marry queen

Fu Yi stepped into Ganquan Palace again, the heavy snow had melted, and the red plum blossoms outside Ganquan Palace were in full bloom. Shen Zhiqiu was arranging his flowers and plants with a small hoe.

Fu Yi excused him from the ceremony, followed him into the warm pavilion of the main hall and sat down, there was plenty of charcoal fire in the room, Shen Zhiqiu took the cloak that Fu Yi took off and handed it to Chen Xiang to put it away, and poured a cup of hot tea for Fu Yi himself.

Fu Yi said, "I'm not here to drink tea, you haven't brought the chessboard and sweet wine yet."

Shen Zhiqiu said: "I have already ordered them to prepare, the emperor just came in from outside, it would be better to have some hot tea."

Fu Yi was very grateful for his gentleness. He picked up the teacup and drank it hot. Afterwards, Ginkgo served the chessboard, and Mo Lan warmed the sweet wine. The two sat by the window and played chess quietly for another afternoon. This time, Shen Zhiqiu Winning, he respectfully said: "This humble minister should thank the emperor for his acceptance."

When Fu Yu just played chess, he was quiet for too long, because he was pretending to be something, so he let Shen Zhiqiu gain the upper hand. At this time, he heard Shen Zhiqiu's warm voice, while picking up the chess pieces, he looked at him, and changed his previous affinity. , Seriously said: "Perhaps it was a mistake for me to choose you to enter the palace that day."

Fu Wei felt that a man like him should start a career outside instead of being trapped here.

Shen Zhiqiu took a serious look at Fu Lie, waved his hand to make everyone retreat, he poured another glass of wine for Fu Lie, and said, "I know why the emperor chose me."

"Then why did you come to the draft? You are a man." Fu Wei asked.

Shen Zhiqiu drank wine, and when he spoke, the air was filled with a faint aroma of wine, "My sister is very young, and she didn't want to waste the palace. I thought that I was just here to make a show for her, but I didn't expect to be used as a shield by the emperor."

Fu Yi raised his eyebrows, "Do you know that what you said is a capital offense?"

"If the emperor wanted to punish me, he wouldn't come to play chess with me today." Shen Zhiqiu said, "Since the emperor chose me, why don't we cooperate for a game?"

Fu Yi was very interested, but said: "You are just my concubine, how dare you talk about cooperation with me?"

Shen Zhiqiu said slowly: "I know that Your Majesty is now on the throne for the first time and is worrying about the power of the Empress Dowager and the Prime Minister. When I was chosen to enter the palace, it was just to impress them. But I think that the Prime Minister's power does not need to be too much. Too worried, I used to hear from my father that the prime minister was very loyal when the late emperor was around, but later the late emperor became seriously ill, and the prime minister started to form a clique. Said he was trying to check and balance the Queen Mother."

Fu Yi was shocked when he heard that, he had thought this way before, but none of the counselors agreed with him, he didn't expect someone to agree with him now, he looked at Shen Zhiqiu and signaled him to continue talking.Shen Zhiqiu continued: "The reason why he has not restrained himself now is because His Majesty has just ascended the throne, and His Majesty was brought up by the Empress Dowager. Therefore, if His Majesty is dedicated to the people and the country, probably the Prime Minister will not What a big move."

After Shen Zhiqiu finished speaking, he paused for a moment, and seeing that Fu Yi's expression was still good, he continued: "But Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, you have to be careful, why she raised you, and why she let you succeed to the throne, I think Your Majesty knows better than me. The purpose of letting the girls of the Zhou family enter the harem is also to let them give birth to a prince, and by then, His Majesty's situation will be very different from what it is now."

Hearing him finish speaking slowly, Fu Yu didn't speak for a long time, only the faint smell of wine and the crackling sound of the brazier in the air from time to time, Shen Zhiqiu was also very sensible and didn't continue, he said these words today at the risk of his life , Speaking of this is enough, the fate of the future depends on how the emperor chooses.

After being silent for a long time, Fu Wei laughed lightly, "It seems that I chose you to enter the harem, and it is indeed a shame. If your words today are spread, every single word can kill you."

