female catcher

Chapter 214 Longevity Festival

At the beginning of Xia Xia started her career in the Imperial Study, she didn't have much to do, she just accompanied Su Zhen to grind ink for him, brought him tea, and told him to rest every few hours.

In fact, the last task is very difficult to do. Sometimes ministers come to discuss matters, and it takes several hours to talk, and Xia Chu can only sit idle in the ear room.In the boring day after day, she experienced his difficulty, and she realized more and more how rare the time she spent with him was to him, and she understood why his longing for her and his nostalgia for her came from.

All she can do is to accompany him, give him a moment to breathe, chat for a moment to show off his face, no matter what she says, Su Zhen seems to be very happy.But at the beginning of Xia, she felt sad seeing him laughing, seeing him frowning, feeling sad seeing him tired, and hearing him coughing.

Xia Chu felt like a prophet, facing the ignorant Su Zhen.Her heart was so soft that she felt like a sinner before she said anything.

Qingcheng County's handy news spread frequently, and finally on the Longevity Day, Babailifei delivered eight words: The rebellion of the thieves is over, and the leader of the thieves must be punished.

Xia Chu was preparing tea in the ear room, when he heard movement behind him, he turned his head, and before he could see clearly, Su Zhen hugged him into his arms, Xia Chu waved his hand, and the tea bowl fell to the ground.

"The cup fell." Xia Chu said anxiously.

"Every year is safe." Su Zhen rested his chin on her shoulder, and let out a long sigh of relief, "At the beginning of Xia, the Qingcheng County thieves were in chaos."

"Really?!" Xia Chu said pleasantly, "Is the lord coming back soon?"

Su Zhen was silent, and hummed.

"I said it would be fine." Xia Chu said with a smile, "This is really the best birthday present for the emperor! Congratulations, the emperor, it finally solved a problem."

Su Zhen let go of his arms, held Xia Chu's shoulder and said with a smile, "Then what about the birthday gift you gave me?"

Xia Chu raised his eyes to look at him, lowered his head and smiled, "I didn't bring it here. When the emperor goes to the birthday banquet, let Eunuch An come over some time, and I'll wait for him in Shujing Garden. It's just that the gift is very thin, so don't dislike it. "

"Of course not." Su Zhen was in a good mood, sat down on the couch with his robe lifted, looked at Xia Chu for a while, and said, "Recently, there are too many things to do and I don't have time to accompany you. When this matter is over, I will take you to Taihua Play around in the pool. Well, or a little farther away, Wanfo Mountain has the best scenery in summer and is also cool."

Xia Chu lowered his head and said nothing, Su Zhen looked at her, the smile on his face gradually froze, after a while of silence, he smiled again: "Don't want to go?"

Xia Chu blinked and raised his head, and said with a smile, "I don't have a good impression of Wanfo Mountain."

Su Zhen was puzzled for a moment, then remembered that she had gone there to solve the murder case, and said, "Fortunately, you were not allowed to continue to be a headhunter, otherwise Xijing City would be the scene of a murder case in your eyes."

"How responsible I am as a headhunter." Xia Chu spread out his hands, squatted down to pick up the broken porcelain pieces on the floor, and muttered, "Everyone laughs at me like this, it seems that I am so perverted..."

"Be careful if you cut off your hands, let someone else do it." Su Zhen leaned over to pull her up, but Xia Chu avoided it, saying, "My hands are hands, and other people's hands are also hands."

"How can it be the same?"

Xia Chu paused in his hands, stood up holding a few pieces of broken porcelain, went to the door and threw them into the basket, "It's not the same. It may be different. Others' hands can write and draw, and they can hold needles and threads." I can cook food, but I don't know anything." She turned around, "Actually, I'm..."

"Servant Xia Dian, you saw the emperor..." An Liang lifted the curtain to come in while speaking, he was stunned when he saw Su Zhen, he groaned softly, and wanted to back out.He took two steps back but stopped again, said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, this servant is looking for you, it's time to change clothes and go to Fengxian Hall."

Su Zhen nodded, then smiled at Xia Chu: "Don't forget your gift." After speaking, he got up and walked out of the ear room.An Liang stuck out his tongue at her, and followed her out.

After a while, Xia Chu sighed and continued to clean up the broken cup.

Jiang Shangyi was explaining the birthday banquet to a group of maids in the Anren Hall, and scolded them one by one with a straight face, making them all be more vigilant.While talking, he turned his head and saw a maid standing in the corridor at the corner, looking at her with her head, her eyes lit up, and after a few more instructions, she walked over to the maid.

"What's the matter?" Jiang Shangyi asked her, his eyes full of expectation.This palace lady is the envoy of the imperial study, responsible for arranging the sweeping affairs, and she is related to herself, so she also took the trouble to arrange to enter the imperial study.As a result, the late emperor passed away before he became familiar with the imperial court.Now I am smug and want to climb up.

The palace maid tugged her sleeves and pulled her away to a place where there was no one else, and said in a low voice: "Jiang Shangyi predicted it right, that Chu Xia really did something."

"say clearly."

"I'm on duty today. I'm working in the imperial study. When I heard something broken in the ear room, I wanted to go and have a look. But I heard Xia Chu talking to the emperor inside."

"What did you say?" Jiang Shangyi asked.

"I didn't hear it very clearly. I heard something about the birthday gift, saying that it was going to wait in Shujing Garden. Then Eunuch An went into the imperial study, and I didn't dare to listen any more. Eunuch An went to the ear room later, The emperor came out of it."

