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Yishi didn't go out, she only squinted at the guards who were closely guarding in front of the hall, she closed the door, and walked slowly to the table.

The soup started to simmer early in the morning, and now it was brought from the kitchen, sitting on the small stove, and the lid of the purple casserole was lifted, emitting a tangy fragrance.Qu Yao sat with her feet crossed, and turned over a page of the scripture scroll in her hand. She was dressed plainly, with a plain jacket on her upper body, a gray and half-worn skirt, and brown cloth shoes on her lower body.

"Beiqi was sent by Princess Xiangtang at that time. I know His Highness likes to eat rice field eels. Although it's not the time now, His Majesty misses His Highness and specially sent some live ones. Your Highness, don't be sad anymore."

Yishi said softly, and scooped the soup into a small colored porcelain bowl. The Beiqi rice field eel soup that invigorates qi and unblocks collaterals, and added some old ginger, is not too fishy.

Qu Yao stood up and came over. She has been grounded so far, and she has not seen a single outsider, and she has not been able to step out of the Huaiqing Palace. She does not know whether Chen Zhangqin has also been punished, and she does not know what is going on in the chaotic Yangjing.

"He's not thinking about me, he's thinking about his own dignity and face." Qu Yao's eyes darkened, as if she had lost her bright eyes, she sat down and ate the soup.

Yishi then bowed and said: "Your Highness, please eat first, I will go to work, this New Year's Eve, I have to get ready."

Qu Yao didn't answer anything, nodded, and let her go, went out of the room, went to the study, found the "blessing" bestowed by Suihua Palace yesterday, then hurriedly went to the kitchen to boil the paste left over from the couplets.Waiting for the first room to go to the front of the hall, and pasting the "Fu", I saw Chen Bizhen coming in from the gate with a group of palace people.

Those who were busy in the courtyard all knelt down and saluted.

"Yishi, how is the queen?" Chen Bizhen went straight to Yishi and asked her.

Yishi knelt down and nodded, the bowl of paste in his hand hadn't been put away, and replied: "Your Highness is in good health recently, but his mood is messy, and he often weeps alone. The rice field eel that His Majesty gave you yesterday has been boiled, and His Highness is just eating it."

I didn't ask a few questions here, and Chen Bizhen was also sneaking in from his busy schedule. He pinched the root of his nose tiredly. At this time, Qu Yao heard the words and saluted Chen Bizhen, saying: "See Your Majesty, my concubine punishes me, and I am wrong." Welcome."

Qu Yao's words were full of thorns, with respect on her face and anger in her heart, she went in first, and Chen Bizhen followed her, all the palace people waited outside, and the room immediately sent someone to prepare some tea and snacks.

After entering the dormitory, Qu Yao stopped and said, "It's warmer here."

"Today's New Year's Eve," Chen Bizhen sat down consciously, and said, "If you want to eat something, I will order someone to bring it over."

The waitress came in to salute, and put down the tea and snack trays.

"No need, I can't finish the food delivered yesterday. I can't eat much by myself. I stay here and don't know what's going on outside." Qu Yao stood aside and said slowly, "Yesterday The Queen Mother came here, she thought you just imprisoned me to practice virtue, and didn't scold me, just urged us to have a child."

Chen Bizhen looked at her sideways.

"Thank you for hiding it, otherwise the queen mother will be angry. I am not reconciled. If you can tell the truth, I ask you to let me go." Qu Yao's eyes were red, she was rarely humbled, her heart was confused Broken, biting his lips and knelt down.

Chen Bizhen drank tea and said softly: "I didn't hide it to protect you. I don't want to be troublesome. I could have fulfilled you, but you wanted to escape."

Qu Yao's tears were falling. On the unfinished bed curtain was embroidered double dragons, and the fluttering corners rested on Qu Yao's shoulders. Qu Yao raised her head and asked, "How is King Yuche doing now?"

"I punished him. He is no more leisurely and comfortable than you. Whether he can live is a problem."

"No matter what we do, we have never thought about letting anyone die. The imperial power is in our hands, and it should be aimed at benefiting the people, rather than being confined to a small area and using power for personal gain." Qu Yao's eyes were red, and tears were all over her face. His eyes were like swords, and after he finished speaking, his teeth were still tightly closed.

Chen Bizhen put down the tea bowl, he straightened his clothes and got up, went forward, bent down, and answered her: "I am the emperor, but you are not, this is the gap, there has never been absolute justice in the world."

Chen Bizhen's sternness is hidden under the stubborn and free appearance. He is tall and straight, wearing gorgeous clothes. His eyes are blue after fatigue. After the daylight changes, most of his face is sunk in the shadows in the dark room. .

