The Qing Lai in the gilt tray has a light luster, and it looks like gold threads flowing inside, making it crystal clear and making people's throats itch.

Fu Jiuqu personally poured a cup for Zhao Zhen and respectfully held it up to apologize.

"Uncle, please drink."

Zhao Zhen stared at him, his face turning blue and white, he looked really good-looking.

"Why don't you try it with a silver hairpin? Maybe it's poisonous."

Fu Jiuqu raised his head in shock, with a shocked look on his face.

"Wei Chen is terrified! Wei Chen cannot bear this crime..."

Zhao Zhen glanced at him and snorted dissatisfiedly, "Stop acting here. Show off the momentum you just had when you slapped the evidence on my face, and see if I will punish you for being disrespectful."

"..."

Fu Jiuqu crossed his hands and bowed, looking serious and unclear.

"Forgive me, I have lost my etiquette tonight... I heard that someone was stealing from the palace, and I thought this matter should not be taken lightly. If I dare to steal gold now, what will I dare to do in the future? In order to severely punish thieves, this is a small matter.

Hua Da has made a fuss in front of the officials. Wei Chen really didn't know that there would be such dirty things in Huining Palace... No, it's just a coincidence. Do you really want to kill Wei Chen's head just because Wei Chen has done his duty?

?”

"Still pretending?" Zhao Zhen was so pretentious that he was not sure what he really thought.

"Sit down." Zhao Zhen glared at him dissatisfied, "I'll let you block the light."

"Yes." Fu Jiuqu lowered his head and sat upright.

Zhao Zhen examined Fu Jiuqu's face, his eyes flickering, like the sky after a storm, invisible...

However, in the end, he let out a long sigh and did not pursue the matter behind Fu Jiuqu's appearance in Huining Hall.

"Zhou Yiliu came out of your house, what do you think you will do with him now?"

Fu Jiuqu saw that his face was calm, and he must have calmed down a long time ago, so he smiled slightly.

"How can my nephew ask about my uncle's family background?"

"Who is your uncle?" Zhao Zhen glared at him, "Now I am asking about the emperor's family affairs."

The emperor's family affairs are state affairs.

Only then did Fu Jiuqu suddenly realize, "If you are from an official family, then... the official family has to make the decision. The emperor's sages are the blessings of all people."

Zhao Zhen snorted heavily.

These words sounded flattering and seemed to be praising him, but in fact they were used to provoke him.

But Fu Jiuqu is a member of his own family and a foreigner. In Zhao Zhen's mind, he can only help and not threaten the imperial power. Therefore, the less Fu Jiuqu has the courtesy of a monarch and his ministers and treats him purely as his uncle, the more willing he is to take off his mask.

Say some heart-wrenching words to Fu Jiuqu.

"The queen is right. If this matter is brought out of the palace, the world will see it as a joke on me, and it will damage the dignity of the royal family. No matter how bad Mrs. Zhou is, she is pregnant with the emperor's heir, and I can't take her life..."

Fu Jiuqu was not surprised.

"Then what do the officials plan to do?"

Zhao Zhen did not raise his head. He held the wine cup and concentrated for a moment. After calming down, he suddenly raised his sleeves and drank the contents of the cup in one gulp. His appearance was no different from that of an ordinary rich man who had a headache because of a fight between his concubines.

"I will be locked up in Xiangluan Pavilion first to see the effects. We will wait until the prince is born."

Fu Jiuqu slowly filled the bowl for him, half-smiling but not smiling.

"Wei Chen also has this intention."

"Oh?" Zhao Zhen raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, "I thought you were going to vent your anger on that little lady of yours, and I wish I could punish her immediately..."

Fu Jiuqu: "Don't the officials pay much attention to the internal fighting among the concubines? Which one can cure the serious crime? In the end, the emperor's heir is what matters..."

Zhao Zhen pursed his lips and nodded slightly.

At this moment, as long as Zhou Yiliu can give birth to a prince for him, it will be a great achievement, and all his sins will disappear.

