half life slave

Chapter 50 Please tune

Shen Hui's face sank slightly, and then he calmly smiled and asked, "The queen is here, why don't you let me know, and now the people in the Hall of Mental Cultivation are getting more and more helpless."

Qin Ruozhen looked at him, her face softened, and even her smile became a little soft, "It's the concubine who specially asked them not to disturb the emperor, is your headache feeling better now?"

Shen Hui nodded, "It's been hard for you to accompany me at the banquet. I'm much better, thanks to Rong Yu who pressed me for a while." As he spoke, he glanced at the pale-faced person who had already got out of bed and stood by with his hands down .

When Rong Yu heard him mentioning himself, he couldn't help but froze, and he replied with embarrassment, "Since there is nothing wrong with the holy bow, I will take my leave first."

Seeing him chin slightly, restraining his mind, he walked and retreated.From the beginning to the end, Qin Ruozhen never glanced at him again.When the door of the palace was about to close, he heard Qin Ruozhen say softly, "Yuanxi, I would like to accompany you to the courtyard to enjoy the moon."

Standing on the porch, looking up at the sky unconsciously, a few floating clouds are gently spreading out, and a full moon hangs in the sky.The bright and clear halo scattered on his body, instantly made him feel ashamed, with nowhere to hide, he could only take chaotic steps, and hurriedly escaped from the palace behind him.

After a few days in a row, when they met Shen Hui again, although Rong Yu tried his best to behave as usual, he still couldn't help but care about it. Such an unclear behavior of warming the bed would seem ambiguous even to outsiders, let alone him. wife?Perhaps Qin Ruozhen had already decided in his heart that he was Shen Hui's pet or slave.

The more he thought about it, the more bored he became, and he felt sleepy. Shen Hui understood what was on his mind, but he didn't say anything.Seeing him lowering his brows and eyes all day long, his appearance became more and more pitiful and painful, but he knew very well in his heart that he didn't do it intentionally for him to see, nor was he waiting for his pity.

This person is not at all moved by his intimacy from time to time, and all the cooperation is done helplessly.He could see it clearly, and there was still a sense of loss that he couldn't explain clearly.

A person who is indifferent to the emperor's favor, what exactly does he want?And what he wants, can he give it?

When the application was submitted that day, Rong Yu personally went to the cabinet to get the memorial of the day. He saw Mingxia from Kunning Palace head-on, and hurried past with a few girls. Waiting for the clothes of the palace servants, he followed Mingxia timidly with his head lowered, he stopped walking unconsciously, and asked if these were the newly added staff in the Queen's Palace.

"It's the bed-warming maid personally chosen by the empress for the emperor. Please rest assured that the palm prints have been personally checked by the Shang Palace Bureau," Mingxia said politely, only using her eyes to check Rong Yu's expression.

Seeing that he remained silent, a sneering smile rose from the corner of her lips, "Don't get me wrong, this matter was assigned by my mother early in the morning. My mother said that I have been working hard for days, so it is not good to always ask you to do trivial things. You are a competent person that the emperor will send out to run errands. It is uncertain when you will be sent out to supervise the army. If you are not in the palace for a year or so, there must be someone by the emperor's side to serve you. That's why you are so busy choosing Someone is coming."

Rong Yu nodded silently, turned around and left without saying anything, only thinking repeatedly in his mind along the way, if there is an errand right now, it would be nice to go to supervise the army.Even if it is to go to the frontier, to any bitter, cold and barren place is fine, he doesn't care.

I have never had such a strong desire to stay away from the imperial city, the capital, and places where Shen Hui exists.

It's just that he is currently under confinement, and he has to continue to do his errands. After reading all the scriptures for the day, he served tea to Shen Hui. When he closed his eyes and sipped the tea, Rong Yu still didn't expect that How to ask him for a transfer.

"Go ahead, I'm tired today, so I don't need you to wait on me." Shen Hui didn't open his eyes, his voice was still cold, but his words were still considerate.

