Adore Trick of Beauty

Her disappointment was obvious, and Nie Wushuang smelled a hint of "gloating". Anyway, it had nothing to do with her whether it was good or bad this time. She was happy to just sit back and watch the fun. But the person at the center of the undercurrent had to think hard. Empress Dowager Gao has been in control of the government for many years, and Grand Master Gao is her minion. Now that this happened, I don’t know whether it was the emperor’s instruction or the temptation of someone with ulterior motives.

Below the Empress Dowager Gao is the Empress. The Empress Dowager and the Empress have always been closely related to each other. Now if the Empress Dowager falls, the Empress will also bear the brunt. Under the Empress, in addition to the honest and responsible Concubine Jing, only Concubine Shu is one of the four concubines who can hold up the stage and preside over the throne. The harem is so interconnected, no wonder Concubine Shu is so enthusiastic about this matter.

Nie Wushuang thought about it for a moment and figured out the key. She sneered secretly, but her face became gentler. She held Concubine Shu's hand and said sincerely: "My queen, don't worry, the emperor will naturally make a decision."

Concubine Shu also felt that she was acting too hastily, so she hid her smile and said, "I am also worried that the emperor will be pressed hard by those ministers. As concubines, we all have to look at the emperor's face and act. If the emperor is happy, our lives will naturally be easier. ”

She looked at Nie Wushuang's flawless face and smiled enthusiastically: "Bi Bin is the emperor's favorite. I will rely on Sister Bi Bin more in the future."

Nie Wushuang listened to her flattering words, accepted it with a slight smile, and chatted for a while before returning to "Yonghua Palace". Xiao Fengming did not stay overnight in her palace in the past few days, nor did he call any concubines to serve him. Nie Wushuang looked at the sky, thought for a while, and ordered Xia Lan to take the stewed ginseng chicken soup and walk slowly to the imperial study.

In front of the royal study, Eunuch Lin and several chamberlains were guarding the room. When he saw Nie Wushuang coming, his eyes lit up and he hurriedly stepped forward as if he had received a savior: "Your Majesty, I am thinking of you."

Nie Wushuang looked at his wrinkled old face and said with a smile: "Why does Eunuch Lin care about me? I really can't afford it."

Eunuch Lin said with a bitter face: "If the queen doesn't come, I will go and invite the queen to come. Today, the emperor has broken the fourth set of tea cups."

Nie Wushuang looked at the closed palace door thoughtfully, frowning slightly: "Is it okay for me to go in? Feng."

Eunuch Lin gestured: "Please, please. The emperor should have been angry by now. For the sake of state affairs, the emperor didn't even eat well at noon. Alas..."

Nie Wushuang nodded: "Then please tell me, Eunuch Lin." Eunuch Lin quickly went in quietly. After a while, he came out and breathed a long sigh of relief: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the Emperor Xuan, has entered the palace."

Nie Wushuang picked up the food box and walked in slowly. On the dragon case, Xiao Fengming frowned and only looked at the memorial in his hand. When he saw Nie Wushuang coming in, he raised his head: "Are you here?"

"Yes, I haven't seen the emperor for a few days, and I miss him." Nie Wushuang raised his head, his beautiful eyes were faint, and he said half seriously and half jokingly.

Xiao Fengming was startled. He had never heard her say such gentle and touching words. Suddenly he remembered that he had not seen Nie Wushuang for a few days. His heart warmed slightly and he said gently: "Come up and sit with me."

Nie Wushuang lifted up her long skirt, slowly walked up the imperial steps, and came to him. Looking at the shining dragon chair, he suddenly said: "I don't dare to sit on it."

"What's there to be afraid of? This is just an ordinary chair at this moment. It's a dragon chair only when meeting courtiers." Xiao Fengming smiled slightly, held her hand and sat beside her.

This was the first time in Nie Wushuang's life that she sat on this high throne. Although the throne in the imperial study was far less imposing than the dragon chair in the Jinluan Palace, the golden claws of the dragon behind her and the lacquered gold carvings impressed her. A very strange feeling suddenly came from behind. This dragon chair was not comfortable, and was not comparable to the soft couch she was used to sitting on, but sitting on it, her back couldn't help but tense up, and there was an undercurrent in her blood.

Perhaps she had never thought about it. Years later, when she sat on the throne with blood and corpses all over the floor, and watched all the officials kneeling on the ground, she still could not forget the first time she sat on the dragon throne next to him. Feel. Only then did she understand what was flowing in her blood. It is the most primitive and greedy desire for power.

Desire is rooted in her blood, rooted in the bones and blood inherited from the Nie family, that kind of desire that is unwilling to be ordinary.

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"What's wrong with you?" Xiao Fengming noticed her trance and called out. Nie Wushuang retracted his wandering thoughts and smiled quickly: "I personally stewed ginseng chicken soup for the emperor to drink. Although we have to worry about state affairs, the emperor's body also needs to be taken care of."

As she spoke, she opened the food box she brought and filled Xiao Fengming with soup.

