Sometimes the palace is sunny

Chapter 49
Although the evil wind blew all morning, the sky in Yanjing City was still a bit clear at noon. There are shopkeepers and hawkers carrying poles and selling things along the street.

Sitting in a four-wheeled wooden cart, Lin Miaozhen couldn't help opening the curtain to look outside, only to think that those small stalls selling "pine nut sugar" and "steamed cake" were extremely rare.

Seeing that Lin Miaozhen couldn't help looking out, Shen Shiqing said with a smile: "If my sister likes anything, just ask someone to buy it and eat it. It's just one piece. We agreed to go to Zuixianlou to eat roast lamb today. You don't have to save some stomachs." .”

Lin Miaozhen turned back and picked "Zhao Surui" by the ear: "It's just been a long time since I saw you, you think I'm such a glutton!"

Seeing that her face was a little more energetic than usual because of that anger, Shen Shiqing smiled and said: "Once my sister is out of the palace, even her hands are stronger."

Lin Miaozhen felt a little embarrassed, leaned back and sat back.

Looking at the indigo short jacket with miscellaneous treasures and broken branches, Lin Miaozhen looked out of the car window and couldn't help but sigh leisurely.

It was Sishu who was dressed as a servant outside the car and drove the car. He walked slowly all the way to Zuixian Tower, and he quickly opened the curtain to ask the two nobles to get out of the car.

Shen Shiqing lifted her foot and jumped down, turned around to pick up Lin Miaozhen, but saw that Lin Miaozhen's movements were more agile than hers.

So the hand that was stretched out to catch someone turned back and touched his nose.

The emperor was about to leave the palace, so the four rats naturally made arrangements inside and out, and the young servant guarding the gate of the Zuixian Tower rushed up to greet him, without saying much, just leading him upstairs.

But even if the whole group remained silent, with Zhao Surui's beauty and Lin Miaozhen's brilliance, it's impossible for the diners in the Zuixian Tower to miss them. There was such a handsome pair of Bi people at that time, and I don’t know which young master just came back from outside.”

"The young master of any family is useless now." The green-robed man who was at the same table with that person took a bite of the fried sesame meat in front of him, and his mouth clicked, "The uncle Guo's family is copying it by themselves." As for my own home, I heard that 30 taels of silver will be collected within two days, otherwise our big country uncle will not be able to get out of Fusi in Beizhen."

Speaking of this incident, the person who was looking at the handsome young man just now also laughed: "Uncle Da Guo's old accounts from more than ten years ago have been dug out. I heard that the Gulou Street has been very peaceful recently."

Taiping?Is it deserted or not?Every household shrank their necks, for fear that His Majesty's next knife would fall on them.

The two clinked glasses and smiled tacitly.

In the elegant seat by the window on the second floor, as soon as Shen Shiqing and Lin Miaozhen sat down, a waiter brought hot clear mutton soup, and the aroma of coriander, green onion and pepper pierced people's noses.

Lin Miaozhen took a sip of the soup and said with a smile, "It tastes cleaner than the one in the palace."

Hearing what she said, Shen Shiqing smiled: "The food in the palace must first look good, and second, it must be expensive. Wherever it is for people to eat, it is not bad as a tribute."

Lin Miaozhen almost choked on the soup, she put down the soup bowl and pointed at "Zhao Surui" with a smile: "As the king of a country, don't you eat tributes from everywhere?"

Shen Shiqing was stunned for a moment, but couldn't help laughing.

That's right, when you think about it this way, being an emperor is not a person at all.

Zuixianlou's roasted mutton is as delicious as their mutton soup. It is obvious that they started to eat mutton as soon as autumn in the palace. Seeing "Zhao Surui", he ordered the four mice to ask for two more roasted lambs to share with the guards who came out, and left two separate lamb legs to go back to Yiji Sanmao and them.

"A few days ago when I went out of the palace, I met a friend. He told me that the roast lamb in Zuixianlou is good, and the almond tea is also good." Shen Shiqing said, picking up the small copper pot in his hand and pouring a bowl for Lin Miaozhen. .

Lin Miaozhen held the almond tea and said: "It's sheep soup and almond tea, I can see it, you just don't want me to drink."

