Empress Chu

Deng Yi looked at him: "Young Master Liang, what else can you do?"

This is a direct eviction order.

He really believes in them, but that's all. In Deng Yi's heart, it's not that he can't do without the Liang family, but the Liang family can't do without him. Interfering with Liang's military promotion is the Taifu's greatest kindness.

As for support, even treating them as one of their own is not enough.

Liang Qiang understood in her heart.

If you want to gain the true respect of the Taifu, it is useless to rely on bravery.

Oh, Liang Qiang no longer thinks that the Taifu is the person behind him. He stretched out his hand and pressed his chest. When he arrived in the capital, one of his soldiers—or guards—handed him something.

"I heard that you have to give gifts to the Taifu when you do business."

Tai Tu will not give himself a gift, the one who prepares this gift for him is the person behind it.

This person is not Grand Tutor Deng Yi.

In Liang Qiang's heart, she couldn't tell whether it was a pity or a sense of sadness, or that there was nothing at all, and he was not qualified to have any emotions for a chess piece.

Before Deng Yi spoke again, Liang Qiang leaned over and saluted, took out a booklet from her arms and held it up in both hands: "Teacher, this is a little care from my father and me, please accept it."

Deng Yi smiled, and said: "Liang Junhou knows this Grand Tutor very well." Pointing to the table, "Since you have the heart, then I will accept it."

Liang Qiang put the brochure on the table: "As the Taifu said, although I am not on official duty, I am a frontier soldier, so I will go to the military camp to borrow. If the Taifu orders, let someone go to the Beijing camp to call me. "

After finishing speaking, he simply saluted and resigned and left.

Listening to him means that I still need to find him?Deng Yi smiled, Liang Shi is indeed available, or in other words, anyone who is not compatible with Xie Shi can be used, he will help Liang Shi, but reuse is not enough.

He picked up the document that Liang Qiang put down, is it a gift list?Liang's father and son can do it. In a short period of time, they risked their lives to sell their family property, or it was the family property that Liang's private possession-it is said that they ransacked the house and exiled it.

But when Deng Yi opened the booklet, what he found was the name of the person, the general of the frontier army, and he wrote the name of the general, his age, his native place, and his birth——

These Deng Yi are no strangers, he knew these great generals when he was not a tutor, and now he can see his resume at hand.

There are only a few words about the general, and then the pen turns around and writes a long history with another name and official position as the general. Although the official position of this long history is not as high as the general, the content of the long history is full of a page——

Deng Yi looked at it, his smile disappeared, he stood up and walked out with a solemn expression.

The attendant outside the door hurriedly asked, "What orders does your lord have?"

Deng Yi walked out quickly: "Go back to the imperial city."

The visitors looked at the hustle and bustle in front of the door, and Deng Yi, who had just returned, left in a hurry, and the previous guess was verified.

"The Tai Tu came back suddenly just to see Mr. Liang."

"Young Master Liang is so valued by the Taifu!"

"I didn't see him give a heavy gift either?"

"Perhaps it was delivered earlier."

"Mr. Liang is going to recover!"

The visitors did not sit until dark like in the past, some were anxious to bring the news to the Patriarchs, while others were anxious to visit and inquire about Mr. Liang.

……

……

When Mr. Liang was received by the Taifu alone and caused a small disturbance in the capital, Xie Yanlai, who caused a big disturbance, also woke up in the imperial city.

After waking up, he didn't know whether it was embarrassment or what, he got up and was about to leave.

Xie Yanfang and Xiao Yu came from the other side.

"Do you want to go back to the military camp or go home?" Xie Yanfang asked, "If you don't want to go back at home, you can live in the Beijing camp. If there is any news from the imperial city, I will let someone tell you in time."

Any news from the imperial city——Xie Yan took a look at Chu Zhao.

Chu Zhao was smiling at him, and nodded when he saw what he looked like: "The capital camp is not far away, and it is much more convenient to exchange news than in the border county."

That's still far away, Xie Yanlai raised an eyebrow to look at Xie Yanfang: "I'm afraid my family doesn't want me to go back." Without waiting for Xie Yanfang to speak, he said, "Whether they want to or not, I will go back."

Xie Yanlai clasped his hands, made a creaking sound, and sneered.

"I have a score to settle with my nephews."

After finishing speaking, he saluted Xiao Yu.

"My minister retire."

The three people in the hall didn't have time to speak, and Xie Yanlai had already walked out, but the three of them were obviously used to it, so they didn't feel surprised at all.

