[Rebirth] Sovereign and ministers get along

Yue Yu did not lie to Shen Lanqing, there was indeed something going on in the palace.

The Queen Mother sent people to ask about the news brought back by Sword Ghost when he returned to the palace to pick up his clothes. The Queen Mother sent people to ask about it once.

The manager, Gu Dongming, was in a hurry, but he didn't dare to say anything. He could only put on a dumb face, and stuck to one sentence: "Your Majesty is busy with government affairs, so you don't see anyone."

Everything else is easy to say, but it is not easy to prevaricate in the Empress Dowager's Palace, and she is about to wear out, and Jianwei Shishi, who went back to get his clothes, descended from the sky and relieved Gu Dongming's worries.

After listening to Jianwei's reply calmly, Yue Yu did not return to the palace immediately, but said: "Lead the way and find Shen Qing."

Wanting to see Shen Lanqing, one is to say goodbye, and the other is because Shen Lanqing's blindness makes him feel uneasy.

But I didn't expect that when I found the water pavilion, I accidentally heard Shen Lanqing caress me a song.

Although he is not good at temperament, he likes to listen to music, and he can recognize one or two after listening to it a lot.

Don't talk about the love that makes him happy in the music, just talk about the piano skills, so proficient, it is definitely not something that can be practiced in a year or two.

Dressed in starlight and stepping on the moonlight, after a few ups and downs, he arrived at the roof of the main house of Guiyuan in a blink of an eye.

Yue Yu let go, faced Shen Lanqing, and stood with his back to the moon: "Shen Qing played the piano well, I will go back to the palace first, and I will punish you for deceiving the emperor another day."

Behind the light and shadow, the emperor's face is hidden in the night, blurry.

Squinting his eyes and leaning forward slightly, Shen Lanqing tried to discern the emperor's expression, but in vain.

A touch of confusion fell into the eyes of the emperor, in exchange for a low laugh.

Yue Yu rubbed Shen Lanqing's cheek with the back of his finger, and flew upside down, with his toes on the top of the osmanthus tree in the courtyard, twisting his body in the air, and rushed towards the imperial city in the city.

Watching the black figure completely melt into the darkness, Shen Lanqing stood in a daze for a moment, then suddenly touched her forehead and laughed, and whispered to herself, "So that's how it is."

After thinking for a long time, I finally figured it out—my lord's crime of deceiving the lord most likely refers to two years ago, on May [-]th, when he was eating rice dumplings and playing tricks in Liuxianju, he lied to my lord that I don't know how to play the piano.

This is really...

Two years later, he still remembered.

The next day, Shen Lan was on duty from Qingxuchu to Zichu.

After changing into the guard uniform, he quietly entered the imperial study room as usual.

The change of guards was always silent, but he didn't want to. As soon as Shen Lanqing walked to the front of the imperial court, His Majesty raised his head with a pen and buried his head to review the papers, and gave him a meaningful smile.

Shen Lanqing watched his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, pretending not to know, and silently stood behind the monarch.

The faint fragrance of plum seems to be absent. Since he praised it, although Shen Lanqing has not changed the incense, the smell of the incense has faded a lot.

Glancing over the extremely respectful figure from the corner of the eye, Yue Yu slowly lowered the corners of his raised lips, with a solemn face, dipped a pen in cinnabar, and continued to review the piles of papers on the imperial case.

Cicadas were chirping and insects were chirping outside the window, and the imperial study was quiet and silent. The white-faced, beardless servant carefully picked out the wick, and made a few small beeping, beeping, beeping, beeping sounds.

Most of the papers have been approved, Yue Yu put down the pen and stretched: "What time is it?"

"Return to Your Majesty, it's three o'clock in the afternoon." Gu Dongming returned with his flat voice.

Yue Yu's eyebrows twitched slightly: "It's going too fast."

"Your Majesty, do you want a midnight snack?"

"Ah."

Uncovering the soup cup, seeing that Xiaoye prepared lotus seed soup, Yue Yu casually ordered: "Send a cup to Ningfang Palace."

Yesterday afternoon, the Queen Mother looked for Your Majesty because the Queen was happy.

Last night, the Empress Dowager, Empress, and Concubine Shu went to look for Your Majesty together because Concubine Shu suddenly fainted after eating a few pieces of snacks in Concubine De's palace. It's time to eat, the tire is moving.

On weekdays, the imperial doctor Ping Anmai, who invited Concubine Shu, seemed to have an inexplicable relationship with the Su family.

This is really a flagrant planting.

Shen Lanqing bent the corners of her lips silently, the harem did not interfere with each other but was inextricably linked, no matter who was making the move, he only knew that the Su family might be in trouble.

That's good, lest he do it.

Although the Shen family didn't mind and was even happy that there were some voices rejecting the Shen family in the court, but the Su family couldn't stay anymore. The Su family was very powerful, and what they did had exceeded the limit. It's really painful, so the current situation is just right.

