Chapter 4: My Imperial Brother
"Plop-" The palace maid and the old lady knelt down at the same time, a pair of chopsticks fell to the ground, and their trembling bodies trembled.
"See Your Majesty, may Your Majesty live a long life and be happy forever!" The four palace maids and the old lady lowered their heads and did not dare to raise their heads.
Li Wei ignored the kneeling person, walked straight to the punished palace maid, and saw that she was about ten years old, her eyes were wide looking at herself, her cheeks were full of tears, and her mouth was flattened, as if she was going to cry out immediately.
The palace maid also understood who was in front of her, so she naturally didn't dare to touch the dragon body, and looked up at His Majesty XiΓ was already disrespectful, so that she was apprehensive in her heart, and saw that Her Majesty's eyes were soft, and she only felt wronged in her heart, so she kowtowed and begged, "Please save your majesty, slave and maid, don't kill with a cane, woo, don't kill with a cane!" β
Seeing that she was frightened, Li Wei simply reached out to help her up and patted her little shoulder, "Don't be afraid, with me, who dares to kill you with a cane!" Turning to the mamma with angry eyes, "What's going on?" Why did you use lynching? β
The old lady lowered her head, although she was also afraid, but after all, she had experience, although the emperor was strict, but she was also a reasonable person, so she spoke quite smoothly, "Back to your majesty, she relied on her young age and being close to the seventeenth prince, so she seduced the seventeenth prince!" was discovered by the slave maid today, and then he said that he was going to deal with her, and he was going to report to His Majesty, saying that he would kill her with a cane, but he only warned her in advance according to the rules of the palace! No lynching was used. β
Li Wei was a little stunned, seducing? A little girl who is only ten years old? Although this little girl is cute, she hasn't seduced people's consciousness and potential, right? Besides, how old is the Seventeenth Prince? Listening to Mama Bi, Beichen is less than ten years old, seducing a yarn!
Li Wei, who was rude in her heart, had a stern face on the surface, but her slightly twisted brows showed her slight unhappiness!
"My imperial brother, invite him! I'm going to ask for myself! β
Everyone was silent, Li Wei only heard a slight footstep behind her, and a sound came into her ears-
"Yo, Imperial Sister, why did you come to Chonghua Palace today? It's really a rare guest to see in a hundred years! β
Why does this sound so harsh? Li Wei's eyebrows frowned deeper, and when she turned her head sideways, she saw a beautiful ten-year-old boy with a golden crown and a neat bunch of hair, good hair quality and good face! It's just that this voice is too bad! And this look, no matter how you look at it, there is a resentment.
When did I offend him? Li Wei recalled a little, remembered what Mama Bi said, and knew it in her heart.
Beichenluo's mood at the moment can be said to be extremely complicated. The imperial sister in front of him, in fact, he didn't have much contact, and when his father was alive, the two were also strangers who didn't talk when they met.
The mother concubine once said that your imperial sister Beichen is deeply favored by your father and the emperor, and it is very likely to inherit the throne, and it is good for you to be closer to her. At that time, he didn't know what it meant, his mother was often worried, and he tried to make his mother happy, so he began to get close to Beichen Ai.
However, Beichen Ai seems to be very busy every day and has no time to pay attention to him, and at the banquet, she is always smiling and temperamental, she is by her father's side, and the brilliance of the two makes him discouraged. He once imagined that she would call him the emperor's brother from afar, and then beckon him to come over, but every time they met, she nodded and passed, and had no interest in talking to him, which made Beichen feel inferior.
Although his mother is one of the four concubines, the concubine is not as high as Yuan Guifei, and he is not favored by his father, nor is she as smart, so she doesn't like herself.
Since then, he has stopped trying to get close to her, and has tried to read and learn words in order to get closer to them. It's just that unexpectedly, her father died soon and passed on the throne to her. However, when his mother was ordered to be martyred, he was completely frightened and wanted to beg his father!
That day, in front of the gate of his father's palace, he saw the imperial sister again, her face was pale, she was kneeling in front of her father, there was no smile on her face, and tears could be vaguely seen. He followed and knelt in front of the palace gate, and she didn't look at it. Later, when his legs were numb when he knelt down, Gonggong Xie came out, sighed, and said-
"Your Royal Highness Princess, go back, the holy decree has been issued, and there is no way to redeem it! What His Majesty is doing now is all for you to ascend the throne smoothly. It would be in vain for the princess to kneel down again, Yuan Guifei and Qing Guifei had already been given a crane crown in the early hours of yesterday morning. The seventeenth prince, please also return to the palace. β
Only then did Beichen Luo understand that it turned out that her mother was also ordered to be martyred!
