marriage gentleman

Chapter 38

The charcoal fire in the charcoal basin crackled and ignited.

Qi Guang's smile stopped, and she said: "Yun Zhen, you should know that although I dote on you, there is a limit." She Zhi Yi looked at him and yawned with a lazy expression.

"I'm assuming I didn't hear this, but for the sake of your youth and ignorance, I will forgive you once. Alright, let's go down."

Yun Zhen hurriedly explained: "On the second day of hunting, I heard it in the woods. At that time, King Min was talking to a man in black, and the man in black said that no matter what, His Majesty would never think of the person next to him. It will be an internal response, and King Min asked him how he was preparing, and the man in black said that everything was ready until the first day of the first lunar month. Your majesty saved Yun Zhen twice, and I really want to repay your majesty. This is definitely not something I just made up randomly. There is no need for me to make up nonsense, and there is no need to risk my head falling to the ground, I... I just..." He paused, and said: "What I said is absolutely true!"

Qi Guang slowly sat up straight.

She was silent for a while, and then asked suddenly: "You said that the person next to the widow's pillow is an insider? What evidence do you have?"

"I...I..." Thinking of Su Chengyu's words, Yun Zhen quickly said: "Min Wang and Zhou Langzhong have different eyes, and they are suspected of forming a clique for personal gain."

Qi Guang said in a cold voice: "King Min and Zhou Muqing's younger sister are unmarried couples, it's only natural for them to get closer. The brother of the widow is calm and upright, and will never do anything against you. Yun Zhen, the widow has given you Chance."

"Your Majesty, I..."

Yun Zhen still wanted to explain, but at this moment, Lu Li walked in with a teacup in his hand.He looked at Qi Guang with a smile, and said, "But Yun Zhen made you angry? Just now I heard your scolding before I came in. Yun Zhen is still young, and it is inevitable to say the wrong thing. Your Majesty forgives him for a while." Come back."

"I……"

Qi Guang glanced coldly, Yun Zhen immediately fell silent.

She said: "Forget it, for Jing Heng's sake, I will forgive you again. You step back, go back and reflect on yourself."

Yun Zhen pursed her lips, had no choice but to give up, and left Chengqian Palace with her head down.When there were only Qi Guang and Lu Li left in the hall, Lu Li poured Qi Guang a glass of Yuqian Longjing and asked, "What did Yun Zhen say? How could you make His Majesty angry?"

Qi Guang said: "He is young, so he just said some ignorant things." As she spoke, a smile appeared in her eyes, "Jing Heng's tea is getting better and better, and the tea color and fragrance are very good."

Lu Li said, "As long as you like it."

The lid of the cup touched the teacup lightly, and there was a clear sound. Qi Guang looked down at the blue color in the cup and said, "You can tell the quality of tea at a glance. But you can't know what kind of people's hearts are. See clearly."

He hooked her fingers, squeezed them lightly, and placed them on his chest.He said: "Jing Heng's heart is here as long as His Majesty wants to see it."

She looked into his eyes with deep eyes.

"...The widow knows." At the end of the year, all the ministries of the imperial court were the busiest, and the household department was also very busy, so Lu Li did not come to Chengqian Palace for several days.Qi Guang was bored alone, took Jiang Dezhong, sat on the imperial chariot, and spent two and a half days walking around the huge palace city.

When he returned to Chengqian Palace, Qi Guang put down the stove and said casually: "I have lived in the palace for 20 years, this is the first time I have seen the entire palace city, and it is also the first time I found that there are many people in the palace. Although the place is remote, it is still considered elegant, with a little repair and repair, and a lake built, the scenery must be a bit more beautiful than Hanqiu Lake."

Jiang Dezhong said with a smile: "Your Majesty is right. Why don't you ask the Ministry of Industry to start preparations tomorrow."

She glanced at him, and suddenly said: "Jiang Dezhong, how many years have you been serving the widow?"

"Twenty years in eight days."

"20 years..." she repeated softly, looking into the void, "It's been a long time..."

When she was just born, he had already stayed by her side.

Before I knew it, it had been 20 years.

Qi Guangdao: "The widow just said, no need, I don't know how much money it will cost to build a lake. If old man Qin is still here, and if he finds out what you said, he will surely make you dare not mention the word lake again."

Speaking of Qin Dai, Qi Guang couldn't help feeling a little sad.

Jiang Dezhong knew he had said something wrong, so he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it's already noon, do you want to deliver the meal?"

Qi Guang said, "Let's pass it on."

After a while, Qi Guang seemed to think of something, and said again: "It's been a long time since I have sent someone to accompany me for dinner, call some beauties over."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Dezhong said, "Your servant, I will order you to go on."

Just as Jiang Dezhong turned around, Qi Guang said again: "No, half son and half beauty." Jiang Dezhong left in response.After a stick of incense, Jiang Dezhong came with six beauties and six sons.

