Sometimes the palace is sunny

"Girl, the road is slippery in the snow, don't worry." A Chi, who was sitting in the car, carefully tucked the cotton cloak around his girl.

The carriage wobbled forward, Zhao Surui raised a corner of the curtain, and saw people sweeping snow everywhere.

The heavy snow has not stopped since the morning. The snow on the eaves has become three inches thick. Some children are trying to scrape the snow off the eaves with ropes, but they blow it up for themselves. He turned his head and face, and also dragged the elder brother who was sweeping the snow. The elder brother immediately picked up the snow and stuffed it around his neck, which attracted his mother's scolding again.

It was bustling and bustling, as if God gave this world a new piece of white paper, so the agility on it was re-outlined.

Zhao Surui saw a little girl about ten years old shoveling snow, with a swaddling baby on her back, and the child wrapped in a small quilt was staring around with big black eyes.

A small basket with some dried dates was placed on the snow-free ground at her feet.

The carriage gradually moved forward, but Zhao Surui's gaze still fell on the little girl.

After a while, he lowered the curtain.

"A Chi."

"girl?"

Zhao Surui paused, and then another person sent him: "Tong Wu."

"What orders does Mrs. Shen have?"

"The car is too slow, check to see if there are any snacks on the road."

"Yes, Mrs. Shen."

Just as Tong Wu was about to get off the car, he turned back and said, "Miss Achi, there are small stalls here, and the paper used may not be clean, and the small hands are also dirty, please give me a handkerchief."

A Chi followed the handkerchief and handed out a small string of money.

Turning to look at her girl, A Chi frowned: "The girl has suffered in prison."

Zhao Surui lowered his head, looking sleepy.

After a while, Tong Wu came back and said with a smile: "There is only one selling red dates nearby. These have been scrubbed with clean snow. Miss Shen, you can use it slowly. The little one bought a basket."

The cotton curtain was carefully opened a crack, and a handful of dates wrapped in a handkerchief was steadily handed in.

A Chi took it, and used the water in the pot to calm it down before placing it in front of his girl.

The carriage moved again.

Zhao Surui opened the curtain again, only saw the back of the little girl, and could see the joy.

Gee.

Zhao Surui rolled his eyes.

To be honest, he doesn't like himself now.

This self who was trapped by the woman's body, and also by Shen Sanwei's chess game.

Now, when he wants to do something, he can't help but wonder if he has fallen into Shen Sanwei's trap again, and he has become less and less like the wise and mighty Emperor Zhaode from before.

In the past, would he have seen a little girl wearing worn-out shoes in the snow?

He will see it, it should be the two frozen horses in the northwest, and the grassland with nowhere to find forage...

He picked up a date and put it in his mouth. The date was the sweetness he hadn't experienced for many days, but it still made him lose his temper.

The girl was lacking energy, and A Chi was a little worried at first, but seeing that the girl didn't even stop eating a handful of dates, her heart returned to her stomach.

Walking all the way to the gate of Shen's house, Zhao Surui frowned as soon as he got off the carriage and looked up.

"What's going on here?"

A Chi stood aside with her hands tied, and when her girl looked over, she lowered her head and whispered:

"This is the fire that the Hu family came to our house to set on fire."

"Is this still called arson?"

Zhao Surui stared, half of the black oil door from before was burnt to charcoal, Zhao Surui could see traces of chopping with knives and axes on it.

Seeing that the outer wall looked like ruins, Zhao Surui took a deep breath slowly.

"Come on, go in and have a good talk with me. I want to see who has the guts to break ground on Tai Sui's head."

With a flick of the cloak, Zhao Surui strode into Shen's house with a small heater in his pocket.

It looks miserable from the outside, but the house is alright. There are some wooden barrels by the wall, and there is a newly dug earth ditch that is now covered by snow. It can be seen that it was dug to prevent the fire from spreading into the yard. , Some eaves and walls were blackened, and a few little girls were cleaning them with wooden sticks tied to cloth.

