Li Zhang

Feng Yu was worried for a few days, but when she saw that the weather had been calm, she calmed down a little and started to arrange homework for the embroidery room for the Hungry Ghost Festival.Because Sima Yi was ingenious and insisted on not leaking any of them, the work was very complex and complex, Feng Yu worried that he would not be able to make it in time, so he stopped all other work in the embroidery room, and went all out to work, inadvertently, he really messed with the Empress Dowager again.

Zhou's birthday is at the end of July. In previous years, Emperor Jing would make a beautiful dress for her on time, and this year Sima Yi did as usual.Mrs. Zhou doesn't have many hobbies, but only likes finely embroidered clothes, so even though it's just a piece of clothing, the embroiderers in the embroidery room have to work for more than half a month to finish the job well.This year, due to the many and chaotic events in the previous court, the memorial of the government's festivals was suppressed for a few days, and the start was already later than in previous years. If Feng Yu made such a fuss, someone with good deeds would report it to the Zhou family.

When the little eunuch in the inner palace came to deliver the Queen Mother's oral order, Feng Yu immediately became a little flustered.Although he followed Eunuch Xi to Yongshou Palace to visit and ask for instructions according to the rules, Zhou did not intend to summon him at all, so he only asked Eunuch Pan to come out and ask, and then sent them away.Now that he was suddenly asked to go directly, he was very disturbed in his heart.

Mrs. Zhou frowned when she saw Feng Yu enter the door.

Feng Yu was nervous, she was vigilant and did not dare to make mistakes, but she forgot that the more nervous and graceful her gait and posture that she had become accustomed to, the three steps after entering the door made the palace officials bow their heads in embarrassment, the empress dowager gloomy face.

Emperor Xuan and Emperor Jing were not fond of masculinity, and the Zhou family had no resistance to beautiful boys since then.But with the precedent of Li Zhang, she began to guard against all good-looking men, especially those who were close to Sima Yi.

Zhou's face was so sullen, and he asked carefully why the embroidery studio was rushing to work, and his brows became more and more wrinkled.

"The emperor wants to hold the Obon Festival in the harem?"

"Yes."

Mrs. Zhou glanced at Eunuch Pan, who was standing beside him, and Eunuch Pan bent down and replied, "I said so when the Imperial Palace Commander came with Eunuch Xi last time."

The Zhou family did not relax because of this, on the contrary, it became more severe: "The harem is nothing more than a few concubines and concubines, including the underage princes, there are not many people, how dare you, a little imperial edict, take advantage of this?" Make a big fuss! Say! Who gave you the courage? What do you want to do?!"

After Feng Yu entered the room, she didn't dare to raise her head. At this moment, she was even more frightened and lowered her voice. She argued in a trembling voice: "I don't dare to make up my own mind! It's... the emperor said that I can't miss one, and I'm afraid I won't be able to make it in time. ..."

"Can't miss one? Who can't be missed? That evildoer?!"

"Yes... everyone."

"Everyone?"

"Yes. The emperor said that everyone in the harem should participate in the rescue of all the undead since the case of King Ning."

Mrs. Zhou fell silent. Although she felt weird, there was nothing wrong with it.

She leaned back on the soft pillow, glanced at Feng Yu who was kneeling on the ground, and after a long while, lazily told him to flatten himself.Feng Yu still didn't dare to raise her head, she cautiously bowed her head and stood aside.

"I heard that you are from the former Three Princes' Mansion?"

Feng Yu's heart tightened, and she replied cautiously: "Yes."

"What are you doing in that mansion?"

"It's also...to take care of the emperor's daily life."

Mrs. Zhou nodded, smoothed the folds of her clothes nonchalantly, and asked again: "Have you seen all the people the emperor accepted back then? What kind of people are they?"

Feng Yu's whole body was tense, and she replied bravely: "The officials are stupid, they are only in charge of the emperor's clothes, and they... are not familiar with them, I don't know... I don't know how to comment."

"Where's Li Zhang?"

"He is a guard of the palace, and the lower officials don't even know."

Mrs. Zhou picked up the teacup and bowed her head to savor it carefully.Feng Yu didn't dare to vent her anger, and lowered her head even lower.No matter how disapproving he was before, after seeing Li Zhang with his own eyes, he was afraid of the empress dowager, and he didn't dare to reveal his true identity at all.

After Zhou finished drinking tea, seeing Fengyu stiffened by nervousness, she couldn't help laughing and said, "Is Aijia so scary? Raise your head and let Aijia look at you."

Feng Yu wished there was a crack in the ground for her to fall into, but she had to raise her head.

Mrs. Zhou glanced at Feng Yu, the expression on her face remained unchanged, but her eyes became a little colder, she put down the teacup heavily in her hand, and whispered bitterly: "It's all changed by fox spirits, the emperor is so absurd!"

No one dared to speak out, Feng Yu couldn't help but lowered her head again.

Mrs. Zhou was sullen for a while, but seeing Feng Yu's attitude was always respectful and humble, she stopped talking and waved him off.

