The wife is the king of the palace

001.

When did Lin Xu wake up?No, did he really fall asleep just now, or did he never sleep at all?

Jin Qi, whose brain was blank and his body became stiff, slowly moved back. Under the gaze of those black eyes, the hairs all over his body exploded. Lin Xu knew what he did just now?

Guessing this possibility, the boiling blood in Jin Qi's body became hotter and hotter, almost making his whole body smoke.

"What does the emperor mean?" Lin Xu's eyes remained the same, without any sleepiness or other emotions, as if he was just discussing the weather with Lin Xu.

But the more Lin Xu was like this, the more creepy Jin Qi became. He always felt as if he was being stared at by a snake, and the snake might jump up and eat him at any time.

Jin Qi stepped back secretly, and after retreating to a position he felt safe, he pretended to be calm and coughed lightly: "I just want to get you out of the water because I saw you falling asleep, and you will get sick if you fall asleep here. "

While speaking, Jin Qi kept staring at Lin Xu with both eyes. Seeing that Lin Xu didn't seem to notice that he was lying, he gained a bit of confidence, and a smile appeared on his sharp-edged face, "I don't know I hope my prime minister is bedridden for this reason."

"Oh, so that's the case, but I don't know that I need to use my mouth to wake me up." Lin Xu exposed it mercilessly.

Jin Qi knew that Lin Xu knew what he had just done, and his forced composure collapsed in an instant, and his eyes, which had been staring closely at Lin Xu's eyes, could not help but flutter from side to side, looking guilty.

"that is……"

"What is it? Or is it that the emperor wants to do something else?" Lin Xu moved forward a little, approaching Jin Qi who was secretly moving back.

"Anyway, it's good that you wake up, and the time is almost up, you should go back." However, Jin Qi issued an order to evict the guest.

Lin Xu was clearly awake, and must have noticed him when he approached, but he deliberately did nothing to tease him.

Thinking of Lin Xu's bad character, Jin Qi had the urge to turn around and run away. Animal instinct told him that if he didn't run away, it would be too late.

"But there are still some things I haven't figured out." Lin Xu stood up from the water.

"What's the matter?" Jin Qi heard the movement and looked over, then turned his face away, Lin Xu was too close.

Because of soaking in the water for a long time, Lin Xu's fair and delicate skin turned pink, and it looked more and more bloody in the curling water mist.

After he stood up from the water, the water only submerged below his chest, and the position above his chest was completely exposed in the white mist.

Jin Qi stood up from the water without waiting for Lin Xu to speak, and walked to the side, wanting to leave the pool and stay away from Lin Xu.

"How does the emperor think the subject should be obedient? Please tell the emperor clearly." Lin Xu took a step forward and stood in front of Jin Qi.

Jin Qi took a step to the side, and Lin Xu stood directly at the stairs.

Jin Qi couldn't escape, so he secretly glanced at the stairs on the other side, Lin Xu sensed his thoughts, and took a step forward to stand in front of Jin Qi.

With such a face-to-face distance, even if Jin Qi wanted to escape, he would definitely not be able to escape his palm.

Jin Qi noticed this and gave up a little bit, he knew that this person had no good intentions and let him go like this.

"I'm just talking casually, Ai Qing, don't take it seriously." Jin Qi found out that his voice was already hoarse, not only his voice, but also his throat became dry.

"Tell me casually?" Lin Xu didn't believe it. "The emperor is the son of heaven. If there is a sacred order, I should obey it. This is my duty as a minister."

"Then I order you to immediately forget what happened just now." Jin Qi said.

Lin Xu pretended that he hadn't said anything, and took a step forward to grab someone into his arms. He buried his head in Jin Qi's ear and whispered, "Maybe the emperor will demonstrate it himself?"

"What are you doing, let me go." Jin Qi tried to struggle.

Lin Xu approached suddenly, and the two of them

In an instant, there was only a layer of clothes on his body that was completely soaked.

