Dressed as a palace cat butler

After that night, Fang Tishuang felt as if she had been injected with chicken blood every day. Whenever she had some free time, she would find a small corner to hide and practice painting.

It was the first time Pei Ye had seen him work so hard, and while he was amazed, he was unavoidably suspicious.

When Fang Tishuang was painting, others were not allowed to watch, so His Majesty had to stay up until night, and waited for the child to wash and go to bed before he had time to ask him: "Why are you working so hard recently?"

Fang Tishuang smiled at him pretending to be mysterious through the gap under the screen: "I won't tell you, Your Majesty will guess for himself."

Pei Ye has always been good-tempered towards him, and now if others let His Majesty guess for himself, he might turn his back on him, but Fang Tishuang became inexplicably patient.

"Something happened at home," the emperor thought for a while, and then asked, "Or do you have something you want?"

Fang Tishuang shook her head, said with a smile, "Your Majesty guessed wrong."

Pei Ye suddenly remembered that Qi Chunye accidentally mentioned something to him earlier, saying that the kid suddenly asked him about the daily running water of Daming Palace and his daily expenses.

The emperor was very busy at that time, so he didn't take it seriously, thinking that he was idle and had nothing to do, so he asked casually, after all, the child had a bad mouth since he was a child.

But thinking about it now... Pei Ye suddenly raised his eyes, and asked again in disbelief: "Is it because of Gu?"

The child was taken aback for a moment, then nodded, and the excitement in his eyes was undisguised: "Your Majesty, do you remember? I said earlier that I will make money to support you in the future, so I am not lying!"

Fang Tishuang was in high spirits that night, but she went to ask Qi Chunye the next day, only to find out that what he thought was a lot of savings was actually not enough for His Majesty's half-day expenses.

But his majesty has been pampered since he was a child, and he must have no rough work except being an emperor, and he, like himself, lost his parents early, and besides him, there is no one who treats him sincerely.

He is clearly a high-ranking, life-and-death emperor, but after such dismantling and reduction, he is the only one left to rely on.

Fang Tishuang suddenly felt that it was time for him to grow up. He wanted to be a "big man" and earn money to support his family just like his grandfather.

But after all, his ability is limited, and he doesn't want His Majesty to suffer outside the palace after he follows him. He doesn't want anything else. In fact, he only has one goal, that is, after he leaves the palace, he can make offerings as richly and preciously as Pei Ye was when he was the emperor. with him.

Then he would have to save a lot of money.

Pei Ye didn't say anything, but his heart felt boundless sourness. After a long while, he murmured softly: "Silly Shuang'er."

He originally wanted to say something, but after careful consideration, he felt that it was good for a child to be willing to work hard, so as not to let down his talent.

Fang Tishuang on the other end had already closed his eyes and slept peacefully. He thought he was exhausted these days, and fell asleep right away when he touched the bed recently.

The emperor turned over lightly and got out of bed, then walked slowly to another small bed, and carefully tucked the corner of the quilt for him.

He stood by the bed for a long while, staring at the child for a long time, and finally bent over a bit out of bounds, raised his hand to caress his temples, and pinned his little hair behind his ears.

"Good dream," he said softly, "Shuang'er."

The two lived in peace for another year.

In the late spring and March of the following year, the mother came to Daming Palace once.

At that time, Fang Tishuang had just resigned from Jiang Yanchan, and he was carrying a heavy bag of silver in his arms. Yesterday, a new painting of his was sold for 100 taels of silver. ten times.

The child was very happy, and immediately wanted to run back and tell Pei Ye about it.

However, as soon as he walked near the main hall, he saw Wan'er suddenly coming forward, and while pushing him to go outside, she whispered in his ear: "The queen mother came suddenly just now, your majesty asked you to avoid it, wait a while." Her old man is gone, let's go in again."

Fang Tishuang looked back subconsciously, and then asked, "Where is Minghe?"

"The sage also made him avoid it." After Wan'er finished speaking, she dragged him into the side hall.

After plugging the door bolt, Wan'er warned him again in a deep voice: "The queen mother's behavior is not good, and Yang Songyuan is not a good person. Relying on the queen mother's favor, how many sons have been raised in private, all to keep him warm?" It’s a good thing that Ming He was brought over by His Majesty...Anyway, let’s try not to go to them.”

