Chapter 206
The emperor's dragon body is getting worse and worse, and there is a low coughing sound from time to time in the morning, and the days are turning over day by day, and the diligent palace can occasionally smell a faint medicinal fragrance, what does this mean, the courtier's heart is like a mirror.
The courtiers couldn't help but secretly worry, before the crown prince was established, the emperor could no longer have an accident, and the hospital was watched again, and there were not a few people who inquired about the truth.
In the past two days, the emperor's state has become worse and worse, and the courtiers below are frightened, and they dare not speak loudly, for fear that the emperor will be shocked by the loud voice.
When he was about to draft the decree, to the surprise of all the courtiers, the emperor's illness was so severe that he couldn't even hold the pen steadily, and his hand with a tea cup kept trembling, and the crisp sound reached the ears of every courtier, and his heart suddenly rose to his throat.
Although the matter of the proposed decree does not need to be written by the emperor himself, some are the small officials who hold the pen on the side, and the order is, but I don't know which evil door it has hit, and the holy decree to be issued on this day actually let the winged king to write it, and many courtiers were so shocked that they almost bit their tongues.
There is no special attention to who to ghostwrite, and there are also officials writing on behalf of each dynasty and each generation, which is rumored to be a beautiful talk, and it is a great honor to be able to write the holy decree by hand, and it will multiply the face when you say it.
The problem is that it is not that the courtiers have a difference in writing to the king of the wings, and the king of the wings, as the secretary of the Ministry of Works, has to go to Wu every day, and this fold can not be done by others by himself, once it is found that he is disrespectful to the emperor, he will wait for the summons of the criminal department. The handwriting of the winged king made many officials who looked down on her shut up, not the small style that her daughter's family learned in the boudoir, but the sharp and vigorous cursive writing. As soon as he made a move, he calmed down a lot of people, and sighed that the prime minister had invited a famous calligrapher, who could write a strong cursive script at a young age.
Writing an excerpt is not the same as writing a decree. The folds of the wing king are simple and clear, one is one and two is two, there is no superfluous fancy rhetoric, and the excerpts of other officials are called a cold one, and all the officials of the Ministry of Industry cater to the will of the Ministry of Industry and use the gorgeous rhetoric to fill up the folds and cut them into several paragraphs, only pick the essence and write the more refined the better, which makes the officials who are full of poetry and write a good article are depressed. On the contrary, the emperor likes concise and clear plays, and occasionally praises the officials of the Ministry of Industry, and the officials of the Ministry of Industry are honored for this. The other officials gritted their teeth with hatred and secretly scolded that all the rules set by the ancestors had been tossed.
The holy decree was written by the Winged King, and the ministers couldn't help pinching the cold sweat, just like the Winged King's ability to save the province. The decree is not yet written. This is to be read out, and it is not a shame to write an albino propaganda to the public.
Some officials really couldn't stand it, so they wanted to put forward their opinions, but they were grabbed by their colleagues, shook their heads at themselves, and said two words on their lips, Emperor.
The officials who calmed down were shocked into a cold sweat, not because they were afraid of angering the emperor, but because they cared about the emperor's dragon body. It is absolutely not advisable to be angry and stimulated, or you will really become a sinner through the ages, and no matter how good your reputation is, you will not be able to bear it.
The emperor's sick courtiers heard a lot of news from the Tai Hospital. Naturally, he said less and thought more, and picked up his tail cautiously to share the emperor's worries.
At this point, the holy decrees written by the Winged King gradually increased, and I had a deeper understanding of the Winged King's usual concise style.
Seeing that the Shangyuan Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is tomorrow, there is no curfew at night, and there is a lively lantern festival to watch, which is very lively and grand.
On the day of the Shangyuan Festival, some people plan to go home for a reunion dinner, and then come out to enjoy the lanterns and guess the lantern riddles.
