Chapter 7: The Emperor's Confession
That night, Han Ruzi really waited for something big.
Han Ruzi sat on the edge of the bed, and two eunuchs arranged his hair for him, as if the emperor was also solemn in his dreams.
The two eunuchs were both in their thirties, they rarely spoke, and they were meticulous when serving the emperor, Han Ruzi had just deceived them once yesterday, and he felt a little guilty in his heart, so he smiled at the two and said "thank you". The two men looked nervous at each other, and immediately bowed back, and stood a few steps away, standing with their hands down, and they could not rest until the emperor had fallen asleep, one on the chair in the room, and the other in the outer room.
At this moment, Zuo Ji came, no one needed to inform him, pushed the door and went straight in, as if he was the owner of this room, and after coming in, he didn't speak, strolled around, looked everywhere, went around half a circle, and finally stopped in front of the bed door.
The two eunuchs immediately knelt down, and Han Ruzi looked up at the queen mother's attendant, understanding that the matter had been exposed, and it had been exactly a whole day since he wrote the "secret edict" last night.
Zuo Ji stood for a while before bowing and saluting, and then stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty has disappointed the Queen Mother." ”
At this point, Han Ruzi didn't want to say anything, and even hoped that the Queen Mother would depose herself in anger.
"What did Your Majesty write on the note?" Zuo Ji asked, his tone was not stern at all, revealing a bit of kindness and curiosity.
Han Ruzi still didn't speak.
Zuo Ji sighed, "Your Majesty is the lord of the world, you can do whatever you want, but Your Majesty also has the greatest responsibility for the world, Your Majesty's words and deeds will have an immeasurable impact. The Queen Mother asked me to remind Your Majesty: The Great Chu Jiangshan is left by the ancestors, not Your Majesty alone. ”
"I never thought that Da Chu Jiangshan was mine." Han Ruzi finally spoke, and the two eunuchs who were kneeling on the ground prostrate even lower, almost sticking to the floor.
Zuo Ji sighed again and turned to the other two eunuchs, "You served Your Majesty last night?" ”
"Yes......" The two eunuchs trembled from their voices to their bodies.
"It's none of their business." Han Ruzi got out of bed and stood barefoot.
"Just Your Majesty's idea?"
"It's all my idea." Han Ruzi did not betray the King of the East China Sea.
Zuo Ji smiled, and at this time, the door of the warm pavilion opened again, and the first to come was Jing Yao, the supervisor of the Central Division, followed by the king of the East China Sea. As soon as the king of the East China Sea changed his usual domineering, he shrank his hands and feet, and as soon as he entered the house, he did not stand firmly, and said loudly: "I don't know anything, he asked me to pretend to wrestle, and I have to obey the emperor's orders, and I don't know anything else." ”
Jing Yao looked at Zuo Ji, and Zuo Ji said, "Your Majesty said the same thing." ”
The King of the East Sea breathed a sigh of relief, "You still don't believe me? Even if I want to collude with the minister, I can't be guilty of choosing the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. ”
Jing Yao knelt down to the emperor, and Zuo Ji stepped aside.
"Please Your Majesty put the country's society first." Jing Yao said.
"Okay." Han Ruzi felt that things were not too bad.
"What did Your Majesty write on the note?" Jing Yao asked the same question as Zuo Ji.
"Haven't you seen it yet?"
"This matter needs to be contrasted, and we hope to get His Majesty's personal explanation."
The King of the East China Sea pointed at Jing Yao, "Ha, you're lying, you haven't gotten the note yet!" ”
Jing Yao turned his head to take a look, and the King of the East China Sea immediately shut up.
Han Ruzi pondered for a moment, "I'm the emperor, so I don't have to answer your questions." ”
Zuo Ji knelt down, and the king of the East China Sea cast an approving glance at Han Ruzi, and suddenly found that Jing Yao was still staring at him, and hurriedly knelt down, and the emperor was the only one standing in the room.
