Editor Lin from the Hanlin Academy was called over during lunch break. He looked a little listless at this time, but he did not dare to complain too much when meeting His Majesty. He meant to try his best to adjust his mind and make himself look more energetic.
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The crime of disrespecting the emperor is not a light one.
Forget it... none of the crimes related to the monarch are light.
Editor Lin walked to the imperial court in Tai Chi Palace, bowed his hands and said, "I have met your Majesty and Princess Yongle."
Emperor Chu looked at Xue'er, with a doting and flattering smile on his face and said: "Xue'er, the editor of the Hanlin Academy has arrived, what kind of decree does Xue'er want to draw up?"
Xiao Ruxue said: "Let's just say that for the sake of Xu Qing's hard work and great achievements, let Xu Qing's merits and demerits be balanced, and no grounding is allowed."
The officials of the Hanlin Academy were only responsible for copying down the general meaning of the emperor, and they did not start drafting the imperial edict until they returned to the Hanlin Academy.
Moreover, the imperial edict must be made in several copies and sent to the Zhongshu Provincial Department for review and archiving. After being reviewed and approved by departments at all levels, it will be returned to the emperor and stamped with the national seal.
This prevents the false transmission of imperial edicts to a certain extent, because the imperial edict is not only stamped with the national seal, but also archived and backed up.
Generally speaking, as long as the bill proposed by the emperor is not a ridiculous move that shakes the foundation of the country or destroys the country, Zhongshu Sheng will not be free to reject the imperial edict.
The process is still very easy.
Editor Lin took out a small notebook and wrote it down: "I obey the order and it all depends on your Majesty's orders..."
As he was talking, Editor Lin suddenly felt something was wrong.
Is that what the princess said just now?
It seems that His Majesty has not spoken yet...
Why did I just say what I said smoothly? Did it all depend on His Majesty’s orders?
This is causing big trouble...
Thinking of this, a layer of fine beads of sweat suddenly appeared on Lin's forehead, and then he carefully raised his head and looked at Emperor Chu. Fortunately, His Majesty didn't seem to notice the gaffe he had just made.
Emperor Chu asked: "Have you remembered it?"
Editor Lin quickly said: "Report to Your Majesty, I have recorded everything."
Emperor Chu nodded and said: "Now that I have written it down, let's go and draft the edict as soon as possible."
Editor Lin immediately raised his hands and said: "Yes."
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Andinghou Mansion
Su Qian was sitting in front of the bronze mirror, and Xu Qing was standing behind Su Qian, combing Su Qian's hair that had become messy due to sleep.
Xu Qing said: "Madam, don't move around, otherwise your bun will be combed crookedly."
Su Qian calmed down and said, "Since we're at home and we don't go out of the Nuan Pavilion, why are we combing our hair in a bun?"
Xu Qing smiled and said, "It's for my husband's sake."
Su Qian said indifferently: "My husband has been looking at my face for two years, haven't you seen enough?"
Xu Qing put hairpins into Su Qian's hair and said, "How can two years be enough? At least add two zeros at the end."
"Two hundred years?" Su Qian snorted: "If you are a hundred years old, you will be called an old goblin. After two hundred years, you will probably become a handful of loess."
Xu Qing said: "Then let's continue watching in the next life."
When Su Qian heard this, she couldn't help but raise her delicate eyebrows. She hit her legs with her bare hands and played with the ribbons on her clothes: "When I was still living in Yongzhou City, I saw that I lived next door to the Su Mansion.
A very thin lady, she was very slim before giving birth to a child, but after giving birth to a child, her body became fat, and her husband became more and more distant. I don’t know if I will also become fat after giving birth to a child.
I wonder if my husband will dislike it when the time comes..."
Seeing Su Qian's increasingly sensitive thoughts, Xu Qing couldn't help but smile and said, "Then I will eat more from now on."
Su Qian turned her head and said, "Eat more? Why?"
Xu Qing said: "When the time comes, my wife and I will naturally become fat together. In this way, no one of us will dislike the other."
Su Qian couldn't help but laugh when she heard this: "That's not possible, my husband can't get fat."
Xu Qing asked: "What's wrong?"
Su Qian tossed her hair and said, "I'm afraid I'll dislike it when the time comes."
Xu Qing couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard this: "My husband doesn't despise my wife, but now my wife despises my husband?"
Su Qian snorted softly and said: "Husband, you think there were so many arrests in the county government, why did I just choose your husband? It means that your husband is just okay..."
Xu Qing pursed her lips and said, "Ms. Hezuo, you were originally attracted to your husband's face, right?"
Su Qian looked at Xu Qing in the bronze mirror, with a look on her face that said she had seen through everything: "Why, if I looked like Miss Qiao from Chengdong, would my husband still agree to a fake marriage with me?"
When Xu Qing heard the words "Miss Qiao", she quickly shook her head: "That's true."
Just as Xu Qing finished speaking, he suddenly felt that at some point, Su Qian's bare hand had already reached out to Xu Qing's thigh and then exerted a slight force: "My husband was really coveting my beauty back then!"
Xu Qing endured the pain, stretched out his hand to hold Su Qian's hand and said, "It was because of sex at first, but it's different now."
Su Qian's hand was held by Xu Qing, and she couldn't help but relax: "What's different now?"
Xu Qing held Su Qian's shoulders and said, "It's a long time to be in love now."
Su Qian couldn't help but lower her head when she heard this. Although it was the middle of winter, her heart felt warmer and warmer.
But then Su Qian suddenly felt that something was wrong, her face suddenly felt hot, and then she glared at Xu Qing in the bronze mirror in embarrassment.
At this moment, Old Wei's gloomy voice suddenly came from outside: "The imperial edict has arrived! Xu Qing, the Marquis of Anding County, please come out to receive the edict."
Su Qian and Xu Qing were a little confused. In this winter, what kind of imperial edict could the emperor write when he had nothing to do?
Xu Qing said: "My wife is pregnant, so she should rest in the Nuan Pavilion while her husband goes out to take a look."
Su Qian shook her head and said: "This is inconsistent with etiquette. My husband is already guilty now. How can he break the rules like this?"
Xu Qing said: "Anyway, this crime is false. There is a child in the mother's belly. Can I salute you?"
Su Qian insisted: "Okay, go out quickly, don't let the imperial edict wait in a hurry."
Xu Qing couldn't resist Su Qian's insistence, so she had no choice but to help Xu Qing walk out of the Nuan Pavilion.
Eunuch Wei looked at Xu Qing and Su Qian walking out of the Nuan Pavilion and said, "Your Majesty's decree, the Marquis of Anding County will not kneel down to accept it?"
Xiao Ruxue, who was beside Eunuch Wei, heard Xiao Ruxue's words and immediately ran to the other side of Su Qian to support Su Qian and said, "No! Sister Su is pregnant and cannot kneel down!"
When Eunuch Wei saw this, he said with difficulty: "Princess, this is the rule."
Xiao Ruxue hummed: "Sister Su can't kneel anyway."
Eunuch Wei turned his head to look at Xu Qing, and said with a tone of discussion in his voice: "Marquis of Anding County, how about you kneel down?"
Xiao Ruxue said: "Xu Qing can't kneel even if he wants to support Sister Su."
"This..." Wei Zhong looked at Su Qian standing in the middle, and then at Xu Qing and Xiao Ruxue, who were standing on both sides holding Su Qian's arms respectively, like guardian angels...
Who is the head of the family in the Andinghou Mansion?