The queen is charming, but powerful ministers lure her to seize power and usurp the throne

Chapter 45 Autumn Hunting Trip 1
Zhe Sang opened it under Gu Heng's gaze. It was a food box engraved with camellia flowers. When he opened the lid, the sweet fragrance spread on the tip of his nose.

The flower-shaped cakes are small, delicate and lifelike, with a total of four pieces in a box.

Zhe Sang thoughtfully picked up a piece and looked at it carefully.

"Is this a snack from Dongnan Zhai?" Zhe Sang asked.

"Yes."

"I've heard its name for a long time, and now that I'm holding it in my hand, it seems that it's just more attractive in appearance, fragrance, and not as unattainable as I imagined." She chuckled.

"If your Majesty doesn't like it, I'll change it next time." Gu Heng leaned over and lowered his head, and the cake in his hand suddenly fell into his mouth.

"I heard that Dongnan Zhai's pastries are not easy to buy. Even dignitaries have to make reservations in advance, and customers are never allowed to take them outside."

"How did the Prime Minister bring him out?" Zhe Sang was a little curious.

The sweet and fragrant glutinous rice melts between the lips and tongue, sweet but not greasy, fragrant but not vulgar, it is indeed quite capable.

"Your Majesty's Yong'an palace ministers cannot come privately, but they are here too. It's very simple, just don't be discovered by the shopkeeper. As long as he doesn't know, he won't stop him." He said this with a rare expression. A bit angry.

Zhe Sang, "The Prime Minister is really talented in this area."

"Your Majesty, you are overly complimentary." He acknowledged her praise without politeness.

"I have put some thought into it. Don't you want to try it? I have tried it for you. It is not poisonous."

"It tastes pretty good too." There was a smile on his lips.

Zhe Sang picked up another piece and took a small bite. It tasted really good, but she was not interested in it.

"I remember that Dongnan Zhai is the property of the Lin family." Zhe Sang said.

"Yes, are you tempted?" Gu Heng asked.

"Who in the world is not interested in the Lin family's gold and silver? I just wonder if I can get a share of the pie." Zhe Sang thought of a plan in her mind. This plan was made about a few months ago, but at that time she focused on He took over the household department and did not focus on the Lin family.

Gu Heng had a gentle smile in his eyes and looked at her quietly, as if encouraging her to continue talking.

"Such a delicious pastry should not be shelved on the shelf. If it can enter people's homes, I think it will be a good thing for the people."

"It is the blessing of the Jin Dynasty to have the empress care about me so much." Gu Heng said.

He heard Zhe Sang's intention and revealed the secret recipe of Southeast Pavilion. He was afraid that no one would buy the pastries worth thousands of gold.

Because if you can do it yourself, you don’t need to buy it.

"I don't dare take it seriously. This is obviously the Prime Minister's credit." Zhe Sang smiled, his eyes still calm.

She didn't think that Gu Heng suddenly came back at noon just to give her a few snacks.

Who is Gu Heng?Even the slightest disturbance could not avoid his eyes. He knew what she wanted most now. Although some things looked inconspicuous, they could affect many things at once.

"Whatever your Majesty feels, it is whatever it is." The doting in Gu Heng's eyes was like waves that were about to drown him.

When the emperor looked at Mrs. An, he was also doting on her, but Zhe Sang felt disgusted when he looked at her.

However, when Gu Heng showed such a look, Zhe Sang seemed to hear thunder on the ground, which made people feel uneasy.

She avoided it.

She wasn't disgusted, but she just didn't dare to look back.

"Next month is Autumn Hunting, and General Hu Wei and his wife will also come. Then the Prime Minister will just give the recipe to Hu Wei's wife Song Yiyao, and I will take care of it."

Clouds blocked the sunlight, and the wind blew his jet-black hair behind him.

Gu Heng's smile froze and he narrowed his eyes slightly, "Why?"

He naturally knew what was going on with Zhe Sang, but why did he leave this matter to others halfway?
She had other plans, but she never mentioned them to him.Can't she trust him?
Zhe Sang avoided the important and took the easy, "It's inconvenient to trouble the Prime Minister all the time. There are some things that I can handle by myself."

Inside and outside the words, you and I can clearly tell the difference. "Excuse me?" He thought about the tone of her words and stared at her, "Have you always thought this way?"

Zhe Sang nodded.

"At first, your Majesty also thought it was troublesome?" Gu Heng suddenly remembered the fragrance that night and snorted coldly.

"No, in the eyes of the empress, this is a deal."

Zhe Sang's lowered hands pinched his sleeves, "Exactly."

He was angry, and Zhe Sang could tell it. She also knew that she shouldn't say such things, and she could just tell a lie to get over it.

However, she didn't want to deceive him.

The gift locked in the box, his smile in front of the bamboo forest that day, and even his eyes today, he is not stupid, he can sense being loved.

Even if his feelings are not as much as she expected, what is the difference between her and Fu Rong who still uses deception even though she knows it?
Furthermore, she couldn't rely solely on Gu Heng's power. She wanted to use his wind and fire to be reborn, not to be a vine clinging to a tree.

She has long been planning to cultivate her own power. She can use Gu Heng's people, but she is only borrowing them.

No matter how difficult it was to entrust her full trust to others, she was not sure whether the Gu Heng of today would be the Fu Rong of tomorrow.She doesn't want to be Fu Rong, let alone go back to the blinded past.

Gu Heng's face was as dark as water for a long time.

He said, “Buy and sell, just buy and sell.”

There was no anger or questioning. Hearing the unconcealed loss and exhaustion, Zhe Sang felt a little uncomfortable.

She wondered if she had done something wrong.

"Since I said to help the queen, I will follow the queen's plan and I will never interfere."

Gu Heng said, taking the snack that Zhe Sang had only taken a small bite from, and threw it back into the box.

"If you don't like it, don't make things difficult for yourself." He closed the lid and turned to leave.

He has a slender figure, a broad and lean back, and the red vest of his official robe is darker in color.

The sun outside was so poisonous that he stood like that for most of the day, and finally broke up unhappy.

Zhe Sang stood at the window for a long time before suppressing her thoughts.

Gu Heng took one step deeper and the other shallower. He was clearly under the scorching sun, but he fell into the ice.

They are all smart people, she saw his thoughts, and he heard her rejection.

He thought, in fact, he didn't want anything to do with her.

No, he should have thought about it before, after returning from Huai'an.

The closer he gets, the sweeter he gets. Unknowingly, he has already veered off course.

That's why I went to great lengths to choose a gift. When I heard that she had been wronged, I wanted to accompany her and make her happy.

However, facing his inexorable approach, she shouted to stop.

By the time Gu Heng was freed from his chaotic thoughts, Chang Sui had already consciously opened the food box he had brought back.

"Hey, why is there a corner missing? Was it bitten by a mouse?" Chang Sui studied it carefully and hesitated whether to eat it.

He had already eaten the other two pieces. Gu Heng didn't like sweets, so Chang Sui acquiesced that they were brought back to him by Gu Heng.

Chang Sui shook his head and was about to stuff it into his mouth, but Gu Heng snatched it away too quickly and hit Chang Sui's face with his hand.

Long Sui:  …

"If you don't want to eat, why don't you give me food! Why do you punch someone!"

(End of this chapter)