When the early summer came, the sun became hotter and hotter. Due to successive years of floods or droughts, the crops were not harvested. Gong Yu specially summoned many officials to investigate the terrain of the palace and the direction of the river. The suffering of famine.
It's just that this is a big project that not only requires manpower and material resources, but most importantly, money.
Gong Yu originally thought that the ministers of the court should agree unanimously, but she didn't want to propose this idea, so she was perfunctory.
If the emperor wants to open the treasury, it is of course necessary to discuss with the ministers. Dai Lang is simply a fool who just waits and sees, and has no intention of supporting Gong Yu.
And Zhao Tingna is naturally an old and stubborn party, he will only say that the new water conservancy construction is not advisable, please think twice.
If you only want to think twice, what do you guys do?
Gong Yu could only slander in her heart, but on the bright side she had to keep a sullen face until the morning was over.
Gong Yu, whose face was full of black lines, opened the curtain and stepped into the inner hall, Dai Ruyan was serving soup, looked sideways at Gong Yu with a bad face and asked, "What's the matter?"
"What's wrong with those ministers, why are they trying to fight against me?" Gong Yu stopped aside and muttered as she untied her dragon robe, "I really want to get rid of them all."
Dai Ruyan put down the soup bowl in her hand, stood up and walked in front of Gong Yu, stretched out her hand to untie the complicated button for Gong Yu, and responded: "If the water conservancy is newly built for a while, they will naturally not be happy. Didn't Xiao Jiu think about it?" why?"
Gong Yu was stunned and said: "The imperial court contributes money and effort, as long as they supervise and ensure the progress of the project, why are they not happy?"
"Think about the area to be repaired. Behind the ministers of the court are the support of the family, but the land of the family is in the place where the water conservancy is being built, not to mention how much financial and material resources will be spent. They think they are like locusts. To devour the people of the Li people, how can you be willing to do so?"
"Ayan, do you want me to forget?"
"That's not to say forget it, but if the edict promulgated by the court cannot be implemented, it is better to suppress it for now. When the aristocratic family is weak and has to obey the order of the court, it will not be too late to build water conservancy. .”
Saying that, Dai Ruyan led Gong Yu to the low table where the food was set, Gong Yu said discouragedly: "I really want to arrest them all and beat them up, to see if they will be more honest."
"The aristocratic families are closely connected and most of them affect the whole body. If Xiao Jiu really wants to do this, I am afraid that even all the state and county prisons in Gongguo are not enough."
When the two sat down, Dai Ruyan put the soup in Gong Yu's palm and said, "Don't worry, sometimes things in the court need time to be resolved step by step, but there is no one-and-done solution."
Gong Yu drank the lotus root soup and replied: "I know, I am very peaceful in the court today."
"This lotus is freshly picked from Qingchi Palace. The stewed soup is fragrant and delicate. Do you like it?"
"Well, it tastes better than meat."
Probably she is always easy to be happy, as long as she turns her attention away, the frown will be relaxed, and Dai Ruyan will relax a little watching it.
"After a while, you can peel the lotus seeds to make lotus seed soup. It's good for your health to eat some in summer." Dai Ruyan said softly, holding a wooden spoon.
Gong Yu was so angry earlier that she forgot that she was hungry, and drinking soup now was considered an appetizer, so she ate porridge by herself.
For a moment, the hall seemed to have regained the tranquility of the past, and the gray sky outside the window gradually brightened.
After the meal, Gong Yu was busy reviewing the mountain of memorials, while Dai Ruyan sat reading a book, and Chen Ming, who was outside at that time, suddenly reported: "Your Majesty, the fifth prince did not return from drinking in the restaurant last night, and was found dead this morning. It's in the restaurant."
"What's the cause of death?" Gong Yu asked with a frown.
"The poison in the five princes is called the Drunken Immortal." Chen Ming responded with his knees on the ground: "The dancer who threw the poison has been arrested, and the dancer has confessed that the second princess Gong Ling ordered her to do it."
There's something wrong with this,
Gong Ling has no connection with the fifth emperor brother, and with Gong Ling's cunning scheming, how could he leave a clue?
Dai Ruyan at the side said: "Then let's send someone to arrest Gong Ling and put him in prison for examination."
"Okay." Gong Yu replied.
This case came too suddenly, without even the slightest warning, as if even the ministers in the court were very unpredictable.
The next day, when Chen Ming listed Gong Ling's crimes in the court hall, Gong Yu still hadn't reacted, and some ministers who followed the third brother before pleaded for Gong Ling.
When reviewing the memorials, Gong Yu was able to sort out a stack of pleading papers.
Dai Ruyan was adding some spices to the incense burner, and seemed to be in a good mood. When he turned his head to see Gong Yu with a serious expression, he asked in puzzlement, "Why does Xiao Jiu have such an expression?"
"I was wondering why Gong Ling wanted to kill Brother Fifth."
"Didn't Chen Ming submit his testimony on this matter?"
Gong Yu closed the folder in her hand and looked at Dai Ruyan, hesitantly said: "Don't Ayan think this is going too smoothly?"
"Is it going well?" Dai Ruyan suddenly asked back.
"Brother Wuhuang was killed, the murderer was immediately caught and revealed Gong Ling, and then Gong Ling was arrested and convicted. Now the more ministers in the court plead for her, the more they can't remove her suspicion."
At the beginning, Gong Liang said that the person Dai Ruyan arranged in the court was Dali Temple Minister Chen Ming, so if Gong Ling was framed by a trick, would Dai Ruyan know about it?
Gong Yu stared into Dai Ruyan's eyes, Dai Ruyan let Gong Yu look at her, tied the spice belt tightly and said in a low voice: "Xiao Jiu means that Gong Ling was wronged?"
"Not necessarily, but I just don't understand that Fifth Emperor Brother never causes trouble, how could he provoke Gong Ling to kill him?"
Over the years, Gong Yu felt that the fifth brother was a typical fool in the wall, and whoever was strong would follow.
In the past, together with Gong Liang, he followed the Grand Highness Gong Quan, and later he went around fawning, eating, drinking and having fun all the time.
Dai Ruyan put the spice bag in the box and replied, "Does Xiao Jiu still remember the dancer?"
dancing girl?
Gong Yu didn't recover for a while, she looked at Dai Ruyan in a daze and asked, "Which dancer?"
"Xiao Jiu really doesn't remember the passionate dancer who teased you in every possible way at the banquet?"
These words were clearly full of jealousy, Gong Yu was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing, she sat close to Dai Ruyan and said: "It turns out that Ah Yan was only playing with little rabbits at that time."
Dai Ruyan turned her head slightly, and looked at the person who was smiling brightly in front of her, as if her deep thinking just now was an illusion.
"You, you asked me about this on purpose, why don't you remember?"
"It's been so many years, I still remember the woman next to me, otherwise Ayan should be fussy again."
Before the words finished, Gong Yu hurriedly yelled in pain: "Ah Yan hurts."
The hand pinching his cheek never let go, Dai Ruyan smiled lightly, "Does it hurt?"
"Let you laugh at me again?"
"Ayan, I was wrong." Gong Yu turned her head sideways and reached out to hold Dai Ruyan's hand, kissed that frosty side face, and said fawningly: "I'm so happy, that's why I'm talking nonsense. "
Fortunately, Dai Ruyan finally let go, Gong Yu hurriedly rubbed her little face, and sat aside solemnly, keeping a safe distance at all times.
After so many years, it was the first time that Gong Yu felt that Dai Ruyan cared so much about the dancing girl.
The two fell silent for a moment, Dai Ruyan poured tea and said to himself, "Who did Xiao Jiu think that the dancer was sent to seduce you?"
"Seduce me?"
Gong Yu didn't take in the dancing girl because of precautions, but then the dancing girl was killed.
There was no time to investigate the matter in detail, and Dai Ruyan didn't seem to want Gong Yu to investigate deeply, so Gong Yu didn't send anyone to investigate the dancer's background.
"Does Ayan know what was hidden behind that dancing girl back then?"
Dai Ruyan took a sip of tea, seeing the person opposite was full of anticipation waiting for the answer, she just said, "That's the person sent by His Highness the Fifth Highness."
"But at that time, I was not outstanding in the court, and Brother Wuhuang also wanted to come and had no intention of participating in the power struggle. Why did you send a dancer to lure me?"
