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The morning light pours into the bamboo forest, the breeze blows, and the bamboo leaves rustle.

At this time, there is a peaceful scene here, and it is not as creepy and terrifying as the rumors say.

Luo Ping walked over quickly, trampling on the light spots all over the ground, the hem of his clothes hurriedly swept over the dead leaves, and some dust was stained on it, he didn't care, he just focused on looking for what he was looking for, looking a little anxious.

After a while, he stopped in his tracks.

Crouching down, he looked at the snake's body.In fact, it is not as scary as Zhou Tang said, it is only slightly longer and thicker than ordinary snakes, but it is indeed extremely poisonous. Seeing those two fangs, he also felt very scared.

Then he looked around again and picked up all the scattered arrows.Finally, he took out a small shovel, dug a deep hole in the ground, buried a package, the snake's body and arrows in it, and covered it with dry soil and dead leaves.

Luo Ping got up and wiped the sweat from his forehead, and let out a long breath.

The snake's corpse, the arrowhead, the blood-stained clothes, the shoes... He tidied up the traces left by Zhou Tang in the bamboo forest, and went back to the Fudong Hall to ask Rue Xiang a few words before he calmed down a bit.

Looking at the sun, it was approaching the morning court time, and I wondered if it would be too late to change into court clothes before entering the palace.

Luo Ping hurried to the west palace gate, he expected that it would be too late to go home, so he had to go to the Imperial Academy to find an old official uniform, and then rush back to the Zhenyang Hall.

When walking through the corridor, Luo Ping unexpectedly met a person, which made him pause slightly.

The man was dressed in a light emerald green dress, holding a newly bloomed rhododendron in his hand, looking at him with beautiful eyes, he said in surprise: "Huh? You are not that Luo, Luo... Luo what is it?"

"My humble minister Luo Ping, I have met the eldest princess." With a bow, Luo Ping reported his name.

"Ah yes, you are the pervert champion." Zhou Yan smiled cleverly, "Why are you in such a mess? Look at your sleeves are torn. Did you offend any maid?"

Luo Ping felt helpless.He just looked at her a few more times at the spring feast, so why was he called a "pervert"? Even the eldest princess and Zhou Tang called him that.

Pretending to be at a loss for a while, Luo Ping said shyly: "Luo Ping was drunk that day, if there is any offense, I hope His Highness the Eldest Princess will make amends."

Seeing him with his head hanging down and his ears red, looking like he was going to dig a hole, Zhou Yan became more interested in teasing him: "Master Luo, what do you think of Yan'er's dance?"

Luo Ping faltered and replied: "The eldest princess's dance is bright and moving. Originally, I didn't drink too much that day, but His Highness's song Drunken Thousand Cups, which is really intoxicating."

Zhou Yan laughed out loud: "Unexpectedly, you look old-fashioned, and your mouth is really sweet. Well, you made this princess happy, and this flower rewards you."

"Thank you, princess."

With a bow from Luo Ping, Zhou Yan took the opportunity to break off a rhododendron and put it on his crown, before he recovered, she laughed and ran away.

The long emerald dress dragged across the ground, taking away a burst of light fragrance.

Reaching out his hand to take down the cuckoo on his head, Luo Ping looked at it, suddenly thought of something, and chuckled lightly.

——This is the taste of his first love, so innocent and pure, it smeared his entire youth.

At the spring feast that year, he was really fascinated by Zhou Yan's neon clothes and feathers.

At that time, he wrote poems for her, every sentence of lovesickness, tenderness, but she always played tricks on him, but never malicious.She changed his love poems into limericks, grinding his lovesickness to the point where he couldn't laugh or cry.

She smiled and said to him: "Luoping, I will marry General Zhenyuan after all. People who were born in the emperor's family can't love and can't wait. I hope you can marry a woman who will not betray your sincerity. You are at ease. It's just that in this world, is there any woman worthy of your sincerity..."

This is a relationship that died in infancy.

But Luo Ping remembered that her smile was always so bright.

Unlike her life.

After being delayed by the eldest princess, Luo Ping's time became even tighter.

