Lu Wenyuan cleaned up his clothes at this time, slowly got up and bowed: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to say." ”

Zhu Shiyang said in a deep voice: "You say." ”

The officials knelt on the ground, not knowing what the situation was, but Fu Qian sighed secretly, only saying that what should come will always come. Sure enough, I heard Lu Wenyuan say coldly: "Although the place where the emperor is located is prosperous, but there are not many miles outside the city, there are countless victims who have frozen to death and starved to death, and not all of them live and work in peace and contentment like in the city, and the minister hopes that the emperor can not only see the prosperity in front of him, but also see the desolation in the distance, which is the blessing of the people." After speaking, without waiting for Zhu Shiyang to speak, he stood up from the ground on his own and returned to his seat calmly.

There was silence all around, except for the sound of the north wind whistling back and forth. The officials were trembling on the ground, and even Zhu Shiji didn't dare to get up lightly, only saying that this Lu Wenyuan was really bold, and even dared to splash the emperor's cold water, so he was really impatient. Before he finished his thoughts, he heard Zhu Shiyang's voice sounding coldly above his head: "Lu Wenyuan, do you have to pick such a time to sweep away my fun?"

Lu Wenyuan didn't flinch at all, raised his eyes to look directly at Zhu Shiyang, and said coldly: "If the minister doesn't pick this kind of time, will the emperor listen to it?"

Zhu Shiyang was so angry that he trembled, and said hatefully: "Lu Wenyuan, you ...... You're so bold!" With nowhere to vent his anger, he grabbed a small glass bowl in front of the emperor and fell to the ground with a "bang". All the ministers were bluffed into retreating again and again, kowtowing to the emperor to calm his anger. Lu Wenyuan is now a very popular minister, and he has made meritorious contributions to disaster relief in the past, although Zhu Shiyang is very angry, he is not easy to punish him, he holds his breath for a long time, so he has to flick his wide sleeves, turn around and go down to Chaofeng Tower.

Zhu Shiji was afraid of an accident, so he hurriedly got up and followed.

The Shangyuan Palace banquet broke up unhappily. When Zhu Shiyang returned to the dormitory, he was still angry, and he walked all the way by smashing glasses and smashing lamps, making a mess everywhere. Gui Xi didn't dare to step forward lightly, but in his anxiety, he saw that the emperor's sleeves flashed with blood, and it seemed that his hand had been cut by a porcelain piece. How could the dragon body of the Son of Heaven be damaged, Gui Xi jumped on his knees in a hurry, crawled to the emperor's feet, grabbed the corner of the dragon robe and cried: "Your Majesty, your anger hurts your body, you see that your hands are bleeding, let the slave and maid bandage you." ”

Zhu Shiyang was angry, where was he willing to listen to what he said, and shouted "Get out!" and pulled the corner of his clothes out of Gui Xi's hand, and went to smash the tea cup on the table.

Gui Xi was light and weak, how could he withstand Zhu Shiyang's drag, he couldn't stabilize his body and fell to the ground at the moment, and a moment before he fell to the ground, Gui Xi caught a glimpse of a broken piece of porcelain on the ground that was broken up, and the sharp corner was just aimed at his forehead. Gui Xi's heart was cold, and he only said that he was going to die here, and couldn't help but close his eyes tightly.

Who knew that the expected pain did not come, Gui Xi only felt that his clothes were tight, and he had been pulled up in time, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that the person in front of him was like a distant mountain, and his face was like jade, not who King Kangping was. Gui Xi escaped death and was stunned for a while, tears couldn't help but flow. Zhu Shiji said softly: "You go down first, and this place will be handed over to this king." ”

Gui Xi saluted gratefully and led the other palace people to retreat.

Zhu Shiyang was still smashing around, and he couldn't listen to people's persuasion at all, but his strength was a little weak, and he was tired from breathing in his mouth, and he was panting. The holy dragon body is expensive, and Zhu Shijigui is the prince, and he doesn't dare

Zhu Shiyang was taken aback, then calmed down, and hurriedly squatted down and asked, "Where is the injury?" ”

Zhu Shiji smiled bitterly and waved his hand again and again, but he was so painful that he couldn't even speak, and a thin layer of sweat broke out on his head. Zhu Shiyang became more and more anxious, and said distressedly: "Why don't you hide when you see me crazy, if you hurt something, how can I explain to the first queen mother......" paused, suddenly raised his hand and hit himself, and said: "It's all bad for me, my stinky temper ......"

