Sometimes the palace is sunny

Guo Yu, Minister of Dali Temple.

After dinner, Shen Shiqing was not in a hurry to review the papers, but took out a few colorful stones.

The stones are the size of a thumb and include malachite, lapis lazuli, turquoise, giant clam, coral, and pearls of exceptional color.

Holding it in her hand and playing with it, she placed a piece of azurite on the table, thinking about Guo Yu, who was temporarily deprived of power by her words.

She picked up another azurite and placed it next to the previous one.

Liu Kangyong, Minister of Rites.

After hesitating for a while, she picked up another smaller azurite and let it go.

Qian Zhuo, the censor of the left capital.

Looking at the three turquoise stones, Shen Shiqing lowered his eyes, and took out another turquoise stone from the lacquer box containing the stones.

This piece of turquoise was placed a little far away from the azurite stones by her.

She twitched it with her fingers before letting it go.

The son of the Prince of England, Zhao Qinyang.

Then she picked up another turquoise.

Wu Chongmin, a thousand households in the left sentry camp.

Sanmao came in with a plate of roasted lotus seeds in honey and a pot of tea, and saw his emperor playing with some small stones.

"Your Majesty, the slingshot you are used to is kept in Chaohuayuan, and my servant will go get it for you tomorrow?"

Hearing Sanmao's words, Shen Shiqing smiled:

"What do I need a slingshot for?"

After finishing speaking, she suddenly realized that this lacquer box full of precious stones was used by Emperor Zhaode to shoot slingshots.

"I'm not trying to shoot a slingshot, but I want to pick some rocks out of it."

The three cats looked at it from the side, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, what kind of stones do you want to pick out, just tell the servants what kind of stones you want to pick out, so why do you do it yourself, Your Highness?"

Putting the lacquer box on the table, Shen Shiqing leaned on the couch. After a while, she said:

"Finding stones is not an easy task. There are still few of these stones now. Maybe I have to find turquoise and azurite that are the same size as sand from a bunker."

When Sanmao heard it, he also found it troublesome: "Then servants, go find more people, don't worry, the emperor, the servants will take the children and grandchildren to sift over and over again, and they will definitely be able to..."

"But I don't want to sift over and over again." Shen Shiqing waved her hand.

There is so much that a sieve can sift out.

Over and over again, not only the turquoise and blue are gone, but the others are probably gone too.

Looking at the few stones on the case, Shen Shiqing fell into deep thought.

Guo Yu was seized by her, Liu Kangyong was old, but he hadn't returned home yet, Qian Zhuo fell silent after several setbacks, Zhao Qinyang was imprisoned in Ning'an Bo's mansion by her, Xie Wenyuan was imprisoned in Beizhen Fusi by her, only Wu Chongmin has been silenced.

These people have become trapped beasts under the imperial power.

Sleepy beasts, they should huddle together to keep warm in such a cold winter.

"Zhen, I have to find a way to let the green pine find Shi Qing, and Shi Qing find the green pine. When they form a ball, I can easily pick them out without sifting."

Shi Qing looking for Green Pine?Green pine looking for azurite?
The three cats blinked their round eyes, and the cat could barely turn its head.

"My lord, the stone doesn't have long legs, how can it find it?"

Stones don't have legs, but people do.

A slight smile appeared on Shen Shiqing's face, seeing that Sanmao was still there, she slightly raised her head:
"Go and call Ergou."

"Yes."

Ergou was waiting in the duty room outside Qianqing Palace, and came as soon as he was called, and when he heard the emperor's call, he walked in with his long legs.

The three cats trotted behind, and when they saw the front of the hall, the three cats grabbed Er Gou's ochre-colored bullfighting suit.

"Ergou, you..." Sanmao paused, "Be careful."

Ergou turned around and glanced at him, then grinned:
"Your dog master is doing things for the emperor, when did you cherish your life?"

Seeing that the dog was rampant, Sanmao rolled his eyes, and saw Ergou lifted the curtain and entered the hall.

Sanmao followed in, only to see that the emperor had taken out the ceramic mortar that had only been used once or twice before, and the few pieces of turquoise that had just been picked out by the emperor had been put into the mortar for grinding.

"Two dogs."

Ergou hurriedly knelt down next to the imperial case: "My lord, the slave is here."

"These days..." Shen Shiqing raised her eyes and glanced at Ergou who was kneeling on the ground.

The tall eunuch in a bullfight suit knelt on the ground, at first glance, he looked like a general.

In the past, the four imperial eunuchs in front of Emperor Zhaode, now Yiji was assigned by her to investigate the case, which also gave him a chance to hold the two factories in his hands. His rights and responsibilities have not changed, but there are a lot more things to do, and less time to return to the palace.

Only Ergou, since he had a private relationship with the Prince of England, he rarely showed his face in front of the imperial court.

An eunuch who fell out of favor in front of the imperial court must have a difficult life.

The four eunuchs used to have the bullfighting uniforms bestowed by the emperor, but the other three always only wore the eunuch's round collar robes. Ergou used to do the same, but now he wants to wear the robes bestowed by the emperor to support himself .

He wants to use this outfit to remind others of his past honors, but it also shows his current disfavor.

"These days, you have suffered a lot of grievances in the palace."

Shen Shiqing spoke softly, while continuing to grind the stones in the mortar.

With just this one sentence, Er Gou almost shed tears.

The imperial palace is the most powerful place in the world. Once he falls out of favor, some people want to pull him down, even if there is a chicken and three cats to protect him, but the more this is the case, the more others are waiting like black-eyed chickens. Picked on his faults.