Walking to the main courtyard, Zhao Surui narrowed his eyes, there were some wooden shelves in the yard, and some grape vines on them, and the vines and shelves are gone now.

"Where are my grapes?"

"Back to the girl, Putao... Before the Hu family had people block the front and back of our house to prevent the firewood sellers from entering, the servants and Tunan made an idea and used all the unused wood in the yard as firewood first. Not only this The grape trellis next to it, and some of the stables are also dismantled.”

Zhao Surui nodded, and had already credited the vine to the account of the Hu family.

"The fire outside was also done by the Hu family?"

A Chi thought for a while, and said: "For several days, people set fires and shouted to kill. At first, they were in the backyard, and they poured tung oil into it, but it turned out that it was cold, and the tung oil condensed, and the entire bucket was covered. They all fell into our yard. Because people were guarding the house day and night, the fire was extinguished as soon as they were covered with frozen quilts. Only the night before the girl’s courtroom, first the back was on fire, and then the front was also set on fire. Fortunately, Qingying was vigilant, and she led people to guard the front when the fire was on fire. As soon as she saw the fire, she immediately knocked on the gong, and some people came in from the courtyard on both sides of us, but Tunan killed them all, and Tong Wu also cut them Three of them were injured, and some people took advantage of the chaos and went to Xia He and the others' residence, but Xia He took a group of women to clean up."

What was explained in a few words was a vicious battle.

Looking at the frost marks that had been washed repeatedly in the yard, Zhao Surui asked softly, "Is there anyone alive?"

"No, Tunan said that those people were very vigilant, and they withdrew as soon as they saw that they couldn't achieve anything. They didn't look like ordinary robbers."

Zhao Surui squatted down, touched a knife mark on the corridor pillar, and asked again: "Have the soldiers and horses come? What did they say?"

"They said that the people who came in over the wall were bandits hired by the Hu family with money, and they ran away long ago, leaving only members of the Hu family."

"Hmph." Zhao Surui sneered, "I'm afraid the Hu family doesn't know whether they have found someone else, or they have been found by others."

Knowing that the girl was back, Tunan hurried out from the kitchen:

"Girl, the hot water is ready, you take a bath first, and I also stewed your elbows."

Seeing that her limbs are all in place, Zhao Surui nodded, and then heard Tong Wu who was following behind him say loudly:
"Miss Tunan, Mrs. Shen said she doesn't want to eat elbows."

Tunan was a little surprised, and asked again: "What do you want to eat, girl?"

She came out of the stove, with the aroma of stewed elbows on her body, Zhao Surui used the hand hidden under the cloak to cover her stomach that had suffered all these days.

"Forget it, don't bother, since you've made it, eat it."

His tone was calm and breezy.

The two servant girls followed him all the way to the main room. Once inside, Zhao Surui took off the cloak on his body and handed it to A Chi, then looked at Tu Nan:

"How about our casualties?"

Tunan lowered his head and said softly: "Seven or eight men were arranged to watch the night outside the house, three of them were killed and two were injured, and five were broken. The knife was thrown into the moat, and when it was found the next day, it had already froze to death. The maid in Xia He's house was injured, but she managed to save her life. A little maid named Sanliang had her left arm chopped off. The woman surnamed Wu who kept the horse shed also died. Before she died, she said that she tore off a piece of flesh from the man's hand. The people who went there have already transported the corpses back to Zhuangzi, and Master Shao came to the city to transport them away. of."

Zhao Surui's undressing hand paused.

"Those who came in spoke with an accent?"

Tunan shook his head: "I've asked up and down, but I haven't heard those people say anything."

Sure enough, he came prepared.

As for who it is for...

"How is Shi Xinmei these days?"

"Miss, don't worry, Mrs. Shi has been living with me, and she is safe and sound these days."

Zhao Surui nodded, continued to pull the short jacket on his body, and said:

"Death and injury benefits follow the old rules."

"Don't worry, girl, everything has been arranged."

