The emperor's heart alone

Xu Yunjin didn't want to go back to the house of the head of the House of Internal Affairs that has nothing, so he spent the whole afternoon in Shi Junji's Changping Palace. When no minister asked for an audience, Xu Yunjin stayed in the outer hall, and when someone asked for an audience, he went into the inner hall to play Xu Shi, Xu Yunjin became impatient after several times of tossing, and directly hid in the inner hall and did not come out, and finally even slept on the dragon bed.

When he woke up, it was time for dinner, Shi Junji left Xu Yunjin for dinner, Xu Yunjin didn't refuse, and finally went back home with a full stomach.

Qingpei was already waiting outside the palace gate. When Xu Yunjin came out, she got into the prepared sedan chair, and the group wandered back to Xu's mansion.After getting off the sedan chair at the gate of Xu Mansion, Xu Yunjin blinked suspiciously: "Father, brother, what are you all doing standing at the door?"

Xu Yunting had helplessness on his face, while Xu Tao was full of anxiety and worry. Seeing Xu Yunjin come back, Xu Tao hurriedly greeted him: "Isn't today your first day in office? Why did you come back so late?"

Xu Yunjin tidied up the corners of his clothes slowly: "The emperor summoned me when it was almost noon, and kept me there for lunch and dinner, so I came back at this time."

Xu Yunting: "..."

Xu Tao: "The emperor actually summoned you? He also asked you to eat lunch and dinner?" Xu Tao was very surprised, "Dining at the same table as the emperor?"

Xu Yunjin gave an "en" and looked depressedly at Xu Tao who was standing in front of him: "Father, are you still letting me in?"

Xu Tao didn't move: "What's going on? It's fine for the emperor to summon you, why did he keep you for so long? What are you doing in Changping Palace?"

Xu Yunjin: "...Does sleeping count?"

Xu Yunting: "..."

Xu Tao was shocked: "What?"

Xu Yunjin resisted the urge to roll his eyes: "Father, I was joking, the emperor just asked me if I was used to it, and asked me to be familiar with the affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Nothing happened at all."

Xu Yunting said that he still believed in the statement that he was sleeping just now.

Only then did Xu Tao feel relieved: "I must not be full to eat with the emperor tonight, your mother asked the kitchen to prepare food, you can eat some more when you go back."

Xu Yunting glanced at Xu Tao, saying that Xu Yunjin must have had a great time eating in the palace.The fact is exactly what Xu Yunting thought, Xu Yunjin subconsciously rubbed his bulging stomach, with a bitter face, he was already full today, and he was afraid that he would not be able to digest his stomachache at night, Xu Tao actually let himself eat again?After thinking about it, I would go back to my own yard to eat anyway, who knows if I ate or not?He didn't refute Xu Tao in face, but just nodded in agreement—in fact, he was accommodating Xu Tao because he felt guilty for keeping Shi Junji from the truth.

The three of them dispersed in front of the mansion, and Xu Tao went back to the house worried all the way. Seeing him like this, Xu Jia couldn't help comforting him: "Master, why are you so worried? Let me tell you, the emperor bestowed an official on Yun Jin, Isn't it because of our Xu family's face? Since it's because of our Xu family's face, the emperor won't embarrass Yun Jin too much. Master, just relax."

Xu Tao sighed, why didn't he think of what Xu Jiashi said?But other than that, he was still very worried, with a sense of uneasiness in his heart, always feeling that there was some secret hidden behind this incident.

Two flowers bloomed, one for each branch, Xu Yunjin slowly returned to his yard, and when he entered the house, he found that Shi Junji had already arrived.Xu Yunjin couldn't help but laugh: "Really, you arrived faster than me."

Shi Junji smiled: "Speaking of which, you came back very slowly, and I even went to the Empress Dowager's Palace."

"The Queen Mother?" Xu Yunjin remembered the news he heard recently, "I heard that the Queen Mother is sick?"

Shi Junji said "En": "Do many people know about this now?"

Xu Yunjin shook his head and said he was not sure: "Is the Queen Mother's illness serious?"

Shi Junji frowned slightly: "It's hard to say, I saw that the Queen Mother's complexion is not bad, but the imperial doctor said that it won't last long."

Xu Yunjin sighed: "Why did this happen all of a sudden? I remember that the Queen Mother has always been in good health, and she should have many more years to live."

Shi Junji hesitated for a moment: "I heard from my subordinates that the Empress Dowager has been secretly taking a medicine."

Xu Yunjin was taken aback: "What?"

"The medicine came in a strange way. None of my subordinates found out what the medicine was for. They only knew that after taking the medicine, the Queen Mother's body gradually deteriorated, and she is now bedridden. .”

"But why?" Xu Yunjin murmured.

Shi Junji was expressionless: "The Jiang family is very powerful, and the Northwest has even fallen into the hands of the Jiang family. My third younger brother seems to be doing nothing on the surface, but the power underneath is not small. I don't think the queen mother is ignorant of this. After all, he was in power at the beginning. The women who see it are much more thorough than ordinary people, and they can see clearly the small movements of those people."

"And what she knows better is that I am no longer the emperor who had no power at the time. Now I am in control, with countless powers in my hands, with ambitions and desires. I will never let others control my destiny, whether it is the Jiang family or the three. Little brother, it’s hard to escape my palm.”

