It wasn't until he was about to put out the candle and go to bed that Han Ruzi had the opportunity to open the note and glance at it quickly, and there were only four words on it: Shang Sirou No.

Han Ruzi understood the meaning of the note, this was not a question, it was the same as what he wrote "I want to eat meat", it was just a way out. Yuan Jiuding, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, handed over the note at that time, indicating that the road was impassable, and Han Ruzi held the note tightly and did not intend to hand it over.

The candle went out, Tong Qing'e barely made a sound when she slept, Zhang Youcai was young after all, and soon let out a slight snoring sound, Han Ruzi didn't feel noisy, but felt steady, closed his eyes, and began to think about the most important question: Who did the note come from?

The act of stuffing the note must have happened in the middle of an afternoon fight, where a group of people came up to fight, and anyone could have stuffed something in the emperor's belt without attracting attention.

Will the East Sea King be an insider or even a collaborator? The last time was when he pretended to wrestle and gave the emperor a chance to stuff a note.

Han Ruzi clenched the paper bag tightly, vetoing this possibility, the paper bag was quite old, and it had obviously been hidden on the owner's body for a while, and the man had been waiting for an opportunity, and it just happened to catch the East Sea King to fight.

Zhang Youcai's snoring suddenly disappeared, Han Ruzi opened his eyes, waited for a while and asked softly, "It's you?" ”

"Hmm."

"It's been a long time since you've been here."

"This is the palace, and I can't come and go as I please." Meng E didn't treat the boy as an emperor, and ordered: "Sit up." ”

Han Ruzi got up, remembering that he hadn't practiced the reverse breathing method much these days, and couldn't help but feel a little nervous in his heart, Meng E is not a person who is easy to talk and bluff.

"Have you concentrated on your practice?"

"I've practiced, but I've had a lot of things lately......"

"You don't practice Tongzi Gong, marrying the queen has no effect on you, if you want to learn advanced internal skills, concentration is more important than anything else, like you are now, you can't practice vitality in a hundred years."

"I have to ...... I have to save my life first, otherwise I won't be able to repay you after learning internal skills. ”

Meng E slapped a palm, Han Ruzi fell and sat up again, knowing that she was testing her practice results, she couldn't help but feel worried in her heart, "I haven't been practicing for long, will it have an effect so quickly?" ”

"Do you have any special feelings?" Meng E asked.

"I didn't ...... Yes, it's just that the place in the chest where you hit me hurts a little. ”

"It just doesn't work." Meng E was silent for a moment, "There is no way, I can only take this move." ”

"What is 'this trick'? It won't be dangerous, right? ”

Meng E didn't answer, and said, "Can you feel your ears?" ”

"What do you mean? My ears are right here. ”

"Can your ears move?"

The more Han Ruzi listened, the more confused he became, but he still tried to control his ears, "It's a little difficult." ”

In the dark, Meng E clamped a slender object to the emperor's right ear, "Try again this time." ”

"It seems to be easier."

It was a hairpin, Meng E took it back, and said: "You understand, you have to feel it first, before you can practice, in order to strengthen, the method of reverse breathing is not to practice, but to make you feel the existence of qi, but you have not been able to do it." ”

"I'm sorry, but I do...... Didn't work too hard, always distracted. ”

"I can't blame you entirely, the internal skills of this sect are extremely complicated, from the outside to the inside, there are seven levels of skin, flesh, tendons, bones, blood, marrow, and qi, and the normal practice method should go hand in hand, your practice method is too simple, and it is indeed difficult to produce results."

Han Ruzi didn't dare to complain that Meng E didn't teach well, "Then you teach me to practice normally." ”

"No, you are the emperor, there are too many people around you, you can't practice, and you will be recognized by my brother. There's only one way to go. ”

Meng E mentioned "this trick" just now, Han Ruzi faintly felt ominous, and hurriedly said: "I don't have to practice internal skills, as long as you are willing to protect me, I will repay ...... in the future."

"I can't protect you all the time, and if you want to repay me, you have to owe me a big enough favor first. Mouth. ”

Han Ruzi didn't want to open his mouth, he slapped another palm on the other side, the turbidity in his chest rose, and rushed into his throat, he opened his mouth involuntarily, feeling that something was in his mouth, and before he could taste it, he swallowed it, and it was too late to vomit, "What did you feed me?" ”

"Good thing, I've been trying to find a way to collect medicinal materials these days, and it took me a long time to practice three pills, you eat one first, and then eat the second and third pills in a few days, if you can't produce a sense of qi at that time, you really can't practice internal skills."

"Can you feel qi after taking medicine?"

"It's just a possibility, compared to the normal practice, this is a side-by-side way, and I'll give you a little more help." Meng E didn't ask for permission either, and quickly nodded a few fingers at the emperor, "Okay, in the next few days, you may have various symptoms such as hiccups, abdominal pain, diarrhea, body heat, dizziness, etc., don't worry, hold back, and try to run reverse breathing." ”

"But I'm getting married soon, and I still have important things to do...... Hey, are you still there? Han Ruzi felt that something flashed in front of him, and after waiting for a while, he was sure that Meng E was gone.

He really hoped that Meng E could stay a little longer, in this treacherous palace, the cold Meng E was the person who could bring warmth the most.

He lay down, practiced the method of reverse breathing for a while, and fell into a deep sleep, not experiencing the symptoms Meng E had mentioned. When he got up the next day, everything was still normal, and Han Ruzi thought he was lucky, so he didn't take it to heart anymore.

The King of the East China Sea did not come to meet the emperor and greet the Queen Mother as usual, and when Han Ruzi went to Lingyun Pavilion to attend the class, he saw him in the imperial garden.

