The season entered the hot summer, and the sun was very hot early in the morning. Knowing that the cicadas were neighing endlessly in the trees, the heat was already unbearable, but now the noise from the cicadas was so annoying that Shen Ying couldn't sleep at noon. Didn't sleep well.

Although two jars of ice had been placed in Yongle Palace to cool down, the effect of this most primitive way of cooling was obviously very limited.

Shen Ying turned over on the couch in a half-dream, with two court ladies fanning him beside him, but even so, his back was sweating from the heat.

At this time, he couldn't help but miss the benefits of air conditioning in summer. Imagine lying in an air-conditioned room, eating iced watermelon and playing with his mobile phone. Such a fairy day, even if ten emperors were exchanged with him, he would not change it. !

Shen Ying was so hot that she couldn't sleep, sat up from the couch, and called Wan Zhongquan to come in, "Didn't you hear the cicadas outside? Why don't you hurry up and ask someone to stick all the cicadas off the tree, and make a noise." It gave me a headache."

Wan Zhongquan hurried out to ask the little eunuch to stick the cicada with a bamboo pole, and Shen Ying asked Shuoyu to go to the internal officer's prison to ask the people in the internal official's prison to bring more ice cubes to cool down, and then asked the Shangshan supervisor to prepare some iced fruit drinks Eat to relieve heat.

Shuoyu took the order, and led people to the inner prison without stopping. As soon as he walked outside the inner prison, he heard a quarrel between the court ladies and eunuchs.

"Why are you arguing? It's a hot day, everyone is so angry?"

Shuoyu went in, glanced into the room, and recognized the quarreling person as the eunuch Li Baoying, the eunuch with the handprint of the internal official supervisor, and the other one was Qiuci, the personal maid of Princess Changping.

The internal official supervisor is in charge of purchasing all the utensils in the palace, which is a very fat job, and Li Baoying is only in his twenties. With his relationship as Guo Jiuchen's godson, he can be an internal official at a young age. The supervisor is in charge of the seat of the eunuch.

This Li Baoying, relying on his godfather status, is used to domineering in the palace, not to mention ordinary court ladies and eunuchs, even some masters should respect him three points.

However, Shuoyu is also a servant of the imperial court, even if Li Baoying has Guo Jiuchen's backing, she still has to give Shuoyu some face. Seeing Shuoyu come in, she can't care less about arguing with the maid, so she quickly invites Shuoyu to sit down and smiles obsequiously He asked: "Eunuch Yu, why are you here when you are free? Is there something missing in Yongle Palace?"

Shuoyu sat down and said, "Your Majesty is still too hot, so hurry up and bring more ice cubes to Yongle Palace."

"It's just such a small matter, you just send the little eunuchs here to pass on a message. It's a hot day, why bother you to go there yourself?" Li Baoying pointed to the little eunuchs in the room and said, "How many of you are there?" Hurry up to the ice cellar to bring ice to the emperor, and bring some sour plum soup to quench the thirst of Eunuch Yu!"

"A dog's eyes look at things that are inferior to people." Qiuci, the personal maid of Princess Changping, spat aside, and asked Li Baoying with a sneer, "Eunuch Li, just now I asked you if you still have ice, but you said no, what will happen to your son now?" again?"

Shuo Yu looked at Li Baoying: "What's going on?"

Li Baoying played sloppy eyes: "It's nothing, it's just some trivial things." Then he looked at Qiuci, "I said Qiuci, are you too messy and annoying? Our family has told you that the total amount of ice every year That's all, and the masters of each palace get it according to their quota. We have already delivered the ice in Changning Palace. If every palace ran out like your Changning Palace and came to urge them, then the emperor and queen mother What do you do when you need to use ice? Don't embarrass our family, okay?"

"Damn!" Qiu Ci pointed at Li Baoying's nose with one hand on his hip, and spat with brows upside down, "When did your internal officials send ice to Changning Palace? Why haven't I seen even a piece of broken ice? You Damn, you are so open-eyed and nonsense that you are not afraid of God's thunder and you will be chopped off! You cut charcoal fire in winter and ice in summer, you picky talents bully us in Changning Palace, right? I am today I just have to talk to you about the reasoning, why do you hold back the ice that is distributed according to the rules? If I don’t give an explanation today, even if it comes to the emperor, I won’t be afraid!”

As soon as Shuoyu heard it, she probably understood what was going on. Because of the previous Tatar courtship, Princess Changping must have offended the Queen Mother and Guo Jiuchen's party because she helped the emperor act in a play.

