My Lady is well

The imperial study was solemn and dignified, with dark furnishings. Only a few bright yellow delicate items and embroidered silk fluttering in the wind gave it a hint of everyday life.

The auspicious beast incense burner was burning with elegant and calm ambergris, its fragrance wafting far into the air, filling the entire imperial study.

Shen Yueyao walked to the rosewood imperial desk and bowed deeply.

"I have met the emperor."

Jing Ruzhang's cold eyes fell on her face, staring at her quietly, with a distant look and some ambiguous feelings hidden in his expression, and said in a cold voice.

"Get up."

Shen Yueyao stood up and looked up at him nervously.

At this moment, her fingers shrank imperceptibly, and she had a bad feeling in her heart.

Jing Ruzhang slowly spread his hands towards her. The golden dragon pattern on his cuffs was exquisite and luxurious, giving people a feeling of being unattainable.

She squeezed the thick stack of calligraphy in her hand and glanced at his face, trying to get some useful information.

Unfortunately, I failed every time I tried.

Shen Yueyao gave him a playful smile, trying to hide her guilty conscience.

She handed over the "homework" and accidentally touched his hand. Her fingertips were warm and the joints were hard. With a light touch, she quickly pulled her hand back in panic and lowered her eyes to a safe range.

Jing Ruzhan frowned like a knife and glanced at her lightly, taking in her panicked expression.

He raised his lips inaudibly and turned his eyes, which were filled with twinkling smiles, to the rice paper.

Unfolding the rice paper slowly, Shen Yueyao looked up at his focused expression, her heart pounding.

Two restless hands were hidden under the wide cuffs, tightly clutching the embroidered lotus on the cuffs.

There was panic in her clear eyes, and she stretched her neck to look at the imperial desk.

He turned his head away, and Shen Yueyao met his ambiguous gaze and immediately lowered her head.

Her brows were deeply furrowed, and she thought to herself, it’s over!

She has never believed in ghosts or gods, but at this moment she was silently chanting in her heart.

God bless you, I can’t see it, I can’t see it!

Jing Ruzhang admired her expression nonchalantly and snorted.

He slowly picked up a piece of paper and put it aside, continuing to review it as if nothing had happened.

Shen Yueyao felt a chill on her back and her palms were sweaty. She pursed her soft lips and forced a smile.

"Your Majesty, you have worked hard. You must be very tired after reviewing all the memorials. How about... take a rest for a while and then read on."

She tried to divert his attention, but someone saw through it but didn't point it out. He continued to turn the pages one by one, and pulled out several sheets of thick paper, which became thinner and thinner.

There was originally a thick stack of papers, but in the end only two sheets were left.

Jing Ruzhan smiled with interest at the corners of his eyes and said with raised eyebrows.

"Is this what Shen Cainu copied as punishment?"

Shen Yueyao's legs went weak and she knelt on the ground trembling.

The last time I saw him, he hadn't even flipped through two pages. I thought, after copying for so many days, he just glanced at it.

Who still copies honestly?

He won't look at it closely anyway, so just do it for your own sake.

Who knew he was so free this time to check it word by word?

His leisure eyes lingered on her for a while, and his words were teasing.

"Okay, I copied it carefully in the first two times. At the beginning, I only missed one or two words, and then I directly missed paragraphs. The last time, it was the most exaggerated. I only copied the first and last paragraphs, and I also missed five sentences and nine words in between."

Shen Yueyao's mind was racing and she stammered.

"Your Highness...Your Highness...Your Highness was just dazzled for a moment and missed...

"Oh? You missed it. You must have missed half of it. I think Shen Cainu might have an eye disease. Do you want to summon the imperial physician to take a look at it?"

Shen Yueyao lowered her head, her face suddenly turned red, and she wanted to find a hole to crawl into.

"No... no need, I know my crime."

"Oh? Shen Cainu doesn't have an eye disease? Does that mean she is deliberately deceiving the emperor?"

deceive you?

Isn’t it just that you didn’t copy the book carefully?

How does it involve deceiving the emperor?

Shen Yueyao's body trembled, and she raised her watery eyes and looked at him tremblingly.

I don’t know what was going on in my head, but I suddenly thought of that day when Concubine Meng and the others were kneeling on the ground and howling.

Although the method is not very good, it seems to be effective.

She followed suit and kowtowed quickly.

"Your Majesty, please spare my life. Your Majesty, please spare my life. I will go back and rewrite it. Your Majesty, please spare my life..."

Her eyes were like two small springs, and tears suddenly welled up and fell drop by drop on her fair cheeks.

The corners of her eyes are slightly red, which perfectly interprets the word "pitiful and pitiful".

Jing Ruzhang was upset by her crying. A hint of panic quickly appeared in his indifferent eyes and his chest constricted.

Leng Ling said: "Shut up!"

Shen Yueyao really stopped talking and just looked at him pitifully with her watery eyes.

At this moment, Eunuch Luo came in to report.

"Your Majesty, Lord Chen has something to ask you."

He immediately collected his thoughts and glanced at the person on the ground.

Shen Yueyao quickly stood up, turned around, wiped her tears, and stepped aside.

The annoying north wind blew through the window, brushing against the strands of hair at Shen Yueyao's temples, with a few strands sticking to her forehead.

The bright red lips, the black hair, the delicate eyes, are unintentionally embedded in one place, all of which are unconsciously charming.

Jing Ruzhang's Adam's apple rolled slightly, his brows furrowed, he picked up the teacup, and slowly took a sip of tea.

Luo Zhong led Lord Chen into the hall. He knelt on one knee to greet the person on the throne.

"Your Majesty, long live the emperor. Long live the emperor."

"Mr. Chen, please excuse me."

Shen Yueyao remembered this Lord Chen, the one who criticized her story for being unorthodox at the banquet.

"Why would Lord Chen like to see you?"

Lord Chen clasped his hands and said, "May I ask Your Majesty, do you want to take over the salt business?"

The emperor had a stern look on his face, his brows furrowed, and his aura was as oppressive as a mountain, making him inviolable.

The voice was like broken ice: "Why? Master Chen has any objection?"

Shen Yueyao just saw his angry expression at this moment, which was frightening. She unconsciously took a step back.

Lord Chen did not dare to look directly at the emperor, and bowed his head and said.

"Your Majesty, I think this is inappropriate."

"What's wrong?"

"This is to compete with the people for profit. The ancients said that virtue is more important than profit, and righteousness is more important than money. Your Majesty's actions are really inappropriate. Going against righteousness and pursuing profit, competing with merchants for market profits, is really not the primary task of governing the country. Your Majesty should focus on the basics and give up the trivialities, and expand the benefits of agriculture."

After listening to this, Shen Yueyao thought to herself that Lord Chen was so bold that he actually dared to go against the emperor.

This can be considered as risking one's life to make suggestions, right?

He is a rare loyal minister.

However, it is just too pedantic and I can't help but shake my head slightly.

Jing Ruzhang's sharp eyes swept over her slightest movement, he glanced at Lord Chen indifferently, suppressed the words in his heart, and raised his lips coldly.

"Shen Cainu, why are you shaking your head?"