Long Xiao wipes Qingfeng

Xiao Jiu was indeed sleepy. Usually he was left alone at home, and he often slept until early in the morning, but now he has to stay up all night.

After retiring from the court, many people came forward to congratulate Zhong Shuo, and there were endless voices of flattery and praise. Everyone said that Zhong Shuo's future would be ruined by marrying Emperor Yongmu, and they didn't want him to have another situation. Now Xiao Jiu is behind the curtain to listen to the government. Naturally, his status has also risen, and people who usually have casual acquaintances are willing to come forward to please him.

After Zhong Shuo thanked them one by one, he left the crowd and got into his carriage, where he found Xiao Jiu.

Xiao Jiu: "Huh—"

Zhong Shuo: "..."

Xiao Jiu's carriage was large, and he dozed off with one hand propping his forehead on the small table. His face was covered by heavy make-up, and he didn't look tired, but the flowers on his forehead were a little crooked.

Zhong Shuo softly sat beside him, Xiao Jiu opened his eyes, hugged him and leaned on his shoulder, saying: "You haven't slept all night, rest for a while, and go back to your house to sleep again."

He rubbed his forehead, picked up the paperwork on the small table and looked through it.

Zhong Shuo was used to fighting, and now he is not sleepy, but worried about Xiao Jiu.

"I'm not tired, Your Highness should rest for a while, is the document urgent?"

Xiao Jiu threw down the Chinese book in his hand, lay sideways on Zhong Shuo's lap, and said, "There's no rush, it's just that we should get a charter out as soon as possible so that we can settle it."

He was probably talking about the household affairs.

After Shen Yu's death, the Shen family collapsed overnight, and all the secrets that colluded with Shen Yu before had to be found out and dealt with one by one. Xiao Gong had learned to govern for a long time, and he was familiar with the affairs of the Ministry of Household Affairs, but Eliminating dissidents, dredging contacts and other things are inconvenient for him and he can't do them. Xiao Jiu still has to come. This is the main reason why Xiao Jiu listens to politics behind the curtain.

Furthermore, Emperor Longde did a lot of muddled things during his reign. Although the court did not say that it was a mess, there were some who could not figure it out for a while. Standing on his own, he has a bright name to talk about, and he can handle Xiao Gong when the truth becomes clear in the future.

Zhong Shuo can be regarded as a "favorite minister", he is not easy to interfere in these matters, he just said: "Your Highness, don't worry about matters in the army, I will take care of them carefully."

Of course Xiao Jiu was relieved of him, and Zhong Shuo himself was a rigorous person, so he could handle all the tasks entrusted to him. Xiao Jiu was not too urgent in the army because of him.

"When Shen Yu's military power is taken back, you take it first, and you can take care of everything in the army. You don't have to do it too carefully. You can leave one or two loopholes for them to take advantage of." Xiao Jiu asked in a rambling manner.

Zhong Shuo smiled and said, "Okay, I see."

Only then did Xiao Jiu stop talking, and quietly lay her pillow on his lap, wondering if she had fallen asleep.

The Emperor Ji's Mansion is not far from the Imperial Palace, and it will arrive in a short time.

Xiao Jiu squinted for a while, and after washing his face, he felt refreshed and no longer sleepy, but Zhong Shuo fell asleep on the couch.

Zhong Shuo slept lightly during the day, and woke up after only an hour's sleep. When he opened his eyes, Xiao Jiu was beside him wiping his sword.

He came back in a hurry, Baipi just threw it aside, before he had time to clean it up, Xiao Jiu saw it and found a cloth towel for him to wipe.

It's just that the material of this "cloth towel"...

Zhong Shuo carefully looked at the brand-new cloth on Xiao Jiu's hands, and he was sure that it was on the blue palace dress that Xiao Jiu only wore once in his impression.

He said cautiously, "Your Highness, this cloth scarf seems familiar."

Xiao Jiu raised his hand to show him, "What are you talking about? It was on the clothes I wore when you and I entered the palace to visit the Empress Dowager last time. After the season passed, I put it on the bottom of the box. I just remembered it when I couldn't find the cloth towel. , so I cut a piece to wipe your sword, not to mention, this cloth is quite clean.” Xiao Jiu was full of praise for that expensive dress.