Sixty people who stubbornly held on to the military book informed the family that they would not go back, and the military book was placed in front of them, so that there was an opportunity to spend the holiday with their families in the future.
Parents at home understand that it is not easy for men to be able to give errands to the powerful in all directions, and they must be careful at all times, how can they come by their own temperament, it is good to be able to spend the New Year together, and there is no reason to be picky, that is not filial piety but not knowing how to lift.
In the palace, the Lantern Festival must be on for the festival to make a lot of energy, there are dozens of kinds of fillings, and they have been busy since the day before, in addition to the Lantern Festival, all kinds of rich dishes are indispensable, and the kitchen is busy in full swing.
The banquet in the palace was canceled due to the emperor's lack of health and other reasons, the ministers breathed a sigh after hearing the news, it was really that most of the meals served at the banquet were cold on the way to the dishes, and it was okay to drink some wine to warm up in the winter, and it was really necessary to get sick when you went back with a stomach of cold dishes, and after the middle age of the year, there were several elderly ministers who fell ill after returning to the house, and it was not a matter not to eat and drink, and it was not a matter to symbolically move the empty stomach of the two chopsticks to sing an empty city plan with themselves, and the officials who were not too old could not afford it. If you want to say how you came here before, you will be physically tough and feel that it doesn't matter if you eat a cold meal, but now you can't do it, it's really not as good as a year.
In addition, the hearts of all the ministers, and then the worry about the emperor's heir, the officials who support the eldest prince have mentioned that the eldest prince will do his best to make an eldest grandson, maybe the emperor can make a decision as soon as possible after seeing the happy ending, and maybe the eldest grandson's illness will improve a lot.
There are also officials who do not agree with this point, the emperor is sick with the eldest prince but has fun in time, this has not become a model of unfilial piety, does not often enter the palace to serve in front of the emperor, but always runs to the woman's room, even if there is joy, the emperor may not be happy, maybe it is too late to regret the incident.
Shangyuan Festival Xi Dynasty wants to spend with his father and brother, he will not return to the Wing Palace, without the master's Wing Palace, it is more lively, the old men drink together, fully soothe the mood, and the enthusiasm is very high.
The people in the palace drink to the fullest, there is no need to pay special attention to the poor wine, out of the foreign appearance can be lost to the adult, the wine and food enjoy the feast heartily, the play is their own tricks, cheering and laughing constantly, the atmosphere of the festival is strong.
At the family banquet, the Xi Dynasty used the newly renovated small kitchen to show his hand and made two mutual dishes, the big fish and meat are not conducive to the father's body, and the sticky Lantern Festival means that you can use two bites.
After eating, Mu Haoyu pulled the two children to work leisurely, and talked about some of the increasingly fierce battle for storage positions, where to go next, the two children need to grasp.
Mu Haoyu was not in good spirits at the beginning of his serious illness, and he was late in the morning and did not leave his two children by his side. Urging the two to go outside for a walk on the lively street. The palace is very deserted, and it should be lively when it should be lively.
No, Xi Chao and Mu Jinming waited for their father to fall asleep before leaving the palace. Walking on the street that satisfies the crowd of people does not bring a little freshness.
"Do you want to go back?" Mu Jinming saw the sadness in Xi Chao's eyes, how could he really rejoice in the festival at this time.
"Walk for a while, and then go back." It's good to come out for a walk, the atmosphere in the palace is too depressing, and Xi Chao came out to change his mood.
Mu Jinming stretched out his hand to hold Xi Chao's hand hidden in his sleeve, not because he was afraid that Xi Chao would be scattered by others, and the two of them would have to bear it together in the future.
Xi Chao shook it back, and with a look, he knew what the other party didn't need to say. No matter whether there are difficulties and dangers in front of them, they will never retreat lightly, and they are only left with each other.
On the window side of the restaurant, Zhan Junfei has been living in this restaurant. Sitting in the private room looking out the window, the different street scenes were in different moods, until they caught a glimpse of a familiar figure, and their eyebrows were slightly raised.