Rong Yu bowed his head to accept the order, and suddenly wanted to ask him if the bed-warming maid he chose was satisfactory, but finally felt that this question was too ridiculous, so he lowered his eyes and smiled self-deprecatingly.

Before going out, Shen Hui suddenly called out to him, "If I send you to supervise the army, where do you want to go?"

My heart tightened suddenly, I couldn't tell whether it was joy or nervousness, Rong He replied calmly, "Your Majesty can go anywhere, just follow the emperor's orders."

Shen Hui didn't speak anymore, but Rong Yu knew that, in fact, he already knew the answer in his heart, maybe he was also implying in this way that he needed to leave the inner court by himself.

The opportunity came soon. In the twelfth lunar month of the second year of Tianshou, an earthquake occurred in Tianshui, Gansu, and repeated earthquakes continued in Shaanxi and Gansu.Governor Liao Tong cleared the clouds, or the ground cracked and springs gushed, and there were fish, or the city walls and houses fell into the ground, or the flat land burst into mountains and rivers, Wei Dapan, Huayue, and Zhongnan Mountains... Officials, soldiers and civilians were crushed to death83 Everything is amazing.

Rong Yu closed the memorial, those words were still in his mind, and he couldn't help feeling sad.Natural disasters and man-made disasters can cause heavy casualties even in modern times, not to mention this era, not to mention the lack of medical resources, let alone effective rescue methods.

There was silence in the Nuan Pavilion, he looked at Shen Hui, and could feel the sadness looming between his brows, so a thought suddenly came to him, he guessed, maybe this would be a happy choice for everyone.

After he figured it out, he played it in the form of an inscription, and asked to be transferred to Gansu for disaster relief.However, after reading it, Shen Hui just frowned deeply, and did not reply for a while.

Two days later, the edict was issued, and the imperial edict sent ten thousand taels of silver to Yansui, 1 taels to Shaanxi provinces, 5000 taels to Gansu, and 1 taels to Guyuan to assist the people in stationing soldiers and stop exempting them. summer tax.

The next decree was to order Rongyu to be an imperial envoy, and together with Zou Tinghe, the servant of the household department, went to Gansu to sit in the town to fight the disaster.

Lin Sheng started to pack his luggage again, while Rong Yu watched from the sidelines, his mood was indescribable, thinking of the displaced refugees in front of them, and even the tragic scene of starving and starving, it was embarrassing, but thinking that he was about to fly out of this sad city, it would inevitably make him feel sad. I feel secretly happy.

The night before his departure, Shen Hui called him to go, and Rong Yu knew that he must have something important to order.Sure enough, there was a secret note spread out on the imperial case, which said that Li Lian, who was stationed in Gansu, wrote a letter to impeach Liao Tong, the governor of Gansu, for corruption and perverting the law.

"This trip, apart from disaster relief, requires you to investigate this matter. I have instructed Li Lian to assist you, and you can discuss with him how to proceed." Shen Hui paused, then replied, "Before there is no evidence, remember Don't startle the enemy. You must hit the target, understand?"

Listening to his words, Rong Yu quickly thought of a countermeasure. When it comes to Liao Tong, who has been in Gansu for many years, the local forces can be described as criss-crossed. He should not be aware of it, but also try his best to collect evidence. It seems that it is time Let the people from Xichang come in handy.

The case is not difficult, but it is obviously unavoidable, Rong Yu nodded, "I understand."

After a long silence, seeing that he had nothing to say, Rong and Fang were about to leave, but when he was about to turn around, his cold voice sounded again, "You know why I sent you there."

He paused, and answered him with a smile, "Yes, I am someone trusted by the emperor, so you sent me there so that I can have more experience."

Shen Hui propped up his arms on the desk, half of his body was hidden in the dim light, Rong Yu couldn't see his face clearly, only heard a slight sigh from the blurred shadow, "This You have traveled thousands of miles, the mountains are high and the rivers are long, so take care. When you come back, I will see a more capable you. I will try my best to meet any requirements in Gansu." After finishing speaking, he waved his hand to indicate that he could left.