Zhong Shuo, who was thrifty and thrifty, was shocked. He tentatively said, "Your Highness's clothes seem to be different every year."

Xiao Jiu said: "Naturally, Di Ji's clothes always use the most fashionable styles and materials every year, they can't be the same."

Regarding the face of the royal family, Emperor Longde will not shorten Xiao Jiu's monthly schedule and expenses. Women in Beijing have different hobbies every year, so Xiao Jiu has to change every year, and many clothes are worn only once and never worn again. Get up.

Zhong Shuo said heartbroken, "This material is worth a lot of money."

Xiao Jiu couldn't help laughing, raised his hand and patted his forehead, "What are you thinking? Xiao Zhong peeled off the skin? Do you dare to wear Di Ji's clothes?"

Zhong Shuo rubbed the place where he was bounced, and said with a smile, "It's just a pity."

Xiao Jiu simply hated iron but steel: "Tell me, when did our family get to this point of poverty? How dare you never know the use of the flowers I allocated for you years ago?"

Zhong Shuo looked at him in a daze. He didn't have much money to spend, and he didn't go to the cashier to pay. Naturally, he hadn't noticed Xiao Jiu's generosity.

Xiao Jiu laughed angrily, and directly took the account book from the cabinet next to him and handed it to him. Zhong Shuo took it over and opened it, but saw that it was blank. Xiao Jiu said: "From the first time I knew you had private money, I have I set up an account book specially for you, and set aside money every month to wait for you to pay, but I don’t want you to still keep your little salary. After all, our monthly salary is merged into one place, and you don’t need money anymore. Is it a coincidence?"

Zhong Shuo really didn't expect Xiao Jiu to make an account book for himself when he was in Linye. He closed the account book and said, "Your Highness... I know I was wrong."

Xiao Jiu strikes while the iron is hot, "Then you didn't use mine before, did you think that it was my dowry and couldn't be used?"

Zhong Shuo felt wronged, and said honestly, "Yes."

Xiao Jiu took the account book from him and put it back to the original place, and said calmly: "When you were drunk last time, what did you call me?"

Zhong Shuo:!

He loves to talk nonsense when drunk, especially to Xiao Jiu. He vaguely remembered that night, Xiao Jiu leaned on him, forcing him to call "husband" a few times.

The tips of Zhong Shuo's ears gradually turned red, Xiao Jiu saw that he had learned a lesson, and said, "Since you still remember, then don't talk about dowry with me, mine is yours, you understand?"

Zhong Shuo mumbled, "Understood."

Xiao Jiu nodded in satisfaction.

He put Baipi back into its sheath and put it aside, and Zhong Shuo knew that he was going to talk about business.

Sure enough, the next moment Xiao Jiu said: "The emperor wrote an imperial edict when he asked his father to take Xiao Gong away, and it is in Xiao Gong's hand. I said a few words to Xiao Gong last night. I mean, this The imperial edict should always come in handy."

Zhong Shuo got up and looked outside the door, and confirmed that there was no one else outside the door except Xi Wen, who closed the door and sat down, Xiao Jiu couldn't help laughing at him like a little thief, "Everyone in the house has been changed, no one spread the word. "

"Be careful." Zhong Shuo was very cautious.

Xiao Jiu let him go, "It's very easy to handle, just give him some medicine to make his health worsen, and the hospital will not be able to diagnose it."

Zhong Shuo hesitated for a while, and said, "It's just that, what could go wrong?"

Xiao Jiu said: "Probably not, Xiao Gong was watching in the palace, and the daily papers were sent to him for approval, just to prevent the courtiers from becoming suspicious."

Zhong Shuo said: "Third Prince's side..."

Xiao Jiu smiled, and said: "He never forgot how he and Concubine Chang lived in the palace when he was young. He has no filial heart towards the emperor."

Zhong Shuo felt a little relieved, "It's just the identity of His Highness, how can I tell the world?"

"This, of course, is my good father's contribution."

