Act like a spoiled child

Bu Yu didn't know what he said until he walked out of the hall.Thinking about it carefully, I only vaguely remembered one sentence: "No, Mr. Huo Bing stays behind closed doors in order to prepare for the imperial examination, and he loves Mr. Ming very much, so he will never do such a thing."

Yu Min said: "Oh? Ai Qing is so sure, what can I guarantee?"

Bu Yu subconsciously said: "I ensure that Mr. Huo has no second thoughts, and what I have seen and heard... I can guarantee it with my life."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Yu Min's eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and suddenly realized that the situation was not good, he had said the wrong thing.

Yumin has gathered all the advantages of the Yu family that he knows - the determination, forbearance and kindness of the emperor's family, and the atmosphere that knows how to choose. But he also knows the shortcomings of the Yu family, suspicious, violent, vicious, Yumin Although not as obtuse as his uncle's, but more or less detectable.Especially the experience in the cold palace, he didn't know how much it would affect the monarch.Normal people are sent to a place where the birds don't shit for a full ten years, and they will go crazy if they don't die.

As someone close to Yumin, he actually doesn't have much reason to speak for an outsider like Huo Bing at this moment——

After realizing this, he had already stepped out of Changning Hall, staring blankly at the white marble Xumizuo railing outside, the weather was dull, and there were thin drops of water on it, it seemed that it was going to rain.

In the past few days, Mingshen discovered that Bu Yu often ran to their side, and it was said that they were already officially starting to prepare for the move.The garden was too big, except for the ones that Mingshen had arranged for him, he seemed to intend to change the layout, so he called the supervisor and mason over, and was personally responsible for following up the progress of the renovation every day.

Sometimes seeing him busy too late, Mingshen would invite him to stay and have dinner together. Later, seeing Bu Yu fell asleep again from exhaustion at the dinner table, he discussed it with Huo Bing and opened a separate room for Bu Yu. A guest room, let him be polite, if it is too tiring to run around during this period of time, it is okay to live in their house.

The closer he was to Chunwei, the less Huo Bing talked, and he was bored in the study all day long.Mingshen was anxious and worried with him, and couldn't even eat. On the contrary, Huo Bing relaxed the day before the exam, went out early in the morning with his wheelchair, bought some small things and came back , also bought a chicken and some vegetables, and asked Mingshen to carve some radishes for him when he came back.

Ming Shen said: "Brother! You have an exam tomorrow, I'm nervous and I can't make it."

Huo Bing said: "It's worthless. It's my exam, not yours. Be cautious. Hurry up, go, today I'm going to eat the radish with chicken sauce you made. You should observe the candidate's internal organs. If you are happy eating, Maybe it’s like a divine help, and I passed the exam right away?”

After listening to it, Mingshen felt that it made sense, so he nervously went over to carve a carrot for him.

Bu Yu just came from the opposite side to drink tea, heard their conversation, and asked Huo Bing, "Master said that if you didn't eat well, you would be in poor condition. Is this true?"

Huo Bing glanced at him lazily, and handed him Mingshen's Yuqianchun, which he hadn't had time to drink: "It's not that serious, but life is alive, only Shenshen and delicious food can make people happy." A day of peace, this is true."

Bu Yu said seriously: "I remember."

Huo Bing: "?"

Bu Yu said: "Nothing, I wish Mr. Huo a success in the Toad Palace. I will arrange everything tomorrow, so you don't have to worry."

Huo Bing said: "Thank you Mr. Bu."

Ming Shen finally carved more than a dozen radishes for Huo Bing.The reason is that he felt that since Huo Bing wanted to eat well, he had to carve him a particularly good-looking radish. The three radishes were murdered by Ming Shen.

Huo Bing: "..."

Mingshen was a little embarrassed: "Brother, you can choose one to eat, the rest will not be wasted, I will make a pot to feed brother Min."

Huo Bing didn't dislike it, and followed him to pick out the most beautifully carved radish, handed it to the servant to cook, marinated it a little, steamed it, poured chicken juice on it, and spread the rest of the chicken on the bottom, The meat is tender and the radish is refreshing.Huo Bing ate a little more than usual, and went to bed early afterwards.

Ming Shen anxiously ate the radish, only then did he notice that there was Bu Yu who was eating in a muffled voice at the table.

He wanted to ask about Chun Wei's affairs, but before he could open his mouth, Bu Yu asked him: "Master Ming, I have a question for you. Is there a letter post nearby? Or do you keep pigeons at home? I'm looking at Chang'an There seems to be no letter post on this part of the street, if you want to send a letter to a distant place, I don't know how to do it conveniently."