"Xiao Jiu, why do you think His Highness the Fifth Highness frequently flirts with His Highness who is in power?"
Gong Yu replied hesitantly: "Ayan, what you mean is that Brother Wuhuang used the banquet of wine and meat to secretly form a party for personal gain?"
"Thinking about it, Xiao Jiu didn't know that bullying the good and fearing the evil is the nature of His Highness the Fifth Highness. If the Fifth Highness, who is powerless and powerless, wants to gain a foothold in the court where dragons and snakes are mixed, he has to cling to the powerful."
Dai Ruyan stopped speaking, hiding the dirty things that Gong Ling secretly ordered His Highness the Fifth Prince to do.
Gong Ling provoked again and again, the matter of the little maid had touched Dai Ruyan's last bottom line.
Back then, when His Highness the Third Highness hadn't had any accidents, Gong Ling had been advising the Third Highness behind the scenes, not to mention letting the Fifth Highness do a lot of bribery.
Even if Dai Ruyan didn't do anything, with Gong Ling's disposition, the Fifth Highness would definitely not be able to stay.
After Gong Liang's death, Dai Ruyan felt that apart from Gong Ling, no one else dared to provoke the queen so boldly and openly.
So Dai Ruyan asked Chen Ming to fabricate criminal evidence. In fact, as long as Gong Ling stepped into the prison, there was no possibility of turning over again.
"Ayan?" Gong Yu looked at Dai Ruyan, who was holding tea in his hand, and hurriedly called softly.
"Ok?"
Dai Ruyan regained consciousness, looked at the person in front of him and said: "What's wrong?"
Gong Yu stretched out her fingertips and lightly rubbed Dai Ruyan's brows and said, "Why is Ayan thinking so seriously?"
"I didn't think about anything, how does Xiao Jiu plan to deal with Gong Ling?"
"If this matter is true, it must be dealt with according to the laws of the Palace Kingdom."
The voice in the hall resounded softly, but outside the window it was already the midsummer with the sun shining brightly.
When the decree of Qiu Hou Wen's execution was promulgated, the ministers in the court also calmed down. Everyone knew that the emperor would never be so decisive in the court, and only the queen could make such a decision.
Once the empress handles the matter personally, the perceptive ministers will naturally know that there may be no room for maneuver in this matter, after all, no one really wants to lose their own heads.
Late one night, the iron gate of the heavily guarded Dali Temple was slowly opened, and the guards knelt down and bowed their heads silently to welcome the approaching carriage.
Layers of chains were opened, echoing clearly in the Nuoda prison, Chen Ming saluted and kowtowed: "Welcome to the empress."
Dai Ruyan got off the carriage, and the group entered the end of a long corridor until the prison door was opened.
Gong Ling was sitting in front of the low table, with the corner of her mouth slightly raised, "You are finally here."
"Are you waiting for me?"
"I'm really not used to you calling me Ben Gong."
"You have conclusive evidence of murdering the prince, and you are scheduled to be executed after the fall. Why don't you plan to escape?"
Gong Ling suddenly sneered and said, "Escape?"
"Your minions are everywhere in this palace, as long as I leave this door, I'm afraid I will be decapitated."
Dai Ruyan stood aside and inspected the furnishings here, and said indifferently: "I heard that His Highness the Third Highness committed suicide in this prison."
"You're talking nonsense!" Gong Ling broke down emotionally and said: "My brother is very arrogant, how could he commit suicide!"
The guards on the side were waiting by the side, very vigilant.
The light from the narrow window stayed aside, Dai Ruyan turned his eyes lightly and replied: "There is nothing impossible in this matter, didn't the Second Princess say that to Ben Gong before?"
Gong Ling looked at Dai Ruyan with red eyes: "You killed him!"
Dai Ruyan stared at Gong Ling, who had always been calm and calm, with such a distressed appearance, he felt a little lost, and said with thin lips: "He shouldn't use her to threaten Bengong."
At that time, the Third Highness, who was gaining power in the government and the opposition, wanted Dai Ruyan to marry him, even at the risk of coercion.
In addition, during that time, she got closer to her, and she often took the initiative to come to the courtyard. The Third Highness was always vicious, so when Dai Ruyan mentioned her, his words were full of threats.
I remember that day when I went to the cruise ship for an appointment, His Highness approached frivolously and said, "Miss Dai is so ignorant of flattery, is it possible that she really has a crush on Xiao Jiu?"
"However, I have to remind Miss Dai that the person my highness wants has never missed. If my highness doesn't get it, the other people would rather die than get it."
Dai Ruyanyou remembered the murderous intent in His Highness' eyes at that time, and couldn't help wanting to kill him himself.
But something happened later, Dai Ruyan never thought that she would appear, let alone that she would block the arrow, when the blood fell on her crescent white robe, it hurt Dai Ruyan's eyes.
At that time, it seemed that nothing else was important to take away when he was free, Dai Ruyan was anxious to protect the unconscious person in his arms, warm blood flowed in his palm, just like his sister's blood.
It's all because of him!Dai Ruyan watched her full of hatred and thought, if it wasn't for the Third Highness who would not have missed her coming to the door yesterday, then she wouldn't have to board this boat.
In order not to reveal her identity, Dai Ruyan guarded her all night, the wound was too deep, if the arrow was shot, she might have died on the spot.
But if she didn't pull it out, she would die sooner or later. Dai Ruyan made up her mind to ask the female doctor to pull out the arrow as soon as possible. The gushing blood soaked Dai Ruyan's clothes, but she was not angry at all.
As if she was dead, Dai Ruyan stretched out his hand in fear to detect her breath, but luckily there was still.
After being in a coma for three days, Dai Ruyan guarded her for three days. The female doctor said that if she remained awake, there was no possibility of her waking up.
What is the possibility of not waking up?
Dai Ruyan was so hesitant that he couldn't react, so he guarded her alone, wondering if she would die?
Will it really die?
In the dead of night, Dai Ruyan didn't let anyone light the candlesticks in the hall, but just watched quietly.
Day by day, when she didn't say a word, Dai Ruyan suddenly thought what if she died?
Then he must personally kill the Third Highness to avenge her, it seems that only thinking about Dai Ruyan can calm down a little bit.
Fortunately, she finally woke up, and she responded with the same smile as before, as if everything else was fine except for her pale face.
But that doesn't mean nothing happened.
Dai Ruyan looked back at Gong Ling who was about to collapse in front of him and sneered, "He deserves to die!"
Gong Ling wanted to come forward, but was stopped by the guards in time, she didn't have the demeanor of a noble princess in the past, she straightened her dress on behalf of Ruyan and said: "Now that things have happened, you have no other choice but to die."
"Okay, on the day I go to the execution ground, I will tell you all your scandals!"
"What do you want to say?"
"Dai Ruyan!" Gong Ling chanted like heart-piercing, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Obviously she is also a woman, why can she do it, but I can't!"
Dai Ruyan stared at Gong Ling and said: "You have repeatedly threatened this palace, and secretly used power to coerce this palace to submit. How is this behavior different from that of your younger brother?"
Gong Ling looked at Dai Ruyan ferociously and said, "What do you think is different between you and me?"
"Sooner or later, Gong Yu will see through you as a lunatic, and you will be abandoned by her then!"
"She's not Zhen Gongyu."
"What did you say!"
Dai Ruyan drew closer and said, "Zhen Gongyu is dead."
Gong Ling stared blankly at Dai Ruyan full of fear, with tears streaming from the corners of her eyes, she laughed and said, "You're crazy!"
"Is Bengong crazy?" Dai Ruyan smiled and said, "But as long as she loves Bengong, that's enough."
"Then you want to kill me now?" Gong Ling shouted.
"You're going to die, but not now."
"Dai Ruyan, don't you have any affection for me these years?"
Dai Ruyan looked around the prison and asked, "Do you have any affection for Bengong?"
"Of course there is."
"Then why did you let that little maid into the palace?"
Gong Ling's eyes dodged, Dai Ruyan sneered and said: "The little maid's appearance and personality are similar to Xiao Jiu's, you can even send another girl to me, is this considered affection?"
"You should leave your kindness to the concubines raised by your mansion."
"What's so good about her!" Gong Ling hissed without the previous weak disguise.
Dai Ruyan frowned and responded, "You don't deserve to mention her."
"If you hadn't silenced that dancer girl in time, I should have known you were secretly obstructing me as early as the beginning."
