I, the queen and the father, start with a deer as a horse

"it's me."

Fang Xiu looked at Lin Wan'er in front of him, nodded slightly, and then asked, "Has Your Majesty rested?"

Lin Wan'er shook her head, and replied, "I haven't rested yet."

Before he could say the last sentence "Your Majesty is taking a bath", he saw Fang Xiu stepping into the hall.

"Fang Xiang!"

Lin Wan'er was startled, and hurriedly wanted to stop him, but it was too late.

At this moment, Fang Xiu has entered the house.

Looking at the graceful figure behind the tulle, I couldn't help being moved.

"Wan'er, give me a shoulder squeeze."

The little empress lay in the bathtub, closed her eyes, her delicate face revealed a look of satisfaction.

Seeing this, Fang Xiu showed a smile on his brows, walked over, put his hands on the little empress' fair shoulders, and massaged gently.

Not for a while.

The little empress seemed to have noticed something, her body trembled slightly, and she turned her head to look behind her.

"Fang Xiu!"

The moment he saw Fang Xiu, Wu Mingkong's beautiful peach eyes showed surprise, and he called out excitedly.

"It's the minister, the minister is back."

Fang Xiu said while massaging her.

When the little empress heard the haunting voice in her ears, her heart couldn't help beating.

At this moment, she had a lot to say to Fang Xiu, but for some reason, when the words came to her lips, she couldn't utter a word.

"His Majesty……"

A soft call made the little empress a little dazed.

Feel the warm touch on your shoulders.

A blush appeared on her beautiful face, and she reached out to hold Fang Xiu's hands.

Trying to restrain the excitement in his heart, he pretended to be indifferent and said: "Yongzhou to Chang'an is a long journey, and you are not used to traveling by car, and you are exhausted all the way. Why don't you go back to the palace to rest quickly, what are you doing in the palace?"

After the words fell, Fang Xiu's gentle voice was heard slowly.

"I miss your majesty, and when I think of leaving Yongzhou, I wish I could have two more legs. I will come to your majesty as soon as possible, and stay with your majesty to relieve the pain of lovesickness."

To hear such blatant sweet talk.

The little empress's heart beat more and more violently, a blush appeared on her beautiful face, and her beautiful peach blossom eyes were watery.

"Why don't I miss you?"

Wu Mingkong said silently in his heart.

[Emotion value +5000]

A cold system prompt sounded.

Fang Xiu's heart moved, and he said:

"I know that Your Majesty also thinks about me, but His Majesty is too thin-skinned to say so."

[Emotion value +5000]

The little empress who was poked at the center turned her pretty face flushed, turned her head, looked at Fang Xiu with watery eyes, and said angrily, "You are being passionate!"

Fang Xiu raised his brows and said, "If I'm being sentimental, why doesn't Your Majesty throw me out of the palace?"

Wu Ming said firmly: "You think I dare not?"

Hearing this, Fang Xiu slowly let go of his hands, and said leisurely: "Since Your Majesty doesn't want to see the minister so much, then the minister should go back to the residence first."

With that said, he walked towards the outside of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

He knew that the traitor Fang Xiu was teasing him.

However, seeing the back of him leaving, the little empress still couldn't help becoming nervous, and hurriedly said: "That's not what I meant!"

Fang Xiu stopped in his tracks, looked at the little empress, with a half-smile between his brows, and asked, "Then what does Your Majesty mean?"

"I am."

Wu Mingkong buried his body in the bathtub, wanting to let him stay, but he was ashamed to speak, his beautiful face was flushed red, and he couldn't hold back a word for a long time.

behind the door.

Lin Wan'er pressed her head tightly against the door and window, listening to the conversation between Fang Xiu and the little empress, she muttered in her heart...

It's obvious that the two are in love with each other, miss each other, finally meet, don't hurry up to do business, and still bicker here, it's really boring!
As she thought about it, she suddenly heard the voice of the little empress again.

"I miss you too. Since the moment you left Chang'an, I haven't stopped thinking about you. When I heard that you were returning to Beijing, I wish I could go out of the city for three hundred miles to pick you up. I just saw you standing behind me. I'm so happy, I've never been happier."

Wu Mingkong looked at Fang Xiu with watery eyes, his pretty face flushed, and his voice trembled.

As an empress, she rarely showed her emotions.

Only in front of Fang Xiu will he let go of some burdens.

However, even so, she never said such words to Fang Xiu.

The majestic Son of Heaven, at this moment, is as shy as a young girl in love.

If it gets out, not many people will believe it.

Fang Xiu looked at the charming little empress in front of him, with a smile on his brows, walked up to her, and teased, "Is your majesty the one who misses the minister, or the minister's body?"