Everyone can see this clearly, but Zhao Zhen needs other people's mouths to say it out.

Therefore, when he heard what Fu Jiuqu said, his expression softened even more, holding a wine cup in his hand, like an old monk in meditation.

"I'm not wrong about you. I have countless civil servants and generals in the Song Dynasty, but no one likes me as much as you. Do you know why?"

Fu Jiuqu calmly cupped his hands and said, "I don't know."

Zhao Zhen looked at him with a complicated expression and said, "You will understand if you change the title."

"uncle……?"

Zhao Zhen let out a long sigh, and there seemed to be a light of kindness in his eyes.

"You and my nephew are blood relatives. How can our love be comparable to that of others? Laojiu, I still have to rely on you for my fortune. I have lived in the palace for a long time, and without you and the Imperial City Secretary, I would have become blind and deaf.

You can be manipulated and coaxed by them. You are my eyes and ears..."

Fu Jiuqu quickly stood up and saluted.

"For the emperor and father, and for the great Song Dynasty, I will never give up even if I die."

~

That day, Fu Jiuqu returned from the palace at dawn, and Xin Yi could not see him.

After a night of anxiety, when she woke up the next day, her irritable mood had subsided and she was no longer so anxious.

When things have reached this stage, they cannot be overcome in a day or two.

She didn't know what Fu Jiuqu and Zhao Zhen said, let alone what Fu Jiuqu thought of Zhou Yiliu's existence, so she could only wait quietly, and asked Xingyuan to bring Yinshuang over and send a note.

Go to the princess's mansion.

"There are thousands of words in the world, but lovesickness is the most painful."

Xing Yuan was the only one in the room.

But Xin Yi should not be exposed too completely.

She did not write it in handwriting herself, but read it out and asked Xingyuan to write it.

"Girl..." Xingyuan's cheeks turned red with embarrassment.

"Writing it like this, wouldn't it be too, too..."

Too direct, too proactive, too explicit, too shameless.

Even if she was beaten to death, she would not be able to write such words to her husband.

She felt shy, but Xin Yi felt that her choice of words was simply too reserved. If she hadn't been afraid of scaring Xingyuan, she would probably have just written: "I miss you in my dreams, I miss you in my heart, if you don't come to see me again,

, then I’ll take the knife and take your dog’s head.”

Xingyuan finished writing with a red face and let Yinshuang fly.

In less than an hour, Yinshuang flew back under the scorching sun.

Xin Yi asked Xing Yuan to feed the bird water, and then asked Xing Yuan to unfold the note and read it to herself.

"Girl, I said, I said..." Xingyuan hesitated and kept glancing at her face.

"What did you say?" Xin Yi asked.

Xingyuan looked at the writing on the note.

"Don't be angry before I read it."

"Huh?" Xin Yi frowned, "Nian!"

Xingyuan took a breath and cleared her throat, "I said that there are thousands of beautiful flowers in the world, but Xinyi is the most beautiful."

After Xingyuan said this, she carefully comforted her.

"The matter between Mr. Jiu and Mrs. Xin Yi is over. Even if we have been together for such a long time, there are times when we can't let go. Girl, don't take it to heart. Your and Mr. Jiu's happiness is still behind..."

"Well~" Xin Yi nodded, "I was quite angry. Then what? No more?"

"Yes." Xingyuan said, "There is also a line of small words below."

"Don't gasp. Can you read it all in one go? Why, one kill isn't enough for you. You like Ling Chi, right?"

Xingyuan was amused by her words.

I think this girl has a really nice temperament.

"I said that after the sun goes down, I will send someone to pick you up and take you to Ma Xing Street..."

When Xingyuan said this, she was startled for a moment, thinking of the Xinyi Medicine Shop in Maxing Street, and silently squeezed the note tightly.

"Girl, you have to be stronger."

"..."

Xin Yi nodded, took a shower and changed clothes, and dressed up well.

He is a good-looking person, and he will be more confident to find trouble with Fu Jiuqu in a while.
To be continued...