in the sound of swallows

Chapter 120

The two looked at each other, feeling a little uneasy.Gu Chaobei heard footsteps, but didn't know how to react.There are a lot of memorials and secret letters on the table, and it may be too late to move them away and hide them.

Shen Guiyan reacted a little faster, got up and went to lock the door bolt.

There was indeed someone outside the door, but it was Bao Shan's cautious voice: "Madam, this servant is here to change the water in the basin for you."

Baoshan used to call her Miss, and later called her Master, but never called her Niangniang.Shen Guiyan's heart sank, she couldn't figure out what was going on outside, she walked back to the table lightly, put the teacups and teapots on the table up on the tray, and then winked at Gu Chaobei.

There are tablecloths on the table.

Gu Chaobei understood, copied a scroll, and quietly wrapped all the secrets in a tablecloth, stuffed them under the bed, and then lay down on the bed by himself.Shen Guiyan yawned, pretending to have just got up, and went to open the door: "Why do you have to change at such a late hour..."

Outside the door was the old face of Empress Dowager Wen, which made Shen Guiyan tremble in fright.Fortunately, she was prepared and didn't scream in fright, but only saluted respectfully.

You said that this old lady, who didn't sleep in the middle of the night, came to listen to other people's corners?
Empress Dowager Wen smiled kindly, and swept her eyes into the room, only seeing the emperor on the bed, and everything else was as usual.

"The Ai family was just passing by, to see if you and the emperor have rested." The Empress Dowager Wen said with a smile, "Since you have already fallen asleep, the Ai family will not bother you."

Shen Guiyan smiled helplessly, and bowed to salute: "Respectfully send off the empress dowager."

Still passing by, the East Palace is so far away from Xiuzhuang Palace, no matter how you pass by, you shouldn't be passing by in the middle of the night.Muttering in her heart, Shen Guiyan didn't show it on her face. She didn't turn her head to look at Baoshan until the Queen Mother and Nurse Fanghua were far away: "What's going on?"

Baoshan shook his head with lingering fear: "I don't know, the queen mother and Sister Fanghua came to Xiuzhuang Palace just now, and the servant was about to report, but was stopped."

Intentionally come to surprise attack?Shen Guiyan frowned, but fortunately they were vigilant, if the queen mother had pushed the door open just now, the harem would be unimaginable.

"Master, you will know when this servant calls your mother again next time?" Baoshan smiled cleverly.

"Got it, smart girl." Shen Guiyan smiled and nodded her nose: "Go down and rest."

"Yes." Baoshan smiled and went back to her room, and Shen Guiyan turned back to the hall and closed the door.

Gu Chaobei heaved a sigh of relief, sat up from the bed, and cursed in a low voice: "Old witch."

Shen Guiyan helped to take out all the folders under the bed and tidy them up one by one.Gu Chaobei simply pulled her onto the bed: "Let's watch it with me, it just so happens that I get a headache from watching it."

With a jump in her heart, Shen Guiyan pointed to herself: "Will the concubine watch with you?"

"It's not like you don't understand." Gu Chaobei snorted twice, resting his head on her lap, and lay down comfortably: "That's it, you see, there is nothing between me and you anyway. Secret. You should know, you already knew."

Ever since she ran into Yuwen Changqing on the Swallow Tower, Gu Chaobei's secrets were revealed to her little by little.Hiding under the bed, in fact Shen Guiyan didn't guess who those men in black were, but Gu Chaobei probably thought she should know.

Now he even showed her the memorial.

"I'm slow to read, and I'm sure I won't be able to fall asleep if I read it alone. You can help me deal with some of it, and I'll take a look at it later." Gu Chaobei said.

Shen Guiyan nodded, took a deep breath, and picked up the booklet to read.

It turned out to be a secret about the New Deal, a lot of eloquence, about scientific research, criminal law, and taxation.

There is no need to deal with this, just use the ink pen to highlight the main useful words, and then show it to Gu Chaobei.The notes of the old minister are full of nonsense, and it is a good job to sort out the dross and extract the essence.

So Shen Guiyan ticked off the important points, and then showed the notes to Gu Chaobei, which seemed much faster, and she was not considered to be interfering in the government affairs.

After reading all the confidential letters in half an hour, Gu Chaobei's expression was a little solemn, and Shen Guiyan was not much better.

The new policy is going to be implemented, and the queen mother will not agree, so the emperor just wants to get her to agree.There are turbulent winds and clouds in this secret letter memorial, and tomorrow will not be easy.

"Your Majesty, let's rest first, or you will lose your energy." Shen Guiyan said softly.

Gu Chaobei nodded, put away all the memorials, and sighed when he lay down: "What if I can't sleep?"

With so many things on his mind, he didn't sleep peacefully for a few days.

Shen Guiyan smiled: "Does the emperor want to listen to stories? It's easy to listen to the ones that fall asleep."

Gu Chaobei became interested: "Okay."

"This is a very long story." Shen Guiyan softened her voice, closed her eyes and said, "Once upon a time there was a mosquito that flew in the night sky..."

Flying endlessly, Shen Guiyan's voice was soft and soft, getting softer and softer.Gu Chaobei just wanted to laugh at what kind of story this was, but the people next to him just fell silent so slowly.

