Qingcheng felt something strange on Shen Changge's fingertips, and turned to look at him, just in time to meet his obsessed eyes. The blush on Qingcheng's face immediately deepened, but both of them were pretending to be calm, and neither one wanted to let go of the other's hand.
Hongyu and Lvzhu in the distance were shocked when they saw this. Lvzhu said to Hongyu: "This is too inappropriate. If someone sees it, it will affect the princess' reputation. Go and persuade her!"
Hongyu spat: "Why don't you go? Now I'll go over and disturb them. I'll return to Changping Palace later, and the princess won't take my skin off yet."
Lu Zhu said dissatisfied: "It's a shame that the princess loves you so much, but you don't even think about the princess. Forget it, if you don't go, then I will go. Even if the princess blames you today, I can't help but care about the princess' honor." , just die!"
As she was about to walk into the bamboo forest, Hongyu quickly grabbed her and said, "Good sister, forget it. Captain Shen is not from Meng Lang. They are just playing the piano. Look, the piano master taught like this today." The princess plays the piano.”
Lu Zhu immediately retorted: "Can this be the same? The piano master is a woman just like the princess, and Captain Shen is a strong-blooded man!"
Hongyu still held her tight and said resentfully: "My good sister, just treat me as a pitiful princess. You know how infatuated the princess is with Captain Shen, and you also know that she is afraid of Captain Shen because she worries about gains and losses all day long. Whether you like her or not, if Captain Shen finally gets a little closer to her, you will treat them as yours!"
Before he finished speaking, a shout suddenly came from outside the bamboo forest: "Bold! What can you accomplish?"
"Queen, forgive me!"
When Hongyu and Luzhu saw the angry Queen Ling, they were frightened to death. They both immediately prostrated themselves and shouted for forgiveness.
Qingcheng and Shen Changge were also frightened when they heard this, and hurriedly separated. Qingcheng saw Queen Ling and Princess Yonghe walking toward them aggressively, and immediately panicked. Shen Changge sensed her fear, and immediately protected her behind him and walked toward her. Said: "Don't be afraid, I am responsible for everything."
Qingcheng looked at his still warm brows and immediately felt at ease.
"Wei Chen joins the Queen Empress, Princess Yonghe!"
Shen Changge calmly folded his hands on top of his head and said.
Qingcheng also walked out from behind him at this time, Fu Shen said: "See the Queen Mother!"
"You are so brave, you are just pretending to be here in broad daylight!"
Yonghe didn't wait for Queen Ling to speak, then stepped forward to confront Qingcheng and Shen Changge.
"You!" Qingcheng was immediately furious when he saw what she said was so unpleasant. Thinking that Shen Changge had also been insulted by her in this way, he almost shed tears of anger.
Shen Changge knew that when Qingcheng was nervous or angry, she would be speechless. So he immediately patted the back of her hand to signal her to calm down, and then slowly said: "Princess Yonghe, please be careful what you say!"
His words were addressed to Yonghe, but his eyes were looking at Queen Ling.
Seeing this, Queen Ling couldn't help but glare at Yonghe. Seeing that she wanted to say more, she was afraid that she would say something unbecoming of a princess, so she immediately stopped her and said, "Yonghe, it's not your turn to speak about your sister!"
Princess Yonghe was immediately ashamed and angry. She thought to herself, what happened to the queen mother? Why are your elbows always turned out
When Queen Ling saw that Yonghe had stopped talking, she looked at Qingcheng and Shen Changge again, and saw the two of them looking at each other lovingly. She became furious, glanced at Qingcheng fiercely, and then said to Shen Changge: " Be bold! Shen Changge, who allowed you to stay in the harem and be so close to Princess Qingcheng? If the princess is not sensible, don't you understand too?"
Shen Changge could already hear the contempt for Qingcheng in her words, so he immediately replied: "Queen Bing, Wei Chen was just teaching the princess how to play the piano!"
Qingcheng also nodded quickly and said: "Queen Mother, I must ask Captain Shen to teach me how to play the guqin."
Queen Ling sighed heavily after hearing this, and then said earnestly to Qingcheng: "Qingcheng, you want to learn the guqin. There are so many national players in this palace, and the masters are not enough for you to learn from. You have to learn from a foreign military officer. If this spreads out, , how will you get married in the future?"
"I, I think Captain Shen plays better than them all!" Qingcheng defended in a low voice.
Queen Ling snorted coldly, and then her eyes were as bright as a torch, and she decided to kill!
"How can the Queen Mother not punish you if you act like this? From today on, you will be banned from Changping Palace to reflect on your mistakes. You will not be able to leave unless summoned!"
"And Shen Changge, because you are a military attache and have a title, it is inconvenient for me to deal with you directly, so I will hand you over to the king himself!"
When Qingcheng heard this, she was immediately frightened, with tears in her eyes. Shen Changge felt heartbroken when he saw this. He bowed to Queen Ling, and then said without being humble or arrogant: "Queen, the king has intended to marry Princess Qingcheng to a minor minister, so with this small I wanted to get acquainted with the princess first, so that when I get married in the future, I won’t get married blindly and make the princess unhappy. This is all my fault, please don’t punish the princess."
"Really? The king wants to marry Qingcheng to you! Why didn't I know about it?" Queen Ling was shocked, and then blurted out.
"I don't dare to judge the king's intentions in vain!" Shen Changge said respectfully.
After hearing this, Queen Ling glanced at them again and thought to herself, if Wang Jun intended to marry Qingcheng to Shen Changge, then they were so close now, and Wang Jun might have tacitly approved it.