Li Baoying is Guo Jiuchen's godson, so naturally he has to vent his anger on his godfather. He dare not be negligent in Yongle Palace, but a down-and-out phoenix is ​​not as good as a chicken. If you want to embarrass a concubine princess who has no favour, it is not easy, anyway. They never paid much attention to Changning Palace before.

It's just that Li Baoying didn't expect that Changning Palace, who had always swallowed his anger in the past, dared to come to the internal officials to make trouble this time. Fortunately, Shuoyu ran into him. The punishment must be their gang of slaves.

Li Baoying rolled her eyes, "Qiuci, I'm afraid you misremembered it? We must have sent this ice to Changning Palace. There are records in this account book, and it is clearly written. It turned into water, and there is no trace to be traced, but it’s not something you can rely on.” He pointed at the young eunuchs next to him, “Have you all seen the delivery of ice to Changning Palace in the past?”

Those little eunuchs immediately echoed: "Yes, yes, yes, indeed, the servants saw it with their own eyes."

Qiuci sneered, "Okay, your internal officials still don't admit it, right?" After finishing speaking, she walked up to Shuoyu and knelt down, blushing with anger, and said, "Then I would like to ask Eunuch Yu to take your servants to see the emperor. Even if it's a nail-board to pinch your fingers, the servants will fight for Princess Changping's anger, and the majestic Princess Daying, can she let these scumbags bully her?"

Li Baoying glanced at Shuoyu's face, and quickly ordered the little eunuch to pull Qiu Ci up with winks, "Bold servant girl, the emperor is the one you can see whenever you want? Hurry up and get out, the palace is not a place where you can play wild!"

The little eunuchs stepped forward and were about to make a move, but Shuo Yu raised his hand to stop him, "Stop!"

Li Baoying looked at Shuoyu anxiously: "What orders does Eunuch Yu have?"

Shuoyu got up and stood up, smiled gently, and said slowly: "Eunuch Li, you are all doing business for the master, why should we make things difficult for each other? It's just that we need more ice, why don't we just look at it today? For the sake of the family, give it to Changning Palace. The emperor now values ​​the younger sister, Princess Changping, and it would be bad if it really caused trouble in front of the imperial court, what do you think?"

Li Baoying said with a sneering smile: "Since Eunuch Yu has spoken, of course I have to give this face. All right," Li Baoying lowered her head and gave Qiuci a hard look, then beckoned to the people under her opponent reluctantly and said, "You guys, Go to the ice cellar to get ice and send it to Changning Palace."

The turmoil in the internal official prison subsided, Shuoyu returned to Yongle Palace after finishing his errands, and Shen Ying was practicing calligraphy in the study.

Since physical cooling can't achieve the effect, he practices calligraphy to keep his mind calm and cool naturally.

Shuoyu told Shen Ying carefully what happened in the inner prison just now, and Shen Ying put down the brush in her hand after listening, "You said this Li Baoying is Guo Daban's godson, right?"

Shuoyu said: "Back to the emperor, yes, this man is domineering in the inner prison. All palaces will pay filial piety money if they ask him for things. If you don't pay money, you can't get things, just because he is Guo Guo. Daban's godson, all the palaces dare not speak out against him."

"Things that rely on people's power." Shen Ying sneered, "This incident also reminds me that this unhealthy trend in the palace should be cured, and those who are used to stepping on the low and flattering the high must wake up. Know who is their master."

Shuoyu asked, "Will the emperor summon Li Baoying?"

Shen Ying dismissively said: "What is there to say to a dog leg, if you want to say it, you have to say it to his master. Go, tell Guo Daban to come to Yongle Palace."

Shuoyu said, "Obey the order!"

Shuoyu was about to go out when Shen Ying stopped him again, "Wait, what did you say was the name of the court lady who quarreled in the inner prison today?"

Shuoyu replied: "Back to the emperor, she is the personal maid of Princess Changping, her name is Qiuci."

"She is a loyal and spineless girl." Shen Ying nodded, "You send this plate of chilled grapes on my table to Changning Palace to give Qiu Ci, and you say it is my reward for her loyal protection of the Lord. Candidates should speak more, so that these people will know what a slave should do after reading it."

Shen Ying doesn't think that the eunuchs and eunuchs are inferior. He is usually very tolerant towards the eunuchs and eunuchs in the palace. Overbearing heart.

This era is like this, the monarch and his subjects are orderly, and there is a difference between respect and inferiority. If the superiority and inferiority are reversed, who will respect him and obey his rule in the future?