Rong He stared, took a deep look at the shadow, and then slowly lowered his eyes, "I will remember the emperor's order, and please cherish the holy bow, and don't work too hard."

The next day, a group of guards and Xichang fans left the capital with the guards of the forbidden middle school and drove westward almost without rest.

Land roads were several times bumpier than water roads, and Rong Yu would inevitably feel tired under the exhaustion of cars and horses. Fortunately, Lin Sheng took care of his meals, and would chat and laugh with him to relieve boredom in his daily spare time.

Traveling to the territory of Henan, a sudden blizzard fell from the sky, so we had no choice but to postpone the journey, and ordered the group of people to stop at the posthouse.

"My lord, how long will we stay here?" Lin Sheng looked worried, "The schedule is blocked, will it delay the disaster relief?"

Rong Yu was also melancholy, not knowing when the snow would fall and when the official roads would be cleaned up, but he still tried to comfort him, "The emperor has dispatched officials from the surrounding counties in Gansu to appease the people first, to provide food and winter Clothes, as soon as the silver and food from Taicang arrive, they can be distributed according to the household registration. When the snow is a little lighter, we can go on the road again."

Lin Sheng shook his head, curled his lips and said, "Those officials may not be reliable. My lord was born in the capital, so I don't know if I haven't been in a disaster. Whenever there is a catastrophe, it is a good time for these local officials and gentry to make a fortune. Most of the imperial court's disaster relief money and food will fall into their pockets."

"Those big households took the opportunity to collude with officials to hoard grain, and then resell it to the common people. What can't be done? I went all the way from Huizhou to the Central Plains because of the disaster in my hometown, and was later sold into the palace by kidnappers. These It’s not uncommon.”

Although Rong Yu has never experienced it, but after reading the history books over the years, he also knows that what Lin Sheng said was originally a malpractice in the disaster relief process of the past dynasties.Bandits and thieves appeared everywhere in the late Yuan Dynasty, largely because of the disaster year, when the people had nothing to eat, they had to eat bark to satisfy their hunger, which led to the tragedy of changing sons to eat. ——This can also be regarded as a real case of the government forcing the people to rebel.

"Oh, don't worry, my lord. You are an imperial envoy. Then Liao Tong will have to listen to you. Let's just keep an eye on him." Seeing his gloomy expression, Lin Sheng handed him a cup of tea thoughtfully. "This is Yangxian tea that I brought specially. Although I don't have any good water, I can drink some of it now, and it's better than nothing."

Rong Yu thanked him with a smile, because the word Yangxian tea was mentioned, the incident of making tea for Shen Hui at his residence that night came to mind again, and the tea he made for him was exactly what he used It is Yangxian tea.

Even though they have already left, they still think of him.Rong Yu smiled slightly, only to feel that his heart was becoming more and more difficult to control, and this loyalty seemed hopeless.

"Try this again, my lord. I ordered the kitchen to make new ones." Lin Sheng served some dim sum, and there was stewed lion's head in a tureen.

Rong Yu only took a bite, and immediately praised, "Sweet and mellow, good craftsmanship." But he couldn't help but doubt, "Now we are in Yujie, where can we get such a cook who can cook Huaiyang cuisine?"

When he was asked, Lin Sheng's eyes flickered immediately, he hesitated, and Rong Yu was even more puzzled, "Ah Sheng, are you not telling me the truth now?"

Lin Sheng scratched his head and gave him a naive smile, "Your tongue is so good, I can't hide it even if I want to. We do have a chef who is proficient in Huaiyang cuisine here, but it's not a post house. people."

At this moment, Rong Yu had vaguely guessed, but couldn't believe it, "Where is she, please let me meet her."

"Oh, it seems that we can't see you today." Lin Sheng smiled and shouted out the door, "I said Miss Fang, you can come out now. Your Excellency wants to see you."

The door opened with a creak, and a rather small waiter came in. He walked up to Rong Yu with his head down, and slowly raised his eyes. Rong Yu recognized that he had followed him to Beijing from Yangzhou, and had been with him all the time. Fang Yu who was placed in his house.