Zhu Shiji breathed a sigh of relief and interrupted him: "It's not about the imperial brother, it's the younger brother who bumped into it himself." Seeing Zhu Shiyang's surprise, he explained with a wry smile: "If the younger brother doesn't do this, when will the imperial brother calm down." As he spoke, he took one of Zhu Shiyang's hands and said, "Look, I don't know if my hand is cut." ”

Zhu Shiyang looked at it intently, and there was indeed a slender wound in his palm, and the blood flowed all the way to his wrist. There is nothing wrong with this little injury. pulled Zhu Shiji to the edge of the couch and sat down, rolled up his sleeves and looked, but even his entire forearm was red. Zhu Shiyang was so angry that he slammed the edge of the bed, gritted his teeth and said, "This Lu Wenyuan is really angry!"

Zhu Shiji sighed and persuaded softly: "Lord Lu is also thinking about his family, country and society, why should the imperial brother be angry." ”

Zhu Shiyang argued angrily: "When does he think badly, he just wants to provoke me to come to sweep away my happiness when he is happy, isn't this against me!"

Zhu Shiji persuaded: "Lord Lu is also prepared for danger in times of peace, take precautions, the imperial brother should be happy to get such a courtier." ”

Zhu Shiyang snorted and was unmoved. Zhu Shiji had no choice but to sigh, took a silk scarf from the table to wipe the blood on his hands for him, and saw that he was no longer as angry as Fang Cai, so he tentatively continued to persuade: "Brother Huang, since these days, the number of banquets has indeed increased, no wonder Lord Lu can't see it." Even if the emperor doesn't think about the victims, he has to think about his own body, right? ”

Zhu Shiyang still had a cloudy face, frowned and said angrily: "But he can't count me in front of so many ministers." I'm the king of a country, so where can I put my face?"

Zhu Shiji smiled warmly: "They are all their own courtiers, what is there to be ashamed of." If the royal brother is really angry, the younger brother will say a few words to him for the imperial brother, just don't be angry with your body. ”

Zhu Shiyang was a little relieved at this time, and said sullenly: "It's okay, you can talk about him for me, and also teach him what is the way to be a courtier." Zhu Shiji hurriedly agreed.

After this commotion, it was close to the hour, Zhu Shiyang finally felt a little sleepy after venting, Zhu Shiji was busy with Gui Xi to find the imperial doctor to bandage his wounds, and personally served him to change his clothes and lie down, before returning to the side hall to rest without mentioning it.

In the next few days, Zhu Shiji went to the cabinet to find Lu Wenyuan. At that time, Lu Wenyuan was preparing a chapter behind the table, and when he saw Zhu Shiji coming, he hurriedly went down to the hall to greet him, and Zhu Shiji led him to a secluded porch outside the cabinet to speak.

The weather in early spring was still very cold, Lu Wenyuan stood still under the porch, then sleeved his hands, looked into the distance without saying a word, and his expression was very depressed. Zhu Shiji looked at him, also turned his head to look into the distance, and after a while, he smiled bitterly: "Lord Lu, the imperial brother was so angry last night, he broke his hands by throwing things. ”

Lu Wenyuan was slightly squinted by the cold wind, and sighed: "The minister knows." The minister went to give the emperor a chapter this morning, and the emperor said that he would not see the minister. ”

Zhu Shiji listened to his tone of frustration, turned his head to look, and saw a faint halo under his eyes, looking haggard, thinking that he hadn't slept well last night, so he said euphemistically: "It's a good thing that Lord Lu dares to speak out and advise, but advice should also be divided into occasions." The emperor was happy last night, but Lord Lu suddenly said something like that, which made the emperor unable to come to the stage, and of course the emperor was going to be angry. ”

Lu Wenyuan gradually heard a clue, and smiled bitterly: "The emperor sent the prince to teach the ministers?"