Apart from the Su family, maybe the Shen family can get a share of the sweet soup. However, I don't know if His Majesty will be willing to...

Shen Lanqing taunted silently: After all, it's just a cup of lotus seed soup, our stingy Majesty is not willing to give it to Concubine Shu who is also pregnant.

The spoon is gently stirred in the soup pot, and the sweetness of the lotus seed soup becomes more and more intense.

The aroma rushed into his nose, and there was a soft sound in Shen Lanqing's stomach.

A smile flashed across Yue Yu's eyes, he scooped up a spoonful of lotus seed soup and put it into his mouth, it was soft and glutinous, with the right taste, but he frowned and put down the spoon in disgust: "Shen Qing."

"The minister is here." Shen Lanqing guessed the holy intention, but my lord said it bluntly, "The soup is too sweet, I can't get used to it, I reward you."

When the monarch gives food, whether he likes it or not, the courtiers have to eat it on the spot.

Shen Lanqing really likes lotus seed soup.

Even though it was eaten by the emperor, it was better than the undercooked and greasy extra meals served by the guards.

Shen Lanqing thanked her, picked up the soup cup, and calmly and gracefully scooped a spoonful into her mouth.

The warm lotus seed soup enters the stomach, and the empty and firm stomach is instantly relieved.

Zhuangruo casually watched Shen Lanqing finish eating, and Yue Yu handed out a handkerchief expressionlessly.Shen Lanqing raised her eyes and glanced at Yue Yu, Xie Zheen took the handkerchief, wiped her mouth, and slipped the handkerchief into her sleeve with a sense of peace of mind.

If he was not mistaken, the veil belonged to him, but he didn't know when it got into the emperor's sleeve.

"Remember to return it to me after washing."

"..." Your Majesty, can you not forget to show your stinginess all the time, is your private treasury empty?Shen Lanqing twitched the corners of her eyes and said respectfully, "I obey."

"Shen Qing washed it with her own hands."

"My minister obeys."

"Remember the incense."

"I obey." Your Majesty, can I spit out the lotus seed soup and return it to you?

"Follow me to the Water Pavilion to enjoy the moon."

"Chen..." Raising his eyes, Shen Lanqing swallowed back the word "obedience" stuck in his throat, and continued with a smile, "...when entering the palace, dark clouds flew into the sky, and ants plundered the water. Seeing that it is going to rain, I am afraid that there will be no moon to reward."

Yue Yu raised his eyebrows, got up and left the throne, walked down the steps, and said without anger or joy as he walked, "Then listen to the rain."

Shen Lanqing watched Huaguang flashing in the eyes of the black figure, and said slowly: "I obey the order."

For viewing the moon, the Fubi Pavilion in the middle of Ziwu Lake in the garden in front of Jingning Palace has the best view. For listening to the rain, the quiet room on the top of Diecui Mountain in the northeast corner of the Imperial Garden is the best.

Walking to the foot of Diecui Mountain, Yue Yu raised his hand to stop the guards and servants following behind, and only took Shen Lanqing and Gu Dongming up the mountain.

The emperor was in front, but Shen Lanqing made half of the emperor's body behind.

The emperor slowed down, grabbed Shen Lanqing's hand calmly, and walked side by side with him.

Gu Dongming followed behind with low eyebrows, his eyes swept across the overlapping sleeves, and he played the magic skill of turning a blind eye and turning a deaf ear to the extreme.

Zhou Bodong, Marquis of Lening, who took the place of the missing Yue Yuan and temporarily acted as the imperial minister, stood at the foot of the mountain, watching the figures of the monarch and his subjects gradually drifting away and gradually melting into one place, slowly frowned, looked up at the sky, and the new moon was hidden in the sky. After the dark clouds, it was really gloomy and depressing.

The sporadic drizzle fell, breaking through the dullness, and adding some coolness to the early summer night.

In the courtyard of Tranquility Palace, groups of koi raced out of the water to breathe.

The Empress Dowager Zhou opened the window screen, looked at the emerald green lotus leaves in the pool, and seemed to ask a question, like saying to herself: "The emperor went to the quiet room again."

"Yes."

"Shen Lanqing is traveling with you?"

"Yes." The servant was on duty in Yuanqing Palace, but the person belonged to the Queen Mother. Yue Yu and Shen Lanqing left Yuanqing Palace, and the little servant rushed to Jingning Palace to report.

The Empress Dowager Zhou seemed to be lost in thought, and there was only the sound of her knuckles tapping on the window lattice in the hall.

After a while, the Empress Dowager Zhou said: "The Ai family is a bit homesick, please go and invite Marquis Le Ning to come and have a chat with the Ai family."

After receiving the order from the Empress Dowager, Hou Bodong of Le Ning glanced at the top of Diecui Mountain, exchanged a few words with Lian Ruofei, and followed his servant to Jingning Palace expressionlessly.

