Linque

When Chu Heng woke up, the first thing he saw was the brush beside the bed.

The jade tube that was used last night has been cleaned, and it is hanging in the center of the pen holder. The water remaining on the tip of the brush is condensing into water droplets, and the undead ones will fall on it.

It was clearly a normal scene, but it was obviously not the case in Chu Heng's eyes.He couldn't look at the pen squarely anymore, with a bit of embarrassment on his face, he looked away and asked with a blushing face, "Why is it still here?"

The servant was waiting for Chu Heng to wash up. Hearing this, he glanced at the direction of his finger and replied, "Your Majesty ordered these pens not to be taken away, saying they are still useful."

"Is it still useful?" Chu Heng raised his eyebrows, threw the handkerchief into the silver basin, and gritted his teeth and asked bitterly, "What about others?"

As soon as the conversation fell, Eunuch Gao brought someone in with a food box, and while directing the maids to prepare meals, he said with a smile: "Your Majesty will go to the Mingcheng Palace after you go, and you should have breakfast first, and then you can go there sooner." .”

Chu Heng muttered, "What are you doing in the sleeping hall", but sat down and ate a bowl of porridge anyway.

It was almost noon when we left the gate of the palace, and it only snowed last night, but today the sun is fine, the snow on the green tiles and vermilions is shining brightly under the reflection of the sky, and the qiongzhi glass is dazzling.

Chu Heng walked a few steps through the corridor, and happened to meet his colleagues from the Hall of Martial Arts, so he stopped to say hello.

The colleague looked Chu Heng up and down a few times, saw that his face was slightly tired, and couldn't help showing a look of pity. He wanted to say something, but he was concerned that this was the Hall of Respect and Sincerity, and he was afraid that someone would listen to him, so he had no choice but to stretch out his hand. He patted Chu Heng on the shoulder to express his comfort.

Chu Heng was a little confused, but he was still busy with Ling Ye, so he didn't ask any more questions, and went ahead after saying hello.

On the other hand, the colleague stood there and looked at Chu Heng's back, seeing that his pace was slower than usual, he was more and more sure of the veracity of the rumors, Chu Heng was indeed severely punished.

Speaking of which, this is not the first time that Chu Heng has stayed overnight at the Palace of Jingcheng.In the past, he often missed meals in the Hall of Martial Arts, and only came back from the Imperial Palace when he became more exposed. After the sixth day of this month, things got worse, and he didn't see anyone for several nights.His Majesty has always been gentle and lenient towards the ministers around him, but he was very harsh on Chu Heng, punishing and punishing him at every turn. Although the twenty rods that were recorded have not been dropped, but judging by today's appearance, it must be miserable enough.

The position of imperial servant Mo has always been the closest to the emperor among the people in the imperial court, but accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger, but it is not so easy to do.

The colleague shook his head, turned around and walked forward on his own.

The snow on the palace road was swept away by the palace people who got up early. Chu Heng's waist was a little sore, and he walked slowly all the way to Mingcheng Hall, but he didn't know that in the eyes of his colleagues, he was the worst "hands-on ability" in the whole Wuying Hall. Outside the vase, he became the worst mess in the whole palace.

The guard at the gate of Ming Cheng Palace saw him coming, and quickly raised the curtain to welcome him in.

When Chu Heng stepped into the palace door, he saw a soft couch outside, Zhu Geng was lying on it with a troubled face, and the old imperial doctor Cheng beside the couch was teaching the emperor how to massage.Just lending little Eunuch Zhu courage, it was difficult for him to completely relax under the emperor's hands, he always tensed up unconsciously, and he didn't dare to make a sound when it was light or heavy, the effect was not very good.

But now that Chu Heng came over, it was different.

The servants raised the soft couch again, the old doctor Cheng continued to demonstrate on Zhu Geng, the emperor followed suit, but——

"lighter."

"Oh." Ling Ye nodded, and quickly relaxed his movements.

Unexpectedly, before pressing and pinching a few times, Chu Heng said again: "The important point."

"Is this okay?" Ling Ye asked.

Chu Heng didn't speak, only snorted.

Old doctor Cheng leaned over to take a look at the emperor's technique, it was very correct, then looked at Chu Heng's expression, smiled and said nothing.

Sure enough, in less than half a cup of tea, Chu Heng said again: "It's too heavy, how did you press it?" His tone was very critical.

If it is the third, everyone can hear that something is wrong.

The emperor was like an angry little daughter-in-law, and she didn't dare to refute. He just secretly slapped his buttocks from behind where Chu Heng couldn't see, and then silently changed the force of the massage.

Old doctor Cheng and Eunuch Zhu looked at each other, and consciously led the maid to retreat, closed the door, and kept the two of them talking privately.

There was no one else in the room, so Ling Ye untied the tie of Chu Heng's upper garment, reached into his inner garment, and rubbed the soft flesh around his waist.

But Chu Heng pressed his hand—the account written down last night, now it needs to be settled—he turned over and raised his eyes and asked: "Why don't you ask me now whether I want to be light or not?" Heavy? Didn’t you say you can only choose one last night?”

