National Division

In the inner hall of Shouchang Palace, all the palace people retreated, leaving Shao Yao, the queen mother's confidant, to serve the queen mother and the queen's two masters.

With the sound of small footsteps, Shao Yao walked to the door of the palace, a little palace man walked in quickly, whispered a few words in her ear, and then retreated away.Shao Yao showed a look of embarrassment on her face, and slowly turned around and entered the inner hall.

"The emperor is back?" Seeing her appearance, the queen mother immediately asked, "Where did you go?"

Shao Yao faltered for a moment, and finally said: "Your Majesty has gone down to the observatory."

Zhao Yue immediately sobbed: "Look, Empress Dowager, my daughter-in-law is right, the emperor is now going to the Star Observatory when he comes back from court, and in the past few months, the emperor has come to Zichen Hall to have a look at it on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year. But if you have a little time, you will spend it on the stargazing platform. In the past, the palace servants around my daughter-in-law said this, but my daughter-in-law still didn't believe it, but now——I really have no choice but to believe it!"

"Shut up!" The Empress Dowager frowned and scolded her, "Didn't the Emperor still go to your palace? There is also Xianfei, how many times has the Emperor been there?"

Zhao Yue was dumb for a while, and said after a long while: "I haven't been there a few times—" Actually, I went there more than hers, and I went there about four or five times in a month, which was almost twice as much as hers. In daily life, she felt so sore in her heart that she wished she could drag Concubine Xian out and beat her up.

Shao Yao whispered a few words in the Empress Dowager's ear, and the Empress Dowager glanced at Zhao Yue: "The Emperor often goes to the concubine Xian, you should also reflect on yourself, why the Emperor doesn't like to go to your palace!"

Zhao Yue lowered her head, and said after a long while: "The queen mother doesn't know, but the daughter-in-law actually offended the national teacher."

"What?" The queen mother never knew the inside story, and was very surprised. "Could it be that you think the national teacher instigated the emperor? Nonsense! The national teacher is a fairy outsider, how could he interfere with the affairs of these women in the harem." She was seriously ill at the beginning, but She was rescued by Zhibai, she didn't know anything else these years, but she knew that the cost of the observatory was negligible, just like an ordinary low-ranking concubine.

Now that Zhao Yue started, he couldn't hide what he said later, and covered up his trespassing on the star observatory that day: "...my daughter-in-law doesn't know what the immortal master is doing inside, but Feng En is covering it up. No one was allowed to go in, and the emperor didn't come out for a long time, so the daughter-in-law broke in because she was worried, and she didn't see anything that day, but on the second day, there was news that the national teacher's vitality was depleted." When she said this, she saw that the empress dowager's complexion was not good. With a jump in my heart, I finally remembered the few words my aunt taught her when I called my aunt into the palace the day before yesterday, and hurriedly said, "At the beginning, the late emperor was seriously ill, and the national teacher refused to do the law for the late emperor on the grounds that his vitality was exhausted, but when the emperor ascended the throne, Canonization of the national teacher, everyone has seen it with their own eyes, the national teacher's complexion is very good, how can he look like his vitality is exhausted?"

These words hit the Empress Dowager's mind a little bit.The Empress Dowager and the late Emperor's young couple, although they have never been favored, after all, the late Emperor has always preserved her position in the royal family, and made her son the crown prince. The Empress Dowager has resentment in her heart, but the more resentment is Ye Guifei's vicious concubine, and the late Emperor is seriously ill. At that time, the Empress Dowager really thought about asking Zhibai to prolong the life of the late emperor.Now after hearing this, I can't help but bow my head and ponder, but I still said: "Don't talk nonsense, maybe you will recover your vitality later. Besides, the emperor has always been filial to the late emperor, so why don't you watch the national teacher pretend to be sick?"

Zhao Yue hurriedly said: "The emperor is naturally filial, but for this matter of vitality, if the national teacher says he can't do it, does the emperor have any evidence to prove that he is pretending? Speaking of it, the daughter-in-law is really worried. He was also named a national teacher, but he deceived the late emperor for many years, and even murdered the late emperor with a fake golden elixir, and now this national teacher..."

"Nonsense!" The Queen Mother glared at her, "Zhen Mingzi was brought in by the bitch Ye, and now the national teacher is invited by the emperor himself, how can it be compared?"

"Empress Dowager!" Zhao Yue's mind has never been turned so fast before, "The emperor specially asked him to prolong the life of the Empress Dowager for the sake of filial piety, but why is the national teacher willing to enter the palace? What he wants is glory and wealth, his food and clothing costs more than the emperor, but the national teacher has always been simple, so what is the national teacher's plan?"

