The emperor does not want

It has always been said that there are a lot of secrets in the palace, but that is only what people outside the palace say.In fact, it is the inner courtyard of the deep palace that cannot hide the most secrets.

In the imperial palace, especially around the masters, any disturbances could not be concealed.

There is a new young father-in-law by the emperor's side. It is said that he took care of the emperor all night when he was drunk, so he was transferred from a small eunuch doing odd jobs to serve in front of the emperor.

Although the person involved tried his best to keep a low profile and did not want to attract attention, this matter still spread throughout the palace within two days.

"Are you Father Feng?" A delicate female voice sounded from above, startling Feng Wanqiu, who was lying on the railing and dozing, almost rolled down.

"Who are you?" He patted his chest again and again, finally calming down his heartbeat, and stared at the visitor.

It was a young woman of about eighteen or nine years old, dressed in palace attire, although it was not the kind of fancy dress worn by nymphs, she did not look like a palace maid either.

Thinking of this, Feng Wanqiu can roughly guess the other party's intentions.

"Looks like you are." said the woman in palace attire, took a delicate embroidered purse from her waist, and stuffed it into his hand. It was heavy, and he knew what was inside without looking.

"The slave family is Song Meiren, a small gift is not a respect, please trouble Eunuch Feng to mention the slave family a little bit when the emperor is happy." Song Meiren said, lowering her head shyly.

Everyone knows that although the eunuchs in the palace don't have much real power, they have more opportunities to speak up because they serve the emperor, especially the few big eunuchs in front of the emperor, who even have to curry favor with the high-ranking officials. Object.

Even though Feng Wanqiu is not comparable to some senior eunuchs, but hearing that the emperor has recently favored him, the concubines in the harem will give gifts from time to time, hoping that he can speak well for him in front of the emperor and get the emperor's favor.

When encountering this kind of thing at the beginning, he was still confused, but once or twice, he became enlightened.

"Look at what you said, we are all people who rely on the face of the superior, don't worry, I will definitely speak a few words for you in front of the emperor, as for this gift, you can take it back." General Feng Wanqiu The purse was pushed back to Song Meiren.

Outsiders all said that the imperial palace is good, but after more than ten days, he has seen clearly how terrifying the harem is.

If you are favored today, everyone will come to flatter you, but if you lose favor tomorrow, everyone will beat the dog in the water.What's more, there are so many beauties in the harem, how many people have to be lucky for one night, and then they won't even see the emperor. Those who have money will give some money to the eunuchs next to the emperor to pass the customs, and those who have no money can only stay in the cold palace. , Waiting for the old age.

Not to mention those imperial concubines and empresses, those who can sit in this position as masters all have powerful backgrounds that they rely on. These forces fight in the court, and in the harem, these empresses also fight, and there are endless incidents of framing and fighting for favor, and they suffer It is often the maids who are waiting on the side, or the concubines who cannot be on the stage.

In the past few days, hearing that he was favored, many people came to give gifts, some personally gave them, and some sent their servants to give them. From the requests of these people, he also sniffed out a lot of secrets.At the same time, he became more determined to take his sister out of this man-eating harem.

"This... Eunuch thinks this is not enough?" Seeing that he returned the purse, Song Meiren showed a anxious expression.

"Don't worry, it's not a big deal to say something nice to you, how dare you accept your gift." Feng Wanqiu rolled his eyes and said again: "But I would like to ask you to help me find out something, you I often walk around in the harem, I don’t know if I’ve ever heard of a maid named Wan’er?”

This is the old trick he used to deal with these gift-giving ladies and beauties these days. He is not greedy for money, nor does he like to accept bribes, so naturally he would not take these things.It is not easy for him to refuse the gifts from the ladies, and after accepting them, he will take them all back to the emperor.As for the other concubines, he refused all of them, but instead asked them for help to find out the whereabouts of his sister, which was much faster than searching for a needle in a haystack by himself.

"... Wan'er? I've never heard of that name." Song Meiren thought for a while, and finally shook her head.

Feng Wanqiu couldn't help but lose face when he heard the words.

