Xie Qingrong originally only wanted to take a short nap in Xuanyuan Chen's embrace, but didn't think that she would really fall asleep.
Arriving at the entrance of the general's manor, Xuanyuan Chen looked at Xie Qingrong who was in his arms sleeping soundly, unable to bear to wake her up, so he carried her back to the courtyard. After settling her down, he instructed Nuan Xiang to take good care of Xie Qingrong.
By the time Xie Qingrong woke up, the sky had already darkened. She put on a cloak and walked out of the room with her hair flowing behind her head.
Waves of gentle wind blew past, blowing her hair into the air and dancing with the wind.
"Miss, why didn't you wake me up? The dinner is ready." Nuan Xiang hurried over from the courtyard and said.
Xie Qingrong raised her head and looked at the moon in the sky. It was almost a full moon, and the moon was already beginning to turn fat, the moonlight was gentle, and the night breeze blew through, blowing away all the impetuous feelings in one's heart.
"The moonlight tonight is quite nice. Why don't we have dinner in the courtyard?" Xie Qingrong pulled her cape tighter and said to Nuan Xiang.
"Yes." Nuan Xiang pulled on the warm jade and ran to the small kitchen happily, instructing the other maids to bring the dinner to the courtyard.
On the other side, the atmosphere between Xie Qingrong and the rest was very lively.
At this time, within the imperial palace, in the imperial study.
The Minister of the Department of Public Relations, Li Yunfeng, knelt on the ground, his head lowered, not daring to even breathe.
Emperor Xuanyuan flipped through the imperial reports in his hands, his eyebrows knitted tightly, his eyes releasing a monstrous rage. After reading the imperial reports, he fiercely threw it onto the table and shouted angrily, "Fu Quan, call Liu Yu over for us!"
"Yes." Fu Quan hurriedly received the order and went to find Liu Yu.
This Liu Yu was the same as him, he had followed the Emperor Xuanyuan since young, and this Liu Yu had followed the Emperor Xuanyuan for even longer periods of time than him.
Arriving at Liu Yu's residence, Liu Yu was playing with a few other eunuchs and fighting crickets with a smile on his face.
Seeing that, Fu Quan shook his head, this Liu Yu was great, just that he was unable to change his love of fighting crickets, no wonder in the recent years, the Emperor had distanced himself from him more and more.
"Liu Yu." Fu Quan shouted.
Hearing someone calling him, Liu Yu raised his head. Just as he was about to glare at them angrily, he realized it was Fukuhara, who was fawning on him. He smiled ingratiatingly: "Fukuhara, what brings you here today?"
Fu Quan did not have the mood to explain anything to him, and instead pulled Liu Yu's robes and ran towards the Imperial study. Liu Yu did not know what was going on, and was just about to pull back his sleeves, when he heard Fu Quan say: "The Emperor has something to talk to you about, come with me."
Liu Yu originally wanted to rely on his seniority to reprimand Fu Quan. After all, he had long since disliked Fu Quan. However, when he heard that it was the Emperor looking for him, he immediately became docile and let Fu Quan drag him away, and the cricket in his palm had already been thrown onto the ground by him …
Along the way, Liu Yu kept asking Fu Quan about things. He wanted to know why the emperor was looking for him for, but Fu Quan's mouth was really tight, he could not get the information he wanted from Fu Quan, so he could only give up.
Once he arrived at the imperial study, the solemn and awkward atmosphere inside immediately froze Liu Yu's body. He nervously knelt in front of Emperor Xuanyuan, and tremblingly asked: "I wonder why Your Majesty summoned this old servant here?"
Emperor Xuanyuan squinted his eyes as the corner of his mouth curled into a cold smile. It seemed like he had a good temper as he asked: "Why? Can it be that since we have nothing better to do, we can't go and reminisce with Manager Li?"
Liu Yu would not truly believe that the emperor had come to reminisce with him, because the emperor would definitely have something on him that he could use.
Liu Yu slightly raised his head and spoke with fear and trepidation, "Your Majesty misses this old servant and pays respects to him for coming back. With this kind of intention from the emperor, Old Du will die with regrets. "
When Emperor Xuanyuan heard Liu Quan speak in such a shameful and messed up manner, he immediately threw the imperial reports in his hands and smashed them right onto Liu Yu's forehead. Liu Yu shakily raised his head and a drop of fresh blood slid down his forehead, slowly congealing at the tip of his exquisite chin.
This Liu Yu had some colors in the first place, his skin as white as snow, but there were dark circles around his eyes.
He picked up the imperial report that Emperor Xuanyuan had thrown at him. Focusing on it, he discovered that there were many big and small officials buying officials. The amount of money buying officials was practically an astronomical figure. Especially the fact that all the money that these officials spent to buy the officials all went to Liu Yu.
Liu Yu's face immediately turned pale white, he knew that he wouldn't be able to escape this calamity today. The appointed one kneeled on the floor and waited.
"Liu Yu, do you have anything else to say?" Emperor Xuanyuan suppressed his anger and said coldly.
Liu Yu's face was ashen as he knelt on the ground, his voice almost hoarse, "Old servant, plead guilty."
The words were written clearly on white paper and black text. Even if Liu Yu had the ability, it would be difficult to explain it clearly.
He shifted his gaze towards the Minister of the Department of Public Relations, Li Yunfeng. Seeing the man kneeling on the ground, his face was solemn and his eyes were clear. At that time, he already knew that this Lord Li was not on the same side as them. It was because of all the obstacles that he managed to move Lord Li's line of sight away from the buying official's case.
After Zhang Cheng was captured, he thought that this thread would not be able to touch his head, but he did not expect this Lord Li to be so capable. Emperor Xuanyuan looked at Liu Yu whose face was ashen, he then ordered the imperial guards to lock Liu Yu in the Sky Prison, waiting for the news.
Only after Liu Yu was dragged off the stage did Emperor Xuanyuan turn his gaze back to Li Yunfeng and said: "You may rise, it has been hard on you."
Li Yunfeng knelt on the ground and kowtowed to him, then said respectfully: "This is your duty, so I will do my best." With that, he slowly stood up and dusted off the non-existent dust in his robe.
After Li Yunfeng left, the Emperor Xuanyuan sat back onto the dragon throne, maintaining his silence.
These few years, his political affairs were not as important as they were in the past, and he was extremely concerned about them. He thought that the Left Right Prime Minister would be able to stabilize the political situation by restraining each other, but he never thought that such an unforgivable thing would actually happen.
These days, his body was not as healthy as it used to be. The matter of him being the Crown Prince had not been settled yet, so the situation in the court had gradually become unstable. He suddenly sneered. Even before he died, there was already a clown that wasn't afraid of death jumping out and out.
"Your Majesty, the Empress requests an audience." Fu Quan's sudden appearance interrupted Emperor Xuanyuan's train of thoughts as he nodded his head.
Queen Zhangsun brought her big palace maid, Qiu He, into the imperial study. The big palace maid, Qiu He, was holding a tray in her hands, and on the tray was a soup cup.
Queen Zhangsun took the soup cup from the tray, poured a bowl on the Nine Dragon Bowl and gave it to Emperor Xuanyuan.
The soup was somewhat hot as Emperor Xuanyuan drank a few mouthfuls. He put it aside and frowned seriously just now, but now, he had drawn a faint curve in the air. He asked with a smile, "Why is the Queen here?"
Queen Zhangsun glared at Emperor Xuanyuan in a disapproving manner, and said: "Aren't I still worried about your majesty, so I specially made a pot of soup to bring to your majesty."