Gong Ling smiled desperately: "You treat us like fools and just let yourself be teased!"
"I have already destroyed the body of Princess Sangsu, and you can't practice the elixir you've been thinking of so much."
"Come on, slap your mouth!".
When the guards stopped, Gong Ling looked at Dai Ruyan fearlessly and said, "Are you angry?"
"There is more than one princess in the Sangrui Kingdom." Dai Ruyan stepped out of the prison and looked at Gong Ling inside and said, "This is your last chance to speak."
After all, Gong Ling was still scared, her eyes were full of struggling with fear, and the guard on the side had already poured the medicine into her mouth.
Everything seemed to be quiet again.
Dai Ruyan blinked lightly and said, "No one is allowed to visit her before Qiuhou asks to be killed."
"Yes, empress." Chen Ming on the side responded in a low voice.
"Master Chen has worked hard."
"Thank you, Empress, for your appreciation."
In order to win Chen Ming's pawn, Dai Ruyan spent a lot of energy.
Until they finally found out that the reason why Chen Ming hadn't married for many years was that the mansion had raised a man privately.
Man, as long as there is a weakness, it is no longer invulnerable.
Dai Ruyan stretched out her hands to straighten the skirt, and couldn't help thinking that when she returned to the palace later, she still had to change into another set of clothes. The smell in the prison was very pungent.
When the layers of iron doors were closed, only the muffled sound echoed inside the cell door, and nothing else could be heard.
During the summer solstice, the lotus blossoms are in full bloom. In previous years, there were mostly banquets in the palace. Although there are no people in the palace now, Dai Ruyan is a bit abnormal and often holds banquets in the palace.
Gong Yu, who had finally finished reviewing the memorial, wanted to find someone, and the palace people reported which palace the empress was hosting the banquet again.
But sometimes Dai Ruyan doesn't say a word, even if Gong Yu wants to go, it's a bit inappropriate to go rashly.
After all, most of them are female relatives, if Gong Yu goes there, and accidentally glances at someone, maybe the little face will be bright again.
Nothing to do but sleep.
But although sleepy in summer, you can't sleep for a long time, otherwise you will feel groggy and uncomfortable all day long.
Gong Yu set up a pavilion next to the Linshui Pavilion, not far from the palace, and the wind chimes on the side were jingled by the wind, making it annoying to sleep.
Looking sideways at the calm pool, Gong Yu sat up cross-legged, suddenly wanting to fish.
So Gong Yu made fishing gear by herself first, and wasted time when she had nothing to do, and waited for the crude fishing gear to be thrown into the water by Gong Yu.
For a while, Gong Yu seemed to be a sculpture, except for the occasional blinking of the eyes, nothing moved beside it.
However, Gongyu lost her patience, she lay on the side and hugged the fat rabbit, muttering: "Why haven't you come back yet!"
Every time a banquet is held, those wives and ladies are invited. If Gong Yu is not determined, she would think that Dai Ruyan is a daughter of some family.
What a puzzling thing.
Until sunset, when there were footsteps approaching in the pavilion, Gong Yu listened carefully to the frequency of the walking, which should undoubtedly be on behalf of Ruyan.
Gong Yu was still looking at the surface of the pool, feeling very sullen in her heart.
There's no one who hangs out with his family every day!
"Xiao Jiu..." Dai Ruyan sat on the side lightly, reached out to pick up the mulberry from the side plate, handed it to Gong Yu's mouth and asked, "Don't you want to eat?"
"Don't eat."
Dai Ruyan carefully looked at the man with tense face, put the mulberry in his hand into his mouth and said, "What are you doing?"
"fishing."
"Why do you suddenly think of fishing?"
Gong Yu pursed her lips tightly and did not respond, looking at the calm water.
When the sun sets, the gorgeous sunset is reflected on the water, and even the pavilion is full of golden afterglow.
Seeing that the person next to her seemed to be really angry, Dai Ruyan looked sideways for a long time but couldn't see her joking with him like in the past, so she could only move closer.
Dai Ruyan leaned over lightly, and she fell into Gong Yu's arms, and Gong Yu subconsciously tightened her arms.
"Why is Xiaojiu ignoring me?" Dai Ruyan asked closely.
Such a personal attack, for Gong Yu, the defense is directly 0.
Gong Yu looked at Dai Ruyan, lowered her head and kissed the thin lips lightly, and said: "I heard that people with thin lips are usually fickle. This old saying is true."
"what?"
"It's nothing."
Dai Ruyan held Gong Yu's earlobe lightly with her fingertips, her dark eyes reflected Gong Yu's fair face and said softly, "Xiao Jiu, why don't you look at me anymore?"
"See what you do?"
"Didn't Xiao Jiu love to look at me the most in the past?"
Gong Yu paused to look at Dai Ruyan and said seriously: "I have been waiting for you for most of the afternoon today, but you are accompanying those ladies."
"Is Xiao Jiu jealous?" Dai Ruyan moved closer, rubbing his nose against Gong Yu's cheek in an extremely ambiguous manner.
"I'm not jealous, I'm angry." Gong Yu leaned closer and lightly bit the cheek of the next generation Ruyan, and said full of complaints: "For the past two months, Ayan has held banquets all day long, and I have no chance to talk to Ayan. Yan is getting closer."
Dai Ruyan lightly pecked at the corner of Gong Yu's serious and tight mouth, and said with a smile in his eyes: "But you say that every day, I can guess it."
This person is always so silly and cute, even if he is angry with the same words every time, it seems that there is no other way to get angry.
Gong Yu covered Dai Ruyan's eyes with her hand and said, "Let me tell you that I am very fierce when I am fierce."
"Well, I know." Dai Ruyan took Gong Yu's hand that blocked her eyes and gently moved away and asked, "But Xiao Jiu never kills me, right?"
"Humph!"
So angry!
The pavilion fell silent for a while, Dai Ruyan listened to the steady heartbeat beside his ear, and his eyes fell on the man who was sulking.
"I want to give Xiao Jiu some concubines."
Gong Yu looked at Dai Ruyan blankly, completely unable to guess whether Dai Ruyan said such words calmly?
"Ayan, what are you talking about!"
Dai Ruyan stared at the person in front of him who seemed to be completely unresponsive, and gently stroked her cool cheek with his palm, and said softly: "If there are no concubines in the harem, it will still be a mouthful after all. The emperor still needs to have a few concubines. Otherwise, the common people will laugh at Xiao Jiu behind his back."
"I do not want!"
Her expression suddenly became serious, and when her lips were pursed tightly, the dimple of her lips became more obvious, and on the contrary, she became even more lovely.
The corner of Dai Ruyan's mouth smiled deeper, and he approached the distance between the two of them, his lips were close to the corner of his mouth, he hugged her affectionately and said: "I'm busy all day, I really neglected Xiaojiu, and recruited some concubines to accompany Xiaojiu Wouldn't it be better to talk?"
"Then Ayan, don't be busy with those things, isn't it good?"
"But as a queen, there are always many matters to be dealt with in the harem, how can I stay with Xiaojiu all day?"
She blinked, looking at this direction as if she couldn't believe it, her eyes were full of grievances, but she pressed her lips tightly as if she was thinking about something.
It took her a long time before she said: "Then Ayan is just busy, and my time passes quickly when I'm alone."
Such words are really pitiful.
Dai Ruyan caressed her brow lightly with his fingertips, raised the corner of his mouth and said, "But you just said you were in a bad mood, wouldn't it be boring to be alone?"
"Then I don't want anyone else either."
After finishing speaking, she tightened her arms, encircled Dai Ruyan, rubbed her cheek against Dai Ruyan's side face and said: "You are not allowed to find someone else for me, otherwise I will really be angry."
What a fool, Dai Ruyan kissed her sideways and replied: "Yes, I see."
She probably lost her anger and felt better after a while, she stretched out her hand to hold Dai Ruyan's hand and left the pavilion.
Dusk is fleeting, but she is always so innocent, Dai Ruyan tightened their arms, and couldn't help thinking about Nafei?
How could it be possible to give her a concubine?
Only she would foolishly believe what she said, as if she also thought that Dai Ruyan didn't know about her secretly testing the medicine.
But the reason why Dai Ruyan was able to take the medicine obediently was because she felt sorry for her that she tried the medicine first every time, and when she frowned and drank the soup, Dai Ruyan always felt very distressed.