Fell asleep!
Is this coaxing her to sleep, or coaxing him?Gu Chaobei didn't know whether to laugh or cry, looked at Shen Guiyan's peaceful sleeping face, couldn't help but gently kissed her on the forehead, thought it wasn't enough, and kissed her lips again.

Even for her, this battle must be fought well.

At the beginning of dawn, it is time to go to court.Gu Chaobei sat on the dragon chariot, did not doze off as usual, but looked straight ahead with a serious face.The dragon chariot met the queen mother's phoenix chariot, and for the first time did not give way, but walked side by side.

"The emperor is in good spirits today." Empress Dowager Wen gave him a surprised look.

Gu Chaobei smiled slightly: "Trust your mother, Hong Fu."

Empress Dowager Wen always felt uneasy. When she went to the court and sat down behind the screen, she felt even more uneasy.

The old man's intuition is still accurate, and sure enough, Prime Minister Gu stood up and talked about the New Deal from the very beginning of the morning.The last time someone mentioned the New Deal, she directly called for retreat.This time the morning court just started, and it was proposed by Prime Minister Gu, so is it possible that he will also retire from the court?

Before she could react, many people in the hall agreed.Needless to say, Gu Chaodong, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, even the Minister of Punishment and the Minister of Rites agreed.What's more, General Lian of the Southern Camp also nodded.

What's the point?The New Deal touches a lot of interests of veteran ministers, how could these people agree?
"I also think it's feasible, why don't I just order it to start reforming in all aspects according to the new policy proposed by the prime minister."

"Your Majesty!" Empress Dowager Wen shouted angrily, "How can you make decisions without authorization?"

She shouted angrily, and the hall fell silent.

Gu Chaobei turned his head to look at her impatiently: "Isn't this world the son's world? Why does the queen mother even manage the son's master?"

Empress Dowager Wen choked and was very angry.This bastard, if you help him to the position, he doesn't know what his last name is?

"The New Deal is not feasible!" Empress Dowager Wen said in a deep voice, "The Ai family disagrees."

"I agree." Gu Chaobei grimaced, turned to look at General Lian and asked, "Is it up to me in this world, or the Queen Mother?"

General Lian didn't even have to think about his answer: "I am loyal to the Holy One."

Prime Minister Gu and a group of veterans also saluted Gu Chaobei.Empress Dowager Wen was shocked. She never expected that such a situation would appear in the court one day.

"We'll discuss this matter next time." Wen Xiuli stood up, her voice already full of thunderous anger: "I'm here this morning, if you love me, please send it to the East Palace directly. The Ai family has something to say to the emperor." .”

Gu Chaobei's face was serious: "The morning court has just started, what reason does the Empress Dowager have to retreat?"

Empress Dowager Wen snorted coldly, and the senior scholar Fu and Yuwen Changqing and others beside her began to gradually leave the court.

"Stop!" Gu Chaobei shouted.

Yuwen Changqing paused and looked back.

"The empress dowager holds the phoenix seal in her hand, and she should be in charge of the harem. The previous dynasty was my place, so why should the empress dowager control it too much?"

"Your place?" Empress Dowager Wen sneered, dropped a cup of tea, and a crisp sound echoed in the hall.

Yuwen Changqing, Fu Xueshi and others started to go out again.

The remaining people include neutral people and those who support Gu Chaobei.The speech officer Ye Wenwen stood up and said: "I'm afraid it's not good for the emperor to confront the empress dowager. Why don't you move to the imperial study and have a good talk with the empress dowager."

Gu Chaobei was displeased, and the Queen Mother was also displeased. Finally, the dragon and the phoenix got up and drove straight to the imperial study.A group of old officials followed behind, for fear that the Queen Mother's anger would be harmful to the emperor.

In the eyes of everyone, Gu Chaobei's wings are not fully grown yet, so how can he compare with the Queen Mother?
As a result, Gu Chaobei was much more angry than the Queen Mother. As soon as he entered the imperial study, he swept all the things on the desk to the ground.

The queen mother was startled instead.

"Where did the emperor get so angry?" Asking people to close the door of the study, Empress Dowager Wen's face was very ugly: "Could it be that the emperor has forgotten who Ai's family is?"

Gu Chaobei chuckled and shook his head: "I haven't forgotten."

How could the person who helped him ascend the throne with one hand forget it?

"Then Aijia doesn't understand." Empress Dowager Wen glanced at the mess on the ground: "Why does the emperor insist on implementing the New Deal?"

"For the common people of the world, the people of Li." Gu Chaobei said: "Since you are in power, you should do something for the people, right?"

The queen mother chuckled, and came forward to gently fiddle with the dragon crown on Gu Chaobei's head: "The emperor has lived a comfortable life for too long, and is bored? It's okay, the Ai family can find more beauties for the emperor Come."

"I don't need it." Gu Chaobei pursed his lips: "Yes... Concubine Zhuang is enough."

The queen mother glanced at him and said: "The emperor insists on going his own way, so don't blame the Ai family for being rude."

Gu Chaobei clenched his fist.His imperial decree to carry out the New Deal has already been passed, and what he wants is to cut it first and then play it.What will happen to the Queen Mother?How can it be?

She also underestimated him.

"The old people outside are all gone. At this age, it is still important to save your life." The queen mother turned her head and shouted to the outside, then looked at Gu Chaobei and said: "The emperor will go to court tomorrow. If you still have this idea, then Aijia I won't stop you."

(End of this chapter)