"I'm still thinking, when will your majesty be willing to come to see Ling Xiao?" Ling Xiao looked at the emperor standing at the door, and saluted the emperor from a distance.
The emperor approached with a blank expression, and waved away the crowd following him.
"Get up." His voice was cold and clear, without emotion.
Ling Xiao stood up indifferently, and looked directly at the emperor.
The emperor raised his eyebrows, this little eunuch is really courageous, isn't he a little bit.
"You have nothing to say?" the emperor said coldly.
"Yes." Ling Xiao looked at the emperor with longing eyes, lingering affection was revealed from those eyes that seemed to be able to talk, with a hint of dependence.
The emperor looked at it, paused, turned his gaze away, but softened his expression.
He sighed helplessly, and finally scolded Ling Xiao lightly: "It's too much."
"What does the emperor mean?" Ling Xiao pretended not to understand.
The emperor squinted his eyes dangerously, and the dragon's power was released, oppressing Ling Xiao, trying to displease Ling Xiao by pretending to be crazy.
"..." Ling Xiao was taken aback by the look in his eyes, and took a step back, remembering that the emperor is the emperor after all.
Ling Xiao pursed his lips, and said with a slight unwillingness: "If Ling Xiao didn't do this, would the Emperor come to see Ling Xiao so soon?"
"..." the emperor frowned.
"Concubine Ran's matter, Ling Xiao really did it intentionally. First, she tried every means to provoke the relationship between me and you. Ling Xiao can tolerate anything, but this matter cannot be tolerated."
The emperor twitched his lips, as if he had something to say, Ling Xiao boldly interrupted him: "Secondly, if nothing happens here, how long will the emperor keep Ling Xiao in the cold?"
As he said that, Ling Xiao took out the jade from the past few days, spread it out in front of the emperor, pursed his lips and said, "You don't like Ling Xiao holding it, it's just like Ling Xiao, you 'tolerate' Ling Xiao like this Holding it, but not stepping into Ling Xiao's palace for several days, what do you make Ling Xiao think? What do you want Ling Xiao to do?"
After finishing speaking, Ling Xiao made a gesture to throw the jade away, the emperor's expression turned serious, and he blurted out the scolding words: "Presumptuous!"
Ling Xiao paused, and the emperor had already stood in front of Ling Xiao, grabbed Ling Xiao's raised hand, and stopped his movements.
Ling Xiao was stunned, his hand felt a pain, it was the emperor holding his hand secretly exerting force, Ling Xiao gritted his teeth to bear it, and looked at the emperor in front of him.
Except for the time when they were making out, this was the first time that Ling Xiao was so close to the emperor, so close that one could see his eyelashes, long and smooth half covering his angry eyes,
An angry emperor is like an angry lion, full of threats. The imperial prestige that had been put away in front of Ling Xiao poured out at this moment, and the suppressed Ling Xiao couldn't stop trembling.
Ling Xiao endured stubbornly, and stared openly at the emperor in front of him.
After a moment of stalemate, the emperor let go of Ling Xiao first.
"No one dares to throw away the things I rewarded, especially in front of me."
Does that explain his anger
Ling Xiao didn't think the matter was that simple.
But the emperor didn't want to say, how could he know.
"I have given you a reward, so take it well. No one deserves to take this jade except you."
The emperor's words were a bit strange, Ling Xiao wanted to ask clearly, but the emperor had already changed the topic.
"With regard to Concubine Ran, no matter what the reasons are, you have done too much and punished you with one year's salary. Do you have any objections?"
Ling Xiao knelt down to accept the order: "Ling Xiao has no objection."
This matter was excessive in the first place, and being punished was a matter of course, not to mention that the emperor punished him, which was insignificant in front of him who had the key to the internal treasury.
How could Ling Xiao have objections.
"That's good." The emperor said, bent slightly to help Ling Xiao up, put his arms around his waist, sat down at the table, and said, "Then 'I' will have a good talk with you."
The emperor called himself 'I' instead of 'Zhen', Ling Xiao stared in surprise.
