When Bai Yu'an went back in the evening, Shen Jue stood on the attic and watched Bai Yu'an standing in the courtyard.
Shen Jue usually stayed in the cabinet very late and came back very late. When he came back, it had become a habit to stand on the attic and look into Bai Yu'an's courtyard.
Bai Yu'an goes to bed early most of the time, and occasionally you can see the silhouette of someone sitting in front of the window writing.
It snowed before, so Bai Yu'an didn't often sit in the courtyard, but these days it was common to see him standing in the courtyard for a long time.
The Yuehua clothes were almost dragged to the ground with the sleeves behind his hands. I don't know what he was thinking about.
Bai Yu'an stood in the yard for a while, and A Tao stood beside him. After a while, he asked, "Did Young Master win?"
Bai Yu'an glanced at A Tao and smiled: "I lost."
The smile fell as soon as he turned around.
A Tao was stunned for a moment, then followed up with a smile: "Young Master still laughs after losing."
Bai Yu'an walked to the inner room, leaned on the chair tiredly, put her fingers on her forehead, and half-closed her eyes: "I can't come back crying and make you worry."
A Tao was stunned for a moment, then sat next to Bai Yu'an and whispered: "If you lose, you lose. It's just a game of chess, and you won't lose your life if you lose."
Bai Yu'an didn't speak. He closed his eyes and remained silent for a while before saying to A Tao: "It's true that he won't die, so it's not a big deal."
Bai Yu'an said in a low voice to A Tao: "Go and put in the hot water, I want to take a bath."
A Tao responded and got up to go out.
After a while, Bai Yu'an went to take a shower and came out. She changed into a clean middle coat and said to A Tao: "Go and get some needlework and thread."
"I need it tomorrow."
Bai Yu'an had never touched any kind of needlework in his daily life. A Tao was stunned for a moment, and then said: "If you want to sew something, I will do it for you."
Bai Yu'an leaned on the bed and shook his head: "It's okay. I may not be able to use it tomorrow, but I just keep it with me."
Ah Tao was puzzled again, what was he doing with needle and thread on his body when he had nothing to do?
However, Bai Yu'an never asked too much when doing things, so she went out to her private room to dig out the needle and thread.
Bai Yu'an put the small cloth bag wrapped with needlework next to the pillow, and then said to A Tao: "Go to sleep."
A Tao could see Bai Yu'an's tiredness, so she hummed and turned off the lights again, lowered the curtains, and then went out.
As soon as A Tao left, Bai Yu'an opened her eyes in the dim bed tent, turned over and lay on her side, and didn't know how long it took for her to fall asleep.
On the second day, Wen Changqing noticed something was wrong with Bai Yu'an. He was usually an upright and upright person, but today he looked a little tired. He held his head up and half-closed his eyes, losing energy as soon as he looked at her.
At noon, Wen Changqing came over and said, "Why do you think you have no energy today?"
Bai Yu'an slept late last night and was really out of energy, so he thought about going back and taking a nap first.
Wen Changqing grabbed her and said, "Isn't there a resting room at the back? It wouldn't be too troublesome for you to go back."
Bai Yu'an shook his head and whispered: "There are too many people sleeping in the wing, and Wang Xiuzhuan is snoring like thunder. Can you sleep on it?"
Wen Changqing smiled: "That's true, you can just lean on the chair."
Bai Yu'an used to sit in the library and read at noon. When he felt sleepy, he would lean on the chair for a while.
She was not in the mood today, but she suddenly remembered that A Tao had only come to pick her up in the afternoon, and it would take more than half an hour for her to go back and forth, so she just let it go.
Just as he was about to lean on the table, a eunuch suddenly came in from outside the door and asked inside, "Who is Editor Bai?"
At this time, only Bai Yu'an and Wen Changqing were sitting in the office hall. Others who were close to him went home, and those who were farther away went to the back room to take a nap.
When the little eunuch asked, Bai Yu'an looked over: "I am the one, what can I do?"
The young eunuch quickly walked up to Bai Yu'an and said with a smile: "Shoufu Shen invited Mr. Bai to visit the cabinet."
Bai Yu'an frowned: "But what's the matter?"
The little eunuch smiled and said, "This slave doesn't know."
Next to him, Wen Changqing said: "Shen Shoufu is looking for you, you'd better go quickly."
Bai Yu'an said to the young eunuch: "Please go back and reply. I will be there later."
As soon as the young eunuch left, Wen Changqing smiled at Bai Yu'an who stood up and said, "It seems you can't sleep today."
Bai Yu'an adjusted his robe and smiled: "Maybe you will wake up after taking a walk."
The cabinet was not very far from Hanlin, and Bai Yu'an walked not too slowly. Although the weather had turned slightly warmer, the cold wind was still cold.
The cold wind was useful in dispelling sleepiness. Bai Yu'an's face was deserted, and he walked forward with his sleeves rolled up. His official uniform floated like a fairy in the wind, which attracted the eunuchs on the road to stop involuntarily when they saw him.
Bai Yu'an's good looks are famous even in the palace.
The maids and eunuchs would often pay a visit to her on errands, and then talk to her sisters about him after they returned.
Sometimes he would secretly embroider a handkerchief and throw it in front of Bai Yu'an, just to say a few words.
Bai Yu'an naturally didn't understand the palace maid's thoughts. She looked at the white silk handkerchief that fell on her shoe, picked it up and handed it over with a calm expression.
Shen Jue leaned on the cabinet chair and saw one or two palace officials secretly following Bai Yu'an, and his eyes fell on the book in front of him.
There were two eunuchs standing at the door of the cabinet, and several attendants in red official uniforms were standing inside the room. Bai Yu'an walked in and saw Shen Jue sitting on the middle chair at a glance.
Shen Jue was seen leaning on the back of the chair with a lazy expression. His purple official uniform made him look dignified. His hair was neatly tied on his head. He looked over with a pair of serious eyebrows, and there was a sound of suppressing strength.
Bai Yu'an lowered his head and bowed: "Shen Shoufu."
Shen Jue didn't say anything, but just threw the booklet in front of him: "This is the new law that I presided over and asked people to re-edit. It also contains Lord Bai's suggestions. Why don't Lord Bai take a look at it?"
Several cabinet ministers standing nearby looked at Bai Yu'an, with unclear expressions in their eyes.
Bai Yu'an felt the eyes looking over her, and when she heard Shen Jue's words, her heart suddenly skipped a beat, and she glanced at Shen Jue secretly.
As this new law continues to be implemented, officials' control will be tightened, but today's news is due to Bai Yu'an's suggestion.
Then she is no longer the target of public criticism?
Shen Jue looked at Bai Yu'an with dark eyes, a hint of teasing in his eyes, and Bai Yu'an's fingers tightened.
She calmly took the booklet and flipped through it carefully. It did contain the suggestions she submitted, and the supervision of the Sixth Department was even stricter. Even if she asked for leave to go out for a banquet, the amount of money allocated would be less than half.
Bai Yu'an thinks this is very good.
After reading it, she put the booklet back on the table and said to Shen Jue, "I think there is no problem with it."
"Shoufu Shen governs in a right way and is much more thoughtful than the official. I admire him."
Shen Jue smiled. Meng Hulu also knew how to push the spearhead towards him when he was alert.
