Chapter Forty-Three: Spring
The emperor squinted his eyes and opened his bow and arrow, and an arrow shot out and grazed the head of a deer, and the deer slowly looked back at him and continued to eat the tender mulberry leaves next to him.
"Your Majesty, one more arrow will be enough"
"It's boring, this captive thing, it's not wild, and it's not much fun to shoot, it's just that."
The emperor put away his bow, and Zhao Agui took it easily, "Your Majesty, are you going to move to Xiyuan tonight?" ”
"Hehe, what a minion, to be honest, how much reward did you get from Concubine Pei this time?"
Zhao Agui sneered, "I can't hide anything from Your Majesty, the slave did accept the treasure rewarded by Pei Niangniang, not only Pei Niangniang's, but also the other concubines and concubines and slaves have all accepted it, and the slave does not dare to deceive Your Majesty!" It's just that I really can't find a reason to respond to the girls, so I dare to ask His Majesty's whereabouts."
The emperor stopped and looked up at the sky: "Do you think I have really practiced to the realm of sitting still?" I really want to take care of the dragon's body and live a few more years. I now have the crown prince and the king of Jin can all be in charge, and the other thirteen princes are not yet ten years old, and I am already content. By the way, Agui, to be honest, you haven't touched a woman in the past few decades, do you think it's interesting to live? ”
Zhao Agui got up and "write, minion, it's hard to say"
"If you say it directly, I will forgive you without sin!"
"Although it is a lot less joyful than ordinary men, the slave has been blessed by His Majesty in this life, he has no worries about food and clothing, he can't use up the money, he eats delicacies from the mountains and seas, and he wears a three-grade official uniform, which is so interesting. As for women, in the slaves' hometowns, many men have been singles all their lives, but they have lived in poverty. That's it, and they're still desperately alive. ”
The emperor broke off the branch on the side of the road and looked at the forbidden army guarding not far away, "Agui, I asked you the right question today." I also want to reward you, I used to ask other people, and they all said that it was better to die, but you said that it was interesting to live like this. I also thought about it a few days ago, what is the meaning of living for thousands of years without touching meat and not being close to women. When you say that today, I think you're right! ”
Zhao Agui hurriedly knelt down, "How can a slave be virtuous, a slave only has a heart that is loyal to His Majesty, so he tells the truth in everything and never deceives His Majesty." Your Majesty has thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, hundreds of thousands of troops, and tens of millions of people, all looking forward to Your Majesty's longevity? ”
"Haha, you sycophant, I love to listen! But you said it, for the sake of the military and civilians in the world, I can not be close to women, well, you will reply to the girls, and say that Your Majesty is not close to women when you listen to your words Zhao Agui! I'm giving you this big face! ”
Zhao Agui kowtowed again and again, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the minion, alas, the minion doesn't dare, the minion doesn't dare, beg Your Majesty to spare the minion!" ”
The emperor smiled happily, "I didn't punish you, I still want to reward you, what do you ask for?" ”
Zhao Agui's head was bleeding and crying, "Your Majesty, if the slave goes back to the ladies according to your will, he must not be beaten to death by the ladies together, Pei Guifei is afraid that she will eat me." Your Majesty, I beg you, minions! Ask Your Majesty for mercy, ask Your Majesty for mercy! ”
The emperor didn't pay attention to it anymore, but shouted to the nearest forbidden army, "I'm a little tired, go back to the Nine Extremes Palace, I'm going to clean up!" ”
Zhao Agui didn't dare to cry anymore, and sat on the ground and hung his head in despair. The head of the ghost goblin Ouchi was tricked by the emperor again today, and all the forbidden troops couldn't help but laugh when they passed by him.
When the last soldier passed by Zhao Agui, he stood up again and trotted all the way behind the emperor, "Your Majesty, the slave knows that he is wrong, and the slave will go and return the gifts received from the mothers."
