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When I came out of Qingshi's residence, it was already the tip of the moon.

Jiang Zhao sent Xie Jin back to the side hall, intentionally raising the topic, and asked, "Have you been to Gong Zhengsi?"

Xie Jin lowered his eyebrows and looked at the road, and after listening to her question, he replied: "I haven't thanked His Majesty for your kindness, but I went back to Gong Zhengsi, and gave the cakes to Master Liu and Xu Sizheng, and they also let the slaves metabolize Your Majesty's grace."

Between the words, they still lowered their posture, with the meaning of alienation and respect.

Jiang Zhao stopped walking, Xie Jin followed her half a step away, and naturally stopped, looking at her with some doubts.

Jiang Zhao turned around and approached her, Xie Jin subconsciously took half a step back, Jiang Zhao followed up again, repeated this several times, Xie Jin finally gave up keeping a distance from her, and called out helplessly, "Your Majesty."

"Don't call me Your Majesty." Jiang Zhao put a finger on her lips, and said seriously: "Didn't you say that you don't blame me? When there are no outsiders around, we will still get along as before, okay?"

Xie Jin's eyelashes trembled slightly, she tilted her head to avoid her fingers, and said in a deep voice: "This is the imperial palace, and I am a court lady who has committed crimes. Your Majesty can be capricious about some things, but I cannot."

Seeing Jiang Zhaoning's puzzled eyebrows, Xie Jin said again: "Your Majesty promised me that I will be able to leave the palace before the end of the year. I just hope that I can spend this time in peace and stability before then, and I don't want to make any troubles."

Jiang Zhao understood her words, lowered his hands, and said weakly: "I know."

She turned around with her hands behind her back, although she was not very happy, she still sent Xie Jin back to the residence of Piandian, because she had a little temper, she sent him to the place so she turned around and left without saying hello.

It was Xie Jin who called her to stop.

"Your Majesty likes this purse so much? You won't be afraid of being laughed at if you wear it out."

Xie Jin looked down at Jiang Zhao's waist, the plain brocade robe, the gold and silver embroidered belt, but there was a dazzling blue purse hanging on it.

Perhaps the workmanship is still exquisite, but the material is rough, which is even more incompatible with the splendor and wealth of her body.

Following her gaze, Jiang Zhao also looked down, and said with a straight face: "I like this, who dares to laugh at me?"

In fact, she didn't usually wear that purse, because she was afraid that the people in the palace would talk too much, and some rumors would spread and cause trouble for Xie Jin.

But today I used it when I went out of the palace, and when I came back to change clothes, I didn't think about it so much, so I tied it to my belt. If Xie Jin hadn't asked, Jiang Zhao would not have remembered the impact this purse would have.

Seeing that her mouth was stiff, Xie Jin didn't say much, and told her to wait on the spot, then turned and entered the palace gate.

Although Jiang Zhao was sulking, he still listened to her very much, and stood motionless at the door of the hall, until Xie Jin came out and reached out to touch her belt, then quickly raised his hand to cover her purse, twisted her body to avoid her touch.

"How can there be any reason to take back the things you give away? At worst, I won't wear them in the future."

Jiang Zhao frowned, and looked at Xie Jin warily, for fear that she would try to grab his purse again.

Xie Jin looked at her as if she was facing a formidable enemy, the corners of her lips twitched, showing a smile that was not a smile, and she spread her palms in front of her.

Jiang Zhao took a closer look, and there was a sachet in her palm, made of snow-blue fabric, embroidered with auspicious clouds and cranes, and tassels on the bottom. downwind.

She stared straight at her eyes, looked up at Xie Jin, and asked uncertainly, "This is for me?"

Seeing Xie Jin nod her head, Jiang Zhao's eyes lit up, she took the sachet from her palm, flipped it around a few times, took it to the tip of her nose and sniffed it lightly, she didn't know what kind of spice was in it, the smell was light and fresh, and Some refreshing effect.

Jiang Zhao's sulking anger disappeared instantly, and Xie Jin didn't need to do anything. He took off the purse at his waist and replaced it with a new sachet. The more he looked at it, the happier he was.

She held out her chest and raised her head, walked around Xie Jin a few times, and asked her eagerly, "Does it look good?"

Xie Jin pretended not to understand what she said, nodded and said: "Your Majesty is beautiful and graceful, so he is naturally beautiful."

Jiang Zhao knew that she did it on purpose, so he didn't bother with her. In a good mood, he poured out all the golden beans from the blue purse, stuffed them into Xie Jin's hands, and said happily: "Although I got the sachet, I can I'm not someone who loves the new and dislikes the old, so I still want to take this purse back, after all, it was embroidered by you yourself."

Seeing that she was getting carried away, Xie Jin shook his head helplessly, and urged: "Your Majesty should go back."

