The Sickly Beauty Substitute Called It Quits

"Is this only the time? What about other times, won't Ayu miss me?" Shang Junlin was still not satisfied.

"What do you think, Your Majesty?"

"I think about Ayu every moment of the day." Shang Junlin hinted.

"Oh, I see," Shen Yu stretched his voice, "Your Majesty wants me to think of Your Majesty all the time?"

"Well." Shang Jun nodded reservedly.

Shen Yu raised his head from Shang Junlin's arms, with a smile in his eyes, and said, "Does your majesty know what you look like now?"

Shang Junlin achieved his goal and was in a good mood. The hand on Shen Yu's waist gently rubbed: "It doesn't matter what I look like, Ayu don't forget to promise me what matters."

Promise what? Shen Yu was about to ask, and suddenly remembered what Shang Junlin said just now, and ran into the man's arms again, and his voice came out in a dull voice: "I see, I will think more about Your Majesty every day."

Shang Junlin put one hand behind Shen Yu's back and ran down his long hair, feeling a sense of satisfaction in his heart.

They stood under the dim lights, away from the hustle and bustle, forming a world of their own, and the harmonious atmosphere between the two did not allow anyone else to intervene.

After quietly hugging each other for a while, Shang Junlin let go of Shen Yu, and the two continued to walk along the path.

"After today's incident, there should be a lot of loosening of the family's other party Jiayi's affairs." After all, the handle is in Shang Junlin's hands, and even if he objected, he would not be as confident as before.

"I purposely gave them time to relax, it's up to them to choose." Speaking of the aristocratic family, there was no emotion in Shang Junlin's tone.

"I saw the girl from the Fang family just now. She is able to navigate the group of students with ease, and she is not at all restrained. The other people she contacts are not as calm as her." Not wanting to disturb Shang Junlin's interest, Shen Yu changed the subject at will.

Fang Jiayi dressed a bit more neutral today. She didn't wear a woman's gorgeous and cumbersome skirt, and she didn't wear too many hairpins in her hair, which not only allowed people to know her female identity at a glance, but also wouldn't be out of tune with the overall atmosphere of Qionglin Banquet.

"I also noticed that she has a good relationship with Zhuangyuan and Tanhua." When sitting on the top, Shang Junlin kept paying attention to the movements of the people below.

Compared with other people, Fang Jiayi is indeed more willing to talk to Jiang Huaiqing and He Chengyu. Unlike other people, when these two talk to her, they will not behave in any way because of her female status. There was something wrong with his behavior.

The atmosphere of the banquet was warm, and the students discussed knowledge with each other. Those who were more daring would directly ask the officials to ask questions.

Some of the officials of the noble family are simply restless. The emperor can leave the table at will, but they can't. Even if they are anxious to solve the easy and concise matter, they can only sit here, force their faces and smile, and cannot show any strangeness.

Lord Yi knocked on the table: "Did you send someone to spread the news to those two adults?"

"Don't worry, my lord, someone has been sent."

Because the results were close, Fang Jiayi, He Chengyu, Jiang Huaiqing and the three were also close together. Fang Jiayi was careful, noticing that there were not many officials of some noble families, and asked in a low voice:

"What happened just now? Several adults looked different, and Young Master Yi didn't attend. I remember meeting him when I first came."

The matter was temporarily suppressed, Jiang Huaiqing was not easy to say it clearly, and said in a low voice: "He did something, and His Majesty happened to meet him."

After two sentences, the two sides naturally changed the topic.

The other two cabinet ministers got the news from the Qionglin Banquet, and they sat down to discuss in detail that night.

The two cabinet ministers were born in the Feng family and the Duan family, respectively, and had a strong voice in the capital family.

After being seated, the two screened and stepped back.

Lord Feng: "What does your majesty mean by this move?"

Lord Duan: "Obviously, His Majesty is forcing us to make concessions. Otherwise, according to His Majesty's past temperament, he will deal with people on the spot, and will not give us time to react at all."

Master Feng: "That's what I said, your Majesty, as always, I don't listen to advice."

Master Duan: "If he could listen, he wouldn't be him. You forgot about the time when he first ascended the throne? The late emperor asked him to keep the King of Yue in the capital to raise him. How many officials did he deal with against him at that time?"

Lord Feng: "The King of Yue is also unbearable, otherwise why would I have to be so embarrassed."

Master Duan: "If you want me to tell you, he has long wanted to kill King Yue. This time King Yue was imprisoned, and he took advantage of the fact that he couldn't refute, and directly placed the mastermind behind the fraud on King Yue. King Yue wanted to turn over, he could It's harder to say."

Master Feng: "They contacted us over there and said they wanted us to help, should we take action?"

Master Duan: "Don't worry, we will have to wait until the end to see everything."

Master Feng: "What about this imperial examination? Are we really going to do what he wants?"

Master Duan: "Otherwise, what else can we do? He is determined to promote the poor family to fight against us, and now it is even more outrageous to allow women to become officials in the court, and sooner or later he will destroy the Great Wall."

The next morning, in the discussion about women becoming officials in the court, there was a lot less dissenting voices. Except for Fang Jiayi's undecided position, everyone else's was roughly drawn up.

As the weather became warmer, Shen Yu spent more time outside the house, and Imperial Physician Gu also said that he could move around more appropriately.

Shang Junlin was very concerned about Shen Yu's affairs. After hearing that Imperial Physician Gu said that more activities were good for Shen Yu, he would pull Shen Yu out for a walk whenever he had time.

