After raising the emperor, he always wanted to marry me

In the 23rd year of Yongxi, the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Heavy snow, as thick as a goose feather.Behind the Xuanzheng Hall, the small side room where the palace people lived was dismantled into a small courtyard according to Han Mochu's statement.

In the newly opened small courtyard, Yuan Bao brought a few eunuchs who were as quiet and clever as he was, and waited beside him with fox fur and hand stove.

In the middle of the courtyard, Han Mochu and Gu Xiuxiu were competing with swords.

Yuan Bao couldn't understand the moves of these two people, but felt that the hem of their clothes was reflecting the snow light, which made people unable to open their eyes.

Since the establishment of this small courtyard, these two masters, who are busy with government affairs all day long, will practice in this courtyard for an hour every day, loosen their muscles and bones, and refresh themselves.

After Han Mochu's first move, Yuan Bao didn't know who was the loser and who won. He only heard Han Mochu say: "Your Majesty, your wrist strength is not enough these days. Tomorrow, let the military supervisor take the long gun you used in the past from the warehouse! Come out. Take two more strong bows, I and you should practice."

"Okay, I listen to you." Gu Xiu threw the sword in his hand aside, and the clever little eunuch immediately put the fox fur on his back. The other little eunuch wanted to pass the stove to his hand, but Gu Xiu stopped him. down.

"Look at the time, it's time for Minister Meng to arrive." Han Mochu gently brushed the fur on his shoulders: "Let's go, Your Majesty."

Xuanzheng Hall, above the upper hall of Dongnuan Pavilion.

Meng Changjin, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, brought the two chief ministers and several entourages to send over the official performance assessment at the end of this year.Accompanying him was Zhuo Ting, who was then the editor-in-chief of the Imperial Academy.

The age difference between the two is more than ten years. Although they are both champions, they rarely go together.

Just because of these two people, one was born in a famous family and the other was born in a poor family.In the old dynasty, the civil servants in the court were divided into two factions based on the background of the famous family and the poor family.

The two factions have always been at odds, and never communicate in private.Today Gu Xiu didn't send an order to Zhuo Qian, so he didn't know how the two of them happened to be waiting in the upper hall at the same time.

Meng Changjin saw that the driver was on a errand, and Yuan Bao took a few nimble little eunuchs to carry the sealed boxes he brought into the inner room of the warm pavilion, and handed them to Han Mochu.

"Zhuo Qing, what's the matter?" Gu Xiuxiu sat up and asked with eyebrows raised.

"Your Majesty." Zhuo Ting raised the hem of his robe, knelt down and bowed to Gu Xiuxing: "My minister, I'm here to ask for my resignation."

"Please resign?" Gu Xiu's eyes darkened, and his voice was puzzled: "You are a rare young talent in the court, why do you resign?"

"Your Majesty, I know the state system of the Great Zhou, and those who are consorts and captains are not allowed to participate in politics, so I want to resign from the official position..." Zhuo Qian hesitated to speak, and seemed to not know where to start.

"What did you say?" Gu Xiu's face changed slightly: "You mean, you asked to marry Princess Qingzhao?"

"Yes!" Zhuo Jing's eyes were firm, his arms were raised flat in front of him, and he bowed in a big salute, with sincere words: "Weichen said something that I didn't want to die, since the princess toasted me at the Qionglin Banquet in the 14th year of Yongxi. From day one, Wei Chen puts the princess in the highest position in his heart. Wei Chen has never married in these years, just because he misses the princess..."

"Presumptuous!" Gu Xiu slapped the table in front of him heavily. That day he said in front of civil and military officials that he would choose a son-in-law for the princess, probably because he wanted to silence those officials.He also thought that after three years of filial piety, he would slowly choose for his elder sister, or even if his elder sister never remarried, he and Gu You would do their best to keep her from worrying all her life.Never thought that this Zhuo Teng would actually dare to ask him in front of him.