His mood became erratic, as if he finally had something in common with her. Perhaps, she will be kind to herself, her mother is gone, her father is gone, and now, the relatives, brothers and sisters in the imperial capital, only the two of them are left.
He went to Chonghua Palace every day to wait for her to come back, but she still went out early and returned late, ignored herself, and later simply moved out of Chonghua Palace. He sent the palace maids out every day to inquire about the news, and when he heard some palace maids with broken mouths, saying that His Majesty the Emperor was going to drive the seventeenth prince out of the palace to live, his heart became uneasy. So when they saw her that night, they blocked her way.
She asked calmly, "What's the matter with the imperial brother?" β
He was in a hurry and blurted out, "I want to live in Chonghua Palace!" β
She pondered for a moment: "Yes!" β
He was very happy that night, thinking that she was his imperial sister after all, and he was reluctant to drive herself out of the palace after all! On the first night he moved into Chonghua Palace, he almost couldn't sleep excitedly, thinking that he was going to find her on the second day, and he didn't know what to do, but he just wanted to see the imperial sister.
It was only the next day, when he was about to go out, that he realized that he was locked in Chonghua Palace.
He broke down and cried, even when his mother died and his father died, he didn't cry so sadly. After being sad, you can only accept reality. Chonghua Palace is gorgeous, and the place is also big, but now there are few people, cold and lonely, only one is abandoned, hiding in the room every day.
There is no shortage of food and clothing, and even the daily homework is taught by a special master, but Beichen Luo is unwilling! He hoped that Beichen Ai would think of him and come to see him. However, half a year has passed, no matter how much he makes a fuss, and even almost killed a palace maid, she has never appeared.
He was finally going to die, it turned out that it wasn't that he was bad, it wasn't that he wasn't good enough, but that Beichen Ai was an indifferent and ruthless person, she had no heart, she locked him in Chonghua Palace just for fear that she would get in the way and threaten her throne. That's right! The mother concubine also mentioned to herself back then, according to the ancestral teachings, the eldest son of the emperor should be the crown prince, since the death of the eldest brother, the other brothers have had accidents one after another, the degraded are degraded, the killed are killed, or they are sent to the border barbarian land, and their fate is to be locked in Chonghua Palace for a lifetime!
Thinking about this clearly, Beichen Lu became a lot calmer. Hiding his edge, he still made a lot of noise in Chonghua Palace, looking at the changes in the palace people every day, and still had some hope in his heart, whether that person would come in and take a look.
After many temptations, his heart died! He secretly climbed over the wall and left the Chonghua Palace every day, and cultivated his own people in the inner hall, planning to subvert the person who had never seen him!
However, at this time, she appeared?! When he snuffed out the last glimmer of hope!
When he saw that she was smiling at the palace maid, he couldn't hold back, why did he care so much about a lowly palace maid and be so friendly? I'm her royal brother!
He stood up with his feet and made sarcastic remarks!
When this sentence was said, Beichen Lu regretted it, it seemed that every time he saw her, his calmness would be completely lost, and now she stepped into Chonghua Palace for the first time, listened to her own words, and would not turn around and leave Chonghua Palace in anger! However, thinking of what she did to her, her eyes became fierce again, such a cold-blooded sister is not worth keeping from him!
How did Li Wei know what this ten-year-old child remembered in his heart, what he had experienced, and how complicated his mood was at the moment, she just felt that this child was born in the royal family, but his family education was not good, and when she was about to speak to teach him, she saw that his eyes were red, and a pair of black eyes seemed to be affectionate, and like anger, she suddenly had a stagnant throat, and for some reason, she couldn't ask words.
Looking at his appearance, it seems quite aggrieved?
Also, being locked up in Chonghua Palace at the age of eight is really inhumane!
Duo Neng kept observing the present, his expression was anxious, and seeing that His Majesty was now contemplating and not speaking, he couldn't help it: "Your Majesty, a lot of time has passed in the early dynasty, you see-"
Li Wei then remembered that she still had this matter earlier, and reached out to stroke her forehead.
At this time, a father-in-law came in, it was Father-in-law Xie in front of Tuxuan's majesty!
Gonggong Xie's character and wisdom have always been highly respected by Emperor Tuxuan, so after his death, he gave Gonggong Xie a title, but Gonggong Xie still stayed in the palace and was responsible for taking care of the miscellaneous affairs of the emperor.
Yesterday, the emperor's majesty just came back, Xie Gonggong had a lot of miscellaneous affairs, and he was very busy, and now this early in the morning, he was waiting for his majesty to come in the main hall, and after waiting for a long time, the courtiers had opinions, and the regent motioned him to look for it, so he looked for it, but he didn't expect that His Majesty would be in Chonghua Palace today!
