Although Xue Ya put all the blame on Cui Lingjing, he actually didn't have much confidence in his heart. His body was trembling all the time, and it spread to He Xulan's legs.

He Xulan looked down at the young man holding his legs. From his angle, he could just see the half of Xue Ya's snow-white shoulders that were not covered by the robe. Xue Ya was too anxious when she rushed over to hug her legs and put on the robe in a panic.

It slipped to the elbow again, and a strand of hair that was tied up fell off, falling on the round shoulders.

Xue Ya, on the other hand, only wanted to seduce the emperor so as not to be discovered, and did not realize that her clothes were messed up at all. After he said the words of shirk the responsibility, he saw that He Xulan was still silent, so he couldn't help but became anxious, and quickly raised his head to look at the other person, and saw the other person's expression.

Looking at himself unclearly, he tightened his grip on He Xulan's clothes, "Brother Queen Mother, can you send me out of the palace? I don't want to stay here anymore."

Taking retreat as an opportunity to advance showed that he had no intention of seducing the emperor.

After these words were spoken, He Xulan finally reacted. He leaned over and helped Xue Ya up, "Don't be afraid. I heard from the palace people that His Majesty was in a bad mood after coming out of Ningfu Palace, so I just came here to take a look. Where is Your Majesty?"

"Your Majesty was drunk. I had a hard time pushing His Majesty away, but I was careful not to let His Majesty bump into anything." Xue Ya was still worried.

He Xulan let go of Xue Ya and turned to go to the inner hall. Xue Ya turned to look at He Xulan's back and wanted to catch up, but was afraid of saying too much and doing too much, which would arouse the other party's suspicion. He stood there for a moment, then

Finding that his robe had slipped to his elbows, he pulled it up and quickly adjusted his clothes. He then raised his head and touched his hair, tucking a loose strand of hair behind his ear.

He had just finished tidying up, and He Xulan also came out from the other side, "Your Majesty is indeed drunk. I will ask the imperial doctor to come and take care of you later."

Hearing this, Xue Ya only nodded.

He Xulan paused and said, "You must have been scared tonight. Go back and rest first."

Xue Ya nodded first, then shook her head, and said cautiously: "Will your Majesty punish me when he wakes up?"

"Your Majesty has always been a bad drinker. Every time he gets drunk, he doesn't remember what happened before. Don't worry, no one will tell what happened tonight." He Xulan said what he said before again, "Go back and rest."

Xue Ya vaguely felt that He Xulan was not in a good mood at this time, so she did not dare to say anything more and left obediently. Before leaving, she specifically said "Thank you, Brother Queen Mother."

Xue Ya was still scared when she returned to her room. Fortunately, he reacted quickly today and deceived He Xulan. Fortunately, Cui Lingjing did not remember anything after drinking.

After bathing, Xue Ya lay on the bed. The taste of the wine he had been fed was gradually getting stronger. He yawned and rubbed his face against the quilt. He suddenly thought of He Xulan again.

"That's stupid," he defined.

After getting up the next day, Xue Ya was worried for a while, but after discovering that Cui Lingjing didn't bother him all day long, her worried heart finally sank back into her chest. In the next few days, Cui Lingjing didn't call Xue Ya until the sixth day.

On that day, someone sent the snow bud to the pavilion.

When Xue Ya arrived at the pavilion, Cui Lingjing was sitting in the pavilion, and there were several eunuchs standing in front of him. Several of the young eunuchs were holding scrolls that were almost taller than people, while the two big eunuchs were unfolding the scrolls in their hands to show Cui Lingjing.

, the picture scroll shows a girl wearing beautiful clothes.

Xue Ya guessed what he was doing. He stepped forward lightly and saluted Cui Lingjing, "I would like to greet your Majesty. Long live your Majesty. Long live your Majesty."

"Get up." Cui Lingjing dropped a word perfunctorily and waved his hands. Seeing this, the two eunuchs could only roll up the scrolls in their hands and throw them to the ground aside. There was also a pile of scrolls on the ground.

The two elder eunuchs took the new scroll from the younger eunuch's hands and unfolded it. Cui Lingjing looked at Xue Ya and raised her fingers.

The word "ugly" is written on all the scrolls."

Xue Ya looked at the brush that was thrust into his hand and suspected that she had heard wrongly, "Writing about ugliness?"

"Yeah." Cui Lingjing said.

"Why?" Xue Ya felt that the girls on the two scrolls she just saw were quite beautiful.

Cui Lingjing raised her eyebrows with a fierce look in her eyes, "You dare to ask why?"

"I don't dare." Xue Ya shook his head quickly and turned around to do what Cui Lingjing ordered. There were too many scrolls on the ground. He didn't have time to look closely at the faces of the girls. He was just busy writing the word "ugly" on each other's scrolls. This

I wrote until dusk when Cui Lingjing left early.

Xue Ya rubbed her sore arms and watched the little eunuch put away the paintings. She couldn't help but ask: "Are these beautiful girls?"