Originally thought that Guo Jiuchen would deliberately delay arriving late after receiving the summons. After all, he didn't pay much attention to the little emperor before, and he always took credit for the emperor, but this time it was less than half an hour. Shen Ying I heard the little eunuch outside saying that Guo Daban asked to see him.

Shen Ying was a little surprised that Guo Jiuchen came so obediently, this was the first time a big girl got on a bridal sedan chair.

Shen Ying announced Guo Jiuchen into the study, and before he had time to ask questions, Guo Jiuchen professed his guilt: "The old minister is guilty, please forgive me!"

Shen Ying patted the armrest of the chair, this old fox, where is he singing here today?

"What's the crime of Guo Daban?" Shen Ying asked knowingly.

Guo Jiuchen said: "My Majesty, Li Baoying, the eunuch who is in charge of the eunuch, who thinks he is the son of the old minister, dares to disrespect the eldest princess of Changping. It is an unforgivable crime. The old minister has already punished him twenty times before he came. , right now, he is kneeling outside the Yongle Palace, asking the emperor to forgive him!"

Shen Ying leaned back on the chair, and said with a smirk: "But how did I hear that Li Baoying refused to confiscate Changning Palace's share, and Changning Palace demanded too much? I haven't had time to ask about this matter. , Guo Daban dealt with Li Baoying first, he was too impatient, if it was not Li Baoying who was at fault, wouldn't it be that you punished the wrong person?"

Guo Jiuchen said with a serious face: "Your Majesty, regardless of whether the internal officials have distributed the Changning Palace or not, but Princess Changping is the master and Li Baoying is a slave, even if the master is wrong, it is right. As a slave, how can anyone question the master The reason? Therefore, the veteran thinks that Li Baoying should be punished, so that the other court ladies and eunuchs will not dare to belittle the master again after they know about it.”

Guo Jiuchen was so respectful, but Shen Ying didn't feel happy at all.

Because Shen Ying understood that Guo Jiuchen's respect for him was not out of sincerity, but because he was worried that the fact that he had made a dragon robe privately would come to light.

On the surface, he punished his godson selflessly, but it was just a show for others to show, so that everyone would know how much he is a person who understands the superiority and inferiority of Guo Jiuchen. Even if someone took out the dragon robe to identify him, he would It can be said with confidence that it was framed by others.

Shen Ying looked at Guo Jiuchen's hypocritical face, and secretly clenched her fists, old fox, you really belong.

"In the end, it's still Guo Daban who understands the truth. Since Guo Daban has already punished Li Baoying's [-]th board, I will remove Li Baoying from the position of eunuch who is in charge of the internal affairs supervisor and prints for the sake of Guo Daban's sake. , sent to the palace prison to sweep the Taimiao.”

Guo Jiuchen saluted respectfully: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

After Guo Jiuchen left, it was obvious that he had punished Guo Jiuchen's godson this time and removed a thorn in the side of the internal officials' prison. It seemed that Shen Ying had the upper hand, but Shen Ying couldn't be happy at all, and she felt weak all over.

Guo Jiuchen's respect is all pretended, if he can't find the robbed birthday gift for a day, he will pretend to be respectful for a day, and he will act impeccably, so that even if Shen Ying knows that Guo Jiuchen has the intention of treason, he can't do anything to him manage.

Therefore, if Guo Jiuchen wants to get rid of his disguise, he must send the dragon robe back to him. This way, he will continue to be confident until he gets carried away, that is, when he shows his feet.

Shen Ying figured this out, took the dragon robe and quietly went to Ling Qingheng.

Shen Ying arrived in Ling Qingheng's palace, turned around, closed the palace door, and the two entered the inner room to have a secret conversation.

Shen Ying put the package containing the dragon robe on the table, "I want you to find a way to return this dragon robe to Guo Jiuchen together with the birthday gifts you stole, and make him feel that no one knows that he made the dragon robe privately." thing."

Ling Qingheng poured tea over, and when he heard this, his face showed a bit of embarrassment. He put a cup of tea in Shen Ying's hand, and said in thought: "It's not difficult to return the birthday gift. After discovering this dragon robe, the two boxes of birthday gifts will remain intact. I hid it violently, but what the emperor said, it might be a bit difficult to make Guo Jiuchen feel that no one knows about it. Guo Jiuchen is cunning and suspicious by nature, and if he just returns the birthday gift, I'm afraid he won't believe it."

Shen Ying nodded and murmured: "You have considered well, so this birthday gift is not to be returned, but to be returned by Jin Yiwei himself."