So he sighed again and said: "Even so, you shouldn't lose your sense of proportion!"
"Thank you, Queen!" Shen Changge immediately prostrated. Seeing that Qingcheng was still in a daze, he quickly gently tugged on her skirt and signaled her with his eyes. Only then did Qingcheng react and immediately imitated Shen Changge's behavior. He bowed and said, "Thank you, mother, for teaching me later!"
Seeing that Queen Ling had already stepped down, she didn't want to be entangled anymore. She thought that if Qingcheng really married to the Zhenbei Marquis in the future, she would have to make long-term plans, so she immediately said to Qingcheng in a gentle tone: "Qingcheng, your body No, please go back to the palace and rest first. If you want to learn the guqin, your mother will send a national master to teach you personally tomorrow!"
"Thank you, Queen Mother!" Qingcheng was a little flattered and quickly thanked her.
"Let's go, my mother may not have sat in your palace for a long time, so you can come with me!" Queen Ling smiled affectionately, and then took her hand and headed towards Changping Palace. Princess Yonghe could only He followed reluctantly.
Shen Changge quickly bowed and said, "Farewell to the queen and two princesses."
Then he immediately signaled Hongyu to follow, and whispered to Luzhu: "Don't let the princess be wronged. If you have anything to do, you should go to the king immediately."
Luzhu nodded in agreement.
After Qingcheng was pulled for a few steps by Queen Ling, she looked back at Shen Changge with complicated eyes.
After everyone had gone away, Shen Changge let out a sigh of relief and asked what he wanted to do to pass the king's test. Alas! I really shouldn't have told Wang Jun that he had someone in his heart last time, how can I make Wang Jun feel relieved now!
Nan'an, farm in the northern suburbs of Wangcheng
In the endless paddy fields, farmers are wearing bamboo hats and bending over, standing with their trousers rolled up in the fields that can submerge their calves. The bottom layer of the paddy field is soil that has been turned over many times by farmers, and then soaked in water and turned into mud. When transplanting rice seedlings, there is about one finger deep water in the paddy field. The farmers pick up the small bundles of seedlings thrown into the paddy field and untie them. , put it in your left hand and start transplanting the rice seedlings.
Each of them holds a handful of seedlings in his left hand, and quickly inserts the seedlings with his right hand. While inserting the seedlings with his right hand, the thumb and middle finger of his left hand quickly "divide" (that is, separate a handful of seedlings) from the handful of seedlings. Then insert the right hand into the rice field), and they move back while inserting the rice. The width they can insert is about one meter wide.
Everyone seemed to have been trained, and their movements were uniform. Among these farmers, one person was particularly eye-catching. He was nine feet tall, tall and strong, and had an outstanding temperament. Although he was only wearing black dark clothes and was a general. The hem of the dark coat is wrapped around the waist, and the trouser legs are rolled up high, making him look like a farmer.
But if you look closely, it is not difficult to find that his dark clothes and trousers are made of fine mulberry silk. This mulberry silk is very rare, so it is only used by the royal family.
It was almost noon, and the sun hung motionless high in the sky, scorching everything. Even the willow trees on the roadside seemed to be exhausted and hung their branches motionlessly. The weather was swelteringly hot, there was no wind at all, and the thick air seemed to be frozen.
At this moment, the internal supervisor who was in the pavilion was already running around anxiously. At this moment, a woman in a goose-yellow palace dress hurriedly came from not far away. The crystal beads of sweat were shaking, which added to her charm, and the internal supervisor couldn't help but stare at it.
When the woman walked in, he quickly bowed his head and saluted, and said in a high-pitched voice: Concubine Yuan, you are here. This old slave is almost dying of anxiety. It has been three hours, and Your Majesty still refuses to return to the palace. The sun is so poisonous that it can turn a person into a human being. How could His Majesty, who is of such high status, suffer the same fate as those farmers? "
Yuan Shuang couldn't help frowning when she heard the words. She looked at the tall figure in the paddy field, and saw that he was sweating profusely, and his hands were still moving quickly and agilely. She suddenly remembered that since he succeeded to the throne, he had worked hard every day, and he had eaten late at night and eaten late. I only sleep three hours a day at most.
In order to give Nan'an more time to cultivate and recuperate, he braved danger many times and personally went on missions to neighboring countries. He used his charisma and mutual benefit to make brotherhoods with other countries and not invade each other.
He stayed up all night and spent several months working with the Minister of Civil Affairs to formulate a strict system for the selection and assessment of officials so that the selection and assessment of officials would be based on laws.
He reused veteran generals such as Yuzhen, and at the same time boldly used talented generals. He spent huge sums of money to build high defenses and city walls. He made secret visits to all the officials in the DPRK one by one and recorded them one by one according to their abilities.
On the surface, he was respectful and courteous to Wu Daoqiong, the elders of the three dynasties, and called them uncles. On the one hand, he fully accepted their opinions, but on the other hand, he was conciliatory.
He secretly supported his own power and established the Sansi Mansion, which was named to protect the safety of the royal city. In fact, it was to gradually centralize the royal power. Regarding Wu Daoqiong's gradual dissatisfaction with him, he adopted Wu Daoqiong's granddaughter as a virtuous concubine to appease him, and on the other hand, he promoted Wu Daoqiong's granddaughter to him. The high status of the Wu family in various clans made the Wu family become another high-ranking family after the Han family in Nan'an. This caused dissatisfaction with the Han family and caused the Wu family and the Han family to compete with each other, and he benefited.