After being said so, Gong Yu naturally settled down, after all, Dai Ruyan is a person who keeps his word.
At the beginning, she couldn't stay in the bed for most of the day, but Gong Yu was really surprised. Looking at the weak Dai Ruyan, she was actually very powerful in fighting.
You can't be careless!
Dai Ruyan caressed Gong Yu's cheek lightly with his palm, lowered his head and kissed Gong Yu's side face and said, "Will you know that you are good?"
Gong Yu responded firmly: "This is in broad daylight, so Ayan is going to become a big villain?"
"You, you really have no sense in your head."
The two flirted with each other without saying a word, until the sun rose at noon, and the two of them entered the pavilion for dinner, serving Ruyan's soup as usual.
Gong Yu looked sideways at the increasingly glaring sunlight, stretched out her hand to hold the hot soup in her hand, and couldn't help feeling a little headache. It's okay to have no cold drinks in this hot day, and drinking hot soup every meal is really the rhythm of heatstroke.
The peach blossoms scattered on the side are brilliant, and when the breeze blows, even the air is filled with the fragrance of flowers.
"Today, there are frequent ministers proposing to execute Gong Liang in the court, what do you think A Yan should do about it?" Gong Yu sipped the soup and asked as if nothing had happened.
Dai Ruyan held the wooden spoon in his hand and seemed to stop, blinking his eyebrows and said: "I heard that the rest of Gong Liang's party is still making trouble everywhere. If Gong Liang is not executed, there will be endless troubles."
"A Yan mean to execute?"
"Well, but if Xiao Jiu has other concerns, you can postpone it."
Gong Yu held the soup bowl and looked at Dai Ruyan and said, "It's just that the last emperor's edict in Gong Liang's hand has not been found yet, if he is executed rashly, the common people may be suspicious."
"The matter of rebellion is already a fact, and this crime is enough to convict."
Apparently Dai Ruyan really wanted to make up his mind to ask Gong Liang to be sentenced to death.
Although most of Gong Liang's words are not credible, and Gong Yu actually only cares about Dai Ruyan's childhood, other things, after so many years, it has long been impossible to verify whether they are true or false.
In addition, the more she got to know Dai Ruyan, the more Gong Yu felt sorry for her past. Forced by the current situation, it was understandable to take some necessary measures to protect herself.
"Okay, tomorrow I will go to the court to issue an edict on the execution of Gong Liang." Gong Yu was relieved to see Dai Ruyan's expression was normal, as if he was not infected.
Right now, everything has just started, and Gong Yu doesn't want to let Dai Ruyan lose control of her emotions.
Dai Ruyan sipped the soup, but fell into deep thought. He was really careless about Gong Liang's handling.
Back then, the case of leaking questions in the imperial examination was very involved, and even lost many of the manpower of the Grand Highness Gong Quan and Gong Liang in the court. I don't know how much Gong Liang knew about it.
What's more, Gong Ling, who walked close to His Royal Highness Gong Quan, had a very deep mind, how much information should be exchanged with Gong Liang.
Although Dai Ruyan was sure that he would not be caught for anything, but he still didn't want her to hear any bad news about him.
Even in order to conceal it, Dai Ruyan could choose to do anything, even if it was to assassinate Gong Liang.
Just thinking that if Gong Liang was really assassinated, she would definitely notice something.
Ruyan has discovered from the past that although she is soft and talkative sometimes, she is very stubborn at other times, but if she really wants to know something, she will try her best to find out.
With such hesitation, Dai Ruyan has not made a decision on how to deal with Gong Liang for a long time.
Probably this is what makes Dai Ruyan in a dilemma.
Gong Yu on the side ate two bowls of rice, stretched out his hands to hold the cold soup on the side, and sipped some soup, but his expression that never changed Ruyan became more and more serious.
"Ayan?"
"Mm." Dai Ruyan blinked and replied.
Gong Yu got up and sat beside Dai Ruyan and saw that the fish in the small plate hadn't even touched a few mouthfuls, so she couldn't help worrying about Dai Ruyan's body.
"Is the food not to Ayan's liking?"
"No, it's just that I always eat slowly."
"That's why you can't eat so slowly." Gong Yu said, reaching out to take the rice bowl that Dai Ruyan was holding, holding a wooden spoon to hold the rice and handing it to Dai Ruyan's mouth, saying with a serious face : "Come, open your mouth to eat."
Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu hesitantly, and opened his mouth to eat in small bites awkwardly.
Fortunately, there were no palace people in the pavilion, otherwise Dai Ruyan's blushing cheeks might make others think that something happened.
Gong Yu filled some soup with a wooden spoon, leaned closer and blew on it, before handing it to Dai Ruyan's mouth.
"Xiao Jiu, I can eat by myself." Dai Ruyan was obviously not used to it.
"Who told Ayan to be distracted while eating, I am very worried about Ayan's body."
"But I always eat slowly, and I have never felt uncomfortable in my body."
Gong Yu blinked her eyes and responded: "But Ayan is so thin, I'm afraid that one day the wind will blow Ayan and Ayan will be blown down."
Dai Ruyan laughed suddenly, and said in a low voice, "It's not as exaggerated as you said."
Although he was still a little uneasy, seeing the worried expression on the face of the person in front of him, Dai Ruyan calmed down a little.
After all, she is no different from before, she still always takes care of others clumsily from time to time, obviously she is still the one who gets sick easily.
At the end of the meal like this, Gong Yu just put away his serious expression, and the two wandered around the mansion leisurely.
When he was sleepy in the afternoon, Gong Yu dragged Dai Ruyan into the former water pavilion, where the objects were still arranged as usual.
When the breeze hit, Gong Yu was sleeping comfortably on Dai Ruyan's arm.
Although it has not yet entered the midsummer, the problem of snoozing is Gong Yu's long-term bad habit.
When Dai Ruyan woke up with blinking eyes, it was still very bright outside the window, he turned his head and saw the person beside him with his head buried in the thin quilt because he was afraid of light, he really looked like a big child.
When she was young, Dai Ruyan didn't feel tired, but now it's a heavy burden, she stretched out her hand to lift a corner, and saw that the nose of the person inside was slightly sweaty, obviously she still didn't want to wake up.
Because of today's trip, she has been very happy since last night, and she probably hasn't left the palace for a long time. Sitting in the sedan chair, she couldn't help but lift the curtain and look out, and bought a kite and a lot of candy along the way.
But the wind stopped suddenly in the afternoon, so the kite couldn't fly naturally, but it made her busy for nothing.
Dai Ruyan tapped the corners of her pouty mouth lightly with her fingertips, she pursed her lips tightly as if uncomfortably, but there was no other movement.
Dai Ruyan slowly got up when the carrier pigeon parked outside quietly landed aside.
After unfolding the paper in the letter box, Dai Ruyan couldn't help frowning slightly.
Gong Liang is dead.
Who did this?
The news spread throughout Mandu City the next day, and Gong Yu listened to the news with a dazed expression in the morning.
Gong Liang died of poisoning, the assassin was arrested, but when he confessed his crime, he blamed the queen.
Before the court had time to suppress the news, rumors were already flying in the capital.
"Although the sixth prince is rebellious, he still has the imperial edict of the former emperor. The disaster relief was obvious to all. Now that he was poisoned to death, think about who in this palace has such ability?"
"That's right, I heard that he died of festering all over his body. The appearance of his death is really horrible!"
"Hush! Now that the world has changed, you can't say this, or you will be imprisoned."
"That's right, this palace is now in the hands of a woman, I think it will be over sooner or later!"
"You don't want to die! How dare you say such things!"
As soon as these words came out, the people around the tea shed dispersed one after another, especially fearing that they would be arrested and thrown into prison for trumped-up charges.
But at this time in the palace, Gong Yu immediately ordered to kill the assassin, but there was still a storm in the court.
Gu Qing privately led his troops to arrest a large number of people talking about teahouses and wine shops in the capital, and tortured them severely. Most of them died when they were released.
This kind of severe punishment is very effective in curbing gossip, but many ministers have begun to impeach Gu Qing for leading the army without permission.
A large number of officials knelt in the hall, but Gu Qing's party stood in the hall. Gong Yu stared intently at the group of officials who clearly wanted to overthrow Gu Qing and said, "The guilty minister Gong Liang is what I want to bestow on him." The death penalty, and the capital has always strictly prohibited the spread of rumors. Especially inappropriate remarks about the queen, it is really disrespectful."