Xiao Fengming simply pushed away the memorial and picked up the bowl to eat. Nie Wushuang's beautiful eyes quietly looked over his shoulder at the memorial he was hesitating about just now. There were many cinnabar characters written on it, so densely packed that it made him dizzy. Nie Wushuang couldn't see clearly, so he simply stopped peeking.

After Xiao Fengming finished eating, Nie Wushuang said with a smile: "The emperor often bows his head to the letter, why don't you go out for a walk, maybe after walking around, you can find a solution to the difficult things?"

Xiao Fengming knew that she came today not only to give him ginseng chicken soup, but also to stop him from being angry about government affairs, so he smiled and said, "Then follow me to the imperial study for a walk."

Nie Wushuang smiled sweetly and agreed happily.

It only stopped snowing for a few days. The paths in the garden behind the imperial study were swept clean by the palace staff. The handfuls of snow beside the path were crystal clear and white. Xiao Fengming liked pine trees and planted many varieties of dwarf trees with different shapes in the garden. Some of the pines are like drooping old men, and some are as straight and tall as swords. Each has its own charm, and it is even more refreshing to see them in the snow.

As Nie Wushuang walked, she pulled the pine branches and shook off the snow on the pine leaves. Xiao Fengming looked at her childish behavior with a smile, and said with endearment: "Come here. Hold your hands again.

It's cold. "

He covered her hand in his palm with a smile on his face. At that time, he was wearing his usual navy blue uniform, which was embroidered with black bat patterns in various fonts. On the snow, he had a handsome figure, his eyebrows were like ink paintings, and he had a slight smile. He was as elegant and handsome as a pine tree, and Nie couldn't help but be fascinated by it. When he came back to his senses, he couldn't help but sigh lightly in his heart.

"What are you thinking about?" Xiao Fengming held her hand in his and walked slowly towards the pavilion in the garden.

"I am thinking that the emperor is also in trouble." Nie Wushuang said slowly: "Eunuch Lin said that the emperor has dropped four sets of tea cups today."

Xiao Fengming glanced at her and said leisurely: "I am not a god, so naturally I will have difficulties."

Nie Wushuang looked at his indifferent expression and couldn't guess for a moment what kind of decision he had in his heart. This "greed"

"Dirty" is a cancer that has always been eradicated in the past, but this time it involves Empress Dowager Gao. I don't know whether he will take this opportunity to uproot Empress Dowager Gao's influence, or whether he will let it go and wait for the future.

As he walked, he admired the beautiful scenery in the garden. The emperor who was frowning and meditating in the royal study just now seemed to have disappeared. Now he was just a rich man admiring the flowers and the moon. He suddenly stopped in front of an old pine tree and said with regret in his tone: "It's a pity. This old pine has too many side branches, which has deprived the entire trunk of nutrients. I'm afraid it won't survive this winter."

Nie Wushuang took a closer look and found that it was indeed the case. The side branches of the old pine had been bent by the snow and were hanging on the ground. Soon, another snowfall would bury its branches in the snow. By then, the branches would be buried. The melted snow rots, and the pine tree dies.

"Then why didn't the servant in charge of the garden remove the side branches and let it be like this?" Nie Wushuang asked.

Xiao Fengming pointed to the largest side branch: "I didn't think so at first, but as time went by, the side branch was already thicker than the main trunk. I was afraid that cutting it would damage the root of the pine tree, so the palace people didn't dare to do anything. You can let it grow crookedly."

Nie Wushuang suddenly realized when he heard this, but looking at the look in Xiao Fengming's eyes, it seemed that he was not just talking about this pine tree.

She had a plan in mind, took a step forward, stepped on the branch, and said with a smile: "If the emperor feels that there is still something regrettable about this pine tree, he should find a way out for it now." As she said that, she said fiercely. Trampled the end of the side branches.

"Cut down a little today and prune a little tomorrow. Maybe next winter, the emperor will find that this pine tree is growing better than before." Nie Wushuang said.

Xiao Fengming's eyes showed a slight surprise, but then slowly turned into a smile. He stepped forward and patted the fallen snow on her shoulder, smiling meaningfully: "Shuang'er is actually a flexible person. He thinks the same as me, but..."

"It's just that the emperor's love for the pine tree will be shaken by this, so it's difficult to decide. Isn't it?" Nie Wushuang said with a smile, a look that she didn't even notice flashed across her beautiful eyes.

Xiao Fengming looked at her, laughed and hugged her: "There is no one who knows me better than anyone else."

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On the third day, the emperor issued an imperial edict to remove the officials impeached by Yushitai for corruption and other officials below the third rank, and sent them to the prison to wait for the trial of the three ministries. Grand Master Gao was sentenced to three years in prison, remembered as a veteran of the three dynasties, and scolded him to shut himself up and reflect on his mistakes. Such a vigorous impeachment case of the imperial censor was handled in such a light manner, and Empress Dowager Gao could not say anything about it. Anyway, the rank below third rank is just an official rank with little weight and has no influence on the affairs of the court.

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