Be an official

In the palace with brocade eaves and green rooms, the emperor put down a memorial and raised his hand to rub his forehead.

"Your Majesty, do you need to pass on the meal?" Mu Qing carefully put away the memorial, and when he closed the golden red chapter, he saw a few words on it, and his heart trembled.

——Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry pleaded guilty to embezzling huge money, smuggling, and beheaded immediately after autumn.

Outside the window, the old old tree standing in the palace has begun to turn yellow, and the fallen leaves may be sprinkled all over the palace when he wakes up one day, but he will not see that the gray palace walls in the huge palace stop Chunxia in the palace. Outside the door, only Qiuliang and Dongji accompanied him from Qingsi to Huafa.

"Mu Qing, autumn is here." The emperor stood with his hands behind his back, looking out the window with emotion, without the noise of summer, the autumn is a bit lonely, he thought of a person, and he became interested.

"Choose some good fat crabs that were tributed a few days ago, and you will go to the Prime Minister's Mansion with me." He smiled, recalling the days when he was young and had good wine with Shaoyan.

Shao Yan sat crookedly in front of the hall, put his feet wantonly on the side table, held a book in his hand, and was studying it tightly with a frown.

The servant who was cleaning was sniggering, and was driven away by the old housekeeper with a smile. He arranged the freshly delivered flowers, and watched Jiang Xing and Jiang Yue squatting on the ground playing a kind of picking bones.

"There are many times in the world that hurt the past, and Yamagata still sleeps in the cold current. Hurt the past, and when you get older, you will naturally hurt the autumn and the moon, alas." Shao Yan stretched his waist and sighed.

The butler smiled and said, "My lord, you are in the prime of life, what do you mean you are not old? This old slave doesn't feel old at this age." Seeing Chen Huanluo in the courtyard, the butler said, "If you don't believe me, just ask Mr. Chen."

Chen Huanluo was holding the dried vine basket, which contained sun-dried medicinal materials, he snorted lightly, and fiddled with it casually.

Shao Yan looked at him from a distance, leaned back, and stretched his waist, "I am not old, but my heart is old. I can't play anymore, I just want to find someone to live my life in peace, Huan Luo thinks that my lord what do you think"

Chen Huanluo opened his mouth coolly, only two words, "Mediocre"

Shao Yan laughed loudly, "Yes, my lord is just a mediocre person. You are not as smart as Huan Luo. You see, after reading a book of poems for a long time, I can't figure out any philosophical ideas."

He saw the man show a small casual smile.

When Chen Xiuqi came in, Shao Yan was crawling on the back of the chair to watch Chen Huanluo sort out the medicinal materials. When he saw the young man in brocade clothes, he tripped over the chair and fell to the ground, "Your Majesty, why are you here?"

Shao Yan jumped off the chair neatly and walked to the courtyard. Chen Xiuqi smiled and looked at the rattan baskets in the courtyard, picked up a dead leaf, put it under his nose and sniffed it, and asked the handsome young man, "What is this?" Medicine? It smells delicious."

"Osmanthus fragrans, Your Majesty, please take your seat." Shao Yan continued, subconsciously grabbed Chen Huanluo's wrist, and pulled him behind her,

Chen Huanluo lowered his eyes expressionlessly, but when the emperor was about to leave, he suddenly said, "No."

"It's not what?" Chen Xiuqi stopped and looked at the people behind Shao Yan, and smiled, "Prime Minister, don't be nervous, I have no other intentions." He had never seen Shao Yan's appearance of protecting the calf before, so he couldn't help but I am even more curious about the young man in front of me.

"Duckweed. Duckweed that has a life experience of ups and downs."

"Oh? What does it do?"

Chen Huanluo broke away from Shao Yan's hand, calmly looked at Zun Wang, who was about the same age as himself, and said in a cold voice, "It tastes pungent, cold in nature, and is used to clear away evil and harm."

The emperor wanted to ask a question, but was blocked by Shao Yan, "Your Majesty, have you had your lunch? Oh, what is Mu Qing holding? "

He smiled and asked the emperor to take the seat, and pressed Chen Huanluo firmly behind him, comforting his stiff fingers with his fingers, Chen Huanluo closed his eyes hard, and said coldly behind Shao Yan, "Let me go."

Shao Yan greeted the butler to send the things in Mu Qing's hands to the dining room, and said softly, "Hey, go back to the room first."

In the darkness where no one was paying attention, he couldn't help showing hatred and resentment in his eyes. Only at that moment, after Shao Yan spoke, his face became flat and expressionless.

"it is good."

Word by word.

Shao Yan let go of his hand, and walked into the hall without looking back to show the friendship of the landlord.

"I just remembered that I haven't been out of the palace for a long time. You let me shirk everything, and I came to see what Shao Qing is up to."

Shao Yan touched his nose in embarrassment, and the emperor said, "This is a crab that was paid as a tribute to the palace. Let the people in your house make it. I am tired of eating the taste of the palace, so come and taste the dishes from Shao Qing's house."