Ling Qingheng opened his eyes slightly with interest, "What does the emperor mean?"

Shen Ying looked at Ling Qingheng seriously, "I heard that one of your brothers was captured by Jin Yiwei, isn't it? Can you find a way to make him pretend to confess the whereabouts of the birthday gift, and let Jin Yiwei look for it?"

The brilliance in Ling Qingheng's eyes dimmed, and he lowered his eyes, with a sad look on his brows, "Your majesty doesn't know that Jin Yiwei did capture one of our brothers surnamed Han, it's just... According to us, we are hiding in Jin Yiwei. My eyeliner reported back that brother Han...died in prison two days ago."

Shen Ying blinked, "Then did he confess?"

Ling Qingheng shook his head, "Brother Han's whole family died at the hands of Guo Jiuchen. He has an unshakable hatred for Guo Jiuchen, and he will never betray us. According to the eyeliner, Brother Han was tortured to death by Jin Yiwei. Didn't utter a word to death."

After hearing this, Shen Ying sighed sadly, "He is a hero. I don't know where he came from, and why was the whole family killed unjustly?"

Ling Qingheng pulled his lips and smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, to tell the truth, when it comes to our true identities, we are all imperial convicts, conspiratorial sinners, living incognito, like ghosts and wild ghosts, just to kill the eunuchs one day." Eradicating, so that those who have been wronged and suffered can be redressed, and if this matter is not completed, they will have no face to restore their identity and recognize their ancestors, so the grassroots are bold, and please don't ask the emperor."

"I can understand." Shen Ying looked into Ling Qingheng's eyes and said solemnly, "I promise you that if you can help me cut off Guo Jiuchen and his party members, after the matter is completed, I will definitely vindicate your wronged family members. In order to eradicate those who were sacrificed by the Guo party, I will restore their identities and reputations, erect monuments and write biographies for them, so that future generations will remember them!"

Ling Qingheng immediately stood up and bowed deeply to Shen Ying, "The emperor is benevolent, and the grassroots will be grateful! I will do my best to assist the emperor to eradicate traitors and make things right!"



It was already evening when I returned to Yongle Palace from Ling Qingheng's place.

After dinner, the heat of the day finally subsided a bit, and the wind blowing outside was quite cool. After Shen Ying took a bath, she asked someone to move the imperial concubine's couch out, and lay down on the couch to enjoy the coolness and enjoy the moon.

After lying down for a while, a little eunuch came in to report that Gu Shaojun had come.

Gu Min was sent by Shen Ying before dinner. Gu Min was busy checking the whereabouts of the birthday gift for the past two days, so he didn't even bother to go back to the palace. Tonight, the emperor sent him to the bedside as soon as he returned to the palace. Everyone in the palace said that this could be called the favorite of the exclusive house.

Gu Min also took a bath in his own palace. He was only wearing a light gown. The loose gown fluttered in the wind with his walking steps, and he didn't look like Ling Qingheng's unrestrained Ling Ran at all.

When Gu Min walked into the courtyard, Shen Ying was still lying on the imperial concubine's couch with his eyes closed. Gu Min quietly walked to his side, took the fan from the maid in charge of fanning Shen Ying, and signaled to the others Go away, then sit down on the side of the imperial concubine's couch, and help Shen Ying fan herself.

"Here we come." Shen Ying closed her eyes.

Gu Min chuckled lightly: "So does the emperor know that he is a minister?"

Shen Ying opened her eyes a little, squinted at Gu Min, and said with a sneer, "I'm not proficient at fanning at all, and I don't know where it went. Who else would it be if it wasn't you?"

Gu Min: "If the emperor thinks that the fan is not good, the minister can just ask the maid who holds the fan to come and serve her."

Shen Ying raised her hand and slapped Gu Min, "I'm used to taking Joe with me."

Gu Min saw a plate of round and plump grapes beside the imperial concubine's bed, took one, peeled the skin clumsily and fed it to Shen Ying, "Why is the emperor in such a good mood tonight, calling me to accompany you to enjoy the moon? "

Shen Ying snorted coldly, "Is it alright if I don't ask you to come over? I don't know who doubts this and that all day long, and eats jealously. I call you here every now and then. If you doubt that there is someone beside me, why?" manage?"

Gu Min smiled lowly, "How do you know that the emperor didn't do this on purpose to numb his ministers, maybe he's already hidden in the golden house?"