The court hall was suddenly very quiet, Gong Yu closed the memorial and said: "This matter is over. If you have nothing else to do, you can leave the court today."
"Your Majesty! Protecting the empress and empress like this will chill the hearts of the people of the palace!" Zhao Ting, the leader, shouted.
Gong Yu clapped his hands on the desk and scolded angrily: "Someone will drag Zhao Ting down to the top [-] boards, and someone will mention this as the end!"
Such force just ended the morning court, and Gong Yu was so angry that she wanted to beat someone up!
Gong Liang couldn't die anytime, but he was poisoned and killed by someone, and gave people the opportunity to make trouble with rumors.
Listening to Gong Yu's broken thoughts, Dai Ruyan lightly smeared the ointment on his fingertips and responded to his slightly red and swollen palm: "Then you shouldn't have slapped the table with such force."
"Aren't Ayan angry?"
"It's not me who did it. Why does Xiao Jiu hurt herself and let others be happy for nothing?"
Even though Gong Yu felt that she was happy enough to not show it, Dai Ruyan was obviously more proficient, so she didn't even frown.
"Gong Liang's death, who does A Yan think is responsible for it?"
"It depends on who is most beneficial to this matter." Dai Ruyan replied carefully wrapping the gauze around it.
Gong Yu thought for a while and said: "This matter suddenly plunged Ayan into a whirlpool, it must be someone who has a grudge against Ayan."
Holding the scissors, Dai Ruyan cut off the gauze, stretched out his hands to tie the knots, and then responded with a sigh of relief: "Xiao Jiu should see things more deeply."
"Could it be that you have a grudge with Gong Liang, that's why you want to kill him?"
"Silly."
amount……
Gong Yu stared blankly at Dai Ruyan in front of her, and couldn't help answering a little confused: "Then what did Ayan say?"
"Could it be possible that Xiao Jiu didn't realize that she was being watched?"
"Am I being watched?"
Dai Ruyan washed her hands in the basin beside her, picked up a handkerchief and wiped it off, and then took a small sip of tea.
"Ayan, why didn't you say it?" Gong Yu's heart was itching to wait, so she had to ask.
"Hasn't Xiao Jiu figured it out yet?"
Gong Yu shook her head and said, "I haven't figured it out, I'm waiting for Ayan to tell me."
"Then think about it for yourself, think about whether you should stand up to the advice of the ministers this morning."
Hey?
This was obviously to protect Dai Ruyan Gongyu, so he kicked out those ministers angrily.
But Dai Ruyan obviously didn't want to open his mouth to decipher, so Gong Yu could only eat porridge in boredom, trying to figure out what else was hidden here.
Until the porridge bowl bottomed out, Gong Yu filled another bowl and ate it deeply. Dai Ruyan looked at the opposite side and ate the porridge, as if he didn't reflect on his mistakes, and couldn't help feeling helpless.
In the early days, Ruyan never imagined what kind of chaos Gong Liang's death would cause.
Dai Ruyan didn't realize until he learned about the reaction of the courtiers this morning that this plan was aimed at the Queen on the surface, but in fact it was all aimed at her.
If the queen makes the people of a country dissatisfied, she can abolish the empress, but the decision rests with the emperor, and most others have no right to abolish the empress.
Only the faint king is the best excuse for political struggles, and many palace struggles and coups have started from this since ancient times.
This is just a carefully planned game by someone who wants to secretly seize the palace kingdom's throne.
Dai Ruyan calmed down and said, "Have you figured it out?"
Although Dai Ruyan was very happy because she cared about herself wholeheartedly, if it turned out to attack her weakness, Dai Ruyan would definitely not allow it.
Gong Yu ate too much, felt a little uncomfortable for no reason, put down the soup bowl and responded: "Today's performance in the court was too aggressive, but let the person hiding in the dark grab my sore spots."
"Am i right?"
"Games with officials should be both tough and soft, so that people can't guess the emperor's mind."
"Then why is Ayan so stubborn, and I can't do it?" Gong Yu said, getting angry again, being an emperor is so nerve-wracking!
Dai Ruyan hesitated for a moment, maybe because of Gong Yu's words, he couldn't help laughing: "It's because I'm the empress."
Hey?
Gong Yu became a little confused and said, "What's wrong with the queen?"
"The empress is under the control of the emperor, and it is a matter of the harem, so no matter how much the ministers complain, it is nothing more than barking outside the door, but the emperor is different." Dai Ruyan said after a pause: "Once the emperor makes a mistake, it will be as light as the palace. Change, but if it is serious, it will be a matter of losing your head."
Originally, Gong Yu listened seriously, but when Dai Ruyan said the previous paragraph, she laughed inexplicably.
The whole person circled around the wooden table, embraced Dai Ruyan affectionately, rubbed his cheek against Dai Ruyan and said sideways: "Don't be afraid, Queen, I'm covering you."
Dai Ruyan stopped in a daze, stretched out his hand to gently push away the approaching person, and sighed helplessly, "I'm telling you something serious."
"I understand what Ayan said."
Gong Yu looked at Dai Ruyan seriously and said, "I'll give the order to go."
"Order what?"
"Reward the new Grand Tutor Zhao Ting."
Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu with puzzled eyes and said, "Do you really understand what I mean?"
"Don't worry, Ayan, I have to keep my head well."
Gong Yu got up to study ink, and wrote down the edict, making people hurry up, and the more lively and less serious, they were sent to the Taifu's residence.
At this time, it was rumored in the capital that the emperor was furiously punishing his loyal ministers. Unexpectedly, the palace team carrying the big red box had already stopped outside the Taifu's mansion with great fanfare, attracting passers-by to watch.
Zhao Ting was supported by others to go out of the house to receive the order. The father-in-law read aloud at the top of his voice: "Teacher Zhao Ting's outspoken admonition today is really to promote the style of Zhao's loyal ministers. I am very relieved!"
The man carrying the big red box walked straight into the mansion, and Zhao Ting, who was confused, asked, "Eunuch, this is...?"
The little eunuch on the side read: "A reward of one hundred taels of gold..."
"Ten boxes of jewelry..."
The father-in-law handed the edict in his hand to Zhao Ting with both hands and said with a smile: "The rest will be rewarded by His Majesty to Taifu Zhao."
The remarks in the capital immediately turned into rumors, and even the beggars who were watching the Taifu's mansion at the streets and alleys all turned their heads to wait and see.
In the middle of the night, Dai Ruyan received the news of the carrier pigeon outside, looked sideways at the person who was teasing the little rabbit, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
This person didn't know how to be more tactful. He hit someone with his front foot and rewarded him with his back foot.
But this is not impossible, at least it must make those ministers confused about the situation in the court.
"Ayan..." Gong Yu came out of the yarn holding the rabbit and said with a smile, "What are you doing so far away from me?"
Such a pleasing appearance obviously has an ulterior motive.
But Dai Ruyan followed the words and approached step by step. The man put the little rabbit down, and saw the little rabbit jumping to the side very peacefully.
Before Dai Ruyan could speak, her wrist was already pulled by her. She stretched out her arms to hug Dai Ruyan with a smile on her face, and whispered in her ear, "It smells so good."
"Maybe it's the fragrance from the peach blossom petals after bathing."
Knowing that she couldn't hide anything from her eyes, Dai Ruyan still cooperated with her.
Until she lost the initial cover-up, she lay down holding Dai Ruyan with her hands, and her movements were very gentle.
"It's late at night, it's time to take a good rest." Dai Ruyan took care of her hands that were still tied with gauze, so she could only lie down obediently.
She blinked and looked at Dai Ruyan with a smile on her face and said: "The night is still long."
She looks cute, but her head is full of restlessness, and she is seriously pulling on her belt.
Dai Ruyan took her hand lightly and sighed: "Be quiet, wait until your hand is healed."
"It's okay, I still have one hand."
"Little Nine..."
"Ok?"
This is so reasonable that only she can say it, Dai Ruyan stretched out his hand to pick up the thin quilt to cover himself lightly, turned his back to her and said, "I'm tired today."
"Ayan..." a soft voice called from behind.
Dai Ruyan also pretended not to hear, for a while it seemed that there was really no movement around her.
The candle flickered slightly, and when Dai Ruyan turned his head, he saw that she was lying down with her back facing him, as if she was sulking.
