Emperor Phoenix

Chapter 64

Outside, Xiao Chen coughed slightly, his breath was vain, he leaned on the soft couch outside, flipping through a few memorials, looking a little overwhelmed.

Xiao Jue, however, stood up straight, his tall body was full of energy under the light, but his voice was somewhat solemn: "The magistrates of the two prefectures of Deshan and Shaanxi went up at the same time, saying that this year Longnan is ripe, but the price of grain has not dropped. Pig iron, cotton, leather, herbs and other items all rose, but the exchange rate of gold fell slightly——Chen, what do you think?”

Smiling lightly, the smile is as elegant as a splashed ink landscape, the thick black eyelashes reflect the pale face, which is so pure to the extreme that it adds a bit of shocking brilliance, Xiao Chen's voice is like a whisper, also fluttering behind the fluttering veil Endless: "The wind disaster in the Northern Wei Dynasty this year, it seems that the losses are quite heavy..."

Xiao Jue also laughed at the irrelevant words.

Different from his younger brother's elegance and purity like light willows and sparse clouds, his smile is always bright and bright, with golden ripples jumping like sunlight, each ripple is an intoxicating vortex, attracting everyone's involuntary gaze.

His voice was eloquent, and there was a clanging voice, "Have you finally lost your patience? You made me wait for a long time!"

Xiao Chen looked at him lazily: "Your Majesty seems to have had itchy hands for a long time."

"That's it," Xiao Jue shook his head and said, "Speaking of which, being an emperor is much harder than fighting in the past. Sleeping at night and getting up at night, people who can't finish approving memorials are endless, and endless thoughts are endless. What happened, I still miss the days of the Southern and Northern Wars, eating dry food and drinking cold water, sleeping on the saddle at night, listening to the long and majestic horns in the tent, and blowing the moonlight into a cool, listening I fell asleep listening to it, and I didn’t bother to care about something under my body. I woke up in the morning and looked, hey! There is a big piece of dead bone under the weeds! I don’t know which unlucky ghost died in the wilderness in some battle..."

For some reason, his voice became lower and lower, as if the flame that had risen at the beginning was suddenly suppressed by a handful of cold ashes, and the nostalgia and excitement at the beginning were gradually annihilated with regret.

The moonlight outside the house is the same as going through the hall and entering the house, it is desolate and desolate, but it is no longer the battlefield of blood-stained yellow sand and rain-drenched weeds.

The person blowing the Qiang horn under the moon has already turned into a "dead man's bone".

However, Xiao Chen casually said: "Northern Wei used gold to buy food and medicines in several of our prefectures to prepare for the war, so the prices were different. However, judging from the figures, it was done quite carefully and was not conspicuous. Two prefectures know each other, and we can find such things in the clues. Minor changes are really capable officials.”

With a slight sigh, Xiao Jue's thoughts were pulled back, his melancholy color faded a little, and he said coldly: "If you want to buy it, let them buy it. There is 30 shi of old grain in the Changlin grain depot. It started to mold due to rain last year. Sell it. Let them go."

"They are not fools," Xiao Chen smiled, "How can they be willing to spend money to buy your bad food?"

"The prosperity of the world is for profit, and the chaos of the world is for profit." Xiao Jue's eyes were like a dark tide rolling over. "The Northern Wei Dynasty is currently in charge of the household department. Wei Tiansi is a disciple of the king of virtue. Wei Tiansi is good at fighting, but...you knew."

"What should be controlled, naturally don't let it go, but I think..." Xiao Chen tapped his folding fan lightly on his palm, "Do something for King Wei? I heard that he still trusts Wei Tiansi. Because of his love, Tiansi has accumulated some strength, Your Majesty, look..."

He lowered his voice, Xiao Jue leaned over slightly and listened carefully, and the veil screen showed the backs of the two brothers talking in harmony and sincerely.

After a long while, Xiao Chen straightened up, showing a little tiredness, just at this time the guards came to report that there was something wrong in the Zuixin Pavilion, Xiao Chen listened calmly, and said, "Go." He turned around and entered the inner room, smiling at him Xiao Jue who came in said, "I always like to use the pillow made by Yunhua, mint and chrysanthemum leaves, cool and bright, and the craftsmanship is also exquisite. It is hard to find in the world, but it is a pity that she is lazy and only made one, which made me occasionally take a nap in the study. , I still have to hug her, go back to the dormitory at night, and then hug her back."

As she said that, she leaned over to get the soft pillow, her sleeve brushed intentionally or unintentionally on the bed, she got up as soon as she brushed it, and stayed on the bed as if nothing had happened.

"Yunhua?" Xiao Jue only looked at the pillow, "That concubine of yours who is exquisite in embroidery? I think it looks good, and you have always been used to her, why don't you give her a name?"

"My younger brother still doesn't think about it now," Xiao Chen said in a gentle but firm tone, with a hint of refusal, "The emperor cares for me, and my younger brother is grateful, but I just want to have no family."

"You..." Xiao Jue raised his eyebrows, "You do this every time, okay, don't mention it."

Smiling, the smile was only vain on the face, a layer of illusion like the hazy moonlight, Xiao Chen said: "There is something strange in the Zuixin Pavilion, I have to go and have a look here, it should be safe, The younger brother will send guards over to guard again, please wait here a moment, Your Majesty."