"Childe, do you want to come up?" Ah Wuzi also saw two people who were quite conspicuous in the crowd.
"The Winged King won't come." Zhan Junfei is very sure. "Even if you come, don't speculate for more than half a sentence."
"The person next to the Wing King won't be the third prince Mu Jinming, right?" Ah Wu craned his neck to look closely. Due to the dark weather, the lanterns are hung on the street, and it still doesn't look real.
"The two princes, which one do you say is walking side by side with the Winged King?" Although Zhan Junfei has never seen the true face of the three princes, it is not unusual to guess one or two from it.
"Looks like a good match." Ah Wu said this for no reason.
Zhan Junfei suddenly smiled, he didn't think that Ah Wu's words were reasonable, just looking at the momentum, no matter the essence of the Wing King, who could suppress the momentum, and the three princes standing beside him were probably a little inferior.
"Childe's business has not been achieved. Do you still follow the path of the Wing King? "Ah Wu suddenly asked, the Wing King is a difficult bone to gnaw. Childe won't go all the way to the dark, right?
"The current situation is unclear, and it is not a loss to reach out rashly." Zhan Junfei deliberately observed the situation in the court of Mu State, according to Dr. Cheng's statement, Emperor Mu Guo could not drag on for a year, who was the one who sat on the dragon chair? It's worth the wait.
Ah Wu secretly wondered if he wanted to stay in Mu Country for a long time? I still miss my hometown a little in my heart, why don't I invite my eldest brother to listen to the call and go back by myself?
Mu Jinming followed the Xi Dynasty and went back directly to the Yiwang Mansion, and some planned to talk to the Xi Dynasty or discuss it.
Entering the mansion and walking on the road, Mu Jinming found that the mansion was still deserted, what was going on? Didn't it mean that the guards came to the palace, what about the people?
"Where did you put your guards?" Mu Jinming asked with doubts.
"Living in the church field, there are too many people to live in the side hall." The tide is quiet, and naturally it will not put a large number of people under the nose to obstruct the eyes.
Mu Jin clearly understood, those guards who wanted to live in a lively place would naturally not affect the Xi Dynasty who lived in the main hall.
After entering the house to wash up and lie on the bed and talk about the affairs of the court, the hearts of the ministers of the court and the central government fluctuated very obviously, and the father was happy to watch the ministers act.
"Mu Zhao, those people will hit your head with crooked brains, and they want to meddle in the matter of the guards, their brains should not be crowded, and they don't want to think about your status in the heart of your father, you can meddle blindly." Mu Jinming was very disdainful of the practices of Mu Zhao's faction.
"Do you want to go back to Xiaocang Mountain after fifteen?" Mu Jinming asked, reluctant to leave Xi Chao again.
"Not going back." Xi Chao had another plan, "The training of the guards only needs to be taught by the secret guards, and when the weather is warm, they will be released from the mountain, and they will always stay in the mountains and train in vain." β
"Where are you going to put the four thousand?" Mu Jinming became interested, and Xi Chao always had new and strange ideas.
"Rob the rich and give to the poor." Xi Chao's face was calm, and his voice was peaceful, as if he was saying that the weather was good today, which did not seem to mean anything at all.
Mu Jinming turned over and sat up in shock, "You're not kidding?" "Or it's teasing yourself, it's too unusual, it's not that I'm sure that there is not much earwax to the point of being smuggled, and it won't be that my ears are not good, and my brain can't react too late.
"What's wrong?" Xi Chao raised his eyebrows and looked very disapproving.
"It's very wrong." Mu Jinming stretched out his hand and pulled Xi Chao up from the quilt, and said solemnly face to face, "Did you say it casually, or did you have some ideas at the beginning of the forbidden army training?" "Don't be what you think, your brain really can't keep up with Xi Chao's train of thought, it's weird enough.
