birth

Xu Jia didn't know what kind of mentality he was in, so when Zhou Shun asked him why he wanted to make Sheng Wanwan his concubine, he paused, and could only scold him sullenly, "When is it your turn to take care of me?"

Zhou Shun obediently slapped his mouth when he heard this, "It's the servant who is talking too much."

The two master and servant walked back and forth for a while, until they reached the Guangshu Gate, Xu Jia suddenly turned around to cover up, and said with an unnatural expression, "Of course it's to win over Sheng Mingjue, stupid."

Zhou Shun was taken aback, puzzled in his heart, that Sheng Mingjue was determined to be a neutral party since the first emperor, he didn't stand in line and didn't join in the fun, if he died, he would be a minister of the Ministry of Rites, or an official with little real power, why win him over?

But even if he was puzzled in his heart, Zhou Shun still agreed with a wink, "The emperor is wise."

Xu Jia squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then suddenly asked, "Is Lesi Temple almost finished?"

Zhou Shun, "I heard from General Pei that the project will be completed within this week, and the temple rewards will be held as scheduled in half a month."

Xu Jia walked without saying a word, not knowing what thoughts were holding back in her mind.

While eating lunch, I heard Xu Jia ask with a kind face, "Brother, do you want to participate in the temple appreciation?"

Fu Er glanced at him in surprise, this man had tried every means to lure him into the palace some time ago, but now he took the initiative to ask him if he wanted to go to the temple to reward him?

He put his hand on Xu Jia's forehead, and asked seriously, "Did you take the wrong medicine?"

Xu Jia smiled "puchi", held Fu'er's hand with his hand, placed it near his mouth and kissed it lightly, Fuer was frightened and wanted to withdraw his hand, but Xu Jia held him tightly and refused to let go. Jia squeezed his hand under the table and promised, "I won't kiss anymore."

Fuer was a little uncomfortable by his bluntness, but he was too embarrassed to withdraw his hand.

Xu Jia followed up on what he had just said and asked, "Want to go?"

Fu Er looked at him again in disbelief, "Can I really go?"

Xu Jia laughed, "Really."

"It's just that the Lesi Temple has not been fully completed. If my brother goes now, I'm afraid I will be a little bit wronged because of the food and lodging."

Fuer immediately said, "I don't care about that."

Xu Jia nodded thoughtfully, "It just so happens that my brother can help me with the temple rewards when I go, so I can rest assured."

Fuer now feels his heartbeat is not normal whenever he sees Xu Jia, and he always feels that there are some things that should not be done. Just thinking about what happened in the dormitory, I can't help but feel flustered, now that I have the opportunity to move out of the palace to be quiet, Fu Er just wanted it, and quickly agreed, "I will keep an eye on it, don't worry. "

Seeing the back of Fu Er packing up his things, Xu Jia turned around and said, "Zhou Shun, you have been staring at Lesi Temple these few days."

"Don't make any mistakes. If something happens to the Prime Minister, I will ask you."

Zhou Shun bowed his head on his knees and said, "No."

During the few days Fu Er left, the palace was quite lively.

The little-known beautiful girl in Qingxiu Palace was unexpectedly conferred the title of Concubine Mercy by the emperor. She lived in Yudie Palace and her taste was higher than that of Jiang Jieyu. What was even more bizarre was that this humble Concubine Mercy was the first concubine of mercy. A person who is favored by the emperor.

Rumors spread all over the place, they said everything, some said that the concubine Min was transformed by a fox, and took the opportunity to confuse the emperor's mind; some said that the emperor was possessed, and the current emperor was not the real emperor at all.Among the various rumors, there was one that successfully caught Xu Jia's attention.

"At first, I thought the emperor had something to hide. There are so many concubines and I have never seen him favor anyone. Now it seems that I just didn't like what I saw before."

"Yes, yes, it's just a pity that Jiang Jieyu has such a good appearance, but she didn't get the emperor's favor. It's really a man's heart."

"Why do you think the emperor likes our master so much? You have been coming to Yudie Palace for almost a week."

"But I haven't heard anything every night."

"Hey, do you think the emperor doesn't..."

After eavesdropping up to this point, Xu Jia couldn't take it any longer, and slowly walked out from behind the door.The two maids who were talking nonsense just now were scared out of their wits and knelt on the ground begging for mercy, "Your servant deserves to die, my servant deserves to die, please forgive me!"