Jiang Dezhong knew that Qi Guang scolded Yun Zhen last time, so he dared not bring Yun Zhen this time.Jiang Dezhong couldn't figure out Qi Guang's temper these days, so he simply chose the gentle and pleasant beauty and the gentle and elegant son.

If Lu Li is not around, Jiang Dezhong will arrange the dishes.

In the past, when Lu Li hadn't been favored, Zhou Muqing would often step aside when he came over.Thinking of Zhou Muqing, Jiang Dezhong only felt that things were right and people were wrong.However, in the past half a year, the wind in the palace changed drastically. No one expected that Zhou Muqing, who had been with the emperor for four full years, would withdraw from the stage of the Great Zhou Harem overnight.

Just as Jiang Dezhong thought about it, a servant hurried in from outside.

"Report to Your Majesty, Mr. Zhou is here."

Jiang Dezhong couldn't help but startled.

Qi Guang said, "Let him in."

Zhou Muqing was wearing an indigo official robe, and his black hair was tied up meticulously by a hair crown.She had never seen Zhou Muqing like this.She put down her chopsticks and said, "You're here."

Zhou Muqing said: "Your Majesty summoned the minister, and the minister came over immediately."

Jiang Dezhong was startled again.

As the emperor's confidant, he didn't even know that the emperor had summoned Zhou Muqing.

Qi Guang said with a smile: "You have changed a lot since you became Langzhong Zhou. I think you were always late when the widow summoned you."

Zhou Muqing said: "At that time, Mu Qing was someone close to His Majesty, so he could play with his temper. Now that Mu Qing is His Majesty's minister, he dare not make mistakes."

Qi Guang looked at him, smiled, and said, "I summoned you today, and there is nothing special about it. Is it uncomfortable to be on duty in the household department?"

"Return to Your Majesty, there is Lu Shilang to take care of you, and the minister is very good in the household department."

The princes and beauties below looked at Zhou Muqing indistinctly, with different thoughts.At first I thought that Zhou Muqing had fallen out of favor, but now listening to the emperor, it seems that there is a possibility of rekindling the old love?

Qi Guang looked at Zhou Muqing and didn't speak for a while.

Zhou Muqing lowered his head.

For a while, there was complete silence in the pavilion.

Qi Guang took the fish in the bowl with his chopsticks and put it into his mouth. Suddenly, Qi Guang spat out the fish in his mouth, coughed several times, and frowned immediately. "Jiang Dezhong, there are thorns in the fish!"

She coughed heavily again, picked up the teacup at the side, just took a sip, but was spurted out by the hot tea.

The teacup was set aside heavily.

Qi Guang said coldly: "Jiang Dezhong, how did you prepare vegetables today?"

"The slave knows his mistake."

Qi Guang had a look of anger on his face, and only heard her say: "Because you have served the widow for 20 years, the widow will not punish you severely. From today onwards, you go back and face the wall and think about your past. You cannot enter the palace without the widow's order."

Jiang Dezhong had a mansion in the capital, which Qi Guang rewarded him after he ascended the throne.

When Qi Guang didn't need Jiang Dezhong's service, Jiang Dezhong didn't stay in the palace, but went back to his mansion.There are so many eunuchs in the palace, and Jiang Dezhong is the only one who has this honor.

But now Jiang Dezhong has annoyed the emperor.

Jiang Dezhong said tremblingly, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Obviously, today's emperor is in a bad mood, and he actually punished Jiang Dezhong!
The princes and beauties in the side pavilion couldn't help shaking.

At this time, Qi Guang glanced at them, rubbed the center of his brows, and said in a still cold voice, "Looking at you widows is also disturbing, all go out!" As soon as the words fell, all the young men and beauties were terrified and left in a hurry.

Soon, only Zhou Muqing and Qi Guang were left in the side pavilion.

Qi Guang said: "I've been looking at beauty for a long time, but I'm starting to get tired of it. I'm afraid there is nothing in this world that I can always miss."

Zhou Muqing said: "Your Majesty is only in an impetuous mood today, maybe tomorrow will be fine."

Qi Guang waved his hand.

"Forget it, you can also retreat."

Zhou Muqing responded.

After Zhou Muqing left, Qi Guang stood by the window, looking at the distant scenery.When the palace people outside the hall learned that Jiang Dezhong and the people from Hongxiu Pavilion Nanfengxuan had been kicked out, they were all panicked, especially when they heard the sound of plates breaking in the hall, they were even more frightened.

Half an hour later, Qi Guang walked out of the side pavilion expressionlessly.

"Go and clean up."

Then she said lightly: "Give 50 taels of silver to the people in Hongxiu Pavilion and Nanfengxuan each, and withdraw them. There will be a day's grace. Tomorrow, I don't want to see anyone from Hongxiu Pavilion and Nanfengxuan in the palace."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

(End of this chapter)