All the authority of the Han Dynasty was firmly held in Xu De's hands, and only in the small harem could the emperor be regarded as the real emperor.

Perhaps because of a little guilt towards the emperor, Xu De never stretched out his hand to the emperor's inner library, and even the emperor's daily life was more luxurious than when he was the emperor.

The first emperor made great efforts to govern the country, advocating frugality among the ministers, reducing each meal from 120 dishes to 64, and later to 32 dishes, and then later, the first emperor even wanted to reduce it to 16 dishes.

In this dynasty, Xu De resumed the tradition of one hundred and twenty dishes, and the emperor could feel that he was the emperor every time he sat in front of the one hundred and twenty food boxes with golden lights shining with dragons and phoenixes.

The eunuch is not young, he is also in his early fifties, but in front of the emperor, he is like an elderly version of Xiao Luzi, extremely flattering. He ran all the way from the imperial dining room, didn't have time to wipe the sweat off his head, looked up at the emperor who was holding a book not far away, and asked in a flattering tone: "Your Majesty, this is going to give you food?" ”

The emperor did not speak, nodded, and the eunuch hurriedly ran out, and after a while, a group of eunuchs came one after another outside, all carrying gold-painted food boxes in their hands. When the last eunuch put down the food box in his hand and exited the imperial study, the eunuch said, "Does the emperor still need servants to serve?" ”

"Stand down." The emperor spoke lightly, and with the eunuch who passed the meal, even a few palace maids who were waiting went out, and in the imperial study, there were only three left: Xiao Luzi, Gao Lishi, and the emperor.

The emperor sat at the table, looking at the long table with plates of delicacies one after another, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl, and he turned around and asked Gao Lishi: "Companion, do you say that you can eat ten of you?" ”

Gao Lishi didn't know how to answer when he heard this, but said: "The emperor's meal is a rule, and it is the majesty of heaven." ”

Hearing this, the emperor spoke: "Xiao Luzi. ”

"The minions are here." Xiao Luzi responded respectfully.

"You will go to the Internal Affairs Office tomorrow to report, and in the future, I will eat like the first emperor, and only go to thirty-two dishes."

"This ......" Xiao Luzi was obviously embarrassed and looked at Gao Lishi on the side.

Gao Lishi felt Xiao Luzi's embarrassed gaze and said: "Your Majesty, one hundred and twenty rules are the rules of the past, and the first emperor is just a temporary opportunity. ”

"I know." With a sly expression on his face, the emperor continued: "This extra silver has also been allocated from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it is said that I am rewarding the soldiers of Xi'an. In this way, Xu De could not object. ”

Xiao Luzi and Gao Lishi both bowed slightly, indicating that they understood.

Xiao Luzi picked up the prepared silver chopsticks and was about to help the emperor test the poison, but the emperor stood up from the chair, picked up a pair of jade chopsticks wrapped in gold wire, and said: "I want to eat by myself today, Xiao Luzi, you don't have to test the poison." ”

"Your Majesty, what if a traitor poisons and stabs in this dish." Xiao Luzi hurriedly asked.

"Every day, for a moment, I want to try what it's like to have a hot dish." It turned out that the dishes on the table were prepared early in the morning, and most of them were only warm when they were sent to the emperor, and after Xiao Luzi tested the poison, most of the dishes were already cold.

Xiao Luzi looked at Gao Lishi, Gao Lishi squinted as if he was asleep, but after feeling Xiao Luzi's gaze, he shook his head, Xiao Luzi was no longer attached when he saw this, put down the pair of silver chopsticks, and retreated behind Gao Lishi.

The emperor held the pair of golden silk jade chopsticks behind his back and turned around the huge dining table. Next to each dish, there is a small silver plaque with the name of the dish and the name of the person who made it. When the emperor saw what he wanted to eat, he stretched out his jade chopstick, and the dishes he ate today were all hot, which seemed to him to be definitely a fresh feeling.

