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Empress Dowager Sun's illness was lingering on her bed, she was not good at walking, and couldn't sleep at night.She was also suspicious, so she had to be checked carefully in the palace again, and she suffered from dizziness again and again, and even called the imperial physician frequently for diagnosis and treatment.

But the doctor couldn't see any problem. Rheumatism and bone pain were also chronic diseases, but the Queen Mother was still young.It can only be speculated that the Empress Dowager often chanted on the futon in the Buddhist hall and endured the damp and cold air on the ground.

Empress Dowager Sun was a little annoyed, but Xiao Yan served the medicine diligently, and greeted him sooner or later, but Empress Dowager Sun was unwell and depressed, and when she saw him, she remembered the aggrieved matter rejected by the cabinet, and simply ordered him not to come to greet him.

On the other side of the cabinet, they also started ordering the papers presented by the supervisor of ceremonies to be sent to the emperor for signing.

"The cabinet is showing favor." Xiao Yan flipped through the papers and said, "It's also a test. If I go back to all the papers as approved, then they will look down on me, but if I read the papers very carefully, I won't stop. If I ask questions and increase their workload, they will also be alert and try to make me less trouble for them."

"Actually, the cabinet hopes that the emperor will govern in a down-to-earth way and act in a clean manner. Just leave everything to them. There are so many old courtiers, and everything is in order. If the emperor suddenly intervenes, it may cause trouble instead."

The Lich listened to his analysis clearly and logically, but held the vermilion brush and circled all the way without adding points, and couldn't help laughing: "Then you are drawing all the circles now?"

Xiao Yan said: "These notes are not important, there is no need to waste time. You will know if you pay attention to it. Look at this, the results of the official survey of officials below the third rank of the Ministry of Officials, it is almost June, and the results of last year's official survey This result directly affects the next appointment of officials, which is indeed important, but it is not important to me now."

"There is also this, the congratulatory form of Xizhu chieftain, asking for money, and also wanting to give me a chieftain's daughter as a concubine. The Ministry of Rites has resigned on my behalf."

"This book, the collection and expenditure of the South China Sea tax is exactly offset every year. In short, the imperial court can't earn their money. This must have been acquiesced by the Ministry of Households. Their group of fools even think that there is no need to pay them. That’s fine, of course, it’s possible to accept bribes, so I won’t pursue it.”

"This is the chief examiner of the provinces who set the provincial examination. Next spring will be the year of the big competition. The exams recorded by the chief examiner who have gone down will have the opportunity to come to Beijing next year to visit the teacher, so it is also a particularly sought-after job. All parties The bosses have to be balanced, and they have also been ordered and assigned, so there is nothing wrong with me."

Xiao Yan threw the booklet back, and opened another one: "Look at this again, the distribution of military pay in the Ministry of War, this thing is really important, the generals in the Ministry of War can break their heads, but if they are sent to me, they must have been discussed. In the end, my opinion is not important, but this lengthy discourse on the distribution of military pay, rations, grass and weapons in various provinces is just to annoy me to death. This is a selected booklet, trivial and complicated, obviously expecting me to be frightened when I read it, and then automatically Abandoning the right to seriously criticize papers is obviously a careful thought of the Lijian Supervisor, of course Wu Zhishu has no such brains, it must be the Queen Mother's order."

The Lich said: "There is a miscalculation."

Xiao Yan was stunned, then delighted: "Where?"

The quill floated in the air and clicked on one place. Xiao Yan took a closer look and found that it was the detailed rules attached to the booklet. It should be that the book office was not careful enough and copied a wrong number. After this number is wrong, it will inevitably affect the final result. For the total, Xiao Yan took a Chinese ink pen and drew a dot on the number: "The cabinet must be shocked, and it will definitely be checked more carefully when it is sent in next time."

The two were gossiping, they approved all the papers at once, and ordered them to send them back. Xiao Yan looked at the sky, and knew that the imperial doctor had just tried a new medicine today. At this time, the Empress Dowager should be given needles. After the needles were used up, Continue to decide to go to the villa to see.

However, Xiao Yan who came out of the bedroom was shocked. The whole villa was tidied up, the flowers and trees were trimmed neatly, the railings were newly painted, and the walls were repainted. The summer wind blew through the treetops and flowers, only It makes people feel refreshed and refreshed.