"Little Nine?"
Did not get a response, let Dai Ruyan relax his vigilance, and moved closer.
Unexpectedly, the man turned around suddenly, looked at Dai Ruyan with bright eyes full of smiles and said: "I thought you really ignored me."
Dai Ruyan covered her with the thin quilt and said: "Be good, how can I ignore you?"
The man shook his head in dissatisfaction and replied: "I thought about it, it's really inconvenient, how about..."
"Don't think about anything messy." Dai Ruyan covered her cheeks lightly with a thin quilt.
"I haven't said it yet, how did you know, Ayan?"
"Can you say anything else?"
She stretched out her arms from the thin quilt, and was grabbed by Dai Ruyan at once, as if she had succeeded, she stuck her head out and kissed Dai Ruyan on the cheek and said: "Ah Yan obviously has a lot of thoughts in her head, but she always keeps her mouth shut." Very, this habit is not good."
Dai Ruyan looked helplessly at her who was full of energy, stretched out his hand to pinch her cheek and said, "You have to go to court tomorrow, and you won't be energetic by then..."
The words stopped abruptly, leaving only a low voice, Shawei shook slightly, and the little rabbit who was huddled in the corner also ran away knowingly.
At twilight, there was no sound in the hall, except for the fat rabbit that was grinding its teeth, gnawing on the table legs, making crackling noises.
When the drooping yarn was gently lifted, revealing the slender arms, Dai Ruyan blinked slightly to ease his thoughts.
Dai Ruyan turned his head to look at the person beside him when his pupils returned to their former clarity, and he was indeed still asleep.
After tidying up the skirts and washing up, Dai Ruyan called the bedridden person.
"Xiao Jiu wake up."
"Let me sleep for a while..." The man buried his head in the quilt, as if forgetting what he said last night.
Dai Ruyan pursed her lips tightly, pinched the tip of her nose lightly with her fingertips and said solemnly: "Sleep any more, you won't be sure next time."
Before the words finished, the man grasped Dai Ruyan's hand cleverly, seemed to be in a daze or woke up and replied: "Don't, I just want to lie down for a while."
I saw the person who was buried in the quilt popping out his head from the quilt, and smiled with the corner of his mouth bent: "Look, didn't I just wake up?"
Wake up like this at any time, but her eyes are closed tightly, Dai Ruyan couldn't help laughing when she saw it, stretched out her hand and lightly scratched her nose and said: "Get up quickly, or it will be too late."
After such a long time, she got out of the quilt, and Dai Ruyan hurriedly looked away, her cheeks felt hot.
Although they share the same bed, Dai Ruyan is still not as calm and composed as she is, since they are both women, it stands to reason that there is nothing to dislike.
"Ayan, I'm in a bit of pain." Her half-dressed clothes jumped to her eyes, she turned slightly and said, "Show me what's wrong?"
The imprints on her face were indeed a bit obvious, and in addition to her fair and attractive skin, the red and purple scars looked a little shocking.
Dai Ruyan couldn't help being a little annoyed, probably accidentally scratched her last night.
"I'll get you some ointment."
"Farewell, I have to go to the morning court first, and then I will take the medicine when I come back."
When she was in a daze, she had already fastened her robe, and was sitting beside her changing her boots. Dai Ruyan got up and picked up the dragon robe hanging high on the side to change for her.
Although her face was a little tired, she still had a smile on her face. Occasionally, she would bow her head and secretly kiss her restlessly, and then pretended nothing happened.
Most of the time, if Dai Ruyan didn't make a sound, she would go too far, and when she left the inner hall in a hurry with one hand on the crown, she would be free in no time.
As if following her away, Dai Ruyan didn't know what he was going to do, he stopped by the window blankly, and it took him a while to recover.
It's just that the inner hall was too quiet, and Dai Ruyan didn't like it a little bit, holding a book in his hand and reading it quietly, while thinking about what kind of meal and soup he would ask the palace servants to prepare today.
Although most of the time, she is not picky eaters, she seems to be born with an amazing appetite.
But if she knew what was going on in Dai Ruyan's mind, she would definitely be smug.
The palace servants waiting outside suddenly said: "Empress, General Gu is asking to see you outside the palace."
Dai Ruyan answered with a slight frown: "No."
For the time being, Dai Ruyan can ignore Gu Qing's petty actions in the court, but there are no ministers who frequently ask to see the queen alone.
Although the rumors in the capital haven't found out who it is, Dai Ruyan naturally has doubts in his mind.
Standing still at this time is just waiting to show his feet.
The palace servants retreated quietly, and Dai Ruyan flipped through the book, waiting quietly for the time to run out little by little.
When the sunlight came out of the window, the hall was already brightly lit, and the palace servants were setting up meals at the side, Dai Ruyan flipped through the pages and asked, "What time is it?"
"It's time to go back to Empress Dowager."
That should be the end of the morning.
The curtain swayed slightly, and before he looked up to see anyone, the sound of footsteps could already be heard very clearly.
When Gong Yu came in from the outside, Dai Ruyan was still sitting by the window reading a book, and the palace people quietly left after setting up the meals.
"Ayan, I heard that Gu Qing came to see you this morning?"
"Ah."
The words were too short, Gong Yu sat on the side and looked at Dai Ruyan, but couldn't wait for the next sentence, so she could only say: "Then Gu Qing didn't see Ayan, so she simply didn't even go to court early."
Dai Ruyan looked sideways at Gong Yu and said, "So?"
"I want to re-establish the Great General, and the provincial Gu Qing embarrasses me all day long."
"I have no problem with that."
Gong Yu looked at Dai Ruyan in surprise and said, "Does Ayan want to be so cold?"
"Then how do you want me to react?" Dai Ruyan put down the book in his hand, and gently led Gong Yu to walk behind the screen.
"Gu Qing has a very high prestige in the army, shouldn't Ah Yan persuade me to think carefully?"
Dai Ruyan asked Gong Yu to sit down, stretched out his hand and sat aside with the ointment, and said, "Gu Qing can't be dismissed directly, and Xiao Jiu is not stupid, so she should also know that she has to choose a good reason."
Gong Yu sat solemnly, seeing Dai Ruyan rub the ointment on his palm and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Give you medicine."
"Oh." Gong Yu listened, and untied her belt on her own.
She really wasn't as shy as a daughter should be, Dai Ruyan turned her head slightly to avoid her eyes and said softly, "Turn around."
"I can't see the injury, is it serious?"
Dai Ruyan gently rubbed the scar with his palm, his eyes lightly passed over the whiteness, and he responded in a low voice: "It's not serious, it's just a little scary to look at."
"Then there shouldn't be any scars?"
"will not."
Or after rubbing the ointment lightly, it will feel a little hot, and Dai Ruyan's palm also feels hot.
Until she changed into her robes again, Dai Ruyan didn't take the initiative to look at her again, washed her hands, picked up a handkerchief and wiped it lightly.
Gong Yu straightened her clothes and stood up, held Dai Ruyan's hand and said: "Shall we go have dinner?"
"Ah."
The two sat down, Gong Yu lifted the tile cover, filled the soup and said: "The ministers in the court today are much more peaceful than yesterday."
Dai Ruyan took the soup from Gong Yu, sipped it and asked, "Did Zhao Ting come to court today?"
"coming."
Busy with eating, Gong Yu became much quieter, Dai Ruyan looked towards the opposite side just now, his palms were still a little hot.
It's better to be young, Dai Ruyan drank the soup in a muffled voice, but the feeling of lingering in his palm never faded away.
If the memorials are not approved for a day, they will pile up day by day. After the meal, Gong Yu will process the memorials non-stop.
After becoming an emperor, it is also the emperor's duty to go to the ancestral temple in spring to pray for good weather.
The rumors that spread may have been suppressed too much, and it seems that they are not as ferocious as they were at the beginning.
The court ministers couldn't figure out Gong Yu's thoughts, and the Tai Fu Zhao Ting was beaten and rewarded for a while, but the court would be much more peaceful.
After the Qingming Festival, the weather suddenly turned cooler, and Gongyu set up an open-air pavilion, which saved Dai Ruyan from being bored in the hall all day, which was not conducive to recovery.
But he didn't want Dai Ruyan to stay for only two days, and he attracted a little butterfly.
At first, when Gong Yu bumped into the little maid, she just thought it looked familiar, but she became suspicious after seeing her more often.