"Nonsense. The national teacher is an outsider, and a practitioner should be pure-hearted and ascetic, so what else is there to do..." Although the queen mother still refuted Zhao Yue, her tone was a little uncertain.

"Ah!" Zhao Yue clapped his hands, "The national teacher is a practitioner, but don't those practitioners all live in seclusion in the mountains? How can someone like the national teacher come to the palace to practice? If he is really With a pure heart and few desires, why didn't you leave the capital and go back to the mountains after extending the life of the Empress Dowager? I heard that the national teacher was in the mountains for five or six hundred years, why did he come to the capital now?"

What you said was not unreasonable, and the queen mother couldn't help but said: "Why do you tell me?"

Zhao Yue bowed her head: "My daughter-in-law's words are probably treasonous, but I can only say it for the sake of the emperor - my daughter-in-law is only afraid that the country's teachers and ambitions are with the emperor, has the queen mother heard of the art of nourishing?"

Although the Empress Dowager was honest, Emperor Jing'an set up the harem so widely that the Empress Dowager had heard a little about the matter of harvesting supplements, and suddenly her face changed: "You, you are talking nonsense!"

Zhao Yue hurriedly left her seat and knelt down: "Queen Mother, my daughter-in-law also knows that I can't say this, but my daughter-in-law is concerned about the emperor! The emperor is young, but the national teacher is—— When it comes to magic, the emperor is no match for him."

The Empress Dowager's heart was beating wildly, she reluctantly waved her hands and said: "These words are really not what you should say, you go back to your own palace, if half a word is passed on, I only ask you!"

After Zhao Yue left, the Empress Dowager turned to Shao Yao with a sullen face, "How accurate do you think the Empress's words are?"

Shaoyao was also very embarrassed: "I really don't know...but the matter of Wen Chongrong's demotion is indeed related to the national teacher." Sealed to fill the capacity, although they are all among the nine concubines, there are differences between the first song and the last one.If the reason is to be investigated, it is probably because she said a few bad things about the national teacher in the East Palace that day, "It is true that the emperor is very close to the national teacher... But the servants looked at it, and the emperor did not seem to be unwell— —" It doesn't look like after being harvested, "What's more, although the servants have heard about the matter of harvesting, they have never seen it in person. At the beginning, Zhen Mingzi's demon Taoist also said that the late emperor should harvest the mending, but..." The first emperor didn't die quickly.

The Empress Dowager shook her head: "How can the demon way compare with the national teacher." The national teacher has real magic, so... that makes people more unpredictable, and more... not at ease.

Shao Yao lowered her head and dared not speak.She didn't really believe the Queen's words in her heart, but some of the Queen's words were reasonable, why did the national teacher stay in the palace?What's more, if she said that the queen is not trustworthy at this time, if the emperor has something bad or bad in the future, can she bear the responsibility?

The Empress Dowager was also undecided, and said after a long while: "Empress's words may not be entirely credible. Seeing that the emperor went to the concubine's place more than her place, it must be that she is not liked by the emperor. It has been more than three months since the first emperor's grand tour, the emperor There are only a few people in the harem who don't look good, and it's time for a draft. The emperor is already twenty, and he doesn't have a son and a half, how can this happen?" The more she talked, the more she felt that the draft was imperative, but it was a pity Not long before Emperor Jing'an passed away, he had just been selected for the show, and I don't know if it would be good to be re-selected now.As soon as I thought about this, I put all other things behind me, and counted the daughters of the appropriate age of the officials and noble families in the capital with Shao Yao.After talking for a long time, he was still unsatisfied, and ordered casually: "Go and see if the emperor has come out from the observatory. If he comes out, please come here."

Qi Jun was standing under the three-story round platform of the observatory at the moment, looking up at Zhibai who was meditating on the top.It is now September, Zhibai is still only wearing a thin jacket, but his face is as rosy as a fresh peach, his eyes are slightly closed, and his long eyelashes cast a faint shadow on his face, sitting cross-legged , the sound of breathing was long, and the top of the head was even more white mist.I don't know if it was illuminated by the sun, Qi Jun stood under the steps and looked up, he felt that there seemed to be five colors of rainbow light flowing faintly around him, and there seemed to be a faint golden light flickering in the white air above his head, but only It was a ball the size of a fingertip, but it disappeared when I looked closely.

Qi Jun walked up with light steps, just in time to know that the white mist on the top of his head was gradually receding, and slowly opened his eyes, and smiled at him: "Your Majesty has been waiting for a long time."