The body temperature of Lin Xu's body was quickly transmitted to him through the clothes, and he could even feel the strong and elastic touch of Lin Xu's chest, which made Jin Qi feel that the place he was touched was burning hot.

"Won't the emperor demonstrate it?" Lin Xu's sleepy voice rang in his ear.

"You let me go, and if you don't let me go, believe it or not, I will punish you for disrespect." Jin Qi put on the emperor's airs.

"Disrespectful?" Lin Xu was innocent.

"Do you know what crime should be for offending the emperor?" Jin Qi Longwei revealed his serious and majestic face.

Lin Xu stepped forward and stood between Jin Qi's legs, and suddenly pushed his upper body hard. Before Jin Qi could react, his whole body was already crushed by him on the top of the stairs.

Jin Qi was caught off guard, and when he realized it, he was already pressed down by his hands.

He tried to sit up, but because his back was pressed against the stairs, he couldn't exert any strength at all. When he moved a little, he felt a soreness from being knocked by the stairs in his lower back, which made him lose his strength immediately.

"I don't know, why don't the emperor tell me." Lin Xu looked down at Jin Qi.

Jin Qi opened his mouth but said nothing, because Lin Xu's face was too close.

Lin Xu, who was leaning over his body, had long ink-like hair hanging down beside his ears, making his face even more hard to move away from.

"...deserves a death penalty." Jin Qi said fiercely.

After he finished speaking, he felt that he had no momentum to speak when he was lying down like this, so he puffed up his anger first.

"capital offense?"

"Even if the death penalty can be waived, the living penalty cannot be escaped." Jin Qi has not forgotten that he is the emperor, and does not believe that Lin Xu really dared to do anything to him.

Lin Xu narrowed his eyes slightly. He looked at Jin Qi with more and more scorching eyes, and his hands holding Jin Qi's hands became tighter and tighter, completely imprisoning Jin Qi under his body.

Combined with the water temperature and the bodies that are close to each other at this moment, Jin Qi's body temperature continues to rise, and his breathing becomes obviously rapid.

"Really, what about this?" Lin Xu was aroused with some bad temper, he lowered his head and lightly pecked Jin Qi's lips, wanting to see if Jin Qi would dare to punish him with death.

Being kissed, the emperor's shell that Jin Qi was supporting was shaken for an instant, his eyes widened for a moment and he was speechless.

"Is it the crime of the emperor not punishing his subjects?" Lin Xu's faint eyes slid down Jin Qi's drenched neckline, and fell on his collarbone, which was still full of moisture.

Jin Qi's body trembled, and he struggled instinctively. At that moment, he wanted to hide himself, because Lin Xu's black and white eyes were slowly stained with a bit of heat and emotion that made Jin Qi's heart tremble.

Lin Xu in front of him at this moment is no longer the calm and handsome him who usually supports him in court, but a ferocious beast whose appetite has been whetted.

Lin Xu raised his eyebrows, the violent tyranny in his heart became more and more uncontrollable, he lowered his head to snatch all the honey/liquid from Jin Qi's mouth, and kissed until he was breathless before giving up.

"So, what crime is it?" Lin Xu asked with narrowed eyes.

If it was a capital offense before, why is it a death sentence now?

"If you let me go, I won't pursue it..." Jin Qi has long since lost the pretensions of the previous emperor, his brain was a little hypoxic, and he was a little afraid when facing Lin Xu's eyes, his waist and abdomen were soft and his scalp was numb fear.

He didn't know which sentence he said made the person in front of him unhappy, so he deliberately bullied them, but there was one thing he was sure of, that was that Lin Xu was actually a bad person in his bones.

Not only bad, but also bad tempered.

"Did the emperor not punish the minister's crime?" Lin Xu seemed a little disappointed.

"No, it's not cured." How dare Jin Qi say the word cured.

"The emperor told the minister, what is obedience?" Lin Xu asked.

Jin Qi's eyes widened when he heard this, why did this person go back to the previous topic?