"I beg Your Majesty to be considerate of the Queen Mother's painstaking efforts." Jing Yao continued to exert pressure.
Han Ruzi still refused to reveal the contents of the note, he wanted to see how much power he had as an emperor. The King of the East China Sea also wanted to know, and his eyes swept over Jing Yao and Zuo Ji.
Jing Yao respectfully kowtowed, knelt up, and said in a low voice, "Someone." ”
The four eunuchs entered the house sideways, startling the King of the East China Sea, "You dare to arrest the emperor?" ”
The target of the four men was not the Emperor, but the two unlucky people who were trembling on their prostrates, and dragged them out of the house.
"Jing Gong spares his life!" The two knew who to ask for mercy.
"I told you about it, it has nothing to do with them." Han Ruzi was taken aback.
Jing Yao knelt there and did not move, and the usual mass of harmony turned into a cloud of black qi at this time, and this time he was silent.
Not long after, there was a scream outside the window, which seemed extremely desolate in the middle of the night.
Han Ruzi took a step forward, "Please tell the Queen Mother the two fathers-in-law, forgive me for my momentary recklessness, let those two people go, and I will tell you the contents of the note." ”
The King of the East China Sea frowned, not daring to interject, Jing Yao kowtowed again, "Your Majesty is not wrong, Your Majesty has practiced the throne for the first time, and it is normal to ignore certain rules, all to blame for those two cheap slaves who are ignorant and did not serve Your Majesty dutifully, and the crime is unforgivable." I'll talk about the note later. ”
The screams outside grew louder, and after a while, only the dull sound of sticks hitting people remained.
Zuo Ji stood up, laid out the paper and studied the ink himself, and then turned around and said, "Please Your Majesty write the contents of the note again, and we can also return to the Queen Mother." ”
Han Ruzi didn't refuse again, his pale face already knew how great the "emperor's power" was, walked to the table barefoot, picked up the pen and prepared to write, Zuo Ji next to him said softly: "The queen mother is kind and gentle, and will definitely forgive Your Majesty, and please don't alarm the queen mother with selfish intentions, the country is in an eventful ......"
Han Ruzi put down the pen that was already stained with ink, turned around and said, "I want to see the Queen Mother." ”
Zuo Ji was stunned, "See the Queen Mother?" Why? ”
"Because I haven't seen the Queen Mother herself since entering the palace, and I want to explain this matter to the Queen Mother in person."
"Your Majesty sees the Queen Mother every morning." The smile on Zuoji's face stiffened.
"No, I just bowed down to the Queen Mother's bedroom, and I have never seen the Queen Mother's true face."
"It's all the same, the Queen Mother is in the palace, she is unwell, and she can't see outsiders......"
"I'm not an outsider, you said that the Queen Mother is my only mother, I think so too, we are mother and son, you and Jing Gong are outsiders, mother and son meet, this request is not too much."
The king of the East China Sea, who was kneeling at the door, snorted and laughed, he had learned the emperor's ability to use what the other party had said to fight back, so it was not surprising at all, but Zuo Ji was speechless all of a sudden, completely unexpectedly that the emperor, who had always been wooden, would suddenly become eloquent.
Zuo Ji's face changed again and again, and he turned his head to look at Jing Yao.
Jing Yao stood up, despised this favored eunuch in his heart, but did not show the slightest disgust on the surface, but nodded to him tacitly, indicating that everything was under control.
The old eunuch walked slowly to the emperor and glanced at the white paper on the table, "Does Your Majesty feel wronged for the two punished eunuchs?" ”
"What can I say since it is a sin that is unforgivable?" Han Ruzi said calmly.
The King of the East China Sea also stood up and watched this scene with great interest, curious how long the emperor's stubbornness could last.
