marriage gentleman

Chapter 10

Qi Guang went to the morning court together with Lu Li.

When they were in the court hall, Qin Dai looked at her strangely.She had no choice but to act as if she couldn't see anything, looking into the void, distracted in style.After facing down, before Qi Guang had time to slip away, a voice she was all too familiar with sounded in her ears.

She straightened her back and turned her head with a shelf.

"Oh, it's Qin Yushi."

The old man Qin's gaze was no stranger to Qi Guang. Every time there was any news in her harem, he would stare at her with a look that hated iron and steel, making her feel weak.

But this time Qi Guang walked upright and sat upright, as long as he didn't snatch anyone back to the palace, even though Er Luli fell into the lake, he is fine now.

She said confidently: "Qin Yushi, there are many memorials today, and the widow rushed back to the imperial study to review the memorials."

Jiang Dezhong helped his forehead.

Your Majesty, can you find a better excuse?Without a group of loyal ministers, especially those like Qin Yushi, the entire Imperial Study Room would have been filled with memorials.

In fact, as soon as the words came out, Qi Guang also regretted it.

She didn't bring her brain out today, and she kept saying wrong things since she had breakfast, but fortunately she is the emperor, so she doesn't need to look at other people's faces.She raised her sleeves, coughed a few times against her lips, and said lightly: "What is Qin Yushi doing looking for the widow?"

Qin Dai sighed.

He lightly stroked his beard and said: "When the late emperor was alive, he entrusted the old minister to assist His Majesty in becoming a wise king..."

Qi Guang was very sad.

She glanced at the sun outside the corridor, thinking that she should have slipped away quickly as if she hadn't heard, and then waited for old man Qin to go to the imperial study to find her.

At this moment, a gentle voice came from behind Qi Guang.

"Wei Chen greets His Majesty."

Qi Guang was overjoyed and turned his head to see that it was Lu Li.

She said: "It's Lu Qing, get up quickly."

After Lu Li got up, he nodded to Qin Yushi again.Qi Guang quickly said: "Lu Qing came to see the widow because of the urgent matter I mentioned yesterday. It's just right, now the widow is going to the imperial study, you go with the widow."

Qin Dai said: "Wait a minute, Your Majesty. When the late Emperor was alive, he entrusted the old minister to assist Your Majesty to be a wise king..."

Qi Guang didn't expect that this move would not be able to deal with old man Qin, and dragged Lu Li into the water, so he could only slander in his heart: "Old stubborn, old stubborn, old stubborn!"
Unexpectedly, at this time, Lu Li bowed and said, "Qin Yushi, can I take a step to speak?"

Qin Dai was startled.

Qi Guang had already answered for Dai Qin: "Go, it's quiet over there, Lu Qing, you will come to the imperial study later." After finishing speaking, Qi Guang stepped onto the imperial chariot and gave Jiang Dezhong a look.

Jiang Dezhong understood, and hurriedly said: "Let's drive!"

After the imperial chariot traveled for a while, Qi Guang said with emotion: "It's really hard to be an emperor..." She still misses the days before she ascended the throne. Although she was under the control of her mother, at least it was the mother who was nagging the old man Qin, not the mother. she.

In a way, she is afraid of her mother, and every decision her mother makes on her makes her very unhappy, but even so, she has no courage to resist and can only be forced to accept it.In the later stage of the mother's accession to the throne, there is actually a faint tendency to develop like her father. She can no longer tolerate others saying "no", and her mother is too stubborn in choosing the crown prince. Obviously, the emperor's brother is more suitable than her, but In order to continue the legend of the empress, she was pushed to the throne, so that even now, some ministers in the court always look sad when they see her.

"Is Your Majesty going to the Imperial Study?"

Qi Guang said: "Yes, go to the imperial study."

Jiang Dezhong said with a smile: "Your Majesty seems to have changed his mind towards Minister Lu. Before, His Majesty was displeased when he was mentioned about Minister Lu."

"This time and the other."

Lu Li is a bit more interesting than she imagined, and the time is so long that it can be used as a pastime.Royal study.

As soon as Qi Guang arrived at the imperial study, Lu Li arrived behind him.Qi Guang was a little surprised, she looked at Lu Li with thin sweat on her face, and said: "What's the matter with Jing Heng? You haven't recovered yet, if there is anything to do after you recover, it won't be too late to talk about it."

Lu Li said: "I'm fine, thank you Your Majesty for your concern." He raised his head and said, "I'm here for the water pavilion."

Qi Guang was stunned for a moment, and said: "I have already punished the craftsmen who built the water pavilion about the railing."

It has only been four years since she ascended the throne, and the waterside pavilion was built only after she ascended the throne. In less than four years, the railings have such a problem, it is really the fault of the craftsman.

Qi Guang said again: "The widow has asked the craftsmen to start repairing the water pavilion, and it must be repaired in a few days."

Lu Li's eyes flickered slightly.

