The master doesn't want the monk to say

Chapter 56

The little emperor did not turn around, looking at the indistinct palaces and halls in the distance, "Does this world really need a queen mother?"

Hua Ziyao stopped, "It depends on the situation, most of the time it is needed."

"I'm also the majority?"

"According to the current situation," Hua Ziyao paused, "it must be impossible."

The little emperor lowered his eyes, "Then, what if I make a male queen?"

"I don't know who is so unlucky?"

The emperor did not refute, Hua Ziyao followed his gaze, and saw the corner of the spire of the National Teacher's Tower, hidden behind the palace, with a sense of loneliness.

"Then why does the emperor want to reject all opinions and make a man the queen?" Hua Ziyao mocked, "Just give up the throne and go back to the mountains and forests!"

The little emperor remained silent for a long time, Hua Ziyao knew what he was thinking, and squinted his eyes, "If you want to leave, I will let you go."

"What about him?"

"He can too."

"But he won't agree."

Hua Ziyao let out a "humph" and said, "With your timid appearance, you won't get it even if you beg for it for a hundred years!"

The little emperor remained motionless, his eyes still looking at that place.

Hua Ziyao raised half of her eyebrows, if it was usual, the little emperor would have jumped up and shouted that it was impossible.

After a long time, the little emperor turned around, looked squarely at Hua Ziyao who was still dressed in red, and said softly: "Today I ate the supplements from the imperial dining room, ordered by the queen mother, I have no choice but to use it."

Hua Ziyao pondered for a moment, "You know?"

The little emperor didn't answer, and continued: "I ate it when it was delivered by the imperial dining room. When he arrived, all the bowls and cups were taken away."

He smiled slightly, "It's the first time I saw him so angry. He stood in front of me, staring at me, but never said a word."

"Until he was so angry that he couldn't breathe well and coughed," the little emperor pursed his lips, "he coughed until he vomited blood, and the blood gushed out like water. I went to help him, but he beat me. a slap."

The little emperor closed his eyes, then opened them again, "The funny thing is, I always thought he was a glutton for protecting food."

Hua Ziyao's phoenix eyes turned slightly, "It's ridiculous, but you still don't want to listen to him."

The little emperor lowered his eyes, with a painful expression on his face, "He asked me to be the empress! Empress!"

"This is your responsibility as the emperor," Hua Ziyao said coldly, "and this responsibility will help you secure your throne, why not?"

"There is nothing to do." The little emperor said in pain.

Hua Ziyao took a step forward, "Unfortunately, the national teacher is still too soft-hearted towards you. Let alone choosing the right-hand girl, your birthday is the sixth day of June, right?"

"If it were me," Hua Ziyao said with a smile in spite of the little emperor's surprise and pain, looking very relaxed, "I will let you hold a draft ceremony as soon as your birthday is over, choose a concubine after you stand up, and when the autumn test arrives, Qi Wen will be in charge of you." To be named a general is to show your holy favor, and the heart of the same minister will definitely be biased towards you, and the harem will be afraid of empresses, so it is difficult to make troubles."

The little emperor opened his eyes wide, and Hua Ziyao smiled, "After the autumn test, do you think Qi Mushi is patriarchal or patriarchal?"

"Qi Mushi has always favored men," the little emperor said after pondering for a while, "If the general is in the front, Qi Mushi will think that Qi Wengong is great and he will be named, and his daughter will be blessed by Qi Wengong's merits. It's hard to say whether it's because of his younger sister's empress or meritorious deeds. If it's the latter, Qi Mushi will pay more attention to his daughter. When the queen is in the palace, the blessings and favors are all given to the emperor. In order to protect her daughter's status and family honor Petting the emperor is a must."

Hua Ziyao nodded slightly, "You are accurate in your analysis, but you are only talking about it verbally."

"He is really reluctant," the little emperor murmured, feeling pain again, "If he is reluctant, I will abandon my son and use it. Without Qi Mushi, will I not be able to sit still?"

"It's very difficult, very unlikely." Hua Ziyao pointed out coldly.

The little emperor frowned, and really wanted to throw out the sentence willfully and chicly, "It's a big deal, I won't be the emperor anymore."

But the person in front of him is not pampering Yin He who is used to him, but hating Hua Ziyao who hates him.

The sound of the watch in the palace sounded, it was already the second watch.

Hua Ziyao flicked her sleeves, unwilling to spend any more time with the little emperor, "The deeper the exposure, the emperor should rest earlier!"

After all, he turned and left.

But the voice of the little emperor sounded at this moment, with a hint of hesitation, "Tell me, if I become a queen before the autumn test, what will the national teacher think?"

"I'm not a teacher of the state, how do I know?" Hua Ziyao just felt it was funny, "You figure it out for yourself!"

After finishing speaking, he went back without hesitation, leaving the little emperor standing there alone, not knowing how he felt.

……

Seven days later, the palace test.

Chi Ruo and Hua Ziyao didn't go, but heard that the son named Shen Qing answered very well, the little emperor gave him a seat at the birthday banquet as a reward.

"Is this a step up to the sky?" Chi Ruo studied ink for Hua Ziyao for a while, then turned to get his scriptures.

"It's really rare for a new champion to be seated at the banquet. The latter two don't have such an honor. From this point of view, it's really a one-step success." Hua Ziyao thought for a while and said, "The emperor wants to win him over and balance the power in the court. , but Shen Qing is alone and has no family, so the Tian family will not be strong unless he himself is clear at any time."

Chi Ruo frowned, "What do you think?"

Just at that time, someone outside the door begged to see him, Hua Ziyao did not avoid the order, the man walked in and called the Pavilion Master directly.