Mingshen pondered for a while, then said: "Usually, I call my family members to send letters. If it's farther away... go to the letter post, there are two streets away. Mr. Bu is usually busy with work. I think, if you can write a letter Qin, it’s better to raise pigeons by yourself, but I asked last time, if you raise pigeons, you can only send them a few hundred miles at most, and you can’t send them farther away. Also, there are often messengers on this street to solicit business , the price is a bit more expensive, and it will be slower, but it is more convenient.”

Bu Yu said: "So that's the case. Then how does Master Ming usually send letters?"

Mingshen thought for a while: "I don't have any letters to write. My brother has been in Beijing for a few months, and he only sent red notes for debt collection to Jiangnan... I sent them to Xinyi for him. Besides, I and He doesn't write much."

"Master Ming, do you mean that your brother has never written with anyone?" Bu Yu detoured for a long time, and finally got to the point, he told Ming Shen, "Master Ming, Mr. Huo is very talented, this time Chunwei will definitely be able to go to high school." Every year, there will be people watching in advance, so you have to take care of Brother Ling, if you are bewitched by Zhang Nianjing and his like, and do some scandalous things as promised disciples, it will be a waste of time."

Mingshen had heard about making appointments with students. In fact, in order to win over talents, some chief examiners contacted those famous talents who had not yet taken the scientific examination in advance to make appointments with their own students, so that they leaked the questions of Chun Wei's examination in advance.In the spring of last year, Yumin also dealt with a similar problem. He dismissed a servant from the Ministry of Rites and ransacked his house, and those who cheated were never employed.

Ming Shen hesitated: "But my brother...although he is very powerful, he has always kept a low profile. I don't think he will..."

Bu Yu was very persuasive: "Brother Ling is very low-key, but you are already in the court. Everyone thinks that you are the future son-in-law, and there are many people who want to cling to you as your majesty's confidant. Outside, you are a neutral faction, Zhang The party can't win over you, and maybe it will attack Brother Ling, so you have to be on guard. Therefore, Lord Ming should pay more attention these days, especially pay attention to the correspondence with Brother Ling. Just count it as a rainy day."

Ming Shen said: "I understand! I will pay attention, but Mr. Bu, you don't have to worry so much, my brother will stand by our side. Although I am not as smart as Brother Min and my brother, but this I I know."

Bu Yu secretly sweated, but his face was watertight, and said, "That's good."

The next day, Huo Bing entered the examination room smoothly under Ming Shen's care and escort.

Mingshen burst into tears: "Brother, if you are really unwell, don't hold on, I'll ask brother Min if he can set a precedent for me to go in and take care of you."

Huo Bing raised his eyes and looked at him: "Don't, Shen Shen, brother is just going to take an exam, not to go to the battlefield, what are you afraid of?"

Only then did Mingshen reluctantly watch him go.During the three-day exam, including the examiner, he was completely sealed off. He couldn't see Huo Bing, and he couldn't ask Bu Yu about the situation, so he had to stay in the palace and accompany Yu Wen to study books.

Yumin met him a few times, and he couldn't stand his nagging and worrying about Huo Bing's situation all day long, so he simply arrested him and took him to the Changning Palace to review the memorial.Mingshen really calmed down after his hands were clasped and he was not allowed to move.

It was only three days, but he felt that it was more difficult than his own exam.Seeing that he has been silent, Yumin teased him: "What are you afraid of? I am the emperor. If you have any ideas, you can tell me about them. Are you afraid that there is something that can't be done?"

Mingshen muttered: "But if I tell you in front of you every day, it's as if I want brother Min to put water on my brother, it's not good."

"You little brain is really tight." Yumin hugged him in his arms and laughed at him, "Do you think any queen in the past has never been glorious? Even if the family background is not good, it should be rewarded later. Don't say that Huo Bing is talented, even if he has no talent, as long as the queen speaks up and acts like a baby, I can promote him to a high position."

Ming Shen: "..."

"Look at what I'm doing? Isn't what I said the truth?" Yumin pinched his face and kissed him on the lips.

Mingshen complained: "This is what a perverted monarch would say, Brother Min."

Yumin leaned over and whispered in his ear: "If the queen hadn't been bewildering me all the time, how could I be so obsessed with sex?"

Mingshen couldn't say no to him, so he simply ignored him and concentrated on helping him approve the papers.

Since he took office at Yushitai, he has become more and more comfortable in reviewing papers. In addition to asking An Zhe, Yumin also began to hand over some ordinary papers to him for approval.For example, in case of uneven tax collection or minor disasters, he would take the booklet and ask Yumin, and Yumin would tell him the correct way to deal with it and the amount that needs to be allocated and dealt with by the court. , what is the situation is that the local officials embezzled and embezzled, and came to him to ask for money in different ways.

Sometimes, Mingshen's thinking will have a little disagreement with Yumin: for example, when he learned that the magistrates would borrow silver taels when they collected taxes to cause the loss when recasting, euphemistically called "fire consumption", and charged more to the people. After tax money, and several times higher than the original loss, he felt that these officials who profited from the water should be severely punished.