Xie Yanfang also bowed to Xiao Yu: "Your Majesty, leave."

Chu Zhao asked with a smile: "Will the third son go back with him?"

Xie Yanfang smiled: "Of course not, I will go back at this time, and they will seek justice from me when they fight. I will not go back tonight."

Both Chu Zhao and Xiao Yu laughed.

Xie Yanlai left, Xie Yanfang also returned to the Yamen, but Chu Zhao did not continue to eat melon seeds with Xiao Yu.

"I'm going to see the Taifu and say a few words." Chu Zhao said, "Ayu, please write a few words first, so that we don't have to do homework at night. I'll ask the small opera troupe to come in and listen to the opera."

Xiao Yu clapped his hands happily: "Okay, okay, it depends on somersaults."

Chu Zhao said to Qi Gonggong: "Have you heard that, follow His Majesty's orders, and all do somersaults!"

Eunuch Qi responded with a smile: "Your Majesty and Your Majesty, please wait and see."

Chu Zhao left, but Xiao Yu did not return to the study, but climbed onto the couch by the window.

"My Majesty." Eunuch Qi hurriedly followed, persuading in a low voice, "The queen asked you to write, don't be lazy, and be careful that my sister hits your palm."

When he was not in front of Chu Zhao, Xiao Yu didn't have the slightest childish look on his face.

"I know." He interrupted Eunuch Qi, frowning and sweeping over the table, looking under the table.

"Your Majesty, what are you looking for?" Eunuch Qi asked cautiously.

Xiao Yu looked at the almond shells on the table and shook his head: "It's nothing." He jumped down on the bed and walked towards the study with his sleeves behind his back.

Eunuch Qi didn't dare to ask any more questions, and followed quietly.

Chapter 21 Good Night

Chu Zhao wanted to talk to Deng Yi about the frontier army.

Xie Yan didn't say much in the court, but she knew that Deng Yi didn't care about the frontier army, and she would definitely understand in private. Deng Yi didn't like Mrs. Xie, so let her come forward and lead Deng Yi to say more.

It's just a coincidence that when I came to the front hall, the officials said that the Taifu was not there and went home.

Chu Zhaodao: "This is rare."

The officials laughed awkwardly, and didn't know whether the empress was praising or belittling.

"Is Mrs. Deng okay?" Chu Zhao asked again.

Although Deng Yi's house was full of gold, silver and jewels, they were all external possessions, and the only thing Deng Yi cared about was his old lady.

It turned out that they were concerned about the Tai Tuo’s family, and now the officials were able to reply. They all said, “Old Madam is well, thank you for your concern.”

After the monarchs and ministers joked a few words, Chu Zhao left. Just before he returned to the harem, a servant came rushing over, "The grand master is back."

Chu Zhao immediately transferred to the front hall again, but still failed to see Deng Yi.

The officials looked apologetic: "The Taifu is discussing some important matters, please don't disturb me."

Chu Zhao hesitated. If she had to go in, Deng Yi probably wouldn't drive her out. It's just that she was able to listen to the government because she accompanied the little emperor. Well, it's not easy for her, a queen, to break in again.

In many matters, Deng Yi turned a blind eye to her, allowing her to do whatever she wanted, and she couldn't let Deng Yi lose face too much.

It is necessary to deal with Deng Yi for a long time, and try to avoid trivial matters.

It will take some time to reach an agreement on the matter of the frontier army. She will see him tomorrow at court.

Not in a hurry.

Chu Zhao ordered the servants to prepare the dinner in the imperial dining room. The adults should not delay the meal when discussing state affairs. The officials outside the door thanked the empress for her kindness and sent the queen away.

"Your Majesty really trusts and favors the Taifu." An official sighed.

"The Taifu is the supervisor of the country. She doesn't trust the Taifu. Be careful that even the queen can't sit still." Another official didn't sigh, but was a bit on guard, "She is the queen now, and the Xie family is also her relatives. Now, when it really comes to the confrontation between the Xie family and the Tai Tuo, that is the time to see who the Empress trusts and favors."

Chu Zhao didn't care about the whispers of the officials behind him, and being able to be whispered and talked about was a skill. In that life, when she was a queen, the officials of the previous dynasty didn't talk about her, but they didn't see her either.

After all this trip back to the harem, it was already dusk.

"Sister." Xiao Yu held up two pieces of writing to show her, "I've written them all."