One morning at the end of the morning, the two were eating, and Gong Yu was holding the soup bowl. When she saw the maid changing the tea, she became vigilant and asked, "Where is this little maid, Ayan?"
Dai Ruyan held the wooden spoon in his hand and still didn't realize it. He looked sideways at the little maid and said, "I don't know where she is from."
"Do you know Xiaojiu?"
Gong Yu shook her head and said: "It's just that this little maid seems to follow A Yan every time."
Serving tea and pouring water, changing the spices for the smoker, even cleaning the courtyard, whenever Dai Ruyan leaves the inner hall, it seems that this little maid will try her best to show up.
Dai Ruyan at the side drank the soup and said, "All the maids in this palace are wearing the same court maid clothes, how can Xiao Jiu remember clearly?"
"I don't know, I just feel that this little palace lady has appeared in front of my eyes a little too many times recently."
But maybe it's just an accident, Gong Yu didn't make it clear.
It's just that these words made Dai Ruyan suddenly vigilant, there are many court ladies in the palace who are waiting for the opportunity to meet the emperor to win the glory and wealth.
Although Dai Ruyan didn't go out of the palace, he never stopped the management of the affairs of the harem, and the rules in the harem were even stricter.
But even so, it is not necessarily true that some little maids who don't know the importance will try to take risks.
When the sun was getting hotter, Gong Yu asked people to set up a couch in the pavilion to lie on the side, and Dai Ruyan was working on the rouge in the pavilion, and the little maid appeared at the side as expected, and her eyes were always slowly peeking at this side.
Dai Ruyan stopped calling, "Come here."
The little maid was slightly taken aback, put down the broom in her hand, raised her skirt slightly and stepped into the hall, saluted and kowtowed and said in a low voice, "What does the empress have to tell my servants?"
"Raise your hand."
"Yes." The little maid stood beside the table with her hands up, obviously trembling a little.
Dai Ruyan painted some rouge lightly on the pen, dabbed it on the little maid's nails and asked, "Is this rouge pretty?"
The little maid nodded anxiously and said, "The rouge made by the empress is naturally beautiful."
"Who sent you into the palace to lure the emperor?"
Suddenly fell into silence, the little maid did not answer, her cheeks were dripping with sweat, and her eyes were full of fear.
"This rouge is mixed with some medicinal powder, you can't move it, right?"
"Empress, please forgive me!"
Dai Ruyan frowned slightly and reprimanded in a low voice: "If you disturb the emperor, you may not be able to leave this palace."
The little palace maid lowered her voice, her eyes were red, obviously frightened.
Dai Ruyan didn't ask until the person nestled in the couch was still sound asleep, "The poison will spread to the whole body in half an hour, and then you won't be able to move even if you want to."
"It's the princess." The little maid said with tears in her eyes, "The princess sent us in."
Dai Ruyan frowned and said, "Is she still telling you anything?"
"Tell the princess word by word the conversations heard in the palace on weekdays."
Which princess in this palace country dares to be so bold?
I'm afraid there is only the palace spirit.
Waiting for the little maid to be dealt with, Dai Ruyan left the pavilion and arrested all the maids who were with the little maid. Once verified, they will be killed.
Until near dusk, Dai Ruyan sent a group of palace people out to readjust the palace people in the palace, and even replaced the tea, incense and even the teacup touched by the little maid.
When the pavilion was getting dark day by day, the person nestled on the couch just woke up.
Dai Ruyan was grinding the rouge, and couldn't help but think of her grandmother's favorite use of willow crystal before her death. This is a slightly poisonous flower that is easily addictive, but the juice is full and bright, and its juice can last for a long time. fade.
I remember when Ruyan asked her grandmother why she used this poisonous flower when she was young, she laughed and said, "Men like beauty, but they don't know its poison. You have to hold on to one person, even if it is poison, you have to use it with exquisite delicacy."
So when grandma was getting old and still left the willow crystal flower, Dai Ruyan made a spice and let people mix it into the incense burner that grandma used every day.
When used alone, it is colorless, odorless, and harmless, but once it is neutralized with the trace toxicity of Liu Jinghua, it will cause internal organs to fester, which is probably killing people invisible.
Gong Yu sat lazily by the side, stretched out his hand to pour tea and asked, "Has Ayan been studying ink and rouge all day today?"
Dai Ruyan replied softly: "Yes."
"This rouge smells so good." Gong Yu reached out to open a nearby box and smelled it.
"Like it?"
"Well, Ayan paint it for me too?"
"But this rouge is not so easy to clean." Dai Ruyan replied hesitantly.
Gong Yu smiled and said, "It's okay, the ministers who are facing left and right can't see what is painted on my nails."
Dai Ruyan was hesitating, Gong Yu stretched out his hand to open the rouge on the other side, but Dai Ruyan held his hand suddenly.
"what happened?"
"You messed up this rouge." Dai Ruyan let go of Gong Yu's hand, and hurriedly put away the black box.
Seeing the mysterious look, Gong Yu asked, "What treasure is in the black box?"
"It's not a treasure." Dai Ruyan took a pen and held Gong Yu's hand, lightly stained with rouge, and was applying rouge for Gong Yu.
"Then don't let me touch anything?"
Dai Ruyan applied it seriously, then paused slightly and said, "It's poison, it will rot if you touch it."
what?
Gong Yu looked at Dai Ruyan suspiciously, her first reaction was that she really thought that Dai Ruyan was joking with her, but when she thought that Dai Ruyan didn't often make jokes on weekdays, there should be no such possibility.
"Why is the poison kept aside, isn't it very dangerous?"
"Yeah, that's why I stopped you in a hurry."
After all ten fingers were painted with rouge, Gong Yu opened her fingers and waited for the rouge to dry, then looked sideways at Dai Ruyan packing up the developed rouge and asked, "What flower is this rouge made of?"
"Generally there are certain types of flowers, but most of the flowers in the imperial garden are carefully selected, so any bright colors can be developed."
"Do you like the color?"
Gong Yu looked at her hand and said: "It's pretty, I also want to put on beautiful makeup every day."
"Women's make-up is mostly done to attract people they like. Xiao Jiu looks good without makeup, why bother to add makeup?"
"do I look good?"
"Well, it's pretty." Dai Ru Yan looked at Gong Yu tenderly in his eyes and said in a low voice: "I like such a clean little Jiu."
Although it is very happy to be praised for looking good, Gong Yu still cares about the poison in her heart, so she asked: "What is the poison rouge Ayan used for?"
Dai Ruyan paused to tidy up her hands and said: "Some flowers are mixed together, which is easy to produce poison, I just put it aside."
"Then Ayan has to be careful, otherwise it will be dangerous if you accidentally touch it."
"Don't worry, I'll ask the palace servants to put it away later."
For Dai Ruyan's explanation, Gong Yu didn't quite believe it, but thought it might be useful for something else, so Gong Yu didn't ask further.
When the rouge was dry between her fingers, Gong Yu looked at it with satisfaction, smiled and stretched out her hand to Dai Ruyan and said, "It's really beautiful."
Dai Ruyan gently held Gong Yu's extended hand and said, "Well, Xiao Jiu has a fair complexion, a little rouge is enough."
"Is Ayan free to give me a thrush?" Gong Yu asked with great interest.
"thrush?"
"Aren't Xiao Jiu's eyebrows just right?"
"I don't want thick eyebrows and big eyes, I want to change to a different style."
Gong Yu's mind was full of novel ideas, Dai Ruyan looked at it hesitantly, feeling very helpless.
She doesn't even bother to get up early in the morning, if she still wants to touch her eyebrows and put on makeup, she doesn't know whether it's embarrassing Dai Ruyan, or embarrassing herself.
When Gong Yu's words stopped, seeing Dai Ruyan's quietness, she quickly asked, "Ah Yan, why didn't you speak?"
"Xiao Jiu really wants to come out as soon as possible." Dai Ruyan shook his head, packing the rouge on his own.
"Ayan usually puts on rouge and powder when she wakes up so early, why can't I do it?" Gong Yu asked closely.
Dai Ruyan stopped her hands and looked at Gong Yu, "I put on rouge and powder because..."
"Because of what?"
"I don't want to talk to you."
Gong Yu stared blankly at Dai Ruyan, and said helplessly, "Ah Yan has to tell me why."