"Then, is the emperor willing to cooperate?" Shen Zhiqiu asked.

Fu Yidao: "How do you want to cooperate?"

"My minister is in the harem to eradicate the Queen Mother's party members for His Majesty. If there is a scene that His Majesty cannot see clearly in the previous court, this minister can also help discuss one or two. I am willing to use all my life's knowledge to help Your Majesty to sit firmly in the world."

After hearing this, Fu Yi looked up at him, "What about your conditions?"

Shen Zhiqiu looked out of the window and said calmly, "After the matter is completed, I just ask His Majesty to allow me to leave the palace."

The breeze blew past, blowing the hair behind Shen Zhiqiu's ears, Shen Zhiqiu stretched out his hands to push them away, looked away, and put his hands on the brazier to keep warm.Fu Yi was playing with the chess pieces in his hand, raised his eyebrows to look at him, and then said with a smile: "The deal is done. After the matter is completed, I will promise you the highest honor."

A secret conversation ended quietly like this, it was already dark outside, Shen Zhiqiu called out, Ginkgo and Mo Lan came in and lit the lamps, Jin Fu also came in and asked Fu Yi, "Your Majesty, where is the dinner? "

Fu Wei said, "Put it in Ganquan Palace."

Jin Fu led the order to go out to make arrangements, and after Shen Zhiqiu cleaned up the chessboard, the two played another game.Because of Fu Yu, today's dinner is very rich, ten meat and ten vegetables, two cups of wild ginseng and old duck soup, and a serving of golden silk bird's nest porridge. I couldn't help laughing, "It turns out that such an elegant person like you can't escape your appetite."

Shen Zhiqiu said: "Appetite is the simplest happiness in this world." After saying that, he poured himself another bowl of old duck soup.

Fu Wei reminded him, "No more than three meals."

"Just the third bowl." Shen Zhiqiu said, Fu Wei was speechless after hearing this, so he could only let him go, and by the way, put the old duck soup in front of him in front of Shen Zhiqiu.

After dinner, Shen Zhiqiu continued to play with flowers and plants in the yard. Fu Yi stood behind him and watched, and said casually: "I see that you have all the plums, bamboos and chrysanthemums in your small courtyard, but only the orchids are missing. Why not?" Plant some?"

Shen Zhiqiu said: "With my current status, I can't get orchids."

It was only then that Fu Wei remembered that he was just a servant now, and precious flowers like orchids were not available according to his specifications.Fu Yi walked around the yard, but still felt that something was missing, so he ordered Jin Fu: "You arrange the flower house to plant some emerald orchids and Phalaenopsis tomorrow, and send them to Ganquan Palace in the spring of next year."

Before Shen Zhiqiu had time to thank him, he heard Fu Yi say again, "Today I will stay at Ganquan Palace."

Shen Zhiqiu straightened up and looked at him, and said "ah" in surprise, Fu Yi said in a low voice, "Since you have to do a full set of acting, your mother has persuaded me several times, asking me not to neglect the person I like. "

Shen Zhiqiu frowned slightly, but felt that there was nothing wrong with what he said, and the favor from Fu Yuming would be of great benefit to his future actions. Since an agreement had been reached and both of them were men, there was no need to Tough, so Shen Zhiqiu didn't object.

The bed in the main hall of Ganquan Palace was not big, and it was just right for Shen Zhiqiu to sleep alone on weekdays, but now with the addition of a man, it seemed a bit crowded.Shen Zhiqiu lowered the curtain, lay down as far away from Fu Yi as possible, and said: "I'd better sleep on the soft couch, the emperor is crowded like this."

Fu Yi closed his eyes, "They are watching the night outside the door. If I get sleepy at night and call someone to come in and see you sleeping on a soft couch, it may not be known. I don't pay that much attention to sleep. You can sleep peacefully. That is, there will be more times of sleeping in the same bed like this in the future, you can't go back and sleep outside."