Qu Yao and him looked at each other, gritted their teeth, the tears fell even more, her shoulders trembled from crying, she was dressed in plain clothes, she didn't look like a noble queen at all.

Zhu Younian suddenly came to the door and said, "Your Majesty, there is an urgent call from Mr. Sheng."

"Okay," Chen Bizhen straightened up, looked at Qu Yao, and responded, "I'll be right here."

So, sitting in the hall of Huaiqing Palace, Zhu Younian presented the memorial, but there was no tea yet, the palace people were waiting outside, Qu Yao was still in the bedroom and did not come out.

The dangling yellow light shone on, the paper was pale, and it was neatly written on it: General Sheng Qiqi.Yanguo is a vast land in three realms and eight directions, with wilderness and snowy mountains in the north and rainy towns in the south. It has a vast territory and a large number of people.Now the fourteenth son of Emperor Yaohe, Bizhen, is the emperor. He was strongly recommended by the predecessors. Today, the affairs of the country are complicated and the management is laborious. It has caused Fenjiang, Qianling and other prefectures to be punished by the enemy, and the agriculture and business have been abandoned. It is difficult to settle down; moreover, the political affairs of the DPRK and China are negligent, the strategy is not prosperous, the power is at the top, and the bottom has no control, and the chaos is in turmoil. There is a case of the Yaotai Palace.So far, the government has been slack and the end of the year is approaching, people's anger has accumulated, and uprisings have occurred in Yaotai, Yangjing and other places, which is against the way of stability... Then Sheng Qi led, Ke Runyang, Zhang Ye, and Li Jian complained , Qiu Wenxing and other generals and important ministers played together, and also got the help of Prince Chen Mizhen and Chen Bobo, and kept the complicated words simple. I hope that Bizhen will put the people first, make long-term plans, and give up the Zen position to the virtuous, so as to continue the prestige of the unification of the country and be praised by thousands of generations. .

Before the memorial was read for a long time, Chen Bizhen stood up, stuffed the paper with Zhu Yunian, and Zhu Yunian folded it, and put it in the sleeve of the servant behind him.

"Today is New Year's Eve." Chen Bizhen chuckled and sighed in a low voice.

Zhu Younian replied immediately: "Yes."

"If you haven't had a good year, you should think about big things."

After all, the snow stopped years ago, and the night has not yet arrived. The gray sky is getting heavier and heavier, and it is about to fall down, drowning people's sight.Chen Bizhen came out of Huaiqing Palace, and on the way she met Chen Yiyi, who was dressed beautifully and thickly, she hugged Wenfeng bouncing around, came up and saluted, squinted her eyes and smiled, and said, "Brother Huang, it's time to return the cat to you."

After the New Year's Eve and the Spring Festival, Yan Xiu had to go to the Imperial Medical Office on duty on the second day of the junior high school. On this day, Qin Jiang came late. When it's ready, call the deputy envoy to take it in the hall.The tuckahoe cake is as white as snow, followed by sweet and sour jujube shortcake, a plate of single-cage golden soufflé, a plate of nine-made tangerine peel, shredded coconut glutinous rice and Huangqiao sesame seed cake, with Dongting Junshan tea.

Yan Xiu was reading with his hands on the stove. He greeted Qin Jiang and said Happy New Year. Deputy envoys also came to greet him. Zhao Yu was wearing a new lotus blue dark coat. Looking closely, he was indeed thinner and taller. He will Yan Xiu hung his shoulders and showed him the newly written prescription.

"There is news that King Gui Rong is advising His Majesty to take the Zen position, have you heard?" Qin Jiang sat around with everyone and chatted.

Without raising his head, Yan Xiu answered her: "Master Qin, be careful to ask Master Bi to listen, I have to discipline you."

Qin Jiang held the poured tea, quickly pointed to the stool, and asked Zhao Yu to sit down too, and she said, "Something happened outside, we can still get through blindfolded."

A deputy envoy responded to her words and said: "Your Majesty Qin is telling the truth, but His Majesty has nothing wrong with it. If King Guirong is really allowed to be the emperor, we will definitely not have a better life now."

Zhao Beak bit the snack in his hand, turned to look at the envoy, and agreed, "You're right."

Yan Xiu didn't intervene for a long time, he was very confused, tasted a small sesame seed cake, but didn't taste much, he took a sip of tea, and before he put down the cup, he heard the sound of hurried walking, people still Before he arrived, a voice came. It was obviously Nie Wei from the nearby Shangyao Bureau. He lifted the curtain and came in. His forehead was glistening with sweat. He pressed his hand on the edge of the table and said out of breath: " You are still eating and drinking here leisurely."