"She doesn't want her family and her son to have nothing left in the end, so she can only use this method to weaken my anger. After her death, the Jiang family will not be the mother family of the current queen mother. Of course, the power will Weakened, and the power in her hands was returned to me after her death."

Xu Yunjin rubbed his head: "I used to think that Daping was a peaceful and prosperous age, but now it seems that there are still many twists and turns, and the hidden crises are no less than those in previous dynasties. It is really hard work for you."

Shi Junji couldn't help but said: "Don't look at me with that kind of sympathy, according to my thinking, it's good to have these things, otherwise, wouldn't I have the same life every day, with nothing new? This is just right, wouldn’t it be nice to always have a challenge waiting for me to do it?”

Xu Yunjin sneered in his heart, he couldn't imitate Shi Junji's personality, in his opinion, the less troublesome things are, the better, so many things stand in front of him, if he were, he would have already grown impatient.

"Speaking of which, the Empress Dowager doesn't have much to say sorry to me. After all, after my mother's death, she was the Empress Dowager who raised me up. Even though she didn't dote on me as much as she did to her third brother, she didn't give me less. If you want to blame, you can only blame her for having a son with a big heart and a mother with a big heart, and it is inevitable that this result will happen."

Xu Yunjin didn't say anything, he had never met the queen mother, he only knew that before Shi Junji was in charge of the government, the government was really controlled by the queen mother, and after the emperor was able to take charge of the government, the queen mother simply handed over the power back It was given to Shi Junji, which is one of the reasons why Shi Junji could easily grasp the power at a young age.From this point of view, Shi Junji should still thank the Queen Mother.

It's just that he has come to such an end now, which can only be said to be a trick of good fortune.

Xu Yunjin didn't mention this matter anymore, but asked: "Is Xu Shi still in Changping Palace?"

Shi Junji nodded: "Anyway, I don't sleep there at night now, it's very convenient for the palace people to serve Xu Shi, and no one will break into Changping Palace at night without reason."

"He's just a child staying in the Changping Palace, no matter how I think about it, I feel uneasy." Xu Yunjin said, "If I leave it with you during the day, then put Xu Shi with me at night, and I usually don't have it at night. Come on, the servant's mouth is also very strict, and he won't go outside to talk nonsense."

Shi Junji's face darkened: "No, your place is much less safe than mine. If Xu Shi makes a lot of noise and can't be coaxed, the crying will have to attract others."

Xu Yunjin glanced at Shi Junji sideways: "I'm not safe here, so is your place safe? Xu Shi's voice will be heard by people outside Changping Palace, and the news that there is a baby in Changping Palace will spread throughout the world." The entire palace is destroyed, and it will be more difficult to end at that time, I think it's better to leave Xu Shi with me."

Shi Junji became more and more displeased, Xu Shi has not officially become Xu Yunjin's child, Xu Yunjin is so worried about him now, then when Xu Shi arrives at Xu's house later, where will he have a place to live?Thinking about it this way, I regretted even thinking of such a bad idea.

Xu Yunjin didn't care about Shi Junji: "That's it. Besides, if Xu Shi is kept here with me, if my father or mother finds out, just tell them about it, and it will save the two of us from thinking about it." There is no good way to tell my parents about Xu Shi's existence."

Shi Junji had no choice but to say: "Then we have to clean up a room for Xu Shi, we can't let him sleep in the same room as us."

"That's natural." Xu Yunjin gave Shi Junji a strange look, "Leave him here with us, if there is a big scene at night, how can we go to court tomorrow morning?"

Shi Junji was now happy.

Xu Yunjin suddenly thought of something, and called out, "Qingpei."

When Qingpei entered the room, Xu Yunjin said: "Didn't Junji give me a piece of red silk warm jade before? Find it out and bring it to me when I go to court tomorrow."

Shi Junji smiled and said: "I thought I would never see you wearing it in this life." With nostalgia in his eyes, "Speaking of which, your temper was really irritable at that time, I still remember the first time I gave you the The jade pendant I sent was broken by you. At that time, I was very angry, thinking why this person is so ignorant? When I gave you the piece of red silk warm jade later, I was worried that you would take it too. It was broken, I didn't expect you to still keep it, and now you have to wear it."

Xu Yunjin didn't even look at Shi Junji, and began to change his clothes: "Although it's spring now, the weather is still a bit cold, especially for children. I will go to the palace tomorrow and give Xu the piece of warm red silk jade Send it in time, so as not to catch a cold if you don't take care of it well, it's not a small thing for him to catch a cold at his age, so it's better to be careful."

Shi Junji was really angry: "That piece of red silk warm jade is for you, and there are not many pieces in Daping! What does he know as a child, doesn't he just want warm jade? I'll get someone to give it to him tomorrow." Find a piece, but this piece of red silk warm jade will definitely not work!"

Xu Yunjin was too lazy to talk to Shi Junji, who was stingy, until he changed his clothes with Shi Junji's help, and then said: "It's just a piece of jade, is it worth being so angry?"

Shi Junji was furious: "That's red silk warm jade!"

Xu Yunjin perfunctory: "I know, I know, isn't it just red silk warm jade? If you like it, I'll ask someone to find another piece for you, and this one will be used by Xu Shi first."

Shi Junji: "..."