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Li Chengqi came out of the Chongfu Hall and walked towards the bedroom quickly, almost running, but when he was approaching, his pace involuntarily slowed down.What if Hua Nu has already returned home? ——He didn't have to wait for Xue Shao to pick him up when he wanted to go home. In order to make it easier for her daughter to enter the palace, the Empress Dowager gave Princess Taiping the Xiu Academy next to Menxia Province as her inner house.Maybe her aunt entered the palace, so Hua Nu went to find her mother.

Hua Nu's steps are much smaller than his, but this imperial palace, this world, is free for him, Hua Nu can come and go freely at any time, but he can only wait forever in this empty, desolate, cramped and embarrassing East Palace.Li Chengqi couldn't figure out whether the sadness in his heart was because of Hua Nu, Mr. Song's words, or because he hadn't seen his parents for a long time.

Seeing him coming back, the servant standing in front of the bedroom door rushed up to meet him, looked him up and down and said, "Your Excellency...are you okay?" Li Chengqi smiled wearily, the servant thought he saw Hua Nu being beaten. Hit, fearing that Song Shoujie would even hit himself, he shook his head and said, "Huanu...has he left?" The waiter laughed and said, "Mr. Inside, he beat the pillow, cried and shouted to go home, but he didn't say that the son-in-law and the princess would come to pick him up. We were all wondering whether he would come back or not? We had to wait for the gentleman to come back. You said, he would send someone to invite the princess mansion Is there anyone on board?"

Li Chengqi was stunned, but his heart seemed to be illuminated by the sunshine after the snow, the sky and the earth were shining brightly, making people embrace Yangchun.He smiled and said, "No need, go and get some medicine for reducing swelling and pain."

Although Xue Chongjian was full of grievances and shouted to go home, she always felt that her cousin hadn't spoken good words to him to comfort him, and she was unwilling to do so. She went back to the dormitory to cry and rest for a while, and Li Chengqi still didn't come back after waiting for a long time.The pain on his butt subsided slightly, and turned into a numb and swollen feeling, not as intense as before.He was crying so much that he couldn't stop crying. Li Chengqi couldn't help but crawled to the bedside before he came back, and poked a gap at the junction of the screen with his finger. Seam looked out.

He waited until his eyes were shaking, and suddenly he saw that the narrow world outside the gap suddenly changed color, a mass of purple was gradually approaching, and a small yellow satin bag was dangling under a small piece of white jade.He immediately realized that this was Li Chengqi's robe, and that bag was the fish bag with the jade belt around his waist. He quickly shouted again: "I want to go home! Why isn't Daddy coming!"

Li Chengqi held back a smile and opened the screen, Xue Chongjian glanced at him angrily, and immediately turned his face inward, although he was still whimpering, he stopped shouting loudly.

Li Chengqi climbed onto the bed except his boots, took the screen with him, patted Xue Chongjian on the shoulder and said, "Huanu, is it still hurting?" , uncovered his robe, and carefully took off the trousers to check his injuries.After a while of blood coagulation, the scars that were originally just red showed several dark purple spots, and there were also spots of purple shackles, which were much heavier than the ten strokes of the ruler last time. Li Chengqi felt a sharp pain in his heart, and said softly "I'm sorry, it's my cousin's fault. My cousin rubs it for you." He only covered Xue Chongjian with a soft undershirt, then shook off the quilt to cover him, and stretched out his hand under the quilt to massage his sore spot slowly.

Xue Chongjian suddenly pulled up the quilt to cover his own face, Li Chengqi laughed and said, "This will damage the cover." He forcibly pulled the corner of the quilt, but was held tightly by Xue Chongjian.Li Chengqi waited for a while, but still did not see Xue Chongjian coming out, so he slowly lay down beside him, patted his cousin under the quilt, and said: "Actually, my cousin has never told you, and my cousin is also very afraid of getting up early to go to class." , especially in winter.”

The quilt that Xue Chongjian was holding tightly loosened a little bit, and he didn't know if he couldn't hold back to breathe, or he was listening to Li Chengqi's words.

Li Chengqi said: "So, Hua Nu was wronged for me today, my cousin can pay you anything. If you don't go back, my cousin will play with you all day today, and I won't do my homework."

Xue Chongjian moved his shoulders a little, the temptation was great, he struggled with pain in his heart, and still felt that it would be embarrassing to compromise at this time.He waited for Li Chengqi to come out with higher conditions. After waiting for a long time, he didn't see Li Chengqi's voice. He couldn't help but turned his face and took a peek at Li Chengqi. Qi way: "What are you laughing at!"

Li Chengqi smiled and said: "I was thinking, this bed is really warm, if I can sleep all the time in winter, I would lie in it all the time." Xue Chongjian hummed: "Aunt said, squirrels can sleep all the time in winter." Li Chengqi sighed: " It’s not bad to be a squirrel..." Xue Chongjian suddenly realized: "If you become a squirrel, you don’t need to go to class! You can get up anytime you want, and just play during the day, eat pine cones, and jump from one tree to another."