"However, if the father-in-law wants to find someone, if he knows the year he entered the palace and his name, he can go to Yeting and check to see which empress he was assigned to in the palace that year."

"Oh, is that so? Thank you very much. I'll look it up later." Hearing that there might be a clue, Feng Wanqiu happily bowed to Song Meiren, then turned and left quickly.

After going to court, Mu Yichen returned to the palace exhausted, dismissed the palace servants, and lay down on a soft couch beside him with his eyes closed.

In the past few days, the courtiers have become more and more noisy and fierce. On the surface, it is because of the flood in the Yellow River, but in fact it is the faction of the Queen Mother's relatives, who are wrestling with the Tuogu Minister who supports the new emperor.

In the early years, when he was still the crown prince, the queen mother took advantage of his father's illness to expand the influence of his relatives, but now they have taken root in the court, and it is not so easy to get rid of them.If his father hadn't appointed several important ministers to assist him before his death, and left a decree to several generals in charge of military power, his throne would have been handed over to others...

It's just that Mu Yichen's heart aches every time he thinks about it.He couldn't figure it out, he was obviously a blood relative, why didn't his mother want him to sit on the throne?

Could it be that he really had to abdicate to the emperor's younger brother and obeyed the Queen Mother's wishes before she would give up?

The more I thought about it, the more my head hurt. Mu Yichen shook his head and called out, "Come here, let's serve tea."

After waiting for a while, he didn't hear anything, so he called again, "Xiao Fengzi, serve tea."

Still no response.

"Feng Wanqiu, come down to me!" Mu Yichen yelled again.

"Here, what's the matter?" Feng Wanqiu rolled over from the beams of the roof and landed, and then patted the dust on his body with ease.

As usual, in the early court of the emperor, except for the chief steward, other eunuchs are not allowed to follow, so Feng Wanqiu always takes advantage of this time to go to the harem to inquire about the whereabouts of his sister.He also just came back shortly before Mu Yichen went to court, and was about to take a nap on the beam when he was called down.

"I called you just now, why didn't you answer?"

"There's no one here called Xiao Fengzi, why should I call back." He plucked his ears, shrugged, Feng Wanqiu acted as if it was a matter of course.

Speaking of this, he was angry. Ever since the deal was concluded that day, the emperor gave him such an ugly name.Xiao Fengzi, Xiao Fengzi, people who don't know think he is called a little lunatic, and he will be an idiot if he responds!

Hearing this, Mu Yichen couldn't help but smile, and still pretended to be angry and said: "Remember, you are Xiao Fengzi, this is my order, how dare you resist it?"

In fact, he just yelled at random that day, he didn't expect Feng Wanqiu's reaction to be so big, it made him find it very interesting, so he never changed his words.He also thought it was fun to tease this guy like this twice in three days.

"Hey, hey, if you don't want to change your name or surname, even if you are the emperor, you can't just change it!" Hearing what he said, Feng Wanqiu was not happy, and protested with her lips pouted.

"You..." Mu Yichen found it funny.What he said was the imperial decree, even if he was joking, those ministers would take it seriously in trepidation, there would be no chance to quarrel with others like this.

He was about to say something more, when suddenly, a boy of twelve or thirteen years old rushed into the hall regardless of the obstruction of the palace guards outside.This young man wore a golden crown on his hair, red lips and white teeth, he was very pleasing, blinking his starry eyes, when he saw him, he shouted: "Brother Huang, brother Huang."

"Brother Xuan, what's the matter." Looking at the person coming, the smile on Mu Yichen's face disappeared completely, showing the majesty of the emperor.

"Emperor brother, my mother won't let me practice martial arts."

"If you don't let it, don't let it go. Didn't you just hurt yourself a few days ago? The queen mother is worried about you, so you just listen to her."

"It doesn't matter, Brother Huang, I want to practice martial arts, so I won't hurt myself again." Mu Yixuan saw that even Brother Huang didn't stand by him, and he played with his temper and made a lot of noise. He didn't look like a prince at all.

Feng Wanqiu looked at it and frowned.In the past few days, he walked around the palace and heard something about the prince.