"Alcohol hurts your health, so don't drink it if you can." Shen Shiqing was not at all embarrassing to be exposed, she shaved the cheek meat of the sheep with a silver handle knife and put it on Lin Miaozhen's plate, "Besides, after you finish drinking, we Why are you still walking in this street?"

Can you still go shopping?
Lin Miaozhen's eyes widened, she thought that "Zhao Surui" brought her out just to have a meal out of the palace, and then go to Xiyuan to enjoy the scenery and relax, but she never expected that she could actually go shopping in the street.

"You should have said it earlier! I'll change into a pair of light shoes, no, why am I still wearing this messy skirt? Just put on a round-neck robe, or like you, also wear a flying fish suit. Since we're going to go out for a stroll, we have to look like we're going, what did your friend say about the delicious and fun things in Yanjing?"

Hearing that she was going to go shopping, even after being a queen for seven years, Lin Miaozhen still revealed the desire and freshness of a young woman.

Shen Shiqing ate a mouthful of mutton, recalling what Ming Ruoshui said: "He didn't say anything, we chatted for less than an hour, apart from this Zuixianlou, there are several bookstores in Yanjing City."

As soon as she heard about the bookstore, Lin Miaozhen immediately lost her interest and concentrated on eating meat.

Shen Shiqing was speechless for a while, as expected of her close siblings, the ignorant appearance of the empress really resembles the emperor.

Thinking of this, Shen Shiqing couldn't help shaking her head, and said helplessly:
"Then let's go to the Treasure Building and take a look, sister, just take whatever you fancy."

When Lin Miaozhen heard this, she became happy again, picked up a bowl of almond tea and drank it as wine, and her sitting posture became more and more heroic.

"By the way, who is that friend you're talking about? I remember that you used to disdain to associate with people the most. You could call people useless after just a few words, and you can even treat others as friends?"

Speaking of Zhao Surui's childhood, the corners of Lin Miaozhen's eyes were full of smiles. Her younger brother has been surly and rebellious since she was a child, but she is also smart. Not only the Four Books and Five Classics, but also the Western books from overseas. I just understood it, but unfortunately I was really impatient. I understood it today and then forgot it after a few days. It’s the same when I get along with others. Coupled with an incomparably noble status, it makes others tremble, and no one knows where it is. One word can make him angry.

Even Lin Miaozhen was not less angry with Zhao Surui. At that time, Lin Miaozhen was in her early ten years old, but she was taller than Zhao Surui, who was one year younger than herself. When she couldn't bear it, Lin Miaozhen did something.

——She took advantage of Zhao Surui's temper to throw off the serving eunuch in Xiyuan, and pushed Zhao Surui to the ground and beat him up.

With two sticks as thick as thumbs, she used them to slap Zhao Surui's butt.

When she was angry, she beat the current prince. Once the anger subsided, Lin Miaozhen felt that she could not stay in the palace any longer. She might be given death for beating the prince. When she returned to her residence, she cleaned up and saluted with red eyes. What she thought was that even if she died, she would not apologize to that arrogant second prince. She never thought that she waited day after day, but only waited for everything to return as usual.

The second prince, who looked at the sky with his nostrils and was full of swearing and trash, saw her, and walked away a foot away, whimpering.

Thinking of Zhao Surui at that time, Lin Miaozhen wiped her hands with a handkerchief, smiling while wiping.

Shen Shiqing thought for a while, and said: "That man's name is Ming Ruoshui, he is the head of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. I checked and found that this man is Mingkang's 17-year-old Chuanzhu. The late emperor asked him to watch politics in the Ministry of Industry. The old Fang Ge also held him in high esteem. He, it's a pity that he offended Zhang Wan in the second year and returned home due to illness. In addition to his mother's death, he didn't return to the court until the fifth year of Zhaode. So he set about sorting out the prison proceedings over the years, and Yang Zhai, Minister of the Ministry of War, valued him very much, and he became the head of the Criminal Department and would go out to Beijing to inspect the prisons, and Yang Shangshu also recommended him to go to the Xuanfu to cooperate with the suppression of bandits."

While she was talking, Lin Miaozhen had boldly picked up the lamb spine and started to chew, swallowing the tender meat in her mouth, she said:

"Isn't the Xuan Mansion suppressing bandits a recent event? Then how could you still get to know him in Yanjing?"