Although she said she was sick, Ruyan couldn't tell whether she was sick or crazy as Gong Ling said.
It's just that Dai Ruyan believes in her stubbornly, no matter what she says, as long as she stays by his side, everything is acceptable.
When the two entered the inner hall, it was still pitch black, Gong Yu wanted to reach out to get the fire folder but found that she couldn't see clearly.
Dai Ruyan at the side led Gong Yu and walked straight to the candlestick. To Dai Ruyan, this darkness was no different from daylight.
When the candlestick was slightly lit, Gong Yu went to light the lamps in the hall, Dai Ruyan followed quietly.
"Why doesn't Ayan let the palace servants do this?"
"I'm just used to it."
Dai Ruyan gently touched Gongyu's dangling sleeve robe with her fingertips, and looked sideways at the bright hall, as if the bright light would make the hall appear empty.
But the darkness makes Dai Ruyan feel safer, so Dai Ruyan usually handles the lights in this hall.
Waiting for Gong Yu to blow out the torch in his hand, he said, "I'm a bit hungry."
"Then let the palace staff set up the meals."
"Ah."
As usual, when the two of them were eating, Gong Yu was the quietest, sipping soup on behalf of Ruyan.
The hall was very quiet for a while, and while drinking the soup on behalf of Ruyan, he remembered that the lady at the banquet had mentioned the matter of the heirs openly.
She also mentioned this before, but Dai Ruyan didn't want to, so she refused.
But thinking about it now, the palace is indeed too deserted, and she will always find it very boring in the future.
If there is a child who can relieve boredom, Dai Ruyan is not out of consideration.
"Xiao Jiu, do you... like children?"
Unexpectedly, as soon as she said this, her whole face turned red from being choked, and she hurriedly picked up the tea and drank it, her bright eyes looked at her, and she asked in a puzzled way: "Why did Ayan suddenly mention the child? "
"It's just that the child was mentioned in the chat with the ladies today, so I wanted to ask Xiaojiu's opinion."
"In the future, I will adopt other children of the clan."
She refused abnormally.
Dai Ruyan also couldn't figure out what she was thinking. Seeing her eating the chicken slowly, she looked in this direction from time to time, as if she had nothing to say.
But when the meal was over, she didn't wait for her to say anything, she just took a bath early and came over and dragged Dai Ruyan to the bed to rest.
Everything seems to be in peace.
When the banquet was held, a group of ladies dressed up beautifully, and the accessories on their heads were even more dazzling.
Dai Ruyan smiled and said nothing, the stage was very lively.
I didn't expect her to come here generously. The summer is hot, and she is not a person who can sit for a long time in the past, but today she is very abnormal.
"Why are you here today?" Dai Ruyan asked, looking sideways at her who was full of seriousness.
She reached out to pick up the melons and fruits beside her and responded, "Ayan won't let me come?"
"Of course not. These are probably family members of officials, and the drama they watched was very boring. Why doesn't Xiao Jiu go to rest in the gazebo?"
"There is no way that Ayan won't come and call me, so I can only come to see Ayan."
Dai Ruyan was slightly taken aback, and gently wiped away the fine sweat stains on her cheeks with her fingertips, and said softly: "I didn't ask you to come because I knew you didn't like this banquet, so it's as if I wouldn't let you come. "
She ate the melon and fruit and nodded in response: "It's just that Ayan doesn't accompany me, so I can only come to accompany Ayan."
"You're angry?"
"Not angry."
These words echoed sternly, obviously completely different from her tone in the past.
Dai Ruyan held her hand helplessly and said, "Don't get angry with me, I'm here to handle serious matters for you."
"I know."
"you know?"
"Well, I know."
"what do you know?"
Her eyes rolled slightly, she looked at Dai Ruyan slyly and responded: "Ayan is helping me to fix the group of ministers who won't allow new water conservancy projects, right?"
repair?
For some of her words, Dai Ruyan can only understand by guessing, slightly nodded and said: "Yeah, they made Xiaojiu unhappy in the hall, so naturally they can't make them uncomfortable in the backyard." .”
She smiled brightly, as if she had lost the seriousness just now, Dai Ruyan was relieved after seeing her.
The idea of building new water conservancy projects is indeed a bit bold, especially Dai Ruyan felt a little whimsical when she first heard the idea that Gong Yu said.
It can be seen that every time I see her developing the terrain of Gongguo, she spends all night thinking about how to dig a canal to irrigate the farmland in the severely drought-stricken prefectures and counties of Gongguo.
Dai Ruyan had no choice but to sort out the difficulties of the court for her. Money is not an important matter, the important thing is to repair the chaotic court.
Otherwise, no matter how much money is thrown out, there will be no way to know how much money will be spent on the new water conservancy projects.
Besides, the new water conservancy project cannot be completed in a year or two. Dai Ruyan has seen the plan she gave, and at least this project will take decades, so it must be strictly controlled at the beginning, so that the ministers dare not mess around Hands and feet, otherwise the decades-long project will easily become an iron chain dragging towards the palace and the country to the cliff.
It was very hot in summer, and before she sat on the side for a while, sweat stains could not stop dripping down her cheeks.
Although Dai Ruyan asked people to re-select light and breathable materials for sewing dragon robes, she was still very afraid of heat, and would sweat easily even if she was not moving.
Seeing her reaching out to scratch her neck, Dai Ruyan knew that the prickly heat was about to recur again.
"Don't catch it." Dai Ruyan held her hand and stopped her.
She turned her head pitifully and said in a low voice, "Ayan, it's very itchy."
Dai Ruyan pursed her lips tightly, looked at the ladies below who were concentrating on the stage, and stretched out her hand to rub it gently for her.
"Ah Yan's hands are so cold." She frowned, obviously satisfied.
"Why are you sweating so much?"
"hot."
"Why don't you go back to the hall?" Dai Ruyan wiped the sweat stains for her with a handkerchief in his hand.
But she shook her head and said: "I want to accompany Ayan, Ayan will be very boring alone."
The corners of Dai Ruyan's mouth were raised, and when she saw that she was speaking ironically, he lightly scratched her nose with his fingertips and said, "You're bored, so why bother me?"
"Don't Ayan want me to accompany you?"
"It's hot outside, you don't feel comfortable staying here, you might as well stay in the inner hall."
But she pretended not to hear, staring at the stage, really stubborn.
Dai Ruyan had no choice but to pull her up together, leaving the wives at the side to watch the play alone.
After entering the hall, the palace people knelt down to salute, but she held Dai Ruyan's hand instead, with a smile on her face.
"Quickly change the robe." Dai Ruyan said while pulling Gong Yu into the screen.
She bent her eyebrows and said with a smile: "It's hot, it's better to wash up."
Dai Ruyan packed her new clothes and said, "Okay, you go and wash it, and I will apply medicine to you later."
"Aren't you with me, Ayan?" Her eyes were shining, obviously what she was thinking and what she was saying were not the same thing.
"I... am not hot, you go."
Dai Ruyan responded with reddish cheeks, stretched out his hand and gently pushed her into the room.
However, if she is interested, Dai Ruyan will not listen to how hard and soft she is.
Holding the robe in both hands, she stopped in front of her, smiled her bright white teeth and said, "Anyway, it's just the two of us, how about one?"
"You don't want to think about it in broad daylight." Dai Ruyan responded with her head tilted.
"Obviously Ah Yan was thinking wildly, I just let Ah Yan see how much prickly heat has grown, but he is a very serious person."
When she said this, Dai Ruyan could clearly see the brilliance in her eyes that made people dream about it. These words are really not very credible.
When Dai Ruyan hesitated, she pulled Dai Ruyan to go inside.
"Little Nine..."
"Ah."
"Your dragon robe doesn't seem to be the one that I have someone make a new one." Dai Ruyan was keenly aware of the difference in the touch when he stroked the dangling sleeve robe with his fingertips.
She smiled hesitantly, opened the inner curtain with evasive eyes and responded: "Really?"
"Maybe I accidentally changed it wrong this morning."
Dai Ruyan listened to her clumsy lies and replied: "But I personally changed the dragon robe for you this morning, so there will be no mistakes."
When she got to the inner room, she put down the robe in her hand, pretended not to hear Dai Ruyan's words, and unbuttoned it by herself.
"You changed into the old robe on purpose, didn't you?" Dai Ruyan caught a glimpse of the petals in the pool, obviously this was a specially prepared scene.