The movement of Gu Xiu slapping the table attracted Han Mochu who was in the inner room. He had just sorted out the newly submitted performance appraisal and the accounts of various places, and he heard the muffled sound of the coat in the upper hall outside.Then he knew that Gu Xiu must have gotten angry, and that the things that could annoy Gu Xiu were probably either about Prince Ning or Princess Qingzhao.

"Your Majesty, why are you so angry?" Han Mo first walked out of the inner room, walked up to Gu Xiu, and glanced at Zhuo Ting who was kneeling on the ground as if he was in a stalemate with Gu Xiu: "Lord Zhuo, no matter what you ask, Your Majesty will accept it now." I can't answer you, so you should step back first."

Mr. Yi Ji was also invited to Zhuo Ting's family banquet that year, and after chatting with Mr. Yi Ji for two full hours, he has regarded Han Mochu as a close relative and close friend ever since.Seeing that he came to rescue him, he had to temporarily suppress the words in his heart, kowtow to Gu Xiu to apologize, and resigned.

After Zhuo Ting left, Gu Xiu was still upset here.Just like when he was a teenager, he tilted his head and said nothing.

"Your Majesty, it's not that I offended you, why did I even ignore you?" Han Mochu smiled and patted Gu Xiu's shoulder, pretending to be distressed, and said, "What should I do? The little foxes are all on the table in the room How can I make His Majesty happy with my empty hands?"

"I'm not angry with you." As soon as Han Mochu's tone changed, Gu Xiu's annoyance disappeared inexplicably, and he turned around and said to others, "Do you know what that Zhuo Qian came to see me today?" of?"

"what for?"

"He came to ask me to resign from office and ask for marriage." Gu Xiu said helplessly: "I saw that he was a talent, but I didn't want to be so reckless and dare to say in front of me that he missed my eldest sister for nine years. He is not afraid. I..."

Gu Xiu hesitated to speak, and swallowed back the unseemly words.

Han Mochu figured it out, it really was about Princess Qingzhao.This Zhuoying Han Mochu had inquired carefully a few years ago, Yongxi's 14th year's new champion, and also the youngest champion in the history of the Great Zhou Kingdom.At the Qionglin banquet that year, in order to show the king's heart of cherishing talents, Princess Qingzhao, as the first princess, was toasted to the top three heads of that year.

After the banquet in Qionglin, there was a remonstrance in the court to recommend Zhuo Ying as the captain-in-law. At that time, the late emperor Gu Hong did not accept the advice because of Zhuo Ying's low background.

Who would have thought that Zhuo Qian's love is deeply rooted.

Han Mochu secretly broke into a cold sweat for Zhuo Ting. Neither of Princess Qingzhao's two younger brothers is easy to get along with.Fortunately, only Gu Xiu was present today. If King Ning and Gu You were also present, Zhuo Qian's head would probably be as open as that upright Lord Sun.

"Your Majesty, it was you who proposed to choose a son-in-law with Princess Qingzhao in the previous dynasty, so why would you complain that someone came to ask for it in person? The princess is a product of heaven and man, and it is in the age of plum blossoms. There are not only outstanding men in the world who admire the princess. Lord Ikari is alone." Han Mochu said with a warm smile, "Actually, this matter has nothing to do with anyone, and everything depends on Her Majesty's wishes. There is no need for Your Majesty to get angry, and I just sent an order to Lord Zhuo, saying that you are not in charge of this matter. As long as Her Royal Highness is interested, you will agree. Even if Her Highness agrees, the marriage will still be in the Princess Mansion, under the watchful eyes of you and King Ning, are you still afraid that Her Highness will suffer again?"

"He dares." Gu Xiu said these four words coldly, each word was like a nail.From the tone of his voice, he knew that Zhuo Ting's life in the future would not be too easy.

"Actually, seeing Lord Zhuo and Lord Meng coming together today, I have something to say to Your Majesty."

"What are you talking about?" The two of them returned to the warm pavilion where they used to govern, one after the other, and sat cross-legged in front of the huge long table.