Logically speaking, when the new emperor ascends the throne, the other princes will leave the palace and live elsewhere.But the Empress Dowager always doted on her second son, the Emperor was a dutiful son, and King Xuan was underage, so he made an exception and allowed him to stay in the palace.

Seeing Mu Yixuan tugging on Mu Yichen's robe sleeve and clamoring to practice martial arts, he was like a child who couldn't get candy.Thinking of what Mu Yichen said when he was drunk that night, Feng Wanqiu couldn't help frowning.Seeing King Xuan's appearance, how could he take on the important task of being the head of a country?If it doesn't work out, the young lord ascends to the throne, and the queen mother is behind the curtain to listen to the government in the end. Wouldn't the world be in chaos that day?

I hope that the emperor really got drunk and made a slip of the tongue that day, and he didn't really want to give up his seat.

"That's enough! This is the imperial study room, not a place for you to play your temper! The queen mother wants you not to learn martial arts, so you are not allowed to learn martial arts. Hurry up and retreat!" Mu Yichen was also disturbed, Longyan was furious, and snapped Shouting loudly, Mu Yixuan was so scared that he didn't dare to speak again.

At this time, a eunuch suddenly reported outside the door: "The Queen Mother is here."

"Xuan'er." Then, a beautiful woman in a gorgeous palace dress intertwined with gold and red, and a sterling silver tiara slowly walked into the imperial study.

The whole room immediately knelt down.Feng Wanqiu peeked at the queen mother from below.It is said that she was not the first wife of the first emperor, but was raised from the concubine after the death of the previous empress.In terms of age, she should be in her 40s now, but she looks like she is in her early thirties, and the beauty of the harem has not diminished a little.

Seeing that the queen mother arrived, Mu Yichen also led his younger brother to greet the queen mother.

But the queen mother turned a blind eye to the kneeling people in the room, including the emperor Mu Yichen, and just stepped forward to speak to Mu Yixuan.

"Xuan'er, why are you so naughty? It's not that the mother doesn't let you practice martial arts. Look, you've only practiced for a few days, and your body is full of injuries. The mother loves you so much." She touched the second son's face, His eyes are full of pity.

"This is the imperial study room, where the emperor discusses matters. You can't come and mess around in the future, you know? Come on, go back to the palace with the queen mother."

"Understood, Queen Mother." Mu Yixuan took a peek at the elder brother who was still saluting with his head down, and seemed to want to say something, but finally swallowed it back, nodded obediently, and left with the Queen Mother.

After the queen mother left, Mu Yichen raised his head, looked gloomy, glanced at the kneeling servants in the room, and waved his hand displeasedly, "Get up for me, go out, no one is allowed without my order." Come in."

A group of court ladies and eunuchs knew that the master was angry, so they didn't dare to say a word, and quickly retreated.

Turning around and sitting back on the soft couch feeling sulking, Mu Yichen rolled his eyes and saw Feng Wanqiu still standing aside, asking in a bad tone: "Why don't you go out, didn't you hear what I said?"

"Anyway, I'm definitely not among the people you mentioned." Feng Wanqiu replied with a smile, then picked up the teapot and cup, and poured a cup of tea for Mu Yichen, "Hey, have a sip of tea to calm down .”

Stretching out his hand to hold the warm teacup, he took a sip of the tea, and then looked at the hearty smile of the person in front of him, Mu Yichen suddenly felt that the grievance and upset just now dissipated a little.

This person is quite interesting, and he is not regarded as the emperor at all, but seeing his free and easy appearance, he feels relieved, and Mu Yichen doesn't care whether Feng Wanqiu is big or small.

He was about to say something, but Feng Wanqiu sat down on the other side of the imperial couch and poured himself a cup of tea. "Let me tell you, you have worked really hard as an emperor. People say, 'Once you enter the Marquis family, it's as deep as the sea'. I think your emperor's family is really bottomless."

It is clear that they are all flesh and blood. It is not an exaggeration to describe the Queen Mother's attitude towards King Xuan as completely different from her attitude towards the emperor.

Mu Yichen didn't know what to say, and finally he could only say, "...became the emperor, that's how it is."