See Jin Qi not

Opening his mouth, Lin Xu's eyes swept over him, as if he was thinking about where to start, which made Jin Qi feel goosebumps all over his body.

Seeing that Lin Xu was going to play tricks again, Jin Qi was about to beg for mercy, when there was a sound of inquiry outside the door, and someone outside the door asked for orders about He Zheng.

He Zhengjin and Qizhi are cured, but his big family is a trouble. According to Jinqi's habit, it is natural to cut the grass and eradicate the root of the problem, but Lin Xu seems to have something to use them here.

"I'll be there right away." Jin Qi replied loudly as if grabbing a life-saving grass.

After speaking, Jin Qi quickly looked at Lin Xu. Lin Xu was capable of doing anything in private, which was very different from his desolate appearance, but when he talked about business, he was quite serious.

Sure enough, when he heard that it was about He Zheng, Lin Xu's face turned serious. He still had a lot to ask He Zheng, but he couldn't just let He Zheng die like this.

"Let go of me, General Wei's men should have arrived, and I will go there immediately." Jin Qi found an excuse.

Lin Xu clicked his tongue lightly, as if he was extremely dissatisfied, but he still let go of Jin Qi's two hands and let him sit up.

He Zheng must not die yet, he still has something to ask.

Seeing this, Jin Qi hurriedly ran away from under Lin Xu, walked quickly to the side, took the clothes he put aside, put them on casually, and ran out of the door.

When Jin Qi left, Lin Xu, who had a bit of dissatisfaction on his face, slowly frowned. Unlike the previous dissatisfaction, there was a bit of surprise and a bit of solemnity on his face at this moment.

Jin Qi fled in a hurry, as if he was about to be cooked, obviously he didn't notice that there was only a thin layer of underwear left on his body.

The thin inner clothes became transparent when exposed to water, revealing everything under the clothes, his body, and the glaring scars all over his body.

Starting from the position where Jin Qi's collar will just be covered, there are countless large and small scars on his front and back. Judging from the situation of the scars, they should have been caused for a long time, not in recent years. .

Lin Xu withdrew his gaze from the door, his eyebrows frowned.

This was not recorded in the information he had obtained from He Zheng before, and he only briefly mentioned that Concubine Li was not kind to Jin Qi, at least far less than Concubine Li's own two sons.

As we all know, the first thing Jin Qi did after ascending the throne was to kill his adoptive mother, Concubine Li. Before, Lin Xu only thought of him as a way to stabilize the throne, but now it seems that what He Zheng is investigating is far more than that simple.

Thinking of this, Lin Xu couldn't help thinking of other materials about Jin Qi that he had seen before.

Jin Qi's mother and concubine were thrown into the cold palace because of an affair with others. At that time, she was already pregnant with Liujia, but all the documents and rumors after that never mentioned the child. Was he dead or alive in the end? The future to this world is still a mystery.

Lin Xu also got up and left the pool. He took his clothes from the side and changed, and when he went out, he was the well-known prime minister again.

002.

Back in the mansion, Lin Xu went to the prison to see He Zheng that afternoon.

He Zheng was arrested, and the evidence was conclusive, coupled with the loss of two sons in a row, the whole person has collapsed, and when Lin Xu went to see him, he was already a little crazy.

After seeing He Zheng, Lin Xu left the prison and was walking towards the prime minister's mansion when he met Xu Lan who was walking with a group of people on the road.

When the two met, Xu Lan asked the others around him to return to the palace first, while she got off her horse and came to Lin Xu's side.

"Your Prime Minister, have you just come out of the sky prison?" Xu Lan, who hadn't seen him for a long time, had a look of tiredness on his face.

Recently, he has been busy preparing for the imperial examination in advance, because he has always been in charge of this matter, so he has already started to prepare early.

Jin Qi attaches great importance to the imperial examination, and pays special attention to talented people, so many people have always had the idea of ​​taking the imperial examination.

