Shortly after the beginning of winter, it was snowing heavily. The lights in Baohe Hall were brightly lit, and the impatient voice of the little emperor could be heard from time to time.
"Why do these people have to take care of such a small matter?"
Shen Jue stood behind the little emperor with a calm expression. When he saw this, he stepped forward and looked at the little emperor and said: "These ministers have already annotated them. Your Highness only needs to read my annotations."
Empress Dowager Wei, who was sitting next to the young emperor, gently advised: "Your Highness, please be patient. Chief Shen and I are accompanying Your Highness."
The little emperor threw away the pen in his hand and looked at Shen Jue impatiently to discuss: "Anyway, Mr. Shen has already marked it, so I won't read it."
Shen Jue glanced at the remaining half of the folds on the table, then looked at the emperor and whispered: "Your Highness is the lord of all peoples. If Your Highness doesn't care about the affairs of the world, how can you manage the imperial court well?"
Next to her, Concubine Wei was also busy trying to persuade her. After trying to persuade him for a while, the little emperor reluctantly picked up the pen again.
At this time, a eunuch guarding the door came in, took a look at the situation in the room, lowered his head, walked to Shen Jue and whispered a few words in her ear.
There was no change in Shen Jue's eyes. She just waved her hand for the little eunuch to exit, and then hugged the little emperor: "I have some important matters, so I will leave first."
The little emperor was oppressed by Shen Jue beside him. Hearing these words, he quickly agreed.
Shen Jue's eyes were silent, and he resigned and stood under the palace corridor. From a distance, he saw Bai Yu'an standing not far away.
Her slim figure, tall and graceful, looked a bit pitiful in such a windy and snowy cold winter.
He gathered up his fox fur cloak and walked over.
I saw a little eunuch trying to persuade Bai Yu'an to leave, but Bai Yu'an's hair was blown gray by the snow, but he still stood there unmoving.
The noble and aloof Tan Hwa Lang seems to be unsophisticated at all.
He recalled that the year when Bai Yu'an was married, the granddaughter of the Shangshu family took a fancy to him and specially invited him to a banquet in the spring suburbs.
The splendid girl in the boudoir, whose grandfather was also a senior figure in the court, rose to great heights, and had fragrant soft jade at his fingertips, but no one came to him, and he only sent someone to send an apology note.
As clean as a puddle of water, he had no idea that he had already offended the powerful.
He once went to look through Bai Yu'an's books. He was an old man in the family, and his father was just the magistrate of Tanzhou. He didn't know how he developed such a bookish temperament.
Waving his hand to dismiss the young eunuch, Shen Jue looked at Bai Yu'an in front of him. His overly beautiful fair face had the usual indifference of a scholar. Although he was more than half shorter than him, the aura on his face was more powerful than that of the cabinet minister. It's not much different.
I couldn't help but think of the way she gritted her teeth that night.
When Bai Yu'an saw Shen Jue in front of him, his expression immediately turned ugly, but he still stretched out his hand coldly and unfamiliarly: "Shen Shoufu."
Shen Jue just smiled at Bai Yu'an's indifference, tipped the tooth-white umbrella towards Bai Yu'an, and asked slowly: "Master Bai, it's so late at night, is it because there is no warm fragrant nephrite waiting at home?"
Listening to Shen Jue's frivolous words, Bai Yu'an frowned slightly, letting the wind and snow fall in her eyes, she just whispered: "I want to meet the Holy Emperor."
Shen Jue looked at Bai Yu'an calmly, with a lazy expression on his face: "Your Majesty is concentrating on reviewing the memorial. I'm afraid I won't have time to see you at this time."
As she spoke, Shen Jue looked at Bai Yuan's overly beautiful face and said, "Master Bai, if you have something to say, you might as well tell me first."
Bai Yu'an frowned, her long eyelashes were covered with white snow, and there were attractive stars in her eyes, but the expression on her face was still cold.
There was even a hint of anger in her eyes when she looked at Shen Jue: "There has been no response to the official's coupons given to the emperor. Could it be that Shen Chief Fu secretly withheld the official's coupons?"
Shen Jue raised his eyebrows. In his position, no one dared to speak to him in such a tone.
As expected, he has the same pedantic and conservative temperament as his teacher.
I remembered how drunk he was that day.
The upright and desolate young man has a blush on his cheeks, which is comparable to the peach blossoms in the autumn water, and the red clouds reflect the sky.
I don’t know when I will see that stunning appearance again.
Looking at Bai Yu'an's slightly indignant little face, Shen Jue laughed and said, "I should have thought of it, Lord Bai is not understanding of humanity at all."
"Don't make any excuses about the hot spring palace in the future."
Bai Yu'an raised her head and looked at Shen Jue in confusion: "Why should Shen Shoufu be so secretive when he speaks? I only care about the emperor's country and the poor people, so naturally I have no intention of thinking about those false favors."
"The country is stable and the emperor is diligent, so the people can be happy."
"But now thousands of innocent people have been arrested to build a hot spring villa. There are countless dead bones under the foundation. The people are complaining. The eunuchs who oversee the construction work together with the procurement officials to deceive the superiors and the subordinates, and maliciously embezzle and embezzle. In the end, it is the people who suffer."
"In the end, what do the people deserve?"
Bai Yu'an's eyes were shining brightly in front of him, and the compassion in his eyes stung Shen Jue slightly.
He lowered his calm eyes, and his noble and elegant face had a rare hint of deepness: "Master Bai, the Queen Mother is cold. The emperor wants to build a hot spring palace for the Queen Mother. It is out of His Highness's filial piety. With just a few hints, It can’t be persuaded.”
"In the matter of the other palace, apart from some old ministers who have come forward, how many people do you see who dare to report it? It's time for you to move forward at this juncture."
"If I don't withhold those notes from you, based on those words in your notes, the Emperor will be so angry that he may chop off your head."
"It's been almost two years since you entered the Imperial Academy. If you pass the exam next year, your future will be yours. If you insist on going your own way, not even your teacher can save you."
There was a bit of mockery in Bai Yuan's eyes, and the hair on his forehead was flying on his jade-like face: "Xiaguan thanked the chief minister for the advice, but Xiaguan is just a scholar in white, a lonely man, with no lofty ideals. As for ambition, I don’t seek high-ranking officials or generous salaries; my only wish is that the people will be happy and contented.”
"Shen Shoufu and I are not on the same journey, so there is no need to persuade me."
The wind and snow were indeed quite strong, but Bai Yuan's voice was not clear in the hunting wind and snow.
The materials of their clothes were blown by the wind, and the loose hems of their clothes met, creating a strange mood.
Shen Jue pursed her lips and took another serious look at Bai Yu'an.
The face in the wind and snow is like the bright moon and clear flowers, and the face is as bright as spring, but it still has the innocence and enthusiasm of a young man.
This is naturally ridiculous in Shen Jue's eyes.
Young people who have just entered the officialdom have seen many strange things in officialdom, but they have never suffered.
The matter of the Hot Spring Villa was a deal between him and Queen Mother Wei. It was a foregone conclusion and could not be changed.
How could he, Bai Yuan, a small Hanlin editor, change.
Looking deeply at Bai Yu'an, Shen Jue suddenly said: "Since Uncle Wei Guo's birthday party, Mr. Bai seems to be quite prejudiced against me, and he also deliberately avoids me on weekdays, but why?"