One of the young eunuchs looked at him and said, "Yes, but you are going to suffer."

"Ah?" Xue Ya was startled, "Why should I suffer?"

"These scrolls are sent here today so that His Majesty can see if any of them are to your liking. The scrolls that His Majesty did not like will be sent back. These scrolls will be sent back to the homes of the show girls who participated in the election, including the daughters of the top three ministers.

,younger sister……"

Before the little eunuch finished speaking, the little eunuch next to him pulled him away and said, "What are you telling him to do? He must quickly return these scrolls to the Ministry of Rites."

Xue Ya's face changed drastically. He squatted down and grabbed the little eunuch who was talking to him before, "Will those ministers know that I wrote it?"

"Naturally you will know. Just wish yourself well." said the little eunuch.

"But His Majesty asked me to write it." Xue Ya said anxiously.

The young eunuch replied: "Do those ministers dare to have any objections to His Majesty?"

Xue Ya's face turned pale, and he immediately stood up and wanted to find Cui Lingjing, but without Cui Lingjing's summons, he couldn't see Cui Lingjing at all. Then he thought of He Xulan, but he thought that he had only deceived He Xulan once a few days ago. At that time, the other party helped

He concealed that matter, and if he goes to find He Xulan now, He Xulan might find him very annoying.

Thinking of this, Xue Ya had to take a gamble. He thought that Cui Lingjing asked him to write the word "ugly" anyway. Those ministers couldn't come into the palace to bring justice to his daughter and sister. But he didn't expect that there were still ministers coming in.

palace.

"Xiang Yin, you have also seen that it's not that I don't want to choose a concubine, it's just that those beautiful ladies are not as good-looking as the palace man next to me. This palace man is also too much. He actually used his beauty to write ugly words on the scroll. I

I don't want to choose even more when I see the ugly words on the scroll. If Prime Minister Yin insists on letting me choose the concubine, then he can choose something better."

What Cui Lingjing said really didn't make sense. The show girls sent in were already all noble girls of the right age, and there was no other batch to be found.

The man called Prime Minister Yin is none other than Prime Minister Yin Qingxuan. He is also wearing a dark blue official uniform today, and the expression on his fair and handsome face remains unchanged. "It is difficult to draw an unrecognizable charm on the scroll. I think your Majesty has seen the real person."

."

Cui Lingjing's face darkened, and she grabbed Xue Ya who wanted to hide next to her, "Shen Yun? How about Mr. Yin help me find out which of the beautiful ladies are better than him?"

These words made Yin Qingxuan turn his eyes to Xue Ya. His eyes stayed on Xue Ya's face for a moment, then moved away and said in a calm tone, "The charming appearance is neither male nor female, and it is unsightly."

As soon as these words came out, Xue Ya couldn't help but be stunned, and even Cui Lingjing was a little stunned.

After a while, Cui Lingjing got angry first, "Is Prime Minister Yin doubting my aesthetics?"

It was the first time that Xue Ya heard someone say that his appearance was unsightly. For a moment, he was not afraid and clenched his fists in his sleeves. However, he did not dare to glare at Yin Qingxuan and could only stare at the floor tiles in front of him.

But Yin Qingxuan still looked calm, and even nodded directly and answered: "Yes."

At this moment, Cui Lingjing was speechless for a moment. Yin Qingxuan was the prime minister appointed by the late emperor to assist him. Yin Qingxuan's father and grandfather were both prime ministers. He really couldn't do anything to Yin Qingxuan.

Cui Lingjing leaned back, leaned on the dragon chair, and said after a while: "Prime Minister Yin, can't you give me one more year and choose a concubine after one year?"

"No." As soon as Yin Qingxuan finished speaking, Cui Lingjing picked up the memorial on the table and threw it at it. The corner of the memorial hit Yin Qingxuan's forehead and made a thin gash, but Yin Qingxuan acted as if nothing was wrong and remained strong.

He turned his back and looked at Cui Lingjing, his eyes not darting away.

After Cui Lingjing finished smashing the person, she took a long breath and said, "What if I don't want to choose? Are you going to force me to choose?"

"I don't dare." Yin Qingxuan said.

"I see how brave you are, get out!" Cui Lingjing waved her hands angrily.

Yin Qingxuan saluted, "I will come back tomorrow." After saying this, he added, "By the way, there is one more thing I haven't told your majesty. Your majesty asked the palace servants to mention ugly words on the pictures of beautiful girls at will. It will hurt you."

The heart of a young minister."

"Go to whoever wrote it. If he wrote it, ask those ministers to come to him." Cui Lingjing said coldly.

A few days ago, Xue Ya asked Cui Lingjing to take the blame, and now Cui Lingjing has asked him to take the blame. It's really a turn of events. Xue Ya couldn't help scolding Cui Lingjing for being such a dog, but she could only kneel down quickly and said, "Your Majesty!"

Seeing that Cui Lingjing was ignoring him, he wanted to reach out and grab Cui Lingjing's sleeve, but before he could touch her, Cui Lingjing brushed him away.
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