"Since the founding of our country, Enke has been elected every three years. In order to show fairness, Enke's selection of officials does not depend on family background. However, students from aristocratic families often have higher official positions in the previous dynasty, so these children from poor families are often The children from the noble family have always had a grudge against each other. No matter what achievements a student from the noble family has made in the previous dynasty or in the local area, the world will say that he relied on his family. However, the student from a poor family does not stick to his achievements. What, there are also people who praise it. It is taboo to overcorrect everything. How can a person’s official status be linked to his background? Since they are all Enke officials, the last thing to talk about should be their political achievements.”

"In fact, I have paid attention to what Master said." Gu Xiuwu opened a new letter and sent it to the official examination: "Compared with the accounts of these household departments these days, it can be seen that whether it is a child of an aristocratic family or a student of a poor family, After being an official, each has its own advantages and disadvantages. Students from poor families seek to make progress, but more mediocre officials and scholars." Gu Xiu raised the booklet in his hand and knocked on the cover: "For example, Chen Yonglin, the governor of Shaozhou, who grew up in the village Studying in the bullpen, Yongxi became a Jinshi in 11 years. He served two consecutive terms in Shaozhou. He is famous for being clean and honest, and his official uniforms are all patched. But after his tenure, Shaozhou starved to death every year 500 people. The payment of tribute is less than 3000 taels, and the court has to distribute food relief every year for disaster relief. What kind of good official is he who leads the people to die of poverty and starvation?"

"There are some things you don't know if you don't look at them. I still remember that His Majesty once asked me whether Enke's official position could select all the talents in the world. At that time, I didn't know how to answer, but now I know." Han Mo Chuwan Mei smiled and said: "Enke is going to be opened, but the system of Enke must be changed. Your Majesty is a king, and he has the heart to bless the people. When selecting officials and employing people, people's livelihood must be the basis of everything."

"Zi Ran." Gu Xiu called out coldly, "Why do you always seem to know what I'm thinking?"

"Your Majesty, what is your name?" Han Mochu raised his brows lightly, and smiled more gently than ever: "Your Majesty heard it."

Ever since he was a boy, every time Han Mochu showed such an expression, Gu Xiu would feel inexplicably guilty, and calmly put his left hand behind his back and said, "I mean, I'm going to continue watching these official exams. I'll finish it earlier, and I'm still waiting for you." It is necessary to formulate a new policy for the opening of the dynasty in the new year."

"Your Majesty, you can call him what you want. There is no one around. You can call him whatever you want." Han Mochu took the little fox with brows and eyes on his desk and handed it to Gu Xiu: "If anyone asks, I will call you whatever you want." Said you called him."

Gu Xiu didn't speak, he took the little fox and put it next to his pen holder, his cheeks and the base of his ears quickly turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye.

That perennially resolute and cold handsome face seemed to be dyed with rouge, which made people have an indescribable cuteness.

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The first year of Yongding, New Year's Eve.

In the early morning, Gu Xiu went to the Hanyuan Hall to reward the officials and relatives of various clans. After the court was over, he went to Jinghua Temple with Gu Jin to pay respects.

His aunt, Master Hui Ning.

Mrs. Hui Ning also made several large boxes of exquisite vegetarian dishes as usual, and handed them over to Gu Jin for her to bring back to the palace.He also told Gu Xiu that after the new year, she would move to the small courtyard she bought two years ago.Gu Xiu sent someone to look at that small courtyard, it is located in the outskirts of Beijing, it is fresh and elegant, it is adjacent to the burial place of the Yun family and the mausoleum of the birth mother Yun Yao.

Gu Xiu didn't know why the aunt chose that place as her final shelter, he only knew that the word "filial piety" means obedience comes first.

As long as the aunt is happy, it doesn't matter where the yard is.

In the evening, according to Gu Xiu's instructions, the palace people set up today's family banquet in the hall of the Xuanzheng Palace and Nuange Peidian.

