Chapter 190: Lovesickness, no meeting (3)

Seeing the weather getting hotter and hotter, Shen Xiyao frowned every day. Although the treasury had grain in stock, it could not meet the needs of all parties at the same time. At the same time, the epidemic after the flood also makes it necessary to prepare.
Every day I see him discussing solutions with ministers in the Hall of Yangxin, what to do, who to send, and how to solve them as quickly and effectively as possible.
Every now and then, I sit quietly behind that heavy curtain, listening to his strategy of governing the country, learning his talents and wisdom, and empathizing with his worries. The dragon chair was not as comfortable as everyone thought.
In its place, seek its own business. The emperor is not easy to do.
National affairs are critical, and Shen Xiyao has no interest in turning over the brand. In this way, I will be by his side day and night.
Almost every night I hear him unintentionally sigh heavily and see his unconcealed tired look. He would review the memorials every night until late at night, and often fell asleep on the table. When an hour is not up, I will wake up and continue to read the memorial, determine the most suitable candidate, and determine the money and food needed. Slowly, as the military situation intensified and the disaster worsened, he began to stay awake all night and stayed with him alone, in order to formulate the fastest and most effective solution for the front.
Under such circumstances, the care of me was relaxed. Except that Su Xin can accompany me for a walk in the remote part of the Royal Garden in the early morning and evening, the golden lock that locks me is only symbolically hung on the door. So, I can finally figure out a way to do something.
After the policy was promulgated, Hejian encouraged the people to dig wells, and the court rewarded twenty taels for digging a well, and exempted the corvee tax for the next three years.
In the middle of Gansu, a dam was built to drain the water, and the people were organized to rebuild their homes. Medical officers were sent to control the epidemic in time.
In the northwest, grain merchants are forbidden to drive up grain prices, otherwise they will confiscate property.
At the same time, money, food and supplies that can be needed for a short period of time were distributed everywhere to alleviate urgent needs.
But natural disasters are difficult to determine. Those good policies were implemented one by one but received little. Shen Xiyao's frowning brows could not be stretched a day, he was unsatisfied with food, and could not sleep at night. I can only comfort him. No matter how good the medicine is, it can't be delivered in a single dose. What's more, in response to wars and disasters, it takes time to send food orders, let alone implementation. But I believe, and I ask him to believe, that there will be results after a while.
During this period, Shen Xiyao went to Pengdao Yaotai several times. I think he is going to win over the Ling family to make some preparations. Because the time has come for Ling's family.
After the flood, the epidemic did not break out on a large scale due to timely control.
The people in Hejian have achieved success by digging wells, and they have had time to plant a crop of crops, which can solve the food problem for the winter.
And Xihe finally regained Jingcheng. Although it was difficult, he still won.
But just when I was able to relax a little bit, a huge problem appeared on the battlefield.
The 200,000 shi, grain and grass sent to support the front were intercepted by the enemy at Hao Lianshan, and the stock in the national treasury was transferred to the disaster area, so 200,000 shi could not be collected in a short time.
But the battle has reached the fiercest moment, with insufficient food, unstable military spirit, and lack of physical strength. The Jingcheng that Xihe has finally recovered will inevitably fall into the enemy's hands.
Shen Xiyao furrowed her brows deeply every day, and often walked alone in the Hall of Nourishing the Heart, and the "aggressive" voice knocked on my heart.
One day, during lunch, Shen Xiyao raised the silver chopsticks and put them aside.
I put a piece of steamed sea bass on his plate, and he shook his head: "When I think of the soldiers in front of me starving and fighting, the people in the disaster area are waiting for food to get through the crisis, how can they swallow it?"
I looked at the only four dishes on the table, three of which were all light vegetarian dishes. After thinking about it for a long time, I finally said: "The emperor, although there are not hundreds of thousands of stone grains in the treasury, Daxi still has them. "
Three days later, I was drawing a beautiful group of flowers under the window. The big red double-petaled boy's face I painted with meticulous brushwork stood out above the group. The other colors only used pink, yellow, white and rose red to highlight that Zhenghong's gorgeous and unparalleled come.
Su Xin stood on the side to grind for me and smiled: "The lady's paintings are so good, better than the painter in the palace." She tilted her head: "I think most of the paintings in the palace are accompanied by poems. The lady might as well invite the emperor. Just to mention?"
I did not speak, and I took a fine sheep's hair, and wrote on one side the poem "It seems that there is heavy makeup and crimson yarn, and the light reflects the morning glow." Although the small letters of the hairpin flower have been abandoned for a long time, it is written Not unfamiliar.
Drying it carefully, I nodded with satisfaction looking at the painting, and smiled at Su Xin: "What do you think?"
Su Xin complimented: "Although I can't read, the calligraphy of the lady is excellent, and it looks dignified."
I don't know why I am in a very good mood this day, so I said: "If you like it, I will give it to you."
Su Xin's eyes were full of surprise: "The lady is serious?"
I pushed the drawing paper and said, "What do you lie to you. You will leave the palace in the future. You have to mount it for a long time." I sighed, and my interest suddenly vented: "I just don't know when you will leave the palace."