"The old minister has seen His Majesty! May Your Majesty live a long life and be happy forever! β
Gong Xie was about to bow down, but Li Wei hurriedly stepped forward to help, "Xie Aiqing doesn't have to be polite, it's me who missed the time!" After that, seeing that he was still going to kneel, she hurriedly held him up directly with her hand.
Because of the urgency of time, Gonggong Xie was not good at receiving any more courtesy, so he stood up straight and looked at Li Wei carefully, "Since His Majesty disappeared, Lao Chen has been worried, and now he can be regarded as seeing His Majesty." Your Majesty hurry over, don't miss the state affairs, the courtiers can't wait. β
"Okay, okay, let's get over there." Li Wei waved her hand and was about to leave with the people. As soon as he walked to the gate, he stopped again, and looked back at the people in the Chonghua Palace, the thin figure standing in the courtyard, the little child's face seemed to be even more ugly.
Li Wei went straight to the point: "I ask you, did this little palace maid of yours seduce you?" β
Beichen Luo couldn't imagine that she really turned around and left, and he was even more angry in his heart, and said without choosing words, "That's right, she seduced His Highness!" β
Li Wei raised her eyebrows, and saw that the little palace maid was crying and was extremely panicked, so she couldn't bear it, so she glanced at Beichen Luo, and said bitterly, "You are a prince, why is the measure so small, she is a woman, you are a man, she seduces you and likes you, you were seduced and did not suffer, people haven't said that you ruined people's innocence!" Duo Neng, you bring the little palace maid to my palace and let Mama Bi arrange the work. β
After that, Li Wei left in a daze of everyone.
Li Wei relied on herself to be a school figure, this rebuttal was said slippery, never knotted when she spoke, in one go, and finally left a chic back, this move made her feel that she was high-spirited, quite the style of the school flower back then!
However, when she saw that Duo Neng and Gonggong Xie were surprised at her, she knew that she had exposed her true nature again! Oops, I seem to have forgotten to call myself I, and now I'm the boss of a country!
In order to alleviate the predicament, she coughed softly, "This matter will be investigated carefully when I come back, now go to court!" β
Hey, if only the court could be as chic as just now! But the reality is that before she started to enter the main hall, she first went to the toilet, and then entered the Chonghua Palace to make a fuss, which finally relieved her nervousness, and as soon as she stepped out of the Chonghua Palace, her heartbeat accelerated again.
"Your Majesty, half an hour has passed since the time of the previous dynasty, and if the minister asks later, the old minister can reply on his behalf, just say that His Majesty has not rested well a few days ago, and after returning to the palace, he is busy reviewing the folds, and his body is not very comfortable."
Li Wei nodded, secretly praising the intimate Gonggong Xie.
It is normal for me to be nervous when I suddenly become the president of a country.
Li Wei continued to comfort herself, adjusted her best gait and appearance, her face was strict, she walked up the stairs from the steps, and her eyes could already feel a lot of eyes from the front hall, she encouraged herself to be fine, just treat it as the gaze of the onlookers on campus, thinking about it like this, it was really much calmer.
Striding towards the dragon chair on a high place, Li Wei just sat down, rubbed his clothes underneath, and all knelt on the ground-
"Greetings to Your Majesty, may Your Majesty live forever and be happy forever!"
Li Wei's first feeling was not that everything was in my hands, and that she was going to be crazy, but that she was extremely uncomfortable! I've heard the old man say before, if others want to kneel to you for no reason, they want to lose their life, so many people kneel down to their own fake emperor, so won't she die early?!
It seems that the law of kneeling will be abolished in the future, looking at the two rows of high and low officials in official uniforms, all half-kneeling on the ground, how awkward it looks! No, there is still one person who did not kneel, Li Wei glanced at the person obliquely, and saw that he raised his head slightly, it was really the regent! This man is really privileged!
"Flat."
"Thank you!"
"If you have something to do, you have nothing to retreat! - " Gonggong Xie shouted.
This sentence made Li Wei feel that her torture had just begun.
Sure enough, most of the problems raised by the minister had been dealt with by the regent last night, and she was relatively easy to solve. Moreover, after a few times, she also understood the advantages of being an emperor: ideas always have to be thought of by courtiers first, and if you can't think of it, you officials don't solve practical problems for the people, what use do you want!
After thinking of a way, who to send to carry it out, this is also to be carefully considered, looking at the table of the hundred officials, the faction in the court is not very clear, there are obviously a few people on the side of the regent, but there should be a lot of shadows, she is called the regent faction; The other faction is more obvious is his grandfather - Qi Taishi, he does not have much power now, but one-fifth of the national military power is in the hands of his son Qi Chengyuan, that is, in the hands of her uncle, therefore, there are many supporters, she named the Taishi faction.