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Outside the house, when Lin Wan'er heard this, a look of curiosity appeared in her eyes, and she thought to herself, what's the difference between the two?
Wu Mingkong, who was taking a bath, instantly understood what he meant, bit his lips lightly, and remained silent.

"Why doesn't His Majesty speak?"

Fang Xiu frowned and asked.

Wu Mingkong snorted and said, "I don't bother to answer such indecent questions."

Fang Xiu said with a smile: "Why does Your Majesty think that what I asked is not a serious question?"

Wu Mingkong snorted, and said angrily, "You know it in your heart."

Fang Xiu smiled and didn't speak. He walked up to Wu Mingkong, bent down, stretched out his palm, caressed the beautiful face of the little empress, and said softly: "Your Majesty, do you want to ask me? Those who miss His Majesty, or His Majesty's body?"

In the tub.

Seeing Fang Xiu so close, Wu Mingkong trembled in his heart, and hurriedly said, "Stay away from me."

Fortunately, the rose petals blocked the view.

Otherwise, she was afraid that she would die on the spot in embarrassment.

Fang Xiu did not fulfill her wish, instead he gently stroked her face with his palm, and said softly: "I miss everything about your majesty."

Wu Mingkong blushed as if she was about to bleed, and said in a trembling voice, "Who asked you, you can ask and answer for yourself here."

Fang Xiu looked at the beautiful woman who was close at hand, and could no longer restrain the throbbing in his heart.

He stretched out his hand to take the little empress out and hugged her in her arms.

Immediately afterwards, he pulled the dragon robe aside and covered her body.

all of a sudden.

Water splashes everywhere.

The little empress was taken aback by Fang Xiu's sudden move, and kept pushing into his arms.

When he opened his eyes again, he was already on the dragon couch.

"You are a big treason!"

Wu Mingkong looked at Fang Xiu with shame and annoyance, trying to show the majesty of the emperor.

It's a pity that in Fang Xiu's eyes, her majesty has a special charm.

Fang Xiu showed a smile between his eyebrows, stretched out his hand to caress her little face, and said gently:
"That minister will rebel once today."

The voice fell.

Pounced on.

Suddenly, the candlelight flickered violently and lasted for a long time.

The next day.

early morning.

A ray of warm sunlight passed through the glazed glass and shone on the ground in front of the dragon couch.

Wu Mingkong's long eyelashes trembled a few times, and he slowly opened his eyes.

Stretching comfortably, she called out, "Wan'er, change clothes."

The voice just fell.

Suddenly, I felt a sore feeling all over my body.

I was in a trance for a moment.

The little empress recovered her memory and subconsciously looked to her side.

Empty.

All at once.

She was really in a daze, thinking: "Could it be that everything that happened yesterday was a dream?"

As the saying goes, think day by day and dream at night.

It was probably because she missed Fang Xiu too much during the day that she had such absurd dreams.

but
A big dream, and it feels pretty good.

Wu Mingkong thought so, stretched out his hand to support his head, and called out again: "Wan'er!"

The voice fell.

There was a sound of footsteps.

Wu Mingkong raised his eyes and saw Fang Xiu in brocade clothes standing in front of him, holding a dragon robe in his hand.

"Dream still awake?"

Wu Mingkong was slightly taken aback, muttered something to himself, and subconsciously reached out and rubbed his eyes.

Seeing this scene, the corners of Fang Xiu's mouth twitched involuntarily, for a moment he didn't know what to say.

"Your Majesty thinks that all this is a dream?"

Fang Xiu opened his mouth slowly.

Hearing Fang Xiu's voice, the little empress instantly came to her senses, she was not dreaming.

Everything in memory is what happened in real life.

It's just that the separation from reality was too big, which made her unable to recover for a while.

Think about everything that happened last night.

A blush appeared on the pretty face of the little empress, and she pretended to be indifferent and asked, "Where's Wan'er?"

Fang Xiudao: "I went to the imperial hospital to get the medicine."

There was a hint of doubt in the eyes of the little empress, and she asked curiously, "What medicine?"

Fang Xiu replied truthfully: "Medicine to treat trauma."

"Who was injured?"

The little empress asked subconsciously.

After asking, she realized something, her pretty face flushed instantly, and she stopped talking.

at this time.

There was a smile on Fang Xiu's face, and he said leisurely: "It is for the minister. On the way back to the capital, I met a wild cat and scratched the blood on the back of the minister. Would you like to take a look at it?" ?”

When Wu Mingkong heard this, a look of curiosity appeared in his eyes.

Where is the wild cat that can scratch the blood on Fang Xiu's back.