It's fine as usual, it's okay for him to ask for sick leave, but he can't do it today, he can't miss today's morning court.

Xuantong [-]st May [-]th.

Today in the previous life was a turning point in his life.

Going out from the west palace gate, he hurriedly ran to the Imperial Academy to find a set of faded old court clothes to change into, then ran back and entered the palace through the main entrance, coming and going, making him sweat heavily.

When they arrived at the Zhenyang Hall, someone noticed his slovenly appearance and jokingly said, "Master Luo, what's the matter with this court dress? How can you, a new official, wear such an old court dress? It was bestowed by the emperor. You are too old." Do not cherish it."

Luo Ping straightened his clothes and replied: "Lord Guo, don't joke. Luo Ping cherishes it too much. He washes the court clothes every day, but he is clumsy and washes off the color. I don't think the emperor will blame me. Bar."

Opening his eyes and talking nonsense, Luo Ping blocked the man back.At this time, the emperor came to the Zhenyang Hall, and everyone quickly knelt down and bowed down: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live."

"Everyone's family is flat."

Sitting majestically in the main hall, after discussing the relief of the Yellow River flood in the north, the emperor dropped a few memorials:

"Zhang Runze, the imperial envoy of the right capital, and Cheng Zhengan, the commander of the imperial guards, both of you participated in each other's book at the same time, and each of you pulled a few seconders. Why, is my Zhenyang Hall a place for you to fight?"

When the two heard this, they hurriedly knelt down and made speeches.

Zhang Runze said: "My Majesty, Cheng Zhengan left his post without authorization during his duty. Make the decision for me!"

Cheng Zheng'an said: "Your Majesty, I didn't leave my post without permission. This statement is purely a false accusation! But Zhang Yushi, I caught him trading with suspicious people that day. It seems that he has a thousand taels of silver. What!"

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The two insisted on their own words and quarreled, and some people from the Procuratorate and the Imperial Guard came out to second the proposal. When the emperor got annoyed, he waved his hand and fined both of them. Grade, handed over to the Ministry of Punishment for punishment.

The farce was about to end, but Luo Ping suddenly stood up.

He said: "Please think twice, Your Majesty. In ancient times, Wei Zheng, a virtuous prime minister, had a remonstrance saying: If you are favored, you will not be rewarded for joy, and if you are punished, you will not be punished for anger. This matter is not yet clear, please also ask the emperor." Don't jump to conclusions."

Everyone in the hall thought he was crazy.

Everyone can see that the emperor is in a bad mood now, but Luo Ping wants to touch his Ni Lin. Isn't this courting death?

The emperor was indeed not very happy: "What does Luo Qing mean by this? Does it mean that I did not handle it right!"

Luo Ping said: "The two adults are quite agitated. It is easy to be unfair to judge by what they said to each other. It is better to let them describe their own situation that day, and the emperor will make a judgment."

The two adults were also a little confused: Huh?Why did you kill a brat halfway?Still a desperate brat.

But the emperor didn't have an attack, and nodded in agreement.The two men talked about their situation at that time.

It turned out that General Cheng's mother was critically ill that day. He had no choice but to find someone to take his shift and go back to take care of his mother.It just so happened that the thief was caught that night, and the thief was cunning. He used drugs to bring down a group of soldiers, and then broke into Duliangtai single-handedly.Now that the Imperial Guard has received the punishment from the Ministry of War, several brothers are still lying on the bed unable to move.Somehow the blame all fell on his head.

And Zhang Yushi didn't take bribes, although it was hard to say, but he had no choice but to confess that he was going to pay off his son's gambling debt that day, and he gave the money, not took it back.

It was all a misunderstanding, but the two had always had a rift, so they took advantage of this to read each other's books.

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The matter was resolved, and the two parties involved were fine, but everyone thought that Luo Ping's small revision must be in trouble.The way to be an official is to be moderate. If he pushes the limelight like this and contradicts the emperor, he will definitely suffer.

