Volume 4 Envoy Chapter 20 Thank the Emperor for His Grace
Bei Juese suddenly stood up and knelt down in front of Zhu Yijun and the two queen mothers, and said seriously: "The minister doesn't have anything to want. However, the minister dared to make a request to the emperor, hoping that the emperor would fulfill it. ”
Zhu Yijun was stunned by his unexpected move. He waved his hand lightly and said, "If you have any requests, get up and talk about it." ”
"Emperor Xie!" Bei Juese stood up, bowed his head and arched his hand, and said, "The minister has the courage to ask the emperor to decree a reduction in the amount of tribute paid by the Nanmian Kingdom. Although the tribute of the Nanmian country may seem very insignificant in the eyes of the emperor, but for a small country like Nanmian, which is not rich and the people are not strong, the annual tribute almost has to be done with the strength of the whole country. May the emperor be sympathetic to the suffering of the people of Nanmian and reduce the demand for tribute to Nanmian. ”
Hearing his words, Zhu Yijun laughed and said very happily: "I thought it was a big deal, just this little thing, right?" Zhang Cheng! He called Zhang Cheng, who was standing aside and waiting, "Go, prepare paper, pen and ink for me!" ”
Zhang Cheng took the order and quickly brought back what Zhu Yijun wanted.
Zhu Yijun spread out the paper and waved it impromptuly: "Prince Nanzhao, I will give you a holy decree now, from next year, the number of tributes in Nanmian Kingdom will be halved, and the tribute period will be changed from one tribute per year to one tribute every two years." What do you think of this decision? ”
Bei Juese hurriedly knelt down and said, "Thank you for the emperor's grace!" ”
"Okay, that's it!" Zhu Yijun wrote the holy decree in three or two times, stamped it with a red seal, and reduced the amount of tribute paid by the Nanmian State, so it was simply and neatly decided.
Seeing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince easily asked the Ming Emperor to issue a holy decree, Ruan Jinglun, who had been rolling in the officialdom for many years and was accustomed to seeing various scenes, couldn't help but be surprised several times. After this incident, and after confirming that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was not a real eunuch, his heart secretly added several points to the future heir to the throne.
After Zhu Yijun made the holy decree, the two queen mothers pulled the northern beauty for a while, and the sky was already dark.
The Empress Dowager Rensheng, who showed a little tiredness, raised her head to the outside of the hall and said, "It turns out that it is so late, and I don't know the time when I am happy. ”
The Empress Dowager Cisheng also looked at the sky and said, "I forgot the time when I was talking." Just now, I was thinking about letting Concubine Yun meet with the people from her hometown. However, at this time, she should have already drunk the medicine and fell asleep, forget it, let's wait for the next time. ”
Hearing her say this, Bei Juese hurriedly asked: "Empress Dowager Cisheng, Concubine Yun is in poor health?" ”
Empress Dowager Cisheng said: "She has been infected with wind cold in the past few days and is resting in bed. Because of this, she was not allowed to attend this banquet. ”
Zhu Yijun took over and said, "You will stay in the capital for a few days, just wait until the next time you enter the palace to see Concubine Yun." Some are when they meet. It's not too early, so I'll let you send you back to the hall. ”
He summoned the eunuch who had brought them into the palace before, and after giving some instructions, the eunuch was going to take everyone out of the palace.
After they said goodbye to Zhu Yijun and the two queen mothers one by one, they had to follow the eunuch who led the way to leave the hall.
When Bei Jue was about to walk to the door of the main hall, Zhu Yijun suddenly called out to him: "Prince Nanzhao!" ”
Bei Juese turned around: "What does the emperor command?" ”
Zhu Yijun opened his mouth to say something, but when he saw that the two queen queens around him were looking up at him, he had almost rushed out of his mouth The sentence "Don't go" finally turned into a weak sentence: "It's nothing, be careful on the road." ”
Zhu Yijun didn't dare to show his feelings in front of the two queen mothers, his face was so calm that he couldn't see any emotional ups and downs. However, when Bei Juese walked out of the main hall and disappeared from his sight, his heart surged with strong reluctance and uneasiness. He was afraid, afraid that if Bei Juese left like this, he would disappear like last time, and the meeting would be indefinite. He really wanted to chase him out and leave the person who had finally reappeared in front of him behind. However, he didn't, and he couldn't, all he could do was to endure the reluctance in his heart, watch him leave slowly, and then, thinking in his heart, when to summon him into the palace again.
Back at the guild hall, everyone dispersed and went back to their rooms to sleep.
Bei Juese returned to his room, took off his shirt and prepared to blow out the lamp to sleep, but heard the door being pushed open and quickly shut. Raising his eyes to look at the gate, he saw that it was Dong Invincible who flashed in.
Seeing this person who often came to his room for no reason, Bei Juese didn't feel anything surprised. He raised his eyes and glanced at Dong Wushu and asked, "Senior brother, aren't you going to sleep when it's too early?" ”
Dong Wushu walked up to him, and said with a worried look on his face, "I'm worried about you. ”
Kita asked puzzledly, "Me?" What is there to worry about? ”
Dong Wushu said a little unhappily: "Didn't you notice the emperor's little kid looking at you today? When he looks at you, it's like a hungry tiger looking at a sheep, eager to eat you alive! ”
Bei Juese smiled lightly and asked rhetorically, "Is it so exaggerated?" ”
Dong Wushu glared at him and said, "Of course there is!" I think he's going to do something to you next, and you've got to be careful. ”
Bei Juese sighed lightly, and said with a wry smile: "Senior brother, I am now the prince of Nanmian who represents the Nanmian country, Nanmian is a small country that has to rely on the protection of the Ming Dynasty to be safe and sound, I am in the territory of the Daming backer, if he really wants to do anything crooked, can I be careful and useful?" As long as there is a slight mistake, it may bring disaster to Nanmian at any time, and I can't harm the entire Nanmian to lose peace because of myself. ”
Dong Wushu had a calm face and asked coldly: "In this way, you mean that Nanmian can give himself to that little kid without any care?" ”
Bei Juese blinked his innocent eyes, scratched his head and said, "I never thought of exchanging myself for the peace of Nanmian. I mean, instead of being careful, it's better to find a way to deal with it. ”
Hearing him say this, Dong Wushu felt a little surprised. He was silent for a moment and asked, "Then do you think of any way to deal with it?" ”
Bei Juese replied crisply: "No." Let's worry about tomorrow and tomorrow. ”
Dong Wushu was somewhat defeated: "Are you overly optimistic?" Forget it, I don't expect your stupid brain to come up with any good solutions, think of a way to do this difficult thing, let your senior brother and me do it! ”
Bei Juese was about to refute, but Dong Invincible had already dodged and disappeared without a trace like a ghost.