Force a good concubine

The emperor hurried along Qingshi Road all the way to the west corner gate of Cishou Nunnery and stopped. Cui Chengxiu came up from behind with a towel in his hand. Seeing the emperor staring at the brass door knocker in a daze, he waited for a moment and asked cautiously: "My lord, where is this place?" The sun is too bright to bask in you. How about we go back to the temple to rest first?"

The emperor took a long breath and took the towel from Cui Chengxiu's hand to wipe her face. The cold and smooth touch made her gradually regain her senses, and she shook her head slightly: "Go and see the Han family first, and leave them here like this. good."

The Son of Heaven is extremely powerful, and his every move is watched by people, even if he is in a state of confusion, it is not appropriate to show it on the bright side.The emperor sighed deeply, suppressed those sad, fearful, angry and painful people, threw the handkerchief to Cui Chengxiu, and forced himself to put on his usual calm appearance: "Let's go!"

At this moment, Cui Sanshun prepared the Yangxian tea and brought it up. Han Yun took two sips, praised "not bad", then squeezed the ear of the teacup, and fed the remaining half cup of tea to the little golden monkey.Seeing Cui Sanshun staring straight at him, Han Yuncheng couldn't help but blushed even more: "Brother!"

"Haven't seen it?" Han Yun smiled at Cui Sanshun, and put aside the empty teacup in his hand, "Don't underestimate it, the water in my study ran out last year, if it didn't wake me up by shouting and screaming, Maybe this year my grave has grown grass! Serious life-saving benefactor, I treat it the same way at home, even my father has never said anything. These days people are bad-hearted, and some are not as sincere as animals. Bar?"

Cui Sanshun only felt that this was really difficult to talk about, so he just smiled coyly: "The little one can't afford to be called like that, the big man should not entertain the little one."

"Eleven Niang misses the past, you will have hair growth sooner or later." Han Yunzhi smiled again, seeing Han Yuncheng sitting aside and not talking, he sighed in his heart, stretched out his hand to untie the jade pendant around his waist and handed it to Cui Sanshun, who saw Cui Sanshun shaking his hand Rejected, just sneered, "Smart people don't speak dark words, my brother is afraid of being arrested by my father, he is dull, he only knows how to read, and in the future he will walk in the palace, so he must ask you to take care of him. Don't refuse, I understand the rules, I don't expect the third child to be favored by His Majesty, I just hope that he will be safe and not be tricked by others, and if there is any disturbance, if the little manager is willing to tip the news, we will be grateful."

Cui Sanshun breathed a sigh of relief, and put the jade pendant into his bosom, but Han Yunzhi said again: "Little manager, what's the origin of the pretty lady in that courtyard? This matter shouldn't be something taboo, right?"

"It's not a taboo." Cui Sanshun was afraid of saying too much and making mistakes, so he didn't dare to speak indiscriminately. He just checked his words and evaded the seriousness and perfunctory. , I couldn’t find a place to live in the future, and I met someone from Sui’s mansion, so I settled here. The young master wants to learn Shi Wen, so I’ve been here once, and I don’t know anything about His Royal Highness Sui’s affairs.”

"A man of King Sui?" These words matched those of Aunt Zhike, Han Yunzhi stopped asking, and just sighed, "It's a pity for such a good-looking face."

Cui Sanshun didn't dare to say these words, he just stood by with his hands down, and when he heard footsteps outside, he hurriedly went out.He saw that the emperor looked as usual, but Cui Chengxiu quietly made a "careful" gesture to him, then closed his mouth and followed behind the emperor.

The emperor's tone was very calm, he comforted the brothers of the Han family, and then said with a smile: "In Baoguo Temple today, there are people from several princes' residences. , I just met here, so it can be seen that there is some aura in this place."

"It's really quiet here," Han Yuncheng plucked up the courage to speak up, "Eleven Niang just happens to rest here for a while, and you can, you can also discuss papers with that little lady."

"I can't rest for a long time," the words were poking at the emperor's heart, the emperor frowned, and just acted as if nothing had happened. Picking up the teacup to cover it up, Han Yuncheng only thought that she had suffered a setback in Gu Yan's dissertation, and he was busy thinking of words to comfort him: "I don't rush to make a fuss. I wrote it for three years, and now my husband is correcting it. It's still a mess."

The emperor pursed his lips tightly and remained silent, only clenched the teacup even tighter.Her heart was full of Gu Yan's calm and expressionless appearance. After a moment of trance, she came back to see Han Yunzhi and the others had retreated out at some point, leaving only herself and Han Yuncheng sitting opposite each other. She couldn't help but frowned. In the right tone of the monarch and ministers, he said: "Cousin Yuncheng will also pass the Chengjue examination this year, what kind of job do you want in the future?"

"I don't have much ability, and I don't have any ideas," Han Yuncheng said honestly, "The family has already discussed it. Next year, the eldest brother and the second brother will be released. I will stay in Beijing to take care of my father and mother."

"It's better to build some achievements." The emperor thoughtfully, and lightly tapped a few cases with his white fingers, "In this way, after you pass the imperial examination, you can go to the Ministry of Rites to study, and first get the title of master." , go to the Department of Yizhi Qingli, it is in charge of the ceremony and academic affairs, next year will hold the Jiji and pro-government ceremonies, and Enke will be added, it is the place to employ people."

"Yes." Although it was just chatting in modest clothes, his future had already been decided in one word. Han Yuncheng glanced at the emperor quietly. The girl in front of him was as bright and clean as jade, but also as cold and unapproachable as carved jade and snow. He suppressed his heart and bowed in disappointment. After saluting and thanking him, the emperor stared at him, and suddenly smiled slightly: "Cousin Yuncheng, do you know what I called you here today?"