In order to prevent those people, every year Xu Lan would visit in advance to find out the situation in various places, and by the way, learn about some noteworthy candidates in advance.

"I just went to see He Zheng.

"Lin Xu answered truthfully, there was no need to hide from Xu Lan.

During this court, Lin Xu also looked at Xu Lan with admiration. Xu Lan's talent and learning were not inferior to his, and part of the reason was that he had the same taste as him.

Xu Lan also loves books, and his family has a rich collection of books, but Xu Lan's love is not Lin Xu's obsession with ancient books, calligraphy and painting. .

Sometimes Lin Xu also needed related books, and would ask him for advice.

"I heard the emperor said that you found out about the mine vein, what did He Zheng say?" Xu Lan led the horse and walked side by side with Lin Xu.

"I'm only willing to exchange some information." Lin Xu had already expected this to happen, so it wasn't surprising.

He exchanged people from He Zheng's family with him, and He Zheng really let go, but even so, he still didn't want to tell everyone.

"It's no wonder that this matter can be concealed for so many years, and many court officials must be involved. Even if he is willing to exchange these for the lives of his family, those people will definitely trouble his family after the incident." Xu Lan smiled.

Lin Xu had already thought of these things, so he had already done everything he could.

"How is your side? Did you just go to He Zheng's house?" Lin Xu asked back.

As soon as Xu Lan came back, she took a large group of people to He Zheng's mansion. Naturally, it couldn't be for sightseeing, and just now Lin Xu saw those people carrying big boxes and small boxes. It seemed that they had just ransacked the house.

Xu Lan couldn't help laughing at the mention of this matter. The money he collected from He Zheng's house raids was roughly estimated to be as good as the current state treasury.

The national treasury is now only the one hundred thousand taels that Lin Xu planned before. The existing gold and silver treasures in He Zheng's family, plus the rough estimates of the overt and secret properties, are almost 20 taels. No wonder he didn't cross the threshold. This greedy word.

"...The emperor is furious in the palace when he heard the news. If the treasury is short of money in the future, we may find the ministers in the court to ransack the house. Maybe we can solve the problem, and you and I don't need to spend so much trouble." Xu Lan said with a smile, It's just a smile but not as good as the eyes.

It is a joke that the families of the ministers of the DPRK and China are richer than the national treasury, and it is no wonder that Jin Qi is so angry.

"That's a good idea." Lin Xu had already secretly calculated the feasibility of this plan in his heart.

Seeing this, Xu Lan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he only joked that Lin Xu was telling the truth. It seemed that he had to worry about some ministers in the court in advance.

"Would you like to sit at my house? I got a few good collections of poetry some time ago, and I wanted to show them to you, but when I came back, I ran into He Zheng." Xu Lan said.

Lin Xu did not refuse, and he also wanted to hear Xu Lan talk about the imperial examination.

The two walked towards Xu Lan's house one after the other, and arrived at the Shangshu Mansion not long after.

Xu Lan was a round older than Lin Xu, and now he is the father of two children. His eldest son, Xu Ming, is now a general of the local garrison. Although his youngest son, Xu Jun, is still young, it is said that he is also an extremely intelligent child.

After entering Shangshu Mansion, Xu Lan led Lin Xu to the study.

After entering the study, Xu Lan took out the book she had brought back from outside and handed it to Lin Xu, then sat down beside her.

Lin Xu picked up the book and looked through it. He had never read this book. It should have been collected and transcribed by someone in recent years. Although it was a little less charming than the ancient books he collected, the youthfulness revealed in it was still a Read on.

The house was quiet, and there was someone running past while shouting outside the door. It was a young domestic servant chasing a boy with a fair face and good features, who was still somewhat childish.

The young man was not very old, he looked only fourteen/five years old, and his face was still a little childish, but the aura in those black eyes could no longer be ignored.

"Master, run slowly." The servant looked at the boy who ran far ahead and hurried to catch up.