"Wanquandu Si Zhangyong had a grudge with a family named Han in Xuanfu. Taking advantage of the bandits saying that the Han family was in collusion with the bandits, Ming Ruoshui tried to rescue the Han family after the investigation, so Zhang Yong sued Ming Ruoshui. Colluding with the bandits to accept bribes, Ming Ruoshui simply returned to Yanjing and resigned pending trial. I have already sent Jin Yiwei to investigate the matter of Wanquan Dusi, and the Xuanfu is close to Yanjing, so there is probably news in the past two days."

Shen Shiqing slowly tore the meat from a lamb bone into strips and put it in a bowl, then poured the special sauce on it and ate the meat bite by bite with chopsticks, which was much more refined than Lin Miaozhen looked at.

Probably because outside the palace, the tight string in her heart has been loosened. When Lin Miaozhen spoke, she didn't care about "the harem can no longer interfere in politics". After listening to what Zhao Surui said, she smiled and said:
"Since Ming Ruoshui is such a talent and has made a lot of achievements in the Ministry of Punishment, he can make some achievements in investigating the deficit of Taipu Temple."

"I really think so, and someone recommended Ming Ruoshui to me." Shen Shiqing felt that there was nothing she couldn't say to Lin Miaozhen, "Ming Ruoshui's talents are not limited to litigation and prison affairs. His family is in Dongyang, a line away from the coast. Not far away, he often went to the coast a few years ago, and he also had some insights into the rectification of pirates and Japanese pirates. It is estimated that Yang Shangshu knew this side of his talent, so he cherished it. But before using him, I have to clear up the matter of the banditry in the Xuan Mansion first, Wanquan is in charge of guarding the capital, if Zhang Yong is not available, I have to find someone else to replace him."

This is also the most difficult part. Shen Shiqing must admit that she can rely on memorials and calculations to grasp the general situation in matters such as internal affairs and finance, and make decisions based on the suggestions of the officials. But the test of dispatching troops is A monarch's grasp and vision of the court, as well as his insight into the ministers, need time to make up for it.

"Oh, it sounds like a troublesome thing." Lin Miaozhen sucked the bone marrow from the sheep's bones "snoring and snorting": "Wanquan is in charge of eleven guards and seven thousand households. Zhang Yong has been sitting in this position for ten years. If you take him out, you need someone who can convince everyone with prestige, qualifications, and achievements so that everyone's hearts will not be fluctuated. You will fight Moxi next year. In order to prevent the Duqin tribe in Mobei from taking the opportunity to attack the capital, you We also need to find an extremely reliable person to take up the post of commander of Wanquandu."

Putting the gnawed sheep bones aside, Lin Miaozhen stared at another sheep spine with marrow, and said:
"What do you think of Old General Cai? Although he opposed your sending troops to the Duqin Department before, you removed his military power and only let him serve in the army. He is also dedicated to his duty. Although he claimed to be sick last year, he was also newly promoted by you. Those young generals were run on, I think it would be better for a safe person like him to be in Wanquandu."

When Lin Miaozhen was speaking, Shen Shiqing had already raised her head to look at her.

The bright sun shines on the Linghua lattice window next to Lin Miaozhen, shining white light, making this feasting woman look like a fairy who has been hungry in the sky for 700 years and finally can go down to earth for a full meal.

If there was a mirror in front of Shen Shiqing, she would be surprised by the way she looked at Lin Miaozhen at this moment—it was the joy of finding a treasure.

"Sister Lin."

"Huh? Next time we go out of the palace and eat something else."

"Is there a next time?"

"Naturally." Shen Shiqing smiled, "As long as I'm still here, I'll always take Sister Lin out to play."

Lin Miaozhen looked at the handsome and extraordinary "Zhao Surui", but her heart suddenly moved.

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The second watch bell rang, and Shen Shiqing heard someone's voice coming as promised.

"Shen Sanwaste! I heard that you imprisoned one of my uncles?"

"Your Majesty's news outside the palace is not smooth, and the minister's wife even scolded the Queen Mother, and by the way took out several 10 taels of silver from the Queen Mother."

Under the lamp, Shen Shiqing was smiling.

In an instant, her heart became quiet.

　Siri Zhao: Lost language!

　　Shen Shiqing: Refreshing!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)