Chapter 13: The Emperor

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Bright yellow ayara is wrapped around the fangwood terrace, hanging high and setting up a large color canopy. Outside the curtain, on each side stood thirty guards dressed in brocade robes, holding bones in their hands, and carrying swords at their waists.

Behind the stands hangs a high yellow rim, and in the curtain is a throne.

Zhao Xian sat on the throne a little impatiently. The Empress Dowager Tian, who was sitting in front of him on the left, was looking with interest at the distance of more than ten zhang downstairs, and the pillars of the Yuchun Hall were babbling and singing the Book of Mencius.

Zhao Xian is of medium stature, slightly thin, square face, white and beardless, and looks a somewhat gloomy young man. His face looks like the emperor, and other places look like him as the biological mother who was named a beauty, so he adds four or five points of grace. I don't know if it's because I'm not strong enough, he likes to watch sumo, wrestling, polo, etc., but he is not very interested in the big drama that the Empress Dowager Tian is fascinated by.

The audience beat the drums, the big play was sung, the actors each rested for half a cup of tea, and the people of Kyoto City on the far side of the street applauded and cheered, and turned to watch other juggling shows.

Zhao Xian breathed a sigh of relief amid thunderous cheers, and he waited a little bored for the event to end soon.

The Lantern Festival is held once a year, and every time from the venue layout of the Royal Street and Xuande Building to the program arrangement, it is all according to the preferences of the Empress Dowager Tian. The protagonist of Xuande Lou is the emperor, but no one has ever asked him what he thinks.

Zhao Xian was tired of such days. But he knew very well that he had to continue to endure.

He was eight years old when he ascended the throne, and his memories of the past were fading. Since ancient times, the palace has hidden a lot of dirt and dirt, and the Great Wei Dynasty is not far behind. He was born smoothly and lived safely to ascend the throne, I have to say that the forbearance and rare luck of being self-taught are the biggest dependence.

When he ascended the throne, he was stunned at first, then ecstatic. In his best sleep, he did not have delusions that he could ascend to the throne, but he once had a small extravagant hope that when he waited for his imperial brother to succeed to the throne and sent him out, he could give him a slightly richer fief and let him live a good life with his mother.

Until the next day after King Su's rebellion.

Ha, what's the use of praising the officials! What's the use of the father's weapon! What's the use of the biological mother being a queen and a favorite concubine with a strong background!

In the end, it is still himself who sits on this throne!

It's just that......

Zhao Xian glanced at Empress Dowager Tian, and the pain of ten thousand ants devouring her heart came out again.

The man was fifteen and tied his hair, he was already an adult, but the old woman was firmly in charge of the government, and she also expressed her position in front of the courtiers again and again, once the Son of Heaven got married, she hoped to return to the government as soon as possible.

Zhao Xian sneered in his heart, married? Marry someone arranged by the Empress Dowager Tian, give birth to an heir, and then let her continue to be regent as the Empress Dowager again?

Since the prince of this dynasty Huairen can die of dysentery on the eve of being made the crown prince, the prince Zhaode can have a seizure before ascending the throne, and Emperor Renzong has been a puppet emperor for four or five years, and he can also die of a stroke overnight, what about himself?

He had already thought of the reason for this shameless old woman.

Her biological mother can inexplicably die of a heart disease that has never been detected, so it is not impossible for her parents and daughters, who have only been in power for a year or two, to suddenly die of heart disease.

However, now she doesn't seem to want to wait even a year or two.

Empress Dowager Tian smiled and instructed Wang Wenyi, the official of the Yellow Gate, "Appreciate the Jade Spring Hall!" ”

Wang Wenyi sneered, the wrinkles on his face were squeezed together, he bowed his body and retreated, and after a while, there was a commotion on the performance stage downstairs, and the hall master and members of Yuchun Hall knelt on the ground in a queue to thank Xuande Lou, and called the Queen Mother.

Empress Dowager Tian was in a very good mood, and said to the little emperor: "We work hard day and night, but for the peace of all the surnames at this moment, the emperor should also be honored." ”

I have the honor of myself, my people, to do the bottom business!

Zhao Xian suppressed the disgust in his heart, nodded and said: "It's all the hard work of the queen mother, the child is incompetent, you have to bother." ”

Empress Dowager Tian waved her hand, "Everything is important to the country, you should also learn to do something serious, don't let some guards wrestle and play all day long, they all have errands, not all the time idle." ”

What does this mean? Are you accusing yourself of the emperor's misdeeds, warning yourself that you can't even call the Praetorian Guard?

If it weren't for the fact that in front of everyone, and in front of the Empress Dowager Tian, the little emperor would almost scold.

Since the last time she saw the children of the clan who had been divided, Empress Dowager Tian had become more and more mean. In the past, I just turned a blind eye to myself, but in recent days, I have been admonishing at every turn, which sounds high-sounding on the surface, but in fact it is heart-wrenching.

It's all Zhao Zhu's!

Zhao Xian's heart moved, and he turned his head to look at the princess's seat, but when he saw that the seat was empty, he couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly asked, "Where is the princess?" ”

A few small yellow famen standing on the side looked at each other, but the guard not far away next to them replied, "Your Majesty, the princess has just stepped down." ”

It's rubbish!

Zhao Xian glanced at the small yellow doors with cold eyes, turned around and said to Empress Dowager Tian with a smile: "Queen Mother, why is there no peace." ”

Empress Dowager Tian didn't care much, and casually ordered a yellow door, "Look where the princess is." ”

Zhao Zhu was dressed in a princess dress, wrapped in beads, and was standing in the corner of Xuande downstairs talking to Tian Chu.

Tian Chu is in his early twenties, tall, with a face like a crown of jade, pupils like paint, and an awe-inspiring heroic aura all over his body, which makes people unconsciously feel that this person is not easy to approach, and it is best to stay away from him.

He carried a small burden in his hand, opened it in front of Zhao Zhu, and inside the cloth was a small square box, and was about to uncover the box, but Zhao Zhu suddenly stopped it and reached out to take the burden.

He frowned and asked impatiently, "What is it, it's worth your haste to let me find it, it's not a shame." ”

Zhao Zhu ignored him, raised his hand to open a gap in the box, glanced at it, and suddenly his face changed greatly, "Where's the thing?" ”

Tian Chu glanced at her, picked up the box, pointed to the two things inside, and said, "Isn't it?" ”

I saw that there were two small toys in the box, one was a fist-sized small plastic clay doll wearing a dry red vest and a green gauze skirt; One is a light blue glass round lamp the size of a small ball.

Zhao Zhu took two steps closer and said sharply: "He took five pieces, these are only two, and what about three?" ”

A fine light flashed in Tian Chu's pupils, and he asked, "What are you looking for?" ”

Zhao Zhu took a step back, threw the small box in his hand back into Tian Chu's arms, and replied with a blushing face: "We said before, you bring things back for me, and I will help you perfunctory mother, so that she will not give you a marriage for the time being, and now since the things can't be taken back, the agreement will be invalidated!" ”

Tian Chu sneered, threw the box to the ground, took a big step forward, he held the sword in his left hand, held the hilt of the sword in his right hand, stepped on the box and shouted: "Zhao Zhu, are you playing with me?" ”