But he was secretly happy in his heart, did the emperor truly equate himself with him
In this way, Ling Xiao felt that he was much closer to the emperor.
But Ling Xiao also discovered at the same time that when the emperor said these words, he deliberately emphasized the four words "Talk about it". Such an emphasised tone made Ling Xiao understand that the emperor's anger has not passed, but the emperor has always been a rational person. Anger doesn't affect his decision-making.
At this time, he said that he wanted to have a good talk with himself, that is, he wanted to settle accounts with himself. For some reason, thinking of this, Ling Xiao shuddered, and felt a little uneasy in his heart.
The emperor kept squinting at Ling Xiao who was beside him, seeing the change in his expression, he could clearly see the uneasiness on his face.
Just now, he opened his teeth and claws, but in an instant, he stretched out his pink and tender paws tentatively like a kitten. Suddenly, the anger in his heart disappeared under the strong pressure.
Only this person remained in the atrium, full of swelling, affecting my heart.
The emperor sighed helplessly.
It was already unknown how many times he sighed today. Looking back, he never sighed so much in his past years.
"I can't find you, don't you know how to come to me?" The emperor said softly, with a hint of distress: "Is it still possible for Zhen to keep you out?"
"..." Ling Xiao was silent, he really hadn't thought about going to the emperor on his own initiative, these few days, he was acting like a puff, he just wanted to see when the emperor would come over.
In the end, his anger not only made the two of them miss each other for a few days, but also complicated the simple matter, which made Ling Xiao annoyed for a while.
Seeing Ling Xiao's facial features wrinkled together in regret, like a kitten, cute and tight, the emperor slightly bent his lips, and leaned over to kiss Ling Xiao's head.
Ling Xiao trembled slightly, obviously the top of the head was being kissed, but it seemed that the skin of his whole body was almost on fire, hot and hot.
Ling Xiao concealed it, raised his eyes and said: "Well, even if you and I are even in this matter, if you didn't come to me, I also didn't come to you, no one can blame anyone."
"En." Seeing Ling Xiao's face like peaches and plums, the emperor's eyes darkened, and he answered casually.
The voice is hoarse and very sexy.
Ling Xiao's heart was beating like thunder, and the lingering thoughts of the past few days could not help appearing in his mind. He hurriedly shook his head, getting rid of the inappropriate thoughts in his mind, and brought back the topic: "Your Majesty, how do you plan to appease Concubine Ran?"
Hearing this, the emperor shifted his gaze lightly and said, "She's been too rampant recently, so let's just stay cold."
"Cold?" Ling Xiao was surprised: "Aren't you going to visit her?"
"Why, you want me to go?" The emperor raised his eyebrows and looked at Ling Xiao displeased.
Ling Xiao quickly shook his head: "Of course not, it's just that she is the daughter of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and after the Prime Minister resigned, the power of the court is inclined to the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, right now..."
"It seems that you are not really ignorant of court affairs." The emperor said pointedly.
Ling Xiao choked for a moment, and didn't dare to answer. Although the emperor loved him a lot, he was still extremely cautious when it came to court Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao's rabbit-like expression naturally did not escape the Emperor's eyes. The Emperor squinted his eyes and said in a low voice: "You don't have to be like this. I don't mean to blame you. If you are really curious about the official secretary, you can go with me tomorrow. Morning."
"Morning? Me?" Ling Xiao was surprised.
The emperor raised his eyebrows and looked at Ling Xiao: "Could it be that you forgot that I entrusted you with the post of Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry?"
"..." Isn't that a false name? Although he allowed himself to listen to the government, Ling Xiao never heard the emperor tell him when to listen, and if the emperor didn't tell him, how dare he act recklessly.
Seeing Ling Xiao's strange expression, he thought he was under a lot of pressure, the emperor said in relief: "When you're not around, the former minister of the Ministry of Industry will still work on your behalf, so don't be too nervous, I gave you this position, I didn't think about you at all Take care, all I think about are those weird recipes in your mind."