After Feng Yu left, the more Zhou thought about it, the angrier he became. Thinking of Sima Yi's big change of blood just completed, he felt even more annoyed.Although she has long claimed to be ignorant of political affairs, after all she has acted as an agent of the government for many years. Sima Yi suddenly replaced the action of a powerful family with a poor family, and she did not discuss it with herself beforehand. Her status and authority.In addition, this time, there was some kind of large-scale Yulan Basin party in the harem for no reason, which made her feel that Sima Yi was taking the opportunity to make trouble, maybe she felt that she, the empress dowager, was useless. You can blatantly ignore her!

The more Zhou thought about it, the more she felt that the conspiracy was getting stronger, so she asked someone to bring Li Zhang.

When Li Zhang was brought in, he was in such a state of embarrassment that he seemed to be washed all over, and he was almost out of breath.The inner prisoner pressed him to kneel down, and he couldn't help but put his hands on the ground, gasping for breath.

Zhou looked at him coldly: "At this time, I will learn to obey."

Li Zhang managed to get out of breath, and had nothing to say, so he continued to bow and kneel.

Mrs. Zhou glanced at Eunuch Pan, and Eunuch Pan understood and raised Li Zhang's chin.Zhou took a careful look, her face was a little uncertain.

I have just seen Feng Yu's beautiful face like a grub with creamy skin, and then Li Zhang, I feel that his face is sickly, thin and dull, if it is not for the brilliance brought out by those eyes that are like a deep pool when they turn, No one would believe that he was a living dead man, how could he have anything to do with a beauty.

The Zhou family had some calculations in their hearts, knowing that Sima Yi was famous for being a beauty lover, but after becoming emperor, he only made the former concubine the queen, and there were no other concubines.Although state affairs are important and the rules are kept, in the eyes of a person like her who has lived in the harem for a long time, there are still some other meanings.What's more, none of the girls she had hoped for could come in, so although she was very worried about the prosperity of Wei's offspring, she was even more worried that Sima Yi would not be able to control him in the future, so she wanted to start with male sex first.But someone like Li Zhang who is full of thorns and refuses to obey, can never be placed next to Sima Yi.

She looked happily at Li Zhang who could no longer say that she was beautiful, and felt that she was right when she was playing crookedly, so she thought carefully about how to use the Ghost Festival, and didn't care about Li Zhang anymore, so she asked a few questions casually. He didn't say a word of performance, but he gave a few words of admonishment, and then waved someone to take him down.

After that, Feng Yu hurriedly resumed the work of Zhou's gorgeous clothes, and went to the weaving room to recruit many weavers to catch up with the work.All the officials of the Shaofu knew that what he was doing was ordered by the emperor himself, and they dared not neglect it, which saved him a lot of trouble.

At the end of June, after half a month of fierce fighting between the rebel army and the Ningzhou rebels on the South Road that bypassed Jingzhou and entered Ningzhou via Jiaozhou, Ningzhou was recaptured.The reinforcements sent by Chengxuan were blocked by the Miao people on the border between Yi and Ningxia. They failed to reinforce in time and retreated back to Yizhou.After Su Qingyang led his army to the north, the Rouran army returned to Jiuyuan without reluctance to fight.The places previously conquered by the Beilu rebellious army changed hands again.

In July, Sima Yi's new team began to gradually get on the right track after the initial run-in. Most of the courtiers responded to Sima Yi's deviant ideas. new dynasty.

They first began to experiment with the land equalization system in Ningzhou, distributing the abandoned fields during the war together with the deprived aristocratic family properties to farmers on a per-capita basis, and distributed grain and livestock.Because the aristocratic families who were deprived of their fields were all rebels who took refuge in Sima Yao and Cheng Xuan, the implementation of the New Deal was not hindered. Soon, the civilians who fled due to the war in Ningzhou returned one after another, and the barren fields were reclaimed and replanted with new ones. cereals.

July [-]th, Hungry Ghost Festival.Sima Yi, dressed in solemn attire, together with the Zhou family, led everyone in the inner palace to pay homage to the dead, and put river lanterns on the inner river.

Because there has never been such a grand Hungry Ghost Festival in the palace, not only the palace maids and eunuchs are excited, but even the dowagers who are alone for the rest of their lives are rare and reserved, competing with the palace people to release river lanterns.Looking at the scene in front of her, Mrs. Zhou lowered her figure, and asked someone to take out a beautifully embroidered silk river lantern, and asked Eunuch Pan to put down the river as well.She looked at the silk lanterns that gradually merged into the river of lights, and slowly remembered the ghost festivals she spent with Emperor Xuan.

Sima Yi began to look for Li Zhang in the crowd after reading the sacrificial speech.I thought that he would hide in an inconspicuous corner by himself as before, afraid that he would miss the point, so he deliberately brought Wang Xiang with him, and was planning to look around, but Mrs. Zhou asked Eunuch Pan to invite him over.Sima Yi was full of displeasure, but it was not easy to get angry, so he had to go over with a sullen face.