Qi Jun said casually: "It's also just arrived."

Zhibai turned over from the futon and said with a grin, "It's not that I just arrived, Your Majesty has already reached the time for burning incense."

Qi Jun was a little surprised: "You're not meditating, why don't you pay attention, how long can you know how long I've been here?"

Zhibai chuckled: "Why bother to be distracted. What worries your Majesty?"

Qi Jun raised his eyebrows: "You know again? You said you never got distracted!" He did come here with a bellyful of anger, but he stood there watching Zhibai for a long while, and the anger in his heart subsided unknowingly Seven points, but now you can't tell it from his expression at all.

Zhibai walked towards the inner hall waddlingly, and said casually: "I have practiced double training with Your Majesty. Although we still can't get along with each other, we can feel each other's vitality. I will know when Your Majesty enters the observatory. Your Majesty's vitality The circulation is rapid, and there are several undercurrents in it that are not smooth, so what is it if it is not worrying?"

Qi Jun couldn't help but reached out and tapped his forehead: "You have all these skills!" After speaking, he couldn't help but sighed again.

To be honest, there are many things that bother him.Bearing the brunt is the Ye family.According to Qi Jun's intention, there is no need to kill Concubine Ye Gui, since Emperor Jing'an is dead, what kind of disturbance can she cause as a concubine?As long as she is detained in the inner palace and the fourth prince is added, Qi Zhang will be cautious no matter what he does, and he can appease the Ye family.It must be known that he is a new great treasure, so it is not good to act rashly, and the Ye family has military power in their hands, so it is better to plan it slowly.Who knew that he was busy here, and the queen over there had already hanged Concubine Ye Gui to death with a piece of white silk. When he got the news, Concubine Ye Guifei's body was cold.

"Originally, Mrs. Ye was charged with killing his father, even if he was alive, he had to be trembling, and even the Ye family had to be careful. Now, with Mrs. Ye's death, no matter whether the Ye family or King Ping, they have less scruples Ask me to appease them." Qi Jun frowned, wanting to complain about the Queen Mother, but she is his biological mother after all, and besides, people have been dead for several months, so what's the point of talking about it.

Zhibai poured him a cup of tea: "Isn't there still the Fourth Prince?"

"A child of a certain age..." Qi Jun sneered.For the Ye family, as long as there is one nephew who can be on the big treasure, it is useless to have more.As far as Qizhang is concerned, the presence or absence of a little brother does not really matter to the overall situation. He may still have feelings for his biological mother Ye Guifei, but it is hard to say how much affection he has for the fourth prince.What's more, with the current throne, even Concubine Ye Gui may not be able to give up, let alone my younger brother.

"That's all." Qi Jun reassured himself, "It doesn't matter if Concubine Ye is there or not. If the Ye family really wants to take action, what if Concubine Ye is alive? Anyway, I will move them sooner or later. "In the future, when the Ye family collapses, Concubine Ye Gui will still be dead, it's just the difference between early death and late death.

"The Ye family is a matter of the future, and now there are many things in front of us. Before the grand ceremony, I said that I would replace the amnesty with tax cuts. Until now, those people are still discussing it, procrastinating and refusing to do it. Everyone It is said in the booklets that amnesty is a matter of saving lives and accumulating virtue, and the most important thing is human life. It has come out that saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Bah! If there is no tax cut, I don’t know how many people are forced to death every year. Isn't it human life?"

"Why?" Zhibai was confused, "Don't officials know these truths?"

Qi Jun sneered: "They don't know? They know very well! It's just that the amnesty has nothing to do with them. If the tax is reduced, there will be fewer channels for many people to profit from it." He thumped the armrest of the seat hard, "These people have raised their brains and stomachs all these years, and they still don't think it's enough!"

"Then dismiss them."

Qi Jun sighed: "Don't act too hastily. These people are deeply intertwined, and they will affect the whole body. If all the civil and military officials in the court are dismissed together, there will be no one who can stand up for a while. I added Enke, although the time is tight However, the autumn chamber was held smoothly, and it will be used slowly when a group of people will be taken out in the spring chamber next year. Sooner or later, the court will change the world."

Zhibai blinked his eyes.Seeing his dumbfounded look, Qi Jun couldn't help laughing, and stretched out his hand to pinch his face: "Look at you, Bai has stayed in the capital for several years, and still doesn't know anything."

Zhibai stuck out his tongue: "Your Majesty shouldn't have told me these things, right?"

Qi Jun rolled his eyes at him: "If I don't tell you, who am I going to tell? Could it be that I'm going to tell those people in the court that I will replace you sooner or later?"