Feng Wanqiu glanced at him, and saw his lonely expression, like a child who couldn't please his mother, who didn't know what he did wrong, his face was so wronged that people wanted to cherish it.He only saw this appearance when the emperor was drunk that day, usually he always carried the majesty of the emperor, who knew how lonely he was.

His harem concubines compete for favor and power every day, and the harem is distributed like a small imperial court. The emperor watches the ministers fight in court, and after the court returns to the harem, he has to deal with the scheming of those empresses. How can anyone accompany him to talk about his heart? talk.It's no wonder that the emperor is younger than himself, so he looks old-fashioned.

Thinking of this, Feng Wanqiu couldn't help reaching out to touch the young emperor's head.

But after only touching it twice, Mu Yichen slapped it away, "What are you doing!" Can anyone touch the emperor's head?

But Feng Wanqiu felt that there was nothing wrong, and he was not annoyed when his hand was waved away, and said with a smile on his face, "I comfort you."

Hearing what he said, and seeing his warm smile, Mu Yichen couldn't help but be infatuated.

"The emperor is also a human being. There are always times when you are upset. If you are bored and want to find someone to talk to someone, just go to me. I have a tight mouth and a bad memory. I forget everything after hearing it. You don't have to." I’m afraid that if you tell me, I will tell others.”

Seeing Feng Wanqiu say these words with a bright smile, Mu Yichen felt warm in his heart, like a warm current flowing, and felt sweet.

How long has it been since he was comforted?Since my cousin left, who else would care if he was bored or wronged?No one will accompany him to talk to him.And this eunuch, who had just entered the palace not long ago, actually said that he was willing to accompany him to talk to him to relieve his boredom.

"Let's not talk about that, have you found your sister?" After waving his hand, Mu Yichen felt better, so he didn't want to continue this topic.

He sent someone to check Feng Wanqiu's statement before, and he knew that he did have a younger sister who was selected into the palace as a palace maid, and this person did not lie to him.

"No." As soon as he mentioned his sister, Feng Wanqiu's face immediately collapsed, "There are so many maids in the palace, and every day I see different faces, so it's so easy to find them."

Seeing his disappointment, Mu Yichen wanted to comfort him a few words, but he immediately stared his eyes and asked excitedly, "But today, what ... ah! It's Song Meiren, she said as long as she wants Knowing the year and name of entering the palace, you can go to Yeting to check which empress's palace you were assigned to."

"Beauty Song? You went to the harem to talk to her?" Mu Yichen frowned, even he didn't realize that there was a little displeasure in his voice.

"No, she came to find me by herself, I just asked casually." Naturally, Feng Wanqiu didn't notice anything wrong, and drank tea on his own.

"What did she ask you for?"

"It's not that kind of thing." Speaking of this, Feng Wanqiu narrowed his eyes, smiled like a fox, pushed him with his elbow, and smiled ambiguously, "She came to intercede with me, I want you to pay attention to her when you have time. Seriously, I think she is very good, she is beautiful, and she has a round ass, and she looks like she is going to have a son."

Originally, he was not happy to hear about other women from Feng Wanqiu, but when he heard Song Meiren being praised by him, Mu Yichen became even more angry, stood up abruptly, and shouted: "My harem family affairs, favors Which concubine has nothing to do with you, don't talk about it anymore!"

Unexpectedly, he hit a snag, Feng Wanqiu could only touch his nose and admit that he was unlucky.The emperor was most worried about those women in the harem. He had seen them when he was serving the imperial court in the past few days, so he couldn't blame him for losing his temper with him.

"If you don't talk, don't talk, why are you so angry..." After muttering a few words, Feng Wanqiu returned to the topic, "Let's talk about something serious, I went to Yeting before you went to court , but the people inside said that there is no text or will, and they are not allowed to investigate what they say, can you give me the order or something, let me look it up.”

Originally, the matter of Song Meiren was a trivial matter, and Mu Yichen didn't know why he suddenly became angry, and was a little annoyed at his immaturity. At this time, Feng Wanqiu had something to ask, thought for a moment, and then took it off from his belt. A jade ring was handed to him.

"You take this."

"Why give me this?" Feng Wanqiu reached out to take it, looking over and over again.This Jue is of high quality and is the emperor's belongings, so it must be of great value.

