Although Xiao Chengjun did not go to court, the news from the court could not be cut off. After being away from the house for one day, many letters had been sent to him for his review.

"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince has gone to Shen Lian's house." Someone came to the study and reported quietly.

"Let him go." Xiao Chengjun's hand holding the pen paused, and then he continued without raising his head.

The person who came to report the news wisely withdrew, and had his own concerns about how far the whereabouts of Prince An Guo should be reported.

Not long after, Lou Jing ran back by himself, saying he was helping, but actually he was making trouble and came to the desk.

"Stop making trouble," Xiao Chengjun patted the guy who was rubbing against him, "Don't you have to deal with family matters tomorrow? Are you still staying here tonight?"

"I just did something great, and I need His Highness to reward me before I can go back." Lou Jing said with a smile.

Xiao Chengjun looked at him and smiled slightly, "That depends on whether it's worth the reward."

In order to get her husband's reward, Lou Jing proudly explained everything she had done tonight.

"Hahaha, you are really..." Xiao Chengjun couldn't help but laugh out loud and instigated Shen Lian to stop the corvee conscription, but luckily he thought of it.

"Your Majesty, Shen Lian has gone to the palace." Just as he was saying this, the messenger hurried in to report.

The two looked at each other and couldn't help laughing. Thinking of Shen Lian's loyal and patriotic look, the expression on Emperor Chunde's face must have been wonderful.

Waving her hand for the messenger to go down, Lou Jing bit the ear of the person in her arms and said softly: "Is this worth the reward?"

"It's worth it," Xiao Chengjun asked without putting down the pen in his hand, pretending not to know, "What reward do you want?"

Lou Jing put her hand into the moon-white prince's uniform, and rubbed a small bean through the material with her fingertips, "I want your highness to..."

"Okay," Xiao Chengjun took out the hand from his clothes and wrote the word "jun" on the palm of his hand, "It's for you."

The cool tip of the pen tickled across the palm of his hand, and Lou Jing raised his hand to look at the words in his hand. He started writing domineeringly, then stopped the pen in a restrained manner, calm and regular, hiding the dragon's movement, which is the body of an emperor! So he chuckled: " By writing your name on me like this, does your highness mean to become one with me?"

"I..." Xiao Chengjun heard this and immediately didn't know how to answer the question.

"I thank your highness for the reward." Lou Jing picked him up and decided to enjoy his reward.

"Um...let me down." Xiao Chengjun was startled and immediately struggled to get down. If a servant looked at this posture, what would happen?

Lou Jing obediently placed the person on the soft floor of the study room, followed by pressing on him, looking for the lips that were about to scold him, and kissed him.

"Your Majesty, I'm here to bring tea." Anshun said outside the door while holding tea. Since Lou Jing came here every night, whenever the two of them are alone together, they have to give a warning before entering.

"Well..." Xiao Chengjun trembled and grabbed Lou Jing's hands playing with him. His open chest rose and fell rapidly, "Stop making trouble."

Lou Jing smiled with an unknown meaning, let her hands be clenched, leaned over and took a pink particle in her mouth, holding it in her mouth and slowly pulling it up.

"Well..." Xiao Chengjun couldn't help but groaned.

Anshun retracted half of his foot that had stepped into the threshold, raised his hand to cover the door, and stood guard outside the door naturally.

"No one will see it now," Lou Jing smiled and moved upward, rubbing against His Highness the King of Fujian. "I can receive the reward."

Xiao Chengjun glared at him angrily, but his dark eyes were stained by the previous teasing. This glare was half angry and half angry. Lou Jing's lower abdomen tightened, and he backhanded the King of Min.

His Highness's hands were pressed to the top of his head.

The moment he entered, it was inevitable that there would still be pain. Xiao Chengjun was afraid that Anshun outside the door would hear it, so he had to bite his lower lip. This action was stopped by Lou Jing in time, she took his lips, swallowed the painful moan, and kissed him softly.

His eyes waited for him to adapt, then he supported his shoulders and started to move with confidence.

Anshun stood outside the door, stopped Le Xian who was going in to deliver snacks, and pulled him to guard the door together.

There was no sound in the room, only a few suppressed gasps occasionally escaped. I couldn't tell whose voice it was, but it was enough to make the two young eunuchs blush and move a step outside.

Le Xian looked up at the sky, ah, the moonlight is so beautiful tonight.

Anshun saw that he was looking seriously, so he also looked up. There were dark clouds covering the sky, and he couldn't even see a star...

The next day, morning.

Right Minister Chen Shichang once again mentioned the construction of the river channel and presented the charter drafted by the Ministry of Works, "I will revise the charter overnight and ask your Majesty to review it."

Emperor Chunde took the charter and looked at it casually, "As the supervisor, the right prime minister recommends Shen Lian?"

"Exactly," Right Minister Chen Shichang bowed and responded, "Eunuch Shen is extremely capable and thoughtful, and is the most suitable for this matter."

"Shen Lian can indeed take on this responsibility, but..." Emperor Chunde put the charter together and threw it on the imperial desk. "I'm afraid the people will be dissatisfied with the corvee issue."