He said: "Your Majesty, I don't know if I should say something or not."

Qi Guangdao: "Speak up if you have something to say. Could it be that you think the incident in the water pavilion was man-made? Someone deliberately murdered the widow?"

Lu Li said: "Your Majesty might as well go to the Waterside Pavilion with my minister."

Qi Guang said: "Alright."

After touching a stick of incense, the two arrived at the waterside pavilion of Hanqiu Lake.The railing that fell off yesterday has been fished up and is resting on the ground.Before Lu Li left, he bent down and lifted up the railing.

Seeing that he was only four or five steps away from the edge of the water pavilion, Qi Guang said, "Jing Heng, stand here."

Lu Li smiled and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, yesterday was just an accident, I will definitely not fall today." He paused, and then said: "Yesterday, when I fell down, I happened to see something."

Qi Guang asked curiously, "What is it?"

Lu Li said, "It's a wooden sign." He pointed to the railing again, "Your Majesty, please look here."

She probed her head and said, "What's the problem here? The craftsman also said that the wood is hollow because of insects and ants biting all the year round, and it's easy to fall off under a little force, so..."

There was a little more sweat on his face, and his face gradually turned red due to the hot weather.

As Qi Guang spoke, his eyes gradually deepened.

Lu Li looked sideways and couldn't help being startled.

"His Majesty?"

"Ah?" Qi Guang came back to his senses and said, "Hey, go on, what's the problem here?"

Lu Li smiled and said: "Weichen checked the railings in several other places, and there were no traces of insect bites, but only this railing was bitten into hollows where it connects to the pillars of the pavilion. Weichen thought this place was very suspicious, Besides, the water pavilions on Hanqiu Lake are often taken care of by palace people, even if there are really insects and ants, how can the palace people not see them?"

Qi Guang said: "You are right, what did you say about the wooden sign just now?"

Lu Li said: "It should still be floating on the lake, and please order someone to salvage it on Hanqiu Lake. If I remember correctly, it should be a wooden sign of this size." He gestured.

Qi Guang said: "Wooden plaques of this size can be found everywhere in the palace."

Jiang Dezhong echoed: "That's right, Minister Lu, almost everyone in the palace has a wooden sign like this, and every palace member has a wooden sign with his own name engraved on it, and he must take the wooden sign to answer when he is on duty. Mao."

Qi Guang said: "Let's salvage the wooden sign first."

Jiang Dezhong responded, and then went to order the guards.Lu Li asked again: "In the past half a month, has anyone come here often?"

Qi Guang said: "Except for the widows, no one should come here." After the summer solstice, she spent almost every day on the waterside pavilion to escape the heat, and she didn't leave the waterside pavilion until it became cooler in the evening.

Jiang Dezhong reminded: "Your Majesty, Chang Huan Xuan is nearby, and the palace staff on duty at Chang Huan Xuan can see the situation on the waterside pavilion."

Qi Guangdao: "Call the palace servants on duty at Chang Huanxuan to come over."

"Yes."

After a while, Jiang Dezhong brought two maids over.Seeing Shengyan for the first time, Gong'e felt apprehensive, and couldn't help saluting tremblingly.Jiang Dezhong said: "Your Majesty, for the past month, these two maids have been on duty in Changhuanxuan in turn. The maid on the left is called Liusha, and the maid on the right is called Cuiyu."

Qi Guang winked at Jiang Dezhong.

Jiang Dezhong lowered his voice and asked, "Who have you seen come here frequently in the past month?"

Liu Sha said: "Slave... this servant only remembers that the girls from Hongxiu Pavilion and the young masters from Nanfengxuan often come to the water pavilion to enjoy the shade after dusk."

"Who is there?"

Liu Sha said: "Half of the young masters in Nanfengxuan have been here, the servants can't remember."

Jiang Dezhong looked at Cuiyu: "What about you?"

Cuiyu thought for a while, and said: "I only remember one thing, Mr. Bai and Mr. Yun of Nanfengxuan had quarreled here a few times, and once they almost fought. Later, Mr. Su stopped them."

Hearing what Cuiyu said, Liusha said again: "Yes! Yes! If you say that the only ones who come here often are Mr. Bai, Mr. Yun, and Mr. Su. Most of the other gentlemen like to stand on the nine-curved corridor."

Knowing that Qi Guang couldn't remember his surname, Jiang Dezhong reminded him in a low voice, "Your Majesty, they are talking about Mr. Bai Sheng, Mr. Yun Zhen, and Mr. Su Chengyu."

Hearing the word "Yunzhen", Qi Guang couldn't help but startled.

At this moment, the guard in charge of salvaging the wooden token came hurriedly, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the wooden token has been recovered."

The guard presented the wooden sign with both hands.

Jiang Dezhong took it, wiped it carefully, and brought it to Qi Guang.

Qi Guang looked down.

Two words are engraved on the wooden sign - Yunzhen.

(End of this chapter)