Su Xin lowered her head slightly and said, "Su Xin doesn't want this. It is Su Xin's blessing to be able to serve her by her side."
I looked at the boy's face, the flowers were gorgeous but not demon, soft but not weak, flashy and not vulgar, and the voice was firm as iron: "Don't worry, you won't wait too long."
Su Xin hadn't answered the conversation, but Zhang Dehai walked in with a look of joy and respectful expression.
"Niang Niang," he changed his old name, and said with a smile on his face: "The emperor has an order, please go to Pengdao Yaotai with the old slave immediately."
I trembled all over, Pengdao Yaotai, these four words gave me an unparalleled shock, Shen Xiyao asked me to go to Pengdao Yaotai, which indicated that I finally made the last step towards my goal.
At the moment, he only wore a peaceful smile, as if Zhang Dehai had just come to inform Shen Xiyao that he was going to have dinner with me, nodded and said, "I see."
Su Xin looked at me in surprise: "Niang Niang? Isn't Pengdao Yaotai?"
I nodded: "Su Xin, you can leave the palace immediately if you want to come."
Pengdao Yaotai, the Tiangong that Shen Xiyao used to build with a lot of money, exhausted all the world's rare treasures, costing countless efforts of skilled craftsmen, and was even considered the king of luxury for its repairs. After the completion of Pengdao Yaotai, Shen Xiyao wrote a poem: "The name is Chuo about the grass, and it reflects the fairy family Bai Yuchi.
The sky is painted over the sun and the moon, and the pavilions in the water are soaked in glass.
The heron fist cleans the swamp and turns the snow, and there is a mushroom in Yanhe's new nest.
In the overseas Fang Peng Yuan Yu, the ancestral dragon whip stone actually taunted? "
One year before I entered the palace, Shen Xiyao ordered it to be a forbidden place, and no one could go to the island without the emperor's handwritten instructions. For this reason, the court caused an uproar, which was once regarded as a failure in Shen Xiyao's fame.
However, when the impeccable Ling Xiang's daughter entered the palace, she enjoyed the emperor's thousands of favors, and then the emperor bestowed it on the pregnant queen, and was regarded by the world as a symbol of the empress's love and the auspiciousness of the dragon and the phoenix. It is no longer regarded as extravagant, but is talked about.
After that, Ling Xiang died of illness, and the empress was seriously ill during a small childbirth in grief, so she lived in Pengdao Yaotai for a long time to recuperate. Due to the instructions of the queen mother and the imperial doctor, the emperor could not set foot on Pengdao Yaotai for two years. Pengdao Yaotai has become the emperor's sad place in the eyes of the world.
The fairy palace on the island is a miracle, not only a miracle of architecture, but also a witness of miraculous love.
But in fact, what Pengdao Yaotai left me, apart from the initial happiness and love, is only endless painful memories. And that happiness and love is based on my guilt towards Xi He and my responsibility to the family.
That is the place where my joys and tears are recorded. It is the place that witnessed the important moments of my life. It is the place that I will never forget in my life. It is also the most critical place for me to return to the post.
Sitting on the boat, Zhang Dehai was the only one shaking the scull. I looked at the vast water in the distance. It was noon at this time, and the intense sunlight made it difficult to open my eyes and couldn't look straight ahead. I rubbed my eyes dazzled by the sun, and when I lowered my hand, I saw the island again. The peace of mind I had been restrained was finally broken, and my heart beat so hard that I couldn't help covering my chest.
The steps of brilliant white jade are built on the water, and the magnificent palace stands on the water, like a dream, like a fairyland.
Suddenly there was a sense of going back in time, as if I was back in that early morning, and I accidentally met Shen Xiyao at Yanboting, and then he was brought here.
I think of him saying solemnly to me: "I will give you this place."
At that time, he did not use the words "zhen" and "gi", but he was still the supreme emperor. Even when facing the fairy, he brought undeniable demeanor and demeanor. This is an innate emperor style. .
"You are a fairy in the sky, this Pengdao remote platform is yours."
"I don't care if you are a mortal or an immortal. Since you have been met by me again, this time, I won't let you leave."
"How can the fairy of Tiangong salute the mortal?"
Closing my eyes, everything from the past appeared in front of me, as if it had just happened yesterday, and everything after that was my dream. Wait a minute, when my feet step on the white marble steps, Shen Xiyao will still be like he did in the past, wearing white clothes to win the snow, standing at the end of the steps, reaching out to me.
If you can go back in time, will it not happen afterwards?
"Niangniang, here it is." Zhang Dehai stopped the boat at the pier, turned around and smiled at me. His smile is soft, like a warm sun in March. In that smile, there is no respect and humility from the chief executive of the Ouchi to the queen, but the elder's concern for the younger generation, the satisfaction and satisfaction of seeing the younger generation's wish.
I am quite moved. I know that after I returned to the palace, he occasionally or unconsciously mentioned my benefits in front of Shen Xiyao. Even if I never asked him, I never gave him any benefit back then.
I stood up straight, and greeted him slightly: "Ms. Zhang, thank you very much."