"Reason?" Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yuying with a serious expression, "You put on rouge and powder and go to the morning court."
At the beginning, she couldn't stay in the bed for most of the day, but Gong Yu was really surprised. Looking at the weak Dai Ruyan, she was actually very powerful in fighting.
You can't be careless!
Dai Ruyan caressed Gong Yu's cheek lightly with his palm, lowered his head and kissed Gong Yu's side face and said, "Will you know that you are good?"
Gong Yu responded firmly: "This is in broad daylight, so Ayan is going to become a big villain?"
"You, you really have no sense in your head."
The two flirted with each other without saying a word, until the sun rose at noon, and the two of them entered the pavilion for dinner, serving Ruyan's soup as usual.
Gong Yu looked sideways at the increasingly glaring sunlight, stretched out her hand to hold the hot soup in her hand, and couldn't help feeling a little headache. It's okay to have no cold drinks in this hot day, and drinking hot soup every meal is really the rhythm of heatstroke.
The peach blossoms scattered on the side are brilliant, and when the breeze blows, even the air is filled with the fragrance of flowers.
"Today, there are frequent ministers proposing to execute Gong Liang in the court, what do you think A Yan should do about it?" Gong Yu sipped the soup and asked as if nothing had happened.
Dai Ruyan held the wooden spoon in his hand and seemed to stop, blinking his eyebrows and said: "I heard that the rest of Gong Liang's party is still making trouble everywhere. If Gong Liang is not executed, there will be endless troubles."
"A Yan mean to execute?"
"Well, but if Xiao Jiu has other concerns, you can postpone it."
Gong Yu held the soup bowl and looked at Dai Ruyan and said, "It's just that the last emperor's edict in Gong Liang's hand has not been found yet, if he is executed rashly, the common people may be suspicious."
"The matter of rebellion is already a fact, and this crime is enough to convict."
Apparently Dai Ruyan really wanted to make up his mind to ask Gong Liang to be sentenced to death.
Although most of Gong Liang's words are not credible, and Gong Yu actually only cares about Dai Ruyan's childhood, other things, after so many years, it has long been impossible to verify whether they are true or false.
In addition, the more she got to know Dai Ruyan, the more Gong Yu felt sorry for her past. Forced by the current situation, it was understandable to take some necessary measures to protect herself.
"Okay, tomorrow I will go to the court to issue an edict on the execution of Gong Liang." Gong Yu was relieved to see Dai Ruyan's expression was normal, as if he was not infected.
Right now, everything has just started, and Gong Yu doesn't want to let Dai Ruyan lose control of her emotions.
Dai Ruyan sipped the soup, but fell into deep thought. He was really careless about Gong Liang's handling.
Back then, the case of leaking questions in the imperial examination was very involved, and even lost many of the manpower of the Grand Highness Gong Quan and Gong Liang in the court. I don't know how much Gong Liang knew about it.
What's more, Gong Ling, who walked close to His Royal Highness Gong Quan, had a very deep mind, how much information should be exchanged with Gong Liang.
Although Dai Ruyan was sure that he would not be caught for anything, but he still didn't want her to hear any bad news about him.
Even in order to conceal it, Dai Ruyan could choose to do anything, even if it was to assassinate Gong Liang.
Just thinking that if Gong Liang was really assassinated, she would definitely notice something.
Ruyan has discovered from the past that although she is soft and talkative sometimes, she is very stubborn at other times, but if she really wants to know something, she will try her best to find out.
With such hesitation, Dai Ruyan has not made a decision on how to deal with Gong Liang for a long time.
Probably this is what makes Dai Ruyan in a dilemma.
Gong Yu on the side ate two bowls of rice, stretched out his hands to hold the cold soup on the side, and sipped some soup, but his expression that never changed Ruyan became more and more serious.
"Ayan?"
"Mm." Dai Ruyan blinked and replied.
Gong Yu got up and sat beside Dai Ruyan and saw that the fish in the small plate hadn't even touched a few mouthfuls, so she couldn't help worrying about Dai Ruyan's body.
"Is the food not to Ayan's liking?"
"No, it's just that I always eat slowly."
"That's why you can't eat so slowly." Gong Yu said, reaching out to take the rice bowl that Dai Ruyan was holding, holding a wooden spoon to hold the rice and handing it to Dai Ruyan's mouth, saying with a serious face : "Come, open your mouth to eat."
Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu hesitantly, and opened his mouth to eat in small bites awkwardly.
Fortunately, there were no palace people in the pavilion, otherwise Dai Ruyan's blushing cheeks might make others think that something happened.
Gong Yu filled some soup with a wooden spoon, leaned closer and blew on it, before handing it to Dai Ruyan's mouth.
"Xiao Jiu, I can eat by myself." Dai Ruyan was obviously not used to it.
"Who told Ayan to be distracted while eating, I am very worried about Ayan's body."
"But I always eat slowly, and I have never felt uncomfortable in my body."
Gong Yu blinked her eyes and responded: "But Ayan is so thin, I'm afraid that one day the wind will blow Ayan and Ayan will be blown down."
Dai Ruyan laughed suddenly, and said in a low voice, "It's not as exaggerated as you said."
Although he was still a little uneasy, seeing the worried expression on the face of the person in front of him, Dai Ruyan calmed down a little.
After all, she is no different from before, she still always takes care of others clumsily from time to time, obviously she is still the one who gets sick easily.
At the end of the meal like this, Gong Yu just put away his serious expression, and the two wandered around the mansion leisurely.
When he was sleepy in the afternoon, Gong Yu dragged Dai Ruyan into the former water pavilion, where the objects were still arranged as usual.
When the breeze hit, Gong Yu was sleeping comfortably on Dai Ruyan's arm.
Although it has not yet entered the midsummer, the problem of snoozing is Gong Yu's long-term bad habit.
When Dai Ruyan woke up with blinking eyes, it was still very bright outside the window, he turned his head and saw the person beside him with his head buried in the thin quilt because he was afraid of light, he really looked like a big child.
When she was young, Dai Ruyan didn't feel tired, but now it's a heavy burden, she stretched out her hand to lift a corner, and saw that the nose of the person inside was slightly sweaty, obviously she still didn't want to wake up.
Because of today's trip, she has been very happy since last night, and she probably hasn't left the palace for a long time. Sitting in the sedan chair, she couldn't help but lift the curtain and look out, and bought a kite and a lot of candy along the way.
But the wind stopped suddenly in the afternoon, so the kite couldn't fly naturally, but it made her busy for nothing.
Dai Ruyan tapped the corners of her pouty mouth lightly with her fingertips, she pursed her lips tightly as if uncomfortably, but there was no other movement.
Dai Ruyan slowly got up when the carrier pigeon parked outside quietly landed aside.
After unfolding the paper in the letter box, Dai Ruyan couldn't help frowning slightly.
Gong Liang is dead.
Who did this?
The news spread throughout Mandu City the next day, and Gong Yu listened to the news with a dazed expression in the morning.
Gong Liang died of poisoning, the assassin was arrested, but when he confessed his crime, he blamed the queen.
Before the court had time to suppress the news, rumors were already flying in the capital.
"Although the sixth prince is rebellious, he still has the imperial edict of the former emperor. The disaster relief was obvious to all. Now that he was poisoned to death, think about who in this palace has such ability?"
"That's right, I heard that he died of festering all over his body. The appearance of his death is really horrible!"
"Hush! Now that the world has changed, you can't say this, or you will be imprisoned."
"That's right, this palace is now in the hands of a woman, I think it will be over sooner or later!"
"You don't want to die! How dare you say such things!"
As soon as these words came out, the people around the tea shed dispersed one after another, especially fearing that they would be arrested and thrown into prison for trumped-up charges.
But at this time in the palace, Gong Yu immediately ordered to kill the assassin, but there was still a storm in the court.
Gu Qing privately led his troops to arrest a large number of people talking about teahouses and wine shops in the capital, and tortured them severely. Most of them died when they were released.
This kind of severe punishment is very effective in curbing gossip, but many ministers have begun to impeach Gu Qing for leading the army without permission.
A large number of officials knelt in the hall, but Gu Qing's party stood in the hall. Gong Yu stared intently at the group of officials who clearly wanted to overthrow Gu Qing and said, "The guilty minister Gong Liang is what I want to bestow on him." The death penalty, and the capital has always strictly prohibited the spread of rumors. Especially inappropriate remarks about the queen, it is really disrespectful."