"The year is not over yet, I don't eat and drink, can't I go to serve you?" Qin Jiang said relentlessly, but being a good elder, she naturally pulled out a stool, persuaded Nie Wei to sit down, and poured him hot tea.

Nie Wei swallowed his saliva with a dry throat, his words were on his lips, Yan Xiu looked at him, and suddenly felt that time passed extremely slowly, his wrists began to tremble, but he pretended to be calm.

A breath hangs in the bottom of the throat.

"A major event happened in the court today," Nie Wei said. "In order to force His Majesty to take the throne, King Yanfeng wiped his own neck with a knife in the court hall. I heard that several adults had blood on their bodies. King Yanfeng also said ..."

In the middle of Nie Wei's words, everyone was shocked. He stopped talking, glanced at Yan Xiu, and then looked directly at him.

Zhao Beak asked anxiously, "What else?"

"Also..." Nie Wei was a little hesitant, his eyelids flickered, and he didn't dare to look at Yan Xiu carefully, he said slowly, "It is said that Master Yan, the attendant, deceives the Sacred Heart and stays in the Suihua Palace on weekdays. Your Majesty will Following the example of Emperor Yu... Now, it has spread throughout the palace."

Nie Wei spit out the last sound as if discouraged, he thought it would be good to be told by the people nearby, and it would put Yan Xiu on guard.Qin Jiang was about to pull Yan Xiu's arm, but she couldn't make it in time. Yan Xiu didn't even fall silent for a second, he stood up and immediately walked out the door.

Zhao Yu and Nie Wei hurriedly chased after him, Yan Xiu had already walked to the other side of the yard, he went around the side of the house, went to the inner yard, closed the door, and then stopped moving.

Yan Xiu trembled slightly all over, he thought, indeed, he had no room to argue, he leaned against the closed door, Nie Wei and Zhao Yu called him anxiously outside.

"Master Yan, no matter what, we are all for you." Nie Wei was still panting, his voice was about to burst.

Zhao Yu said: "Don't be too hard on yourself, I'll find a carriage to take you out before Master Bi comes back."

The smell of burning incense in the room the day before did not dissipate, Yan Xiu closed his eyes and clenched his hands tightly, then he panted and said in a low voice: "Go and do your work, I have nothing to do, I will stay alone for a while. "

It was not long before this day started, and after a few more hours passed, it was still dark, and the rice sent by Qin Jiang was still on the table, and it was freezing cold.When Zhao Yu came back with the lamp in hand, he found that Yan Xiu was no longer in the room.

The sky is getting hot soon, or it will be completely cold again, and the moon seems to be there, poking in a black cloud.

Tao Lan Pavilion seemed to have not slept all night. At dawn, a servant went out to buy, but saw a bloody letter on the stone steps in front of the door. It should have been wet, but it was frozen in the early morning. The servant's legs were weak and he couldn't take a closer look, so he immediately called someone out.

Yan Xiu heard someone yelling outside the courtyard, and he didn't fall asleep, so he got up and opened the door, inadvertently, a heavy object fell from the eaves and hit the ground in front of him, bloody and bloody, it was a man's. On the right arm, even the palm nails are there.

When Mo Xia saw it, she screamed in fright, and a few servant girls came over from outside the courtyard immediately. After seeing this scene, everyone became more and more horrified.

Fortunately, Yan Xiu is a medical practitioner, so he is not afraid of these things. He went out and looked over the eaves, but there was nothing there. In the afternoon, when Chen Bizhen came here, Yan Xiu told the story of the early morning.

"Don't be afraid of them, they are just some clumsy folk tricks. People have been sent around here. Don't enter the palace, but live here first." Chen Bizhen picked up the familiar old embroidered bag on the couch, and secretly hid it into the sleeve.

Yan Xiu didn't dress up, he was even wearing his sleeping clothes, his hair was disheveled, and he sat cross-legged on the bed like that, when he saw Chen Biyan approaching, he turned his face away and said, "They should have spurned me."

Chen Bizhen squatted down, grabbed Yan Xiu's hand under the edge of the bed, looked at him with a pair of bright eyes, and was busy coaxing people, saying: "Don't think that way, they are just used to it, they don't like me, so I don't like to do anything. It's wrong."

Chen Bizhen moved his throat, and continued: "...It's wrong to like you."

Yan Xiu wanted to hold Chen Bizhen's face immediately, but he was a little discouraged, so he broke free his hands, lifted the quilt and lay down, covering his own face.

Dumbly, he said to Chen Bizhen, "You go."

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