Li Chengqi also showed longing in his eyes, nodded and said: "In winter, we will sleep in a warm nest. We won't wake up until the ice in the stream melts and the running water gurgles. I ran out and saw that the pond has already The fluffy grass has grown, and the sun is like a golden crepe, tickling our bodies. We can run all the way to the north, to the Turks, and see the camels walking in the desert, and the Turks on horseback Dance. Or go all the way south to see the peach blossoms at Taoyedu and the swallows in Niaoyi Lane."

Xue Chongjian had never heard of Taoyedu and Wuyi Lane, but there were several Turkic maikos in his family, and wondered: "Do Turks have squirrels?" Li Chengqi shook his head and said, "I don't know..." Xue Chongjian laughed: "There is no most Well, we are the first to go, I am the squirrel emperor, you are the squirrel queen, and when other squirrels go, they must obey our orders." Li Chengqi was angry and funny, and wanted to slap his ass, and suddenly remembered Remembering that there was still a wound on his buttocks, the raised slap was stopped abruptly.He scratched Xue Chong's nose and said with a smile: "I'm a man, so I don't want to be a queen, and I don't want to be an emperor. I just want to be a happy squirrel."

Xue Chongjian remembered something again, and asked, "If I become a squirrel, can I only eat pine cones?" Li Chengqi thought for a while and said, "Yes." Xue Chongjian frowned and said, "That's not good, I still want to Eat crispy mountain glutinous rice, grilled mutton, and roasted partridge..." His black eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "Why don't we be squirrels in the daytime, don't have to get up early to go to class, don't have to be beaten, and at night we can be flower slaves and cousins, You can still eat good food! You can still be with mom and dad!"

When Li Chengqi thought about it, his idea really took advantage of the world, so he chuckled.

Xue Chongjian didn't have a good meal this morning, when he mentioned food, his stomach suddenly growled.Li Chengqi took out the piece of porridge made this morning from his arms, and handed it to him, "Do you want to eat it?" There were a lot of sesame seeds sprinkled on the outside of the porridge, and it was roasted crispy, and the inside was filled with sucrose butter and chopped walnuts and pine nuts And hazelnuts, which Xue Chongjian has always loved, grabbed them and ate them.

Li Chengqi smiled and licked a sesame seed from the corner of his mouth for him, and said, "Aren't you angry with cousin?" Xue Chongjian then remembered, hesitantly said: "There's a little more...that old man beat me to death, I Don't go to school tomorrow!" Li Chengqi thought for a while and said, "Okay, you can play at home for a few days, and then come to accompany my cousin to school, okay? When my cousin goes to school, I really want to see Hua Nu..."

Xue Chongjian had made up his mind that he would not go to school the next day, but a message came from the Hanlin Academy the next day, saying that the lecturer Song Shoujie had something to do and classes would be suspended for three days.Xue Chongjian was very unhappy, and thought to himself, maybe it was Grandma who was angry with the old man, but his official suddenly felt that the world was open and life was unprecedentedly joyful, and he begged his mother to take him into the palace to play with Li Chengqi .

It was sunny after the snow, but the snow had not yet melted. Li Chengqi loved the snow scene, and the servants would not allow the snow in the yard to be swept away. The palace people walked around the corridor, leaving a large area of ​​untrodden snow.In the mild winter sun, it shines like silver foil, like a baby's skin, which is amazingly clean.

Xue Chongjian and Li Chengqi piled up a snowman again. Xue Chongjian said they were both riding horses, but it took half a day to pile up a single horse, and it was just a fat white thing with four legs. It could be a horse or a snowman. Pigs are similar too.The ladies in the palace had nothing to do during the day, so they all came to make fun of it. One took a piece of brocade to make mud, and the other rummaged through some badly pasted flower tines to make apricot leaves, and dressed the "snow horse" in a garish and colorful way.

The people in the first courtyard were having fun, when a servant came to the gate of the courtyard, bowed and said in a low voice, "Mr. Song Shoujie at Futou.

Xue Chongjian felt that the world suddenly became dark again, and said in surprise, "Didn't you say that there will be no class today?" Li Chengqi only felt that Song Shoujie's attire was a little strange. Matched with a nine-piece silver belt, the long-horn Futou silver thread fish bag is meticulous.Wrapped in this coarse green cotton robe today, his back is slightly bent, looking bloated and shabby, without the noble and elegant demeanor of the past.

Li Chengqi walked slowly in front of Song Shoujie, and unconsciously trampled on the glittering and translucent Qiong Yao.Song Shoujie's breath turned into balls of moist white air in front of his eyes, and there was regret in his eyes, whether it was regret for himself, or the only remaining clean world.He smiled self-deprecatingly, knelt down and kowtowed to Li Chengqi with some difficulty, and said: "I kowtow to Your Highness for a thousand years." The servant next to him lowered his eyes and said in a low voice: "Mr. Song has been dismissed this morning."