"Agui, what do you mean by this, am I poor or are the girls stingy? You remember, you must report to me in time, and you can do whatever you want to deal with you
Coping with it, don't do it with the gift of the gift! ”
"This, the minion understands, understands! The slave will arrange for all the ladies to go to Yangzhilou tomorrow, and take people out of the palace tonight to invite the juggling team! The day after tomorrow, I will arrange for all the ladies to go to Hong Lim Garden to put paper kites and enjoy the flowers! ”
The emperor patted Zhao Agui's head, "It's really a human spirit, yes, you can spend the money you give you, as long as you can coax them well!" Remember, there are many people outside the palace, don't cause trouble, when the time comes, I want to protect you, but others will kill you, you are in a high position! Haha"
"The minions don't dare, they don't dare, the minions must check with all their hearts, and everyone will be stripped naked and take a look!"
The auspicious day of the zodiac chosen by the Qin Tianjian was actually to give the inner palace and the outer court a time to prepare.
It took a month and a half to prepare the costumes of a prince, plus the king of Jin, and it was held in the Chongde Hall at the same time.
Make the system of the prince and the king of Jin the same, offend the prince and the ministers behind him, if the system of the king of Jin is low, I am afraid that the king of Jin will sit in the future and settle accounts.
Zhang Quande, the head of the household department who organized the wedding, and Zhao Shou, the head of the inner treasury, were in a hurry, and their hair was almost gone.
The crown prince repeatedly stated that he could use the same system and rituals as the king of Jin, but some ministers explicitly threatened that if Zhang Quande and Zhao Shouzhuo dared to do so, they would do everything in their power to discredit the two of them.
The King of Jin was also very humble here, saying that he could only use the prince's system and ceremonies, but Shi Wenqian, the head of the Jin Palace, privately told Zhang Quande that the princess of Jin cared about this wedding very much, and if she was wronged, she would definitely hate the person who handled it in the future.
After thinking about it, Zhang Quande and Zhao Shouzhuo had to go to meet the emperor, and the two of them were really at a loss.
"I have to ask Your Majesty for this ceremony, and I hope Your Majesty will make it clear, otherwise I'm afraid that the two of us will have no way to live!"
"I hope Your Majesty has mercy on the two of us, we are stupid, this errand is really not good,"
The emperor looked at the pitiful appearance of the two of them, and sighed, "It's really difficult for you, it's always difficult for those who do things, and it's easy for those who move their mouths!" I'm the fairest, and that's the end of this for the two of you. I decreed today that the ceremony of the big wedding will be handled by the crown prince Zhan Shi Song Siyuan and the head of the Jin Dynasty, Shi Wenqian. ”
Zhang Quande and Zhao Shouzhuo kowtowed again and again to thank him and went out of the palace gate.
After the ministers learned of the emperor's new will, they scolded Zhang Quande and Zhao Shouclumsy for not knowing the general situation and wanting to do something bad.
"The two of you harbor evil intentions, knowing that the subordinate officials of the East Palace and the subordinate officials of the Jin Dynasty are in the same situation, but you push your own errand to them, isn't this the ugliness of making a mess out of the court?"
"Look at your honesty, in fact, your heart is like a snake and scorpion, deliberately instigating the dispute between the prince and the king of Jin, so as to bring disaster to the country and the people! I'm going to impeach you both! ”
Zhang Quande and Zhao Shouzhuo had to hide at home every day and did not come out, and the ministers really went to the fold to impeach them.
Song Siyuan did not go to fight with Wen Qian, but gathered the officials of the East Palace to read the classics, and found the doctors of the Guozijian to compare the laws of the Great Liang, and made the prince's system and rituals to the extreme.
The prince's dragon robe can only use a four-clawed golden dragon, and Song Siyuan and they are spreading this golden dragon all over the entire dragon robe, in case it is covered by the python robe of the King of Jin, because the python body can be embroidered larger.
Wen Qian on the side of the Jin Palace, racking his brains and couldn't come up with a good idea, after all, the prince's costume has been limited, and Du Ruohong, the princess of Jin, gave an idea.