Shen Ying's heart skipped a beat when he said that, thinking that Gu Min had discovered something, her heart almost jumped into her throat, but after a closer look, she found that Gu Min's expression was normal, it seemed that she was really just joking, and her heart was relieved go back.

"Okay, I'm a treasure in the golden house. You go in and search to see if you can find a beautiful boy, but if you can't find a handsome man," Shen Ying gritted her teeth, pretending to have a ferocious expression, and stared at him. Gu Min threatened, "Be careful that I will lock you up in the golden room!"

Gu Min couldn't help laughing: "I don't dare, I trust the emperor."

Shen Ying coughed, and shifted the topic with a guilty conscience, "What have you been up to these two days? You can't even see a person, and you are still investigating the case?"

Gu Min said "hmm".

Shen Ying flattened her mouth disapprovingly, "Didn't it mean that a prisoner was caught? Why, the famous Beizhen Fusi couldn't even force a confession from a prisoner? Or is this man's mouth made of iron?"

Gu Min said indifferently: "The criminal couldn't bear the punishment and died of anger, so this case has reached a stalemate again."

Shen Ying blinked and remained silent for a moment, then suddenly propped her elbows on the couch and sat up, "Stupid! Can't the case be investigated after death?"

Gu Min looked up at Shen Ying, and asked tentatively, "What trick does the emperor have?"

Shen Ying pulled her lips disdainfully, "It's not easy, are they a gang? If their companion is caught, others will definitely try to save him. You can use this person as a bait to lure others to show up. ?”

Gu Min thought for a while and said, "Two days have passed since the person's death, I'm afraid the news has already leaked out, and those people may not be fooled."

Shen Ying propped her chin with her hands, frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly clapped her hands and said: "There is another trick! You hang the prisoner's body in the downtown area for three days, and after the three days pass, throw the body into the mass grave Since those people claim to be righteous, they must not bear to see their companions expose their corpses in the wilderness, and their corpses are eaten by wild animals. The whereabouts of the birthday gift."

After Gu Min listened, he looked at Shen Ying with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Shen Ying pretended to be proud, raised her chin and said, "Why? Do you admire me for coming up with such a wonderful plan?"

In fact, such a plan was not unexpected to Gu Min, but since he already knew Han Sui's identity, how could he bear to expose Han Sui's body for three days? Impressive.

Gu Min smiled, and tested calmly: "I really admire you, I wonder how the emperor came up with such a clever plan?"

Shen Ying raised her hand and patted Gu Min's chest, "Isn't it because I feel sorry for you after seeing you running around all day long, so I gave you an idea? Just tell me if this clever plan is feasible?"

Gu Min puffed up his chest, moved closer to Shen Ying, and said in a low voice: "Of course it is possible, the emperor has really solved the urgent need for my ministers, and I don't even know how to thank the emperor."

Sensing that Gu Min's eyes were too hot looking at him, Shen Ying felt a little uncomfortable, raised her head slightly to move away from Gu Min, glanced at the plate of grapes next to her out of the corner of her eye, and pointed casually: "Then you will finish peeling the grapes for me." Come thank me with a plate of grapes!"

Gu Min tilted his head and glanced to the side, the corners of his mouth moved slightly, "I obey the order."

He picked up a grape on the plate, held it between his fingertips and held it in front of his eyes for a while, then suddenly put the grape in his mouth, Shen Ying was about to speak when she saw this, but she didn't notice Gu Min's other hand At some point, she had already quietly reached behind him, grabbed the back of Shen Ying's head abruptly, then lowered her head, and kissed Shen Ying's lips precisely and forcefully.

Shen Ying's phoenix eyes suddenly widened, and she felt a peeled grape slipping from Gu Min's mouth into her own mouth. The crisp and tender flesh was crushed and smashed by the soft tip of her tongue, and the sweet grape juice flowed from the two teeth. The overflow between the lips is gradually brewing into intoxicating wine, which makes people feel confused.

Who would have thought that there is such a method of peeling grapes!

Shen Ying was forced to eat several grapes, thinking that there was another plate on the plate, there were at least dozens of them, if he ate them all, his mouth would definitely be swollen, so how could he see people tomorrow?

So he quickly pushed Gu Min's chest to make him stop, panting, "Okay, okay, don't peel it off...don't peel it off."

The man's eyes were deep and passionate, staring at Shen Ying's lips that were smudged red like blood by the grape juice, his Adam's apple rolled, and he hugged Shen Ying who was on the imperial concubine's couch, and said in a hoarse voice: "The emperor has no intentions. Watching the moon, why not send the emperor back to bed earlier."

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