Palace scheming: Empress Leng Palace

Chapter 178

"What's the matter? Are you tired?" The corners of his lips raised slightly, and he slowed down a bit, loosening the reins and wrapping his hands gently around her, so that she could rest comfortably in his arms.


Thinking about it, she, a weak woman, was brought onto the horse by him without any preparation, and she still ran like crazy all the way. If she was not frightened by herself, she must be exhausted.


For his considerate action, Yun Qing also immediately felt it.It's just that she is very unaccustomed to his intentional intimacy with her, which makes her feel like there are thorns all over her body, which makes her extremely uncomfortable.


"There seems to be someone reading a book over there. I have come down so far, I want to go down for a walk." Yun Qing blushed, without turning her head, she could feel that he was looking at her from the side.

Because of embarrassment, she had to turn her head away to avoid his deep eyes that made her heart beat irregularly.


"Okay!" Seeming to see through her mind, although Xuanyuan Ze really wanted to walk with her freely like this, but he gave up this idea because he didn't want her to be too tired.

Quickly reining in the horse, he jumped off first, and then ignored Yun Qing's embarrassing expression, directly opened his arms and hugged her off the horse.


There was the sound of trampling horseshoes not far behind. After Yun Qing stood firm, he turned his head and saw that Yeying and Murong Chong also rode up quickly to follow.

Seeing that they had dismounted, the two quickly stepped forward to lead Xuanyuanze's horse rope, then tied the horse to a tree by the roadside, and followed Yun Qing and Xuanyuanze along the road together.


The weather in April and May is the most comfortable season in spring and summer. The cool wind blows slowly, blowing on the face and forehead, making people fascinated like a lover.

Sometimes, getting used to it and not getting used to it is just a matter of time.At the beginning, she was used to rejecting and resisting his approach, and now, she is gradually getting used to his habitual holding hands.


"Hey, that person..." Yun Qing looked at the young man sitting under a big willow tree, his beautiful eyes were slightly surprised, which made Xuanyuan Ze tighten his palms, turned to stare at her, and said, "Why, do you know him?" ?”.

"Uh, I can't talk about it! If we say we know each other, we only met when we were together." A little dissatisfied, he wanted to shake off his hand, but he held it tightly so that she couldn't pull it out.


Hearing what she said, Xuanyuan Ze was only paying attention to her handsome eyes and couldn't help but cast his gaze to the tree not far in front, looking at the man who was seriously reading a book and occasionally whispering twice, he also felt familiar with his face.

"Oh, so it's that scholar!" A picture flashed by, and he recognized that person as the young scholar who was rescued by Yun Qing on the night of Shangyuan Festival.It's just that they didn't expect that they would meet him again at the same place today.


"Well. It seems that your memory is not very bad!" Thinking of the situation that night, Yun Qing remembered that the person around him, as the emperor, tolerated the occurrence of someone bullying the weak under his nose.

If Xuanyuan Moyu hadn't helped him that night, he might have watched himself being bullied by those people.


Seeing the flash of resentment on her face, Xuanyuan Ze was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but chuckled.

Raising his hand to lightly scratch her straight onion nose, he said with a smile, "I think you were an eye-opener for me that day. If none of us helped you then, what would you do?".


"Even if you don't make a move, I believe the king of Ming and Qing will not stand by." For some reason, Yun Qing felt a little angry when he thought of the situation that day.

Thinking about that day, he was all looking for a good show, not only did not help the scholar, but he also had no intention of intervening in himself.


Think of him as an emperor, although he wears the clothes of the common people and mixes with the common people, but he will always be an emperor!
An emperor who loves his people, even if he does not act as an emperor, will never allow his people to do anything to bully the weak.

Fortunately, Xuanyuan Moyu was present, but he was just a spectator from the beginning to the end.


"I'm sorry! Yun Qing..." With a heartbeat, Xuanyuanze suddenly blamed himself when he heard her firm voice and saw the indifference in her eyes.

At that time, the reason why he couldn't hold back was that he just wanted to see how she would react when faced with a crisis.


If he had known that he would fall in love with her irresistibly like now, then he would never let her stand in any dangerous place, let alone let other people replace him and protect her by his side first.

It's a pity that he didn't know how to cherish it at that time.

"Brother, do you know you're wrong? Hehe, then let's go up with my little sister to say hello, as compensation for your ignorance that day!" Yun Qing raised her eyes, and when he actually opened his mouth to apologize to himself, his heart still remained. Inevitably trembled slightly.

She didn't expect that he was apologizing to herself. The serious look in his eyes did not seem to be lying at all, but she would not accept it.


She knew that she was of no importance to him at that time, even if he would help her, it would not be because she was his queen.

The reason why she was angry was because she didn't want to see that he could ignore her own people, regardless of their life or death, just like an indifferent person, looking at him coldly from the sidelines.


As for that scholar, Yun Qing saw that night that he was a very upright and rare talent, it is rare to meet again today, so he can also help him by the way.

The last time I heard him mention that he wanted to rectify the imperial court and train a group of new officials.And those people, in addition to some officials' children, some folks who want to be effective for the country should not be ignored.


If it is found to be suitable, it should be used and cultivated. I believe that its role in the future may not be much worse than that of some officials and princes.

Now the imperial court has almost formed a certain selection system, either through scientific examinations or selected by some important ministers from among the students.As a result of elections and elections, various powers still formed in the court, and those who really belonged to the emperor's disciples were few in number.


The so-called disciples of the emperor are a group of people who have passed the scientific examination and then passed the examination by the emperor himself.And that kind of people are mostly young people who inherit their father's official position or have a rich family background and high reputation.

For example, Duan Qingming and Li Qinglan, who Xuanyuanze relies heavily on now, are both hereditary officials and disciples of the emperor.It's just that there are too few people like this.


(End of this chapter)