Meng E stared at the emperor for a while, "Do you want me to betray the Queen Mother?" ”

"I can only give you the reward you expect if I become a real emperor, but unless I know more about the Queen Mother, I will never become a true emperor. I'm asking you to do me a favor, so that you can get the reward you want. ”

"Brother is right, you are as treacherous as they are."

Han Ruzi wanted to refute, but suddenly changed his mind when the words came to his lips, "That's right, and I want to be more treacherous than them, only in this way can I fight for the emperor's throne." ”

Meng E lowered her gaze and thought for a while, and suddenly smiled, this was the first time she smiled in front of the emperor, it was very shallow, but the corners of her mouth moved twice, "What am I doing?" You're just a kid, and I believe you can do great things. Forget it, don't talk about it again, because I've never looked for you. ”

Han Ruzi was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect the attempt to win over Meng E to fail like this, and couldn't help asking, "Where did I say something wrong?" ”

"If you want to be a treacherous person, don't show your kind side at first, your treachery is just childishness."

Han Ruzi smiled embarrassedly, "I'm still studying, sometimes...... Please don't care, you really don't want me to repay you? ”

Meng E thought for a while, "You are the emperor, maybe you should be a little treacherous, but I am a person from the rivers and lakes, and I pay attention to the fact that it is difficult to chase the horse when I say it, and I would rather die than fulfill the promise I made." ”

"You have a word that is difficult to chase, I have a son of heaven who is a word, it can be regarded as a tie, right?"

"I'm desperate too...... Well, I don't know what happened to the injury on the queen mother's hand, my brother and I were brought into the palace as palace maids, and we did nothing for more than three years, until the night of the death of the former emperor, we were called to the queen mother and the imperial concubine, and at that time she already had injuries on her hands. ”

"New injuries?"

"Don't ask me too much about things, our brother and sister are following the Queen Mother, you are just ...... Just ......"

"I'm just on backup, just in case. Well, if I did, too. ”

"You're self-aware."

The door opened again, and this time it was the real waiter who brought a late lunch, and as soon as an outsider was there, Meng E didn't speak anymore, and stood aside as an ornament.

Before the meal was finished, the king of the East China Sea was sent back, expressionless and polite, sat opposite the emperor to eat together, ate a few bites, and fell on the chair, with a cold look that was too lazy to speak.

The waiters neatly packed up the dishes and chopsticks and left, there were many people who served the emperor and the king of the East China Sea, but no one stayed, and the two of them had long been used to it, so it was not surprising.

Meng E stayed, she was a guard, not a waiter.

The king of the East China Sea sat up and stared at the emperor deadly, "You lied, didn't you?" ”

"What lies?" Han Ruzi picked up the tea and swallowed slowly.

"Don't pretend to be confused, the story you said in the Qinzheng Palace was all made up by you, right?"

"Jing Gong and Prime Minister Yin testified for me."

"Ha, the two of them want to please the Queen Mother, so they cooperated with you to make up a story, are you bold enough, or did someone prompt you? Yang Feng, it must be Yang Feng, he asked you to do this, it must be right. ”

"You're wrong." Han Ruzi shook his head, "What I said at the time was the truth in my heart, when Emperor Wu summoned his children and grandchildren, you must have also participated, right?" ”

"Of course." The King of the East Sea stood up, as if he was about to be angry, then sat down again, and said in confusion: "I know there is such an incident, but I don't remember anything, you are only a few days older than me, how can you remember it so clearly?" ”

"That was not only the first time I met Emperor Wu, but also the first time I left home, how could I not be impressed?" Han Ruzi said calmly that he found it much easier to lie to the King of the East China Sea than to Meng E.

In front of Meng E, he always thought about whether to use the means first, and as soon as he moved, he was seen to have a flaw, but he didn't feel guilty at all about the king of the East China Sea, so he didn't need to hide it. Han Ruzi finally began to understand the meaning of Yang Feng's words: entangled in benevolence and power will only open his door.

The king of the East China Sea was suspicious, and when he saw the emperor showing a contemplative look, he felt that he had been fooled, "Anyway, you are a liar, but you can only deceive for a while, the queen mother has seen through your tricks, and now you are still useful, when the rebellion of the Qi country is calmed down and my uncle returns to the court, you will be useless, when the time comes, hum." ”

Han Ruzi laughed, "Will the rebellion of the Qi Kingdom be quelled?" ”

"You are a liar, and the ministers are not good people, all of them have selfish intentions, and they were all nonsense by you, and they were finally willing to do their best, and before the court meeting was over, they put together another 200,000 troops. Later, news came that although the king of Qi had won the battle and suffered a lot of losses, he stopped attacking Luoyang, and he was still far away from Hangu Pass and the capital. Everyone said that King Qi wanted to ...... Why am I telling you this? ”

"The King of Qi wants to take advantage of the situation to contact the princes of all parties and the heroes of the world, and march westward." Han Ruzi finished speaking for the King of the East China Sea.

The King of the East Sea stared at the Emperor and stood up after a while, "You will die a miserable death in the future." "Let's go and enter the East Warm Pavilion.

It was soon dark, and dinner was a few snacks, and the king of the East Sea refused to come out, and ordered the waiter to bring it into his room, and Meng E did not eat or drink, and stood motionless in the corner, as if he had completely forgotten that there was still an unfinished conversation with the emperor.

Cining Palace is two before and after, the imperial concubine lives in the front yard, the emperor and the king of the East China Sea live in the backyard, the room is sufficient, but in order to facilitate protection, the two still share the two warm pavilions of the main house.