Han Yuncheng's heart skipped a beat: "Ten, Eleven, what do you want me to do?"

"Actually, it's not a big deal." The emperor's smile became more and more ethereal, but his tone revealed an inexplicable ruthlessness, "When you arrive at the Ministry of Rites, pay more attention to the etiquette and etiquette notes of Emperor Taizu, so as not to use the time to check in the future." ——I am only telling you this sentence now, if there is a second person who knows, you will end it yourself, and you don't have to come to see me again."

Han Yuncheng shivered, but the emperor stopped looking at him, and walked out of the room through the curtain.The terrain of Cishou Temple is low at the front and high at the back. The emperor turned his head, looked over the roof, and saw the blue-gray roof of the main house in Gu Yuan’s courtyard. He didn't like her, and regarded her as a lustful person who coveted her beauty, but now that the emperor calmed down, he actually really wanted to earn a legitimate title for her.

Maybe this kind of thing is not necessary at all, the emperor sighed, and felt sad and wronged again in his heart. If he wants to really decide on the candidate for the big wedding, at least he has to wait until he is in charge next year. Gu Yan will return after winning the competition this year If she gets married and has children, even if she can turn the world upside down, she has nothing to do with her.Or you can force her to stay in the capital—this idea only flashed in the emperor's heart, and then disappeared without a trace. She didn't pay enough attention to those little tricks that were calculated.As long as she speaks, she will have no name or distinction, and there are many people in the palace who want to climb the dragon and become the phoenix.She doesn't want to see the person she likes groveling in front of her, and would rather have a relationship with Gu Yan or give up in this life.

It's just that the hope of the two being in love is now so slim that even the emperor himself can't believe it.The emperor looked as if nothing had happened, but his heart was in a trance. He hardly remembered how he bid farewell to the Han brothers, how he went back to Baoguo Temple to accompany the queen mother, and how he returned to the palace. When he really woke up, it was already time to hold the lamp.

"I'm tired today, and I didn't have a good lunch." The emperor was distracted by the book when he was studying in the afternoon. Cui Chengxiu felt that something was wrong, but he didn't dare to persuade him, and he didn't dare to ask the imperial physician rashly. Seeing the emperor's eyes brighten at this moment, Heaving a sigh of relief, he held the boxwood Panlong tea tray and persuaded him, "This is Xinyangxian tea that just came in. Please moisten your lips, please, and pass on the meal."

"Wait a minute." The emperor held the teacup and thought for a while, "How much tea did you get in?"

"It's top-notch, and it's only a little over three catties in total. The young master ordered one catty for the queen mother, two taels for each of the three concubines, and two taels for each of the northern king Sui Wang. I gave half a catty to the cabinet ministers and Japanese Hanlin scholars, and half a catty to the old aunts and grandmas of Luan Yisi, and now there are only three or two taels left. Locked up."

"Let Cui Sanshun go about passing on the meal. You go out of the palace and go to Cishou Temple once, and send her a couple of taels." The emperor slowly tasted the fragrance of tea, and said very slowly, "just Tell her this way: let her live in Cishou nunnery with peace of mind, and don't need to say anything in return. If she is really sorry, she will do more work for the court in the future; She insisted on not accepting it, so I told her, I just think this tea is a gentleman's tea, which is very similar to her, and has no other meaning. I have no fate with her, and I will never meet again in the future, so she don't have to think about it."

"Yes." Although the emperor didn't name her name, both the monarch and his ministers knew that "her" well.Seeing that the emperor was in a bad mood, Cui Chengxiu didn't dare to say anything more, so she told Cui Sanshun a few words, and hurriedly took the tooth card and left the palace.

The excitement of Baoguo Temple just ended at this moment. Li Qing and Xu Xi came back hand in hand, and saw that the main room was pitch black. They went to find a little nun to ask for a lantern. As soon as they entered the door, they saw Gu Yuan sitting motionless by the table. Xu Xi was so frightened that he almost missed The lamp fell off: "Why is Ah Yuan sitting here like this? It's pitch black, are you practicing Zen?"

Gu Yan shook his head.Seeing her gloomy expression, Li Qing reached out to fetch a fire pocket and lit a candle, looked at her face and asked, "What happened?"

"It's nothing." Gu Yuan forced a smile, "It's just a little uncomfortable."

"Isn't this Eleven Niang's handwriting? Could it be that the apprentice is too stupid and mad at us, Mr. Gu?" Xu Xi took the paper on the table and shook his head to read it, then smiled, "The writing is not worse than mine, it's like You put your heart into it, but Mr. Gu still thinks it’s not enough?”

Gu Yan's heart tightened, and his smile was even more forced.Xu Xi was still waiting to speak, when he suddenly heard someone read aloud at the gate of the courtyard: "Gu Yuan, 21 years old, Xu Xi, [-] years old, and Li Qing, [-] years old, are all from Pingjiang County, Songjiang Prefecture, Wuzhou. The water boats went to Pingjiang to enter Beijing, and now they live in Cishouan Qingxinyuan, but here?"

The three of them looked over in response to their prestige, and saw a few senior servants and two women in military uniform standing at the gate of the courtyard. The leading woman, about 30 years old, took out a Zhenfusi tooth card from her arms and pointed it at the three of them: "Female officer Zi Lu is at Luan Yiqi's side, if there is nothing important for you ladies, why don't you come with me?"