Thinking of this, he suddenly noticed Fang Xiu's eyes, and immediately reacted, his pretty face turned redder, and he waved his hands and said, "I won't watch it."

"Let's take a look."

As Fang Xiu said, he was about to take off his robe.

Wu Mingkong closed his eyes in embarrassment, and said, "I don't want to see it!"

Seeing this, Fang Xiu couldn't help laughing.

Only then did Wu Mingkong realize that Fang Xiu was playing tricks on him again.

Opening his eyes, looking at him, he said angrily: "I know how to bully me all day long! I just returned to Beijing, so..."

Halfway through the conversation, I couldn't continue.

"So what?"

Fang Xiu asked knowingly.

The little empress glared at him, and said angrily, "You know it in your heart!"

"I don't know!"

Fang Xiu pretended to be confused.

The little empress had nothing to do with him, she could only change the subject and said, "There was a flood in the south, did you know about it?"

"."

Fang Xiu originally wanted to tease the little Empress for a while, but when she saw that she was talking about serious matters, he restrained himself a little and replied: "Your Majesty has already written to tell the ministers about this matter, Your Majesty forgot?"

The little empress was slightly taken aback, and realized in a trance that this was indeed the case.

So, he asked again: "A flood has used up more than 100 million taels of silver from the national treasury. Now, the war is not over yet, and there is a shortage of silver everywhere. Can you find a way to get some more silver?"

Hear the question.

Fang Xiu fell into silence.

Seeing this, Wu Mingkong hesitated and said:
"I know that it is not easy for you to earn money, Zhenbaozhai and the new business tax have already earned a lot of silver for the court.

But in the past few months, the imperial court's money is really not enough. I plan to discuss with my mother after a while, starting from the harem, abolishing some court ladies, increasing revenue and reducing expenditure. "

Fang Xiu raised his eyes to look at Wu Mingkong, and asked, "Your Majesty, have you ever thought about why after the implementation of the new commercial tax, the annual income has increased by more than ten times compared to previous years, and the money is still not enough?"

Wu Mingkong thought for a while and analyzed:

"It doesn't cost much money to help the victims, repair the official roads, and build the yamen. The most important thing is the war with Zhou.

The imperial court recruited a large number of new soldiers, and the military pay of these people was a considerable expense. The firearms supplied to them were produced, and a large number of craftsmen and miners had to be hired to mine ore and forge weapons. This was also a considerable expense. .”

Fang Xiu nodded lightly to show his approval, and then said: "Your Majesty just mentioned increasing income and reducing expenditure, and the abolition of court ladies is just to reduce expenditure, so where is the increase in income?"

Hearing this question, Wu Mingkong looked thoughtful.

After a while.

She looked at Fang Xiu and said tentatively, "Redevelop some products such as white sugar and colored glaze?"

Fang Xiudao: "Some things can be encountered but not sought after. It doesn't mean that they can be developed after hard work. Even if they are developed, they may not be able to sell at a high price."

Hearing this, Wu Mingkong thought again.

After a while.

She looked at Fang Xiu, and said: "The current expenditure of the imperial court is mainly on the manufacture of firearms and the mining of ore. The raw materials are expensive, and the wages paid to them are also a considerable amount. Tap your hands."

Fang Xiu nodded and said, "I think so too."

Wu Mingkong thought for a while, then hesitated: "You mean to cut the wages of miners and craftsmen, or simply impose corvée?"

Fang Xiudao: "If that's the case, what's the point of the effort I made before?"

Wu Mingkong nodded slightly when he heard this.

Yes!

Fang Xiu did so many things before, just to reduce the burden on the shoulders of the people.

Now that the burden is placed on them again because of a war, what is the point of doing all this?

but.

The burden is not on the people.

Where did the imperial court get the money from?
At this moment, Wu Mingkong felt that he was caught in a dilemma.

On one side are the common people.

On the other side is the imperial court.

If you want to make contributions, you will inevitably have to suffer from the people.

Thinking of this.

Wu Mingkong's exquisite face showed a look of embarrassment, and he didn't know how to speak.

Seeing this, Fang Xiu said, "Your Majesty, have you ever thought about suffering the people of other countries?"

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Wu Mingkong was slightly taken aback, not understanding the meaning of this sentence.

at this time.

Fang Xiu took out a letter from his bosom, handed it to Wu Mingkong, and said, "I intend to negotiate a peace with the state of Zhou. This is the condition I proposed for peace."

Wu Mingkong reached out to take it, opened it, and looked at it from top to bottom.

Looking at it, her face became a little weird, and she couldn't help asking:

"How could Zhou Guo agree to such a harsh condition?"