The court hall was suddenly very quiet, Gong Yu closed the memorial and said: "This matter is over. If you have nothing else to do, you can leave the court today."
"Your Majesty! Protecting the empress and empress like this will chill the hearts of the people of the palace!" Zhao Ting, the leader, shouted.
Gong Yu clapped his hands on the desk and scolded angrily: "Someone will drag Zhao Ting down to the top [-] boards, and someone will mention this as the end!"
Such force just ended the morning court, and Gong Yu was so angry that she wanted to beat someone up!
Gong Liang couldn't die anytime, but he was poisoned and killed by someone, and gave people the opportunity to make trouble with rumors.
Listening to Gong Yu's broken thoughts, Dai Ruyan lightly smeared the ointment on his fingertips and responded to his slightly red and swollen palm: "Then you shouldn't have slapped the table with such force."
"Aren't Ayan angry?"
"It's not me who did it. Why does Xiao Jiu hurt herself and let others be happy for nothing?"
Even though Gong Yu felt that she was happy enough to not show it, Dai Ruyan was obviously more proficient, so she didn't even frown.
"Gong Liang's death, who does A Yan think is responsible for it?"
"It depends on who is most beneficial to this matter." Dai Ruyan replied carefully wrapping the gauze around it.
Gong Yu thought for a while and said: "This matter suddenly plunged Ayan into a whirlpool, it must be someone who has a grudge against Ayan."
Holding the scissors, Dai Ruyan cut off the gauze, stretched out his hands to tie the knots, and then responded with a sigh of relief: "Xiao Jiu should see things more deeply."
"Could it be that you have a grudge with Gong Liang, that's why you want to kill him?"
"Silly."
amount……
Gong Yu stared blankly at Dai Ruyan in front of her, and couldn't help answering a little confused: "Then what did Ayan say?"
"Could it be possible that Xiao Jiu didn't realize that she was being watched?"
"Am I being watched?"
Dai Ruyan washed her hands in the basin beside her, picked up a handkerchief and wiped it off, and then took a small sip of tea.
"Ayan, why didn't you say it?" Gong Yu's heart was itching to wait, so she had to ask.
"Hasn't Xiao Jiu figured it out yet?"
Gong Yu shook her head and said, "I haven't figured it out, I'm waiting for Ayan to tell me."
"Then think about it for yourself, think about whether you should stand up to the advice of the ministers this morning."
Hey?
This was obviously to protect Dai Ruyan Gongyu, so he kicked out those ministers angrily.
But Dai Ruyan obviously didn't want to open his mouth to decipher, so Gong Yu could only eat porridge in boredom, trying to figure out what else was hidden here.
Until the porridge bowl bottomed out, Gong Yu filled another bowl and ate it deeply. Dai Ruyan looked at the opposite side and ate the porridge, as if he didn't reflect on his mistakes, and couldn't help feeling helpless.
In the early days, Ruyan never imagined what kind of chaos Gong Liang's death would cause.
Dai Ruyan didn't realize until he learned about the reaction of the courtiers this morning that this plan was aimed at the Queen on the surface, but in fact it was all aimed at her.
If the queen makes the people of a country dissatisfied, she can abolish the empress, but the decision rests with the emperor, and most others have no right to abolish the empress.
Only the faint king is the best excuse for political struggles, and many palace struggles and coups have started from this since ancient times.
This is just a carefully planned game by someone who wants to secretly seize the palace kingdom's throne.
Dai Ruyan calmed down and said, "Have you figured it out?"
Although Dai Ruyan was very happy because she cared about herself wholeheartedly, if it turned out to attack her weakness, Dai Ruyan would definitely not allow it.
Gong Yu ate too much, felt a little uncomfortable for no reason, put down the soup bowl and responded: "Today's performance in the court was too aggressive, but let the person hiding in the dark grab my sore spots."
"Am i right?"
"Games with officials should be both tough and soft, so that people can't guess the emperor's mind."
"Then why is Ayan so stubborn, and I can't do it?" Gong Yu said, getting angry again, being an emperor is so nerve-wracking!
Dai Ruyan hesitated for a moment, maybe because of Gong Yu's words, he couldn't help laughing: "It's because I'm the empress."
Hey?
Gong Yu became a little confused and said, "What's wrong with the queen?"
"The empress is under the control of the emperor, and it is a matter of the harem, so no matter how much the ministers complain, it is nothing more than barking outside the door, but the emperor is different." Dai Ruyan said after a pause: "Once the emperor makes a mistake, it will be as light as the palace. Change, but if it is serious, it will be a matter of losing your head."
Originally, Gong Yu listened seriously, but when Dai Ruyan said the previous paragraph, she laughed inexplicably.
The whole person circled around the wooden table, embraced Dai Ruyan affectionately, rubbed his cheek against Dai Ruyan and said sideways: "Don't be afraid, Queen, I'm covering you."
Dai Ruyan stopped in a daze, stretched out his hand to gently push away the approaching person, and sighed helplessly, "I'm telling you something serious."
"I understand what Ayan said."
Gong Yu looked at Dai Ruyan seriously and said, "I'll give the order to go."
"Order what?"
"Reward the new Grand Tutor Zhao Ting."
Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu with puzzled eyes and said, "Do you really understand what I mean?"
"Don't worry, Ayan, I have to keep my head well."
Gong Yu got up to study ink, and wrote down the edict, making people hurry up, and the more lively and less serious, they were sent to the Taifu's residence.
At this time, it was rumored in the capital that the emperor was furiously punishing his loyal ministers. Unexpectedly, the palace team carrying the big red box had already stopped outside the Taifu's mansion with great fanfare, attracting passers-by to watch.
Zhao Ting was supported by others to go out of the house to receive the order. The father-in-law read aloud at the top of his voice: "Teacher Zhao Ting's outspoken admonition today is really to promote the style of Zhao's loyal ministers. I am very relieved!"
The man carrying the big red box walked straight into the mansion, and Zhao Ting, who was confused, asked, "Eunuch, this is...?"
The little eunuch on the side read: "A reward of one hundred taels of gold..."
"Ten boxes of jewelry..."
The father-in-law handed the edict in his hand to Zhao Ting with both hands and said with a smile: "The rest will be rewarded by His Majesty to Taifu Zhao."
The remarks in the capital immediately turned into rumors, and even the beggars who were watching the Taifu's mansion at the streets and alleys all turned their heads to wait and see.
In the middle of the night, Dai Ruyan received the news of the carrier pigeon outside, looked sideways at the person who was teasing the little rabbit, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
This person didn't know how to be more tactful. He hit someone with his front foot and rewarded him with his back foot.
But this is not impossible, at least it must make those ministers confused about the situation in the court.
"Ayan..." Gong Yu came out of the yarn holding the rabbit and said with a smile, "What are you doing so far away from me?"
Such a pleasing appearance obviously has an ulterior motive.
But Dai Ruyan followed the words and approached step by step. The man put the little rabbit down, and saw the little rabbit jumping to the side very peacefully.
Before Dai Ruyan could speak, her wrist was already pulled by her. She stretched out her arms to hug Dai Ruyan with a smile on her face, and whispered in her ear, "It smells so good."
"Maybe it's the fragrance from the peach blossom petals after bathing."
Knowing that she couldn't hide anything from her eyes, Dai Ruyan still cooperated with her.
Until she lost the initial cover-up, she lay down holding Dai Ruyan with her hands, and her movements were very gentle.
"It's late at night, it's time to take a good rest." Dai Ruyan took care of her hands that were still tied with gauze, so she could only lie down obediently.
She blinked and looked at Dai Ruyan with a smile on her face and said: "The night is still long."
She looks cute, but her head is full of restlessness, and she is seriously pulling on her belt.
Dai Ruyan took her hand lightly and sighed: "Be quiet, wait until your hand is healed."
"It's okay, I still have one hand."
"Little Nine..."
"Ok?"
This is so reasonable that only she can say it, Dai Ruyan stretched out his hand to pick up the thin quilt to cover himself lightly, turned his back to her and said, "I'm tired today."
"Ayan..." a soft voice called from behind.
Dai Ruyan also pretended not to hear, for a while it seemed that there was really no movement around her.
The candle flickered slightly, and when Dai Ruyan turned his head, he saw that she was lying down with her back facing him, as if she was sulking.
"Little Nine?"
