"Is that so~" Helian Yu winked playfully, "Will the Queen Mother be angry?"
"You can't deal with her, don't care whether she's angry or not." Helian Su lifted Helian Yu onto his lap and weighed her. "You've gained some weight recently. It seems you didn't suffer on the road."
"It's okay~"
"Bring back a cook from wherever you go. I don't think your Fengyang Pavilion can accommodate them all!"
"It's okay, it's okay. I can still go to the Imperial Master's Mansion. There are many empty courtyards in the Imperial Master's Mansion!"
"Oh."
Helian Su took out a memorial and handed it to Helian Yu, and at the same time instructed Helian Mo: "If you have nothing else to say, please kneel down and pay your respects."
Helian Mo didn't say anything extra. He knelt quietly and left. The palace servants who were serving in the imperial study also left with him.
After leaving the imperial study, Helian Mo finally breathed a sigh of relief.
When he was young, he grew up with his brothers and had very few opportunities to see Helian Su. Except for necessary academic examinations, he hardly ever saw Helian Su.
When he grew up, he was often away from home fighting. Apart from the routine praise after his triumph, it was rare for him to hear Helian Su say anything to him.
Just now in the imperial study, he had finished speaking with gritted teeth, and now he is much more relaxed.
But thinking back to what happened just now, I was actually a little envious of Helian Yu. - "Tell me how you discovered the spy."
"I searched Master's room and found a few letters, and then..." Helian Yu pointed at his finger, raised his eyebrows and smiled, "I accidentally read a few words, and then I found it~"
Helian Su's eyes twitched, and he said with a fierce look: "Where did you learn this bad habit? Can you just search other people's rooms and read their letters?"
"That's my master, not someone else!"
Helian Yu was righteous and angrily climbed onto the imperial table, pushed the memorial away and sat down.
All in one go.
"Master wouldn't be so stingy! We are the closest people!"
Helian Su frowned: "Didn't the Imperial Master teach you 'etiquette'?"
"Teach, Heaven, Earth, Man, Emperor, Parents, Teachers, Emperors are emperors, Ministers are ministers, Fathers are fathers, Sons are sons." Helian Yu said confidently, "Master and I are different! How boring it would be if everything was done according to the rules!"
Helian Su saw that she was lively and vivid. If she was really raised according to the rules, she would probably be like Yongle Anle, lacking some vitality.
"Indeed, if we follow the rules, you dare to sit on my royal table, which is enough to make you lose your head."
Helian Yu stepped on Helian Su's legs with her little feet, and said with great strength: "If the emperor cuts me, Master will be angry. Then there will be no more powerful imperial master like Master~"
"Only you dare to threaten me."
“It’s just so-so~”
Helian Yu took the opportunity to mention Shangguan Yun: "Father, there is a hidden story behind the Lin family's anti-poetry case six years ago."
Helian Su did not follow her lead and asked her, "Do you know who is in charge of this case?"
"Who is it?"
"Prince."
Helian Su pinched Helian Yu's cheek and said in a soft but powerful voice: "The prince is the heir to the throne, and there cannot be any stain on him."
"But everyone makes mistakes." Helian Yu disagreed with him, "A living person should not be built up by correctness and praise."
Helian Su groaned: "Do you think the Imperial Master would make a mistake?"
"Of course!" Helian Yu said loudly, "He always loses his temper! He makes trouble for no reason!"
Helian Su: "..."
"And! He was playing the piano so late at night that it was disturbing! He—"
"It seems that the Imperial Master is not a perfect person either." Helian Su stopped Helian Yu from 'swearing' passionately, "Don't say it in front of the Imperial Master, or he will punish you."
"No, Master is so generous, he won't be angry with me!" Helian Yu said, climbing down from the imperial table, "Father, think about it yourself! The matter between Lin Xichun and Shangguan Yun must be resolved! I have to go back to see Master!"