"Boss He took care of it."

Zhu Rufeng, who just followed Wu Yunduo to the villa, said: "He has never rested since he recovered from his injury, and arranges to clean up the manor every day. He even arranged three shifts for the nursing home, and each shift is a talent. The wells in the villa are all full of water, and the emperor's water diversion talisman is really effective, and it is much more convenient to get water now."

Zhu Rufeng has figured out the pattern, every time the emperor wants to see him, he will let Wu Yunduo come to him first. The amazing thing is that this black cat seems to be really psychic, and can always find him accurately. He went back to An Guo Gong's mansion to buy some things temporarily, but Wu Yunduo also appeared out of nowhere and looked down at him from the eaves.

Such miraculous and human nature reminded him of the rumors about cat spirits hurting people in the palace. Although he said less and did more, he would never ask about the Lord's affairs, but he was as careful as a hair, but he couldn't help but think about this real dragon. Does the emperor really have alien beasts to help?

The most amazing thing is that when He Changan was sent here, he was given some silver runes, which he said were used to divert water.Not long after he took it back and built it on the well platform, one morning he heard a report from the servants that water came out of the dry well!

The crystal clear, sweet, cool and surging well water filled the deep well, and Zhuangzi was no longer trapped in fetching water. He could even set up a water truck to divert water to the fields on the hillside, and Zhuangzi's production would be available immediately!

This really made him feel very strange, did the emperor really have some gods to protect him?Or maybe the little emperor sent a substitute to the national teacher after hearing that the national teacher has profound magic power. Could it be the national teacher's magic power?

His mind was full of thoughts, but he still reported to Xiao Yan as usual: "Director He has been waiting for the emperor to come over, do you want to see him?"

Xiao Yan didn't really want to hear He Chang'an crying and showing his loyalty, he just wanted to accompany Lich to go paragliding in the valley.A look of boredom and hesitation inevitably appeared on his face, Zhu Rufeng looked at his expression, and took the letter to him: "Boss He wrote what he wrote before."

Xiao Yan opened it and took a look: "It's nothing more than who can be trusted, it's not important, the people in the palace have basically been replaced, Gao Yuanling also hanged himself, tell him that I don't need him now, let's rest."

Zhu Rufeng smiled: "He probably feels that he is useless, and he is working hard to toss the villa... I think he saw the martial artists in front of him and thought that the emperor was going to train the dead, so he ordered me to buy a group of boys Come to train..."

Xiao Yan: ...

Zhu Rufeng said: "The old man said that the emperor really lacks some reliable manpower. Since there is a ready-made manager, he ordered me to buy some young boys to teach them. He also invited the gentleman to teach them how to read. There is even a private school in front of him. It’s all built. I thought I’d do something for him too, lest he cry when he sees me and say he can’t help you.”

Xiao Yan waved his hand: "You can do whatever you want."

Zhu Rufeng hesitated for a while and then said: "The princess mansion sent a few beauties over, saying they are very clean and serving the emperor."

Xiao Yan: "...what?"

Zhu Rufeng said: "It was Mao Muyun, the Huakui of Huayue Pavilion that day. The eldest princess said that she passed her eyes in front of Cheng Enhou that day, and it was too conspicuous to stay with her, so she sent her here to serve the emperor. If the emperor liked it, she would accept it." I don’t think it’s good to be an internal housekeeper. I can write and count, I can also draw a few strokes, and I can sing well. The other clever little girls also said that they were trained and used by the emperor. Not only In this way, even Luyangzhuang has reserved a yard for you, saying that you are welcome to play there anytime."

Xiao Yan: "..."

Zhu Rufeng said: "The Duke of the country knows that the emperor will not accept it, but he still persuades the emperor to keep it, saying that there are few people who the emperor can trust, so it's good if we can do more. We still have someone on the imperial street. Facade, if not let Mao girl open a rouge shop."

Xiao Yan only felt that it was very unexpected, and the few ministers were really wild: "Why is it the rouge shop?"

Zhu Rufeng said: "Boss He suggested it. Didn't the emperor say last time that he wanted to plant some suitable flowers in the valley behind? He said that he learned a lot of rouge grinding recipes in the palace, and he just had nothing to do. Bring a few girls and boys to do it. You can’t buy them for nothing. You don’t have much income here. I hired a few nongren to turn over all the land, and I'm choosing to plant impatiens, mirabilis, red and blue flowers, pomegranates... said to be used for blushing."

