In the Golden Bird Dynasty, the relationship between Emperor Shengde and Prime Minister Lin Wenyue was very delicate. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Emperor Shotoku reigned for twenty years, growing from an ignorant teenager to a generation of saints. In the past 20 years, he has promoted and relied on Lin Wenyue, allowing him to display his talents and ambitions, making him a solid cornerstone of the imperial court, and also allowing Lin Wenyue to hold heavy power and hold a high position for many years, allowing him to cultivate his branches and vines and spread out a huge network of relationships.

In Lin Wenyue's eyes, Emperor Shengde became more and more like a lazy and dangerous lion, and for many years this lion had been half-closed and half-open with one eye, and under a harmless calm appearance, there was a deadly danger.

In the eyes of Emperor Shengde Li Haotian, Lin Wenyue was more like a cunning and clever old fox who had cultivated perfectly.

Among the huge and complex branches that stretched out with him as the root, occupying both inside and outside the court, in addition to his protégés and two sons he was most proud of, there were also several nephews and cousins of the Lin family, as well as members of his Yue family, the Jiang family.

You can also say that these people rely on Lin Wenyue's power to mingle in the officialdom and shopping malls, but Lin Wenyue has always been very strict with himself and others, and he is even more strict with his own family, and he is strict and low-key, which has always been Lin's style of doing things. The secret political enemies of Lin Wenyue in the DPRK have not even been able to find a person who can impeach the Lin faction from the beginning.

As a king, such a capable and powerful courtier, it is extremely dangerous for him to find the slightest weakness in him.

However, now, Li Haotian is confident that he has "mastered" Lin Zuoxiang's weaknesses.

Above the main hall, political affairs are discussed. As soon as the deacon and eunuch gave the order, he saw rows of palace maids walking down the steps in front of the throne with trays in their hands.

On the wisteria carved tray, there are New Year's gifts selected from various countries, places, and various ministries of the DPRK and Central China for the palace, and there are all kinds of rare treasures. But these dazzling valuables did not seem to arouse the slightest interest of the emperor. Each tray stopped briefly in front of the jade steps, and when the eunuch raised his name, he just glanced at it routinely, nodded, and the things were quickly brought down again.

At the end of each year, in order to prepare a special gift to enter the palace to celebrate the New Year, officials from various localities and ministries all rack their brains and show their magical powers. But everyone knows in their hearts that it is very difficult for a small object that can be placed in a tray to be favored by Emperor Shengde, who was born with a golden spoon and was born rich in the world.

It seems that everyone's hopes will be disappointed again this year. It's a bit disappointing, but it's fair.

"Stop!"

Li Haotian's clear voice caused a burst of astonishment among the ministers. I saw the emperor sitting high on the dragon chair change his perfunctory attitude just now, pointed to the thing he had just brought in front of him and asked:

"What is this?"

What was it that gave those pair of phoenix eyes such a strange brilliance?

Everyone looked curiously in the direction of the emperor's finger at the plate, and saw a delicate, lifelike lotus flower lying in the middle of the plate, as if it had just been cut from a branch, and it was still stained with dewdrops, shining in the sunlight as it sneaked into the hall through the sloping window.

This is naturally not a real lotus, and no one will send a real lotus flower to the palace in this season, on this occasion. But no matter how real it looks, it's just a beautifully made ornament, a woman's household thing, how could the emperor like it?

"Back to the emperor, this is a pearl sachet from the East China Sea. There are countless pink and white pearls of different shades of color, which look like a blooming lotus flower when opened, and can be put into dried lotus petals, and when closed, it looks like a flower bud. The fragrance oozes little by little from the cracks of the pearl, not too strong, like a real flower. ”

No matter why, it was rare for the emperor to like it, and the deacon eunuch hurriedly and carefully presented the sachet.

Li Haotian picked up the "lotus flower" in his hand, and a faint fragrance lingered in wisps, lingering away, if there was nothing, it seemed to be real and illusory.

He took the lotus farther and closer, and a slender figure moved farther and closer.

The emperor was groaning on the top, but the courtiers below were all thinking about it. I vaguely feel that today's emperor is different from the past.

Is something going to happen?

"Your Majesty," the deacon and eunuch called in a low voice.

Li Haotian put the lotus sachet into his wide sleeve pocket, his eyes swept over the whispering courtiers, and with a wave of his big hand, the palace maids holding the tray all withdrew from the hall at once.

He knew that he didn't have to do anything at this time, he didn't have to say anything, and his casual action just now was enough to cause an uproar inside and outside the palace.

"Lin Aiqing."

"The minister is here." Lin Wenyue respectfully agreed, but he was uneasy in his heart. The emperor's smile was too bright at this time.

"Aiqing has been assisting me for almost twenty years. I remember that Aiqing often admonished me not to be a plaything, lose my mind, and be greedy for the pleasure of sound, but to be diligent in politics and love the people. I did this reluctantly, and Aiqing was even more strict with herself. ”

"The emperor is a generation of gentlemen who is diligent and loves the people. Wechen is just doing his duty as a courtier. ”

What did the emperor suddenly say all this? Could it be......

Li Haotian's slender fingers seemed to inadvertently flick the sleeve containing the lotus bag, meaning something authentic:

"But there is a way to be relaxed, there is always leisure outside of political affairs, and there should be some entertainment in leisure time, such as the joy of thrush..."

He didn't go any further, coughed lightly, changed his words, and said:

"Aiqing's sons and daughters are well raised. General Jingyuan and Lin Hanlin, both of whom are the pillars of the imperial court. ”

"The emperor has won the award."

This inconsequential conversation made the ministers all inexplicably confused, and they all looked at each other. Is the emperor gossiping with the new lord?

“… Lin Guifei is even more dignified and beautiful, gentle and demure, and her poetry and songs are all-encompassing, which is deeply heartfelt. ”

Her performance in front of people and in formal settings can indeed be described in these few words - of course, it is not that that really interests him.

“… Thank you for the emperor's wrong love. "Was he dazzled by the scene he saw on the Jinshui Bridge?

"The concubine often misses her parents in the palace, and Aiqing and her wife can often go into the palace to visit her to relieve her of the pain of missing." Li Haotian's tone was so soft that it didn't look like himself.

There was no turning back from the bow.

Since one of his unintentional actions kicked off a play, he has to sing this scene and sing it to the fullest.

"Thank you for the emperor's grace, the old minister obeys the order!"

Lin Wenyue sincerely bent down in fear to thank him, and sent the emperor to get up and retreat from the court. The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were in an uproar, and Wang Zhan's face was particularly ugly.

What a blessing!

As the saying goes: once you enter the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea.

Since the beginning of this dynasty, the palace rules strictly prohibit the concubines of the harem from interacting with the courtiers, even if it is a father and daughter brother, no matter how high her status is, how prominent the family is, if there is no special permission from the emperor, you can't see each other. Even the female relatives of the mother's family can only meet each other during the annual Hajj.

Even if you are the queen of the dynasty, the wife of Shengde can only see her father once or twice a year.

Could it be that the news that the emperor has been snubbing Concubine Lin is really just a rumor?