Shang Junlin originally wanted Shen Yu to practice martial arts and fitness, but was rejected by Shen Yu.

In the evening, after dinner, Shang Junlin put down his official duties and took Shen Yu for a walk in the small garden outside the Yuzhang Palace.

"Feng Family and Duan Family?" Shen Yu paused in his footsteps, he had an impression of these two families, because in the previous life, these two families secretly took refuge with King Yue, and they did a lot of convenience for him before King Yue became a thing.

"In fact, the Feng family and the Duan family have been entrenched in Dahuan since the founding of the country, but their real heyday was in the late period of the late emperor's reign. At that time, the late emperor favored traitors, let the power fall by the side, and was already coveted by the noble family. Swallowing it in one bite, the most profitable ones are the Feng family and the Duan family."

Seeing that Shen Yu was interested in the Duan family of the Feng family, Shang Junlin said more.

"I dealt with a lot of people at the beginning of my enthronement. The Feng family and the Duan family are very aware of current affairs, and I don't know what to do with them."

The court at that time was too chaotic. First, it was brought into trouble by the late emperor. The able ministers were either forced to resign from office, or framed and executed. Most of the people left behind were in cahoots with the traitorous ministers. Unstable, he seized the throne with military power, and there were very few people who could use it. After blood-washing the traitors of the cholera court, there were large-scale faults in the officials who could be used.

Shang Junlin had no choice but to temporarily use the officials of the aristocratic family who were still obedient. The consequences of doing so were endless. The family fought against the imperial power, the aristocratic family was dominant, and the imperial power was bound to be threatened.

After ascending the throne, Shang Junlin attached great importance to the imperial examination and reused the officials of the poor family, also to balance the power of the imperial court. Only by checking and balancing each other's forces can long-term stability be maintained.

"Now there is only the prime minister in the cabinet who is not a member of the aristocratic family. The aristocratic family occupies two seats in the cabinet. Who does His Majesty plan to use for one of them?" Seeing what Shang Junlin meant, he was ready to severely suppress the arrogance of the aristocratic family.

"Fang Jun."

"The Prime Minister and Lord Fang are both on their own. If the two are in the cabinet, it will be much more convenient for His Majesty to do what he wants to do."

Shen Yu lowered his eyes and pondered, with the book he read in his previous life, the things he got from Shen Qingran's mouth, and the help of Shen Yue in this life, he would definitely come up with a lot of new things that would benefit Dahuan's development. These things may become a powerful tool for the family to seek power and profit.

A lot of things that Shen Qingran took out in the previous life made a lot of money for the aristocratic family, the aristocratic family is growing stronger and bigger, making Da Huan a mess, Shen Yu doesn't want to make a wedding dress for the aristocratic family.

"The reform of the business system proposed by Ayu has not been announced to everyone yet. Before the time comes, we still need to wait."

"Don't worry, every big change can't be accomplished overnight, not to mention, the cement thing has just started, and it will be more foolproof when there is no problem."

"It's still Ayu who understands me." Shang Jun sighed.

"Your Majesty, when will Jiang Huaiqing and their appointments come down?" Shen Yu wanted to see what kind of path Jiang Huaiqing in this life could take without those accidents.

"Come on, no accident, both of them can enter the Hanlin Academy."

When I first entered the Hanlin Academy, although the official position was not too high, the more important thing was the significance of this starting point. Entering the Hanlin Academy was equivalent to half a foot in the cabinet.

Jiang Huaiqing has a good mentality. Even though he has not been officially appointed because of Fang Jiayi's affairs, he is still happy every day.

He Chengyu sent a letter to the family. He was the number one scholar in high school. He would probably not be able to return to Jiangnan for a while. Even if he was transferred abroad in the future, he would not be sent to Jiangnan as an official.

After taking care of his own affairs, He Chengyu came out of the room: "Huaiqing, didn't you say last time that you didn't have enough paper and pen, a new store opened in the capital, do you want to take a look?"

Jiang Huaiqing was sorting out his and He Chengyu's books. The sun was shining in the spring, so he just took them out to dry them.

The place where the books were posted almost filled the entire small courtyard. Some of these books were brought from home, and some were bought after coming to the capital. Jiang Huaiqing heard the voice and turned around and said, "I'm going."

His pen and paper are long gone. These days, He Chengyuyun gave it to him. Jiang Huaiqing was embarrassed to take advantage of He Chengyu all the time.

Under the sun, the jade-like youth became more and more dazzling, He Chengyu shook his head and walked over with pursed lips.

Shen Yu fell into the dream of the previous life. He has not dreamed of the past life for a long time. I don't know if it is because he has been thinking about the past life recently, he has such a dream.

In the dream, it was a cloudy and rainy day. He was lying on the bed, and the quilt seemed to weigh thousands of pounds, making him unable to breathe.

"Dong, dong, dong," the footsteps got closer and closer, Shen Yu struggled to open his eyes, and saw King Yue who had changed into an imperial robe standing beside the bed, staring at him darkly.

"Shen Yu, look, no matter how unwilling you are, I will still be on the throne. You can't change the fate you have-"

No, not right!

Shen Yu struggled to get up, but couldn't move at all, breaking out in a cold sweat.

"Ayu, wake up..."

A familiar voice came through the heavy rain curtain, Shen Yu struggled to open his eyes, and was startled by the suddenly enlarged face in front of him.

Seeing the horror in his eyes, Shang Junlin stepped back a little, reached out and stroked his sweaty forehead: "Why is Ayu so afraid of me?"