Knowing that he said something stupid, Zhibai wrinkled his nose and said, "Isn't there a queen? Husband and wife are one, Your Majesty should tell her."

"The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics." Qi Jun said dryly, and then sneered after a moment of silence, "It's just that I told her, what does she know? I'm afraid she won't even listen to it!" The court officials were so angry that they wanted to find Zhao Yue after returning to the palace.What Zhibai said is true, husband and wife are one body, if you have anything to say, you should say it to the queen.But when he mentioned it for the first time, Zhao Yue quickly turned the conversation away, and if he talked too much, he would say that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics.After coming down a few times, he could see clearly that Zhao Yue didn't abide by any ancestral precepts, she clearly refused to bear the charge of being a husband and wife, but she didn't even want to listen to his complaints, lest she would make a mistake for herself.That being the case, he simply didn't tell her about it, even if he went to Zichen Hall on the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, the two of them would just face each other dumbly and have sex dryly.Now he only hoped that Zhao Yue would get pregnant soon, and when the eldest son was born, he would no longer have to go to her place for routine business.

Zhibai thought for a while, and patted him on the shoulder sympathetically: "Your Majesty, don't be sad, the queen is young, and she will be fine in the future."

Qi Jun laughed at himself: "Forget it, who can do what they want. Don't talk about it, I will go hunting in autumn in a few days, and I will take you to Xishan to play, and it will save you from being bored in the observatory all day long." "Although he is a national teacher, but the harem is full of female relatives, Zhibai bears the title of five or six hundred years old, but after all, he has a young and handsome face, so naturally he has to avoid suspicion and can't walk around at will.

Zhibai's impression of Qiu Lie is only limited to the time when Prince Dongdi came, and he didn't like it very much: "I'm not bored. I have made great progress in my practice recently, and my golden core is about to be formed. I should work hard."

"Golden pill?" Qi Jun is very sensitive to this word, "What kind of golden pill? Don't eat carelessly."

Zhibai laughed happily: "It's not the golden elixir to eat, but the inner elixir." He put his hands around Qi Jun's waist, with a face full of shame, "It's only through double cultivation with your majesty that you can make great progress. Your majesty today Are you leaving late?"

This is simply a blatant courtship.Qi Jun looked at Zhibai's ruddy face and bright eyes, and his heart suddenly became distracted.He didn't want to go to Wen Chongrong's place at all. Such a scheming woman might as well be impulsive and reckless like Zhao Yue.Zhao Yue once again looked like he could only share wealth and not worry, if it wasn't for the sake of his son-in-law, he wouldn't want to go either.Concubine Xian was a little better, but she was too compliant and well behaved.In short, in this harem, there is only one person who knows how to be active, not to mention that the taste of double cultivation is really overwhelming, and after the double cultivation, he is also refreshed...

"Where is the knot you mentioned?" Qi Jun stretched out his hand to touch the top of Zhibai's head, and took off his jade hairpin, and his black hair spread down like running water, smooth as fine silk, "Here? "

Zhibai pulled his hand down foolishly: "This is the Niwan Palace, the Yuanying is here, and the Dantian is in the Dantian."

"Oh?" Qi Jun raised his eyebrows, "Where is Dantian?" While asking knowingly, he had already led his hand to his belly, pressing it on the half-hard object, "Here?"

Zhibai's face finally turned red: "No."

"Where is that?" Qi Jun stretched his hand between his legs again, chuckling softly.Zhibai is also half hard.However, when he thought of his stubbornness every time, Qi Jun felt a little uncomfortable again, so he pinched him lightly, "Seeing that your growth here is also useless, just cut it off."

Zhibai suddenly looked horrified: "No!"

Qi Jun let out a snort of laughter, and pressed Zhibai on the low couch under the window: "Why not? I can do it if I say so!" As he spoke, he unbuttoned his clothes and ran along his neck. All the way down, "I can cut wherever I say, who dares to say no?"

Knowing that he was joking, Zhibai felt relieved, and while trying to untie his belt, he said: "Your Majesty is not a Mingjun to bully others."

Qi Jun was quick and had already stripped him clean. He lowered his head and bit his left chest lightly, jokingly said, "I'll just be a fool today."

Zhibai took the initiative to spread his legs around his waist, and said happily: "Okay."

Qi Jun had no choice but to say, "Do you know how to be ashamed?" Zhibai's current clothes are all red, spread out like a ball of fire, making him look like a beautiful jade in the fire.Qi Jun somehow thought of a poem: "It takes three days to burn the jade, but I want to try, are you real jade? Can you burn it for three days..."