Jing Yao sighed lightly, "Does Your Majesty still believe in the ministers outside?" The old slave served the four emperors, let the old slave tell His Majesty the truth: the ministers have their own interests, they shout in their mouths about the monarch and the ministers, but what they think in their hearts is to hide from the superiors and deceive. Grab a random minister, throw him in prison, and within three days he will be able to confess a series of gangs. These people fight to the death in the court during the day, and drink and talk at night when no one is around, with only one purpose, to deceive the saint and listen to them, so that they can fish in troubled waters. Behind every Qin chapter and every generous statement, there is an ulterior motive, and while impeaching dissidents, he will always subtly praise his comrades, today you recommend me, tomorrow I will promote you. Eunuchs are humble, but we have no dissent, and we can't have dissent, the Queen Mother and Your Majesty are our only backbone, and without you, we are not even as good as soil. ”
Zuo Ji nodded in agreement, the King of the East China Sea squeezed his eyebrows disdainfully, and Han Ruzi said: "The matter is not as serious as you think, I just gave the Ministry of Rites a book...... Just hand over a note, and it doesn't have anything on it that you're worried about. ”
The old eunuch put a hand on the emperor's shoulder, which was not very respectful, but he felt that he had this qualification, and sighed again, "We will deal with the matter of the note, don't rush, ferment it for a few days, if Yuan Jiuding is smart, he will hand over the note tomorrow - preferably today, but he is not so smart - if he does not hand it over, we will see how many ministers he can gather, maybe this is an opportunity to get rid of a group of traitors in the court." ”
Han Ruzi's throat was a little blocked, the last thing he wanted to see was that someone was suffering because of him, but the current situation was not up to him at all, and the "confession" could only be used to show his obedience, no matter what he did, the eunuch would use all excuses to attack the minister.
The king of the East China Sea smiled and flattered: "Jing Gong has a clever plan, put a long line to catch a big fish...... He shut up, so as not to offend the emperor and tell all the truth.
"Who is the 'we' that Jing Gong just said?" Han Ruzi asked.
Jing Yao's face changed, the young emperor was still so stubborn at this time, which was a bit unexpected to him.
Zuo Ji laughed twice, "The 'we' that Jing Gong said certainly refers to the Queen Mother and Your Majesty, and Your Majesty wrote the content on the note again, just to show that Your Majesty is sincerely filial to the Queen Mother, and is not thinking about another mother." Zuo Ji put away his smile and asked Jing Yao, "Wang Meiren has already moved, right?" ”
Jing Yao nodded.
Han Ruzi felt extremely angry, and a bottom line in his heart was touched, but he didn't shout, but picked up the pen and quickly wrote four words on the paved paper.
The other three looked at each other at the same time, and the King of the East Sea said blankly: "The emperor is crazy. Zuo Ji smiled and shook his head, "Your Majesty has failed the Queen Mother's hard work." Jing Yao's face became even more gloomy, "Is Your Majesty joking?" ”
"I'm not kidding, this is ......" Before Han Ruzi finished speaking, another person came in outside.
Yang Feng, who hadn't shown up for a long time, finally appeared, and even the politeness on the surface was omitted, he didn't kneel down and kowtow, but just bent down slightly, "Let's end here." ”
Zuo Ji snickered, Jing Yao looked at Yang Feng coldly, "Why did Yang Gong say this?" We act according to the will of the Queen Mother, how can we just stop here? ”
Yang Feng took out a small paper bag from his sleeve, "The original is here, the Queen Mother has already seen it, it's not a big deal." ”
Jing Yao and Zuo Ji were both stunned, and the King of the East China Sea was even more shocked, the emperor asked the minister for help with a secret edict, but it was not a big deal!
Jing Yao walked over, took the paper bag, stared at Yang Feng suspiciously for a while, and then opened the paper bag, showing a surprised look after just looking at it, Zuo Ji walked over, and looked very embarrassed after reading it, the king of the East China Sea couldn't help but be curious, and came to the middle of the two eunuchs to watch the words on the note.
The original brought by Yang Feng had the same four words written on the white paper on the table: I want to eat meat.
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