Shaodi Chunxin

The twentieth day of the first lunar month.

Dexi came out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and said to Liu Jiu who had been kneeling for more than half an hour: "Master Liu, the master has summoned you."

"The master wants to see the slave?"

Dexi said softly: "Exactly. You go in now, don't keep the master Long Live waiting."

Liu Jiu was flattered.

If he remembers correctly, since the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the young emperor has not seen his foreign ministers, nor listened to the government.Now there are thousands of people kneeling outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation, waiting to see him, but the master only summoned him, what an honor this is.

Liu Jiu bowed and walked into the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Just as he lifted up his robe and knelt down in the Zhongzheng Renhe Hall, he heard Dexi say, "You can go directly to the East Nuan Pavilion. The master has already agreed."

He quickly entered the Nuan Pavilion, knelt down three times and kowtowed nine times, then prostrated himself on the ground: "Master, Liu Jiu is here."

The young emperor of Daduanchao was leaning on the dragon chair to read the memorials, flipping through a few books and said: "It's all from Fu Yuanqing's memorials."

Liu Jiu is the best at observing words and expressions, and quickly echoed: "I heard that there are more than these servants. The memorials to Fu Yuanqing can't be piled up in the cabinet. The tickets are proposed and sent to the Supervisor of Rituals. Fu Yuanqing keeps half of the value room. No, he knows he is ashamed, he will not even enter the palace if he is sick."

"Is he ashamed? What is he ashamed of?"

Liu Jiu elaborated on the matter of Hou Xinghai. Seeing that Zhao Xu was not angry, he still listened carefully. He even said that he was flying like a phoenix. He described Fu Yuanqing as a traitor with evil intentions, and whitewashed himself as a loyal man who was worried about the imperial court. slave.

"Except for the memorials presented earlier, the rest of the proposals approved by the cabinet were all handled by the supervisor. He relied on the fact that he was entrusted by the late emperor and his master's sixteen seals were still locked in the supervisor. Now I’ve dropped the pick and quit, waiting for the cabinet to beg him, waiting for Your Majesty to beg him!”

"Oh?" the young emperor said, "Then do you think I should go and beg him to return to court?"

"How can master condescend so much?" Liu Jiu was anxious, "It's absolutely impossible, master!"

Zhao Xu seemed to be a little worried, and sighed lightly: "If the imperial court is safe because of this, my bow is nothing."

"What kind of thing is he, Fu Yuanqing, it's insulting to say it." Liu Jiu choked up, "You don't know, he is greedy for lust, and raised a confinement at home! It's unsightly to have fun every day."

Zhao Xu couldn't help but glanced at him, and said inexplicably, "You are quite well informed."

"The master is the son of heaven, and Fu Yuanqing is a slave. If you ask him, what is the majesty of the Daduan court? If you ask him, the slave is incompetent, and the slave deserves death. I hope I will die now!"

Speaking of this, Liu Jiu seemed to really intend to die, grabbed the ground with his head, kowtowed and banged, and his forehead became red and swollen in a blink of an eye.

"Okay, okay. If I don't want to go, don't worry about it. What should I do if my brain breaks in a while? How about it..." Zhao Xu pondered, "Since Fu Yuanqing said he was unwell, let him rest at home .From today onwards, you will be temporarily authorized to grant awards."

Liu Jiu was taken aback for a moment, and ecstasy burst into his heart.

Approving red is to write memorials for the emperor.

That is supreme power.

Even the cabinet has to be afraid to please.

He has been thinking about it for many years... and now finally——

Liu Jiu burst into tears, and kowtowed: "Thank you, Master Long En!"

"Go on, I'm tired." The young emperor waved his hand like chasing a dog away.

"The slave must be doing her job well, the slave has stepped back."

Liu Jiu turned around and walked away.

The young emperor stood up and asked Dexi to open the window. The snow and ice outside the window began to melt, and the morning light spread over his profile, outlining his youthful face.

It is somewhat similar to Chen Jingzhen, but also somewhat different.

He looks more pampered than Chen Jing, but the deepest dragon's breath hidden in his eyes is the same.He watched Liu Jiu's leaving back from the East Nuan Pavilion, and shook his head.

Zhao Xu turned around and asked Dexi, "How is Father today?"