Going to the back of the screen, he took off all the clothes he wore out of the prison, and threw them to Achi, Zhao Surui soaked in the pond with the fragrance of grapefruit, raised his head, and asked Tu Nan to wash his hair again.

"Tunan, do you think Jin Yiwei like Shao Zhiqing can kill so many of us silently?"

Tunan washed the hair of "my girl" with the same scented water. Hearing this, she thought for a while and said:
"Master Shao is naturally possible, but if he is as elite as Master Shao, girl, although Master Shao is only a small banner of Jinyiwei, his kung fu is real, far beyond ordinary."

"Yes."

Zhao Surui closed his eyes, as if he was just joking:

"Since you don't want to speak up, you're probably outsiders with an accent. A dozen elites from outside can almost break into my small house. If there are a few hundred... I'm afraid they will break into the imperial city to rebel?"

As he spoke, his fingers lightly stroked the edge of the tub.

"Tunan."

"girl."

"I have an errand for you."

The comb dipped in acacia water was combed through the long hair little by little. Tunan held his breath, and saw his girl suddenly smiled:
"The Hu family destroyed my grapes, you take the girls from our house, bring our loss list, one after another asking for money, anyone who blocks our door or burns our yard, not only If I want money, I have to plan all the flowers, plants, grapes and pomegranates in their house, and then smash down their doors."

Tunan paused, and after a while, she responded:
"Yes, girl."

He also ordered an errand to smash the house and break the door, Zhao Surui felt comfortable, his heart felt comfortable, and he ate two elbows at night.

Probably because he knew that he had suffered a lot in prison for a few days, Tunan's elbow was so crispy and soft, and the red oil and red sauce made his lips stick to his teeth.

The same goes back home, some people have elbows immediately after returning home, and some people only have two dishes of vegetarian dishes and three steamed buns in the pot when they return home.

A bowl of stewed tofu with cabbage is white, and the soup is crystal clear.

One bowl is dried pickles fried in vegetable oil and then steamed.

After bringing the food out of the kitchen, Chu Jiyuan returned to the clear and cold main room with the food. He had already sat down, but stood up again.

Walking into the yard, he pulled out a few firewood from under the snow-covered firewood pile. He picked up an ax and split the firewood.

"Dong dong dong."

Hearing the knock on the door, Chu Yuanjin, who was listening to his daughter reciting poems after reading books all day, got up quickly, opened the door, and saw his father holding a burning brazier with two fire hooks.

"It's been snowing all day, it must be cold at night, you and Su'er add a charcoal basin."

The fire was shining brightly, reflecting Chu Jiyuan's smiling face, which was somewhat flattering him unconsciously.

Su Er poked her head out and saw her grandfather, and greeted him with a smile.

The rusty smile lines on Chu Jiyuan's face deepened a bit.

"No need, father, Su'er and I are not cold, but you, you have been busy all day, you should eat early and rest."

Children can't hear the undercurrents in the adult world, they just imitate their mother's tone and say:

"Grandfather, mother and Su'er are hugging each other to sleep together. It's not cold. Grandfather should eat and rest earlier."

Chu Jiyuan opened his mouth: "Jin'er, I..."

"Father, I have to teach Su'er how to read at night. I dare not waste your time. It's snowy and cold, so I forgive my daughter for not sending you off."

The door was closed.

Chu Jiyuan held the charcoal basin and looked at the wooden door in front of him. After a while, he turned around and walked back with the brazier hooked.

After walking a few steps, he turned around and saw candles flickering in the room.

Su'er's children's words came from inside, and she was reciting "The hometown is gone, and the distance and the distance are also the same. I will always suffer from the long-term sick mother, and I will go to Gouxi for five years..."

""No Home", No Home."

He turned around, staggering a little more.

After returning to the main hall and sitting down, the food was already cold, but Chu Jiyuan just went to the stove to boil water again.

Just as he was about to break open the steamed buns and dip them in vegetable soup, there was a knock on the door outside the courtyard.

"Brother Chu, open the door, Lao Shi, I brought you something good!"

Chu Jiyuan hurried to open the door and welcomed Shi Wence into the house.