Jiang Zhao was very happy to be coaxed by a sachet, so he didn't intend to pester her intentionally. He nodded and turned to leave.

After walking two steps, she remembered something, turned around and asked Xie Jin: "I'm going to the imperial study to deal with the memorial tomorrow morning. As the emperor's writer, you need to go with me."

Xie Jin wondered: "Your Majesty Qianqiu, can you take a rest for three days? This is the second day."

Jiang Zhao didn't take it seriously, and explained to her: "It's just that I don't have to go to court for three days, and political affairs still have to be dealt with. Otherwise, the imperial study room will be full, and no one else can help me to review it."

Having said that, she curled her lips, obviously resentful.

But as the king of a country and supported by all the people, she can't shirk it, so she can only do her duty and take care of everything.

After saying goodbye to Xie Jin, Jiang Zhao went back to the bedroom. Yuan Xiang waited for a long time, seeing her smiling and in a good mood, he laughed too, and called the maids to wait for Jiang Zhao to wash and change her clothes.

It began to rain during the night and continued until dawn.

Jiang Zhao didn't like rainy days. He felt that rainy days were boring since he was a child. He was ordered not to go out by his mother. He also felt that it was damp and cold everywhere, and he was uncomfortable standing or sitting.

Two years ago, the Empress Dowager died of illness, and it was also on a cold and rainy day, which made Jiang Zhao even more upset.

After waking up and hearing the sound of rain hitting the eaves, Jiang Zhao lay on the bed for a long time before getting up slowly, and the palace servants waited for him to change clothes and wash his hands, the expression on his face was as gloomy as the weather outside.

Gao Sheng'an came into the hall with the breakfast, and seeing her leaning on the chair in a daze, he immediately put on a smiling face and approached her to invite her to eat.

Jiang Zhao returned to his senses in a trance, glanced at him, and said: "You are not feeling well, just rest for a few more days, I am not short of people around me, you don't have to do everything, overwork is not good."

Gao Sheng'an smiled and said: "Thank you for your concern, slave, but slaves are born to work hard, so you should devote yourself to your majesty. If one day you really don't need slaves, then slaves will feel uncomfortable."

There was a bowl of plain noodles and two side dishes on the table he was holding. Jiang Zhao took a look and felt that he had no appetite.

Seeing her reluctance, Gao Sheng'an put the noodle bowl and the side dishes on the table, and deliberately raised his voice: "Your Majesty, come and taste it, this is the noodles that Miss Xie cooked for you in the small kitchen early in the morning. .”

Sure enough, as soon as the words "Miss Xie" came out, Jiang Zhao's expression changed, as if he suddenly had an appetite.

Gao Shengan lowered his head and snickered, and after setting up the simple breakfast, he took a few steps back and stood aside, watching His Majesty sit down obediently at the table, and ate up the plain plain noodles, even the soup .

"It seems that His Majesty has a good appetite." Gao Sheng'an said with a smile.

Jiang Zhao glanced at him, got up and took two steps to digest food, ignored him, but called Yuan Xiang loudly.

Yuan Xiang came in from outside the hall to salute, Jiang Zhao ordered: "Let Han Xuan go to the imperial study to meet me, and bring Tan Yuansheng and Fang Chong with him."

"Slave obeys the order." Yuan Xiang received the imperial edict and left in a hurry.

Gao Shengan leaned forward and asked: "Your Majesty, this little apprentice, can you do what you want?"

Jiang Zhao nodded, and praised: "Xiao Yuanzi is clever and flexible in handling things. He is busy in and out of the palace and is very busy. His father and father are good at teaching. Are you here to ask for rewards?"

Gao Shengan said with a smile: "There is no need to ask for rewards, it is the honor of the servants to do things for His Majesty.

It's just that the slave has only such an apprentice after all, and now the slave can still move, so he can still share some of the burden with him, but after all, the slave is old, and I'm afraid that one day I really can't get sick, leaving him alone, I'm afraid it's not worth it Come. "

"What does the father-in-law mean?"

"The servant wants to choose two more clever teachings, so that I can share the burden with Xiao Yuanzi in the future."

"It's not a big deal, you can figure it out."

Jiang Zhao looked at Gao Sheng'an, who had a low eyebrow and pleasing eyes, and his eyes were more thoughtful, but he still wrote lightly: "You are the chief executive of the inner court, and you don't need to ask me for instructions on matters that you can decide on your own."

Gao Shengan raised his eyebrows with joy, bowed and said: "Thank you for your permission, you have a lot of trust in this servant, and this servant will not let you down."

Jiang Zhao smiled and said nothing.

After staying in the bedroom for a while, the rain gradually weakened, but it was still pattering, and there was no intention to stop. Jiang Zhao and others were upset, so they decided to brave the rain and go to the imperial study.