"It's all greasy." The Emperor muttered quietly.

The emperor was slowly turning in circles, and there was a sound outside the imperial study.

A little eunuch dragged his slender voice and said, "Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness the eldest princess asks to see you." ”

Hearing this, the emperor became excited, threw the jade chopstick on the dining table, and said, "Sister is here, invite my sister in!" ”

"Emperor!" Gao Lishi listened to the emperor's words and reminded him on the side.

The emperor straightened his face, walked back to the chair and sat down in a few steps, cleared his throat, and said outside, "Xuan." ”

Gao Lishi was behind the chair, looking at the seriousness that the emperor had pretended, and he was a little sad.

The first emperor dragon controlled Bintian, the emperor only left this five-year-old sister is the closest person, when the emperor was young, whenever he was intimidated by Xu Dewei by schoolwork, he could also find Her Royal Highness the eldest princess to ask for comfort. When the emperor was ten years old, Xu De wanted to drive the eldest princess out of the palace under the pretext that the eldest princess was noble and was in the palace.

Although the eldest princess used all means such as pretending to be sick, crying, and running to Xu De's mansion to scold herself, after seeing the scars on the emperor's hands deepening one by one, she finally chose to compromise and lived in the eldest princess's mansion, which had been prepared a long time ago. Since then, the number of times the emperor sees the eldest princess every year can be counted on ten fingers.

The eldest princess wore a black gold cloud sleeve skirt today, and her hair was simply tied in a bun at the back of her head, which was already a little loose at the moment. Her face was red, and there were many beads of sweat on her forehead, the sun was scorching today, and the eldest princess must have run all the way into the palace.

When the eldest princess saw the emperor's face, she couldn't turn away, and regardless of the maids behind her, she stepped forward and held the emperor's face: "Ah He......" and then began to cry.

The accompanying maid hurriedly handed the eldest princess a hand towel, and Xiao Luzi also quickly brought a brocade stool to the eldest princess. The emperor's own sister, how can she still need the emperor's seat.

The eldest princess sat down beside the emperor and did not speak, but took the emperor's hand and looked at the emperor carefully. The guards by the door looked at the situation inside the house, intentionally or unconsciously, and did not know how they would report this scene to Xu De.

"Ah He, my sister was scared to death by you, if you have three long and two short, I will stab Xu De's old thief to death with all my might." The eldest princess spoke in surprise, not paying any attention to the guards at the door.

When the emperor heard this, he held the eldest princess's hand tightly, but he did not speak. The eldest princess turned her head, looked at the expressionless guards by the door, and said, "You guys don't get out yet, if I say something to the emperor, do you all have to report to Xu De?" ”

Hearing this, the faces of several guards still didn't fluctuate much, but under the eyes of the guard's commander, they retreated a few steps and hid in the shadows of the side hall.

Seeing this, Gao Lishi also took Xiao Luzi out with interest, not disturbing the brief meeting between the two sisters and brothers.

"Aga's lost weight." The eldest princess looked at the emperor's face that was maturing day by day and said.

"My sister has also been cleared, and I haven't seen my sister in months."

"yes." The eldest princess recalled that she and the emperor had a short time together at the last Halloween Festival, and after just a glass of wine, she couldn't find a chance to speak, and looked at the emperor's younger brother a few steps away, but she couldn't take a good look at him.

"Is it appropriate for my sister to enter the palace like this today? I don't want my sister to be harassed by Xu De for me. The emperor's face was embarrassed, and his sister came to visit him in the palace, and he was still worried about Xu De's opinion.

"I'm a woman, Xu De's old thief is not afraid of losing his name, even if he comes to embarrass me again." After the eldest princess moved out of the palace, she actually did not suffer many difficulties from Xu De, Xu De did not have much interest in this eldest princess, he just wanted to grasp the emperor well and consolidate his prestige.