Shen Zhiqiu saw that Fu Yi didn't feel crowded, so he stopped insisting, and felt a little awkward after lying down. He hadn't slept in the same couch with anyone since he was a child, and there was a person lying next to him, and all the muscles in his body felt tight. Tightly, he closed his eyes, trying to make himself ignore the existence of the people around him.

From the moment Shen Zhiqiu lay next to Fu Yi, Fu Yi smelled a fragrance. This fragrance was not like the smell of rouge on the body of other concubines, but more like a smell of books and ink. It was faint and reassuring. Fu Yi opened his mouth Ask, "What kind of incense is it?"

Shen Zhiqiu didn't expect that he would chat with him, and after a daze, he replied: "It's made by Chen Xiang with the ink I usually wash pens and some other spices. I think it smells good, so I keep using it."

When he spoke, he moved his body slightly, and his sleeves inadvertently brushed the back of Fu Yi's hand. Fu Yan slightly raised the corners of his mouth in the dark, and said, "Go to sleep."

There was nothing to say all night, and in the early morning of the second day, the news that Fu Yi stayed at Ganquan Palace spread throughout the harem. At noon, a large number of rewards were sent to Ganquan Palace, who has been neglected since entering the palace. Shen Xuan waiter became a new favorite for a while.During the whole noon, Ganquan Palace never ceased to rest. After Fu Yi's reward came the Empress Dowager's reward, both of them rewarded, and the concubines would not be left behind.Shen Zhiqiu was wearing a snow-white cloak, sitting in the main hall, receiving everyone one by one.

Except for the Queen and Concubine Zheng who didn't come in person, everyone else went there in person. Shen Zhiqiu also recognized the person. The person who was holding Lin Jieyu's sleeve when Lin Jieyu attacked him that day was Liu Guiren. A petite figure with red phoenix eyes is Wang Meiren.Shen Zhiqiu accepted their gift, thanked them with a smile, Lin Jieyu was very disdainful, and said bluntly, "I didn't expect the empress to be overjoyed, but you got an advantage."

Shen Zhiqiu just smiled and said nothing, Lin Jieyu felt bored, snorted, and pulled Liu Guiren away to leave, "Let's go, if you insist on calling me, would he care about you?"

Liu Guiren was wearing a pink cloak, with regular facial features. At first glance, although she was not as stunning as Lin Jieyu, she was more attractive. She smiled decently, and said to Shen Zhiqiu: "We are going to pay our respects to the empress. I wonder if Attendant Shen Xuan is willing to go with him?"

Shen Zhiqiu said with a smile: "Of course I am willing, please trouble all ladies."

Lin Jieyu left first, Liu Guiren nodded slightly at Shen Zhiqiu and turned around with Lin Jieyu, Wang Meiren, who had been silent all this time, took a look at Shen Zhiqiu, and silently followed the two of them with lowered eyes as before.

The empress was sitting on a soft couch with a hand stove in her arms, with cushions behind her, her belly swelled slightly, seeing them coming together, she said: "The road is slippery in snowy weather, my palace is already free from morning and night, so why come here?" As he spoke, he asked Zhuzhi to give them a seat.

Wang Jieyu sat down next to the queen very cordially, and said, "That's because the empress loves the concubines, and it's not an excuse for the concubines to be lazy."

The queen was amused by her, looked at Shen Zhiqiu who was sitting at the end, and said: "Shen Xuan came so far away, I didn't have to come here."

Shen Zhiqiu stood up and saluted respectfully, and replied: "I should have come to pay my respects to the Empress early in the morning, but I have been delayed so much, I beg the Empress to forgive me."

A trace of disappointment flashed in the Queen's eyes, and she still smiled and said: "I don't have so many rules in this Palace. You served His Majesty hard yesterday, so what's your fault? Get up."

After Shen Zhiqiu thanked them, he sat down again, and several people talked with the queen in Fengyi Palace. Shen Zhiqiu seldom spoke, but just listened quietly and observed them quietly. He felt that there must be people from the queen mother in the current harem, but A few, he is still not sure who it is.All the people present, apart from Empress Mo Yanjun, the other three and the other concubine Zheng Gui who had never shown up, were all suspicious.