Since Gu Hong passed away within a hundred days, he could not be honored in the palace.The palace staff of the Neifusi set up a few bottles of plum blossoms in full bloom in the house, opened the earth dragon, and the room was filled with warm plum fragrance.

The banquet was a round table with 36 dishes, which was created by Wu Shanggong and the imperial chefs who had been idle for half a year in the imperial dining room early in the morning.

Because there are only two serious masters in the palace, Gu Xiu and Han Mochu, and these two only eat meals cooked by Shanggong Wu.Those chefs in the imperial dining room who have different skills from all over the world can only be reduced to the peasant woman Aunt Wu.

Only King Ning Gu You's family, Princess Gu Jin, General Yun Jue and his newly married wife Zou Shi attended the banquet.

Zou is the only daughter of the Hou family in Anyang.When he was five or six years old, he married the youngest son of the Yun family.I don't want Yun's family to be convicted three years later, and the whole family will be exiled.Anyang Hou's family was also implicated, and they were sent to a desolate place in the south to work as errands.The Anyang Hous and his wife never broke off their engagement. They let their youngest daughter wait at home for nearly 20 years, and finally looked forward to the day when Yun Jue would return.

On the seventh day after Yun Jue returned to Beijing and entered the mansion, Mrs. Zou simply put on her wedding dress and passed through the door, and together with Yun Jue, they re-supported the Yun family, a family that was waiting for a while.

In addition, Su Che also joined in the fun with Han Mochu. Since entering the palace, Su Che no longer concealed his relationship with Han Mochu. Gu Xiu's close people finally knew that Mr. Yi Wei had another student.While praising Su Che's superb medical skills, his admiration for Mr. Yi Wei also deepened again.

Although Han Mochu and Su Che had no blood relationship with those people, in the few years before Gu Xiu ascended the throne, these relatives of Gu Xiu had long regarded Han Mochu as relatives and friends, not just courtiers serving the royal family.

"General Yun, tell me again, what was my seventh brother like when he was a child? Could it be that he kept a straight face and didn't say a word for a long time, right?" The restrained temper became even more open, not to mention pulling Yun Jue to drink, but also insisted on inquiring about Gu Xiu's childhood past.

From top to bottom, the men of the Yun family are quite drunk.

Gu Xiu was drunk when he was drunk, but Yun Jue was not drunk when he was drunk, but he talked a lot, ten times more than usual, and he was the kind that couldn't be stopped.He was completely different from General Yun, who was extremely strict in governing the army in the usual days and could be called the iron-faced Yan Luo among the recruits.

"His Royal Highness Ning, I tell you that you don't believe it. Your Majesty was exactly the same as he is now when he was a child." Yun Jue patted his chest, raised the wine glass in hand and drank it down: "When your Majesty met someone at the age of two or three, he was like a It’s like an old-fashioned old master, who obviously doesn’t know how to speak well, so he’s straight-forward.” When talking about the excitement, Yun Jue choked out a few childish words that Gu Xiu said when he was a child, which made everyone except Gu Xiu laugh. She couldn't help laughing out loud, and Zou Shila couldn't help it, so she could only hold her forehead and let her husband mess around at the table.

It's not that Gu Xiu was unhappy, he just really didn't know how to cry and laugh since he was a child.Only Han Mochu can tell whether he is happy or unhappy with his naturally cold and serious face.

Although it is the first time for Su Che to drink with these people, he has been crazy since he was a child.Especially when I drank two more glasses of wine, when I saw that Yun Jue was full of praise from Gu Xiu, I couldn't help but slapped the table and stood up: "Everyone, if General Yun can imitate His Majesty's childhood appearance, I will give How did you learn from Taifu Han when you were young?"

"Su Changru." Han Mochu clenched his fists to cover his mouth, coughed twice: "You are drunk, should I drag you out to sober up?"

"Why are you so disappointed? It's not to discredit you!" Su Che pouted and sat back in his seat: "Forget it, if you don't learn, you don't learn. Why are you so fierce?"

As soon as Su Che finished speaking, the little baby in Dowager Li's arms suddenly started giggling. I don't know if it was funny seeing Su Che's face.

