Chunman Palace

Chapter 79
In the Qingxin Hall, Mu Pingting was studying the ink sticks, Xuan Yin looked at the memorial in his hand, frowning, the atmosphere in the hall was unusually quiet, only the muddy sound of the ink sticks merging with water could be heard.

Xuan Yin suddenly let out a deep breath, slapped the memorial in his hand on the table, and drank the cold tea in front of the table in one gulp.

Mu Pingting hurriedly stopped her movements, and said sadly, "Your Majesty, the herbal tea hurts your health. Can I pour you a cup of freshly brewed tea?"

"There are constant wars in the northwest, but there are still people who are corrupt and oppress the people! The magistrate of Hexing County oppressed the local people and embezzled 9 taels of silver. Some people even suggested that his son Wu Zhuangyuan got it by bribing officials." Xuan Yin's tone was cold and his face was gloomy. terrible.

Mu Pingting was shocked when she heard the words, and asked urgently: "Then what does the emperor plan to do? Is it a direct punishment?"

Xuan Yin shook his head: "Prison this person first, and I will make a decision after I find out. If there is something true, it is that this person is too greedy, and I must punish him severely! But if this person is a clean and honest person, Then I'll think about it!"

Mu Pingting sighed softly, and murmured in a low voice: "The magistrate of Hexing County didn't know what mistake he made, but he was locked in. The people of Hexing must be very sad, right?"

Xuan Yin narrowed his eyes, with a cold light in his eyes, and said in a gloomy tone: "If he is really an innocent man, then of course I will spare him. If the evidence is convincing, then his life will definitely not be saved."

"En!" Mu Pingting nodded heavily, and then asked in doubt, "Your Majesty, how are the people in Hexing doing now?"

Xuan Yin said: "The county government of Hexing County has issued a notice, saying that the county magistrate of Hexing County has been dismissed, and will send someone to take over the government affairs of Hexing County." After finishing speaking, he took a deep look at Mu Pingting , said: "You have always been on good terms with Qing nobles, but now that something happened to her father, what don't you say for her?"

Mu Pingting smiled and said: "Concubines don't dare to talk about government affairs, let alone show favoritism. If Sister Qingyu's father really did such a thing, it must be unforgivable. Of course, everything is decided by the emperor himself." yes."

"Very knowledgeable." Xuan Yin flipped through the memorial, frowned and said: "I thought that a noble person with a gentle temperament, knowledge of books and etiquette, would be able to help the queen in the palace affairs in the future. Seeing that she has such a father, I always feel in my heart." It's awkward."

Mu Pingting poured a glass of freshly brewed Yuqian Longjing, and smiled gently: "Sister Qingyu has always kept herself safe since she entered the palace, she understands etiquette and manners, and she has been instructed by the emperor himself. I think she is not the same as her father. Don't treat sister Qingyu coldly because of her father's crimes."

"I've made a clear decision on this matter, so there's no need to talk about it." Xuan Yin stretched out his fingers and rubbed his temples, frowned and brushed at the begonia hairpin on Mu Pingting's head, and said, "When did you get such a hairpin on your head? "

Mu Pingting subconsciously touched the hairpin on her forehead, and said, "Oh, this is the concubine's recent visit to the Linghua Palace, which was rewarded by Concubine Lan, and it happens to be a pair with the hairpin on Concubine Lan's head."

Xuan Yin suddenly realized: "I remember that Concubine Lan also has a hairpin of the same style as yours, but the color is a little lighter. This hairpin doesn't match you very well, it's too colorful."

Mu Pingting smiled and said, "The emperor likes light and clear colors, so the concubine should go back and put away this hairpin, and replace it with the snow lotus and white jade hairpin that the emperor gave her."

"No hurry." Xuan Yin stood up, took Mu Pingting's hand and sat down, staring at her fiercely, stretched out his fingers to part the hair on her forehead, and took off the crabapple hairpin.

Then, he put a brocade box into Mu Pingting's hands.

"This is……?"

Mu Pingting opened the box suspiciously, only to see a pearl jasper bottle inside. The workmanship is exquisite, and the pearl is even bigger and clear, pure and pure.

Xuan Yin Langyi smiled: "Do you like it?"

"It's a gift from the emperor, and the concubines are naturally happy." Mu Pingting smiled slightly, lowered her eyes, and asked as if she was worried: "The emperor likes the plain color of blue and white?"

"Pure white and flawless, verdant green, it is naturally a good color that is pleasing to the eye, but most concubines like to wear red and purple, they are extremely beautiful, there are very few such fresh colors in the palace." Xuan Yin said, Shaking the hairpin into Mu Pingting's forehead hair, she nodded in satisfaction: "Very beautiful."