She stopped unbuttoning her hands, apparently not knowing what to do.
It's just that this is a big project that not only requires manpower and material resources, but most importantly, money.
Gong Yu originally thought that the ministers of the court should agree unanimously, but she didn't want to propose this idea, so she was perfunctory.
If the emperor wants to open the treasury, it is of course necessary to discuss with the ministers. Dai Lang is simply a fool who just waits and sees, and has no intention of supporting Gong Yu.
And Zhao Tingna is naturally an old and stubborn party, he will only say that the new water conservancy construction is not advisable, please think twice.
If you only want to think twice, what do you guys do?
Gong Yu could only slander in her heart, but on the bright side she had to keep a sullen face until the morning was over.
Gong Yu, whose face was full of black lines, opened the curtain and stepped into the inner hall, Dai Ruyan was serving soup, looked sideways at Gong Yu with a bad face and asked, "What's the matter?"
"What's wrong with those ministers, why are they trying to fight against me?" Gong Yu stopped aside and muttered as she untied her dragon robe, "I really want to get rid of them all."
Dai Ruyan put down the soup bowl in her hand, stood up and walked in front of Gong Yu, stretched out her hand to untie the complicated button for Gong Yu, and responded: "If the water conservancy is newly built for a while, they will naturally not be happy. Didn't Xiao Jiu think about it?" why?"
Gong Yu was stunned and said: "The imperial court contributes money and effort, as long as they supervise and ensure the progress of the project, why are they not happy?"
"Think about the area to be repaired. Behind the ministers of the court are the support of the family, but the land of the family is in the place where the water conservancy is being built, not to mention how much financial and material resources will be spent. They think they are like locusts. To devour the people of the Li people, how can you be willing to do so?"
"Ayan, do you want me to forget?"
"That's not to say forget it, but if the edict promulgated by the court cannot be implemented, it is better to suppress it for now. When the aristocratic family is weak and has to obey the order of the court, it will not be too late to build water conservancy. .”
Saying that, Dai Ruyan led Gong Yu to the low table where the food was set, Gong Yu said discouragedly: "I really want to arrest them all and beat them up, to see if they will be more honest."
"The aristocratic families are closely connected and most of them affect the whole body. If Xiao Jiu really wants to do this, I am afraid that even all the state and county prisons in Gongguo are not enough."
When the two sat down, Dai Ruyan put the soup in Gong Yu's palm and said, "Don't worry, sometimes things in the court need time to be resolved step by step, but there is no one-and-done solution."
Gong Yu drank the lotus root soup and replied: "I know, I am very peaceful in the court today."
"This lotus is freshly picked from Qingchi Palace. The stewed soup is fragrant and delicate. Do you like it?"
"Well, it tastes better than meat."
Probably she is always easy to be happy, as long as she turns her attention away, the frown will be relaxed, and Dai Ruyan will relax a little watching it.
"After a while, you can peel the lotus seeds to make lotus seed soup. It's good for your health to eat some in summer." Dai Ruyan said softly, holding a wooden spoon.
Gong Yu was so angry earlier that she forgot that she was hungry, and drinking soup now was considered an appetizer, so she ate porridge by herself.
For a moment, the hall seemed to have regained the tranquility of the past, and the gray sky outside the window gradually brightened.
After the meal, Gong Yu was busy reviewing the mountain of memorials, while Dai Ruyan sat reading a book, and Chen Ming, who was outside at that time, suddenly reported: "Your Majesty, the fifth prince did not return from drinking in the restaurant last night, and was found dead this morning. It's in the restaurant."
"What's the cause of death?" Gong Yu asked with a frown.
"The poison in the five princes is called the Drunken Immortal." Chen Ming responded with his knees on the ground: "The dancer who threw the poison has been arrested, and the dancer has confessed that the second princess Gong Ling ordered her to do it."
There's something wrong with this,
Gong Ling has no connection with the fifth emperor brother, and with Gong Ling's cunning scheming, how could he leave a clue?
Dai Ruyan at the side said: "Then let's send someone to arrest Gong Ling and put him in prison for examination."
"Okay." Gong Yu replied.
This case came too suddenly, without even the slightest warning, as if even the ministers in the court were very unpredictable.
The next day, when Chen Ming listed Gong Ling's crimes in the court hall, Gong Yu still hadn't reacted, and some ministers who followed the third brother before pleaded for Gong Ling.
When reviewing the memorials, Gong Yu was able to sort out a stack of pleading papers.
Dai Ruyan was adding some spices to the incense burner, and seemed to be in a good mood. When he turned his head to see Gong Yu with a serious expression, he asked in puzzlement, "Why does Xiao Jiu have such an expression?"
"I was wondering why Gong Ling wanted to kill Brother Fifth."
"Didn't Chen Ming submit his testimony on this matter?"
Gong Yu closed the folder in her hand and looked at Dai Ruyan, hesitantly said: "Don't Ayan think this is going too smoothly?"
"Is it going well?" Dai Ruyan suddenly asked back.
"Brother Wuhuang was killed, the murderer was immediately caught and revealed Gong Ling, and then Gong Ling was arrested and convicted. Now the more ministers in the court plead for her, the more they can't remove her suspicion."
At the beginning, Gong Liang said that the person Dai Ruyan arranged in the court was Dali Temple Minister Chen Ming, so if Gong Ling was framed by a trick, would Dai Ruyan know about it?
Gong Yu stared into Dai Ruyan's eyes, Dai Ruyan let Gong Yu look at her, tied the spice belt tightly and said in a low voice: "Xiao Jiu means that Gong Ling was wronged?"
"Not necessarily, but I just don't understand that Fifth Emperor Brother never causes trouble, how could he provoke Gong Ling to kill him?"
Over the years, Gong Yu felt that the fifth brother was a typical fool in the wall, and whoever was strong would follow.
In the past, together with Gong Liang, he followed the Grand Highness Gong Quan, and later he went around fawning, eating, drinking and having fun all the time.
Dai Ruyan put the spice bag in the box and replied, "Does Xiao Jiu still remember the dancer?"
dancing girl?
Gong Yu didn't recover for a while, she looked at Dai Ruyan in a daze and asked, "Which dancer?"
"Xiao Jiu really doesn't remember the passionate dancer who teased you in every possible way at the banquet?"
These words were clearly full of jealousy, Gong Yu was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing, she sat close to Dai Ruyan and said: "It turns out that Ah Yan was only playing with little rabbits at that time."
Dai Ruyan turned her head slightly, and looked at the person who was smiling brightly in front of her, as if her deep thinking just now was an illusion.
"You, you asked me about this on purpose, why don't you remember?"
"It's been so many years, I still remember the woman next to me, otherwise Ayan should be fussy again."
Before the words finished, Gong Yu hurriedly yelled in pain: "Ah Yan hurts."
The hand pinching his cheek never let go, Dai Ruyan smiled lightly, "Does it hurt?"
"Let you laugh at me again?"
"Ayan, I was wrong." Gong Yu turned her head sideways and reached out to hold Dai Ruyan's hand, kissed that frosty side face, and said fawningly: "I'm so happy, that's why I'm talking nonsense. "
Fortunately, Dai Ruyan finally let go, Gong Yu hurriedly rubbed her little face, and sat aside solemnly, keeping a safe distance at all times.
After so many years, it was the first time that Gong Yu felt that Dai Ruyan cared so much about the dancing girl.
The two fell silent for a moment, Dai Ruyan poured tea and said to himself, "Who did Xiao Jiu think that the dancer was sent to seduce you?"
"Seduce me?"
Gong Yu didn't take in the dancing girl because of precautions, but then the dancing girl was killed.
There was no time to investigate the matter in detail, and Dai Ruyan didn't seem to want Gong Yu to investigate deeply, so Gong Yu didn't send anyone to investigate the dancer's background.
"Does Ayan know what was hidden behind that dancing girl back then?"
Dai Ruyan took a sip of tea, seeing the person opposite was full of anticipation waiting for the answer, she just said, "That's the person sent by His Highness the Fifth Highness."
"But at that time, I was not outstanding in the court, and Brother Wuhuang also wanted to come and had no intention of participating in the power struggle. Why did you send a dancer to lure me?"
"Xiao Jiu, why do you think His Highness the Fifth Highness frequently flirts with His Highness who is in power?"