Shi Wence saw that he was walking, and the green cotton cloak on his body was covered with a layer of snow.

"I wrote a letter for someone today, and I got a tea or two and a catty of dried tofu fried in vegetable oil. I just came to share with you."

The black and strong Xuncheng Yushi smiled and took out dried tofu wrapped in oil paper from his arms.

The two shiny oil-paper bags were the same size, Shi Wence weighed one of them, and said with a smile, "This one catty is for Su Er and A Jin to make tooth offerings, and this one catty is for us to have tea together."

When Shi Wence knocked on the door, Chu Yuanjin also heard it, and was about to take his daughter out to meet the ceremony, Shi Wence walked to the door of the wing in three steps:
"It's such a cold day, what kind of etiquette are you bothering me with? I'm just an idler who came to talk to your father."

I also didn't forget to stuff the dried tofu in.

When he arrived at Chu Jiyuan's house, Shi Wence got so familiar with him as if he was the master himself. The yard that had already been cleaned was covered with a thin layer of snow. Take it off and put it next to the brazier.

Compared with him, Chu Jiyuan, who was sitting at the table with a wooden face, guarding two plates of vegetarian dishes and three steamed buns, looked really dull.

Seeing his appearance, Shi Wence smiled: "What? You hit a wall at Ajin again today?"

Chu Jiyuan lowered his head and didn't look at the dried tofu in front of him. He only ate the cold vegetable leaves and took a few mouthfuls before he said:
"I deserve it."

"Oh, look at what you said, if Ah Jin still obeys you as before, you also think you deserve it."

Shi Wence ate the dried tofu, but what he said was colder and harder than the frozen tofu buried in the snow.

Chu Jiyuan was speechless for a while, hearing the noise from the stove, he got up to carry the boiled water, but was stopped by Shi Wence.

"I'll go."

After carrying the hot water back, he dug out a teapot, took out a cloth bag from his waist, squeezed two pinches of tea into the pot, poured hot water on it, and the fragrance of the tea rose, Shi Wence took a deep breath.

"This old melon sliced ​​tea smells full-bodied."

"You made Liu'an tea? Liu'an tea is so expensive, what letter did you write to get it?"

"Things in Yanjing City are very cheap this year." Shi Wence chuckled, "The tea tribute has been investigated in Jiangxi, and the inspector censor Yao Qian used to be a worthless waste in Beijing, but he became a waste in Jiangxi. Killing the gods, turned the tea tributes over the years upside down, and killed more than a dozen tea officials in Lushan alone. Who would dare to use tea as a gift in Yanjing now? The old melon slices that used to be expensive are only a few now. You can buy one or two for ten renminbi. Come and taste it! Although life in Yunnan and Guizhou was bitter, the tea was also cheap. Alas, it’s a pity that I had no money in my pocket when I left, otherwise I would buy ten catties of Yunwu tea Come back and drink slowly."

After taking a sip of the tea soup, Chu Jiyuan continued to eat his steamed buns and vegetables, and Shi Wence took another piece of dried tofu:

"Today I let the Shen family's niece go. I remember that she used to be a smart and well-behaved little lady, but now she has been trained by the Xie family to have a steel frame."

Hearing Shi Wence mention Shen Shiqing, Chu Jiyuan stopped his chopsticks again.

"Now I'm being stared at by everyone, I can't move, you should take care of her more. A woman has used a weapon..."

"Brother Chu, don't say such things." Shi Wence propped one leg on the stool, sitting like a farmer eating in the field, "To be fair, if the niece of the Shen family doesn't do anything, That Hu Hui probably wants to get off the crime, she killed someone who deserves to be killed, if I wasn't the presiding judge, I would have applauded her."

Chu Jiyuan lowered his head again.

The Yushi of Youdu, who was invited back to court by His Majesty, is now in full glory, but at home he looks like a sinner who is easily offended.

"If you think I shouldn't say this, I won't say it in the future." He said.