"Nonsense!" Unable to hold back a moment of annoyance, he turned to Gu Linsheng, "Who allowed her to follow?"

"This servant wants to come." Fang Yu raised his head, his eyes burning, "Don't blame Ah Sheng, I begged him for nothing, and he agreed to bring me because he had no choice. My lord, since you returned Jing, I have never seen your servant again. The servant does nothing at home all day long, and Ah Sheng used your monthly salary to pay for the servant. The servant uses your money for nothing, but has never served you. One day, do you know how sad and sad this servant is?"

Rong Yu shook his head, "If you feel bored, you can tell me. I'll let someone accompany you around the capital. Why bother with this trip? I'm on business and disaster relief, not touring the mountains."

Subconsciously glanced at the lotus feet under the gown. Although she was wearing the servant's boots at this time, it must not be comfortable, and she didn't know how she survived the halfway journey.

"I don't want to go to the mountains and rivers! I know the adults are going to do serious things. Can't you take me with you? It can be seen that you still dislike it. The slaves don't want to trouble you, just thinking that there is only Ah Sheng is alone, he is a boy, how can he be so careful, what if there is something unexpected. The servant is here to take care of you sincerely, so you don't have to worry about me."

After saying these words, his expression was both angry and happy. Rong Yu saw it and said lightly, "It's not disgusting. Since you insist on following, I can't stop you. If you feel uncomfortable on the way, just tell me." Me, just don't hold on."

It's not good for outsiders to be too aggressive. After finishing speaking, he turned to Gu Linsheng, but his face was already serious, "You didn't handle this matter properly. I won't mention it for the time being. It's just that I'm a minister. Female relatives, let people with ulterior motives know, how much fuss will you make? You haven't thought about the pros and cons of this, have you?"

Lin Sheng was stunned for a moment, blushing instantly, and murmured, "I didn't think too much about it. I agreed because I saw her begging pitifully. If I knew it would cause you trouble, I wouldn't agree no matter what... ...Then, now that she has followed, let's keep her disguised as a servant and don't show her whereabouts, so it's okay."

Rong Yu sighed lightly, and then smiled again, "I'm not afraid of trouble, anyway, trouble will never stop. You just remember to think clearly about the result before doing anything in the future." Speaking of this, he couldn't help but Laughed out loud, "Actually, you plotted against me this time, but you were very thorough. You were willing to let her come out to see me when you got here. You must have thought that you have already followed me halfway. No matter how unwilling I am, I don't want to waste a lot of trouble." Send people back, right?"

Fang Yu had already heard that he was willing to stay with her, and she was in a good mood. She pursed her lips and said with a smile, "This is Ah Sheng's idea, so it can be seen that he still understands your lord. Don't blame him anymore. I'm worried to death, just afraid that you will scold him."

"No, my lord, don't listen to her nonsense, you have never scolded me." Lin Sheng asked Fang Yu with his eyes wide open in order to change the subject, "It's you, since you are here, please be careful Serve the adults, cook more delicious things if you have nothing to do, although the adults are not picky eaters, they also have their own preferences, you should learn it with your heart."

Fang Yu hurriedly responded with a smile, "Your Excellency, you don't have to think that slaves are useless, slaves come from a hard background, and they were victims of floods in the Huaihe River. Although I was young at the time, I still remember the bitterness of it, and the official With the faces of the masters, it is not certain that the slaves will be able to help the adults at that time."

Rong Yu had a slight smile on his face, but his heart felt a little sour. The world is constantly suffering from disasters, how many children are displaced, and the two closest people are like this.As for the original owner of his body, he must have had a miserable childhood, otherwise why would he have sold himself into the palace as an eunuch? It can be seen that the world is difficult, and the people at the bottom will always be the ones who suffer.

It's just that he never imagined at that time that Fang Yu would actually fulfill his promise and help him solve a difficult problem. While he was grateful, it also involved each other's entanglement and grievances that lasted for more than ten years.