"..." Ling Ye didn't respond.

In fact, theoretically speaking, His Majesty's reason for "punishing" the Queen is very good, but the suspicion in his heart is not yet sure, and he is embarrassed to say that he will secretly be jealous of Dong Jun from time to time, so now when faced with cross-examination, he has no choice but to be innocent. looking at the queen.

The hall was filled with a delicate fragrance, and the eyes of the two met in midair for a moment. Out of the corner of Chu Heng's eyes, he saw the source of the fragrance—a few daffodils on the flower stand were in full bloom. They were sent to Ming Cheng by the greenhouse this morning. For the palace, Chu Heng took a few glances and had an idea in his mind.

He turned his head to look at Ling Ye, and asked with a normal expression: "I picked out those pens, it's a pity not to use them, is there any use for Your Majesty?"

"..."

The use of the emperor?It can be seen from last night where the emperor can use the pen.

So even though Chu Heng's tone was gentle, Ling Ye still sensed a little danger from these words.

Chu Heng was not obsessed with his answer. After waiting for a while, he said casually: "Since you haven't thought about it, your Majesty can draw some pictures for me. What's the content...I'll tell you when I think about it this afternoon."

Ling Ye didn't think much, and nodded in response.

Chu Heng lay back on the soft couch, and Ling Ye rubbed his waist for a while, the queen finally stopped making things difficult.

After lunch, the two of them took a nap in the Ming Cheng Hall. Before it was time, Ling Ye got up and went to the front of the Jing Cheng Hall.

The shadow guard who was ordered to leave the palace in the morning had already returned from Dali Temple. After seeing the driver, the emperor reported: "This morning, the minister sent the memorial to the Shangshutai. After reading it, Prime Minister Yan has no objection."

The emperor was not surprised when he heard the words, and said "hmm" with a very calm expression, "How long has Yan Xiang been thinking about it?"

The shadow guard said: "About half an hour."

The emperor was noncommittal, knocked the table twice with his fingers, and said lightly after a moment of silence: "Have you beaten?"

"Yes." The shadow guard replied, "People from the Yan family in Tanchuan took Yan Yunfei back to Qingguo Duke's mansion. From the beginning to the end of the torture, no one came to Yan Xiang's mansion."

"I see." Ling Ye nodded slightly, "Let's take an imperial doctor to have a look. Forty sticks, I think it will last a long time."

The shadow guard agreed.

The engraving on the corner of the wall floated up again, and it seemed that it had been two quarters, but Chu Heng still hadn't come over.Ling Ye was afraid that he would sleep too much at noon and would not be able to fall asleep at night, so he was about to go over and call him, when a message came from outside the hall that Xie Chu, the commander of the Tianzi Guards Battalion, asked to see him.

Ling Ye ordered Zhu Geng to call for someone, and then sat back down by himself.

Xie Chujin and the emperor had finished discussing the New Year's Day deployment and were about to leave when Zhu Geng entered the hall holding a stack of rice paper.

Seeing him coming back alone, Ling Ye asked casually, "Where is he?"

Zhu Geng's body froze, he hesitated to speak: "Your Majesty, Chu Shimo..." He glanced at Xie Chu, and couldn't continue what he said in front of the commander-in-chief.

When Xie Chu heard him mention Chu Heng, he stopped to resign and suddenly begged the emperor: "Your Majesty, it is true that Chu Heng was at fault for taking part in fights and wounding people, but he is loyal and diligent in serving the imperial court. I also hope that His Majesty will be merciful and let him come back from outside the palace sooner."

Outside the palace?return?

A rare blank expression appeared on Ling Ye's face, "What did Commander Xie say?"

Xie Chu thought that the emperor was deliberately refusing to answer. Under such circumstances, he should have shut up in time, but thinking about Chu Heng's tragic situation in the past two days, he still couldn't help but stepped forward and knelt down, and said bluntly and sincerely: "Your Majesty orders Chu Heng went home to reflect, but I didn't dare to comment. It's just that he is the emperor's bodyguard after all, if he has been outside the palace, there is no time limit for his return, and it will be inappropriate after a long time, I beg Your Majesty to show mercy."

"..."

Ling Ye came back belatedly, and turned his head to look at Zhu Geng, who nodded with a mournful face.

Ling Ye looked at Xie Chu who was kneeling on the ground again, and said with difficulty: "Well, I know, let him come back in two days."

Xie Chu's hanging heart was finally relieved, and Xie En resigned.

The door of the study closed, Ling Ye looked at Zhu Geng.

Zhu Geng presented the stack of rice papers to the imperial case, and lowered his head, not daring to look at the emperor's expression: "When the slaves went to Mingcheng Palace, Chu Shimo had already left, and he left a message to say that the content of the painting is ready December Flower Order. The maids serving in Ming Cheng Palace thought that he and his master had been notified that he was going to leave the palace, so they didn't come to report, who knows..."

Who knows that the empress asked His Majesty to reflect at home, when did he finish drawing the twelve flower orders for twelve months, and when will he talk about it.