"Take my personal jade jue and go. Seeing the jue is like seeing me, Ye Ting will not dare to stop you. You can do whatever you want to investigate."

"Thank you so much. I'll borrow it for a while, and I'll return it to you when I find my sister." Feng Wanqiu raised her brows with joy, and put the jade ring close to her body.

Seeing the smile in his clever eyes, Mu Yichen unconsciously became happy.

With the jade ring in his hand, Ye Ting naturally did not dare to stop him, and hastily pulled out the list of palace attendants who have entered the palace over the years for Feng Wanqiu to search.

As soon as he found out that his younger sister was assigned to the Concubine De's Palace, he turned to the Concubine De's Palace to inquire again.The strange thing is that everyone said they didn't know there was such a palace lady named Wan'er.

He made many inquiries, and only found out from an old palace population that there was a palace lady who was ordered by Concubine De to deliver snacks to the Queen Mother, and he never saw her again. The maid seemed to be called Wan'er.

The matter involved the Empress Dowager, Feng Wanqiu didn't dare to act rashly, so he had to find some insignificant little maids to inquire, but it was strange to say that when those palace people heard that he was looking for Wan'er, their expressions changed drastically, and they hurriedly replied that they didn't know, and then leave in a hurry.

The attitude of these people gave him an ominous premonition.Could it be that Wan'er offended the queen mother and was killed by the queen mother?

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, his palms were sweating non-stop, and he didn't even notice that Mu Yichen went down to court and walked into the imperial study.

"Feng Wanqiu, what's the matter with you?" Seeing him in a daze, Mu Yichen walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder.

"No... nothing..." When he came back to his senses, he quickly tried to cover up, but his pale face had already revealed his abnormality.

"You said it's okay, your face is pale." You were fine in the morning, why did you suddenly become like this? Could something have happened?

"...Your Majesty, there is something I don't know whether to say or not." Feng Wanqiu hesitated, really not knowing what to do.

In the Forbidden Palace, a little court lady is nothing. It is common for noble concubines to beat and scold at will if they are unhappy, let alone if you are the empress dowager, no one will care if you kill a little palace lady...

But that was his only sister!If this is the case, is he going to kill the queen mother for revenge?

If he kills the queen mother, he can flee to the end of the world, but what about his parents?

The more he thought about it, the more his brain exploded, but he still couldn't think of a solution to the problem...

"Speak straight."

"I found my sister's whereabouts, but..."

"That's a good thing, why do you seem unhappy." Mu Yichen smiled.It's a good thing to find my sister, why is he looking so sad?

"It's just that the clues were interrupted suddenly, and Wan'er had been to the Empress Dowager's bedroom before she disappeared..." After much hesitation, he decided to tell the truth.

There is still no evidence to prove that the queen mother killed Wan'er, no matter what, it has to be investigated!Maybe Wan'er was just transferred to serve the Queen Mother!

"Queen?" Mu Yichen frowned immediately when he heard this, "The clue was cut off by the queen..."

This matter is tricky, the empress mother and him are now at odds with each other, and the secret guards around him have recently investigated the frequent actions of the empress dowager's natal family.

Mu Yichen was contemplating, but Feng Wanqiu was in a hurry, thinking that Mu Yichen kept silent because the queen mother was his mother and wanted to protect him, so he knelt down immediately.

"Your Majesty, please give me justice, ask the Queen Mother, where did she get my sister!"

Hearing his urgent voice, Mu Yichen was also speechless.After checking his mother at this time, it will only ruin his painstaking layout, how can he lose the big because of a small one.

But he couldn't tell an eunuch about these matters related to state secrets.

"The queen mother is involved in this matter. The matter is more complicated than you think. Just leave it alone. I have my own opinion." In the end, Mu Yichen could only answer like this.

However, to Feng Wanqiu's ears, this sentence was an excuse for him to excuse the queen mother, he got angry and stood up abruptly.

"Don't worry? It's my younger sister who is missing. You told me to leave it alone?! Yes, my younger sister is a little palace maid. In the eyes of your masters, missing one or two, and dying one or two are nothing! But that is my only sister." !" Feng Wanqiu roared angrily, the uncertainty of his sister's life and death made him so anxious that even his rationality went to the sky.