Concubine Li loved her newly born eldest grandson to the bottom of her heart, and Gu You and his wife could hardly get close to their son in daily life.It is said that after the Spring Festival warms up, the Jin family will carry the child back to Suzhou to visit relatives, and show the child's appearance to the mother clan who is thousands of miles away.

"Look at my little Heng'er's smile, how painful it is." Toffee Jin dragged her chubby little grandson and laughed from ear to ear.

The family relationship of flesh and blood shoulder to shoulder is rare among the royal families of all dynasties.

After drinking for three rounds, the big dining table was removed.General Yun Jue drank a cup of hangover soup and rested for a while, then resigned from the palace gate and went to the barracks to watch the new year with the soldiers.

Mrs. Zou and the other female relatives stayed in the palace, surrounded by a small kang table, and together with a few court ladies who were joking around, chatted some private things that Gu Xiu and his group of men could not get in their mouths while having tea. .Gu You went to quarrel with his mother and wife several times without any vision, but was dismissed with two or three words.

The women's family chatted lively, and it seemed that the men on Gu Xiu's side became more and more deserted.Seeing that it was still early, Gu You ordered Yuan Bao to find a pair of ready-made leaf cards.

Today is New Year's Eve, Gu Xiu has given most of the palace people a holiday, and no one is opening the treasury right now.Yuan Bao then took out the old deck of cards that the rest of the eunuchs in the Xuanzheng Palace used to play with.

Gu Xiu, Han Mochu, Gu You and Su Che were sitting face to face in pairs, Gu You held the cards and shuffled them familiarly: "Since it's a card fight, you have to make a bet first, it's meaningless not to win or lose. "

"Let's talk about it first, you can't play with money. I'm still saving my salary to marry a wife." Gu You's proposal Su Che was the first to shrink his head and object.

"I said, Mr. Su, are you still afraid of losing money by guarding the king? Besides, how much can we win or lose this night?" Gu You glanced sideways, and continued to shuffle the cards: "Everything you lose tonight is my king's. No?"

"His Royal Highness Ning, it's not a matter of more money and less money." Su Che kissed Han Mochu who was opposite him with his lips: "Don't look at this Tai Tuo, who looks serious, but touching Ye Zi is a dark heart. A humble minister. The New Year's Eve money that Mr. Sui Shang gave was nothing left, and he won it all."

"Chang Ru, there was not much money in total at that time, what are you doing?" Han Mochu smiled and glanced at Gu Xiu next to him: "Besides, this is the first time Your Majesty has touched the leaves today, the big deal is that the first game will make you lose money." Isn't it okay for you to sit in the manor with His Highness King Ning?"

"Look, look, Taifu Han said so, you can just play steadily." Gu You held the cards happily, and distributed them in turn according to the number of each person: "If you lose, you will be counted as the king."

Su Che shrugged his shoulders, with an expression that God couldn't save the damned ghost: "Since His Highness King Ning doesn't believe in evil, then this humble minister will have to accompany him to the end."

After a while, Han Mochu had already won ten rounds in a row.The amount of money involved is more than half a year's salary for Su Che.

The game was restarted, and Gu You chatted with Gu Xiu while touching the cards: "I heard from my wife that day that she went to eat fish cakes at the elder sister's house, and by chance met a little official dressed in fifth grade at the elder sister's princess mansion. Standing in front of the door. She asked carefully, and the servants of the princess mansion said that the little official stood there for a whole day, even in the wind and snow, do you know what happened?"

Gu Xiu, who was familiar with the rules and gradually getting better, touched a corner card, and couldn't help coughing lightly, almost revealing his hole card: "I can't say anything about this."

"What's so hard to say? If you don't tell me today, I'll go and see for myself tomorrow. Let's see which fifth-rank official dares to steal the courtyard of the princess mansion?" Gu Youba glanced at the card in Su Che's hand next to him, no Tsk tsk willingly: "Mr. Su, you have enough cards, why don't I exchange two cards for you."