The boy ran even faster, like a little rabbit, making it impossible for the people behind to catch up.

Seeing the two running past, Xu Lan's eyes were full of

Shaking his head dotingly, "Your Excellency, don't laugh at me, it's because you're being naughty."

Hearing the identity of the young man, Lin Xu took another look.

The boy didn't know what he was going to do, he ran very fast, and didn't notice that there was a guest here.

When he came to the door, he saw that the servants who followed him hadn't arrived yet, so he hurriedly urged, "It's safe, hurry up, or it will be too late."

When the servant named Ping An ran to him, he rushed out again and disappeared outside the door.

"This age should be fun." Lin Xu looked away.

"It's just too much fun, and I don't know if I can hold back my temper in the future." Speaking of her son, Xu Lan smiled even more in his eyes.

Xu Lan's eldest son, Xu Ming, was already leading the army at his age. When Jin Qi seized the throne, it was Xu Ming who led the troops to sneak into the palace to control other forces and helped a lot.

But the youngest son is different. It is said that the Xu family dotes on him very much.

"Speaking of him, I was planning to let him worship under the prime minister's name." Xu Lan looked at Lin Xu with a smile.

It is not surprising that he has this idea, because everyone in Dayu knows that Lin Xu is the youngest prime minister in the history of Dayu. Can't find a second one.

If Xu Jun can be worshiped under Lin Xu's name, with Lin Xu's guidance, even if he is not as good as Lin Xu, he will definitely be able to make a difference in the future.

Lin Xu was a little surprised when he heard the words, but he didn't reject it heartily, but he had never thought about it.

He became an official in the court at fourteen, and has been busy with affairs in the court since then. He had never thought of being a teacher before, let alone Xu Lan's son.

Although Xu Lan has faded out of the imperial court now, he helped a lot when Jin Qi ascended the throne. He helped to plan many things.

If you talk about being a teacher, there are definitely not a few people who want to worship under the name of Xu Lan, who is also known as the Taifu.

Such Xu Lan chose him, even Lin Xu felt somewhat touched in his heart.

"Then why didn't you mention it?" Lin Xu asked after a while.Xu Lan had never told him about it, and it was the first time he mentioned it today.

Hearing this, Xu Lan shook her head slightly as if thinking of something.

"What?" Lin Xu closed the book.

"If possible, I don't want him to become an official in the court." Xu Lan said.

"Why?"

Xu Lan is the Grand Tutor, even if his son is really useless, as long as Xu Lan speaks, Jin Qi will definitely give him an official position, and if he really has real talents and practical learning, he will be reused.

"The situation in this court is too complicated and not suitable for him." Xu Lan said.

"Complicated? Xu Shangshu is referring to He Zheng?" Lin Xu asked.

The He Zheng he asked didn't refer to He Zheng's matter, but to the situation where ministers of the DPRK and China were corrupt, accepted bribes, and collude.

This kind of thing can never be eliminated. Wan Yu and Su Fanyi are examples. If you want to gain a firm foothold in the court, you must compromise and pay.

"Probably." Xu Lan looked into the distance, "If possible, I would like to resign and go into seclusion."

Lin Xu followed him and looked out the door. Xu Lan, as a minister, was also known as a grand tutor, and Jin Qi had always respected him, and no one in the court dared to trouble him.

With such a promising official career, Xu Lan told him that he wanted to resign.

"Or is it because of the emperor?" Lin Xu asked.

Xu Lan heard the words and looked over, with a bit of surprise in his eyes, "What do you mean, Prime Minister?"

Lin Xu just looked at him without saying a word. Xu Lan helped Jin Qi win the throne. I'm afraid he knew those things best.If Jin Qi really has some secrets that cannot be known by others, Xu Lan must know it too.

Seeing that Lin Xu was silent, Xu Lan gradually put away the smile on his face and became serious, "How much do you already know?"

"I already know everything I need to know." Lin Xu said softly.

Xu Lan frowned, with complicated eyes, "Something is wrong.