Chen Xiuqi picked up the book Shao Yan threw on the table, flipped through it roughly, and said with a half-smile, "It turns out that Shao Qing is busy studying poetry, do you have any insight?"

"Cough, I'm stupid, no."

From the corner of Shao Yan's eyes, he saw the man standing in the shadow with drooping eyes, and he waved to the butler behind his back. The old butler brought up a fruit plate and snacks, and left with his servants and Chen Huanluo.

It wasn't until Chen Huanluo left that Shao Yan breathed a sigh of relief. He never took his eyes off that person. From the fleeting hatred when he saw the emperor to the silent forbearance, Shao Yan couldn't think of it, nor could he Can't watch him show that emotion.

Chen Huanluo walked back to the room in a daze, stared indifferently at the medical books placed on the desk, his eyes suddenly filled with sadness, he held his crazily throbbing chest, and tried his best to suppress it the moment he saw the emperor. own hatred.

Trembling, he took out a thumb-sized ceramic bottle from the hidden compartment on the table, holding it hard to suppress himself from rushing out.

Not yet, he comforted himself.

It's too cheap for him to die like this.

There was one more person in the room, and Bai Zhaoyu sat down alone, playing with a white porcelain cup with his pale fingers, and he sneered, "Young master Chen, you disappointed my husband and me so much, I can't help "

Bai Zhaoyu walked over slowly, took out the bottle in his hand, stared at him like a cold poisonous snake, lifted Chen Huanluo's chin with one finger, and said in a disdainful and sarcastic tone, "Look at this face, You look a lot like him when you smile. Blood relationship, it’s really amazing, isn’t it.” He ran his fingertips across his face and said in a dangerous low voice, “You’d better not laugh, or think about your prime minister You'll find something interesting."

Chen Huanluo knocked off his hand, closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, there was only indifference and silence, "You don't have to threaten me, Mr. Yang didn't ask you to do these things, you don't have the right to be disappointed with me."

Bai Zhaoyu raised his eyebrows, and turned into that friendly, businessman friend, "The medicine you sent up last time is very effective, I need you to increase the dose."

Chen Huanluo frowned, and said in a cold voice, "This fragrant medicine will cause side effects on people, and may cause pregnancy—"

"Who cares whether the newborn prince is healthy or not?"

He said indifferently, full of viciousness.

The crabs presented as tribute in the palace are really plump and delicious.

Shao Yan drank with his head down, listening to the emperor's words, but couldn't help but think about the person deep in the bamboo forest.

The emperor called Shao Yan twice before Shao Yan came back to his senses and coughed, "I'm distracted, what are you talking about?"

"I'm asking you, is there anyone who can be selected for the Minister of the Ministry of Industry. Zhang Li has been designated as the post-autumn execution, but this position cannot be vacant for a long time. What does Shao Qing mean?"

The emperor looked at him with a half-smile, and asked, "Shao Qing, won't you introduce the son just now, or explain my doubts, you have so many medicinal materials in your house, is the prime minister planning to open a medical clinic?"

"Ahem, Your Majesty, you are worrying too much. Huan Luo is the official doctor of the minister's house. He is reserved, and the minister is afraid that he will be rude to the emperor." Shao Yan tapped his fingers unconsciously on the table, "I think the minister of the Ministry of Industry There is no need to worry too much about the candidates. There are already a large number of students in the capital, waiting for the winter test, it is better to leave this position vacant, and select talents after the winter test."

"I'm afraid it's not appropriate to let a newly promoted minister take the position of Shangshu."

Shao Yan nodded, "I just use this position to recruit ministers for the emperor. There are not a few people peeping at this position. The emperor might as well listen to other ministers and choose from the people they recommend."

He sneered, "I want to see what other factions these people are involved with."

The emperor suddenly stuffed a crab leg into his hand, "In half a month, I will be a concubine."

Shao Yan blinked, picked up the crab legs, and picked out the meat with tweezers, "Congratulations, Your Majesty."

The emperor rested his jaw on his hand, took a sip from the wine glass, and sighed, "Shao Qing, I want to establish a male concubine."

"Ahem——" Shao Yan choked on the wine, his eyes widened suddenly, and he looked at Chen Xiuqi in shock. No matter in his previous life or now, he had never heard that the emperor had any intention of being a man.

"Your disrespect, I ask the emperor to punish you." Shao Yan quickly stood up and pleaded guilty to the emperor. Chen Xiuqi didn't mean to blame him, but just gave him a reproachful look, "Shao Qing, don't panic, I just ask Shao Qing The meaning. Shao Qing and I grew up together, like elder brothers, the royal family is weak, I am close to you, and now I want to hear what the elders think."

Shao Yan had mixed feelings for a moment, guilt in his heart, and before he could speak, he tasted the bitterness welling up from his heart, he lowered his eyes slightly, and his voice was slightly hoarse, "I just think that the emperor can find someone who knows his heart, no matter Young masters and girls, or princes and grandchildren, only hope that they can always love the emperor and comfort him in the cold."

The emperor raised his wine glass and said softly, "I respect Shao Qing's confidant."