Lu Wenyuan said: "Back to the emperor, there is." As he spoke, he unhurriedly took out a few copies of the notes from his bosom and unfolded them one by one.

Zhu Shiyang listened patiently and found that it was actually the impeachment of several imperial historians and science and Taoist officials, including those who impeached the emperor for misbehaving in the process of worshiping heaven, some officials in the impeachment team who took advantage of the chaos to pick up money and disrupt order, and even impeached Lu Wenyuan and Yan Yong for casual conversations. Zhu Shiyang was angry and helpless when he heard it, and he couldn't cry or laugh for a while, but he heard Lu Wenyuan say: "Your Majesty, these officials are honest and outspoken, their loyalty is commendable, and they deserve to be commended, and the ministers have the courage to ask the emperor for their reward." ”

It turned out that since the dictatorship of Fan Zhefu, the officials in the court and the central government have been repeatedly suppressed, and after a long time, one by one, they have become frightened and discouraged, and they have all become dumb with their mouths open, useless ornaments, and their words and roads have reached an unprecedented level.

Lu Wenyuan recited these letters to the court, which was to commend the courage of these imperial historians, and when other officials were still apprehensive about Fan Zhefu and were unable to move forward, they had the courage to stand up and correct their mistakes. He was more interested in taking them as an example to inspire and spur other officials, so he read the recital and asked the emperor for their reward.

Zhu Shiyang saw that Lu Wenyuan's expression was quite firm, but he couldn't, so he had to reward him with some gold and silver according to his wishes.

After the court meeting, the first-class officials in the court were ordered to stay. It is Lu Wenyuan, Yan Yong, Shen Lun, Fu Qian, and Zhao Yongning. Everyone is an old acquaintance, and they don't need to say hello, so they followed Zhu Shiyang into the inner palace.

The banquet in the hall has not yet been arranged, but Zhu Shiji is already waiting. He is familiar with Lu Wenyuan, but he is very strange with Fu Qian and Zhao Yongning. Zhu Shiyang led him to greet the two of them, and the atmosphere in the hall became more harmonious.

Zhu Shiyang wanted to enliven the atmosphere, so he asked the five courtiers to write Spring Festival couplets together and cut window flowers.

It's nothing to write Spring Festival couplets, these five people in the cabinet are all from Hanlin, and they have poems and books in their chests, and they will write them after a while. Zhu Shiyang and Zhu Shiji were overjoyed, praised it, and ordered the palace people to properly store it in the treasury.

But the next window cutting was Zhu Shiyang deliberately making things difficult for them. That was originally a job only done by the maids in the palace, but how did these five big men do it? Rao is that Lu Wenyuan was more delicate, and he just sat by the window with scissors in a daze, and there was nothing he could do. Zhao Yongning was refreshing, just do what he said, but he just blindly cut it randomly, scattered red paper all over the ground, but the shape of the cut out was not visible at all.

Yan Yong pretended to be profound, frowned and fiddled with it, but when he opened it, it was full of holes. Fu Qian seems to be serious and meticulous, but after cutting it out, the two sides are asymmetrical. In the end, Shen Lun was smart, first wrote a blessing character on the red paper with a brush, and then cut it down along the outline, so that he finally had a decent work.

Zhu Shiyang usually only sees the upright and stern side of these ministers, but now that they are timid, he is happy to be villains. Zhu Shiji was happy when he saw the imperial brother, and he was also happy.

As soon as the banquet was ready, everyone sat down under the leadership of Zhu Shiyang, drinking and poems during the banquet, which was not elegant and happy. When the courtiers saw Zhu Shiyang happy, they all gradually let go, and for a while there was really some meaning of joy among the monarchs and ministers.

Lu Wenyuan was the only one who was unhappy. He saw that all kinds of famous delicacies and delicacies appeared on the banquet, and he was extremely poor and extravagant, and he was even more concerned about the victims outside the city, but the emperor had money to eat and drink, but he had no money for disaster relief, and he didn't know whether it was true or not.

When Lu Wenyuan thought so, he felt that his heart was quite uncomfortable, and he wanted to speak again, but he saw that there was joy in the banquet, and he knew that it might not be timely, so he was only troubled in his heart.

After a while, everyone had eaten and drunk almost all the time, and they went about their activities inside and outside the main hall. Yan Yong and Shen Lun don't often enter the inner palace, so this time they only stood in front of the wall full of celebrity calligraphy and paintings. Zhu Shiji and Zhao Yongning also stepped forward to taste together.

Lu Wenyuan was bored in his chest, and saw that there was a plum tree in the courtyard that was budding and spewing, Ling Han was alone, very fresh, so he went out to take a closer look, wanting to soothe his mood. Fu Qian saw that he was bored, and he also followed with concern. The two began to talk in a low voice under the plum tree.

