an official

Shao Yan shook his head, "No need, I'm a vulgar person, and I'm not used to playing with literati."

Bai Zhaoyu just lowered his head with a smile, looking humble and humble.

"Okay, I won't bother you to catch up with Huan Luo. I still have something to do, so I'll go ahead." Shao Yan stood up as he spoke. He turned his head and glanced at Chen Huanluo, who was drooping, and strode out of the house.

After Shao Yan walked away for a while, Bai Zhaoyu sat down and turned the teacup in his hand and thought deeply, "This prime minister is different from the rumors, I don't believe he is just a reckless man."

Chen Huanluo silently looked at the wide-open door, did not speak, his body showed a bit of coldness, a bit of alienation, not at all the intimacy and activeness just now.

Shao Yan said in the study, "Let people stare at him."

"Do you need to find out his background?" the butler asked.

Shao Yan sneered, "What are you looking for, they weren't sent to monitor me."

When eating in the evening, Chen Huanluo did not attend as expected, Shao Yan finished the meal in a hurry without saying a word, turned into the dining room, and left with a plate of food after a while.

The old housekeeper looked at their adults and sighed, Jiang Yue and Jiang Xing were still eating, and asked curiously, "What's wrong, my lord?"

"You guys are too young to understand."

Shao Yan walked quickly, but the plate was firmly in his hand.

The sky darkened, the dark blue sky was clean, and the moonlight hung on the blue sky in the west, moving slowly.

The smoky yellow candles in the room quietly cast their shadows on the plain paper windows.

Shao Yan knocked on the door, and after getting a response, he opened the door and went in.

Chen Huanluo was reading a book under the lamp, with a piece of wet paper in his hand.

Shao Yan took a general look, greeted him with a smile, and put the plate on the table. Inside was a bowl of warm and sour noodle soup, thin white noodles, sprinkled with green leafy vegetables, "Come and eat."

Shao Yan smiled softly at him, the smile was a little fuzzy under the candlelight, and the corners of the curved lips were a little doting, Chen Huanluo remained silent, he didn't know how to treat this person, for example, he felt that they knew each other well That person that exists - Bai Zhaoyu.

His appearance made something more between them, like layers of window paper, knowing that it can be peeled off, but no one will take the initiative to destroy it, once it is destroyed, the person standing by the window will Maybe not what you want to know.

Chen Huanluo remembered the kiss in the rain, it fell on the eyes, soft and easy to break.

Shao Yan handed him the chopsticks, and urged, "Hurry up and eat." He watched Chen Huanluo sit down without saying a word, eating in small bites, and the precious memories hidden in his heart were opened before his eyes. ——

'I don't believe the folk rumors are false. '

'Whether you believe it or not, he is the king and I am the minister. I have no secret affairs with the emperor. '

Shao Yan hid his anger in his eyes. The emperor was seriously ill. He didn't close his eyes and undress for a few days before going to bed, but he didn't expect that there would be rumors in the court that he was the emperor's prostitute. The people who made it suspicious of him.

"The emperor's illness is something that the imperial doctor should worry about. I don't think the prime minister needs to stand in front of the emperor with his clothes on."

'You are an imperial physician, but I didn't see what you did'

'That's because the emperor didn't pass on the decree to me! '

'You don't save people outside the palace, because you are an imperial doctor, that's fine, you can even care about the emperor's illness?I really doubt if you ever heard about medical ethics when you were studying medicine.Besides, the emperor has been close to me since childhood, I am worried that he should! '

"You should be worried about him, hmph, Mr. Prime Minister, then as your wife, I have a reason to ask you if there is any shameful thing between you"

Shao Yan slammed the door out, furious, he didn't even understand why there were such rumors in the palace.

He didn't enter the mansion for a few days, until the housekeeper came to invite him and told him that his wife refused to eat for a few days, his face was very bad, and told him to go back quickly.

It was only later that Shao Yan discovered that Chen Huanluo had a huge bad habit. As long as he pretended to be worried, he would refuse to eat like a child. He never took his body seriously, and he was extremely self-willed.

Get angry with him and don't eat, get angry with him and don't eat.

Shao Yan had no choice but to cook and make it himself. Even if he didn't say an apology, he had to let people eat, and then go back to discuss whether this matter was his problem.

——Thinking of this, Shao Yan suddenly discovered a problem. It was rumored in the palace in his previous life that he was the emperor's prostitute. , the traitors conspired against him, and there were almost no people in the Ministry of War who really listened to him.

The most despised villain in the army is the villain who plays with the wind and rain in front of the emperor. From the beginning of rumors that he is the emperor's prostitute, even if some people don't believe it, even if Shao Yan points out that there is something wrong with an official, he will be subconsciously thought that he is the emperor's official. The ear is fanning the flames, and the wind is not right.