"Your Highness King Ning, there is no rule of changing cards on this table." Han Mochu harvested the fan-shaped cards in his hand, plucked a card casually, and said with a smile: "Come on, I won this game again."

"Hey, why is it like this again?" Gu You's eyes were wrong, and Han Mochu increased the score on the card again: "How many rounds have you won, Mrs. Han? It's just that it's the New Year's Eve, and you're not here!" Such a win."

"His Royal Highness Ning, what I said just now, I told you not to play cards with this black-hearted ghost." Su Che also reached out and touched a card: "He never lets people win or lose with money."

In a blink of an eye, Han Mochu led Gu Xiu to win another round.While shuffling the cards, he asked Gu Xiu again: "Seventh brother, if you know, can you tell me who the little official is? I'm not a child, can I hit people casually in the street? "

Hearing this, Gu Xiu pressed the Jingming acupoint at the corner of his eye, and gave him a solid look.

Gu You was discovered by Gu Xiu's staring conscience, and finally remembered the matter of beating the advising doctor in front of the Xuanzheng Hall a few days ago, so he grinned to cover up his shame and said, "Seventh brother, am I worried about elder sister? Besides, if you know who it is and you don't tell me, do you think I'm your brother?"

Gu Xiu downturned the cards in his hand and lowered his voice, pretending to be careless and said: "It's that Zhuo Ting from the Imperial Academy, he said he wanted to ask his elder sister to be his wife, so..."

"Where did you come from, a bastard? Dare I..." Gu You shouted so loudly that all the female relatives on the other side turned their heads. He knew that he had lost his composure and hurriedly apologized to the eldest sister and mother over there. With a smile on his face, he lowered his voice and asked again: "You know what's going on and you still let him go to the door of the eldest sister's princess mansion? You just don't care?"

"I don't care what he does? If he has the ability to win the eldest sister, there is nothing wrong with making the eldest sister safe and happy for the rest of her life, right? You and the eldest sister are brothers and sisters, but in the eyes of the eldest sister After all, you and I are the younger brother, and she has always been the only one who has to worry about us. After all, the elder sister still needs someone closer to take care of her, what do you think?"

"Since this is the case, then it's over if this guy just says it? What's the matter with standing in front of the princess mansion all day? After standing for so many days, I haven't seen the elder sister looking at him directly." Gu You looked in Gu Jin's direction At a glance, Gu Jin was teasing Yu Heng, the young nephew in Jin's arms, with a few other people, scratching the back of his head: "Look at the appearance of elder sister, I probably don't know. How can there be such a stupid person in the world? Who knows who he likes?" It’s not clear yet, if he had been so determined, would Eldest Sister go to such a ghostly place as Monan to suffer?”

Gu You's speaker has no intention, but Gu Xiu's listener has it.

He is the stupidest person in the world. Knowing that Han Mochu had guessed his thoughts a long time ago, he just suppressed it.No matter how many times the words were held in his mouth, they were swallowed by the wind.

For the sake of Han Mochu, not to mention turning against the ministers in the previous dynasty, he will stand up in the world in the frontier.Even if it was a mountain of swords and a sea of ​​fire, he would still be able to wade through it without changing his face.

When it came to the matter of love, he became a gourd with sawing mouths, and he couldn't speak out many times.

How difficult can it actually be?It is nothing more than the four words "I am happy with you".

To put it bluntly, it doesn't take a snap of the fingers.

Always being so secretive is not a long-term solution after all.

"According to this minister, is it possible that Mr. Zhuo will save the dowry again?" Su Che was very lucky, and he touched a good slam card when he came on the court, and played with it in his hand happily: "Are you asking to marry the princess? You can’t be empty-handed.”

"Where will he save his salary for the rest of his life? Otherwise, after the new year, the king will give him something?" Gu You absently touched a card: "No, no, this father is newly mourning. Elder sister still has three years of filial piety to observe, if the marriage proposal is serious in two days, what are you going to do with the mouths of those old ministers in the previous court?"