The other factions are not obvious, and they are considered neutral for the time being.
"Your Majesty, the case of illegal salt trafficking in Chenzhou involves a wide range of people, disrupting the order of official salt in our court, and it must be strictly investigated!" An unknown official stood up in the ranks, Li Wei carefully identified it a few times, and gave up decisively. I don't know.
"That makes sense, but how's it going?" Li Wei shook her face.
"After many days of investigation, the minister found that the water bandits in Chenzhou were rampant, and they sold illicit salt many times, and some people witnessed that large merchant ships were often moored on the west bank of the Chenhe River, with unknown flags, and they were the most common at the beginning of the month and in the middle of the month...... "This benevolent brother said a lot, and finally let Li Wei understand that it was the fault of the water bandits!
"The water bandits are extremely fierce, and Weichen Jian yì sent the imperial army to suppress them directly!"
"Just a water bandit, the Chenzhou Water Affairs Department can suppress it with local soldiers!"
"It is said that the water bandits have three strongholds, with a number of about 200-300 people, and Weichen Jian Yì sent me to Chenzhou to lead the suppression of Chen Duwei."
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Then there was another war of words, each faction insisted on sending its own people over, and then began a war of words, Li Wei finally knew why the emperor was sitting in a daze, because at this time the emperor was not good at talking, and it was immoral to interrupt the passion of others.
Then, the voices in the hall gradually subsided, and the ministers all looked at the emperor who was speechless.
"I beg your majesty to decide!"
Li Wei adjusted her sitting posture, "What does the regent think about this?" β
When encountering such a heated dispute, Li Wei felt safer to leave it to the regent to deal with.
"Weichen JianyΓ¬, recruit an first, and then send someone over if it doesn't work. Lord Chen is known for his discernment, and just now he strongly recommended Chen Duwei to lead the troops to suppress it, Weichen felt that Lord Chen and Chen Duwei could go over together, and Lord Chen would recruit first, and if the water bandits were soft and hard, they would discuss with Chen Duwei how to suppress them. Of course, in order to avoid anyone saying that His Majesty was eccentric, they all sent ministers with the same surname Chen over, so the ministers re-built yΓ¬ Li Shangshu to participate together. Of course, colleagues who recruit security can send people to lay out first, and don't wait until the recruitment fails, so it will be too late. β
Li Wei nodded, praising wildly in her heart, looking at the embarrassed appearance of that Lord Chen, she felt cool in her heart! Oh, she feels a little bad about herself, how can she treat her courtiers like this!
"The Lord Regent has a point! Let's do it! Li Shangshu and Lord Chen, this matter is led by the two of you. β
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"This year, natural disasters have spread to several states, and they have been repeatedly banned."
This time it was Wang Shanghua who spoke from the head of the household, Li Wei could roughly recognize it, she heard this, and felt a little funny, "Since I know that it is a natural disaster, I naturally can't cut it off," isn't it nonsense that you have repeatedly banned!" But in order to maintain the emperor's demeanor, she changed her words, "Wang Shangshu should try his best to prevent disasters and provide disaster relief!" Don't say anything about the forbidden! β
Wang Shangshu naturally didn't expect His Majesty to reply to him like this, covered his head and nodded, retreated to the queue, and was choked by the emperor like this, and the emperor said it so reasonably, he couldn't refute it, and his face suddenly became gloomy.
"Qian Shangshu, I heard that the disaster situation is still very strict, what measures have you taken recently?"
"Disaster relief sites have been set up in various prefectures and towns, and more relief shelters have been set up, but they are unable to cope because of the lack of food and rice." Qian Guang Yuan, as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, felt a little ashamed of such a statement, and he euphemistically explained to the emperor that it was because our country's money and food were not enough!
The food problem cannot be solved overnight, and after reading so many years of books, Li Wei naturally knows it. However, a country can't come up with food for disaster relief, which makes her a little powerless to complain.
Li Wei felt that time passed so slowly, looking at the sunshine outside the hall, she wanted to go out and take a look.
seemed to feel the wandering of her eyes, Guan Qianyi glanced at her, and saw that she had a sleepy face, and her eyes looked out longingly, revealing a child's playful look.
Li Wei rolled her eyes, looking at the ministers who had been standing for so long, they should be tired, I might as well be a considerate majesty and let them rest for the time being.
"Ahem, I'll give you a stick of incense and come up with a solution! Repair a stick of incense. With that, she got up first and walked down, and the ministers all retreated to both sides, and when she reached the door of the main hall, no one else had moved.