Gong Yu replied hesitantly: "Ayan, what you mean is that Brother Wuhuang used the banquet of wine and meat to secretly form a party for personal gain?"
"Thinking about it, Xiao Jiu didn't know that bullying the good and fearing the evil is the nature of His Highness the Fifth Highness. If the Fifth Highness, who is powerless and powerless, wants to gain a foothold in the court where dragons and snakes are mixed, he has to cling to the powerful."
Dai Ruyan stopped speaking, hiding the dirty things that Gong Ling secretly ordered His Highness the Fifth Prince to do.
Gong Ling provoked again and again, the matter of the little maid had touched Dai Ruyan's last bottom line.
Back then, when His Highness the Third Highness hadn't had any accidents, Gong Ling had been advising the Third Highness behind the scenes, not to mention letting the Fifth Highness do a lot of bribery.
Even if Dai Ruyan didn't do anything, with Gong Ling's disposition, the Fifth Highness would definitely not be able to stay.
After Gong Liang's death, Dai Ruyan felt that apart from Gong Ling, no one else dared to provoke the queen so boldly and openly.
So Dai Ruyan asked Chen Ming to fabricate criminal evidence. In fact, as long as Gong Ling stepped into the prison, there was no possibility of turning over again.
"Ayan?" Gong Yu looked at Dai Ruyan, who was holding tea in his hand, and hurriedly called softly.
"Ok?"
Dai Ruyan regained consciousness, looked at the person in front of him and said: "What's wrong?"
Gong Yu stretched out her fingertips and lightly rubbed Dai Ruyan's brows and said, "Why is Ayan thinking so seriously?"
"I didn't think about anything, how does Xiao Jiu plan to deal with Gong Ling?"
"If this matter is true, it must be dealt with according to the laws of the Palace Kingdom."
The voice in the hall resounded softly, but outside the window it was already the midsummer with the sun shining brightly.
When the decree of Qiu Hou Wen's execution was promulgated, the ministers in the court also calmed down. Everyone knew that the emperor would never be so decisive in the court, and only the queen could make such a decision.
Once the empress handles the matter personally, the perceptive ministers will naturally know that there may be no room for maneuver in this matter, after all, no one really wants to lose their own heads.
Late one night, the iron gate of the heavily guarded Dali Temple was slowly opened, and the guards knelt down and bowed their heads silently to welcome the approaching carriage.
Layers of chains were opened, echoing clearly in the Nuoda prison, Chen Ming saluted and kowtowed: "Welcome to the empress."
Dai Ruyan got off the carriage, and the group entered the end of a long corridor until the prison door was opened.
Gong Ling was sitting in front of the low table, with the corner of her mouth slightly raised, "You are finally here."
"Are you waiting for me?"
"I'm really not used to you calling me Ben Gong."
"You have conclusive evidence of murdering the prince, and you are scheduled to be executed after the fall. Why don't you plan to escape?"
Gong Ling suddenly sneered and said, "Escape?"
"Your minions are everywhere in this palace, as long as I leave this door, I'm afraid I will be decapitated."
Dai Ruyan stood aside and inspected the furnishings here, and said indifferently: "I heard that His Highness the Third Highness committed suicide in this prison."
"You're talking nonsense!" Gong Ling broke down emotionally and said: "My brother is very arrogant, how could he commit suicide!"
The guards on the side were waiting by the side, very vigilant.
The light from the narrow window stayed aside, Dai Ruyan turned his eyes lightly and replied: "There is nothing impossible in this matter, didn't the Second Princess say that to Ben Gong before?"
Gong Ling looked at Dai Ruyan with red eyes: "You killed him!"
Dai Ruyan stared at Gong Ling, who had always been calm and calm, with such a distressed appearance, he felt a little lost, and said with thin lips: "He shouldn't use her to threaten Bengong."
At that time, the Third Highness, who was gaining power in the government and the opposition, wanted Dai Ruyan to marry him, even at the risk of coercion.
In addition, during that time, she got closer to her, and she often took the initiative to come to the courtyard. The Third Highness was always vicious, so when Dai Ruyan mentioned her, his words were full of threats.
I remember that day when I went to the cruise ship for an appointment, His Highness approached frivolously and said, "Miss Dai is so ignorant of flattery, is it possible that she really has a crush on Xiao Jiu?"
"However, I have to remind Miss Dai that the person my highness wants has never missed. If my highness doesn't get it, the other people would rather die than get it."
Dai Ruyanyou remembered the murderous intent in His Highness' eyes at that time, and couldn't help wanting to kill him himself.
But something happened later, Dai Ruyan never thought that she would appear, let alone that she would block the arrow, when the blood fell on her crescent white robe, it hurt Dai Ruyan's eyes.
At that time, it seemed that nothing else was important to take away when he was free, Dai Ruyan was anxious to protect the unconscious person in his arms, warm blood flowed in his palm, just like his sister's blood.
It's all because of him!Dai Ruyan watched her full of hatred and thought, if it wasn't for the Third Highness who would not have missed her coming to the door yesterday, then she wouldn't have to board this boat.
In order not to reveal her identity, Dai Ruyan guarded her all night, the wound was too deep, if the arrow was shot, she might have died on the spot.
But if she didn't pull it out, she would die sooner or later. Dai Ruyan made up her mind to ask the female doctor to pull out the arrow as soon as possible. The gushing blood soaked Dai Ruyan's clothes, but she was not angry at all.
As if she was dead, Dai Ruyan stretched out his hand in fear to detect her breath, but luckily there was still.
After being in a coma for three days, Dai Ruyan guarded her for three days. The female doctor said that if she remained awake, there was no possibility of her waking up.
What is the possibility of not waking up?
Dai Ruyan was so hesitant that he couldn't react, so he guarded her alone, wondering if she would die?
Will it really die?
In the dead of night, Dai Ruyan didn't let anyone light the candlesticks in the hall, but just watched quietly.
Day by day, when she didn't say a word, Dai Ruyan suddenly thought what if she died?
Then he must personally kill the Third Highness to avenge her, it seems that only thinking about Dai Ruyan can calm down a little bit.
Fortunately, she finally woke up, and she responded with the same smile as before, as if everything else was fine except for her pale face.
But that doesn't mean nothing happened.
Dai Ruyan looked back at Gong Ling who was about to collapse in front of him and sneered, "He deserves to die!"
Gong Ling wanted to come forward, but was stopped by the guards in time, she didn't have the demeanor of a noble princess in the past, she straightened her dress on behalf of Ruyan and said: "Now that things have happened, you have no other choice but to die."
"Okay, on the day I go to the execution ground, I will tell you all your scandals!"
"What do you want to say?"
"Dai Ruyan!" Gong Ling chanted like heart-piercing, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Obviously she is also a woman, why can she do it, but I can't!"
Dai Ruyan stared at Gong Ling and said: "You have repeatedly threatened this palace, and secretly used power to coerce this palace to submit. How is this behavior different from that of your younger brother?"
Gong Ling looked at Dai Ruyan ferociously and said, "What do you think is different between you and me?"
"Sooner or later, Gong Yu will see through you as a lunatic, and you will be abandoned by her then!"
"She's not Zhen Gongyu."
"What did you say!"
Dai Ruyan drew closer and said, "Zhen Gongyu is dead."
Gong Ling stared blankly at Dai Ruyan full of fear, with tears streaming from the corners of her eyes, she laughed and said, "You're crazy!"
"Is Bengong crazy?" Dai Ruyan smiled and said, "But as long as she loves Bengong, that's enough."
"Then you want to kill me now?" Gong Ling shouted.
"You're going to die, but not now."
"Dai Ruyan, don't you have any affection for me these years?"
Dai Ruyan looked around the prison and asked, "Do you have any affection for Bengong?"
"Of course there is."
"Then why did you let that little maid into the palace?"
Gong Ling's eyes dodged, Dai Ruyan sneered and said: "The little maid's appearance and personality are similar to Xiao Jiu's, you can even send another girl to me, is this considered affection?"
"You should leave your kindness to the concubines raised by your mansion."
"What's so good about her!" Gong Ling hissed without the previous weak disguise.
Dai Ruyan frowned and responded, "You don't deserve to mention her."
"If you hadn't silenced that dancer girl in time, I should have known you were secretly obstructing me as early as the beginning."
Gong Ling smiled desperately: "You treat us like fools and just let yourself be teased!"