Soon after nightfall, Meng E retreated, she was a member of the palace guards, and she had to be on duty on time, and she couldn't stay longer than she should be.

As soon as Meng E left, the Empress Dowager of Shangguan came and brought two eunuchs and two palace maids, "In the future, they will serve Your Majesty and the King of the East China Sea." ”

The attendants around the emperor had been replaced, and this time it seemed to be fixed, and the four of them were very young, especially the two little eunuchs, who were all teenagers about the same age as the emperor, and the two palace maids were slightly older, not more than twenty years old.

The king of the East China Sea did not dare to be rude in front of the imperial concubine, so he walked out of the warm pavilion to greet him, pretending to be very happy, and asked, "What are your names?" There are so many people these days that I don't remember any of them. ”

"Slave Zhao Jinfeng."

"Slave Tong Qing'e."

"Slave Liang An."

"Slave Zhang Youcai."

The names in the palace are very simple, and the king of the East China Sea does not take it to heart, and said to the imperial concubine with a smile: "The queen mother is really calm, and only the queen mother can suppress these ministers, if there is no queen mother, I don't know what the court will be like in chaos." ”

The appearance of the imperial concubine and the queen mother is quite similar, but she often smiles and looks much softer, "But many people say that it is because of the queen mother that the court is so chaotic." ”

"Who said that? Arrested and put in prison, impeached him for a great disrespect. "The King of the East Sea seems to be really angry.

The imperial concubine smiled even more, and then sighed, "You can't finish catching it, and now is the time to use people, so you can't catch it." ”

Han Ruzi did not participate in the conversation, but he had a feeling that the imperial concubine was here for him.

The king of the East China Sea talked about it, and finally said what he really cared about: "If you want to say who is a loyal minister in the court, it must be Taifu Cui Hong, this has nothing to do with him being my uncle, I have lived in my uncle's house for a long time, and I have seen my uncle work for the country day and night, he often said: 'Cui's relatives have obtained wealth and nobility, if they are not loyal and responsible, what face will they have to see Emperor Wu and Empress Wu in the future?'" ’”

"We all know Mrs. Cui's loyalty, otherwise, the Queen Mother would not have handed over the responsibility of pacifying the Qi Kingdom to Mrs. Cui."

"It's infuriating that those ministers actually slandered my uncle for colluding with the King of Qi, how is this possible? My uncle's officials to the Taifu, Jue to the Marquis of Guyang, and their relatives are all officials in the capital, if the King of Qi succeeds, the Cui family will be unlucky first. ”

The imperial concubine smiled and nodded, "Although the king of the East China Sea is young and has a lot of knowledge, it is a pity that those ministers are not as clear as you as a child." ”

"The ministers have their own concerns, maybe they want to go to King Qi to get promoted to become rich."

The imperial concubine didn't answer this sentence and looked at the emperor who had not spoken, "Your Majesty's performance today is very good, I didn't expect Your Majesty to remember things from so long ago." ”

The king of the East China Sea really wanted to shout "The emperor is a liar", but he didn't dare to squeak, so he had to retreat to the side, although he shared a main room with the emperor, he had no qualifications to sit down in front of the imperial concubine, and could only stand like the eunuchs and palace maids.

"I don't know anything else, but the prince of Qi suspects that I am not the son of Emperor Huan, and I can't bear it." Han Ruzi replied, looking up at the King of the East China Sea, and saw him with a look of extreme disdain.

"I also remember that party." The imperial concubine raised her head slightly, "That was the only time Emperor Wu summoned all his children and grandchildren, I remember that morning, I sent your imperial brother out of the palace with the Queen Mother, at that time he was not the emperor, not even the imperial grandson." When he came back, he was very happy, saying that the emperor's grandfather liked him very much, and held him in his arms and said a lot of things. ”

The imperial concubine's voice was full of warmth, but Han Ruzi and the king of the East China Sea did not dare to answer, since entering the palace, this was the first time that someone had mentioned the imperial brother to them.

The imperial concubine sighed, "By the way, the name of the first emperor has been decided, Emperor Si, the morality is pure, the province Zhaomin is thinking, the outer and inner thinking is thinking, and the repentance is said to be thinking, for me and the queen mother, this is the thinking of missing." ”

Han Ruzi and the King of the East China Sea couldn't respond.

"There is also His Majesty's year name, the Queen Mother has an idea, thinking that His Majesty is the younger brother of Emperor Si, and the brother is the last brother, not an inheritance, but a substitute, so there is no need to change the era name, or 'success', the first year of success, and the second year of success...... Keep using it, what does Your Majesty think? ”

Han Ruzi didn't even expect to ask for his opinion on this kind of thing, so he nodded, "That's good." ”

The imperial concubine smiled, got up and said, "Your Majesty, rest in peace, if you need anything, just tell the maid to inform me directly." ”

Han Ruzi nodded, not understanding the purpose of the imperial concubine's visit.

The two eunuchs and the two palace maids sent the imperial concubine out, and the king of the East China Sea jumped in front of the emperor and said in a very low voice: "Don't you understand the intention of the queen mother and the imperial concubine?" ”

"What's the point?"

"The year name 'Gongcheng' is taken from the "Tao Te Ching", and it is used on the former emperor, which means 'Success and Prosperity, Husband and Husband, is not going', and it is used on you - that is to tell you that 'Success and retirement', the Queen Mother will clean you up!"

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