Chapter 314 Imperial Study
Zhao Hai was delighted when he heard this, and he ran out. Seeing Shen Qing smiling brightly, he said, "Your Majesty, the Emperor invites you in. Take a look at the lunch..."
"Have it prepared and brought in."
Zhao Hai went to do it immediately.
Chen Qing just walked into the imperial study. This was her first time entering the imperial study. However, she had stayed with Xuanyuan Ling when he was handling government affairs during the tour. Now she was just in a new place. When she arrived in front of Xuanyuan Ling and hadn't even saluted yet, Xuanyuan Ling told her that it was not necessary.
Shen Qing didn't salute. Since there was no one else around, she just looked at Xuanyuan Ling. He didn't start his day yet, so she started it first: "Your Majesty didn't have lunch?"
Xuanyuan Ling asked her to say this bluntly, and it sounded like she was blaming him. He was so busy that he didn't feel hungry at all. As a result, Zhao Hai reported it to Chen Qing, and made her worry about it. He saw Zhao Hai coming back after giving the order, and he chuckled in his heart. He should just fine him for talking too much.
Of course, he didn't say this in front of Shen Qing. He stood up and said, "I ate a little more breakfast, so I'm not hungry."
Shen Qing thought to himself, who is he trying to fool? He seems to follow the rules when eating, but how can he be so full?
She didn't say anything, just looked at him, not believing him.
Xuanyuan Ling was a little too much for her to bear. Just then, the person who brought the food came over. He said, "I'm a little hungry now."
Zhao Hai listened to the whole thing. Well, although he knew that the emperor would definitely eat when Concubine Xi came, didn't the emperor just say that he was not hungry because he ate too much? Are you hungry again? The emperor has always been wise and brave, but when facing Concubine Xi, why is he...cowardly?
At this moment, Zhao Hai didn't know that he would ask Xuanyuan Ling to fine him half a year's salary later. Of course, this is all a story for later.
Xuanyuan Ling didn't think that he was a coward. He just saw that Chen Qing came here specifically because he didn't have dinner and didn't want her to worry about him. He really didn't want to have his thoughts disturbed just now. Now that he has been disturbed, let it be.
He sat down and asked someone to serve him for lunch. Because the Imperial Study was different from Zhaohua Palace, it was not convenient to ask the waiters to leave. Zhao Hai stayed behind so Xuanyuan Ling could ask, "How was your lunch?"
Shen Qing said: "I like the eight-treasure duck I used today."
That's a good use.
Xuanyuan Ling was eating by himself, and after he finished he remembered to appreciate the imperial kitchen.
Zhao Hai felt that the imperial kitchen was so lucky. If Concubine Xi had not come today, it would have been good enough that they didn't have to eat anything. Now they could even get a reward.
He had used up his side, so Shen Qing looked at Xuanyuan Ling's intention. Since they were all here, whether she would leave or stay depended on Xuanyuan Ling.
Xuanyuan Ling naturally continued to deal with government affairs. He was busy recently and was afraid that he had no time to go to Zhaohua Palace. Now that Shen Qing came by herself, although he just wanted to make her worry, he was reluctant to let her leave after she came: "Stay with me for a while, and ask someone to send you a book?"
Shen Qing naturally stayed.
Xuanyuan Ling was handling government affairs over there. When he looked up and saw Chen Qing reading a storybook there, he felt a little like he was back to the time when he was on tour. Zhao Hai brought tea to Chen Qing, who stayed there for an hour. At first he was still reading the storybook, but later he got bored and asked for paper and pen.
She couldn't think of what to draw for a while, so she turned around to look at Xuanyuan Ling. Xuanyuan Ling was maintaining the same posture, so she drew by looking at Xuanyuan Ling's appearance, and she really drew Xuanyuan Ling handling government affairs.
Xuanyuan Ling finally came to an end with this painting.
He saw what Shen Qing was drawing, and walked over to see that Shen Qing was drawing him, and couldn't help but smile: "You should be added to the side, so that I can be considered as a red sleeve to add fragrance."
