After nightfall, Kang Yan still looked through the memorials in the Qianqing Hall.

Since Gu Yi led his army into Beirong, the domestic military information Pegasus has been reported every day, coupled with the war in Yan'an of the East China Sea, and the military information of the army going south.

Not only the military and political events, but also the people's livelihood, this year is another disaster year. Heavy rains have continued since the beginning of summer. Floods have occurred in several tributaries of the lower reaches of the Huanghe River, and hundreds of thousands of people have been affected.

Kang Yan was too lazy to take care of these things, but the disaster continued to expand, and it was very likely to cause civil unrest. He had just entered the capital, and his foundation was unstable. If it was really violent and civil disorder, it would be extremely troublesome to divide the troops to suppress it.

Fortunately, according to Lian Yanqiu's plan, the soldiers were divided into three groups and went south to threaten. There are already more than a dozen families willing to contribute food and grass to the court. These slippery guys really have to take advantage of them. The water conservancy project built on the Huanghe River has also been reopened and will be completed in autumn.

Thinking about it, the chief **** came in to report, and the governor of the inner government Zhong Yu asked to see him.

Since Sikongyan inherited the nominal throne, and some of the officials of the East China Sea followed south to Beijing, Kang Yan seemed to have sealed off some fake Dakong official posts. This Zhong Yu is one of them.

Originally, these people were still acquainted, and they rarely came to him. Why are you here today?

He ordered the attendant to bring people in, and asked casually: "But what's the important thing for the emperor?"

Zhong Yu knelt to pray for peace, raised his head and said: "The minister came to see the king, just to come to remind the king that a disaster is coming."

Kang Yan frowned and stared at Zhong Yu with a bad look.

"I heard that the scholars of the Southern Dynasties are accustomed to alarmist talk and tell the truth with shocking language."

Zhong Yu seemed to be unaware of Kang Yan's displeasure: "What the official said is naturally reasonable and well-founded. The king was deceived by the villain, but he still didn't know it. The catastrophe is imminent, in the evening."

"You mean, where does this curse come from?"

"I heard that the king sent troops south to force the aristocratic families to pay for food and grass. This is very inappropriate, lest the king summoned him to destroy it."

"Many aristocratic families in the south are full of soldiers and food. If they are gathered together, it is also a powerful force. If it is normal, it is understandable to pay food and grass to show loyalty, but recently heard that Xie's son was slaughtered. When the families of all generations are in panic, Wang If you continue to do this domineering move, I'm afraid that on the surface, the families are afraid of soldiers and obey the king, and secretly will join the martial arts court to help the Sikong clan to counterattack the capital."

"Ha, is his Sagong's bullying of the family less than the king?" Kang Yan disapproved. Back then, Emperor Xianning used various methods to suppress the official title of the family, and the ruling concubine did not give too much to it. That was shaken. The foundation of the family, now that he is only extorting a little money, how could it attract a counterattack.

"The minister once heard from the local that there are many corrupt officials in a certain county, but the people are unwilling to change. They asked the reasons and all answered. The old officials are greedy and they have been filled. If you want to change to a new official, it is difficult to fill in. Now the king is the new master, and today is blackmailing , I know that tomorrow will not force Ling Guanjue's life, day after day, knock the bones and **** the marrow." Zhong Yu sneered.

"You..." Kang Yan was angry.

However, Zhong Yu was still fearless: "The minister does not know who suggested the king to do this overbearing move and force him to dominate the family. I am afraid that this person may not really think for the king."

Listening to Zhong Yu talking freely, Kang Yan's eyes flashed coldly and did not speak. In fact, he also knows that it is not a long-term solution to force the aristocratic family to gain a foothold, but the issue of food and grass is imminent, and he cannot tolerate any hesitation.

Zhong Yu looked at his face and bowed and said, "As for the grain and grass, there is still grain in Yan'an. The minister originally intended to repair a book, and strive to deliver it as soon as possible to alleviate the danger in the city."

