Deep ice

Although it has been a long time, Xi Lian didn't react much because he had seen something worse than this.

But the palace maids and eunuchs in the inner hall of the imperial study,

No one had ever seen such a scene.

It would be fine if that person was a concubine, but he is such a big man, and he even said that he likes the emperor, which is really an odd number among odd numbers.

Yuan Jing's ears were red, her eyes were dark and she was speechless.

Xi Lian understood Yuan Jing's suffering, and cast a sharp look at the little eunuch who was standing aside, "You talk crazy, it's embarrassing, don't hesitate to drag him down."

Then he said: "The emperor is kind, don't worry about it with a lunatic."

The little eunuch exerted all his strength, but he couldn't pull Huaihuai away. Xilian couldn't stand it anymore, so he called the guards in and dragged Huaihuai out of the hall.

Huai Huai was pulled by others, turned to look at the pale man,

"Your Majesty, if you keep quiet, I will take it as your acquiescence."

Yuan Jing was startled, "It's just nonsense!"

But when he went to see Huaihuai, he had been dragged away by the guards for a long time, and Yuan Jing also held back a breath of anger in his heart, thinking that those guards were just as stupid as before, but now they are quick-witted.

Huaihuai was escorted back to Weiyang Palace by two people, untied, only then did he remember Chun Baolai, when the guard had gone far away, he wanted to go out, but bumped into Chun Bao.

Chunbao was also taken aback, "Huaihuai, are you back?"

Huaihuai saw that Chunbao's black hair was disfigured, his right eye was bruised and his lips were swollen, and he said in surprise, "Chunbao, did you get beaten by the guard?"

Chun Bao sniffed his nose, his face turned red and purple, "No, you didn't get caught by the guards, did you?"

Huai Huai said: "They wanted to shoot me with arrows. I thought that a good man would not suffer the immediate loss, so I jumped off the wall by myself. Although I fell hard enough, it was not a problem. But you, why is your face so swollen?"

Chun Bao stretched out a hand from his sleeve, touched his eyelid lightly, and grinned in pain, "You didn't step on it."

Huaihuai shook his head, "Then you've wronged me, I just remember that I stepped on your head, and you don't even think about it, how can I step on your face when you stand upright."

Chunbao said: "You idiot, I thought you were tall enough to just step on my shoulders. I didn't think you were so short, but you went up and stomped on your head without saying hello. My heart aches so badly, I just want to look up to see if you climbed up, who would have thought that you would run over with the sole of your shoe, and even drilled a bit on my eyelid, it really hurts me..."

Huaihuai smiled a little when he heard the words, "I'm really sorry, I will give you my tonic later, is it an apology?"

Chunbao stepped into the hall, "You are quite interesting."

Huaihuai followed Chunbao, "Come to my room to talk tonight."

Chun Bao yawned, "It's so sleepy, it's not too late to talk about it tomorrow."

Huaihuai took Chunbao and headed towards the main hall, "This is a great joy, I guarantee you won't feel tired after hearing it."

The two entered Weiyang Palace, and Chunbao raised his hand to light the candles in the three-color hanging lantern in the inner hall.

Fortunately, Yingying had prepared enough charcoal fire in the first half of the night, so Chunbao only needed to remove the silk cover on the copper stove in the middle of the ground, and fiddle with it twice with a wooden handle shovel to make it burn more vigorously. After all this was done, Chun Bao hugged a quilt and leaned on the head of the bed, "What's your happy event?"

The joy in Huaihuai's eyes almost overflowed, "I expressed my heart to the emperor, and the emperor acquiesced!"

When Chun Bao heard this, his eyes were about to burst from shock, "Really?"

Huai Huai raised his head proudly, "It's absolutely true."

Chun Bao lost all sleepiness at once, "Huaihuai, if this is the case, you will rise to the top. The so-called one person ascends to immortality and chickens and dogs. When that happens, don't forget about me."

Huaihuai laughed loudly and waved his hands, "That's natural."

Chun Bao leaned forward, "Tell me quickly, why the emperor acquiesced."

Huai Huai laughed to himself for a while, and then said again: "I was lying on the wall and called down as an assassin. I was extremely frustrated at first, thinking that it would be unlucky if I was kicked out of the palace by those guards. It is really kind to me to directly tie me up and send me to the emperor."

Chun Bao couldn't help but interjected, "So, if you don't want to see him next time, you just need to take a kitchen knife and rush in."

Huaihuai's eyes showed disdain, "Silly brother, where is there a time when we can't see each other, the emperor has already acquiesced to me."

Then he continued: "Just now I said that I was tied up in the inner palace. I saw the emperor get angry outside and threw things at the minister's face, but when he saw me, the emperor lost his temper and only behaved mildly." Tell someone to take me out."

Chun Bao smacked his lips, "The emperor really cares about you..."

Huaihuai continued: "I see that the emperor is like this, so naturally he would not agree to go, so I called the emperor over and gave him a kiss."

Chunbao exclaimed, covering his face with his hands, "It's really embarrassing..."

Huai Huai said: "After the kiss, the emperor touched my face, and I told the emperor that I like him. Since many people were there, the emperor couldn't agree directly, and looked at me with a pair of beautiful eyes. , tell me, does this count as tacit consent?"

Chun Bao listened intently, "Naturally forget it! Huai Huai, next, you will be promoted!"

As soon as the words fell, I felt something was wrong, so I brought my face closer, "Huaihuai, why is your face so swollen? It looks like someone beat you."