"I have already destroyed the body of Princess Sangsu, and you can't practice the elixir you've been thinking of so much."
"Come on, slap your mouth!".
When the guards stopped, Gong Ling looked at Dai Ruyan fearlessly and said, "Are you angry?"
"There is more than one princess in the Sangrui Kingdom." Dai Ruyan stepped out of the prison and looked at Gong Ling inside and said, "This is your last chance to speak."
After all, Gong Ling was still scared, her eyes were full of struggling with fear, and the guard on the side had already poured the medicine into her mouth.
Everything seemed to be quiet again.
Dai Ruyan blinked lightly and said, "No one is allowed to visit her before Qiuhou asks to be killed."
"Yes, empress." Chen Ming on the side responded in a low voice.
"Master Chen has worked hard."
"Thank you, Empress, for your appreciation."
In order to win Chen Ming's pawn, Dai Ruyan spent a lot of energy.
Until they finally found out that the reason why Chen Ming hadn't married for many years was that the mansion had raised a man privately.
Man, as long as there is a weakness, it is no longer invulnerable.
Dai Ruyan stretched out her hands to straighten the skirt, and couldn't help thinking that when she returned to the palace later, she still had to change into another set of clothes. The smell in the prison was very pungent.
When the layers of iron doors were closed, only the muffled sound echoed inside the cell door, and nothing else could be heard.
During the summer solstice, the lotus blossoms are in full bloom. In previous years, there were mostly banquets in the palace. Although there are no people in the palace now, Dai Ruyan is a bit abnormal and often holds banquets in the palace.
Gong Yu, who had finally finished reviewing the memorial, wanted to find someone, and the palace people reported which palace the empress was hosting the banquet again.
But sometimes Dai Ruyan doesn't say a word, even if Gong Yu wants to go, it's a bit inappropriate to go rashly.
After all, most of them are female relatives, if Gong Yu goes there, and accidentally glances at someone, maybe the little face will be bright again.
Nothing to do but sleep.
But although sleepy in summer, you can't sleep for a long time, otherwise you will feel groggy and uncomfortable all day long.
Gong Yu set up a pavilion next to the Linshui Pavilion, not far from the palace, and the wind chimes on the side were jingled by the wind, making it annoying to sleep.
Looking sideways at the calm pool, Gong Yu sat up cross-legged, suddenly wanting to fish.
So Gong Yu made fishing gear by herself first, and wasted time when she had nothing to do, and waited for the crude fishing gear to be thrown into the water by Gong Yu.
For a while, Gong Yu seemed to be a sculpture, except for the occasional blinking of the eyes, nothing moved beside it.
However, Gongyu lost her patience, she lay on the side and hugged the fat rabbit, muttering: "Why haven't you come back yet!"
Every time a banquet is held, those wives and ladies are invited. If Gong Yu is not determined, she would think that Dai Ruyan is a daughter of some family.
What a puzzling thing.
Until sunset, when there were footsteps approaching in the pavilion, Gong Yu listened carefully to the frequency of the walking, which should undoubtedly be on behalf of Ruyan.
Gong Yu was still looking at the surface of the pool, feeling very sullen in her heart.
There's no one who hangs out with his family every day!
"Xiao Jiu..." Dai Ruyan sat on the side lightly, reached out to pick up the mulberry from the side plate, handed it to Gong Yu's mouth and asked, "Don't you want to eat?"
"Don't eat."
Dai Ruyan carefully looked at the man with tense face, put the mulberry in his hand into his mouth and said, "What are you doing?"
"fishing."
"Why do you suddenly think of fishing?"
Gong Yu pursed her lips tightly and did not respond, looking at the calm water.
When the sun sets, the gorgeous sunset is reflected on the water, and even the pavilion is full of golden afterglow.
Seeing that the person next to her seemed to be really angry, Dai Ruyan looked sideways for a long time but couldn't see her joking with him like in the past, so she could only move closer.
Dai Ruyan leaned over lightly, and she fell into Gong Yu's arms, and Gong Yu subconsciously tightened her arms.
"Why is Xiaojiu ignoring me?" Dai Ruyan asked closely.
Such a personal attack, for Gong Yu, the defense is directly 0.
Gong Yu looked at Dai Ruyan, lowered her head and kissed the thin lips lightly, and said: "I heard that people with thin lips are usually fickle. This old saying is true."
"what?"
"It's nothing."
Dai Ruyan held Gong Yu's earlobe lightly with her fingertips, her dark eyes reflected Gong Yu's fair face and said softly, "Xiao Jiu, why don't you look at me anymore?"
"See what you do?"
"Didn't Xiao Jiu love to look at me the most in the past?"
Gong Yu paused to look at Dai Ruyan and said seriously: "I have been waiting for you for most of the afternoon today, but you are accompanying those ladies."
"Is Xiao Jiu jealous?" Dai Ruyan moved closer, rubbing his nose against Gong Yu's cheek in an extremely ambiguous manner.
"I'm not jealous, I'm angry." Gong Yu leaned closer and lightly bit the cheek of the next generation Ruyan, and said full of complaints: "For the past two months, Ayan has held banquets all day long, and I have no chance to talk to Ayan. Yan is getting closer."
Dai Ruyan lightly pecked at the corner of Gong Yu's serious and tight mouth, and said with a smile in his eyes: "But you say that every day, I can guess it."
This person is always so silly and cute, even if he is angry with the same words every time, it seems that there is no other way to get angry.
Gong Yu covered Dai Ruyan's eyes with her hand and said, "Let me tell you that I am very fierce when I am fierce."
"Well, I know." Dai Ruyan took Gong Yu's hand that blocked her eyes and gently moved away and asked, "But Xiao Jiu never kills me, right?"
"Humph!"
So angry!
The pavilion fell silent for a while, Dai Ruyan listened to the steady heartbeat beside his ear, and his eyes fell on the man who was sulking.
"I want to give Xiao Jiu some concubines."
Gong Yu looked at Dai Ruyan blankly, completely unable to guess whether Dai Ruyan said such words calmly?
"Ayan, what are you talking about!"
Dai Ruyan stared at the person in front of him who seemed to be completely unresponsive, and gently stroked her cool cheek with his palm, and said softly: "If there are no concubines in the harem, it will still be a mouthful after all. The emperor still needs to have a few concubines. Otherwise, the common people will laugh at Xiao Jiu behind his back."
"I do not want!"
Her expression suddenly became serious, and when her lips were pursed tightly, the dimple of her lips became more obvious, and on the contrary, she became even more lovely.
The corner of Dai Ruyan's mouth smiled deeper, and he approached the distance between the two of them, his lips were close to the corner of his mouth, he hugged her affectionately and said: "I'm busy all day, I really neglected Xiaojiu, and recruited some concubines to accompany Xiaojiu Wouldn't it be better to talk?"
"Then Ayan, don't be busy with those things, isn't it good?"
"But as a queen, there are always many matters to be dealt with in the harem, how can I stay with Xiaojiu all day?"
She blinked, looking at this direction as if she couldn't believe it, her eyes were full of grievances, but she pressed her lips tightly as if she was thinking about something.
It took her a long time before she said: "Then Ayan is just busy, and my time passes quickly when I'm alone."
Such words are really pitiful.
Dai Ruyan caressed her brow lightly with his fingertips, raised the corner of his mouth and said, "But you just said you were in a bad mood, wouldn't it be boring to be alone?"
"Then I don't want anyone else either."
After finishing speaking, she tightened her arms, encircled Dai Ruyan, rubbed her cheek against Dai Ruyan's side face and said: "You are not allowed to find someone else for me, otherwise I will really be angry."
What a fool, Dai Ruyan kissed her sideways and replied: "Yes, I see."
She probably lost her anger and felt better after a while, she stretched out her hand to hold Dai Ruyan's hand and left the pavilion.
Dusk is fleeting, but she is always so innocent, Dai Ruyan tightened their arms, and couldn't help thinking about Nafei?
How could it be possible to give her a concubine?
Only she would foolishly believe what she said, as if she also thought that Dai Ruyan didn't know about her secretly testing the medicine.
But the reason why Dai Ruyan was able to take the medicine obediently was because she felt sorry for her that she tried the medicine first every time, and when she frowned and drank the soup, Dai Ruyan always felt very distressed.
Although she said she was sick, Ruyan couldn't tell whether she was sick or crazy as Gong Ling said.