"Raising soldiers for a thousand days and using them for a while, and soldiers can't be trained without success." Xi Chao looked at Mu Jinming's surprised eyes, "A killer who has never seen blood is not a good killer." The same is true. β
God, that's not a killer, okay! It was a personal guard, and Mu Jin's undeniable look on his face was simply sad and indignant. A few words squeezed out between his teeth, "Sure?" β
"Sure." Xi Chao nodded and responded generously, "As early as the beginning, I thought about where to put the guards after training, and conduct real drills, they are sharp weapons in my hands, how can I do it before I start." β
"You let the four thousand people be bandits, did you ever think that those people would obediently obey orders?" Mu Jinming spoke a little hard. was purely frightened by the Xi Dynasty, if his father heard it, he would have reacted like this.
"It's about robbing the rich and helping the poor." Xi Chao rolled his eyes, "Literally." How can a man not be a little gangster. β
"Don't be a bandit when the time comes, you are used to being bound by the winged palace." Mu Jinming reminded Xi Chao not to play too big, he couldn't clean up the mess.
"Aren't there bandits in the country?" Xi Chao simply said clearly, "Dictatorship, evil, wealth, and unkindness, reduce the wicked who harm one side, gather the hearts of the people, or use it as a bait for the people of this Mu Zhao faction to be deceived." Exercise the ability to adapt to the situation. Count it all in one fell swoop. β
As the saying goes, those who win the hearts of the people win the world, what the Xi Dynasty wants is the hearts of the people, as for the world, it is Mu Jinming's own business, and it is related to the fierce competition for storage positions in the future, that is, if you can't support the courtiers, why not find another way.
"Yes, in one fell swoop." Mu Jinming was speechless and asked the sky, tearing up tears of sympathy for the poor forbidden army, keeping up with how much effort the master who did not follow the normal route could afford to toss.
"What if you don't have a shrewd brain and are captured by the government?" Mu Jinming's worries are not unreasonable. Don't do a good thing, but if you don't do it, you will get into trouble.
"Figure it out yourself, do you want me, the master, to come forward?" Xichao thinks that it is a question of whether to lose people or not. It's a question of whether you have a brain or not, whether you are qualified enough.
"It's inevitable that there are scruples and inconsiderate places for fledgling people, and it's common sense to have a whatever." It was not the first time that Mu Jinming had found that the Xi Dynasty was demanding.
"You can't always rely on others, you have to crawl where you fall." A one-time help cannot be for life, and Xi Chao doesn't want her guards to fall into the clichΓ© and lose her original intention of choosing her guards.
"Where is the location?" Asking which place will be the touchstone of the guards, Mu Jinming wants to pray for the local officials and people.
"Around Shangjing." The Xi Dynasty has its own considerations, and the guards should not be too far away from Shangjing, and it is difficult to recall them when it takes time.
"The place where a large number of people live is still Xiaocangshan?" Mu Jinming always felt that the guards had the potential to occupy the mountain as the king.
"Hmm." There are so many people in other places, and Xi Chao also has some concerns, like this in the early stage, and then take a step backward to see one step at a time.
"Well, do you want to sue my father?" I can't control such a big thing, Xi Chao is too capable of turning over tricks, and as an elder brother, Mu Jinming feels powerless.
"A little bit about it." Xi Chao consciously couldn't hide from his father, and it was difficult to be airtight with Li Desheng in the secret guard and often by his side, so it was helpless to say that he was being monitored.
"I'm more concerned about the border gates." Xi Dynasty floated up, "Those Jiangmen families have been stationed at the border for many years, and they have become out-and-out soil emperors, and true allegiance has become a problem, don't go to the court to fight for the border pass before the curtain ends." "It's really hard to take care of the two-phase pinch.
"You're saying someone will set himself up as king?" Mu Jinming felt that Xi Chao's point of view was too special, and he couldn't agree with it.
