Therefore, although he openly suppressed the matter of Cinnabar and did not delve into it further, his mentality still changed involuntarily.

Seeing that the emperor was interested, Li Baiyang moved back from the steps he had taken outside just now, feeling a little happy in his heart.

She twirled her fingers, looked at the emperor timidly with lowered eyebrows, and continued to fight for the rare time for the emperor to look at her seriously: "Your Majesty thinks that the cause of my concubine's illness this time may be man-made?"

Zhu Yijun had just taken a high look, but now he couldn't help but frown slightly.

This woman's thoughts are a bit too refined.

No wonder the ancestors made it a law not to marry the daughter of a wealthy family. This would not be a good thing if you want to seize the throne for your son in the future.

He didn't want to continue talking about this matter, so his face naturally turned slightly cold: "Don't think too much, just take good care of yourself."

After saying that, he pushed back Li Baiyang who was sitting up, picked up the corner of the quilt, covered his white neck, and sealed it directly.

When Li Baiyang saw the emperor's obvious change in attitude, he would comfort himself to recover from his illness.

The expression that was still somewhat resentful just now turned dark, and he smiled and gave a happy hum.

It looks very lively and cute.

Her thoughts became vivid, and she boldly asked the emperor: "Your Majesty, please don't inform your family about your concubine's condition, so as not to worry your family."

Zhu Yijun was thinking about something when he heard this and was reminded by Li Baiyang.

Since he came to the throne, he has been suppressing Southern Zhili.

From the imposition of salt tax, to the relocation of Governor Cao Jiang to Anqing, and even the opening of sea transportation to weaken the Huaihe River water transportation, these are all political signals that can easily trigger the dispute between the North and the South.

After all, the struggle between the North and the South has been going on since the founding of the People's Republic of China and is deeply rooted.

In order to prevent the southerners from misjudgment and making unwise actions, he compromised with Li Chunfang - disregarding the laws of his ancestors and putting his granddaughter into the harem.

Even more, if you really forget the direction of the conspiracy this time and think deeply, is it aimed at Queen Mother Chen, or does someone want this woman to be sterilized or even die of illness?

If this woman died in the palace for no reason...

Thinking of this, Zhu Yijun turned his head, looked at Li Baiyang, and said seriously: "Don't take the medicine prescribed by the Taiyuan Hospital. I will send someone to take you back to Xiyuan later."

After saying this, he was going to continue to give some instructions, and suddenly he saw this woman smiling brightly, showing two tiger teeth, which was inexplicable.

Yeah, the dimples are pretty cute.

Unfortunately, he was too scheming. He suspected that he might be involved in some danger, so he pointed out his value.

Zhu Yijun pinched his face, and finally gave a meaningful warning: "Humanity is harmful to the body, beauty is a disaster, intelligence, and good-looking are not necessarily good things. Don't use it for the wrong purpose."

Having said that, he was about to leave.

As soon as he turned around, he heard a word coming from behind him.

"Your Majesty... you are also quite good-looking."

Zhu Yijun turned around in confusion, only to see the woman pulling the quilt to the top and retracting her entire head into the quilt, leaving only her two stretched legs fighting back and forth.

He's so nervous that he can't even pick up some advanced vocabulary when trying to flatter someone.

Zhu Yijun muttered and finally walked away.

…

At nightfall.

Light snow began to fall again in the Forbidden City.

Jiang Keqian took one step at a time, stepping on the unformed snow.

Xu Wenbi, Duke of Dingguo, followed Jiang Keqian all the way to Xiyuan.

If we say that Cheng Guogong is the most prominent lineage among the nobles canonized by Chengzu.

Then Xu Wenbi, the eighth grandson of Zhongshan King Xu Da who ascended the throne in the second year of Longqing, is the most prominent lineage among the nobles canonized by Taizu - it is worth mentioning that the lineage of Duke Dingguo in the capital is closely related to Nanzhi

He belongs to the lineage of Wei Guogong and comes from the same family as the King of Zhongshan.

Well, in other words, it is a legend in itself that the founding fathers were not taken away by Taizu and were still passed down to this day.

Xu Wenbi is forty-three this year, which is the age at which a nobleman reaches his peak.

However, the Dingguogong lineage cannot be said to be close to Shizong, Mu Zong, or today.

Not to mention being granted the title of Three Dukes and being in charge of the royal guards. Even the reward of silver taels was not half as good as that of Duke Cheng. When Duke Cheng was rewarded with forty silvers, he could only join the crowd and say, "Twenty taels each."

Cai Ke is confused and confused.

On weekdays, only some sacrificial work can be assigned to him. Other than that, there are few opportunities to meet the saint.

But tonight was unexpected.

The emperor unexpectedly summoned him at night.

After nightfall, there was light snow falling outside, and it was inevitably a little cold. Fortunately, it warmed up immediately after entering the Wanshou Palace.

However, it seems that because of the private summons, the Wanshou Palace was very dark, and no guards or eunuchs were seen along the way.

The wind howled outside, but the hall was quiet and peaceful.

Xu Wenbi followed suit.

Finally came to the main hall.

The emperor is writing something at his desk.

Xu Wenbi quickly saluted: "Your Majesty, Xu Wenbi, pays homage to you!"

He thought a lot along the way, speculating on his own good and bad luck, recalling the emperor's character, and trying to figure out the purpose of being summoned.

But when the emperor spoke, Xu Wenbi was still caught off guard.

"Xu Qing, the commander of the Jinyi Guards has asked you to do it and set fire to Qianqing Palace for me."
Chapter completed!