Helian Su was unable to stop Helian Yu and watched her run away. He turned his hand over and saw her small purse filled with money lying in his palm. He couldn't help laughing.
"It's a bargain for me."
Helian Yu first ordered the eunuch to run errands back to Fengyang Pavilion, and asked Xingchun and Chang'an to go with her to the Imperial Master's Mansion to stay for a few days.
He left the palace only after Xingchun and Chang'an arrived.
When Helian Yu was helping to serve pine needles in the Imperial Master's Mansion, he also memorized one or two medical books and learned to identify medicinal herbs. Although he could not remember them all, he had no problem distinguishing the most basic medicinal flavors.
"Your Highness, I have been idle recently, so I found a few books to read. The books are numerous, but I am interested in medical books, so I studied some."
Helian Yu praised: "It seems that you have found your talent! After you learn it, you can become a female doctor! Awesome!"
Xingchun hurriedly expressed his loyalty: "Your Highness, please understand. Xingchun has no intention of betraying his master!"
"Yeah? It's not like I'm stabbing you in the back, or betraying you." Helian Yu waved his hand, "You're not loyal only if you stay by my side. You can go somewhere that suits you and display your talents."
Helian Yu turned his gaze to Chang An: "For example, Chang An, the seal holder of the Silver Bureau, can also handle some of the government orders of Zhaoyang County, isn't that great?"
Before Chang An went to Zhaoyang County, he knew that Helian Yu was not a harmless person, but a big cat with sharp claws.
"It is a great honor to work for His Highness."
Xingchun slightly turned his head to look at Chang'an, as if he was understanding something.
The carriage went all the way to the Imperial Master's Mansion, and the three people got off.
Helian Yu looked at the closed door and took out the suona he had prepared.
"Get out of the way!"
Chang An: “…”
Xingchun: “…”
The sound of suona sounded again, and the tightly closed door slowly opened.
A face emitting a cold and murderous aura was revealed.
Helian Yu: commonly known as dead face.
Helian Yu handed the suona to Chang An and ran towards the expressionless Xie Rangchen: "Ah~ Master came to open the door in person, what an honor~"
"Wrong note."
Helian Yu: "..."
A man who is very fussy.
Helian Yu didn't want to listen to him playing the suona, let alone talking about music, so he walked past him and rushed in.
"Master! I need to pee!"
Xie Rangchen curled his fingers slightly and let Chang'an and Xingchun into the mansion with a sullen face.
"Later, you will follow Butler Shen to Wushuang Garden and we will prepare two rooms for you to use as bedrooms."
The two agreed and followed Xie Rangchen for the time being, following him into the main courtyard.
Jingxi Road.
"Queen Dowager, Shuang'er is a little scared." A little girl, about seven or eight years old, stood beside Queen Dowager Chu, with earnest eyes.
Queen Mother Chu raised her eyes slightly and said slowly: "What are you afraid of?"
"The closer we get to the capital, the more afraid Shuang'er becomes. First, she is afraid of her identity. After all, she is the descendant of a criminal. Second, she is afraid that there will be many nobles in the palace and Shuang'er will lose her manners."
Queen Mother Chu: "You are the princess I chose to be by my side, so you don't have to be afraid."
If it weren't for the kindness she had shown the Zhou family, she would never have kept a child around.
It’s just that the Zhou family had shown such great kindness back then that it would seem too heartless of her if she didn’t return the favor.
"But Shuang'er heard that there is a Princess Zhaoyang in the palace who is spoiled and arrogant. Shuang'er is afraid of offending the princess."
Queen Mother Chu had been fighting in the harem for many years, so how could she not see what a little girl was thinking? She just wanted to use her as a backer so that she could enter the palace and suppress Zhaoyang in the future.
Unfortunately, she miscalculated.
The emperor is the greatest in the world.
"Zhaoyang is a princess, so she should be arrogant. Just give in to her."
Shuang'er bowed her head unwillingly: "Shuang'er understands."