Mu Pingting smiled shyly, and she raised her lips and said, "What about sister Qingyu? She likes plain clothes and jewelry the most. It's either an indigo dress or a light green shirt. The matching patterns are also fresh and refined white jade and green. Doesn't the jade kind meet the emperor's wishes?"

Xuan Yin blurted out: "Qing'er is good, but she's not Yue'er after all. If she wears a purple dress, she might lose her charm, and she can't play the harp, which is really insufficient."

"What did the emperor say?" Mu Pingting gave him a surprised look, and said slowly, "The emperor said konghou, but my concubine can't play konghou."

"You don't know?" Xuan Yin raised his eyebrows and looked at her, Ji'er quickly said in relief: "Oh, indeed, I forgot, Yue'er is good at Xiao Qu."

Mu Pingting curled her lips, and said tenderly: "Your Majesty doesn't know who the younger sister's skills are, why bother to ask my concubine to come and listen to this talk?"

"Yue'er, I just misremembered it for a while, but how did I draw out your sour words? It's my fault, and I should apologize to Yue'er." Xuan Yin smiled and pulled her into his arms, comforting him with words, and then from the side He took a piece of sour plum cake and put it on Mu Pingting's lips.

Mu Pingting thought it was some kind of pastry, so she opened her mouth to eat it, but her mouth became more and more sour. She even took a few sips of tea and said angrily, "Your Majesty said so, but still take such sour The plum cake is for the concubine to eat, is it because the concubine's words are not sour enough?"

Xuan Yin smiled and said: "You just drank my tea."

"Does the emperor have to share a cup of tea with his concubines so clearly? I'm so stingy, and the concubines will just go and refill the emperor's cup." After she finished speaking, she poured out the remaining tea and filled the cup again.

Xuan Yin looked at the person and said helplessly: "I'm not fussing about this cup of tea with you, but I just want to tell you that this tea is nothing to Yue'er and I, but if we change the language and compare tea to gold and silver Jewelry, I am a commoner and Yueer is an official, so what?"

Xuan Yin said slowly: "The embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in an ant's nest. If this was not done overnight, why would it arouse the resentment of the people and the prosecution by colleagues..."

"The concubine understands." Mu Pingting smiled slightly, held Xuan Yin's broad palm, and said: "The concubine knows what the emperor wants to do, no matter what the emperor decides, the concubine will support the emperor and do many injustices. You must kill yourself, the law of heaven is clear, and no one can escape this word."

"The one who knows me is Yue'er."

Mu Pingting looked at him and smiled: "That concubine helps the emperor grind ink."

An imperial edict was sent out from the Qingxin Hall, ordering a thorough investigation into Hexing County magistrate Lin Yinan's corruption and buying of officials. As soon as the news came out, Lin Qingyu immediately ran outside the Qingxin Hall and begged to meet Xuan Yin.

However, Xuanyin was determined, and Ren Lin Qingyu knelt outside for two hours, but he still didn't see him.

At the time of You, Lin Qingyu cried silently with red and swollen eyes, two lines of tears slowly slid down her cheeks, her crying was trembling and weak, and she looked very lovely and pitiful.

In her heart, Lin Yinan has always been as timid as a mouse, how dare he oppress the people when the war is tense?This is clearly someone who deliberately framed him. If it is said that his elder brother's title of Wu Zhuangyuan was bought by bribery, how many people in the court did not buy officials by bribery?

This time, she wanted to ask the emperor to examine carefully. If she wanted to punish her, the officials who handled the imperial examinations would also be to blame.

At this time, there was a coquettish laugh from behind her: "Why is Qing noble here kneeling here? Since the emperor doesn't want to see you, why are you still here? Why don't you go back to Yaohua Pavilion and enjoy this last few days?" The splendor, I'm afraid it will be gone in the future."

Lin Qingyu turned her head when she heard the words, and saw Chang Xiuru, all dressed up beautifully, walking towards her with her waist twisted and showing off.

"My concubine pays her respects to my concubine Chang."

"You can't bear the sound of An Ben Gong. Daughter of a criminal minister, don't curse the palace to be unsafe." Chang Xiuru bent her eyes and smiled, looked her up and down, and said: "You are really neatly dressed. , Your Majesty must feel dull looking at you, right? Tsk tsk, you still want to show off while wearing this bracelet, you don't know how to behave!"

Hearing this, Lin Qingyu subconsciously hid the hand wearing the hibiscus jade bracelet into her sleeve, raised her eyes to look at humanity and said, "The concubine's father has not been convicted yet, and now the concubine's concubine keeps saying that the concubine's father is a criminal minister. What is the intention?"

"This mouth is really getting stronger, I have to look at you with admiration." Chang Xiuru leaned over and stared at the person, and smiled coldly, and said solemnly: "I want your family to be destroyed, what can you do?"

"It turned out to be you...!" Lin Qingyu looked at the person blankly, with endless resentment hidden in his eyes, "The harem has always been a battle between women, why did you involve my family?!"