Xiao Yan: "..."

Why does he feel that his subordinates are more aggressive than him.Xiao Yan, who originally came out just to show the Lich to watch boxing and paragliding, suddenly felt a little guilty.

Xiao Yan rested his elbows on the armchair, stroked his forehead with his hands, and said helplessly, "Go to the martial arts arena, I want to see the masters fight."

The martial arts arena was paved with fine sand, and He Changan was wearing an ordinary housekeeper's robe, and he seemed to be back to health. When he saw Xiao Yan, he came up to kneel down with tears in his eyes: "I have seen the master!"

Xiao Yan said warmly: "Just take care of your body and take care of it patiently in Zhuangzi. I don't think there are many people in your family anymore. If you think about it, you don't want to go back to your hometown. Then think about what you will do in the future, and tell me when you are done. "

He Chang'an kowtowed: "The slave will serve the master for the rest of his life! The slave is crude, has no talent or virtue, and has no strengths, so he will do everything he can. It's hard to repay the kindness that the master has shown to the slave!"

He also knew that it was rare for Xiao Yan to come out, so he didn't have time to listen to him show his loyalty, so he kowtowed heavily and ordered the masters to come forward and perform in turn.

The masters have been raised in Zhuangzi for more than a month, and the master’s family has raised them with delicious food and drink. Now the young master finally comes to watch boxing again. Naturally, he is full of energy, full of vigor, and his fights are much better than those of the previous days. .

Then Xiao Yan caught sight of Gan Rulin, who was standing with his arms folded, with an indifferent face. He didn't see clearly the night before, and General Yin beside him was squatting, but his eyes were always looking at the wall on the high wall of the courtyard. Wu Yunduo, Wu Yunduo has also been staring at Gan Rulin, very focused, as if he has regarded the other party as a reserve prey.

Seeing him looking at Gan Rulin, Zhu Rufeng said in a low voice: "The formalities over there in the army are still being processed, so let him come and live here first. The place here is big, and it will be a help for him to come here."

But Xiao Yan asked Lich in his heart: "If you want him to come over to me, can you suck it?"

The Lich was amused by his words: "No, I have a white bone epee, which is very suitable for him. When he uses it, the knife will continuously absorb the evil energy on his body and store it. This is also good for him. Such a strong The baleful aura of the living person has a great influence on him."

Xiao Yan was curious: "An epee that can absorb evil spirits?"

The Lich said: "Well, that is the epee used by a great paladin. He lived a life of honor and killed countless evil spirits and demons, but was betrayed and killed by his best friend. He refused to degenerate and become a death knight. , the soul was torn apart and dissipated. After death, the resentment entangled on the heavy sword he used in his lifetime, eroding the holy light on the heavy sword. I got it by chance. I was a little curious, so I used this sword and a piece of his wrist bone again with the dead soul Tempered by magic, it became a white bone epee."

"The original light attribute of the epee and the dark attribute of necromantic magic were miraculously fused together through the bones of the paladin. In the end, the necromancers could not hold the sword, because the sword spirit is holy light and has no sense of justice in its heart. People can't drive it. But priests, paladins, etc. who practice light magic can't use it, because they don't have dark magic that can drive heavy swords. It seems that only shadow priests can barely use it, but shadow priests are weak and unable to swing Such an epee."

"I used to think that this heavy sword is so contradictory. I am in the dark, but I still want to keep the light in my heart. I am obviously full of resentment, but I insist on refusing to fall. It seems that it is useless. Now, it seems that I have a relationship with this He has cut off the heads of countless prisoners, but he is an upright executioner with a strong evil spirit, so it is very fateful."

The author has something to say:

The ambition of the little emperor's subordinates is really super strong and super motivated!

The little emperor: "Plant flowers for the lich."

He Changan: "Let's start a good rouge industry!"

The little emperor: "Take some martial artists to punch for the lich."

Zhu Rufeng: "By the way, cultivate some guards that will be used in the future."

A few years later, the villa became the largest rouge producing farm, with strict guards and a mysterious owner.

The little emperor's pupils shook: "What did I buy this villa for?"

Lich: "...playing paragliding..."