"Since ancient times, corvee service has been the same as military service. It is the duty of the people. Nowadays, in the peaceful and prosperous times, military service is not much. The people must be loyal to the emperor and should serve the country by performing corvee service." Chen Shichang stood in the center of the hall and spoke loudly and eloquently.

said.

Shen Lian glanced at the sanctimonious Chen Shichang and secretly cursed the old thief. He said it nicely, why didn't he do such a good job himself? He was clearly trying to push him into a pit of fire!

"Your Majesty, I believe that corvee service cannot be levied!" Shen Lian suddenly came out of the queue and said in a gloomy voice.

Chen Shichang was stunned and turned stiffly to look at Shen Lian, who suddenly rebelled.

Shen Lian ignored the right minister's ghostly expression, lifted up his clothes and knelt down and said: "I was born in a poor family, and I know the pain of hard labor. Qingzhou has just suffered a flood, and the people are already pitiful. If I act like this again, I'm afraid it will

He was criticized by the people."

Zhao Duan, the Prime Minister of the Left, looked at Eunuch Shen who was "devoted to the people" and couldn't help but look outside the main hall door, wondering if the sun was coming out from the west today.

No wonder Lord Zuo Xiang thought this way, in fact, all the ministers in the hall looked at each other with expressions of "Am I dreaming?"

Zhao Duan was the first to react and stepped forward to stand next to Shen Lian. "I believe that what Eunuch Shen said is absolutely true. Since ancient times, the harm of corvee has been comparable to floods and locust plagues. Qingzhou has a large population. Once there is a mutiny, the consequences will be disastrous."

"Your Majesty, the tax money will arrive in Beijing next month. No corvee is required, but it is best to spend more silver taels and use the silver taels to ensure peace in the world." The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue said.

"Hiring labor only costs an extra two hundred thousand taels of silver. Now that the national treasury is full and the prosperity is peaceful, the number of people is really not a big deal." Shen Lian lowered his head after hearing this, suppressed the corners of his mouth that couldn't help turning up, and echoed, "The emperor is a wise king who governs the world.

We will not use refugees as corvees."

Hearing the last sentence, Right Minister Chen Shichang's face turned completely dark. Although refugees are used as corvees, it cannot be said like this. The Ministry of Industry has always mentioned using corvees to resettle refugees. Once this is reversed, it will It went from benefiting the country and benefiting the people to harming the people.

"In that case, this matter will be handed over to the supervision of Shen Lian, who will be assisted by the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs. The matter of corvee service shall not be mentioned again, and the Qingzhou refugees will be handed over to the Shangshu Province for resettlement." Emperor Chunde waved his hand and stopped talking to everyone. Opportunity to throw away the sleeves and retreat.

Chen Shichang walked to Shen Lian with a black face and whispered: "Eunuch Shen, what do you mean?"

Shen Lian glanced at him darkly and said with a smile: "Our family just doesn't want to bear the bad name."

The right prime minister's expression did not soften at all, but became increasingly ugly, "How are you doing?"

"The right minister is joking," Shen Lian flicked the dust on his elastic sleeves and took a test, "Our family and you are in the same boat, what are you afraid of?"

Lou Jing woke up from her dream with satisfaction and kissed the person in her arms on the cheek.

"Well... what time is it?" Xiao Chengjun asked drowsily without opening his eyes.

"It's early. You don't have to go to court today. Let's sleep a little longer." Lou Jing coaxed softly.

Xiao Chengjun frowned, slowly opened his eyes, and saw a face that smiled too brightly. Recalling what happened in the study last night, he felt a little annoyed, pushed the head away, and turned over to sleep.

"I have to go back to the Duke's Mansion. Today I agreed to send the Wei family to the farm. I have to go back and take a look to avoid anything going wrong." Lou Jing said, grabbing the shoulders of His Royal Highness the Prince of Fujian.

"Yeah." Xiao Chengjun responded, but didn't say anything more. He was thinking about how to discipline the future queen in the future. It would not be a good thing to go on like this.

"Chengjun, please don't annoy me." Lou Jing had no intention of letting His Royal Highness the King of Fujian think wildly, and put her head into the crook of his neck, "As long as I am close to you, I will be so happy that I can't control myself. If you don't want to, I...I will never force you..." As he said this, his tone couldn't help but feel a little low.

When Xiao Chengjun heard this, he felt a little sore at the tip of his heart. He sighed lightly. He couldn't be entirely blamed for this. He could not control himself if he let him do whatever he wanted. Thinking about this, he felt a little secretly happy in his heart. Lou Jing's Isn't the obsession and infatuation caused by loving him?

"Can you come back for lunch?" Xiao Chengjun asked.

Lou Jing's eyes lit up immediately. She hid her face behind Xiao Chengjun's head, raised a smile of success, and responded hurriedly: "No, I want to invite Uncle Qingyang for a drink at noon. I'll come back in the evening."

After saying that she was about to leave, Lou Jing stayed on the bed for a long time, holding Xiao Chengjun from behind, until His Highness the Prince of Fujian couldn't bear it anymore, and he reluctantly left the warm bed.

First, I went to Beiya to order some steamed buns, and then ate two cages of soup dumplings and a bowl of glutinous rice porridge at a roadside stall, and then returned to Anguo Gongfu in a hurry.
Chapter completed!