Jiang Shangyi thought that this early summer was really not a fuel-efficient lamp. It had only been a few days, and he didn't figure out anything, so he dared to seduce him.The highest palace and Anliang are really at ease, which is not an ordinary thought.

She also didn't understand, Xia Chu's flat body didn't look very good-looking, how could the emperor take a fancy to her?This taste is really a bit strange.But An Liang is a person in front of the imperial court, he must know what the emperor likes.Jiang Shangyi looked at her distant relative in front of her again, with a tender and plump appearance, and couldn't help being a little disappointed.

"Okay, let's go back quickly. Just keep quiet." When the maid left, Jiang Shangyi thought for a while, then turned and went to Fengyi Palace.

Su Zhen went to work on his business, Xia Chu wrote the memorial in the imperial study, and carefully washed the pens and inkstones, tidying them up.Standing behind the Longshu case, she took a look into the hall, looked at the empty gold brick floor, imagined the scene of a group of noisy courtiers below, and couldn't help sighing secretly.

This angle is really majestic, and it's really not easy to stay. I don't know what Su Zhen will think when he looks at those seemingly respectful faces.Even when she occasionally heard a few words in the ear room, she felt ulterior motives.

When the palace banquet was about to start, Xia Chu left the Imperial Study Room and walked slowly towards Shujing Garden facing the westward sun.

This was Su Zhen's first birthday as the emperor, sitting at the top and listening to the congratulatory speeches, looking at the birthday presents, and vainly boasting that the courtiers are kind, he didn't feel much in his heart, but he didn't feel particularly bored.Eyes occasionally glanced at the group of veterans in the palace, thinking that they would not have the opportunity to participate in the palace banquet next year, but it was a bit happy.

Yongwei sat alone on the lower head of Su Zhen, with a fit smile on her face all the time, occasionally saying a few words for Su Zhen when Su Zhen was distracted, neither eye-catching nor weak in presence.

After presenting the birthday gift, Su Zhen toasted and said a few words, and the banquet began.Yong Wei took the wine glass and bowed gracefully in front of Su Zhen, and said in a slow voice: "I respect the emperor and wish the emperor a long live. May the emperor be healthy and healthy, and sing triumphantly all the way, and dreams will come true in the end."

These few words actually penetrated into Su Zhen's heart, he couldn't help smiling slightly, took a cup and touched her lightly, "Thanks for your hard work, Queen."

"The emperor's words are serious." Yong Wei smiled with her lips bent, and drank the wine with her sleeve covered.Su Zhen looked at her and said, "The rebellion in Qingcheng County has been put down, and the Jiang family has made meritorious service."

"My concubine congratulates the emperor." Yong Wei said sincerely, but only said this sentence, nothing else.Seeing her like this, Su Zhen was very relieved, and told her to drink less alcohol, and go back to rest if she was tired.A few words of heartfelt words made Yong Wei blush a little, and she sat back after thanking her.

When it was getting dark, Su Zhen called An Liang to come closer and whispered a few words.An Liang responded with a slight smile, turned around and left, just after walking a few steps, Su Zhen called him back again.

After a while, Su Zhen said a few words of hard work and encouragement at the palace banquet, then he said he was tired, and left Anren Palace with Yong Wei first.

Ever since he called An Liang to come near, Yong Wei watched quietly, and every time he came, she fell into her eyes.When Su Zhen said that he was going to leave, she felt her heart tighten, she only hoped that he was really tired.

After leaving the palace garden of Anren Palace, Su Zhen sent Yongwei back to Fengyi Palace, while he took Anliang to the west.After walking a few steps, Yong Wei stopped and turned her head, her eyes full of hesitation, staring at Su Zhen's back in a daze.

When Su Zhen could no longer be seen, Yong Wei said in a low voice: "Qianqian, what Jiang Shangyi said must be true, right?"

Qianqian didn't know what to say, so she stepped forward and lightly supported Yongwei's arm, "Your Majesty, this servant said something that shouldn't be said, Your Majesty mistrusted the villain."

"You mean, Jiang Shangyi?"

"The servant girl is talking about Xia Chu." Qianqian said a little angrily, "It's a shame that the empress treats her as one of her own and treats her so kindly. It only took a few days, so I went to seduce the emperor."

"It's only been a few days..." Yong Wei repeated in a murmur, shaking her head, "The emperor is not such a rash person. What's more, Xia Chu was recommended by my brother to enter the palace, and he is a friend of my brother. Brother I'm used to being the best at judging people, so it's impossible to know that I will play such a role in the palace? No matter how you think about it, it doesn't make sense."

"Your Majesty also said before that Xia Chu is a kind and sincere person, and she hid it so deeply, maybe even the Fourth Young Master was deceived. Maybe this is the intention of burying the long line." Qianqian said.

From what Jiang Shangyi said, Yongwei didn't want to believe it. She still didn't want to believe it when the emperor was about to send An Liang away at the palace banquet. Now that the emperor left by himself, he was heading towards Shujing Garden... She still believed it. Do not believe?

Yongwei was stunned for a while, then took Qianqian's hand behind her back, and walked west slowly.

In Shujing Garden, Xia Chu sat on a smooth stone near the lake. It was evening, and the golden orange glow had not yet set in the western sky, and the full moon had risen early in the east, hanging faintly in the thin night .Under the lush lotus leaves, a few small red carps seemed to have fallen asleep, slowly poaching in the water, flicking their tails when they heard the sound, and disappeared.

Xia Chu turned around and saw Su Zhen was a little surprised, he quickly stood up and said with a smile, "Why did the emperor come in person?"

(End of this chapter)