Xue Rongbao sternly reprimanded, "How courageous! How dare you talk about palace affairs behind your back. Come on, drag it down and slap your mouth."

It just so happened that Sheng Wanwan came out of the inner hall at this time. After meeting Xu Jia, she first lowered her head in embarrassment, then glanced at the two court ladies kneeling on the ground, and begged softly, "It's my concubine who can't be disciplined." Yan, this kind of thing happened in Yudie Palace, from now on, I will definitely discipline them strictly, and I will never commit such a thing again, please calm down the emperor."

Xu Jia didn't think much of it at first, but after hearing what she said, she sold her face and winked at Xue Rongbao.

After Xue Rongbao received it, he nodded to Xu Jia with a clear expression, and then ordered loudly, "What are you waiting for! Hurry up and drag these two lowly maidservants down and slap your mouth!"

Xu Jia, "..."

How could Zhou Shun have... such a godson who can't wink?

Sheng Wanwan immediately said urgently, "Your Majesty! I beg the Emperor to forgive them once, and please calm down the anger."

The two maids were so frightened that they didn't dare to speak. They knelt on the ground shaking like chaff, and didn't dare to lift their heads.

Xu Jia rubbed his temples with a headache, and ordered, "You all go down."

The two court ladies kowtowed as if they had received amnesty, and hurriedly went down, not daring to stay for a moment.

Xu Jia turned his head to look at Xue Rongbao again, and after a while, he patted him heavily on the shoulder, "If there's nothing else, I'll go to Lesi Temple to learn more from your godfather."

Xue Rongbao smiled in surprise, "The emperor is giving me a vacation tonight?"

Xu Jia, "...Yes."

In Lesi Temple, the moon hangs on the treetops, and the coolness is everywhere.

Zhou Shun sat on a tree in boredom, dangling his legs, yawned, and said vaguely, "Do you think the wind outside the palace is cooler than inside?"

Sitting under the tree, Pei Yu held the knife at his waist with one hand, and put the other hand on his lap. Hearing this, he looked up at him, "Are you cold?"

Zhou Shun wiped away the tears from yawning, and said with a relaxed smile, "If you talk to me, I won't be cold anymore."

Pei Yu silently glanced at the high wall of Lesi Temple, and asked after a while, "Why did the emperor send you out together?"

"What else could it be?" Zhou Shun sneered, "Don't worry, I'm afraid something will happen to the Prime Minister."

Pei Yu asked suspiciously, "Why did Master Guoxiang have an accident?"

Zhou Shun sighed, "Don't be afraid of [-], just in case. Since the last time, except for that kind of thing, in the eyes of the emperor, as long as the prime minister is in a place where he can't see, something may happen."

Pei Yu lowered his head and was silent for a while, then he seemed to smile and sighed, "The emperor is so kind to the Prime Minister."

Zhou Shun sneered at this, and muttered in a low voice, "It's not because he's plotting something wrong."

His voice was so low that Pei Yu couldn't hear him clearly, and asked, "What did you say?"

Zhou Shun put away the impatience and coldness on his face, lowered his head, even the brows seemed to be tainted with handsomeness, looked at him with a smile, and suddenly said loudly, "I said I like you!"

Pei Yu's neck stiffened, he forgot to lower his raised head, and just looked at the person on the tree in amazement.

Zhou Shun played hooligans aggressively, "I said I like you! Is the voice loud enough this time? Have you, heard, seen,?"

The bright shadow of the moonlight sprinkled unevenly on the man's face, on the tree, and on the hands through the leaves, and seemed to slip into the man's eyes mischievously. Otherwise, why did Zhou Shun's eyes look bright and beautiful? ?He must have hidden the moon with bad intentions, and wanted to see him drunk when he was not paying attention, but he seemed really... a little drunk.

Pei Yu's lips moved, as if he wanted to say something, just when Zhou Shun was about to jump down from the tree to ask him, a very disturbing voice came from not far away, "Father! Godfather!" ! Here I come! Godfather!"

There seemed to be a cracking sound in Zhou Shun's ears, and the romantic and beautiful atmosphere disappeared completely in an instant.

Pei Yu lowered his head unnaturally and coughed dryly, and the strength of his hand on the knife increased a bit.