"There must always be a justified excuse." Mu Jinming didn't dare to say in front of Xi Chao that she was overthinking, so she could only take a detour, "It is impossible for a large number of soldiers and horses to be mobilized quietly, how can other generals guarding the border pass tolerate it, and entering Beijing without a will is regarded as a traitor, taking the lives of his family and his subordinates to gamble, this is not a game, it is purely looking for death." β
"Even if you coerce the Son of Heaven to order the world, you have to have a young Son of Heaven to do it." Mu Jinming really didn't want to fight the unreality of the Xi Dynasty.
Xi Chao looked at Mu Jin fixedly and said shallowly, "You don't be." β
Mu Jinming wanted to say that he was not, but when he thought about it, his hair stood on end, and he couldn't say half a word.
"You're underage." Xi Chao didn't mind letting Mu Jinming try the urgency, "To put it mildly, my father's lifespan is only a few months, and it will only be half a year to survive, how old are you at that time?" At the age of sixteen, there are four full years left before adulthood. β
"The reason why the courtiers oppose you as the prince is biased, and the age is one." The Xi Dynasty is not an alarmist exaggeration, there is a factual basis here, and it cannot be ignored.
"I ......" Mu Jinming was about to be scared to death by the Xi Dynasty, and the more he said it, the stricter he became, how could he stand this kind of threat that was not intimidation.
"It seems that Mu Zhao is worried, and it may not be better than me when he really ascends the throne, those courtiers have the merit of supporting the establishment, and they are used to relying on the old and selling the old, to see how he cleans up." Mu Jinming laughed at Mu Zhao, who was very proud now, and there was a time for him to cry.
"You don't really want Mu Zhao to taste the taste of being a great treasure?" The timbre of the tide is getting deeper, and the light in his eyes is getting deeper and deeper.
"What the hell." Mu Jinming immediately denied it, seeing that Xi Chao had shown displeasure, he blamed himself for talking too much.
"If that's the case, you can do it yourself." Xi Chao put aside his cruel words, there are some things that should not be said by Mu Jinming, let alone said.
"I'm talking about playing." Mu Jinming really didn't think that way in his heart, he just compared the situation between himself and Mu Zhao.
"It's not early, go to bed." Xi Chao was too lazy to grind his teeth with Mu Jinming, so he dodged and pulled the quilt and closed his eyes.
Mu Jinming looked up at the sky boringly, lay down and slept without saying much, and got up early tomorrow to practice swords.
Meng Zhou, who stayed in the Yiwang Mansion for a few days, couldn't be idle, and went to his house as a guest, and the fun of the Yiwang Mansion was all that, and it was not much to see if he had enough appreciation.
The active Zhang Qi agreed, and pulled Wu Yue together, as for Zheng Ke, who was immersed in books, he still forgot it and did not disturb the studious children.
Wu Yue thought about it for a while and agreed, the matter of leaving the mansion needed to be explained to the Wing King, so the three of them discussed and went to inform them tomorrow.
The Wing King lived in the main hall, Wu Qi remembered the road but never set foot on it once, and the three of them did not dare to enter rashly without seeing the people in the mansion and the two women in red.
Standing outside and waiting, this hour should be the time to go out in the morning, it will be difficult to miss this and then want to see the Wing King, I don't know what the Wing King is busy with recently, even the two women in red are rarely seen.
Xi Chao, who was dressed in court clothes, walked out with Mu Jinming, and saw the conspicuous three people in front of him, and when he got closer, he saw that it was Wu Yue and the others, and stopped to wait for him to speak.
Seeing the Wing King in a court uniform, the extravagance displayed throughout the body was convenient for Wu Yue and the three of them were stunned, but fortunately, they only returned to the gods for a moment to show the reason.
Xi Chao nodded and let go, and left with Mu Jinming, looking at the departing figures, the three of them let out a long breath, which was really shocking and startled. (To be continued......)