Did not get a response, let Dai Ruyan relax his vigilance, and moved closer.
Unexpectedly, the man turned around suddenly, looked at Dai Ruyan with bright eyes full of smiles and said: "I thought you really ignored me."
Dai Ruyan covered her with the thin quilt and said: "Be good, how can I ignore you?"
The man shook his head in dissatisfaction and replied: "I thought about it, it's really inconvenient, how about..."
"Don't think about anything messy." Dai Ruyan covered her cheeks lightly with a thin quilt.
"I haven't said it yet, how did you know, Ayan?"
"Can you say anything else?"
She stretched out her arms from the thin quilt, and was grabbed by Dai Ruyan at once, as if she had succeeded, she stuck her head out and kissed Dai Ruyan on the cheek and said: "Ah Yan obviously has a lot of thoughts in her head, but she always keeps her mouth shut." Very, this habit is not good."
Dai Ruyan looked helplessly at her who was full of energy, stretched out his hand to pinch her cheek and said, "You have to go to court tomorrow, and you won't be energetic by then..."
The words stopped abruptly, leaving only a low voice, Shawei shook slightly, and the little rabbit who was huddled in the corner also ran away knowingly.
At twilight, there was no sound in the hall, except for the fat rabbit that was grinding its teeth, gnawing on the table legs, making crackling noises.
When the drooping yarn was gently lifted, revealing the slender arms, Dai Ruyan blinked slightly to ease his thoughts.
Dai Ruyan turned his head to look at the person beside him when his pupils returned to their former clarity, and he was indeed still asleep.
After tidying up the skirts and washing up, Dai Ruyan called the bedridden person.
"Xiao Jiu wake up."
"Let me sleep for a while..." The man buried his head in the quilt, as if forgetting what he said last night.
Dai Ruyan pursed her lips tightly, pinched the tip of her nose lightly with her fingertips and said solemnly: "Sleep any more, you won't be sure next time."
Before the words finished, the man grasped Dai Ruyan's hand cleverly, seemed to be in a daze or woke up and replied: "Don't, I just want to lie down for a while."
I saw the person who was buried in the quilt popping out his head from the quilt, and smiled with the corner of his mouth bent: "Look, didn't I just wake up?"
Wake up like this at any time, but her eyes are closed tightly, Dai Ruyan couldn't help laughing when she saw it, stretched out her hand and lightly scratched her nose and said: "Get up quickly, or it will be too late."
After such a long time, she got out of the quilt, and Dai Ruyan hurriedly looked away, her cheeks felt hot.
Although they share the same bed, Dai Ruyan is still not as calm and composed as she is, since they are both women, it stands to reason that there is nothing to dislike.
"Ayan, I'm in a bit of pain." Her half-dressed clothes jumped to her eyes, she turned slightly and said, "Show me what's wrong?"
The imprints on her face were indeed a bit obvious, and in addition to her fair and attractive skin, the red and purple scars looked a little shocking.
Dai Ruyan couldn't help being a little annoyed, probably accidentally scratched her last night.
"I'll get you some ointment."
"Farewell, I have to go to the morning court first, and then I will take the medicine when I come back."
When she was in a daze, she had already fastened her robe, and was sitting beside her changing her boots. Dai Ruyan got up and picked up the dragon robe hanging high on the side to change for her.
Although her face was a little tired, she still had a smile on her face. Occasionally, she would bow her head and secretly kiss her restlessly, and then pretended nothing happened.
Most of the time, if Dai Ruyan didn't make a sound, she would go too far, and when she left the inner hall in a hurry with one hand on the crown, she would be free in no time.
As if following her away, Dai Ruyan didn't know what he was going to do, he stopped by the window blankly, and it took him a while to recover.
It's just that the inner hall was too quiet, and Dai Ruyan didn't like it a little bit, holding a book in his hand and reading it quietly, while thinking about what kind of meal and soup he would ask the palace servants to prepare today.
Although most of the time, she is not picky eaters, she seems to be born with an amazing appetite.
But if she knew what was going on in Dai Ruyan's mind, she would definitely be smug.
The palace servants waiting outside suddenly said: "Empress, General Gu is asking to see you outside the palace."
Dai Ruyan answered with a slight frown: "No."
For the time being, Dai Ruyan can ignore Gu Qing's petty actions in the court, but there are no ministers who frequently ask to see the queen alone.
Although the rumors in the capital haven't found out who it is, Dai Ruyan naturally has doubts in his mind.
Standing still at this time is just waiting to show his feet.
The palace servants retreated quietly, and Dai Ruyan flipped through the book, waiting quietly for the time to run out little by little.
When the sunlight came out of the window, the hall was already brightly lit, and the palace servants were setting up meals at the side, Dai Ruyan flipped through the pages and asked, "What time is it?"
"It's time to go back to Empress Dowager."
That should be the end of the morning.
The curtain swayed slightly, and before he looked up to see anyone, the sound of footsteps could already be heard very clearly.
When Gong Yu came in from the outside, Dai Ruyan was still sitting by the window reading a book, and the palace people quietly left after setting up the meals.
"Ayan, I heard that Gu Qing came to see you this morning?"
"Ah."
The words were too short, Gong Yu sat on the side and looked at Dai Ruyan, but couldn't wait for the next sentence, so she could only say: "Then Gu Qing didn't see Ayan, so she simply didn't even go to court early."
Dai Ruyan looked sideways at Gong Yu and said, "So?"
"I want to re-establish the Great General, and the provincial Gu Qing embarrasses me all day long."
"I have no problem with that."
Gong Yu looked at Dai Ruyan in surprise and said, "Does Ayan want to be so cold?"
"Then how do you want me to react?" Dai Ruyan put down the book in his hand, and gently led Gong Yu to walk behind the screen.
"Gu Qing has a very high prestige in the army, shouldn't Ah Yan persuade me to think carefully?"
Dai Ruyan asked Gong Yu to sit down, stretched out his hand and sat aside with the ointment, and said, "Gu Qing can't be dismissed directly, and Xiao Jiu is not stupid, so she should also know that she has to choose a good reason."
Gong Yu sat solemnly, seeing Dai Ruyan rub the ointment on his palm and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Give you medicine."
"Oh." Gong Yu listened, and untied her belt on her own.
She really wasn't as shy as a daughter should be, Dai Ruyan turned her head slightly to avoid her eyes and said softly, "Turn around."
"I can't see the injury, is it serious?"
Dai Ruyan gently rubbed the scar with his palm, his eyes lightly passed over the whiteness, and he responded in a low voice: "It's not serious, it's just a little scary to look at."
"Then there shouldn't be any scars?"
"will not."
Or after rubbing the ointment lightly, it will feel a little hot, and Dai Ruyan's palm also feels hot.
Until she changed into her robes again, Dai Ruyan didn't take the initiative to look at her again, washed her hands, picked up a handkerchief and wiped it lightly.
Gong Yu straightened her clothes and stood up, held Dai Ruyan's hand and said: "Shall we go have dinner?"
"Ah."
The two sat down, Gong Yu lifted the tile cover, filled the soup and said: "The ministers in the court today are much more peaceful than yesterday."
Dai Ruyan took the soup from Gong Yu, sipped it and asked, "Did Zhao Ting come to court today?"
"coming."
Busy with eating, Gong Yu became much quieter, Dai Ruyan looked towards the opposite side just now, his palms were still a little hot.
It's better to be young, Dai Ruyan drank the soup in a muffled voice, but the feeling of lingering in his palm never faded away.
If the memorials are not approved for a day, they will pile up day by day. After the meal, Gong Yu will process the memorials non-stop.
After becoming an emperor, it is also the emperor's duty to go to the ancestral temple in spring to pray for good weather.
The rumors that spread may have been suppressed too much, and it seems that they are not as ferocious as they were at the beginning.
The court ministers couldn't figure out Gong Yu's thoughts, and the Tai Fu Zhao Ting was beaten and rewarded for a while, but the court would be much more peaceful.
After the Qingming Festival, the weather suddenly turned cooler, and Gongyu set up an open-air pavilion, which saved Dai Ruyan from being bored in the hall all day, which was not conducive to recovery.
But he didn't want Dai Ruyan to stay for only two days, and he attracted a little butterfly.
At first, when Gong Yu bumped into the little maid, she just thought it looked familiar, but she became suspicious after seeing her more often.