After listening to this kid for a long time, this sentence is the most pleasant. Kang Yan was overjoyed, "This king is very pleased with the words of the gentleman. Since entering the customs, this king has also helped your lord to clean up the world. Now seeing the great achievements in front of him, how can the two families have a share."

"The king is insightful."

"Speaking of which, the king's beloved daughter, who is just right, has now gone south with the team, and will be married to your lord by then..."

This is something that was originally said, Kang Yan's daughter is the queen of the new emperor Sikohiko. Zhong Yu showed an expression of grateful gratitude, and smiled: "The minister thinks the same way. It is good for the two families to conclude a marriage. In the future, my lord will serve the king as close as his father and grandfather."

Zhong Yu smiled again and said: "As for the rainstorms of the king's headaches, how difficult is this? I heard that the imperial concubine empress is the reincarnation of the dragon girl, and has all kinds of magical powers to call the wind and the rain. Now the empress and the king are deeply in love. It must be successful."

Kang Yan was startled, he hadn't really thought of this way.

After Zhong Yu retreated, Kang Yan was silent for a long time, and then asked his trusted adviser: "What do you think of this person just now?"

Although the grain and grass that fell out of thin air made people happy, he was not completely unsuspecting. Especially when they asked for food and grass before, this group of East China Sea countries all pushed back and forth. How did they suddenly change their attitude today?

The counselor immediately handed over and said: "This person is loyal to Sikongyan, I am afraid that he wants to use the power of the king's army to wipe out the soldiers and horses of Miao Zifang and the little court of Wuling. However, since he still has the help of us, he just did it. It is also quite reasonable. If the southern aristocratic family pushes the bully too much, the same enemy is also the enemy of trouble."

Kang Yan nodded, and there was another word that made him mind.

The counselor also emphasized, "Suggesting that the king is so aggressive against the family, this person may not really think for the king."

This idea came from Lian Yanqiu, could it be that he really...Kang Yan's face sank.

The counselor watched his words and watched his words and continued to say: "Don't forget the king, the one who killed the Xie family's son was Cai Yunheng who came to work with Lian Yanqiu."

Kang Yan's face was calm, and he raised his hand and said, "You don't need to mention this matter, this king knows it in his heart."

I remembered Zhong Yu's last words before leaving.

The real concubine...

This incident made him particularly irritable, "Wu Ling Dynasty, is the imperial concubine really dealing with the court affairs?"

The counselor hurriedly bowed and said, "Exactly, it is said that sitting side by side with the emperor, the Chinese martial artist is very respectful."

He couldn't figure it out about this matter. More than a month ago, the Wu Ling court heard a cable report. The imperial concubine's boat arrived at Wu Ling as scheduled, and the empress went out of the palace to greet him.

Kang Yan originally believed that it must be the Wuling court playing mystery. The person on his bed, who is full of national beauty, is extraordinary in learning, and is definitely not an ordinary woman. But now, it has been shaken.

If this imperial concubine is really fake.

It's fine if others don't recognize it. Yanqiu has served the noble concubine for several years, and it is impossible not to know him.

The more you think about it, the more suspicious it becomes.

***

Yuan Luo entered the study and saw Lian Yanqiu standing by the window. In front of him, Qing Hong was reporting anxiously.

Lian Yanqiu turned his head and smiled at Yuan Luo, "Since the empress is here, I just want to hear how this matter should be resolved."

Qing Hong paused, then told the story.

Yuan Luo's eyes widened as she listened. There has been too much rain recently, so is Kang Yan's brain flooded? He even proposed to let the imperial concubine come to pray to heaven and stop the rain.

Don't talk about Fu Yao, even if she is a genuine one, she can't do it!

"Why doesn't he ask God? The concubine can't do this." Yuan Luo made an expression of disgust.

Lian Yanqiu glanced at her and said slowly: "The minister thought that the empress is omnipotent and omnipotent."