It's just that Dai Ruyan believes in her stubbornly, no matter what she says, as long as she stays by his side, everything is acceptable.
When the two entered the inner hall, it was still pitch black, Gong Yu wanted to reach out to get the fire folder but found that she couldn't see clearly.
Dai Ruyan at the side led Gong Yu and walked straight to the candlestick. To Dai Ruyan, this darkness was no different from daylight.
When the candlestick was slightly lit, Gong Yu went to light the lamps in the hall, Dai Ruyan followed quietly.
"Why doesn't Ayan let the palace servants do this?"
"I'm just used to it."
Dai Ruyan gently touched Gongyu's dangling sleeve robe with her fingertips, and looked sideways at the bright hall, as if the bright light would make the hall appear empty.
But the darkness makes Dai Ruyan feel safer, so Dai Ruyan usually handles the lights in this hall.
Waiting for Gong Yu to blow out the torch in his hand, he said, "I'm a bit hungry."
"Then let the palace staff set up the meals."
"Ah."
As usual, when the two of them were eating, Gong Yu was the quietest, sipping soup on behalf of Ruyan.
The hall was very quiet for a while, and while drinking the soup on behalf of Ruyan, he remembered that the lady at the banquet had mentioned the matter of the heirs openly.
She also mentioned this before, but Dai Ruyan didn't want to, so she refused.
But thinking about it now, the palace is indeed too deserted, and she will always find it very boring in the future.
If there is a child who can relieve boredom, Dai Ruyan is not out of consideration.
"Xiao Jiu, do you... like children?"
Unexpectedly, as soon as she said this, her whole face turned red from being choked, and she hurriedly picked up the tea and drank it, her bright eyes looked at her, and she asked in a puzzled way: "Why did Ayan suddenly mention the child? "
"It's just that the child was mentioned in the chat with the ladies today, so I wanted to ask Xiaojiu's opinion."
"In the future, I will adopt other children of the clan."
She refused abnormally.
Dai Ruyan also couldn't figure out what she was thinking. Seeing her eating the chicken slowly, she looked in this direction from time to time, as if she had nothing to say.
But when the meal was over, she didn't wait for her to say anything, she just took a bath early and came over and dragged Dai Ruyan to the bed to rest.
Everything seems to be in peace.
When the banquet was held, a group of ladies dressed up beautifully, and the accessories on their heads were even more dazzling.
Dai Ruyan smiled and said nothing, the stage was very lively.
I didn't expect her to come here generously. The summer is hot, and she is not a person who can sit for a long time in the past, but today she is very abnormal.
"Why are you here today?" Dai Ruyan asked, looking sideways at her who was full of seriousness.
She reached out to pick up the melons and fruits beside her and responded, "Ayan won't let me come?"
"Of course not. These are probably family members of officials, and the drama they watched was very boring. Why doesn't Xiao Jiu go to rest in the gazebo?"
"There is no way that Ayan won't come and call me, so I can only come to see Ayan."
Dai Ruyan was slightly taken aback, and gently wiped away the fine sweat stains on her cheeks with her fingertips, and said softly: "I didn't ask you to come because I knew you didn't like this banquet, so it's as if I wouldn't let you come. "
She ate the melon and fruit and nodded in response: "It's just that Ayan doesn't accompany me, so I can only come to accompany Ayan."
"You're angry?"
"Not angry."
These words echoed sternly, obviously completely different from her tone in the past.
Dai Ruyan held her hand helplessly and said, "Don't get angry with me, I'm here to handle serious matters for you."
"I know."
"you know?"
"Well, I know."
"what do you know?"
Her eyes rolled slightly, she looked at Dai Ruyan slyly and responded: "Ayan is helping me to fix the group of ministers who won't allow new water conservancy projects, right?"
repair?
For some of her words, Dai Ruyan can only understand by guessing, slightly nodded and said: "Yeah, they made Xiaojiu unhappy in the hall, so naturally they can't make them uncomfortable in the backyard." .”
She smiled brightly, as if she had lost the seriousness just now, Dai Ruyan was relieved after seeing her.
The idea of building new water conservancy projects is indeed a bit bold, especially Dai Ruyan felt a little whimsical when she first heard the idea that Gong Yu said.
It can be seen that every time I see her developing the terrain of Gongguo, she spends all night thinking about how to dig a canal to irrigate the farmland in the severely drought-stricken prefectures and counties of Gongguo.
Dai Ruyan had no choice but to sort out the difficulties of the court for her. Money is not an important matter, the important thing is to repair the chaotic court.
Otherwise, no matter how much money is thrown out, there will be no way to know how much money will be spent on the new water conservancy projects.
Besides, the new water conservancy project cannot be completed in a year or two. Dai Ruyan has seen the plan she gave, and at least this project will take decades, so it must be strictly controlled at the beginning, so that the ministers dare not mess around Hands and feet, otherwise the decades-long project will easily become an iron chain dragging towards the palace and the country to the cliff.
It was very hot in summer, and before she sat on the side for a while, sweat stains could not stop dripping down her cheeks.
Although Dai Ruyan asked people to re-select light and breathable materials for sewing dragon robes, she was still very afraid of heat, and would sweat easily even if she was not moving.
Seeing her reaching out to scratch her neck, Dai Ruyan knew that the prickly heat was about to recur again.
"Don't catch it." Dai Ruyan held her hand and stopped her.
She turned her head pitifully and said in a low voice, "Ayan, it's very itchy."
Dai Ruyan pursed her lips tightly, looked at the ladies below who were concentrating on the stage, and stretched out her hand to rub it gently for her.
"Ah Yan's hands are so cold." She frowned, obviously satisfied.
"Why are you sweating so much?"
"hot."
"Why don't you go back to the hall?" Dai Ruyan wiped the sweat stains for her with a handkerchief in his hand.
But she shook her head and said: "I want to accompany Ayan, Ayan will be very boring alone."
The corners of Dai Ruyan's mouth were raised, and when she saw that she was speaking ironically, he lightly scratched her nose with his fingertips and said, "You're bored, so why bother me?"
"Don't Ayan want me to accompany you?"
"It's hot outside, you don't feel comfortable staying here, you might as well stay in the inner hall."
But she pretended not to hear, staring at the stage, really stubborn.
Dai Ruyan had no choice but to pull her up together, leaving the wives at the side to watch the play alone.
After entering the hall, the palace people knelt down to salute, but she held Dai Ruyan's hand instead, with a smile on her face.
"Quickly change the robe." Dai Ruyan said while pulling Gong Yu into the screen.
She bent her eyebrows and said with a smile: "It's hot, it's better to wash up."
Dai Ruyan packed her new clothes and said, "Okay, you go and wash it, and I will apply medicine to you later."
"Aren't you with me, Ayan?" Her eyes were shining, obviously what she was thinking and what she was saying were not the same thing.
"I... am not hot, you go."
Dai Ruyan responded with reddish cheeks, stretched out his hand and gently pushed her into the room.
However, if she is interested, Dai Ruyan will not listen to how hard and soft she is.
Holding the robe in both hands, she stopped in front of her, smiled her bright white teeth and said, "Anyway, it's just the two of us, how about one?"
"You don't want to think about it in broad daylight." Dai Ruyan responded with her head tilted.
"Obviously Ah Yan was thinking wildly, I just let Ah Yan see how much prickly heat has grown, but he is a very serious person."
When she said this, Dai Ruyan could clearly see the brilliance in her eyes that made people dream about it. These words are really not very credible.
When Dai Ruyan hesitated, she pulled Dai Ruyan to go inside.
"Little Nine..."
"Ah."
"Your dragon robe doesn't seem to be the one that I have someone make a new one." Dai Ruyan was keenly aware of the difference in the touch when he stroked the dangling sleeve robe with his fingertips.
She smiled hesitantly, opened the inner curtain with evasive eyes and responded: "Really?"
"Maybe I accidentally changed it wrong this morning."
Dai Ruyan listened to her clumsy lies and replied: "But I personally changed the dragon robe for you this morning, so there will be no mistakes."
When she got to the inner room, she put down the robe in her hand, pretended not to hear Dai Ruyan's words, and unbuttoned it by herself.
"You changed into the old robe on purpose, didn't you?" Dai Ruyan caught a glimpse of the petals in the pool, obviously this was a specially prepared scene.
She stopped unbuttoning her hands, apparently not knowing what to do.
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