Seeing his appearance, Shi Wence shook his head again and again: "Brother Chu, what's the point of saying such things? Reasons are always reasons... Alas, I checked the dead Qi family, and his life was miserable. When others look at it, they will only say that her life is suffering, but our old lawsuit is no one else. His husband died, and he was driven back to his natal family just because she gave birth to a daughter. It's nothing more than family property, and her parents and younger brother, it's not an exaggeration to say that forcing a good woman into prostitution is not an exaggeration.

"I have already written a note to the county government of her brother's side. Since his house and family property are obtained by my sister's private prostitution, it is ill-gotten gains. I copy it first. Qi's daughter is taken care of by the niece of the Shen family. I'm not worried, I'll ask them to give the little girl a sum of money when the Hu family is in court in a few days."

Hearing Shi Wence's arrangement, Chu Jiyuan shook his head:

"If you do this, the Qi family may not even have a place to be buried in the future."

"What's so difficult about the burial? Do you think that Qi's family can be buried back in your own house just by doing what Qi's parents did? Or can the in-law's family who kicked her out of the house still let her be buried next to her husband-in-law? I can't."

After taking a sip of tea, Shi Wence smiled again:
"Let her daughter grow up well. If she can become a female official in the future to support the family business, she can bury her mother wherever she wants."

Hearing Shi Wence talk about the female officer, Chu Jiyuan raised his head:
"Today, your majesty said in the court that men and women are punished equally, do you know?"

Shi Wence chewed dried tofu and looked at him: "Of course I know, if it weren't for this, how could the niece of the Shen family get out of the prison so easily? Just like this, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs still wants to talk to me again about what women are not brave and angry about." Woolen cloth!"

After finishing speaking, Shi Wence sneered.

Chu Jiyuan tore up the last steamed bun and dipped it in vegetable soup, Shi Wence added some hot water for him to save him from getting cold.

After eating two mouthfuls of rice, Chu Jiyuan said:
"There is news today that Mr. Liu Ge is going to retire."

"Liu Kangyong?" Shi Wence frowned, "Impossible? Their Liu family relied on his power to run wild in the countryside more than ten years ago, how could he step down so easily? Even if he wanted to, his clan would definitely not want to." .”

Chu Jiyuan took a sip of vegetable soup and said: "Before the court today, His Majesty summoned three elders and Chang Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice to discuss matters. I heard that His Majesty favored Chang Shangshu, and Liu Ge was so angry that he resigned."

"Pull it down! Liu Kangyong and the others won't quit their jobs even if they are angry and eat shit."

"Cough." Chu Jiyuan, who was about to pick up the soup, choked.

He looked at Shi Wence, and saw Shi Wence's rough black face was full of disdain for Liu Kangyong and others.

Putting down his rice bowl resentfully, seeing that there were steamed buns in it, Chu Jiyuan took a sip of tea and forced himself to forget Shi Wence's words.

Shi Wence himself didn't notice it, so he took another piece of dried tofu and ate it there.

"There have always been four cabinet ministers. Since Liu Shen, the Minister of the Household Department, was dismissed by His Majesty, there are only three left. Although Wan Sencai took the position of Minister of the Household Department, he did not increase his bachelor's degree. It can be seen that His Majesty does not want to And then be constrained by the Ministry of Household Affairs."

While speaking, Shi Wence glanced at Chu Jiyuan.

To make His Majesty hate the Ministry of Households deeply, the elder brother beside him is also a meritorious minister!
"If Liu Kangyong from the Ministry of Rites retires, who can take the place? There are two servants in the Ministry of Rites. Qian Zhaojing is Liu Kangyong's confidant and is smarter than him. His Majesty may not be willing to use him. Luan Zhengguang is obedient... If he becomes Minister of the Ministry of Rites may not be able to suppress Qian Zhaojing. If I were Your Majesty, since I want to implement the new law, the minister of the Ministry of Rites must choose someone who will not cause trouble for me."

Chu Jiyuan rinsed his mouth and cleared his mind, and picked up the vegetable soup again.