Li Chengqi took another two steps forward. His uncle Xue Shaoxin gave him the "Seven Stories of Sparrows" on his waist. As he walked, he made a soft tinkling sound. He had never heard this sound before, but now It was so quiet, he wondered why others were as quiet as himself.

Song Shoujie had predicted his fate three days ago.

The Empress Dowager listened to Yu Baojia's advice and set up a copper box in front of the Luoyang Palace, so that everyone in the world could send letters to thank the emperor or recommend themselves, and they could also complain about grievances.So the door of the informant was opened to officials and people all over the world. Since March of this year, tens of thousands of people have poured in from the Central Plains and the South, and put their messy letters into the copper box. The content has always been mostly informants and grievances. For the first time, the hatred, conspiracy and grievances outside the palace can directly reach the Zichen Palace in such a convenient way.

The Empress Dowager, who was inspired by this, issued a decree that all informers, regardless of their occupation, status, or status, can meet with the Empress Dowager in due time. People who go to the capital of the gods to inform the people from other places will be treated with the courtesy of the fifth-rank official during the journey, and they will stay overnight at the post office. She, there are seven vegetables and one soup for the meal. Anyone whose secret performance is beneficial to the country's great plan may be promoted to an official.

There are a few people who were appreciated by the Queen Mother because of their informants, and they were promoted to official positions. Their names are: Suo Yuanli, Lai Junchen, Zhou Xing.They were originally Persians, death row prisoners and county magistrates, but now their common identity is the officials of the Sixing Temple.

Hatred and suspicion, cruelty and fear spread across the country like a plague, and hundreds or even thousands of people are thrown into prisons every day in shackles and chains.People carefully checked every word, every movement, and even every look in their eyes, for fear of offending the excited nerves of the murderer.Only when disaster strikes do people understand the importance of survival. Compared with living, beliefs, codes, ethics, and morality all become insignificant.The Empress Dowager intends to make officials all over the world tremble and rush to live.

Naturally, there were also people who opposed it. The ministers who opposed the whistleblowing of the copper box were either imprisoned by Zhou Xinglai, Junchen and others, or dismissed from office and exiled.Like Song Shoujie, an old and cold official with no official position, Junchen probably felt that he was not worth killing, so he was dismissed from office.

Li Chengqi invited Song Shoujie into the hall, his thin white fingers gently grasped the fish bag hanging from his waist, and there was a jade fish charm symbolizing his identity.There is only one fish talisman made of this jade, and the prince can use it to report to the emperor. Whether it is correct or not, the emperor must accept it.Since he matched this piece of jade, it has become the most common decoration, just like his dispensable and evasive prince-but his teacher is leaving.

Li Chengqi bit his lower lip lightly, and said hesitantly: "Sir... If you are alone asking to see the Queen Mother, please ask the Queen Mother..."

Song Shoujie shook his head with a smile and said, "Your Highness doesn't need to do anything for you. I came to see Your Highness, because after all, it's a teacher-student relationship, and I don't want to leave without saying goodbye, so that His Highness can miss you. After I leave, someone will take over for Your Highness. His Highness takes self-cultivation and academic study as his mind, and loves to study, so I am in the grass and wild, and I am also grateful for His Highness's kindness."

He knelt on the ground and was as tall as Xue Chongjian. Looking at the child with big black and white eyes, he couldn't help feeling pity in his heart. He stroked his shoulder and smiled, "This old man won't beat you again! He used to be a teacher I'm sorry, but Mr. Xiaolang, remember one more sentence from me, okay? This is what your Tai Weng Emperor Taizong said: "Tucheng bamboo horses, children's music; Jin Cui Luo Wan, women's music; trade Whether there is money or not, merchants enjoy it; high-ranking officials and high ranks, scholar-bureaucrats enjoy it; having no enemies before, the generals enjoy it; the four seas are united, and the emperor enjoys it.' You all have the blood of Emperor Taizong, and the burden of Tang Zhongxing rests on you , you must not waste your good years."

He had never spoken to Xue Chongjian in such a friendly manner. Xue Chongjian half-understood. He raised his head to look at Li Chengqi strangely, but saw a gleam of water glistening on Li Chengqi's drooping eyelids, just like the drops of water drooping from the ice edge in the morning. , will not fall.

Xue Chongjian looked at his cousin, then at the wrinkled old man, suddenly puffed up his cheeks, took a deep breath, ran to the table, picked up Li Chengqi's red sandalwood ruler for pressing calligraphy and painting, and ran down again, Handed it to Song Shoujie and said, "I made you angry that day. If you are still angry, hit me! I won't yell or scold you. Don't leave, my cousin will be sad if you leave!"

Song Shoujie's heart was sour, and tears almost welled up in his eyes, but he just gently stroked Xue Chongjian's snowy face, and said with a smile: "The teacher is not angry, the teacher is really not angry with you." How should he respond? They told how big the world outside the East Palace was, and how painful the wind outside the East Palace was when it blew on their skin.