Once you lose the respect of others, you will lose more things.

Thinking of this, Shao Yan's eyes darkened. He didn't believe that Chen Huanluo in his previous life didn't know his relationship with the emperor, maybe...

Chen Huanluo put the chopsticks away, the noodles were delicious, the green and red sour soup, without meat, but very aftertaste, he asked, "What are you thinking?"

"Miss you." Shao Yan immediately replied with a stern smile, "Is it delicious? This habit is really bad. Even if you are angry with me, you shouldn't skip eating. It's you who are hungry, not me."

Chen Huanluo pursed his lips, "The Prime Minister can let me starve to death."

"Of course not, then I will be very sad." Shao Yan walked to the table and opened what he had written, "This is the medical book, you promised to be a medical officer."

Chen Huanluo's face turned slightly red, he didn't know if it was the reflection of the candlelight or Shao Yan's words, he walked quickly to cover his notes, but because he was too anxious, he got caught by the legs of the table and rushed forward.

Shao Yan just supported him, put his hands on his waist, pulled him into his arms with big hands, suddenly hugged Chen Huanluo, put his chin on his shoulder, and chuckled in his ear, "Too Touched? Do you want to throw your arms around me so much?"

Chen Huanluo pushed him, but couldn't push him away, being held in someone's arms was a rare experience for him, he just wanted to scold him coldly, but his voice was stuffy in his throat because of Shao Yan's movements.

Shao Yan's big hand rested on his head, stroking gently and obediently, as if comforting, but it just calmed down his unhappiness and depression caused by the rain.

In the Criminal Trial Hall of the Ministry of Punishments, a row of jars were arranged in front of Zhang Li, Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

"Master Zhang, don't you explain what is in this jar?"

Zhang Li sneered. He glared at the prime minister and the minister of punishment, "You and I are officials at the same level. You have no right to torture me! I want to meet the emperor and report your abuse of private behavior."

The Shangshu of the Criminal Ministry looked at the prime minister, and Shao Yan waved his hand, "Master Zhang, have you been punished? Have you been put in the prison of the Criminal Ministry? I just received a secret report that something should not have appeared on the imperial boat on the river channel controlled by the Ministry of Industry." I just sent you to ask a few words."

"It's ridiculous, can you convict me with just a few letters, Shao Yan, don't go too far, just because you, a powerless prime minister, want to pull this official down! I am an official ten Zai, the capital’s water conservancy and transportation have never had any problems, and now you ask me what is in this jar! Why don’t you ask where the ice used in the palace in summer comes from!”

Shao Yan nodded, "Idiot, well said, so this is what I look like in your mind." He changed the subject and became sharper, "Do you know what the idiot is used for on the battlefield? Daoya, Baijianxin, what do you think I do."

He is the target of the emperor's arrows. Will he still be afraid of them in the middle of the arrows?

Shao Yan walked up to Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, sneered, and kicked the jar in front of Zhang Li to pieces. Salt spread all over the floor.

Shao Yan picked up a piece of kraft paper on the ground and said, "Who would have thought that two mutually incompatible things would be put together. Even if someone checks, the ice on it will completely cover the salt block. Zhang Li, are you going to put Who are these private salts sold to?"

The face of Zhang Li, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, turned pale as paper in an instant.

Royal Palace.

Shao Yan spread out a water conservancy road on the table, hooked several places with red vermilion, and pointed it out to the emperor.

"These towns have gypsum salt soil, salt lakes, salt production in summer, and salt production in winter. They have always been places where official salt is worshipped. These remote villages are very close to these towns, so the private salt may come from here. I sent someone to investigate, and although these places are not as big as these big villages and towns, they are not low in wealth."

"The things Zhang Li did have nothing to do with the common people. Shao Qing tried not to involve them," said the emperor.

Shao Yan nodded, leaned closer to the emperor, and said softly, "Although the private salt is smuggled by Zhang Li, he is only from the Ministry of Industry, and the person who provided this ice altar must be the Ministry of Rites who is in charge of ceremonial meals, but I don't plan to move them yet." , it depends on whether Zhang Li's incident can give some people a wake-up call."

Chen Xiuqi supported his head and looked at Shao Yan with burning eyes, Shao Yan's heart trembled, and asked, "Is what I said wrong?"

"No, I just feel that you seem to have changed. Although Shao Qing was an official in the past, she never bothered with these government affairs. Shao Qing came from the battlefield. She has a bold personality and acts carelessly. When it comes to being an official, I always feel that it is a little rough, but now it seems that Shao Qing's strategy is not inferior to them."

Shao Yan rubbed his nose and coughed dryly twice, "Cough, what, I don't have this feeling. The emperor is careful, and I have done something wrong, so I ask the emperor to warn me."