Is this guy mocking himself? Yuan Luo rolled her eyes, "What a coincidence, in the eyes of this palace, the admiral is also supernatural and omnipotent."

"Well, that minister is really honored."

Qinghong watched her nose and nose, and thought she hadn't heard the two big men clamoring each other. After the two of them stopped talking, they continued to speak carefully.

"At that time, Kang Yan's tone was just talking and laughing. Ms. Fu found an excuse to stop him. After Kang Yan asked about the inside story of praying for rain in the Temple of Heaven, Ms. Fu replied, saying that it was the Qintian Supervisor who observed the meeting that day. When it rained, she took advantage of this in order to cheer her up. Then Kang Yan asked again..."

Listening to Qing Hong's words, Yuan Luo gradually tasted the wrong taste. Is Kang Yan beginning to doubt Fu Yao's identity? After all, the imperial concubine empress Wu Ling is coming back with great momentum.

The main purpose of Qinghong's visit was not only to report the situation, but also to ask Yuan Luo about some details and secrets when he was in charge of government affairs, so that Fu Yao could pretend to be more complete. Yuan Luo didn't shirk, and answered them one by one.

Qing Hong left soon after asking.

Lian Yanqiu said, "Actually, there is no need to be caught in the middle to spread the word. If you are interested, you can meet her."

"What's good to see." Yuan Luo lowered her gaze. She had no sisterhood to Fu Yao, but was very pity for her experience. Put yourself in it and think about it, I'm afraid that Fu Yao is not interested in seeing her, who had disfigured people in the first place, and now turned her into a substitute.

"It's okay if you don't see it, you don't have to be fettered by personal relationships." Lian Yanqiu smiled.

"Are you still in the mood to care about this?" Yuan Luo glanced at him, "Rather than focusing on my own palace, it is better to worry about yourself."

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Kang Yan began to doubt the authenticity of the imperial concubine, which means that he began to doubt Lian Yanqiu.

***

Several things that happened next verified Yuan Luo's guess.

Kang Yan changed his attitude towards the Southern powerhouse, and accepted the tribute money. But he didn't have the free take as everyone imagined. Instead, he used a large number of fiefs and business as rewards.

After the collapse of the Xie family, vast fields and business names were left behind, which is now used by Kang Yan as a tool to buy people's hearts. These rewards are so rich that they are far better than the old rice sent by the family. For a time, everyone in the south was grateful. There are still many people who really believed what Kang Yan said before, that Xie was indeed pretending to be effective, and took the opportunity to sneak attack on the Northern Army.

Kang Yan took advantage of the situation and accepted a few concubines from a family as side concubines, brought them into the harem, and lavishly rewarded the others who had come over. At the same time, several aristocratic families who frequently contacted the Wuling court were sent troops to annihilate them.

With such a combination of grace and power, the atmosphere of the same hatred in the south suddenly disappeared. The news came from the news that the frequent secret letter exchanges between the clergy and the Wuling court gradually disappeared. Most have returned to the wait-and-see state. For these aristocratic families, how to protect themselves in troubled times is the most important thing. Standing directly on the side of the winner is naturally the safest choice.

As for the shortage of food, after the East China Sea desperately transported 800,000 quintals of food by sea, it was temporarily respite.

The side concubines of Xinna are young and pretty, each with their own style, and Kang Yan's thoughts on Fu Yao are naturally not as good as usual.

When Yuan Luo heard from Qing Hong that Fu Yao started to use his methods to fight and favor several concubines, she didn't know what expression to put on.

***

In the imperial garden, the lush vegetation, the rain-washed courtyard is clean and beautiful, standing on the edge of Hanyue Lake, Fu Yao's mood is not as bright.

Since those concubines entered the palace, Kang Yan's love for her has diminished sharply. She was also suppressed by several new family concubines, and suffered a lot of dark losses.