"Lord Changshi, compared with the prince's specifications, naturally can't compare, Donggong naturally uses what can be used to the extreme! It's not as noble as them, we simply don't compare. The plum blossoms in the snow are a little red, but the spring style is varied. Adults are readers, don't you understand this truth? ”
Wen Qian was taken aback, he didn't expect the girl from a small place in Mizhi to say this, so he was in awe, "Princess Jin is high, and she wakes up the person in her dream with a word." Wonderful, let's
The elegant, plain and festive set up for His Royal Highness King Jin is more eye-catching in the magnificent hall! The old minister knows how to do it! Our King Jin is as calm and gentle as his demeanor, and with this simple and elegant style, he will not encroach on the people in the East Palace, but also overpower them. It's so reassuring to think about it! ”
"If you don't fight, you can't fight with it, Lord Wen, the people in the East Palace like to fight, so let them fight, we follow the heart of His Royal Highness King Jin, just don't fight! What do you think? ”
Wen Qian's face turned red, he didn't expect that he had read all his life and fought with the officials of the East Palace for decades, and his knowledge was not as good as that of a seventeen-year-old princess of Jin.
The crown princess Chen Suye is also giving the prince ideas at the moment, but it is not on the wedding, but the news she got from her cousin.
Chen Suye's cousin Yu Hongyao is Yu Wanli's daughter, and the remnants of Yu Wanli, who fled back to Luoyang, and several of them went to Yu Mansion.
Yu Wanli's wife fainted on the spot after listening to her subordinates talk about what happened in the Western Regions, and Yu Hongyao's brother Yu actually shouted that he wanted to enter the palace to avenge his grievances, but was stopped by Yu Hongyao.
"If you want to live, don't go into the palace, didn't my brother listen to Uncle Erhu, and a few of them came back with them and went to the military department and the general's mansion respectively, and there is no news until now. If it had been useful to avenge the wrongs, I am afraid that a will would have come a long time ago! ”
"Then our father died in vain? I really can't do it, I'll go to the Western Regions to find that thief for revenge! ”
"You're enough! Daddy has thousands of elite soldiers in his hands, and he is not the third opponent on the left, aren't you going to die alone? It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years! We can only pretend that we don't know anything now and wait for news from the imperial court! ”
Several veterans who stayed in the mansion also advised Yu Jing not to be impatient, this matter is too important, if Yu Jing directly pokes the matter out regardless of the overall situation, and the emperor directly favors Zuo Sanxiang to announce Yu Wanli's rebellion, then the whole family will be killed.
Yu Jing gritted his teeth angrily and bleed, "Doesn't the imperial court distinguish between right and wrong?" Doesn't the emperor distinguish between loyalty and treachery? ”
"The imperial court only talks about interests, and the emperor only recognizes reality! The third prime minister on the left was promoted by the emperor, and he was a member of the Jin Palace, and the emperor favored the Jin king, don't you know? And this left three phases laid down the wheel platform to expand the territory, who in the court can move him now? What's more, now Zuo Sanxiang is fighting abroad with the most elite army of the imperial court, even if he wants to deal with him, he is beyond the reach of the whip! His Majesty the Emperor is afraid that he has known about this matter for a long time, and the reason why he has not made an order must have been due to his consideration! ”
Yu Hongyao's analysis made Yu sit on the ground and couldn't speak for a long time.
At this time, the court's pension documents arrived, and several large boxes of gold, silver and jewelry were sent together, and Chao Lun, the head of the military department who came to the pension, looked at the red-eyed Yu family and understood what was going on.
"Yu Dadu protects the country for a lifetime, dies on the battlefield horse leather shroud, hero I, I hope you will inherit the will of Dadu Protector, report to the emperor, well, do your duty as a child, don't insult the name of your father! Don't forget! In particular, don't make trouble by believing rumors! ”
Yu Hongyao suddenly understood what the head of the military department had to say, and pulled Yu Jing to kneel down together to thank him.
Yu Hongyao told Chen Suye about this not to ask Chen Suye to avenge his father, but to ask her cousin to remind the prince to be careful of the Jin Palace.
The people of the Jin Palace's Mansion can still hold the military power if they kill the generals, and once the emperor has an accident in the future, the possibility of forcing the palace to rebel and seize the throne is too great.
And military power is precisely the shortcoming of the East Palace, and Li Xiaofei, the only subordinate officer of the East Palace who can fight and hold military power, went to sea.
Chen Suye told the prince that even if Li Xiaofei was in the capital, it would be useless. The emperor was most afraid of Li Xiaofei, if the Chen family had not drawn a clear line with Li Xiaofei in time, I am afraid that hundreds of thousands of troops would enter Lingnan to eliminate the Chen family's forces.