Although he is the younger brother of the Empress Dowager, he doesn't feel at all that his Empress Dowager's sister would be so leisurely as to drag him to talk about family matters.

Except for Zhou Shen, who grew into a willow tree with a crooked neck, none of the Zhou family likes to be talkative.

The siblings saw the ceremony, Zhou Bodong was sitting on Xiudun with half of his buttocks, watching his nose, nose and heart, very respectful.

The Empress Dowager Zhou shunned the maids and maids beside her, and went straight to the point: "You are serving in front of the emperor, but can you find out how the emperor treats Shen Lanqing differently from others?"

"I didn't notice the difference."

"Brother Dong, we are all compatriots, are you and Ai's family still hiding it?" The Queen Mother Zhou rolled her hands slowly, "De Concubine and Ai's family have talked about it several times, saying that the emperor takes Shen Lanqing very seriously." .”

Zhou Bodong kept his composure and said slowly: "Eldest sister, it is disrespectful for a minister to speak falsely of the Holy Majesty, and younger brother must not knowingly commit such a crime. As for what Concubine De said... the relationship between the Su family and the Shen family, the elder sister is deeply involved. The palace should have heard of it too."

"It's not easy for an uncle to watch his nephew go astray."

"..." Zhou Bodong raised his eyes to look at the queen mother, his words turned in his heart for a few times, and finally he filtered out the words of persuasion, and spoke in a slow voice, "The queen mother is overwhelmed. Just now, His Majesty did not forget to send someone to Ningfang Palace to deliver a copy after supper."

"In addition to the queen, Shen Lanqing was also rewarded."

"Your Majesty thought the lotus seed soup was too sweet, so he rewarded Shen Lanqing with the remaining half cup."

"The emperor and Shen Lanqing went to the quiet room together."

"I think they want to discuss the matter of King Yun."

The Empress Dowager stared at Zhou Bodong calmly for a moment, then took a sip of the cold tea soup: "The Ai family will not let the emperor follow the footsteps of the empress."

Calm and firm.

Lightning tears the dark clouds, and thunder breaks the silence.

The drizzle turned into a downpour, and the messy and rapid raindrops smashed on the eaves, branches, leaves, and stone slabs without thinking about themselves...

Crackling, crackling, and the sound is endless.

The incense case was made as a low stool, and the monarch and his ministers sat side by side in front of the window, leaning against the window lattice, listening to the rain in silence.

The sound of rain knocked on the door of my heart, and I persevered.

Yue Yu moved slightly and leaned towards Shen Lanqing.

Looking down at the emperor who was sleeping with his eyes closed on his shoulder, Shen Lanqing curled the corners of his lips: "Your Majesty, I don't know if we will be rewarded for our blasphemy."

The squinted phoenix eyes suddenly opened, staring coldly and ruthlessly at the portrait of the Patriarch of the Three Qing Dynasty on the wall, and said slowly: "It's just borrowing an incense table, the gods are not so stingy..."

"...If there is a real reward, I will take care of it." She couldn't help raising her hand, wanting to touch the quiet face, but touched the jade pendant on her waist halfway, and played with it casually. Shen Lanqing lowered her eyes to hide the emotions in her eyes, and smiled lightly: "How dare the minister?"

"Zhen..." No one knew what Yue Yu wanted to say.

The nuns of Shuning Palace and the servants of the Empress Dowager's Palace followed Le Ninghou, and went to the door of the quiet room to see him at the same time.

Zhou Bodong, Marquis of Le Ning, kowtowed and admitted his mistake: "Your Majesty has the guts to make up your own mind and disturb His Majesty's peace. Please punish him."

Yue Yu was noncommittal, and glanced nonchalantly at the maid kneeling behind Zhou Bodong: "What happened?"

"Back to the emperor, Concubine Shu saw that Hong had a miscarriage, and the imperial doctor said..."

"...The imperial doctor said it was a male fetus."

The fruit came so soon?The Yin family, or the Yue family?

The emperor's voice was as calm as ever, and his indifference remained the same, but Shen Lanqing didn't want to look at the emperor's expression, and only glanced at the merciful and smiling Patriarch Sanqing, thinking wildly. How good is the retribution?In the future, the descendants of the Shen family will surely offer three sticks of incense every day to the patriarch...

No wonder my lord never believed in gods and Buddhas.

The next day, as soon as Shen Lanqing just left the palace, Liu Ying said: "Aunt Ge passed away last night with a dystocia, and the third Miss of the Shen family who was born died after only an hour."

I remember Yishan said, looking at the complexion, Geshi's fetus is stable and healthy...

Shen Lanqing withdrew her smile slightly, and rode back home with doubts. Aunt Ge and the third sister who had never met had already been buried in a hurry.

One month later, Shen Rui, the second master of the Shen family, returned to the mansion, brought back a baby boy, smiled and hugged him to Shen Shangkun, and said: "Father, this is your grandson. I gave birth to him, so we can't force the marriage anymore!"