"Bailishi has returned from Miyun. The news from Fang Shaojian earlier today said that the ancestor took medicine, woke up once in the middle, and fell asleep again." Dexi said, "The prescription of Baili's genius doctor seems to be It works, no more burning."

Zhao Xu let out a "hmm", took out the Great Desolation Jade Book from the desk, opened it up and read it for a while.

"Have someone get ready, I'm leaving the palace right away." He put away the scriptures and said.

Dexi was taken aback: "Master, you have been outside the palace these days, and you have only been back for two hours, and you are leaving again... The servants have the courage to ask, if the ministers come again, how will the servants return to them?"

Zhao Xu has already started to take off the dragon robe: "Didn't Liu Jiu be approved of red?"

"...I-Is this serious?" Dexi was dumbfounded.

"Dexi, do you think I'm joking about everything I say?" Zhao Xu asked.

Dexi begs Rao to laugh: "How dare a servant have such an intention? Your Majesty, you have misunderstood. A person like Liu Jiu, he is not even worthy of carrying the shoes of the ancestor..."

"Let the laborers do the hard work." Zhao Xu said indifferently, "Besides, what's urgent."

Dexi was at a loss for words—Daduanchao belonged to your Zhao family. If you don’t worry about it yourself, what can others say?

When Zhao Xu left, he ordered again: "Speak to my father for me."

"...Say, say what?"

"Just say..." Zhao Xu pondered for a long time, "Just say I miss him, let him go back to the palace to recuperate."

Dexi didn't understand again.

——Aren't the two of you face to face, what can't you say directly?

Although he didn't understand, he didn't dare to ask more questions, he accepted the errand honestly, and planned to arrange a safe servant to do it later.

Fu Yuanqing's illness came fiercely, but it went away gradually.

When he woke up, Chen Jing was wiping his arms.

"Chen Jing." Fu Yuanqing spoke with a hoarse voice, "What's wrong with me..."

"Palmprint has been sick for two days, but he has sweated, and he is almost healed now." Chen Jing stared at him and asked, "Do you still remember drinking the night before in Palmprint?"

"I just remember that Tongda came here." Fu Yuanqing said, "He gave me two altars of peach and plum spring breeze, and I only drank one bowl, and then I got drunk."

If he wanted to think about it again, he would have a splitting headache.

"Don't think about the palm prints, it will be even more uncomfortable with a hangover and a high fever." Chen Jing stood up and said, "Go down and call Bailishi."

"It doesn't take a few days to go to Miyun, why is it so fast?"

"Well... Anyway, I'm back."

The kind who were arrested by Dongchang fanzi from Miyun overnight.

"Then ask the divine doctor."

Chen Jing clasped his fists and left.

Fang Jing entered: "Godfather. There is news from the palace."

"You said."

"The emperor asked Liu Jiu to delegate your authority to approve awards." Fang Jing said, "Let you go back to the palace to recuperate."

"Is this for recuperation, or grounding?" Fu Yuanqing mused, "That's fine, I'm seriously ill... It's really delaying state affairs. Tell the master, Fu Yuanqing will go back after spring."

Fang Jing was in a hurry: "Godfather, Liu Jiu is something unpopular, and he is also worthy of taking your power. My son doesn't understand, I can't figure it out! My son will go and ask what Long Live Lord is going to do!"

"Nonsense. Your Majesty has his own deep meaning. You must not overstep." Fu Yuanqing stopped him.

Fang Jing's eyes were red, and he knelt down crying and said, "Godfather, first we will seize your right to approve reds, then we will seize Dongchang, Beizhen Fusi, and finally your seal of the supervisor of ceremonies—when the time comes, you Is there still a way to survive? Huh?"

Fu Yuanqing sighed, and suddenly smiled, "Your Majesty wants me to repay the government. This news... will come one day, I thought I would be somewhat unwilling... I heard it today, but unexpectedly I feel a little more relaxed. Don't you Feel sorry for me. I'm not sorry."

Just as he was talking, Chen Jing came in with Baili Shi, Fang Jing quickly wiped away his tears and stood up to serve, and even looked at Chen Jing with a grievance.

After Baili's pulse, he nodded: "It's much better than when I left last time."

"Really?" Chen Jing didn't believe it.