Fang Tishuang didn't quite understand, she thought the phrase "warming the bed" meant literally, and asked foolishly, "No way, he is so powerful and powerful, wouldn't the Ministry of Internal Affairs refuse to give him charcoal?"

Seeing his innocent appearance, Wan'er was afraid that if she continued talking, she might spoil the child, so she sighed: "Stop talking now, this servant will bring you lunch."

Fang Tishuang nodded obediently: "Then you come back early, I'm so boring being alone."

After Wan'er left, the child sat alone in the side hall for a while, thinking about the things in the main hall, always suspicious that his majesty would be bullied by the queen mother, so he slapped his thigh and sneaked into the main hall on his own initiative apse.

Hearing that the two people in the main hall seemed to be talking, Fang Tishuang hid behind a screen and eavesdropped.

"Wouldn't Liu Lang look down on all those noble girls?" It was the Queen Mother's voice, "Those portraits of Aijia were sent by the palace people early on, but after all these days, Aijia has not heard a single bit of them." information."

Pei Ye responded indifferently: "The matter of becoming a queen still needs to be carefully considered. Now that the mountains and rivers have not been settled, and the lost land on the border has not been recovered, I still dare not think about these things."

The Empress Dowager glanced at him, and asked back with a smirk: "Establishing an empress is a major event for the family and the country, and it is also for the country and the country. Does Liu Lang dare not think about it, or does he not want to?"

She paused, then said: "In the past, I saw that you were still young and willing to work hard. You devoted yourself to government affairs and repeatedly shirked the matter of choosing a concubine. The Ai family and the courtiers can understand you very well, but next month It is your 19th birthday, and one year later, His Majesty will reach the age of weak crown, if Aijia continues to dominate the imperial power and listen to the government behind a curtain, the people below will scold Aijia to death?"

"If Your Majesty has filial piety, he should consider the important matter of setting up a concubine as soon as possible, so as not to worry about Ai's family every day... After a while, those courtiers thought that Ai's family was domineering and refused to make a queen for His Majesty."

Pei Ye smiled coldly: "What are you talking about, A Niang? Lovers are all sensible people, how can they not understand A Niang's good intentions?"

The queen mother glanced at him and said nothing.

The atmosphere suddenly stalemate for a long while, and suddenly heard the Queen Mother say again: "Your cousin Kou Qinhui has a kind heart, she is both dignified and general, no matter how you look at it, she is a good match for Your Majesty."

Pei Ye said perfunctorily: "Kou Qin is indeed a beautiful woman."

"Is she a beautiful woman?" The queen mother smiled meaningfully, "But Liulang shirks in every possible way, and the Ai family thought that Ah Ye looked down on our Kou family's daughter."

Pei Ye looked at her with a half-smile: "Why would you think that, Auntie? Who dares to look down on the daughter of the Kou family? Half of the people in this world are named Kou. I'm afraid it's worse than those of us with the surname Pei." Higher class—Aniang, you say yes or no."

This mother and son in name, come and go in this class, every word and every word is real. They have already torn their faces, so they don't want to play tricks and tricks anymore.

The more poisonous their mouths became, the more gentle their faces became. If you didn't listen carefully, you would really think that the people in the hall were gossiping about the mother and son, and it was a common scene of the deputy mother being kind and filial to the son.

While the palace people below listened with their heads down, they only felt that they were sweating all over their bodies, wishing they were deaf.

"The Ai family heard a few days ago," the queen mother put down the teacup, and looked up at the young man on the dragon chair, "Your Majesty raised a child in Daming Palace. Master is no different."

Those who served the emperor closely know that there has been an extra young gentleman in the Daming Palace in recent years. A pair of cat ears grew out, which scared him enough.

However, those who can be transferred to Pei Ye's side to serve them are very clever and tactful, and they know what to say and what not to say, so they are suspicious, but no one dares to talk in private discussed.

So when this matter fell into the ears of the Empress Dowager who was far away in the Qingning Palace, she only thought that the emperor had raised a small eunuch, so she was even more sure that his adopted son had "the love of Longyang and the habit of breaking sleeves" .