"Recipe?" Ling Xiao frowned.
The emperor pointedly said: "For example, gunpowder."
Ling Xiao was stunned, his heart was complicated: "It turns out that the emperor had this idea."
Ling Xiao's tone was a bit yin and yang, the emperor frowned when he heard this, and glanced at Ling Xiao as if unintentionally: "You can also refuse, the Muguo led by me, even if it doesn't have your weird gadgets, it will still be the world's leader. The strongest, with your gadgets, it's just icing on the cake, it doesn't mean much."
The emperor didn't know how many things Ling Xiao had in his mind, but these words were arrogant, as if Mu Guo would always stand on top of the world.
However, since the last time Muguo severely injured Shao, the morale of Muguo has soared. In the past hundred years, it is indeed difficult to have an opponent in the world.
This emperor has the capital of arrogance.
Ling Xiao closed his eyes, he has followed the emperor now, he has confessed everything, what else can he keep
Thinking of this, Ling Xiao pursed his lips and said, "Ling Xiao should serve the emperor."
The emperor raised his eyebrows, lightly shook Ling Xiao's hand, pulled him to sit on his lap, and hugged him.
"Don't work hard."
"En." Ling Xiao's heart warmed up, and he responded softly, his eyes rolled, and a thought came to his mind, he pondered and said: "Your Majesty, Ling Xiao is willing to do things for the Emperor, but I also have a question, I hope the Emperor can help you." Answer Ling Xiao."
The emperor looked at Ling Xiao with questioning eyes.
Ling Xiao looked directly at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, what is Hongye in your heart?"
"..." The emperor paused slightly, frowned and said, "Concubine Ran provoked you?"
"Although it is provocative, it cannot be denied that it is Ling Xiao's heart knot." Ling Xiao said bluntly.
The emperor scoffed: "This Concubine Ran really cannot stay."
Ling Xiao's heart turned cold when he said these words, could the emperor mean that he shouldn't be aware of Hongye's matter
Could it be that the emperor is really interested in Hongye...
Ling Xiao's face darkened.
"Little Li, what are you going to do with it?" The Emperor asked, skipping Ling Xiao's question, but asked Ling Xiao about an existence that he had almost forgotten.
Ling Xiao was taken aback for a moment, then asked: "Your Majesty, do you know?"
The emperor couldn't deny it, so did Ling Xiao when he thought about it, some things he knew clearly, the emperor was thousands of times smarter than himself, how could he not know.
But Xiao Li was someone close to the emperor, although Ling Xiao had neglected the matter of Xiao Li just now, sooner or later he would hand over Xiao Li to the emperor to deal with, but now, the emperor turned around and asked him how to deal with it.
Ling Xiao was a little stunned, and couldn't help expressing his meaning: "Xiao Lizi is someone who follows the emperor, so he will naturally be dealt with by the emperor."
The emperor shook his head lightly: "You took him with you, and I promoted him to be the manager. Now that he has committed a crime, you are the one to deal with it."
"... Your Majesty." Ling Xiao was a little moved in his heart. Although the Emperor looked cold, he was more careful than anyone else.
Carefully know how to take care of his own mood, he is obviously an invincible king, but he has a tenderness that can drown someone.
Ling Xiao was moved in his heart, and suddenly felt that he liked the emperor in front of him a little more.
"Since I have agreed to your promise to spend the rest of my life together, there are some things you should know." As he spoke, the emperor slightly pushed Ling Xiao and stood up.
"After you have dealt with Xiao Lizi, come to Concubine Xian's palace. I will wait for you, and I will confess the Hongye matter to you there."
After the emperor finished speaking, he walked out with his hands behind his back.
Thinking about the emperor's confession, Ling Xiao asked An Yong Anxiang to bring up the fainted little Li Zi, and he was very careless in his handling of Xiao Li Zi, wondering why the emperor had to deal with Xiao Li Zi himself before going to the Concubine Xian's Palace , Why not go with him
"My lord, the master is afraid that you will be angry for a while, punish too much, and regret it in the end." An Xiang seemed to see what Ling Xiao was thinking, and said something redundant.