Baili Shi was impatient, but fortunately he remembered Chen Jing's identity, so he held back his cynicism: "Who do you think I am? I am Baili Shi, and when I say it's better, it's better!"

"Baili genius doctor hangs the pot to help the world, with a benevolent heart and benevolent skills, so naturally he won't talk nonsense." Fu Yuanqing said.

Bailishi sighed: "I still understand me with my palm prints. Your disease is incurable all the way through the Great Desolation Jade Classic. Although it seems that the disease is menacing, it is precisely the deficiency and filth accumulated in your bones. .It's not a bad thing."

He raised his hand and patted Chen Jing's shoulder: "This medicine, if you eat it well and take it on time, it may be possible to prolong your life."

Fu Yuanqing was amused by him.

Fang Jing was still angry, he didn't even look at Chen Jing, and angrily asked Bailishi to go out and open a new prescription.

"I don't need to prolong my life. If there is a turning point at that time, please ask the doctor Baili to save you. You are still young and should live longer." Fu Yuanqing said to Chen Jing.

Chen Jing didn't answer, he lifted the thin quilt for him, and said: "The sun has gradually warmed up in the past two days, and the ice and snow have melted. Do you want to see the palm prints?"

"it is good."

Chen Jing carried him to the couch, and wrapped him tightly in the quilt.

Then push open the window.

But in just two or three days, the scenery in Tingtao Residence has completely changed.

The sun is rising outside the window, and the light clouds are chasing the wind... It is already the appearance of early spring.The ice and snow melted, only some accumulations in the dark places.Fortunately, the red plums that bloomed in the past two days have not completely withered.

It was about Bailishi's prescription that really worked.

Or because the power of criticizing red has fallen to the side, the fate can be seen by looking up.

Or with a quiet and steady person like Chen Jing by his side, it makes people feel lucky for the short rest of their lives.

The wind that was no longer cold was blowing on his face, and Fu Yuanqing had a feeling of welcoming the spring for the first time in 13 years. He raised his hand out of the window, and he reached the willow tree that had just sprouted, and the swallows were chirping on the branches.

His brows and eyes softened, and he turned to Chen Jing and said: "On the day of Lichun, the imperial city is filled with banners and flags. According to the custom, the spring is welcomed outside Dongzhimen. Fan Xunwei, the ministers, Dagong, and warriors go to the spring field to race horses. Starting from Dongzhimen, pass Chengtianmen , ran all the way to Xinhuamen. The emperor will go to Xinhuamen to wait for the first prize, a set of flying fish clothes, 20 taels of gold, and then a hard-earned horse selected by the Yumajian. All young heroes in Shuntian Prefecture will try it , striving to be romantic...do you want to go and have a look?"

"If the ancestor wants to go, this subordinate will accompany you."

"You are still young, so you should like the excitement." Fu Yuanqing said, "Then let's go and ask the cook to make spring soup and spring cakes, and we will eat together when we come back at night."

Chen Jing said, "Okay."

Fang Jing left when he sent Baili off, and when he entered the Nuan Pavilion, he heard Fu Yuanqing say: "Fang Jing, do you still have the hair accessories that Shang Baojian gave me a few years ago?"

Fang Jing said blankly: "Godfather, didn't you dislike overreaching and let your son put it away?"

"Find out the gold-plated moth hairpin inside."

"Okay..." After Fang Jing finished speaking, he couldn't help asking, "Godfather, what are you doing looking for Nao Mo Zan?"

"Shouldn't moths be worn during the beginning of spring?"

"According to the custom, you have to wear it...but you didn't in previous years..." How can you keep the custom.

Fang Jing swallowed back the last half of the sentence, but Fu Yuanqing still understood his complaint, and said with a smile: "At the beginning of spring, I took Chen Jing to watch the horse races in spring. You have to wear a moth hairpin to suit the occasion."

Fang Jing was taken aback, tears welled up in his eyes, suppressed his trembling voice, suppressed all the pain, and smiled reluctantly: "Okay! My son will go find it! I will find you a gilded moth hairpin, and I will give it to Wanke. !...Master Chen finds a piece of gold in the grass...and prepares the python robe that Lord Long Live rewarded you, so that you two can go to the horse race in a decent manner."