Shi Wence asked him:

"Brother Chu, why don't you guess who this candidate is? If you don't want to cause trouble, you must have qualifications..."

Chu Jiyuan shook his head: "Mostly they are promoted from the governors."

"Brother Chu, you don't call it guessing." Shi Wence picked up another piece of dried tofu, pushed the remaining half in front of Chu Jiyuan, and then said with a smile:
"There is such a candidate, although the qualifications are not good, it is reasonable, besides, she is already a bachelor now, and the Duanjidian bachelor is also a bachelor!"

That's right, what Shi Wence was talking about was Duanjidian University scholar, Princess Yueqing, Zhao Mingyin.

Chu Jiyuan: "Poof!"

"Who are you talking about?"

"Who are you talking about?" In the dream, Zhao Surui asked Shen Shiqing.

Shen Shiqing, who was wearing a skirt, was grinding purple conch shells today. Hearing Zhao Surui's startled question, she smiled and said:
"Princess Yueqing has led people to calculate the accounts of the Taipu Temple within five years. Normally, I should give her a real job. Your Majesty, is the position of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites not good? There is no one in the world who knows more about etiquette than the Tian family."

Pooh!He himself is the emperor, can he not know?There is no one in this world who regards etiquette as nothing more than those who are born in the royal family.

Rituals are nothing more than their method of controlling subordinates and rectifying their names!
"You let a woman be the minister of the Ministry of Rites. Do you believe that if you made an order this morning, the gang of Hanlin Suanru will be able to line up and jump into the Taiye Pool at noon?"

Shen Shiqing raised her head, a little curious:
"Why noon? Because the water isn't that cold?"

Zhao Surui pondered for a moment: "...It is indeed the truth."

After speaking, he himself laughed.

As soon as he raised his eyes, he saw that Shen Sanwa was also smiling.

After laughing, there is still something to say.

"Master of the Ministry of Rites, you really asked my aunt to do it, and she may not be able to do it smoothly. Since she has so many female accountants who can settle accounts, you might as well let her be the governor and go to various places to check accounts."

Hearing what Zhao Surui said, Shen Shiqing held the Tao pestle and looked at him.

"Your majesty, your idea is really good."

Zhao Surui sneered: "Shen Sanfei, are you praising me? Or do you think that my idea is what you want?"

With a faint smile on Shen Shiqing's face, she asked him:

"Your Majesty, are you wondering about my thoughts now?"

Zhao Surui almost jumped up on the spot, what was Shen Sanwao thinking? !How could he care what she was thinking? !he!He is the wise and mighty Emperor Zhaode!Others have always been trembling at him, and their thoughts follow him back and forth, when will he care about what others are thinking? !
"I just know how cunning you, a traitor, are. Whatever you think, I think it's nothing but delusions!"

"Your Majesty is right. You are the Ninth Five-Year Honor, and you never need to care what other people think." Shen Shiqing lowered her head, holding the ceramic pestle in her hand and began to grind it again and again.

Seeing the colorful shells being ground into gray-purple powder, she called for clear water again.

"His Majesty."

Zhao Surui conjured up a bow and arrow and a target, and was about to draw the bow to shoot, when he heard Shen Sanwas just calling him silent, he turned his head to look at her with pricked ears:

"What did you call me for?"

Shen Shiqing's tone was as calm as ever: "It's nothing, I just want to know what His Majesty is thinking."

"What was I thinking? I was thinking too much, and what I thought most of was to execute you Ling Chi, leaving you ashes."

"Is there nothing else your majesty wants to do?"

Shen Shiqing looked up at him.

"Do some things that you wanted to do but couldn't do when you were the emperor, for example, go out of Yanjing City and see Dayong's thousands of miles of rivers and mountains with your own eyes?"

When Shen Sanwai said this, his eyes slightly bent.

Zhao Surui saw it.

At that moment, his heart moved slightly.

Zhao Surui: What, what moved?
I can't stop the car anymore, no matter how I adjust it, I still wrote this point, seven thousand words, good night everyone.

Tomorrow will be so many.