The key is Kang Yan’s attitude towards her and the previous doubts about her. With his cleverness and agility, most of the time he coped with it, but she could feel that Kang Yan’s suspicion towards her had not disappeared. It was just because of his face and unwillingness. Show it off.

She once asked for help from Lian Yanqiu, but it was a pity that the omnipotent Chief Jinlin seemed to have nothing to do. He only ordered her to follow the trend and keep a low profile without being too obsessed with Kang Yan's grace.

Holding the yellow and withered leaves on the branches, she was extremely depressed.

The voice from behind made her even more unhappy.

"The imperial concubine is alone here. Gu Ying feels sorry for herself and lamenting that her honor is not there?"

Turning his head to look, Zhong Yu's nasty face appeared in the trail in the woods behind, walking slowly towards this side.

Fu Yao reflexively wanted to retreat, but quickly stood firm. He was different from before, so there was no need to fear him like that.

"Master Zhong can come and go freely in the inner courtyard of the deep palace like this, I'm afraid there is a violation of the palace rules.

Zhong Yu snorted, "The dignified Ninety-Five Supreme is living in Yuhua Palace where the Toffee provides for the elderly, and the barbarians and arrogant people enter the room, what palace rules would you dare to say in front of me?"

"You..." Fu Yao gritted his teeth, "You are not afraid that this palace will tell the king these words."

"An out-of-favor concubine, what weight can the words say? Besides, now your king desperately needs my East China Sea to discuss big plans, how can you take this little gossip to heart."

As he said, he smiled contemptuously, "Does the imperial concubine believe that if I propose to your king now to ask you to sleep in, will your king agree?"

Words are naked, naked humiliation,

Fu Yao was full of anger, "How dare you..."

After an offense, Zhong Yu resumed his polite and respectful posture, and smiled: "I just said casually, the imperial concubine doesn't have to think too much. After all, the autumn day is here, and the donation of the group fan is natural. Although you have similar beauty, you do Not as good as the master."

Fu Yao only felt that he wanted to vomit blood, and said coldly, "Are you here today to humiliate this palace? Master Zhong really has some free time."

"Your mother's life is in danger, do you still care about this verbal humiliation?" Zhong Yu frowned, "Once Kang Yan captures the martial spirit and wins the real concubine, does the mother think that she still has the value of existence? ?? Even as proof of Kang Yan's stupidity, the empress might disappear silently and be replaced by the real master."

Fu Yao's figure trembled slightly. She had been serving Kang Yan for so long, and she had realized that this person was so happy, with great face and prestige, and would never tolerate being deceived. Maybe she would really...

"Have you ever thought about the everlasting favor of the empress?" Zhong Yu looked at her expression and Shi Shiran opened his mouth. "The minister has a way to help the empress re-enable her."

"What way?" Fu Yao looked at him warily.

"The minister knows that there is a kind of spice, as long as it covers the body surface, it can make the body charming and ecstasy. Legend has it that this spice was made by the sisters of Zhao Feiyan of the former Han Dynasty. It is circulated outside the palace, and some rouge shops are also known as secret recipes. But they are all forgeries. The real secret skills are mastered by an **** in the East China Sea. If you are interested, you might as well try."

"Master Zhong is really well-informed, and he even knows these sly methods." Fu Yao curled his lips. The subtlety of these spices is actually the love medicine and the like, and high-ranking people like Kang Yan are extremely taboo. If they use such innocent means to compete for favor, they will most likely be directly killed.

"Don't worry, Niang Niang, this medicine is indifferent and will never be noticed. If you don't believe it, you can send it to Niang Niang to try."

"What is your purpose?"

"Do you remember your true goal since entering the palace?"

Fu Yao narrowed his eyes.

"It's to avenge the annihilation of the clan." Without Fu Yao's answer, Zhong Yu went on straightforwardly, "Then Niangniang should know that we, the East China Sea, are Niangniang's strongest ally. Once Wuling is captured, Kang Yan wants to calm people's hearts. , May not kill Sikonglin and the imperial concubine and others, but for the sake of the Lord, we must get rid of them in order to ensure that the emperor’s name is right."