Zhou Shun glanced impatiently at Xue Rongbao who was rushing over, "What are you doing here?"

Xue Rongbao looked up at Zhou Shun who was sitting on the tree, put his hand in front of his mouth and made a horn, "The emperor asked me to come to you!"

Hearing this, Zhou Shun jumped down from the tree almost reflexively, the look on his face disappeared instantly, and he looked at Xue Rongbao sternly, "What's the matter? What happened in the palace?"

Pei Yu also felt his nervousness, and walked over quickly, "Is the emperor alright?"

Xue Rongbao was stunned for a moment, then smiled and waved to them, "It's okay, it's okay, you don't need to be nervous."

Zhou Shun glanced at him suspiciously, "Then why did you leave the palace? The emperor asked you to come out? Why did he let you out?"

Xue Rongbao happily shared the good news with Zhou Shun, "The emperor said to let me take a night off! He also told me to come to Lesi Temple to find a godfather. You should study more. It happens that I want a godfather too, so I'm here! "

Zhou Shun, "..." Silly boy, you are being rejected, do you know that?

Pei Yu pursed his lips and said, "That's nothing, I'll go first, you guys talk slowly."

After all, before Zhou Shun could say anything, he held his knife and walked away.But Zhou Shun only had time to say "Hey", and sighed towards the receding figure.

fool.

Xue Rongbao sniffled, leaned towards Zhou Shun very blankly, and asked with a smile, "Godfather, do you have any food here? I'm hungry."

Zhou Shun, "..." Another idiot.

Xue Rongbao's neck was embraced by Zhou Shun, and Zhou Shun raised his eyebrows at him maliciously, "What are you in a hurry for? First, let's talk to your godfather about what happened in this palace recently." baby?"

After thinking hard in Lesi Temple for several days, Zhou Shun didn't understand Xu Jia's purpose of coaxing Fuer out of the palace until he heard Xue Rongbao vividly explain how the emperor favored Concubine Mi this week. The layer of fog finally dissipated, Zhou Shun laughed lightly, and even the corners of his eyes hung up with joy.

What's the favor? I guess I sit there and watch the moon every night.

In a word, Xu Jia - no.

Xue Rongbao was still lamenting this beautiful love to himself, "Godfather, you don't know, I have followed the emperor every day these days, and I have seen with my own eyes how the emperor favors the concubine and empress, not only go to Going to bed in Yudie Palace, the other concubines don’t even look at it, and from time to time let me choose shoes from the treasure pattern library for fun and send them to Concubine Mi to relieve boredom. Now the other concubines in the palace are envious of Concubine Mi Damn it!"

"Let's talk about what happened just now. The emperor originally wanted to punish those two gossiping maids, but the concubine empathy begged for a favor. The emperor immediately! Be careful, immediately! Don't be angry! Just let it go." They are gone!"

"The emperor must really like Concubine Mistress very much, that's why he is like this!"

But after Zhou Shun listened to this heart-touching love story that must be yours, he raised his head and laughed even more happily.

Zhou Shun thought gloatingly, seeing that the prime minister of the country had returned to the palace at that time, what kind of clever words could Xu Jia make up to coax him.But... Zhou Shun frowned and hissed. According to his understanding, Xu Jia is not a meddlesome person, so it's fine if he doesn't interfere. Why is he so determined to help Sheng Wanwan this time?Could it be... the emperor is really tempted?

Just as Zhou Shun was thinking wildly here, Xue Rongbao who was sitting on the side suddenly straightened up, and shouted in surprise, "Master Guoxiang!"

The smile at the corner of his mouth froze for an instant, and when Zhou Shun turned his head, he could almost hear the "quack" sound of his neck. When he met Fu Er's eyes, Zhou Shun had only one thought in his mind: it's over, it's over, it's really over this time .

Dead.

In order to hide it from Fu Er, Xu Jia did not hesitate to coax people into the temple, but now he and Xue Rongbao slipped the tongue...

Zhou Shun gasped, not daring to continue thinking.

Xue Rongbao, who was next to Piansheng, didn't know that his death was imminent, so he moved over happily, "Master Guoxiang, are you holding a food basket?"

Fuer smiled at him, "Well, I heard General Pei said you were here, and I thought you might not have had dinner, so I brought you something to eat."