"You won't help me, will you? It's okay, I'll check it myself! I don't need the help of you, the emperor! You take this thing back, I don't care for it!" After finishing speaking, he took something out of his pocket and threw it back Mu Yichen walked towards the gate without looking back.

"Stop, where are you going?" Mu Yichen saw that he had thrown back the jade ring he had given him, and quickly called to stop him.

"The feet are on my body. I like to go wherever I like. I don't dare to bother you, the emperor who is busy with everything!" Feng Wanqiu replied coldly. gone.

Seeing him leaving without looking back, Mu Yichen was so angry that he swept everything on the table to the ground.

This guy, if you give him three points, he really started a dyeing workshop!He left as soon as he said, and dared to speak loudly to him, did he still take himself, the emperor, seriously?

Clenching the jade in his hand, thinking about the angry look of that man before he left, Mu Yichen felt his heart tighten again, and a piercing pain surged up.

Of course he knew that Feng Wanqiu was in a hurry, and it was not impossible for him to understand.Feng Wanqiu is willing to enter the palace in order to find his sister, which shows how much he attaches importance to this sister.

but……

Distraught, Mu Yichen shouted outside, "Come here!"

Eunuch Ke, who had been waiting outside for a long time, hurried into the imperial study, "Your servant is here, what is the emperor's order?"

"Bring me Gao Shangshu, and I also want the Shangshu from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households to come together."

"Yes."

Leaving the imperial study room, he found a secluded side hall where there was no one there. As soon as Feng Wanqiu lay down on the spacious bed, he crossed his legs and sulked.

In fact, he also knew that he was too unreasonable just now.It's just that he has always said that the wind is the wind and the rain is the rain. When he has a temper, he has always been denied by his relatives.

After sitting on the roof for a while and calming down, he also knew that the emperor was in trouble.On the one hand, the queen mother is his biological mother, on the other hand, the court struggles are complex and often involve dozens of lives. He has seen a lot by the emperor's side these days, and he also knows that the queen mother can't move easily.

In fact, he saw and remembered the emperor's kindness to him. He was not angry at all when he offended Long Yan repeatedly, and gave him the jade ring to help him find his sister.

But he is in a hurry.Wan'er's life and death are uncertain now, and he can't calm down no matter what he says...

"Wan'er, are you alive or dead..." After several days of visits made him exhausted, tiredness welled up, he gradually closed his eyes, and soon fell asleep.

This is what Mu Yichen saw when he came to Fenglin Palace...

"So you came here." Seeing that he was sleeping like a child, not defending himself at all, and didn't want to wake him up, Mu Yichen walked to his side lightly.

I saw the person on the bed falling asleep with his hands and feet stretched out, his clothes were slightly open, revealing a small half of his honey-colored chest, which was a healthy complexion that was exposed to the sun while practicing martial arts. Although his sleeping appearance was ugly, Mu Yi In Chen's eyes, there is another kind of free and easy style.

And his handsome face, when he was asleep, looked completely different from when he was awake. The sleeping Feng Banqiu was quiet and handsome, but when this person was awake, his face was full of vivid expressions, which always made people feel like looking at him. It's not boring. Seeing him laughing freely, my mood seems to be infected as well.

Is it all a coincidence?

He likes to come to Fenglin Temple, and Feng Wanqiu also appears here again and again, is it possible that God is watching them somewhere?

As Feng Wanqiu stayed by his side, he was no longer as gloomy as before, and he smiled more, and he no longer felt sad because of his mother's neglect of him.

At first it was because of Feng Wanqiu's face that he kept him, but later on he gradually liked Feng Wanqiu, whether it was his cheerful and easy-going temperament or his fearless appearance.

He doesn't know what kind of feelings he has for Feng Wanqiu, he only knows that he likes to see him smile, like the way he talks and listens to what's on his mind.

This person is like a warm sun, warming his heart as cold as the severe winter.

"Don't worry, I will help you find your sister." Caressing his cheek, Mu Yichen's mouth slightly curled up, making a promise.