Mrs. Zhou was in a good mood, as if she hadn't seen Sima Yi's black face, and attracted a few beautiful boys with delicate features, red lips and white teeth, and said to Sima Yi: "The Ai family is getting old, and I always want to watch some lively things. Grandpa Wang gave the Ai family a small theater troupe, and they were not allowed to sing or perform during the guarding period. These children were very knowledgeable and coaxed the Ai family not to be too sad. Master Mu was blood-stained on the battlefield, and all the loyalists died. The Ai family knew The emperor feels sad and has nowhere to relieve, so he wants you to see them, if there are any sleepy ones, it will be very cheap to pick one or two to serve them."

Sima Yi was surprised, looked closely at Zhou's expression, but it didn't look like he was talking ironically, and then looked carefully at those boys, they were all charming and charming, just like Feng Yu back then.There was something strange in his heart immediately, as if something was scratching his heart, but he never scratched the right place.

Seeing that he was staring at those people with good eyes, Mrs. Zhou thought that she really caught his mind. She was a little proud and a little contemptuous, but she didn't bother to urge him, but secretly winked at Eunuch Pan.Eunuch Pan understood and hid himself.

Sima Yi was stunned for a while, then suddenly asked Zhou directly: "Where's Li Zhang?"

Zhou's complexion darkened, but he didn't say anything, and pointed behind those children: "It's right there!"

Sima Yi looked carefully again in surprise, and at a glance he saw Li Zhang standing silently like a tree behind several people like flowers, his eyes were downcast and his lips were tightly pursed, his quiet appearance had never changed.Sima Yi's eyes caught fire, fluffy burning into his heart, and then scalding his whole body!

Just as he was about to approach, he suddenly heard Mrs. Zhou say coolly from the side: "This Li Zhang's temperament is really not very good, and he is sick. Fortunately, he was taken into the palace by Ai's family, otherwise I really don't know how much trouble I will add to the emperor!"

Sima Yi calmed down and asked in a focused manner: "Is he sick?"

Mrs. Zhou curled her lips: "The Ai family asked clearly, he was originally sick! After coming to Yongshou Palace, he has to ask for an imperial doctor every three days. Such a sick man, no matter how you look at it, it is a bad luck People, how can I stay with the emperor? How can I compare with the Ai family who are knowledgeable and interesting!"

Sima Yi looked at Li Zhang again.In the shadow of the swaying lights, Li Zhang's cheeks, which had never bulged since he entered Dali Temple, seemed to be more profound. Like a withered vine among the jagged rocks, the wind and frost are pierced to the bone, but it does not fall down.

Sima Yi's eyes were a little hot, and the scratching feeling in his heart disappeared without a trace, and he settled down quietly.

"What the Empress Dowager said is that this person really can't be a person in the harem. I'm just grateful for his loyal protection of the lord, and I don't want to hand it over to those old guys."

"Oh? That's too much to worry about."

"It's Gu who is too reckless. The empress dowager taught well."

Sima Yi hugged a young man as he spoke, pinched his cheek frivolously, and said with a smile: "The emperor's grandmother loves the emperor's grandson, but the emperor's grandson is disrespectful, so let this—"

"Little man Qinfang, pay homage to the emperor."

"Okay, please ask the emperor's grandmother to give this Qinfang to the emperor's grandson!"

Zhou sneered: "You really have poisonous eyes, you just pick the best one."

"Where did the emperor's grandmother say that, they are all very good! It's a pity that I can't ask for them all..."

"The emperor respects himself!"

"Okay, the emperor's grandson is just talking. It's really boring to be alone in the previous court."

"I heard that the emperor is implementing the land equalization system?"

"Sima Yao has controlled the household department for a long time, and the treasury left to the emperor and grandson is almost empty. And the aristocratic family has been entrenched for a long time, and the resources they occupy are far greater than the imperial court. The armaments are not ready."

Zhou frowned: "Is it really so serious?"

"That's right! The emperor's grandson has been the emperor for so long, how many of those aristocratic families have sincerely turned to the emperor's grandson? Why don't they all look at Yizhou to make plans!"

"But those humble scholars are too rootless and too ignorant!"

"It's better than just holding back!"

Mrs. Zhou didn't speak anymore, seeing that Sima Yi was already doing something to Qin Fang, he waved his hand angrily: "The Ai family is tired, the emperor can do it himself!"

Sima Yi grinningly apologized to the Zhou family, and was about to leave with Qinfang in his arms. Suddenly, he turned around and said to the Zhou family as if thinking of something: "There are not many guards left in the palace of the emperor and grandson, and he came back recently. One was escorting Gu back to Beijing with Li Zhang that day, and when he heard that Li Zhang was in the palace, he always said he wanted to meet, can you take this opportunity to let them meet?"

As Sima Yi spoke, he pointed out Wang Xiang, and Mrs. Zhou agreed indifferently when she saw that he was a dull and honest man.

PS: The land equalization system in history does not hold the land of the landlord class, and only distributes unowned land to small farmers according to the population. I am a bit socialist here, so let me explain it to avoid misleading.

The author has something to say:

Well, the empress dowager's political face is very vague, and the emperor's whim is even more inexplicable...

So I admit, I just want Sima Yi to see Li Zhang coming~