In the next few days, the government and the public dealt with Shen Yu's affairs step by step. They were busy but organized. Looking at the memorial that was sent into the palace like flowing water, Xiao Jiu personally watched him approve the memorial in the name of "servant", and then took it away in person. Emperor Longde would not see a cronies, no matter how much he scolded Xiao Jiu It was useless, Xiao Jiu never talked to him, and he could guess that his medicine had been tampered with, but every time he drank the medicine, several palace people held him down and forced it down, he couldn't resist, I can only let myself decline day by day, and approach my ancestors step by step.

Until one day when Xiao Jiu was leaving, he left a memorial beside the bed, and no one had read it. Emperor Longde picked it up by himself when no one was around, and read it word by word until the end. Putting down the memorial, my eyes are about to split.

On the second day, when Xiao Jiu finished his morning court and went back, Emperor Longde had just finished "drinking" the medicine.

Emperor Longde stayed up all night and thought about it all night, feeling as if he was grasping at straws.

He did not accept the pen handed over by the palace man, instead he said to Xiao Jiu uncharacteristically and kindly: "My son, I have suffered for you."

The corner of Xiao Jiu's mouth curled into an imperceptible arc. He ordered the palace servants in the palace to go out, and said to Emperor Longde, "Why did the emperor say such a thing?"

Emperor Longde shook his hands and took out Xiao Jiu's memorial that Xiao Jiu deliberately left yesterday and handed it to him, saying: "Father already knows, are you still unwilling to tell the truth?"

Xiao Jiu didn't answer, just glanced at it, and said: "Yong Mu doesn't know what the father is talking about."

Emperor Longde withdrew his hand resentfully, squeezed a few tears from the corners of his eyes, "Jiu'er, you are the eldest prince of my Changhua. Over the years, my father has been deceived by the Shen family and mistrusted sycophants, which has harmed you and me." Your mother!"

Xiao Jiu changed his voice, it was a man's voice that Emperor Longde had never heard before, and said: "Father is the emperor of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, what's wrong with it? It's the children and the queen who don't have the Sacred Heart."

When Emperor Longde heard that he called himself a "son", he knew that there was hope, and suppressed the discomfort in his heart, "Jiu'er, my father knew I was wrong. If you let my father go out, I will immediately issue an imperial edict to make you the crown prince. A hundred years from now, the throne will still be yours, you think, if you lose the Taoist decree, you can only bear the name of a woman for the rest of your life, and the name is not justified, isn't it?"

"You let me out, be filial to me, the throne will not escape you in the future."

Xiao Jiu said: "What about the third prince?"

Emperor Longde immediately said: "Gong'er, although Gong'er is a good boy, his talents are not as good as yours. It is also common for grown-up princes to die young. Gong'er has not yet been crowned, so it is human nature to have some accidents."

Xiao Jiu looked hesitant and seemed to be shaken. Emperor Longde grabbed the wooden railing beside the bed and said, "If you don't trust me, I can write an imperial decree to tell the world to restore your identity, how about it? But, you first Give me the antidote."

Xiao Jiu got up and turned his back to him, shoulders trembling slightly, took out a medicine bottle from his sleeve after a long while, and held it up to Emperor Longde, "Write first, and it's not too late to eat after finishing writing."

Emperor Longde was only in his 40s, and he was in his prime, so he naturally wanted to live a few more years. He couldn't grab Xiao Jiu, so he had to grab a pen, write an imperial decree after careful consideration of the words, randomly stuffed it to Xiao Jiu, and then snatched it away. Xiao Jiu swallowed the antidote in his hand.

Xiao Jiu, however, said sadly behind him: "Your Brother, did you hear what I just said?"

Emperor Longde suddenly looked back, Xiao Gong was standing by the screen, just now he was behind the screen, and listened to every word without saying a word.

Changhua's third prince, the blood of the emperor, is just a pawn in his eyes who can be discarded at will. It turns out that he was always the emperor who helped Zhuang Jing bully her when she was young.

Xiao Jiu said: "Why is Father not as shrewd as he was when he deceived Miss Jiang's family?"

Xiao Gong bowed to Xiao Jiu and said, "Brother, please come." Then he left Zichen Palace.