Ling Xiao looked at Anxiang suspiciously, but Anxiang pursed her lips as if she knew she had slipped a word, she lowered her head and didn't speak again.
Ling Xiao smiled wryly: "I said, it's so sweet, every time you speak half and half, don't you make me anxious, my lord?"
An Xiang bit her lip: "But if the servants say so, the master's painstaking efforts will be in vain."
Ling Xiao's brows twitched: "You have already made a start, so you can say it, now there are only two options left, one is I will take Xiao Lizi to see the emperor and ask him face to face, the other is you say it yourself."
An Xiang had a bitter face, her annoyance was evident at a glance.
Ling Xiao was not in a hurry, he looked at An Xiang quietly, and when she spoke, he knew that the emperor was involved, so An Xiang would speak no matter what.
Sure enough, An Xiang hesitated for a moment, and said slowly: "My lord, this little Li is not a good person. Concubine Ran certainly threatened him, but in fact, he himself is on guard against you."
"He was brought by you, and then he secretly learned some skills from you and joined the master. At that time, you and the master were not so close. The little Li was afraid that you would be narrow-minded and blame him for climbing up to the master, so he thought about it. You can't expand your rights, so you can cooperate with Concubine Ran to act."
"..." Ling Xiao frowned. In fact, he had also faintly noticed this in his heart. Every time he saw Xiao Lizi, he didn't have a good face.
But in fact, although Ling Xiao complained that Li Zi was not loyal enough, he was the only eunuch who had followed him, and he really wouldn't blame him where he went, otherwise, he would have died thousands of times already.
But Xiao Lizi was too stupid after all, he didn't think about it, he had already taken revenge if he wanted to take revenge, how could he wait until now, he didn't bother to make himself change his view of him, instead, he played tricks on himself.
"That's the case, what does this have to do with Concubine Ran Hongye, why do you have to deal with him first?"
"..." Anxiang frowned in embarrassment, opened and closed her mouth several times, looking very hard to speak.
Ling Xiao was in a hurry: "You really said it."
An Xiang was pressed hard, and gritted her teeth: "He not only joined forces with Concubine Ran, but also secretly colluded with Hong Ye, wanting Hong Ye to become the master's new love, Hong Ye begged to see the master several times, it was this little Li who informed her, and several times , it was Xiao Lizi who secretly plotted that the master and Hongye met by 'coincidentally', he told you on the surface that Hongye was not a worry-free person, that it was the concubine who matched Hongye and master, but in fact, secretly, it was himself who really matched Hongye and master indivual."
"..." Hearing this, Ling Xiao stared viciously at the fainting little Lizi, gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty knows about all this?"
An Xiang bowed her head and said nothing, the answer was already in Ling Xiao's heart.
"He knows, why does he let Xiao Lizi continue to act like this? Why didn't he refuse Hongye's request to see him?"
Anxiang lowered her eyes: "Servant... I don't know."
"What a little plum!" Ling Xiao sneered.
An Xiang hurriedly knelt down and said, "My lord, please calm down, the master is just worried that you will be blinded by your anger when you know about this, knowing that although you don't say anything, Xiao Lizi has been with you for a while, and you have some affection for him Now, I am afraid that you will regret it in the future... "
"Don't worry, I won't regret it." Ling Xiao smiled sarcastically, "For a disloyal person, I won't regret it."
With that said, Ling Xiao raised his head and said: "An Yong, send him out of the palace, out of the capital, and he will not be allowed out of my presence for the rest of his life."
An Yong sighed slightly, and replied softly: "Yes."
After finishing speaking, Ling Xiao no longer looked at Xiao Lizi, turned around and walked towards Concubine Xian's palace.
What is the relationship between the emperor and Concubine Xian and Hongye? To protect them like this, especially Hongye, knowing that he is playing tricks under his nose, the emperor still turns a blind eye.