"In the court today, the emperor is right." The eldest princess thought for a while, and then said: "Lord Eldest Sun and Lord Xu, this time they are far away from the imperial court, and I am afraid that they will not be able to enter Tianjing City again in their lifetime." They were loyal ministers of the Han family, and the emperor should always remember these dedicated ministers. ”

The emperor nodded and said, "The great companion has already told me this today. But I'm still scared. ”

The eldest princess did not hide the pity in her eyes for herself, the emperor who had little power, but she pretended to be tough and said: "Such a trivial matter, Xu De will not embarrass you again, why should the emperor be afraid?" What you have to think about is how to figure out how to get rid of Xu De! If Xu De doesn't die for a day, the country of our Han Dynasty will be in danger one day. ”

"Sister, I will get rid of Xu De, and I will be the emperor of the world!"

"It's good to have ambition, we are the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty, and we are the real people of great luck. I will complete what my father told me before his trip. I'll find a way outside the palace, and you have to find a way in the palace. ”

"I know. I'm really pro-government today, and everything will be fine. ”

"Ah He, Xu De's old thief will be nine out of fifty after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and his body is far from being as healthy as it seems." The eldest princess said this, and the emperor did not understand for a while.

Seeing this, the eldest princess said again: "So we just need to work hard to delay, and things will definitely get better if it drags on for another ten or eight years." Before that, if there is any unwillingness, we all have to grit our teeth and swallow it. Do you understand? ”

"I understand." The emperor's eyes were full of brilliance.

Looking at the emperor's energetic face, the eldest princess hesitated for a moment, and finally didn't say anything about it, thinking to herself, don't make the meeting between the sisters and brothers heavy.

After the eldest princess quietly confirmed that there was no one around, she leaned down and spoke in the emperor's ear: "Uncle Huang and General Yu have already sent someone to contact me, although they have always chosen to protect themselves, but Xu De has gone too far in the past six months, and Uncle Huang and General Yu have expressed something." ”

When the Emperor heard this, he felt a tremor spread throughout his body, and an indescribable excitement made him want to cry out. The reason why he has been at the mercy of others over the years is because there are no male soldiers who can compete with Xu De. The strength of the Royal Forest Army is like a child playing at home in Xu De's eyes.

"Will they send troops to help me?" The Emperor's eyes were filled with excitement.

"The northern Jin Kingdom continues to harass, and the imperial uncle has always been cautious, I'm afraid ......" Although the eldest princess didn't finish speaking, the emperor already knew that this time, there was still no army to help him, just like the only two forces that could compete with Xu De over the years.

"The emperor need not be discouraged." The eldest princess saw that the emperor's fighting spirit had finally dissipated, and said: "There are two world-leading strangers who have entered Beijing, and they are here to help the emperor. ”

"But the two of them, can they be worthy of Xu De's thousands of soldiers and horses?" The emperor was still a little uninterested.

"Emperor!" The eldest princess was obviously very dissatisfied with the emperor's disdainful attitude, and said: "In the past Shu Han, Liu Bei relied on Wuhou to divide the world; In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, Tang Taizong had a house to make a decision, so he was able to control the prosperity of Zhenguan. The emperor is the king of a country, how can he despise those who help you! ”

The emperor listened to the words of the eldest princess, straightened his face, and said: "Xu De's hands and eyes are all over the sky, these two strangers have entered Beijing, how to enter the palace." ”

"I've already arranged this, but with my ability, I can only send people into the palace through the Internal Affairs Office and the Ministry of Officials without being discovered by Xu De. They will look for an opportunity to get close to the Emperor, and the Emperor will have to find a way to find them. The eldest princess's eyes burned and stared at the emperor's young face.

The emperor didn't speak again, but with his other hand, he also clenched the eldest princess's hand and said, "God bless the great man." ”

The eldest princess also stretched out her hand, held the emperor's hand, and said softly: "God bless the great man." ”