Donggong Zhangjiao

Yuzhang Palace.

The days of waiting for a new person to enter the palace are boring. Fang Yun calls this a period of recuperation.

After all, as soon as the new couple enters the palace and Pei Yao comes back from the north, the harem will probably have a headache for everyone.

Today, the school is taking a break. The second princess and the fourth prince were invited by the eldest prince to go out to play. The third prince was also there.

Now that the third prince has followed Concubine Song, he has become close to his other brothers and sisters.

After all, the relationship between adults still affects the friendship between children.

It can only be said to be friendship. There is no family affection in the Tian family.

Without the two little ones chattering, the weather was not bad today, so Fang Yun had someone move the leisure chair to the corridor of the main hall, where he could lie down and bask in the sun.

Rong Rong refused to squat on the ground and insisted on coming up and lying with her. Fang Yun had no choice but to move his body to make some space for it.

It feels quite comfortable for one person and one fox to just lie down and enjoy the spring scenery.

I squinted for half an hour, and when I was about to fall asleep, I heard the sound of slight footsteps, followed by Yuan He's voice.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor has ordered someone to bring you some specialties from the north."

Fang Yun's eyelids moved and he opened his eyes.

Seeing this, Yuan He hurriedly bent down and handed his arm to her to help her sit up.

"People are waiting outside right now."

"I know." Fang Yun woke up and said, "Call in."

Yuan He nodded and then waved the little palace maid next to him to run errands.

After a while, a young eunuch came in.

"The servant sees the imperial concubine."

"No courtesy." Fang Yun waved his hand with a gentle smile on his face, "Excuse me, father-in-law, please go and leave your things."

The eunuch nodded immediately, "Your Majesty, you are so polite. This servant is here to deliver the things. Your Majesty remembers your Majesty. This is a divine grace. It is your blessing that I am taking this trip."

The people in the imperial court are sweet-tongued and good at talking, Fang Yun thought to himself.

The smile on the back became even brighter, "Thank you for your hard work, father-in-law. Now that the spring cold is still lingering, I will treat your father-in-law to a cup of hot tea to warm you up."

As he spoke, he winked at Yuan He. The latter understood and immediately went into the room, took a purse from the box, came out and stuffed it to the eunuch.

After receiving the reward, the eunuch left with a smile on his face.

After he left, Fang Yun got up and went into the house to check the pile of things.

Apart from some specialties, there are two sets of jewelry sealed in brocade boxes.

Fang Yun searched for a while and found the letter from Pei Yao in the compartment of the jewelry box.

When I opened it, I saw that there was nothing on it. It just expressed some feelings of longing and concern.

After reading the letter, Fang Yun seemed reluctant to leave it, and gently rubbed the letter paper with his fingers.

After a moment of silence, he whispered.

"Please step back, I want to be alone for a while."

Yuan He immediately greeted the few serving maids in the room, and all of them retreated and closed the door.

After making sure that no one else was in the room, Fang Yun changed his expression, picked up the letter, walked into the back room, and took out a small, palm-sized box from the secret compartment under his dressing table.

Inside is a small porcelain bottle and a small brush.

Fang Yun neatly opened the porcelain bottle, dipped a brush into the mysterious potion inside, and spread it evenly on the letter paper.

After a while, another layer of the thin letter paper was peeled off, revealing the real content underneath.

After Fang Yun read it carefully, he remembered it firmly in his heart, and immediately threw the letter into the incense burner and burned it clean.

At lunch time, the children came back and saw that there were new things in the house, so they took them apart without saying a word.

The northern specialty that Pei Yao sent back tastes really good, mainly because it is quite fresh for the children.Seeing that the children were eating well, Fang Yun ordered Qingrong to pack a portion and send it out of the palace to Liu Qin.

There is nothing strange about the relationship between a sister and a brother.

As for whether it was really a gift or some other private goods, naturally no one cared.

The Queen's here is also something sent back by Pei Yao's order.

It does feel a little strange.

After all, she and Pei Yao have been married for so many years, and this is the first time that Pei Yao has specially sent someone to deliver special products.

But when the person who sent the gift said that Concubine Zhao also had a share in Yuzhang Palace, the queen understood.

This was not something specially given to her. I was afraid that the emperor wanted to give something to Fang Yun, but it would not be easy to send something to Fang Yun without her being the queen, so I gave her a copy as well.

The two girls, Tim Mo and Min Si, were still a little unhappy, but the Queen was the opposite.

"You should be happy about this. It shows that the emperor still has rules in his heart, and he still respects this queen."

Beloved concubine, today it could be Fang Yun, and tomorrow it could be someone else. Anyway, it won’t be her as the queen, so why bother?

As long as the position of the middle palace is stable, that's it.

In short, everyone has different purposes and desires, and their thoughts are also different.

Fang Yun also showed the pretentiousness that a beloved concubine should have. After two or three days, he ordered someone to give Pei Yao a waist protector and a sachet made by himself.

It was said that it was still cold in the north, and Pei Yao had to ride a horse and sit for a long time outside, so the waist protector came in handy.

The queen knew about it, but didn't care.

I just laughed, if I didn't say that she was a beloved concubine, I would always be able to think of these details.

Tim Mo proposed that the Queen should also be sent with him, but the Queen did not agree.

She felt that these affections between children were a way for concubines to invite favors, and as the head wife, she did not need to do these extra things.

It is enough to take care of the palace affairs for Pei Yao and follow the rules that a wife should have.

Of course, the queen would not think that Fang Yun was not on the stage by doing this. After all, the two of them were in different positions.

After all, in the queen's opinion, she could become the queen because of the Lu family, and Fang Yun could become a noble concubine because of Fang Yun's own abilities.

Therefore, the queen only needs to make no mistakes, but Fang Yun has to think of ways to consolidate her favor and status all the time.

To be honest, the queen actually lived a much more relaxed life than Fang Yun.

But regardless of this at the moment, Pei Yao from the north immediately did something big after receiving what Fang Yun sent.

In several northern states, seven officials, large and small, were captured in one fell swoop, as well as sixteen local high-profile families and wealthy gentry.

These people are definitely involved in this scientific examination fraud case.

It has been a month since Pei Yao arrived in the north. He interrogated officials, inquired about people's conditions, and made personal inspections. During this period, he also arrested many people.

But the officials in the north saw that the emperor had already started sending things to Concubine Zhao in the capital. They felt that the emperor had probably been away from the capital for too long, missed the beauty, and had a desire to return, so many people relaxed.

Unexpectedly, before he could even take a breath, Pei Yao's thunderous method cut him down.

Not to mention ordinary officials, one of the seven officials who were brought down was still a magistrate.

For a time, local officials in several northern states involved in this matter were panicked.

Of course, there are some who are lucky.

I felt that there were quite a lot of people taken down this time. The emperor found out so many people that it was time to stop, so I still waited for the limelight to pass before coming out.

What they didn't know was that following the group of people who were pulled out directly, Liu Qin, working with King Dun and the Lu family in Kyoto, had already discovered several spies in the capital.

Without exception, they are all high-ranking and powerful people.

After all, they are still acquaintances. (End of chapter)