Huo Wei's dull voice came from outside the screen, "It's early spring. Why don't you go for a walk naked in the imperial garden?"
Du Gu Luanyue pulled the inner garment closer to herself. It was a rose - colored sheer veil. Her whole body was already ice - cold. She shrank behind the screen and said,
"Your Highness has such a nice way with words."
Huo Wei threw the clothes over the screen and slid the jade shoes under it. Then he turned around and walked to the couch, instructing the palace servants to bring a pot of steaming ginger tea.
Du Gu Luanyue changed her clothes, tidied her long hair and walked out. Still a bit embarrassed, she said softly,
"Thank you just now."
Huo Wei sat upright, staring at her with cold eyes,
"Shouldn't it be me, the chief examiner of the spring imperial examination, who should thank you? Did Her Majesty the Queen earn her position in such a way? Should I kneel down and kowtow to Her Majesty?"
Du Gu Luanyue clearly felt that the air in the side hall was filled with a strange and sarcastic atmosphere. She shivered from the cold and decided not to argue with him,
"The chief examiner of the spring imperial examination has been officially decided as you. If you don't understand anything later, you can ask at any time..."
Huo Wei roughly picked up the teapot, poured the steaming ginger tea into the cup, spilling it all over the tea table. Then he slammed the teapot on the table with a bang,
"Enough!"
Du Gu Luanyue didn't know what he was angry about. Lately, Huo Wei had been getting more and more inexplicable. She looked at the charcoal brazier and sighed,
"No wonder it's so cold. The silver charcoal has burned out."
Huo Wei said, "What are you looking around for? Can't you see the ginger tea in front of you?"
Du Gu Luanyue sat down, picked up the ginger tea and took a small sip. She immediately frowned, "It's so hot."
Huo Wei's tall and straight back was strong and unyielding. He remained motionless, his handsome and wild face still gloomy, like a furious beast in silence.
Outside the hall was the eunuch recording the "Tong Shi", inside the hall her clothes and shoes were scattered everywhere, and he had successfully become the chief examiner of the spring imperial examination.
Huo Wei's scalp tightened. So the way Du Gu Luanyue got this opportunity for him was to be in bed with Murong Min day and night!
"Why didn't it burn you to death?" After a long while, he blurted out this sentence.
Du Gu Luanyue thought Huo Wei would say something politely fake, but unexpectedly he had been sarcastic since he entered the hall. She also got angry,
"Huo Wei, are you going crazy again? If you can't speak nicely, you can choose to shut up. Don't irritate me here. I have poor qi and blood. Getting angry easily makes me age!"
At this moment, a sour and burning anger was raging in Huo Wei's chest, but he didn't let it out in the Zichen Hall. He looked at Du Gu Luanyue with raging anger,
"Indeed, it's thanks to Her Majesty the Queen Du Gu for going to such lengths to make me the chief examiner of the spring imperial examination. I'm extremely grateful!"
He clearly remembered that Du Gu Luanyue promised him that day not to use the way of serving the emperor to get the chance to be the chief examiner. Unexpectedly, she still did it.
Huo Wei sneered in his heart again. What did it matter to him? She was the queen. It was her duty to serve the emperor.
Du Gu Luanyue ignored him. Anyway, Huo Wei was already the chief examiner of the spring imperial examination. She had managed to hold him back, so she wasn't in a hurry now,
"You don't need to be grateful. This is just something I promised His Highness the Prince of Yuzhang."
Seeing her suddenly turn cold, Huo Wei's fingers on his thigh curled up. He whispered, "Next time, don't use this method."
Du Gu Luanyue glanced at him, "Your Highness should take care of yourself. I'll try to appear in front of Your Highness as little as possible in the future."
When he got up to leave the side hall, Du Gu Luanyue sneezed several times in a row behind him.
Huo Wei walked up to the little eunuch who was recording the "Tong Shi" and kicked the book out of his hand,
"What are you still recording? There's nothing worth recording. Can't you hear someone inside has caught a cold?"
The little eunuch was so frightened by Huo Wei's fierce scolding that he trembled all over. He quickly straightened his crooked hat and scrambled to call the imperial doctor.
He only thought that His Highness the Prince of Yuzhang was really being inexplicable today. Just getting the position of chief examiner, instead of being happy, he got angry.
Huo Wei quickly walked out of the palace. He was extremely irritable. The image of Du Gu Luanyue and Murong Min together always flashed through his mind. Every time he thought of it, he would get more annoyed.
Shen Guilan was dressed like a cashier. After he had sorted out the silver that Huo Wei had returned to the treasury, he walked out of the accounting room contentedly.
Seeing Huo Wei, this fierce wolf, looking absent - minded and listless, he shouted, "Did you take the wrong medicine?"
Huo Wei came back to his senses, looked up, and then his eyes drooped again, "Do you want to lose your tongue?"
The two brothers had always liked to bicker since childhood. They were both sharp - tongued and never gave in to each other.
Shen Guilan laughed,
"If you're not happy, go and play with that little male favorite of yours from that day. You'll feel better after playing. Oh, by the way, why haven't I seen that little male favorite?"
Hearing this, Huo Wei pressed his tongue against his back teeth and turned away. Shen Guilan really knew how to bring up the wrong topic.
Not long after he returned to his room, Murong Min's imperial edict was officially delivered.
As soon as the palace servant who announced the edict left, Shen Guilan quickly stood up from the ground and shouted, "Huo Wei, what's going on?"
Huo Wei was the worst at explaining things. He put the edict behind his back and said calmly, "How would I know what that old man is up to?"
Shen Guilan snatched the edict and read it several times. Frowning, he said,
"Since you returned to the imperial capital, you've been getting more and more out of line.
Have you forgotten that you're a natural war god? Why are you trapping yourself in the cage of the imperial capital? Screening civil officials. Are you going to focus on the court now?"
Huo Wei nodded his chin, "Yes."
Shen Guilan threw the edict back at him and shouted,
"Fine, fine, fine! I can't control you this time. Now I'll go back and pack my luggage and go to Mang Mountain to invite Master down the mountain."
He turned around and was about to leave. Huo Wei suddenly panicked, "Stop!"
Shen Guilan didn't care that he was the Prince of Yuzhang. When he was angry, he only thought of himself as the senior brother who was most worried about Huo Wei, "Not until I'm dead!"
Huo Wei quickly stepped forward and grabbed him, "Will you listen to my explanation?"
Shen Guilan stopped and stared at him coldly,
"I can listen to your explanation, but if this matter is related to Her Majesty the Queen Du Gu, then don't bother. Let go of me quickly. I'm going to invite Master down the mountain and let him handle this."
Huo Wei originally wanted to tell Shen Guilan the whole story, but with his attitude, it was impossible to talk.
Huo Wei's hesitation and silence made Shen Guilan laugh, "Sure enough, it's related to Her Majesty the Queen Du Gu."
Huo Wei looked at him gloomily,
"I think it will be beneficial for a military general like me to cultivate my own power in the court.
Her Majesty the Queen Du Gu has her own plans, but I think the position of chief examiner of the spring imperial examination is worth a try."
Shen Guilan shook off his hand, "Meng Tan, saddle the horse!"
Huo Wei's long and slanting eyes darkened. He glanced at Shen Guilan and said, "Meng Tan, tie up Military Advisor Shen for me!"