"On this point, you can rest assured that I have my own measure."

Just when Gu You was thinking about Gu Jin and Zhuo Qian, Han Mochu who was opposite had quietly picked up a unicorn card.

"His Royal Highness Ning, you have lost again."

"Huh...ah???" Gu You nodded first, and when he came back to his senses, he immediately widened his eyes to look at the cards in his hand, then at the cards in Han Mochu's hand, and then at the cards in his hand. Throwing it on the table: "No, Taifu Han, you have won the No.13 round, right? How can you play when you win the others like this?"

"His Royal Highness Ning, I would like to accept the bet." Han Mochu collected the cards on the table and piled them up again: "Besides, aren't you just talking in this game? The next game will be fine."

Gu Youman fumbled up and down, took out the last piece of broken silver, and threw it on the table: "I don't play anymore, I have no money. If you keep playing, you will lose it to the palace."

"Okay, then let's stop playing." Han Mochu didn't insist, and put the last ingot of silver into the money box at his hand, and pushed it in front of Gu Xiu: "Your Majesty, how much did you win by counting the ministers?"

"I don't count them, I'll give Aunt Wu and the others a fortune bag after the time has passed." Gu Xiuchao leaned on the voucher behind him, ignoring the sad face opposite Gu You who lost the money: "They will have to work hard to take care of me and Han Qing in the coming year."

At the turn of the twelfth day, King Ning, the Jin family and others ate flat food in the palace, and the whole family happily bid farewell and went out of the palace.

Shanggong Wu checked the charcoal fire in Gu Xiu's warm pavilion, and went back to the dormitory to settle down.

In the Nuan Pavilion of Xuanzheng Hall, only Gu Xiu and Han Mochu were left.

In the hustle and bustle of Chuping, Han Mochu, who had been tossing around for a day, had already been swept away by drowsiness. The bed curtain was filled with newly made incense, like an orchid in the empty valley, which was extremely helpful for sleeping.

Han Mochu leaned sideways to touch the side of the pillow, and Gu Xiu, who was supposed to be placed, came up to him. Gu You's words tonight really ate him up.

If you don't say something when you are a prince, why can't you say it when you are a king?

"Master, I have something to tell you."

"What do you want to say, Your Majesty?" Han Mochu half-closed his eyes, seemed to be asleep, raised his hand weakly, and gently put it on Gu Xiu's shoulder.

"I want to say... my heart... my heart..." Gu Xiu supported Han Mochu's hand on his shoulder, mustered up his courage and finally said the first two words.

"New? New what?"

"Heart...new...the new copper coins will be distributed to the whole country tomorrow, and I wonder how the Mint is raising money?" Gu Xiu's conversation changed sharply, and he obviously said that he was lonely again.

"Six days ago, I went to see the sample coins. They are quite thick. The initial coinage is 14 pieces. They will be distributed in Bianjing and the surrounding prefectures first, and they will be rolled out nationwide in about mid-May." Although Han Mochu was troubled To the extreme, but the mind is still clear: "Why does Your Majesty think of this?"

"It's nothing, it's just that tomorrow will be the first year of Yongding, and I feel a little emotional for a while." Gu Xiu's words came to his lips, and he swallowed them back.

"From tomorrow onwards, Your Majesty will be the real emperor who rules the world." Han Mochu shook the palm on Gu Xiu's shoulder vigorously: "Does Your Majesty feel that the burden on his shoulders is heavy?"

"It's not heavy. With you supporting me, I can take it and hold it." Han Mochu didn't notice it, and Gu Xiu heaved a sigh of relief: "Go to bed early, there are important things to do when you get up tomorrow morning."

Han Mochu hardly heard what Gu Xiu said in the last sentence, and his breathing became steady.

In the bedroom, the lights have been turned off.

Gu Xiu leaned on the side of the bed, with his head resting on his arm, staring intently at Han Mochu's sleeping face, and said softly, "Zi Ran, you and I will live longer."