Chu Zhao sat down and said, "Okay, let me check it carefully." She took out the words and read them carefully before she nodded, "It's written quickly and well."

Xiao Yu smiled all over his face.

Eunuch Qi joked: "Your Majesty is very attentive, he didn't even drink a sip of tea, sat still until the writing was finished, and asked the old slave to check it twice."

Chu Zhao stretched out his hand to stroke Xiao Yu's head: "Our Ayu is a determined child."

Xiao Yu leaned on her body: "My sister taught me."

"If others teach, if you can't learn, you still have to rely on yourself." Chu Zhao smiled, and he couldn't say too much about teaching children. He clapped his hands and told Eunuch Qi, "Okay, Your Majesty finished writing early, and we will enjoy the blessings and let the play The team is performing now, and His Majesty and I will watch it while eating, as a small banquet."

Eunuch Qi replied yes with a smile.

"Since it's a banquet—" Chu Zhao giggled again, "Do you want to bring some wine?"

Xiao Yu immediately said beside her: "I want it too."

Eunuch Qi looked at one big and one small, shook his head helplessly, and pointed to the outside: "The Tai Tuo is still in the outer hall, your majesty, please lead His Majesty to drink, be careful that he will come and reprimand you."

"One cup for each person, peach blossom stuffing, that's sweet water." Chu Zhao smiled, and said, "Teacher is busy in the outer hall, so he doesn't care about us."

Eunuch Qi was just joking, peach blossom wine is indeed not considered wine, he smiled and responded with taking people to buy it, passing on the meal, passing on the opera troupe, the bedroom was noisy and lively.

Chu Zhao and Xiao Yu didn't need to move, and put away the written words. Xiao Yu hesitated and said, "Sister's words don't count."

Chu Zhaoyi said, "How could I be that kind of person."

Xiao Yu pointed to the desk: "Where's the almond you promised?"

Children can’t be coaxed casually when they grow up, and Chu Zhao also remembered that she said something casually while eating melon seeds, but she didn’t forget that when she was talking to Xie Yan, she peeled almonds—but she forgot to leave them for Xiao Yu. caught.

Thinking of Xie Yanlai rushing into the palace, after saying a few words, she fell asleep exhausted, and when she woke up, according to his temper, she would definitely leave in a hurry, and couldn't even drink tea, so she put the peeled almonds in a small bag, Tie it on Xie Yanlai's belt, it can be regarded as the emperor's grace.

It's just that Chu Zhao's words swirled around his lips, and then he swallowed them back, changing another sentence.

"I ate it." She said, with an apologetic smile, "I peeled and ate it unconsciously while talking, and ended up eating it."

Xiao Yu's face instantly burst into a smile: "It turned out that my sister ate it, so my sister peeled it for me to eat."

Even if this matter is over, Chu Zhao nodded with a smile. She has not been a child for a long time, and suddenly remembered that promises are very important to children. She said it was something for him, but turned around and gave it to someone else, which is very sad. .

"Watching the play tonight, my sister will peel all the fruits without shells for you." She generously promised.

Xiao Yu smiled openly, then shook his head: "I will eat with my sister."

Chu Zhao stretched out his hand and patted Xiao Yu's head: "Good boy."

The front and back halls of the imperial city were lively, and the night of Xie's house was not calm, with noisy, scolding and screams one after another. Fortunately, the Xie's house was deep, and there were servants all over the house, and idlers were not allowed to approach.

It wasn't until the night fell that Xie's house regained its calm.

Xie Yanlai threw himself on the bed, four or five maidservants yelled and pulled him up.

"Young master, you need to wash and change your clothes before going to bed."

"My lord, this bed is covered with new ones made by my sisters. It is soft and fragrant after drying. If you are dirty, you can't go on it."

Xie Yanlai was angry and funny: "Are you preparing for my people, or for my skin?"

The maidservants persuaded: "For the sake of the people and the skin."

"I'll go to the toilet first, and I've already washed it." Xie Yanlai lay down and refused to get up, "Didn't you find these clothes?"

"The past was the past." The maidservants helplessly looked at the mud, soil, and blood on Xie Yanlai——

Just now at home, I had another noisy scuffle with the young masters.

Xie Yanlai had no choice but to know that if he didn't listen, these maidservants would make him sleepless all night, so he had to get up and wash up as told, all the maidservants came in and hurriedly undressed, Xie Yanlai thought of something to stop——

He raised his eyebrows and said, "I know you guys want to see my injuries, no need, just get out for me."