"The empress must also know that the minister is also the descendant of the children who were wrongfully killed by Emperor Xianning in the Changsha rebellion. It should be understood that there is no enmity between the minister and the empress, but a natural alliance."

Zhong Yu didn't go on, because with Fu Yao's disposition, it was easy to understand this. Who is the most advantageous to cooperate with? Fu Yao did not tell Lian Yanqiu the news of his approach before, which means that Fu Yao is not so loyal to Lian Yanqiu.

He is confident and will draw this important piece over.

After a moment of silence, Fu Yao said: "Send your medicine to Zichen Hall first."

Zhong Yu smiled, and bowed down respectfully: "The lady has orders, and the minister naturally obeys."

Waiting for Zhong Yu's figure to disappear deep in the woods. Fu Yao lowered his face.

She did not inform Lian Yanqiu of Zhong Yu's contact with her before, because Lian Yanqiu's act of hiding the imperial concubine made her feel insecure. And this time, I fell out of favor and asked Jin Linsi for help. It’s impossible for Jinlin Division to have similar drugs that Zhong Yu said, but they didn’t provide them to her. What does it mean?

She always thought that her favor on Kang Yan's side was very important to Lian Yanqiu and would be an irreplaceable pawn.

Haha, she thinks of herself too highly, from beginning to end, she is just a trivial stand-in. In order to let the imperial concubine escape the situation of attending the bed.

The person he really values ​​is the imperial concubine! Fu Yao pinched the handrail, and a hatred surged up.

Qinghong came out with the maid, and bowed and said, "Niang, the wind is strong on the lake, go back to rest earlier."

Fu Yao showed a mocking smile. Ever since he fell out of favor, even Qinghong and the others have loosened their attention. How could Zhong Yu have a chance to approach her in broad daylight?

She reduced her expression and followed Qinghong and the others back to the Zichen Palace. After washing, I lifted the curtain into the bed and saw a baby's palm-sized jade box resting on the pillow.

Fu Yao understood that this was the spice that Zhong Yushen sent in unconsciously.

She lowered the curtain and opened the jade box. A very light fragrance wafts out, if there is nothing. When I looked at it carefully, what was in the box was not the expected balm powder, but a silver pill with the size of a small fingernail, and there was a letterhead underneath that detailed the usage.

Fu Yao hesitated again and again, looked at the fragrant pill again, and tried to lick it. It smelled sweet. Finally made up her mind, she lifted her coat and put the pill into her belly button.

An itchy and numb sensation came in a moment, but it was fleeting, and when I looked down, only a little silver powder remained at the belly button.

In the next few days, Fu Yao was a little uneasy. He even called an imperial doctor for consultation. Several outstanding imperial doctors looked at it and said that the concubine was in good health, full of vitality, and absolutely no patients. Only then slowly relieved his heart.

After a few more days, Kang Yan called for Xing Fu Yao. Under the bed, she was really nostalgic, and her enthusiasm was comparable to what she had just received.

Even after several days in a row, only Fu Yao was called to accompany him, and he never went to the palaces of other concubines.

One day, when the rain closed and the clouds dispersed, Kang Yan put his arms around Fu Yao and said, "I always feel that Ai Concubine is different from before."

Fu Yao trembled slightly, but only smiled: "The king said so funny, I'm afraid that I haven't seen him for many days, so I feel that the concubines are different."

Seeing her faint resentment between her eyebrows, Kang Yan quickly said: "These few days of military affairs are busy, and I have to leave Ai concubine out of the cold. Don't worry, when this battle is over, the world will be restored. The king's great cause can be expected. Accompany your concubine."

Fu Yao lowered his gaze, even if he did not rely on Lian Yanqiu, he could be unique, and Zhong Yu...