Zhu Shiji sighed: "The emperor sent this king, but it's not to teach adults, but to talk to adults." After a pause, seeing Lu Wenyuan hanging his head and listening attentively, he continued: "Lord Lu must know Wei Zheng, the minister of the Tang Dynasty, he said that since ancient times, there are many ministers who dare to admonish, few ministers who are good at admonishing, and even fewer ministers who dare to advise well and can always advise unremittingly. It can be seen that admonishing the monarch is also a science. This king has never been involved in officialdom, and it is not easy to comment on it, but if you think about it selfishly, it is probably a good advice to be able to choose the right time. If Lord Lu can choose a more appropriate time to say what he said last night, maybe he will be able to get twice the result with half the effort, not only not annoying the emperor, but also achieving the purpose of persuasion. ”

Lu Wenyuan knew that he was tactfully accusing himself of not admonishing, nor was he angry, so he only frowned slightly and said: "The minister also knows that he has never been a person who is good at admonishing, and every time he admonishes, he will make the emperor displeased. But last night's advice, the minister has privately told the emperor many times, the emperor not only ignored it, but became more extravagant, ignoring the disaster and people's death, the minister really can't make this decision. ”

Zhu Shiji was helpless when he heard this, and when he saw that there was no one left and right, he pulled Lu Wenyuan closer, and said in a low voice: "I have a heart-to-heart word with you, this king also feels that the imperial brother has made too much trouble these days." But Lord Lu didn't know that the imperial brother actually had his unspeakable secrets. Since the death of the first emperor and the queen mother, he is alone in the palace during the New Year's holidays, and others can reunite with their relatives, but he can only listen to the excitement outside the palace and sit until dawn. If it weren't for the emperor's brother himself, even the king wouldn't have thought that you would have such a bleak side as the Son of Heaven. ”

Lu Wenyuan was really shocked when he heard this, and raised his eyes to look at Zhu Shiji, his eyes were full of compassion. Zhu Shiji continued: "So the imperial brother held banquets one after another during this time, because he was really afraid of the taste of guarding the deep palace alone, but he just wanted to take advantage of the liveliness of the banquet to suppress the desolation in his heart. ”

Lu Wenyuan nodded and said: "The emperor's distress, the minister can understand, but it is enough to set up a banquet for this purpose once or twice, and the emperor is too frequent and extravagant." There are some things that the courtier says that the emperor may be impatient to listen to, but the relationship between the prince and the emperor is extraordinary, if you can mention it from time to time, the emperor can also listen to it one or two. ”

Zhu Shiji said a little apologetically: "What Lord Lu said is true. This king has indeed thought about persuading the emperor not to be so extravagant these days, but every time the words come to his mouth, he swallows it, just because he thinks that his identity is sensitive, and it is not appropriate to get involved in politics lightly. It's really the king who is selfish. ”

Lu Wenyuan waved his hand and said: "No, no, it's not that the prince is selfish, it's really that the minister doesn't think about it......"

Zhu Shiji seemed to be touched by a deep pain in his heart, and took Lu Wenyuan's words and said: "Actually, this king doesn't know that the Manchu Dynasty and other princes of this dynasty, although they are courteous to this king on the surface, but secretly scold this king for flattery and flattery. But how did they know that this king ran in front of the imperial brother in front of the saddle and horse all day long, smiling without skin and face, not only to please the imperial brother, but also to save his life. This king grew up in the palace since he was a child, and he watched how the first emperor exiled and beheaded the imperial uncles one by one, and removed them from office. This king is really afraid, afraid that the royal brother will be like this one day. But fortunately, the emperor's brother is a person who attaches great importance to feelings, and has never treated the king harshly in the slightest, and the king has nothing to repay, only to thank the emperor for his kindness and abide by his duty more. ”

Lu Wenyuan nodded secretly, and he was also unpleasant by him in his heart. was silent for a while, but he saw that he came back to his senses, and after a clear look, he said to himself: "But Lord Lu's words woke up this king. This king obviously saw what the emperor was not doing, but in order to protect himself, he deliberately concealed it, and said that he was abiding by his duty, but in fact, he was selfish. Lord Lu rest assured, this king will try his best to mention the emperor in the future, so that he will put state affairs first in everything. The emperor is generous, and he will not blame the king for this. ”

Lu Wenyuan was quite moved when he heard this, and solemnly hugged his fists at the moment and said: "The prince understands the righteousness, and the minister really admires it." ”