Yumin told him: "Fire consumption has been prevalent throughout the dynasties. Although it is a bad habit in the court, it cannot be eradicated immediately. If I forcefully order it to be corrected, the effect may be counterproductive. The so-called freezing three feet is not a day's cold. These subtleties, It often needs to be treated with more caution. Others see it as my connivance, or the connivance of the monarchs of the past dynasties, I just need to be scolded, it is not a big problem."

Mingshen let out an "oh", and then asked him again: "Then what should we do?"

Yumin looked at him tenderly: "I reduced or exempted the poll tax. Remember what I said last time? In the past, the poll tax was collected from the age of three, and many people couldn't pay the money, and even killed babies. Now it's all changed to Taxes are collected after the age of 20, and the people are exempted from this item, and the poverty of fire consumption can be alleviated."

Mingshen remembered immediately.The last time he and Yumin got angry, Yumin came to look for him through the window in the middle of the night, and chatted with him until this point.

Yumin has always acted swiftly and resolutely, and did what she wanted to do without delay.When they were young, they were coldly bullied by a concubine. The concubine was kind-hearted in front of people, and she ate fast and recited Buddha all day long, but the queen was a snake and a scorpion. Therefore, Yumin took him to smash all the Bodhisattva statues in the harem on a thunderstorm night. Dansha's writings say that there are concubines who believe in gods but blaspheme them.

The concubine was so frightened that she cried and cried, and she was also rejected by others later on, and she was thrown into the cold palace. It must have ended badly.

To smash the Bodhisattva statue and steal the imperial decree, Yumin thought of it, so he took him to do it without hesitation, and never missed it.

Ming Shen suddenly thought of what he said to Huo Bing before he came to Beijing.He said: "Your Majesty is Your Majesty, Brother Min is Brother Min, I can tell the difference."

How could he feel that he could tell the difference?

The person beside him has always been his elder brother Min, who hasn't changed, so where did the saying of separation come from.

As soon as he thought about it, he stretched out his hand again. Although his eyes were fixed on the playbook that Yumin wanted him to read, that hand was very unobedient, and he had to hold Yumin's hand to count.

Yumin criticizes him: "Don't be a jerk, you jerk, concentrate on helping me criticize."

Mingshen remained unmoved, stubbornly wanted to hand over his hand, and then whispered an excuse: "I'm not babbling."

Yumin smiled and held his hand, pulled him into her arms, bowed her head and kissed him: "Okay, you didn't, it's me who is whining, okay?"

Ming Shen thought that the three days of waiting for Huo Bing to finish the exam would pass as peacefully as tonight.However, at the time of Yumin's court meeting at the end of February, Zhang Nianjing, who had said he would not be sick before, came here for the first time, and he regained his spirit.

His voice has aged a lot.Bu Yu was not there, Mingshen was not in the way, and he could see Zhang Nianjing's sinking figure at a glance.He thought that Zhang Nianjing would talk about political affairs, at least talk about the news about the floods in Shandong reported a few days ago—according to his thinking, if Zhang Nianjing really wanted to struggle to the death, then it would be best to show submission to Yumin as soon as possible. Best policy.

However, when he finished listening verbatim, he was stunned.

Zhang Nianjing said: "Your Majesty has been on the throne for a year, the country is safe and peaceful, and all parties have surrendered... However, the inner palace is empty, which is really a hidden worry. I implore Your Majesty to recruit beautiful women as soon as possible to fill the harem and continue the bloodline..."

Small raindrops began to float in the sky.

"Furthermore, there are rumors and gossips in the court that are slandering the princess's reputation. I implore you to choose a son-in-law candidate as soon as possible. In my humble opinion, Master Mingshen of the Wanling Ming clan is a young talent with a limitless future. Please consider it, Your Majesty."

He bent down and knelt down, and the seconders also knelt down, and Wu Yangyang knelt down many people at once.

Although Zhang Dang is domineering, the agenda he put forward at the moment is impeccable. This matter has been mentioned for a long time. Yumin has indeed reached the age when it is time to pick girls. He is already 22 years old, and there is no one in the harem.

This matter is impeccable, and prudence is impeccable—everyone saw how much the little princess depended on him during the spring hunt, and good things come in pairs, so what else could they do?

At this moment, a guess flashed through Mingshen's mind: Zhang Nianjing put pressure on the harem so quickly, did he already know about him and Yumin?

But who told him this?

Ming Shen stood still for a long time, and was pulled by his colleagues: "Quickly kneel, Master Ming, this is a good thing for Jiangshan Sheji! He pushed you or you, your good days are coming!"

He could only kneel down, and when he bent down, he secretly glanced forward, but it started to rain, and Yumin was too far away, so he couldn't see his expression clearly.