Shen Qing directly gave him the pen: "Your Majesty?"
Xuanyuan Ling also added one. He had painted Shen Qing before, so he had some experience. So he added another Shen Qing next to the one painted by Shen Qing. He was quite satisfied with his own painting after he finished it: "Just leave it in the Imperial Study."
So the painting was dried, rolled up, and placed together with other famous paintings and calligraphy in the imperial study.
Seeing that it was getting dark, and since Shen Qing was still there, Xuanyuan Ling said, "Come and have dinner with me, I'll have someone take you back later."
"Your Majesty is still busy tonight?"
Xuanyuan Ling said: "The matter of Yingzhou."
He also talked about it every day. Shen Qing felt that he was less and less shy about talking about political affairs in front of her. He didn't talk about these things much in the past.
Xuanyuan Ling also said that it was too late. Seeing that Chen Qing remembered it, he asked her why she could say "I will do anything for my country". Although she was a woman, she had such a heart, which made him suddenly ask: "What do you think of the governor of Yingzhou deceiving his superiors and subordinates?"
"Your Majesty?" Shen Qing thought, why are you asking me about this?
Xuanyuan Ling knew that Chen Qing had always been very secretive about the court affairs, and he was the one who asked: "It's okay, just tell me."
After that, he really told Shen Qing the whole cause and effect of the Yingzhou incident. In fact, it was related to Chu Linglong and Zhou Guiren. They asked people to keep an eye on them, and Shen Qing naturally knew about it. As for this matter, the way of handling it will be different according to the times and current situation.
It was also the bad luck of Zhouzhou Mu that this was exposed. In fact, other people may have deceived their superiors and concealed the truth from their subordinates, but as long as they didn't make a big deal, they would hide it if possible. For such things, Shen Qing was not well-versed in history, but he knew that there were too many cases of deceiving superiors and concealing the truth from their subordinates in history, and such things were actually difficult to prevent.
Because the emperor is far away, and communications were not well developed, many local officials had great power, unless power was centralized to a certain extent. In Shen Qing's opinion, Xuanyuan Ling is already centralized now, ever since he used the Qin and Chen families to pressure the aristocratic families, and then improved the imperial examination system to promote the poor families, and after the previous assassination attempt in the court to clean it up, he has promoted many of his own confidants in the court. Therefore, whatever Xuanyuan Ling wants to do now is much easier than before, relying on his efforts to balance the court.
Of course, these are a little far from Shen Qing, and the most obvious difference between him and before is the matter of doting on her.
At the beginning, Xuanyuan Ling covered up for her, fearing that the court and the harem would be implicated, because the affairs of the harem involved the interests of the aristocratic families and the previous dynasty. But now he dotes on her more and more unscrupulously. Besides his deepening feelings for her, there is another point. Now that she has no children, the ministers dare not say that he dotes on a concubine too much.
I've gone too far. Let's just talk about the officials committing crimes. For Xuanyuan Ling now, he will naturally be severely punished. After all, it is to serve as a warning to others. He has done this before, so Shen Qing will not do anything new.
She wasn't an official who needed to take the lead in this matter, but there was no need to play dumb. Would it be a good thing for Xuanyuan Ling to think she was dumb? Of course not, so Shen Qing said, "The people knew about the disaster but didn't report it. Even if there was a backup plan, I thought it was time to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, so that no one would follow suit and think that there was a loophole to exploit when the punishment was lenient."
She added: "The emperor loves his people like his own children. It is so pitiful that so many people have suffered from the disaster."
Xuanyuan Ling curled his lips when he heard Shen Qing's words. It was true. She looked like a little girl, but in fact, there was much more in her head than a girl in the boudoir.
He had never talked about this political matter with other women. When he talked to her, she could answer and her thoughts coincided with his. He wanted to know if she could realize anything else. Xuanyuan Ling also thought: "Then there was a governor of Zhouzhou. Although I killed the chicken to scare the monkey, if I have to guard against other officials doing the same in the future, what do you think?"
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