But in the end he was just an eunuch, neither male nor female, and had no chance to marry the emperor secretly and give birth to a son and a half daughter, so the Queen Mother didn't take this matter very seriously.

But seeing now that he is not only unwilling to become an empress, but at such a good age, he has never had a single concubine or concubine, so he can't help but feel that this male vixen has used some tricks to deceive the king and make the emperor be fooled by lard .

"Where did mother hear about it?" Pei Ye asked slowly, "It's just a little friend of Gu's, and I just asked him to accompany Gu to relieve boredom. Where did the 'love in every possible way' come from?"

"The news passed on by the palace people will naturally have something to add to it, but it can't be made out of nothing," the Queen Mother said slowly, "Your Majesty is not young anymore, and you shouldn't indulge in fun in the future. It's time Take it easy."

She paused for a while, and then quickly continued: "The idlers around me should also be cleared up. If you get confused because of a little eunuch or male fox, then it really shouldn't be."

"Oh, Aijia is also for your own good."

Fang Tishuang suddenly heard them talking about her, panicked, and accidentally touched the screen, making a slight movement.

Before he could react, Yang Songyuan turned around a few steps, and then looked behind the screen: "Bold slave, how dare you eavesdrop on His Majesty talking to the Queen Mother!"

"Who is it?" The Empress Dowager raised her hand, and lightly stroked the ends of her forehead and hair, "Bring it here for Aijia to see."

Yang Songyuan immediately picked up the person and brought him to the hall. Seeing the child's silent expression, Yang Songyuan scolded him, "Quickly kneel down, do you understand the rules?"

Fang Tishuang was afraid of causing trouble to Pei Ye, so she stepped forward and bowed to the two people in the hall.

The queen mother glanced at the emperor's eyes that were getting colder and darker, and the corner of her mouth raised: "It's beautiful, no wonder we, Aye, look down on others."

Fang Tishuang felt that her words were simply inexplicable.

Pei Ye looked coldly: "Don't talk nonsense, Aunt."

After he finished speaking, he paused for a while, got up and issued the order to evict the guests: "Please go back, Queen Mother, it will be dark in a while, and the road will be difficult to walk."

The Empress Dowager seemed to be touching his back scales, the smile in her eyes grew stronger, and she lowered her eyes to look deeply at the kneeling little man before Shi Shiran resigned.

As soon as the two left, Fang Tishuang immediately jumped up from the ground.

The emperor's expression was still cold, and he went over to pat the ashes on his knees without saying a word.

Fang Tishuang glanced out, muttered, "It's gone."

Pei Ye asked unhappily: "Didn't Gu ask Wan'er to tell you not to come? She didn't tell you?"

"She told me," Fang Tishuang curled her lips, looked up into his eyes, and said in a low voice, "I'm afraid that the Empress Dowager will make His Majesty wronged, and I'm worried."

Pei Ye's heart softened immediately, and he looked down at his cuffs, which were covered with paint, which were dirty every day: "I'm not wronged."

He didn't feel aggrieved at all, but just now when he saw the child kneeling in the hall, and when the Queen Mother looked at him like that, His Majesty inexplicably felt that his heart was about to break.

"Well, Your Majesty is an adult now, so don't be afraid of being wronged," Fang Tishuang stuffed her bag of money into Pei Ye's arms, and said with a smile, "Look, my paintings have sold for a lot of money, and I can save them for a few more years to support myself. One majesty is not a problem anymore."

Pei Ye moved his fingers, wanting to reach out and rub his head, but he couldn't help it.

"Well," Pei Ye said, "our Shuang'er is really promising."

Fang Tishuang handed him today's new painting, and while Pei Ye was looking at the painting, he asked again: "Your Majesty, what did the Empress Dowager say just now? I don't quite understand it."

The Empress Dowager spoke in that tone just now, as if he was a vixen who only seduced the emperor, and it was because of him that His Majesty did not want to choose a concubine.

But what the child didn't understand was that he was obviously a boy, but she said that he looked like Su Daji, who harmed the country and flattered the king.

Pei Ye flattened the painting, and then responded casually: "She has a bad mind, so don't worry about her."

When Fang Tishuang heard His Majesty's words, she was inexplicably happy for a long time, then tugged at his sleeves, and happily said to him: "Your Majesty, you don't know etiquette anymore, you are going to become like me."