Xue Rongbao became star-eyed, and took the food basket heartlessly, "That's great, that's great, Mr. Prime Minister of the State, you are so caring, I'm almost starving to death."

Zhou Shuncong stood up from the ground, patted the dirt on his buttocks, and saluted Fuer, "See Mr. Prime Minister."

Fu'er signaled him to get up, "I said it's outside the palace, so there's no need for so many rules."

Zhou Shun swallowed, and wanted to make amends for what he said just now, but he didn't know which tendon was wrong, and every sentence he said hit the bull's-eye, "In a few days, the temple will be rewarded, and the emperor will come to enjoy the festival in person." Si Miao, I will be very happy to see the prime minister of the country so dedicated to his duties."

Hearing this, Fuer just lowered his head slightly, and gave a faint "hmm", looking not very interested.

Zhou Shun, "..."

His foul mouth must have been made stupid by Xue Rongbao.

And Xue Rongbao was eating beside him at this time, he raised his head and asked enthusiastically, "Godfather! Do you eat? It's delicious!"

Perhaps it was the connection between master and servant. Xu Jia, who was sitting in the room admiring the moon, inexplicably felt a coolness from the bottom of his heart. He frowned and tilted his neck, and made a "hiss" in doubt, obviously not aware of this feeling. Where did it come from.

At this time, Sheng Wanwan's voice came from behind, "Your Majesty, you can sleep now."

Hearing this, the doubts in his heart were temporarily forgotten by Xu Jia. He skillfully walked to the side bunk and took off his boots to prepare for sleep, but seeing that Sheng Wanwan was still standing still, he paused, put down his boots and asked, " Any thing else?"

Sheng Wanwan stood silently for a while, then knelt down in front of Xu Jia without warning.

Xu Jia raised his eyebrows in surprise, but didn't speak.

"Wanwan doesn't know why the emperor would help me like this, but Wanwan is extremely grateful for the life-saving grace of the emperor, and she will keep it in her heart. From now on, if the emperor needs anything from the Sheng family, Wanwan will definitely be willing to do it."

In a few days, her belly would start to show. If Xu Jia hadn't made her a concubine like rain, she would definitely have been stigmatized as unfeminine, and the final outcome would be nothing more than being raped with her child. Beheaded in Dongshi.

Thinking about it now, even if she escaped from the palace that day, where could she go?No matter where she fled, the child in her womb would not have a biological father, and no matter where she fled, she would not be able to escape the eyes of the world, nor would she be able to escape the fate of being cast aside.

In the end, he could only live in a homeless state.

It was Xu Jia who gave her an identity, and also gave an identity to the children in her womb, and gave them... the possibility to survive.

Moreover, it is possible to live upright, without any guidance, and with a straight back.

Hearing this, Xu Jia stared at her for a while, and said, "You don't need to worry about the affairs of the court. You just need to give birth to this child properly. This is what you should consider, not what to do. Repay me."

"I saved you, not for your reward."

"Also, in a few days, the news that you are pregnant will be released. At that time, you have to be careful and guard against the open and dark arrows in the harem, pay more attention, and you would rather think more than less. If you really encounter something that can’t be solved, just come to me and I will help you.”

Sheng Wanwan's nose soured, she bowed her head and said, "I thank you, Your Majesty."

Why did you save her?

Why would you save that child?

Probably because he knows how hard it is to live a life of being pointed out and wandering, after all, that's how he came here.

But he deserves it, because no one expected his birth at all, but this child is different, this child is loved, protected by A Niang, and expected to come to this world of.

So...don't suffer anymore.

Xu Jia was lying on the side bunk, resting his head on his hands, and suddenly laughed silently.

Xu Jia, Xu Jia, you have really changed, why?

Because of Fule?

It seemed that the person's frowns, eyebrows, nose, and mouth appeared in front of him again.

So close, as if I touched it as soon as I stretched out my hand.

Seductively, Xu Jia slowly stretched out his hand, but only caught a cloud of icy air.

Ah - damn it.

Wanting to help Er is to the extent of thinking about it.

The next time we meet, you must take the opportunity to kiss him secretly, so as to relieve the pain of lovesickness these days.Thinking of this, the corners of Xu Jia's mouth raised slightly uncontrollably, with a little joy and unknown satisfaction that could not be restrained.