Yu Lan was waiting at the gate of Xihe Palace, Jiang Zhao turned to look at Xie Jin who was holding an umbrella by himself, then glanced at Gao Sheng'an who was holding an umbrella for himself, and waved to him.

Gao Sheng'an understood, and listened to her.

"No, no, absolutely not, it's really out of place."

I don't know what Jiang Zhao said, Eunuch Gao shook his head again and again, Xie Jin listened to the movement and looked over, and saw Gao Sheng'an hunched over, looking very humble, but his words were very firm.

Jiang Zhao frowned, and retorted: "Eunuch, don't talk about decency, but know how to be flexible."

"The slave doesn't know how to be flexible, he only knows how to be decent. He would rather be punished than allow His Majesty to act so capriciously." Gao Sheng'an shook his head again, no matter what Jiang Zhao said, he would not do anything.

Jiang Zhao was so angry that he asked angrily, "Do you think I dare not hit you?"

Gao Sheng'an was still uncompromising, and righteously said: "If you can make His Majesty dispel this idea by hitting the slaver's board, then the slave will be punished. Please make an order!"

He recruited a little eunuch to hold an umbrella for Jiang Zhao, and knelt on the wet floor tiles himself.

"Come here!" Jiang Zhao was so angry that he was about to smoke, he called two guards loudly, pointed at Gao Sheng and said: "Give him to me..."

Seeing that she was about to give an order, Xie Jin couldn't wait to find out the situation, so he interrupted and called out: "Your Majesty!"

Jiang Zhao's order got stuck in the middle, Xie Jin approached, looked down at Gao Sheng'an who was kneeling on the ground and kowtowed, before hesitating for a moment, he was about to kneel down beside him.

"Just say what you have to say, don't learn to kneel down." Jiang Zhao saw Xie Jin's intention and quickly stopped him.

When Xie Jin heard this, he didn't kneel down, but he didn't speak. Instead, he looked at Gao Sheng'an again.

Jiang Zhao felt the pain in his brain, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "Gao Sheng'an, get up and talk."

Gao Shengan thanked her, and was supported by Xie Jin to stand up, cast a grateful glance at her, and immediately lowered his eyes not to dare to look around.

Xie Jin still didn't know why there was a rift between their master and servant, so he could only say to Jiang Zhao: "Eunuch Gao has worked hard for His Majesty, serving His Majesty wholeheartedly, His Majesty is broad-minded and accepts all rivers, why bother to get angry with him?"

As soon as the words fell, before Jiang Zhao could speak, Gao Sheng'an passed the steps aside: "It's all the fault of the slave. The slave relies on the old to sell the old, and speaks shamelessly. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Xie Jin said again: "Your Majesty values ​​filial piety. Eunuch Gao is an old man left behind by the Empress Dowager. In addition to his past affection, His Majesty also asks for forgiveness for the Empress Dowager's sake."

They sang together, and Xie Jin moved the queen mother out. Jiang Zhao didn't really want to hit Gao Sheng'an at first, but just wanted to scare him out of anger.

So he went downhill with the trend, and said in a cold voice: "It's not an example."

Gao Shengan thanked her again and again, went to take back the umbrella handle and stood beside Jiang Zhao to hold the umbrella for her, and invited her to get on the chariot.

Jiang Zhao didn't even look at him, and directly stepped forward and squeezed under Xie Jin's umbrella. Because he was much taller than Xie Jin who was holding the umbrella, he could only bend down slightly, and stretched out his hand to snatch it from Xie Jin's hand. The handle of the umbrella is considered to stand up straight.

"If I walk over, I will not live up to the rain."

After Jiang Zhao finished speaking, he grabbed Xie Jin's sleeve with his other hand and led her out.

Gao Shengan yelled a few times from behind, Jiang Zhao pretended not to hear, and tilted the umbrella slightly towards Xie Jin, taking the opportunity to get closer to her side by side, so that they walked in the rain under the same umbrella, and suddenly felt that the rainy day was not so bad Hate it.

Xie Jin turned his head and took a look. Seeing that Gao Sheng'an had led someone to follow him, he couldn't help but sighed, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty is too capricious, it's really difficult for Eunuch Gao."

Jiang Zhao just smiled and said nothing, and even led her to quicken her pace a little.

After walking for a while, Xie Jin couldn't help but ask her: "What did you say to Eunuch Gao just now, to make things like that?"

Jiang Zhao hesitated for a moment, seeing Xie Jin staring straight at him with curiosity in his eyes, he confessed truthfully: "I told you to ride in the chariot together, he definitely disagrees."

Xie Jin couldn't think of such a reason, his face froze, and he clenched his back teeth.

She turned her head to look behind again, and seeing that Eunuch Gao and his party were not following too closely, she raised her hand to touch Jiang Zhao's belt through the haze of rain and fog, then moved it to the back of the waist little by little, and pinched it cruelly.

"hiss!"