At the beginning, Ergou comforted himself that the emperor didn't really hate him or abandon him, but specially asked him to befriend Zhao Qinyang, but as time passed, he became more and more uncertain.

That's the emperor!If the emperor wants to employ people, who doesn't flock to him?He is a eunuch who committed a crime, how can he have any skills that the emperor can't help but use?
One day, two days, one month, two months, it has been more than three months, Er Gou only feels that every day is more difficult than the previous day.

If he used to think that he deserved the favor after killing Zhang Wan, but now he doesn't dare to think that way anymore. His Majesty was able to use him back then because a chicken recommended him, and a chicken recommended him. Nominated others, or others recommended others, His Majesty can still use it, and can still kill Zhang Wan!

The emperor said this to him today, even if the emperor still wants to use him!
"My lord, this servant has really tasted some coldness and warmth these days, and introspected day and night, only then did I know that the favor of the emperor was just a good luck for a while, and this servant was blinded by lard in the past, so I didn't take this blessing to heart superior."

Listening to this, I really thought about it seriously.

"Warm and cold? Is the Naying County Palace treating you cold or warm?"

"Returning to the emperor, others are far away from the servants because the servants are out of favor, but Zhao Qinyang, the son of the prince of Yingjun, not only stays away from the servants, but also gives money and things more frequently than before."

Shen Shiqing nodded: "Get up and speak slowly."

Er Gou immediately stood up, bowed his head with his hands folded in a respectful gesture:
"My lord, over the past three months, Zhao Qinyang, the son of the Prince of England, has sent a total of 5 taels of silver, 3000 taels of gold, and two dendrobiums of fine pearls to the servant's family. The servant refused to accept it at first, and only refused it. However, Zhao Qinyang was not discouraged, and only asked people to come to the servant's house with generous gifts every seven or eight days. After two months of this, the servant and the chief eunuch of the inner treasury had a fight. The servant girl suffered a bit, and when she returned home, she knew that the prince of Yingjun had sent something again, so she stopped rejecting it."

Ergou made a complete set of dramas. Back then, Liu Bei visited Zhuge Liang's thatched cottage three times. He set up the overall situation together with the chicken, and people watched him get worse every day in the palace. A rift arose.

Zhao Qinyang was unwilling to stop delivering things, but he was sure that his second dog would have nowhere to go and finally fell into his urn in distress, so he acted out like this, making Zhao Qinyang feel that he knew everything well. god.

"Zhao Qinyang himself, have you seen him before?"

"Returning to the emperor, the maidservant has never seen him in person, but has seen a close friend next to him, who is a Yiweishe from the Yingjun Prince's Mansion, named Song Jincheng."

The Tao pestle turned round and round in the mortar, and Shen Shiqing said softly:

"Zhao Qinyang was obviously placed under house arrest by me in Ning'an Bo's Mansion, but his subordinates can travel freely in Yanjing City."

"Reporting to the emperor, Zhao Qinyang asked the servant girl to go to Hongshan Temple to find a monk named Yuanji. The servant girl only wrote it down, and never sent anyone in the palace to investigate. I was afraid to scare the snake, but let the servant girl's mother go to Hongshan Burning incense in the temple, I let the younger brother of the servant girl take the opportunity to inquire about it. Yuan Ji is an old monk who has registered in Hongshan Temple more than ten years ago. Because he is proficient in Buddhism, he has contacts with many dignitaries in Yanjing City. According to what Song Jincheng said, the maidservant tried a little bit, and Yuan Ji was indeed a spy placed by the royal palace of Yingjun."

After finishing speaking, Ergou closed his mouth and lowered his head.

Now that the matter has come to this point, he can also feel that the palace of Yingjun has a big plan. If he, Zhao Qinyang, just wants to make friends with the former imperial eunuch, then he should go to the hot stove instead of betting on this eunuch who has fallen out of favor. The county prince's mansion actually planted nails in Yanjing more than ten years ago or even longer, he couldn't help but not understand.

The king of England, a vassal king in a corner, wants to rebel!

"In the past, it took more than ten years to install a nail, but now all kinds of temptations for you are a little too hasty."

Seeing the turquoise gradually turning into powder, Shen Shiqing stopped what she was doing.

"What is he in a hurry for?"

Ergou didn't say a word.

The answer is obvious.

Shen Shiqing picked up the water brought by Sanmao and poured it into the mortar.

Seeing the green color of the malachite gradually dissolve in the water, Shen Shiqing let out a sigh of relief.

"It's not a bad thing for him to be anxious."

The more urgent you are, the more you will go to the doctor in a hurry.

The more everyone wants to drag him to his own side.

"Ergou, find a way to tell Zhao Qinyang that I have a note from Liu Kangyong, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, saying that he allowed his servants to occupy the fields. Then Liu Kangyong refuted my intention several times. I plan to investigate his party members in the court, and then let him Liu Kangyong pleaded guilty with money."

"Yes!"

After finishing the order, seeing that the turquoise in the mortar had almost turned into a bright "soup", Shen Shiqing put everything aside and allowed the color in the mortar to gradually settle.

"Two dogs."

"The servant is here."

"If you give Zhao Qinyang more information, just say...the empress empress has been refusing to see anyone because she has my own flesh and blood."

Hearing this, the three cats on the side almost stumbled on the spot.

In Uncle Ning's mansion, Zhao Surui, who was eating supper, sneezed loudly.

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