Chang Xiuru smiled smugly, and felt even more happy in her heart. She stretched out her hand to gently support Lin Qingyu's cheek, and said disappointedly: "I thought you would be so powerful, but it turns out that you are like a frightened rabbit when you get angry. Don’t dare to come out! How pitiful.” She snorted, then closed her hands and said, “However, I just like to see your aggrieved appearance, and it’s really enjoyable for me to watch!”

Lin Qingyu's eyes turned red, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Chang Xiuru, how on earth are you willing to let my family go?"

With a crisp sound of "snap", Lin Qingyu received a slap from Chang Xiuru abruptly.

"Bitch, who allowed you to call me by my first name? This slap is to teach you a lesson, remember to be more respectful to me in the future." Chang Xiuru smiled and rubbed her palms, then said: "Oh, but you seem to be There is no future, I am afraid that you may die alone in Yaohua Pavilion in the future! It is really a good place to be clean and comfortable."

Lin Qingyu wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, her eyes were gloomy, she raised her eyes again, and looked at Chang Xiuru angrily.

"It seems that you really don't have a long memory, and you dare to look at me like this?" Chang Xiuru suppressed her smile, and deliberately bent her fingers to grab Lin Qingyu's face.

All of a sudden, her arm was clamped by a force, and she lost her strength immediately, and "ouch" from the pain.

Hearing the sound, the man immediately let go of her arm.

"Which bastard dares to stop Ben Gong!" She turned her head to look, and it was Ze Zu, the guard next to Xuan Yin.

"Zei, what do you mean? I teach a person who has no respect or inferiority, so you have to meddle in your own business?"

Ze Zu's gloomy gaze fell on her coldly: "No noise or noise is allowed outside the Hall of Pure Heart."

Chang Xiuru frowned and said: "You are really a wooden fish head, I punished her here, the emperor will not know!"

"...No." Zezu said lightly, his eyes still cold and dull.

"No wonder sister Mu..." Chang Xiuru stopped her voice suddenly, and changed the subject: "Hmph, that's all! I'll let you go today, anyway, there will be opportunities to torture you bitch in the future!" After finishing speaking, she snorted coldly With a sound, he left dissatisfied.

At this time, Mu Pingting finished serving the emperor and was about to go back to Xuanji Palace, she had already seen all this at the entrance of the palace.

Chang Xiuru hesitated to speak: "Sister Mu, you..."

Mu Pingting didn't pay attention to anyone, but walked straight to Zezu and Lin Qingyu.

"Zei's bodyguard, please come with me." Mu Pingting said briefly and directly.

"Okay." Zezu replied neatly.

Mu Pingting walked forward by herself, her expression rarely showed a hint of panic and impatience, finally, she stopped and looked back, and met Zezu's indifferent eyes.

She asked, "Why did you walk so close to Lin Qingyu?"

"There's nothing wrong with intimacy."

She laughed and said excitedly: "Really? Then why did you protect her just now? She is the emperor's concubine, how can you move her mind? Are you crazy!"

Zeyu just looked at her calmly and indifferently, without answering.

She became more and more excited, and asked aggressively: "You dare not speak, but you admit it? Why, why do you like her, why do you want to fall in love with the emperor's woman? Any woman in this world is fine, but why is she the only one! "

Mu Pingting, who was originally as calm as water and well-read and sensible, was so uncharacteristically uncharacteristic, which gave Zezu a headache.

"Nonsense." Zezu closed his eyes, frowned slightly and turned around, seeming very impatient.

"I'm right, are you scared?" She took a few steps forward and took Zezu's hand, "Are you blaming me for entering the harem as a concubine, so you used this method to take revenge on me? Zezu, you really……"

"Do you understand what I'm talking about?" Before Mu Pingting could finish speaking, Zeyu shook off her hand and took a few steps back to increase the distance.

She took out a white jade hairpin from her bosom, and several silver rings were attached to the body of the hairpin, and it was also carved into the appearance of a phoenix singing in harmony.

Her beautiful eyes were full of hope, and she said with tears: "This is the jade hairpin you gave me, remember? I smashed it in front of you before entering the palace, but I regretted it after entering the palace. It is plated with silver, and I keep it next to my body every day, and I will never forget your thoughts."

"Whoever abandons me, can't keep the day of yesterday." Zeyu looked at the jade hairpin in her hand blankly, without any shock in his heart, turned around and said coldly: "Since you have made a choice, everything before that will be in vain." Don’t count, I’ve taken everything lightly, from bridge to bridge, from road to road.”

"Really?! You are so... completely forgotten?" Mu Pingting closed her eyes tightly, wiped away her tears, and resentfully said to the indifferent back: "You don't meet each other in life, and you move like a businessman. If that's the case, There is no need to meet again in the future.”

(End of this chapter)