However, to their surprise, although the emperor's face was not very good, he still praised Luo Ping when he opened his mouth: "Luo Qing is not in vain for a young man, brave and upright, daring to speak out, comparable to Wei Zheng."

Then it seemed to be a whim: "Luo Qing, you observe people and things meticulously, and you have your own opinions. I want to appoint you as the young minister of Dali Temple. I will give you a month to familiarize yourself with the "Da Cheng Code" ", at that time, Dali Temple Minister will personally assess you, if you fail the assessment, let's start from Chengzheng."

"Yes, Wei Chen obeys the order."

- click.

The jaws of the ministers could almost be heard falling to the ground.

What does it mean?What does it mean for the emperor, who has always disliked others to disobey him, to say such words?

It means that he just wants to indulge Luo Ping and favor Luo Ping, and no one is allowed to talk nonsense.

Everyone's facial expressions are very complicated, but Luo Ping still looks neither happy with things nor sad with himself.

Someone poked his spine from behind and said: "I don't know what kind of tricks he used to make the emperor trust him so much. Does he really think of himself as the wise minister Wei Zheng? If you want me to say, he is a courtier at all."

Luo Ping didn't care about them because they were right.In his last life, he compared himself to Wei Zheng, and in the end he really became what they called "a courtier".

What a waste of youth, fuck the waste of youth!

What the emperor gave him now, will eventually be taken back.

When he had nothing back then, he was "too late to regret" as much as "a young man who was not in vain".

However, since he already knew that this road was a shortcut to promotion, why didn't he take it?

This time he won't have nothing, if the emperor takes back everything from him, at least he still has Zhou Tang.

For the rest, he has nothing to worry about.

After the morning court, Luo Ping walked out of the Zhenyang Hall despite the many attentions. The minister of Dali Temple asked him a few words, nothing more than making good preparations, and Luo Ping respectfully responded.

Before reaching the west palace gate, he was suddenly stopped by an eunuch.

The eunuch said: "Lord Luo, the emperor has invited you."

Luo Ping was stunned for a moment, thinking in his heart——

It seems that the matter of him entering the palace privately last night, the emperor still wants to investigate.

Following the eunuchs to the Wanzhao Pavilion, the emperor only left two court ladies to wait, and waved away the others.

Sure enough, the emperor asked: "Did Luo Qing stay in Fudong Palace last night?"

Luo Ping nodded: "Yes. Back to the emperor, this humble minister is just..."

Without waiting for him to explain, the emperor said: "I already know what happened. Tang'er was frightened and asked you to accompany him. I heard from Tang'er's maid that Tang'er often asked you to tell him stories. You have a good relationship? "

Hearing this, Luo Ping felt relieved, it seemed that Yun Xiang responded to the cross-examination according to his instructions, and the emperor only regarded him as Zhou Tang's idle pastime.

"After enjoying the Spring Banquet, the minister and His Royal Highness met several times. Although His Royal Highness is not good at reading, he is quite interested in anecdotes and strange stories from various places. Sometimes the minister will tell him about it. We got acquainted."

"Hmm." The emperor was noncommittal, and raised his hand to ask the maid to bring a wooden box, "Luo Qing, I gave you a chance to be promoted in the early court, and I will give you another gift this time, open it and have a look."

With a thump in his heart, Luo Ping had a bad feeling about this gift.In response, he stepped forward to open the wooden box, and after seeing the contents of the box, he took a deep breath——

It was the head of the guard who let him into the palace last night.

The blood coagulated on that pale face, as if all his unwillingness and resentment had been coagulated into it.

A familiar trembling spread over his body, and Luo Ping subconsciously looked at his hands.

On these hands, another blood debt was engraved.

The emperor looked at him: "I will not pursue what happened last night."

Luo Ping knelt down on his knees holding the wooden box: "My lord, thank the emperor for his reward."

This person took the place of his sin, and it was the forgiveness given to him by the emperor, and even more a warning to him.

"Get up. Entering the palace without authorization is a small matter, but forming a party for private affairs is a big matter. Luo Qing can do it on her own."

"Your Majesty, keep this in mind."