Chi Ruo expected to be a member of the old friend's pavilion.

"How?" Hua Ziyao finished writing another small note, put it aside, rang the bell, and someone came in to take it.

The man knelt down, his voice was cold and hard, "My subordinates have searched all the schools in the academy and under the name of other mountain people, but there is no such person as Shen Qing."

"Perhaps he never went to school to learn from a teacher, he was instructed by others, and he was self-taught." Hua Ziyao's expression did not change.

"However, Shen Qing claims that his ancestral home is Guguan, and he has been living in Wu'an since then." The man hesitated a bit, but said in a low voice, "My subordinates have checked, and Guguan has a family with the surname Shen, but the five generations are single-passed, and the only His son Shen Yong fell off a cliff and died ten years ago while hunting in the forest. According to his relatives, Shen Yong was five big and three thick, his body was as strong as a tiger and bear, the Shen family was born with this, he was definitely not as handsome and elegant as Mr. Shen Qing."

"The subordinates have also checked Wu'an. Wu'an is a small town under the Guguan Mansion, but no one in the city has ever seen Shen Qing."

"You mean to tell this deity that this Shen Qing appeared for no reason?" Hua Ziyao said coldly.

The man paused for a moment, glanced at Chi Ruo, who was obviously a little curious, and saw that Hua Ziyao didn't mind at all, so he had no choice but to say: "Shen Qing's whereabouts began when he stayed at the Jingzhong Laiwu Inn. He went out with a monk, but he was alone when he came back."

Hua Ziyao glanced at Chi Ruo, Chi Ruo blinked, "It's not me."

Hua Ziyao coughed lightly.

The man hurriedly said: "I don't mean that! After inquiring about the store, I learned that it was a monk from Yunfang Temple who walked in with Shen Qing."

"Yunfang Temple?" Hua Ziyao frowned, "The Yunfang Temple outside Fengning City?"

"Exactly," said the man, "Fengning City is far away from the capital, and opposite to Wu'an. My subordinate went to Yunfang Temple to find out that there was indeed a monk named Yunzhi in the temple who went out for alms and has not returned yet. He is good at catching demons and subduing demons in his life, so he belongs to the subduing demon monk."

"However, the people in the temple have never mentioned who Shen Qing looks like. The subordinates speculate that perhaps it was Monk Yunzhi who met him when he was out for alms."

"Oh?" Hua Ziyao half-raised her eyebrows, "Based on your guess, is this Shen Qing still a ghost?"

The man bowed his head, "This time the investigation of the subordinates is ineffective, and the evidence is based on speculation, please punish the master."

Hua Ziyao waved his hand, "Although your remarks are just guesses, they are not without merit. Check it out."

"Yes!" The man took the order and retreated.

"Shen Qing is..." Chi Ruo asked after the person left.

Hua Ziyao shook her head, "It doesn't matter what it is, Shen Qing has to guard against this person."

This is another matter of the court, if the imperial edict does not say more.

Not long after, another person begged to see him outside the door.

As soon as he walked in, the man hurriedly said: "Just now the palace examination is over, the emperor issued an edict, and the draft ceremony will be held immediately after the birthday!"

Hua Ziyao was stunned for a moment, and asked the man to back down. After the door was closed, Hua Ziyao laughed out loud, "You can teach me!"

Chi Ruo put down the scriptures, with doubts in his eyes.

Hua Ziyao looked at him, "In this way, everything will be much smoother."

……

Inside the National Teacher Tower.

Yin He made tea for herself, and Qing Kui knelt outside the layers of veils, carefully reporting the major events that had been announced to the world after the palace examination.

Behind the veil came the faint sound of tea being boiled, making the National Teacher Pagoda more and more quiet, even Qing Kui couldn't help but breathe a little lighter.

After a long time, the cold and tired voice of the national teacher Qing came from behind the veil, as usual, without sadness or joy, "Go down and tell the people who come, and report back to the emperor. Within a few days, the national teacher tower can calculate the auspicious time for the empress day. Let others do the rest!"

Qing Kui was taken aback, the National Teacher Tower only counts good and bad luck, not the time, why this time the National Teacher makes an exception and deduces the auspicious time and auspicious date for the emperor's wedding?

She couldn't speak, so she could only report truthfully.

After the national teacher finished speaking, Qing Kui hesitated and did not retreat.

The national teacher also didn't speak, waiting for Qingkui to figure it out.

Qing Kui pursed her lips, this is what the Tian family said after all, if you ask, you should ask, I am afraid that you will be involved at that time, I guess the national teacher should be a sensible person, and he will not act recklessly.

Qing Kui raised her head and quickly glanced at the heavy veil, then lowered her head again, and said cautiously: "Just now the guard reported his holy intention, saying that the emperor asked the national teacher if there was anything to do on the sixth day of June, if nothing happened..."

"The duty of a national teacher is to pray for the world and the sage." The voice behind the veil sounded distant and ethereal, "The sixth day of June is the auspicious birthday, so I want to pray for the emperor in the pagoda."

"You just report it like this!"

Qing Kui raised her eyes, only to feel that the veil was like a wide and flat poisonous snake, constantly rolling, like a frantic snake sacrifice.

A sudden chill came to her heart, and she retreated under orders.

The gate of the National Teacher Tower closed again, and the fluttering veil finally stopped, swaying gently with the cool breeze.

Guoshi's tea was finally brewed, the tea was green and jade-like, and it was fragrant.

Yinhe held the tea, watched his mind for a long time, stood up, took a sip, and poured it all into the pool.

"You've finally grown up."