Zhu Shiyang looked at this side and that with satisfaction, and happened to catch a glimpse of Lu Wenyuan and Fu Qianmei whispering under the plum tree. These two people are born with a talent, and when they go to the next stop under the shadow of the plum flower, it is really like a painting, so that Zhu Shiyang can't help but take a few more looks. Lu Wenyuan's voice may have been lower, causing Fu Qian to lower his head and lean over to listen carefully, Lu Wenyuan was in a bad mood again, and there was a little resentment on his face between his eyebrows.

Zhu Shiyang didn't have much effort to think of Zhu Shiji's words yesterday that the two of them were a couple, but somehow he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, but he didn't think much about it, got up and went down to the hall, walked to the two of them and asked, "It's a cold day, you two are not staying in the palace, why are you running here?"

Fu Qian saw that it was the emperor, and hurriedly replied respectfully: "Back to the emperor, Lord Lu and his ministers saw that this plum blossom was blooming very well, and they had the heart to watch it." ”

Zhu Shiyang also stared at the plum blossoms on the tree, and said with a smile: "Walking on the snow and appreciating the plum blossoms, Lord Fu is so elegant." As he spoke, his eyes involuntarily glanced at Lu Wenyuan.

Lu Wenyuan wore a plain cotton brocade robe today, lined with the same plain complexion, and he was more delicate than usual. At this moment, he lowered his eyes slightly and stood under the plum tree, and even the plum blossoms on the tree were a little dimmed by comparison.

Zhu Shiyang secretly wondered why he hadn't noticed that he was so attractive in the past, but in the blink of an eye, he saw that he had looked up at him at some point. Zhu Shiyang's heart moved, so he also looked at him with a straight color, but saw him hesitantly speak: "Your Majesty, the matter of allocating funds to help the victims outside the city ......"

Zhu Shiyang's heart sank, and he was disappointed, and he was about to go back to the hall with his legs. Who knew that Lu Wenyuan seemed to be firm in his mind and followed unrelentingly, and said in his mouth: "The minister knows that saying these things at this time will sweep the emperor Yaxing, but it is a matter of human life, so I have to say it." The minister still wants to ask the emperor to allocate funds to help the victims in Beijing survive the harsh winter. ”

Zhu Shiyang was a little helpless by him, and shirked: "Didn't I already ask the head of the household, and he said that there was no money in the treasury." ”

Lu Wenyuan said: "But where did the money for the emperor's banquet come from? The minister looked at this table full of rare things, all of which cost a lot, why can't the emperor save these for relief of the victims......

Zhu Shiyang frowned and said, "Can't I have fun?"

Lu Wenyuan said: "But when the emperor is happy, the victims outside the city are suffering, when the emperor laughs, they are crying, the emperor is feasting in the palace, but they are swallowing ice and snow in the cold wind to satisfy their hunger." If the emperor could think of their suffering a little while he was happy, he should not be so extravagant. ”

Zhu Shiyang was so troubled by his quarrel that he had no choice but to find the head of the household after the banquet was dispersed, and asked carefully: "Is it true that you can't get any more money for what Lu Wenyuan invited this morning?"

Hubu Shangshu was forced again and again, and only cried with his head: "It's really gone, the emperor." The minister has clearly settled the account to the emperor, and the emperor will force the minister again, and the minister will not be able to take it out. After crying, he paused again and hesitated: "Unless ......"

Zhu Shiyang hurriedly asked, "Unless what?"

Hubu Shangshu said: "Unless the emperor can take out the silver for the feast......"

Zhu Shiyang frowned when he heard this. Seeing that the momentum was not right, Hubu Shangshu hurriedly knelt down, knocked his head a few times and said: "It's the minister's words, please forgive the emperor." ”

Zhu Shiyang is not a very unreasonable person, thinking that Hubu Shangshu is actually reasonable, he did not get angry, but comforted him with a few words of kindness, and let him retreat. I sat in the temple in a daze.

Zhu Shiyang thought about it, but felt that there were many contradictions, and he became more and more hesitant. It's just because although he knows that what Lu Wenyuan said is the top priority, but he is really afraid of the taste of being alone in the harem. In my heart, heaven and man fought each other, but it was just to add to the troubles. Zhu Shiyang is a passable character, so he didn't want to think about it anymore, so he just dragged it out day after day.

Lu Wenyuan refused to be reconciled, and went to the palace again and again to advise, but he was either blocked back by Zhu Shiji, or Gui Xi reported that the emperor was feasting in the harem, and it was inconvenient to receive foreign guests.

Lu Wenyuan felt more and more indignant, only saying that the emperor obviously had a lot of silver to set up a banquet, but he refused to take out a single star to pity the poor victims outside the city. There is a saying that "Zhumen wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road", which is nothing more than that.