"You go," Xiao Jue waved his hand, "I said I won't go back to the palace tonight, I slept for a while in the afternoon, and now I don't feel sleepy, I just read in your study, I like you here, stay calm, you You don’t need to support me anymore, if there is nothing wrong with Zuixin Pavilion, you can go back to your bedroom directly, and I will go back when the drum of heaven drums, don’t worry, more than half of the Eighteen Gold Attendants of the Forbidden Palace have arrived, Commander Qiu will come to pick me up in person later, I will There won't be any problem with safety, it's important for you to recover from your illness."

Responding with a slight smile, Xiao Chen went out. After a short while, there was a sound of footsteps outside the study, which obviously sent more guards.

Xiao Jue then sat down on the couch, picked up a book and read it, but didn't read it, put the book on the couch after reading for a while, and murmured: "This girl, why is she always away from Shanglin Nunnery... "

His voice was very low, and Qin Changge couldn't hear clearly behind the curtain, she just watched Xiao Jue through the thin threads of latitude and longitude, thinking about the conversation between the two brothers just now, a faint smile appeared.

Xiao Jue, have you finished your studies?
You were once such a passionate young man.

I remember that when you were just a general under the account of the Jiedu Envoy, you lamented the misery and displacement of the people of other countries. Regardless of the marshal's stop, you took in refugees and entered the camp for shelter, but you were eavesdropped by the spies who mixed in with you and sneaked out of the camp in the middle of the night. It wasn't that Yu Zixi stayed on the only way out of the camp without saying a word, and cut the small work under the knife but kept it secret, you have already been convicted of this.

After many years, the youthful, impulsive and unintentional youth has long been turned into a cold and heroic emperor. Looking down from the top of the palace, you will no longer be easily swayed by those compassionate emotions.

Now you have done a good job, with such clear interests and grievances, you no longer naively regard the people of the world as one family, you have already started thinking about turning their home into your home.

If, if, I didn't meet you until now, would there be less quarrels between us?Will my ending be different because of this?

...Why is your arm itchy?
Qin Changge, who was indulging in the alternation of reality and memory, was suddenly startled.

She lowered her gaze and glanced over her arm.

A smile suddenly condensed on his face.

Where did the mouse come from!

Ah!
God damn rat!

The famous founding queen, who is said by the world to be the younger brother of a god, and a generation of strange women who claim to have no flaws and weaknesses-in fact, she still has flaws.

The most fearless in life is the mouse!

His eyes turned into huge longan eyes, and he bit his lips desperately to force himself not to scream reflexively. Qin Changge stared at the mouse with a pale face and cold sweat. It didn't look like an ordinary house mouse. Smooth and fat like a kitten, it crawled in through the window, and she was standing by the window behind the curtain, the damned mouse was not afraid of people, and crawled onto her arm, blinking its black bean eyes , the founding queen who is fearless and who is said to be able to scare people to death with her eyes stares wide-eyed.

Then, under Qin Changge's horrified gaze, he slowly raised his paw, ready to grab it.

roll!
Without saying a word, he immediately swung his arm, and the mouse flew out round and round. Qin Changge no longer cared that Xiao Jue would find her, and jumped out as soon as he lifted the curtain—the mouse was much more terrifying than Xiao Jue.

Hearing the strange sound, Xiao Jue suddenly turned around, before he had time to react, he felt a purple light covering his face and a black shadow, and he was thrown to the ground by a monster wrapped in a large group of purple embroidered yucca embroidered curtains.

Boom, the sound of the back of the head hitting the wooden floor.

half an hour.

Qin Changge, who accidentally tripped over the curtain when he jumped out, finally opened his eyes slowly, wrapped in heavy silk and satin, and decided to face his first peerless embarrassment since his third life.

A powerful silent recitation in my heart: last time you pressed me, this time I will press you, to win the round...

Open your eyes and look into a pool of deep water.

That water is so deep.

so cool.

As the sky is getting dark and the snow is thick, the sun never rises in the west of the polar region, and the ice and snow are dark and desolate.

The past is like the wind, screaming and passing through time, those dreams and doubts settled in the memory, those secrets deep in the heart that you want to touch but dare not touch, are gradually worn away by the wind and rain year after year, and are broken. In the sound, the green mountains are hidden in the distance, and the setting sun is gradually disappearing.

Only the cold coolness remains, like this dark night, without any glimmer of light.

I suddenly remembered that in the Book of Songs "Qi Ao", "Your ears are full of luster, and your head is like a star", a noble man crowned with jewels, you are well-dressed and handsome, and you have a high-spirited demeanor and look forward to the streamer, but why, there is deep sadness in your eyes ?

why?why?
The suspect who killed his wife, are you more sad than the victim?

Their eyes met, but for a moment.

The sadness that had been hidden for a long time was immediately covered by anger.

Seeing those deep black eyes ignited with scorching fire, Qin Changge realized that he was still lying on the emperor's body, studying his eyes, even though he was a man now, and his chest was tied, I also took voice-changing pills, so I don’t have to worry about being recognized, but the current situation is considered "deception", right?
He was about to get up embarrassingly, but His Majesty the Emperor frowned, grabbed her thin body with his hands on his chest, and threw her out casually and unceremoniously.

The bones fell to the ground—fortunately, the ground was covered with thick carpets, but Qin Changge still felt something was wrong under his buttocks, touched it hesitantly, and jumped up again.

(End of this chapter)