Huaihuai touched his cheek, "Where, the emperor touched it."

Chunbao admired him very much, "I'm afraid this emperor has practiced iron sand palm."

Huaihuai said: "Maybe so, but then again, since I have made it clear with the emperor, I should always give him a token of love."

Chunbao said, "What can I give you?"

Huaihuai said: "Brother Chun, you have seen a lot, and you need to pay attention to this."

Chun Bao said: "Why don't I find you some similar items tomorrow morning."

-

Fu Dian Dian.

early morning.

The person on the golden lacquer seat in Kowloon was pale and cold, with a lingering hostility in his eyes.

"The war in the southeast is urgent, who can take on this important task?"

As soon as this remark came out, there was silence.

The southeast has been at war for years since Shengzhen. By the sixth year of Yuanjing, countless governors had been changed. They were beheaded and exiled. The governor is really an unlucky job.

Besides, there are no soldiers and no money right now, and the thieves are extremely fierce. Naturally, no one dares to touch such a hot potato.

Yuan Jing waited for a long time, suppressed the fire and said, "Wang Aiqing, it's in your opinion."

The minister took a trembling step forward, bowed his waist and lowered his head, "Your Majesty, forgive me for being dull, I really don't know..."

Before the words fell, the voice above my head was cold and cold,

"Are you afraid of getting angry?"

"come--"

Hearing this, the chubby minister immediately softened his feet, "Damn my humble minister... Your Majesty's atonement..."

Yuan Jing remained expressionless, "Drag it to the gate of Fudao Hall, and charge fifty with the stick."

A royal guard stepped forward and dragged the dead pig-like minister out.

It didn't take long for the screams outside to be shrill.

It sounded like a little meat sauce splashing.

The people in the hall, with lowered eyebrows and downcast eyes, were all pale and pale, like wax figures, without any vitality.

On the contrary, Yuan Jing's face softened, "Lin Aiqing, tell me."

The minister surnamed Lin clenched his hands tightly, and his voice was loud, "Now that the country is in crisis, ministers should recommend talents for the country, but Daping has external and internal troubles, and there is a shortage of talents. There is no one in the court at the moment, so we can only transfer them from northern Xinjiang. People passing by can be regarded as a solution to the urgent need."

"There is no one in the court!" Yuan Jing's face darkened when he heard this, "Look at the generals here, are they all ghosts?"

The minister knelt down on his knees, cupped his fists and looked up, "Your Majesty, forgive me for speaking bluntly, the generals who can fight will either guard the border or die in battle. The rest of them have lived in the city for a long time and have no combat experience. , on the contrary, the gain outweighs the loss.”

Tian Chongguang, who was standing on the side, was silent, but he agreed in his heart.

There were not many generals in Daping, Xia Nianbai came out during the Shengzhen period, and He Yan was the only one during the Yuanjing period in the early Yuan Dynasty.

It's a pity that these two people failed to start well and end well, one was exiled and the other was sentenced to death.

Yuan Jing's eyes were full of black energy, and he was silent for a long time,

then spoke again,

"Just do as you say."

-

The sun in early spring is thin and cool, reflecting on the wet snow, like floating gold.

The two people in Weiyang Palace gathered together, and the shorter eunuch spread out his palm, and put many objects on it.

Huaihuai picked one from Chunbao's hand, fiddled with it for a while, "What is this?"

Chun Bao said, "Spinning top."

Huaihuai observed carefully, "That's the only thing that seems okay."

Chun Bao put away the comb and sachet in his hand, "This is a plaything, it's really interesting."

Huaihuai said, "But it's made of ivory?"

Chun Bao curled his lips and said, "You can't tell, it's made of wood."

Huai Huai frowned slightly, "I'm shivering."

Chun Bao handed over the comb, "This one is said to be ivory."

Huaihuai glanced at the comb, "Let's go with this one, the emperor should have no shortage of combs."

After speaking, he took the top and walked outside.

Seeing this, Chunbao yelled, "Where are you going?"

Huaihuai didn't turn his head back, "Go to the emperor."

Chunbao was startled, "Huaihuai, come back."

Huai Huai turned around, "What's wrong?"

Chun Bao said: "Where someone would give this kind of expressive thing face to face, it's only tasteful if you ask someone to carry it over."

Huaihuai was silent for a moment, "Then I'll take it to Xilian."

Chun Bao grabbed Huai Huai, "Wait!"

Huaihuai said, "I haven't left yet."

Chun Bao handed Huai Huai a lake-green silk handkerchief, "Wrapping that thing in this handkerchief looks precious."

Huaihuai handed the top up, wrapped it up for Chunbao, kicked it in his arms, and walked towards the imperial study.

-

In the imperial study room, the tea mist was dense.

Xi Lian hesitated for a while, then bowed and said, "Your Majesty, someone dragged your servant to deliver something to the Emperor this morning."

Yuan Jing changed into a bright yellow uniform, her elegant eyebrows slightly raised,

"Irregular."

Xi Lian naturally knew that this was against the rules, if she were another concubine, she would definitely refuse to go back.

But the person who sent it here was Huaihuai, so it was different.

Although he couldn't guess what the emperor was thinking, Xi Lian could understand what the emperor was thinking about Huai Huai.

Xi Lian knelt on the ground, "Damn the slave, the slave has been pestered by that fool all morning, I really can't stand it..."

Yuan Jing heard the words, still looking at the scroll in his hand, without raising his eyes,

"Bring it here."