The king of the East Sea knelt on the side of the road in the garden, touched the ground with his forehead, and carried a wooden stick more than three feet long on his back, and dozens of attendants stood behind him, all of them looking nervous, and they didn't even dare to breathe.

Han Ruzi didn't expect such a scene at all, and was stunned for a moment, and asked Zuo Ji beside him, "What's going on?" ”

Since the last time he failed to persuade the emperor to follow the way of husband and wife, Zuo Ji has rarely shown a smiling face, and it is the same today, "The king of the East China Sea is disobedient and disrespectful, this is to ask His Majesty for the guilt." ”

"Get him up." Yesterday's fight was not serious, Han Ruzi didn't even have a bruise, although the King of the East China Sea was not likable, but it was a bit too much for him to suffer such humiliation in public.

The person who made the King of the East China Sea bear the guilt of Jing was not the emperor, and it was naturally not him who could make him get up, Zuo Ji shook his head and said softly: "According to the usual practice, you have to kneel for at least half a day to bear the guilt of Jing Plea, Your Majesty will go to Lingyun Pavilion first, and Your Majesty does not need to worry about the affairs here." ”

It's a routine again, Han Ruzi suddenly understood the meaning of the imperial concubine's words, a thing called "convention" took power instead of the emperor, Han Ruzi didn't feel it deeply before, because he didn't even grasp the most basic power.

Han Ruzi didn't fight anymore, the little chips in his hand were used to fight wits and courage with the Queen Mother, and he couldn't waste it on the King of the East China Sea.

On this morning, the emperor was alone in the Lingyun Pavilion to listen to the lecture, and the garden outside the window was quieter than usual.

The lecturer was Luo Huanzhang, who didn't say a word about what happened to his old disciple, stood in front of the emperor, looked up and thought for a while, and asked, "Where did the grass people talk last time?" ”

Luo Huanzhang's national history is the only class that Han Ruzi likes to listen to, and he remembers it very well, and immediately replied: "I just finished telling the deeds of Taizu." ”

"That's right, Taizu has already said that the next thing should be Emperor Cheng. Taizu Rongma all his life, Emperor Cheng was a good Confucian since he was a child, and after succeeding to the throne, he practiced the way of benevolence and righteousness, Taizu won the world, and Emperor Cheng kept the ...... of the world"

As a scholar, Luo Huanzhang obviously admires Emperor Cheng very much, full of praise, the more he speaks, the more excited he becomes, the gorgeous sentences are like a team of well-trained honor guards, the armor is dazzling, the flag is fluttering in the wind, magnificent, after watching it for a long time, it can't help but make people feel a little bored.

Luo Huanzhang was becoming indistinguishable from other masters, Han Ruzi was gradually disappointed, he could barely listen with his eyes open, but the two eunuchs at the door had already begun to nap.

After half an hour, Luo Huanzhang's praise finally ended, and suddenly the conversation changed: "Although Emperor Cheng is the son of Taizu, he is not loved, he has been degraded several times, and he was almost abolished. ”

Luo Huanzhang is an orthodox Confucian scholar, never directly criticizes the emperor's mistakes, and occasionally mentions it as much as possible, he did not mention the matter of the prince when he talked about Taizu.

Han Ruzi was slightly interested, "Emperor Cheng has a good mother and a good minister. ”

Luo Huanzhang shook his head, "Emperor Cheng has a good mother, but a good minister may not. ”

Han Ruzi sat upright and became more interested, "Didn't the minister protect Emperor Cheng?" ”

"Some people support Emperor Cheng, and naturally some people support other princes, especially Taizu's favorite King Zhongshan, there are many ministers who have written to request a change of crown prince, and Emperor Cheng has been solving this problem in the first few years of his ascension to the throne."

"Emperor Cheng demoted those ministers?"

"There were too many ministers who supported King Zhongshan at the beginning, Emperor Cheng killed a few, demoted some, not much, Emperor Cheng was very smart, and soon discovered a truth."

"What truth?"

Luo Huanzhang glanced at the eunuch who was napping at the door, and said slowly: "Those ministers who proposed to make a new crown prince, they did not please Taizu, let alone the king of Zhongshan. ”

"Who could that be?" Han Ruzi's eyes widened in surprise.

"Emperor." Luo Huanzhang paused for a moment and continued: "The ministers follow the emperor, who is in his position, who the ministers follow, those who once curry favor with Taizu, some of them were also the staunchest supporters of Emperor Cheng later. ”

"The minister did this...... Not quite in line with the way of righteousness, right? ”

"Of course, a minister is a minister, it is not beneficial to the country, and it is not helpful to the emperor, so Emperor Cheng still cut off the heads of some people, but for most people, Emperor Cheng took another means to transform them, educate them, and introduce them to the path of benevolence and righteousness."

Han Ruzi realized a little, "Because such a minister is easier to reform." ”

"Your Majesty is intelligent, a little bit is clear, and a gentleman who is benevolent and righteous also needs a villain to follow. The wisdom of becoming an emperor lies in finding the trustworthy side of the minister, sailing along the river, and finally achieving a great cause. ”

Han Ruzi nodded, suddenly understood something, looked at Luo Huanzhang blankly, and asked uncertainly, "It's you?" ”

"Your Majesty is still thinking about meat?"

Han Ruzi was shocked, and couldn't understand how the note could come from Luo Huanzhang, the two had never had physical contact.

Luo Huanzhang looked at the emperor with encouraging eyes, Han Ruzi slowly straightened up, and was about to speak, when suddenly his abdomen hurt like a twist, and he fell on the brocade table with his stomach in his hands.

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