One morning at the end of the morning, the two were eating, and Gong Yu was holding the soup bowl. When she saw the maid changing the tea, she became vigilant and asked, "Where is this little maid, Ayan?"
Dai Ruyan held the wooden spoon in his hand and still didn't realize it. He looked sideways at the little maid and said, "I don't know where she is from."
"Do you know Xiaojiu?"
Gong Yu shook her head and said: "It's just that this little maid seems to follow A Yan every time."
Serving tea and pouring water, changing the spices for the smoker, even cleaning the courtyard, whenever Dai Ruyan leaves the inner hall, it seems that this little maid will try her best to show up.
Dai Ruyan at the side drank the soup and said, "All the maids in this palace are wearing the same court maid clothes, how can Xiao Jiu remember clearly?"
"I don't know, I just feel that this little palace lady has appeared in front of my eyes a little too many times recently."
But maybe it's just an accident, Gong Yu didn't make it clear.
It's just that these words made Dai Ruyan suddenly vigilant, there are many court ladies in the palace who are waiting for the opportunity to meet the emperor to win the glory and wealth.
Although Dai Ruyan didn't go out of the palace, he never stopped the management of the affairs of the harem, and the rules in the harem were even stricter.
But even so, it is not necessarily true that some little maids who don't know the importance will try to take risks.
When the sun was getting hotter, Gong Yu asked people to set up a couch in the pavilion to lie on the side, and Dai Ruyan was working on the rouge in the pavilion, and the little maid appeared at the side as expected, and her eyes were always slowly peeking at this side.
Dai Ruyan stopped calling, "Come here."
The little maid was slightly taken aback, put down the broom in her hand, raised her skirt slightly and stepped into the hall, saluted and kowtowed and said in a low voice, "What does the empress have to tell my servants?"
"Raise your hand."
"Yes." The little maid stood beside the table with her hands up, obviously trembling a little.
Dai Ruyan painted some rouge lightly on the pen, dabbed it on the little maid's nails and asked, "Is this rouge pretty?"
The little maid nodded anxiously and said, "The rouge made by the empress is naturally beautiful."
"Who sent you into the palace to lure the emperor?"
Suddenly fell into silence, the little maid did not answer, her cheeks were dripping with sweat, and her eyes were full of fear.
"This rouge is mixed with some medicinal powder, you can't move it, right?"
"Empress, please forgive me!"
Dai Ruyan frowned slightly and reprimanded in a low voice: "If you disturb the emperor, you may not be able to leave this palace."
The little palace maid lowered her voice, her eyes were red, obviously frightened.
Dai Ruyan didn't ask until the person nestled in the couch was still sound asleep, "The poison will spread to the whole body in half an hour, and then you won't be able to move even if you want to."
"It's the princess." The little maid said with tears in her eyes, "The princess sent us in."
Dai Ruyan frowned and said, "Is she still telling you anything?"
"Tell the princess word by word the conversations heard in the palace on weekdays."
Which princess in this palace country dares to be so bold?
I'm afraid there is only the palace spirit.
Waiting for the little maid to be dealt with, Dai Ruyan left the pavilion and arrested all the maids who were with the little maid. Once verified, they will be killed.
Until near dusk, Dai Ruyan sent a group of palace people out to readjust the palace people in the palace, and even replaced the tea, incense and even the teacup touched by the little maid.
When the pavilion was getting dark day by day, the person nestled on the couch just woke up.
Dai Ruyan was grinding the rouge, and couldn't help but think of her grandmother's favorite use of willow crystal before her death. This is a slightly poisonous flower that is easily addictive, but the juice is full and bright, and its juice can last for a long time. fade.
I remember when Ruyan asked her grandmother why she used this poisonous flower when she was young, she laughed and said, "Men like beauty, but they don't know its poison. You have to hold on to one person, even if it is poison, you have to use it with exquisite delicacy."
So when grandma was getting old and still left the willow crystal flower, Dai Ruyan made a spice and let people mix it into the incense burner that grandma used every day.
When used alone, it is colorless, odorless, and harmless, but once it is neutralized with the trace toxicity of Liu Jinghua, it will cause internal organs to fester, which is probably killing people invisible.
Gong Yu sat lazily by the side, stretched out his hand to pour tea and asked, "Has Ayan been studying ink and rouge all day today?"
Dai Ruyan replied softly: "Yes."
"This rouge smells so good." Gong Yu reached out to open a nearby box and smelled it.
"Like it?"
"Well, Ayan paint it for me too?"
"But this rouge is not so easy to clean." Dai Ruyan replied hesitantly.
Gong Yu smiled and said, "It's okay, the ministers who are facing left and right can't see what is painted on my nails."
Dai Ruyan was hesitating, Gong Yu stretched out his hand to open the rouge on the other side, but Dai Ruyan held his hand suddenly.
"what happened?"
"You messed up this rouge." Dai Ruyan let go of Gong Yu's hand, and hurriedly put away the black box.
Seeing the mysterious look, Gong Yu asked, "What treasure is in the black box?"
"It's not a treasure." Dai Ruyan took a pen and held Gong Yu's hand, lightly stained with rouge, and was applying rouge for Gong Yu.
"Then don't let me touch anything?"
Dai Ruyan applied it seriously, then paused slightly and said, "It's poison, it will rot if you touch it."
what?
Gong Yu looked at Dai Ruyan suspiciously, her first reaction was that she really thought that Dai Ruyan was joking with her, but when she thought that Dai Ruyan didn't often make jokes on weekdays, there should be no such possibility.
"Why is the poison kept aside, isn't it very dangerous?"
"Yeah, that's why I stopped you in a hurry."
After all ten fingers were painted with rouge, Gong Yu opened her fingers and waited for the rouge to dry, then looked sideways at Dai Ruyan packing up the developed rouge and asked, "What flower is this rouge made of?"
"Generally there are certain types of flowers, but most of the flowers in the imperial garden are carefully selected, so any bright colors can be developed."
"Do you like the color?"
Gong Yu looked at her hand and said: "It's pretty, I also want to put on beautiful makeup every day."
"Women's make-up is mostly done to attract people they like. Xiao Jiu looks good without makeup, why bother to add makeup?"
"do I look good?"
"Well, it's pretty." Dai Ru Yan looked at Gong Yu tenderly in his eyes and said in a low voice: "I like such a clean little Jiu."
Although it is very happy to be praised for looking good, Gong Yu still cares about the poison in her heart, so she asked: "What is the poison rouge Ayan used for?"
Dai Ruyan paused to tidy up her hands and said: "Some flowers are mixed together, which is easy to produce poison, I just put it aside."
"Then Ayan has to be careful, otherwise it will be dangerous if you accidentally touch it."
"Don't worry, I'll ask the palace servants to put it away later."
For Dai Ruyan's explanation, Gong Yu didn't quite believe it, but thought it might be useful for something else, so Gong Yu didn't ask further.
When the rouge was dry between her fingers, Gong Yu looked at it with satisfaction, smiled and stretched out her hand to Dai Ruyan and said, "It's really beautiful."
Dai Ruyan gently held Gong Yu's extended hand and said, "Well, Xiao Jiu has a fair complexion, a little rouge is enough."
"Is Ayan free to give me a thrush?" Gong Yu asked with great interest.
"thrush?"
"Aren't Xiao Jiu's eyebrows just right?"
"I don't want thick eyebrows and big eyes, I want to change to a different style."
Gong Yu's mind was full of novel ideas, Dai Ruyan looked at it hesitantly, feeling very helpless.
She doesn't even bother to get up early in the morning, if she still wants to touch her eyebrows and put on makeup, she doesn't know whether it's embarrassing Dai Ruyan, or embarrassing herself.
When Gong Yu's words stopped, seeing Dai Ruyan's quietness, she quickly asked, "Ah Yan, why didn't you speak?"
"Xiao Jiu really wants to come out as soon as possible." Dai Ruyan shook his head, packing the rouge on his own.
"Ayan usually puts on rouge and powder when she wakes up so early, why can't I do it?" Gong Yu asked closely.
Dai Ruyan stopped her hands and looked at Gong Yu, "I put on rouge and powder because..."
"Because of what?"
"I don't want to talk to you."
Gong Yu stared blankly at Dai Ruyan, and said helplessly, "Ah Yan has to tell me why."
"Reason?" Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yuying with a serious expression, "You put on rouge and powder and go to the morning court."
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